#i'm sorry i'm like half dead at the moment so this is probably (farting noises))

[clarawatson]

A deep dive into Quiet Birds titles!

Complete with links and things no one asked for, but I'm back on the Quiet Birds AU train and this is where it's going to take us today.

Part One: Of Quiet Birds in Circled Flight

While this title would have been PERFECT for a Jason Gideon reader insert, it was always destined for this fic. As a line from the grief poem by Mary Elizabeth Frye ‘do not stand at my grave and weep’ I was obsessed when I first read it when I was like 14. While it’s pretty clear that the poem is for grieving, the idea of someone faking their death and having it read at their funeral stuck with me. Granted, I was probably obsessed with Sherlock at the time, but it stuck with me. When I was watching Criminal Minds and saw the gap in which I could shove my own agenda into the show, following that little brain fart I had half a decade ago seemed like the smartest way to go.

Also, to be completely honest, I dedicate three years of my visual arts classes to depicting that poem in various visual ways so I probably knew the poem a bit more inside out than others, so like… yes, I was surprised when people were surprised my plot twist lol.

Part Two: Making Secrets We Can’t Keep

Originally when I planned this long haul of part two Aaron and the reader don’t tell anyone about their relationship until after Haley’s funeral (didn’t that change lol). It’s based on the song King Size Bed by Caylee Hammack because the first time I heard it on her album I knew immediately that it would be an interesting plot. Alas, I went down a weird unplotted CIA road and it is not my favourite part of my series. But the sentiment from the song still stands–they’re waiting for things to blow up because of how much they’re hiding from people.

Part Three: Burn the Shoes & Boil the Rice.

I’m going to hell, I’m about to literally give you a Glee song. Okay, okay, so at the time of writing I was watching Glee for the first time and this song was one of the ones I didn’t skip. But Getting Married Today (specifically the Glee version, sorry) made me think about how I’d put off writing the wedding so much and how Mom would be so hesitant to get married, especially after Haley’s death. So there’s that, and I’m sorry.

Part Four: The Gentle Autumn Rain

Returning to my roots of Mary Elizabeth Frye’s poem, I took a different approach and thought I’d do a story about the little girl who Aarona and Mom are determined is dead being alive and living the town over, but who she is now is vastly different from the memory of the 3 / 4 year old they knew. Alas, it was too much for my mental health which then lands us with–

Part Five: Those Little Doves Had Sent My Mind and Heart A-Beatin’

This line is from the absolute bop–Seen It All by Jake Bugg. And while I will not go into detail about ~why~ because ~spoilers~ but lets just say it works very well for this parts plot, specifically for the Valhalla Arc. But, I won’t lie to you, I only know this song because I watched the Alex Rider TV series and [before you open this link: LOUD NOISES, torture, and spoilers for ep 1 or 2 of Alex Rider] this scene gave me big brain moments for Valhalla and Mom’s little secret life between Felix’s “death” and her joining the BAU.

[riotatthemovies]

Curse of the Blind dead (2020ish)

The installment to the franchise that nobody asked for. Some scenes are so slick and the next second a very half assed moment happens. Probably issues found during editing with no ability for reshoots. That would explain the delays of the film and why I question when to say this movie was actually made. I'm tired of low budget films with "artistic" lighting, which i bitch about a lot. The color is all lowered in post then a flickering orange or blue light is added go make it seem like its lit by candle or old wobbly hanging rusty light bulbs tied to a turd. Anyways the blind dead Zombie Templars are back so hurray. We start with a tweaked origin in the 1300s then jump to the future where society has collapsed from riots and plagues (umm uh oh awkward). A cult of survivors kidnap people to appease Satan but instead just raise the blind dead (who now look like members Lordi (who one has a beard , that makes him the leader). The leads are really annoying, the lead female just screams and whimpers non stop. Sure her emoting is to show tension and pain but in a movie a out Blind Dead that often shows you things through their eyes, sorry I can't take things as seriously as they would like. It takes what feels forever for the zombies to show up and when it finally gets gross and violent its so over paced then the rest of the film , better paced but out of place..oow that rhymed. I mean when they be a killing its pretty cool. Then it just ends, well Blind Dead ends but then the movie meanders on into more torture porny pregnancy horror (sigh yes that's a thing) . Basically it's like a fart. A grumbling pain, then a loud noise, a painful stink where some are impressed by how vile it is, and then an awkward lingering.You feel like you could go blind but you're not really blind.

Note the hilarious ending credits music is an over 30 yr old song by a band called Death SS. Which as suiting as it is, I am still laughing that anyone other then me remembered who they were. #cursedmovies