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The Death of the Phone Call: Why Gen Z Can’t Hold a Phone Properly
For most of human history, communication has been an arduous, high-effort process. Long before the invention of the telephone, people relied on face-to-face interactions, handwritten letters, and—if you were particularly fancy—a guy on a horse galloping across the country with a scroll. Then came the telephone, and suddenly, you could talk to someone miles away in real-time. This was…
#Erving Goffman#Gen Z and phone calls#Marshall McLuhan#modern communication trends#neurodivergent communication#phone call anxiety#Pierre Bourdieu#social anxiety and phone calls#sociology of communication#speakerphone in public#technology and society#texting vs calling#why phone calls are dying#workplace communication#Zoom meeting culture
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The artist could have drawn Caryn and big mama french kissing in nude and it still wouldve been less gay than all of this combined









#Whenever caryn calls big M her predator oughhh#Though ngl it does come out wrong sometimes#Ive watched shows with main lesbian relationshops and they didnt pulled me in like these 2#text.#text.post#predator 1987#alien vs predator#predator#predator 2#predators#predator franchise#predator killer of killers#killer of killers#prey 2022#yautja x human#yautja male#yautja predator#yautja x reader#yautja x oc#yautja x you#predator big mama#Lesbian#Yuri
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lalo salamanca is so fantastic as like, a symbol and not a person. he is the point where every runaway train narrative converges to meet—at a villain who is quite literally unstoppable except for his own hubris. the final head of the salamanca hydra; the physical manifestation of everyone’s pagliacci-esque violent grieving behaviour and it’s a man so terrifying and so invincible he might as well be the devil.
#not saying anything groundbreaking here i just think about this frequently#on a symbolic level…#and then the fact that he’s acting this way#not in these crazy grief-driven shared delusions#not with the end of it all being the massive crushing weight of horror and guilt towards one’s own actions#but that he treats it as a game#always has and does until the last laugh#and that vs. kim and jimmy just#having ‘so much fun’!#until they’re not#better call saul#gilliganverse#text
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“You are…”
Just Sussy ⬇️
#id in alt text#Currently having a mental debate on dino Susie vs dragon Susie#Like yeah she resembles a dino more#But also#The potential of Susie with wings#Just saying#Also gerson basically calling her the dragon from dragon blazers/ lord of the hammer#I really like how “the dragon” used in the Gerson fight#Like how they “defeat” the dragon in chapter 1 of Lord of the Hammer#Kind of like how you defeat the darkness inside Susie in a way#GOSH can’t wait to post more ch 4 art#utdr#my art#deltarune#utdr art#deltarune spoilers#deltarune art#deltarune fanart#susie deltarune#deltarune chapter 4#Deltarune chapter four#susie dr#Deltarune spoiler#Susie
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finished murray mysteries! had a lovely time with it, the two bonus episodes in the last season were particularly delightful, the hold off on giving van helsing softness did pay off when she had a bit of breakdown while going to slaughter the girlies, and they really saved up the sound design for the last couple of episodes. I can't believe they adopted dracula's cat.
#my lit crit brain is whizzing and whirring about its use of queerness (where it simply exists vs where it gets explicitly called out)#and the reconfiguration of gender dynamics from the original text#but I have realized that when I go more lit crit mode people tend to read my tone as critical (negative) rather than critical (analytical)#so I may hold off on saying more until I've got some comparison pieces so it doesn't look like I'm randomly spotlighting this one small sho#murray mysteries#marina marvels at life
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we as a fandom need a kick the ragdoll/mutilate the doll kinda game but with victim
#it would be called canon animation vs animator 1 canonic events#or something about that#text post#alan becker#animator vs animation#ava#victim#ava victim#kick the ragdoll#or was it#hit the ragdoll#i hate the floor#mutilate a doll#< fav little me game#idk if it still works or if it died with flash tbh#I REMEMBERED#it was called#kick the buddy#peak game#for 2019#or tweny twwny smth
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Detective Comics #574 // Batman Annual #25
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i need bachisagi to call/facetime while isagi’s in spain to really cement those reonagi parallels
#the manga compares bcis and ngro a lot to show the ‘correct’ path and the ‘wrong’ path#bcis and ngro in the second selection ‘you can’t do anything without bachira/reo’#bcr saying ‘youve gotta do it alone here even if it kills you’ cause thats what he had to go thru to reach his full potential without isg#and now nagi being eliminated and reo supposedly blocking vs bachisagi being in different countries and still being able to call#because they have long since moved past their codependency phase and knows that talking won’t be a distraction#will it happen? probs not but one can hope#imagine if isagi sees lavinho since he’s going to barcelona and texts bachira ‘look who I found’ with a selfie of them#bllk#blue lock#isagi#bachira#bcis#bllk spoilers#bllk leaks#blue lock spoilers#blue lock leaks
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The existence of 'Iluvatar' (father of all) implies the existence of 'Iluvamil' (mother of all) but the full name is 'Eru Iluvatar' (Eru meaning 'the one' or 'alone') how can one be a 'father' with an implied partner 'mother' and yet also alone? If the VOID is your partner!!! The devouring emptiness as mother of all!! Alu Iluvamil!! Who does that remind you of?? Ungoliant of course!! Eru and Ungoliant are the father and mother of Arda and they got a divorce after he spurned and discarded her WHERE is the scholarship!!!!!
