#i think i've listened to neverwhere

[getmemymicroscope]

Random Thoughts

So, I've been re-watching Leverage: Redemption (which has quickly become my favorite season of Leverage, even with the sad dearth of Hardison, because I much prefer the dynamic that Mr. Wilson has with the group as that to which the Nate/Sophie dynamic brought - aka, her having to mother him). But that's a story for another day - clearly Nate being Nate helped forged that team. There's no denying that, and it's not something Mr. Wilson would've been able to do. (Actually, this is sort of a lie - I've already re-watched the whole season again last weekend, and am now trying to avoid binging it again just long enough to watch some other episodes of other things.)

But anyhow, there was an episode with LeVar Burton, which was a lot of fun. Probably not my favorite episode of the bit, only because the first two and the last all had Hardison so therefore they immediately jump to the top, but the LeVar Burton episode was still awesome. And him being a librarian was just so perfect (the show did good with callbacks - the same episode with mention of TNG; Noah Wyle's character saying he knew medical jargon because of TV; plus, of course, all the Doctor Who shout-outs, continued from the original series; etc.)

This is funny, because it intersects slightly with my childhood (Reading Rainbow) - and that intersection has lead me to a podcast called LeVar Burton Reads. In which, as the title suggests, he reads (short) stories. It's great fun - at a time in life when I'm just too mentally exhausted to make the effort to read, I can just turn on a podcast and he'll read it to me in 50-ish minutes. It's pretty cool, though admittedly I'm way behind the times and only like a handful of episodes in.

The most recent story he read was @neil-gaiman's Chivalry - which itself was a blast of a story. Neil Gaiman's works are sadly under-read by me - Good Omens, of course, and I'm now halfway through Neverwhere (and just awaiting a quiet weekend to finish); Stardust is also on my 'soon-to-be-read' list - but the little bit I have read has been very enjoyable. And Chivalry is no less so. The amazing contrast of, well, the mundane of day-to-day life versus the fantastical quest really got me thinking. Though that, also, is a story for another day. This post is more just to get some random thoughts out of my head. Point is: LeVar Burton is awesome, LeVar Burton Reads is awesome, and Neil Gaiman is awesome.

Very unrelated: I've been watching The Resort on Peacock and in the most recent (today's) episode, Baltasar's detective-work very much reminded me of Dirk Gently. I think it's aided by the way the show/mystery is being played out/overlaid, but his questions and his "I need to get to know you" approach is, while probably bordering on TMI/irrelevant, the type of fantastical, seemingly unrelated but somehow deeply connected stuff that I'd imagine Dirk Gently would be interested in.

That's it for now. Time to go listen to another short story.

#booklr #tv shows #gmmm does books #gmmm does tv shows #tvblr

[dearmrsawyer]

aaah just finished listening to the bbc radio dramatisation of Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys and it was soooo good !!!!!

#love every single bbc radio adaptation of gaiman's work!!!! #i think i've listened to neverwhere #anansi boys #and a couple of short stories #they are always so good #i'd love them to adapt the graveyard book and the ocean at the end of the lane #i know they'd turn out so well #gosh that was so excellent #neil gaiman

[freuleinanna]

Coming back

Misty Day × Cordelia Goode

Summary: In hell, it's really hard to tell what's real and what's not.

Note: Just a random idea because I'm rewatching Coven and I love them SO fucking much. Also the sheer THOUGHT that Misty had never seen Cordelia's eyes before she came back from hell is !!! don't @ me

Word count: ~260

[  ] Cordelia comes to me, blind. She takes my hand and says that I'm home. Hell has a rotten sense of humor.

[  ] Cordelia comes and looks at me with her strange eyes, one dark, one blue. She takes my hand. She puts some berries in it and smiles. Neverwhere, the berries escape my slip. Not these memories. Please, not these.

[  ] Cordelia comes to me with mutilated eyes. She takes my hand and leads me to the edge of an abyss where I'll disappear. I know she didn't mean to, but it doesn't make dying any easier.

[  ] Cordelia comes to me. I know it's her, but I don't see her eyes. I don't see anything. I can only feel her hold me, I can only hear. Come back to me. Follow my voice, come back to me. Is it a dream, hope, or just another torture? She's crying, but I can't respond. I can't even say I have no legs to follow her.

