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@marvelousmop.bsky.social
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Amateur birb fan, he/they, Demi. Creator of Jenny Over-There and various mysterious robed men.

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The 925 Universe Website: https://ninetwofiveuniverse.wordpress.com

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Today in the #925Universe, deck your halls and jingle your bells, because it's time for the third-ever Christmas Special!

Read "That Same Night..." Here: ninetwofiveuniverse.wordpress.com/2025/12/24/t...

(with festive apologies to @aristidetwain.bsky.social for the below edit)
Left to right: The Man in Grey (a glum, elderly figure with grey robes and a briefcase) Jenny Over-There (an annoyed woman in a red Jumper), and Dynamite Thor (a superhero with a red shirt, blue trousers, yellow cape and several sticks of dynamite) They have been edited to be in front of dead trees in a snowy landscape, with clipart santa hats on their heads. Below is text that reads "[inscrutible keysmashing]" and then "CHRISTMAS!" in bigger font.
December 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Remembering the time I realised a random Christmas movie (Christmas at the Great Northern Hotel, I think) had an unintentional Twin Peaks cadence to its dialogue, hence this unprofessional rescoring
December 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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One day I will have to reference the Pepsi logo design document in the 925 Universe because, like, look at this
Screenshot of the "Breathtaking" Pepsi design document, this page demonstrating "Attraction Theory: The Pepsi Proposition" with six diagrams comparing People seeing pepsi in a shopping aisle to how light is affected by the gravitational pull of another object. The bottom 3 diagrams are a person standing in front of a 3D Pepsi logo about twice their size at various angles.
December 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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One day, I'll have to reckon with the fact that Jenny Everywhere has indeed made out with the Man in Grey's mum (who is also the Fletcher Hanks comic book character, Fantomah), but the time hasn't come yet
(Excerpt from "Super Speed Dating") “I’ve been withered by centuries—” “I’ve got memories of thousands of universes bouncing about in my head… and most of them would still want to kiss you.” Jenny leaned over the table, waiting to fulfil her promise. Fantomah hesitated at first, but another assuring squeeze from Jenny’s hand gave her the confidence to go for it. Their lips met and… well, it was certainly a unique experience. This wasn’t the first ghoul she’d kissed, of course – and at least this one didn’t seem to be radioactive – but usually, they didn’t feel so… youthful. If that made any sense. Despite her withered appearance, there was something new and young beneath the surface. (Excerpt from "The Man in Grey's Christmas Carol") The Man dusted himself off. There was a stinging pain in his back, but he was sure it was fine. He limped towards Fantomah, “So… just to clear things up… you’re my mother, right?” Fantomah didn’t look at him, “In a way, yes.” “Metaphorically, or…” “You are the only true Child of Fantomah.” “Huh…” He knew he was meant to feel some big flood of emotions – joy, sadness, the compulsion to hug the blue skull lady tight enough to make up for all the years without a clear mother figure – but he felt oddly calm. Confused, but calm. Maybe he’d get to all of those emotions later.
December 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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While the 2025 Christmas Special for the #925Universe hasn't been released (or written, as a matter of fact), there are still plenty of specials with the characters to read, both on and off the website!

(art by @aristidetwain.bsky.social)

