Finally feel free enough to speak more of my mind

Its getting tiring being in the middle ground of politics and ideals. I have been trapped in a bubble of stupid and feel strong enough to actually post things that most alinge with what I am thinking. Pro tip: Dont ask who I am and what my pronouns are you wont get shit.

[drawingden]

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[crabs-and-bedbugs]

[tismemaia]

The question is, if you’re so hellbent on your protagonist being ‘too cool to believe in the gods’, why would you go for adapting greek mythology in the first place?

[alan713ch]

"The mexica didn't sacrifice people that was a lie the Spanish invented"

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST I HATE THE DECOLONIZER MOVEMENT SO MUCH

[alan713ch]

WE FUCKING KNOW IT HAPPENED! WE CAN SEE IT IN THE GLYPHS IN THE RUINS AND IN THE SURVIVING CODEX AND EVEN IN THE STORIES TOLD ACROSS MULTIPLE TRIBES!!!

The historical argument whether it was a sacrifice or an offering - whether they killed captive people or people offered themselves for the sacrifice is an ongoing debate, but for crying out loud, WE KNOW IT IS TRUE

Fucking decolonizer movement. Fucking idiots.

[alan713ch]

GAH I'm still angry

This is why I have never liked the decolonizer movement, at least not how it's been presented in Mexico - it tries to blackwash the Spaniards more than they already were.

Mexico sits in a weird spot in the Spanish Invasion narrative becaue Hernan Cortes saw what Columbus did and said "ew, no?" and mostly succeeded at not wanting to kill people! Also, like, literally EVERYBODY HATED THE MEXICA because they were FUCKING HORRIBLE PEOPLE! It is known that Cortes would've failed had it not been for Malintzin successfully negotiating an alliance with the Tlaxcalteca. But we also know that had Cortes failed, then it would've been fucking Pedro de Alvarado and now that bastard was probably even more cruel than Columbus ever were.

And yes, there were different attitudes from the Spaniards based on who had the crown - particularly with the Bourbons there was a stronger introduction of the caste system, while before it was less strong as there was a lot of early mestizaje. And it's not like I am trying to absolve the Spaniards - indigenous people are still feeling the effects of the Conquest.

But not to bring someone down, you need to elevate someone else. People are complex, and nobody's a saint, for fuck's sake.

[thestuckylibrary]

#when we say “you don’t become an empire by being nice that applies to the aztec empire too#two things can be true: Aztecs committed human sacrifice and that’s bad#and that didn’t justify what the Spanish did to them#and the Europeans did exaggerate human sacrifice and misapply it to tribes who didn’t participate in it

[hazzardevil]

Nobody ever seems to remember that the Aztecs ruled over a variety of ethnic groups that we know sadly little about today because of their colonialism.

They won a total cultural victory by getting the descendants of their subjects to identify with the empire after it ended and whitewash its behaviour.

[shieldfoss]

I think you'll find that only capitalists can have empires actually. Other systems are just sparkling Negusa Nagast.

[barryogg]

There's an old satirical story by Sapkowski, In a Bomb Crater, in which Poland is at an irregular war with Lithuania. A subplot involves the protagonist's friend with a last name Indyk (Turkey), whose family tries to naturalize as Lithuanian citizens.

The problem: their last name would be translated to Kalakutas. The friend's father tries to sidestep this somehow, but is rebuked by the immigration office, who point out that "kutas" is only a slur in Polish (being one of the many words for dick), and if he truly considered himself Lithuanian, he would have no problem with it.

I think of this every time some pagan or decolonizer tries to 'splain away human sacrifice, be it by Vikings, Aztecs, whatever. I'm sorry, I thought you wanted to repudiate the white, western, Christian morality? Why would you have a problem with human sacrifice then? The peoples you advocate for didn't consider every human life to be dignified and worth preserving.

And they continue to do so, even today.

[tlaquetzqui]

Columbus wasn’t actually very bad either, and most of the accusations against him came from his rivals. The lurid accusations against him were popularized in the English-speaking world by the Know Nothings and Klan.

[jeyneofpoole]

nolan’s odyssey is such a textbook study on the idiocy and dangers of presentism. yes of course penelope is a modern day feminist who wants to rule ithaca by herself. they make telemachus say that GREECE IS THE GREATEST CIVILIZATION IN THE WORLD as if the entire point of the massing of achaeans at troy for one unified cause isn’t spectacular precisely because THERE IS NO CONCEPT OF A UNIFIED GREECE NATIONS DO NOT EXISTTTTTT YETTTTT. literally 101 on historical writing is making sure that you’re avoiding strict periodization because the people living in a “period” will not identify themselves that way. ever. five million cheeky nods to “the sea peoples” but we’re being cute and coy and calling them “the people from the sea.” the obsession with xenia but refusal to call it xenia yes let’s say “zeus’s law” a hundred times and reduce it to the literal expectation that any stranger could be a god in disguise. how was penelope just hanging out in the main hall of the palace with her husband’s dinner guests while they were playing with weapons with her HAIR COMPLETELY DOWN no veil no nothing just chilling casually. comical. stoppppp making movies that engage in historical viewpoints if you’re going to slather a modernized coat of paint over the top. “the past is a foreign country, they do things differently there.” or fucking whatever.

