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Post by Grace on May 24, 2018 16:04:50 GMT -5
This struck me as very LSUA. An old photo that has eight women and nine names, so you don't know who's who!!!!! AHHH
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Jun 14, 2018 15:55:49 GMT -5
For Night Vale fans, I highly recommend the blog.
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Post by Hermes on Jun 15, 2018 10:39:06 GMT -5
I am currently reading a book with a character called Jerome, who lives in a penthouse. (Also his partner is the dominant figure in the relationship, which makes me wonder...)
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Antenora
Detriment Deleter
Fiendish Philologist
Put down that harpoon gun, in the name of these wonderful birds!
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Post by Antenora on Jun 22, 2018 8:22:30 GMT -5
-My mother sent me a link to this tweet featuring a very Unfortunate Events hat worn by firefighters at parades. -I was doing an online Spanish lesson that featured the sentences "There are thirteen hotels in the city" and "The building has thirteen floors." -I recently learned about the concept of extreme couponing, which reminds me of the economic situation in Paltryville. I think one of my textbooks must be a VFD training manual of some sort (surely the VFD has some uses for phonologists) : Not so much a coincidence, I guess, but I find the style familiar and reassuring. What else is the IPA but another type of secret code?
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Post by Hermes on Jul 4, 2018 16:56:00 GMT -5
I have been reading a book by Kim Newman, and he (or his viewpoint character) claims a bat is a rodent.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Aug 8, 2018 7:13:50 GMT -5
This is a Netflix Asoue coincidence, but I just discovered that Lucy Punch has appeared in Edgar Wright's fake horror trailer "Don't" (released with Rodriguez/Tarantino's Grindhouse) which I've re-watched many times back then (you can see her cameo here)
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Aug 9, 2018 4:26:18 GMT -5
Ok, here's something I'm pondering whether it might not have actually been an influence on The Reptile Room, the book: Venom, a 1981 British horror/crime film. I've discovered it through praise by directors/midnight movie enthusiasts Edgar Wright and Quentin Tarantino. It's actually a pretty solid thriller (I watched it yesterday) about three people trying to kidnap a young boy for ransom (his parents are wealthy), with a pulpy twist that turns everything into chaos: there's a poisonous snake on the loose in the house. The likable grandpa of the boy, the only family there left to guard him, is an erstwhile African safari hunter (with a big bushy beard not unlike Olaf's fake one for his Stephano disguise). He and and his grandson have a large zoological collection in the house. The poisonous snake that gets on the loose is none other than the black mamba (!), which throughout the film, is emphasized to be "the deadliest and most aggressive snake in the world." One of the kidnappers--the leader of the pack--is played by Klaus Kinski and thus has a strong (German) foreign accent, not unlike Stephano. Here's some promo stills of the movie: Let's consider: A) Daniel Handler is a fan of what some consider horror "b-movies," like Lair of the White Worm & B) TRR has another film reference in Uncle Monty, and there are some other cinematic references throughout the series (f. ex. Caligari Carnival, or The Vile Village to Hitchcock's The Birds). I don't see why Handler might not have taken this pulpy kidnapping film with its unique twist (cleverly subverted by having the Mamba be harmless in TRR) as a starting-off point for TRR.
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Post by Dante on Aug 9, 2018 9:02:51 GMT -5
You make a convincing case. Handler of course isn't one to deny outside influences on the series; quite apart from all the literary and historical allusions, he's also mentioned an early fondness for Ann Radcliffe, whose gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho reads to me like an obvious influence on TBB.
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Post by Reba on Aug 20, 2018 13:31:21 GMT -5
i have a professor who has the exact same face and mannerisms as daniel handler
he does the same thing when speaking with the head-tilt, eyebrows-raise, half-closed eyelids, pouted-lips. and he has the same glinty eyes and crooked front teeth.
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Post by Hermes on Sept 26, 2018 12:35:18 GMT -5
I recently saw a play based on the William stories of Richmal Crompton, and it struck me that (despite her name) Violet Elizabeth Bott really is Carmelita. Can you not imagine Carmelita thcreaming and thcreaming and thcreaming until she is thick? (She can.)
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Post by Violent BUN Fortuna on Oct 2, 2018 5:47:42 GMT -5
Oh yes, she's absolutely a Carmelita of a character. I can imagine them being 'best friends' who loathe each other and constantly strive not to be outdone in the obnoxious rankings.
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kitsnickers
Reptile Researcher
Manifesting an asoue animated show
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Post by kitsnickers on Oct 10, 2018 19:22:07 GMT -5
I think one of my teachers could possibly be a V.F.D member (idk they seem like they could be a part of V.F.D)
While I was driving back from North Carolina I saw the initials V.F.D and then it said ‘volunteer fire department’ so I guess I found V.F.D
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Onder
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Post by Onder on Oct 24, 2018 10:38:47 GMT -5
Luke Jones' comment on the opening of a new Aldi supermarket seems like it'd be pulled straight from an ASOUE book.
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Post by Grace on Oct 24, 2018 20:21:34 GMT -5
^ "Life is what you make it but it is mostly full with inevitable grief." haha amazing
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Post by nisforknowledge on Dec 11, 2018 15:33:10 GMT -5
Right after I finished watching the trailer for the first time, I was informed that I had an optometrist appointment.
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