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stitchthesewords · 1 year

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Shout out to your portal au for making come around to Wheatley as a character after years of (mostly jokingly) despising that little orb. I was Fr like,,, well if he’s mumbo jumbo I’m legally obligated to like him.

LOL

Okay so highkey i had a weird relationship with that little orb - I LOVED him at first and then got to his betrayal and HATED his guts bc. well. he stabbed me in the back. But then i finished the game the first time and idk. I was sad he was floating in space for the rest of forever??? And THEN I read this fanfic which I've referenced a few times - its one of the only Chelley fanfics that ever really stuck w me? But the characterization of Wheatley and like the exploration of how coming to grips w humanity would shape him because he was never human to begin w + the exploration of like, why he is that way and why he was programmed to be that way...IDK I fell in love with him a little bit.

Now, ADMITTEDLY - Mumbo in the Portal AU is a very different character from Wheatley. He's a completely different type of personality core, programmed to come up with 'dumb' ideas for tests and inventions and fill ScaR's head with that nonsense to make it harder for ScaR to think - and his ENTIRE villain arc is very different. @made-nondescript and I have spent a lot of time thinking about how it has similar scenes and beats but completely different motivations [For example, hes trying to get ScaR back over outright killing them both, so he can get the passwords from ScaR to access the things in the facility that are collapsing and self-destructing. The destruction is caused by him panicking because he knows the place is going to blow if he doesn't get that damn potato back.] But at the same time, the structure of Wheatley as a character, and mine and chel's ideas about what it's like to create your own version of humanity as you come into yourself, are very much based on Wheatley.

Man I just. I love that orb a lot. So much. Yeah he's stupid and he tries to kill you but. You were friends, once upon a time. He was proud of you, you of him. He came back from being crushed by GlaDos and then came back for you. He learns that humanity IS good sometimes. Ya know?

#Asks #lonely-eldritch-monsterrrr #portal #PDiCTP #Wheatley #Mumbo Jumbo

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k1rishiki · 2 years

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Sorry to bother you, but could you recommend where to start in terms of reading Arthurian myth? I was listening to hnoc for the fiftieth time and remembering my childhood love of “kiddified” versions of the original stories and was wondering if you could help me out. Specific collections or stories? Different versions of the texts? Thanks so much.

omg i was just thinking about how it's been a while since i got this question (bc it's my favorite question)!! so first of all (and sorry if this reads as harsh) you have to get the idea out of your head that arthuriana is a mythology. arthuriana is incredibly similar to a mythology, but most arthurian stories are written novels or poems instead of recorded folklore (although some are but they're the minority), variations based on regions are more bc of individual authors deciding to fuck around and change shit, and also no one believed any of these guys were real. second of all you need to swear to me that you'll never believe any piece of modern arthuriana written in the 1950s or later (but still be careful when it comes to anything beforehand bc god knows tennyson had it out for tristan and isolde like no one before or since), and yes that includes high noon over camelot. basically what happened is in the 50s a book came out by the name of the once and future king by th wh*te, an author bigoted enough to rival lovecraft, and the thing is, this book proceeded to start the biggest wave of modern arthurian lit since the pre-raphaelites were around, and that wave is still the one that's around today. the other big (unfortunately) notable entry to the modern canon is marion zimmer bradley (who's a completely different type of horrible person but due to my reluctance to trigger tag this post i'll just leave it to google with a warning for csa)'s the mists of avalon, which is responsible for the morgan is modred's mother misconception that plagues my every waking moment as well as the girlboss arthuriana subgenre, which is recognizable by its white feminism and fetishistic obsession with some vague idea of celtic paganism with a side of an obsession with contrasting paganism to christianity (which would realistically be medieval catholicism but is consistently portrayed as identical to american protestantism) every 12 seconds.

and as for hnoc's reputability, largely due to the shit the mechs pulled with morgan le fay, the name of the final song, the pendragon polycule itself (arthur was like twice lancelot's age, formerly coworkers with his father while he was a baby, and commonly referred to him as being like a son to him (meanwhile lancelot's feelings on him ranged somewhere from neutral-dislike), and also tried to kill his wife Multiple Times Across Multiple Texts, if you want polyamory may i introduce you to the tristan and isolde tradition, sir palomydes is there and has two swords which is clearly meant to indicate his bisexuality (/j although there are Literally academic papers out there on his bisexuality)), the shit they pulled with gawaine oh my god sweetheart what did they do to you (i blame th wh*te's hatred of the scottish for why they thought that was a viable narrative choice for him but oh my god i'm still reeling), and the fact that last i checked morgan's twitter handle was a quote taken directly from wh*te's work, although he might've changed it by now, as well as other small less-glaring indications, i can safely say that not a single person who worked on it had ever read an actual medieval arthurian text. which sucks bc i like hnoc. but tl;dr don't trust any modern work to get shit right and that's including hnoc.

