#makes me nuts

[aghastro]

Vent piece from back in January that is still my toothache today

[naomiknight-17]

Every day I am forced to witness blazed posts that confuse the hell out of me

I even looked at the blog and I can't make heads or tails of it

Is this a reference to some fandom I don't know? Some elaborate original fiction? Or is this person just deeply deeply mentally ill???

[kindlespark]

i feel like that always sunny pepe silvia meme thinking about how babel’s magic system is inherently built upon division. the magic in translation works because of linguistic and cultural differences, because of an Other, so of course babel as an exploitative institution can only conceptualise it as violence, as betrayal. of course they view romance languages becoming more entwined and connected as a downside, because it makes babel/the empire less effective when they can no longer exploit difference, can no longer separate and conquer.

but, as the book says, robin and ramy from the very beginning see translation as connection. when robin brings up that translation can be seen as “reuniting mankind” like babel (the tower) once did, professor playfair is confused, because he can only understand translation in service of division and empire. but ramy calls robin a good translator, because to them, it's always been about listening to and understanding each other. in its pure form it’s the opposite of violence, because translation is really about overcoming difference. as ramy says, “showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands”. it's an act of love.

so like of course the translate spell is the one to tear it all down. translation in service of empire was always going to be futile, because it violated an act of connection and celebration of difference. babel was only so fragile in the end

[hotniatheron]

Hm. Do you think Cas's handprint was a mark of faith, as opposed to every other scar that Dean has

[blinkmyeyez]

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