[  ] Cordelia comes to me, and her eyes are dark, unfamiliar. She's never had those eyes. The memories are over, here comes the madness. She takes my hand and says that I'm home. I'm smarter than this. I know I'm still in hell.

[  ] Cordelia, Cordelia, Cordelia. I'm in hell, I'm in hell, I'm in hell.

[  ] My hell changed to the constant visions of Cordelia and the hard knowledge that she's not real, that she's never really coming for me. Hell has dark eyes. That's my only telling. Just that.

[  ] I've never seen her real eyes.

[  ] I'VE NEVER SEEN HER REAL EYES. The more I think about it, the deeper I fall into madness.

[  ] I've got so many question. Who are you? What do you want? ...Are you real?

[  ] She's crying and holding me. She smells like herbs. Is she? Real, I mean. Is she real. It keeps bothering me, because she cannot be.

[  ] Stubborn is what she is. Her eyes never leave me for a minute. Deep, compassionate. I'm starting to believe. Hope is like spikes and splinters all over my mind. All it does is hurt. She says, 'Follow my voice.' She says, 'Come back to me.'

[  ] If I try hard enough, maybe I can call her. Cordelia? Cordelia, Cordelia, CORDELIA. Cordelia! ...Lord, why does it have to be hard as hell?

[  ] 'Cor... de... li... a'

[  ] Her dark eyes widen. She's almost frightened. She looks at my face and starts violently, silently crying. She takes my hand. She says, 'I'm here.'

[  ] The wall crumbles.

[  ] Hell crumbles.

[  ] Everything crumbles.

[  ] The only thing left is her, and all I can do is give myself over.

[  ] She's so stubborn.

[  ] She pulled me out of hell, didn't she? Twice, if you think about it. Just now counts, too.

[ ] She's muttering something, Lord knows what. Words are rushing from her lips, but I don't understand a single one of them.

[ ] I'm listening to her voice. I'm coming back to her.

#ahs coven #misty × cordelia #misty day × cordelia goode #foxxay #goodday #american horror story: coven #misty day #cordelia goode #ahs: coven #ahs season 3 #OTP: SEQUERE LUCEM #ahs 8 #ahs apocalypse #something i wrote

[kimium]

11 and 23

(From this ask meme HERE)

Ah! Thank you so much for the ask!!!

11. Three books that you would recommend everyone to read

Oh boy! I'm an ELA major and teacher. There are so many to choose from! This is difficult, but here we go.

1) Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller: This is by far one of my most favourite books of recent years. I love the details with Greek myth and the attention to detail in how Achilles and Patroclus's relationship is built up only to inevitably fall to pieces. Even if you're not a big Greek mythology person, the way Achilles and Patroclus's love is written is wonderful. 10/10

2) The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern: The world building! The attention to detail! The entire premise of "we have magic but we're pretending and fooling people into thinking we're just stage magicians". Perfection.

3) Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman: I know most recommend Good Omens (which is fantastic too), but my first Neil Gaiman book (not first time encountering his works, but those were movies) is Neverwhere. The radio drama/audiobook of it is also fantastic with a star studded cast. Highly recommend giving it a listen too.

23. Three songs you listen to while cleaning

I don't have a playlist for when I'm cleaning. I just put my music library on shuffle and go. Sorry! Nothing to list here.

(But if anyone is curious, recently I've been listening to The Rumbling by SiM non-stop and have re-discovered the OST for Attack on Titan. Shout outs to Zero Eclipse, Apple Seed, and Wmid.)

#personal #replies #ask meme #feel free to ask me more if you want

[robotvampire]

7 for your story and 12 for sameer?

#7 - what books have shaped the way you think about writing the most? why?

A lot of Neil Gaiman's books! The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neverwhere, and Good Omens (written with Terry Pratchett!) are favorites. I've gotten a lot of ideas from American Gods for Fellow Traveler in particular.

I generally like the idea of a world that seems relatively ordinary (our world), but has something... else going on beneath the surface, and the stories you can weaves with that. Gaiman is very good at this and his writing has helped me a lot.

Another notable book would be A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. :)

#12 - give three songs or images that fit [character].

Gonna go with songs!

(I've probably mentioned these before because I only listen to like three artists, so please forgive me. <3)

The Old Witch Sleep and the Good Man Grace by The Amazing Devil

Dear Fellow Traveler by Sea Wolf

Take Me to Church by Hozier

#asks