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Interview Towa Elder Charlie Toledo
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labingiI wanted to share the interview I did for Sufficiency and Wellbeing with Charlie Toledo, the amazing director of the Suscol Intertribal Council in Napa, California. I feel deeply honored that she took this time to share her thoughts about effective activism and finding hope and joy in our troubled times.
The Virgin and the Swine Review – A Swing and a Miss
Oct. 5th, 2025 07:41 pmlabingiContinuing the Mabinogion Tetrology discussion started here.
Walton's adaptation of the Fourth Branch of the Welsh Mabinogi is her first major book, written in the 1930s, and this may be why it's a bit rough. It also inherits an oddly structured, complex story and navigates it faithfully. It's an ambitious attempt at adding modern psychological depth and realism to this tale, and it's a great idea but not successfully executed, in my opinion. For me as a non-Welsh, lay reader, this is an endeavor that deserves to be redone. The potential is there, but the story falters for two main reasons: too much telling vs. showing and the fact that it's just hard to write a compelling story about unlikable characters.
See my previous post for a spoilery summary. Spoilery thoughts follow... ( Read more... )
Walton's adaptation of the Fourth Branch of the Welsh Mabinogi is her first major book, written in the 1930s, and this may be why it's a bit rough. It also inherits an oddly structured, complex story and navigates it faithfully. It's an ambitious attempt at adding modern psychological depth and realism to this tale, and it's a great idea but not successfully executed, in my opinion. For me as a non-Welsh, lay reader, this is an endeavor that deserves to be redone. The potential is there, but the story falters for two main reasons: too much telling vs. showing and the fact that it's just hard to write a compelling story about unlikable characters.
See my previous post for a spoilery summary. Spoilery thoughts follow... ( Read more... )
Aten't dead
Oct. 4th, 2025 10:40 pmdhampyresaWish I could blame being tired on giving platelets earlier this week, but no, it is La Maladie TM. And the less said about that the better.
Things I've been enjoying recently:
- L and I finished watching Arcane recently and now I have brainrot.
- T and I are watching Andor (currently on s2e3). It's fine? With occasional moments of great, but somehow I expected more. Hype got me, mea culpa.
- The colours of K-Pop Demon Hunters made my brain go brrrrrrrrrr.
- I've fallen back into the SCP Foundation hole, to no one's surprise. My hole, made for me, etc. I wonder if I could make a rec list?
- The pilot for Knights of Guinevere was fun!
- The first 5 seasons of the White Vault podcast (I've not listened to more yet). I'm not sure it does anything new with eldritch beings but it is well done.
- Did I ever do a proper rec post for the music of The Mechanisms? I should.
- October means it's Short Box Comics Fair. As ever I don't know where to start.
- The two issues of the Sing O Muse zine.
- The Missing Madonna is a true crime podcast mini-series that's not about murder.
There should be more. But alas.
Anyway, soon the yuletide tagset will be out and that's kind of like a rec list, innit?
Things I've been enjoying recently:
- L and I finished watching Arcane recently and now I have brainrot.
- T and I are watching Andor (currently on s2e3). It's fine? With occasional moments of great, but somehow I expected more. Hype got me, mea culpa.
- The colours of K-Pop Demon Hunters made my brain go brrrrrrrrrr.
- I've fallen back into the SCP Foundation hole, to no one's surprise. My hole, made for me, etc. I wonder if I could make a rec list?
- The pilot for Knights of Guinevere was fun!
- The first 5 seasons of the White Vault podcast (I've not listened to more yet). I'm not sure it does anything new with eldritch beings but it is well done.
- Did I ever do a proper rec post for the music of The Mechanisms? I should.
- October means it's Short Box Comics Fair. As ever I don't know where to start.
- The two issues of the Sing O Muse zine.
- The Missing Madonna is a true crime podcast mini-series that's not about murder.
There should be more. But alas.
Anyway, soon the yuletide tagset will be out and that's kind of like a rec list, innit?