ow. ouch.

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[justanotherspeck]

well okay! the finale was... fine. I've seen worse.

[bywandandsword]

Something I really liked about Sinners was how it differs from other vampire media about the nature of vampirism. Specifically, I'm talking about whether or not a vampire is damned. It's a theme that's very prevalent in the original Dracula, IwtV, etc., but Sinners takes the standpoint that being a vampire itself is to be damned, but is a state one is able to be freed from. Being unable to join your family and ancestors, being separated from your culture and history is the true curse of being a vampire. Mrs. Annie says that when a vampire is killed, their soul is freed and able to join the ancestors again, and she doesn't place any conditions on that. Whether it is from a rejection of the Christian Good vs. Evil worldview or what, it doesn't seem to matter how much harm the vampire has done, once their soul is freed, they get to join the ancestors

It strikes me as a very sympathetic view of vampirism. After all, no one who became a vampire over the course of the movie chose it or were in full control of themselves once they were turned, except later with Mary and Stack. To take the traditional route of the narrative irredeemably damning all those people for things beyond their control would be incredibly unfair and antithetical to the message of the film. Then if we apply that framing to the larger themes around culture and race, it perhaps speaks to possibilities, perhaps the necessity, of reconnection and reconciliation once colonial mindsets and behaviors have been shed

[justanotherspeck]

can't believe Luke cared more about the drip than anything else. like wdym you stage a siege and show up like this?

buddy where's the armor

[justanotherspeck]

finally got around to watching s2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. only took me so long because I was massively disappointed by the first season (except for the last episode). but I finally decided to put on my big girl boots and trudge through s2... except I wasn't dragging my feet at all, I throughly enjoyed s2 and think it's a MASSIVE improvement from s1. way more entertaining, the characters are feeling more alive, and there's actually stuff happening. I think the show is finding its "voice."

like, I had always expected a more polished show, but the bit of goofiness of the series has grown on me - I think it's endearingly cringe, and handles its better moments well. thinking about the books, I'm actually not sure why I was expecting way more from the show in terms of vibes.

also, it's been more than a decade since I read the book series, so I'm not recalling all the details they changed, but I don't care anyway! I do find myself a little disappointed in the handling of the characterization, but it is what it is.

I'm actually looking forward to the next episode, which is not a feeling I had when I was watching s1 lmao.

[justanotherspeck]

desperately need the jay saga, in which jay sings epic all the way through. instruments and all.

[justanotherspeck]

I haven't read the HoO books in over a decade, but I really need to reread them. Like Jason was the most boring character I had ever seen on the face of the earth, but the way some of y'all of talking about him, I feel that I could appreciate that little white boy a lot more now.

[rosedubh]

“I asked chat gpt—” yeah well I asked the mucklewains and they gave a sermon about not worshipping false idols

[justanotherspeck]

I haven't listened to a fiction podcast in a while that hasn't lost me within the first episode (and tbh that's generous, sometimes I'm out within the first 15 minutes lol.) Blame a short attention span? Sure. But I also just knocked out 5 episodes in a row of The Bardic Hearth. Great sound design, voice acting, and I love the overall premise of each episode being created in collaboration with a D&D/TTRPG creator. BUT it also has an overarching plot that is thickening.

Also, sometimes I find songs in podcasts to be kinda unbearable (kinda of like having poetry in the middle of novels-- if you get it, you get it) but they are genuinely cooking with the music.

Update: I ended up finishing the rest of the available episodes in another sitting, this world is so rich and I'm excited to see where it goes!

[googoopoop]

an apple a day keeps the doctor (aka the apollo cabin) away

[justanotherspeck]

feel like a fucking idiot. logged into tumblr.com and searched up conclave, expecting some kind of analysis but all i saw was a sad bisexual kissing the intersex pope. gay shit on the gay website? not sure why I expected anything else.

[justanotherspeck]

Hi, everyone. I made a quick quiz to test your knowledge of the ever expanding list of names at the end of each Midnight Burger episode. Only 11 questions, and I wasn't trying to make it difficult, because it's a bit of a test run for me. Really appreciate it if you take the time to do it! Let me know if I messed up anything, caught myself thinking I'd made up a name only for it to turn out to be a real one 💀 I can't guarantee that didn't happen twice.

Also, pretend every response says "Yes/No this is a name read at the end", I was too lazy to type it out for each one, and just having "Name"; Yes / No is kinda funny to me.

Is That An Actual Name Read at the End of Each Episode?

For each name, determine if it's an actual Patreon supporter or just bullshit I made up!

[gracious-midnight]

So like I completely understand that bringing Jason back to life would completely cheapen the meaning of his death and go against the point of the narrative

But I actually dc. Rick needs to pick the pen up and write my boy a happy ending.

[rosesradio]

jason is one of those people that everyone would be intimidated to talk to and be like “he has plenty of friends he wouldn’t want to get to know me i’m boring” but in reality he’s like. actually one of the loneliest people ever

[justanotherspeck]

the Eurylochus apologist in me cannot be tamed. people often make fun of (?) Eurylochus for telling Odysseus "But we'll die" in Mutiny, because Odysseus explicitly told them to not. kill. the. damn. cow. now obviously, there's an element of hunger ("hunger is so heavy"), and desperation ("how much longer must we suffer now? how much longer must we push through doubt?"), which to me means two things: they're not going to make great decisions and they have no real hope of returning home.

and why would they have hope? Odysseus wouldn't have been able to defeat Circe without divine help. Odysseus showed that he was willing to take the first choice he got, which was to sacrifice 6 of his own men-- men, mind you, he'd tried to save previously. how can you trust your captain after that? they spent TEN YEARS fighting and living together, and now the crew reasonably fears they'll be next to die if their captain feels it's necessary. under these circumstances, only the present matters-- only short-term survival matters.

Eurylochus was for sure stupid for killing the cow. but there's a difference between having divine punishment inflicted on you and a god giving your captain a choice: him or all of you. in the latter case, there's a chance. a chance Odysseus will give up his life for the lives of dozens of others. "But we'll die" is not a stupid thing for Eurylochus to say in that moment-- he might've been prepared to face the wrath of a god (we often don't feel the weight of our decisions until after we make them, I don't think Eury was actually ready), but was Eurylochus prepared to have Odysseus choose his life over all of theirs?

now really, I don't see Odysseus as a monster here. my main gripe is with Zeus LOL. because he could've just smited the crew or Eurylochus himself. he was the one who killed the cow-- Odysseus didn't and was in fact, emphatic about not killing it. why would he be wrapped up in that mess? (yes, yes, there's an argument about Ody being the leader and his crew's actions being a reflection of his leadership but that aside...). Zeus had to turn the question to Odysseus-- even if I'm sure he knew the answer ("if I were to make you chose the life of your men and crew over your own, why do I think they'd lose?") just to torment him. just so that Odysseus can feel like the monster for making that choice.

Eurylochus was at fault, but he's just so terribly, heartbreakingly human. and so is Odysseus! impossible situations, impossible decisions. Zeus can [redacted redacted redacted] though.

[neverjustblue]

[sweetsdereese]

“Please…not you too..”

[justanotherspeck]

they never would've guessed just how gay the right arm and right leg would get.