#ofmd intertext

[ofmdsalt]

you raise some great points!

the interpretation of what is 'canon' within something more complex like tv and film that requires so many more people than a static text. so many people with their own thoughts and feelings, bringing their own ideas to the table, and having that affect the 'canon' of the show as well

they, too, are bringing in parts of their subjective realities that help them inform their characters. that help them get into the headspaces of those characters and even share some of their own ideas outside of the text

i think some terms can help us here and that is of intertext and hypertext. these are all just words meant to describe the ongoing relationships texts have to one another.

to keep things simple, let's think of hypertext as something within one text linking to another. so this could be the use of a direct quote of one book produced within another. an easy example with this in the show is the use of many, many mainstream songs. the use of Fleetwood Mac's The Chain acts as such a loud hypertext, linking you to another piece of a media that in itself has a meaning beyond the show it was played in

intertext is a bit more subtle than that. a text may be heavily inspired by something else in the way it is constructed and almost works in dialogue with another piece of writing, but it is still entirely it's own thing. a really good example of this is s2:e5 Fun and Games, which Jenkins has said was heavily based on "Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" many of the story beats between this play and Fun and Games the episode are the same, but OFMD takes a decidedly different approach with it because it has new characters and a new setting, thus making it a new thing despite being heavily inspired by a previous text

i think these understandings of hypertext and intertext can be applied to how cast and crew interpret the text and the characters. Taika has expressed his inspiration for Ed and Izzy as being from Jesus and Judas in the play Jesus Christ Superstar. Wee Jon Wednesdays are an excellent source of additional commentary from various members of the cast on different characters that give fans new and interesting insight in them that can then factor into their fanworks

hell even the entire concept of the show is a form of hypertext and intertext as it's based off of what details Jenkins could pull from the 1724 text "A General History of the Pyrates"

this is a fun part of the creative experience in general so why would you limit yourself to just what's in canon? why use canon as the soul authority of meaning when that goes against so much of literary and artistic tradition in general?

my favorite thing about antis crying "it's not canon" is when they have their own Favorite Character representation that's 100% not supported by canon

for real, anon

many parts of this fandom are so obsessed with 'canon' as a weapon and a 'fuck you' to fans they don't like

people don't seem to understand the freedom that comes with the whole notion of 'Death of the Author' as both a literary framework and an understanding that the moment a piece of art of any form (be it writing, photographs, videos, etc) enters the public domain, the author no longer has any control over how that piece of art will be interpreted or understood.

a lot of fans in OFMD should take note of that.

like the word canon isn't supposed to mean 'my reading of the text is more correct than yours.' it's meant to be neutral in terms of literary analysis. it's meant to be simply that which occurs within the body of text. but people will have their own interpretations and understandings of the text based on their own subjective realities. i don't have to agree with those realities, but i'm not going to go out of my way (at least for now, we'll see how salty i get) to shit on someone else's reading of a text.

you want to read Stede as GNC? fine. that's not my interpretation of the character but you do you.

you think Ed's gender journey is more important than Jim's? i'd rather focus on the only non binary character in the show than another cis character but sure. have your gender critiques and analyses as it pertains to a cis character.

you see how im not going back to the argument of 'well in the TEXT' or 'well in CANON' to make any of my arguments here? because the way canon is used in this fandom's discourse is stupid and pedantic

this is fandom. this is a sandbox. canon was thrown out the window the moment the show aired. people will do what they please with the text. the author is dead indeed. all hail the author

[inadequate-nefelibata]

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH (2022)

+ The Orange by Wendy Cope

[catilinas]

Nah, you’re fine! They seem to be sticking 100% with the historical stuff in OFMD. Like, obviously the name Jim is suggestive, but I think it’s just a coincidence or a very vague nod at most - not an actual connection that necessitates knowing anything about TI.

