Chaoseatsthedark - No Idea

Bluesky post by Annie Craton:
A month or so ago I saw a post by someone saying "we should all admit that Neil Gaiman has always been a shitty writer." That whole knee jerk revisionism. No, man, that's part of the whole horror. He's an internationally recognized writer. Objectively a good writer. But he's also a fucking monster.
We have to keep doing this. We have to do this with books and films and games and any meaningful media. Recognize that it's skillfully crafted, recognize the meaning it has to you, and do the terrible math of weighing it against who created it and what they have done.

This is a basic facet of media studies. How do you reconcile the reader's relationship with the work with the author's indelible fingerprints upon the work, and what else those fingers have done? There isn't, has never been, an easy answer. Ease simply does not factor into the equation
We have done this so many times with authors! Within living memory, even. Within this *century,* even. We are still doing a protracted version of this today with Rowling. You must do this work.

The perpetual usage of the "get out of complexity free" card by acting as though you alone have always been woke to this horror by saying that an award-winning, massively influential comic series was Actually Poorly Written is just the most dogshit cowardly move. Worse than "Hatsune Miku wrote this"

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this blog hates donald trump

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1 year ago
This Is Proof That Capitalism Is Not About Freedom. Not Even Close.

This is proof that capitalism is not about freedom. Not even close.

In a system that values freedom, it would be expected that people would value living over working.

This is the same mentality as those who claimed to value freedom but owned slaves. They want freedom for themselves while everyone else serves them. They still haven't grown out of that.

1 year ago

having a quiet life is so.. underrated. i donโ€™t mean it in the sense that people whoโ€™re open and loud and busy arenโ€™t important, but when our culture has significantly put so much emphasis on the definition of success as fame, extraordinary accomplishments, greatness and importance and excessive wealth, i think there is so much power to be found in our own anonymity. in the silence of life. in not being constantly perceived, analyzed and performing for the world. in being able to take a walk, smile at strangers and just notice the world without all that noise. taking the biggest pleasure out of the smallest joys, like a cup of coffee or blowing out birthday candles. knowing that our lives donโ€™t have to be a grand spectacle for others in order to have worth and cause a good impact.

1 year ago

Percy Jackson but Hestia has a cabin. that is where the unclaimed go because she goddess of home and family. Demigods get claimed faster because when they show up Hestia glares at her siblings, nieces and nephews untill they claim them.

10 months ago

People used to comment on web comics.

People used to comment on fanfiction.

People used to comment on fanart.

People used to comment on OCs.

I hate "content" culture.

I hate "consuming content" and scrolling immediately to the next thing.

People used to be excited about the art that other people created.

People used to want to share that excitement with creators.

I hate this future.

8 months ago

I love the library because they literally have books. like !! books! and they're free! and they're books!! words!! woah!

1 year ago

white americans when you tell them that the idea of climate change as an impending disaster is a reductive first world perspective because itโ€™s a tangible reality for many in the global south already:

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