The StoryTinker

Tora and Poppy leave the island and we learn that Tora used to drag race. Louise watches them leave in desperation. When Poppy takes photos of Tora to justify her “photoshoot” lie, she notices something off about a photo she took. They return to the island and find Louise, who in a daze, notices Tora’s Balthuman tattoo. 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮'𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁, @𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮.𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀.𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁.𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱: https://open.spot...

If you're looking for an incredibly profound story about human failings, guilty, mental health, trauma, and broken relationships, this is the story for you. Does it help that it comes along with a heaping pile of spice? Yes, it does. Comedown Machine by Amapora is one of the best webtoons I've ever read, and Emily, Lily and I were so glad to discuss the major themes of Season 1: self-hatre...

Tora and Poppy are out on the seas and Poppy is acting all cute. When the seas get rough, Tora gets stressed and snaps at Poppy, who, turns out, is only trying to get him a life jacket. Whoops. They reach the island and search for Louise. Poppy trips and Tora is an idiot about periods. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗮'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝟬𝟯: https://archiveofourown.org/users/AEgast/works *** 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻...

Poppy decides to ignore all the whispers and rushes after Tora, who is hesitating outside the store, owned by retired police. Poppy comes to the rescue and barges in, all cheery. The woman at the counter is skeptical of Tora, but Poppy jumps to his defense with a contradictory but semi-plausible story. He grabs her hand and this time she is the one to release it. The woman isn’t convinced but she...

Poppy struggles to acknowledge her Daddy issues as they discuss the viability of their body-search plan. They arrive at Narin City Southern Pier and see a shady boat rental, which Tora whizzes past. Popy gets excited by the couples event and then resigns herself to waiting in the car, but is excited when Tora recruits her help.  So excited that she is very loud, and receives Tora’s fingers shuttin...

Poppy and Tora screech their way into Ares Street. Duly guarded, Poppy receives a key from Tora but assures him that she will wait for him. Tora shows her his new tattoo on courage, one that Poppy inspired. They kiss, and Tora heads off to his mission. He pushes the frightened Patrick around, asking for the body. Meanwhile, a frightened Poppy is being harassed by a bunch of thugs surrounding the v...

Poppy asks Tora to help her investigate what happened to Louise. Tora tells her the extent of their interaction, and Poppy, determined to assuage Tora’s guilt, decides that she must pursue this. The ghost prompts them along by emitting smoke and banging on the message that says “Go!” Preparing to go, Poppy comes out wearing Jacob’s clothes, and Tora gives her safety warnings. In return for his hel...

We review Poppy’s very very very busy weekend, and slide straight into a very scary scene with Poppy in a car surrounded by menacing thugs. At the same time, we see a scrummy motel with some “lovebirds” and an impatient future lovebird interrupted by a tall man wearing a very hot helmet. We go back to earlier that evening, where Poppy asks Tora if he’s serious about having killed Gil’s wife, Louis...

Bundin was in the area, so we decided to ask each other 10 fun #PurpleHyacinth questions! What did you answer for the questions? Let us know! #PurpleHyacinthWebtoon #Webtoon *** 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝘆𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗻: https://www.webtoons.com/en/mystery/purple-hyacinth/list?title_no=1621&page=1 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗻: https://www.patreon.com/sophism 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝗧𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗻: https://www...

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗱-𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗲!  In the moment of duress, Kym finally shoots at a rope which knocks over the PS member about to cut Will into kingdom come. Will notices Kym's distress - she is crying.   Lauren, in the factorycoughwarehouse, comes face to face with Demon Dylan, who bullies her and tells her she is a coward for not facing the fact of his death.   Aboard the ship, the APD se...

Two men enter Lauren's room while we continue hearing March's lying words. Lauren recognizes Zephyr from the Circus Royale, attacks both with a toilet seat, and escapes.    Meanwhile Will and Kym work together to take out a sniper, with March NOT COVERING FOR THEM THAT LIAR and sneaking down to the hold, for what purposes we don't know. Kym is delighted to swing off the crow's nest, but when Will...

Kym and Will ty to pretend that March didn't just straight up lie to them, and jump into the fight, where March is fighting along with the rest of them. Kym and Will exchange a sweet look during the fight, which makes us want lots more of them.   Lauren thinks back to March's words in the cemetery and to Hecate warning her about a betrayal from someone close to her. We debate if March is the...

