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straightbaittournament · 9 months

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the option with the least votes will be eliminated. propaganda under the cut (and more always welcome!):

kit herondale and livvy blackthorn:

They were literally straight bait. So Kit, Livvy and Livvy’s twin brother Ty were a trio with their own side plots in TDA. And well. We literally meet Kit when Ty breaks into his house and puts a knife to his throat and Kit gets distracted by Ty’s eyes. Then later Kit and Livvy have a few moments and kiss once. Then Livvy dies. There are some necromancy shenanigans. Kit confesses his love to Ty then immediately flees the country. Like Kit/Ty was clearly endgame from the start but Livvy and Kit just made out once.

peggy carter and daniel sousa:

She’s the best secret agent, he’s a hot as hell disabled war vet They get together, but also don’t because apparently Steve Rogers is a homewrecker Peggy moved on after losing Steve, got together with the amazing Daniel Sousa, and then got broken up because the Russos didn’t want Steve to be seen as being gay for Bucky

nina zenik and matthias helvar:

[MAJOR SPOILER] If they were truly straight Matthias wouldn’t have died (submitted also stated that nina is canonically bi/pan)

buffy summers and spike:

Buffy's a vampire slayer and Spike's a vampire. Enemies to Lovers. Absolutely not intended by creators, creators treated it like a joke at first, then some of the writers/producers actively hated it even throughout their canon relationship, they don't technically get together in the end, also he dies (kind of. he's brought back in another show. and the comics. it's complicated). Very queercoded relationship despite being m/f - desire, euphoria, shame, slowburn, keeping it a secret, doesn't think anyone else will understand or accept them, wanting to change for the better.

ellie chu and paul munsky:

Classic set-up where they start off as strangers and become really close. He even has a crush on her! straightmod feels it's important to note that ellie is also canonically a lesbian, so there's a bait and switch element to this one

himmel and frieren:

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jean-luc picard and beverly crusher:

They have a number of romantic moments throughout the TNG series from arguably the first but DEFINITELY the second episode. but they only get together (briefly before divorcing) in an alternate timeline episode which is also the season finale. Also they have a kid together in Picard but are still not allowed to be together She was married to his best friend and he was in love with her but wouldn’t say anything because he wouldn’t want to damage his bestie’s marriage and then his friend died and they met again years later and shared a lot of romantic and sexual tension for years. He openly admitted (under mind reading) that he had loved her since his bestie was alive but felt he couldn’t act on it. In an alternate future they got married. In the canon future they got together and broke up repeatedly because trauma makes relationships hard sometimes and they have a kid together who is named after the aforementioned bestie. An episode forcing them to share thoughts makes him openly admit that he loves her and has loved her for years even when she was married to his best friend.

tyler rake and nik khan:

They’re very close, have lots of chemistry, but have never been acknowledged in canon. At this point they are just work friends who save each others’ lives on the regular.

keiichi maebara and rena ryugu:

Fluffy harem romcom twists into yandere horror, but then twists again into a story of friendship triumphing over everything. Really holds for any pairing with Keiichi, but the rooftop battle in part 6 is just too good. A recent manga spinoff has them married to total randos, so their respective sons can have the same kind of relationship.

naoko takahashi and shouta oohara:

this “show” is a 2 episode hentai so I can understand if this doesn’t get in the brackets lol (I would not recommend watching this hentai for the sex scenes, I just remember reading about Oohara getting cucked for a girl and thinking that I had to see this) So, it starts off with Takahashi being in love with Oohara and they do have ghost sex in the first part of the episode 1 but what happens is that even though they have the opportunity to be together as ghosts, Takahashi pretty much IMMEDIATELY forgets about Oohara because she becomes completely infatuated with this ghost girl named Sakurako to the point where even when Oohara turns into a tiny penis in episode 2 but Takahashi doesn’t give a fuck

good luck everyone! now go vote!

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prehistoricartinthemaking · 4 years

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More than The Chauvet

April 05, 2020

Last month in March, Google launched a new column in their Google Arts & Culture webpage, specifically dedicated in exhibiting the Chauvet Cave to all online public users. Collaborated with the official Grotte Chauvet Establishment Public, the new feature allows audiences to experience the Chauvet Cave using virtual reality. It was long awaited event for prehistoric archeology fans because the cave was closed from public admittance since it has been discovered in 1994. The Chauvet Cave spokesperson proudly presented that it was an “opportunity to see the first masterpieces of humanity” (McGivern).

