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Elaine Barlow
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INFJ-T/A. Hikikomori. Writer. Stoic. Aphant. Media Coach.

Gamer since 1979.
#Gamer4Life #50plusgamers

Into: #Media #Comics #Kpop #KDramas #Gaming #Opera #Anime #Cigars #Writing #Audiobooks #Architecture #EpicNESS

thewebrecluse.com and psykhe.media
Pinned
𝙈𝙚 𝙄𝙣 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛 ...

📺 #Media coach
💨 #cigar enthusiast
🐱 #cat mom and 🐟 #aquarist
🕳️ #aphant
✍🏾 bad #writer
🗨️ #comic reader
☮️ #stoic
🚪 #agoraphobic / #hikikomori (Housebound since 2007)
🧠 INT/FJ-T/A. #Enneagram5
🇰🇷 #Hangul reader, #KDrama lover, and #Kpop enjoyer
🇯🇵 #anime watcher

#introduction
What WP are doing to this country ... to the entire world ... is nothing short of madness. You would willingly hurt yourselves just to have a chance to make someone you hate (due to brainwashing, grooming, cultism, etc) suffer. When you have no logic and no reason ... it is called madness.
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
𝙆𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨.

- Epictetus
November 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Need ≠ Laziness

Don't let any evil, broken troll convince you otherwise.
November 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Remember to breathe.
October 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I. LOVE. THIS. BOOK.
I. LOVE. THIS. CHARACTER.
I. LOVE. THIS. NARRATOR.

#HemlockAndSilver #JenniferPickens #TKingfisher
Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher — The Web Recluse
I. LOVE. THIS. BOOK. I. LOVE. THIS. CHARACTER. I. LOVE. THIS. NARRATOR.
thewebrecluse.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
When I picked up #EventHorizon Dark Descent #1 I knew I may have to be careful with each frame and that I might have to deal with things that are going to cause trauma to my system. I went into it willingly and I knew that I might end up paying a terrible price.

So far … the price is … affordable.
Event Horizon: Dark Descent #1 — The Web Recluse
Things that disturb and hurt me, I don't always try to avoid them. I try to take them in a little piece at a time. It's never good, but it's valuable.
thewebrecluse.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
New #cigar haul just arrived. Mix of things but mainly a restock and trying a few new sticks.

#cigarsky #thecigarlounge
October 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Absolutely beautiful day to spend on the porch writing with some great #cigars.

Your oppressors take enough from you daily, don't let them take all that you are.

Make time for rest, recovery, and especially joy. Now more than ever find the light and find your peace.

#cigarsky #thecigarlounge
September 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.

𝘈𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳; 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘮.

𝘔𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.

- Epictetus
September 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Great weather for writing on the porch and enjoying a new favorite #cigar. Find and protect your peace. Log off, turn off, see sky, hold a loved one close ... whatever you need to flood yourself with calm and peace. Do what will help you stay strong, positive, and focused forward. ❤️

#cigarsky
September 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Great day for #writing outside on the porch and enjoying a #Sobremesa #cigar. Perfect weather today.

#cigarsky #thecigarlounge
September 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Your lived experience is directly tied to how you experience art.

In the world of #Lazarus there is the wealthy and then there is Waste. In 2025, in the United States, I am considered Waste and reading a comic about the brutal dislike, disregard, and destruction of Waste is just too difficult.
Lazarus Volume 2 (Lift) — The Web Recluse
In the world of Lazarus if you aren't wealthy or useful to the wealthy you are Waste. In 2025, in the U.S, I am considered Waste and I can't continue.
thewebrecluse.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
#28YearsLater is very quickly becoming Garth Ennis' #Crossed ....
September 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I think I finally was able to make a real connection to Forever in issues 3 and 4 #Lazarus.

My experiences with abuse, control, helplessness, manipulation by family, and the kind of precariously restrained rage that many marginalized and oppressed people experience had a lot to do with it.
Lazarus #3 and #4 — The Web Recluse
I can relate to the control that everyone has over Forever; being treated like a problem or as "bad" because you are different from what others want.
thewebrecluse.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
My entire post about #Lazarus #1 and #2 was about how I had to get further educated to be able to fully appreciate what made this #comic – and others – so epic and special. I think education is the key to people having an "appreciation" versus and "opinion" of different kinds of art.

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August 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I don't write reviews perse. I write about my personal experience with different media. If you're interested in how I experience art, I write about it regularly on my blog.

Most recently, @melissacaruso.bsky.social's epic #EchoArchives series and @gregrucka.com's‬ #Lazarus #comics.
August 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Got these Surplus shade #cigars by #CAO just to fill out my #humidor. I am always looking for affordable smokes and thought I would try these.

They are just ok. Not terrible, not great. Fine for when you just want to chill and smoke but it doesn't thrill me.

#cigarsky #thecigarlounge
August 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#Cigar haul with 3 new sticks I am excited to try but ESPECIALLY this #Asylum Split Personality. Have any of my folks in #cigarsky tried this? It smells like PURE CHOCOLATE heaven! I love Asylum Insidious and this is a whole different beast. It absolutely smells like dessert.

#thecigarlounge
August 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Dug thess #Djarum #cigars out from the depths. I have like entire cases of these aromatic beauties. I dont inhale these deadly things but I do enjoy the smoke. The aroma brings back memories of the 90s. ❤️

#cigarsky
August 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It's a Cerberus day ❤️

#cigarsky #thecigarlounge
August 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Panicked, delusional, dysregulated, irrational, selfish, under-educated and angry people are how we got to this point in the world in the first place.

Don't contribute to that. Don't add to, or become, the problem. Be part of the solution by being better, healthy, regulated, and selfless.
How (Not) To Survive — The Web Recluse
Just because you CAN'T handle something, doesn't mean there is something wrong with those who can. Stop being the problem and become part of the solution.
thewebrecluse.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Netflix appears to have its first No. 1 box-office title in it's 18-year history thanks to the sensation of #KPopDemonHunters.

1,750 theaters had sing-along screenings Saturday and Sunday. Ticket sale estimates were as high as $20 million.
August 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
#Diesel Whiskey Row #cigar for this beautiful weather. Enjoy your weekend if you can. Take moments of peace and restoration where you can get them. It's a long road ahead ❤️

#cigarsky #thecigarlounge
August 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
In 2015, when I first started reading comics, #GregRucka's #Lazarus was not what I expected a #comic to be.

After 10 years of experience and education with comics, art styles, panel work and more, I understand that Lazarus is actually all the things that make comics an epic medium.
Lazarus #1 and #2 — The Web Recluse
In 2015 Lazarus was not what I expected a comic to be. After 10 years of experience, I understand that it's all the things that make comics an epic medium.
thewebrecluse.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM