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[investor2020]

The wolf moon -January 13, 2025

 

[Endless_Night]

The wolf moon -January 13, 2025

That, is utterly gorgeous. One of my all time favorite moon shots. The creamy white and blue.

 

[Endless_Night]

I ran errands this morning wear a pair of Draper of Glastonbury fur-lined ankle boots.

And pale-grey Champion sweat pants.

Judge me all you like.

It was coooooooooooold, and while I've recently learned flannel-backed pants exist, I do not own a pair.

 

[Endless_Night]

A recent bout of not feeling so well has left me with a sensitive tummy and some strange dreams.

This last one involved a nun and was . . . erotic.


I am not religious. What nominal exposure had as a child was protestant. The connection between digestion and needs study.

 

[LadyLascivious1]

A recent bout of not feeling so well has left me with a sensitive tummy and some strange dreams.

I’m sorry you haven’t been feeling well! A queasy or sensitive stomach is awful.

This last one involved a nun and was . . . erotic.

I’m very curious…did you get embarrassed and bolt in your dream?

I am not religious. What nominal exposure had as a child was protestant. The connection between digestion and needs study.

Lit. I’m sure it’s Lit’s fault.

 

[Endless_Night]

I’m sorry you haven’t been feeling well! A queasy or sensitive stomach is awful.

It's looking like broth for a few days.

I’m very curious…did you get embarrassed and bolt in your dream?

It was one of those hazy, nebulous things that didn't have a solid plot. I remembered being embarrassed and a little shocked, but there was not enough continuity to . . . make decisions?

I'm still not sure whether I was the nun, or viewing the nun.

Which kinda haunts me.

Lit. I’m sure it’s Lit’s fault.

Now see, I usually just blame @hotwords229_A.

 

[investor2020]

Well at least you now have an answer when your doctor asks 'have you ever had a strange or erotic dream?' . . . "Nun"

 

[hotwords229_A]

It's looking like broth for a few days.


It was one of those hazy, nebulous things that didn't have a solid plot. I remembered being embarrassed and a little shocked, but there was not enough continuity to . . . make decisions?

I'm still not sure whether I was the nun, or viewing the nun.

Which kinda haunts me.


Now see, I usually just blame @hotwords229_A.

I have the greatest gif to share about sexy church stuff, but it is definitely not Enny safe.
Let’s just say it involves a confessional, but instead of confessing sins, she creates a few.
Oh well, everyone will just have to use their imaginations.

 

[Endless_Night]

I have the greatest gif to share about sexy church stuff, but it is definitely not Enny safe.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for not posting.

Oh well, everyone will just have to use their imaginations.

I feel quite confident in everyone else's imaginative abilities. Quite.

 

[Endless_Night]

One of the great mysteries of the cineverse: Is MacReady or Childs a Thing?

A recent conversation led from this decade's old question as to whether one knows if one has been assimilated? Does the personality, in fact, know they are a Thing?

It's all very Descartian.

(Hopefully it's Descartes. I get my philosophers confused. )

I've been told Frozen Hell, the somewhat recently released original novella penned by John Campbell, answers that later question. This is the script prior to it being pared down for publication as the short story Who Goes There?.

I've ready the short story and do not remember that question being addressed. So - reading the novella. As we speak.

Rumor has it that the Thing's sexual preference might also be addressed.

(Little shocked about that part. )

 

[LadyLascivious1]

One of the great mysteries of the cineverse: Is MacReady or Childs a Thing?

A recent conversation led from this decade's old question as to whether one knows if one has been assimilated? Does the personality, in fact, know they are a Thing?

It's all very Descartian.

(Hopefully it's Descartes. I get my philosophers confused. )

I've been told Frozen Hell, the somewhat recently released original novella penned by John Campbell, answers that later question. This is the script prior to it being pared down for publication as the short story Who Goes There?.

I've ready the short story and do not remember that question being addressed. So - reading the novella. As we speak.

Rumor has it that the Thing's sexual preference might also be addressed.

(Little shocked about that part. )

Even the question confused me. After Googling, this makes sense as I have never seen the movie

 

[Endless_Night]

Even the question confused me. After Googling, this makes sense as I have never seen the movie

What? You have never seen John Carpenter's The Thing?!?!?!

*clutches metaphorical sanity*

I'm guessing that means you haven't seen the original, either? The Thing From Another World (1951)


I'm sorry. I think this requires a lie down.

