Declan
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Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
April 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
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damn. hoping it at least signifies something
It is a tale
Told by an idiot
Told by an idiot
October 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
damn. hoping it at least signifies something
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Swamp Thing #88 published finally? That‘s honestly cool, and I also look forward to reading Red Hood issue 2 in 2062
October 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Swamp Thing #88 published finally? That‘s honestly cool, and I also look forward to reading Red Hood issue 2 in 2062
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I think it’s time to re-up an old principle that’s never been more relevant:
Don’t criticize trans people.
It’s not, obviously, that trans people are always right. But we are already a target. We are being driven out of the public sphere. Don’t help. Find something else to be mad about.
Don’t criticize trans people.
It’s not, obviously, that trans people are always right. But we are already a target. We are being driven out of the public sphere. Don’t help. Find something else to be mad about.
September 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I think it’s time to re-up an old principle that’s never been more relevant:
Don’t criticize trans people.
It’s not, obviously, that trans people are always right. But we are already a target. We are being driven out of the public sphere. Don’t help. Find something else to be mad about.
Don’t criticize trans people.
It’s not, obviously, that trans people are always right. But we are already a target. We are being driven out of the public sphere. Don’t help. Find something else to be mad about.
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Personally I think reading old books ('classics' or not) is good, actually, as is reading new books, and you can and should read both, and not make a virtue out of not reading one or the other. Art is contiguous with history, and readers/writers should have an awareness of what came before.
August 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Personally I think reading old books ('classics' or not) is good, actually, as is reading new books, and you can and should read both, and not make a virtue out of not reading one or the other. Art is contiguous with history, and readers/writers should have an awareness of what came before.
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I've said it before & I've said it again: This guy would go Full Gollum within half an hour of being in a 10 mile radius of the One Ring
August 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I've said it before & I've said it again: This guy would go Full Gollum within half an hour of being in a 10 mile radius of the One Ring
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My favourite thing about finally properly looking at Conan reading the map and it having Bronze Age Assyria just down the coast from Renaissance Venice and imagining Howard daring you to make something of it.
Writers in 2025: gotta make sure my world building is consistent or they'll tear me to shreds online
Robert E Howard, 1935: Conan's a pirate in this one! Now he's a frontiersman! Now he's leading a charge of knights!
Robert E Howard, 1935: Conan's a pirate in this one! Now he's a frontiersman! Now he's leading a charge of knights!
August 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
My favourite thing about finally properly looking at Conan reading the map and it having Bronze Age Assyria just down the coast from Renaissance Venice and imagining Howard daring you to make something of it.
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Just to add to the chorus in my own voice, the banning of @scumbelievable.bsky.social is a travesty. Gretchen Felker-Martin is an acclaimed author and critic whose only seeming violation has been posting fundraisers for people starving to death in Gaza. Return her to the platform now.
August 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Just to add to the chorus in my own voice, the banning of @scumbelievable.bsky.social is a travesty. Gretchen Felker-Martin is an acclaimed author and critic whose only seeming violation has been posting fundraisers for people starving to death in Gaza. Return her to the platform now.
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If you're going to be like this I'm not going to release "Waiting for Godot: The RPG" after all.
Its 2025. If your #ttrpg has "nothing hapoens" as a possible outcome of a roll or a choice, go back to the drawing board.
August 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If you're going to be like this I'm not going to release "Waiting for Godot: The RPG" after all.
Me after reading all of Spawn a few years ago.
July 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Me after reading all of Spawn a few years ago.
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We *already* had things that let you write books in thirty-six hours. They were called "manic episodes" and "shittons of speed". Did Philip K. Dick die in vain?! RETVRN!
I saw someone today say that they think AI writing is awesome because they spent 36 hours using Claude to write a book for them and their wife liked it (and she reads A LOT!) and I'm going to go outside now and see if I can get abducted by aliens.
July 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We *already* had things that let you write books in thirty-six hours. They were called "manic episodes" and "shittons of speed". Did Philip K. Dick die in vain?! RETVRN!
The Lotr/Hobbit Wedding cake.
May 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The Lotr/Hobbit Wedding cake.
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It can often be difficult to tell Sheep (right) and Goats (left) apart, but to the trained eye there's an obvious difference:
While both commit Crimes, only Goats are aware that their actions are wrong, and are thus capable of Sin.
While both commit Crimes, only Goats are aware that their actions are wrong, and are thus capable of Sin.
May 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
It can often be difficult to tell Sheep (right) and Goats (left) apart, but to the trained eye there's an obvious difference:
While both commit Crimes, only Goats are aware that their actions are wrong, and are thus capable of Sin.
