#appropriation of tragedies

[fromchaostocosmos]

Attention Creatives

You need to stop with the stories, plot lines, background info, and such in your works that are things like:

The Holocaust and the Atlantic Slave Trade were not really about that it was really a cover for vampires to have a way to access to mass feeding farms found in example like The Strain and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

The Spanish Inquisition was really about vampires trying to find witches that could control them story line thanks to True Blood.

World War 2 was because of Greeks gods fighting with each via Percy Jackson.

There are shit-ton more examples of this kind of thing and it is disgusting.

The Holocaust and the Atlantic Slave Trade specifically in regards to United States part of it all and the horrific treatment of enslaved African peoples tend the most commonly used ones, I have found.

That said it does not mean other ethnic cleansing and genocides are not used as well as other major events and tragedies for very specific marginalized and/or minority groups.

These types of stories devalue our on going pain and trauma as well as degrade the memories of both the living and the dead who suffered through those horrors and the many who did not live to see it end.

Our trauma is not a sandbox that you get to play, our history is not something you to play pretend with.

All of us from the various communities that survived these atrocities, these crimes against humanity, these terrors we all each and every one us carry still the scars. Not just scars, but also still healing wounds.

We carry in us the stories of our people, the joys and the sorrows, the hopes and the fears, and we carry the dead so that they may live on in some small way.

You have no right to that, you have no right to pain, to our joy, and most importantly you have no right to recast the reason for it all.

I am so sick of it and it needs to stop.

And this is not even delving into deeper how deeply gross so many of the implications of these storylines are if you think about for just a little bit and the nasty stereotypes they help to reinforce.

#antisemitism #antisemitism in media #antiblackness #antiblackness in media #anti-romani racism #anti-romani racism in media #anti-indigenous racism #anti-indigenous racism in media #racism #racism in media #appropriation of tragedies

[a2zillustration]

We made it to the end of Act 2! Is it really a d&d campaign if someone isn't having an emotional breakdown in the middle of a group hug?

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#that note you can pull from Ketheric killed me #which made me think about how Croissant's been handling everything that's happening #learning that all their new friends are just absolutely donked by life pre-tadpole #Baldur's Gate 3 is a comedy! Baldur's Gate 3 is a tragedy! #listened to a lot of Pickin' On Modest Mouse while making this one #which was surprisingly melancholic and nostalgic I haven't listened to that album in years #appropriate #anyway sorry for rambling let's get into act 3! #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 spoilers #act II spoilers #croissant adventures #tav #wyll #karlach #lae'zel #shadowheart #gale #astarion #comics #oh yeah this one was definitely for: learning how to draw crying

[macbethz]

if i were neil gaiman i would make the good omens guys die tragically in each others arms at the end and delete my tumblr

#would it be an actually appropriate ending probably not but it would be funny #warlock wartalks #can you imagine if good omens tragedy they would HATE IT

[canisalbus]

Hello I made you some more art!! IDK Why your little guys have just stuck in my brain as of late but yeah I'm just on a roll I guess!

This piece was inspired by wondering who was present around Machete's assassination, and how people around him would react to his downfall. So I had the idea for a portrait of a final lover's embrace, as Vasco holds his dying beloved in bloodsoaked arms.

I tried my best with the clothing -- especially the shoes -- and I think I did a pretty good job but BOY were they hard! XD Anyways, I hope you like this one, it was a blast to draw! I love machete sm istg <3

