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[kumbhakarni]

Alas, our frailty is the cause, not we!

For such as we are made of, such we be.

.......

O time! thou must untangle this, not I;

It is too hard a knot for me to untie!

[kumbhakarni]

Except the ones from Bollywood....they manage to be so cringey with that unnecessary comedy that you forget you're from the continent mastering horror. Indian mainstream cinema doesn't seem remotely interested in exploiting or aware about the rich local horror myths. Regional cinema on the other hand delivers well but they are far and few.

i think at this point everyone can agree that asian horror will always have a superior hold on paranormal horror. demons, ghosts, and etc are just way scarier coming from any asian country. good for them

[kumbhakarni]

Exactly that last line in her post was more of a last nail in triggering fury-induced aneurysm in me.

I do maintain that partly why Israel is losing the PR war is that they can’t stop the IDF acting like fucking idiot monsters on instagram and tiktok.

Makes you wonder what would have happened if social media had been a thing during the Iraq war.

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This ACKNOWLEDGEMENT!!!! Absolutely!

I mean Veer Pratap Singh, even before his patient suffering in imprisonment, set the standards for true love and respect in a relationship for me.

No hate towards Kjo's writing, but Kal ho na Ho's boi doesn't come as close.

Also agree on the other two. Haven't watched DDLJ, can't comment.

Say what you will about Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra movies but they know how to write SRK characters in a way that is so gentle and loving that I’ve never seen before in my life and nobody else can do it like them GOD DAYUM

[kumbhakarni]

It's chandramukhi who Paro is goggling at, her hithertho latent stirrings NOW at their unstoppable best.

@albaharu maybe you didn't intend a sapphic au but you don't know what you've unlocked. Thank yooouuuu.

Hey dola re dola re dola re dola

I am discovering the world of indian movies and im loving it. Here you go some Paro and Chandramukhi from Devdas request of @safehousebooze <3 ty for showing me the movie

[kumbhakarni]

॥ सिन्दूरारुणविग्रहां त्रिनयनां माणिक्यमौलिस्फुरत्

तारानायकशेखरां स्मितमुखीमापीनवक्षोरुहाम् ।

पाणिभ्यामलिपूर्णरत्नचषकं रक्तोत्पलं विभ्रतीं सौम्यां

रत्नघटस्थरक्तचरणां ध्यायेत्परामम्बिकाम् ॥

//She who is hued in vermillion

Who is three-eyed

Whose crown rubies bejewel

And the crescent moon adorns

She who mesmerizes with a

compassionate smile

She of shapely limbs

Cupping a bejeweled vessel abounding in nectar in one hand

And a crimson lotus in another //

@pastel-aesthetichaotic (so I checked out two translations and derived my own from them. Nope, I don't understand Sanskrit, only a smattering of Hindi)

[kumbhakarni]

HONORARY MENTIONS

THE

..REASON...

...WHY...

..I..

..SHALL..

...FOREVER..

...REMAIN...

...SINGLE.

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THE

..REASON...

...WHY...

..I..

..SHALL..

...FOREVER..

...REMAIN...

...SINGLE.

[kumbhakarni]

MO GHRÀIDH

Ohoh we're going full blown Lady of the Lake here. Woohoo

Dearest Ninianne / Ninienne / Nimue / Vivianne, make way for Mommicent.

All the tears on you can't make up for your woe's sum.

[kumbhakarni]

HOW DOES ANYONE EXPECT ME TO STAY STRAIGHT AFTER THIS?

[kumbhakarni]

Wine, Charity, Revenge?

Witchcraft, Wisdom, Death...

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Witchcraft, Wisdom, Death...

[kumbhakarni]

If Monsoon and Autumn had children, one of them would be me.

[kumbhakarni]

Well you might be onto something here yk. Given that patricide and regicide were the most serious of crimes in classical greeece, since they destabilized the 'polis' and it's primary unit- the family usually headed by the patriarch, Oedipus' anger and consequent killing of laius did make him a rule breaker by overstepping the divine law which stated the same rules. Plus he unknowingly usurped laius' royal seat and married his wife, which could be a twisted interpretation/manifestation of ambition. But anger at being contradicted, powered by pride, seems more contributive a flaw later on, than one directly precipitating his downfall. It directly sets the prophesised events in motion only once- with the killing of laius. Later it acts more as an accompanying flaw that prohibits him from evading downfall. It was weird that it antagonized the receiving party and yet didn't directly reap disastrous results. Tiresias, the shepherd and even Creon don't exactly harm Oedipus, but yes these instances don't bar the investigation which needs to be barred, for Oedipus's sake ig. It blinds him to the warnings against his core flaw- his investigative nature powered by pride. Eventually it was the inability to stop, his determination, ambition to see to the end of things, to find out what he has willed to is how I believe he oversteps,again( although NGL this makes less sense). This investigative nature to stop the plague, which is a divine curse. Even Jocasta's vehement plea prior her suicide won't bend him.

I like to think that both play a part. He refuses to be contradicted and refuses to stop. Both manifestations of pride, albeit of different kinds. It just felt like his investigative nature comes closer to being a product of the ambitious pride than anger.

Also I apologize for my ramble.

The term "hubris" is overused, probably because it's a fancy word and sounds super official in a conversation. It comes up every time people discuss fatal flaws--and it IS a frequent fatal flaw in literature, but it shouldn't be the default answer.

When my class studied Oedipus, a lot of people said pride was his fatal flaw, which... no. If you read the play, his most prominent flaw is his short temper. He's so quick to anger and become violent, which is probably what led to him killing his dad in the first place. His fatal flaw isn't hubris, it's poor anger management.

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Wait I thought it was his overly investigative nature. Which Tiresias implicitly warns him against. Like don't be soooo intent on digging out the truth..you might just be digging your own grave all this time, instead.

The term "hubris" is overused, probably because it's a fancy word and sounds super official in a conversation. It comes up every time people discuss fatal flaws--and it IS a frequent fatal flaw in literature, but it shouldn't be the default answer.

When my class studied Oedipus, a lot of people said pride was his fatal flaw, which... no. If you read the play, his most prominent flaw is his short temper. He's so quick to anger and become violent, which is probably what led to him killing his dad in the first place. His fatal flaw isn't hubris, it's poor anger management.

[kumbhakarni]

This past year has been a struggle. Point being that I have not forgotten and a certain someone's mood board lies in wait of being posted.

[kumbhakarni]

And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.

-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore