does the word “why” even exist for monsters with a mindset so utterly alien that trying to figure out their motivation would be to simplify them as beings and make them too “human” to be truly considered alien
or is it just a cop-out akin to “just because” 8I
ngl, I like ambiguous motivations, especially if any actual given reason is kind of a letdown
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I don’t even know what I’m talking about
Ordinarily I like to see some reason why, and when I first came across your Daddy Long Legs comic, I remember struggling to try and make sense of it. It doesn’t really fit conventional narrative styles and the characters don’t have this conventional set of traits you can latch onto to fully understand. I was intrigued and perservered and came to understand that if you present a world and characters in a way as otherworldy as you do, the very inscrutability and alien-ness of the characters’ motivations and plot- the way you can’t really predict them, gives a particular depth of atmosphere. So yeah, while I would ordinarily say some monstrous bad guy ought to have some sort of depth of character, your work and the atmosphere it creates thrives on that ambiguity of character. You are very good at giving this alien, inscrutable quality to your characters.
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Ah, Der-Shing, you define jerkiness in ever-shifting ways. I’ll have you know (er.. if you were ever to read this which I doubt) that your persistent deployment of the tumblr cut to blur the line between kittens and spiders has left a permanent mark on my psyche, and not a particularly negative one. The consideration of whether a post was going to contain the ACTUALLY promised kittens or some mysterious spider thing or something else beyond the cut has created a lingering doubt over cuts which promise cuteness. Not that I mind spiders, I actually don’t. But when I was at another site that promised that what lurked behind the cut was so brain breakingly cute it needed censored, at the back of my mind I’m thinking ‘it’s giant spiders isn’t it’. YOU planted that doubt Der-Shing, you should be proud.
Ok, guys. I’m sorry, but I really have to get this off my chest.
I think I’ve realized what the worst fandom is.
These people in my class every morning, complaining about what happened last night in this and that.
Grown men get into fights about it, and children/teens hate…
This seems an appropriate place for this sketch on the notion of the use of ‘we’ by sports fans, and obnoxious sports fandom in general:
The secret ingredient is love, not seething hate and rage!
Wherein I try and make gifs and bemoan how difficult it is to get them down to a manageable size without them getting all grainy. What’s the secret to gif making? I doubt it’s love.
When Stormtroopers fight Red Shirts
Two somewhat overdone jokes, combined to become amusing again!
IGNORANCE, FANATICISM & CRUELTY
These three prediluvian monsters, man’s soul eaters that, though slowly shrinking from the few and feeble attacks of poor humanity, still loom large over the entrance to the temple of human happiness.
Excellent, creepy art, reminds me of a dream I had. Also sort of true that these things are still some of the barriers to human happiness.
Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu in Elementary
You’re doing it right, Jonny Lee. I knew you would.
I am still a bit sad that they made Watson so messed up, especially in regards to her (his) doctoring practice, but… Jonny Lee Miller could possibly get up there with Brett and Downey for me as a Sherlock. And he is British :D
Now to let go of the “do not take him out of Victorian London, it is part of his fiber” bit.
Silly Lucy Liu Watson. It’s not a trite means of symbolising how this great man CAN’T STAND TO LOOK AT HIMSELF FOR FEAR OF WHAT HIS GREAT BRAIN WOULD SEE ABOUT HIS OWN ALIENATION FROM HIMSELF AND THE WORLD. It means he’s a vampire. Sheesh, haven’t you watched enough films already to know this?
(Source: whycantiholdallthesefeels)