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#Machete #Vasco #own characters #coldandfoggy #gift art #hhhhadgasjgdshad??? #THIS #¿¿¿¿¿ #congratulations you've managed to deliver some immense mental damage through the ethers #and I mean that as a compliment I live for the moments when art just really Hits You Where It Hurts #loving the way the scarlet red of Machete's cassock blends seamlessly with the pool of blood #Vasco's expression speaks volumes #he was always a very touchy feely person so thinking of their final embrace just puts a pit in your stomach #poses like this are tricky but Machete looks appropriately limp and lifeless and at peace in a way that's cruelly ironic #the halo is a nice touch it kind of evokes pietà imagery #the clothing and the shoes look fine I wouldn't have guessed you had issues with them if you hadn't mentioned it #just a grand old liver punch this one #damn son #thank you for drawing the sad dog guys I'm very flattered they've made an impression! I know I'll be agonizing over this piece for a while #some potentially upsetting lore musings!! violence and tragedy and stuff: #I haven't cemented the chain of events yet but I believe he was ambushed by a single assailant when he was alone #either early in the morning or late evening #he didn't manage to put up much of a fight that time the first stab punctured a lung and the second nicked a carotid artery #I believe you lose consciousness in a minute or so and generally bleed out in less than three #Vasco wouldn't have been informed of the murder because why would he be and even if he somehow found out very quickly #the distance between Rome and Florence is roughly 250 km don't quote me on this but it looks like it'd take at least 4 days on horseback? #I think but I don't know how horses work to be honest #maybe they had some sneaky correspondence going on but if there was a pause in communications it wouldn't have been a cause for concern #so it's highly likely he'd only find out when he rolled in town for another business trip #and Machete had been buried weeks or months ago

[whogirl42]

Me watching atla live action 🤝 me watching Percy Jackson show

THEY'RE CHILDREN😭

#Istg in atla episode 1 seeing Zuko face up against Sokka was wild #CHILDREN PLAYING DRESS UP #CHILDREN PLAYING AT WAR #It was definitely a good idea to actually SHOW the destruction of the Air Temple cause holy shit #Just seeing the show played out in live action by age appropriate actors was always gonna make the tragedy hit harder #And I like that they decided to lean into it #I've only seen the first episode so far #But I kinda feel that if the animated series was able to somehow get away with being a kid's show #The live action adaption enjoys no such privilege #And it should be fascinating to see #Atla #avatar: the last airbender #avatar the last airbender #Pjo #percy jackson

[vague-magnus-archives]

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#... #no comment #no real-world tragedies #...no matter how thematically appropriate #I hope they are rescued soon

[merevide]

pls in my theatre class we have to compare a modern character in tv/film to a greek tragedy and then explain how they fit into the greek tragedy narrative…and ofc i thought of yellowjackets the problem is IDK WHICH CHARACTER TO PICK LMAO

#the way they’re all tragic in their own right but the finalists are kinda like. nat lottie shauna and jackie #top 2 are shauna and jack bc jackie is kinda like a dead ringer for tragedy she is little miss unfortunate #like she’s forced outside into the cold and doesn’t come back inside and freezes to death and gets eaten by her best friend and then haunts #the narrative but on the other hand shauna is also a dead ringer she fucks up sooo much and it leads to the demise around her #and she didn’t check up on jackie when she was outside and is haunted by jackie and is the first to eat jackie. but also shauna’s not like. #dead. yet. anyway #i’m having trouble if someone could help me out that’d be great omg💔💔💔 #i’ve considered like every character and i’ve had to look at it in a stance where it’s like. what’s appropriate enough for this hm. #one of the only projects i’m genuinely excited about…idk i like analyzing thing #yellowjackets #my text

[clonerightsagenda]

It seems like Within the Wires is going to be another Night Vale Presents production with a big Native American hole in its heart.

I've talked about this before, but a core motif in Alice isn't Dead is the emptiness at the heart of America, the big open spaces, the land with no people. America is a land of distance more than culture, etc. But except for an offhand mention in the third season and a more direct comment in the liveshow, the narrative doesn't engage with why that land is empty. If we're talking about the violence hidden within our miles, that first, defining act of violence seems critical. (Also, I know it's focused on highways, but if we want to discuss the violence and exploitation of our efforts to bridge those miles, the Chinese railway workers are right there... Also the displacement of poor and majority Black neighborhoods for the building of a lot of those highways.)

