- Poynton is a Faustian nightmare, and Adrian Lister did an absolutely fantastic job. It felt like he was channelling Othello in his magic scene. He's an excellent villain
- Rassalas/Amadin and Roxy are really cute
- I didn't realise, but the actor who plays Charles is Frank Dillane. He played young Voldy in Harry Potter 6, and his father is Stephen Dillane, who played Stannis Baratheon in GOT
- Polly Honeycombe is perfectly named
- Sofia is a Goth Queen
- Louisa Harland had fantastic chemistry with everyone and was just generally a badass
- I don't usually care about fight scenes (Princess Bride aside), but the choreography looks good to me
- tonally, the show is pretty inconsistent, but it kinda works? I appreciate things which can be serious and can be funny, can be dramatic and have honest, human moments
- v strange to think that Tottenham was ever, well, sort of a village. If you've not been there, it's now an especially rough part of London with a rather nasty MP (super antisemetic, still received like 70% of the vote in 2019, if memory serves)
- Joely Richardson looks like she's having a blast every time she's on screen. Good for her
Finally:
- I adore Nick Mohammed when he's on Taskmaster, and he's delightful in this, too. I certainly wouldn't mind having him as my guardian angel fairy imp thingy
Here's my Tribute edit called your tears for Ava Jordan Wood, Saffie-Rose Brenda Roussos and Skylar Annette “Sky” Neese, Cal Franklin Blackerby, James Michael “JJ” Brown Jr., Christian Lee Chandler, Ethan Zane Frensley, Jesse McCord Lewis, Aadon Blu Olmsted, Chase Alexander Wethington Padgett, Ryan Wrigley Parmeter, Autumn Elayne “Auttie” Rust-Kukuk, Teagin Nathanial “Bubby” Rust-Kukuk, Kirsten Mariah Rust-Reynolds, Tiffany Lynn “Tiffy” Searle, Gage Michael Stevens, Jacob Frank Williams, Lincoln Grace Sutton, Rachael Marie Tisdale, Alyssa Kay Logue, Eric Jefferson Jones, Zoe Savannah Garcia, Evynn Chandler Michelle Garas, Veralee Marie Craft, Bella Jane Blackiston, Leontine Juliette Susan Amsterdam, 1 June 1931 – Auschwitz, 19 November 1943Reached the age of 12 years, Kaylie Kristin “KK” Russell, Jerris Rhea Pelts Beacham, Gerald Alfred Gaddy, Saffie-Rose Brenda Roussos, Lucia Isabella “Lucy” Jackson, Rosemary May “Rosie” Pazin Williams, Joyce Louise Tacadena Graham, Roberta Mae “Butch” Tacadena Bohannon, Kathryne Louise “Mo” Daley Tacadena, Dennis J. Delia, Nevada A. “Vada” Duncan, Theresa Eleanor Burns Perrine, Stella Frederick Camp, Nancy Elizabeth “Dollie” Haun Burns, Lydia Mary Bussing Buchanan, Frances Ann Cranston Bussing, Sophia Ruth Bussing Henry, Ruth Jones Graves Wakefield, Tyler Benton Bales, Barbara Minnich Bierly, Milton H. Bierly, Herbert Johnson “Herbie” Bierly, Uriah Lee Maguire, Christina-Taylor Green, James A Hellems, Fannie Koontz Roach, Lance Solomon Reddick, Richard Jay Belzer, Jimmy Dean, Johnny Paycheck, Lucy Craft Laney, Danielle Van Dam, Alicia Lynn Clark, Sarah Evelyn Isobel Payne, Murder of Sharon Lee Gallegos, Anna Celeste Lowe, Judith Barsi, Heather O'Rourke, Rachel Scott, MOA LEONTINE BJÖRK, Katelyn Nicole “Dolly” Davis, Amanda Michelle “Manda” Todd, Semina Mary Halliwell, Avery Jean Lane, Avery Lana Linda Brown, Sadako Sasaki, Dale Earnhardt American race car driver, Colonel Harland David Sanders, Bray Wyatt, Davey Allison, Chuck Connors, Young Dolph, Sir Michael John Gambon, and more as we honor those Colonel Sanders, Bray Wyatt, Davey Allison, Chuck Connors, Young Dolph, Sir Michael John Gambon, more names to remember
Edna Louise Cowell Bartlett "Babe" graduated from this life to her eternal life in heaven on July 1st at the age of 93. Funeral Service will be held at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, Georgia. Interment will follow at Mt. Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery in Mableton, Georgia. Edna was preceded in death by her mother, father, stepmother, brothers and sisters, her infant son and her husband, Ralph Bartlett.
