#MADMAX

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It´s been a while since I drew something MadMax:Fury Road related, and since the movie of Furiosa is premiering this week I decided it would be cool to finish this idea of Max yelling "Confocamus!" when he is attached to the WarBoys chase scene. So there, enjoy some more MadMax:Fury Road goodness.

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On the set of Mad Max in western Victoria

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Mad Max

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Anya Taylor Joy

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Speaking of #Furiosa 💣🎥 - illustration for the #Vertigo Art Book Tribute to #FuryRoad #MadMax #oldiesbutgoodies #illustration

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• STRANGER THINGS 2 | CHAPTER ONE: MADMAX

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Mad Kermax!

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From Romans to Rectums: Thoughts on the Naming Convention in Mad Max

I think it’s fascinating how that meme about how often men think about the roman empire is materialized in the mad max world in different forms, but especially in their bastardized-latin naming convention. In my mind, it appears that post apocalyptic warlords were aware that modern society looked up to the roman empire, but they didn’t quite understand how the romans influenced us exactly. Nevertheless, the warlords (or their history men) did have access to niche knowledge such as ancient roman military strategy, enough to inspire the imperator and praetorian warrior position names. It’s as if the first history men did not keep any pre modern history on their skins, so they had to reduce the entire roman empire into fragments of ideals (for oral tradition). Such fragments of ideals would combine in weird ways to inspire these war-men to write the most beautifully grotesque poems that are their names.

In a world where words have more power, names are more than just biographical micro-poems, they are multi-used as tools as well. They could be guns pointed to your face like “People Eater” and “Toe-Cutter”, a quality seal of approval on a product like “Capable” and “Splendid”, an aggressive dog warning sign like “Furiosa” and “Mad Max”, and even a prayer amulet as in “Corpus Colossus”.

As a trend among warlords, a wacky wrestling stage name is a must for a strong branding. After all, the ferocious marketing of late capitalism and show business did not die with the atomic bomb, but rather thrived, mutated, and embraced nature, believe it or not. Darwin’s nature, not you tree-huggers’ nature.

The names of the two capable immortan brothers Rictus Erectus and Scabrous Scrotus reveal the real underlying obsession of all men: the penis. The penis is the axis mundi around which all revolves in the (mad max) world. But more than just about sex, the penis cult is about finding strength and courage in a hypermasculine god to mentally survive in a hypermasculine hell. In this context, the names of Immortan Joe's sons take on a deeper significance. Firstly, Rictus Erectus translates to something like grin and erection, as if Immortan Joe had hopped for a future full of pleasures for his son. It is also a very verbal wish for an offspring who can physically stand up by himself and for himself. Unlike his disabled brother Corpus Colossus, who received a magnificent name meaning body like a giant greek god statue, in fruitless hopes that his imperfections would also grow away. Scabrous Scrotus more explicitly describes a unique physical attribute, namely some scabby nuts. Scrotus could very well be a nickname, which would parallel ancient romans who would choose a cognomen (nickname) to be known by, like Caligula meaning “little boot”, Oedipus (greek) meaning “swollen foot”, and Verrucosus meaning “warty”, for example. Better would be if Joe had named his son after his own beat-up ballsack, in which case this ode to biological reproduction against the environment would be very on brand. I bet Darwin is grinning wide, in his coffin.

It is interesting to note that most people in the recent mad max world appear to be illiterate and uncultured, so most don’t even understand the meaning of these stupid Latin names, but just that they sound as important as they say they are. That means these men who have access to nuance are really “dressing up” for each other, like an internal joke with the bois. Three brothers named to sound like roman emperors, to rule over all the erected men, by his mighty phallus.

It goes to show how colossal and monumental… the roman empire was, that it would outlast even the best of modernity. And its shadow would still loom over humans like the mysterious milky way in the night sky.

It’s a shame that Miller’s hyper-poetry is not that accessible.

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AU Work placement: Local Daycare - Never Fear!

Steve was struggling to connect with the kids at the daycare, Robin tells him to just act himself and have fun because no one here would judge him. While Eddie just snorts and tells him to step off his throne and just act like a kid. Desperate for change, Steve does just that. And when they were tasked to put on a performance for the kids, He actively volunteers to be the knight and put on one hell of a performance. Eddie was baffled, he never thought he would see the day that, the almightly jock, the 'Hair' Harrington, King Steve himself would volunteer to dress up and play pretend in front of kids. But here Eddie was, wearing a princess crown while watching the sun shine.

My Stranger Things Art | Steve’s Mcnuggets | Part 1

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Okay I've seen posts where they're like "If Max went to California instead of Mike she would've actually stopped Angela at the roller rink," Or they talk about how Max would've thrown hands with Angela and while I agree I offer you this take:

El would not have taken Max to the roller rink in the first place. El would not have lied about the difficult time she was having in California to Max. She would have told Max about her struggles with fitting in and talked about her grief with 'loosing' Hopper. El would not have tried to pretend to be someone she was not with Max.

Her friendship with Max runs deep despite it being relatively new. We've seen them be there for each other time and time again. Max going to California instead of Mike would have given El a chance to cling to something she knows is true and stable, unlike her rocky relationship with Mike.

If anything, Max would be the one showing El around. Maybe taking her to the beach, teaching her how to surf, taking her to Cali based fast food chains that Max had missed in Hawkins. They would have fallen back into each other, found comfort in their mixed feelings and grief. Max could've opened up about her feelings around Billy's death.

They have a very open and honest relationship and more importantly they know that one will not judge the other. This is literally canon. So yes while I love to think about Max rocking Angela's shit, I just don't think that the roller rink fiasco would have happened. El wouldn't have taken Max there because she nothing to prove to her.

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Furiosa

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Mad Max: Furiosa

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