Louie Stowell
@louiestowell.bsky.social
Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. https://louiestowell.com. No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This feed isn't for kids.
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Louie Stowell
@louiestowell.bsky.social
· Mar 30
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John Constantine, drawn by Dan Mora pls!
Okay, you get to write ONE dream comic mini-series, featuring characters you did not create.
What character would you pick, and who would draw it?
What character would you pick, and who would draw it?
December 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
John Constantine, drawn by Dan Mora pls!
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The image of this 1973 painting by Balinese artist Ketut Madra, which depicts the giant Kala Rau about to swallow the moon goddess Ratih, reminds me of how, in The Silmarillion, Melkor sent the spirits of shadows to vanquish Tilion, the Maia who guided the Moon. 1/2
#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday
#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday
December 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The image of this 1973 painting by Balinese artist Ketut Madra, which depicts the giant Kala Rau about to swallow the moon goddess Ratih, reminds me of how, in The Silmarillion, Melkor sent the spirits of shadows to vanquish Tilion, the Maia who guided the Moon. 1/2
#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday
#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday
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it's a GREAT gift for... siblings
It's the story of three brothers who go to war over the imperial throne. It's a story of an empire built on lies. It's now out in paperback. From me and @profgabriele.com.
Buy one for your friends. Two for your enemies. Gift-giving/revenge solved!
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Buy one for your friends. Two for your enemies. Gift-giving/revenge solved!
www.harpercollins.com/products/oat...
December 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
it's a GREAT gift for... siblings
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A gadget shack with a scrolling message ‘don’t despair we repair’ seems cute until you just look up while walking past and see a sign just exhorting ‘DESPAIR’.
December 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A gadget shack with a scrolling message ‘don’t despair we repair’ seems cute until you just look up while walking past and see a sign just exhorting ‘DESPAIR’.
So, if a person wanted to organise a sing-along screening of Once More With Feeling in London, how would you do that? Is it legal to do it in a pub? Are there any cinemas who'd be up for organising this?
December 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
So, if a person wanted to organise a sing-along screening of Once More With Feeling in London, how would you do that? Is it legal to do it in a pub? Are there any cinemas who'd be up for organising this?
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My weekend read is The Spick and the Span by Pil Van Martin. Original and imaginative with fantastic characters. I thought the story of Helm was complete but am excited to discover a sequel is on its way. @harpercollins.bsky.social #UKKidLit #KidLitUK
December 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
My weekend read is The Spick and the Span by Pil Van Martin. Original and imaginative with fantastic characters. I thought the story of Helm was complete but am excited to discover a sequel is on its way. @harpercollins.bsky.social #UKKidLit #KidLitUK
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On the question of Jospeh Campbell, his conception of the Hero's Journey, and its failure to account for significant parts of activism and hero-work...
Read Donna Glee Williams' excellent essay here: www.speculativeinsight.com/essays/hero-journey
Read Donna Glee Williams' excellent essay here: www.speculativeinsight.com/essays/hero-journey
December 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
On the question of Jospeh Campbell, his conception of the Hero's Journey, and its failure to account for significant parts of activism and hero-work...
Read Donna Glee Williams' excellent essay here: www.speculativeinsight.com/essays/hero-journey
Read Donna Glee Williams' excellent essay here: www.speculativeinsight.com/essays/hero-journey
Hive mind! Which indie bookshops that do kidlit are closest in to the centre of London? (For a pal who wants to visit a few while in town). Anything in zone one? Or two?
December 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Hive mind! Which indie bookshops that do kidlit are closest in to the centre of London? (For a pal who wants to visit a few while in town). Anything in zone one? Or two?
I've realised I don't so much have a brain as a collection of connected quotations and associations that have somehow come together to form the resemblance of selfhood.
a woman in a red jacket is saying that i 'll put marzipan in your pie plate bingo .
Alt: The Buffybot (played by Sarah Michelle Gellar) in season six of Buffy, wearing red, saying "That'll put marzipan in your pie plate, bingo!"
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December 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I've realised I don't so much have a brain as a collection of connected quotations and associations that have somehow come together to form the resemblance of selfhood.
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The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
Parents of young adult children or people who have jobs with gen z colleagues (or rare Actual Young Ppl On here): I want to interview someone who's done any kind of government employment scheme (whether apprenticeship or other) for a book (fiction). Would appreciate any tipoffs!
December 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Parents of young adult children or people who have jobs with gen z colleagues (or rare Actual Young Ppl On here): I want to interview someone who's done any kind of government employment scheme (whether apprenticeship or other) for a book (fiction). Would appreciate any tipoffs!
I may have already treated myself to a christmas jumper...
Stocking Thrillers!