Edna was born in Cleveland, Ohio to William and Elsie Edna Schmidt Cowell on April 19th. Following her mother's death when Edna was 6 years old, her father married Anna Josephine. At the age of 22, Edna attended a revival under the preacher, John R. Rice, came under conviction and surrendered her life to Jesus Christ. She attended Bob Jones University, where she would meet her future husband, Ralph Bartlett. They left Bob Jones University in 1953, returned to Ralph's home town of Atlanta, GA and were married. They had 6 children, their first child, John Edward Bartlett died at 8 months old. Eventually, they settled in Mableton, GA. Edna raised her children in the fear and admonition of the Lord. She assisted her preacher/evangelist husband of almost 63 years with his service in Youth for Christ, Atlanta Union Mission "Men", a couple of churches and other Christian ministries throughout their marriage. After raising her children, Edna re-entered the workforce, working 20 years for John H. Harland Company, retiring in 1992. Edna never met a stranger and loved to talk to anyone about her savior, Jesus Christ. She was a member of Mount Harmony Baptist Church.
She is survived by her daughter, Ruth Anna Bartlett of Mableton, son Steven David Bartlett (Sandy) of Talking Rock, GA, daughter Sharon Elaine Bartlett of Mableton, son Joel William Bartlett of Kennesaw, and Connie Renee Bartlett of Acworth. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Lisa Marie Woody, Aaron Bartlett, Tyler Bartlett, Sammy Dewey, Katherine Woody Comer (Trent David), Matthew Dewey (Michaela), Briana Martin, and her only great grandchild Bryson Brazil. Along with several nieces, nephews and friends.
The family will receive friends on Wednesday, July 5, 2023 from 1:00 pm until 3:00 pm at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, Georgia.
I saw that you sent another ask before I could sit down and answer the first one (sorry about that!), so I thought I’d put all of them in one answer. 😁
From this ask game:
🤡 What's a line, scene, or exchange you've written that made you laugh?
In “The Third Night of Solstice” [my Secret Santa Elucien fic], Lucien brings Elain to the old manor to spend the evening with the Band of Exiles, when this happens:
“Come on. I’d like for you to meet the Band of—”
“Bastard!” Vassa shouted from the next room.
Lucien and Elain exchanged shocked looks, then he closed his eyes as he heard Jurian yelp. It was going to be one of those evenings, he realized with a grimace.
He made it to the parlor doorway and found Jurian defending himself from a furious Vassa, each armed only with a ruffled throw pillow.
Before Lucien could say anything, Vassa hurled it at Jurian’s head and cried, “You inconsiderate son of a—”
“Vassa,” Jurian warned, then ducked behind his cushion as the other bounced off it and onto the floor. The rug was littered with ruffled pillows.
“Pig!” she shrieked, yanking off her slipper.
Jurian lowered the pillow as he noticed Lucien standing in the doorway to groan, “Finally! Lu, tell her what you—” His brown eyes widened as Elain appeared at Lucien’s elbow.
Vassa turned, blue eyes blazing, then her mouth fell open as she dropped her shoe. “Oh…”
Vassa was so much fun to write, and her banter with Jurian just made me smile.
