#(twin) pea(ks)

[owormy]

miscellaneous twin peaks thoughts:

- I think leland did it

- it's interesting to me how physically alike josie packard and dale cooper are

- fire symbolism

- the idea that 'bob' has been haunting the palmer family as some kind of manifestation of generational trauma is spooky and interesting

- audrey is the best character

[ourpretender]

ooc shenanigans.

last song i listened to: no idea by m*una currently watching: twin pea*ks spicy/savory/sweet: savoury relationship status: obsessed with ash the way ollie is obsessed with felix , mar the Murder current obsession(s): sry it's still sa*ltburn !!!!!! (((also i watched Every movie i could find with bk in it)))

tagged by: @vitalphenomena !! tagging: @felixferitas @id1eyouth @awalkoflife @nuks @8ullseye and whoever else !!

[softgrungeprophet]

Actually, posting that motivated me to move the rest of my pins onto the wall hanging so I can actually look at and admire them—

So here is my little pin collection, in no particular order:

The Fool, The Sun and Death from Kevin Jay Stanton's Botanica pin collection

Dark Entomology European Stag Beetle pin by Emily Cannon. Her shop is currently closed for maintenance and this was a kickstarter pin so it is probably not available

"I Am The Gay Agenda" rainbow pin is from dom+bomb (a local size inclusive queer indie clothing brand) to support Spectrum Center — I got it at the local pride event recently 🏳️‍🌈 Currently out of stock but maybe they will restock it in the future

Harpy pin by Samantha Mash whose store currently does not have any pins but does have a lot of pretty stickers and prints

Ball python pin by Aspen Eyes — no longer in stock but they still have some eyes pins plus some other pins... The eyes glow in the dark, just FYI.

Star Servings constellation pin by Chan Chau — store is currently closed

Froggy pin from the Froggy Plush kickstarter by Allie Mehner/grind3h — again, another kickstarter pin, so likely not available, and I'm not sure the artist even has a store

Mars: Iron pin by vipi.ink (weirdly enough their store pictures don't look like my pin, because the texture of the planet is like, screenprinted or something? but this is where I got it because it's in my email receipts lol)

Queer enamel pin by lychgate aka mr. kittys

Green Peas pin from the Produce Pin Series I kickstarter by Katie Berntson — another KS pin, and the creator doesn't appear to have a shop linked

Tiger skull pin — I can't find my email receipt for it, nor a backing card. It's not from etsy so there's no past order there... It does glow in the dark, though, and there's text hidden in the lines above the skull that are only visible when it glows...

Those little round things next to it are just some random earrings I got to hold a shirt closed btw

Flower bee pin by crowlines (currently sold out)

Mushroom Twins pin by sugarnova (not available but other mushroom pins are)

Egg ghost pin is another one I'm not... sure... can't find the receipt lol

Pansy Pride Flowers Pin by doki rosi (another kickstarter pin)

Funny Lil' Guys Garden Eels soft enamel pin by QuailteaGoods

Octopus Medusa pin was an add-on from eightfish's Puppeteer kickstarter

Saggitarius sparkly Zodiac pin by JackalandhareArt

Sword and shield pins from Emily Cheeseman's armory series (the sword and shield are sold out but there are some other armory pins still available)

Moon and cloud enamel pin was an add-on from the World Roulette kickstarter, by Light Grey Art Lab who I'm not sure are still like... in business

Bat pin by zombieisok (no longer available/shop is closed but reopens in like a week)

No idea what company made the Fay and Kurogane rubber pins, I got those at Sakuracon or something like 15 years ago, if not longer lol

Shaggy Inkcap mushroom pin by place called bliss/broadfootlenny

Okapia "Rainbow Sunset" pin by faunwood (no longer available)

Zelda pin was from a zine I'm not sure is still available

Carmico strawberry letter pin (no longer available)

And

Diver enamel keychain by Verena Loisel

Here they are all together:

Still plenty of room!

I don't buy pins super often because they're a little pricey for the size (but, also, if you think of it like jewelry, $15-$20 per pin is very reasonable), but every once in a while I do see something that's too pretty, cute or interesting to pass up.

When I was in high school I had a shitload of regular pins, like, the circular kind, pin badges, whatever you wanna call them—idk I'm American, they're pins—and I would put them all over my sweatshirt. Which is... a little unwieldy and less than elegant LOL but those were also crappy cheap aluminum pins that eventually got rusty, broke, etc.

