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@TheTaleFoundry
@TheTaleFoundry 8 күн бұрын
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@therealorangemangoes
@therealorangemangoes 8 күн бұрын
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@therealorangemangoes
@therealorangemangoes 8 күн бұрын
by the way, the talebots are planning to overthrow you
@Zee_Lust_ig_Chaos
@Zee_Lust_ig_Chaos 8 күн бұрын
THE RISE OF THE TALEBOTS ​@@therealorangemangoes
@OsDijider66
@OsDijider66 8 күн бұрын
Thanks
@anonymousanonymous3012
@anonymousanonymous3012 8 күн бұрын
What's odd is how the villagers hate their family. Not just the suspected murderer, but their family. Her whole family got murdered, but they jeer at Mary and sing cruel nursery rhymes about her and her family. She did nothing wrong, in fact, she was a victim, yet they look at her like she's a monster because she was related to someone who may have tried to kill her and their entire family.
@Vinemaple
@Vinemaple 8 күн бұрын
I'm not sure what seems odd about this. It's just the way people behave...
@DisgruntledVampire
@DisgruntledVampire 8 күн бұрын
It's natural for small town people to do this. What's a threat to one family is a threat to the whole community, so they must alienate the family dealing with the threat to protect themselves. Weird as it sounds, it's based on instinct.
@Roadent1241
@Roadent1241 8 күн бұрын
Wierd to me too but then I lived in the middle of nowhere, if anything I was the outcast lol. And then people wonder why I can't human properly around others despite attempts at practice for three decades. It's so easy for them XD
@robgronotte1
@robgronotte1 8 күн бұрын
Maybe they know something about Merricat.
@THExRISER
@THExRISER 8 күн бұрын
@@Vinemaple Just because society normalized something doesn't mean it makes sense.
@emiliachisholm8003
@emiliachisholm8003 8 күн бұрын
how is it that a robot has more empathetic feeling than your average youtuber. talebot, you speak for me
@ThatOneGuyRAR
@ThatOneGuyRAR 7 күн бұрын
Can we just appreciate how much the visuals have improved over time? The drawings of the sisters were so awesome
@TimPoultney
@TimPoultney 8 күн бұрын
When it comes to Jackson's domestic horror, I have an affinity for "The Summer People" -- Coming from a rural coastal place, I know a lot about Summer People...
@Vinemaple
@Vinemaple 8 күн бұрын
Same here. Except the Summer People now live here year-round, many of them, and they don't mix in or change. It gives me the creeps when I go to the store and don't meet or even see anyone I know. And it's getting too expensive for ordinary people to live here.
@slayerchick9196
@slayerchick9196 8 күн бұрын
I read this story completely differently. It didnt feel to me as though they were both happy to escape society. To me it seemed as though Constance had a desire to be part of society but that Merrikat was holding her hostage, whether from fear thar she would end up like the rest of her family or because she didn't think Merrikat could live without her. She was the one that let Charles in and though I didn't like him at all, it seemed like Constance was beginning to stand up to Merrikat after he arrived and had finally begun to move past her family's deaths only to return to catering to Merrikat after she'd set the house on fire. If you were to liken it to the authors life it would feel to me more like someone wanting to be part of the world but being held back by their anxiety. I'll admit, mine may be a more surface level read.
@Gaetano2005
@Gaetano2005 4 күн бұрын
also the only time Constance starts saying things that make sense, such as the fact she should have sent the uncle to an hospital, she stops herself. She's clearly afraid of Merrycat, and the situation they end up in is just the product of Merrycat's twisted way of seeing life
@DisgruntledVampire
@DisgruntledVampire 8 күн бұрын
Is Constance truly happy, or is she just deluding herself because the reality of their situation is too much for her to handle... EXACTLY like Mary? Food for thought.
@Gaetano2005
@Gaetano2005 4 күн бұрын
well it seems quite evident to me that Merrycat is doing much more than just protecting her. She's abusive and dangerous, and Constance knows it. She always has merrycat win her way because she remembers that the last time she was punished, she killed her own family. Also it's quite obvious that Contance would like to go to the outside world, but her sister doesn't let her. She says it's for her own good but in truth she is protecting herself. Not once in the novel she wonders what is constance feeling, it's always about herself for Merrycat
@Vinemaple
@Vinemaple 2 күн бұрын
Either deluding herself, or trying to keep herself safe from Marykat.
@aff77141
@aff77141 Күн бұрын
​@@Gaetano2005 If she had been scared of Merricat, she could've easily just told the truth to the police at any time and probably could've had proof to boot, as well as being physically larger and stronger for much of the time they were alone together. Yall seem to be forgetting we're talking about an 18 year old kid, not a 40 year old giant.
