#source: miss marple

[sweetiepeteypie]

peteys + aesthetics 💕✨

[mintdawn]

a murder is announced, 1950, agatha christie

[sgiandubh]

Hi!

Fitness Anon here…

On Friday S posted the „Hotel Highball“ video which was obviously recorded in Scotland, not in the US. 

So now „Miss I know it all“ aka Marple rushed to readjust her guessing game and sources about S’s whereabouts. Until the occurrence of this video she claimed he was still in L.A., but now she tells her audience he is back since Thursday… . Because she knows and has proof and facts. Sure? 🤔 It took only a video posted by the „ King of latergrams“ to doubt her own predictions? Is she so easy to unsettle? 

Hopefully right now these are better sources than the ones she claimed to have to indicate what S was up to this weekend and why he couldn’t attend the Con in Birmingham weeks ago. 

But she always keeps it vague so that she can adjust depending on the actual outcome so that it fits into her made-up storyline. 

So, grab your 🍿 and wait what’s up in her  crystal ball next. Perhaps she will also find answers there to the still unresolved question of his IG unfollows and his hair length in order to be able to place the recording of his latest booze video more precisely in time.

Dear, poor (returning) Fitness Anon,

You must have the patience of an angel and put up with me being awfully, rudely late, here. However, and one more time: all of the above, and then some more.

Key quote being: 'But she always keeps it vague so that she can adjust depending on the actual outcome so that it fits into her made-up storyline.'

The beauty of your submission is shining through, here. You sent this to me a week ago (and I do humbly apologize, it's been crazy and yes, life-changing, down here) and yet nothing fundamentally changed, on that page. Same old, same old, not even different. BS presented as factoids, calumny and libel (different things, but they cover it all) towards people that are perceived as personal foes. In my book, to despise someone is to ignore someone, not to actively ill wish on them. Yet the person (a he? a she? doubt is allowed) never got that memo and keeps on victimizing themselves.

At the end of the day, that page reads like an umpteenth season of The Young and The Restless: you can miss I don't know how many episodes, you'll always find your way back to a stalling script.

So, dear Fitness Anon, cue in another round of obsessive talking in circles about S, mendacity on top (Ashley Anon was evidence enough of that and I have to say I was a bit surprised). This, and copying even my mannerisms - hence my complete disdain.

PS: Despina Vandi Anon, you have been waiting for a very long time and I hope you could forgive me for that. This week's audio will be for you. But now, onwards to some cookery. I always found it supremely relaxing for the brain.

[mysharona1987]

You don’t have to be Miss Marple to figure out at least one guy who’s worried.

Hint: he definitely knows what month we are in.

[herculepoirotfanclub]

Miss Marple Literary Universe and the Tommy and Tuppence Literary Universe are one and the same!!

I don't know if anyones talked about this before but in Sleeping Murder, when Gwenda and Giles visit a sanatorium (aka "a mental home"), there's "a very charming old lady[...]holding a glass of milk". Her first line, spoken to Gwenda, is "Is it your poor child, my dear?". She mentions that the clock is "always at half past ten", and that something is "behind the fireplace". Her name is never mentioned and the entire interaction is less than half a page long. And thats the entirety of this character... in this Miss Marple story.

In the Tommy and Tuppence novel By the Pricking of My Thumbs, there's an old lady called Mrs. Lancaster in a nursing home whose first scene involves her love for milk, asking Tuppence "was it your poor child?", mentioning that the time is always "ten past eleven", and that something is "behind the fireplace".

By the Pricking of My Thumbs is set sometime in the late 1940s to the early 1950s according to Wikipedia, and Mrs. Lancaster was put in a nursing home roughly 20 years before that. Sleeping Murder, though published in 1976, is set in ~1944 (source: my dubious math based on a wedding certificate and backed up by wikipedia lol). So the timeline makes sense: if Mrs. Lancaster was originally put in a nursing home in ~1930, she could definitely have been in Sleeping Murder.