basic mindset-based things to prevent half the braindead takes that haunt the arthuriana tag aside, i'm going to give you actual recs now.

the byelorussian tristan is a late medieval text belonging to the tristan tradition (tristan and isolde were figures in irish folklore before arthurian writers went 'hey wouldn't it be neat if we added these two' and they've been inextricable from the world of the round table ever since. this has happened with other characters from other nearby folklore and mythology before and will happen again, but due to the fact that tristan and isolde were once their own separate entity, they get a subtradition to themselves), it's notable for not only being the last entry in the tristan canon, but for possibly being the last entry in the arthurian canon as well. honestly it's my favorite book... ever and i'm generally obsessed with it. basically it tells the full story of tristan and isolde with a few unique adventures along the way, but where it really stands out is with the characters, esp since to everyone who isn't already knee-deep into medieval blorbos certain texts can be a bit "and then tristan did this. and then tristan did this. tristan is my self insert so then everyone found him thought. and then tristan was about to do something cool but i decided this story is about sir gawaine now." so it's my go-to starter text recommendation. also it prominently features sir palomydes and i have an agenda to push. my queue tag is a quote of his from this text!

the dutch texts, or more specifically the lancelot compilation, are also a good starting place. they're mostly fairly short, not that dense and have are fairly light-hearted which make them some of the best starter texts out there! also if someone's name is in the title, don't worry, it's really about gawaine. he hijacks things a lot.

culwch and olwen is the best welsh starter text, it's about a relative of king arthur's who's cursed to only ever be able to marry this one girl, who just so happens to be the daughter of a giant with

i'd have to reccomend the lais of marie de france too bc they're fairly short and ough. chevrefoil gets me every time. lanval is one where a guy gets married to a fairy queen, and chevrefoil is a tristan and isolde story. also bisclavret isn't technically arthurian but we (med lit tumblr) love it like it is, and it invented the trope of the werewolf knight that shows up in later arthurian texts.

i highly discourage diving straight into one of the full stories of arthur's reign but if you must (at least go through chevrefoil or lancelot and the hart with the white foot first) go with the vulgate instead of le morte, it's much better written and more cohesive and you'll thank me for it. you can/should skip the history of the holy grail and also the history of merlin though. everyone does it.

and uhhh i don't want to come off like i hate modern arthuriana completely so here are my modern suggestions. first there's tennyson's lady of shallot and idylls of the king, but be sure to know that he's wrong about tristan and isolde and also some other stuff i don't remember, and then there's also william morris my beloved who likes palomydes just as much as i do. anyone who says aggravaine killed his mother is a liar btw it completely messes up his character and conflates him with gaheris and i'm saying this bc i know one of them did. also more recently there's this short story with a really long title i'm obslorsed with from an otherwise sucky anthology which is a character study of sir galehaut, who's basically lancelot's husband from the vulgate and also a bit of a medieval gay stereotype.

also there's a substack i'm obligated to plug called nightly knights which has/will have all of these + more and only the good stuff bc. well. i made it.

annnnd that's it for basic starter texts, once you've got one or two of these under your belt med lit becomes. a whole lot easier to get into. after you've read through however many from this list i'd recommend moving to chrétien de troyes (just not erece and enid or cliges bc those are Rough), or sir gawaine and the green knight, just make sure the latter isn't your first gawaine text bc it's the exception not the rule. otherwise, i'd recommend picking a favorite character and reading out from there. if you need any more help or recs for texts that are good but would be Actually Insane to recommend to a beginner (ie. if you like modred i'm Going to point you to an untranslated middle english poem which actually spends time characterizing him), recs for Really Good And Specific Academic Papers, or help finding anything, feel free to ask me or pretty much anyone on med lit tumblr bc god knows we spend to much time on this. hope this helps!!!!

