A Door on Other Time

Title is from Tolkien's "On Fairy Stories". Handle means "storyteller" in Nahuatl. This'll mostly be about pop culture, linguistics, philosophy, history, and other things that interest me, but also about writing.

[tlaquetzqui]

[acurlygirlamy1]

This is a hard one...Oasis? There are so many.

[the-davest-of-uncles]

I know I'm gonna get hated on for this, but I'm gonna say Led Zepplin.

[nerdylibertarian928]

I'll one up you and say the beatles

[tlaquetzqui]

Yeah probably the Beatles. They had some bangers but a hefty chunk of their output sounds like a children’s band.

[peaceshine3]

[bobbsayshi]

I looked it up just to be sure and this shit is Fr y'all The Tasmanian people had a dialect and way of life that was different from other Aborigines. The British killed the men and women of the tribes and took away their food supply when they first arrived. Later they tried to “civilize” the Tasmanians and subject them to foreign diseases to kill off the last of them. The last full-blood Tasmanian woman was said to have lived until the year1888.

[eternalfratboy]

Wow!

[norest4thaweary]

at this point, what isnt racist in this country??!!

[jjsinterlude]

WHAT THE FUCK

[prettyboyshyflizzy]

Wow 😳😥

[marauders4evr]

As a History Concentration with a rather unsettling love for Looney Tunes and other classic cartoons, I never thought that I’d see the day where my two completely unrelated passions merged up so wonderfully.

And yet, here we are.

So let’s talk about Tasmania, shall we?

Actually, pretty much everything that the OP said about Tasmania is correct.

By the way, her name was Truganini (Nickname: Lallah Rookh.) If you’re going to use her legacy to try to criticize an old cartoon character you should at least give her the common courtesy of a name.

Now then, let’s talk about Looney Tunes.

Or more specifically, let us talk about the Tasmanian Devil.

Taz for short.

Great character.

Fun, energetic, hungry, and not a racist portrayal in any way, shape, or form.

The statement that Taz is a racist portrayal of the Tasmanian people is completely and one hundred percent wrong.

Now I know what you’re thinking…

“Alright marauders4evr, what is the Tasmanian Devil based off of?”

Well, Im glad that you asked.

Gather ‘round and listen closely now because this is going to be one of the greatest revelations that you will ever hear in your mortal lives.

The Tasmanian Devil…

…is based off of the Tasmanian Devil!

Yeah!

It’s a real animal!

An energetic animal who eats everything in its sight.

And Robert McKimson based a character off of it.

Speaking of one of the great men behind Looney Tunes…

Let’s talk about Mel Blanc!

I love him!

I wish that I could have met him!

He’s one of my late heroes.

Phenomenal voice actor.

The best that has ever existed.

The Man of 1000 Voices he’s called.

(And that’s an underestimate!)

The point is that he took a lot of pride in his work.

So what did he base Taz’s dialect off of?

I can tell you right now that it wasn’t the Tasmanian people.

Mel Blanc based the sound of the Tasmanian Devil…

…off of the Tasmanian Devil!

Here’s a clip of Taz’s dialect:

And here’s a clip of the Tasmanian Devil’s scream:

(Chilling, ain’t it?)

(On a side note, I just love to imagine Mel in the recording booth, screaming and growling before calmly doing Bugs’ voice!)

In conclusion…

What happened to the Tasmanian people truly is saddening and I wish that it hadn’t happened.

THE TASMANIAN DEVIL (TAZ) IS NOT A RACIST PORTRAYAL IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM

THE TASMANIAN DEVIL IS A REAL ANIMAL!

MEL BLANC WAS AWESOME AND DESERVES YOUR UTMOST RESPECT!

T-T-T-T-T-T-THAT’S ALL FOLKS!

[beardedmrbean]

Found it, horray for the search function working occasionally

[yourtoradorasextendedwarranty]

The desire to make everything everywhere racist for the sake of killing all cultural things is getting out of hand and I love it when people curb stomp them so hard it echos.

[ultramaga]

Since the mid-1970s, Tasmanian Aboriginal activists such as Michael Mansell have sought to broaden awareness and identification of Aboriginal descent. After campaigning by Tasmanian Aboriginal people in April 2023, UNESCO removed a document claiming they were extinct.[23]

Contemporary figures (2016) on the number of people of Tasmanian Aboriginal descent vary depending on the criteria used to determine this identity, ranging from 6,000 to over 23,000.[24][25] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_Tasmanians

Even their basic claim is not just false, but was proven false long before the Leftists here were born. As for the current Tasmanian Aboriginals not being “pure bloods”, it’s funny how much of Leftism is straight out of the National Socialist playbook.

