I guess this is my last chance to note that #TarValonOrBust is a fancast and we'd appreciate a nom!
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A beat up old copy of the book THE HOLLOW HILLS by Mary Stewart.
The book open to show section six of THE SEARCH. There are sentences underlined and passages started. An orange pen sits in the center.
Any way this week’s ep is gonna be good bc this excerpt was SO GOOD. #TarValonOrBust
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Close reading a text for #TarValonOrBust is honestly my favorite thing in the world but this is me scanning every word on the page lol
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Jeff VanderMeer is back on the Mary Stewart train also soooo just saying if you want to hop into #TarValonOrBust, our (extremely close) re-read podcast-- the Arthurian Saga is in the air!! ⚔️
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you should nominate #TarValonOrBust for a Hugo bc we'll do indepth close reading of fantasy but also:
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a screenshot from the movie Empire Records of Lucas, a white man with short black hair wearing a black turtle neck and a leather jacket. He's sitting on a couch and saying, "Who knows where thoughts come from?"
A picture of an excerpt from THE HOLLOW HILLS book 2 of the Arthurian Saga by Mary Stewart. A line has been highlighted in Merlin's dialogue after someone has asked him, "What put that into your head." He says, "I don't know. Where do ideas come from?"
Lucas from Empire Records 🤝 Merlin from Mary Stewart's Arthurian Saga
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episode is up! #TarValonOrBust
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A copy of THE HOLLOW HILLS by Mary Stewart. It's a mass market paperback, with a silver cover and an illustration of a young man holding a sword on it. The blurb reads, "#1 National Besteller by the author of The Last Enchantment"
recorded our first Hollow Hills ep of #TarValonOrBust tonight and i JUST LOVE CLOSE READING BOOKS WITH MY FRIENDS 😭
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We're finally recording our first ep for THE HOLLOW HILLS (Mary Stewart's Arthurian Saga) next week on #TarValonOrBust and I am excited to dig in to that text (literally no memories except maybe one extremely problematic scene lol)
Catch up on THE CRYSTAL CAVE here:
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Speaking of Christmas movies -- @jennirl.bsky.social and I watched THE GREEN KNIGHT for our Arthurian adjacent close-reading series on #TarValonOrBust and you can listen now!
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Next week Jenn and I are recording our ep on THE GREEN KNIGHT for #TarValonOrBust, continuing our Arthurian movie bent until next month when we'll pick up THE HOLLOW HILLS and continue our Mary Stewart journey. If you want to join, the movie is streaming for free on Tubi right now!
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A screenshot from Baldur's Gate 3 of an open book. The text in the book reads, "Few try to understand the Weave - a true pity, for only they who are truly attuned to the Weave can rightly call themselves spellcasters. Thus comes the question: what is the Weave? It is an essential element of the universe. It runs through everything in unseen threads. It is what makes magic possible. It is also, though I will not go into further detail here, the goddess Mystra herself. (See Magic of the Weave - Mystra and the Spellplague.) The Weave isn't magic, precisely. Rather, it is the raw material from which magic"
The book continuing, "is woven, not entirely unlike how a collection of threads is shaped and formed into a garment. Those with the necessary talent and skill can manipulate the Weave and perform magic by casting spells. Developing this skill takes years of learning and constant practice. You might have heard of those who can cast spells because they are born with an innate connection to the Weave (commonly called Sorcerers), or worse, because they struck a bargain with an otherworldly creature (also known as Warlocks). Do not be deceived. Their magic is unpredictable, uncontrolled, and, in some cases, not even rightfully theirs. No, to truly know and manipulate the Weave is an Art. But those Wizards who master it will know the limitless power and beauty the Weave provides."
ok well now we *have* to talk about this on #TarValonOrBust #TheWheelWeaves
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OUR TRASH KING ARTHUR EPISODE IS ALIVE also, realized 2 minutes after hitting "end record" that this is our accidental five-year-anniversary ep lol, which is fitting #TarValonOrBust
(next time: THE GREEN KNIGHT 😱)
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David Beckham in Guy Ritchie's KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD. He's dressed as a knight with scar down the right side of his face, and surrounded by other dark knights in black padding, with shoulder armor.
