Carrie Quinn
Bio
I will take on all aspects of popular culture because we feel you can geek out about anything.
I will be posting some creative stories, poetry, hot takes, maybe a little bit of geek news, opinion, and topics related to pop culture.
Stories (6/0)
Vampire Romeos and the Women Who Love Them
When I first set out to research and write this article, I was looking to see if I could find logic in the story of Twilight. Twilight being the movie derived from the novel of the same name by Stephanie Meyer that tells the story of “Plain Jane” Bella Swan and her extraordinary vampire boyfriend, Edward, that became entangled in each other’s lives when he found something extraordinary in her.
By Carrie Quinn10 months ago in Geeks
The Ashley Madison Affair on Hulu
If there was ever a time that adultery was trendy; it would be the time of the heyday of extra-marital affair dating site Ashley Madison. The site that started in 2001, and is still operational today, despite the setbacks of a 2015 cyber hack that ruined lives, was the place to go before Tinder for discrete hookups outside of your marriage. In a new three-part Hulu Original Series done by ABC News Studios, we are exposed to the history of the site from its meager beginnings to rise to infamy and the events surrounding a cyber security hack that most assumed would play the part of its demise.
By Carrie Quinn10 months ago in Geeks
Generation Joker 1- How to Hijack a Batmobile
The following is a spoiler laden review of Batman White Knight Presents: Generation Joker 1; a DC Comics Black Label comic book written by creative team: Katana Collins, Clay McCormack, Sean Murphy, Mirka Andolfo, and Alejandro Sanchez.
By Carrie Quinn12 months ago in Geeks
The Servant of The Morrigan
I think I stood there and stared at the dead raven on the sidewalk for at least a minute. It was lying there like the gods struck it down mid-flight because it was a rogue and vagabond agent of The Morrigan. It was like they thought that it strayed away too far from the battle due to blindness. They couldn’t have it wandering off and picking up some random person on the street to take with them.
By Carrie Quinn12 months ago in Fiction
Scotland and Her Bonnie Prince Charlie- "Skye Boat Song"
When you watch an episode of Starz hit television show, Outlander, you are treated to an, edited for time, version of "Skye Boat Song" performed by Bear McCreary feat. Raya Yarbrough. This is a song that was written about a historical event, and is considered a folk song in Scotland that has been recorded a number of times since it was written. Written in the 19th century by Sir Harold Boulton, the song's lyrics told the story of the escape of Scotland's Bonnie Prince Charlie to the Isle of Skye following the Jacobite Revolution's defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Bonnie Prince Charlie, with the aide of the sympathies of Flora MacDonald, said to be disguised as a maid was able to obtain the passes needed to make the trip to the Isle of Skye where he continued movement to avoid capture.
By Carrie Quinn12 months ago in Geeks
