I am the beast, I am the light
I am the blighted being cursed with sight
I am the god who created a world
I am leviathan, the girl.
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It is a mystery to me why so many people keep following the rose/kanaya tumblr I have not posted to in months and months.
…maybe I should start posting to it again.
…otoh, maybe I should start a Jade/Karkat/John sideblog instead. I mean, it’s not like the rose/kanaya tumblr niche isn’t already covered regardless of my efforts.
Good job, Internet!
Teenage chemistry enthusiast won’t be charged with felony, will go to space camp - Boing Boing
Good job, internet!
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if you ever think mythology is boring or serious business or whatever shit
just remember that cerberus, the hell-hound and guard dog of the underworld, comes from the root indo-european word ḱerberos, which evolved into the greek word kerberos, which got changed to cerberus when it went from greek to latin
ḱerberos means “spotted”
that’s right
hades, lord of the dead, literally fucking named his pet dog spot
i wanna ruin our friendship, we should be lovers instead
reaction the first: oh man what cuties i love them otp
reaction the second: …eheheheheheLOL
because depending on which variation of troll junk you’ve accepted into your heart, Rose apparently got herself a bouquet of bulge fronds tastefully (“tastefully”) tattooed across her upper thigh.
Like if Rose was tipsily giggling her way through unwrapping Kanaya’s skirt for the first time… only to discover this bit of ink [nsfw btw] in multiple wrapped around Kanaya’s leg in garter-belt position. Kanaya doesn’t understand Rose’s reaction - Kanaya simply finds that type of organic pleating extremely satisfying on an aesthetic level.
(And then I guess it is Rose’s turn to show off her own body art.)
(…This xeno thing is going to work out better than they’d worried.)
In the original Trek, Khan, with his brown skin, was an Übermensch, intellectually and physically perfect, possessed of such charisma and drive that despite his efforts to gain control of the Enterprise, Captain Kirk (and many of the other officers) felt admiration for him.
And that’s why the role has been taken away from actors of colour and given to a white man. Racebending.com has always pointed out that villains are generally played by people with darker skin, and that’s true … unless the villain is one with intelligence, depth, complexity. One who garners sympathy from the audience, or if not sympathy, then — as from Kirk — grudging admiration. What this new Trek movie tells us, what JJ Abrams is telling us, is that no brown-skinned man can accomplish all that. That only by having Khan played by a white actor can the audience engage with and feel for him, believe that he’s smart and capable and a match for our Enterprise crew.
Marissa Sammy on Star Trek: Into Whiteness.
perfect commentary which parallels what Rawles was saying earlier about the possibility of Moriarty being a person of color:
- “…The actual issue is that black people aren’t often allowed to play full and complete characters, and an antagonist who isn’t unintelligent, thuggish cannon fodder is just as much of a rarity for black men as the stubbly hero who saves the world or wtfever. “
- “…The stereotype in no way intersects with brilliant geniuses who choose to step outside of the boundaries of society in order to exercise their intellect while having no concern for lesser beings.
Or to break it down further: the problematic stereotype regarding black people is that of being, in essence, subhuman. Characters of the Moriarty (and Holmes) archetype are rooted in being superhuman.”
You see? It’s more complicated than “people of color get typecast as villains.”
Black people get typecast as an extremely specific type of villain - they’re thugs, brutish and animalistic. South Asian actors are similarly typecast as scary oppressive (usually coded Muslim) terrorists.
But when your villain is of the superhuman archetype? When they’re brooding antiheroes, when they’re nuanced, when they’re multi-faceted?
They’re white.
(And check out this post on the glorification of white criminality in shows like Dexter, Breaking Bad, Weeds, Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos, etc.)
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Woah, hey there, uh, intense-glare-in-low-gravity Karkat.
One thing I really like about Kuzu’s art is that, even in sketchy/cartoon style, the figures always have a really solid feeling of weight to them.
In this one, there is still a strong sense of balance, but it feels that the pressure constantly shoving this dude groundways has been relaxed. Like he’s been
putting up with Earth-norm gravity, and someone has just shut it off. …and although Karkat himself is suddenly a huge amount more comfortable, now he’s stuck watching all the dense, lumbering monkey creatures off-screen overshoot themselves into walls and doorways every ten seconds. I know, I know, but turns out the novelty of them being even *more* useless than before didn’t last very long at all.
OF COURSE YOUR FACE HURTS, YOU UNDER EVOLVED SIMIAN. THE GRAVITY GENERATOR STOPPED WORKING, NOT THE LAWS OF MOMENTUM.
Silly Answers, p2: in which I solve the question of “So Do Carapaces Talk Or What Then” to my satisfaction
part 1 is here. it is nonessential reading, but previous events may be referenced.
Characters involved reveal themselves as follows, give or take a couple guest stars:
1. Kara Zor-El (Supergirl)
2. John Egbert (Homestuck)
3. Rose Lalonde (Homestuck)
4. Cristina Yang (Grey’s Anatomy)
5. Troy Barnes (Community)
6. The Old Spice Man (requires no introduction)
7. Karkat Vantas (Homestuck)
8. Hyacinthe Cohen (Spin State)
9. Benjamin Sisko (Star Trek: Deep Space 9)
10. Abed Nadir (Community)
11. a spankbot (DC Comics (if it is a Superman Spankbot))
12. Amanda Waller (DC Comics)
13. Alice Morgan (Luther)
14. Agatha Heterodyne (Girl Genius)
15. Cassandra Cain (DC Comics)
Shenanigans below.
The first time I tried to publish that last post, this happened?
Sometimes using tumblr feels like participating in the worlds most massive piece of dadsist performance art
that’s all i’m ever saying