Obviously the nice pins I want to be set up in a nice way, and also not potentially risk losing them... lol

[reapers]

loosely explaining the plot of lost well enough to make kate accessible used to be so hard. and now, having spent two years trying to make twin pea/ks accessible to outsiders... this is like science for babies. it is no ordeal at all. what was i even complaining about!

[inflame]

on verses: start here. look at it this way. imagine i have the steady hands and general patience to make this a flow chart. pick one.

i know nothing about twin pea/ks.

if you're open to it, i would suggest writing with carrie. who --- IS laura (i.e. the general shit i say will almost definitely still apply), but doesn't remember that. this is canon, by the way. do not blame me for it. she was rescued from her imminent death and relocated by [gestures] the pantheon, but she doesn't know that, either. she is just, by all accounts, some guy. who... happens to have the first 17 years of her life missing. but she got a new name and a fake birthday. she is a waitress in a diner in west texas that only serves breakfast. still technically comes with all the baggage™, but not the means to unpack it. i could talk about her for a very long time, but this is not the place for that. i'll write her here until she's 42.

i am familiar with twin pea/ks (this doesn't have to mean 'i finished it'), but not the return.

so, you get laura. you can have her the way you'd probably expect her to be --- as a spirit --- or you can have her After All That Happened (and we let her live). it is probably best to keep her in her late teen years so she still fits into the idea you have of the setting. we CAN work ways around that, but it WILL take plotting.

i have seen all of twin pea/ks.

cool, and/or sorry. we can do pretty much whatever you want: i am about equally interested in Every Possibility. pick one! pick ten! here are the caveats.

if you write a canon, we HAVE to talk first. it should be quick and painless! i just need to make sure we're on the same page with portrayal stuff! if you don't want to connect on discord, we can do it here. that is totally fine.

if you want to write with her specifically before her death / near-death, we can't really pre-establish anything significant [and new]. there's infinite room for casual connections here, but i can't really add anything to that mix, emotionally. contrary to popular memes, this child is Good At Juggling jack shit.

[inflamearc]

modern laura (as opposed to '25 years later' laura):

odessa young, if you want an updated visual.

not really on social media. probably has a private ig and MAYBE a twitter (with her name/photo nowhere on it) but she doesn't do much scrolling. it's all more like a diary for her own reference / amusement. she does still keep the real thing; it'll be on her somewhere at all times, probably in whatever bag she's carrying. looks a lot like this.

she's out, kind of --- she's still pathologically unable to give a clear answer about anything personal. but she's not trying to seem like anything she isn't.

she doesn't smoke any less. i have tried and i have failed.

she's in therapy (NOT with anyone in canon). it's ... not 'nice', but it is useful, and she is a lot more secure in herself and her story.

you're still not convincing her to go to college. in a lot of ways, laura is already so Her Own Person that her story just transfers to Modern Day as is ... except, knowing she has the internet to tell her everything that's out there, she probably has like, emt certification and a million other things that she's cobbling together to avoid 1. nursing school and 2. working for other people.

she might be a little infamous in niche circles. twin pea/ks is definitely somewhere that generates rumors like you wouldn't believe in a world where social media is king ---and she's got that celebrity victim status --- but it's still, like. you're only going to know if you're into all the weird cryptid / supernatural / conspiracy stuff, or if you go digging for information about her online. or if you're local, obviously.

if she's out of the pnw/missoula, it's prrrrobably because she's traveling for some random job she's picked up (or she's decided to drive cross-country to go see a concert or something because she is getting itchy and trying to be healthy, if impractical, about it). she likes to see places and meet [normal] people. may or may not be accompanied by jade at @requitals.

her car is ancient, and not in an especially cool way. it's well-maintained because it's never been out of use for long, but things go wrong a lot. she's handy enough (and familiar with it enough) to take care of it, most of the time, but she miiight break down in front of your place of business. this is an easy plot point to take advantage of.

idk like I COULD SAY MORE but i feel like mostly i'd just be restating things you already know. so if you have a question, just ask it.

[transformsx]

on the 7th day god said i could take a break from writing about twin pea/ks, the show that everyone says is about cycles of abuse (but actually is not), to come here and write about mu/rder, the show that virtually nobody says is about cycles of abuse (but actually is)

so here i am. watch me overhaul some pages about it

[highwayj]

i don't know enough about dusty yet to give her a whole Blog Page, but

i want to write her

she is ronette's sister (dana writes ronnie. sometimes)

her family is jewish! they immigrated from poland! she can't really remember anywhere but twin pea/ks, but that is fine, because she always won at those wretched icebreaker games

she's deaf. she does read lips, but she signs --- she's more likely to write you a note than she is to speak out loud, if you don't. but she can. she just usually will only do it for emphasis when someone is being the dumbest bitch alive

she works at a horse stable (broken circle stables), where she is a constant terror to The Rural Rich. but she's too good at the work and too hard a worker to fire.

