#stephen king for ts

[titansandcurses]

rip carrie white you would've loved who's afraid of little old me? by taylor swift

[cwtchzl]

post ch2 stozier would be the definition of hurt/comfort if you think about it. because imagine all the memories you've buried deep inside because of all the trauma and some other reason slapping you in the face on a random day after a phone call from your childhood friend you had no idea you had, imagine trying to cope with all the hidden trauma you've overlooked in your past on your flight to your hometown, imagine seeing your childhood best friend (and other closest friends) and remembering what it felt to have your people surrounding you, imagine feeling safe and secure after years of a feeling of empty slot inside you, imagine that feeling crumbling apart the second you step into the sewers, imagine defeating the thing that brought you so much pain, imagine

[strengthofmayhem]

beatrice’s favorite genre of book is actually crime novels. she has. so so so so so many shlocky scandinavian thrillers. [vergil expression of abject disgust]

[catboii]

← Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 → Full Thread

[Day ####]

It’s been several days since there were any markable concerns. No breaches, no alerts, no deaths on the clock... Everything has been running smoothly. As it should. 

The Overseer of the current area leads their Agents through the corridors, writing up directives for the daily observations and handing them to the respective Agent.

The Anomalies here are usually very quiet, although sometimes, one of them will just sort of- change… Wake up… And then they completely flip. You can’t trust them. Sometimes Agents have underestimated what seemed like a normal inanimate object, like the hairbrush that hypnotises people, pulling them with psychic tendrils into its room, so that they'll brush their hair with it, then two weeks later they'll wake up from a coma; or a small animal, like the mouse that turned out to eat concrete and burrowed out by nibbling around the steel reinforcements before anyone noticed. There was so much paperwork...

Most of the chambers look the same, bland, metallic grey inside and out, the only difference being the cautionary and instructional stickers of varying sizes, shapes and colours, on the corridor-side of their doors. Some have more than others, and some seem to tell a story. 'No eye contact', 'No turning your back', 'No auditory interaction', 'Unconfirmed: Inanimate', etc; the list could be endless as more instructions are being discovered and printed every day, although it's not a fast process as the braille needs to be sized and punched correctly. Whenever something is Suspected, they use a medium sized Yellow sticker, with a dashed border for the colourblind. If something is confirmed, then it’s a larger sized Red sticker with a bold border. There are the occasional smaller, Green stickers, with a wavy line as a border; this makes them look more whimsical and friendly, although doesn’t mean that whatever is being contained is safe, just that the action is ‘safe’, such as 'Safe: Eye contact', 'Safe: Slow movement', 'Safe: Liquid exposure'. As it’s quite difficult to confirm that something truly is ‘safe’, there aren’t as many Green stickers as the others, and they’re easy to peel off, in case something turns out to not actually be safe... There are alot of Yellow stickers through the halls, as it’s all too easy to have an unconfirmed suspicion, rather than to prove that something is safe or not. 

After a few Agents are sent on their assignments, the Overseer leads the remaining toward another bland silver door, with the usual square viewing window and several Yellow stickers: the expected, and potentially obvious instructions when approaching any wild animal, ‘maybe don’t touch or feed this thing, it might bite, but we’re not sure’. There are also some White and, some rarer, Black stickers though. The White stickers are confirmed guidelines, Agents normally call the neat little sections of White stickers Biogs, as they’re a bit like summaries, and you need a better name than ‘what do their Whites say?’ when discussing cases with your peers. The Black stickers, however, are important notes to keep in mind if you have to go into the room. These are always very specific, but usually a little cryptic, as if their info is on a need to know basis. Which it sort of is, as they only get explained to you if you’re the one going in. 

Most Anomalies in this section have the White 'Does not eat' sticker, as they’re inanimate objects (less of an instruction, just an observation that it doesn’t need to be fed, although someone must have tried, to be able to confirm it, which summons amusing images of Agents trying to coax mysterious Diaries or amulets to nibble on some fruit or a raw steak), but this one also has this sticker, and it appears to be some kind of small animal. Trying to peer through the door window, Agent 23 thinks it looks like a crow sitting in the middle of the floor, although there are too many layers of thick, toughened glass to get a clear view from this distance. There also appears to be a large, Red, octagonal sticker ,right beside the White one that looks like the 'Do not approach' instruction, based on the size and shape, but it’s covered by a Black sticker frantically scribbled over with what looks like black sharpie? As if someone was trying to take it back, but didn’t have the right sticker to hand. The white text is still easily readable, and says 'Caution level C-3'. The Caution level 'C' stickers are reserved for the Anomalies that have shown cannibalistic traits, which is a rabbit hole of a definition when you consider that these Anomalies aren’t human, and eating other animals is a perfectly normal carnivore activity… for animals. 

