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[birdwarde]

Pigeons! Some of our oldest friends 💚

[my-gender-is]

My gender is Homosexula

[theprideful-deactivated20251201]

[windsing5]

And they’re all Vlad

[nyc-pizza-rat]

me (neurodivergent) and my friend (also neurodivergent) having a conversation

[cookiedoves]

A W E B O

[i-am-a-fish]

WATER or JUICE or SODA COFFEE ENERGY DRINK I DON'T CARE!!! get your FLUIDS!!!! NO GLORY IN BEING PARCHED

[escapefromcamazotz]

who’s ready to talk about how wicked is one of the few examples of a love triangle that is actually a triangle

[medusas-daughter]

The Creature calling itself Viktor and following Viktor around is so much more tragic when you know how babies develop and how newborns don't yet realise they and their mothers are two separate people. And one of the first things babies realise about themselves is that they're a whole separate person. And one of the first things they do when they start developing as a person is find out they have hands and play with them and with textures and start exploring. And when they want to start talking, they put their hands and fingers on their parents lips and throats to figure out how that sound is coming out of there and then they start imitating. Guillermo Del Toro nailed every single step of human development in such a beautiful celebration of life.

And Viktor abused the crap out of the poor creature for not being smart enough when it was only following natural developmental milestones. Because, like most men, like his own father, he wanted to create life but he wasn't interested in raising it beyond that and instead wanted it to be born a doctor ready to show the world how smart Viktor is for creating a carbon copy of his brain except in a stronger immortal body. Elizabeth gave him five minutes of love and let him explore how sounds come out of her mouth and he started talking.

Idk why some people are complaining about the movie being different from the book when the essence is literally the same, Viktor created life as if it were a godly feat and not something women have been doing since the dawn of humanity, and then he abandoned that life as deadbeat dads do. And that abandonment is what created a monster out of an innocent souls who could have become a beautiful being had it been nurtured. That's literally what Mary Shelley wrote. She would have been proud of this story. On top of being an incredibly gorgeous visual story, the narrative is very loyal to the point Shelley wanted to make.

[hyperrbolic-orange]

Victor: why don't you speak?? Why do you only say one word over and over witbout cause or reason?? Why can you not converse with me??

The creature:

[phyrexian-mama]

Actually I'm not done thinking about Frankenstein sorry

The fact that Harlander only saw Victor's science, his creation, as a means to preserving himself. His own name.

The fact that Victor had only thought so far as the creation itself, and not what comes after. That the perfection in his mind began and ended with the act of creation.

How men only see (pro)creation through the lens of carrying on their legacy.

And when told no, that the creature will not be Harlander and his legacy? He seeks to ruin it all. And when the creature seems too slow, too difficult, too painful for Victor to deal with? He tries to destroy him.

Because to them, if what is borne from that isn't a perfect vessel to carry on their name, if it does not serve them, then the only answer is violence.

[unseeliefaerie]

[parakeet]

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[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

Happy annual Dracula Paprika Discourse Day to those who celebrate!

[jurassic-spoonman]

When the book was written, spicy meant spices not how much it makes your mouth burn. So the actual comment means that he thought there was too much because it's an overwhelming flavor.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

am pleased to report this post now appears in @shashanotsasha's excellent and entertaining delve into the madness that is Dracula Paprika Discourse!

[codileef]

breaking down the dumb phone lifestyle because it's consumed my life and i need to share

i watched eddy burback's video about not using his phone for a month and it absolutely captivated me. so i looked into r/dumphone and have been fantasizing about getting rid of my phone, but am unable to just yet, so i'm sharing what i found useful :)

tldr; almost everything you do on your phone that's online, you can do in a web browser. and if you don't have a laptop or PC, get a library card and use your public library's resources.

first things first, evaluate what your current smartphone is to you. is it a way of communication? entertainment? banking? think of everything it is for you. you can now begin to find alternatives. below are some suggestions for the major uses of a smartphone.

for communication: get something that isn't a smartphone. look into all forms of basic phones: flip phones, slider phones, brick phones, etc., and figure out which style will best suit your communication needs. if you need/want something closer to the design of a smartphone, check out the light phone.

