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VALENTINO Pre-Fall 2015 — Galaxy details

cornflakesdoesart

althought I wanted to finish these while it was winter , it’s still snowing here so here, some warmly dressed folks!

pocketgalaxies

I don’t – I think my work here is done. I can’t – we can’t help him! We can’t – h-h-he’s a lost soul!

dahliaborne

i want a fragrance made from roses, stardust, honey and siren tears

thewhitehairedwitchgirl

Me: I want to write a thing

Friends: So write it

Me:

theglowpt2-deactivated20200101

joss whedon: loki tortures and murders people for fun, and, despite being the god of CHAOS, is a fascist who says things like “it’s the unspoken truth of humanity that you crave subjugation”

taika waititi: loki is an annoying little shit who day-drinks, puts on theater about himself, and fucks his way to the top

mangonetics

joss whedon: loki and thor are gods, so they always talk proper and posh and in cryptic riddles so for no reason. it makes them seem more powerful and mystical.

taiki waititi: one time when they were kids loki turned into a snake because he knows thor loves snakes and then thor went to pick up the snake and then loki turned back into himself and screamed “yueagh, it’s me!” and then he stabbed thor

loptrcoptr

Taika Waititi has a deeper understanding of Norse mythological accuracy than Joss lol

fleetwood-mac-andcheese

It’s because Joss Whedon looks at all mythology and religion through a Christian-atheist lens. You can see it in Buffy and even a little in Firefly too. Even when he writes about other religions and their deities and practices, it still comes back to Christianity.

He wrote Thor and Loki as modern Western Christianity would portray Jesus and the Devil as opposed to how they actually are in mythology or the comics

thefingerfuckingfemalefury

That…is a really good addition as to why Whedon gets Thor and Loki wrong and why Taika did a far better job with their characters/personalities in Ragnarok

secretink

Writing fanfic as a non-US citizen like

intrinsicklutz

In case anyone actually wants to know the answer: it’s the plot of Cars. The difference is literally the plot of Cars.

Highways are usually two-to-four (at the widest) lane roads that meander the US landscape. Think Route 66, dinosaur statues, mom-and-pop diners, southern gothic. There are state-level and national-level highways. Some run for a 100 miles, some, like US HWY-17, run most of the East Coast:

That red line is US HWY 17. If you follow it, you will go through tiny towns. You may hit stoplights. I kid you not, you will see spinning cows on poles. Businesses exist along highways that you are encouraged to pull over and visit. They were designed to let you see America.

Yeah.

Now, interstates were made in the 50s and were made to get people from Point A to Point B. These suckers range from four lanes to eight lanes around big cities. They cut through everything. If you want to get to a business, you have to take an exit ramp and detour. They are great for getting places fast. You can still have weird experiences on them, but usually at night, when your eyes start playing tricks on you. Or there are deer.

I-95 is a massive corridor that runs from the Florida Keys to the Canadian Border. You can see the difference just looking at the maps.

As far as writing goes:

If you want quirky character development inside the car, you’re looking for an interstate. The majority of Americans take interstates to go on road trips.

If you want mysterious and/or supernatural hijinks, you’re looking for a highway. They are weird, weird places, and they’re surprisingly easy to wind up on if you leave the interstate.

(Even in America, no one’s really sure what a freeway is. Just ignore it.)

thecheshirecass-deactivated2018

Freeways exist in big cities where cars are more prominent than public transport, such as LA or Atlanta. You’ve year of liminal spaces? Freeways during rush hour are a physical manifestation of hell.

aqunathlok-ataashi

Awesome! Now what the hell is a turnpike?

thecheshirecass-deactivated2018

If you find out, let me know. Maybe ask someone from New Jersey.

spanishskulduggery

A turnpike is a highway with a toll. Turnpikes are special highways where you drive really fast and it’s usually linking big cities with each other and you keep going until you hit a toll booth.

They’re called “turnpikes” because in the olden days, there were pikes or barriers up and you had to pay the toll for them to be raised or turned to let you in.

merindab

Also, just for the record, Hawaii does have interstates.

marisatomay

For everyone who didn’t want to know, expressways are a form of highway that connect both suburban areas and major interstates to a city They often have both an alphanumerical name and a colloquial name In Philly we have the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76)

heywriters

Would like to add that highways and mainly interstates were made specifically so THE MILITARY could get from Point A to Point B. This combined with a post-WWII boost in the economy and car industry gave Americans the ability to tour the country on their own for the first time ever. A whole chunk of American culture was created by just expanding the road system.

Think about road systems and other systems of travel when worldbuilding!

literaryreference

All this being said, most East Coast US people will refer to all of these things interchangeably as “highways”/”the highway.”

realhunterswearplaid

I would like to point out that Interstates can also dwindle to 2 lanes. I’ve been on plenty of them that have, the I-10, for instance can be massive or go down to 2 lanes while crossing endless stretches of desert.