#prop culture

[ventmyfrustrations]

#Disney #prop culture

[goddesspharo]

the rest is still unwritten [x]

#hustle culture is posting an extremely charming montage to sell your very charmless movie #props for channeling don draper with this PR campaign #how can two people have great chemistry ONLY in still photos? #glen powell #sydney sweeney #*

[gretahayes]

reading comics has made me so annoying about popular media like i see batman or superman or wonder woman and i’m like “omg blorbo from my comics?” as if most of the world doesn’t know these characters.

#my rambles #props to my younger sister i grab her arm and go “omg batman batman it’s batman” and she doesn’t hit me even a little bit #comics culture

[cantheykillmacbeth]

((I love the people who tag my posts with "The Scottish Play." Like. Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth!!! The play Macbeth!!!! Macbeth by William Shakespeare!!!!! Macbeth (not the character)!!!! Get scared get scared get scared!!!!!!!!! Woe sandbag be upon ye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway happy halloween y'all :) Hope you had a good time tonight))

#for the record i will never believe in the macbeth superstition #as someone who has worked in theater both onstage and backstage #things will go wrong no matter what. there are just so many people and moving parts that you cant avoid something going disastrously wrong #but it feels nice to have something you can tangibly blame when youre faced with a situation where nobody is at fault #so people decided that a culturally significant tragedy that gets talked about a lot by thespians is somehow the culprit #and the play itself is haunted oooooo #but. no. no matter how diligent everyone is about avoiding talking about macbeth someone is still gonna almost get a concussion mid act #props are still gonna go missing. set pieces are still gonna fall over. someones still gonna fall down the stairs (me lol). #allow yourself the freedom

[area51-narutorun]

There is no point in trying to "educate" your favourite celebrities and authors about Palestine. There is decades worth of information about the genocide commited against Palestinians and if someone is advocating for some "peace on both sides" bullshit it's not because they're uneducated. It's because vocally supporting Palestine is getting people fired from their jobs, blacklisted, destroying their careers. If someone comes out with a wishy-washy "my heart breaks for the violence on both sides 🥺" stance, they have cynically chosen to prioritise their career over human lives. At that point, there is no point trying to educate someone because you want them to be a good person. Your focus shouldn't be on your favourite celebrity's personal moral journey. It should be on supporting and freeing the people of Palestine.

#in light of recent events #sorry if this just sounds preachy but. #if you want to support palestine you cannot expect support to come from capitalism #which is ultimately what creates and props up celebrity culture #your fave supports israel? you need to kick them to the curb and move on #palestinian lives are more important than your fave's journey of discovery #palestine #free palestine #free gaza #gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #celebrity culture

[clonerightsagenda]

Well I guess I have to stop joking that Barrayarans don't know about female sexuality now that that was a plot point

#Ivan panicking after being dosed with an anti-aphrodisiac to embarrass him: #uhhhhhhh actually culturally it's considered rude for us not to get the ladies off a whole bunch before anything else #i mean props frankly I did not think any Barrayaran was capable of that #no wonder he's so popular #kat reads the vorkosigan saga #ivan: my fingers are cramped : ( #me: *unwilling but respectful salute*

[incorrect-ikevamp-quotes]

*MC is considering canceling plans, and Isaac and Dazai are advising her on what to do*

Isaac: Just don't go.

Dazai: Say you’re ill!

Isaac: Pretend to break your leg.

Dazai: Really break your leg!

#ikevamp #ikemen vampire #ikevamp isaac #ikevamp dazai #ikevamp mc #ikevamp incorrect quotes #aight let it be known dazai would never dream of hurting mc #but that doesn't mean he won't get a rubber hammer just to commit to the bit #stealing shakes' stage props for a good cause (shakes: ??? where is carpenter no.3's tool bag?) #even funnier if mc figures it out as soon as he hands it to her (its too light to be a real one) and pretends to try to destroy her leg #that's a risky business yall #isaac wouldn't look at or speak to them for a week after that panic #welcome to dogeza land mc and dazai #they corner him and beg for forgiveness until he gives in #can you tell all im thinking of is that 'extreme jpnese apologizing' vid on youtube #comte: a v interesting cultural practice #sebas: DO NOT LEARN FROM THEIR EXAMPLE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD #leonardo: no i think there's some valid points being made here #sebas: **head in his hands** #mozart: i don't respect a single one of you people (morbidly intrigued) #napo: seems inefficient the crack of my knees would alert the guards killing me instantly--