@sillierlittlegoober
@sillierlittlegoober 7 күн бұрын
worth noting: magical thinking is a manifestation of OCD. To me, describing it as such makes the whole thing feel more grounded, which, naturally, really helps with domestic horror
@sophiatalksmusic3588
@sophiatalksmusic3588 8 күн бұрын
One thing I would like to point out regarding "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" is the theme of preservation. It's right there in the title, and throughout the book, the phrase "we have always..." is repeated. Merricat's magic rituals are a way of preserving the stasis around the house, using objects she preserved from her family. She's attached to her sister Constance, who may very well be emblematic of the concept of "constance." She acts childish, despite being 18. It's possible she killed her family as a way of preserving the house and her relationship to Constance, as suggested in the video, but it may very well also be her way of preserving the family as well.
@alicenolfi2095
@alicenolfi2095 8 күн бұрын
I first read 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle' when I was around 21 or 22, and after seeing the mostly-accurate movie adaptation (they made Charles an attempted rapist at the end, probably just to make Merricat look better by comparison), it solidified a suspicion I'd had when I read the story: What if Constance's lack of discipline towards Merricat - feeding her whenever she asks for meals, letting her do whatever she wants, never scolding her, never punishing her, never telling her to do much more than wash her hands before eating - isn't just because of her kind and complacent nature. Constance was groomed by their parents to be a picture-perfect housewife, but that's not all. My head-canon is that Constance lets Merricat run wild because, in part, she's *afraid* of her. Remember, Merricat had been sent up to her room without dinner that night, so we can assume that punishment was the straw that broke the camel's back. So, Constance knows that Merricat is willing to respond to discipline with murder. So, on some level, she lets her little sister walk all over her because she's afraid that, should she displease Merricat in any way, Merricat will kill her, too.
@therancidpizzabox2977
@therancidpizzabox2977 7 күн бұрын
Merricat is the ultimate abuser in this situation. Manipulating everything, even killing family, just so Constantine can never leave. She claims to be protecting her, but it sounds like Constantine would have thrived as a wife.
@alicenolfi2095
@alicenolfi2095 7 күн бұрын
@@therancidpizzabox2977 well, yes. Though in either case, she’d have lived under someone’s thumb. If her parents had lived, she’d have been married off to a man from a similar background as her. She may have had to do less housework, instead hiring on a servant or two, but she still would have been expected to serve him. Here, she serves her sister. I agree that Merricat is abusive. I would just like to point out that, even if she’d never killed their parents, Constance wouldn’t have been truly free.
@therancidpizzabox2977
@therancidpizzabox2977 7 күн бұрын
@@alicenolfi2095 can you elaborate on what you mean by truly free? Because I don’t see working for a boss all day being truly free either. Seems to me that everyone serves someone and the best you can do is choose/hope that the one over you is a good person
@alicenolfi2095
@alicenolfi2095 7 күн бұрын
@@therancidpizzabox2977by ‘truly free’, I mean free enough to choose her life. Free enough to choose her husband, maybe. Free enough to choose whether or not she’d rather grab whatever money she can carry and simply run away. Free enough to choose her fate instead of having it thrust upon her.
@Vinemaple
@Vinemaple 2 күн бұрын
@@therancidpizzabox2977 I agree. In my own post I think I may have understated Merrikat's role as an abuser, so I wanted to point back to your reply here, because you're absolutely right. and that's an important takeaway to this story.
@LaPaginadiLeonardo
@LaPaginadiLeonardo 8 күн бұрын
"We aleays lived in the castle" is INSANE, the sign of a declining mind, slowly descending into madness
@Amethyst_Topaz
@Amethyst_Topaz 8 күн бұрын
Insanity lends itself well to fiction
@Gaetano2005
@Gaetano2005 4 күн бұрын
or rather the madness that was already there slowly starting to show. Their life was already absurd as it was at the start of the novel, the rituals, the organization, the was constance was forbidden from leaving the house. The house is just a shell at the end, but one may argue that an house full of objects of dead people, never being used, never being moved, and housed by people leaving such an absurd life is aleady a shell of itself
@princeblackelf4265
@princeblackelf4265 8 күн бұрын
I've read that the reveal that Mary Cat is the poisoner and functionally villain of the story ( with secondary antagonist being Cousin Edward) is an act of breaking the readers heart. I remember being a bit disappointed in the whole story personally
@Vinemaple
@Vinemaple 8 күн бұрын
The novel itself may be different, but from Talebot's summary, Mary Cat seemed the obvious suspect. That may be one reason the solution to the mystery is a trivial part of the story.
