I Love It When Spider People…..

something that i really like about blue eye samurai, now that im thinking about it, is that it discusses violence against women without becoming torture porn. like, in a lot of media that portrays women's issues, they show you that scene. like they give you this extended visual of a woman experiencing something traumatic and then laud themselves as feminist for doing so.

blue eye samurai doesn't do that. the whole show is set in a world that is extremely antagonistic toward women, and it makes a point to tell you that being a woman right now sucks, because they are property and are used sexually. but even though it doesn't shy away from this, it doesn't show you the violence itself, which you would almost expect it to because of how graphic the rest of the show is.

im thinking specifically of kinuyo. they very well could have shown us a scene of her being abused, but they didn't. they didn't show the abuse itself, but they did show how it affected her. they showed her seeing a doctor for her sores. they could have made this incredibly traumatic and grotesque scene a spectacle, showing us exactly how powerless she is and how powerful he is. they could have shown us this incredibly triggering event in full detail for our entertainment, but they didn't. they chose not to. and i think that's how it should be.

it is not necessary to have an extended visual and auditory reenactment of violence against women. we the audience understood the gravity of the situation and were able to empathize without needing that scene. having that scene would have completely detracted from the point they are trying to make. it would have turned something completely reprehensible that women everywhere fear because it's a very real issue into entertainment.

So much this. Arthur and John’s relationship is unique and cannot be summed up in standard terms. Canonically they’re friends, but the boundaries are blurred. I will never be able to live in my friends’ mind and literally see through their eyes, nor will I likely be the one to introduce them to jealousy or joy. I think that conversation said more about Arthur—namely the guilt he feels about Yellow and the conflicting emotions over John’s behavior.

Also if you’re a shipper (I am, with reservations) it was confirmed years ago by the author that John and Arthur will not be in that type of relationship. Feel your feelings, but don’t expect the series to go in that direction. Harlan has said it’s explicitly platonic.

There's a lot of 'is John really a child' discourse going on, so here's my two cents. John is an immortal eldrich being used to power and unused to emotion. He has been experiencing human emotion for... probably less han a year now. It's big and new, and he hasn't figured out yet how to manage it. In THAT sense - no other sense - John is comparable to a child.

Does that put Arthur in the position of a parent? In a way, but this isn't a normal relationship is it? Nothing about these two is remotely normal. You could just as well argue that Arthur is the child. He's dependent on John, and John is much, much older. You could argue lots of things, because the relationship is so unique.

Drawing a comparison does not mean 'right, this is now solidly a parent-child relationship, all shipping possibilities are off the table.' It's just a comparison. And making a statement about John's emotional experience needn't be taken as a swipe at shippers.

Ok but also a STRONG contender for the vast given the amount of times he’s mcfallen

“Arthur lester would be an avatar of the eye” no. Look at me. This guy is so marked by the Desolation it’s not even funny

Support workers above profits. New tech is exciting but should not come at the cost of our rights. For any industry.

We are on strike. I wish it wasn't happening, wish that the producers would negotiate in good faith, and support the strike 100%.

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WGA on Strike

We have not reached an agreement with the studios and streamers. We will be on strike after the contract expires at midnight.

Here's the full King in Yellow sketch page. Shoutout to this guy

ghostkid

I need every Malevolent artist who draws John behind Arthur holding his left hand or covering his eyes to know that I love them very much

Horror RPG game challenge:

Take the lyrics to a random pop song and make it into something said by Sinister Whispering Voices In The Shadows.

I mean, I would do that. The bit is too tempting.

Eeeeeeeh Macarena - Aaaah!

[ Art from 2021. ]

I made these OC's based off a dream I had in 2021. In my dream this geologist girl (Jamie) found a strange 'rock' that kept humming. In her attempts to study it she began to see the entity (Peril) that was trapped within it.

TLDR; ooh scary rock has eldritch horror inside ooh they kiss and share a symbiotic/parasitic relationship and they're LESBIANS