#the creed of gethin

[ninawolv3rina]

✨Books✨

The beginning of a trilogy about a god of death and the world who has to put up with him

Book 1: A disaster bisexual convicted of stabbing a politician gets chosen to be Prophet of Death. The priesthood is… not thrilled. Get it here

Book 2: A retired assassin gets hired to find a cure for a young lord’s poisoned daughter. Along the way he meets a nonbinary bard with the power to change people’s emotions by touching them. Maybe they fall in love? :3 Get it here

You can read them out of order, as long as you read both before book 3 (which will come out 2025)!

Read the reviews here

Trigger warnings are listed in amazon descriptions.

#queer fantasy #dark fantasy #fantasy novels #indie author #author #indie #self published #independent author #queer author #the unwanted prophet #the forgotten lyric #my characters #my shit #the creed of gethin #books #booklr #book #small author #writer #fantasy series

[nothwell]

A new episode of Right Here, Write Queer just dropped! You can listen in your favorite podcast app.

Today’s episode features Carolina Cruz, (@ninawolv3rina & @writingwolverina) author of the gothic horror romance Blood in the Water and the fantasy series The Creed of Gethin. We talk about inspirational fantasy, redemption arcs, gothic horror, and the queerly comforting quality of otherworldly characters.

Our other episodes will introduce you to…

• Sarah Whalen, author of the contemporary ace romance novel This Doesn’t Mean Anything. • R.K. Ashwick, fantasy author of the Lutesong series and A Rival Most Vial: Potioneering for Love and Profit. • S.O. Callahan, author of the historical fantasy novel Fella Enchanted and co-author of Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms. • Tess Carletta, cozy magical-realism author of Kit & Basie and its recently-released sequel, Patchwork. • Sarah Wallace, author of the Regency fantasy novel Letters to Half Moon Street and co-author of Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms. • Noah Hawthorne (also writing as Aelina Isaacs), author of the fantasy novel Phantom and Rook: When An Immortal Falls In Love With A Witch as well as The Rebel Foxes: The Sirione Chronicles: The Dome. • Luna Daye, author of the epic high fantasy series The Thoraius Saga and the romantasy series The Fated Fae. • and me, Sebastian Nothwell!

Our intro episodes will be rapid-releasing every Monday-Wednesday-Friday for the next three weeks, and our regular topic episodes will come out every week after that.

This project has been many months in the making and I’m so thrilled to finally be able to share it with you – thank you for listening!

#carolina cruz #blood in the water #right here write queer #the creed of gethin #podcast

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The Forgotten Lyric by Carolina Cruz

How can an assassin retire and live with everything they’ve done? Some men turn to drink, while others choose to live in denial. Kennet Peders, on the other hand, is just trying to be a better person. Saving a young girl from death by poison seems to be the perfect place to start, yet even as he takes a job that does nothing but good, Kennet can’t fully escape his past…

With the supernatural ability to influence other people’s emotions, Asa never felt quite comfortable in the society they were raised in. Luckily, being a bard means they can easily leave that society to find a home somewhere new—and the country of Bladland is very new to them. Here Asa finds themself presented with an opportunity: use their influence to help save a young girl and befriend a mysterious (and handsome) sword-for-hire in the process.

It’s an adventure they’d be a fool to pass up on.

#the forgotten lyric #the creed of gethin #carolina cruz #nonbinary #trans book of the day #trans books #queer books #bookblr #booklr

[writingwolverina]

IN PERPETUUM: A dark fantasy/horror about Lazenwyn Atwater, a trans man who cannot die. Hunted for the spectacle of his curse, hiding in dark woods crawling with monsters, Laz wanders through his world encountering friend, foe, and others as he tries to find meaning in a life that will not end.

This one’s going to be an ongoing sort of meandering world-building project. I’ve written about 6,000 words of disjointed scenes featuring Laz, and i think that’ll probably be how things continue. Less structure than The Creed of Gethin trilogy, more just raw VIBES.

Inspirations: Hellraiser, Outlast, Resident Evil, Dark Souls/Elden Ring, Blasphemous, all those cringe-ass gothic horror movies from the 2000s/2010s (Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters, Underworld, Van Helsing, Dracula Untold, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)

Weirdly, this one will feature very little overt religious trauma references.

#my shit #in Perpetuum #tw blood #tw gore #tw body horror #this one is going to be like actual horror lol #everything I’ve written so far is pretty gross #heavy on the medical and body horror #as well as like creature stuff #I’m very excited about the stuff i could do #who is this for? Idk i really don’t think there’s an audience for this one so much lol #this one is for me

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2018-04-03 10 MOVIE now

MOVIE

Birth. Movies. Death.

