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im not edgy i just have brain damage

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do you think the knife is aroused by penetrating soft flesh or is it just kinda whatever about it

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sometimes it's not even enemies to lovers. sometimes you get handed the leash of a snarling, barking dog against your will and realize with dawning horror that you are now responsible for teaching it not to bite

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Bizarre Vol. 3, 1946, from The Complete Reprint of John Willie's Bizarre (1995)

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Historically, famous and powerful people were very removed from the public eye, which allowed them to cultivate a certain mystique that was essential their prestige. In a sense this was win-win, because even though the public wants to know about its stars and leaders, they want even more to believe in them, to believe in that cultivated ideal. These days, though, there's pressure to be "on" all the time, to be constantly engaging with fans and followers, and it creates unsustainable demands on public figures which ultimately leave everyone worse off.

Like, just a specific example that's been on my mind lately: it used to be that if you were a dark lord, you'd spend most of your time in your fortress, and people mostly encountered you indirectly through your forts, your minions, the blighted land, whatever. People really only saw you personally at ceremonies, war marches, and public executions, so they could fill in the blanks with the kind of dread sovereign they wanted to have, and everyone was happy. With social media and paparazzi, though, there's this expectation to actually be that guy all the time, on tap, and it's just not feasible. No matter how much work you put in, eventually you'll have a bad day, someone will destroy your amulet or something, and the next day everyone's going to be sharing a phonecam video of you recoiling and saying "This cannot be!" and it doesn't even matter how much terror you struck in the hearts of the people, now you're the guy from the shocked wizard meme.

And the problem is that the skills that get you to that position don't really train you to deal with it. The first instinct is always to think "this is all a big mistake", and just get out there and start impaling people to shore up confidence, but that just makes it worse -- you can't impale your way out of problems in a global media landscape. It feels bad, but all you can really do is lock your account and take some space away from your work until it blows over.

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JENNIE - ZEN 25.03.06

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cheating is only fine when its incest you can quote me or probably any other rational person you want on that

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Wolves trekking through mud

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