Incredible fall day in Berlin today, 10/10 no notes

In relation to various viral discussions on the other Evil app, a) fuck AI and b) I personally love upsetting & depressing & disturbing reads and would love it even more if, say, you were a literary agent and wanted to send them my way 🤓

Speaking of demons, devils & the like, I am compelled to share a triptych of X-Men panels I have not stopped thinking about since 2003 (?) in which MVP/blue legend Nightcrawler’s origins are revealed, Mystique throws him off a cliff shortly after birth, and naturally:

me when you show me some demons, devils, & vengeful spirits looking for human real estate:

This summer I am going to confront the demons of my past and reunite with the old bastard 11 years after the ultimate call-out post (my MA dissertation)

insane £1 bargain

anyway you know Andor is back because They are all coming out of the woodwork because the imperial characters aren’t making the Empire look cool

Speaking of Good Art and Good Horror this weekend: I’m halfway through The Buffalo Hunter Hunter and losing my damn mind at how brilliant it is.

rewatching season 1 of Andor ahead of next week’s season 2 premiere

A particular highlight in a manifesto that is all highlights. Writers, artists: pin this over your desks. Remember it every day.

I’ve got my worries about the new Supes but I’ll tell you what I’m not worried about:

weekend (and a bit) reads + scattered thoughts: Fernanda Melchor always hits, the lumberjacks’ story in Stag Dance rules, Theory & Practice gave me equal parts of war flashbacks and nostalgia about university, and I LOVED The Unworthy. Certified banger, 5 stars, the works. A book written for me!

Val Kilmer 🫡 it’s so many scenes and so many roles but for me, always, it’s THIS scene in Heat:

Silence of the Lambs at the Barbican with live orchestra

on my way home after a 10AM IMAX screening of Crash + David Cronenberg and Howard Shore in conversation chaser… hundreds of freaks gathered in harmonious congregation

BIG DEALS BIG MOMENTS

Me writing anything:

33 on 22/11

Guys you won’t believe the conclusion I came to after a week of thinking “I want to be reading something like Blood Meridian”