🎶 Do you listen to music while you write? What song have you been playing on loop lately?
Like you, I love to use ambient mixer for my work! My tried and true favorites are “Resting in the Spring Court” for gentle scenes and “Walking on Stars” for mystical scenes (without the strange vinyl noise, though). I like that the channels can be customized either by muting them, making them quieter or louder, or even how often they repeat.
If there’s one song I would have to choose for repeat listenings, though, it would be “After You” by Louise Dowd and Shelley Harland. I grew up on Easy Listening music, and this song just hits the right chord for my yearning, angsty fics.
🍦 What's the sweetest fic you've created so far?
My Brilin Solstice one-shot “A Winter Court Tradition” takes the cake on that one: it’s all about kissing under the mistletoe, and that’s it. Pure fluff. ❤️
🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.
I actually had a conversation with someone about this the other day! I don’t know my work well enough to talk about overall themes yet (it’s hard to be objective), but maybe it’s finding love in unexpected places. I’ll think about that one.
Certain character types do make a reappearance, though. For example, in both ACOFAE and my original WIP novel, I have a set of twins as side characters (my best friends growing up were twins), and there’s often a large family dynamic in the story, whether it’s found family or they’re related by blood.
Nature also plays a big part in the stories I tell, and I enjoy describing the scenery. (I grew up in a rural area with all four seasons and a wide open sky where I could see the stars at night. I miss that.)
I’ve noticed that I always have characters invoking a higher power in my work (growing up in a religious household will have that effect, I suppose), and it wasn’t until later on in ACOFAE that I realized that Feyre was raised to be an atheist, and I don’t know how to write atheists, haha.
I could go on, but I think that’s a good start. 😊
⛔ Do you have a fic you started, but scrapped? and: 🏆 What’s your most popular fic?
I answered those here, but the short answers are “Yes, but only kind of”, and ACOFAE!
~Vintage Unhinged “Girlboss” Femme Fatale Movie Masterpost~
These are all movies I’ve seen and enjoyed, I’m sure there are plenty of others out there that are similar so feel free to add on (especially any with WOC). I have a lot of mixed feelings about the femme fatale trope, mostly that a lot of older films allow men to be morally gray anti-heros, but morally gray women are often supposed to be one note “evil” bitches and usually meet a bad end (death, prison, etc). Keeping that in mind here are some gals I really like, despite how the narratives of the films treat most of them. I will reblog this later with more info on where these can be watched and any other films I think of.
-Joan Crawford as Louise Howell in “Possessed” (1947)- she’s so unhinged in this I love it. Too bad both of the leading men are kind of ugly as far as I remember (your mileage may vary though).
-Barbara Stanywck as Martha Ivers in “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers” (1946) -she’s a mesmerizing ice queen and has a super fucked up relationship with her husband played by a young Kirk Douglas. One of my fave movies ever (although they are the secondary couple of the piece).
-Peggy Cummins as Annie Laurie Starr in “Gun Crazy” (1950) - literally one of the best film noir movies ever, the main couple are a sort of Bonnie and Clyde duo who rob people at gunpoint, the film was also known as “Deadly is the Female”.
-Gene Tierney as Ellen Berent Harland in “Leave Her to Heaven” (1945) She is truly frightening in this, that is all I will say. According to Wikipedia: “It follows a socialite who marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.”
-Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson in “Double Indemnity” (1944) -one of the more well known films of this genre, my girl Babs kills it (or actually gets a guy to kill her husband for insurance money).
