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tbfh i love when people will headcanon characters as being of their culture and then draw little comics of them participating in traditions that the artist is clearly intimately familiar with. like YESSS share your personal cultural experiences with me through the blorbos!!! i love to see it!!!!!!!
actually the craziest death ever to happen on this show
Aang: I refuse to take a life
Suyin: gonna liquify this chick’s entire head
In ATLA, its Hama's fault Katara's mom died. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
I don’t like to call Frankenstein’s creation a ‘monster’ because he seems pretty chill, so I just call him Frankenstein’s lil boi
*new yorker accent* yeah, that’s guy’s just Frankie’s kid, what’s it to ya?
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Hella Black. Hella Proud.
https://youtu.be/mCTsLawwj9A
Are they really the monster?
Daddy’s at the food store, Mummy’s out of town,
She’s working at the hospital since Rhona came to town,
Hide away, hide away, Miss Rhona’s come to town,
Hide away, hide away, she’s come to take us down.
Miss Rhona’s at the doorstep, I’ll keep 6 feet away,
But Grandma needs the paper, I’ll take her some today,
Hide away, hide away, Miss Rhona’s come to stay,
Hide away, hide away, we can’t come out to play.
But Grandma needs the paper, I’ll take her some today,
And here’s a note from Rhona, she wanted me to say,
Hide away, hide away, keep 6 feet away,
Hide away, hide away, she took us down today.
[Image ID: Tumblr user @neanderthyall says in the notes, “I thought that 6 feet was kind of a double meaning. Like six feet away to stop the spread, but when people die they’re six feet underground, and its six feet of the dirt that keeps you apart. Like ‘Hide away, hide away, even though it hurts Hide away, hide away, or the six feet will be dirt’.” End ID.]
HI DON’T LEAVE THIS IN THE NOTES THAT’S ACTUALLY BRILLIANT
I’ve taken the liberty of expanding the lyrics slightly and coming up with a tune:
Daddy’s at the food store, Mummy’s out of town, She’s working at the hospital since Rhona came to town, Hide away, hide away, Miss Rhona’s come to town, Hide away, hide away, she’s come to take us down.
Miss Rhona’s at the doorstep, I’ll keep 6 feet away, But Grandma needs the paper, I’ll take her some today, Hide away, hide away, Miss Rhona’s come to stay, Hide away, hide away, we can’t come out to play.
I need to see the sunlight, I’ve not been out in days And here’s a note from Rhona, she wanted me to say, Hide away, hide away, keep 6 feet away, Hide away, hide away, she took us down today
The days all run together, I haven’t changed my shirt We may be getting restless, but keep on the alert Hide away, hide away, even though it hurts Hide away, hide away, or the six feet will be dirt
@billpottsismygf’s extended version. A beautiful singing voice 🎶☺️
As planned I’ve extended this even further and re-recorded it with the new lyrics and a guitar part; it’s also a bit better quality. It’s so cool that so many different versions of this song have sprung up already! I recommend having a scroll through them all on @jus-tea‘s tumblr.
(Em)Daddy’s at the (B7)food store, (Em)Mummy’s out of (B7)town, She’s (Em)working at the (B7)hospital since (Em)Rhona (B7)came to (Em)town, (Am)Hide away, hide away, Miss (Em)Rhona’s come to town, (Am)Hide away, (Em)hide away, she’s come to (B7)take us (Em)down.
Miss Rhona’s at the doorstep, I’ll keep six feet away, But Grandma needs the paper, I’ll take her one today, Hide away, hide away, Miss Rhona’s come to stay, Hide away, hide away, we can’t come out to play.
I’m missing all my friends, though we keep in touch by phone, I’m learning what it is to truly be alone, Hide away, hide away, even though you moan, Hide away, hide away, or we’ll be lying prone.
My love she says she misses the twinkle of my eyes, But Rhona stalks the streets and to meet would be unwise, Hide away, hide away, we hear the desperate cries, Hide away, hide away, or see the bodies rise.
I feel myself a-coughin’, I haven’t got a mask, It’s work or die for me, though, so who am I to ask, Hide away, hide away, Miss Rhona’s on the task, Hide away, hide away, she’s come for me at last.
