#peter threads

[macksting]

I've met him in person btw and he's a fucking sweetheart

[ID: Text-intensive Twitter thread from the Shapeshifters chest binders Twitter account in reply to a post by artist and author Ursula Vernon. Vernon says, A non-zero number of you apparently did not know that The Last Unicorn was a book before it was a movie. It is by Peter S. Beagle. It is made of spun glass and fairytales and iron knives and there are individual lines that I would give my lungs to have written. Shapechangers replies, I saw him every year at NYCC for several years straight, bought something at his table, asked him to sign it, and we spoke. He remembered me from year to year, no small feat at that con. He remembered which stories he'd told me. One year I came back with a different gender on. He squinted at me a bit and said thoughtfully, "I've seen you before in this place." All I had to say was, "last year you told me the story about the inoshishi." And his face cleared, and he leaned in with a grin and told me about a German guitarist who he traveled with, twice. Who transitioned between the first and second time, so he'd gotten to meet this person all over again on the second round. It was a wonderfully kind way to let me know that everything was fine. I was fresh out of the closet and I needed that, and maybe he could see it. The Last Unicorn is the best book in the world and I will defend it and its author til I die. the end. /end ID]

I don't usually talk about celebrities; artists, when I do, and I'm keenly aware that one needn't be a good person to be a hell of a heartwrenching artist. But Peter S. Beagle has written a few of my favorite things in the world, he's an excellent singer and filker, and this Twitter thread was dreadfully important to me. I don't want it going away as Twitter becomes Shitter, because it's so often bad news, isn't it? It's important to me to share trans joy.

#image description #peter s beagle #trans #ally #the last unicorn #twitter backup #twitter thread #good news #no seriously it's always bad news but not this time #tlu #last unicorn

[im-not-a-l0ser]

Do they wear a watch? (NPMD)

Richie: Obviously we're starting with him, and yes, he does wear a watch. He used to have a sailor moon watch, a Pokémon watch, a few more anime, but now he just has a black and blue, waterproof digital watch, since those ones were too fragile (ie, people kept breaking them)

Ruth: She has a watch but it's broken. She wears it every day and constantly forgets it's broken.

Pete: Absolutely he does. He has a waterproof analog watch that he has to stare at for at least 30 seconds to read, but he does have it.

Steph: She doesn't have a watch, but she will yank Pete's wrist to read his.

Grace: She generally doesn't wear a watch, but she does wear one to church so that she doesn't have to pull her phone to check the time.

Max: No, but he for some reason keeps looking at his wrist as if he does. Like, he'll pull up his sleeve and everything, and then realise he doesn't wear a watch and has to pull his phone.

Shapiro: She absolutely wears a watch. No explanation needed.

Bailey: He used to wear a watch, but the strap broke after a rough kerfuffle.

Jason: He wants one but forgets to buy one

Kyle: He thinks watches are stupid

Brenda: She has a smart watch

Stacy: She thinks watches are ugly

Solomon: He wears a watch, and so does Miss Tesburger. They make sure they're synced up every week.

#time is a very precious thread in the fabric of the universe #it deserves its own tool of measurement #nerdy prudes must die #starkid #tgwdlm #the guy who didn't like musicals #black friday #general john mcnamara #richie lipschitz #peter spankoffski #pete spankoffski #ruth fleming #steph lauter #stephanie lauter #grace chasity #max jagerman #detective shapiro #officer bailey #jason jepson #kyle clauger #npmd stacy #npmd brenda #solomon lauter

[secondstar-acorn]

sure hatchetfield is full of eldritch horrors but it’s also full of soulmates

paul and emma

duke and miss holloway

steph and pete

linda and gerald

grace and murder

#linda and Gerald may not have as many stories #but they love each other okay #honey queen makes me insane abt them #Starkid #hatchetfield #paul matthews #emma Perkins #paulkins #duke keane #miss holloway #holloduke #stephanie lauter #peter spankoffski #lautski #linda Monroe #Gerald Monroe #grace Chasity #Webby is out here spinning threads between couples #ykwim #tgwdlm #nightmare time #nerdy prudes must die #npmd #black Friday

[peterparkermans]

Starting a new series of posts. I call it Mr. Stark and Peter Parker interactions: a thread.