High Museum Of Art And Dallas Museum Of Art To Present Pioneering Design Exhibition Exploring The Spectrum Of Sensory Experience
High Museum Of Art And Dallas Museum Of Art To Present Pioneering Design Exhibition Exploring The Spectrum Of Sensory Experience
Debut of New Works by International Designers In Archibong, Matt Checkowski, Misha Kahn, the Ladd Brothers Laurie Haycock Makela, and Yuri Suzuki speechless: different by design Opens at the Dallas Museum of Art in November 2019, Travels to the High Museum of Art in April 2020
The High Museum of Art (High) (Atlanta, Ga.) and the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) (Dallas, Texas) announced the…
01 - Louise (My Cajun Woman) - Bubba Fowler
02 - Rock and Raunch - James Burton
03 - Lay Back - Curt Johnson
04 - Soul And Wine - Danny James
05 - In A Moment Of Weakness - Johnny Adams
06 - The 'Ella B' - The Amazing Rhythm Aces
07 - Harland County - Jim Ford
08 - Spiders and Snakes - Jim Stafford
09 - Willie Was A Honkie - Rob Galbraith
10 - I'm Movin' On - John Kay
11 - Gotta Travel On - Bob Dylan
12 - Short End of the Stick - Donnie Fritts
13 - Ko-Ko Joe - Jerry Reed
14 - Muscle Shoals - Donnie Fritts
15 - First Anniversary Cut - The Artie Cornfield Three
16 - Everybody's - Paul Slade
17 - The Son Of Hickory Holler Tramp - O.C. Smith
18 - Time And Changes - Brewer And Shipley
19 - Shootout on the Plantation - Vicki Britton
20 - Life's Little Up's And Downs - Country Coalition
21 - Lars Gunnar And Me - Lee Hazelwood
22 - I Still Wanna Be Your Man - Eddie Hinton
23 - Bone - Chris Gantry
24 - The Harvest - Bob Darin
25 - I Got - Charlie Brown
26 - Burned - Supa
27 - Fuzzy Was An Outlaw - David Allan Coe
28 - Sligo - Trip In The Country - Area Code 615
29 - All Night Feeling - Wayne Carson
30 - Wanderin' Soul - Gary Atkinson
31 - Ain't No More Cane - Delbert McClinton
32 - Love And Little Joe - Lee Conway
There is much to report, dear readers; and so very little time.
Both courts, along with all of the clans, have implemented some form of curfew in addition to increasing patrols. Even the pacifist Sparrow Clan now has nightly patrols, ensuring all are tucked away into their treehouses. Despite these increased security measures, the Stranger’s toll has only risen. Even the King’s mistress, so recently elevated to Countess, seems to have been a target. Of course, with her newly borne bastard daughter, we cannot completely rule out the Queen’s involvement. Other notable targets include Aubrey Crane, suggesting that the Stranger fears neither lawman or criminal. It would appear both Harland Briar and Vera Pike have mostly recovered from their brush with the Stranger, and only time will tell if Kit Scarlet and Aubrey Crane will follow suit.
To date, here is our most recently compiled list of assassinations/ targets.
Harland Briar, Seelie, recovered
Ethel Grancourt, Seelie, deceased
Mary Wren, Seelie, deceased
Thalia Efraim, Sparrow Clan, deceased
Louise Forde, Sparrow Clan, deceased
Serena Shells, Shark Clan, currently recovering
Kit Scarlet, Unseelie, currently recovering
Aubrey Crane, Unseelie, currently recovering 
Morell Moret, Unseelie, deceased
Geoffrey Wlyde, Wolf Clan, deceased
Methel Strongshield, Wolf Clan, deceased
Vera Pike, Fox Clan, recovered
Alyce Norwood, Fox Clan, recovered
Thrystan Baker, Clanless, deceased
A pattern is clearly emerging: those in positions of power seem to be the Stranger’s true target. Other kills seem to be collateral damage, likely to try to throw investigators like ourselves off the scent. Alas, motives of the Stranger remains a mystery to even us. Their target pool is too evenly dispersed among courts and clans to favor any individual group as the culprit. Furthermore, a string of grisly assassinations hardly seem to be aligned with the Tears of Iwan’s agenda. The deaths are far too public to be the work of the Church of Lilith.
We will watch closely, Midsummer. Take care, and we shall talk soon.