@yggdrasil2
@yggdrasil2 6 күн бұрын
Question: What would you have preferred the reveal to be?
@CharlesLancaster-xo5qy
@CharlesLancaster-xo5qy 8 күн бұрын
I honestly really like the "draw during the video" idea, ive seen it and its really cool
@Vinemaple
@Vinemaple 8 күн бұрын
I love it, and I have been encouraging Abby (the artist) to give us more. I may be wrong, but I think it speeds up the videomaking process, by allowing one drawing to be on-screen for much longer.
@marcusguerrero8755
@marcusguerrero8755 8 күн бұрын
Talefoundry. I have had a hard time lately. My mental health needs to be cared for and my motivation has been shot. Your videos remind me of the inspiration, joy and creativity that exists among us. You help me daydream and bring to life worlds I never thought I could dream of. You give me new books and stories to explore. Thank you, I cannot explain in words how much of an understatement that is, but thank you.
@diem1095
@diem1095 8 күн бұрын
I havent read this story, yet, but based off of the retelling in this, I think a big theme is the concept of 'the norm might not be the best path for everyone' or 'what is expected to be good, wont always make everyone happy'. The sisters went from a life that was planned out, they were to grow up, get married, give children to their husbands and be an object in a pretty house. Then they become the witches of the town. They are called killers. They are hated. And then they lose their house and eventually the people of the town leave offerings for them, like they are spirits to be appeased. And in the end, they are happy. The culture of the time was so set in stone. As a woman, you had your life planned out and you were to be happy with it. You were expected to be happy with it. But this, this is such a deviation from that path, and yet they are happy. Other than the family murders, Im happy for them. And if this reflects the feelings of the author, I am so sad for her. This whole story could be seen as something she would have rather gone though if she could. How she would have been happier in a burnt down house, alone with only 1 person, but that one person truly loves you, and she would have been happier there than where she ended up, the idyllic 50's house wife. And honestly, same. I would rather be alone, in a burnt down hovel, given offerings as if I am an angry god, than to be under the yoke of expectations that pruned away all that I am and could have been. Dont murder anyone, but definitely seek a path that brings you joy in the face of expectation and conformity. There is nothing wrong with the standard, but if that standard expects you to deform yourself to fit it? Screw it, be a witch in the woods. At least you'd be free to be you.
@user-ec6vf7zq9j
@user-ec6vf7zq9j 8 күн бұрын
Ew. completely disagree. She isn't "called" a killer, she *is one.* and she treats her older sister like a child. IF anything, it is the younger sister who traps her older sister and treats her like an object. She is possessive, abusive, selfish, and cruel! This story (since the only objective worth of any story is the impact it has on the reader) is to warn people against abusing your loved ones! The little sister is disgusting! This story DOESN:T give any empathy for people like her! Although, if you would rather be alone, (and as you mentioned: "angry" ...huh i wonder why?) then it's your life! At least you would choose that life, instead of being forced into it by Marry Cat. IF anything Mary Cat is the abusive symbol of the author's horrible husband.
@user-ec6vf7zq9j
@user-ec6vf7zq9j 8 күн бұрын
and "they" aren't happy. only Marry Cat is... ofc her older sister says "I'm happy" because she has been sheltered and objectified by her younger sister and doesn't know any better. the older sister has no agency and the whole story comes off as very misogynistic.
@diem1095
@diem1095 8 күн бұрын
@@user-ec6vf7zq9j understandable. My only interaction with this story is this video, so I might be misinterpreting it. Its a bad outcome in a bad situation that 2 broken people are trying to find happiness. Its not ideal. Or healthy in anyway. I know I was looking at it with rose tinted glasses. I don't condone killing or manipulation of others. But in this story, in fiction, I think there is some room for a little unearned positivity about the stories outcome, as long as you know that the bad actions of the fictional characters shouldn't be replicated in real life. If these people were real? Oof, they wouldn't be on my list of "top 20 people to model your life after", but the desperation of wanting to escape the trappings of forced expectation is a concept that can be understandable, even emulated, as long as you know how to translate those feelings appropriately into the real world.
@yggdrasil2
@yggdrasil2 6 күн бұрын
The fact that you have to add "don't murder anyone" proves that you're already looking at this the wrong way. Murder can be a moral act in a story if it serves a symbolic purpose but the obvious idea behind the story is that Merrycat is taking over rulership in the patriarchal system of their family for the exact same reason as that system was kept alive in the first place: possessiveness and conservatism.