But why would a creature that doesn’t eat, according to that White sticker, show interest in eating other creatures..? 

Moreover, the level is a scale, like 1:1 or 1:10 in scale models. 'C-1' is for creatures that will attack and/or eat other creatures the same size as them, 'C-0.5' would mean creatures half their size, etc. So 'C-3' means that it’s 'shown an interest' in attacking and eating something three times its own size. Which, based on how small it is, doesn’t sound too worrisome. And besides, this must have been observed before it was put into containment...

As the Overseer looks over the paperwork left hooked on the door, a couple of the Agents peer through to the chamber. There are three interlock doors, which seems excessive for such a small creature. Two is perfectly fine for most of the other, larger Anomalies. Besides, the extra door space takes away some of the chamber space, leaving it alot smaller, even if the creature inside isn’t very big itself. There aren’t any perches or furniture inside, nothing for enrichment. There are also two chairs outside the doors, one either side, when there are usually just two. Only one is the metal kind with the little document shelf under the seat though, the other doesn’t look like it belongs here, more like it’d been dragged from somewhere else, possibly a staff room on another floor, since the ones on this floor are cushioned. 

“Alright,” the Overseer starts confidently, “have any of you had any experience with this Anomaly?” Two of the six Agents raise their hands, one being Agent 23, a low level Agent who'd been working at the Facility for three years so far. “Perfect. Now please lower your hand if any of those experiences have been negative in any way, if you have verbally expressed any negative thoughts around this doorway, or if you may have been overheard disciplining another Anomaly or member of staff in this hallway, at all”, they slightly raise their voice at the end, as if to emphasise how important this was. Agent 23 keeps her hand raised, but she couldn’t see why any of the staff would do anything like that; however, the other Agent had already lowered his hand, but Agent 23 wasn’t sure at which point of the statement. The Overseer looks down at the clipboard, ‘uh-huh’s to themself a few times, then hangs it back on the designated hook. “Alright. You may lower your hand now. The rest of you, I trust you have jobs to do, you’re dismissed. Agent 23, I’ll instruct you on your tasks for the next…” they pause, as if thinking, “week. If all goes well”. 

The instructions sound like the usual, to observe the Anomaly through the cameras and the door windows, to record everything on the sheet every hour. Although there are also extra, lined sheets to fill in if the Anomaly tries to communicate. Any sign of intelligence should be recorded. It's been reported to react to the verbal greetings given by the Agents through the intercom, and if someone gets close to the glass, sometimes it seems to be looking toward the door. The Overseer has instructed 23 to actually try to get it to respond this time, however she can. If it looks like it’s reacting to the intercom, to continue talking, to see if it’s just the noise, or if it’s the actual speech it recognises. There are the odd notes in the ‘Guide’ that say that it has been observed to obey basic commands such as ‘step away from the door’, ‘stand still’ and such like. 

All of the initial pages in the observation log seem to have been crudely torn out, then the first intact pages have nothing written on them aside from the first boxes having mention of observations being difficult, due to the Anomaly being ‘outside’. 23 decides this must mean before it was put into containment, and was just being observed; because if it had breached containment, then there would be far more paperwork, and more Red stickers on the door. Breachers normally went to a far more secure floor several stories lower, and had their own guards stationed at every checkpoint. The pages documenting the last month or so are all basically uneventful, and nothing of note jumps out at her. 

As 23 turns on the intercom to read the obligatory greeting statement, there’s a slight electrical crackle-buzz as the speaker turns on, and a red LED indicator light at the bottom lights up. The small, crow-like creature turns its head toward the soft sound, its eyes dull and reflectionless, staring slightly off from the main door camera, as the intercom speaker is about a foot underneath. “Greetings. I’m Agent 23,” she begins, trying to sound casual, though professional, as if she doesn’t feel the least bit silly trying to talk to a bird, who probably doesn’t understand anything she’s saying, “I’ll be observing you today. I’ll be here for-” she briefly flicks her eyes down from the monitor to check her notes, quickly counting the start to finish times in her head, “Six hours. Please go about your business as normal.” She lets go of the intercom button, and it makes that same quiet crackle, then silence resumes. 