From new releases and Apex Editions to Christmas jumpers and exclusive new merch, check out 2000 AD’s 2025 Christmas Gift Guide if you want to Thrill-Boost the Season! https://bit.ly/48DsIA8
From new releases and Apex Editions to Christmas jumpers and exclusive new merch, check out 2000 AD’s 2025 Christmas Gift Guide if you want to Thrill-Boost the Season! https://bit.ly/48DsIA8
Stocking Thrillers! Check Out 2000 AD's 2025 Christmas Gift Guide | 2000 AD
Twas the month before Christmas, and all through the Cosmos, readers were updating their wishlist, with the comics they want most! If you’re looking for gift ideas for the 2000 AD fan in your life, th...
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December 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I may have already treated myself to a christmas jumper...
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Where are my palaeographers at? Anyone? #MedievalSky
[This is from TNA, SC 1/30/121. The context is asking for updates from a co-envoy regarding Anglo-French negotiations.]
[This is from TNA, SC 1/30/121. The context is asking for updates from a co-envoy regarding Anglo-French negotiations.]
December 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Where are my palaeographers at? Anyone? #MedievalSky
[This is from TNA, SC 1/30/121. The context is asking for updates from a co-envoy regarding Anglo-French negotiations.]
[This is from TNA, SC 1/30/121. The context is asking for updates from a co-envoy regarding Anglo-French negotiations.]
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Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year
December 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year
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#freeresources #edutwitter #teachersofx
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The School Reading List recommends children's, teen and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools in the UK.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Teachers! Grab FREE downloadable PDF reading activities, games, reading lists, reading challenges, posters, wallpapers and much more on School Reading List's TES page. ⬇️📖✨
🔗
www.tes.com/teaching-res...
#freeresources #edutwitter #teachersofx
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www.tes.com/teaching-res...
#freeresources #edutwitter #teachersofx
Can anyone help? Also: god help anyone trying to decipher my handwriting in a thousand years... or even tomorrow.
Where are my palaeographers at? Anyone? #MedievalSky
[This is from TNA, SC 1/30/121. The context is asking for updates from a co-envoy regarding Anglo-French negotiations.]
[This is from TNA, SC 1/30/121. The context is asking for updates from a co-envoy regarding Anglo-French negotiations.]
December 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Can anyone help? Also: god help anyone trying to decipher my handwriting in a thousand years... or even tomorrow.
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Great now I can’t name my daughter that
December 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Great now I can’t name my daughter that
If @trashfuture.bsky.social was a single video
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
If @trashfuture.bsky.social was a single video
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THE PHOENIX #727 - the best single periodical comics issue of 2025. Meta genius as the events of one strip invade the rest of the comic.
December 7, 2025 at 4:22 AM
THE PHOENIX #727 - the best single periodical comics issue of 2025. Meta genius as the events of one strip invade the rest of the comic.
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This creater puts "reading levels" into perspective in a really helpful way, so sharing it here.
October 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This creater puts "reading levels" into perspective in a really helpful way, so sharing it here.
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My thread earlier focused on the discussion re. FWS - but I just want to draw this out really explicitly:
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
Also worth noting, the Tribunal found that Sandie Peggie had harassed Dr Beth Upton in a "hate incident".
December 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My thread earlier focused on the discussion re. FWS - but I just want to draw this out really explicitly:
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
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Mini thread on the ET decision in Peggie
Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
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Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
🧵👇
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Mini thread on the ET decision in Peggie
Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
🧵👇
Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
🧵👇
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looking for recommendations for people in the UK who are doing interesting work on mental health, specifically with regards to internet / tech use - social media atomisation, online radicalisation, Chat GPT psychosis etc. any reputable names appreciated!
December 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
looking for recommendations for people in the UK who are doing interesting work on mental health, specifically with regards to internet / tech use - social media atomisation, online radicalisation, Chat GPT psychosis etc. any reputable names appreciated!
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If @netflix.com acquires WBD, it sure would make sense for them to make more HBO Max's absolute best shows. What was #1 again...? Oh yeah, #OurFlagMeansDeath
#SaveOFMD #SupNetflix
#SaveOFMD #SupNetflix
"Our Flag Means Death stands out as one of HBO Max's greatest series and is perfect from start to finish because it's so unapologetically unique." #ofmd
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From 'The Pitt' to 'Peacemaker,' These 10 HBO Max Shows Are Perfect From Start to Finish
Peacemaker, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, Hacks, and The Pitt are a few examples of HBO Max shows that are truly perfect from start to finish.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If @netflix.com acquires WBD, it sure would make sense for them to make more HBO Max's absolute best shows. What was #1 again...? Oh yeah, #OurFlagMeansDeath
#SaveOFMD #SupNetflix
#SaveOFMD #SupNetflix