#skibidi lore

[cosmicalily]

idols who are most likely to follow skibidi lore

txt: beomgyu and huening kai 110% bond over this together. i feel like out of all the idols in kpop, these two would be the most invested in it 😭 they'd definitely do the griddy and call assed gyatts and call each other sigmas. also i can picture them using this to practice their english too 💀 taehyun def bullies these two for it, soobin is kind of just clueless and doesn't rly know what they're on about but let's them have their fun bc it keeps them occupied although he regrets it when they start screaming STICKING OUT YOUR GYATT FOR THE RIZZLER, yeonjun starts using a bit of the slang but doesn't really get involved in the lore but he loves hearing about moas discuss his gyatt and his rizz and calling him a sigma

skz: jisung and felix oh my lord, probably not as open about it as gyu and kai but they still discuss it and joke about it 😭 i can picture jeongin getting a bit involved but just in the slang and maybe hyunjin too like i can literally hear their voices say "oH cHaNgBiN look at your gYaTt!" seungmin is definitely confused esp when felix busts out the griddy but yk who's even more confused? chris. jisung and felix probably yap enough to changbin and minho about it but chris is just so confused about everything and has to google terms and gets even more confused then when he finds edits of him with comments from stays discussing his gyatt he asks felix and jisung what it means 😭

enha: okay so literally just judging by nikis gorgeously captured childhood he definitely fell into the loop of skibidi toilet probably long before any other idol too bc of his age, tried to introduce jungwon and sunoo to it but they don't understand it/want to understand it. then somehow sunghoon asks niki about it and the two get so invested oh my god 😭 idk guys sunghoon seems like he'd get into really random lore also he's gorgeous but has this ipad kidness about him don't ask why or come at me it's not a bad thing its charm !! anyway they probably have big discussions of the discourse with beomgyu and huening kai (also niki was the one who probably got huening kai and beomgyu into it)

[feraliminal]

Titan TVman and Beowulf are Basically the Same Character: Why Skibidi Toilet Is Folklore

It’s been a long time since I’ve touched the hellsite (I used to doodle and write dirty fic), but I’m fascinated by the silly toilet men videos, their popularity, and the confusion about their popularity. And because I’m a huge nerd and always want to know why people do things, I wrote something. It’s too long to leave on my Notes app and forget about, and I’m also not letting skibidi toilets anywhere near my serious blog. So I actually came back to Tumblr for this.

(Also the first stupid doodle I’ve done in forever, here’s the original meme.)

Toilet humour is obviously a huge part of why it’s so popular, and imho it’s a poop joke that got bigger than the creator intended it to. Toilets are endlessly amusing, particularly for kids, because learning to manage your waste is essential to being a civilised person but something that no one really wants to do. Some of the first conflicts between kids and their parents are often around cleanliness and potty training, and as we get older, the toilet is one of the few places where we’re first alone, particularly if we share a bedroom with siblings. Childlore and fiction about childhood is full of toilets: bullies that strike in school toilets, toilet ghosts like Bloody Mary and Hanako-san, people who died on the loo, and rats or spiders that bite your bum. It’s a classic example of a liminal space that looks mundane but could be full of scary shit.

So that’s my first smart theory, Skibidi Toilet is a contemporary haunted toilet story with something to do with dirt and discomfort vs tech. Clever theories about symbolism are fun and I think symbolism that feels relevant and familiar might be why something first attracts someone’s attention, but I don’t think it can explain the thing having fandom.

The only thing people love as much as poop jokes is stories about cool guys having punch ups, and there’s plenty of that as well. Visually and thematically, Skibidi uses all the tropes that we love in serious popular media - fights, explosions, monsters, giants, noise, the aforementioned cool robots. Swap out skibidi toilets for alien invaders, and cameramen with plungers for cyborgs with swords, and we’d have a respectable alien apocalypse story that’s identical to five other summer blockbusters. But as it is, it’s so ridiculous that it can only be a silly little internet video.

There’s a video by MatPat making a convincing argument that it’s actually about the conflict between independent content creators and the conventional media industry. But again, I think it’s also probably only indirectly what’s turning curious views into millions of subscriptions, especially since the earlier netlore was pretty niche. I think what viewers are picking up on is the dissonance between cool robots, apocalypse horror, and silly toilets, evidenced by most of the comments on YouTube being variation of “why is this actually good”. It’s got the same vibe as other stuff I’d classify as creepypasta-style or meme-style horror: Five Nights at Freddy’s, Among Us, Homestuck, and so on. In meme horror, there is an in-universe threat to characters that’s not played for laughs. However, something like a ridiculous gimmick, a parody of pop culture, or a dissonantly cute art style makes it clear that adult viewers who understand it as fiction don’t have to respect the threat.

The line between feared and respected has always been thin. A cool example of this is the word aglæca in Beowulf and other Old English texts. Aglæca is a debated word because it’s mainly used to describe monsters and demons, but is sometimes used to describe heroes and saints. Both the human hero Beowulf and his monster opponent Grendel are called aglæca. Based on this use and its etymology, some medieval studies scholars think it means something more like an uncanny and powerful outsider. I think a big part of meme horror’s appeal is that it’s still got heroes who are more or less serious characters fighting serious battles. We can respect the characters and their struggles even if we don’t fear the absurd stuff. I’ve chosen Titan TVman for my silly title because they’re the character that best embodies the “uncanny hero” aspect for me, but tbh I think that most meme horror heroes/anti-heroes seem to be these character types.

