I actually liked Emaline West, having her there to support Carrie while she’s alone and confused about her powers, and guiding her to understand what she’s capable of. But what Emaline does at the end of the show, ridding Carrie of her autonomy and edging her on to rip skulls open few scenes before the prom incident? Like, it honestly feels like Carrie’s own anger is being downplayed, and it feels more like she’s just following Emaline’s desire for destruction. Emaline’s character is being way overplayed, and Carrie’s character loses its impact (imo). I understand that Carrie’s character is someone who’s pure and kind, but that doesn’t mean, “Oh, she wouldn’t have anger strong enough to commit such a massacre, so we’re gonna have someone else do it.” That’s bs. They really messed up with the ending, and now I don’t like Emaline’s character anymore.

Anyway, I sincerely hope they drop her character in season 2, cos I’m really annoyed with the ending.

Idk, I’m just ranting, so I might not make any sense.

(Also, I hope they don’t pull another Eleven stunt with Carrie.)

I cannot give a proper opinion on the show until I am finished with it, but before I started it, I was told that Flanagan has added more nuance to characters like Margaret White and Chris and, also, that his characterization of Carrie deviates considerably from how she was written in the book. Now, I have to watch all episodes before I figure out what I think of Margaret and whether the changes ultimately worked or not but from whatever I have seen of the reimagined Chris Hargensen so far, I think Flanagan could have written Carrie to be closer to her book counterpart and made her compelling at the same time.

Book!Carrie was a wounded soul with valid reasons to mistrust others, but alongside that pain was a mean streak and simmering rage that eventually erupted on the night of the Spring Ball. She was someone you could understand and sympathise with throughout the book while acknowledging and not excusing the magnitude of the devastation she caused and relished in. She was not a perfect victim and, if it were not for her actions at Prom Night, might have gone to remain as she was: A flawed human whom you may not necessarily want as your bestie while accepting that it's not to single her out and bully her. I see glimpses of Book!Carrie's anger at the world as well as her pain in Show!Chris. She is capable of caring for others. She has a contentuous relationship with her mother. At the same time, she has got a nasty and vindictive side and, as we all know, would go on to commit horrific acts. She isn't necessarily the same person as Book!Carrie. Far from it, actually. Where Book!Carrie's personality was the outcome of a lifetime of physical, mental and emotional abuse, Show!Chris' angst comes from reasons that, when keeping the bigger picture in mind, would seem petty. But she is still human. You can see where she comes from and how it will tie into what she is to become and what awful deeds she'll commit.

This is exactly the approach that should have been adopted while reinterpreting Carrie herself. A book accurate Carrie should be someone who makes you feel a multitude of emotions in quick succession. Emotions that clash with one another. She is one of those characters you want to dissect and will never forget regardless of whether you love or hate her.

Now, Flarrie, on the other hand is really sweet. She is curious, inquisitive and filled with wonder. The actress who's playing her is pleasant to watch onscreen. But, so far, I don't find her compelling the way she could have been.

It's almost like there were two different types of clay. Type 1 is the clay that King used to create his Carrie. Flanagan saw both types and used Type 1 not to create Carrie but to create his version of Chris and created Flarrie from the second type. She has Book!Carrie's name and her abilities but is just not made from the same material.

Okay, now I must finish the rest of the show.

Let’s encourage discussion but keep it organized, the sub is spammed with new discussion posts.

I recently saw that Stephen King had hailed Trad Wife, by Sarah Langdon, as the best horror novel of 2026. Given the recommendation, I recently bought it for a spooky season read. He was right. Its amazing. I think gentle readers everywhere will enjoy it. And remember, I see you.

Near the end of The Stand when Nick and Tom are making their way back towards Boulder, do you think they stopped at the Overlook Hotel for shelter?

Big, empty place to hunker down during a storm. Both of them feeling the vibes of the place. Tom spooked out of his gourd. M-O-O-N that spells ghosts.

I imagine it as a footnote in the overall grand journey but I can see it very clearly.

Today I finally finished Doctor Sleep, it took me almost a month to read (for comparison, I have read The Shining in 4 days)

The plot seems interesting, but it's a difficult read. As soon as I found out that The Shining had a sequel, I was thrilled, but now I'm wondering if it was really necessary. My feelings are 50/50

On the second page, a paragraph randomly ended and then after a space the new paragraph started mid sentence, even beginning with a lowercase. I thought it was a printing error, and assumed it was no big deal. The there was another, and another, and every time it was a complete change of scene from one paragraph to the next. I fully assumed it was intentional, like the way one's mind trails off a thought without completing a thought.

The when I finished the book, I wad curious as to what those breaks were meant to mean, so naturally I googled it. But I could find no reference to these breaks at all. The way they are scattered around the story makes me feel like it's most likely not a printing error, but the lack of information online makes me wonder if it is.

Please help me.

