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there are a lot of people on this website who wouldn't recognize AI "art" if it smacked them in the face with an iron rod
#this is NOT a dig at anyone specific#i just see a lot of it on the algorithmic feeds#with insane amounts of notes on them too#(and 'art' and 'photography' in the tags too)#it takes like 10 seconds to zoom in and inspect an image for weird AI anomalies#also i'm not like blanket anti-AI or anything#(ask me how often i use generative fill now because it saves time)#but like generating images that are basically just compilations of actual artists' work and calling it 'art' is insane to me#ok i'm done w my tag essay lmao
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when they've got interpreting spiderman noir under a specific cultural lens at the function [picture of me going insane]
I cant help myself.. what can i say. And since you've mentioned some research going on behind the scenes.. do you have any fun interpretations? Or even anything fun about the 1800s!
OH HI
Hm. I don't have anything as fun as historical dancing, but I suppose this does give me the excuse (thabk u) to blab about Noir's childishness.
(wow putting this under the cut bc it got longer than I thought it would LMAO)
I think what a lot of people (including Noir's contemporary writers and yes even the spiderverse interpretation) fall for when trying to read Noir's character is the imitation of his idea of what an adult is, that he hides behind. Like Noir's persona is incredibly exaggerated. He's playing pretend. Look here, he's practicing.
A lot of his persona as Noir is imitation! Imitation of his uncle, of Urich, of the violence he's been exposed to. He's running around in his uncle's old uniform. Fundamentally misunderstanding WHY his uncle had been ashamed of it and his role in the war.
And then he goes ahead and steals Urich's alias because it sounds Cool (which is such a teenage thing to do jesus christ).
But like that imitation of The Adult isn't something that's limited to that exaggerated persona that Noir encapsulates. Peter himself is trying So Hard to be grown up and tough and responsible that it loops back around to him being a brat who would try the three guys in a trench coat trick. He even gets beat up for it when trying to defend his aunt. And I mean I've posted about him being a brat.
About how he looks at Urich as a Prime Example of what a strong and knowledgeable adult is (which is part of why he reacts so volatile in response to Urich showing he's not exactly as morally righteous as himself, he's wounded and let down). Whiskey? Whiskey sounds like someone Mature and Cool would drink, I'll have it too. And then proceeds to throw his drink at Osborn and laugh about it. The illusion was broken for me then.
But well it's not broken for everyone. I mean like obviously I poked at the contemporary writers, but I'm more talking about the other characters in the narrative. Mainly Urich and Felicia.
Urich taking Peter under his wing isn't entirely under the motivation to nurture Peter. I think it Becomes that, but he's really envious of that kid. He wants to see him lose that hope that he once had (ruh roh the opposite thing happened, being around the kid made YOU more hopeful Ben. Guess you gotta be good. Hope you don't die now).
Urich really is exposing him to an extremely harsh reality, and taking him places where adults are typically only allowed. He's letting Peter get a glimpse into what it's like, which will eventually enable Noir's tool of violence. All these tests will accumulate into what Peter thinks someone powerful and strong can be and do.
Then his problematic relationship with Felicia (writers I'm malleting you for this). He's clinging to her adulthood and the safety she represents, and he's young but she sees some adult strength in him. I mean she trusts him with the blackmail Urich gave her, which she really. Shouldn't, even if that's what Urich wanted.
Anyway, strength is something she's been consistently drawn to her in her partners. Strength to feel as her own. Even if it's to hers and others' detriment. There's also a part of Peter that's drawn to Felicia because Urich was. He's still honing in the good parts of Urich he wants to be.
I think the one person in the narrative who doesn't fall for it? Is Aunt May. You could argue it's just her being naturally motherly, but for someone who was about to be eaten alive she's pretty frank with Noir. I think she can see that that violence and exaggerated grittiness comes from someone inexperienced and young. Even if she can't consciously recognize the similarities between Noir's persona and Peter's protectiveness of her. I don't think she wants to see that. I actually have a short comic script about that, but it probably will never see the light of day.
Ugh he's like a cat puffing up to scare away a predator. It's fake!!!!! It's all fake!!!!!! He gets intimidated by JJ, he never ties his shoes, gets powers and then immediately guns to beat the shit out of Osborn, sings about the sandman when he's getting his face bashed in, crawls to Felicia all pathetic and sad, and he made a costume to run over roofs at night in.
And it's funny how he's forcing himself to grow up, but also really sad because all the things he's being exposed to is already forcing him to grow up. He's witnessing things no kid should ever see or experience.
