#Subtlety

[vintage-tigre]

Model: Aubrea Jojola

“Intellectual, imaginative, romantic, emotional. This is what gives sex its surprising textures, its subtle transformations, its aphrodisiac elements. Sex loses all its power and magic when it becomes explicit, mechanical, overdone, when it becomes a mechanistic obsession. It becomes a bore. You are shrinking your world of sensations. You are withering it, starving it, draining its blood. If you nourished your sexual life with all the excitements and adventures which love injects into sensuality, you would be the most potent human being in the world. The source of sexual power is curiosity, passion. You are watching its little flame die of asphyxiation. Sex does not thrive on monotony. Sex must be mixed with tears, laughter, words, promises, scenes, jealousy, envy, all of the spices of fear, foreign travel, new faces, novels, stories, dreams, fantasies, music, dancing, opium, wine.”

— Anaïs Nin, The Diary Of Anais Nin, Volume 3; 1939-1944

[princeboysal]

The main reason why I am against subtlety in Storytelling regarding things like social justice and oppression is because all it does is make bigots comfortable. Subtlety makes things easier to ignore and in stories about oppression and social justice making those themes easy to ignore one of the worst things you can do. Bigots know this and actively argue in favor of subtle stories for this reason. Subtlety in this instance is the cowards way out. Don't write stories about oppression and social justice if your scared of making the bigots angry

[wayti-blog]

I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright. ― Henry David Thoreau

[mournfulroses]

Kōtarō Takamura, tr. by Hiroaki Sato, from Chieko & Other Poems; "From the Workshop,"

[matt0044]

Fandom is weirdly incurious.

That seems to be a fandom phenomenon in where the CinemaSins mode of thinking limits the imagination. As in everything in the fantasy world must be detailed and explained to us with little ambiguity to it. Otherwise a fan’s inference is just meaningless.

Hypocritically these same viewers would call out the show for any such exposition so clunky and obvious in intention to educate the viewers.

See… one of the things I liked about The Legend of Korra fandom back when the show was airing (despite Nick’s best efforts) was that fans thrived with making analytical text posts out of the blanks the show left. The Fridge Brilliance page for the show could be overblown but it was clear that the staff wanted to invite viewers to take a closer look.

For every ATLA purist, there were those who read Korra’s Season 1 arc as opening her Chakras and culminating in achieving the Avatar State. Many who saw Mako as a person who did hurt others but without realizing and honestly being more of a dork at the end of the day.

Basically they used their imagination. Headcanons and theories are the backbone of fandom. Some are weird ideas while others take stock of what the show presents us and make reasonable deductions.

Yet for the other side of the coin, it’s always “Here’s how it doesn’t work for me” yet they hesitate to ask, “Why does this hit the spot for others?” There’s a lack of curiosity to look outside their bubble despite insisting that they’re not closed minded.

Like CinemaWins released his video on The Rise of Skywalker, a unilaterally hated movie, and explained why he liked it. He also explained his understanding of why others didn’t like it and it was so much better than the millionth video of somebody thrashing it.

Even if you don’t like something, that doesn’t mean opposite perspectives aren’t valuable. Craftsdwarf on YouTube has videos exploring Sword Art Online and takes it seriously compared to a lot of the hatedom that formed around it.

I don’t fully agree with them myself but it was so much more refreshing than the dime a dozen hate pieces. There’s a market for positive stuff out there but negativity, by its more unfiltered nature, draws more attention by “saying the quiet part outloud.”

I highly recommend Zoe Bee's eye opening video essay: "YouTube and the Death of Media Literacy." It touches around the thirty minute mark how some ambiguity, blank spaces if you will, in a story isn't a bad thing actually.

[mtg-art-daily]

Subtlety

Artist: Campbell White

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Subtlety

Artist: Anastasia Ovchinnikova TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[janesurlife]

So Carlos called Lando queen AND diva..ok

[ramblingoftheday]

journals

i love how personal journals reflect how we think as individuals. Like the content yes but the format of said content tells so much about a person.Every journal gives you a peek into what goes on in its owner's mind. Are their thoughts organised? do they like visuals more than writing? do they prefer talking to the world or talking to them selves? are they more comfortable in expressing themselves through art and pictures or do they feel better understood through words? or is it a mix of both. Do they care if their art/writing has a solid structure (a begining and an end, title pages etc) or are they just someone who goes with the flow. Do they write to release or do they decorate it to be art. It's crazy how these subtle details act like "body language" of the mind.

[cryptic-mutterings]

The shifting colors of a sunset are a lesson in subtlety. I rarely use it, but it’s good to be reminded it exists.

[chlamydia-biohazard]

<3

[dukeoftheblackstar]

Still pretty sour because of the lack of Plo Koon in Ahsoka, so here. Suffer with me with this absolute wholesomeness.

And here's the absolute killer ♥.

Hope you don't mind some Plo love ♥

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[sephirthoughts]

game devs: BEATING A THEME INTO THE NARRATIVE WITH A FUCKING SLEDGEHAMMER

fandoms: if you are smart and think really hard about it, you might notice that it kind of a little bit seems like the game devs might perhaps be subtly implying—

[owenbroadcast]

this is my least favorite storytelling thing:

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Subtlety by Campbell White

[themonsterp]