O.R. Melling
@ormelling.bsky.social
World-wandering writer, screenwriter, XR/immersive tech, newbie gamer. Also feminist, socialist, contrarian, Corbynite. Ireland born, Canada reared, Irish inhabitant. She/her. Website: www.ormelling.com. *DMs blocked unless invited*
You can take the gal outa the church but you cannot take the church outa the gal. #recoveringCatholic Jesuit motto: "Give me the child before seven and I shall give you the adult." Read: I shall own the adult.
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
You can take the gal outa the church but you cannot take the church outa the gal. #recoveringCatholic Jesuit motto: "Give me the child before seven and I shall give you the adult." Read: I shall own the adult.
I think your problem may be the term "designer tea cups". For my grandmother's & mother's generations it was "fine china" or "fine bone china" most of it "made in England". They had cabinets of tea sets (fancy teapots, jug, sugar bowl) & individual cups & saucers, also full dinnerware sets.
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I think your problem may be the term "designer tea cups". For my grandmother's & mother's generations it was "fine china" or "fine bone china" most of it "made in England". They had cabinets of tea sets (fancy teapots, jug, sugar bowl) & individual cups & saucers, also full dinnerware sets.
Like MILKMAN, Molloy's novel is written in stream of consciousness but with Derry dialect. 3 Irish writers have used Joyce's literary technique to the greatest effect: Molloy & Burns, both dealing with The Troubles & Eimear McBride, A GIRL IS A HALF-FORMED THING, with child abuse. 🌟
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Like MILKMAN, Molloy's novel is written in stream of consciousness but with Derry dialect. 3 Irish writers have used Joyce's literary technique to the greatest effect: Molloy & Burns, both dealing with The Troubles & Eimear McBride, A GIRL IS A HALF-FORMED THING, with child abuse. 🌟
Abuse scenes always trigger me regardless of whether they're essential to the story but it also depends on how well handled. Suffering of the kind you see in #TheDouble is key to the revenge & justice narrative. #DearX revels in suffering & abuse for vicarious thrill. A form of porn imo.
November 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Abuse scenes always trigger me regardless of whether they're essential to the story but it also depends on how well handled. Suffering of the kind you see in #TheDouble is key to the revenge & justice narrative. #DearX revels in suffering & abuse for vicarious thrill. A form of porn imo.
The scenes with the kids - terrific actors, but still - upset me not only for trigger reasons but concern about the children acting out this stuff. Aside from parents allowing it, I wonder about child protection laws in Korea.
November 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The scenes with the kids - terrific actors, but still - upset me not only for trigger reasons but concern about the children acting out this stuff. Aside from parents allowing it, I wonder about child protection laws in Korea.
Yes it's very popular apparently which confirms for me there's something very wrong with humanity. I think people are numb to suffering if they can watch it for entertainment. But do have a look yourself. You'll know by Ep 3 what I'm talking about as it's unrelenting.
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Yes it's very popular apparently which confirms for me there's something very wrong with humanity. I think people are numb to suffering if they can watch it for entertainment. But do have a look yourself. You'll know by Ep 3 what I'm talking about as it's unrelenting.
I respect the horror genre - vampires, werewolves, ghosts & psychological horror like The Sixth Sense & The Others, but abuse stories for no other purpose than vicarious thrill sicken me. Wondering also about the harmful effects on the child actors. Surprised it's legal.
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I respect the horror genre - vampires, werewolves, ghosts & psychological horror like The Sixth Sense & The Others, but abuse stories for no other purpose than vicarious thrill sicken me. Wondering also about the harmful effects on the child actors. Surprised it's legal.
Check the address. It's not Bluesky. Phishing or some such.
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Check the address. It's not Bluesky. Phishing or some such.
And I just realised it wasn't Monk Gibbon but Mervyn Wall (who spoke about him a lot) the author of the wonderfully funny books about the "Unfortunate Fursey" (a monk) and the seminal Leaves for the Burning (1952) about his generation.
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
And I just realised it wasn't Monk Gibbon but Mervyn Wall (who spoke about him a lot) the author of the wonderfully funny books about the "Unfortunate Fursey" (a monk) and the seminal Leaves for the Burning (1952) about his generation.
A good lag in the colonies lol. Once met Monk Gibbon "the Grand Old Man of Irish Letters" at a writer's retreat. When I said I was from Canada, he said, "ah, there's a writer from Australia here". My fellow colonist Gerard Windsor & I had a good chuckle later.
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A good lag in the colonies lol. Once met Monk Gibbon "the Grand Old Man of Irish Letters" at a writer's retreat. When I said I was from Canada, he said, "ah, there's a writer from Australia here". My fellow colonist Gerard Windsor & I had a good chuckle later.
Had to google. 🙏 This is what I used to love on Twitter (before it became the Muskrat's sewer) finding people like you & the others I follow, who send me off on interesting tangents. I use Nennius's description of himself "a garrulous bird" for myself, i.e. a magpie. Also a noisy collector.
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Had to google. 🙏 This is what I used to love on Twitter (before it became the Muskrat's sewer) finding people like you & the others I follow, who send me off on interesting tangents. I use Nennius's description of himself "a garrulous bird" for myself, i.e. a magpie. Also a noisy collector.
If I remember rightly it was the wandering hermit who wore nothing except a cloth around his loins. I couldn't figure out the reference or image. If it were lions ... might've worked ... sort of.
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If I remember rightly it was the wandering hermit who wore nothing except a cloth around his loins. I couldn't figure out the reference or image. If it were lions ... might've worked ... sort of.
So you didn't ask anyone? Smart kid.
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
So you didn't ask anyone? Smart kid.
I can still recite a lot of poetry as well as Shakespearean speeches, from my Canadian education. My Mum & Dad could quote even more, from the Irish system. I do think it's a loss to education in the West but I'm old fashioned that way.
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I can still recite a lot of poetry as well as Shakespearean speeches, from my Canadian education. My Mum & Dad could quote even more, from the Irish system. I do think it's a loss to education in the West but I'm old fashioned that way.
I LOVE A Canticle For Leibowitz. A reread. Just recommended it recently to someone interested in illuminated manuscripts. First read it as a kid (library find) but came across "loins" & asked my mother what it meant. She took the book off me. Knew never to ask her again about words lol.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I LOVE A Canticle For Leibowitz. A reread. Just recommended it recently to someone interested in illuminated manuscripts. First read it as a kid (library find) but came across "loins" & asked my mother what it meant. She took the book off me. Knew never to ask her again about words lol.
He showed us a college entrance exam with ancient poetry on it (they still memorise poetry in primary & secondary schools as we did in olden days of the West when I was a kid). I'm translating Cdrama lyrics, will have a go at poetry next. Fave way to learn a language besides visiting the country.
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
He showed us a college entrance exam with ancient poetry on it (they still memorise poetry in primary & secondary schools as we did in olden days of the West when I was a kid). I'm translating Cdrama lyrics, will have a go at poetry next. Fave way to learn a language besides visiting the country.
... The class #Cdrama addict. "I'll watch out for it," I promised. We all laughed. (The advantage of small class. Great fun.) Here's the expression in pinyin (macrons above both i): rì yuè sheng hui [macrons on e & i]. Need to find way to do macrons! AI advice useless.
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
... The class #Cdrama addict. "I'll watch out for it," I promised. We all laughed. (The advantage of small class. Great fun.) Here's the expression in pinyin (macrons above both i): rì yuè sheng hui [macrons on e & i]. Need to find way to do macrons! AI advice useless.