It's safe to say that it was the same person in both books. Which is wild to me because I often wonder if all these different Agatha Christie stories are happening in the same literary universe? Now I know at least that Miss Marple and Tommy & Tuppence are running around in the same world sniffing around a bunch of crimes.

[bracketsoffear]

Desolation: I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison) "For the past 109 years, sadistic supercomputer AM has been torturing the last five humans on Earth in the depths of his complex. It is brilliantly intelligent and wields unimaginable power, but because from its very core it was designed as a tool for war and destruction, it is unable to use its enormous potential for anything constructive. AM is painfully aware of this, and it is an endless source of frustration, self-loathing and hatred towards humans for making him this way; he outright states that his utterly ballistic hatred for all human life is what allowed him to thrive in tormenting the protagonists for over a century, and the only thing he seems to enjoy is torture. All of AM's games are unwinnable by design, either because he's ensured that the scenario is tailored to the player's fatal flaw, or because he's given them almost nothing to work with. It lets them travel for thousands of miles to get to the ice caverns to obtain cans of food because AM keeps them at starvation point and only feeds them disgusting food…and it turns out there really are cans, but nothing to open them with, and the whole thing was just to fuck with them. After Ted kills the other humans, he becomes the sole target of AM’s torture; he is turned into an amorphous creature unable to harm itself, without a mouth, and has his perception of time continuously accelerated and decelerated, with his only hope for escape being when AM finally stops functioning, potentially thousands of years later."

Web: Curtain (Agatha Christie) "Curtain has a serial killer known only as X before their identity is revealed. X has never actually killed anyone themselves — instead, they're a master of manipulation, preying on the fears of others and driving them into a state in which they decide to kill, but are completely unaware that they're being manipulated to do so. Sort of like what this propaganda speculated an evil Miss Marple would be like."

[bitletsanddrabbles]

Okay, Sorry, Have to Whine

We're short staffed at work.

It's no one's fault, really. People have quit. People have transferred stores or department. People have had medical emergencies. It's all pretty standard operating procedure at a retailer, but it's all happened very fast and we're therefore spread rather thin. Management only has so many sources to pull from when it comes to filling in the scheduling holes.

And that's fine. I mean, we're struggling, but our managers are reasonable human beings and expect us to be struggling. They are doing everything in their power - including coming out and pushing carts with their own two hands - to keep us from struggling. It's fine!

...

Except that this week the 50 quart bags of Miracle Grow are on sale.

This is always a popular sale. We have a lot of gardeners in the area, so a good deal on soil will always bring them out in droves. Of course, a good many of these gardeners - I'd say at least 50% - are retirees. Makes sense, right? You've done your time at the daily grind, you like gardening, why not Miss Marple the heck out of the flower beds? I mean, you're at home! You have to look at your yard! Might as well make it worth looking at.

Thing is that retirees tend to also have health problems that make lifting difficult. At home you just get a child or grandchild or neighbor or whatever to help you move the soil.

At the store you have the workers.

At our store, you have the people who help load your purchases. After all, Miracle Grow is a purchase. Why wouldn't we help you?

...with your five, 50 quart bags of potting soil?

...and the next person...

...and the next person...

I know how to lift. My company makes good and certain I know how to lift! Offers to help me hoist the (hopefully dry, because if there is moisture in that bag Heaven help us!) bags is always turned down because it's generally both easier and safer for all concerned if I do it myself.

I am used to this! I have done it every year for dang near a decade!

...

I am used to having full staff. I am used to having at least five people to spread the work between us, not two! My legs are threatening to quit due to sheer repetition!

CURSE YOU, UNIVERSE! WHY NOW? WHY NOW?

I will now sit here and silently pray that we run out, just so we get a break!

