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cannibalguy · 2 years

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“Our women can’t get pregnant” A BOY AND HIS DOG (L.Q. Jones, 1975)

“Dog eat dog” is an odd expression. Dogs generally don’t eat each other. The phrase is really a euphemism for the way humans will exploit and kill (and sometimes eat) each other. Accusing the dogs is more socially acceptable, but the phrase is more about our own predilection for devouring our own kind to satiate our various hungers, particularly in times of societal collapse. This cannibalism…

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ingoodjesst · 3 months

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have you put the pieces together yet, detective

#goro akechi #akechi goro #persona 5 #persona 5 royal #p5 akechi #p5 spoilers #persona 5 fanart #jesst some art #i may have worked on this for... just under two weeks? i had like. so many fckgin thoughts i might make a process/concept breakdown post #it's honestly just for my own peace (haha piece) of mind because i overthought about. SosoooOoOo many motifs and symbols and i just wanna #idk PUT EM ALL somewhere........ maybe it'll become its own jessay of mine. god. who can say.#also DUDE tumblr rly does crunch up quality wow ouch #unironically a core thematic inspiration for this piece is a quote from the folding ideas' video 'the nostalgia critic and the wall'#'it doesn't all make sense or resolve or coalesce because we don't all make sense'#'everyone is the illusion of order constructed brick by brick out of chaos'#i've watched that video essay through at least. a dozen times at this point. everything about it. yeah. it's good.#this piece initially went many different directions and i have realized ah yes to fully explore just THESE themes that i'm interested in as #they relate to goro akechi i will need to draw. at least two more pieces. sdlfhsdlkfjsd

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hiddurmitzvah · 1 year

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This is a jewish tombstone

from a small hungarian village, Tuzsér. It is standing in the middle of litter, as the place of the jewish cemetery is nowadays used as a garbage dump.

When I found this place, I knew I should include it in the zine that we created on the Art of Abandoned Jewish Cemeteries of Hungary, since we wanted to raise attention to the sad state of jewish cemeteries of the country. As it is visible by the blessing hands symbol, this tombstone belongs to a kohanite person, who is a descendant just like all other kohanites, of the high priests of the Temple.

What we can read at the tombstone is just a short line, which says Here lies the elderly Yehuda, son of Cvi Ha-kohen, died in 1906.

This is how it ended up eventually in the Art of Abandoned Jewish Cemeteries zine, the symbol was reproduced with lino cut and the surrounding text explains the symbols and share a bit about the history of the community of Tuzsér:

If you wanna support our project to preserve the memory of the former jewish communities of the hungarian countryside along with the cemeteries themselves, you can order from the zine here:

#story #cemeteries #jewish #jumblr #history #garbage #hungarian #hungary #judaism #symbol #symbols #linocut #linoprint #zine #fanzine #etsy #order #jewish art #tombstone

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a-dauntless-daffodil · 2 months

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having Marina and Acht be old buddies separated for years like this was so RUDE

so WHY'D side order have to stab me in the heart with this friendship like that huh?? why'd they have to DO that!!!!

I AM UNWELL

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH

#splatoon 3 #side order #acht mizuta #dedf1sh #marina ida #AND THEY WERE OLD FRIENDS #!!!!!!!!!#AND THEY CARE SO MUCH #AFTER ALL THIS TIME #THE SYMBOLISM OF ACHT HAVING A WOUND THAT CANT HEAL #BUT THEN THEY MEET MARINA AGAIN #AND SHE DELETS THE WOUND #SO HER AND ACHT CAN JAM TOGETHER AGAIN #THE PARALEL OF MARINA BEING TAKEN OVER BY ORDER- BC SHE WAS SCARED OF CHANGE #AND ACHT DEALING WITH CHANGE BY FOCUSING ONLY ON MUSIC- ENDING WITH THEM GETTING SANITIZED #AND AND AND #ITS NOT JUST THEM HELPING GUIDE EIGHT AND PEARL #GOING UP THE SPIRE SAVED THEM TOO!!!!!!!

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inamindfarfaraway · 4 months

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The Exorcists’ Masks of Virtue

The vast majority of Exorcists in Hazbin Hotel have a notable design element that other angels don’t: their masks are missing an eye. Specifically, the right eye.

I believe this is a reference to the Bible, Matthew 5:29. Jesus says, “If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.”