Since January 6, 2020, I���ve read (thanks, Goodreads):
Picture books
Bodega Cat by Louie Chin
Freedom Soup by Tami Charles
The Boring Book by Shinsuke Yoshitake
Across the Bay by Carlos Aponte
The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come by Sue Macy
Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story by Lesléa Newman
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o
The Key from Spain: Flory Jagoda and Her Music by Debbie Levy
At the Mountain's Base by Traci Sorell
Bowwow Powwow by Brenda J. Child
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor
A Friend for Henry by Jenn Bailey
This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality by Jo Ann Allen Boyce
All in a Drop: How Antony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World by Lori Alexander
The Book Hog by Greg Pizzoli
Stop! Bot! by James Yang
Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace by Ashley Bryan
Double Bass Blues by Andrea J. Loney
Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris
Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom by Teresa Robeson
Easy readers
Flubby Is Not a Good Pet! by Jennifer E. Morris
Middle grade
I Love You, Michael Collins by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don Brown
I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day
A Place to Belong by Cynthia Kadohata
Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Brown (Brune) by Håkon Øvreås
Free Lunch by Rex Ogle
A Monster Like Me by Wendy S. Swore
YA
Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry
Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neill
Worldshaker by Richard Harland
Dangerous Alliance: An Austentacious Romance by Jennieke Cohen
The Wrong Side of Right by Jenn Marie Thorne
Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco
The President's Daughter by Ellen Emerson White
Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories ed. Kelly Link
Nameless Queen by Rebecca McLaughlin
Life by Committee by Corey Ann Haydu
How to Speak Boy by Tiana Smith
The Prisoners of Breendonk: Personal Histories from a World War II Concentration Camp by James M. Deem
Havenfall by Sara Holland
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
Finding Mr. Better-Than-You by Shani Petroff
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Game by Barry Lyga
When My Heart Joins the Thousand by A.J. Steiger
We Used To Be Friends by Amy Spalding
The Edge of Anything by Nora Carpenter
Suggested Reading by David Connis
The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson
The Electric Heir by Victoria Lee
Just Breathe by Cammie McGovern
A Match Made in Mehendi by Nandini Bajpai
The Good Hawk by Joseph Elliott
Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles
Free to Fall by Lauren Miller
Girl, Stolen by April Henry
Graphic novels
A Year Without Mom by Dasha Tolstikova
Will & Whit by Laura Lee Gulledge
Tina's Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary by Keshni Kashyap
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley
Who Is AC? by Hope Larson
Adult
Little Sister by Patricia Walsh Chadwick
Down Too Deep by J. Daniels
11. what non-fiction books do you like if any?
I definitely have a preference for fiction, but when I pick up nonfiction, I go for narrative history/biography (often with a focus on women, little known history, or cults). Strong and engaging nonfiction writing is important to keeping me interested.
20. what are things you look for in a book?
Characters I enjoy, lack of cliche (exception for tropey romance), uplifting/hopeful/happy overall vibe
Signed Rae up for Ballet on Monday’s at 5:15pm. Told husband and he said okay, great.
Made HelloFresh Panko Chicken dinner for everyone. I asked husband if he would split the cost with me if I continued to order he said no, he didn’t want to be eating that much meat. Then he said “maybe if it were a vegan service...no even then I would just rather buy mine at the grocery store.” He also doesn’t want to go to a birthday party we have on Saturday for one of Rae’s friends nor buy the little girl a gift. He texted me “birthday parties---getting exhausting and outstandingly inconvenient.” So that’s that.
FIRST BOYFRIEND ALERT: Rae said she has a boyfriend named Walker and that he and Louise are her best friends at school. It used to be Harland and Reese so not sure what happened there. Maybe we will get the toddler juicy scoop at Abby’s bday party on Saturday? She said Harland’s mean because he calls her a bad guy.
Rae is really the sweetest little munchkin and I will be writing down more of her funny sayings. I love her so much.