#really bugs me

[theladyship]

Please tell me I’m not the only one reporting all the p0rn bot spams. I’m tired, it’s like fighting a 4 fronts war.

[paragonrobits]

so i was thinking about a comment where one of my favorite history/literary Youtubers noted that they kind of liked the more theatrical, magnaminous Thor from earlier movies as opposed to Ragnarok’s more comedic take, and then I realized something: why do people try to find that in Norse mythologies?

Like, there’s this real disconnect from the tone and character of the actual myths in modern adaptations that isn’t particularly common in other adaptations. Like, that magnanimous vibe they were talking about? That’s literally most takes on Greek mythology; those are the stories that informed the particular tradition of theater that gave us those specific kinds of ideas for grand characters like that. That’s Hercules and the more sanitized takes of Zeus. That’s how people tend to write Greek mythology, especially when they downplay the cultural clash-y bits.

But a good chunk of the Norse myths we know today (and its hard to be sure of what’s authentic, because our only real source for it was a Christian writer trying to create a shared cultural history and he sure as hell shoved his biases in there without much regard for the actual context) seemed to be... not that, at all. They were comedic, on the whole; most of the stories involved one of the gods going ‘hmmm, today I will cause problems on purpose’. If its not Loki acting less like a charming Satan figure and more like a Looney Tunes antagonist running into a wall because it was painted to look like a doorway, its Thor being regularly embarrassed up to the point where he gets to kick some ass or freak people out with his ludicrous power levels.

Odin liked to spend his time as a wandering hobo, for goodness sake. He’s HARDLY anything like the image of the Regal Sky God.

But this is never covered in adaptations; the vast majority of adaptations of Norse myths are in name only, with REALLY bad cases of them being so distanced from their origins that you might as well have made up entirely new characters since they’re nothing like what you claim you’re adapting. You might as well just be doing Greek myth work, because that’s the kind of thing you’re following from.

Like, these myths aren’t without pathos. They end on a tragic but ultimately optimistic note; the gods are all going to die, and the world with it, undone by their own suspicions and attempts to forestall their doom. Thor, the great friend to humanity, will die fighting his monstrous nephew. Odin will be devoured and killed by his blood-brother’s wolfen son. All will die, save Baldur, who will revive to be among the gods who survive, and a new world will result. And given that Odin knows the prophecies, and his treatment of Loki’s children is a direct conseqeunce of him trying to forestall them, the other gods probably know how they’re going to die. But they meet their deaths nonetheless.

But on the whole, they paint a pantheon that is much less like an image of grand royalty on glittering thrones and speaking in shakespearean monologues, and more of a much more whimsical, rough vibe, and this feels like the wrong mythology to look at if you’re angling for a grandiose tone.

[kathuichithouda-archives]

plz don't reblog my stuff with passive aggressive comments in the tags

I look at them, yknow.

I look at what u say.

[guess-ill-do-it]

99% sure everyone has pointed this out but

When Luther breaks Ben's statue, Klaus is sitting down, but in the scene after he is standing and this REALLY bugs me

[thegreatdivide]

Does this bother anyone else?

[dappled-wood]

Dollhouse

Right, thinking about it Dollhouse could’ve been one of the greatest shows out there, but was cancelled before it’s time. Now I’m a massive Firefly fan, don’t get me wrong, but I would rather Dollhouse be bought back than Firefly for more seasons.

There was so much left to be explained, that they needed more seasons for. Instead we were left with a rush job of trying to get everything that they had sowed the oats for tied up. It had the potential to be one of the greatest shows out there. The character development that could’ve happened was immense, but instead we were left with almost a half arsed thing, not due to the creators but the studio that cancelled it. 

And the concept was such an innovative idea. It was so good and you could have done so much with it. Not only that but it allowed the actors to showcase their talent by having to do different roles.

So to sum up Dollhouse shouldn’t have been cancelled an had the opportunity to become of the greatest TV shows out there.

[sizablelad]

sooooo…..apparently there was a tagpocalypse. glad i missed that.

[wnine]

who tf normalised smoking during zoom meetings. you’re still working this is not the café wtf