#good god Flanagan

[everythingbutresolved]

"Anyway Flanagan knew exactly what he did when he brought to screen the character of a pastor so devoted to his one and only love to break the laws of the physical realm and cross the bridges of times just to be with her in a paradise made in her own image. In this essay I will"

[mistysgardenn]

no one told me midnight mass would be like this.

[chthonic-kids]

bioshock 1 grabbed me by the throat and said "greed and ego are the death of man when backed by unchecked power and influence. we are defined by our connections to each other. we are at our best when we provide for and take care of each other" and i could not help but fall in love

[echthr0s]

[letterboxd log 2024 | 48/?] ⪀ Gerald's Game, 2017; dir. Mike Flanagan

[b-rainlet]

'Mike Flanagan stop being a coward and make a movie about child abuse actually about child abuse' challenge

[facultyloungecosplay]

Finished The Fall of the House of Usher tonight and I must scream

[pray4jensen]

spn has utterly obliterated my ability to watch tv shows and all i ever want now is a one-season limited series bc being left on a cliffhanger and given the vague promise of a good ending down the line just gives me ptsd now

i just don’t trust shows to end right anymore,,,,,im just constantly dreading the moment where the finale ends up being a horrific clusterfuck and the worst thing is, no matter what show and how bad the finale is, it’s never as bad as how spn did it and maybe that should be reassuring and comforting but it rlly isnt and like sometimes i wonder why so many shows are so bad now

[daincrediblegg]

Eggie pie please know that I'm saving all of your posts about the fall of the house of Usher so I can read all through them when I'm gonna finish it because I want to read every single comma you've to say about it :''•)

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GOOD LUCK AND GOD SPEED. GOOD CHRIST I MADE A LOT OF POSTS. WORRY NOT YOU SHALL FEAST WELL!!!

[stalactites]

i think mike flanagan is participating in a competition of his own invention for ugliest show of all time

[revvethasmythh]

actually since it’s been three years (to the day, I think) since Bly Manor came out, I’m thinking about how I watched it for the first time with my roommate at night in the middle of a cat 4 hurricane—up until the power went out—and let me tell you. unparalleled viewing experience. worst school year of my damn life, but I still remember the ~vibes~ of watching that during a hurricane and getting the literal shit scared out of us when a branch slammed into our window during a tense scene. would not trade that particular experience for anything

[todayisafridaynight]

We’re having an emergency meeting to discuss Chris Johnson and the whitest name ever

absolutely fitting for our white man now innit

[stevethehairington]

i have only watched the first episode so far but MIKE FLANAGAN WHAT HAPPENED MY DUDE?????

[jeezypetes]

[always-andromeda]

I have to do two different comps for my digital arts class by tomorrow. Just finished my first one. Time to have dinner, a drink, disassociate, and watch The Fall of the House of Usher. 🫠

[vintagerpg]

Welcome to the first meeting of our new Manly Wade Wellman appreciation society. After the golden age of the pulps, there are two authors who, for my money, tower head and shoulders above everyone else spilling ink — Fritz Leiber and Wellman. I don’t think either get enough credit and Wellman perhaps doubly so, especially the Silver John stories, which have, infuriatingly, been out of print most of my lifetime. Nonsense. Madness. The short stories at least have been recently reprinted by Valancourt Books (though with a terrible cover — sorry, John’s not a beardo), so this week I want to raise the profile of the novels. There were five, written for Doubleday and published expressly for the Science Fiction Book Club (I believe). There were paperbacks of some (Most? All?I’m not sure) in the mid-‘80s, but they’ve not been reprinted until the 2023 Complete John the Balladeer from Haffner, a pricey two-volume set.

This is the first, The Old Gods Waken (1979), which sees John get involved in a squabble between neighbors that winds up masking a sinister agenda involving druids, messing with ancient powers and, if John’s too late to the rescue, human sacrifice. The Raven Mockers, evil spirits from Cherokee folklore, play a memorable part.

The details, fun though they may be, are secondary to the feel of the thing. John is just so damn likable and pleasant, even with folks who don’t deserve the consideration, like the pair of druid brothers. There isn’t ever a real sense that John can fail, its his very nature to pick out a song on his silver-stringed guitar and find a solution, or a friend who can help out (in this case, a Cherokee medicine man/social scientist). John’s inner goodness just sees him through and that makes these stories both delightful and odd. You get a real sense of Appalachia, of the rhythm of the speech. These aren’t really horror stories, or fantasy (though John is 100% the template for the D&D Bard) but more warm-hearted adventure stories. I can’t even complain about the druids being such comical, one-note villains.

Michael Flanagan did the cover. Spooky!

[shorthaltsjester]

god i cannot express how impressed in general i am with the storytelling that cr is doing with candela obscura but what really strikes me is how evident it is that the storytelling they do is defined by the hearts of those who are putting it together rather than adhering to a specific idea or image of a given story that they want to uphold. there is such a stark difference between the tones of chapter one and chapter two (to the fault of neither, i’ve enjoyed them both immensely because they both happen to hit parts of the supernatural-horror genre that I am so deeply fond of and so happy to see in a real play medium).

there’s the obvious difference in gming styles, matt has fantasy running through his veins and that’s evident in the way that chapter one ends up having a tone akin to something like the scarier episodes of buffy the vampire slayer. spenser outright references mike flanagan in his pre-interview thing and good grief is that so so evident in his narration and the way he emphasizes the themes emerging in the story in the environment of the world they journey through and choices like the letter from sean’s mother that subvert the audiences ability to rely on a character’s perception.

but the energy the groups of players bring to the storytelling is obviously also so important, too. like, even just looking at the groups prior to watching each I probably could’ve guessed which might’ve had a more lighthearted tone. the combination of ashley, anjali, and robbie already would be one i’d guess a more warm/goofy vibe for (not to say they can’t be serious and dramatic, but the tone of the seriousness is still warm and the world that prompts them towards drama likewise feels warm) and laura, despite her propensity for goofs, does tend to be a chameleon with group make ups. likewise i think we all had a certain (affectionate) fear™ when it was revealed that marisha, brennan, luis, and travis would be reuniting in another short form story and that has certainly held up and been incredibly bolstered by zehra’s absolute commitment and immersion into the story (constantly fucking blown away that this is her first real play she’s incredible).

this is all just to say as someone deeply interested in digital storytelling, i am so so enamoured by cr’s commitment to following their own desires as humans telling stories to one another while adhering to the requirements they have as a company. and also if you haven’t you should watch candela obscura, especially now that spooky season is here.