#Mr. Stark and Peter Parker interactions: a thread #text conversations #peter parker #marvel cinematic universe #marvel #marvel mcu #marvel spiderman #mcu #spiderman #spider man #tony stark #iron dad

[gollancz]

Why I'm Not Allowed On Twitter Unsupervised Any More: A Photo Essay

Key Notes:

Since this was posted I discovered that the books had briefly been available in the UK under the name Peter Beagle rather than Peter S. Beagle in the mid-90s, which is why they didn't show up on the British Library search

The article by Tor.com @torbooks: Peter S. Beagle Has Finally Regained the Rights to His Body of Work

If you want our gorgeous limited edition, I believe there are still a handful left (except for the US and Canada, sorry lads), and you can get it here. I'm not kidding when I say I got a little teary-eyed when these showed up.

[Image Description: A tweet thread from the Gollancz twitter dated 20th July 2022, which goes as follows -

Tweet 1: You may have seen that we're printing a Brand New Edition of The Last Unicorn. We're very excited! I was asked to tweet about it. I wasn't asked to do it quite like this, but I also wasn't asked NOT to do it like this, and I have the twitter login so whose fault is that? (Thread emoji, and gif from the film Scream reading 'The Call is coming from inside the house!')

Tweet 2: Imagine, if you will, you are a small child in the UK during the late 80s/early 90s. You might look a bit like this, or you might have had parents who didn't choose suffering (ask my mum about The Saga of the Hat) (an image of a small girl approximately 3 years old wearing a blue dress and a big white hat)

Tweet 3: Imagine you have a cool older cousin, one who, as you get age, introduces you to fantasy films like Ladyhawk and The Princess Bride and has a post the whole family knows as 'the vampire and the naked lady'. She's extremely responsible for the way you turn out as an adult.

Tweet 4: One year, for your birthday, this cousin buys you a video. It's the first video that is yours, not to share. It has a bright yellow cover. The butterfly scares you. But you watch it on a loop. You don't realise how special it is, but it's a seed that burrows into your brain. (An image of a VHS of The Last Unicorn)

Tweet 5: A decade or so later, in your teens, you rediscover it. None of your friends have heard of it, despite also being fantasy-inclined. That's odd, you think. Is this an outlandishly weird title? Then you get older and you realise: no, it isn't. (Principal Skinner meme reading 'Am I out of touch? No, it's the people who don't know about The Last Unicorn who are wrong')

Tweet 6: Time and tech march on, you get a DVD of the film. You realise it's got Christopher Lee in it! And Angela Lansbury! Your mum tries to get you to listen to songs by America other than the soundtrack, but the only one that really sticks is the other one they did about a horse. (Gif of Walter White from Breaking Bad singing along to Horse With No Name)

Tweet 7: You realise that the film is based on a book. Like The Princess Bride, which you've also read (after spending longer than you're proud of trying to find an unabridged edition). 'Neat,' you think, 'I'll have to read that!'

Tweet 8: And then you can't find it. Because, as mentioned previously, you're in the UK. The Last Unicorn was published for the first time in 1968. But, if you look at the British Library's National Bibliography (super neat resource btw), that was, uh, about it. (screenshot of the search results from the National Bibliography showing four editions of The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, one from Gollancz in 2022, one from IDW in 2019, one from Tachyon Publications in 2018, and one from Bodley Head in 1968)

Tweet 9: The Tachyon edition is the unfinished first draft of the story. The IDW edition is a gorgeous graphic novel. But in terms of the novel? I don't know how many reprints it had (if anyone knows, I'd love to find out), but there's a good chance it went out of print in the 70s.

Tweet 10: The film, however, was released in 1982. Although it didn't make it to the UK until 1986. Conservative estimates could put that between 10 and 15 years since the book was last available in the UK. This gives you a generation in the UK who only know the story through the film! (A screenshot of the IMDB page showing the different release dates for The Last Unicorn around the world)

Tweet 11: The screenplay was written by Peter S. Beagle, and made by the legendary animation directors Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass. That's right, the guys behind Thundercats and 2 out of the 3 films based on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

Tweet 12: The Book has been in print in the USA (and possibly all of North America) constantly since its publication, so it seems baffling that people in the UK haven't heard of it. As the internet became more prominent, however, it became easier to just... import a copy of the book.

Tweet 13: But! This also isn't quite as simple as you think. You see, until last year the rights to The Last Unicorn were tied up in legal limbo. And the US edition of the book contained changes that Peter wasn't happy with. (Link to the Tor.com article about the rights)

Tweet 14: Back to you, the 80s/90s kid, who is now an adult, happy that unicorns are A Thing again and you're living your best life. You're very easy to buy presents for. Your partner despairs of unicorns. You get a job working in books about magic and space. (unicorn emoji and photograph of a collection of unicorn memorabilia, including three different versions of The Last Unicorn)

Tweet 15: You mention that one day you would like to publish The Last Unicorn. That if you did, you would like to do a really beautiful edition of it. And you would like it to be purple. Because since the film is what you know, you associate it with purple.

