#practically a thesis

[reincarnated-asshole]

"Sinners" Characters and the Seven Deadly Sins

I saw an instagram post that was categorizing the character's in Ryan Coogler's Sinners through the Seven Deadly Sins and it pissed me off so much I opened up my forgotten tumblr. I can't remember exactly what they categorized each character as but it was so one-note and surface level I wanted to punch someone. I've seen the movie multiple times IN THEATERS (free tix thanks to such gainful employment as a ticket tearer) and I thought I could be qualified to throw my hat in the ring. To be clear, I'm not saying they deserved to be punished for this behavior or even that some of these actions are bad, but I was frustrated with the mischaracterizations and simplifications that robbed plenty of characters from their agency withins the story. I shouldn't be taking this this seriously. YES. SPOILERS WARNING DUH.

Wrath - Smoke (agreed with them on this post). Pretty Duh-- he carries with him a quiet anger at a little bit of everything. He is the one who killed their dad, he is angry at the death of his baby, and he is angry that Chicago wasn't more than "Mississippi with skyscraper". But His story gets a uniquely happy ending when he pushes his past his need for anger and vengeance (arguably after he does achieve it in killing the KKK) and joins Annie and their child in the afterlife. That gets me choked up every time (no joke).

Greed - Stack. This isn't a 1:1 translation since he accepted the wooden nickels, but his search for profit (sending Mary out to get money from Remmick) and choice to start a Joint based on stolen goods is pretty profit-minded. Also, his clothes are more extravagant than Smoke's AND his vampire eyes are green. Green? Greed? Checkmate, Atheist.

Lust - Pearline/ Mary. Yes, this boils their characters down to a vague defining trait, but I think it's important that it is one of their defining traits within the movie. They were both married women (I'm alright with cheating, I don't care, I'm an ally) and their desire for the men in their lives/a deeper connection again (Lord knows they may not be sexually/intellectually satisfied in their relationships) is what brought them to the Juke Joint in the first place. Mary's commitment to Stack and the Juke Joint's cause is what has her going back out to Remmick in the movie, and Pearline's desire to be seen outside of "just a wife" and as a performer is what eventually put them in harms way.

Gluttony - Delta Slim. Pretty straight forward, even if it does fall under the church's frequent misconstruing of Alcoholism/Addiction issues with gluttony and sloth. Delta Slim's painful past is what leads him to his reliance on alcohol (a practice historically used by groups in power to prevent underclasses riots, like on plantations, industrial-era factory workers, and of course, the Irish) but it is a reliance nonetheless.

Envy - If I remember correctly, they said that Hailee Steinfeld's character Mary embodied envy the most. This pissed me fully the fuck off. It is expressed very explicitly in the movie that Mary does not envy the "in-group" of Stack/Smoke, Annie, and the rest of the Juke-joint. She does not even view them as an ingroup. She is frustrated when she is viewed as an outsider (and always only from the outside is she considered an outsider. Annie says she is family), but she knows herself to be apart of that family and has never viewed herself otherwise. However, the character that embodies the most clearly applies to Remmick. The reason he obsessed with them is to get back with his family, his people through Sammy's ability to unite through music. You see it in that famous "barn burning" scene and it's almost explicitly called out in flashback. He envied their culture, that they could all celebrate and exist together when he had been away from his people for so long. Sounds pretty envious to me.

Sloth - As the idea of a "culpable lack of physical or spiritual effort" (Brittanica) doesn't really fit onto anyone perfectly (and I'd hate to blanket it onto Cornbread, like so frequently done) so I think it can be best be loosely applied to any of the following: the Chocktaw, Sammy's father, or even Annie (the least offensive of the three, though none of them really are). Any of these could be either spiritually/physically lazy when it came to the conflict. The Choktaw, in an effort to protect themselves (THIS IS NOT MEANT AS A BAD THING, IT IS SELF-PRESERVATION IN AN ERA OF CULTURAL ERASURE) gave a half-assed warning about Remmick before leaving. In the case of Sammy's dad, he had the rigor and knowledge that came from struct study of objective biblical study, but his application that was so pivotally black-and-white towards Sammy and Music leads to not only Sammy's emancipation but also the twin's previous mistreatment and shunning by the church. Annie very loosely applies because (it can be interpreted) that she gave up too easily once given the full grasp of the situation, pertaining to physical laziness once her spiritual "work" was done.

