#rictus erectus

[aliengh0st]

had fun at furiosa ❤️‍🔥

[weirdwasteland]

[bommyknocker]

Various Furiosa weirdos as @dril tweets

[jjangredpanda]

Among us, are 972 devout warriors. Any one of them, if chosen, would have done the same. Each would die historic for the Immortan Joe.

[rapidlydecaying]

Immortan Joe really had two sons named Dick and Balls

[intergalacticsouvenirs]

From Romans to Rectums: Thoughts on the Naming Convention in Mad Max

I think it’s fascinating how that meme about how often men think about the roman empire is materialized in the mad max world in different forms, but especially in their bastardized-latin naming convention. In my mind, it appears that post apocalyptic warlords were aware that modern society looked up to the roman empire, but they didn’t quite understand how the romans influenced us exactly. Nevertheless, the warlords (or their history men) did have access to niche knowledge such as ancient roman military strategy, enough to inspire the imperator and praetorian warrior position names. It’s as if the first history men did not keep any pre modern history on their skins, so they had to reduce the entire roman empire into fragments of ideals (for oral tradition). Such fragments of ideals would combine in weird ways to inspire these war-men to write the most beautifully grotesque poems that are their names.

In a world where words have more power, names are more than just biographical micro-poems, they are multi-used as tools as well. They could be guns pointed to your face like “People Eater” and “Toe-Cutter”, a quality seal of approval on a product like “Capable” and “Splendid”, an aggressive dog warning sign like “Furiosa” and “Mad Max”, and even a prayer amulet as in “Corpus Colossus”.

As a trend among warlords, a wacky wrestling stage name is a must for a strong branding. After all, the ferocious marketing of late capitalism and show business did not die with the atomic bomb, but rather thrived, mutated, and embraced nature, believe it or not. Darwin’s nature, not you tree-huggers’ nature.

The names of the two capable immortan brothers Rictus Erectus and Scabrous Scrotus reveal the real underlying obsession of all men: the penis. The penis is the axis mundi around which all revolves in the (mad max) world. But more than just about sex, the penis cult is about finding strength and courage in a hypermasculine god to mentally survive in a hypermasculine hell. In this context, the names of Immortan Joe's sons take on a deeper significance. Firstly, Rictus Erectus translates to something like grin and erection, as if Immortan Joe had hopped for a future full of pleasures for his son. It is also a very verbal wish for an offspring who can physically stand up by himself and for himself. Unlike his disabled brother Corpus Colossus, who received a magnificent name meaning body like a giant greek god statue, in fruitless hopes that his imperfections would also grow away. Scabrous Scrotus more explicitly describes a unique physical attribute, namely some scabby nuts. Scrotus could very well be a nickname, which would parallel ancient romans who would choose a cognomen (nickname) to be known by, like Caligula meaning “little boot”, Oedipus (greek) meaning “swollen foot”, and Verrucosus meaning “warty”, for example. Better would be if Joe had named his son after his own beat-up ballsack, in which case this ode to biological reproduction against the environment would be very on brand. I bet Darwin is grinning wide, in his coffin.

It is interesting to note that most people in the recent mad max world appear to be illiterate and uncultured, so most don’t even understand the meaning of these stupid Latin names, but just that they sound as important as they say they are. That means these men who have access to nuance are really “dressing up” for each other, like an internal joke with the bois. Three brothers named to sound like roman emperors, to rule over all the erected men, by his mighty phallus.

It goes to show how colossal and monumental… the roman empire was, that it would outlast even the best of modernity. And its shadow would still loom over humans like the mysterious milky way in the night sky.

It’s a shame that Miller’s hyper-poetry is not that accessible.

[roopnavarro]

Behind the scenes photo from Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

[reppyy]

[cchickki]

The Stowaway

[aquitainequeen]

I went looking for more narrative threads in Furiosa and found an excellent one:

During the early days of her captivity, Furiosa is advised by the History Man to make herself useful to Dementus in order to survive. Understandably she doesn't take his advice, choosing to stay silent and unresponsive even while Dementus cossets her as his 'daughter'.

Years later, she first sees 'the Praetorian Jack' from afar coming to inspect the new War Rig, and not just walking in the company of Rictus but walking in front of him. What's more, Rictus hands him the steering wheel for the rig, catching his attention when he's distracted and calling him 'Jack'. This is a big deal, since at least one of the sons of Immortan Joe is on relatively familiar terms with Jack and clearly respects him. Jack has brought home the booty every time; this has given him certain status, privileges and security. He doesn't seem worried about what Joe might do to him when he loses his crew to the Octoboss' attack; he knows he's proven himself to be useful enough that he'll be free to build a new crew.

And that proven usefulness benefits Furiosa in turn. Jack promises her that he can help her to escape the Citadel when the time is right, because he's perfectly confident that he's far too useful for Joe to kill or punish too severely. Many viewers wondered why Joe didn't take Furiosa (again) for his harem when she was revealed as a woman, but realising how valued a servant Jack is to Joe explains a lot. If Jack wants this person on his crew and explains the reasoning for it then Joe will listen, take his advice and give him what he wants.

Of course, the fun really begins when Jack not only swears to help Furiosa on her way, but deeply wants to be of use to her in finding her way home...

[omercifulheaves]

[alethianightsong]

When Rictus 'sneaks' in to snatch Furiosa, I'm like "How the hell do the Wives not hear this giant, clunky man?" then it occurred to me that they're used to Immortan Joe's "conjugal visits", so they probably heard the heavy, male footsteps and just pretended they didn't, hoping it was someone else's turn to be bothered by Joe that night.

[tiffpixies]

YESSSSSS EAT HIS COCK MAX GO GO GO🩸🩸🩸

[lavenderuraniumglass]

Made a pikmin x MM:FR lockscreen!

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[snabie]

So what exactly do you think was Rictus‘ plan with young Furiosa. Because it does look hella suspicious. He secretly enters the vault at night, grabs her and forcefully takes her to his private quarters. At the same time, he makes no further move to touch or undress her or anything like that. All he does is play with her hair, because he seems to like the jingling of the bells.

It’s a fact that Rictus has a mental disability, and he’s referred to as a child in an adult‘s body. I want to think that, while as terrifying as it must have been for young Furiosa, it was more of a childlike fascination with her than anything else. Maybe he felt drawn to her because she’s the closest thing he‘s seen to someone around his mental age. Maybe it was more of a… hey, let me show you my room, let’s play a game. Maybe he really had no weird intentions, but it’s hella scary because he’s such a large and strong guy.

Or maybe he just really liked the sound of the bells in her hair.

Edit: I��ve been informed that I somehow missed him removing her chastity belt. That changes the situation of course. :,)

[kamakrazeeee]

this screen cap is so funny to me