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I just call them “the scary motherFromers.”

This is me running from those goddam monster-people on the “From” tv show.

What the hell are they, anyway?

They’re not traditional vampires, zombies or ghouls; they don’t feed off of their victims … at least not physically.  They’re not ghosts.  (They’re corporeal and require sleep.)

Would they be shape-shifters?  If so, they’ve got only two modes: 1) pale people and 2) fangtastic.

I read an interesting hypothesis on Reddit — that the word “from” actually means “fairy” in antiquated Welsh or Gaelic or something (kind of like the arcane “fae.”)  But I’ve since lost track of that post.

Your guess is as good as mine.  But they’re the scariest thing on television since the Night King’s wight army on “Game of Thrones.”  (“True Blood’s” various creatures grow milquetoast the longer I watch the series.  And “The Walking Dead’s” new uber-zombies still sometimes feel like disposable Daryl-fodder.)

There is only one clue that I’ve noticed that I haven’t seen mentioned by others — they all seem to be wearing period clothing.  (Am I nuts or do they all look like they’re wearing 50’s-era clothes?)



“Salem’s Lot” hits differently if you’ve ever lived in a town named “Salem.”

Yep — we’ve got one in Southwest Virginia; it’s right next to Roanoke, and I lived there for a little while.

The people there are awesome.  There are no vampires.  And the only weird, alarming newcomer in town was me.

Anyway, the new “Salem’s Lot” was damned good.  I loved it.  This movie successfully channeled the dark energy that made Stephen King’s 1975 novel such a feast for horror fans — how the vampires are portrayed.  They are at their scariest when they are mindless, Satanic minions of a mysterious overlord — and perversions of their former human selves.  (I love the “Blade” movies to no end, but their chic, cool, articulate monsters just aren’t as frightening.)

The directing was slick, the storytelling was rapid, and the newly tweaked plot elements worked for me.  The acting was good too.  If you are a genre fan, see if you can spot Pilou Asbaek (the mean-ass, ambitious pirate king from “Game of Thrones”), among others.

This was loads of creepy fun.  I recommend it.



Cover to “Game of Thrones” Season 6 Soundtrack, 2011

Water Tower Music.

 

Cover to “Game of Thrones: Iron Throne” Hardcover Ruled Journal, 2016

Insights.

“Fight every battle, everywhere, always, in your mind.

“Don’t fight in the North or the South. Fight every battle, everywhere, always, in your mind. Everyone is your enemy, everyone is your friend. Every possible series of events is happening all at once. Live that way and nothing will surprise you. Everything that happens will be something that you’ve seen before.”

—  Petry Baelish (Aiden Gillen) in HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” S7. Ep3: “The Queen’s Justice”



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Knickknack paddy wack, give a box to Nolan.

So my super-cool best friend sent me a big box of knickknacks as an early Christmas present, and its contents easily double as inspirations or writing prompts.

What you see up front in the first two photos is petrified wood, an obsidian arrowhead (dragonglass for defeating white walkers!!) and selenite crystal.  The selenite will come in handy, as it promotes peace and calm — my 2022 New Year’s resolution is to chill the #@$% out before this world finally drives me to full on supervillainy.  (I started picking out a costume on Friday after doomscrolling Twitter.)

The pottery she made herself.  And the cigar box corral with its contestants is perfect for plotting out my planned western epic.  Dammit, I hope I’m not giving away too many plot points here.  (You’ve heard the expression, “Not my first rodeo?”  It WAS the center guy’s first rodeo.)



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Poster for “Game of Thrones” Season 8 (2019)

HBO.

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Poster for “Game of Thrones” Season 5 (2015)

HBO.

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NOLAN INDA HOUSE TARGARYEN.

Just a nifty stick I found by the Potomac River.

“Say hello to my little friend.”

This handemade leather-bound volume is about the length of my forefinger; it was an especially cool Christmas present from a writer friend of mine.  She picked it up for me at a Renaissance Faire.  She told me I could write all my “secret thoughts” here.  (I’ve got a lot of ’em.)

I personally like to think that it looks like something out of Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” universe, like maybe the place where Roland inscribes clues about his quest.  (I know he doesn’t need to search for clues in any of the books, but still.)  Or maybe it’s a convenient pocket-tome for the vengeance-driven Arya Stark from “Game of Thrones” to keep her “list.”

I haven’t yet decided precisely what I will record here.  I quite love it, though.  It’s sitting on my desk as a reminder for me to write.  (You know what would fit perfectly on a single page?  All the progress I’ve made on my novel in the past six months.  Maybe I’ll start with that.)

 

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