Pride - I almost listed this as Stack, since he was the one convinced they could last as the Joint even with wooden nickles and the mob after them, but that was a gross oversimplification and I thought it made better applied/was worth looking into for Grace Chow. This is a bit of a stretch, but her choice to sacrifice everyone else's lives (at the chance of them surviving them through the night) in exchange for her ability to protect her daughter as well as avenge the death of her husband is an inherently selfish act. This may not necessarily be pride, but it is certainly an action that is largely self-serving (when not protecting her daughter out-right).

On a separate note, I know Sammy isn't listed here but I do acknowledge Sammy as the main character. Goddamn Miles Caton is so damn talented.

[anna-scribbles]

no see it’s actually a stroke of genius for me to have committed to finishing and posting a comic on the same day(tomorrow) that my advisor wants a final draft of my research proposal(tomorrow). because now when i’m pulling an all nighter(tonight) to write my research proposal and i reach a point of Doom and Despair i can pivot to drawing lovesquare for half an hour. and im still being productive. and then once ive been having a nice time coloring i can go back to my research, no longer feeling like im going to Die Actually. rinse and repeat. i’m a genius

[erbiumspectrum]

13 August 2024

Another two subjects done! I'm at 4/11 now. Analytical chem took me like three days and I hated every minute of it bc I'd already forgotten everything of it, but quantum chem went quickly and smoothly. I got to whip out my old notes and remember how I suffered while making them bc I did not understand A Thing. But now? Working through the quantum question bank was a breeze. I've really improved in this area over the last year, mostly bc I finally had a nice textbook (and a good motivation lol) which is just yet another thing I owe to my wonderful thesis supervisor :')

[whirlpool-blogs]

Q: Who do you think will score the first goal tonight? Jack: I’m gonna say… I’m gonna go: Matthew Tkachuk, or Jake Guentzel.

[thursdayartsaround]

Y'all I think Bartosch should've kinda joined Henry's side at Nebakov siege and then left with them to Kuttenberg.

I need him to apply his university knowledge to conduct study on Devils pack and take notes on Kubyenka and Dry Devil making chicken sled at 3 am while muttering "Hmmm, interesting specimen."

[octobertomarch]

Another loiyor tango dancing: easy virtue version.

You can also view my first loiyor tango (scent of a woman version) here ♡

Coloring process:

Edit: I fixed something on Loid so i replaced the pic with the new one. I also replaced the rendering video with the one with music. Sorry for the inconvenience 🙇‍♀️

[cisthoughtcrime]

so he just wants to eat me out and doesn't want penetrative sex or reciprocal oral or a relationship or anything, just literally wants to eat me out for hours and 'hone his craft'..................... am I nuts to be considering it

[aq2003]

like ok. time lord victorious to me is ten's vanity and egotism bc of course it would not exist without it but it's also his grief and his exponentially compounding loneliness snowballed into a 5-minute delusion that he was on top of the world, he survived everything because he was better, and that meant he could extend that to the people in front of him, that meant he didn't have to stand on the sidelines and watch them die. the time laws dictate that i must be a lonely god? that i must always be the one to outlive those i care about? what if i am actually that. a god. what then.

[zzz1gzag]

What are they hiding in there...

Bonus:

[hyaesia]

genuine question what are ur guys' thoughts on a game being available for free on itch.io/gog/a self hosted website but paid on steam. please do elaborate in the tags too thank u...

[meteorherd]

Ohhh okay so finals week is gonna beat me to death with hammers. i understand now

[troutfur]

My job just forced me to take my accumulated 15 vacation days. I should write about cats with all that free time.

[iamthepulta]

I love writing. I forget how much I love writing until I'm crafting a character snippet and tweaking the words and making the sentences flow just right.

[whiteredrose13]

AAAAAA, OKAY-- @persephone-s-moon I could not find their updated refs for the life of me, so, woe, busted old concept art be upon ye. (Excuse the wonky proportions, these were done on my phone.)

Shortest rundown I can manage:

Did someone order a tragic throuple with time-travel/reincarnation shenanigans and a side of hurt/comfort/fluff?