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Jenny Over-There (a caucasian woman in a red jumper with scraggly, red-ish hair and all presumed facial features) is sat at a table, staring wearily at Marietta Over-There (who wears a red dress and a red cape with a red key around her neck. Her features are pointier than Jenny's). In the background are various blurred Christmas elements. In a room of dark blue bricks, three occupants stand - an elderly man in grey robes, an anthropomorphic crocodile in red and pink patterned robes, and a large ball of fire with an angry face. To the sides are two stained-glass windows - one of blonde woman and the other of a blonde skeleton (both belonging to Fantomah). Jenny Over-There (a caucasian woman in a red jumper with scraggly, red-ish hair and all presumed facial features) stands amidst a set of tents, next to an pointy-faced elderly man in a blue coat (Doctor Omega). She wears a bizarre contraption on her head which goes into her left ear.
December 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Maybe you just accidentally clicked it on mobile or something. You can just click the "Portugese" in the text box on the left and you should see an options menu to change it back to English
December 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Why yes, I did in fact notice this
"You see, gentlemen, that I am keeping my promise. I am telling you every work of the business exactly as it happened, whether it is in my favour or not."
December 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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December 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Twitter user molan [@EpyonGod555] says "I wish i could know why you have so much violence and contempt in your heart." PJ (awesome) [@aeughchad] responds "I work in a supermarket"
December 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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How things are going on #925Universe Twimblr:
A doctored twitter screenshot. DYNAMITE THOR!!! (@PeterThor) says "I wish i could know why you have so much violence and contempt in your heart." Jenny Over-There (@JennyO925-A) responds "I work in a call centre"
December 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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“A Light in the Dark” can be more accurately described as “The Wilson Misfortune Hour” — like, my God, I just feel so bad for the guy
“We must profit by the lesson. I can see, Wilson, that we were wrong to try and fight Lupin in the open, and leave ourselves exposed to his attacks.” “I can see it, and feel it, too, in my broken arm,” said Wilson. “You have one consolation, Wilson; that is, that I escaped…” “Take care of yourself, old fellow. Henceforth your rôle will be to keep two or three of Arsène Lupin’s men busy watching here in vain for my return to enquire about your health. It is a secret mission for you, eh?” “Yes, and I shall do my best to fulfil it conscientiously. Then you do not expect to come here any more?” “What for?” asked Sholmes. “I don’t know…”
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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I did not realise how accurate I was being when I wrote Herlock Sholmes as just brimming with murderous rage. He's going to throw Lupin off another waterfall at this rate. Maybe Wilson, tooo.
"Oh! it is very simple," said Wilson, inflated with pride; "I examined those marks last night, according to your instructions, or, rather, according to the instructions of Arsène Lupin, since he wrote the letter you sent to me. At that moment Wilson faced a greater danger than he had during his struggle in the garden with Herlock Sholmes. The latter now felt a furious desire to strangle him. But, dominating his feel- "Ah! Sholmes, you are a wonderful man! You have such a command over your temper. Nothing ever disturbs you." "No, nothing disturbs me," replied Sholmes, in a voice that trembled from rage; "besides, what's
December 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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I know people talk about how phones ruined the way we interact with the world, but I hardly see how this is healthier

“Hey, I have a fun idea: why don’t we go home and *look at your desk.*”
"And your writing desk—how is it this morning?" "Marvellous! Hortense and I have polished the brass mountings until they look like gold." "So you are pleased with it?" "Pleased with it! Why, I don't see how I managed to get on without it for such a long time." As they were walking up the pathway to the house, Mon. Gerbois said: "shall we go and take a look at it before breakfast?" "Oh! yes, that's a splendid idea!"
November 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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It's always fun seeing Wogglebug designs draw from very different insects – the version in my writing ended up being closer to a mantis, mainly because I wanted him to be more off-putting than usual (and yet he still managed to get a boyfriend – good for him)

(art by @aristidetwain.bsky.social)
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Unfortunately the 925 Universe Thanksgiving special has been cancelled since the closest thing the cast has to an American is Professor Wogglebug and, well...
Quote from "Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz" "Tell me, little o, why you are dripping water from between your eyelids?" "Because," she sobbed, "Th-Th-Thanksguving is c-coming!" "Can't it be stopped?" inquired the Wogglebug, sympathetically.
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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With all this talk of Wicked Witches and their deaths, no one asks "What happens *after* that?"

For a glimpse into the political landscape of Oz Pre and Post-Dorothy, go read my in-universe article on the Cardinal Witches from earlier this year!