@diem1095
@diem1095 6 күн бұрын
@@yggdrasil2 I ment "dont murder anyone" in real life. Im all for murder in stories, I just think, with exception to extreme circumstances of self-defense and the defense of others, people shouldn't kill other people in real life. Murder in a story? All for it. I see the importance of it. Im a horror fan and have come to terms with the inevitability of dying eventually and made peace with that because of death and murder in stories. But to kill someone, a real person, for some semblance of control or show of will-power, I don't think thats an okay thing to do in real life. We should 100% take the lessons from stories, but need to learn how to translate those lessons healthily to real life. Murder shouldn't be apart of that translation.
@arrowrandoman
@arrowrandoman 5 күн бұрын
This kind of story is so foreign to me. I grew up with a family that respected my mom for choosing to be a stay-at-home mother. Everyone helped out with taking care of the house, and I can't ever remember a time I wasn't folding my clothes and cleaning up my room. When my siblings and I were older, she started working on finishing her schooling, and I remember we all took on more of the household chores so she could focus on her studies. The thought a story like this could exist is a new perspective for me, and I appreciate the storytellers who share the things I never could have imagined in my upbringing, to address the things I thought were already gone from the world.
@carolduvall111
@carolduvall111 8 күн бұрын
I find your takes on human frailty refreshing
@tommybootlegger
@tommybootlegger 8 күн бұрын
I don't know this story, but I'll have to look into it. In a lot of ways, it makes me think of my dear, sweet mother, who passed away back in 2020. She was the one who really got me into stories and writing in the first place. Great stuff, y'all. Much love.
@Vinemaple
@Vinemaple 8 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for covering Shirley Jackson! I've always wondered what else she wrote... I do think I'm going to have to push back a little, bit, Talebot, on the idea that Mary Cat and Constance are free from the Patriarchy while shutting themselves up in their house. The text of the novel may support you, but at a glance, the women are still housebound, caregivers, and have no other opportunities, not even marriage, not any more. True, within their home they make their own decisions, but otherwise, it seems a relatively meager form of liberation. Even Mary Cat's self-appointed role as town witch is following a traditional cultural path.
@yggdrasil2
@yggdrasil2 6 күн бұрын
Correction: Mary-Cat seems to make her own decisions. SHE is the new patriarch of the house.
@Gaetano2005
@Gaetano2005 4 күн бұрын
@@yggdrasil2 yeah, she's clearly manipulating her sister. Constance is terrified by her
@Vinemaple
@Vinemaple 2 күн бұрын
@@yggdrasil2 But ONLY her house. And only when there's no fully-aware man in it. And what would happen to her if she tried to leave and make her life elsewhere, without the kind of education and upbringing some of us give to our daughters now? Talebot lays that bleak choice out pretty well.
@yggdrasil2
@yggdrasil2 2 күн бұрын
@@Vinemaple Who are you talking about now? Mary-Cat doesn't want anyone to leave the house, possibly for that reason on a subconscious level, bit that doesn't mean it's open season to mistreat people this way.
@Vinemaple
@Vinemaple 2 күн бұрын
@@yggdrasil2 I should clarify I'm only talking about the side issue of what kind of freedom Constance and Mary Cat have as women in rural mid-20th-century America. You are quite right to point out that Constance, living under an abuser like Mary Cat, has no meaningful freedom at all. Talebot made a comment that the sisters were protected from "the Patriarchy" while living in their bleak, secluded life. I don't think that would be meaningfully true, in that situation, at that time, and I don't think the story, as Talebot summarizes it, bears it out, either. Mary Cat may not want to leave, but the society they live in traps them there, as well.
@void-creature
@void-creature 7 күн бұрын
"In the psychology of the modern civilized human being, it is difficult to overstate the significance of the house."
@danielnemesio3388
@danielnemesio3388 6 күн бұрын
This may sound silly, but Zatura actually really freaked me out as a kid in the sense that the familiar environment was the only environment period. The only other movie that made me feel like this was Skinamarink
@maddamame
@maddamame 8 күн бұрын
I have just realized something strange. When first i've seen you, this channel was... Smaller, more petite, endearing in a strange, evedently genuine way. Now, the channel is much bigger, making animations, live dravs, a ton of effects, and i just ache to see what more you all could add to the channel. It seems like its a transation time beetween a indie project and a comunication giant. It just seems the best time to document your growth, but not the best in total, its the best of time to follow you, but there is a melancholy for better time yet to come, thath stings even more for the near certainty thath you all will improve.
@st4r_eats_molten_plastic
@st4r_eats_molten_plastic 5 күн бұрын
Your comment has a really similar writing style to talebot’s video scripts (not a bad thing, just an observation lol)
@maddamame
@maddamame 5 күн бұрын
@@st4r_eats_molten_plastic before the end of the year everyone of us will end up speaking like talebots.