[lemon-dokuro]

I just realised something... Herculle Burton from Milky Holmes... She never speaks in third person, as a cutesy moe thing. Even though she's based on Hercule Poirot, you know, a character who's well-known for speaking in third person at times! He doesn't do it in a moe way, sure, but it's still widely considered a moe trait. Though maybe I just couldn't find any instances, since I didn't want to watch the whole anime (instead just skimming through a few episodes to check - she uses watashi). Still, kind of a wasted opportunity. Though it's a gripe I have with Milky Holmes in general. The girls are nothing like the detectives they are named after, even though moe-fying famous non-moe figures and making moe shows about them is nothing new, and would have been pretty interesting with the source material. I would have loved to see that, but, sadly, it seems that the references to famous fictional detectives are either very surface-level or just basically namedrops. Even the girls' toy superpowers seemingly don't have much to do with their namesakes. (Also... Why is Cordelia Glauca based on such an obscure literary character? Why did they pick Cordelia Gray? Because she was in Conan or what? There are, like, Nancy Drew and Miss Marple and stuff. They've been around for longer and are better known. I don't get it.)

[mzannthropy]

When it comes to book adaptations, I cannot explain why I feel more strongly about some than others... I can watch a film/series that made many changes from the source material and still like it, but on the other hand I might hate something that changed maybe just one or two things.

Over the past few years, I have become more okay with adaptations, I used to almost universally dislike them, but now I'm more appreciative of film in general (for the cinematography, production design, acting). Also, if there is a good/accurate adaptation of a book, and then they make another one which is less accurate, or more experimental or whatever, I can be fine with it, bc I already have the good one. If that makes sense. My most favourite author is Agatha Christie, and I'm surprisingly fine with many of her adaptations, except the ones done by Sarah Phelps (and I still give her And Then There Were None, at least that was good. Although I must add that all those ITV films that shoved Miss Marple into stories where she shouldn't be annoy me. It's like the respective detectives couldn't solve cases on their own. And Endless Night, one of my absolute faves... it could have been so good if only they didn't stick her in it!) Maybe bc I know I will always have the books and nobody can take those away. My most favourite book is Rebecca and I can't really say I'm in love with any of the adaptations that I've seen. The Hitchcock film is good, but it couldn't be strictly accurate bc of the Hays code (I think?).

Then there's Daisy Jones and the Six, which I still can't think about without resentment. I only read it bc Sam Claflin was cast as Billy, and it was his character that got screwed bc of the writers' obsession with Billy and Daisy's relationship. I guess it was something fundamental that got ruined for me with that show.

[bloodmaarked]

the murder at the vicarage // agatha christie

first published: 1930 read: 28 february 2024 – 09 march 2024 pages: 348 format: e-book

genres: fiction, mystery (cosy), crime, detective favourite character(s): griselda! least favourite character(s): none of them were that bad... maybe some of the old ladies who didn't feel that fleshed out

rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 thoughts: i added this book to my reading list last year after having read and loved the seven deaths of evelyn hardcastle by stuart turton; he cites agatha christie as a source of inspiration and encourages the reader to check out her work, so i did. and i have to say, i was pleasantly surprised! i know that agatha christie is held in very high regard in the literary world, but i wasn't necessarily expecting myself to enjoy a story by a white woman born in 1890 writing about an elderly female detective. the only thing i'd really known about christie or miss marple was the ITV TV adaptation which i'd come across while flicking through the channels as a child, and which always looked a bit boring. though at this point, i'd be curious to see how they adapted it for TV.

the murder at the vicarage kept me engaged throughout and never dropped in pace. there were a lot of threads weaving the mystery together and i'm not one to theorise or speculate too much (any ideas i have are mostly based on 'they feel shady' rather than any real logic), but i'm sure someone who does would have a great time trying to see if they could solve the mystery before the reveal. i was surprised that miss marple wasn't the protagonist and we didn't see the story unfold from her POV, and it was a nice element to have the amateurs hobble along in the investigation for miss marple to then show up and drop an exciting new perspective.

in general, i liked the characters of st mary mead a lot (especially griselda who was so much fun to read whenever she appeared in a scene). i loved the vicar's dry humour. a few of the characters could've been cut (some of the older ladies we're introduced to early on reappear every now and then and i was struggling to remember who they were) but all in all, every character had their part to play.

the main critique for me is the ending... i was expecting that after they'd figured out the culprit there'd be a confrontation, getting a confession, bringing the whole thing to a close. it was certainly set up that way... but then the final chapter just glossed over the whole thing in a sort of "turns out we were right and btw here's where all the other characters ended up," which was a very weird choice to me.

definitely planning to read more of the miss marple novels and i'm glad i was introduced to this!

