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Jess Sleator (she/her)
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Author, gamer, bingewatcher of very random shows, vinyl collector, Bucky O'Hare enthusiast
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Brian Froud on how Bowie became an evocation of Pan as Jareth, the Goblin King.

📖: ‘Labyrinth, the Ultimate Visual History’
Brian Froud's first meeting with Bowie convinced him that they'd chosen the right man to play the Goblin King. "It was in his dressing room," recalls Froud. "The workshop had made him a little flute out of bone, and I gave it to him. His immediate response was delight, and he leaped up onto the dressing table, crouched down, and played some notes. Behind him, I remember, he was framed by the light bulbs that go around the mirror. The dressing room was a prosaic place, but suddenly there was magic in the room! It was an astonishing transformation. Before me hunkered an evocation of Pan! My heart leaped and my instinct was to step back. Then David laughed his 'Bowie' laugh and climbed back down. The spell was broken and he was just David again—but I had momentarily been transported to an ancient mythological space, where fauns and satyrs were tangible. Our Goblin King was no longer a figment of our creative imaginings. "And I thought, 'Oh! We're going to be all right now’”
November 26, 2024 at 12:42 PM
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bebeneuwirth.bsky.social
If my “I VOTED” sticker was a scratcher.
Underside of a bottle cap that’s had its coating scratched off to reveal the very disappointing words - “Sorry! Better luck next time!”
November 21, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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azrielgreen.bsky.social
Assuming all fanfiction is written poorly really just shows you've never been caught in the chokehold of a 150k slowburn that changed the course of your life at 2:40am written by someone whose username has 4 Zs in it and they only wrote one fic and then vanished like an ethereal legend.
November 25, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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adwills.bsky.social
there are two kinds of writers:

those who write pages of bantering dialogue and realize they didn't describe anything in the scene

and those who write pages of detailed description and realize no one's spoken for eight pages
November 26, 2024 at 6:16 PM
xeitgeixt.bsky.social
Hello. I'm hoping these skies are bluer.
November 26, 2024 at 7:51 PM