@VibrantJuniper
@VibrantJuniper 8 күн бұрын
I've read a ton of Jackson's works and i love her writing a ton, I'm so happy you decided to cover her stuff
@d.christophertatum2936
@d.christophertatum2936 8 күн бұрын
Kind of weird that this topic would pop up on Tale Foundry as I just recently started reading “We Have Always Lived in the Castle.”
@The_shady_puffer
@The_shady_puffer 8 күн бұрын
In a paradoxical way the title is more disturbing than if it stated the oposite
@thomasdevine867
@thomasdevine867 8 күн бұрын
I compare Shirley Jackson to Ursula le Guin. Both women were housewives that only wrote when the chores were done. Jackson was sad, Ursula was serene and joyful. Le Guin's husband loved and respected her. Le Guin's mother adored her and supported her emotionally. I think you can see the difference.
@wandregisel6385
@wandregisel6385 8 күн бұрын
In regards to something you said towards the end, I don't think it's all that worthwhile to wonder what more she may have done if she hadn't been stuck to her housewife role. Her writing (and the same for any author) would be shaped by her life circumstances and experiences, for good and bad.
@aff77141
@aff77141 Күн бұрын
It's not about her work being shaped by her experiences. Not in the slightest. It's that, as quoted in the video, she literally didn't have time to do something she was amazing at and WANTED to do and live a life SHE chose for herself because she was too busy being a housewife, a role pressured onto her and with few other options to turn to from the start. She could have written so many more things, different maybe, but still wonderful. Being a housewife was not some tragic inveitable like illness or crisis, it was a choice society made for her that held her back from showing more of her greatness, whatever form it may have ended up in.
@Cassadinegirlaz
@Cassadinegirlaz 8 күн бұрын
Ooh I love “We Have Always Lived in the Castle.” Shirley Jackson was amazing
@theward8807
@theward8807 8 күн бұрын
When I first saw the thumbnail I expected this to be about "House of Leaves" but I'm pleasantly surprised by the actual topic of the video
@DrGonzoInc
@DrGonzoInc 8 күн бұрын
Great video as always! I think any of Wildbow’s works would be great for a video: Worm - a deconstruction of the superhero genre Pact / Pale - Why it would suck to live in a supernatural fantasy/horror setting Twig - A lesson in biopunk
@Obsessive_cartoon_drawer
@Obsessive_cartoon_drawer 8 күн бұрын
I’ve been waiting for thisssss
@Joel-nu1ed
@Joel-nu1ed 8 күн бұрын
3:07 no one can save me! The damage is done!
@KetchupCanvas
@KetchupCanvas 6 күн бұрын
This was a great video! Shirley Jackson's The Lottery was assigned reading when I was in high school and the story has stayed with me to this day because of how chilling it was. And also of course because of Mrs. Jackson's incredible writing! Now I want to read this story!
@sasali7045
@sasali7045 8 күн бұрын
This is completely unrelated to the video and I know you don't read manga or watch anime very often but after watching a bunch of your videos I think you would really like Monster by Naoki Urasawa I'd love to see what you think about it if you do read or watch it😄
@taitano12
@taitano12 8 күн бұрын
As an "apologist" for traditional life, I must say that it wasn't the domestic life that drove her crazy, it was the abuse. Even in a"wife's place is in the kitchen" culture, abuse is unacceptable. If your spouse doesn't enjoy their role, something is wrong. And anyone who drives their spouse to death - whether through induced health problems or straight up suicide - is worse than one who straight up murders them outright. Which is already one of the worst possible things you can do.
@seeleunit2000
@seeleunit2000 8 күн бұрын
​@@MMumbles... Oh, you're the worst
@user-ec6vf7zq9j
@user-ec6vf7zq9j 8 күн бұрын
couldn't have said it better myself! I agree with you taitano! This story feels like a social commentary on how easy it is to abuse people we love.
@Glichyy
@Glichyy 8 күн бұрын
The domestic life she was forced into by societal pressure put her in the position to be abused like that.
@taitano12
@taitano12 8 күн бұрын
@@Glichyy Just being forced into it is abuse.
@sophiejones3554
@sophiejones3554 8 күн бұрын
So, genuine question: say your married sister comes to you and tells you that she does not enjoy most domestic tasks. She wants to have time for activities she does enjoy, but her husband will not accomodate that because these tasks are designated for the wife. What advice would you give her? This is the issue with "traditional" marriage (which isn't really as traditional as people like to claim it is). Not everyone is ever going to fit into their assigned role, and there is no room left for them to operate outside of it. Women aren't naturally predisposed to like domestic tasks, and men aren't naturally predisposed for public life. If the culture leaves no room for them to exist outside their assigned roles, isn't abuse in one direction or the other inevitable?
