They claim to know the form in which genius comes

[sovay]

When I was standing in the parking lot outside the Stop & Shop, drifts of mist came blowing through smelling of the sea. My hair beaded with fog. I felt like Lieutenant Ashington with less booze.

The silver lining of an obnoxious fellow-commuter observed last night by spatch can be found in the first new folio of Chinbeard and Fedoro to come to light in several years: "An Unfortunate Incident which hath the Capacity to Harsh even the Sweetest Mellow."

Rob has been reading James Owen's Danger UXB (2010), so I have showed him slightly less than the first half of of John Hawkesworth's Danger UXB (1979), which I had not seen since high school. I recognize several more of the actors now.

Courtesy of calliopes_pen: which dracula crew of light character are you? I was not expecting this quiz to rate me Lucy Westenra: "girl power. dont you want to go crazy? dont you want to go ape shit? while people assume you're pretty conventional, you're also immeasurably fucked up and disturbing. you're so hot man and literally everyone is obsessed with you. sorry about your husband I would've treated you right my vampire queen."

Courtesy of rushthatspeaks: Liberato, "Partenope" (2022). I have seen few music videos featuring sirens, but so far they have all been terrific.

Comments

[asakiyume]

I always like Chinbeard and Fedoro! Brilliant as usual.

And "Partenope" is absolutely gorgeous.

As are the beads of fog you described.

[sovay]

I always like Chinbeard and Fedoro! Brilliant as usual.

"Exit FALSPATCH, pursuing public transit."

And "Partenope" is absolutely gorgeous.

I knew nothing about the artist, I am really not fluent in Neapolitan, I loved the entire thing. I guess I will pay attention to their next music now.

As are the beads of fog you described.

I wasn't expecting sea-fog in a parking lot! It kept gusting through. It was incredible. It smelled of salt.

[selkie]

*snort* Very few lies detected, gentlethem.

[sovay]

Very few lies detected, gentlethem.

*hugs*

[selkie]

Mina Harker
in her own words, the train fiend. excitable and well loved, even more so than your husband. People often underestimate you, but you're incredibly clever and you're usually the one who pulls things together in the end. just make sure to watch out for the telltale symptoms of vampirism because babe you're going to be in big trouble if you don't!

*blink*
*blink blink*

[sovay]

People often underestimate you, but you're incredibly clever and you're usually the one who pulls things together in the end.

Well, this should be blazoned in letters of fire on your desk at work.

[swan_tower]

Quiz: You're Quincey Morris!

Me: Who?

Wikipedia: He's a rich young American from Texas --

Me: how did the quiz know

[sovay]

Wikipedia: He's a rich young American from Texas --

Heee.

(Quincey Morris is left out of almost all adaptations and I wish he weren't.)

[moon_custafer]

I’ve seen a few people anticipating Tumblr’s reaction when Quincy enters the story. OK, what I’ve actually seen is “everybody’s waiting to see Tumblr explodes when the cowboy shows up, but imagine how they’re going to react to Van Helsing.”

[sovay]

OK, what I’ve actually seen is “everybody’s waiting to see Tumblr explodes when the cowboy shows up, but imagine how they’re going to react to Van Helsing.”

Van Helsing was my favorite character the first time I read the novel. Adaptationally, this remains true when he is played by Peter Cushing, and otherwise I seem to gravitate toward Renfield. Go know.

[minoanmiss]

I loooove that image of fog embroidering your hair with water beads.

ETA -- the other day you were quite sensibly longing for good news. They just announced the discovery of what causes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Now that we know it we can fight it!

[sovay]

I loooove that image of fog embroidering your hair with water beads.

Thank you.

ETA -- the other day you were quite sensibly longing for good news. They just announced the discovery of what causes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Now that we know it we can fight it!

That is really neat! And I hadn't seen the news. I will look for the details. Thank you for letting me know!

[ethelmay]

It's unfortunately not quite that simple, but it does sound like important research. https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-sids-cause-sudden-infant-death-syndrome-1706478

[sovay]

It's unfortunately not quite that simple, but it does sound like important research.

Thank you for the data!

[nineweaving]

The sea fog and the siren are gorgeous.

Nine

[sovay]

The sea fog and the siren are gorgeous.

I bet they would go well together, too.

[gwynnega]

Apparently I am Dr. Seward. I was not expecting this!

[sovay]

Apparently I am Dr. Seward. I was not expecting this!

Your grasp of mental health is much better!