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Modern TV and film are full of these sorts of over-complicated nonsense tactics you could never use in real life, because writers seem to imagine that good military tactics have to be terribly clever, when in fact they generally have to be terribly *reliable* so you can pull them off.

ok, so, brief tangent on something I *can* speak to with a degree of expertise: the Irish trad in this movie was fucking PHENOMENALLY staged to have maximum horror impact. obvs not the main focus of the movie, but smarter people with better things to say than me can give you the breakdown on the

folk tune stan account 🎻@folktunes.bsky.social · 7mo ago

absolutely beautiful. going in I expected there to be a little more Irish trad to build up the vampire, but - and given my proclivities I hope you get how meaningful this is - I'm glad it was kept to a minimum. This movie is a masterpiece of Black cinema, and it's right Black music stole the show.

Ok idea for an art piece; guy shrouded in darkness in an alley, a bloodsoaked shillelagh hanging from his hands, with his eyes having that red predator glare a la Sinners, akin to Niellustrate pieces (www.instagram.com/niellustrate/) - capturing the scene from the last verse of Rocky Road to Dublin.

a Night Lords space marine turns a corner, dripping with blood, his eyes glowing redNight lords space marines stalk some guards from a rooftop in the rain

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Anyway I only filmed a tiny portion of the Wicker ritual this year bc I was more concerned with observing it (I took it genuinely seriously as a spiritual/religious rite from the get-go this time, last year was more of an awakening for me) but it was beautiful and vivid and majestic and incredible

Castlefest crowd is the best We were waitin for the Wicker ritual to start (Lughnasadh celebration) and bc we were there hours im advance we got bored Some fucking genius decided to start blowing bubbles and we all lost our fuckin MINDS Can't stress enough how much the ROOF came off tbe place

• Got approached by like 5 strangers that recognized me from how distinctive my outfit is • Made new friends and reconnected with old ones • Played Sea Shanty 2 for several folks in OSRS cosplay • Taught a guy tin whistle tunes • Jammed with people • Had a honest-to-gods religious vision/revelation