The creature keeps staring toward the speaker for a moment, then, as 23 observes as instructed, she thinks it glances up to the main camera, but it keeps turning, openly facing one of the side cameras, just staring toward it for what feels like the longest moment. 23 starts to wonder if it can somehow see her, and that its watching her, so she makes a little waving motion with her hand at the monitor to see if it'll react… But then it turns to face the back wall, away from the three cameras pointing toward it, and stays facing that direction.

The rest of the day is relatively uneventful, another Agent nearby makes a breakthrough when they say they got a recording of an inanimate object moving, and they furiously scribble in their observational notes. 23’s ward just sits there, once or twice taking a few slow steps toward one side of the room, a few hours later going to the other side. 

Once it’s time to finish up, she stands, stretching her arms above her head, making a little squeak noise through her nose as her spine pops, and when she turns toward the intercom, she notices the creature on the camera monitor, looking toward the door. Perhaps it could see her shadow move? She pauses briefly before pressing the intercom, there’s no movement at the buzz this time, not even a twitch. “This is Agent 23. I have concluded today’s observations. I will be returning tomorrow. Thankyou for your cooperation.”

[swiftiereaders]

📖MEET THE TEAM✨

@wineonmytshirt - HI! I'm Jen, I'm 30 years old and I'm from the USA. I go by she/her pronouns. My favorite authors are Stephen King, John Green, Dan Brown, & Anne Frank. My favorite books include Doctor Sleep, It, Atonement, The Lord of the Rings Series, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Devil in the White City, and The Hunger Games Series. I enjoy horror the most, but I really love non-fiction, historical fiction, memoirs, thrillers, fantasy, and romance. My favorite Taylor Swift song is Maroon!

@laughinglikespring - Hi everyone! I'm Cleo, and Im from India! Im 21 years old and my pronouns are he/him. I'm known for changing URLs quite frequently hehe. The first book (novel) I ever read was Chander Pahar (The mountain of the Moon) by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay. I love reading fiction, mostly romance (young adult to be honest) but i do dabble into horror, fantasy and a bit of sci-fi here and there too!!! I became a swiftie in 2014 and my favourite song (at the moment) is Would've Could've Should've and the smallest man who ever lived :)

@cowboyhatesithere - Hiya! I'm Laci, I'm from California, in my 20s, and go by she/they pronouns. Some of my favorite authors are Kurt Vonnegut, John Steinbeck, and Ira Levin. I'm primarily a horror reader, but I love to explore various non-fiction topics and the occasional true crime or mystery. Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin and the Flower in the Attic series by V. C. Andrews are some of my favorites, and I'm a self-proclaimed scholar of anything Alice in Wonderland related. My favorite Taylor Swift song at any given time is cowboy like me 🤎

@tolerateit - hihii, im meg (she/her) and apart from reading, i love coffee, giffing/editing, lamenting about my blorbos on this website and cats! I usually enjoy literary and contemporary fiction, occasionally dabble in mysteries and horror and have been trying to read more poetry and am ALWAYS open to both giving and receiving book recs!! although it is impossible to pick a single favorite, I'd say ours is one of my most beloved ts songs <3

@dearreader - hi hello! i’m kelly (she/they/he) and i’m from california. i was an english major in college and i love reading fantasy, sci fi, and graphic novels. a few of my favorite books are a far wilder magic, the invention of hugo cabert, the princess bride, the night circus, the reader, and Fullmetal Alchemist. i’ve been getting into poetry recently and my favorite poet current is e.e. cummings. i am always excited to analyze or discuss in any capacity, especially when it comes to taylor swift songs. my favorite taylor song is tis the damn season!! 🫶🏻

[thesoupisburning]

this shit (ts eliots the wasteland) is so the dark tower coded (book three famously based on the wasteland (ts eliots the wasteland) and also has arthurian legend (the dark tower all seven books) (stephen king) (the wasteland is arthuirian) (ts eliot)) the end where is it

[kingofmyborrowedheart]

fav ts song????

