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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 7h

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 · 7h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

@smreine.itch.io !!!!!

Kyle Orland @kyleor.land · 2d

"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 · 2d

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
-Have opinions about the Wuthering Heights reading schedule

Adaptation Book Club: Frankenstein week 4 (and a look ahead) | Rory Rylie Hume

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 3d

RIP, what a talent! I can't say how many hours I spent looking at the Star Wars prequel posters in particular when I was younger.

Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 4d

Take a few minutes to appreciate Drew Struzan creating the original artwork for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Truly a master at work.

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 4d

Heck yeah! I still think about those songs.

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 4d

Ohhhh it would make a great album cover. Guess you have to write an album now.

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 4d

Aw, congrats!

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 5d

I asked your eldest and they said blue. I personally like gold, especially irt Atop the Trees!

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 7d

I am Video Game Georg, apparently!

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 8d

Sometimes an emotional switch is good! And trying to get through unplayed games (I say, carefully not looking at my Steam library).

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 8d

(No worries, I am suuuuper behind on Frankenstein. Largely because Hades II is eating my life.)

I definitely rec original Hades! It's been a while since I played it, but I prefer the story to the one in Hades II for sure.

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 8d

Hit end credits on my new Hades II game! And yeah, moon boons were absolutely pointless. It's wild because they were great in early access. General pacing of the game was better in 1.0, though, although story in general could have used a good shoring up.

Almost back to achievement work, finally!

Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 13d

I started a new not-early-access-connected game of Hades II, and the moon powers are now useless. But! I think it's because the magic is so useless. A lot of them require magic usage to charge, I think? Or damage? My go-to in early access was the health refill, but I can barely trigger it now.

Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 22d

I got 100+ hours in early access and I used the moon powers all the time, especially when my weapons were underpowered by a bad boon roll. Magic, on the other hand? Barely used it. The amount of boons based on it were extremely frustrating.

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 8d

I've read so much this year! I just bumped my Storygraph goal from 75 to 100 books, even. I don't think book quantity matters, but my numbers cratered in 2020, so it's a good sign for me that I can read somewhat easily again.

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 8d

Just cried my eyes out while finishing No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood last night.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Aug 21

In response to this, name the last book that you read that you would recommend.

abcnews.go.com/Health/ameri...

Americans spend less time reading for fun and more time on screens: Study

Fewer Americans are opening a book for fun each day, with reading for pleasure in the U.S. down 40% over the past 20 years, a new study published Wednesday found.

abcnews.go.com

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 9d

Week three of Frankenstein in Adaptation Book Club! Approaching the end! www.patreon.com/posts/140866...

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

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 10d

Anyway, shout out to @caseyjohnston.bsky.social for running one of my favorite newsletters, She's a Beast, on a different newsletter platform! I also checked out her book A Physical Education from the library, so I do my best to give support where I can.

Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 10d

It's tough because I want to compensate indie creators for their time when I read their articles/comics/etc. I know what a nightmare it is to reach readers on platforms and also how many platform owners are terrible. But I have to draw lines somewhere. Paying Substack is one of them.

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 10d

Wish I could answer every newsletter survey with "I will never pay to subscribe via Substack. I'm also flat broke, but even if I wasn't, I'm not giving Substack my theoretical money."

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 11d

I love that they pitched down Golden for a live performance (and rationally so; I know from experience that singing the movie/album version as written over and over is rough on the vocal cords!) but you can still tell how incredible EJAE's range is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y-V...

EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami from KPop Demon Hunters: Golden | The Tonight Show

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Rory @roryhume.bsky.social · 11d

I did spend a lot of this viewing daydreaming about what it would look like if David had tried to go fully Hannibal to Michael's Will, so maybe I mentally summoned the show.

(I didn't; I've just been rewatching Hannibal.)