SXSW 2018 Review: TAKE YOUR PILLS Shines A Light On An Alarming Problem

Is Denis Villeneuve Still Making a DUNE Movie? Nope! Now He’s Making TWO Of Them

FIRST MATCH Trailer Takes A Girl’s Troubles To The Mat

Wes Anderson And Bill Murray: A Cinematic Rapport

Book Review: S. Craig Zahler’s HUG CHICKENPENNY Is A Touching Gothic Parable

CineVue

Film Review: A Quiet Place

Criterion Review: La Cage Aux Folles

DVD Review: Score: A Film Music Documentary

Film Review: The Island and the Whales

Film Review: Midnight Sun

Cinema Blend

Superman Fans, Teri Hatcher Has Started Talking About A Lois And Clark Reboot

Gotham Focuses On Jerome's Insanity In Awesome Giant-Sized Trailer

Ready Player One: What Was Halliday Trying To Tell The World With The OASIS Egg Hunt?

The Russo Brothers Say Avengers 4's Title Should Scare Us

6 More Cartoons We Want To See Supernatural Cross Over With

Cinema Scope

Cinema Scope 74 Contents

The Work (Jairus McLeary & Gethin Aldous, US)

Global Discoveries on DVD: A Few Peripheral Matters

Canadiana | Hometown Horror: Robin Aubert’s Les affamés

Exploded View: Bruce Conner’s Crossroads

Comicboook.com

Star Wars: Rian Johnson Says 90 Percent of 'The Last Jedi' Feedback He Receives is Positive

Nicolas Cage Says Original 'Ghost Rider' Script Was R-Rated

'Venom': Brisk Potentially Reveals First Look at Tom Hardy's Symbiote

'Black Panther' Crosses $650 Million at Domestic Box Office

'Avengers: Infinity War' Directors Say 'Avengers 4' Title Will Scare You

Film Comment Magazine

ND/NF Interview: Valérie Massadian

Interview: Ishmael Reed

Film of the Week: Ready Player One

ND/NF Interview: Stephen Loveridge

Deep Focus: Gemini

Film Inquiry

Staff Inquiry: I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying

KEEP THE CHANGE: A Breakthrough For Disability Films

JOURNEYMAN: A Treacly & Unengaging Disability Drama

THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS Trailer

ALL I WISH: A Strong Stone Can’t Save This Film From Mediocrity

Film School Rejects

The Tracy Morganaissance Has Begun

‘Silver Bullet’ Is New to Blu-ray and Remains a Fun Ride Into Toothy Terror

5 Marvel Characters That John Boyega Could Play

Pixar’s ‘Bao’ is Further Evidence That Profit Awaits the Culturally Conscious

‘Ready Player One’ is Steven Spielberg’s Most Crowd-Pleasing Hit in Over a Decade

Reddit Movies

Blockbuster’s last stand: Inside one of the iconic video rental chain’s final U.S. stores

'Creed 2' Has Officially Begun Filming

Half in the Bag: Ready Player One

BIG MAN JAPAN (2009) is the superhero /monster movie I needed.

Sonic Movie moved filming to Vancouver, starting July 30th

Roger Ebert

In Tribute To the Late, Beloved Roger Ebert, A ‘Day for Empathy’ Established In Chicago

The Unloved, Part 52: "Annihilation"

“Far Cry 5” and American Violence in Video Games

“Minding the Gap,” “The King,” “Devil’s Freedom” Among Highlights at DOC10 2018

Your Roger Stories: The Critics

Screen Rant

15 Crazy Secrets Behind The Making Of Legally Blonde

Nicolas Cage Wants an R-Rated Ghost Rider Movie – But Not With Him

15 Jokes Kids Completely Missed In The Toy Story Movies

20 Incredible Actor Couples That Went Under The Radar

John Cena Doesn’t Think WWE’s “Attitude Era” Would Work Today

Slash Film

Superhero Bits: All DC Shows Renewed at The CW, Leaked Venom Art, ‘The Death of Superman’ & More

Daily Podcast: Is Ready Player One Spielberg’s Worst Movie? Magic in NYC, Rad, Lost in Space & More

‘Hilarity for Charity’ Trailer: Seth Rogen and His Famous Friends Come Together for a Good Cause

New ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ TV Spot: The Avengers Are Running Out of Time

Zack Snyder Explains ‘Batman v Superman’ Knightmare Scene, Teasing a Version of Events That Probably Won’t Happen