Don’t have just one! All time favorites are “Our Song,” “Hey Stephen,” “King of My Heart” and “Maroon.” Sentimental favorites are “The Best Day” and “Nee Year’s Day.”

[daintyduck99]

I was tagged by the lovely @innytoes ❤️

Last song: no body, no crime by Taylor Swift because my TS playlist is my go-to when I want music on but can't decide what to play

Currently watching: Rewatching Caleb Joseph's booktube videos because I tend to agree with his opinions on the books and have a similar sense of humor

Current obsession: I've been revisiting the It Fandom a bit since I'm in the middle of another Stephen King story and it's so funny because he writes such good characters so a lot of the Fandom is basically like--forget the clown give me more of these seven people being friends, I want those shenanigans only

Currently reading: Technically listening, but my husband and I started the audiobook version of Pet Sematary on our way home from Tennessee and we've been listening to it in the evenings. It's one of King's bleaker books but I always get sucked into his stories ("The remains remained the same" is such a good sentence alone and for what sir)

No pressure tagging: @tiriansjewel, @psyduckappears, @nuandia

[bisluthq]

omg yes about tom! Even with joe, i can remove him from taylor. But with tom my first thoughts are still the shirt and that cursed bolognese recipe

right??? As y'all know I go to the cinema an insane amount for a normal person. I bought a pass even like to pay less to go as much as you want in a short amount of time and those deals are usually geared at making money because the person won't go but like I... use all of it. I go literally at minimum once a week. And the Life of Chuck trailer like... I haven't read that specific novella but I do like Stephen King. It seems like it could be a good movie. But the moment I see Hiddles I'm like "lmfao" and that's that.

I probably will still go watch it because I have the pass right and will buy another one on 12 June when this one expires but like also lmfao I'll be SHOOK if it changes my perception of Hiddles.

FG and I tried to watch the Loki show and he actually was quite enjoying it and I just couldn't get into it because........ Hiddles.

Joe is easier for me because JOE did nothing embarrassing ever in his whole public facing life. Like yes London Boy is funny but it's not only (it is partially because he must've okayed it) his fault. Hiddles being embarrassing - between the TS stuff and the spoons - is all on him.

Anyway I'll let y'all know how Life of Chuck eventually goes.

[greensparty]

This Month In History - May

This is quite a month for landmark pop culture anniversaries:

May 5, 1980: America's Top 10 premieres

In May 1980, the syndicated music show America's Top 10 premiered. I admit this is a little strange anniversary to celebrate since it was the TV version of the radio countdown show America's Top 40, but it was one of my faves as a kid as I was getting into music. Each week, the great Casey Kasem (other hosts took over in 1990 and occasionally a guest host sat in) counted down the Top 10 of Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart and looked at other charts as well as musician interviews. If you were just learning about music and didn't have MTV, this show was something you tuned in to each weekend! Happy 45th AT10!

May 8, 1970: Let It Be album released

In May 1970, the final studio album from The Beatles was released. I know, I know - there's the great argument of Abbey Road vs. Let It Be being the final Beatles album. Yes, Abbey Road was recorded last, but since Let It Be was released last, it is historically the final album. By the time of its release, Paul McCartney has already announced the end of The Beatles, so it was almost a posthumous album. This might not get the same reaction of Abbey Road, The White Album or Revolver, but it is an amazing album start to finish. Here is my album review of the 2021 reissue. Happy 55 LIB!

May 13, 1970: Let It Be documentary film opens

Only a few days after the Let It Be album was released, the documentary film about the making of the album opened. The doc was often looked at as a sad film about the Fab Four coming apart. But in 2021, Peter Jackson re-edited the film and an insane amount of unseen footage into the doc mini-series The Beatles: Get Back, that put the album recording into a whole new context. Here is my review of The Beatles: Get Back. Happy 55 LIB!

May 17, 1985: Brothers in Arms released

In May 1985, Dire Straits' magnum opus was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2015. Happy 40th BIA!