[porto-rosso]

brother where is the charles appreciation

#so dark out here #umm dead boy detectives review here we go! first two episodes were definitely the worst of the series. both are kinda weirdly paced and #the exposition is done poorly in places. overall from episode 3 onwards it gets much much better with pacing and show dont tell #do not understand for the life of me why they made crystal palace american #kassius nelson (<- crystals actress) was very good in places and kinda ehhh in others and im 90% the issue for most of the latter moments #was just that her american accent is not great. sorry they did that to you queen #dialogue was a bit dodge sometimes as well #stuff i liked now! the plot felt quite solid and i really enjoyed the monster of the week approach i think thats the perfect way to #do a dbd adaptation. was a bit annoyed they immediately went to america but port townsend was an interesting setting and all the #supernatural elements/characters fit in nicely #major props cos i feel like the show mostly pulled off the emotionally charged moments without getting corny and the dialogue was generally #good in those moments #particularly charles/crystals heart to heart in ep. 3 and like the entirety of episode 7 (<- ep 7 was brilliant) #overall very fun watch and i feel that the more irritating typical YA show garb was at least a bit offset by them being willing to get #quite dark in places #bit sad people are mostly posting about edwin becos charles was my favourite. has been entertaining watching americans scramble around #the cultural differences in the show #shaking my inbox like a maraca. if anyone wants to talk at me abt the show i will love you forever #.log

[isfjmel-phleg]

It has taken me this long to realize that yes, the fact that Tamett is from a country that has been conquered and subjugated and had its culture and language suppressed and been expected to assimilate and to be glad and grateful to be part of--but never truly one with or accepted by--the conquering nation until many of its people conclude that the safest thing they can do is keep silent and keep their heads down and try to appease....that's a parallel for his situation as Josiah's companion.

If I ever write anything thoughtful, it is entirely by accident.

#The Blackberry Bushes #The Blackberry Bushes OC facts #Tamett Lockridge #somehow I ended up writing part of his conversation with Odren this morning #and the way Odren talks to him...oh he's awful #I really want the reader to see how Tamett is treated day after day year after year #the things people say to him #and how he holds so much back #what's going on in his head is strikingly different from what he says out loud #(which at this point is very little) #he's suppressing a lot of anger trying to deny to himself that it's even there #and that's going to go about as well as you would expect #especially with how Josiah treats him #and I'm starting to wonder if even Ayra and Ateva unconsciously treat him differently in some ways because he's Noriberian #they've all been raised with the assumption that Noriber is inferior to Lienne #is just a conquered territory that exists to prop up Lienne #and that all its people have been happy to assimilate into Liennese culture #and the girls do genuinely like and get along with Tamett! #but these attitudes would be pretty ingrained into them and impossible to avoid #...so what would that look like?

[quillify-tries-to-talk]

On Art

I just remembered I had this thought but forgot to write about it so making a note here before I forget again.

Okay, so this was prompted by my brain remembering, out of nowhere, V.E. Schwab's The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and that led me down a rabbit hole of more thinking. My main point can be summarized as this:

In the 21st century, any form of art is seen as disconnected from the larger world around it.

I picked Addie LaRue because obviously, a book about art and books and literature with supposedly philosophical underpinnings would talk about the inherent connection of art to humanity. There is a tendency, I believe, in today's world to see art as an entirely separate realm: pure, beautiful, untouched by the messy realities of politics and war and humans being cruel and callous etc. It is a beautiful thing, it is a lovely thing, it is a redeeming thing. Creativity is a gift to be given for consumerism, to remind people that they are good no matter how rigged the systems are in the favour of the top 1%.

This is all true. Creativity is a gift.

But I think we forget that it depends upon the creator to utilize or manipulate it according to his own wishes. Addie LaRue presents art as this beautiful, humane thing entirely disconnected from the realities of war or politics. Actual history. The events that the main protagonist lived through are left out in favour of presenting this fairytale ideal, so wholesome that it connects all humans.

