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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 14h

Like, I realized last night while reading someone's review of Goldeneye that I fully imprinted on that specific movie as Baby's First Bond as a child and it's my Bond baseline. I don't think it's the franchise's ideal, or should be. But it's something I have a hard time shaking.

Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 14h

I really enjoy evaluating film series. It's interesting to see where the baseline expectation is (both for me as a viewer and the filmmakers), what stays internally consistent, and what elements people play with movie to movie.

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 14h

I'm seeing a lot of appreciation for Paranormal Activity 3 this Halloween season, and I'm happy about it. I did a watch of the early part of the franchise last year (like, through 4) and it was my clear favorite.

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 1d

(There's a bit more complication than just aging, of course, but I'm about three months away from a milestone birthday, so I'm thinking about it a lot.)

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 1d

Aging is strange because I frequently have take pauses to remember words, and my energy is dwindling, but I also seem to have reached a new understanding of things like story construction and how to break down a project into smaller steps in the last few years.

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 1d

Immaculate vibes!

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Spooky SM Reine 👻 @smreine.itch.io · 1d

Quantum Leap is getting another reboot ig

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent gif choice

Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, this is why it's nice to know that people want MCR 5 (even if I don't think it'll ever happen, although I'd love to be proven wrong). People want to hear new things from their faves!

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 3d

Also, correction: TWO characters get scarlet fever. And it's just a quick summary on one page.

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 4d

I know I'm a millennial, but sometimes I write sentences like "And we also have Victor Dark'ness Dementia Raven Frankenstein over here saying 'In case you haven't noticed, I'm weird'" and it's extra obvious.

(Posted thoughts on Frankenstein week one in comments!) www.patreon.com/posts/adapta...

Adaptation Book Club: Frankenstein (week one) | Rory Rylie Hume

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 4d

I'm catching up with Frankenstein for Adaptation Book Club, and naturally, one of the characters gets scarlet fever in chapter three.

Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 5d

If you ever need inspo to get fully vax'd, I recommend reading historical memoirs/biographies/etc. I'm reading Prairie Fires about Laura Ingalls Wilder/Rose Wilder Lane right now, and hearing about all the now-preventable illnesses everyone had makes me very grateful for modern medical tech.

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 5d

This is one of the best things about reading classic childhood lit, honestly. I read Little Women and Anne of Green Gables and the Little House series all the time as a kid, and all of those books had sick kids in them. (Anne of Green Gables was croup, but still.)

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 5d

I like the way the article puts it about not being scarlet fever: "...the historical virulence of scarlet fever and its impact on 19th century childhood health should not be overlooked". pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Blindness in Walnut Grove: How Did Mary Ingalls Lose Her Sight?

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 5d

Prairie Fires claims that Mary's blindness/eventual death were the results of strokes/long-lasting effects of measles. Wikipedia cites an study that claims meningoencephalitis, which can come from measles, but cites it as unlikely because of time frames. I guess the common mythos is scarlet fever?

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 5d

If you ever need inspo to get fully vax'd, I recommend reading historical memoirs/biographies/etc. I'm reading Prairie Fires about Laura Ingalls Wilder/Rose Wilder Lane right now, and hearing about all the now-preventable illnesses everyone had makes me very grateful for modern medical tech.

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 6d

@smreine.itch.io !!!!!

Kyle Orland @kyleor.land · 6d

"New Far Side comics" was definitely not on my bingo card for this week. They're not bad!

www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 6d

Last reading discussion post for Frankenstein is up! www.patreon.com/posts/adapta...

Also click through if you:

-Have opinions about the Wicked discussion posts
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