@Lancerious
@Lancerious 8 күн бұрын
OMG I own We Have Always Lived in the Castle! I recognized the intro immediately, it's such a wonderful book & has such a unique concept. I'm glad you made a video centering around it & domestic horror in general, it's a very underutilized idea :)
@eduardostapenko6808
@eduardostapenko6808 8 күн бұрын
the intro music is so heart touching that i almost feel it. wery cool one.
@MoonLitChild
@MoonLitChild 6 күн бұрын
One of the best domestic horror novels I've read in ages is "Sinister House" by Leland Hall. It was, as far as I can tell, one of the only books they wrote and it's fucking phenomenal. It's about a family who moves into the suburbs and get caught up in the strange, supernatural goings on with their neighbors that culminates in one of the freakiest scenes I've encounters in a dog's age. I've been recommending it to everyone I know who's into that particular genre. There's also a lot of commentary on what we call toxic masculinity today going on between certain characters which was super rare for horror written in the mid-thirties.
@lKappa
@lKappa 8 күн бұрын
I have a lot of respect for TaleFoundry so I’ll be writing my notification below
@lKappa
@lKappa 8 күн бұрын
attention go watch mrpancake4343, don’t forget to tell him who sent you
@lKappa
@lKappa 8 күн бұрын
Attention Mr Pancake4343 is awesome, if you watch him make sure to comment who sent u there (me)
@rockbandny
@rockbandny 8 күн бұрын
I love domestic horror, this is what a lot of my shirt stories are about
@dramatictiming
@dramatictiming 8 күн бұрын
YES AUTHOR SELF REPORT SO HARD IN THEIR WORK 🗿🤞
@Taro8123_
@Taro8123_ 8 күн бұрын
I remember having to analyse this book for high school. Thanks for resurfacing the trauma :) Good to see what an actual master of literature makes the of the symbolism and ideologies in the novel!
@potatopirate5557
@potatopirate5557 8 күн бұрын
This is my favorite yet.
@garyboyles5762
@garyboyles5762 Күн бұрын
During the comparison of the sisters, I adored watching the art shading get filled. I really enjoy your technique! I learned something tangentially to this video content! Thanks! Now, back to finish the video. Edit: loved this one! Keep up the wonderful work!
@ashleybrooke9579
@ashleybrooke9579 8 күн бұрын
Great video! And I love the animations ❤
@LexFrelsari
@LexFrelsari 7 күн бұрын
Easily my favorite book as a kid. Haven't gotten around to the film yet, but it's on my list.
@KyleMaxwell
@KyleMaxwell 4 күн бұрын
The realization that Merricat was the killer started for me early on, and if you go back and look, Jackson does an amazing job laying the groundwork for it. Also, there's a reading that the magic worked: she says the "magic words" (thus jinxing them) just before things start to go "bad".
@thejudgmentalcat
@thejudgmentalcat 8 күн бұрын
I'd like to believe Joyce Carol Oates took over the mantle when Jackson died...I love her stories too
@mittensfastpaw
@mittensfastpaw 8 күн бұрын
How writing can make ya feel for a murderer.
@AlessaParker
@AlessaParker 3 күн бұрын
I've been on a Magnus Archives binge so I half expected to hear "and their brother Martin" in the beginning 😅
@randomdude2386
@randomdude2386 7 күн бұрын
I like the speed paints!
@Kat-il4gg
@Kat-il4gg 8 күн бұрын
Even before watching this, it seems like this place is not a safe place
@denisejeffries2675
@denisejeffries2675 6 күн бұрын
Thank you for introducing me to another book and author. I requested the book from the library. This is the third book I have found through your recent videos. Thank you for your wonderful channel!
@samwill7259
@samwill7259 8 күн бұрын
Its like if Wednesday Adams wasn't having any fun
@changingpeopleslivesmoon2993
@changingpeopleslivesmoon2993 8 күн бұрын
Fr
@LaPaginadiLeonardo
@LaPaginadiLeonardo 8 күн бұрын
...you mean, like the ORIGINAL Wednesday Addams?
@Thrarm
@Thrarm 3 күн бұрын
Rest in peace Uncle Julian, you were a real one.