#movie

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Arthur Miller’s INCIDENT AT VICHY Review, at Finborough Theatre until 22 April 2017 Presented by Anita Creed Productions for The Phil Willmott Company Pitch-perfect production ★★★★★ Rather like the Finborough itself, ‘Incident At Vichy’ is small but perfectly formed and never less than ambitious. One of Arthur Miller’s lesser known plays, it centres around the capture and questioning of a group of men during the Second World War. It’s late enough in the war that the free men of France have tasted life under Nazi rule but not so late that the full extent of the atrocities has emerged. Miller drip feeds the gossip throughout the play creating a state of panic: they burn Jews; there are camps that people never return from; they want to eliminate an entire people. It’s inconceivable to these men that such horrors might exist and from our position in the future the play is all the more heart-breaking as we fully understand exactly how far the Nazi regime went in its attempt to wipe out great swathes of people. Dressed in beautifully detailed period costume by Penn O’Gara, the men wait in a stark white set designed by Georgia de Grey. This contrast works beautifully to remind us that although these round-ups did happen, this is also a fable. It’s a perfect group of old and young, rich and poor, artisan and professional. Lawrence Boothman as twitchy little artist Lebeau is garrulous and nervy, always on the edge of hysteria and sets the tone for the piece. To begin with, he’s proud that the police came and measured his nose. Fancy that! One by one the others reveal their stories. There’s passionate communist Bayard played by Brendan O’Rourke (with a similar intensity he gave us in Kafka’s ‘The Trail’ at Jack Studio last year), the patient waiter (Michael Skellern) who knows the Nazis can’t be that bad- they order coffee and croissants and laugh in his café. Gypsy (Andro Crespo) hugs his battered old pot and struggles to understand what is happening to him as even his fellow questionees make disparaging remarks. Boy (Daniel Dowling) hugs his knees and Old Jew (Jeremy Gagan) stares into middle distance. These two characters have the fewest lines but their acting is powerful and moving. First to be questioned is smug businessman Marchand (Will Bryant) and when he sails through the interrogation there’s a whisper of hop among the group. PK Taylor as Monceau is peevish as the actor who just can’t conceive of anyone who loves art being a ‘monster’ and Edward Killingback as gentle Austrian nobleman Von Berg is incredibly affecting. He just wants to live a cultured and quiet life but his world shatters when his beloved Jewish musicians are slaughtered in front of him. As Leduc, the educated leader of the pack who is desperate to fight back, Gethin Alderman brings a quiet authority. It’s chilling as he points out that though they outnumber their captors, just as in the outside world, nobody dare lift a finger. All are complicit. It’s every man for himself but there may be some redemption in the end. The French are joined by a mean-spirited police officer (James Boyd), a chillingly antiseptic Nazi doctor (Timothy Harker) and-perhaps a glimmer of humanity- a cultured major (Henry Wyrley-Birch). Underneath the conflicted exterior, however, lurks a true Nazi heart. He is not to be played. At 90 minutes with no internal, the play is perfectly paced. We learn enough about the characters but are also left with questions. This is a pitch–perfect production under Phil Willmott’s expert direction. Miller wrote this play barely twenty years after the end of the war and it offers the audience a chilling insight into how easily the Nazis preyed on fear and paranoia with their anti-Jewish rhetoric. It remains to be seen how history will judge us. Photos by Scott Rylander Tickets: £18/ £16 Box Office: 0844 847 1652 http://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/productions/2017/incident-at-vichy.php Reviewer Sian Rowland Siân’s plays have been shown at various venues around London and her play Gazing At A Distant Star has recently finished a sell-out run at Greenwich Theatre Studio. As well as being a playwright she is an adviser, trainer and writer of award-winning education resources. @Sian_Rowland

#Incident at Vichy Arthur Miller Finborough Review

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Timothy Harker and Jeremy Gagan – Photo Credit Scott Rylander

Written by Arthur Miller, Incident at Vichy is one of his lesser performed productions. This play premiered in 1964, the same year that he and his third wife visited the Mauthausen death camps, and has been performed very few times since then.

The relationship between Jews and the Nazi Party was one that held personal significance to Miller, (he himself an American Jew and his third wife’s family being members of the Nazi Party) it’s no wonder that Miller wrote about what it meant to be a Jew under Nazi occupation.

In the words of Director Phil Willmott “In the season of two plays and a musical I’ve presented this winter I’ve attempted to programme work in which great writers have reflected on similar issues to those we face today.” He goes on to say, “Finally, at the Finborough Theatre, as some Europeans lurch alarmingly to the right politically and Trump’s supporters still clamour for his promised compulsory registration of Muslims, we have Arthur Miller’s Incident at Vichy.”

In this respect Incident at Vichy is a hugely relevant production.

The set for Incident at Vichy is a white cube with a bench, all the action takes place in one place in one act. The use of the set is really interesting as it removes a sense of naturalism from the piece and puts the characters in a framed space that is both timeless and placeless – once again nodding to the current political landscape. It gives a feeling of purgatory. They could be queuing at the gates of Saint Peter, a doctor’s surgery or, as is indeed the case, a facility run by the German SS conducting identity tests to identify Jews.

The play is a true ensemble piece, with thirteen characters each with their own trajectories and tragic stories that have led them to be in this waiting room/facility, yet all the actors work together seamlessly. They present their own inner fears, thoughts and emotions beautifully without pulling focus from the main dialogue. This is a testament to their craft and the direction of the piece.

I hugely commend Lawrence Boothman, Andro Crespo, Michael Skellern, PK Taylor, Daniel Dowling, Brendan O’Rourke and Will Bryant for the opening scene. Their performance levels are very high and it perfectly sets the framework for the rest of the production. When the waiting few are joined by the characters portrayed by Jeremy Gagan, Gethin Alderman and Edward Killingback the play again moves up a notch and the action of the piece becomes more intense.

The performance is reminiscent of the great plays of the ancient Greeks by having a lot of action offstage, which is continually referred to yet not seen by the audience. The play accentuates this by using chilling sound effects, heightening the dramatic effect.

The play runs for 90 minutes and is really pacey, there aren’t any moments when you aren’t fully engaged. The script is superbly written so the actors can have great fun in delivering their lines knowing that they will pack a punch. The direction is slick and tight enabling each actor to have their moment in the limelight.

A special mention must go out to Jeremy Gagan as the Old Jew. He does not speak one word in the piece, yet is totally fascinating to watch. When he is finally called to the offstage room, his exit is superb. 

The final scene between the prince and the Doctor, although only minutes long, is executed flawlessly, with both actors working together to bring a dramatic climax to the production. Edward Killingback is a perfect prince, guilt-ridden, aristocratic and charming.

This piece is utterly watchable, incredibly powerful and sadly awakens the fear that history may repeat itself. I would happily watch any of the performers again and I am keen to see more collaborations between Willmott (Director) and Creed (Producer). I would definitely watch the production a second time, there is so much action (although subtlely performed) that I’m sure I would notice new things.

This show HAS to transfer, the run has pretty much sold out, and more people NEED to watch this show.

Review by Faye Stockley

In the detention room of a Vichy police station in 1942, eight men have been picked up for questioning but none are told why they are held, or when they can leave. At first, their hopeful guess is that only their identity papers will be checked – but as each man is removed for interrogation, some are set free, some are never seen again, and the stakes rise for those who remain…

A haunting examination of the cold, bureaucratic efficiency of evil – and the shared humanity that might overcome it.

INCIDENT AT VICHY by Arthur Miller.

Directed by Phil Willmott. Designed by Georgia de Grey. Lighting by Robbie Butler. Sound Design and Music by Theo Holloway. Costume Design by Penn O’Gara. Produced by Anita Creed Productions for The Phil Willmott Company and The Steam Industry. Cast: Gethin Alderman, Lawrence Boothman, Will Bryant, James Boyd, Andro Crespo, Daniel Dowling, Jeremy Gagan, Timothy Harker, Edward Killingback. Brendan O’Rourke. Michael Skellern. PK Taylor. Henry Wyrley-Birch.

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[ninawolv3rina]

"[The prisoner] sat with her eyes glazed over and her mouth slightly agape. Her arms, covered in jagged scars, spasmed every few seconds, but other than that there was no movement. She was staring at her own reflection, examining it. What she thought of herself was anyone’s guess. Whatever it was, she was thinking hard."

Happy birthday, Unwanted Prophet

#my art #my characters #quincy sauer #quincy #the unwanted prophet #the creed of gethin #happy birthday jeeessuuuus #books #indie books #indie fantasy #author #fantasy book #its prophets second published birthday #but her 6th birthday of the day i started writing her #not a clean milestone but im always happy to have an excuse to draw her

[ninawolv3rina]

The Scary Prophet trilogy

OC: Quincy (she/they)

#putting them all together for my convenience #and because they really do just go together #my art #my characters #quincy #quincy sauer #the creed of gethin #the unwanted prophet #pencil sketch #original character

[ninawolv3rina]

O, speak of Death, and she will come to you

OC: Quincy, she/they

#my art #my characters #this art brought to you by the utopia soundtrack #also the quote in the caption is an old gethinist saying #usually it goes o speak of death and he (death) will come to you #but after Quincy’s prophethood it gets a little amendment lol #quincy #quincy sauer #the creed of gethin #the unwanted prophet

[ninawolv3rina]

Fucked-up Milf Alert

OC: Rowena, She/Her

#my art #my characters #Rowena van zandt #the creed of gethin #tw body horror #tw face horror #this is the mc of a horror novel set in the world of my books #i love her v much #i cannot wait to writer her #her story is already taking shape in a very interesting way i just wish i didn’t have to wait so long to write her

[ninawolv3rina]

So I’ve said this before but I’m thinking about it again….

As far as my book characters go, my art of them is NOT canon. Like, don’t look at that and think ‘the author drew this, so it’s canon!’. The only canon appearance stuff is stuff i *outright state* in the text. So like, for example, Quincy MUST have dark hair, scars on her arms, etc, Marlowe MUST have his plague scar, blue eyes, thin blonde hair, etc, all the priests gotta have black and white robes, but the designs and stuff? Not canon. Headcanon.

I basically view it as drawing fan art of my own characters. Like mine are fan depictions, if that makes sense? They’re subjected to change at any time, some things are even deliberately against canon because I like to draw them that way (Quincy being Very Buff for instance, in canon she’s more wirey).

Idk, i think about it often cuz like, i love the art other people make based on descriptions and some of it has affected how I draw them myself. Now that I’m designing more high-concept stuff for In Perpetuum (which is a lot more artistically minded and inspired, mostly by Dark Souls/Elden Ring and biblical art), I’m like ‘wow i can’t design things that are as intricate and dark as i imagine them’. I am very limited as an artist, the way that i learned has created an eye that leans towards more simplistic designs that are inspired by comics and animation. You can tell i learned from Avatar the Last Airbender, mangas, and X-men comics. My designs reflect that. So like… I see other people’s medieval art and I’m like “Wow i wish i could do that” but when i try they always end up simpler. Anyways, all this to say, in my head Laz and John are more gothic, more medieval, more dark souls. They’re more intricate. They have way more going on, filigree on everything. John is scarier. Idk. I’m going to keep trying to improve and make my designs match my mental image but it’s a process, it always is, always growing.

Just some thoughts!

#long post #writing #spitballing #my shit #in perpetuum #unwanted prophet #the creed of gethin #forgotten lyric #my characters #it’s just stuff like this I’m always thinking about cuz even if I’m satisfied with a piece oftentimes I’m like #‘wow this could be darker or grittier or more detailed’ but that’s just not my style #i remember when i was younger i didn’t know how to look at art without getting jealous #and there’s obv some of that that still lingers but now it’s more like #it drives me to learn and get better #at the same time i feel like I want people to know I’m not satisfied with where I’m at #that i want to be better #idk why it’s important to me that people know

[ninawolv3rina]

I thought I was done drawing them for tonight but apparently I had one more

OC: Asa (They/them)

#my art #my characters #Asa #Asa of the isles #I’ve just been listening to a lot of music that reminds me of them #and reading their story #and apparently for every Kennet i draw i have to drawn an Asa it’s just the balance of things #the forgotten lyric #the creed of gethin

[ninawolv3rina]

“Nothing about this is right, but you know what I always say? What’s happened has happened, and nobody can change it.”

The Unwanted Prophet by Carolina Cruz

#the unwanted prophet #the creed of gethin #the creed of gethin trilogy #my characters #my art #my shit #you gotta be your own fandom somtimes #make your own edits #be your own biggest fan #Quincy’s mantra is actually so important to me tho #i made it for her but it’s become my own anti-anxiety stronghold ever since #it honestly keeps me sane and stops my spiraling most days #when i say quincy saved my life it’s entirely because of her mantra and how she clings to it #also i really just wanted to use all this art #i have so much art for the series might as well make melodramatic edits

[ninawolv3rina]

Me: the climax to my trilogy is going to be some of my most intense, biggest-scale writing yet.

The music that inspired it:

#James Gunn and his consequences i fear #my shit #the friend of gods #the creed of gethin

[ninawolv3rina]

[Slaps this down] another one

That's right, I'm now the author of twooooooo whole books! The Forgotten Lyric hits the scene August 1st 2023 - you can preorder it here for kindle or add it on goodreads!

And guess what? If you haven't read Book 1 but this one sounds more interesting to you? You can read this one first! They're parallel storylines that will merge in book 3 so read whichever of 1 or 2 first, as long as you read both before book 3.

Can't wait for yall to meet my baby bard and witness their shenanigans

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