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one of the most interesting throughlines to me in the tvc books is characters rejecting their (obvious) victimhood. like the preference to step into a villain role rather than the victim role. it's out of step with today's sensibilities but that's also what makes it fascinating to me, but also one thing i find really strange about some of the (good) commentary about it. these characters are victims but for the most part do not want to be thought of as victims. and yes, this extends to a lot of the cast, even people who do this successfully enough we actually do rarely stop and think about the facts of the matter. but if a victim would rather not be thought of as a victim, to what extent can you ever really accept that if they're just... incorrect?
Bichen is resting in his hand but he still slays.
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Ok I love this???
"baptise me in hot dog water"
Hot dog water - there's a Tumblr post out there I've seen saying hot dog water is the opposite of holy water, due to the fact that a single drop of it will contaminate what it touches. I assume this was partly inspired by this allusion but who knows for sure.
Also the the idea of holy water as inhuman and cleaning vs hot dog water as the remains of feeding someone - often a child - and entirely human. It may be dirty and I do not want it on me but God hot dog water has some memories. You will not wash away my sins. They're mine. Also, anyone can make hot dog water but holy water is refined, restricted (yes anyone can make it in an emergency but lay people are restricted from it)
"you and I both know"
Unlike baptism for babies, this one is done between two people who are both aware of what is happening. The one receiving the baptism gives the orders about what they want to happen. The giver and receiver are portrayed as equals. They are equally aware of their humanity.
"the holy stuff won't take"
Ooof heartbreaking, amazing line. Raises so many questions. What does it mean when the water "takes"? What has the receiver done that makes them unfit for holy water? Or, what has the holy water done that makes it to weak to help, to be a part of your life?
The poem as a whole - I love the lack of capitalization. It adds a sort of intimacy to the poem, and the statement from the speaker. The high words "baptise" and "holy" being offset by "take" and "hot dog". Also "hot dog water" vs "holy stuff." The cadence! I would lick it.
I love the serious analysis, and I think I find it persuasive.
This also sheds a lot of light on some plot points in Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated.
Not to turn this into another house full of chintz, but I'mma fuck this poem on the floor.
There are two readings of the poem's meter that I immediately identify, the first is how I'd want to read it, and the second is how a normal person would probably read it, but both make the same point.
In my interpretation (left), the first line is four wholely irregular feet: an iamb into a dibrach into two trochees; The second line is two trouches into a hanging stressed syllable; And the third line is three iambs.
In the more normal interpretation(right), the first line and second line are six trochees all together plus that hanging syllable in 'knowing' which transitions the poem to iambic trimeter.
And look at the interesting result of that laid bare:
In English poetry there's a tradition, all other things being equal, that iambs are considered the sophisticated foot with trochees often being contrasted as the vulgar or common foot.
The vulgar in specificity "hot dog water" is put in trochee, while the respectably vague "the holy stuff" is afforded iambs. Without the poet having thought of the stress things the pattern actively, this incapulation of the English poetic tradition is astounding. Especially when you consider the
Chiasmus is a figure of rhetorical construction, in which two pairs of ideas are laid across each other, A B B A. It's one of the more popular figures of rhetoric and if you're looking for it you'll see it everywhere.
In the most literal sense, it's about repetition; but, you can apply it more liberally to ideas, thoughts, or in this case, parts of speech:
The nouns and verb pairs in the first and third lines crossover each other. They are in chiasmus. Structurally, the inversion makes the poem feel more solid, while still furthering emphasizing the contrast between the idea of hot dog water and the holy stuff.
Opening with a command and closing with a result.
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I keep putting this aside (because my brain is easily distracted) but here it is; my post about demonic cultivation and how Wei Wuxian’s relies on Empathy.
This is why no one can match him in power too.
First off we got to acknowledge that this has nothing to do with CQL. It cannot apply because it is not demonic cultivation being used. Demonic cultivation can also be referred to as gui cultivation.
“Yao are created from non-human living beings; Mo are created from humans; Gui are created from the deceased; Guai are created from dead non-humans. ”
-Taming Wangxian translation, ch13
In other words, it’s necromancy. Which doesn’t exist in The Untamed because of censorship. No undead or ghosts there in the series. Just ghoul puppets who are living people transformed by “evil energies”.
The second thing to note is that MDZS is not, actually, in Wei Wuxian’s POV. We get his POV the most but we see others plenty of times and the narration often actually goes along with “common knowledge” in a subtle way. MDZS is in third person.
This is because of a fact that’s too easy to forget; Wei Wuxian not being the villain is meant as a plot twist. Thanks to it being a Late Arrival Spoiler and The Opening of CQL, everyone knows he’s heroic.
But the original intention of the novel is to trick the audience while throwing breadcrumbs and hints of it being otherwise. It gives MDZS a great re-read bonus (especially if you don’t know Lan Wangji has liked Wei Wuxian since youth; if you look at his actions in isolation from the genre in the past he definitely doesn’t come across as liking Wei Wuxian!).
So Wei Wuxian’s narration isn’t unreliable. He conceals things, hides things with sarcasm and jokes, and has a few rare things he downplays, but he’s not full on “unreliable”. He tells the truth, his own truth. You gotta watch for the fact a lot of what people say is not actually supported by the narrative. A big example is what people say immediately after Jiang Yanli’s death (chapter 78). It’s one of the biggest things that is basically shaking the reader saying do not trust the words of the NPCs, pay attention to the events around said words. Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji’s words, in comparison to the rest of the cast, are the ones speaking true. Though both of them carefully “prune” their words even so when it comes to certain topics.
With that out of the way, let’s talk about demonic cultivation and how it’s shown to be an empathic path within the text!
Legendarium by https://www.artstation.com/gerwell
Ainur (Manwe, Varda, Ilmare & Eonwe)
Sauron & werewolves
Maiar (Sauron, Ilmare, Eonwe)
Sauron & Glaurung
Eonwe
Sauron & Gil-Galad
“The Ring misseth, maybe, the heat of Sauron’s hand, which was black and yet burned like fire, and so Gil-galad was destroyed”
Eonwe
part 3
NONE OF THIS IS MINE!!! the art is a MASTER PIECE by the most talented CHOISTAR. All that I did was translate the strips that were already on the internet translated to russian from the original chinese text.
I absolutely adore Choistar’s style and her character’s design for the Silmarillion are my headcanon for their faces. If your country allows,you should go check the rest of their work! links to it on each stripe.
actual quote from the author of the original manga:
All I wish to convey via this manga is a form of love that isn’t bound by terms such as BL or TS. But to be honest, I just want to awaken a new fetish within someone, that’s what I strongly hope to achieve. Please awaken.
legendary quote. please put this man into contact with some genderfucky queers i wanna see what chaos ensues
Bichen is resting in his hand but he still slays.
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