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A square separated into 4 uneven triangles - purple, yellow, red and blue, like the map of Oz. In these triangles are two silhouetted witches (Glinda and Locasta) as well as two images of the Wicked Witches of the South and East dying.
November 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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I must've just ended up in another universe or something, I refuse to believe I was born in the world where panto productions of Jack and the Beanstalk traditionally feature a side-villain named "Fleshcreep"
Screenshot from the Jack and the Beanstalk Wikipedia page. "The story is often performed a traditional British Christmas pantomime, wherein the Giant has a henchman, traditionally named Fleshcreep, the pantomime villain, Jack's mother is the Dame, and Jack is the Principal boy. Fleshcreep is the enemy of a fairy who helps Jack in his quest and Jack has a love interest, usually the daughter of a King, Queen, Baron or Squire, who gets kidnapped by Fleshcreep.[32]"
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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It's a shame most Sherlock adaptations leave out moments of tenderness between the two men, like this bit where Holmes offers Watson some of his cocaine
"Which is it today," I asked, "morphine or cocaine?" He raised his eyes languidly from the old black-letter volume which he had opened. "It is cocaine," he said, "a seven per cent solution. Would you care to try?"
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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If you want a version of Oz continuity where Ozma is textually unambiguously trans then... Read Yellow Brick Ramble instead, that series handles the topic way better than I ever could.

But if you want *another* one, then the #925Universe has you covered!

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A framed picture of Queen Ozma – a brown-skinned woman with wavy hair, poppies over her ears and a jagged emerald crown perched atop her head. Queen Ozma – a tall, brown-skinned woman with wavy hair, poppies by her ears and a jagged emerald crown - glares at the Man in Grey (an old ghoul in grey robes) A young Queen Ozma wearing a poppy-like dress and a jewel-encrusted belt. Queen Ozma in a dress decorated with the colours or the trans flag (because this series is incredibly subtle) floats ominously in a pink, aetheric bubble.
November 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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People say Derleth didn’t really get the Cthulhu mythos, but I think this bit shows a deep understanding of Lovecraft’s work
Excerpt from “The Return of Hastur” by August Derleth “the house on Aylesbury Road. But at the same time I became aware of a deep reluctance to leave Boston, obsessed with an intangible fear of invisible danger from an unknown source. Still,”
November 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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31) Halloween II (1981)

Happy Halloween!

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Poster for "Halloween II" (1982)
November 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Today in the #925Universe, the unwanted presence of a crisp-stealing intruder forces Jenny to team up with an unlikely ally – the Spider Queen!

Illustration by the wickedly talented @aristidetwain.bsky.social!

Read "Welcome to Terror" Here: ninetwofiveuniverse.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/w...
A grimy movie poster on a wavy red wall, featuring Jenny Over-There (a grouchy woman with scruffy hair, a red jumper, grey jeans, and a face with all presumed facial features), the Spider Queen (a taller woman with wavy black hair, a billowy blue shirt, red skirt, yellow cape and a domino mask) and the intrudor (a tall figure wearing something akin to a medieval executionrer's hood) standing in front of a beige background. Jenny and the Spider Queen stand back-to-back, glaring at eachother, meanwhile the intrudor lingers behind them, holding a pink bag of crisps over their heads. The text reads "Welcome to Terror" with the word "Terror" in a dripping, red font. Above everything is a tagline that reads "Out of snacks? Now you know why..."
October 31, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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30) Ginger Snaps (2000)

They weren't kidding, Ginger snaps.
Poster for "Ginger Snaps" (2000)
October 31, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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29) The Invisible Man (2020)

I was worried watching this that I'd been spoiled by various YouTube reviews going over the plot - thankfully, it seems they left out A LOT.

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Poster for "The Invisible Man" (2020)
October 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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28) The Killer Eye (1999)

A movie Dennis Reynolds would be proud of.

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A weirdly serious poster for "The Killer Eye" (1999)
October 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM