#mexico 50s

[itsblasttothepast]

Checo's spirit animal right here

[vi-ntage]

[whatexactlyisoobleck]

BOOOOO YOU COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH MEXICO SO YOU MADE SOME UP even the commentator said they didn't see any fault

[retroactivosigue]

Elvis Presley - Hound Dog

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[aolechan]

#me judging eps 50-56 ale smh

[magicturtle]

Can I ask your opinion of a RPG writing trope? I listen to a podcast “System Mastery”, that reviews old RPGs that are no longer in print or first editions of RPGs that are on new editions now. One of the things they can’t stand is the trope of American Indians and Mexicans reverting to horse back, tepees, human sacrifice, worshipping spirits, building pyramids, and etc…. after some kind of apocalypse happens or they go out into the stars or different dimension. Something happens to separate them from the “white men .” They find the idea preposterous and pretty cringey because these books are written by white men usually and show an idolized version of the “noble savage”. They feel, why would natives give up cars, modern medicine, houses, roads, and bunch of other modern things just because there has been some kind of reset.

I can see that point. And I can think of all the games I have seen that trope, Shadowrun and Gamma World are good examples. I have also seen it in some other sci fi games. Interestingly White Wolf has a version of this in the world of darkness setting. The supernatural creatures are worshipped as gods or spirits by the natives. Werewolves by shamans and vampires as descendants of the bloody gods of the Aztecs. On the surface this all does seem ridiculous and can be dismissed as all just being fiction.

However, there is a lot of resentment by natives of having their culture, beliefs, language and so much more being stripped away by people that are invaders. Would they gladly undo the negatives and positives that were introduced by these invading cultures if given the chance? Would they rebuild what they lost just as it once was? I have read some articles and seen some videos about Latin American gangs worshiping their version of the old Aztec gods. And new gods that they have invented for the current times. There are also less violent new gods that have been invented. I saw how some of the old Mayan shamans are keeping the old beliefs alive in the rural parts of central America. And how there is still a lot of blending of native beliefs and Catholic beliefs throughout Latin America.

What do you think? Is there a long simmering longing for the old ways just below the surface just waiting to be released by some sort of catastrophic event?

To this day colonized peoples either maintain their old beliefs or hold some syncretized version. All you have to do is look at the way the Loa or the Orishas survived in the Caribbean, the supplicants of heretical saints like Santa Muerte, or culturally negotiated holidays like Carnaval or Dia de Muertos. Often white people in the US don’t know much about these current practices because A) they don’t care and B) many are private or even secret. Instead our cool, white dude writers and game designers focus on what they DO know, the ancient history of these groups. This is why white coded populations evolve, but non-white coded ones “revert”. It would be nice to see someone who actually knows these groups extrapolate current cultures into futurism, post apocalypse or “returned magic”. I haven’t read Coyote and Crow, but I hear that’s what they’re going for.

I will say that even in the defense of marginalizes groups being “reverted” there is a clear bias. Why would a community give up cars? …Are cars good? Can we honestly look at our communities, our cities, our environment, and unequivocally say, “this is clearly a net good for the world”? Traditional medicine is also frequently shot down by “logical people” until decades in, scientists “discover” analgesic or antibiotic properties. Isn’t it great that we’ve started unlocking the potential of cannabis only 1000 years after the Nahua were using it medicinally?

Hope this addresses your question.

Thanks for writing in!

[vintage-tigre]

[torturedpoetskywalker]

"como el deseo que arde lento con mi fuego."

ROBERTA PARDO REY (REBELDE - 2004)

→ my top 50 fictional characters [07/50]

[pinkflipphonez]

• albuquerque, nm

gathering of nations was a surreal experience. I don't think I've been around so many other natives in my life, and that includes northern and aboriginal natives! it is an unforgettable experience. also knowing I was in the same room as northern cree and young spirit makes me fangirl embarrassingly.

[babsggordon]

|| Does someone remember that in gotham knights, the Talons were kind of Zombies... and Halloween is coming up... and so...||

|| should we make a mini event with Talon zombies for halloween?||

[cinedeoromexicano1920]

Antonio Aguilar y María Félix en ~ La Cucaracha ~ ( 1958 )

[sweetiepootato]

Cha Cha Cha is number 4 of viral songs in Mexico 🎉🎉🎉

Käärijä's world domination has just started 💚

[vi-ntage]

[retroactivosigue]

The Goyo's Cats - Rock de las campanas

[callmeanxietygirl]

Curiosidades México 🇲🇽

El antiguo billete de 50 pesos que tenia plasmado a los pescadores en el Lago de Pátzcuaro, de fondo la Isla de Janitzio, así como mariposas monarca y máscaras de Los Viejitos

Sin duda es un billete de los más bonitos

📷 Scott Traveling

[jaimeblancarte]

@jaimeblancarte Querétaro, Qro. 2024