#marx talks

[superhell-survivor]

just so you guys know, Mags is sick, so i’m covering for him until he’s better :3

or at least until he wakes up & is coherent enough to ask for his comm back-

[marxqo]

started crying earlier because lawernce is so fine.

[kingoftheu]

It is the mid-1800s. You are Karl Marx. You have risen to prominence aming leftist circles, with your scathing attacks in contemporary Capitalism and Imperialism. You hear a knock on your front door. Your front door is shattered.

A very large black dragon, a veteran of the British Millitary, apologizes for the damage. His name is Temeraire, and he is a Member of Parliament.

He has read your work and wishes to discuss it with you.

[wren-of-the-woods]

I’m thinking about the parallels between Jaskier and Valdo Marx. I’m thinking about how Valdo plays a silly song about romance and sex at a ball just as Jaskier did all those years ago in Cintra, and I’m thinking about how Jaskier now sings songs about love and life that are incredibly full of feeling. I’m thinking about how, when the monster attacks, Valdo runs and Jaskier helps.

I’m thinking about how Jaskier has grown to be so much more than a simple bard, and how Valdo Marx highlights that.

[veveisveryuncool]

magolor's first attempt at a merry magoland was. not too hot.

[polliwoggers]

have I ever told you how much i adore the concept of clockwork stars. They're the perfect balance of whimsical and deeply, deeply ominous. long-forgotten technology you don't have the first clue toward understanding. easily the most powerful of the ancients' creations. control of even one of the miraculous comets is enough to make you a god. it will do exactly as you ask, but only once. be careful what you wish for.

to think that the ancients had both the drive and ability to fabricate a literal wishing star just... boggles me. why do they exist? for what purpose were they intended? why weren't there any safeguards? how could the ancients have disappeared if they had devices as powerful as these at their disposal? why would they let themselves disappear?… and why would they have allowed something so dangerous to continue to roam the galaxy, eons after they were gone?

it's a fairy. it's a supercomputer. it is the curling finger on the monkey's paw. it's the size of a planet. god, its size. it must be the largest foe kirby has ever fought. there's no contest. To even put a dent in it requires taking it down from the inside. intercepting its immune response, sabotaging its structural support, and failing to smother its eternal, mechanical heartbeat. the sheer scale of this monster! how marvelous it must be to see it in action! translating a request into code, initializing a wish. valves open, gears turn; a cacophony of metallic pings, booms, and clicks. it's the loudest sound you've ever heard. steam whistles from an opening as it boils into the vastness of space. you can't escape the sound, and you can't look away. you're dying. were you careful with what you wished for?

i think it's really fitting how a lot of fan content uses "Nova" as a stand-in for "God" when they want characters to swear to something. there are a lot of godlike characters in Kirby to choose from, a number of whom are actually acknowledged as gods to certain groups within the text of the games themselves -- Dark Nebula, Necrodeus, Void Termina. Not to mention all of the contenders for angel or demigod status. but, no, it's Nova that we swear to? A lifeless machine with no will of its own? a tool with no protections, that any entrepreneuring tyrant could use to make the universe contort to their liking? It just… really speaks to how awe-inspiring and terrifying clockwork stars actually are. there is no "BE NOT AFRAID" when it descends. it does not have the capacity to care how you feel. a simple ">READY" is all it will say. and, honestly, I think that's even scarier.

clockwork stars are the closest thing the kirby universe has to a doomsday device, and i can't get enough of it

[yokyoaaa]

Manga redraw!

Was trying to mimic the typical American comic book style, I think I focused a bit too much on the details-

From:

[yuri-for-businesswomen]

so embarrassing how many self proclaimed leftists/communists/anarchists are prioritising individual feelings and identity over structural class analysis based on material reality and dont realise that is in fact liberal ideology lmao

[bonnielunkas]

if your favorite character has ever been horribly misrepresented by the fandom at large, you may be entitled to financial compensation

[heydrangeas]

I don’t need to read marx I’ve read the neapolitan quartet by elena ferrante

[superhell-survivor]

guess who’s dumbass i just found passed out on the floor?

[heademptysimirror]

Star to star

Masterpost here!

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SCHOOL PROJECTS AND EXAMS ARE KILLING ME 😭

[thetorturedlovergirl]

wdym how Clara and Rose have the same role in The Doctor's life won't show up on the test I have on Monday??? Aww man you should have told me before now that I studied that :(((

[starsandnoodles]

Gore Warning for Below the Cut!!!

Still testing that new brush

This is what happens when you give me any kind of power

[veveisveryuncool]

I have a silly idea that I like. Susie has a deeply southern accent but likes to disguise it under text to speech.

THIS IS SO SILLYYY AWHNFNSNF susie using pretentious siri/alexa voices to distract from the fact that she regularly uses "y'all" and "ain't" in her mind

[daydreaming-ace]

Inspired By: "The path to inner peace starts with four words: not my fucking problem."