(from Petersens Field Guide to Lovecraftian Horrors)
Behold! The Servitor of the Outer Gods!
I love it because this is one of the most powerful beings in the mythos short of the Great Old Ones themselves, time and space are mere shadows to it. If it wanted to move it could fly, or teleport, or move through higher dimensions, or basically anything it wants.
What it actually doesis lie on the floor and pathetically shimmy itself towards you while glaring and passive-aggressively playing a flute.
I never thought I would identify with an eldritch horror from the nuclear centre of space-time, but here we are. I love it and will join its floor-wallowing at the nearest opportunity.
Update: Nyarlathotep apparently moves via a combination of headbanging, getting pins and needles, and misremembering the steps to the hokey-cokey. I guess when you are Nyarlathotep no-one is going to tell you that your walk is Very Silly
(I like how even in the image he hasn’t actuallymoved anywhere. He just did a little dance and looked proud of himself. I support him)
Go for a “Modern character sucked into a fantasy world” archetype, but instead of it being dimensional travel, It turns out the entire sprawling fantasy kingdom is just a neighbourhood in Los Angeles
this is just a secret london or a masquerade setting
Like that except it’s not secret, it’s just there.
“So you want to take a left at the dragon tower, it’s opposite the mall…”
“why can’t female heroes kick arse in heels” because it’s not practical and will literally snap your damn ankle you can scream weaponised femininity all you want but first off, you need to admit that they’re not an almighty symbol of empowerment, and secondly that if you do a job with a lot of physical activity in heels you’re risking your own safety. all these women fighting in heels on tv are going to end up seriously injuring themselves.
weaponised femininity is a concept made up in an attempt to get us to embrace the industries created to hold us back/profit from our insecurities so that we can continue to fit into the male expectation of what a woman should be and not question why we are forced to spend thousands on our appearance every year
just a small anecdote. I had a friend who worked in theater; she was the stage manager and an actress came to her in tears one day because the director absolutely refused to let her do a choreographed fight scene in less than 3 inch heels because “they’re platforms so you’ll be okay.” My friend, who is a woman’s size 10, brought her own heels in the next day and DEMANDED the director put them on and try the choreography before the actress did it. He finally agreed to change it, without putting the heels on.
so like I know you might think of “all those women on tv fighting in heels” as fictional woman who WOULD hurt themselves in real life, but its fiction so its okay…except those women are portrayed by real actresses who are actually fighting in actual heels, being directed by dudes who have never worn a pair of heels in their lives, alongside men who aren’t expected to constantly wear things that make their stunts 2x more dangerous than they have to be. Just a thought.
Men take “let’s see feminine women being badass” to mean “let’s see women impractically focused on their appearance in combat situations.“
That’s why I loved Black Panther even more Nakia took off her heels and used them as weapons and was running and driving around barefoot in that one scene
A number of stuntwomen have spoken out about getting injured on sets because the character is wearing heels and skimpy clothing that provide no protection or padding. It literally harms rl women.
As of July 4th 2018, the Internet as we know it might be dead for good.
The European Parliament is passing a new Copyright Directive. Article 13 #CensorshipMachine will impose widespread censorship of all the content we share online. Art, fanfiction, parodies, remixes, mashups, memes, etc.. Anything that you do not hold the rights over will be taken down.
Article 13 would force all online platforms to police and prevent the uploading of copyrighted content, or make people seek the correct licenses to post that content. Internet platforms hosting large amounts of user-uploaded content must monitor user behaviour and filter their contributions to identify and prevent copyright infringement.
Such filters will be mandatory for platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit and Instagram, but also much smaller websites.
Last Tuesday (19th June 2018) a group of more than 70 people who have played important roles in building the internet and developing it (Tim Berners-Lee, Vincent Cerf,
Jimmy Wales, Mitchell Baker…) into what it is today addressed an open letter to the members of the European Parliament:
“As creators ourselves, we share the concern that there should be a fair distribution of revenues from the online use of copyright works, that benefits creators, publishers, and platforms alike.
But Article 13 is not the right way to achieve this. By requiring Internet platforms to perform automatic filtering all of the content that their users upload, Article 13 takes an unprecedented step towards the transformation of the Internet from an open platform for sharing and innovation, into a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users. […] The damage that this may do to the free and open Internet as we know it is hard to predict, but in our opinions could be substantial.”
this is why old ppl never realize what they’re saying when they say “when i was your age i payed for my tuition all by myself” yeah well sorry susan my tuition is $35,000 a year and i make $7 an hour
you know what else? This situation creates an effect that piles up on the bottom, having the strongest effect on those already struggling the most. It’s something I’ve noticed and started calling the “spare change effect” which is:
Inflation and the above situations all happen BUT THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF COINS YOU FIND IN YOUR POCKETS AND COUCH CUSHIONS STAYS THE SAME.
Like, if I ran out of gas on the road, I used to be able to walk around and find a gallon’s worth of money in the gutter and shit. A gallon of gas was 55 cents, you could check under the front edge of a vending machine and get home. But now, 25 years later, gas prices have gone up nearly 800% but there’s not 800 times the amount of loose change around, ya know?
im yours came on the radio and since jason mraz came out as bi i noticed it doesnt have any pronouns or genders mentioned in the song… bi anthem
jason mraz:
Well open up your mind and see like me Open up your plans and damn you’re free Look into your heart and you’ll find love love love love Listen to the music of the moment people dance and sing We are just one big family And it’s our God-forsaken right to be loved loved loved loved loved
