Did its people want too much, too?

jo 💖 | 20s | my faves are sam, gabriel, & jack | lokiel truther and true enlightened sabriel enjoyer | fan of themes and perhaps motifs

[nobodymitskigabriel]

They are both Losers. They are both very Silly guys.

[ofswordsandpens]

the thing about obsession re: the cat sandwich, is that the common interpretation I've been seeing is that its an instance of real Nikki's anger manifesting through the entity, but honestly I saw it more as an instance of the entity not understanding human conventions, and having a "cannibalism/consumption as a metaphor for love" moment. Like I genuinely could imagine the entity's thought process as:

Bear loves the cat -> consumption is one of the ultimate acts of love. by eating the cat, its essence lives inside him. -> he will love me for this wonderful gift I've given him :)

it sort of reminds me of Where the Wild Things Are, when the monsters beg the protagonist to stay with them. Please don't go. I'll eat you whole. I love you so.

[ofswordsandpens]

saw the movie again and as some pointed out, the entity does say that she wants to "eat Bear up" which I had definitely missed my first viewing (I can't wait to watch this movie with subtitles lmao). But this confirms to me that for the Entity: consumption = love and there's 100% a version of this story out there that ends with her eating him bones and all.

[officialdietcoke]

on my second viewing of obsession, i had the realization that nikki’s story at the party wasn’t the movie using incest as an easy shorthand for making the audience uncomfortable or creating a general “things are off” vibe but was another way the real nikki was crying out—a metaphor for the fact that nikki, like gretel, is being made to fuck her “little brother” (bear) under duress, at the behest of an external magic (the witch’s spell in her story; obviously, bear’s wish)

[nephilot]

last night was watching a youtube video w my boyfriend where this woman was talking abt how it's ok to depict rape in fiction obviously but it has to be distressing for the reader and v clear that the rape is not in any way being romanticized i mean i know i talk abt this all the time on here but sometimes you just want to settle in with your romanticized depiction of rape. sometimes you want to have fun with it and you don't want to be reminded THIS IS WRONG by the author every page you want to be like awwww when the rapist and the victim fall in love <3 when the victim has to enjoy it bc there's no choice <3 like sorry We Live in a Society where rape is inescapable for many ppl ofc there are going to be cultural artifacts that reflect that inescapability by romanticizing the cage

[nephilot]

her argument was that she knows fiction is fiction but that romanticized depictions are rape culture. but it's complicated. absolutely romanticization of rape arises from rape. it could not be romanticized if it didn't exist. it is, literally, a culture of rape that creates the conditions for such writings. but if we cut off any reaction to rape that is not pure horror, we disallow so many representations of reality. how can we address rape if we ignore the wide swath of responses to it? "this is rape culture" yes! it is rape culture. i agree. but not the way she means, where it becomes a call to terminate all the writings that dare discuss rape with any sense of pleasure. there are ppl who find pleasure in rape. this is something that shouldn't be ignored

[nobodymitskigabriel]

What the hell even is it with media literacy. I looked up discussion posts about Obsession people are whining about the fact that it didn't have a save the cat three act hollywood structure or 18 epic plot twists or more worldbuilding where bear embarks on a magical quest to find the wizard who invented the willow branch or wondering why he didn't just begin behaving completely rationally in the face of the most emotionally charged situation he's ever faced in his life. The point of Obsession is that is hands us a very simple concept and asks us to sit with it and keep on sitting with it. That's the point of the movie.

[checkyourasianbias]

"poc person" you are saying person of color person. "poc artist poc writer poc media" that's not what it means!! stop that!!!

[checkyourasianbias]

why are you guys acting like i'm asking you to move heaven and earth to change how you use one term

[savagenightattheopera]

this phrase has given an almost incalculable buff to my casual hating

[fawnstarmoss]

this was my favorite part of the article

[dogpuppy]

[peachfromcmbyn]

Yeah sorry I can't come into work today. I accidentally heard Primadonna by Marina formerly of and the Diamonds. So I need the day to be a primadonna girl. Yeah it's going to be the whole day.

[nixpunk]

[nobodymitskigabriel]

I've never done NaNoWriMo but I really think I'd like to try it this year even though the organization itself is dead. I do hope someone takes a lead on recreating the community aspect.

[roadhogsbigbelly]

i honestly don't really understand why "some people prefer watching gameplay online rather than playing games themselves" is treated as such a taboo when being a spectator is considered a pretty mundane way to engage with most sports, game shows, reality tv or even just like. chess.

[nobodymitskigabriel]

Sometimes I think about the fact that watching Fullmetal Alchemist in middle school ended up having an actual, tangible positive impact on my job in social services.

[nobodymitskigabriel]

Sometimes your hair isn't as short as it used to be so you don't signal queer (safe) as much anymore and so the queer, autistic kid seeking your services isn't sure if you're trustworthy. Sometimes that kid's special interest is Fullmetal Alchemist. This is how to make that kid trust you.

[nobodymitskigabriel]

Sometimes I think about the fact that watching Fullmetal Alchemist in middle school ended up having an actual, tangible positive impact on my job in social services.

[caspercryptid]

I would actually go as far as to say that MOST abuse is unintentional. I think most people will go through their lives without ever experiencing intentional abuse. People are abusive because they're selfish, because they're stressed, because they care more about what society thinks they should do than the impacts of their actions on their children and partners, because they think what they're doing is correct, because they've made it make sense in their own heads, because they think they can fix their victims, they think they can fix their relationships, they think they can stop you from leaving, they think they can make you a better partner to them, they think that means you need to do what they want. We've sort of constructed mental illness in a way that doing this shit to other people counts as a form of mental illness because it is anti social behavior in the literal sense— it is behavior that causes social harm.

I don't say any of this to excuse it. I think everyone needs to be more aware of this because if you think abuse has to be intentional you will never realize you are capable of abusive behavior. You will never realize you are being shitty to the people you love, because YOU know what you mean, YOU know you don't mean any harm. But you're doing harm. You need to pay attention to the impact you have on other people, and you need to do it all the time, Especially when you feel least capable of doing so. Sorry! You live in a society. Get your head out of your ass.

[wolfsteax]

I humbly offer this contribution.

[burgerdotcom]

reblogs were off

[notecardpasta]

I think when you correctly identify a trauma that is the base of a woe of yours it should just disappear. It should be like "aaahh. you got me" and vanish and leave 100 dollars behind

[cloevr]

real life: sorry im just not a social media kind of guy… i wanna live in the moment y’know…. im like really private i like having secrets

on tumblr at 11:41 pm : guess whose period just started while watching fraggle rock season 1 episode 17