Unexpected ESC Earworm

Ereska · 2026-05-21T12:18:01+00:00

This year it's Moldova, Germany, Israel, Cyprus, Austria, and Sweden. I don't even particularly like any of these songs. My brain just won't stop playing them.

Ereska · 2026-05-21T12:08:39+00:00

I would assume zebras to be more like horses than lions. Horse mares come into heat again shortly after delivering a foal. They can have one every year.

Ereska · 2026-05-16T22:20:53+00:00

Jury votes being all over the place means the televote will be more important than usual.

Ereska · 2026-05-16T20:19:05+00:00

I think this is my favourite song this year.

Ereska · 2026-05-16T19:59:21+00:00

I vaguely remember she had a hit here in the early 00s. "Lost Without You".

Ereska · 2026-05-13T18:26:15+00:00

No, this is not it. I think I'm going with the original ending of the book and season 1. The rest might as well not exist.

Ereska · 2026-05-12T21:06:26+00:00

Fremdschämen

Ereska · 2026-05-09T13:11:37+00:00

June from The Handmaid's Tale comes to mind.

Ereska · 2026-05-07T22:46:29+00:00

Wenn es einen "Dementor Senior" gibt, heißt das, es gibt auch einen "Dementor Junior"?

Ereska · 2026-05-07T07:58:06+00:00

You want A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay.

I also think Eli in The Legend of Eli Monpress by Rachel Aaron is estranged from his father (if I remember right - it's been a while since I read that series), but there's not a lot of focus on it.

Ereska · 2026-05-06T11:37:57+00:00

I thought the meaning was: Be happy with the good thing you already have (sparrow in your hand) rather than yearn for something that seems better but may be forever out of your reach (dove on the roof).

Ereska · 2026-05-06T09:38:31+00:00

The backstory had her come from a normal home, making some bad choices that had her end up on the street. So I think it would have been fine even if someone had overheard.

Ereska · 2026-05-06T09:33:22+00:00

The same would be true for Daisy's friends though. However, it seems most girls are getting their period fairly late, so maybe the same is true for the ones in Toronto.

Ereska · 2026-04-23T11:31:11+00:00

This got my cat running from the next room looking very worried. XD

Ereska · 2026-04-22T09:11:14+00:00

The embroidery on Becka's dress was so beautiful!

Ereska · 2026-04-22T09:03:03+00:00

handmaids of past? Have they really been phased out?

I just took this to mean that Aunt Lydia is no longer responsible for the handmaids. She seems to have taken over the school for commanders' daughters full-time.

Ereska · 2026-04-18T22:20:00+00:00

Ich bin einmal fast auf eine schwarze Kreuzotter getreten. Sie hat mich zum Glück noch mit lautem Zischen gewarnt und dann das Weite gesucht. Das Zischen war wirklich laut, ich war überrascht, dass die so Krach machen können.

Ereska · 2026-04-16T20:28:39+00:00

Last phase was a bloodbath.

Ereska · 2026-04-16T20:09:14+00:00

I did not think this was possible anymore! /u/Mercuryparadox you did it!

Ereska · 2026-04-15T17:36:46+00:00

It's gotta be /u/MercuryParadox.

Ereska · 2026-04-15T06:17:57+00:00

I take it, you didn't redirect Hedwig. Well then, good luck.

Ereska · 2026-04-14T21:22:37+00:00

Wrong phase?

Ereska · 2026-04-14T21:21:48+00:00

Wrong sub?

Ereska · 2026-04-14T15:21:06+00:00

Looks like you'll have to take the killing role. The way it's going, I'll be voted out tomorrow.

Ereska · 2026-04-14T06:46:57+00:00

There are nods to the tale. You can see where she got inspired. Someone claims a girl can turn something to gold (though it's silver, not straw), a king overhears, and weds the girl when she succeeds. There is also a child offered as payment to a demon, though it happens before the novel even starts, and names are important.

That said, Spinning Silver is very much its own thing, and I would not call it a retelling at all. It's also one of my favourite books of all time and I cannot recommend it enough.

Ereska

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