While both commit Crimes, only Goats are aware that their actions are wrong, and are thus capable of Sin.
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The Matrix released 26 years ago today 🤯 In its honour, here it is, but all the Agents are Mr Blobby.
March 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The Matrix released 26 years ago today 🤯 In its honour, here it is, but all the Agents are Mr Blobby.
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10/10 no notes
Share if you think Britain was better in the olden days!
March 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
10/10 no notes
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Le Carre's TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY is a feat nobody else could have managed. Not a wasted word, sharp as cut glass, but simultaneously murky, opaque, like a silted stream.
What's the most striking work of literature you've ever read? Nonfiction or fiction, on a prose level or on the level of structural excellence or character or everything. What is it?
January 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Le Carre's TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY is a feat nobody else could have managed. Not a wasted word, sharp as cut glass, but simultaneously murky, opaque, like a silted stream.
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Fuck Gaiman. The takeaway from this is "charming and talented people can be abusers" not "his writing sucks so I hated him anyway".
Even if true, the latter plays into the dangerous concept that people whose art we like are never abusive.
Even if true, the latter plays into the dangerous concept that people whose art we like are never abusive.
January 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Fuck Gaiman. The takeaway from this is "charming and talented people can be abusers" not "his writing sucks so I hated him anyway".
Even if true, the latter plays into the dangerous concept that people whose art we like are never abusive.
Even if true, the latter plays into the dangerous concept that people whose art we like are never abusive.
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Seen a few "at least we'll always have [writer/artist/performer name here]". You might not! When the details of Whedon's behaviour came out, people were saying it about Gaiman! Putting people on a pedestal only sets you up for damaging yourself, and discourages other victims who haven't come forward
January 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Seen a few "at least we'll always have [writer/artist/performer name here]". You might not! When the details of Whedon's behaviour came out, people were saying it about Gaiman! Putting people on a pedestal only sets you up for damaging yourself, and discourages other victims who haven't come forward
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I managed to read it without a pay wall, so this is the least I can do. It's still depressing, well written and essential, and he's still a cunt.
They've paywalled the #NeilGaiman article by Lila Shapiro, so here's an archived version.
Be warned, it's deeply disturbing.
archive.is/HJtxW
Be warned, it's deeply disturbing.
archive.is/HJtxW
archive.is
January 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I managed to read it without a pay wall, so this is the least I can do. It's still depressing, well written and essential, and he's still a cunt.
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Last July, Neil Gaiman, author of The Sandman and American Gods, was accused of sexual assault. Lila Shapiro goes deep on the allegations and looks at his upbringing in Scientology and his relationship with his wife, Amanda Palmer, and what she knew.
There Is No Safe Word
Last July, Neil Gaiman, author of The Sandman and American Gods, was accused of sexual assault. Lila Shapiro goes deep on the allegations and looks at his upbringing in Scientology and his relationship with his wife, Amanda Palmer, and what she knew.
www.vulture.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Last July, Neil Gaiman, author of The Sandman and American Gods, was accused of sexual assault. Lila Shapiro goes deep on the allegations and looks at his upbringing in Scientology and his relationship with his wife, Amanda Palmer, and what she knew.
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An argument has erupted on Facebook as to whether or not Bagpuss is folk horror.
January 8, 2025 at 8:16 AM
An argument has erupted on Facebook as to whether or not Bagpuss is folk horror.
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Ender's Game is such a great idea for a story. "We used 13-year-old League of Legends players who message each other slurs online to commit genocide"
January 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Ender's Game is such a great idea for a story. "We used 13-year-old League of Legends players who message each other slurs online to commit genocide"
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People who laugh at a Tesla exploding are showing their ignorance of automotive engineering. This is a normal part of the development process, and the data gathered from the explosion will help Tesla to one day build a car that doesn’t explode
January 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
People who laugh at a Tesla exploding are showing their ignorance of automotive engineering. This is a normal part of the development process, and the data gathered from the explosion will help Tesla to one day build a car that doesn’t explode
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My favourite superheroes are Spiderman since he has all the powers of a spider, and Catwoman since he has all the powers of a catwo.
December 25, 2024 at 1:21 AM
My favourite superheroes are Spiderman since he has all the powers of a spider, and Catwoman since he has all the powers of a catwo.
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Last night, I had a visit from the ghost of Regular Future, he said I should expect a gritty streaming series based on Popeye. Didn't even show me a vision, just said it and left.
December 24, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Last night, I had a visit from the ghost of Regular Future, he said I should expect a gritty streaming series based on Popeye. Didn't even show me a vision, just said it and left.