you can also look into getting a landline. either way, you will have to find a provider compatible with your choice phone. each provider website should include a "bring your own phone" option and you can look up phone compatibility. you will also likely need to keep track of your contact, so get a rolodex or an address book.

for music: mp3 player. no seriously. mp3 player. this is the closest thing to streaming music you will be able to get. if an mp3 player isn't your style, you can get a portable cd player or a portable cassette player and begin collecting physical media. (you can also burn your own cd playlists btw). also, get a radio.

for entertainment: there are so many alternatives to this. first, you can always stream movies and tv on a smart tv and not your phone. other than this, you can get a dvd player and begin collecting dvds of movies and tv shows you enjoy. you can go even further and get a vcr and collect vhs tapes. many movie theaters offer a subscription service that allows you to see multiple movies a week for a much cheaper cost overall.

you can also take a full turn away from screen-based entertainment. you can read, and i mean really read. get a library card. learn a new skill, start a new hobby, go into the community, etc. these things are generally better for you, so even if you don't want a dumbphone lifestyle, try to integrate these into your life as is.

for banking: write down your banking login information and log in on a web browser. you don't need apple or samsung pay, most cards these days have tap to pay. carry cash on you. learn how to balance a checkbook. keep track of your expenses on your own. opt in for email or snail mail notifications from your bank so you can receive any alerts necessary.

for telling time/alarms: girl be serious. get an alarm clock and a watch.

for camera: get a digital cam!! they are incredibly cheap, especially if you buy them secondhand. you can get any type of physical camera, really, but a digital cam is the most user friendly, portable, affordable, and has the same capability to take a quick picture that a smartphone does.

for navigation: if you use navigation in your car and it doesn't already have one built in, get a GPS. if you bike, get a GPS and a bike mount. if you walk or use public transit, you can use map websites to plan your course and print it off (like mapquest or public transit websites), or you can write down the directions if you prefer that.

i've picked out what my alternatives would be and i have crunched the numbers and it would cost me just over half of what it would cost for the lowest-cost new iphone. so not only will you be simplifying and making your life better, you will overall save an incredible amount of money.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

haven't seen hadestown but my understanding of the plot is: Local woman visits parents, returns to find unsupervised husband has invented global warming

[foggytastemakerpirate]

Local woman visits parents, returns to find unsupervised husband has invented capitalism and industrialization.

Local boy loses wife due to hyperfocus, goes to capitalism land to get her back and accidentally unionises workers.

Unsupervised husband sends boy away, boy loses wife again. Workers are not free, wife is not free. Sad.

[kolejnylangblr]

[taigacryptid]

decentralize and clean up your life!!!

use overdrive, libby, hoopla, cloudlibrary, and kanopy instead of amazon and audible.

use firefox instead of chrome or opera (both are made with chromium, which blocks functionality for ad-blockers. firefox isn't based on chromium).

use mega or proton drive instead of google drive.

get rid of bloatware

use libreoffice instead of microsoft office suite

use vetted sites on r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH for free movies, books, games, etc.

use trakt or letterboxd instead of imdb.

use storygraph instead of goodreads.

use darkpatterns to find mobile game with no ads or microtransactions

use ground news to read unbiased news and find blind spots in news stories.

use mediahuman or cobalt to download music, or support your favorite artists directly through bandcamp

make youtube bearable by using mtube, newpipe, or the unhook extension on chrome, firefox, or microsoft edge

use search for a cause or ecosia to support the environment instead of google

use thriftbooks to buy new or used books (they also have manga, textbooks, home goods, CDs, DVDs, and blurays)

use flashpoint to play archived online flash games

find books, movies, games, etc. on the internet archive! for starters, here's a bunch of David Attenborough documentaries and all of the Animorphs books

burn your music onto cds

use pdf24 (available online or as a desktop app) instead of adobe

use unroll.me to clean your email inboxes

use thunderbird, mailfence, countermail, edison mail, tuta, or proton mail instead of gmail

remove bloatware on windows PC, macOS, and iOS X

remove bloatware on samsung X

use pixelfed instead of instagram or meta

use NCH suite for free software like a file converter, image editor, video editors, pdf editor, etc.

feel free to add more alternatives, resources or advice in the reblogs or replies, and i'll add them to the main post <3

last updated: march 18th 2025

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[loneridingghost]

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