Then there's the time period to consider. The aftermath of WWI, being in the midst of the Great Depression, and WWII just around the corner. He's faced incredible hardship and is going to continue to face so much hardship, and he's going to mature faster than he ever should have. It should have made him crash and burn Hard when he became an adult, and to me he still does because I'm ignoring everyone after ewaof LMAO.
As for my research on the 1800s NY that's for my own spider iteration run I'm working on, so not too related to Noir until I reach the 30's :3
Hope that was satisfying!!
#tw grooming#critter talks#asks#the moots#fool!!!!!!#spider man noir#character analysis#abt the research like logically I know the typical new yorker isn't gonna know abt the specificities of the original dutch colony#and intricacies that the boom of industrialization had on lower class communities#but it's less about that and more of digging my hands into the Soul of NY#because NY is so Intertwined with any spider#so I'm starting from the Very beginning and digging my way up. man y'all were a hot mess#it's really fascinating though working my way through documentaries and books. the list is long and the dent I've made is about an 8th ASDF#anyway MAYBE y'all will see spiderman undiscovered one day...ask me abt it again if y'all like miles being a detective w a shoulder demon#for now it's me my 55 of world building slides several character note docs and a to read list of about 20 books long#would like to go to NY citay one day & oogle at the stinky subway draw some storefronts and people watch but thats not in the budget rn#also trying to look for movies n shows that aren't exaggerations of the culture so if anyone has recommendations DO @ me please#wanna do her justice bc I care about her#ALSO FOOL I'M SO SORRY FOR TAKING A DAY TO ANSWER#had to get my thoughts togther
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literally nobody asked for it, but here's my list of saltburn essays that i've slowly been drafting over the course of the last week which WILL be required reading for anybody trying to engage with me about this movie. my very personal saltburn 101 syllabus just dropped
A Wolf in Deer's Clothing: Saltburn's Attempt at Innocence
an examination of party costumes and our character's last attempts to masquerade as something they're not: felix—an angel, all-forgiving and all-knowing, something to be worshiped; and oliver—a prey animal, prey to class-divide, prey to saltburn, prey to felix.
thoughts about oliver specifically are loosely organized in my #bambi tag
A Midsummer Night's Mare: Farleigh Start as the Ultimate Victim of Saltburn
a farleigh character study, about the ways he was mistreated and manipulated at saltburn, about fighting to stay alive and the scars left behind by knowing when to give in
alternatively titled "QuickStart", may be adapted into a conclusive essay specifically focusing on oliver and farleigh's relationship
The Eye of the Beholder: On Saltburn's Voyeurism & Violence [working title]
how wealth and class pushes the catton's toward the volatile reality of being able to look, but not touch. on desire and the lack thereof, and portraying yourself as an object to be desired
may end up as two separate essays on wealth and aestheticism but i'm pushing toward a conclusive essay about the intersection of the two, which i feel is at the heart of saltburn
alternatively titled "Poor Man's Pudding: A Melvillian Approach to Saltburn's Class", again, may be adapted into it's own essay
Gender-Fluid: A Study in Sexuality and Saltburn's Desire to be Dry
a deep dive into the bodily fluids of saltburn and how oliver upsets the standard of men who are just so lovely and dry. on the creative choice to lean into the messy wetness of sex and desire and the audience's instinct toward repulsion
a celebration of the grotesque and an examination of why we would label it as such
least developed of the four, heavily inspired by @charnelpit's lovely post about the fluids in saltburn
if anybody is actually interested in any of these, i can work toward something closer to a finished piece instead of just bullet points and quotes in a google doc, but mostly this is so i can share my very brief takes on a multitude of themes in saltburn that have been haunting me
edit for people seeing this in the future: all posts about my essays are being organized into my #saltburn 101 tag if you’re interested in following these through to development!
#saltburn#saltburn posting#really desperately need someone to pay me to write saltburn essays all day#or else these will never be more than a smattering of bullet points#and these are only the most developed of the millions of the thoughts that i've had rolling around in my brain this last week#idk if lengthy meta-essays are interesting to literally anyone other than me#but if any of these speak to u and u have thoughts abt them#of course u are welcome to send them my way#i think all of these were born out of either seeing bad fandom takes (ie. everything ive seen about farleigh and oliver)#or rly good fandom takes that haven't been talked about enough like the fluids thing#anyway#oh also if u want any interview clips that back up any of these ideas i have a list thats like a million miles long#and would be happy to dig for any specific things im talking about here#bambi#also also im sorry i kno the colon in academic essay titles is so overused i just love a subtitle sm#i love love love a clever little essay title. titling my essays was literally my favorite part of the essay process in college#saltburn 101
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did yuo know,,,,,april is autism acceptance month!!!!!!!! can we see sweden being autistic
yaaaay, um !!! i feel like big part of sve being autistic is him being nonverbal/having selective mutism so i tried to give him an aac device for the drawing... happy autism acceptance month gang...