#text post#eru iluvatar#alu iluvamil#tolkien#erran vs tolkien#the silmarillion#now that's what I call putting women back in tolkien lmao
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just in response to your tags under that “modern fandom” post, i also raised my eyes at wattpad being included as a fandom historical site, but at the same time when i learned that wattpad is where all the kids hang out now, I was shocked because in like 2009-2013, wattpad was where all the absolute worst fics were. like worse than fanfic.net worst place to get your fan literature hands down. and it was created in 2006. so maybe a unexpectedly prescient part of pre-modern fandom history after all lol (feels like I’m talking about pre-code films)
Oh wow, I didn't realize it was created in 2006 lol, I kinda thought 2009/10ish. But even so it seems like an odd choice in a conversation about fandom etiquette since wattpad, at least ime, feels so completely distinct from the side of fandom that has(/had) a strong sense of shared community and therefore generally agreed-upon etiquette.
Cause like yeah same, my impression of it has always been 'terrible fics written by teenagers,' with a sprinkling of 'terrible fics written by adults who otherwise don't interact with fandom and are just into the same generic het maledom dynamic' lol.
Also I guess there's a lot of original stuff on there too. I actually checked it out recently to see how many comments the popular fics get and it's honestly mindboggling how popular it is considering how divorced it is from like, my entire experience of fandom. Also the way all the (shockingly) popular fics saw at a brief glance were self-insert OCs lol.
There are entire worlds out there I guess. And maybe it's unfair to say wattpad writers have less of a sense of community, since I really don't know what it's like out there. Maybe there are spaces where they share other types of fanwork and meta and stuff and I've just never seen it. But it does seem like a weird example to pick over, say, LJ.
#text post#i think partially the divide is het vs gay too lol like when i think of fandom as a pan-fandom continuous entity it's slash fandom#i'm thinking of. slash fandom created ao3 created vidding created a lot of basic pillars of the modern fan community#with some het fans along for the ride but not a majority within this particular (call it ao3 centric) side of fandom#so maybe het fandom outside of it (eg wp) just doesn't have the same sense of solidarity or desire to create community as#gay fandom#like if wattpad writers did have similar communities outside of comment sections on super popular fics then surely the#types of het fans who complain that ao3 is too dominated by m/m would just go there right?#idk now i'm just spitballing about stuff that may or may not have existed before tumblr/twitter era fandom started destroying#that sense of community anyway lol. ihni
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you want to read the story i've been trying and failing to write for years sooo bad.... ooooh🌀🌀🌀you want to read it sooo badd
#🌙rambling#hey everyone im celine crescent dot mp3 and in this advertisement#good god i can't take anything seriously#hi. you should read reading within lines#we have:#a main theme of humanity vs greed#a mundane main character who loves his cat and coffee#iffaeh beam‚ an eccentric and whimsical wizard/witch/historian/author who is also nonbinary#a little blob creature made of light. with another little blob creature of light later#friendly banter among new friends#too much worldbuilding#ahhhhhh if only i could share the lore and worldbuilding document... but oh the spoilers...#i Would go into more detail to sell it to you but that's getting into spoiler territory#however the main thing is that our main character had an ability#in which when he reads written text‚ he sees not the words but reads directly what the author meant to say#and one day as he's reading the new top-seller he is suddenly met with a dire call for help from none other than the aforementioned author#//edit: *has. he did not inexpicably lose this ability i just can't type
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MAZZAKARR - THE LORD OF SLAUGHTER
HERE WE GOOOOO MAZZY BOY LORE DUMP!!! this isn't all the lore i've come up with for this character and the fictional religion surrounding him, but i figured this is the best general overview i can offer at this time.
CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THE LORE DUMP: child abuse, cannibalism, torture, and murder. all just mentions, but still, tread lightly if any of that bothers you.
art/writing/random lore taglist: @anexor @skitzo-kero @invaderskoodge @vacantgodling @chaieyestea
@albatris @void-botanist @kk7-rbs @moonflowerrss @corvus-rose
@angsty-prompt-hole @astral-runic @paradoxspir1t
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(also, a lot of specific terminology and locations mentioned here are related to locations in d&d, but you don't need to know those to understand this i think)
Names / Titles. Mazzakarr, The Apex Predator, The Lord of Slaughter, The Master of the Hunt, The Father (many variations of these titles are acceptable)
Pronouns. He/Him
Domains. Death, Strength, Bestial, Blood
Home Plane. Mazzakarr is a prisoner in Carceri, specifically in the realm of Cathrys. Once, however, he was a spirit of the Beastlands.
Alignment. Neutral Evil.
Visage. Mazzakarr is a tall, broad being with a strongman’s physique, built of powerful muscle cushioned by body fat. He has burning hot, green-tinted skin and thick patches of dark brown fur on his body, including a mane down his back. Most strikingly, he has the head of a spotted hyena, with four glowing red slits for eyes and a grin full of jagged teeth. He wears no armor and minimal clothing, often just a pair of black trousers and heavy, adamantine-toed boots. As a prisoner in Carceri, Mazzakarr wears an enchanted metal collar around his neck, and a pair of gauntlets disguising the cuffs around his wrists. Though the chains holding him in place are invisible to mortals, he feels their presence weighing him down all the same.
Voice. Mazzakarr’s voice is a deep, booming growl, with a strangely melodic quality despite his animalistic demeanor and appearance. Many of those who hear his voice whispering to them say that it sounds almost like a lullaby, the Apex Predator’s song lulling them to embrace the ways of slaughter. Like the hyenas that share his face, however, Mazzakarr has a very distinct laugh, which echoes around the jungles of Cathrys as he stalks his prey.
Commandments / Tenets.
Fight for survival, and never allow yourself to grow complacent with what you have.
Cull and consume the weak-willed who do not fight for themselves. Only the strong must survive.
Kill or be killed. Adapt or die. Move forward or fall behind.
The First Hunter. Though his name has been lost to history, an important piece of mythos for Mazzakarrans is that of the First Hunter, the first mortal to hear the whispers of Mazzakarr and embrace the spirit of slaughter. He was a mere civilian lost in a hopeless, endless war, who had lost everything he had to an invading army. Before they could kill him, however, he fled from them, and for three days and three nights, they chased him through the wilds.
Then, one night, as the Hunter struggled to stay awake, terrified of being found and killed by those searching for him, he heard the voice of the Apex Predator.
If you want to survive, you must kill them before they kill you, Mazzakarr whispered to him. Devour those who would stand against you. Take what is yours. Fight, and you will escape.
And the First Hunter listened. When daybreak came, his pursuers found him, and he slaughtered them one by one. And then, he devoured them entirely--mind, body, and soul.
After the war finally came to an end, the First Hunter continued to spread the word of Mazzakarr, encouraging others to accept the spirit of slaughter into their hearts. Many modern Mazzakarrans see him as a prophet-like figure, the first follower of their god.
The Blood-Kin. Of Mazzakarr’s most devoted followers, none compare to the blood-kin, those chosen to share his blood and become his prophets.
At a very young age, the prospective blood-kin are selected to be taken and raised by acolytes of Mazzakarr to embrace his ideals. Each child is assigned one dedicated caretaker, who raises them in isolation from each other. It is this caretaker’s responsibility to feed and nurture the blood-kin, all the while training them to fight, to struggle, and to remain loyal to their Father, the lord of slaughter himself.
At some point in the prospective blood-kin’s youth, whenever they are ready to ascend, their caretaker will try to kill them. If they succeed in killing their caretaker to save themself, they earn the right to ascend and become one of Mazzakarr’s chosen. If they fail, they die, and their corpse is discarded to rot.
After proving themself, the prospective blood-kin is taken to the High Temple, where the ritual to bind them to their god is performed. The exact steps are kept a tight-lipped secret, but the blood-kin is to remain conscious and aware as their body is broken and reshaped by the high priests, and as Mazzakarr’s essence enters their blood.
If they survive, from that day on, they are Mazzakarr’s blood-kin. All that’s left is to choose their weapon.
As soon as the blood-kin is able to stand following the ritual, they are led to a secluded chamber, where they are presented with a wide selection of weapons from which to choose. They have only a moment to consider their choices, however, before another Mazzakarran attacks them.
Whatever weapon they instinctively grab for to defend themself is theirs from that day forward.
The Blood-Kin Trials. Once the blood-kin have ascended and claimed their place as one of Mazzakarr’s most faithful, the real trial begins. For the god of strength through hardship would never simply grant someone the title of prophet, regardless of what they suffered to achieve the rank. No, they must fight for his favor.
After their ascension, the blood-kin begin a lifelong manhunt of each other. They are compelled to hunt and kill each other, to cull the unworthy who do not have the strength to carry their Father’s blood. This is their life’s purpose, what every other trial they’ve passed has been building toward.
For the most part, anything goes when it comes to the blood-kin hunting each other. They are permitted to do nearly whatever it takes to hunt and kill their “siblings.”
There are only a few rules they must follow when hunting each other, so as not to draw Mazzakarr’s ire:
A blood-kin can only be killed by another blood-kin--they cannot seek outsiders’ aid in slaughtering each other.
They cannot fight each other in the high temple; only slaughters approved by Mazzakarr himself may take place in this holiest place.
When a blood-kin is killed, their unworthy blood must be spilled, and whatever their killer chooses not to eat must be left to rot.
When there are only two blood-kin left alive, they are compelled by Mazzakarr to return to the High Temple, where they will duel to the death under the watchful gaze of their Father. Whichever one wins will then become his sole prophet, having earned the title through the slaughter of their kin.
Origins and Ascension. All Mazzakarrans are taught the story of Mazzakarr’s rise to godhood. For he did not start his existence as a god.
Many lifetimes ago, he was one of two sons of a nature deity known as Kozmas, the goddess of the hunt and the endless cycle of life and death, of predator and prey. She created her sons to represent two sides of the same coin, two different perspectives on survival in a harsh wild.
One was to represent the lone hunter, the solitary creature relying on only its own strength to survive; the other, meanwhile, was to represent the pack hunter, relying on a community of its kind and working together.
The younger son, the spirit of the lone hunter, would one day become Mazzakarr. And so, for many lifetimes, the brothers shared the wilds, dutifully following their mother’s words and watching over the many beasts of the world.
Even in his early years, the younger son was very clever, and he recognized his own strength compared to that of his brother, who was much more passive and agreeable. The lone hunter thought it redundant to have two sons, when one would have done the job just fine. It was short-sighted of their mother to create them both.
He explained all of this to the pack hunter, and the eldest son understood. Only one of them was needed to watch over the world’s creatures. And so, he gave himself to his brother, and the would-be Mazzakarr devoured him--mind, body, and soul--until there was nothing left.
With this fratricide, two souls became one, and Mazzakarr was born. He ascended to godhood, almost surpassing even his mother. And with this ascension came an all-consuming hunger, a desperate need for bloodshed and death.
Kozmas saw what had become of her sons, and she was left furious and grieving, at least as much as a god is able to feel such emotions. She was unwilling to accept Mazzakarr’s ascension, and she cast him out of the Beastlands. He was no longer her son, but a savage wearing his skin.
For the sin of murdering his brother, Kozmas confined Mazzakarr to Carceri, sentencing him to an eternity of prowling the Scarlet Jungles of Cathrys. If he was so hungry for death, he could sharpen his claws on the mortal sinners condemned to his new realm. But he would never again see the hunting grounds he once called home.
Many, many years passed, and slowly, Mazzakarr grew in power and notoriety. Soon, he came to reign over Cathrys, becoming a king rather than a mere prisoner. And as his power grew, so did his hunger for more and more of it.
And so, Mazzakarr turned his hungry gaze to the material plane.
The Devoured God. Mazzakarr’s brother’s name is lost to history, and in Mazzakarran holy texts he is only referred to as The Devoured God. In much older times, the Devoured God had followers of his own in the material plane, those who revered him and the sense of community he fostered among his disciples.
Following Mazzakarr’s ascension, his followers nearly wiped out those of the Devoured God’s, erasing all records of him and killing those who believed him. To this day, the followers of the Devoured God have yet to return, as far as anyone is aware.
Freedom From Carceri. Mazzakarr’s ultimate goal is to free himself from Carceri and to enter the material plane. Everything he does with the cult of Mazzakarranism brings him one step closer to freedom.
And when he is free, he will drown the material plane in its own blood, and remake it as he sees fit.
