#but like in an aesthetic way

[courfee]

Yes, I killed him. 

[the-likesofus]

Anyone else ever find out they're moving house so you Google old property listings of the house and choose your new bedroom and build it in The Sims 4 and try every possible furniture layout until it's perfect even though you're not moving for like two more months....just me?

[catmask]

does anyone have like an anti aesthetic. like something you look at and can recognize as a complete fashion/interior design/artistic movement and understand it but it makes you shudder seeing it. i am not talking like “its morally bad” “its poorly structured” like just sheerly devoid of joy for you actually invites a repulse response.

[fella-lovin-fella]

i have not been able to get this out of my head since i first saw it

i have referenced it a thousand times. but i had to do something about it. so i made this

that's modern milk for ya. what a time to be alive.

[touchlikethesun]

the naming of hunger games characters is absolutely masterful. each one could have a whole page written about it, and tho i can't say anything that hasn't already been pointed out a million times, i do want to highlight one generality. most of the names in the districts are one of two things: common words (altered or not) to become names, often in line with their district's culture (Gloss, Thresh), or phonetic shifts of contemporary common names (peeta being derived from peter). this suggests, without changing how the characters speak, the idea of linguistic evolution, which in turn is representative of change and of local cultural. the districts are a people in dialogue and evolution with one another. and now compare this with the names of those in the capitol. off the top of my head i think of Plutarch, Coriolanus, Flavius, fucking Caesar. these are, one, roman names, which further serves to reinforce the comparison between the capitol and rome and all that entails, but these roman names, names that have been etched in stone and unchanged for millennia, are a stark contrast with the alive and dynamic names of the districts. it's just another (not so) subtle way that collins reminds us of the differences and the values of the capitol versus the districts.

[happyheidi]

｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ ﾟ. May will bring blessings.

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[nyancrimew]

my favorite thing about john wick is how there is always a club scene and how people always keep dancing as people around them are getting shot and impaled by axes and whatnot

[marikodraws]

equipping Akechi’s tie to fight Shido 👊🚢

[solarpunkani]

You know what, while I'm doing hot takes. And this one may be obvious considering I'm actively contributing to hosting the Solarpunk Aesthetic Week event but like.

Dear everyone who's constantly deriding the aesthetic portions of the solarpunk movement/genre; do you just not understand that being able to visualize the future you want is immensely important to being able to work towards it? Being able to get other people on board with it?

When I first got interested in Solarpunk, it wasn't for the hot leftist takes about the top ways to dismantle the government for the people, or top tips on how to build your own solar panel apparatuses. What brought me in? Visions of a hopeful future. I learned and began to love the rest as I dove deeper into solarpunk circles, but there is no denying that my first intro to it--and likely many people's first intro to it--was via the art and aesthetic spheres. The term 'solarpunk' was literally coined to refer to the aesthetic movement, and we've been building up from there ever since.

'When are people going to realize the aesthetic parts don't matter and what really matters is praxis--' dude, the aesthetic parts do matter. Inspiring people does matter. Showing people visions of a hopeful future is immensely important, it's why so many people join this movement. We see glimpses of what a hopeful future could look like, through beautiful art or riveting stories, we're inspired by things like stained glass and organic designs and statues and fashion concepts--and then we think to ourselves 'how can we help make this future happen?' And we learn the praxis and we work towards the goals and we share it with others because that's just how we work.

Seeing isn't always believing, but sometimes in order to believe in something with your whole heart, it helps to be able to visualize what you want. For yourself and for others.

So yes. The aesthetic parts of solarpunk do matter. Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk.

[mayb1rd]

Fun Ghoul 🕷️

[ffcrazy15]

Someone needs to do an analysis on the way the Kung Fu Panda movies use old-fashioned vs. modern language ("Panda we meet at last"/"Hey how's it going") and old-fashioned vs. modern settings (forbidden-city-esque palaces/modern-ish Chinese restaurant) to indicate class differences in their characters, and how those class differences create underlying tensions and misunderstandings.

[musubiki]

danmarch 🐉💎

[cyanopicas]

6-2: aesthetics of hate

[insomniamademedothis]

Always gets me that when we first meet Captain Jack he changes his clothes in a daily, era-appropriate fashion, and then at some point after becoming immortal he decides that not only is he going to make no attempt at hiding his condition, staying in the same city with the same name for 100+ years, but he’s only going to wear the same one (1) anachronistic outfit, every single day.

[maggiecheungs]

"The path you must take has been prepared for you. You have no choice but to revolutionise the world."

REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA 🌹 BLACK ROSE ARC

[peasantexchangeprogram]

also like pirates in general and piracy as a practice throughout all of history are inextricably intertwined with human trafficking, especially slavery, and if youre not willing to have a discussion or even acknowledge that in your story.... dont write about pirates?