Occasionallythreeowls - Occasionally I Write

<A bit worse for wear, I'm afraid.>

lotus: A normal day of practice is interrupted when strangers arrive. Something is wrong. Something is very, very wrong. (horror oneshot, pre-crash, 2.5k words).

Tai and Shauna are facing off down the field when Van sees them. A group of people, seven or eight, watching them from the bleachers. Men and women. None of them family to anyone here, as far as Van knows. Blank-faced and silent. Watching. Van gulps. She tries to focus on their faces. Their features ripple and run like watery ink. Their eyes and noses blur from one face to another. Their mouths are gaping pits.

practicing drawing taissa 💫 i want to get better at drawing her

so what if im doomed! so what! i can still have fun!

RULES: list 8 tv shows to get to know me better!

Thank you @americanhooligans and @storytellervan!

Yellowjackets: I mean. Yeah. Pretty obvious I'm into this right now. You give me a story about complicated, kind of awful women, fucked up woods, surreal hallucinations/dreams, body horror, unreliable narrators, and a portrayal of the effects of trauma that isn't glib or exploitative, AND there are lesbians? And you expect me to say no? Come on.

The Twilight Zone (Original Series): I love a good anthology, and who can say no to The Twilight Zone? Even if the premise for an episode is incredibly silly, the earnest execution always makes it a good time. Some favorite episodes: "I Shot an Arrow Into the Air", "The Shelter", "The Masks", "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street."

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: I watched this between high school and college, and I loved every campy, earnest, silly, surprisingly dark moment (for the most part. Some of the writing choices are, uh. Questionable. But I won't get into that). It makes me miss that kind of campy monster-of-the-week show that we hardly ever get anymore. Also. Faith.

Star Trek The Next Generation: I watched this recently with my sibling and it was my first real exposure to anything Star Trek. I really loved the ensemble cast and the writers' clear love for digging into sci-fi concepts and tropes, however weird and obscure, and avoiding simple answers to complicated questions.

BIGTOP BURGER: This one kind of feels like cheating, because it's not technically a TV show, it's a web series. But it's a quick surreal animated comedy with a stacked cast and some really fun visuals. Ayo Edebiri plays a theater kid who tries to blow up a food truck with a cannon. It's good.

Midnight Mass: I have mixed feelings about this one to be honest. But, it's got great cinematography and acting, some genuinely scary moments, a really compelling portrayal of an isolated, dying community, and a fresh take on vampires. Give it a watch if you don't mind monologuing.

Survivor: ...Okay, look. LOOK. Sometimes you're channel surfing as a kid and you stumble upon a show where a bunch of strangers in the wilderness take part in intricate rituals to determine who is in the in-group and who is expendable and it awakens something in you. This show was a guilty pleasure for me when I was younger, but I stopped watching after it got too gimmicky for my taste. But we'll always have Micronesia.

Bill Nye the Science Guy: Speaking of shows that changed me as a kid: I credit this show with sparking my lifelong love of science and making me deeply curious about the world. I have fond memories of popping in a VHS on momentum or dinosaurs or eyeballs and just being entranced by the power of SCIENCE! Good shit.

Honorable mentions: Derry Girls, The Good Place, Russian Doll, Squid Game, Black Mirror

I'll go ahead and tag some folks if they'd like to do this:

@thunderon

@lilmisssammy

@yourfavouritedoll

@prodigaldaughteralice

Thanks again!