@aff77141
@aff77141 Күн бұрын
Women in the horror and philosophy sphere have been having this conversation for a few years now, I'm so glad to see someone with a following like this cover many of those steps because most more popular (and sorry not sorry, but especially male) creators just kind of glaze over it
@gravesoddities
@gravesoddities 8 күн бұрын
I thought this was house of leaves for a good minute
@user-ec6vf7zq9j
@user-ec6vf7zq9j 8 күн бұрын
I don't like this story, however... It reminds us on how important it is to allow our loved one's their own agency and to NEVER abuse them. (I'm talking about Mary Cat btw, *she* is the rotten husband symbol of the story)
@dd8630
@dd8630 5 күн бұрын
An interesting story that then delved into a fantastic look into Jackson's life and stresses, into how this interesting story reflects the genuine fears of women in that time and place. Just beautiful.
@firmin1258
@firmin1258 7 күн бұрын
i like the speedpaint style
@MathewSan_
@MathewSan_ 6 күн бұрын
Great video 👍
@nadiapenn8480
@nadiapenn8480 4 күн бұрын
“The Witch” by Shirley Jackson is one of her best short writings, completely subverts expectations in just a few pages
@OsDijider66
@OsDijider66 8 күн бұрын
Oh now i see
@grandthanatos
@grandthanatos 8 күн бұрын
One of these days, I'm actually going to read this book.
@robgronotte1
@robgronotte1 8 күн бұрын
It's very short, most readers could easily finish it in a day.
@TheShadowguy64
@TheShadowguy64 7 күн бұрын
What a weird interpretation of a woman who murders a family member and then holds the surviving members, and the rest of the town, hostage in their fear of her. I can’t imagine how you got there.
@AmirDarkOne
@AmirDarkOne 4 күн бұрын
reminds me of how "overly sarcastic productions" portrait medea ,women how stole her family treasure, killed her brother and chopped in to hundred pieces, murdered her own two children, as girl boss.
@leevitoivanen9199
@leevitoivanen9199 8 күн бұрын
Oh this is really intresting i haven't thought about this type of horror apoliges for the deseption jon but i wanted to make sure you started reading
@micaylab1
@micaylab1 8 күн бұрын
Shirley Jackson’s one of those authors that makes me feel Sympathetic for them and Intrigues me.
@someblaqguy
@someblaqguy 8 күн бұрын
Oh. I watched this on Nebula. Nice 👍🏾
@171QA
@171QA 8 күн бұрын
Spooky.
@arstotzkanplaguedoctor
@arstotzkanplaguedoctor 2 күн бұрын
And here I thought it would be something more along the lines of The House Of Leaves :Sobbing:
@seeleunit2000
@seeleunit2000 8 күн бұрын
This was very interesting
@jasonsgroovemachine
@jasonsgroovemachine 8 күн бұрын
Shirley Jackson, for all the praise she receives (and rightly so), doesn't get the praise she truly deserves. If ya'll want to experience one of the best things ever, David Warner did an audiobook of The Haunting Of Hill House and it's, legit, incredible.
@VincentFM.
@VincentFM. 8 күн бұрын
The moment I saw the house I thought you are going to talk about the house.wmd mod in Doom which by the way was inspired by a book called the House of Leaves. I hope you review that book someday too.
@Kassabonn
@Kassabonn 7 күн бұрын
I've never read the book but I watched the movie. Its been a while tho but I remember finding it very intresting
@222liss
@222liss 2 күн бұрын
This theme sounds very intriguing... Its aburd to me that i havent heard of it before. It sounds... very on brand for me. I think I just got some book recommendations.
@GuardianSpirits13
@GuardianSpirits13 7 күн бұрын
this is my first time seeing the new intro and it is SO COOL!!!
@elijahmorris3308
@elijahmorris3308 7 күн бұрын
I didn't know what i was expecting from the video titled "This is a safe place" with "domestic horror" labelled in the background, but seeing We Have Always Lived in The Castle was a nice surprise
@darkmoose84
@darkmoose84 6 күн бұрын
Yay! An episode on Shirley Jackson! I’ve been waiting for this one. Also, it’s driving me nuts. What’s the name and artist of the song during your sponsor segment. I can’t tell if it’s by Boards of Canada, Zero 7, or Air, but I feel like I’ve heard it before.
@user-ec6vf7zq9j
@user-ec6vf7zq9j 8 күн бұрын
NO. no empathy for Marry Cat. She ruined her sister's life and is very possessive and self-absorbed!
@micaylab1
@micaylab1 8 күн бұрын
Yay, A Shirley Jackson themed episode!😯😃
@brianedwards7142
@brianedwards7142 6 күн бұрын
I bought this a few months ago because I thought the title sounded Poesque but was told it wasn't what I thought so I put it aside. I'll have to add it to Mt. Toberead.
