Midnight Pals: Filmic Torment (Patreon)

Sapphire Lazuli: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, if you would, i call this the tale of the king in yellowHP Lovecraft: oh! this is my favorite!Lazuli: ah butLazuli: this is the tale of the king in yellow film adaptationLazuli: as it wereLazuli: but perhaps i'm getting ahead of myself

King: wow, a movie that makes you go insane to see it! now that's chilling!John Carpenter: i did that oneCarpenter: you guys all hated it!King: yeah but now we like itCarpenter:Carpenter: you motherfuckers

Lazuli: but what gives voice to a film?Lazuli: what makes the film Lazuli: Lazuli: King: Is that it? Where's the rest?Lazuli: i was pausingLazuli: there's a pause in itLazuli: what makes the filmLazuli:Lazuli: speak to us?

Lazuli: what makes the film speak to us?Lazuli: the stretching of transparent plastic strips straining tightly over projector reelsLazuli: for only through the torture of plastic strips can our entertainment be Lazuli: the whirring of reels belies the tormented agony of gelatin emulsion coating

Lazuli: butLazuli: would they squeal so deliciously if we shut off the projector?Lazuli: would they vibrate with the same erotic potential of our viewing pleasure?Lazuli: a delightfully decadent conundrumLazuli: is it not?

Lazuli: imagineLazuli: if you wouldLazuli: a woman trapped in a houseBarker: i can't imagine a woman trapped in a houseLazuli: ah well then perhaps a metaphor would help illustrate the situationLazuli: would it not?

Lazuli: imagineLazuli: if you wouldLazuli: that you were a guitar pickBarker: i cannot imagine thatPoe: clivePoe: clive let her finish

Lazuli: imagineLazuli: if you wouldLazuli: that you were a guitar pickLazuli: that fell inside a guitarLazuli: the strings of the guitarLazuli: the veritable bars of a prison of eonsLazuli: that guitar pick would be trappedLazuli: trapped inside that guitarLazuli: just like a woman trapped inside a houseLazuli: would it not?King: yeah that's right! i get it now!Barker: whatKing: yeah, she's trapped JUST like that guitar pick!King: yeah i totally get it!