#hws sweden#aph sweden#art log#for anyone who is more familia with this stuff feel free to comment#i'll like to if illustradedincorrectly or if there a better way to show off him using it... !#i specifically used the ´talkpad wego' model for this !#hope u like it ! i wanted to make it something a little more high effort... i was a little stumped in what to do at first for this request.#but i was excited to do it! i wanned to try my hands at it... hehe . i wasnt confident in how to illustrate sweden being autistic ...#first idea was to drawhim stimming ... but i felt like that was too idk... overdone? cant find a word for wat i wanna say...#Not a dig to ppl who draw charater stimming!! i think i just wanted to something that i haven't seen depicted as much#although it is harder to depict things like being nonverbal and that ... but anyways! im rambling too much!!!#to anyone who read all these ramble thank you & im sorry ...#HOPE U SEE THIS ANON... LOV 2 U...
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Hey, has anyone who's seen I Saw The TV Glow seen any good articles/posts discussing the themes of femininity/womanhood or specifically transfeminity in the movie? I want to read some analysis from that perspective but most of the analysis I can find is taking the approach of like, "transness" as an all-encompassing experience (or even from the experiences of trans men and non-binary people) & I think I'd really like to read something specifically focused on that aspect considering the protagonist is transfem herself
#i saw the tv glow#scenes like owen's unwillingness to appraoch his father & the whole dynamic of discovery through a 'girls' tv show with the pink opaque#present a really interesting narrative abt feminity specifically but i cant find anyone digging into it#like the situation here is that by searching i saw the tv glow transfem i found 3 people come out as transmasc which like. congrats king bu#im dying here. i guess most people who think theyre cis men arent really gonna watch a movie with a reputation for being transgender#two more things: the movie is absolutely about being autistic as well but its about being trans AND autistic theres no interpretation of#this film that ignores that. you can't say this is 'about autism' this is about being a trans woman with autism#& also interesting themes of infantilization w/ transitioning presented as a childish idea by society via pink opaque being a kids show#isabella buried in overalls#self-discvovery during a sleepover#much to think about#ANYWAYS rambly tags over#transfem#trans woman#<--- is this the tag ppl use. hello
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i dont want to keep posting abt this brienne wip ive been posting but i want to. she looks so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD.
#i added the feathers!!!!!!!!!!!#originally i was like ok ill just do a quick sketch of the full outfit but then i started to detail.#the things that i do for brienne </3#also .. im working on this on a snail's pace fr i havent even started on jaime#but i kind of dig the full outfit LOL like it's so over the top iM INTO IT!!#i need more ice and fire chars in over the top fantasy costumes that doesnt make sense!!#im thinking of adding an explanation to my design too if anyone's into that?? since both of jb's design is based off beast and beauty's#like i added specific bits of beast's costumes on brienne's but like the cape / bodice etc. is directly from#beauty's dress ...#also i love brienne in pearl i have a hc that pearl is one of the things house tarth exports bc they're an island#and tarth regalia features a lot of pearls and beauty's dress also has a lot of pearls + she gets this pearl chain#cape link thing idk the name from beast so it's perfect
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I feel like a lot of people forget/don't realise that the citizens of the NCR don't have positive opinions of the Followers of the Apocalypse
#Txt#Not a dig on anyone specifically just something I've noticed in a lot of analysises of them#Both here and on YouTube#If you have arcade as a companion you get a few voicelines from ncr civilians talking shit about the Followers#Troopers I don't think have any but citizens for sure#And the Followers themselves talk about being hated by the NCR#Angela Williams specifically has a lot of bad things to say about the Followers and she's just a random scientist#who is actually otherwise pretty nice
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wips i forgot to post yesterday so i'm posting them now as a teaser for what i'm gonna be posting to da main blog later today. also i prefer these close ups to the finished thing. very cool.