We know that enjoying horror fiction helps some people manage anxiety and fear, and comedy horror can help us laugh at fear. With the retained seriousness besides the playfulness, meme horror might be more beneficial than basic serious or comedy horror as a comfortably uncomfortable middle ground between the two. Cringe is currently having a cultural moment too, where concerns about and celebrations of being cringe are everywhere, so it might also give us a way of exploring and processing our feelings about embarrassment as well as fear.

Memes, and therefore meme horror, are very amenable to being collaboratively and spontaneously adapted and spread by regular folk. They’re a new form of folklore, essentially. They address stuff that’s relevant to the lives of regular folk, including ugly and uncomfortable things. There’s even a theory that the culture of the very online has began an era of “secondary orality” where how we spread stories on the internet replicates how we used to spread folk stories by word-of-mouth. Secondary orality is a double-edged sword, as it can build creative and supportive communities, but also spreads conspiracy theories and hate. No wonder some of us might not be having our needs fulfilled by regular horror fiction, if we’re facing the bad kind of secondary orality as well as everything else that’s going on in the world. (More allegories! An increasingly absurd and hostile world is another theme in Skibidi Toilet.)

The 1938 book Homo Ludens argued that doing things just for fun has defined features and benefits: play gives us freedom to express ourselves, it’s separate from everyday life, it allows us to construct new worlds with new rules, and it’s never compulsory or for profit. When we’re bombarded by media that’s designed to extract the maximum amount of profit from us, engaging with mainstream entertainment might sometimes feel not as playful or as voluntary. But by being a bit cringe, meme horror retains the appearance of being indie and just for fun even if it becomes obscenely popular.

So, for me, this is what Skibidi Toilet is about. It’s about new folklore playing the same role as old folklore, even if it looks like silly toilet men videos, because we’re essentially the same people as our ancestors telling monster stories around the fire.

[bluryy-face0]

also out of context chat between me and pookie @dual-poet-identity which i might make a whole like... bit of these cuz out of context texts between me and the pook are the best

[aliannell]

skibidi toilet

ME AND MY SIBLINGS TOLD MY DAD ABOUT SKIBIDI TOILET AND NOW HES ACTUALLY WATCHING IT

[modmad]

I'm cosplaying Negative at the convention I'm at this weekend and have learned two (2) appalling facts:

1. There is apparently a Tv-headed guy in whatever the heck a skibidi toilet is

2. He apparently resembles Negative

I have been asked twice if I am from skibidi toilet, much to my dismay

1, there is a whole RACE of tv peoples in skibidi toilet! I have watched the whole series, so that I know what it is, and while it's not my usual wheelhouse I have to say that the people making it go CRAZY and I have to respect that! also I like the owo tv

2, hey man just lean into it, personally I feel like Negative doesn't resemble any of them bc none of them have one big staring eye... but for a lot of people esp the young uns the skibidi tv heads are the Only tv heads. like they don't necessarily know it's a whole genre- nor did I when I started TPoH! we find our way there accidentally! so, sorry that you got misinterpretted, but in this case it's a way you can introduce a new thing to them, and the idea that there are many other tv headed characters in the world!

[shrublee]

EEK!!!!

[ms-tacokat]

new hyprfixation unlocked lets go chat

[galacticmonsterenergy]

I had a vision and no photo editors

[mh777p]

Hi everyone, I'm back with a new post!!!🤫🧏‍♂️

This is my AU (created on a budget of two pennies). In short, Lore has become a space nazi, buuuut instead of jews he colonises living organisms and turns them into borgs, and instead of the aryan race now exalt artificial intelligence and synthetics.

[silliestrami]

im seriously going insane I need either Angst ideas for my pressure ocs or a comic idea for their lore.

(heres the list of my pressure ocs heh.)

•Edison Pearl - (scientist.)

•Cameron Vesta - X-289

•Ezer Solace - X-140

•Aiden Abigail - Y-210

•Oliver Wallace - S-089

•Ace - (V-038 and apparently just a computer.)

[sweetnnaivete]

this 12 year old on my school's tennis team was singing i bet on losing dogs. by mitski. in gen alpha slang. i was ready to throw hands

[luxevamp]

It’s jimmy urine skibidi toilet anon #1…if you draw jimmy urine as skibidi toilet…we will pay you in…umm..umm…we will pay you with our love and kindness…

This is the first and last time that I will ever draw the urine man but I hope this pleases the council

[blorbel]

Ever Crisis if it was normal

[youracecard]

yeah @spotaus

just a simple question.. i just need 2 know.. for a friend..

fall for my trickery !!

inspired by @owl-bones and @antlered-prince fae au ive been really interested in it lately and yeah

[regulusstarz]

when i accidentally start a boon series at the 3rd book but it's too interesting to just switch so now i gotta read it in a weird order and somehow figure out what everything means

[gamie99]

Oops new OCs lmao

Meet Ire (left, he/it) and Noir (right, he/him)!

They're both high-ranking officers of sorts in their respective factions. They also hate each other! A LOT!

It's gotten so bad that the moment one of them even so much as catches a GLIMPSE of the other, they'll instantly drop everything they're currently doing to go 1v1 each other. And their fights can get... pretty intense. They both always come out alive though, somehow.

Their soldiers know to expect this situation at this point. So whenever they start fighting, they'll kinda just pause the battle to take a break and watch these two beat the shit out of each other. Fun times all around.