This sparked my curiosity to learn why exactly the Chauvet Cave was chosen for this project instead of the many other archeological caves that contained rich record. Firstly, it was dated at least 30,000 years old, representing the wall paintings during the upper Paleolithic period done by Aurignacians. It branches to 14 chambers and measured to be 1300 feet long((Groeneveld). Since it’s discovery by three local speleologists, the Chauvet Cave was highly renowned by not only by archeologists and researchers but also by rest of the public because of it’s advanced aesthetic and expression.

Photo of Chauvet–Pont d'Arc: drawings from Encyclopedia Britannica

The cave walls were painted using black paint from charcoal or manganese dioxide, and red paint from hematite (Groeneveld). Viewers were captivated by the paintings’ liveliness and execution in expressing animals of various present and extinct species. Handprints and other abstract paintings of geometric shapes were also found. Some researchers claim that the painting of the Venus figurine next to a man-bison “Sorcerer”, conveys a symbolic and dynamic “relationship between a mortal woman and a supernatural animal spirit” (Bradshaw Foundation). In recognition of the artistic expression, aesthetic quality, and the suggestive meaning behind these wall paintings, the European Cave became an icon for prehistoric art. It was even granted as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Photograph of Venus and the Sorcerer from the Bradshaw Foundation

It is undeniable that the Chauvet Cave has provided abundant archeological data and insight about the livelihoods and culture of early humans in Upper Paleolithic period. However, as important it is to raising awareness and sharing understanding about the Chauvet Cave, the spotlights should also be shared to other notable archeological sites. For instance, in a Borneo Cave located in an Indonesian island was discovered to have rock paintings that dated to be at least 40,000 years old. There are paintings of hand stencils and regional animals species. Alistair Pike, an archeologist of the University of Southampton, describes the Borneo excavation that eradicated the Eurocentric view that “cave painting was part of a suite of complex symbolic behavior that humans invented in Europe” (Greenfieldboyce).

Photograph by Luc Henri-Fage on National Geographic

Click Here to listen to an NPR interview with Professor Pike to learn more about the Indonesian Cave Paintings.

In order to have a more holistic and comprehensive view of prehistoric art, it is important to accept that artworks painted on walls was not an phenomenon emerging from a specific group of people at a certain time. Instead, prehistoric art and symbolism, is a more complex and still unresolved picture.In the Blombos Cave located in South Africa, archeologists excavated sea-snail shells, pieces of bones and ochre engraved with geometric patterns. This rock art dates at least 72,000 to 100,000 years ago (Barras). Even though, the engravings have no obvious pattern, researchers claim that it shows “higher level of intentionality” (Barras). This Stone Age art, underlines that the emergence of art and symbolism cannot be marked in a single event. It also further questions what constitutes an archeological record as a art record. Moreover, it challenges whether all images and artistic expressions completed by early humans and other homo species should be associated with symbolic meaning, just because there is symbolism in today’s art world.

Work Cited

Barras, Colin. “World's Oldest Drawing Is Stone Age Crayon Doodle.” Nature News, Nature Publishing Group, 12 Sept. 2018, www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06664-y.

Greenfieldboyce, Nell. “NPR.” NPR, NPR, 8 Oct. 2014, https://www.npr.org/2014/10/08/354166930/indonesian-cave-paintings-as-old-as-europes-ancient-art.

Groeneveld, Emma. “Chauvet Cave.” Ancient History Encyclopedia, Ancient History Encyclopedia, 8 Apr. 2020, www.ancient.eu/Chauvet_Cave/.

McGivern, Hannah. “Google Unlocks Prehistoric Art of France's Chauvet Cave.” The Art Newspaper, The Art Newspaper, 4 Mar. 2020, www.theartnewspaper.com/news/google-unlocks-prehistoric-art-of-france-s-chauvet-cave.

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straightbaittournament · 9 months

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only the option with the least votes will be eliminated! the rest go on to round 3. propaganda under the cut (and more always welcome!):

the option with the least votes will be eliminated. propaganda under the cut (and more always welcome!):

kit herondale and livvy blackthorn:

peggy carter and daniel sousa:

nina zenik and matthias helvar:

[MAJOR SPOILER] If they were truly straight Matthias wouldn’t have died (submitter also stated that nina is canonically bi/pan)

buffy summers and spike:

himmel and frieren:

jean-luc picard and beverly crusher:

tyler rake and nik khan:

They’re very close, have lots of chemistry, but have never been acknowledged in canon. At this point they are just work friends who save each others’ lives on the regular.

keiichi maebara and rena ryugu:

naoko takahashi and shouta oohara:

good luck everyone! now go vote!

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