I need to see the sunlight, I’ve not been out in days, And here’s a note from Rhona, she wanted me to say, Hide away, hide away, keep 6 feet away, Hide away, hide away, she took us down today.
The days all run together, I haven’t changed my shirt, We may be getting restless, but keep on the alert, Hide away, hide away, Miss Rhona’s quite the flirt, Hide away, hide away, her touch is not inert.
Hide away, hide away, even though it hurts, Hide away, hide away, or six feet will be dirt.
you absolutely nailed the slightly ominous yet catchy tune for this, great job!
this is. perfect tbh
Pineapple on Pizza is innately monstrous. It's something we know and love, pizza, but a version that is in and of itself uncanny. Its pizza, but is it really?
Today We Talk About Gaud
Do I have the courage to tag @biggest-gaudiest-patronuses in this post? No, but it’s happening now. Gaud God speed fellow humans. Gaud is a monster. If you do not know about Gaud, they have a tumblr account so feel free to check them out.Anyway, to Mary Douglas. Gaud transgresses many boundaries here, including, but likely not limited to: socially acceptable versus not socially acceptable, human versus pink eldritch goo, and making people comfortable versus making people uncomfortable. Gaud is the self proclaimed “Patron Saint of Shitposts”, and often makes posts that toe the line between socially acceptable and socially unacceptable through multiple methods.
This post, for example, takes a relatable concept and adds something that is… uncomfortable. Tie in something that can be taken as oddly sexual, in this case the tag “like a slutty little chipmunk”, and you have a monstrous post.
Gaud is also obviously a human controlled account, but never shows themselves to be human, unless in a monstrous way. More often than not, Gaud is portrayed as pink goo which is molded into other forms. They’re somehow able to maintain a physical form akin to human (see picture), while still being liquid enough to be able to pass through a straw. Similarly, in their posts they always claim to be an eldritch creature, at least to my knowledge.
Here’s the picture, it’s probably better that it’s just a link and not an image.
Despite their love of making people uncomfortable, Gaud also seems to give a lot of users a level of comfort. At the bottom of nearly every post, one can spot trigger warning tags, so people can filter out the things that trigger them or just do not want to see. Gaud is also very clearly a supporter of the LGBTQ+ community, which helps many users feel more comfortable with being themselves. This isn’t to say that Gaud doesn’t try to make people uncomfortable constantly, but one can find certain personal freedom when interacting with their posts.
Gaud isn't the monster, we are. This is gaud's world, we simply inhabit it. All hail the almighty Gaud!
Hot take: Val-Yor is the monster in the episode "Troq" from Teen Titans. He's extremely out of place, yet infiltrates the Titans. Although Starfire and Cyborg are different, they still assimilated into the Titans with good intentions, and help humanity. Val-Yor recruited the Titans and purposely insults Starfire, while isolating her, essentially acting like a parasite in a body, where he's changing the body for it's own benefit. Also, he's hecka racist/specie-ist. He literally calls Star a slur. WHO DOES THAT???? Like he's just a privileged jerk. Also, Troq was a fantastic episode about racism, and if you haven't watched it, WATCH IT!!! You can watch it on it's own without the show! (Still watch the show)
Speaking of Teen Titans, Teen Titans Go is also monstrous. It's something that we know and love (the original series), but different. The things we loved are gone, replaced by something completely different, but looks like what we knew. And that makes it UNCANNY.
Hot take: Val-Yor is the monster in the episode "Troq" from Teen Titans. He's extremely out of place, yet infiltrates the Titans. Although Starfire and Cyborg are different, they still assimilated into the Titans with good intentions, and help humanity. Val-Yor recruited the Titans and purposely insults Starfire, while isolating her, essentially acting like a parasite in a body, where he's changing the body for it's own benefit. Also, he's hecka racist/specie-ist. He literally calls Star a slur. WHO DOES THAT???? Like he's just a privileged jerk. Also, Troq was a fantastic episode about racism, and if you haven't watched it, WATCH IT!!! You can watch it on it's own without the show! (Still watch the show)
Frankenstein’s monster is babey, y’all are just mean
Frankenstein’s monster is a shining example of Sigmund Freud’s theory of the Uncanny. (Just so we’re clear, I still think Freud is horrible, especially for his sexist beliefs. It is fine to talk about people’s additions to society, as long as we also acknowledge their faults.) For this analysis, I’ll be talking about the 1931 film adaptation rather than Mary Shelley’s original novel as the film’s version of the monster is the one we’re most familiar with. Frankenstein’s monster is seen as exactly what his name implies: a monster. But there’s something to the monster that makes us more uncomfortable than other monsters and that’s it’s likeness to us as humans. Frankenstein’s monster (I’ll call him Frank), was made from human parts. Everything about him physically is human. That makes the locals unnerved, because he’s one of them, but not really. So if he’s not human like them, but he’s not an animal, what is he? And the answer becomes: he’s un-natural. The fact that he exists should be a scientific discovery but instead, Frank is labeled as an affront to nature, and something that should no longer exist, which is why the town seeks to get rid of him. They react violently because they’re scared. Imagine Frank as a clown, instead of the image that we think from the adaptations. If Frankenstein created a clown for the first time, you would be terrified! You would want that clown to go away, because you don’t know what it is, and that fact that it resembles you somewhat makes you uncomfortable. That feeling is exactly what the townspeople feel. That discomfort and uneasiness makes them want to get rid of the source of that feeling, which is Frank. It’s a shame, because Frank has not made any action towards anyone to warrant this reaction. He didn’t ask to exist, and due to his lack of societal understanding, he probably doesn’t even know why the townsfolk are reacting to him in that manner. Of course he would react in the way that he did, in fear. To his dying breath, he was terrified of humans, and saw them as the monsters, and that may hold some truth. They didn’t seek to understand Frank. All they wanted was to destroy him, as he was different, and in the traditional sense of the word, that should make them the true monsters of the film.
You wanna know what grinds my gears?
In Get Out, the family was considered the monsters of the film. Yes, in the sense of the film, they are evil, and what they did is absolutely horrible, but they aren’t truly the monsters. I believe the family is a projection of part of society’s behavior towards people of color. In this day and age, black-fishing and cultural appropriation is a common occurrence. When someone gets called out for these actions, the people that call them out get told that they’re overreacting. So we’re already living in a world where blackness is imitatible and that behavior is accepted. There are celebrities who constantly behave in this way, and aren’t really called out on it, and get a slap on the wrist. What I’m saying is, the Armitage family, are only monsters in the traditional sense of the film. Their mindset has been present in society for a long time. In the context of Mary Douglas, people of color have been considered dirt/dirty for a very long time. People have been smothering themselves with dirt as a joke for as long as the video media has existed. Now, people are smothering themselves with dirt as a way to temporarily be “dirty”, and to gain access to resources that exist for the “dirty” people, or to reap some of the few benefits that “dirty” people have. They essentially make themselves dirty, but keep everything else about their life clean. Soul Man is a movie that is based on that idea, where a white person presents themselves as black to gain a scholarship to Harvard Law, and the movie was commended by then-president Ronald Reagan and his wife. There are also real life situations like Rachel Dolezal, who passed as a black person for years, and when she was caught, stated that she “self-identified” as being black. It’s honestly tiring being a woman of color and having to see people imitating my culture and my appearance because it’s “cool” and it benefits them in some way. At the end of the day, as long as these practices are still okay for people to do, the Armitage family will never really be the monsters of the film, but rather, a reflection of society and its behavior towards people of color.
My favourite genre of movie is 'vapid girly teen flicks from the 90's and early 00's that actually have important feminist and socially conscious messages'.
Some examples;
Don't be afraid to break the pointless and sexist rules society has imposed upon you, especially if they stand between you and your dreams.
Learn to recognise your self worth beyond the trappings of success.
Recognising and working to correct your white privilege, is not only the right thing to do morally, but will also lead to a more diverse and exciting playing field.
You absolutely do not have to sacrifice your femininity or sense of self in order to make your way in a traditionally masculine field.