(Yes, I know I sound cynical)

Except, this fairytale-esque, profound connection was not the reality for several thousand groups for years. Yes, of course, there was joy. Everyone was creating art and writing books, all our cultures are replete with thousands of years' worth of beauty and knowledge. And of course, the book does not touch it. It is unabashedly Eurocentric, right down to its ideals of artistry and literature.

Because guess what sort of art the Europeans were also making c. 1700s-early 2000s :) You think those heroic portraits of Britannia or Germania were created for funsies :) just a cutesy little project for a cutesy little artist totally disconnected from what was happening in the larger world :)

Addie LaRue, as a protagonist, has the kind of features that allow her to move through the world with a certain level of comfort and anonymity. Had she been any other person in the world, the book would be called The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.

Several other books take the same course even as they promise to tackle these prevalent issues in sff or historical fiction or any genre, really. A few familiar names pop into my mind. Even those in different genres, such as romance, seem detached from anything real, even if it's cultural joy or pride. They exist. They move towards the culmination of their arc or their love interests, quite anonymously like Addie LaRue. Their view of the world, and their art is entirely sanitized: hollowed out of any and all substance only to be pretty for an aesthetic, fit for consumption by everyone. There is this idea of appealing to an anonymous, universal gaze that is mostly white American (and quite obtrusive, because any reminders of actual history are panned and demonized, or simply brushed aside as happening in tHe OrIeNT). If you really think about it, this is how the world seems divided even today.

As Edward Said said in Culture and Imperialism (in context of the classics):

"Critics have often, I believe, relegated these writers' ideas about colonial expansion, inferior races... to a very different department from that of culture. Culture being the elevated area of activity in which they 'truly' belong and in which they did their 'really' important work."

Incredible how this is applicable to criticism in any way, shape or form today. In addition:

"Culture conceived in this way can become a protective enclosure: check your politics at the door before you enter it."

I think this idea has become extremely predominant in modern culture too. Art is equated to a disconnected aesthetic with no bearing on reality. And while I acknowledge that this approach is useful in reviewing a work without personal biases or based purely on our own enjoyment, completely stripping a text of its socio-political realities does not serve any purpose. The goal, to borrow Said's words again is to admire works for the pleasure and profit they give us while simultaneously observing "the imperial process of which they were manifestly and unconcealedly a part; rather than condemning or ignoring their participation in what was an unquestioned reality in their societies..."

To sum up, our constant struggle to achieve a pure and untouched aesthetic is ultimately fruitless because art is not created in a vacuum. It never will be. Art is born of human hands. You cannot run from its history any more than you can run from your own reality.

#culture #books #literature #this was sitting in my head for a long time #props to mr. said for putting into words what i've always felt #its like yeah you can't escape it #but also dont talk about it ever or you'll ruin the vibe #or if you do #make it snappy. 240 characters or 30 seconds long #i wonder if this counts as anti intellectualism #anti booktok #also plss read his works incredibly enlightening stuff

[starlooove]

I think the retconning of Dick to white truly causes some of y’all’s brains to rot. Like yes that is racism but also part of that racism is that fanon treats and sees him as white; which is the ERASURE part of the convo. I get so sick of white people who couldn’t care less going ‘actually Dick is Romani 🙄🙄🙄’ when they still operate and treat him as if he’s white except for the occasional fanart. I’d love if more ppl and dc canon actually talked about him not being white but as of now until that happens when discussing fandom racism and the way y’all prop up white characters before everyone else; Dick is included in the convo precisely because of the erasure.

#and this is about Dick but also about how I feel about Jewish tim Drake #like he was written that way once and then immediately retconned to be an atheist #in my mind tim Drake is absolutely still Jewish #however when I talk about white characters being propped up by white ppl he’s number one on the list #bc even some of y’all who go ‘tim Drake is Jewish!!!’ only post about it or reblog art involving that in December #to a lesser extent with Bruce bc he’s been Jewish for a long ass time since a while ago #but still like ppl going ‘actually they’re Jewish!’ when we speak on the racism in the fandom… #how come the only time u say that is when it’s time to prove racism doesn’t exist #there’s never any genuine interest at any other time #obligatory if it don’t apply let it fly #I’m not talking to or about ppl who see these characters as Jewish and genuinely incorporate it into their mind spaces all the time #duh #same with dick #if u see him as Romani all the time and explore that and the culture through him genuinely I’m talking about u stop typing

[thecornerofegg]

Man.