#multi makes text posts#Multi's Writing#worldbuilding#<- i suppose!#mazzakarr#the blood-kin#blade which strikes twice#anyway my friend damien called mazzakarr 'mozzarella' a bit ago and i can't stop thinking about that#so originally i had a long disclaimer here trying to kinda explain myself and my thoughts on mazzakarranism and mazzakarr#and like. the idea of individual vs community that's at the heart of this#but i don't think i will actually#just remember. mazzakarr is a fictional character. this is all fictional religion shit.#and none of this reflects my actual views on anything#i would hope that goes without saying but we are on the piss on the poor website
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#this or that#this vs that#text#call#texts#calls#phone calls#poll#polls#game#games#fun polls#random polls#tumblr poll#tumblr polls#poll time#incognito polls
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Justin coming in clutch with the most ridiculous asspull imaginable and still somehow making it work
#text post tag#taz#taz vs dracula#lady elizabeth godwin#this is of course about her getting An to call himself Toby so she can use the tobyslayer on him#absolutely fucking unhinged i love it
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no matter how strange marcel and rebekah is they could have easily fixed it with having rebekah be daggered while marcel was being raised sure it'd still be weird but it wouldn't be As weird.
#marcel gerard#rebekah mikaelson#idk if it's anti her but like .... mmmm.#here's the thing i think it's weird and strange and odd whatever whatever#in a normal family it'd be illegal#considering these people are immortal and have all types of inappropriate relationships#it's not AS big of a deal but the defining factor#is truly that she was there while he was being raised.#it'd be one thing if she woke up and klaus had this prodigy / protege he called his son who she found herself attracted to#(still weird as fuck)#like it would arguably make the story better even#but no she watched him grow up as her brother's son so there's no way to detach that from their story#and it makes sense for a mikaelson of all people#to have a fucked up relationship like that#but it's just SO UNNECESSARY???#between all the brothers fucking the same women#+ someone's brother dating their baby mama#+ the immortal vampires dating teenagers#the weirdest relationships are still the ones with the weirdly human age gaps#if marcel and rebekah met when marcel was a newly turned vampire. one thing.#but it's like. caroline and alaric's brand of nasty.#that girl was his student who was Forced to have his babies and he fell in love with her#that's by far one of the most frowned upon relationships in this series FORRRRRRRRR a reason#be so honest i would not gaf about the klaus' son aspect of marbekah#if she didn't know him as a kid/watch him grow up#like i'd just take it as. oh okay yeah that makes sense for klaus and rebekah's dynamic#tvdu text#idk my tag for that#tvdu op#it's like edward/bella weirdness vs jacob/renesmee weirdness
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I'm willing to at least hear out most of the "xyz plot point is heavily tied to abc cultural context" brands of posts but the "wwx isn't meant to be read as morally gray" and "the western fandom made up Sizhui being wangxian's son" brands of post make me feel like my cultural ignorance is being used to gaslight me
#mdzs#vent post#the filial piety stuff in relation to jgy is incredibly interesting and has influenced my opinion on him#being told about the whole mo dao vs gui dao thing was very helpful since that is completely lost in the english translation#whether or not wwx's self sacrificing tendencies are supposed to be a good thing is a conversation i find interesting#even though i haven't come to my own conclusion on it yet#but wwx not being morally gray??? bro was a major player in a war- no ones coming out of that spotless#i also just straight up don't trust y'all about what mxtx said on him being morally ideal#y'all take her words out of context or just straight up lie about what she said so often that#I can't take anything y'all “repeat” from her at face value. i need links to the sources before I'll believe anything#on Sizhui being wangxian's son:#thats so embedded in the text the only way I'd believe it wasn't the intended reading is if 7 seas straight up rewrote section of the books#because its more than just a few throw away lines and wwx calling him his little one#its sizhui being formally adopted into the lans (proven by the cloud pattern headband)#its the extra where they take him on a nighthunt/investigation without any of the other disciples#its the paying extra attention to his hw while doing the grading#its in the miscellaneous anecdotes Sizhui remembers from wwx even after he lost his memories from early childhood#its the baby stories and sizhui chewing on wwx's flute#its Sizhui's unconditional faith in the two of them#its in Sizhui's choosing the same instrument as lwj#that is their kid!!! not through modern western adoption but thats still their kid!!!#sizhui developing a close relationship with his uncle doesn't change that#Wen Ning is the cool untaking the lan babies on field trips. wangxian are the ones actually raising him#also mxtx has been pretty open about being influenced by things other than chinese classics#so using “well traditional Chinese story telling uses this convention” will never be automatically be the correct™️ take on her work#not to say her stories are completely devoid of traditional structures its just she mixes in other styles too
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