#macbethwitches

[feral-ballad]

happy birthday!! i hope you have a gorgeous day and that the next year treats you wonderfully!! 🌟

thank you so so much, darling!! i hope life kisses you on each cheek 💋🫀❤️‍🔥

[lesmiserabelles]

tagged by gemma @macbethwitches <3

nickname: people will call me carm or mella when 3 syllables feels too daunting

height: 5'1.5

last thing i googled: i only really use google search for work and i cba to boot up my work laptop to answer this question i still have 15 mins before i'm on the clock babes

song stuck in my head: nothing at the moment, remarkably!!

followers: 2175 love to you all <3

amount of sleep: must have been almost 8 hrs

dream job: not to sound cringe but i'm living it - i always wanted to work in book stuff

wearing: grey jumper, blue jeans. very tame for me

book/movie that summarizes you: i've been trying to think what the funniest answer to this question would be and i've settled on: beverly hills chihuahua 2

fav song: something by florence and the machine i'm sure

aesthetic: extra in stranger things (my girlfriend's words)

fav authors: sarah waters and of course victor hugo my beloathed

random fact: naked mole rats don't experience pain from acid

tagging: @penworthy @hufflefluffles @afoxnamedmulder @corvidaeus @forgersfeline

[winedark]

happy birthday!! i hope you’re having a wonderful day 🌷🧁🎊

ahh thank you gemma!!!! 🥹💙 it's been so lovely <3333

[drumlincountry]

3 & 17 for the book asks?

Hiiiiii gem I hope you're keeping well!!! 💞💞💞

3. What were your top five books of the year?

Coming in with the big guns, huh!!!

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. I'm including all 5 novellas and the 1 full length novel in this because i can't be dealing with fractions and it would eat all the other spaces on the list. 10/10 worldbuilding, 10/10 bastardous snarky and goodhearted main character, 10/10 side characters all described in minimal detail because the mc doesn't care for details.

Superman Smashes the Klan – Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru (2020) It's a comic book but it made me CRY twice! once for in-text reasons, one for the included essays by the creators of the comic about what inspired them to tell the story. It does exactly what it says on the tin.10/10 also.

Make Bosses Pay: Why We Need Unions – Eve Livingston (2021) nonfiction. it was so ENERGISING. A short read, about modern union orgnising, v relevant for ppl living in Ireland and the UK.

The Blue Castle – L M Montgomery (1926) I've read this book at least 5 times now and I love it every time. it's just about a 1920s woman going apeshit and deciding to live life on her own terms, because she's 29 so why not!

Night Watch – Terry Pratchett. Another reread. I read like 1 terry pratchett book a day for about a week in may. This one is always the most impactful. My notes from the time: "Oh, fascinating, particularly when taken along with the actual revolution and civil war things I’m imbibing – like It Could Happen Here, and Women’s war, two podcasts by Cool Zone Media. The idealist in me can’t help – being an idealist. But yeah this. Fucks. Also: love young vetinari and his aunt."

17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?

There is No Antimemetics Division – Qntm (2020). This is a self-published book which was initially published as a series of interconnected SCP short stories. I won't claim it's like, an amazingly well written book. But it is REALLY REALLY GOOD for what it is.

It has cool fun scifi horror, really nailbiting stuff, despite its predictability. You know, all the delicious features of pulp. But ALSO . antimemes is fascinating - the idea of self-containing knowledge. Things that people avoid thinking about or struggle to understand. Like, antimemes exist. Dense texts, taboo subjects etc. and this story is like. what if a horror monster was antimemetic in that way? What if, when you look away, you can't remember that it's there?

And then at the end of the story, (disclaimer, this might be me reading entirely too much into the text) they knock it out of the park with a fascism metaphor! The brutality at the heart of fascism is the antimeme, the dark heart people avoid looking at it. really satisfying conclusion as well.

[lickingyellowpaint]

the lovely @macbethwitches did nine and tagged me so I'll go with nine too:

some of my favorite people from history

oscar wilde, franz liszt, george sand, lady dorothy nevill, ❤️junkets❤️, dorothy parker, (debatably) good ol' nik t, bitch-ass bosie douglas, ellen terry

tagging @thenightisland @rockonmyfriends @sashaforthewin @pipwasreal @metaphoricalmelodies

[wulfhalls]

omg happy birthdaaayyyy 💖💖💖

trying to act casual in front of the cool mutual like: haha omg same to u <3

[betanoiz]

2 & 24? :)

2: If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?

I've got some questions for jensen ackles

24: Do you have a collection of anything?

I collect shot glasses from places I've been, which i've been collected for about 10ish years now. friends get me some sometimes if they go somewhere cool

lets get personal!

[alittletoosmarttobestraight]

terror & go for broke?

The Terror Asks

terror - which ship would you rather be on, terror or erebus?

Neither!!!! Iam suffering now with the cold. I wouldn't survive this (them not surviving either is beside the point...)

But probably Terror

go for broke - what role do you think you’d be good in on a polar expedition?

Same as above! None! I would be useless! I would simply not go on any polar expeditions.

At least I can swim, though that isn't recommended.

@macbethwitches

[mpaulluvr666]

the big sky by kate bush! 🌦️

THANK YOU💐

[wernerherzogs]

25 & 68?

already done 25!

68. fka twigs - cellophane

[antigorite]

15?🎶

Excellent one, that's Hel by the Icelandic metal band Skálmöld, from a concept album that tells the story of a dude who fights some gods (Loki's children specifically).

The lyrics of that whole album are super poetic and neither mine nor google translate's Icelandic skills do it justice but there's the line:

'grátur í augunum frýs' (someone's crying from frozen eyes)

and

'þitt galopna hjarta hitar upp allt sem er kalt' (your fast-beating heart warms all that is cold)

Thank you 💕

Send me a number from 1-100 and I'll reply with my fave lyrics from the corresponding song on my wrapped playlist

[heartshapedracetrack]

yippiee happy birthday!! have an amazing day!! 🥳💐💖🍰

❤️❤️❤️ omg thank you!!! That's so nice <33

[hegodamask]

happy birthday!!!!🥳💐🌟

thank yoooou 💛☀️🌻🐝

[sirgawin]

happy birthday oliver 💛

thank you gemma!

[ashstfu]

five songs i’ve been listening to a lot lately 🎶 thanku for tagging me @angelstwicedescend & @opheliamp3 !

tagging every person in the world!!!! but also @cigaretteaunt @serethereal @sapphirewlw @t4tvampireisms @cordeliaflyte @macbethwitches @brothersonahotelbed

[blackberryjambaby]

was tagged by my darling @macbethwitches to share six albums i've been listening to lately 🎧🫶

tagging my beloved @gloombby @knivesgf @bitual @danceswithsalmon @brokenheartedcubscout & @theliteralmoon & anyone who wants to 💌🌟

beloveds forgive me i put this in my drafts & forgot about it