Darach Ó Séaghdha
@darach.bsky.social
That @theirishfor guy. Author of Motherfoclóir & Craic Baby. He/Him.
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Do what Ian Fleming would do! Reveal that he has amnesia and forget that he was in disguise as a Japanese fisherman all this time.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Do what Ian Fleming would do! Reveal that he has amnesia and forget that he was in disguise as a Japanese fisherman all this time.
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Just thinking about Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider books where Alex somehow managed to do all that insane spy shit across like 10 books in the space of a single year because he remained 14 years old throughout.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Just thinking about Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider books where Alex somehow managed to do all that insane spy shit across like 10 books in the space of a single year because he remained 14 years old throughout.
Q looks at a medical chart and tells Bond that the absurd levels of alcohol and chlamydia in his system have actually killed the virus.
The whole thing was such a fuck you to anyone trying to follow it up. Yeah, he has a virus that'll kill anyone he breathes on. And he's exploded.
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Q looks at a medical chart and tells Bond that the absurd levels of alcohol and chlamydia in his system have actually killed the virus.
I'm with William on this. Not every entertainment series needs to have a "lore" like it's Der Ring des Nibelungen. Maybe we just like double entendres and state of the art stunt work?
To which I say “It’s Bond mate. Nobody cares about the lore.
Bond's first outing in Dr. No was released in 1962, where he was meant to be in his mid 30s.
He has appeared as seven entirely different people since then and should now be in his 90s. Get on with it.”
Bond's first outing in Dr. No was released in 1962, where he was meant to be in his mid 30s.
He has appeared as seven entirely different people since then and should now be in his 90s. Get on with it.”
November 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I'm with William on this. Not every entertainment series needs to have a "lore" like it's Der Ring des Nibelungen. Maybe we just like double entendres and state of the art stunt work?
Oh come on, we didn't see him die! He can just wash ashore, coughing and demanding a martini from the first girl he sees on the beach.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Oh come on, we didn't see him die! He can just wash ashore, coughing and demanding a martini from the first girl he sees on the beach.
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“Good thing Q injected me with that anti-bomb serum” This is not hard
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
“Good thing Q injected me with that anti-bomb serum” This is not hard
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Have I got a novel of that for you.
(also a whole bunch of short stories)
(also a whole bunch of short stories)
November 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Have I got a novel of that for you.
(also a whole bunch of short stories)
(also a whole bunch of short stories)
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Sparse Race
Imagine praising a book in 2025 for being "sparse"? Look I enjoy sparse prose as much as the next, but we've been in a decades long Sparse Race of prose that you can increasingly just inhale like a delicate mousse and at some stage we will have to start making adjectives cool again
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Sparse Race
Bring back plush, indulgent prose!
Imagine praising a book in 2025 for being "sparse"? Look I enjoy sparse prose as much as the next, but we've been in a decades long Sparse Race of prose that you can increasingly just inhale like a delicate mousse and at some stage we will have to start making adjectives cool again
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Bring back plush, indulgent prose!
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Joyce Carol Oates does onboxing YouTubes
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Joyce Carol Oates does onboxing YouTubes
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This thread 🧵
1/3 They are talking in de telly about the 'single tax', and how when you are single, life is more expensive. which it is. But the thing that maddens me about it is, we are forgotten about. I mean, rent or buying a house aside (which is ALWAYS talked about in relation...
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
This thread 🧵
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
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Joyce Carol Oates please post about how Musk has never known the joy of tackling a Grizzly Bear Cub
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Joyce Carol Oates please post about how Musk has never known the joy of tackling a Grizzly Bear Cub
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I have the flu and it’s painful to laugh but this was worth it
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I have the flu and it’s painful to laugh but this was worth it
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Slán Miggldy! I’m going to miss our president Michael D, but looking forward to seeing what Catherine Connolly does in this role.
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Slán Miggldy! I’m going to miss our president Michael D, but looking forward to seeing what Catherine Connolly does in this role.
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
The fact that Joyce Carol Oates clearly loves beating the shit out of Musk invites us, the readers, to revisit and reconsider our assessment of her famous work, "On Boxing".
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The fact that Joyce Carol Oates clearly loves beating the shit out of Musk invites us, the readers, to revisit and reconsider our assessment of her famous work, "On Boxing".
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Post a non religious photo you think of as holy.
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Post a non religious photo you think of as holy.
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And in this lesser known but great version of Les Liaisons Dangereuses
www.imdb.com/title/tt0098...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0098...
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
And in this lesser known but great version of Les Liaisons Dangereuses
www.imdb.com/title/tt0098...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0098...
Fairuza Balk should have been a bigger star. She'd have been amazing in the Jack Sparrow role in POTC or the Catherine Zeta Jones role in High Fidelity.
Any fans of the 1996 film, The Craft?
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Fairuza Balk should have been a bigger star. She'd have been amazing in the Jack Sparrow role in POTC or the Catherine Zeta Jones role in High Fidelity.
Post a non religious photo you think of as holy.
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Post a non religious photo you think of as holy.
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this, and the fact that airlines don't pay any tax on the fuel they use, are things more people should know
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
this, and the fact that airlines don't pay any tax on the fuel they use, are things more people should know
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Me: The Two Johnnies are playing St Anne's Park next year.
Wife: What do you mean? Are they playing chasing or something?
Wife: What do you mean? Are they playing chasing or something?
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Me: The Two Johnnies are playing St Anne's Park next year.
Wife: What do you mean? Are they playing chasing or something?
Wife: What do you mean? Are they playing chasing or something?