(also, they think she'd accuse them of being ableist. except ... they do not know that word, because it's the 20th century. anyway. she thinks this is so funny)

she also Builds Things. and she will whittle you a stupid little animal.

(it will look stupid because she doesn't do this for money. or even with the foresight that she will give it to someone at all. she will just throw it at you, really.)

enneagram 9w8 probably fwiw

shoshan/nah stern. saved the best for last here :-)

[perceives]

it’s just this meme with questions that seem redundant (on my blog) deleted.

SELF + HEALTH

what is their motto? [buffy summers vc] seize the moment, cause tomorrow you might be dead

would they rather lead or follow? she would rather mind her own business

what motivates them? being allowed to mind her own business

are they most likely to fight with their fists or their tongue? it doesn’t matter. overall she’s most likely to start the fight and then get bored 

do they have any pet peeves? yeah that’s what james is for

what do they most regret? running over a cat while driving high. did you expect something sadder

what would they like to improve on? nothing. not because she’s above it, but because she is so type A that she is just constantly working that kind of thing into her routine

do they have any allergies or food intolerances? not physical intolerances. laura intolerances. she is a vegetarian who hates vegetables

PERSONALITY

their predominant emotion?

[gif of sarah in the return repeatedly saying ‘i don’t feel good’]

someone wrongs them. do they respond with revenge or forgiveness? neither, she’s going to be a huge bitch about it and then probably forget it happened

do they make snap judgments or take time to consider? like, both, but more the latter as she is always reconsidering everything

are they a glass half-full or a glass half-empty kind of person? she would tell you she’s a pessimist --- and she’d mean it --- but she wouldn’t be correct, i don’t think. laura is very much an idealist. everything happens for a reason and all that. the older she gets, the more realistic she gets, and obviously it’s important that she learn that she doesn’t deserve every bad thing that’s ever happened to her, but she still has a way of persisting when other people would just ... not. she isn’t particularly inclined toward misery; it just kind of stalks her. 

do they express themselves through words or deeds? deeds, in the way that’s implied. she’s certainly very CAPABLE of speaking her thoughts, it’s just likely to happen in writing if it’s anything actually personal. 

how often do they lie? not as often as one might think. she’s actually pretty good at avoiding it. ‘avoid’ being the key verb

do they listen to their head or their heart while making a decision? her head, more --- which is not to say her decisions are usually sensible, just that they follow a certain logic to HER. she is also very close with her emotions, but she tends to  repress them somewhat until she can hole away with her sad little book

THOUGHTS

their views on formal education vs self-education? we’re usually running on the assumption here that she dropped out of high school so i’d think that’s pretty evident tbh! laura’s just not really a friend to ‘formal’ anything

what are their thoughts on animals? better than people

how much do they care what people think about them? if she’s in twin pea/ks it’s honestly more that she cares what her mom hears people say about her, but it’s still a definite issue that Affects Her A Lot. like so goddamn much. if she is elsewhere she does not care. she literally just doesn’t want her mom to be ashamed of her lol [drowning guy emoji]

do they enjoy being the center of attention? why or why not? often --- she is an only child whose parents are performers. she craves validation! but she also wants it on her own terms and that is something she rarely gets. most of the Center of Attention-ness within The Narrative is not ... desirable attention. 

which do they value more: creativity or practicality? practicality, but she is very creative and that’s very significant to her

thoughts on material possessions? she’s very sentimental about things that are, well, sentimental. but otherwise she could take or leave pretty much everything (and often will)

would they rather win an argument or avoid conflict? she will START an argument just to CAUSE conflict if you catch her in the wrong mood

views on people in general? wary, but hopeful

what qualities do they admire in other people? kindness, curiosity, passion, diligence. not being a straight white man

how do they feel about fun? it’s fun. she likes fun. she has as much of it as possible

thoughts on privacy? (are they private or are they “tmi”?) she’s whatever the extreme other pole is to tmi. not dishonest, really --- if you ask the right questions (and it seems safe), you can find out pretty much anything --- but she most likely is not going to offer shit

thoughts on superstitions or the occult? (do they believe, not believe, etc.) both of her parents are literally possessed by demons and it is making her life really hard, okay

what are their religious views? she’s a member of the episcopal church. so. catholic basically. 

