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A follow-up to 2021's Moominland Midwinter, starring John Finnemore as Moomintroll, and Esteemed enough to be one of several radio adaptions of classic books broadcast this year to be given a fifteen minute introductory programme.
got my paws on the midwinter radio play and im not gonna properly listen to it until tomorrow at work, but i have skimmed some parts and it’s wonderful except. EXCEPT. i thought i’d check the start to listen to the snufkin section. and fellas. they didn’t include any mention of snufkin in it 😭
I'm doing deliveries in the morning for the first time and the classic rock station that my radio is set to is playing like, soft rock rock? And it's repeatedly been songs that make me go
Three ships: Jack Frost/Bunnymund, Crowley/Aziraphale, Moomin/Snufkin
First ship: Darkwing Duck/Drake Mallard and Launchpad McQuack. The fact that Launchpad wasn't in the same bed with Drake when Gosalyn charged into the bedroom during the opening has always confused me.
Last song: Such Great Heights by the Postal Service, on 92.5 The River Boston. The radio station is one of the few things I kept from my time in New England.
Favorite color: Olive Green. Darker greens, deep teals, and burgundy in general, but any of the warm earth tones really.
Currently watching: Nothing at the moment. Can't watch, brain too full.
Last movie: Uh... Nimona?
Currently reading: Fanfic! Currently on a nostalgia kick and reading BBC Sherlock. Specifically hunting for fics where Sherlock is pining for John. If anyone has recs, please send them my way. I want the loooooonging.
Sweet/savory/spicy: Spicy, to the point of flavour, but not pain. Gimme a chai that will strangle my throat and I thank it for the pleasure. Or a nice green chili.
Currently consuming: Yorkshire black tea with milk.
Currently craving: Thin pasta noodles with basil pesto. Need to go grocery shopping.
Relationship status: Queerplatonic relationship with a lovely lady
Last web search: If the new Pokemon Go spooky pose is the same as the staggering zombie pose. Still not sure. (friend code: 0702 8010 9128, feel free to add)
Currently working on: Halloween fics! Count Duckula thrall fic (currently at 15k) and Green Eggs and Ham werewolf fic. (currently 36k). Both are at about the 80% mark and I'm open for beta who will actually comment if anyone is interested. Think there are pacing issues.
tagging: @eastofthemoon, @oswaldide, @arinrowan, @nissasjackolantern, @ladydouji, @snipertrifle, @clevercorgi, @craftylily (naturally if you don't feel like doing this, please ignore. If anyone else feels like doing this, please do!)
Audrey Chen / Usurper / Lorenzo Abattoir / Odie J Ghast / Daniel Davidovsky / Robert Ridley Shackleton / Rhian & Donna / Dai Coelecanth /Core Of The Coalman / Radio Snufkin at ‘Isolated Mass #7′, Telegram messaging app, The Internet: 7/5/20.
You can find out more about how to “attend” this show, which will happen in real time via the Telegram messaging app, here
late summer vibes are making me miss the anarchist elf and his white hippo bf, tove jansson is so powerful that i now associate an entire season with her work
You might think that that shot can’t be depicting them travelling cause Moomintroll has no backpack or supplies but I think in this series that isn’t an issue 😂 he seemed to have fuck all with him on The Adventure and Snorkmaiden and Sniff seemingly only brought a horse and a radio with them on their travels 🤷♀️
And maybe Moomintroll did it on purpose so that he’d have to share Snufkin’s tent 👀
So. It probably isn’t showing them travelling but the lack of supplies doesn’t necessarily give that away lmao
1953-11-28 DN
This is it, this is the most surprising thing I found while digging through the newspapers. A Moomin short story from 1953 named När parkvakten blev självlysande (When the Park Keeper Became Luminescent), as you might recognize, this became a chapter in Moominsummer Madness the following year, so it’s not a completely new story. Large portions are identical to the final print, others are basically just rephrasing the same things. Some parts are shorter, it’s overall structurally a bit briefer and Little My doesn’t sing her song. Little My is also the one spreading the Hattifattener seeds as she is small enough to pass through the fencing.
However, the beginning and end differentiate more. In this short story, Snufkin simply finds Little My by chance while fishing. There’s no flood and My hasn’t capsized from the floating theater. She simply claims to have run from home. Snufkin himself has the same motivation for committing acts of terrorism playing tricks on the Park Keeper, there is however no significance on it having to be on midsummer eve.
In the end, instead of reluctantly becoming a caretaker, Snufkin gladly brings the kids to his cabin (?!) and lets them stay for awhile. Although he does state that he never stays in the same place for long and that he’ll try to return the children to their parents further on. Meanwhile, the Park Keeper found it delightful to suddenly glow in the dark and amuses himself by surprising friend and acquaintances that way.
Very notable are the unique artwork, the first being a front page information on the short story that was later completely redrawn for the finished book. Then there’s the large color illustration unique for this print. Notably, the Park Keeper is portrayed as a human. (The bag says “Hattifattener seeds” and the upside-down sign says “Forbidden to read funny books”.)
The third illustration is an early version of a picture later used in the finished book, it is slightly different, notably clothing and the bowl Snufkin carries. The final illustration is just taken straight out of the Exploits of Moominpappa.
This is a very fascinating piece of history that kind of acts as an earlier draft to what would become a classic story. By this point, Moominsummer Madness was still about a years off, according to my clippings it seems to have been released in Sweden by November 1954, though I suspect it was released in Finland a bit earlier. I would suppose that this sort off informed how the rest of the book would’ve been written, as to implement this story into the greater whole, Snufkin needed to be absent for everything prior.
The final clipping is a radio schedule from Söderhamns tidning 1954-03-03, showing the story was read in Swedish radio by Greta Brotherus at 17:10 Friday March 5th 1954.
If I am to be a complete asshole about this, I’d suggest that we revise the official chronology of Moomin books to include this, but I refrain.