#BRING ME THE REVERSE-FLAYED FLESH OF JOHN W CAMPBELL

[terriwriting]

Me, reading a paper on the reverse-flayed piebald horse of Amaterasu: "Why is this author discussing Middle Eastern cosmological imagery? And Mayan ritual practices? Did... did they just dismiss modern Japanese scholarship by quoting a German author from the 1950s? Oh good, now they're talking about Jomon Pottery. At least that's from the right landmass, even if it's a different culture separated by five hundred years. NO WAIT THIS WHOLE SECTION IS ENTIRELY WRONG AMATERASU'S WEAVING MAIDEN ISN'T A DISTINCT FIGURE SHE'S AN ATTEMPT BY EARLY WA WRITERS TO SEPARATE THEIR STATE GODDESS FROM AN OLDER VERSION WHERE SHE INJURED HERSELF IN THE [REDACTED] Oh wait, we're back to the Mayans again... What the Hell is going on here?!"

Academic Author: *approvingly quotes John W Campbell*

Me: "Ah, I see. You're an idiot."

#BRING ME THE REVERSE-FLAYED FLESH OF JOHN W CAMPBELL #god the brainrot he inflicted on people #yes johnny all stories do sound alike if you strip them of context and character and identifying details