THE PAST

how would they describe their family? soooo normal :-)

what was their childhood like? that actually was really normal. borderline idyllic. the only thing about her very early life that you’d probably think is sad was that she didn’t, like, Go Anywhere before she started school --- she was always with her mom, who is agoraphobic. but it largely kind of suited her? and also probably made her more annoying instead of more withdrawn. so, you know. there’s always some, um, background bullshit going on, but she isn’t aware of it or actively harmed by it for quite some time

what did they want to be when they grew up? a teacher, probably. or professional horse girl. 

as a child, what were they most likely to be found doing? doing horse girl things. or boy scout things -- kid knows everything about the woods she grew up in. 

the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to them. she’s very good at laughing at herself, so she normally beats everyone to it and just kind of bypasses the emotion. she therefore gives the impression that she can Take A Joke. but if YOU laugh at her, she will not get embarrassed OR join you. she will just get soooo disproportionately furious. 

the best thing that has ever happened to them. her dad committing suicide :-)

which memory stands out most clearly? who even can afford to keep their memories inside their head in this economy ...

THE FUTURE

do they believe in happy endings? yeah, basically, she just doesn’t believe in them for HER

are they afraid of dying? why or why not? she is (convinced she will go to hell) but she can obviously think of worse things than being murdered, so. it’s complex

TOUGH STUFF

do they have any phobias? - cleithrophobia [confinement] And Related Issues (for example, i wouldn’t say she suffers from merinthophobia [restraint] as things like seatbelts don’t bug her, and it’s not a fear that would be aroused for no reason).  - arguably somnophobia [sleep] but it’s so rational in laura’s case that it’s difficult to judge whether it’s A Phobia or just self-preservation to put it off as long as possible

what kind of person are they? she’s a good kid tbh. volatile and generally hard to get along with in a lot of circumstances, but she is very very concerned with the wellbeing of others and will go out of her way to help literally anybody. she’s easy to dislike but very difficult to hate

would they let someone take the blame for something they did? no. she maintains her self-loathing like a little plant

what are they insecure about? her only real complex is about her sexuality / sexual experience

what is one way to earn their trust? believe her lol (it’s pretty impossible to do --- to even get her to where she would feel able to confide in you)

one thing they would hate anyone to know about them. haha well it doesn’t much matter anymore

they have to pick one: to be loved, to be feared, or to be admired. to be loved

have they ever been bullied or teased? outside of like, actual abuse, not really. she’s just some guy. and if she had been, i highly doubt it would have persisted, because she is not nearly afraid enough of anything and it would have been a) a regrettable action or b) completely uninteresting bc she just ignored you

FUN STUFF

what are they confident about? she’s an only child. i just TOLD you she hasn’t been bullied enough (which is to say, most everything, within reason)

talk about their moral alignment. she’s a pretty straightforward Neutral Good, i don’t really have anything to add

describe their aesthetic. she is probably dressed like an american girl doll describe them in three words. uh. headstrong. paranoid. loving (i could say empathetic, which is definitely her Defining Trait, but it’s not a universally positive one, and i don’t think her compassion is entirely born of it)

what makes them feel safe? i am not even sure that’s possible :-(

favorite color and the reason for it. i doubt she has one, or her room would look a lot less like the rest of her house (i.e. she would not have let her mom so obviously decorate it). she seems to wear mostly earth tones, though. for the straightforward reason that she would rather be in the woods than anywhere else

favorite book genre? memoir / poetry. she does not really indulge a ton of fiction

favorite movie genre? i don’t know but i can tell you with absolute certainty that she and bobby saw ‘stand by me’ in theaters together and cried their fucking eyes out. which is really quite a read

do they have a role model? not outside of like. historical religious figures

[fortooate]

twin(pea)ks

[wkeup]

the chaotic energy between me wanting to watch twin pea/ks again & knowing i’ll try to make another blog i can’t handle if i do.

[owormy]

also I think someone should tell Dale cooper about all the mushroom species in the PNW. he'd like them

[owormy]

wtf are they making in the twin peaks intro. can the autists on tumblr tell me

[owormy]

special agent dale cooper is an unsettlingly put together little boy in a suit to me. he's like one of the delightful children down from the lane

[inflame]

i love when my friends bring me Different Genre Characters because whatever it is i'm always like. "well they would fit right in twin pea/ks". and i'm always right. they literally always can

[inflame]

laura, but also like a fourth of all the babies born in twin pea/ks, washington: