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andimthedad · 1 year

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Sauron Eye

Beth: [age 14] "I finished my ceramics project." Me: "It's a hobbit house, right? That looks really cute." Beth: "Yeah, but Chris at school said the door looked like an eye." Me: "Hmm. You could really confuse Lord of the Rings fans and paint a giant Sauron eye on the hobbit door." Luke: [age 18] "What if Sauron was actually a hobbit?" Beth: "As if they've gone on this massive quest and it turns out there's a little guy in the tower operating a massive flaming eye?" Luke: "Yeah, like in the Wizard of Oz." Me: "I think the armies of orcs are probably scarier than the flying monkeys." Luke: "They look like flying orcs if you squint sideways." Beth: "No wonder Sauron could never actually kill Frodo. They were probably cousins."

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iamakiller · 3 years

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Charlie!

Anatomy of a Killer was perfection as always! I’ve been awed by and in love with your writing since day one.

I’ve always wondered, are there any characters or personalities, real or fictional, from whom you’ve drawn to create your Killer Charlie? Or any other external influences behind his persona? He’s so nuanced and deep that I’m constantly amazed.

As an aside, you and Contesa are both wrong. Gandalf and the Ring Wraiths are tied for best LOTR characters.

Shannon!

Thank you very much. I’m so glad you enjoyed Anatomy of a Killer. I must also thank you for your enthusiastic support since the beginning of this blog.

With regards to your question, I have had a fascination with American serial killers since my early teens, when I checked the book “Mindhunter” by John E. Douglas out of the library on a whim and read the whole thing in one night. I’ve always been interested in the darker aspects of the human mind, and especially the why of a person becoming a killer. Although I never even considered choosing to pursue psychology or criminology as a career path, nor indeed murder.) I wasn’t inspired by any particular individual, but I’m sure that the ridiculous amount of knowledge I’ve crammed into my brain over the years played its part.

A major influence in terms of how I chose to unravel Charlie’s story was undoubtedly the Netflix documentary series “I Am A Killer” (I swear I had completely forgotten the name of the show when I named this blog!) which deliberately and carefully unfurls the story of each episode in such a way that you feel horror and compassion in equal parts for the titular individual by the end of the hour.

Other than that, I'm not knowingly aware of any other influences. Killer Charlie is all mine, I’m afraid!

#ooc #ama #ask a killer #safarigirlsp #Gandalf I'll accept #but THE RINGWRAITHS?#all they did was screech #and get washed away #or set on fire #they were Sauron's flying monkeys

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reel-to-reel-memoir · 3 years

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July 3rd, Nine P.M Shreveport, I'm driving home from Florida. "There's evidence for god, call here" the billboard read. If I called, what would they say to me? "It's an honor to hear your voice lord" would be the only thing they could say that I haven't heard before. It's hours away from July 4th and our empire continues to crack. I've never felt such hopelessness about our future. The sickness of this country is not COVID-19. I looked out when I passed through Alabama and I see an RV park, dead and rusted RVs sit outside the park's fence. Trying to make them unseen, is there no end to our poverty class. I think of Ingo from Antkind, the puppets from his movie buried in his yard that were never supposed to be seen; coal miners, black people, workers etc. If he only knew how bad it really was, burying them so deep he breaks pipes, is what he would need to do to show how hidden the unseen really are. To capture the scale of the unseen the puppets would fill his apartment, and the building itself.

July 4th it's almost here, and it's dreaded weight. Joe Biden is president and is soulless. Those unseen are expanded and shot by police. Joe sleeps. The planet is burning. Joe sleeps. People lose the ability to vote. Joe sleeps. Joe wakes up in the middle of the night, puts on his bathrobe and heads to the oval office. Seeing himself as Martin Sheen playing Bartlett, the Catholic firebrand with his Notre Dame sweatshirt, Joe thinks of what quips to say to his secretary. The phone is ringing. That phone and all of it's infamy, from Kennedy dealing with the Cuban missile crisis to Regan calling black people monkeys. Joe sits down and answers the call, it's a wealthy donor.

I am God, is what burger land has taught me. Or is it just "a God"? Since I don't believe in theism. Regardless, my mustard seed of faith embedded within me will allow me to level skyscrapers, to create white powder from thin air. How should I use this power? How would I have used it? I was two when the two towers fell, Saurman corrupted by darkness and Sauron's power. I would be like him if I was ("a"?)God. On September 11th I was one, there's nothing to say but I must say what's true, Bush let the twin towers fall. All of me is all powerful and omnipresent or do I share duties with someone else. If I am God and god then I am nobody. 4th of July would be July 2nd if I was somebody. Everyone would know that Grover Cleveland had two non consecutive terms, if I could move mountains with faith. This is how I would waste my power, how am I better than Joe? I don't have any power.

It's Twelve A.M July, 4th. I've made it to Dallas, close to home. What defines America? Is the question I'm wrestling with. I know ultimately it's the small towns, those filled with the unseen. The simple living people who fly the flag high. But their nationalism is repulsive to me. I love this country in the abstract, I love the people, it's potential, but I have less than zero affection for our history and our future. Is that what the small town Americans see in the flag? The people and the potential? Trump's popularity tells me otherwise, the real underbelly is revealed through him. But was there not a populist movement that loved this country like I do in the Bernie Sanders movement? I don't know. All I know is there's nothing profound I have to say that will relieve us from the hell that is this 4th of July. I try to remember those in our history who wanted a better world, a better america. Thomas Payne, Eugene Debs, Henry Wallace, Malcolm X, Bernie Sanders. They're what define America to me. But my definition matters not, we are the world's leading empire. Our meddling and colonial conquests don't just go away. We live in a police state, nothing I can say will change that. We live without owning homes, without making a penny to our name, my idealism will not change that. We as Americans, as a country, are one thing, burgers.

#fourth of july #united states of america #joe biden #socialism #charlie kaufman

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jonathan-cranes-mistress-of-fear · 7 years

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I think it’s safe to talk the Lego Batman Movie since most of my friends and followers have seen it, and I have a few thoughts (besides the fact that Scarecrow was adorable)

Overall I really enjoyed the movie, it was extremely funny, and made lots of meta jokes you’d only get if you were a hardcore fan of batman. My mom even laughed when they showed a clip from the ‘66 show.

I think my only gripe about the movie was the pop culture references. Don’t get me wrong, seeing Voldemort and Sauron was great, but it just felt like they didn’t belong. Unlike the original Lego Movie where you had all the cameos and characters colliding because it was LEGO and that made sense, this felt grounded in it’s own world. It didn’t really need the Wicked Witch and her Flying Monkeys. I guess I came into the movie expecting to see the rogues get a lot more attention than they did. Scarecrow gets three lines, and Riddler I think only has one? Yeah, you could’ve given us a bit more than that. (but it’s possible there’s some stuff hidden in outtakes and deleted scenes) I know it’s suppose to be a part of the Lego Universe, so some easter eggs are expected. I don’t particularly care if they want to connect the story to the original movie in some way, but I wish that they gave the Batman rogues more screen time. Considering all the merchandise, Lego sets, activity books and games, I do wish they played a bigger part.

This was the one thing that’s stuck out the most to me. If your favorite rogue wasn’t popular enough, it was like a game of hide-and-seek trying to find them in the movie more than once or twice. (but kudos on them for at least including as many references as they did)

#MistressSpeaks #lego batman movie #just some thoughts #it didn't leave a hugely negative impact #but it was notable #i'll probably make a separate post talking about scarecrow specifically #also i wasn't too bothered by the bruce/barbara stuff #it was really cliche and easy to overlook for a kids movie

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