unfollow me now this is gonna be the only thing I'm gonna be talking about for the next week I've wanted "dabi's dance" animation for so long fuck what the fuck-
It's my mom's first time watching Doctor Who. She has always been absolutely unshakeable. She doesn't give two fks about fictional characters. Never has. We reach season 2... And I'll tell you what: 3 episodes in, I think she is already super attached to the Tenth Doctor. When we watched Broadchurch, she would always look at Alec with that fond, sad smile whenever he would do something weird and uncomfortable (so, like, in every scene). When we watched Good Omens, she lost it at every single one of Crowley's jokes. Yeah so I think I broke my mom and I'm super happy with that no refund thank you
The David Tennant effect is a force not to be meddled with
It's almost official: the Murdoch Quilt, made from costume scraps from seasons 12-14 of Murdoch Mysteries (with a few pieces from earlier years), is going up for auction very soon! Bidding will close on not long after October 2, the date of the S17 premiere. I even managed to get a high-end art auction house involved. I had a Zoom call with them and the Shaftesbury Films publicity people this afternoon to finalize plans. (Yes I am freaking out about this.)
Christina Jennings, Founder, CEO, and President of Shaftesbury Films gave the quilt and the Urban Alliance on Race Relations, beneficiary of the auction proceeds, a shoutout in her speech to the crowd at the Shaftesbury TIFF party last Monday. (She suggested that someone's grandmother might like it. Me, I want it on permanent display somewhere. It's a work of women's art that was never intended to disappear into someone's linen closet. But that was, uh, not the ideal venue for pushing that argument. Ahem.)
Some of the "best" questions people have asked about the quilt:
How do we know it's authentic? Are you trying to scam people?
Seriously? You honestly think someone would come up with a scam involving the time and coordinated effort of 20 people in three countries to produce something that has fabrics that look EXACTLY like what's in the costumes on TV, in order to raise money for a 48-year-old anti-racism charity? That's... rather a grim way to perceive the world.
2. Why don't you sell the pattern so other quilters can make it too?
There is no pattern. 18 people designed and made their own unique blocks from the fabrics they had available. If you want to stare at pictures of it to reverse-engineer the 30 different blocks so you can make them from other fabrics that didn't come from the MM costume room, knock yourself out.
3. You're making another one, right?
No. This one took hundreds of dollars (gas, postage, longarm quilting) and at least 150 hours of work. "One of a kind" means "one of a kind."
(I have so many thoughts about how textile art is [or isn't] valued, and whom it's perceived to be for, even by people who really should know better. I'm hopeful that this project and the auction will spark some thoughts and conversations about this. Best case, the quilt itself will net five figures, maybe from one of the Bus People who've been on the fancy tours and who Get It about what this kind of fibre art is worth. I can dream, can't I?)
Anyway. Auction closes in early November! October 2! More details coming soon! aaaah!
Kallamar considers himself the greatest medical mind the cult, no, the world has ever seen. However no one else seems to appreciate his genius. Luckily his newest invention--the syringe--will show everyone that he's the most important person in the world. But as he's busy showing all of the naysayers wrong he could really use a new assistant to help him out.
Luckily for him, there's a recently-brought-back-to-life lamb that could use a job.
The question is can the pair get along enough to solve a sudden, strange medical emergency? Or, even more importantly, fall in love?
Chapter Seven: In Which Kallamar Gets a New Project
Nah, I'm just joking, a little. I wanted to announce that I finally made a youtube channel where I plan to show a little behind the scenes of what goes on in my shop.
For my first video, I show a little bit of how I make my Lilia, Ortho, and Idia bear!
Oh… oh, it is satisfying. Every inch as much as he’d hoped.
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IT'S HERE! Maybe not three years, but several months and countless hours of work have passed to bring to you this first part of many in a work of collaborative audio art, a recreation of one of the most insane and expansive fanfiction series in the Malevolent fandom: Surrogate: The Director's Cut.
Fully scripted, cast-acted and with audio effects, some of the fandom has come together to attempt this monumental task, and we are overjoyed to finally let you hear it.
What is it?
Well, you'll have to listen and find out won't you? Make good, peons, I don’t have all century.
LISTEN HERE
Stay tuned for future recordings! If you'd like to assist in upcoming acting or crew, contact Vmprsm on Discord or Tumblr.
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From the talents of:
-Vmprsm as the Narrator and Faroe
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-Flamia as Hastur
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-Jasper as Arthur
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-LynnLarsh as John
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-Igneous as Kayne
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-SSJTrinity, Kraiva, and Somniate as Work Introduction