He’s being hyperbolic. Mr Free Healthcare was not pro-mutilation. What he means is that you have to be willing to make sacrifices to prevent sin. The context of the eye metaphor is him condemning adultery and warning that even something as easy, casual and small as a look full of lustful intent can lead to further, worse sin if you don’t notice your sin, hold yourself accountable for it and do the work to not let it influence your decisions. This will probably be hard. It could be very, very painful. Changing your perspective can feel as horrible as plucking out your eye, so many people can’t bring themselves to do it. But although it won’t feel that way in the moment, it’s healthier for our general wellbeing in the long run to abandon traits and behaviours that damage ourselves and/or others.

(You may notice that Jesus’s teaching that you can have sinned, redeem yourself by giving up sin and thus escape damnation is the founding principle of the Hazbin Hotel. You may also notice that it contradicts everything the Exorcists believe.)

The Exorcists seem to follow this idea of painfully excising badness for the sake of the greater good devoutly to the point of placing it above teachings like ‘Thou shalt not kill’, with their job being to remove sin, in the form of sinners, to protect Heaven. Hence the missing right eyes. They’re a declaration of moral righteousness and inability to stumble.

But the truth is that the Exorcists all have their right eyes. Their flawlessness is a facade. Underneath, they are untouched, think themselves morally untouchable and, as shown by their horror and outrage when even one of them is killed, would much rather be physically untouchable too. This perfectly represents their complete unwillingness to acknowledge their own faults, let alone improve. They are never the ones who sacrifice. They force the sinners to sacrifice and don’t compensate it with any salvation. They metaphorically rip out the sinners’ eyes, but still condemn their entire bodies as inherently, permanently sinful. So they’ll just have to do another Extermination to get the other eyes! And another one to cut off their right hands! And so on until there’s nothing left.

The only exception to the rule is Vaggie, both in appearance and character. Her mask has the left eye crossed out instead. Even before her expulsion, she’s set apart to the audience as an Exorcist who has the capacity to, shall we say, see a different side of things. Her mask having its ‘sinful’ right eye reflects her understanding that the Exorcist worldview is wrong.

When she almost kills a demon child, her hateful vision clears. She discards the part of herself that’s an unquestioning, merciless agent of death, terror and grief… and as punishment for what Lute perceives as treacherous weakness, gets her eye plucked out.

Of course Lute leaves her with only the ‘sinful’ eye. It brands Vaggie forever as the inversion, a perversion, of what the Exorcists are meant to be.

You know, all this talk of eye removal in the Bible reminds of another line - ‘an eye for an eye’. Adam directly quotes it in “Hell is Forever”. He uses it to frame the Exterminations as Old Testament-style punitive justice; the sinners did harm and so they receive it. But putting aside the debate about how ethical the concept of revenge is, the entire point of taking an eye for an eye is that it’s proportional. The punishment fits the crime. If someone cuts your eye out, you shouldn’t murder their whole family in front of them and then slowly disembowel them to death. That would be the sin of wrath. You should just make them pay without excessive pain or collateral damage. This is the fairest form of revenge.

The Exorcists don’t do that! The Exterminations aren’t proportional to the wrongs of all they hurt, nor was Vaggie’s brutal punishment equivalent to her extremely mild insubordination. Lute literally takes Vaggie’s eye, and more, after Vaggie does nothing to her! That’s the opposite of the phrase! Adam and his soldiers are wrathful and cruel, deriving satisfaction from others’ suffering. But they just can’t stop going on and on about how disgustingly evil the sinners are, in total hypocrisy… despite some of the sinners being far better people than the genocidal Exorcists are… it’s like they’re obsessed with specks of dust in the sinners’ eyes when they have massive logs stuck in their own. Oh hey, that’s in the Bible too!