May 19, 2005: Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith opens

May 21, 1980: Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back opens

May is a month of lots of Star Wars anniversaries including Episodes 4 (1977), 6 (1983), 1 (1999), 2 (2002), and Solo (2018), but this month we celebrate the golden anniversary of two of the best: Episode 5 opened in May 1980 and Episode 3 opened in May 2005. Here is my combined piece I wrote in 2015. Happy 45 Episode 5 and Happy 20th Episode 3!

May 23, 1980: The Shining opens

In May 1980, Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2015. Happy 45th TS!

May 25, 1990: Back to the Future Part III opens

In May 1990, the final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy opened. Here is my piece I wrote in 2015. Happy 35th BTTF3!

[uniquejellyfishqueen]

Position #1 (number 2 in order of years )2023 2024 Position #2 (number 3 in order of years )

Position #3 (number 1 in order of years ) 2022 2025 Position #4 (number 4 in order of years )

This makes an X and is 4 years. 4 is red

2022: Sofi

She was here for 6 nights. 2 special guest and three nights of filming.

On night 6 she announced 1989 TV

This is also the Stadium in which TS was removed from being the opening performer, Lover Fest West was supposed to be at Sofi and she was supposed to be the 1st Female Performing Artist to open an NFL Stadium. I understand Covid “happened” but she still could have had that spot when events were allowed to begin again. So honestly they had it coming.

2023: Glendale

The very first 2 nights of the errors tour was at Glendale. Also she did not wear green on 3/17.. probably because she doesn’t like getting pinched since some punk grabbed her ass without permission?

This place is a headquarters of a special kind.

The surprise songs tracks night 1 were 6/1 (mirrored date of 61 or 1/6)

Night 2 were 9/1 (mirrored of 91 or 9/1)

“My next 30 years”

2024: Paradise, NV Allegiant

This game was 7 days after the announcement of TTPD

She was also here on 3/24 and 3/25

3/24/1629 1st game law passes in the American colonies, by Virginia.

“I’ve been the archer, I’ve been the prey”

3/24/1874 Harry Houdini’s birthday, he passed away in 1926 -> Houdini was the lead single from TDOSS

3/24/1882 Robert Kick discovers bacillus cause of TB

3/24/1898 the 1st automobile sold

Benz Patent-Motowagen

3/24/1930 Planet Pluto was named.

RIP little guy

3/24/1937 National Gallery of Art established by Congress

“Clink, clink, being this young is art.” —only the young, but also the clinking of glasses is like a cheers or toast which would be champagne problems..

3/24/1947 Congress proposes 2 term limitation on the US Presidency

3/24/1947 John Rockefeller JR donated NYC East River site to the United Nations.

U can turn into n

3/24/1955 the 1st seagoing oil drill placed in service.

3/24/1958 Elvis is drafted into the US Army

3/24/1961 NY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows.

-Citi Field….. city of lover? Welcome to NY

3/24/1964 the Kennedy half dollar issued.

Wowza he only died on 11/22/1963. They sure were ready to have that done weren’t they?

3/24/2989 In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels of petroleum after running aground.

3/24/2008 Britney Spears makes a guest appearance on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother.

-still haven’t watched this since it was ruined for me.

*but also don’t forget the song “Me And Britany” on her 1st demo.

2025: Caesar’s Superdome

Second to last US stop on the tour. 10/25, 10/26, 10/27

Oh I see what we did here

10/25 is:

Chunky day

Frankenstein Friday

International Bandana Day

MDS World Awareness Day

National Cartoonists Against Crime Day

*Nevada day.

The location of the last Super Bowl

World Lemar day

She’s in NOLA this weekend. He’s there in February. Although i might shit my pants if he showed up on stage tonight. Wait are they gonna make out?! They should. I said it.

10/25/1984 Katy Perry was born.

Her cats name is Kitty Purry “Karma is cat purring in my lap cause it loves me”

Also if you follow the strictly “gay” lore of Ts well “I kissed a girl and I liked it..”

10/25/1154 Stephen, King of England died

“Hey Stephen” rest in peace

10/25/1764 John Adam’s 2nd American President marries Abigail Smith

10/25/1777 Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia marries second wife Dorothea Dandridge

-like the Dandridge school of nursing?

10/25/2009 Ivanka Trump marries Jared Kushner

-Karlie Kloss married Joshua Kushner in 2018

10/25/1861 the Toronto Stock Exchange is created

10/25/1940 Benjamin O Davis Sr is named the first African American General in the United States Army

1025/1944 During WW2 the USS Tang the top American submarine ace of the war is sunk by its own malfunctioning torpedo.