Turns out Lauren is actually being cautious, and is holed up with a radio in a dingy room. She contemplates Kieran's worry for her, and makes a logical jump straight to the protectee.   We see that she suspects it's Dylan, but can't bring herself to ask.   She hears about March's supposed double agent status, and is immediately suspicious, reviewing their recent conversations in her mind.   The sh...

The Phantom Scythe holds a very revealing meeting, in which we learn that they are aware of Lauren and Kieran's indisgressions.... but the leader has his own plans for them.    Redcliff shares (part!) of his experience and plan for the royals with the PS, but, like LITERALLY everyone, we have no idea whose side he is on, aside for his own.    The leader walks out with Apostle 4...

William is with the Darcys, trying to comfort the, and brings up the possibility that the murder was staged.    Meanwhile, Lauren, who is very good at following instructions, keep herself on the down low by walking through the town square, picking up a paper about last night's arrests. Oh, look, she isn't actually being followed! This time.   She very cautiously goes straight to the...

We begin with the APD making arrests, and move to a broken Bella about to step out. Her plans are thwarted, though, by the APD, who mange to capture and tranquilize her.   Tristan meets with Sandman in his cell and thanks him for his information.   Bella, during interrogation, doesn't (yet) give away Kieran's identity, but does reveal that she was about to kill him. We worry about him! &...

We are screaming puddles.   On the bridge, Kieran admits to Lauren that Lauren gave him hope, but that he is scared that the Phantom Scythe will use Lauren to blackmail him. Lauren 𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 to comfort him, and he accepts it.    But Kieran continues telling her he is terrified that he will lose her - and 𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗸. This is where we scream incoher...

In which all our predictions come true!   We see Kieran in the mirror, flashing us back to his last mirror trauma, and seem to prepare for his assassination... only to invade Lauren's room instead.   In wonderful contrast to all his previous experiences, Kieran turns to Lauren for help.    They pay a nocturnal visit to Darcy, who is delighted to participate in her own kidnappin...

The scene opens on a magnificent home. A piercing scream is heard. The household rushes to the source of the scream only to see a maid, horror-stricken, pointing at Darcy's bedroom. It is blood smeared, and a heart lies on the bed near a purple hyacinth.   At the APD, Lauren and Will overhear the details of the murder. They are both horrified, and Will rushes out of the room.   Over at R...

In honor of Blood Origin's release, we finally publish our interview with Witcher actor Chuey Okoye (filmed back in March!), talking about his acting career and his time on the Witcher set.   𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗲𝘆'𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗠𝗗𝗕 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲! https://www.bwone.com/author/cokoye/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6997654/   *** 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗳𝗹𝗶𝘅: https://www.netflix.com/title/80189685   𝗦...

Things go full circle. Kieran and Lauren have a date at the very cafe where he first saw her. This time, Lauren is having a great time, and no lies are said. Their date is magnificent and we drool. And wonder if they are being watched.   At the palace, the naive king is shocked, shocked I tell you, to learn that Redcliff is an apostle. The king suspects Stephan who confirms himself to be as a...

Dakan and Tristan talk about the operation and the PS mole. We debate. Dakan asks Lauren to be careful and we think she will try - for about five minutes.   Lauren sits in Hermann's office, anxious, when March comes in. They have a very red-filled conversation about the Phantom Scythe and Snapdragon, and we try to sus out March's angle. Lots of live detective work going on!   March is about to ope...

Kym and Will have a sweet conversation and exchange sweet looks in the hospital, just before Blaire is poisoned and the APD conduct a two hour search for the killer.   A proud Kieran comes to check up on Lauren, and speculates as to whether Hermann or March is the mole. We speculate as well.    Meanwhile, Tristan is at the Devil's mine, and finds the weapons cache in a deep chasm. *** 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗹𝗲...

Lauren, March and will encounter the messenger tousling with Blair. Will runs after the messenger only to discover it is none other than his brother Rafael. DRAMA.   At the hospital, detective Lauren interrogates Blair and builds her case to great success, garnering even Herman's approval. She not only gets him to admit his guilt but also discovers the location of the Phantom Scythe weapons cache....

Kym remembers good times with her sister Daena, and cries over Will's music box gift.   Lauren inspects Morgan's room and discovers there is more to her than she realized. She interrogates numerous people, using her lie-detecting skills to uncover people who she will have to return to later.   Despite some people's reticence, she manages to uncover Morgan's killer, only to dodge a bullet when goin...