Meanwhile, WTNV establishes that Night Vale predates the arrival of European settlers. At the outset Night Vale is this zany town with spooky happenings where all conspiracy theories are true, but if its age means that its history and traditions are rooted in Indigenous beliefs, the surrealist comedy approach makes me a little uneasy.

Finally, I just finished Within the Wires season 3, where Michael talks about how the science and data support the efficacy of the year ten/family separation program. But... there is a major precedent in American history for removing children from their families and deliberately destroying their ties to their heritage, culture, and nation, and that's Native residential schools. Is that what they're talking about? Hell, the New Society seems to have come to power in the 50s and increased its draconian presence in the 60s - it's basically a Sixties Scoop but happening to everyone.

I enjoy Night Vale Present's work a lot, but it is bizarre to me that while all the productions go out of their way via character names to indicate a very diverse world, they consistently fail to engage with this part of American history even when it makes no sense not to.

#kat listens to within the wires #night vale presents #on one hand you don't want to appropriate those real tragedies for your horror podcast #but the complete omission feels weird to me

[silverwhittlingknife]

Dick & Tim’s favorite picture book

Dick: Right, I almost forgot about that. The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Grey Bridge. Tim: My dad used to read me that book at night. I think he loved it even more than I did. Dick: Yeah. My dad too. This city and the red lighthouse seemed a million miles away from the circus and the elephant dung. Tim: Even read it to my dad when he was in that coma.

OKAY LISTEN this is just a throwaway panel in Nightwing 140 BUT let us pause to consider this storybook that apparently both Dick and Tim’s dads read to them when they were young and impressionable

It is the story of a little red lighthouse and its IDENTITY CRISIS

I cannot possibly express how great this storybook is but here are some snapshots

But don’t worry, there’s a happy ending:

Anyway, in conclusion this is the best possible storybook for Dick and Tim to have grown up on, 10/10, no notes.

#it is a tragedy that i had never heard of this picture book before #IT COULD NOT TURN ITSELF ON #it was VERY VERY SAD #dick grayson #tim drake #dick & tim #anyway Tim's more into the picture book than Dick is which makes sense to me #because Tim's more likely to obsess about being useful / needed #for it to be truly appropriate for Dick the lighthouse would have to also angst about being a FAILURE #''it could not turn itself on. 'oh no! i have failed them all!' thought the little red lighthouse. the ships will crash because of me!'' #''they will crash and sink. all the people will die. it is all my fault!' thought the lighthouse.''

[robby-bobby-tommy]

#fanart #qsmp #qsmp fitmc #q fitmc #it was drawn on 14th of November. why the hell didn't i post it??? #q fit #i can't believe I've never posted it #it was meant to be an illustration for my “Fitmc and his tragedy #post but i thought it wasn't appropriate and looked bad #anyway here it is.. i wanna draw so bad but i don't have time:((( #qsmp fanart #qsmp fit #fitmc lore #his lore is so good. I'll never get tired of saying that. #my main is philza so im not always there. but trust my whenever there's some lore from him i will be there. in the corner. lurking #qsmp cucurucho #cucurucho fanart #14th of October sorry messed up

[arollofmirrors]

Casual fans: I love how wholesome Weird Al is! Not just as a person, but also his work. The humour isn't dark or mean-spirited or vulgar; it's just lighthearted, goofy, family-friendly fun!

Weird Al:

#weird al #I'll expand this post sometime later by making a compilation of clips where Al shows the more dark/inappropriate side of his humour #so stay tuned for that! #as someone who listened to videos explaining tragedies like the Hyatt Regency walkway collapse or the Station nightclub fire #in the background while they draw as a tweleve years old (cause that stuff was obviously age appropriate) #let me tell you I was taken by surprise when this line popped up #like geez Al

[lulabo]

On seeing the ads for The Last Voyage of the Demeter

Me before Dracula Daily: they made a movie of Dracula on a boat?