“Timeless”

10/25/1964 Viking Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in the wrong direction for a safety and is known as the wrong way run.

10/25/1986 Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors hits #1

10/25/2006 Forbes declares Kurt Cobain the top-earning dead celebrity…

That’s honestly morbid, and does not respect his art.

10/25/2006 Press Play by Diddy is his first #1 album on the Billboard 200 since 1997

10/25/2008 Womanizer by Britney Spears hits #1 on Hot 100

10/25/2015 Lewis Hamilton wins his 2nd consecutive World Drivers Championship

10/25/2017 Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers duet Island in the Stream

10/26/1863 The Football Association is founded

10/26/1967 is Keith Urban’s Birthday

“That’s When” Fearless TV From The Vault

10/26/1774 The First US Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia

10/26/1881 Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday take part in the Gunfight at the O.K Corral in Tombstone, Arizona

“You OK?” Doc… dr… Dre….red

10/26/1936 the first electric generator at the Hoover Dam goes into operation

10/26/1958 Pan Am makes its first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from NYC to Paris

Welcome to New York, We were in Paris.

10/26/1970 Your Song is released by Elton John

10/26/2003 The Cedar Fire in California kills 15 people, burns 250,000 acres and destroys 2,200 homes in San Diego to become the 3rd largest fire in California’s history

-but she said the vault tracks are gonna be fire

-ok but 22.. there were 22 songs on the 1989 Deluxe Version, which came out on 10/27/2023 which is the following day.

19 s

8 h

9 i

HIS

10/27/1275 Amsterdam is founded

10/27/1682 Philly is founded

10/27/1810 The US annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida

10/27/1904 The first underground NYC Subway line named the IRT Broadway Seventh Avenue Line Opens.

10/27/1954 Benjamin O. Davis Jr Becomes the first African American General in the U.S. Airforce

10/27/2006 St Louis beats Detroit 4-2 in game 5 of the World Series at Busch Stadium, making it the Cardinals 10th title in franchise history.

10/27/2018 a gunman kills 11 and injures six when he opens fire on a Pittsburgh Synagogue.

[dylanlaree]

chapter one// where do we go now?

Hi potential reader! My name is Dylan but my friends call me Dyl. You have probably never seen my account before, so welcome! My online presence has never been super strong, and for the most part I am okay with that. However, I am entering a new chapter of my life and want to document it in just about every way possible. If I am being totally honest, I forgot Tumblr was a thing. That is until I stumbled across it while re-arranging my home screen (as one does obv). A fact about me that you'll learn super-fast, is that I love to write. You will also learn that I am a huge fan girl. Literally huge. It's my favorite past time. From a quick glance at my account, you will notice that Taylor Swift is my favorite celebrity, role model, and artist. I have loved her for as long as I can remember, and as of right now my fav album is TTPD. What a masterpiece. Besides blondie, I adore Gracie Abrams, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Harry Styles, HAIM, Niall Horan Phoebe, Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eillish, and SO many others. I'll more than likely talk your ear off about any of these people because they take all of my money, and I just love them so much. Some of my other passions besides music include books and film. I love to read and will read just about anything you suggest. From Stephen King to Lynn Painter I love it all. Words are just my favorite. My favorite type of movie is the kind that leaves your heart feeling swollen. Either from having the saddest and most tear jerking ending, or from having the most "kiss on top of the empire state building on valentines day" ending. I love them all, but I will just go ahead and say romances are my favorite. I am a Pisces after all. Going into senior year of high school with a dream college that seems impossible to get into, no love interest in mind, a close group of friends, and very little money in my bank account, I would say that I am pretty basic. i have no idea where i am going now... but I am excited to keep track of all of my fun memories. Even if I only gain one follower, I will be happy that someone is enjoying my stories. Please suggest books, music, tell me your concert lineup. I want to be friends!

ps. TSOU is on REPEAT and blowing smoke is my favorite. Gracie is an angel and i love her.

