• Lussy [any, hy/hym]
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    2 days ago

    I’ll admit it, they were fun books to read back when I was a young shithead. I’d wait for their release with bated breath.

    I mean, yeah, dumb as fuck in retrospect especially considering all the insane things she’s said but they were the definition of easy read page turners for kids, like Boxcar children.

    Wish I could say I was weaving through House of Leaves at the age of 10 but it’s not my fault, blame my parentsshrug-outta-hecks

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]
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      2 days ago

      I really want to see a House of Leaves movie or TV series, but I don't know that it'd work. Part of that book's experience is the fourth wall breaks and how the text itself becomes another puzzle. It's almost like a graphic novel (literally) with how the words turn into images or how they're organized on the page. I think the closest I've seen to anyone else doing this is Vonnegut and comic books have played with fonts/typography for as long as they've been around.

      You would have a hard time re-creating this effect visually. I think they could try doing something fuckery like Bandersnatch on Netflix that was an interactive movie. Like watching House of Leaves messes with your TV.

      • Lussy [any, hy/hym]
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        2 days ago

        I think they could try doing something fuckery like Bandersnatch on Netflix that was an interactive movie.

        That would be reallh interesting. Or maybe a point and click video game would be a good format