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"To stop seeing a monster, you need to become one"
The first (Save the Green Planet) and the second (Hwayi: A Monster Boy) feature films by the famous Korean director came out 10 years apart.
But although these works are very different in style and plot, there is a deep semantic connection between them. Both films deal with the theme of monsters.
"it's all in your head" correct! unfortunately I am also in there
mentally taking a drag of my mental cigarette because I don’t smoke but life has been very smokable lately
Beyond Evil, episode 9
As they say, context is everything XD Without it, their body language at the very beginning of the scene, followed almost immediately by that not even 20 seconds long "cute" exchange would suggest that not only were they having a completely different conversation - they were in an entirely different genre.
“what radicalized you” bro EMPATHY
this is me all day
a comic about fix-it fanfics
Me: I don't get it. I thought I was doing a lot better than I was a few years ago. I'm like 10 times more on top of things than I used to be. How does everything feel terrible now?
The Tiny Me in OSHA-approved Hi-Vis Gear Who lives in my brain and pulls all the levers: Boss, it's the fascism. You're completely gunked up with cortisol due to the fact that your entire daily life is now underscored with a haunting awareness of the rapid erosion of your rights, dignity, and any and all social safety nets, and you're also bearing witness to the most vulnerable people immediately being persecuted. This creates a natural stress response that basically means you're going to continue having memory and organizational problems, as well as emotional imbalances.
Me: BUT I HAVE A BULLET JOURNAL AND I MEDITATE NOW.
Tiny OSHA Me: BOSS, THE FASCISM.
u ever have on mutuals whos so deep in another fandom that u know absolutely zero about and they make posts that look like they speaking another language or some shit
i really appreciate the number of mutuals who are not in any of my fandoms sharing this post. its like a little hello nod as we pass each other in the hall
fuck it, i'm curious. reblog and tag with the first fictional death to ever rewrite your brain chemistry and/or make you cry like a baby. mine was ares from the underland chronicles (who, for context, was a giant bat.) to this day i will weep if i think too hard about it. okay, go.
"im tired of living through major historical events" is now "dear lord please let me witness a high profile political assassination in the next 1-2 years. amen"
Sudden night thoughts.
I was thinking about the topic of bypassing censorship. And about the fact that this is essentially how free will works in each of us. We are all within the framework of the "censorship" of psychological laws that we cannot break. Each of our decisions must have a practical reason - otherwise this decision simply cannot be made.
But our consciousness is able to "cheat" these laws without formally breaking them. Creating a chain of decisions, each of which has a specific reason, but all together these decisions give an integral effect that cannot be reduced to the sum of the reasons at all.
And this makes me think that works that encourage reading between the lines actually have even more significance in totalitarian states than we think. Because the practice of reading between the lines itself is a very powerful skill for resisting pressure. If you live for years under strong pressure from external censorship - over time it can turn into internal censorship, this is how our desire for self-preservation works. But if you regularly train your ability to freely perceive, the ability to rise above the formal structure of the text, this trains your inner freedom.
Zhao Yuanzhou is so obviously lying, but Li Lun is hurt all the same.
And I think about how underneath the sweet and soft outer layer, Zhao Yuanzhou really does have a greedy, maximalist almost fanatical side. (After all, the scarlet mad demon is also a part of him.)
Zhao Yuanzhou could have negotiated with Li Lun as with a desperate terrorist holding a hostage - and maybe everyone would have survived in the end.
But Zhao Yuanzhou wanted Li Lun to be willing to give up his life. He wanted Li Lun to make sacrifice. Maybe he wanted Li Lun back more than Bai Jiu - wanted to bring back the innocence of their youth. And this greed of Zhao Yuanzhou ultimately cost Ying Lei his life.
To be clear, I love Zhao Yuanzhou a lot. But I love him as a contradictory character, someone I sometimes want to shake by the shoulders to bring to his senses - not as a paragon of saintly virtue.
Leonid Pasternak (Ukrainian, 1862–1945) - The Torments of Creative Work
oh leonid, we're really in it now
Leonid, you really understand it.
Save me Leonid, from my empty Word document
Leonid what should I do about the emails
Babe are you okay? you reblogged Leonid Pasternak's Torments of Creative Work again
Leonid Pasternak is the best! My favorite of his is The Night Before The Exam (1895).
My man Leonid continues to be relatable
Zhao Yuanzhou is so obviously lying, but Li Lun is hurt all the same.
And I think about how underneath the sweet and soft outer layer, Zhao Yuanzhou really does have a greedy, maximalist almost fanatical side. (After all, the scarlet mad demon is also a part of him.)
Zhao Yuanzhou could have negotiated with Li Lun as with a desperate terrorist holding a hostage - and maybe everyone would have survived in the end.
But Zhao Yuanzhou wanted Li Lun to be willing to give up his life. He wanted Li Lun to make sacrifice. Maybe he wanted Li Lun back more than Bai Jiu - wanted to bring back the innocence of their youth. And this greed of Zhao Yuanzhou ultimately cost Ying Lei his life.
