#adam abram

[emiliefitch]

Gerhard Wilhelm von Reutern, Abraham Sacrificing Isaac (1849) | Cain, José Saramago (tr. Margaret Jull Costa) | Carvaggio, The Sacrifice of Isaac (1602) | "Sun-bleached Flies", Ethel Cain | Carvaggio, The Flagellation of Christ (1607) | @tojisun | Adam Abram, Gethsemane

[immanuelillustrative]

a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief - Isaiah 53:3 Artwork: Christ in Gethsemane. @adamabram_art

[artist-issues]

I just NEED everyone to agree with me that Rey's parents are nobody. We should all agree about that. We should collectively, as an audience, say, "clearly the best idea was to have Kylo Ren be a dynastic heir to the major legends of the Force who wants to throw off his family's shadow, while his rival is nobody from nowhere who wants to belong--so we're going to stick with that."

And then, what should have happened is, Rey can finish her story by being able to say, "My parents might have abandoned me, but that doesn't mean I'm worthless." And eventually Kylo Ren can say, "My family might have been powerful, but I don't have to be," and all those other things that they can bounce off of each other as great foils.

It can keep being a good story about accepting past failures and choosing to grow beyond them.

Let's just all collectively ignore Rey Skypatine because of how silly that was. I mean. If they can just ignore the setups in the previous movie, we can ignore their choices in the conclusion. Right?? Right? Tell me I'm right

[nmoroder]

ah, i wish i could become your shadow

[virtie333]

RIP Gary Fisher

I bet your mom is happy to see you!

[howdyadoitsnatty]

[archivist-dragonfly]

Book 472

Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s

Adam Rowe

Abrams 2023

Another new book from Abrams. We’ve gotten to the point in publishing where, if you’re like me and like large-format art books, you need to get used to the idea of buying them when they are released. Fewer and fewer publishers are taking the risk of releasing art books, and they are staying in print for shorter and shorter periods of time. So, when I heard about this book, I made a point of getting myself a copy, and I’m glad I did. While my preference in vintage book cover art leans more toward the pulp era, it is the 70s covers that I find myself the most familiar and nostalgic. Featuring some all-time greats—Frazetta, Vallejo, Elson, Emshwiller, Mead, the Dillons, et al—and divided into subject categories such as spaceships, cities and landscapes, plants, animals, aliens, fantasy realms, and cryptozoology, this is a beautiful and very welcome look at an incredibly creative, experimental, and occasionally ridiculous sci-fi decade.

[sentienttoastah]

Spoilers for the last days of Lobotomy Corporation

Do the other versions of Ayin look similar in kiwi form to him? Or do they all have little quirks like X having a paper stuck to his face, Abel having a little bird splint as a cane, Abram being a messy matted kiwi ball surrounded by alcohol bottles, and Adam just being albino?

Pretty much yeah. Different shades of black and yellow too I guess? But yeah basically. Also X is kind of smaller than the others, and fluffier. I like X :)

Imagine splitting yourself into multiple people though couldn’t be me….. —A system.

The Ayinlings

[sdbk-0201]

old arts

[gleesonarchive]

'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' was released 9 years ago!

Here's a fanmade, colorized version of the infamous tableread.

[cryscendo]

As long as I know I have love, I can make it.

@giftober 2024 | day 11: orange

[proudgleek]

GLEE ( 2009 - 2015 )

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[angelhummel]

[artist-issues]

"Rian Johnson was mocking Star Wars fans for expecting Star Wars tropes in TLJ!"

No. Star Wars fans just happened to have the exact same flaw that the character, Rey, had: too much focus on her parents. That made her easy to relate to. But the whole point, down to the first movie she was introduced in (which WASN'T written by Rian Johnson) was that her parents were never important.

Star Wars fans should've expected that reveal. It was already set up. Maz literally tells Rey in the first movie to quit focusing so much on her parents. The filmmakers literally told you "she's wrong to put so much stock in who her parents are" in The Force Awakens. He just carried that theme on and y'all weren't ready for it because you never wanted to accept it in the first place.

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Same thing with Snoke. Kylo Ren was introduced as a character who only wants one thing: strength. He thinks that strength will solve his emotional frailty. He's insecure. (Because reasons, to do with his family and their lack of faith in him.) Rey straight-up discovers that his biggest fear is "never being as strong as Darth Vader" and says it out loud so that the audience will get it.

You really think, when he was introduced as a character who believes killing mentor-father-figures will make him feel stronger and therefore more secure, that Snoke ever had a chance of getting past the second movie alive?

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They straight-up introduced these characters with certain flaws, which lead to certain motives, which so happen to lead to different conclusions than common Star Wars fan theories.

Because that's the beauty of the Sequels. They acknowledge the legendary status of the Original Trilogy Tropes, then grow beyond those tropes.

Or at least. They were starting to. Until Star Wars fans threw continued hissy fits because they didn't want a story, they wanted a 💫 Star Wars Checklist Cleverly Disguised as a Story.💫

Then the powers-that-be were like "okay they're really not looking for a good story, just give 'em the checklist they were looking for." And you got exactly that in The Rise of Skywalker.

But Rian Johnson wasn't mocking you. He was just taking the next logical, compelling step in the previously-established arcs of well-written characters. And carrying on the Sequel's initial trademark of "appreciate the past by growing beyond it." Y'know. Like a good writer.

[cent-scratchnsniff]

elaborate self hate and ungodly amounts of yapping. underneath is just the main ones without text on it