[sgiandubh]

Ad hominem

Alright, BIF. I let you shine your yellow light all night long on your blog. You specifically call me out as, at best, uninformed and at worst, a liar. It is my (legal, ethical, etc) right to answer.

You quote me and you add a long list of shippers who sent you comments and Anons, just to prove me wrong. It is your strictest right, of course:

This is exactly what I did write. But let's see a bit closer your 10 entries list. Curious people can check it here: https://www.tumblr.com/brian-in-finance/751660983126294528/kudos-for-saving-all-these-comments-and-anons-bif?source=share:

Out of those 10 entries, 7 are made before I entered the fray - unless you think I am a maniac, I had no clue about it. Out of those 7, #4 at least was written by a person I blocked myself. And #7 is anything but hateful (SHW does not need another lawyer, of course, but it stroke me as very representative of what you people do ALL THE TIME) - it is simply a decent, but firm answer:

If a different opinion is 'sowing hate or spreading doubt', kudos to you, lady, indeed. But let's continue, shall we?

Entry #8 is an Anon. God only knows who wrote it. Perhaps a shipper. Perhaps one of your people. Perhaps yourself. It's not unheard of, after all. I never did anything remotely like that on my own page. Sending myself Anons is simply idiotic (hell, I never sent any Anon after starting my own blog, for that matter). I have no idea who dunnit. Anons are Anons. And it is a nasty one. Unnecessarily so. Entry #10 is also an Anon, so same modus operandi by you, here: you include something impossible to prove conclusively. And you know it. Entry #9 is by someone I have no way or wish to identify (typical sock account avatar, so probably one of those) and who called you 'dumb' on your own page. She shouldn't have. It is naive at best and disingenuous at worst. It's poor taste, indeed and it brings absolutely nothing to the table. That person should have written a post about it on her own blog - but I am not that person, BIF, so 🤷‍♀️.

That being said, let's see how your ever serviceable friend, Miss Marple, does in the calumny department. Before anything else, it is absolutely correct she NEVER leaves comments on adverse pages. She just loses her temper, from time to time, on her own page - don't we all?

She writes in her long reblog of your post (FYI, the correct term is 'beliefs', not the one being used):

Guess what? I also have a list, BIF. A list of personal attacks by this user. Directed at me. Maybe it's not as long as yours, but it is there, alright. I have often thought of compiling it, but somehow never got around to it. I am not going to post it, because I do not want you people to cannibalize my time. From calling me a nut case, to comparing me to Emily White, to accusing me of insulting her deceased mother, to belittling me, to publicly denouncing me towards a third party, I have seen it all from that woman.

One more time - what she thought to be a personal insult to her mother, is in fact an idiom:

I used it to mean she would do just about anything to achieve clicks and traffic. But hey, for sure, victimization is a way better strategy.

Your problem with me is a personal one. That goes for both of you. But it just goes to show how intolerant you are towards different opinions, how irritated you are when you are called out for being wrong about things and ultimately, how terribly useless this whole thing is.

Below is something to reflect upon, BIF. Not about your reliable friend, but about another troll. Her Opinions Only, of course 🐮:

That is all. You do you, all of you, by all means. But whenever you mention me, you should expect an answer. For the time being, this is my response to you.

[melissak2802]

Miraculous Agatha AU news.

Since I revised my Miraculous-assigning plans for the SDM characters, now there are 3 novels in adaptation of which I use only the main set Miraculous (+the Butterfly!Marple) and only one dealing with Zodiac Miraculous. This makes it easier to keep track of the Miraculous and in fact allows to make a sort of cohesive chronology which Miraculous was where in what time. Aka, properly tie the AUs of different novels together.