hey #TarValonOrBust listeners -- we'll be watching KING ARTHUR: Legend of the Sword this weekend to record next week, so GET READY FOR THE BEST (trash) KING ARTHUR MOVIE and you better believe we're gonna talk about becks
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bc timing is weird, we don't want to start THE HOLLOW HILLS just in time for holidays, so in Nov we'll be watching & talking about KING ARTHUR: Legend of the Sword and in Dec it's THE GREEN KNIGHT bc our interests are wide & varied and we love perfect movies both high and low lol #TarValonOrBust
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We wrapped up Mary Stewart's THE CRYSTAL CAVE on this week's #TarValonOrBust -- so many feelings about Merlin's feelings (that he refuses to share with us) 😭 And... ARTHUR HAS ARRIVED (kind of)
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new #TarValonOrBust where ARTHUR IS ON HIS WAY (almost) as we near the end of Mary Stewart's THE CRYSTAL CAVE
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A picture of a page from Mary Stewart’s THE CRYSTAL CAVE. It reads: "And are you still so afraid of the world, Ulfin?" But he would not answer that. I finished tying the wrist. "Well, it's a wild and violent place, and the times are cruel. But they will get better, and I think you will help to make them so.”
Some words of wisdom? Comfort? from Merlin in this week’s #TarValonOrBust reading
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This week's episode is live! We wrap up book IV of THE CRYSTAL CAVE, Ambrosius makes room for The Bear (Arthur, not Carmy), many Stonehenge mentions, and Merlin refuses to acknowledge his feelings #TarValonOrBust
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I really love doing #TarValonOrBust but I gotta say, a p big part of it is that I get to talk to one of my best friends in the world about a book we both love for two hours every other week, and every recording is HEALING. Highly rec.
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A copy of the It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia episode title treatment -- a black screen with white, italicized text at the center that reads, "Merlin Goes to Stonehenge"
getting my reading done for this week's #TarValonOrBust episode. THE CRYSTAL CAVE, Book IV, The Red Dragon, or
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i can't believe we haven't gotten a single review about my great joke yet #tarvalonorbust
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i made this same joke on last week's #TarValonOrBust and tbh I think it's better when i'm saying it out loud
(this ep: part 1 of THE RED DRAGON in Mary Stewart's THE CRYSTAL CAVE where we have a timey-wimey-time)
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Fully intend to make this exact joke when we record #TarValonOrBust tonight fyi
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A picture of THE CRYSTAL CAVE of Merlin saying, “I am not a toothdrawer”
I think we can all agree that Merlin is more of a… Toothsayer #TarValonOrBust
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A picture of page 266 of The Crystal Cave of Merlin saying, “Thinking and planning is one side of life; doing is another. A man cannot be doing all the time."
Feeling this on a very deep level #TarValonOrBust
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Nick holds a paperback copy of Mary Stewart’s book, The Crystal Cave. He has teal gel on his nails. A sandy beach and waters of Waikīkī, Honolulu, Hawaii are on the in background.
Getting some summer reading done at the beach before the start of the school year. I’m slightly ahead of #TarValonOrBust ‘s current episode of The Crystal Cave.
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New #TarValonOrBust Presents Mary Stewart's Arthurian Saga ep! This week in THE CRYSTAL CAVE... Teen Merlin would for sure be in the theater club. (Banger of a section this time!!)
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in not horrible news, @jennirl.bsky.social & I have a new #TarValonOrBust ep! Merlin is officially an adult, kind of, and fully admits to being an unreliable narrator 200 pages into this book (or, THE CRYSTAL CAVE continues)
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forgot to post yday but! new #TarValonOrBust, Book 2 of THE CRYSTAL CAVE: The Wolf. It took us three recording sessions bc Mary Stewart was like, "Ha! You thought this was short? I have SO MUCH TO SAY in few words"
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