*coughing blood and covered in wounds, on one knee, gripping my sword planted on the ground… And yet, smiling* Heh… And yet, despite everything… *I start glowing with mysterious power* I stay silly!
Not to get too intense about it, but I really do love a good retelling, but my criteria for good retellings are... not high, but perhaps more specific than they are for most people. If I had to make a list
- A good retelling must understand the original text and its context. If one is retelling a Greek myth, you must understand not only the plot of the myth, but the author should also at least understand the intent behind the myth, both in charitable and uncharitable interpretations.
- A good retelling must add something new by telling this story again. You can't just say that this is the same story... but in space! You have to know that the creation of a different context for a story fundamentally creates different themes and understandings, and take advantage of that. To go back to Greek myth, Hadestown is fundamentally a retelling of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice. However, instead of solely focusing on Hades as a figure representing Death, Hadestown focuses on Hades as a patron of the wealthy, the lord of all wealth hidden beneath the earth as much as the bones that also lay there. The story is then reframed as not just the story of Orpheus and Eurydice but also of the story of an early 1900s company town wherein Hades is the exploitative boss. Orpheus is voice of the downtrodden, traveling to this place of the downtrodden and trying, in his own way, to affect some tiny bit of change. In what I'd consider one of the seminal songs in the musical, "If It's True," where his simple action of singing this question about whether this is the only way things have to be awakes the deadened workers and their collective force makes Hades respond.
- A good retelling must stand on its own even if the audience is unfamiliar with other tellings. Knowing the original should enhance the experience, but it should not be necessary. Sorry to keep using musical examples, but The Tain by The Decemberists is still a great song with solid lyrics, even if they're abstracted from the original story of The Cattle Raid of Cooley. They change the lyrics to more modern ideas, with references to Charlemagne, cars, and so on, but the through-line of the story is very clearly there. The story even ends with a direct question to Medb - was all that really worth it?
I dunno where I was going with the rest of this, but those are my thoughts on the matter.
When I found out Paramount+ was removing Star Trek: Prodigy I bought all 20 episodes of S1 from Amazon Video since that was the only way for me to watch all 20 at the time. On 6/27, I lost access to episodes 10-20. Amazon has done what they can, which isn't much.
All 20 were accessible when I paid for all 20. The full season is what I was buying. Now, I only have access to 9 of the episodes.
What is the point of buying digital content if they're just going to steal it back from you afterwards?! Is this not false advertisement?
Seems appropriate
People don’t seem to realize this. Digital purchases are great until the seller no longer has the rights to the media and suddenly its not yours anymore
Can we talk about John Cena in the Barbie movie for a bit?
My favorite part about this is that they only put him in there because he asked to be in it.
John Cena asked if there was anything he could do in the Barbie movie and they came back with “how about a merman?” and John said hell yeah!
you ever notice how covid cases have spiked since the cock destroyers split up? can’t be a coincidence
sirturkeyhammer
since the what
come here and sit down right now
sirturkeyhammer
Oh i’ve seen this before witch you wont get me
“You stole my sister from me!”
Woulda been cool if Cullen was a rivalmance option in DA2—
Redraw of this frame again!!
w/O bg and the old drawing from Jul 2022 for comparison!!
and the og screenie!!
character playlists aren’t for songs a character would listen to they are for songs that remind me of the character
“x wouldn’t listen to this” yeah no shit this is for when i want to listen to my shitty songs and think about my favorite little characters
Speak for yourself. I think Rouge the Bat would love my Rouge playlist. Every time I found a smooth jazz, acid jazz, nu jazz, or jazz house song that fit her style, I thought “damn Rouge would love this,” and added them to a playlist, specifically for her to listen to.
Okay. Well Rouge the Bat isn't real. So I don't think she's gonna listen to that.
I love when my cat meows at me and I can see her little teeths cause she looks like this
My cat is being oh so meanies to me but I can't take her seriously because everytime she opens her mouth to yell at me she becomes a stapler remover
One struggle 🫡
if we keep getting fatter and hornier we can abolish all world militaries by 2026
The Gotham gangs all pigeonhole Red Hood as a guns guy, so they think they’ve won when they corner him during a firefight and he finally — finally — runs out of ammo.
Jason just shrugs, flips his pistols around in his hands, and starts using them as clubs until he loses them and reverts to straight-out, Gotham-dirty brawling as the goons suddenly realize that, yeah, this 6’4 260 lb freak was trained by Batman “the teeth obliterator” himself.
Just so we're clear, the movie we watched very loudly proclaimed that gender is a made up identity completely separate from "biological sex" and if you accept that narrative then you must also accept the existence of trans people, nb people and anyone else who does not neatly fit into the concept of the gender binary
official anti terf post
being a scavenger animal must be so fucking great. imagine if every time someone died a new restaurant opened up downtown.
do u guys wanna see the best picture of fish i ever took
council has spoken. here she is
Have you guys seen that clip
Go off Kermit
we're just normal men