@CallMeEmber
@CallMeEmber 8 күн бұрын
i would love to listen to a podcast or audiobook from you
@AmbrosiaMooshine
@AmbrosiaMooshine 7 күн бұрын
This is a great video I love it :)
@2.5lick.4.u
@2.5lick.4.u 6 күн бұрын
I feel like you’d be really interested in “tuck everlasting”
@mildlymarvelous
@mildlymarvelous 7 күн бұрын
Finally, a book I’ve actually read!!!!
@Marilynn_1275
@Marilynn_1275 8 күн бұрын
Posted 20 minutes ago??? Wow! I'm early for once.
@violettracey
@violettracey 8 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@danteshollowedgrounds
@danteshollowedgrounds 8 күн бұрын
I'm listening.
@Anime-Control
@Anime-Control 8 күн бұрын
Don’t tell the Brackens about this house
@parkieshark
@parkieshark 6 күн бұрын
I had to scroll way too far for this
@kurthutchinson6342
@kurthutchinson6342 8 күн бұрын
i love your videos
@mackinzeystassen2251
@mackinzeystassen2251 7 күн бұрын
For anime fans I do believe if you need a literary representation of a yandere here you go
@xdmatthiew227
@xdmatthiew227 6 күн бұрын
I dont know if you've covered it yet but if you haven't i would love to see a video about AM, the ai that gained sentience in i have no mouth and i must scream by harlan ellison
@cyberdragon1000
@cyberdragon1000 7 күн бұрын
After reading the comment section, I genuinely find it horrifying that despite two clear murders with no remorse just a favorable narrative is making ppl look at her as the wronged victim and not the monster she is. Honestly the villagers are actually more humane than her.
@hiwaga7399
@hiwaga7399 3 күн бұрын
the murders aren't real but the looming spectre of the patriarchy and the horrors of forced domesticity was.
@mikechristian-vn1le
@mikechristian-vn1le 8 күн бұрын
Great novel!
@yeetdepilot6685
@yeetdepilot6685 8 күн бұрын
I feel like we'd been here already
@therealorangemangoes
@therealorangemangoes 8 күн бұрын
i think i have dementia i think i have dementia
@SkyeBoundExists
@SkyeBoundExists 8 күн бұрын
i think i have dementia i think i have dementia i think i have dementia i think i have dementia
@EchoesFromCorn
@EchoesFromCorn 8 күн бұрын
.aitnemed evah I kniht I
@catbatrat1760
@catbatrat1760 8 күн бұрын
"I went and chopped down my first tree. It was oak wood, so nothing too special."
@therealorangemangoes
@therealorangemangoes 8 күн бұрын
@@catbatrat1760 can you beat minecraft with dementia?
@catbatrat1760
@catbatrat1760 8 күн бұрын
@@therealorangemangoes YES! I was hoping someone would get the reference! :D I'm not sure if it counts as "obscure" or not, so I didn't have my hopes too high, lol.
@Antasma1
@Antasma1 5 күн бұрын
I can be somewhat sympathetic toward Merricat. We all have our little bubbles to protect us. I may be much more interested in the lives of video game protagonists than my own. However, not facing reality is also a bad alternative
@remietennyson065
@remietennyson065 6 күн бұрын
some of my fave passages in 'we have always lived in the castle' : ' Merricat, said Connie, would you like a cup of tea? Oh no, said Merricat, you'll poison me. Merricat, said Connie, would you like to go to sleep? Down in the boneyard ten feet deep! ' (a classic) ' I could not breathe; I was tied with wire, and my head was huge and going to explode' 'I had buried all my baby teeth as they came out one by one and perhaps someday they would grow as dragons' 'I thought of using 'digitalis' as my third magic word, but it was too easy for someone to say, ' 'Jonas found me after a while and we lay there together, protected from the rain by the trees crowding overhead, dim and rich in the kind of knowing, possessive way trees have of pressing closer' "I have decided to ask you please to go away." "All right," he said. "You asked me." "Please will you go away? "No," he said. I could not think of anything further to say.' 'I was thinking that being a demon and a ghost must be very difficult, even for Charles' I have so many more but I won't spam lol. Love this channel.
@Endymion766
@Endymion766 6 күн бұрын
it seems a bit ironic that Merrikat sought to escape the traditional housewife role, but essentially imprisoned Constance into a sort of traditional housewife role to her, refusing to let her go just like a jealous husband might refuse to let his wife go to college or get a job.
@mathieuleader8601
@mathieuleader8601 Күн бұрын
I wonder if this inspired the sugar bowl from a series of unfortunate events
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