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Blizzard by © rmsteckphotography

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imperial topaz

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Aerosmith: Just Push Play (2001)

Illustrations by Sorayama

Columbia Records

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)

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Carrie (1976)

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Vultures are holy creatures.

Tending the dead.

Bowing low.

Bared head.

Whispers to cold flesh,

“Your old name is not your king.

I rename you ‘Everything.’”

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An entity found alone in the Far Plane. The entity seems to do nothing in its environment except exist. Its relationship with the plant-like organisms that grow around it is currently unknown.

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that one post about the christian homophobe who loved utena “aside from all that gay shit” is really funny but i do actually see a quite common sentiment being repeated by casual viewers which is that it’s a great show “aside from all that incest” and like. okay yeah i can get finding depictions of incest uncomfortable in a way that is far less excusable wrt like. lesbians, but if you’re not engaging with the incest in rgu by acknowledging how it functions in the narrative and what its purpose is thematically then there is simply a massive lacuna missing from your ultimate interpretation of this show, because incest is in fact crucial to this narrative and eschewing it for your comfort means you’ve missed the point.

it’s giving “i’m gonna act like nanami never drowned that cat because she’s a good character and i like her otherwise” (another take i’ve seen). and just. NO!!!!! sit with that discomfort!!!!! allow the horrors and grotesque implications of what you have just witnessed linger, interrogate your own emotional response, the gut feelings of abjection and disgust, dissect those implications. the incest isn’t an accident, or an unfortunate addition to an otherwise great piece of art. it’s crucial to the fabric of this very deliberately woven tapestry. and you have a moral and intellectual obligation to recognize that, to acknowledge the extent of the violence that is being presented and critiqued, both in how it is facilitated and what logic enables its systems of exploitation and abuse. you cannot avert your eyes from anthy’s haunted gaze.

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Tintern Abbey (Carl Gustav Carus, 1789 - 1869)

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Remedios Varo (Spanish-Mexican 1908 - 1963)

Mujer Saliendo del Psicoanalista (Woman Leaving the Psychoanalyst), 1960

oil on canvas, 70.5 x 40.5 cm

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Cadro de Remedios Varo

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Rewatched Goncharov (1973) and did a few studies of my favourite scenes

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I’m With You // Avril Lavigne

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All the main villains of the prequels movies were reflections of the villain that Anakin Skywalker was to become. Darth Maul was the Sith apprentice, one that was never valued by the Sith and always had to prove his place with them, the one who was so steeped in the dark side that he couldn’t see any of the paths out of there back to the light.  He is replaced by Sidious as soon as a new, younger apprentice comes along.  He is the one who hates himself as much as he hates those around him, suffering in the dark all alone. Count Dooku was the fallen Jedi, the one who believed he had power greater than any other Jedi, just as Anakin believed that he would find a way to be the most powerful Jedi ever.  He is a reflection of Vader staring up at his Master directly in the face, unable to truly comprehend that his end has come this way, he is the choice that Anakin makes to destroy him, while Luke chooses mercy when in the same situation. Grievous is the one who uses his artificial limbs and body to push away his humanity (/alien equivalent thereof), that both Grievous and Vader use mechanical parts, but so too does Luke Skywalker, and that’s not the issue, the issue is that they use this to separate themselves from compassion for others, one who never cares for the people or droids that work under him. Each of these villains was designed to echo and rhyme with an aspect of Darth Vader and the prequels do not get enough credit for it!

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guy and his dog :]