Inklings // July 2025

Welcome to our July Inklings! I hope you've all been having a great summer! We've been busy getting ready for our county fair -- always so much fun. :)

As always, feel free to join any time here until the next prompt goes up! 💜 

Rules:

1. At any time during the month, on your own blog post a scene from a book or film that matches the prompt, including a link back here in your post.

2. Make sure to come back and leave a link to your entry in the box on this post. That's it!

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July's prompt is:

A sword dueling scene in book or film

Have you seen the 1987 Hazard of Hearts with Helena Bonham Carter and Marcus Gilbert? I discovered it earlier this year and it's actually rather delightfully funny because (though based on a more recently written story) it's all true gothic melodrama of the sort Jane Austen was spoofing in Northanger Abbey (ala The Mysteries of Udolpho etc). I think I've watched it twice already (some parts more than that ;)), because it's actually quite sweet!! Adorably sweet. 🥹 My mom enjoyed it too. Full disclosure, Edward Fox does play a truly despicable villain, but that definitely makes the ending duel immensely satisfying. 😅

And apologies. There aren't a lot of high quality pics out there, especially of the ending scenes. (The film quality itself is dated, but not this fuzzy. xD) But hopefully these give you an idea.  I really can't wait to review it one of these days and spill all the beans! 😄

Have you seen or heard of it?

You can pop your links below:

🌿 Have fun and can't wait to see what y'all come up with! 🌿