Me after Dracula Daily: OMG they made a movie of Dracula on the boat!

#dracula daily #me before: huh weird #me now: it’s a TRAGEDY! #starring ser davos seaworth #as is only appropriate

[hyp3rfixation-h3ll]

Seeing your post about toxic doomed Yuri burgertron/spudmuffin changed my brainwaves. I read it and was like woahhh they ARE toxic doomed Yuri

there is a top 10 messiest breakups botvid and spud / burgertron are in the #1 spot and i will not be considering otherwise. they could have been THE power v-shaped polycule with ulf but fate aligned their destinies and it was not written in the stars . pouring one out for the combo meal of all time 😔✊

#botbots tag 🏪 #you've got mail 📬 #tf botbots #botbots #transformers botbots #i choose 3 believe burgertron Does miss spud btw. #it hurts him a lot and he DOES still keep the photo of them and ulf on his wall in his nest #idk how 2 describe it but it's like. just because he knows what he did was the correct thing #doesnt mean he Isn't going to grieve #spud isn't Dead but he mourns all the same #because he *lost* someone dear to him #there's also the aspect of me hcing burgs w/ bpd and spud was one of his FPs so after everything happens i hc he black and white splits -- #-- a lot because he's under a lot of duress (something i do when someone i love does something bad) #botbots dont have therapists so i think the rest of the lost bots'd help him out with that but i am not going to sugarcoat it #he is a DISASTER . (ENDEARINGLY) #and then there's the days he feels like a bad person for even being the reason this happened in the FIRST place #when it wasnt . it was never his entire fault and some of that blame DOES go to spud because he never took the liberty of just Asking #and yes burgertron didnt know but can you really blame someone for setting events in motion when theyre oblivious??? #he didnt know. he couldnt have #and that just adds to the tragedy of it. had burgertron known and spud just taken the appropriate course of action the show'd be different #but of course we all know it didnt go like that #i could talk about them for a while and the fallout of the games bc holy shit there is so much and they make me insane #THANK YOU for giving me an outlet 2 speak and im so glad i could open your eyes to burgerspud yuri #they are So tragic i hope they recover and go to therapy

[miraonpluto]

the fight gideon and harrow have in alecto is gonna be so awful and mean and hurtful and i’m literally so excited

#this post is very appropriate bc i’m taking a seminar largely on the problem of tragedy LMAO #the locked tomb

[edwardseymour]

‘and she’s remembered as the kind one.’

damn. shame ab terrorised her stepdaughter and abandoned her sister-in-law and wished all spaniards were at the bottom of the sea and demanded coa’s daughter’s baptismal cloth and gloated let them grumble in her motto and decorated her personal possessions with falcons devouring pomegranates ig—

#you can’t love anne’s ‘black humour’ then bemoan it’s consequences #💿🐴 #& tbc i absolutely think that anne is a victim of much unfair and sexist #maligning on the part of historiography #and that much of these examples are either patently untrue OR exaggerated OR regarded from a perspective that #wilfully denies anne any sympathy or nuance #much the same as jane #but i mean .. that’s why jane is remembered as kind #bc we do not have this sort of evidence against her #really the tragedy is that jane is so undocumented that this is the result #she is denied personhood outside of being appropriated for dynastic propaganda #by other people #like… both women stand as testimony to the misogyny of historical writing

[windandwater]

one thing about having a funeral in the south is that people did bring us gallons upon gallons upon gallons of sweet tea (the eastern TN response to someone dying is apparently: order Bojangles), the only problem being, none of us drink caffeinated tea.

so that's the story of how my uncle had to drive from Tennessee to Boston with several gallons of sweet tea in his car. it was on him because everyone else flew.

#adventures in text posts #also a lot of chicken salad sandwiches #'I can't take these!' apparently they ate all of them on the way home #chicken salad sandwiches is the other eastern TN response to death #to be clear despite liking neither I do agree that fried chicken & sweet tea is an appropriate response to tragedy