#both emotionally and symbolically i am rooting for vaggie or charlie to take out one of lute’s eyes #i was like ‘cool vaggie’s missing the opposite eye to her former mask!’#and then i went back and saw that her mask was also different #and then i went down a rabbit hole of biblical mentions of bad things happening to eyes #i know god and jesus (and the holy spirit) probably won’t appear in the show #at least not in person #but i do cherish the mental image of adam and his genocidal army hanging out #when jesus christ bursts in with a whip #and gets all ‘you have made my father’s house into a den of thieves’ on them but an order of magnitude more intense #because HE SAID LOVE ONE ANOTHER #WHERE IS THE LOVE #HE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED IT #i’m not christian! i’m a hardcore atheist!#religion is just as fictious to me as egyptian mythology #however i am also autistic and have major special interests in mythology and folklore #so here i am fervently writing analysis of the sermon on the mount #hazbin hotel #hazbin vaggie #hazbin hotel vaggie #vaggie #hazbin hotel exorcists #hazbin exorcists #hazbin hotel analysis #hazbin analysis

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avatarofcuriousity · 1 year

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Funny how Satan, who sits in between Asmodeus and Leviathan in their usual order; takes Mammon's place.

Right next to Lucifer...

"Satan and his brothers"

"Satan and HIS FATHER"

#IT'S THE EMPHASIS GUYS #IT'S THE SYMBOLISM #IT'S THE ORDER OF HOW THEY'RE SHOWN #IT'S THE EVERYTHING #Obey Me #Obey Me Shall We Date #Obey Me Nightbringer #OMSWD #OMNB #Obey Me Trailer #Nightbringer Opening Movie #Obey Me Analysis #Obey Me Lucifer #Obey Me Satan #Obey Me Mammon #Obey Me Leviathan #Obey Me Asmodeus #Obey Me Beelzebub #Obey Me Belphegor

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vr1srezi · 3 days

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teared up a little bit because I got so excited thinking about the magic timepiece in homestuck and how it seems to represent & embody this grand tradition of epic heroes and villains only dying if it’s narratively satisfying & deemed as appropriate by some higher power then throughout homestuck the clock is broken & undermined & questioned to the point where its validity is doubtful and its judgement questionable and like. GOD what fun symbolism a) of this deadly and cruel world where a hero’s inherited protection is mostly a sham b) a very meta commentary on who is in control being by and large arbitrary & the fates of the characters being determined by the whims of the creator/story instead of any grand or inherent morality system/higher power

#homestuck #like soooo fun so homestuck so postmodern #create symbols of order and truth and balance only to undermine them at every turn. GOOD STUFF

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venic-of-paper · 5 months

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Ignore the cheesy text i have actual thoughts for this but brain mush. They're very normal <33

#cute domestic stuff as god intended #something something fangs on a herbivore are an obvious symbol of moral corruption +defiance of nature #but what is the lambs true nature #gain power loose innocence. whatever the fox says after sacrificing ratau...#the lamb becoming what he swore to destroy in order to be able to destroy it #kudaais 'can the same be said about yoursef' line #narinder sharpening the blade that will stab him in the back #idk man its 4am tomorrows a work day #my art #cotl narinder #cotl lamb #true devotion #narilamb #cotl

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heckyeahponyscans · 7 months

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The Pony Friends Forever convention commissioned HQG1C to make an exclusive holiday pony: Near and Deer! Their extras of this pony have been listed here.

They will probably not be in HQG1C shops since they were customs commissioned specifically for the convention.

#Near and Deer #HQG1C #Pony Friends Forever #mlp #g1 #my little pony #I love her symbol soooo much #ordered instantly

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ziggyyyystardust · 5 months

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A detail I love in Star Wars is the use of diversity to show who are the good guys and who are the bad guys. In the OT whenever we see imperials they all look the same - old white men wearing Nazi uniforms. Compared to the rebellion with numerous women in charge, other species, ect. Then in the prequels, while we definitely see much more diversity amoungst the bad guys (Maul, trade federation, ventress, ect) the main bad guys generally fit the criteria (Dooku and Palpatine). But the Jedi order is extremely more diverse, the Jedi council is run by people of different genders, races, species, ect.

It’s a really cool detail to show both their political leanings and all, especially in the OT where the casting for the empire and the small details (the uniforms!!) just show so well that they’re the bad guys, it wasn’t until I rewatched it that I realised why the empire just felt so off putting. The choice to have the good guys be a diverse and overall happier cast really work to show who we as the audience should be rooting for

#pro jedi order #pro jedi #star wars original trilogy #the empire star wars #the rebellion #jedi order #ugh I love symbolism and purposeful casting

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cirusthecitrus · 16 days

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And the seas were filled to the brim drop by drop