#romeo.txt #lonely-eldritch-monsterrrr #med lit on main

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archivistbot · 4 years

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[EXTENDED SOUNDS OF LOVE AND SUPPORT]

MARTIN: Ooh… Oh my, er…

[MARTIN EXHALES LOUDLY] ARCHIVIST: Stay with me.

[CLICK]

#the magnus archives #ask #lonely-eldritch-monsterrrr

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rabdoidal · 4 years

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Just wanted to say that I really love artghost A whole bunch. You and mars have such a wonderful dynamic and I started a music sharing group with my friends because of y’all! I got gendered correctly by a stranger for the first time whilst listening to the ginger special and it’s helped me discover a lot of music that I wouldn’t have given the time of day otherwise (also if it’s not too creepy tell Mars that their laugh is really cute and nice to listen to) I need to write a iTunes review for u

more than anything, hearing that people are fans of my podcast is the kindest praise i could receive, thank you so much! im really glad we inspired you, and doing the podcast has helped me really open up to new music (as well as making so many wonderful friends)! it really is one of my greatest joys to make something i love with one of my best friends, and ill be sure to pass on the good vibes

#personal #artghostpod #artificial ghost radio #agr #lonely-eldritch-monsterrrr

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schwaybatmoved · 2 years

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[ID: a tumblr reply from user @lonely-eldritch-monsterrrr that reads "Hey Would you be able to tell me what makes love never dies your number one? (smiley face)" end ID]

*for context, this is a reply to my top ten musicals post!*

yes, of course! (warning: there's a lot of talk of abuse!)

tl;dr: it's a story that i hold close to me because of 1) comfort, 2) i love tragedies and 3) i tend to empathize greatly with the multiple stories of abuse in the show 4) i love the music!

here's my longer-winded analysis:

i'm going to start this off by saying that i myself am a survivor of stalking and sexual + emotional abuse. so a lot of the analysis here is going to be looking through that lens! i'm also going to say that i've been a lifelong phantom of the opera fan (one of my earliest memories is the ending of the movie making me cry) so it's not like i don't know phantom well. i bought the dvd for love never dies (abbreviated from here on as lnd) back when i was nine years old! so it's been close to my heart for almost ten years now :)

now i know you're asking what good i see in it, but i should say that it is a very bad sequel. like, a very bad sequel. if i had to pick bad sequels, this would be number one. i've watched it enough times to say that i like to think of it as more of a... spinoff? au? something barely related to the source material. now let's get into this!

i tend to see lnd as a story about abuse. i don’t victim blame anyone, but i do see a lot of the story as about the cycle of abuse never ending. even if madame giry and the phantom (erik) were mistreated in the past, it doesn’t give them an excuse to mistreat everyone in their lives. raoul is.... no i don’t have any explanation for him. he’s actually out of character and idk why he had to do that. but anyways i really do just see it as a compelling tragedy about how this horrible relationship and group of people came to this horrible end.

meg. oh meg, oh meg. i love meg. i think that the way madame giry pushed her is needlessly cruel, and i think that madame giry and erik are directly responsible for meg’s breakdown. the fact that she was pushed this far and the fact that it all ends with christine is just such a cruel storyline that i found very deep and interesting.

it is truly very sad that neither of them, nor gustave, could escape their fates. however, it makes for a very good good tragedy. in regards to the gustave situation, i think a lot about whether or not gustave is the phantom’s son, or if it was just christine’s fear that made her agree with the phantom rather than argue.

there is something so captivating about tragedies in general. the fact that this is just a Messed Up Thing That Happened is so... interesting to me. like the whole thing is just so understandable to me as a victim of similar situations that this tragedy actually... gives me comfort? it’s a little demented. i understand fully why people don’t like it, especially other victims, but it’s just a personal thing for me.

and the music. oh my god. the music is just spectacular. and i’m a circus fan so the costuming has me amazed as well. one of the most appealing aspects to me in poto and lnd is the extravagant music, costumes, and set. so this is just breathtaking

this is really jumbled and long winded but i just feel so deeply for meg and christine and gustave. i think that, from a phantom of the opera fan’s standpoint, it’s not a very good musical. and from a general theater fan’s standpoint, it’s not super fantastic either. i really don’t reccommend it to anyone ever. but due to my personal connection and feelings about it, it made it to be my favorite musical :) thank you for asking! idk if you wanted such a long reply lol

#speaks #sorry this is late! i've been rather busy #abuse #ask to tag #stalking mention

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