see me crawling on the floor,
is that what you've been longing for?
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I was listening to Firefly and it reminded me so much of my weeb nightcore phase and I loved that so much i made yet another playlist for yall to dance around in fairylights to
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Congrats on hitting a new milestone! I'm curious about 25, 42 and 45.
Thank you, really.
25 Is there a song that defines you?
Blossom by Kerli. Also her song Diamond Hard.
42 Is there a book only available in your language that you wished everyone knew?
Yes, I actually mentioned the franchise like once or twice on a post, it's the Valentina Hellebel series. The series consists out of 7 books, and the target demographic is similar to the R.L Stine books. They're written by Eddy C.Bertin, who actually has written adult horror in English.
Fun fact, but in the Netherlands, there was this thing called het Griezelgenootschap which is Dutch for the Creepy Fellowship. This was comprised out of children's horror writers like Eddy C.Bertin who was the secretary. Back in the late 90's/early 2000s you could subscribe to the Griezelclub- Creepy Club- and get all kinds of stuff.
The Valentina series combines Lovecraftian horror, with religious horror, folklore and wicca.
The series follows Valentina who's nicknamed 'Hellebel' because she's a troublemaker. She turns 13 in the first book, and unlocks her witch powers however there's a bad sorceror who's pretty much like a demon at this point involved.
She gets help from her best friend Anton, who wants to be a horror writer and is her main source for occult information other then her grandmother Hennie who is her mentor, and her familiar the cat Sir James (spoiler alert from the 4th book but he's the freaking angel Gabriel fallen down to Earth and is serving Valentina as a way to repent and go back to heaven).
But, through shenanigans in the first book, she and Anton end up dragging two of their classmates, Freddie and Vickie into the whole occult mess and the four form a coven as humans can actually join a witch coven as long as they have the right astrology sign as everyone in the coven is meant to represent one sign and all four kids have different signs.
Their coven later gets two more additions in the siblings Zeynep and Hatice, who are half Turkish, and half fallen angel (the good kind who want to repent to go back to the garden of Eden).
Freddie and Vickie get together at the end of the first book, and are still a couple that's so freaking dear to me. I mean, they're not perfect but that's what makes it a realistic romance. Vickie's the cringy dotting girlfriend and Freddie is basically like Teiko Aomine and disappointed in her in the chest department but their love conquers everything. Literally, in book 6 Freddie gets turnt evil because demons prey on his insecurity- that being the brawn of the group isn't good enough in the face of demonic forces and that he won't be able to keep Vickie safe. So then he's brainwashed and basically became a bit of a Hulk with a sword. Digit, a friend of Anton manages to weaken their spell on him and Vickie- who's usually the most frightened in the group turns to Valentina and is basically like, "Bitch this is my fight," and convinces him to fight off literal hell's influence, even when Freddie is literally about to deliver a fatal blow- but their love breaks through and he just can't. Vickie is the reason why he became evil in the first place!
And this is not the sweet kind of series you know which makes it so powerful.
Valentina's mom dies at the end of book 3 and book 4 is literally Valentina having her survivor's guilt exploited by a cosmic child related to the Scorpio constellation that's turnt evil by this dark sorceror who experimented around with vampires and also spawned a bat-cat hybrid species called the Vampkatten- Vampcats and the child uses Valentina because it wants to go back to its mother. (this series is wild, I know)
That's not even the worst thing yet, Valentina dies to save the world at the end of book 7, and it ends with Anton visiting her grave.
I wish this series existed in English all the time so I could talk about it more, and ever since Eddy died (R.i.P), I've been wanting to translate it to preserve his legacy with any potential profit going to his loved ones but I cannot find book 7 anywhere as the series stopped printing long ago. I've been hunting for it in second hand shops for ages.
45 What's your favorite chick flick?
St. Trinians.
For one, I always thought going to a boarding school seemed cool.
Two, having grown up in criminal areas I could very much relate to that school's particular enviroment.
Three, I'm not going to say who, but there's a character who shares my name and I'm proud.
Four, St. Trinians subverts some of the chick flick tropes, and I love that.
Five, the soundtrack is awesome and iconic. Like the school anthem? YES.
"We are the best,
So screw the rest!"
Six, I love it's humor. Again, it's just so iconic, like the Posh Totties' 'Oh My God'
This movie is part of the British chick flick holy trinity for a good reason. It's a legend.
It even had good messages, like not dumbing yourself down.
I just love it so much.
(Also, I cannot take that female Doctor Who seriously 'cause she is still Beverly to me)
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