Apr 27, 2017
when will Sinbad's sanity come back from war
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when will Sinbad's sanity come back from war
So a little bit after i REALLY got into fandoms and memes and the general internet i come across this absolutely metal quote. I’m sure most of you know it.
“Kill me and live with the memory. Then tell the stars that you won.”
Like,,, absolute SLAP of a quote. I’ve seen it mentioned over and over as an absolutely boss phrase.
And i’m looking at it, surrounded by dream-Obama quotes and that one about the mushrooms and death and thinking hm. That sounds weirdly familiar, in a very persistent way. Must be from a video game or some movie or something.
And today, i’m looking at it and suddenly i go HOLY FUCK.
It’s fucking WARRIOR CATS
Because OVER A DECADE of reading that absolute illiad of a series and i JUST connected the fucking dots. It’s SO OBVIOUS like it’s almost like i always knew but just didn’t process that and at first i’m like “oh, Firestar and Tigerstar right?” But NO. IT WAS GREY WING AND CLEAR SKY. I’VE READ THAT BOOK LIKE FIVE TIMES I CANT BELIEVE THIS.
Anyway. Rant over.
It really is a good series even if it’s WAY too bloody for the target demographic but the second newest series had ghost espionage and Greystripe’s STILL a legend so.
my poetry class is making me think about how words...word
And specifically how that affects how internet slang develops
Example: “disc horse” to mean Discourse. It’s kind of fascinating how “disc horse” emphasizes the abstract nature of “discourse.” Unlike most “memespeak” its not an alteration of the word, it’s two totally different words that sound approximately the same, and both of those words have a concrete meaning that’s absurd in the context of “discourse.” Forcing those words to mean “discourse” and having it work makes the concept seem cut off from reality. The interchangeability of “disc horse” and “discourse,” which have very different concrete meanings, suggests that the idea doesn’t correspond to a concrete reality.
And we all kind of lowkey knew this, but it’s difficult to articulate, or for it even to occur to us to articulate it...