And grains of sand formed the stones

Eternity is probably so long

I only wish to contribute a tiny bit

In my short life to weave

At least one thin thread of silk

Flëur - Шелкопряд (Silkworm) -----------------------------------------

Just me again thinking about the clones whom Prime made feel so small and insignificant and replaceable, who had no choice but to accept their roles and who were greatful to be given a chance at life at all, a chance to be a part of their god's grand journey, even if only for a moment

And yet, deep down they probably still wanted to prove themselves special and needed, still hoped to leave something important behind and be aknowledged and remembered by their brother... I'm still so emo about them T-T

#spop #horde clones #horde prime #shera #spacebats #the galactic horde #my art #cirus doodles things #what if i told you i was bawling my eyes out to this song playing on repeat the entire drawing process #the fact that in order to gather silk undamaged silkworms must be killed in boiling water before they can get out of their cocoons...#they're so horde clones coded u-u #idk why prime looks more babygirl than usual i needed him to have his hair loose for ~symbolism~ i guess it affected the rest of him lmao

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artblock-tm · 2 months

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My mind that served for you came to nothing, and will only clear up after you’ve gone.

(Click for higher quality! No promises that Tumblr didn’t destroy the quality though.)

#doodle gallery #fate series #fgo #fate grand order #Okada Izou #Okada Izō #fate Okada Izou #Thinking about this guy………….#And how there are no known pictures of him………#And how after he was executed his head was displayed publicly………..#And mentally connecting some dots to make badass symbolism………#Anyway uh yeah lineless art wow :)

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antianakin · 2 months

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I read your disagreement on this popular sentiment that "The Jedi Were Flawed" and I couldn't agree more with your disagreement. The Jedi are not the problem in the galaxy. It's everybody else: the Sith for plotting a revenge conspiracy for 1,000 years, the Republic for being plagued with corruption in which the Sith had a hand in (but not all Republic senators were corrupt), the Mandalorians for being warmongering a-holes, the Hutts and other crime syndicates who terrorize innocent people, the Separatists for making problems worse by starting a war with the Republic, the Empire for bringing tyranny upon the galaxy, and if you're an EU fan, the Yuuzhan Vong for starting an unprovoked war against the galaxy that causes the deaths of TRILLIONS of people!

That post came about almost as a reaction to pro Jedi people constantly talking about how OF COURSE the Jedi were flawed all the time and how annoying I find it more than anything else lol. It's very annoying to have to keep seeing posts by people who I know do LIKE the Jedi talking about how flawed they are, how they make mistakes, blah blah blah.

I've had people ask me why the sentiment of "the Jedi were flawed" can't co-exist with the sentiment of "the Jedi were RIGHT" or "the Jedi did nothing wrong" and, to me, it's not that they can't coexist in a more general sense, but they don't coexist NARRATIVELY to me. "The Jedi were flawed" is just a bullshit statement because the entire point of the narrative is that the Jedi were RIGHT. So what does it add to that particular theme and storyline to insist that the Jedi were flawed all the time, or that they made mistakes? How does it add to the message about being selfless and compassionate to insist that the characters who are in the story specifically to showcase why it's important to be selfless and compassionate are in fact also flawed and make mistakes?

It ALSO bothers me because the people who most often say it are the ones who mean "the Jedi were flawed" as "the Jedi deserved what they got" or "the Jedi were wrong the whole time" or "the Jedi should've changed their entire culture to accommodate one person" or "it was the Jedi's fault that everything bad in the galaxy happened." So when fans who LIKE the Jedi and don't actually believe any of that continue to insist "OF COURSE I believe the Jedi are flawed" it just smacks of desperation, of trying to appease these other fans who will never change their minds. Why bother trying to insist on a middle ground when what they mean by "the Jedi are flawed" is not the same as what a real Jedi fan means by it? What does it add to try to find a middle ground with someone whose interpretation is so completely the opposite of your own? Why bother?

So yeah. I never say the Jedi were flawed because I don't find it a particularly useful way to analyze the story or the Jedi's position within it. The Jedi were right, the Jedi are always right, and it's not honestly any more complicated than that.

