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affirmations

i am a complex organism brutally engineered by uncaring forces of nature

i am a product of billions of years and trillions of deaths

i am building a machine greater than myself

i am able to make phone calls and appointments

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Both Batman and Brucie Wayne are drag personas. Burcie and Batman both represent exaggerated depictions of masculinity. There is a bit of truth in both of them, but through the aid of a personal or mask he can practice those aspects of himself without having to be as vulnerable. But Batman is one of the most honest authentic examples of camp within his own universe and that’s why the joker hates him so much.

“Pure Camp is always naïve. Camp which knows itself to be Camp (‘camping’) is usually less satisfying “. Due to the fact that Batman as a persona is an honest attempt at dramatic seriousness with a lofty ambition of being a vigilante while dressing like a fucking bat, there is admirable humanity behind it. It’s honestly.

Camp succeeds because the audience can respect the art for having the courage to be vulnerable and ambitious even when the audience (citizens of gotham) lacks the courage. The joker wants so bad to be seen as campy and interesting that he just comes off as an annoying class clown that’s begging for attention and to be seen as interesting. The joker isn’t connecting with an audience because he has no apparent reason for his actions and no motivation the audience can empathize with beyond his own pathological need to be noticed.

In this essay I will



i'm so behind on everything but i saw another "bruce is the mask batman is the real person" take today so please everyone consult the graphic before i cause a national security emergency

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Another banger from /r/stupiddovenests - at least the tag is appropriate this time

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"everybody hates me" factoid actually just a statistical error. The average person doesn't hate you, especially not your friends. You, a person who sits in your room experiencing self loathing every day, are an outlier adn should not have been counted.

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I am a WHORE for “the love is requited, they’re both just idiots”

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Is it for attention or is it for engagement. Doing something to feel seen and connect with other people is fundamental. (Not that attention is a bad reason but I think most of the time people are actually doing things for human engagement.)

i do write for attention, actually, because that's a normal reason to create art

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This is for all the people making gifts. It’s actually go time now. You will not knit a scarf on December 20th successfully

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the "canon isn't real we make our own rules" to "i am begging you people to revisit the source material" pipeline

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Devastating! Art museum gift shop doesn’t sell prints of specific and unpopular painting that struck a cord with you!

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tbh i think the funniest phenomena that's been happening in the last couple years is "youtuber, having gone too deep into the research hole, has been made an investigative journalist against their will"

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Frank Paton - Witness my Act and Deed (1882)

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Remember that one time Merlin called Arthur a toad then said magic was outlawed so he’d never turn into a handsome prince?

What if he kept doing that casually, as his way of showing Arthur magic can be useful.

For example:

Arthur: do you ever wish there was a way to start fires without needing to gather firewood?

Merlin: there is. Your father outlawed it.

Arthur: there must’ve been a reason. Fire can be dangerous if it gets out of control.

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And he tries to defend it, but it doesn’t hold up and over time Arthur starts just making sarcastic comments instead of actual defenses

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Arthur: torches are so inconvenient. We need a better way to make light that can keep hands free for swords or other weapons.

Merlin: Magic, but it’s illegal so you’re stuck with carrying a torch.

Arthur: last time I needed light because you were dying it wasn’t evil.

Merlin: well, it’s unfortunate that you don’t know how to use magic then, sire.

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Until he just can’t defend it

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Arthur: six weeks?! I can’t miss six weeks of training for a broken foot! Is there some way to speed it up? Or just… fix it now?

Gaius: I don’t think-

Merlin: yes.

Gaius, who knows Merlin’s plan: *sigh*

Arthur: Thank god. Do it then.

Merlin: No. It’ll land us all on the pyre and I’m quite fond of, y’know, breathing, so suck it up.

Arthur: why is that kind of magic illegal? Surely healing isn’t evil.

Gaius: what you ask is treason, sire. Please be cautious.

Arthur: …

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Merlin: who knows? Maybe all the bandits will decide to magically take a day off so you can go hunting without being hunted.

A few hours later, being chased through the woods by bandits:

Arthur: non magic sucks!

Merlin: yep. You can always repeal the ban once you’re king!

Arthur: huh… you know, I think I will.

Merlin: great, pardon my treason then. *magically knocks out the bandits and summons their horses and Arthur’s weapons back*

Arthur: THIS WHOLE TIME?!

Merlin: yep.

Arthur: …

Arthur: I can’t believe that worked.

Merlin: me neither, to be honest, sire.

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Then they both laugh about it and Arthur repeals the ban, magic is free, Morgana is never evil, Agravaine doesn’t exist, and Mordred comes back to Camelot and gets therapy.