Just watched the last unicorn again..
Contemplating life now.
2 notes
·
View notes
Love that Oppenheimer is a deeply disturbing horror movie about a man forced to accept that he is, in a person, the representative manifestation of mankind’s evil in committing one of the greatest horrors of human history - LITERALLY acting as the modern Prometheus, tormented by his sins for the remainder of time. Knowing that he will never be pitied and his actions will forever be utterly unforgivable because the blood of genocide and the potential of total human annihilation will eternally drip from his hands.
But also the simultaneous indictment by the film that to blame a single person for the Manhattan Project is to refuse to accept your own capacity for great evil if the ends ever seem to justify the means, and the culpability of every member of a species that lets itself create something so unspeakably terrible.
Hate that twitter’s take on such a nuanced and brilliantly handled examination of those issues is “movie bad because protagonist not evil enough.”
6K notes
·
View notes
it is quite funny to me as someone who studies philosophy and has had to have the conversations that bh and ludinus have been having many times over and often with people who like ludinus do not have any reading comprehension and truly like. the notion of “this shouldn’t exist” is almost always one that comes up regardless of whether it’s a discussion on the metaphysics of a potential God(s) or divinity, high political powers, or vehicles of systemic oppression. and what anyone who cares about people more than their ideals (even, sometimes, ideals that started out being about people but quickly come to be about the ideals themselves) realizes very quickly in a philosophical discussion about what should and shouldn’t exist is that it does not matter if what you’ve decided ‘shouldn’t’ exist does in fact already exist. like that tends to be the difference between sociopolitical philosophy that actually has teeth and substance in the world — a willingness to engage with the world as it is, not as it should be. because you can have the perfect image of a just and wonderful future world, but if you do not at every step reckon with the unjust world from which you are aiming at that future, you’re doing nothing. ideals are helpful because they aim us toward goals and hopes, but they’re nothing without a reality that grounds them.
and so people like ludinus, who in the real world would play the role of a graduate student with critical thinking skills that make every professor he comes across question how he arrived at his level of study, they don’t have Wrong ideals, there’s obviously plenty of reasons why an exandria without gods might in fact be a better place for mortals (there are also many Many reasons why it would not). but ludinus has also chosen his ideals to weigh heavier than the mortals he claims to uphold them with. i think ashton is also interesting, because i think a lot of their positions have a fun fluctuation between being ideal focused and person focused, where sometimes they’re focused on how unfair life is in a very nihilistic position, and at other times they seem quite clear about how much ideals help no one if they’re not second to the desire to help others. and i think that made their role in the convo with ludinus in 102 especially interesting and irritating (but in a narratively fulfilling way). anyway, truly so fun watching ludinus argue with the amount of fallacies and undeserved confidence of like right wing first year students in an ethics class explaining how actually the ends justify the means and thanos had the right idea actually if it means no more starvation. get a grip old man.
224 notes
·
View notes
Recent study that I turned into Leon for fun
If you're a friend of me, look away
336 notes
·
View notes
Serennedy Pride Week wrap-up inspired by this post by @/kod23pm!!! PLEASE please click and zoom in on everyone artwork if you can!! ((And also let me know if I’ve missed anyone!))
Artists in order (left to right): @dibukae @pikabysss @resident-silly @sxvethelastdance @euphoriumn @past31bvnn @courtofparrots @alitan99 @thegrimygrim @ekurie987 @crispy-dib @gigi-does-art @phurpurr @buffapeaks-tmblr @losrgeek @troublemakergalaxy @energon-goodies @patos-chan @raccoons-garbage-can @thecapitalistraccooninyourinbox @geddy-leesbian @mooseonahunt @allen-kunekune @mr-kennedys-elf @rainwaterapothecary @gayhorrorboy @kingflups @ruler-ofhottopic @clayderogatory @transgenderrbt @goodpointsandbadpoints @vespereargentum @thouarta @hamartia-grander
Message under cut!
THANK YOU S O MUCH EVERYONE FOR JOINING SERENNEDYPRIDEWEEK AAAAAAAHH!!!!!!!!!!!! There are literally ZERO WORDS I could use to describe how I’m feeling right now other than !!!!!!!! BECAUSE LIKE!!!! Look at all of the art you guys created!! What the hell!!!! I was SO worried nobody would join and now I’m sitting here with sore wrists from putting all this art together!!!
You guys are some of the most kindest, talented, and amazing people in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD and there’s literally nothing I could say that could properly express my gratitude for you guys joining in on this silly event and all the support and just AGDBDHBDHXHSNS YOU GUYS AND YOUR CREATIVITY AND LOVE FOR THESE STUPID GUYS IS SO <<<333 YOURE ALL SUCH INCREDIBLY TALENTED ARTISTS AND WRITERS MAN!! Like it’s honestly getting me a lil emotional with just how talented you guys all are HDNEHXHXJ
I can’t wait for the next big event like this but until then, good luck on your adventures and Thank You for joining <<<<3333
167 notes
·
View notes
Before the arrest...somewhere in Strangerville, there was business with corrupt cops...
Transcript & Context:
Otilia: Why are they both reported as missing?!? And the media are all over it…THE PLAN IS RUINED [screams] USELESS!! ABSOLUTELY FUCKING USELESS!!! They were supposed to leave without a trace. Take matters into their own hands. AVOID SUSPICION! Now we have to deal with this mess on top of everything else ARGHHHH!!!
Otilia: [conversation continues] My agents will deal with my brother but with Mr Kingsley the boss says this. You must arrest the wife for his murder and make sure she stays in jail. [frustrated] Obey it or else.
Otilia: The plan is simple, fake his death. Use a mutilated body, so others can't investigate the identity. We'll send over the wife's fingerprint samples and wedding ring, he has them. Plant it over the crime scene to make it believable for the media. This will end it. No one on the outside should find out about Strangerville.
Otilia: As with the son, leave him be. Supreme order's words [ends call]
Veronica: What is she saying?
Bodyguard: Miss Veronica, there is nothing for you to be concerned about.
There I said it, corrupt cops (not Billy's station but another police force in the area). Payton is innocent! Their logic is to fake his death, so everyone on the outside thinks he is "dead" and not investigate further. This post emphasises how dangerous and ruthless the enemy is, and to show that they have connections to hide Strangerville and whatever they are doing there. I couldn't miss the chance to show 13-year-old Veronica either! She has no idea what is happening though...
87 notes
·
View notes