 

[Deleted member 6592667]

Even the question confused me. After Googling, this makes sense as I have never seen the movie

Oh giiiiiirrrrrllll...I'm a Carpenter fan and that's one of his best. Check it out! It's gnarly though so it may not be your thing.

Also @Endless_Night Mac was human, Chiles was the Thing. Dude just straight disappeared while shit was going down. That ain't right.

 

[LadyLascivious1]

Nope, I’ve never seen either. I’ve watched very, very few horror movies. They scare me!

 

[Endless_Night]

Also @Endless_Night Mac was human, Chiles was the Thing. Dude just straight disappeared while shit was going down. That ain't right.

I question the surety of this pronouncement, Boo.

Why then, was Mac so comfortable waiting to see what happened? Why did he share his bottle of alcohol, thereby opening the way to possible infection?

They both knew they only way to keep it from reaching the populace was to kill it outright, not . . . let it freeze.

 

[Endless_Night]

Nope, I’ve never seen either. I’ve watched very, very few horror movies. They scare me!

The original is black and white, so not all that scary.

John Carpenter's version is scary. Suspenseful. Gory, too, but the gore is a series of over-the-top special effects. Camp, almost. It was negatively reviewed on release, but since gained respect as a rather brilliant sci-fi horror.

It's a quick paced study on paranoia and the effects of fear and paranoia that comes from erosion of trust in an isolated grouping.

If you ever get a yen, give it a view.

It's a film that comes up under discussion periodically in PM.

In the middle of one right now, in fact.

 

[Endless_Night]

The novella is still not finished.

I got sidetracked by a completely inexplicable and urge to watch the movie.

I have, however, read far enough to know that an in urgent need of an ice axe.

#goals


Extra appropriate as I woke this morning to a blanket of snow as far in every direction that I could see. Crazy!!

 

[Deleted member 6592667]

I question the surety of this pronouncement, Boo.

Why then, was Mac so comfortable waiting to see what happened? Why did he share his bottle of alcohol, thereby opening the way to possible infection?

They both knew they only way to keep it from reaching the populace was to kill it outright, not . . . let it freeze.

*SPOILERS TO THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT!*

By that point Mac was just checked out and didn't care anymore. The tone of his voice is basically "Welp, this is the end." So he wasn't thinking about survival. All escape methods were gone, the camp was burning down, there was literally nothing for him to do. He was clear headed and ready to die.

Childs actually may or may not be the Thing but him showing up at the very end is still pretty suspicious. The whole point of the ending really is that it's ambiguous. But I've heard arguments in the past saying that Childs is the Thing because we don't see his breath. Which makes sense.

And actually if you count expanded continuity Mac survives. But that is what it is.

 

[hotwords229_A]

Mac was human, Chiles was the Thing. Dude just straight disappeared while shit was going down. That ain't right.

*SPOILERS TO THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT!*

By that point Mac was just checked out and didn't care anymore. The tone of his voice is basically "Welp, this is the end." So he wasn't thinking about survival. All escape methods were gone, the camp was burning down, there was literally nothing for him to do. He was clear headed and ready to die.

Childs actually may or may not be the Thing but him showing up at the very end is still pretty suspicious. The whole point of the ending really is that it's ambiguous. But I've heard arguments in the past saying that Childs is the Thing because we don't see his breath. Which makes sense.

And actually if you count expanded continuity Mac survives. But that is what it is.

I could go with you on this, but that little laugh MacReady gives when Childs drinks from the bottle makes me wonder . . .

 

[hotwords229_A]

Rumor has it that the Thing's sexual preference might also be addressed.

I never said this.
I said that once you read that one part that I won’t spoil, the answer to who or what a Thing would be attracted to will be answered.

 

[LadyLascivious1]

I never said this.
I said that once you read that one part that I won’t spoil, the answer to who or what a Thing would be attracted to will be answered.

Intrigue!

 

[HeavyBalls]

Intrigue!

I think they made it so there's an argument for both of them, knowing there will be people on both sides...

 

[Deleted member 6592667]

I still have to read the novella one of these days. And watch the original.

 

[Deleted member 6592667]

I could go with you on this, but that little laugh MacReady gives when Childs drinks from the bottle makes me wonder . . .

Ah yeah, that's true too. I think this is why the end is the gift that keeps on giving, because it's so fun to examine and can go all sorts of ways.

 

[Endless_Night]

I never said this.
I said that once you read that one part that I won’t spoil, the answer to who or what a Thing would be attracted to will be answered.

This is . . . different?

Intrigue!

Really?

I'm going with Confused.