oh phewww bcs i do not have time to read TI Yet :( i do get the vibe that there are Intertexts and Genre Nods towards TI that i am extremely missing but also. when the mimesis is happening. who has the brainspace to care

[inadequate-nefelibata]

Taika Waititi as Edward 'Blackbeard’ Teach OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH (2022)

+ Tu Falta De Querer, Mon Laferte

(lyrics under the cut. the english translation was made with the help of mi querida amiga @uchan-draws​ gracias <3)

Castellano:

[Imagen 1]

Hoy volví

A dormir en nuestra cama y todo sigue igual

El aire y nuestros gatos nada cambiará

Difícil olvidarte estando aquí oh, oh, oh

 [Imagen 2]

Te quiero ver

Aún te amo y creo que hasta más que ayer

La hiedra venenosa no te deja ver

Me siento mutilada y tan pequeña oh, oh, oh..

[Imagen 3]

Ven

Y cuéntame la verdad

Ten piedad

Y dime ¿Por qué?

¿Cómo fue?

Que me dejaste de amar

Yo aún podía soportar

Tú tanta falta de querer..

[Imagen 4]

Hace un mes

Solía escucharte y ser tu cómplice

Imagen 5]

Pensé que ya no había nadie más que tú

Yo fui tú amiga y fui tú compañera oh, oh, oh

 [Imagen 6]

Ahora dormiré

Muy profundamente para olvidar

[Imagen 7]

Quisiera hasta la muerte para no pensar

Te borro pa' quitarme esta amargura oh, oh, oh..

 [Imagen 8]

Ven

Y cuéntame la verdad

Ten piedad

Y dime ¿Por qué eh eh?

 ¿Cómo fue?

Que me dejaste de amar

Yo aún podía soportar

Tú tanta falta de querer..

-

English:

[Image 1]

Today I slept on our bed again

And everything was the same

The air and our cats, nothing’s going to change

It’s hard to forget you while being here

 [Image 2]

I want to see you

I still love you, maybe even more than yesterday

The poison ivy does not let you see

I feel mutilated and so small

[Image 3]

Come here, and tell me the truth

Have mercy

And tell me why

How did you stop loving me?

I could still bear

Your lack of love

[Image 4]

A month ago, I would listen to you

I was your co-conspirator

[Image 5]

I thought there would be no one else but you

I was your friend and I was your partner

[Image 6]

Now I will sleep

very deeply to forget

[Image 7]

I rather die so as not to think

I'm going away to get rid of this bitterness

[Image 8]

Come here, and tell me the truth

Have mercy

And tell me why

How did you stop loving me?

I could still bear

Your lack of love

[inadequate-nefelibata]

Our Flag Means Death + Troubled Birds

+ one more for us:

[inadequate-nefelibata]

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH (2022)

+ Córcega, Paula Maffia:

Soñé que construía un barco Soñé que sabía lo que hacía y con este me lanzaba al mar una noche sin luna en la que no se distinguía agua de cielo en la negrura de un horizonte que fundía tierra con mar la estrella y el timón Viento,  conduce a mi intuición no hay otra guía que esta sensación de inmensa libertad Córcega y en el sueño te buscaba y en el mismo te encontraba por más increíble que pueda ser mi nave llegaba a tus pies tantas noches de altamar cabalgando tempestad finalmente estoy lista para echar el ancla de la victoria la estrella y el timón Viento,  conduce a mi intuición no hay otra guía que esta sensación de inmensa libertad Córcega y en el sueño te buscaba y el mismo te encontraba por más increíble que pueda ser luego de doblegar al mar

no queda más coraje en este cuerpo exhausto tímida y mansa no se pedir el abrazo que merezco recibir

[inadequate-nefelibata]

Tag organization stuff

Hey, I finally got my shit together and organized my tags.

Gifs (I also use the edit tags for specific fandoms, but that includes other stuff too)

Intertexts (karate kid/ck, ofmd)

Um, how do I add this to my description help )?