#my art#wip#anyone recognise these two funny guys#i'm trying to draw some of my more neglected ocs a bit more. i love these two but i think my character sensibilities have shifted a LOT#specifically i'm really digging my more serious story-focused ocs recently and florawell/belvedere are sillier guys#more fitting for a kid's book or episodic cartoon or something
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went thru the five stages of grief when i saw a cute labru comic where kabru's eyes were gold before i realized that it was from 2018 and that there must have been a point in time when kabru's eye colour was not common knowledge
#since i'm barred from writing meta i've been going on a little archeological dig to old dunmeshi fandom#(in between working on my applications i promise i will get back to the biblio as soon as i hit post)#i'm really curious about the reoccurring claim that labru is an anime-only ship#which on the one hand /is/ pretty absurd when ch. 76#but on the other hand it does seem to have exploded in popularity in early 2024#i'm sure that dunmeshi itself exploding in popularity is at least one of the reasons but i think there's more to it#maybe the postcanon comic?#maybe the specific new demographics brought in by the anime?#if anyone knows please let me know#dunmeshi
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if a jeffrey combs/barbara crampton movie was going to be lost to time, i'm glad the segment that got saved was the one with the incredibly hot sex scene that ended with barbara crampton doing a scarily accurate impression of jeffrey combs just when i thought she couldn't get any hotter
#like yeah i find jeffrey combs incredibly sexually attractive but what i really like most about 90% of his characters#is that have a really... ace vibe that i dig. if that makes any sense? as an ace myself it makes to sense to me lol#but wow watching jeffrey and barbara just slowly undress each other and make out all hot and heavy#and then jeffrey combs holding her and saying her body is his religion (i know he was a lying bastard but still)#wow that sent a flush through me#then at the end? when barbara crampton does that incredible. downright scarily accurate impression of him?#wow#like she had his very specific manner of speaking#eye movement and that thing he does with his mouth down to a science#i'll be in my bunk if anyone needs me#wow. wow.#the evil clergyman#jeffrey combs#barbara crampton#charles band
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doug eiffel is relatively offline, his choice of... constant, unyielding background noise so he never has to be left alone in the company of his own thoughts... is the radio and/or tv, but he is also always watching youtube videos like "Can We Drive 1,200 MILES in an ABANDONED Van With NO TITLE? - First Start in 17 Years" and "Monster Jam - INSANE AIR Compilation." zero doubt.
#wolf 359#w359#doug eiffel#will never let anyone forget he's a monster truck guy. i love it.#the other day i was trying to think of like. eiffel is definitely a youtube guy if he's any kind of social media guy.#but i was blanking on specific channels. anyway. no. this is the answer. he's watching like junkyard digs and high octane films#and monster truck compilations.#i see clearly now.#eiffel sees something like 'will it run?' or 'will it work?' in the title and clicks immediately that's his genre.#the rest of his youtube search history is various clips from movies and tv shows that he pulls up to show people on his busted phone#whenever someone makes the mistake of telling him they don't understand a reference he thinks is iconic. which is a lot of them.#he's so annoying i want him so bad. sorry#well anyway. that first one's a great video.
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Have you thought about collabing with the creators of Clangen?
It would be cool? But from what I know, Clangen really tries to stick close to canon, moreso than I do. They wouldn't be looking to add my clan culture expansions or spirituality overhauls.
So like, sure, if they/a mod maker approached me with an idea or request. Otherwise I'm not sure what we'd collaborate about?
#I want to translate the name file into Clanmew at some point#But another large difference between BB and Clangen is ecological accuracy#Which is something I very intentionally set out to fix#Clangen takes place in a bizarro world mix of the us and uk like canon#The United Statedoms of Englerica#And more specifically canon takes place in the... California/Appalachia/Pennines.#Mostly Appalachia but they mentioned a 'Mountain Vole' in DOTC which is from Cali-fucken-Fornia iirc#Unless it was an accident and they meant ALPINE vole or pygmy vole...#Digressing please do not take any of this as a dig or insult about the ecology stuff. I 10000% understand why they don't do what I do#More than anyone in the world I understand why they would not be super obsessed with ecology#There's absolutely no replacement for coyotes in England. And there is no Gar.#So you can't even do The Garfield Joke if you do what I do#I reintroduced boars so there would be some accurate danger that isn't just offleash dogs#I'm proud of the research I do but it is a lot of work! Work they're already doing on coding a workable game.#Bone babble
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TIL that this was technically my very first Metroidvania.
Also I have a confession to make; I still have not watched the Nightmare Before Christmas, this game has been my only exposure to it.
#the nightmare before christmas#tnbc#nightmare before christmas#gba#game boy advance#and before anyone asks no it wasn't specifically the european version i just can't be bothered to dig around for the american box art
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Thinking about the train hostage arc in the first Trimax book....and I have some thoughts on some of the takeaways I've seen (in other places).........