Tweet 16: And, after taking a very circuitous route, here we are! This is the original text, that was first published in 1968. Reading it after you have only seen the film is the strangest experience - like being introduced to a very dear friend that you have never met before.

Tweet 17: Peter's screenplay kept the voice of the story so well, you can hear the characters when you read the book. But now there's so much more depth, softness and warmth to it. The butterfly doesn't seem so scary any more. And, it's beautiful. And it's purple. (Image of a hardback edition of The Last Unicorn, with a black base, purple background, and a linocut image of the unicorn in her wood. On the black cover underneath is a foiled unicorn with the moon and butterfly, the page edges are sprayed purple, and the endpapers are black with silver butterflies)

Tweet 18: Anyway, I've taken you on a three day trip that could have been done in a single tweet, but that's what happens when you let me drive. This edition is the limited exclusive one only available through the Gollancz Emporium and you can preorder here: (link to Gollancz Emporium)

Tweet 19: But there is also a standard edition available through all booksellers! You'll be getting the author's preferred text, with an introduction from Patrick Rothfuss. There's also a brand new audiobook and it will be available in eBook for the first time ever.

Tweet 20: It's like going from famine to feast, and I wasn't able to talk about this for months so now I am able to talk about it, I'm going to make the social media team cry. UNICORNS. SPECIAL EDITION. PURPLE. The End.

Tweet 21: Additional behind the scenes bonus detail - I did take this cover to the art meaning while wearing a unicorn onesie.

Tweet 22: The comms team wrestling me away from the twitter account: (gif of Ross from Friends shouting 'Stop typing! Stop typing!')

End ID]

#The Last Unicorn #Peter S. Beagle #Gollancz Blogging #Twitter Threads #Books #Long Post

[pastaxandria]

The Red Thread: Chapter 154

WE NOW RETURN TO OUR SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING.

Here's the first of our two-part update. I should have the second chapter of the update done tonight, to be posted either tonight or tomorrow.

The Library of Pastaxandria has recorded for its shelves: Chapter 154 of The Red Thread.

Ship: Matt Murdock x F!Reader

Chapter Summary:

You’d learned over the years how to move quietly, navigating around branches, leaves, and stones that might give you away when creeping through dense forest or open scrubland. You knew how to soften your breath on a hunt, and the value of true stillness when eyes turned your way. You knew, too, the importance of smooth motion as you gradually lifted windows or picked locks, and the way walking toe-to-heel helped minimize the sound of your foot’s impact with the ground. You might not be a ninja, but you were no stranger to getting in and out without being noticed. But nothing compared to the challenge of leaving the apartment without waking up your radar-eared, hypervigilant bloodhound of a boyfriend.

Wordcount: 4.5k

Warnings for this chapter: just a little being soft and fluffy and some kisses before you get to work! So nothing major this week!

Read me on AO3 because that’s where penguins hang out

#the red thread #matt murdock x reader #daredevil x reader #matt murdock x f!reader #daredevil x f!reader #daredevil #matt murdock #fanfic #fic #reader #reader insert #reader fic #x reader #softness #fluff #peter makes an appearance again! #and OFF WE GO

[tweetingukpolitics]

#emma kennedy #political threads #palantir #peter thiel #nhs #nhs privatisation #uk news #uk politics #conservative party #rishi sunak

[hoffmanstits-enjoyer]

feeling. Things about this.

(credits to gurokatt on twt for posting these, i still have no idea where these OG scripts come from)

#*silently reflecting spongebob meme* #dramatic ass bitch really tried to kill his crush in the fucking hospital im- #god i need a fanfic about this #'his eyes on fire' HOMOSEXUAL GAY GAY GAY #mark's fucking beyond help ur honor #i love him so fucking badly #the way it reads like he's moving faster than he's THINKING when he sees strahm. wtf couldve done hoffman???? hold his fucking hand #he. aint even aware he's trying to go with him in the ambulance. droping his act the second he sees the commotion. drawn to him. attached. #smth smth the thread of fate that binds us together (im delusional) #saw v #saw franchise #mark hoffman #peter strahm #hoffstrahm #coffinshipping #sawposting

[someoneoffthestreet]

Idk how to say it but- Insomniac Spider-Man is like:

love is the strongest thing you have, and it will destroy you. love is the thing that makes you reach for your better self, and it's the thing that makes you your worst. love is the buoy, love is the anchor, love is the albatross around your neck and the concrete around your feet. love is the truth, and love is the lie. love will save the world, as surely as it will destroy it. love is the thing you must hold on to, and the thing you must let go of. hold on. let go. hold on. let go. it’s a dance. life is the music that keeps playing long after you’ve stopped. you stop dancing so the music can still play.