“The Palawa, mainly descendants of white male sealers and Tasmanian Aboriginal women who settled on the Bass Strait islands, were given the power to decide who is of Tasmanian Aboriginal descent at the state level (entitlement to government Aboriginal services).” Now, don’t get me wrong, I think the Leftists SHOULD travel to Canberra and tell the government that the Tasmanian Aboriginals are extinct and therefore not able to receive the enormous benefits given to aboriginal people. For example, ABC Australia reported that an able bodied aboriginal woman has to wait less than two years for housing. The waiting time for a disable white man is at least thirty years. The subsidy you get for being “aboriginal” is so enormous, that the government has announced that it wanted to alter the constitution to permanently elevate them to a higher caste than all other races. There was a referendum and it was defeated, but the government often conducts referendums for things like the Australia Card, then when they are defeated the government goes ahead and does it anyway through back doors and other corupt means. Currently children are taught at school that a Wakandan Super-State called THE FIRST NATIONS™ ruled here sometime around the time of the dinosaurs, yet despite being the oldest continous civilisation the universe has ever seen, it also never managed the wheel, agriculture, animal domestication, a common language, maps, writing, or mathematics.

I do love the fact that Leftists love lies so much that they will lie about the existence of the Tasmanian Devil. Honestly, we should encourage them to embrace that delusion by tying up the Leftists and tossing them into cages for the devils to have a munch on. I mean, it can’t hurt them because Tassie Devils aren’t real, amiright?

[tlaquetzqui]

Two slight corrections: they had a type of “map” called a songline, which is auditory not visual, and they had math, it’s impossible to be human without having some concept of quantity. No it wasn’t very advanced math but they did have it—people as touchy about territory as the indigenous Australians generally were get pretty good at geometry, for one.

[grumpyseaman]

100% Correct. More accurately, White Republican's ended slavery. White Democrats wanted it to continue, and continued to persecute Blacks for the 161 years since the Civil War ended.

[tlaquetzqui]

Globally, also, the rise of Evangelicalism and a Catholic revival were what ended slavery. To be anti-Christian, to lament the effect of Christianity on society, is simply factually to be pro-slavery.

[not-muse]

[rj-anderson]

I know this is from Australia but when I first saw the words “Victorian man” all I could think of was this:

[cockyhorror]

To be fair imagine you just arrived in 2018 from Victorian England and discovered Take On Me, what are you supposed to do, not blast it loud enough for your family to hear it all the way back in 1876?

[binturong-of-the-day]

The binturong of tiredness

[xenofiction-confession]

Did you know that one of the IHS beta readers ironically supports trans man lesbian despite the fact the cat and rj dislike tribbleofdoom for supporting it? I'm not ever kidding Leigh literally reblogged a post that is supporting not only mspec lesbians but trans men lesbians.

Proof 🧾

https://www.tumblr.com/theoutli3r/810947858843025408?source=share

https://ihopesocomic.tumblr.com/post/653630298814316544/frequently-asked-questions

Yikes.........

Cat and Rj sure needed to address the elephant in the room.

For contexts: theoutli3r is one of IHS beta readers and they are friends with cat & rj. It is mentioned in the FAQ.

[tlaquetzqui]

[sawbuckplus]

[glendathegoodone]

[tlaquetzqui]

Pretty sure she’s a Dutch neuroscientist in Norway. Because “van der Meer” is not Norwegian.

[gremlininho]

looking. at you

[feminismisstillahatemovement]

[tlaquetzqui]

If you only decide to warn people about the risks of breathplay because you think incels are into it, roaches should leave out poison for you.

[crabs-and-bedbugs]

[peaceshine3]

[bobbsayshi]

I looked it up just to be sure and this shit is Fr y'all The Tasmanian people had a dialect and way of life that was different from other Aborigines. The British killed the men and women of the tribes and took away their food supply when they first arrived. Later they tried to “civilize” the Tasmanians and subject them to foreign diseases to kill off the last of them. The last full-blood Tasmanian woman was said to have lived until the year1888.

[eternalfratboy]

Wow!

[norest4thaweary]

at this point, what isnt racist in this country??!!

[jjsinterlude]

WHAT THE FUCK

[prettyboyshyflizzy]

Wow 😳😥

[marauders4evr]

As a History Concentration with a rather unsettling love for Looney Tunes and other classic cartoons, I never thought that I’d see the day where my two completely unrelated passions merged up so wonderfully.

And yet, here we are.

So let’s talk about Tasmania, shall we?

Actually, pretty much everything that the OP said about Tasmania is correct.

By the way, her name was Truganini (Nickname: Lallah Rookh.) If you’re going to use her legacy to try to criticize an old cartoon character you should at least give her the common courtesy of a name.

Now then, let’s talk about Looney Tunes.

Or more specifically, let us talk about the Tasmanian Devil.

Taz for short.

Great character.

Fun, energetic, hungry, and not a racist portrayal in any way, shape, or form.

The statement that Taz is a racist portrayal of the Tasmanian people is completely and one hundred percent wrong.

Now I know what you’re thinking…

“Alright marauders4evr, what is the Tasmanian Devil based off of?”

Well, Im glad that you asked.

Gather ‘round and listen closely now because this is going to be one of the greatest revelations that you will ever hear in your mortal lives.

The Tasmanian Devil…

…is based off of the Tasmanian Devil!

Yeah!