Candavata Bhatia: Elven queen, from the kingdom of Sona, and the baddest bitch to ever live. In order to prove herself worthy of holding the crown over her sisters, she needed to channel one of the gods. So, not only did she channel one, she called upon Bijalee, the embodiment of lightning and storms--and the most difficult one to channel due to her wild and hazardous nature. She has been the only person to do so, aside from the First Queen. This earned her the titles of Storm Bringer and Lightning Tamer. She and Qamar are married and have been best friends since childhood. Can you tell I love her?

(Side note: Editing this on my laptop and holy ashy tone, Batman. Hoping it's just my screen because my girl does NOT look like this, I promise--)

Qamar Abn awaa: Werejackal prince, devout cleric of Layl, goddess of the night and medicine, and the definition of the "I'm a healer, but--" meme. He managed to show both great power and promise from an early age when, during a political visit to the Sona royal court, he used his knowledge of anatomy to turn one of Candavata's would-be assassins inside out. This is where he and Candi's marriage was arranged. He is of a generally very sunny disposition, which often makes people underestimate him, as they assume he's useless in serious situations--but, when shit hits the fan, he's the one you want to be next to. (I started designing him when I did not understand how to map out locs or braids. Qamar, my prince, I am so sorry, I swear I will do right by you and fix whatever monstrosity I gave you.)

Vincenzo Virago: Vampire duke. The intersection of an emotionally constipated killing machine and massive nerd failure. He's head over heels for both Candi and Qamar, but he doesn't feel like he can tell them, due to the fact that he views himself as unlovable, both wanting and growing jealous of them. (He is completely oblivious to the fact that they are also in love with him.) He's terrified of turning into his father, but it seems like everything he does only turns him further down that path. He's a warlord. He's a wet cat. He needs therapy.

It's a stable, constant dynamic. You never see one without the other. Where Qamar goes, Candi is right beside him, and Vince is right behind them. Whenever something goes wrong, usually they're at the center of it, all having different roles in the trouble. Candi, the planner, Qamar, the keen lookout, and Vince, the instigator. He keeps the two of them grounded, on their toes, and they do what they can to keep him away from his father. Even after they graduate and take their places in their respective castes, they stay in touch.

The story itself begins at the worst part of their relationship.

At this point, Candavata and Qamar have been married and are tending to their responsibilities as king and queen of their joined empire. Though they try to stay in touch with Vincenzo, it's difficult--and Vince doesn't make it easy, either. Over the years, he becomes withdrawn. He stops answering their letters, he refuses to see them when they come in person, every time. After a while, they stop trying. Not because they don't love him, they do, but there's only so much you can do when a person doesn't want (or doesn't think they deserve) help.

Vincenzo, after years of sitting with the jealousy and battling his father's horrendous treatment, broke. He didn't just spiral, he nose-dived, doubling down on every bit of gossip and rumor, until he's changed and warped into something even he can't recognize. He shuts out Candi and Qamar. Maybe he doesn't want to taint them, maybe he thinks this is how it was meant to go, maybe he can't stand their gentle hands or the pitying look in their eyes. Maybe he just wants the excuse. Whatever it is, Vincenzo becomes a monster, with blood on his hands.

In the end, Candi and Qamar had to be the ones to put him down.

Which is where we get into the time/reincarnation fuckery.

Because, when the pain fades and Vincenzo opens his eyes, expecting to see whatever eternal damnation looks like, he sees his university bedroom. Littered with textbooks and letters from Candi and Qamar, and his graduation robes hanging on the back of the door.

He's got a second chance to go back and unfuck everything, but only time will tell if he'll succeed or end up exactly where he was before.

Something, something, breaking cycles and being open with your loved ones, allowing yourself to be loved by others and yourself, and sometimes men are at their best covered in blood and a little bit pathetic.

(Oh, and, you want a really fun fact? Vince isn't the only one who remembers the original timeline.)

[cillyscribbles]

i'm really sorry the requests are rolling out so slowly! i promise i haven't forgotten them and am getting to them with much joy in my heart :) feel free to send in some if you've had any thoughts.

[notarealwelder]

May I interest you in some silky sharks?