#in which I ramble #Marvel #Spider Man #Spider Man 2 PS5 #spiderman spoilers #more to say: #the thread between Peter and Norman #where if Peter had chosen to save May then New York would have suffered #so he chose to save New York instead of her #vs Norman's repeated attempts to save Harry #causing New York to suffer over and over #and still he will not stop #Peter being saved by embracing the support system around him #vs Norman falling by pushing everyone away

[age-of-moonknight]

“Two Minds,” Superior Spider-Man (Vol. 3/2023), #4.

Writer: Dan Slott; Penciler: Mark Bagley; Inker: John Dell; Colorist: Edgar Delgado; Letterer: Joe Caramagna

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Superior Spider-Man #Superior-Spider-Man vol. 3 #Superior Spider-Man 2023 #latest release #where’s moony #Moon Knight #Mr. Knight #Marc Spector #been a hot minute since I could use a panel for both my Moon Knight and Kaine blogs! #and this is one of those «trapped in the mindscape» sort of situations so it has no impact on reality #nor needs to reflect it #and while I may have my beef with Slott and the whole Superior Spider-Man story thread as a whole #I was pleasantly surprised to stumble upon this and it is sweet that Peter considers Moon Knight an ally #(although that may be more Bagley’s input???) #and even more of an ally than Ben Reilly at this point asldhk RIP unless one of those vaguely spider-person-shaped #silhouettes is supposed to be Ben which puts him at a disadvantage to even Howard the Duck hahaha

[octarinespill]

Peter Frederiksen - “Coming at it from both sides.”, 2022

#Peter Frederiksen #Coming at it from both sides #2022 #embroidery #art #thread #axe #both sides

[milimeters-morales]

my fav in-universe joke for spidey’s nyc is that Spidey will do something simple yet kind, like doing someone’s homework, and when that person posts the picture like “omg spidey thank uuuu” a ton of people reply with pictures of spidey doing the same thing or something very similar

#‘thread of spidey flipping off cops’ ‘thread of spidey talking with seagulls’ #miles morales #spiderman #spider man #again. made this post with miles in mind but you can apply the others if you want #peter parker #spiderman 2099 #spider man 2099 #miguel o’hara #hobie brown #spiderpunk #spider punk #i don’t think he’d do anyones homework #gwen stacy #ghost spider #spidergwen #peni parker #spider noir #<- would love to see him teaching someone to avoid taxes in 10 minutes or less #peter b parker #spiderham #cindy moon #silk

[bazhowletts]

baz 📲 pete.

Baz: Heard someone talking about you at the gym

#closed starter. #text thread. #thread. #ft. peter basara. #pete 003. #peterbasara

[peterparkermans]

Day two of my new series Mr. Stark and Peter Parker interactions: a thread.

#Mr. Stark and Peter Parker interactions: a thread #peter parker #marvel cinematic universe #marvel #marvel mcu #marvel spiderman #mcu #spiderman #spider man #tony stark #iron dad

[spoopy-moose]

The Stamatins gives the vibe that Peter ate Andry in the womb, incubated him for eighteen years and then spat him back out as a fully formed human when they got to university

#no way they were raised normally #I actually don’t really want to touch whatever the oneirtechs had going on #reverse farkhad #any farkhad lore I’ve gotten is from osmosis from the fandom what the fuck is farkhad actually #pathologic #saw a thread on Twitter that inspired this btw #peter stamatin #andrey stamatin

[thislovintime]

Backstage and onstage in Salt Lake City on May 17, 1968; photos by Henry Diltz.

“[In Head, there’s a scene, following the war sequence, where] we all dive into a tunnel, blow things up, come out of the tunnel, and we're all dressed up in white and it's a concert. We do a tune, and at the end of the song we put down our instruments and run. The kids come screaming onto the stage and start ripping the clothes off what turns out to be dummies. The overall view of the movie is Bob Rafelson's vision of the whole scene. He saw rock concerts as war sequences.” - Peter Tork, When The Music Mattered (1984)

#Peter Tork #Tork quotes #60s Tork #The Monkees #Monkees #Davy Jones #Michael Nesmith #Micky Dolenz #The Monkees Head #1960s #1968 #Tork performances #(extras photos from this day in a Twitter thread and Insta story) #When The Music Mattered #can you queue it