It’s a real animal!

An energetic animal who eats everything in its sight.

And Robert McKimson based a character off of it.

Speaking of one of the great men behind Looney Tunes…

Let’s talk about Mel Blanc!

I love him!

I wish that I could have met him!

He’s one of my late heroes.

Phenomenal voice actor.

The best that has ever existed.

The Man of 1000 Voices he’s called.

(And that’s an underestimate!)

The point is that he took a lot of pride in his work.

So what did he base Taz’s dialect off of?

I can tell you right now that it wasn’t the Tasmanian people.

Mel Blanc based the sound of the Tasmanian Devil…

…off of the Tasmanian Devil!

Here’s a clip of Taz’s dialect:

And here’s a clip of the Tasmanian Devil’s scream:

(Chilling, ain’t it?)

(On a side note, I just love to imagine Mel in the recording booth, screaming and growling before calmly doing Bugs’ voice!)

In conclusion…

What happened to the Tasmanian people truly is saddening and I wish that it hadn’t happened.

THE TASMANIAN DEVIL (TAZ) IS NOT A RACIST PORTRAYAL IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM

THE TASMANIAN DEVIL IS A REAL ANIMAL!

MEL BLANC WAS AWESOME AND DESERVES YOUR UTMOST RESPECT!

T-T-T-T-T-T-THAT’S ALL FOLKS!

[beardedmrbean]

Found it, horray for the search function working occasionally

[crazy-brazilian]

wife material

[nonenosome2]

I know the idea of NFTs were poisoned by idiots, but imagine this.

A website that archives websites to a blockchain as NFTs such that a permanent, non-deletable, history could be maintained so that websites couldn't just get rid of the evidence of their wrongdoing.

Just as an example, shadow edits to EULAs could be kept in perpetuity.

[georgettekaplan]

So, Red Sonja. It's actually kinda fun--very much of a piece with the cheesy eighties fantasy films like Deathstalker or Beastmaster. Some good production value and actual actors (Philip Winchester! Rhona Mitra! Strike Back reunion!) sharing space with MST3K-worthy editing and special effects. Largely, it's just weird.

Like Red Sonja herself. You think she'd be a savage barbarian, but they make her go all in on being this nature-loving heroine, pretty much a Disney princess, who is like aghast at people abusing animals. "You use and slaughter animals!" she accuses the villain during the litany of his sins. It's like... honey... it's the Hyborean Age. Beyond Meat isn't exactly a thing at this point in prehistory.

(They have her hunting animals, but then saying a little Avatar prayer over them. Like, does that really make much of a difference? If you shot an arrow into my neck, I don't think I'd care much if you thanked me for my meat.)

Or the hair. They start her off as a redhead, then at the finale they make her really a redhead, and you're like... oh. We really needed to Surf Dracula her having red hair?

Or the armor. The villains try to embarrass her by making her wear a chainmail bikini in gladiatorial games, with the script jibing about how little it protects her (not that the villains wearing full armor ever seems to do them much good). Then she gets some real armor by being nice to the armorer (the script also makes a weirdly big deal about Sonja being super compassionate, like she's Wonder Woman). And it covers, like, ten percent more of her body.

It's like they wrote the script thinking they were going to put her in the chainmail bikini for one scene as a mythology gag and then they'd give her a real costume, but someone said "Fuck, guys, it's Red Sonja, she needs to be in a chainmail bikini," so instead they just put her in a different chainmail bikini and didn't rewrite the part where she's supposedly asking for and getting practical armor.

At one point, the villain sets fire to the forest Red Sonja is hiding out in to smoke her out, then he sends his men into the burning forest to get her. While it's on fire.

The villain is Robert Sheehan and boy, let me tell you, it is a sight to see Matilda Lutz underplaying everything (clearly a graduate of the Gal Gadot School of Acting) while Sheehan overplays everything. If you raised a child on Eddie Redmayne's performance in Jupiter Rising, the result would probably be a lot like "Emperor Draygan."

Clearly a man who knows that the more sniveling and fey your fantasy movie villain is, the better. Look at this guy!

There's a bit where the obligatory Miniboss Villainess Who Is Super Into The Main Villain asks him "Why have we never shared a bed?" and I swear to God, he turns around just like this

iWh

Imagine a Sex And The City character becoming an evil overlord and you're about there. I don't know what movie he thinks he's in... some kind of atheist relationship drama involving cyclops?... but you wish A24 had picked it up instead of burying it in a barbarian revenge film.

Like, his complaint is that the gods didn't intervene to help him when he was enslaved as a boy, and then the gods do intervene when Sonja is mortally wounded and he's won fair and square, so yeah! Valid! If the gods had just intervened during the opening scene instead of the third act, everyone would've been so much better off!

It's a female goddess specifically, too, so I guess we're not supposed to notice.

[tlaquetzqui]

“Helmet and loincloth” is 100% realistic armor. If anyone is wearing any armor and not a helmet, and we didn’t see their helmet get knocked off, realism has left the chat.

[dertaglichedan]