I mean, I expected Hamlet to be good, but this good? Holey poo.

And, like, I knew it was a tradgedy, BUT HOLEY POO!

#just saw hamlet for the first time on the theater in the local cultural center #and woah #blabbering #hamlet #shakespeare #theatre is cool #props to the light and sound tech people #they were killing it

[gregdotorg]

I started wondering about Manet and photography, which he began using to document and make his own work right around the time he created Olympia. He included a photo of Olympia on the print moodboard he arranged when he painted his Portrait of Emile Zola in 1868. And it turns out several scholars have looked at Manet's work and photos of it in relation to the explosion of visual culture around Manet at the time.

images: Manet's Portrait of Emile Zola, 1868, from the Musée d'Orsay, photographed at the Met; Anatole Louis Godet's albumin print of Manet's Olympia, c. 1865-68, from one of four photo albums Godet made of Manet's work, held by the Bibliotheque national de France.

#edouard manet #emile zola #props #mass produced image technology and the birth of visual culture #photos of paintings of photos of paintings

[rawliverandgoronspice]

I wish there were more ganon fans that just didn't make him into a misunderstood little meow meow and made him into a complex leader who can be right about his reasons but still have red flags and be selfish

I'm glad people have fun with him, especially given the flurry of attention he received recently, and I'm glad there's a wide breadth of content to enjoy. I do prefer that version you're describing here as well though! I call this reading of the character "Morally Dark Gray Ganondorf"; the kind that definitively has a point, whose whole psyche makes a twisted kind of internal sense that one may absolutely find compelling, awe-inspiring and/or devastating, but who is also unforgivable the second you step outside of his own selfish "me against the world" conception of reality --while also understanding why he can't conceive of anyone as anything but pawns in a much larger game of chess played against gods who kind of demand to be opposed in absolutes. Still: all of this is cool and swell, but, also, do you know how many war crimes you're doubling down on just because you refuse to be owned??? Too many!! The answer is: too many!!

#asks #thoughts #ganondorf #thank you for the ask!! #I mean to be fully transparent I have Things that chronically irk me in some of his sub-flavors of blorboification #I do like some thoughtful zelgan occasionally but there is a subgenre that is just... so objectifying and orientalist and I Can't #when he's used as some sort of prop for Privileged Girlie Fantasy wanting to ruffle her feathers with a Dangerous Exotic prospect I just... #like it's not a bad setup if it's then deconstructed in some way but it never is it's just 100% played straight #instead of being like #an actually really compelling reason to revolt against hylian perception of gerudo culture and the role gerudos serve in that society #(aka being dangerous and enticing but also in great need of being assimilated into “normalcy” as they are consumed) #(ganon being kind of the Opposite of that mindset it pains me to see him flattened in that way like the rest of his people tend to be) #anything that rubs him off his viciousness either through Sexyfication and/or Himboification #or making him Possessed by Demise so that means he's secretly Good and Baby #is not for me :( #let him be mad!!! #let him be such a contrarian he will break everything he cares about as well as himself with his own bare hands just because fuck you!!!

[thesilicontribesman]

Prehistoric Propped Stones, Dalton Crags and Hutton Roof, Lancashire

#ice age #stone age #bronze age #copper age #iron age #neolithic #mesolithic #calcholithic #paleolithic #prehistoric #prehistory #megalithic #megalith #propped stone #stonework #ancient culture #ancient living #ancient craft #ritual #archaeology #lancashire

[discountskeppy]

and i thought it was bad when people wrote characters calling each other "[name]-san"

#you can say 'we could go to the convenience store' #conbini means convenience store you can say convenience store #to me this is like writing 'im going to escuela today' like it doesn't work #to be fair i don't have a problem with using honorifics in fanfics anymore #if its like cultural things like itadakimasu and you wanna include it then you can say that #but this js different i think it just doesn't owrk #this fic is good tho props