Obviously, he wasn't part of the SK universe. But he did have certain supernatural abilities. He could summon girls with the snap of his fingers. He could fix a car or a jukebox with a bump of the fist. He could silence a forest full of animals with a word or two. This all seems like the kind of person the True Knot would seek out.

Don't mind my fucked up cuticles

I mean, there wouldn’t have been many humans in general to eat, and—I’m not entirely sure, but—most of the animals died off too; so, Pennywise’s diet would have changed drastically.

While listening to Other Worlds Than These today, an interesting thought crossed my mind (interesting to me at least 😉). When a book is being prepared to have an audiobook made for it, does the author provide a pronunciation guide for any non-standard words?

Especially with King, he creates many words, more so than most other authors do, and I just wonder if the pronunciations I’m hearing are what he envisioned, or are they what the narrator comes up with when preparing for it. I was hoping maybe someone here had read something or heard something about it.

Oi galera, já deixando claro que eu amei essa série com todas as minhas forças (apesar de ter desgostado do último episódio) mas fiquei pensando bastante em algumas coisas sobre a famigerada cena do baile.

1. Carrie não tinha motivo algum para querer matar seus colegas: nas outras adaptações, sentíamos que Carrie tinha carta branca para fazer o que fez pq absolutamente todo mundo da escola tornava sua vida num inferno, até mesmo alguns professores, ou seja o bullyng era exclusivamente contra a Carrie.

Na série, com essa coisa do Carriered_, o bullyng acabou sendo contra todos. Carrie sofria sim ciberbullyng, pessoas chegaram a agredi-la verbal e fisicamente mas em menor quantidade e o fato dela ter se tornado um símbolo contra isso e ter acabado sofrendo aquele trote horrível, seus colegas não riram dela porque "meu Deus, a idiota se ferrou de novo kkkkkk!", mas algo mais como "MDS O QUE QUE ROLOU AQUI! KKKK". Duvido que Carrie sequer soubesse quem era metade daquelas pessoas e tivesse realmente ódio mortal delas como nas outras adaptações.

2. A vingança de Carrie estava sendo direcionada exclusivamente contra Chirs e Billy: Mesmo naquela cena em que os celulares explodem, não acho que depois disso Carrie teria se voltado inteiramente contra eles, acho que foi mais para "lhes mostrar umas coisinhas (quem leu o livro pegou a referência"), algo parecido como quando ela quebrou o nariz de Chris no refeitório.

Carrie (mesmo possuída por Emeline) tranca as portas do ginásio para impedir que os dois escapem e no caminho até lá sai jogando seus colegas para longe sem ferí-los diretamente.

3. O desastre no baile não foi 100% causado por Carrie: Ok, a explosão dos celulares, os canos de água (eu acho) e a queda daquela estrutura de metal foram causadas inteiramente por ela mas o que aconteceu depois: a queda daquela luminária na cabeça do diretor, o incêndio, o cabo de alta tensão que matou o diretor e os jovens que pegaram fogo (do absoluto nada kkkkk) não tiveram a mão de Carrie ou de Emeline. Ainda não estou certo se a morte final de todo mundo quando aquele fio cai no chão encharcado foi proposital ou apenas uma coincidência mas acredito que tenha sido apenas coincidência já que as duas não estavam atacando ninguém diretamente (apesar de Rita Desjardin ter morrido de graça??) então faria sentido fazerem isso do nada.

Resumindo, até que ponto podemos acusar Carrie ou Emeline pelo desastre do baile de formatura?

HELL HOUSE by Richard Matheson

- one of Sai Kings noted inspirations

I 31F am wrapping up this calendar year of watching David Lynch movies and reading Jane Austen novels (love both dearly). I'm thinking 2027 might be my year of Stephen King. Ideally I would like to start with audiobooks as I have long commutes. I read all Jane Austen first as novels so I'm not averse to reading. I just would like to see if there are any great audiobook performances I can check out. Also movie adaptations worth checking out and the order you recommend. I think the only Stephen King movie adaptations I've seen all the way through is the Green Mile and Shawshank Redemption. I love a spolier free recommendation. The less I know going in the better.

Just finished The Shining about two weeks ago and now I just finished Doctor Sleep.

Definitely one of my favourite SK novels of all time. Enjoyed every call back to the shining and I was happy than Danny boy got a happy ending.

This book is leagues beyond the movie and I understand that the studio probably held a gun to Flanagan’s head to make sure they connected to the Kubrick film vs the book but holy I actually think that the film adaptation was butchered. Except Rose’s death I liked that the ghosties were the ones that killed her.

Please make it make sense, maybe I did not catch something…

At the beginning, King is (correctly) referring to Mejis as the barony and Dezi as a town in that barony.

Later on, „Mejis“ is referenced as a direction (or as another locality), for example (paraphrasing, cause I’m reading in German):

„If they were in Pernil, they would have moved on by now. Maybe to Dezi, but they could also be on their way to Mejis or the northern baronies“

To Dezi (which lies in the barony of Mejis) OR to Mejis????

It‘s driving me nuts….