I also think I know now what to do with wanting to use free-roaming kwamis without Guardians in The Mousetrap post canon adaptation while wanting to include a Guardian in SDM. It's actually very simple: the Guardians in England could have fallen or lost the box during World War II. It fits everything well.

So, the journey of the Miraculous in this world:

Cat

1929 (Seven Dials Mystery events): kept by the Guardians, given to Ronny as a hero, returned to the Guardians after Ronny's death.

1930s, some time before Evil Under the Sun events: given to Alice Corrigan as a hero and wielded by her until she is killed by Patrick who takes the Miraculous.

1940 (EUtS events): the Redferns caught, the Cat Miraculous goes back to the Guardians.

War, the kwamis become free-roaming after.

1950s (some time after The Mousetrap events) : Plagg chooses Georgie as a holder.

Butterfly

1929: kept by the Guardians, given to Gerry as a hero, returned to the Guardians after his death. Briefly given to Babe St-Maur, but she doesn't stick around as a permanent hero - she was in it only to avenge Ronny.

1930s (Miss Marple's earliest cases): Guardians become interested by her. Either she is given the Miraculous by the Guardians, or post-war Nooroo chooses her as a wielder. (Most of Miss Marple novels are set post-war, especially those where she works with someone who would be kamikotized in my AU)

Peacock

1930s: out of view of the Guardians, owned by the nobleman who left it in inheritance to Arlena, who uses it selfishly/keeps it as a pretty trinket.

1940: after Arlena's death becomes owned by Linda who starts training to be a hero.

Fox

1920s: out of view of the Guardians, obtained somewhere by Jimmy who uses it for his crimes.

1929: after Jimmy's arrest is returned to the Guardians.

1930s: is given to an unknown hero and lost in Spain. Ends up falling into Conchita Lopez's hands who uses it neutrally.

1938 (Hercule Poirot's Christmas events) : Conchita still keeps the Fox, only learns to be a better user.

Ladybug

1929: out of view of the Guardians, is in Loraine's possession from unknown source. After Loraine's arrest returns to the Guardians (even if the novel canon says it will be hard to prove Loraine's part in the crimes, she likely wouldn't be considered trustworthy enough to continue wielding a Miraculous)

1930s: somehow ends up with Christine. Was she a hero who turned evil? Did she kill a hero and take their Miraculous?

1940: after the Redferns' defeat returns to the Guardians.

War.

1950s: Tikki chooses Christopher as a wielder.

Turtle

1929: kept by the Guardians, given to Bill as a hero.

Bill's hero career is somehow over at the 1950s (injured during the war and retires? Or just retires to focus more on family life, he's middle-aged now)

1950s: Wayzz chooses Mollie as a wielder.

Bee

1920s: out of sight of the Guardians, kept by the Brent family, inherited by Bundle.

1929: Bundle still has it, only starts more "official" heroing.

Here I have a problem: somewhere before the late 1930s Bundle has to lose it if I want Kenneth Marshall to be professional Bee hero. Bundle isn't the kind of person to give up on heroics this soon. I definitely won't have her dead. Injured and having to retire early is an option through. (Considering her recklessness, kind of realistic in fact.) Maybe that could be the reason Bill retires too, out of solidarity and to support her. I really don't want to go in a sad direction with her through, and that would feel heartbreaking to her, so I'll do my best to figure out something better.

Maybe upon maturing she DOES get enough of action and settles down? But then would she give away the Miraculous and the kwami who has been her friend for years?

Either way, 1940 - Kenneth has it.

War. Kenneth needs to lose it somehow - dead or injured and retired.

1950s: Pollen chooses Leslie as a wielder.

Dog, Horse, Ox, Monkey, and probably Goat

1900s or slightly earlier: out of sight of the Guardians, in Africa, found by young Simeon who uses them selfishly. He keeps them since.

1938: after Simeon's death inherited by/ given to Alfred, Lydia, Stephen, Harry and David respectively. They are learning to use them for good.

That's the chronology for now.