If TS is seeing this, I freaking love you

xoxo, dyl

@taylornation @taylorswift @gracieabrams @graciehq

[lenniershairlessredacted]

as someone who started reading the dark tower series and related tie in books in the fourth grade and has some capital O Opinions about how those characters and worlds should be, I’m a big fan of the recent flagg castings (i.e. mcconaughey and skarsgard) because at the end of the day, the ultimate test question for your flagg should be “if I found out this evil dude fucked my mom, would I be forced to face the uncomfortable conclusion that, despite her presence as a strong moral figure in my life, she was probably 1000% down for it?”

[janiedean]

Reading my first ever Stephen King novel and thinking of u. What should I read of him after the long walk?

OOOOOH THANK YOU I’M ABSOLUTELY FLATTERED :DDDDD that said long walk is an excellent choice uu and I’ll cp you the answer I gave the last time someone asked that question lmao

my rough top five is:

different seasons

the stand

the dark tower series (I consider it a whole)

lisey’s story

11/22/63

that said my other faves are misery, it, dolores claiborne, the green mile and the long walk XD about where to start from, though…

while I do love his long stuff, the first thing you’ve got to know with king is that especially before the last DT book (which imvho was the top of this… habit) he tends to fuck up the endings and it gets worse the longer the book is - like, if it’s short there’s a way lower risk the ending sucks, the longer it is the higher the risk, so I wouldn’t start from his long stuff (btw, the stand is imvho one of the few exceptions to the rule of pre-DT long books with a bad ending but it really had it in spades imvho), so my advice would be..

starting from different seasons which is all novellas and NOT horror so you get a good idea of his range as a writer and you get stories which all have a good ending/are self-contained and is imvho his best writing period objectively (also the body is My Favorite Short Story Ever so XD)

then I’d read misery which about says a lot about his writing AND also had a good ending, carrie (which was his first but you get the idea), then I’d try one of his short stories collections (my personal fave to start from is skeleton crew but night shift is good if you want the full horror)

at this point if you liked that you can either go full horror or keep on the pseudo-realistic-not-horror-fully line and if it’s the latter I’d go for dolores claiborne, green mile, the dead zone, lisey’s story and 11/22/63 which also has A FLAWLESS ENDING (and the others also are p. good thankfully)

if you want full horror you can go for the bricks and go for the stand, it, any castle-rock set book, pet sematary (CREEEPY), salem’s lot, cujo and christine - I vouch for the stand’s finale, the others have their faults and I think it’s finale was BAD and I’m really glad they changed the thing in the movie I hated most about it but for the rest it’s top notch

now, re the dark tower: I don’t advise reading it before the stand because the main evil guy in DT is the same as in TS (he’s in a lot of king books but mostly in the stand) and it has ties with all of king’s other books so having read other stuff in his bibliography would help getting a lot of things immediately the first round, but anyway def. read the stand first. then: it’s my favorite series ever for all the faults it has and it honestly gave me an amount of joy few other books did so I’ll recommend it anyway because it’s really great fantasy and if you haven’t experienced roland deschain in your life imvho you’re missing out (also it has my Fave Character Ever who is in half of my tumblr nickname xD) but: it has its faults, some parts are obv. dated and most of all I loathed 2-3rds of the last book and I thought the ending was the worst possible thing king could come up with. now, fandom is split on that bc half thinks it’s genius and half hates it and I’m in the camp ‘in itself it would be fine but the previous 2/3rds of that book sucked so much it made no sense and I hate everything he did before the last three lines’, so I don’t want anyone to read it and then tell me hEY YOU TOLD ME TO READ A SERIES WITH A SHIT ENDING. I warned you that I hated it but you might not XD that said if you liked the first things you tried and you like the stand then by all means give it a try because it’s honestly something else and when it’s good….. I mean, when it’s bad it’s bad but when the dark tower is good there’s quite nothing like it for me and thankfully books 1-4 are 100% good imvho ;) (I like 5 and 6 a lot too but they were tainted by… his choice in 7 XD)

I hope it was exhaustive! and oh I forgot, if you wanna read on writing so you get some background on the guy it’s also a very good idea ;)

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Hi, I remember seeing u say that you’re a Stephen King fan, so I’m curious what are your favourite books by him?? And have you read his dark tower series? If so what do you think about it?

Yeah! TBH I have watched far more movie adaptations than read books but as a child I was definitely into his books that involved scary children in general. Except for IT, no way was a tackling a book that size.