The heated rivalry between the two students finally came to a head, and the swordmaster reluctantly agreed to let them duel, to first blood.

It did not end as expected.

"Next time," the swordmaster said at last, "I want you to wipe your swords and sheathe them before you start kissing."

If like me you are skint, you can check if your library has any - borrowing books from libraries pays authors in most countries

In The Vanishers' Palace is also great: sort of post apocalyptic Beauty and the Beast. Fireheart Tiger is also fantastic and made me cry. I can't really afford to buy books rn (alas!) but recommend these all!

ooooo looks interesting! Shall have to see if I can find the time

Anyway, that video will be my seasonal background thing, although I don't like the music as much this year so far, and I shall hope against hope that the goat burns

Those of you who read Tales From Tantamount: The Ocean Remembers may recognise a kindred Tantamount spirit in the JulBrock that was eventually thrown into the sea. I just think there is something about winter that brings out my desire to A) have a Very Big Creature and B) DESTROY IT WITH FIRE

This has become one of my favourite seasonal pastimes. That is, both the creation of the Gävlebocken and also the anticipation as we wait for it to buuuuuurnnnnn

My vision. It haunts you.

I know that it is Serious Telly (and I love that - look at the costumes! Look at the actors acting their hearts out! The fucking gorgeous scripting) but like, the extent of Cromwell's Grudge Holding is incredible. He's like a Lutheran Regina George

Maybe this will be the year I also read the books, until then I am enjoying Little Gremlin Cromwell with his List Of People Who Have Wronged Him

fuck optimised posting times, the posts happen when my executives cease dysfunctioning!

Things have been achieved! huzzah

It is very tempting! Truly, a baffling t-shirt even to me xD

Plus some truly weird thing about certain flavours of Christianity believing that doing good in this world somehow is bad because you're taking on God's work??? Unclear, do not understand Catholicism enough

I would like to tell Dream Merry that we are meant to be resting when we sleep, not sorting through theologies. But hey, I (sort of) learnt a new phrase today.

So I can only conclude that Dream Merry A) knows more about Christian Theology than Awake Merry and B) somehow all the clocking in and out in the Mysterious Dream Temple was bringing about a very specific sort of apocalypse. Possibly related to certain types of fascism?