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hi Everyone
I'm Kaidi Rose, and welcome to my new Dreamwidth account. I'm 35, bisexual and a bit of a tomboy. I live in Berkshire, have a girlfriend called Megan, work in a library and I am more than a little obsessed with all things werewolves, monsters, vampires and zombie apocalypse.
I love reading, watching TV & movies, art, cars, football (watching and playing), history, visiting castles, internet culture, mythology & folklore & religion, symbology, running, skateboarding, and video games.
I'm passionate about environmentalism, sustainability & climate change - this is the only planet we have, we're killing it and we need to do something about it NOW!
My favourite TV shows include The Originals, Teen Wolf, The Vampire Diaries, The Walking Dead, Van Helsing, Wynonna Earp, and Z Nation. My favourite movies are Fifty Shades of Grey, Resident Evil, Twilight, Underworld, Van Helsing and World War Z. My favourite writers are EL James, Holly Black, LJ Smith, Maggie Stiefvater, and Stephenie Meyer. And I utterly adore Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Sheen, Michelle Rodriguez & Milla Jovovich.
In this blog I'll probably end up writing about all of these things, along with just general life stuff. I'll figure it out as I go along - I'm not much of a planner; I'd rather jump in with both feet and see what happens!
Werewolves
Aug. 2nd, 2023 02:16 pmSo I absolutely love werewolves, right? I love them in movies and tv shows and books. And I also love the mythology behind, and the ones including werewolves.
The wolf is a common motif in the creation mythologies and cosmologies of peoples throughout Eurasia and North America (corresponding to the historical extent of the habitat of the gray wolf), and also plays a role in ancient European cultures. The modern trope of the Big Bad Wolf arises from European folklore. The wolf holds great importance in the cultures and religions of many nomadic peoples, such as those of the Eurasian steppe and North American Plains.
Wolves have sometimes been associated with witchcraft in both northern European and some Native American cultures: in Norse folklore, the völva Hyndla and the gýgr Hyrrokin are both portrayed as using wolves as mounts, while in Navajo culture, wolves have sometimes been interpreted as witches in wolf's clothing.
But I don't know a huge amount of the stories, other than the basics which was starting to annoy me. I like to know all the information, do a proper deep dive into the myths and learn all about it. So I had a quick look on Amazon and found a few books that are now on their way home to me.
( Book details under the cut because this got a bit longer than I'd planned )
Is it too soon to start stalking the postman?
The wolf is a common motif in the creation mythologies and cosmologies of peoples throughout Eurasia and North America (corresponding to the historical extent of the habitat of the gray wolf), and also plays a role in ancient European cultures. The modern trope of the Big Bad Wolf arises from European folklore. The wolf holds great importance in the cultures and religions of many nomadic peoples, such as those of the Eurasian steppe and North American Plains.
Wolves have sometimes been associated with witchcraft in both northern European and some Native American cultures: in Norse folklore, the völva Hyndla and the gýgr Hyrrokin are both portrayed as using wolves as mounts, while in Navajo culture, wolves have sometimes been interpreted as witches in wolf's clothing.
But I don't know a huge amount of the stories, other than the basics which was starting to annoy me. I like to know all the information, do a proper deep dive into the myths and learn all about it. So I had a quick look on Amazon and found a few books that are now on their way home to me.
( Book details under the cut because this got a bit longer than I'd planned )
Is it too soon to start stalking the postman?
If the apocalypse comes, beep me
Aug. 1st, 2023 09:34 pmI don't know what it is about apocalypses that appeal to me but for as long as I can remember I've always enjoyed a good end of the world. I prefer a during or post-apocalypse to a dystopian - but I definitely did not enjoy living in the world of COVID.
I enjoy all kind of apocalypses: climatic, such as runaway climate change; natural, such as an impact event; man-made, such as nuclear holocaust; medical, such as a plague or virus, whether natural or man-made; or imaginative, such as zombie apocalypse or alien invasion.
I don't mind if the story involves attempts to prevent an apocalypse event, or if it's about dealing with the impact and consequences of the event itself. I also ones that are post-apocalyptic, and set after the event - either immediately after the catastrophe, focusing on the travails or psychology of survivors, the way to maintain the human race alive and together as one, or considerably later, often including the theme that the existence of pre-catastrophe civilization has been forgotten (or mythologized)
There's something about society collapsing slowly that grabs me and pulls me in. It's usually characterized by the decline of technology, abandoned cities full of wildlife. The surviving humans would be focused on food, shelter, and having to work together as a community rather than fighting or having to deal with whichever world ending event may be occurring.
One of my favourite TV scenes will always that scene in the first episode of The Walking Dead of Rick on horseback going down the highway - there's no movement, no sound other than the horses hooves. That scene is close to perfection.
Are you a post/apocalypse fan? Do you have any favourite scenes/s from books, movies or tv?
I enjoy all kind of apocalypses: climatic, such as runaway climate change; natural, such as an impact event; man-made, such as nuclear holocaust; medical, such as a plague or virus, whether natural or man-made; or imaginative, such as zombie apocalypse or alien invasion.
I don't mind if the story involves attempts to prevent an apocalypse event, or if it's about dealing with the impact and consequences of the event itself. I also ones that are post-apocalyptic, and set after the event - either immediately after the catastrophe, focusing on the travails or psychology of survivors, the way to maintain the human race alive and together as one, or considerably later, often including the theme that the existence of pre-catastrophe civilization has been forgotten (or mythologized)
There's something about society collapsing slowly that grabs me and pulls me in. It's usually characterized by the decline of technology, abandoned cities full of wildlife. The surviving humans would be focused on food, shelter, and having to work together as a community rather than fighting or having to deal with whichever world ending event may be occurring.
One of my favourite TV scenes will always that scene in the first episode of The Walking Dead of Rick on horseback going down the highway - there's no movement, no sound other than the horses hooves. That scene is close to perfection.
Are you a post/apocalypse fan? Do you have any favourite scenes/s from books, movies or tv?