I'm ngl it kinda bothers me when people read into the train hostage arc in trimax as "Vash is 100% in the wrong, just like his brother", because that was very much not the intended reading...it wasn't just supposed to be a "look how flawed Vash's ideology is in practice" moment (that's the hospital yuri arc ❤), it was supposed to be a "look how hard it is in this world for Vash to abide to his moral code, and yet he still does it despite the negatives" moment. He wasn't exactly happy with the end solution and wasn't exactly fighting super hard to stop the father from shooting the accused killer—he almost let him do it, even—but he wanted to ultimately stop the cycle of bloodshed and was willing to make himself look like a jackass doing so. The arc is a narrative set-up for the penultimate conflict of the series; it's not so much about the merits of righteous violence vs. pacifism but rather setting the stage for a showdown between vengeance vs. absolution.
Now, would I do the same if I were in Vash's thigh-high boots? No of course not, fuck that one dude in particular lmao. But I don't exactly think Vash is weaker or unprincipled for choosing the option he did, either.
#trigun maximum#trigun spoilers#trigun but also discourse :( sorry guys :((#tbh an interesting thought exercise would be to change certain characteristics of the main conflict and see how the audience opinion change#but I don't think anyone would like that much because those are hard and not actually much fun when you dig into them 😬😬#also this was inspired by the fandom on The Other Site. Nobody specifically here lmao#also also I just want to say I wish more people would analyze this chapter from the perspective of Vash having recently regained his memory#he went from “dude on a crusade of revenge against his brother with barely restrained anger simmering under the surface”#to “dude who completely remembers his childhood trauma and is also aware of the fact that he's a living weapon with a deathcount”#he very clearly doesn't wanna be a weapon and the guilt over killing innocents really obviously weighs heavily on him#and the guilt only becomes more severe over time and feeds into his self-loathing and martyr complex the more clearly he remembers#it's way easy to recognize that he doesn't want people to suffer the way he does even if it makes them seem cowardly to onlookers#once again hitting that “how can I forgive myself if I can't forgive other people and by extension my brother” note#actually this post may be the equivalent of dousing myself in honey and setting myself by an anthill full of bullet ants......hm#hope it doesn't cause drama for people here.....I'll put it under a cut just in case..........#discourse#<- just in case
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Going through your info tag is like being served a three course meal, I am FEASTING.
Thaaat's what my tags are for! Bon Appétit! ^-^)/
#glad you're having fun!!#i know there's a lot to sort through too#(especially recently)#but I'm pretty good at being able to dig up a specific post if anyone needs it too! *-*)9#info tag#ninjago#legacyverse
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"Fuck your online discourse" actually, no, we do think the halloween DID flag shouldn't be used but it's not because of some bullshit like "waah it's just a recolor" it's because the system that created that flag is a huge fucking racist and ableist last we checked, and we never saw ant kind of apology for being racist and ableist to endogenic systems. We never saw them stop being anti-endogenic or anti-Black (because let's be honest, Black endogenic systems specifically would be the ones most affected and hurt by this).
Like, we know people have forgotten by now, but we were THERE just before TPA became a thing, when systems like The Entropy System were fully mask-off in their bigotry (we call anti-endogenics facsists because of the personal experience of having the not-pleasure of seeing shit like the above link lmao), and such other things. We used to be very visible on Twitter as an endogenic system who's seen this shit but it was kind of taking over 99% of our focus when we were working retail instead of working at home, so we ended up tapering it away.
#to be clear. this IS an actual opinion of ours.#it is also a vent & we are fully aware we will never be able to get people to stop using it entirely.#like that would be rude/mean at best we guess.#but we're kind of in that liminal time/space where we came out as an endogenic system pre-TPA but just barely.#researching niche bullshit was a REQUIREMENt for us...until it wasn't#which we thought was supposed to happen in your 50's -- not like...somewhere in the 20's to 30's range yall#we remember niche bullshit in the plural communities that you woluldnt even DREAM of if someone gives us the correct recall trigger if your#newer than like 2 years to plurality#“the plural pride world conference did not even exist yet and then existed within like two years of us coming out” levels of transition#we're so glad the kids will be okay but we're a kid ourselves if were using that metaphor. the older teen-quasi-parent specifically. :')#if were going with that metaphor/those vibes that is#we wont always understand but we do try to at least be kind#does anyone else remember that guide to “so youve slipped into another world” or smth like that???#you had to dig for hours and hours if not DAYS/WEEKS and you could still be fucked#if your system friend did not also have it to share with you all#yeah that system popped in and said “hI” to us on our twitter when we talked about that there too and is glad people have been helped by it#iwrc that is
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