One reason Iβm a bit disappointed with Watts is I felt like he should have used Baritsu against James given he alludes to a Sherlock Holmes character
Dr. Watson wasnβt a wimp in the books it was stated he used to be an athlete
Better yet, Yang getting cocky tries to threaten him physically and he breaks out the fisticuffs with his rings acting like a form of electrified brass knuckles or something
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New Book - Announcement
βSherlock Holmes and the Hellfire Heirsβ will be published by MX Publishing on 1st November 2023.
For those who asked, Dorothy is back, and she has quite an important role in this book.Β Cynthia Taverner also makes an appearance.
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βKeith and I watch a lot of Turner Classic Movies (TCM) like couch potatoes.β-Patti Hansen, 2010
βI live in TCM [Turner Classic Movies] world."-Charlie Watts, 2010
"Two nights ago, I really pissed off my old lady because I stayed up all night watching Sherlock Holmes movies that were on a roll. Silent movies I love. I write music to them. I love classic film. D.W. Griffith. Hitchcock. William Wellman. I mean, should I go on? I know my movies."-Keith Richards, 2008
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fine Iβll make a bloody intro post
hello, Iβm Gray. I post random shit, mostly about books. Iβm kind of a jack of all trades, master of none. But then I always say itβs better than being a master of none.
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The Basics :
He/Him. Iβm 16. Iβm half Italian, half English. I live in Canada, and Iβve lived in five other countries before. Im neurodivergent and the living embodiment of the term chaos bisexual. Yes I still have a British accent, idk why so many people want to know.
Askbox is always open, just think before you ask though.
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books. Books. BOOOOKS (fandoms listed below)
the mcu
biochem, psychology, SCIENCEEE
skateboarding but Iβm not good at it
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electro-tech cause I have my dads engineer genes.
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SJM - acotar, tog
the folk of the air series
PJOverse, Rick Riordanβs books in general.
Harry Potter (it was my entire childhood but I donβt post much about it cause JKR ruined it by being a TERF)
Any form of Sherlock Holmes
The MCU (basically all of it)
The Kingkiller chronicles
Fourth wing
The Shadowhunter novels
Grishaverse
Heartstopper
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hi it's me again
this might be too much of an ask but do you think it would be possible to do a list of all the allusions that Salem is/has? not her own personal ones (rapunzel etc.) but the role she has in other people's stories
(I ask because I made a joke to someone about hansel and gretel and went "hazel and gretchen" -> "salem is the witch to hazel's hansel in a world where neither hansel nor gretel survives" which also factors into the "gretchen is the spring maiden and died during Summer's Mission" theory in which case raven would be her witch)
not just all the ones where she's The Witch (archetype) but also other antagonists or roles like the wolf to ruby and summer (wherein summer is both the grandmother and the woodcutter) or the fairy godmother to cinder
if that's too much to ask of you I understand in which case I'll have to make a chart with my own red string and thumbtacks
um so basically:
<- this is how the story goes.
to break it down:
CORE ALLUSIONS.
in approximate order of importance, these are: maiden-in-the-tower tales, the marvelous land of oz, cinderella, and the little prince. structurally it isn't as complex as the above diagram makes it appear because the petrosinella -> persinette -> rapunzel -> petrosinella circle and the ozian narrative are the same narrative through different eyes. cinder and oscar are the proverbial twins and summer rose is important connective tissue gluing everything together.
maiden-in-the-tower:
- salem is always the maiden
- ozma is always the prince
- the god of light is always the captor
petrosinella:
- the og divine rebellion
- failed bc dark sided with light
persinette:
- the ozlem kingdom
- ozma Left Her to escape the curse
rapunzel:
- war for the relics
- ozma is the blinded prince + the pilot
- both are stranded in the desert
- truth will rise etc etc leading to:
petrosinella, again:
- the broken fairytale to be mended
- the hound is the dog
- cinder is the lion
- summer is the wolf
- "you saved yourself" <- the girl in the tower comes due
the marvelous land of oz:
- ozma is ozma
- ozpin is the wizard + tippetarius
--> meaning he "chose" his curse
- the god of light is mombi (cursed ozma)
- salem is glinda (searching for ozma)
- oscar is jack pumpkinhead (tip's "son" + existential dread)
- summer rose is general jinjur (holding the emerald city)
- qrow is the scarecrow (ruling in the wizard's absence)
--> the scarecrow and jinjur fight over the crown
- ironwood is nick chopper (emperor of winkie country)
- lionheart is the soldier with green whiskers (coward, traitor)
- raven is the woggle bug (=maiden of knowledge)
--> mutters in silver wishing pill only the bug can use
- mutters about silver eyes and mombi's rose
- glinda forces mombi to tell the truth, free ozma, and then relinquish her magical power. hello
cinderella:
- salem is the grave of her mother / the fairy godmother
- summer is the stepmother (probably)
- ruby and yang are the stepsisters
- the crown...?
the little prince:
- ozma is the pilot, see prev re: blind in the desert
- oscar is the little prince
- (ruby in V9 is also the little prince)
- (summer is her rose; salem is the sheep)
MINOR / CHARACTER ALLUSIONS
hansel and gretel:
- hazel is hansel, gretchen is gretel
- salem is the witch
- ozpin is the evil mother
- gretchen dies in the woods under mysterious circumstances
- hansel pushes the witch into the oven because it's what gretel would have done. laugh!
sherlock holmes:
- watts is dr. watson (but evil)
- salem is holmes (but evil)
- mumbles. cinder is adler (outmaneuvers them both)
the scorpion and the...:
- tyrian is the scorpion
- "f. pickerel" is a frog
- qrow is also a frog
- salem is the turtle
little red riding hood:
- ruby is little red
- the Idea Of Summer Rose is the mother
- the Real Summer is the big bad wolf + the huntsman
- salem is the grandmother
- witches can be right giants can be good etc
- the key here is that the grandmother is the goal; ruby is trying to beat salem. the wolf is the obstacle; summer joined salem. the huntsman is the resolution; summer joined salem for a good reason.
book of job conspiracy theory:
- salem is job
- ozma + rwbyjnor is eliphaz et al
- the god of light is the satan
- the god of darkness is the deity
yeah
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