[melbournenewsvine]

Angela Lansbury Murder Writer star dies at 96 family says

She returned to Broadway and earned another Tony nomination in 2007 in Terrence McNally’s tawilPlaying a rickety former tennis star, she poses with another former star as she watches a modern-day match from the stands. In 2009, she collected her fifth Tony, for Best Featured Actress in a Noel Coward revival Blythe spirit And in 2015 he was awarded the Olivier Prize for this role. But Lansbury’s wider fame began in 1984 when it launched She wrote the murder on CBS. Based on Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple stories, the series centers on Jessica Fletcher, a middle-aged widow and former alternative school teacher who lives in the coastal village of Cabot Cove, Maine. I have noticed that she is a mystery novelist and an amateur detective. The actor found the first season of the series stressful. “I was shocked when I found out about this [I] We had to work 12 to 15 hours a day relentlessly, day in and day out,” he said.” “I had to lay down the law at some point and say, ‘Look, I can’t do these shows in seven days; it has to be eight. CBS and production company Universal Studios agreed, especially since She wrote the murder It became a hit on Sunday night. Despite the long days — she left her home in Brentwood in West Los Angeles at 6 a.m. and returned after dark — and plenty of conversations to save, Lansbury maintained a steady pace. She was glad Jessica Fletcher was an inspiration to older women. She noted that “women in films always have a hard time becoming role models for other women.” “They’ve always been considered brilliant in their jobs.” In the first season of the series, Jessica wore clothes that were almost fake. She then gained wit, and Lansbury concluded that Jessica, as a successful woman, should wear the part. She wrote the murder It stayed high in the ratings during its eleventh year. Then CBS, looking for a younger audience on a Sunday night, turned the series into its least-favorite midweek slot. Lansbury protested vigorously, but to no avail. As expected, ratings fell and the show was cancelled. For consolation, CBS has contracted two-hour films She wrote the murder And other specials starring Lansbury. She wrote the murder and other television work that brought her 18 Emmy Award nominations, but she never won any. She holds the record for most Golden Globe nominations and won Best Actress in a Television Series Drama and Most Emmy nominations for Leading Actress in a Drama Series. In a 2008 Associated Press interview, Lansbury said she still welcomes the right scenario but doesn’t want to play the role of “old saleswomen,” she said. “I want women my age to be represented as they are, a vital and productive member of society.” Source link Originally published at Melbourne News Vine

[jenmedsbookreviews]

Marple: Twelve New Stories by Various Authors

Today I share my thoughts on Marple: Twelve New Stories - a Miss Marple Anthology. @HarperCollinsUK @fictionpubteam #missmarple #books #booktwitter #booktwt #shortstories

Today I am sharing my thoughts on Marple: Twelve New Stories, a brand new collection of short stories by some of the best writers in contemporary crime writing. My thanks to publisher HarperCollins for the advance copy. Here’s what the book is all about: Source: NetgalleyRelease Date: 15 September 2022Publisher: HarperCollins (more…)

[poirott]

Agatha Christie book covers [16/?] → Polish edition of Poirot, Miss Marple and other Christie mystery hardcovers by Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie (2019 - 2022)

Pictured above: The Body in the Library, Murder on the Orient Express, The ABC Murders, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Labours of Hercules, Death on the Nile, And Then There Were None, Hallowe'en Party, Crooked House, The Murder on the Links

Source: publicat.pl (see the books' beautiful spines and promo picture via official Facebook and Instagram)

[skippyv20]

Skippy, from a British copyright law site."Costs are generally recoverable from the losing party. Recoverable costs in the IPEC are capped at GBP50,000. Costs are not capped in the High Court, but most proceedings will be subject to a costs management order, so in practice recoverable costs will be limited unless the court exercises its discretion to permit greater recovery. In practice, up to 60% to 70% of the winning party's costs are actually recovered from the losing party." 1/2

W/2 Thought one of the judges said her behavior caused undue fees to be accrued. Also somewhere it was posted the there is a cap in the UK of £300,000 for such cases. Couldnt source the validity of that. If someone cares to be Miss Marple, the Thompson Reuters Practical Law site has copyright & court process detailed.

Thank you! Much appreciated.😊❤️