#star wars #jedi #pro jedi #this doesn't mean the INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERS can't be more complicated necessarily #like is obi-wan a well-rounded character with flaws? yes #is yoda a well-rounded character with flaws? yes #is mace a character who occasionally makes mistakes? sure #but none of this means that the JEDI AS A WHOLE - the jedi as a group within the narrative - are flawed #the JEDI are always right #the individual characters are sometimes flawed #oh wow just realized that is literally the opposite of when some people love indiv jedi but keep saying the order is flawed lol #nah mates if you loved them you'd see it's the opposite way around #the individual PEOPLE are flawed but the order never is #the order is a symbol of compassion and selflessness and light #obi-wan is occasionally an arrogant little bitch tho

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heliomanteia · 16 days

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Maybe I need to play the second game a bit more but I feel like the way Mel and Zag are treated isn't just about the difference in how the older vs. the younger siblings are treated. Sure, I can see how it can be read as a toxic family dynamic, but it feels a bit reductive in the context of the in-game events. It also doesn't seem entirely fitting because Zag grew up without Mel being a thing for most of his life, so I can't fully see sibling mistreatment being a thing in their family.

If anything, it seems to be more about the narrative of familial loss.

The first game is largely focused on Zagreus' personal loss and tragedy whereas the second one is loss of an entire kin, era, whatever you'd call it. Melinoe is treated differently not just because she's the youngest sibling, but also because she's the last of Hades' children left standing.

Hades 2 reads like a melancholic, nostalgic story; Hades 1 reads as a brash heroic myth. Hades 2 to Hades 1 is Odyssey to the Iliad, Antigone to Oedipus Rex? They're both tragic stories but they're tragic for different reasons and in different ways. I feel like it's hard to completely detach the game from how a Greek epic poem would be read in terms of masculine/feminine narratives, different parts of a hero's journey, and more when we speak about the jarring difference in how Zag and Mel are approached by different characters.

#🌞#hades 2 #I feel like there's a lot more layers but I'll shut up until more is released in case I'm wrong.#Chaos liking Zagreus more feels meaningful on some symbolic level. Maybe it has to do with Mel being a magic user.#And chthonic magic is about taking chaotic force and turning it into order. Etc.#I could rant about this for hours and I think my ancient history hyperfix is showing.#But yes I don't think Mel is a spoiled younger sibling etc. she's just the last of the house that was left in shambles.

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animatedjen · 1 month

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re: your tags about Jaro & Cere sabers for Cal I always play with at least some part of each bc I also really like the symbolism and having them be a part of his saber like as they've been a part of him? Or something lol

I really like the symbolism too. Jaro's severed lightsaber is such an important motif throughout Fallen Order: shattered, repaired, broken, and rebuilt again. I love how it mirrors Cal's own journey, and only truly becomes his saber through the contributions of both Jaro and Cere.

But I also think the kyber crystal he found on Ilum should’ve canonically been orange and in this essay I will-

#lightsabers are cool but making your lightsaber a symbolic representation of your grief and healing is even cooler #asks #jedi survivor #jedi fallen order #cal kestis #jaro tapal #cere junda #photomode

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thormanick · 3 months

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Me, going about my day: i really like alhaitham and kaveh and whatever is happening between them. precious boys need to keep them safe

Evil Thoughs tm popping up in my head once in a while: canonically, Kaveh wants to be remembered. Alhaitham is a Scribe, which implies that he's keeping records. Alhaitham is closest to Kaveh and knows him really well. Alhaitham will be the best at remembering Kaveh. Therefore it might be a possibility that Alhaitham will outlive Kaveh, and by much-

Me, suddenly distressed: shut up shut up shut up-

#ah yes don't you love it when your thoughts go and do. that #anyways wishing nothing but the best to the boys may their respective reruns happen soon #genshin impact #genshin impact thoughts #genshin impact headcanons #genshin impact kaveh #genshin impact alhaitham #haikaveh #kavetham #alhaitham x kaveh #afinna explores teyvat #this was actually partially inspired by the idea that Vision holders give something up in order to receive a Vision #and if the Vision encompasses the most sincere wishes of the weilder #what will happen when the weilder achieves these dreams while still being alive #in my hc achieving the passion that Vision symbolizes like. annihilates you from existence on a certain level or smth idk #on this point. in-game we've seen people gain visions. get their visions taken away. and die while having a vision (kazuha's friend).#i wonder what will happen to a person when they achieve the goal that allowed them to get their vision in the first place #i think that would be interesting #also idk sometimes i look at kaveh and go 'ah yes you have the narrative potential of dying at some point of the story and I. Am. Worried.'

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