of course the spellsword knight should be paired up with the dragon.

the alchemist and the chef-mage, of course.

the illusionist and the warlock? less conventional lets see how it works out.

I honestly don't even remember what the fuck she ended up getting caught doing - I think she worked for a defence contractor or something.

I don't know, it's the first I've seen of her in a few years so hopefully she's just gone now.

I honestly have no idea if they still are into that shit, but they routinely launder reactionary talking points and memes to give to a duplicitous audience and are also pretty much all rapists, now open fascists, or both. so who gives a shit really.

gwen is an idiotic larper who has beef with them.

"if this world is crazy then we're the clowns" type nonsense, popularised by the reactionary love of the character "the joker".

the dirtbag left are a group of reactionaries calling themselves leftist because they like the aesthetic and the plausible deniability, who were into that shit.

there was a fascist meme back around 2016 where reactionaries started arguing that the world was irrational and senseless because of the result of social progress, and thus all liberals were clowns and the world order was "a clown world".

it was followed by a wave of nihilism as a result-

I dunno, there is like some kind of written law where you're not allowed to admit you're intelligent because people think you're an asshole or whatever.

but I've hit that point in my life where suffering the social consequences of that kind of action takes less effort than playing nice.

they may or may not be related.

I'll probably expand on at least the second on in a patreon post later this month if I can find the time.

yes, that's what I was saying.

corporate slop art diminishes human expression and thus devalues art.
it is identical to the garbage they wish to make with genai and the distinguishing thing between them is that the corporate slop art still has some element of humanity to it as diminished as it is.

art without human expression put into it has been soulless for decades, and the more we come to agree that the difference between capitalist slop franchise-bait trash like the MCU and capitalist slop genai garbage isn't the quality but the humanity within it, then the better we'll be.

I mean sure, but like - I don't care if it is routinely pumping out content that is at the qualitative level of a masterpiece, it would still be inherently without value, and I think we need to take that line more staunchly in society.

far too many just go "wait until it's good"
but no, fuck that.

I, uh, may be plotting something.

as much as a fucking clown gwen is herself, she's actually correct about this surprisingly.

she's still a fucking clown, though. you do not have to hand it to her.

you wanna talk about themes and motifs, but you don't want to talk about the way people feel about a character's morality? you're a fool

you want to ignore that agency is an important aspect of a character and their development? you're an idiot

fuck off, you're not smart you're a little bitch boy.

I dislike posts like this and the many others expressing similar sentiments because 1) it's intellectual peacocking, 2) it's anti-art because people don't have to deep analyze shit to engage with an art work, and 3) it's anti-art because it fundamentally refuses to understand the purpose of art.

they're watching a show or whatever. they don't have to adhere to your demands, you need to meet your audience at their level. you've walked into a party and gotten grumpy they're playing hyperpop but you only want to listen to grunge

and as a fellow "only wants to listen to grunge" person, grow up

it's real "I am at the kids table and I want to talk to the adults because I'm a real grown up" energy, ngl.

like I get it, your complaint is that people are engaging with the text but not in the way you want. but buddy, that's a problem with you - the kids aren't doing media analysis.