[prokopetz]

Predictions for Dungeons & Dragons under Hasbro's management in the coming years:

Uma Musume style horsegirls introduced to the Forgotten Realms; setting's lore revised so that they've always been there.

Advancement rules now stipulate per-session XP bonus based on lifetime D&D Beyond purchase history.

Compendium of exclusive feat trees for specific gender and sexual identities. Bisexuality receives no feats of its own, being mechanically implemented as "half gay"; the resulting synergies are disgusting.

Editorial error in revised Dungeon Master's Guide accidentally refers to Dungeon Masters as Hasbro's employees.

"Noble savage" coding of barbarian class walked back, refocused on European folkloric touchstones such as the Ulster Cycle; all barbarian characters become Irish stereotypes.

AI-based DM service trained exclusively on work of Ed Greenwood launched; withdrawn a week later citing "guiderail issues".

Expanded discussion of navigating player expectations frames "not showing up at all" as a valid playstyle.

Dragon-blooded sorcerer subclass revised to state that one of the character's ancestors was "very good friends" with a dragon.

[nerdylibertarian928]

The digital ps games I own were bought because they were deluxe editions on sale or they were games I couldn't find physicals copies but now I'm going to buy as many physical copies of the digital games I own as I can since sony's being a little bitch

[armouredgoblin]

I am doing the same. But making sure to get second hand.

Even cancelled my PSN renewal.

[beardedmrbean]

not the step father, but the father who stepped up

[retiredtsgt]

[mochironmochi]

Sailor Moon fanart <3

I'll be releasing the print with hot stamping on CCXP here in brazil! :) Come see me! <3

[antigoneprogone]

[modernbritain]

[armouredgoblin]

DEPORT

[cabin-3-counselor]

oh no guys. . . HUGE what the fuck moment. . . oh my god. . .

zendaya is using a 3 thousand years old Iranian earrings, clearly sourced from the archeological black market, to promote nolan's "odyssey" right after having a private jet fly out to get one (1), singular, dress and only that. . .

i'll repeat: zendaya, an AMERICAN actress, promoting NOLAN'S odyssey, IS WEARING A 3 THOUSAND YEARS OLD IRANIAN EARRINGS to a red carpet

i don't even know how to properly convey how fucking insane and disappointing that is

like i knew to not expect much from the movie, given nolan's blatant disrespect and disregard towards Greece and it's history and traditions, and also the disrespect and disregard towards the tradition of the Odyssey and it's adaptations in itself, the architecture, the clothing, the battle armour, even the ships all either sourced from another culture or just downright being something he callously made up to satisfy his own weird needs

and now this??? specially given the whole political aspect and climate between Iran and United States??? you have THE star of the modern generation, arguably the biggest name in your crew for your younger audience, attending an hours long event with an illegally sourced, housed in ENGLAND even, millennia old artifact that has nothing to do with the story that you are telling and is also from the country hers country is constantly attacking and breaking ceasefire agreement, it's just tone death and crass, and just as bad as when margot robbie wore the Taj Mahal Necklace to promote "WUNTERING HEIGHTS".

had to comment on this wild fucking red carpet stunt, here's an archeologist that is more eloquent with the criticism

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGd9t82ME/

[heyfruitcake]

Now that everyone is discussing Nolan's Odyssey movie, I feel like it's a good time to let non-Italians know that the production dumped plastic props into the Italian sea. Weirdly enough I could not find any article in English about it but it's a fucking problem nonetheless.

I might translate this article later today. This one was the most complete one, even in Italian news it's not talked about that much.

L'Odissea di Nolan tra "scheletri spazzatura" e relitti: Arpa al lavoro in Sicilia, che succede

Non è la prima volta che la produzione solleva un vespaio in Sicilia. A Lipari una squadra di sub sarebbe però già impegnata a bonificare i

[ignitelimelight]

They dumped plastic skeletons in environmentally protected areas, against the literal contracts they had to sign to get the permits to film in environmentally protected areas. Like they not only did a bad ecological thing that freaked out some divers, they literally broke environmental protection laws and their contract with the Italian government

[throo]

Wh-what do you mean it’s from a birthday cake

[throo]

We could have been eating him

[victusinveritas]

[victusinveritas]

Some more cryptid and ghost things.

[simon-newman]

Slavs with Cryptids:

Kurwa znowu trzeba tym bobokom wpierdolić...

[andremichaux]

Firefly | 1.13

[redarmyscreaming]

You are pretty.