eight-episode seasons becoming the norm, shows being cancelled after their first or second season altogether, corporations not spending a single dollar to promote their renewed shows, corporations deciding to renew based on how many people binge it over and over and over again... this is the slow, choking death of media literacy.
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Ouroboros
, emblematic serpent of ancient Egypt and Greece represented with its tail in its mouth, continually devouring itself and being reborn from itself. A gnostic and alchemical symbol, Ouroboros expresses the unity of all things, material and spiritual, which never disappear but perpetually change form in an eternal cycle of destruction and re-creation.
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the way jokes work on this website is magical because someone could literally just not open the app for a day and the moment they get back on it's full of posts they don't understand
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going on tumblr because ao3 is down and then finding a link to a cool story on ao3 just to open it and remember that ao3 is down is heartbreaking
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Guys!! I finally finished it, I have to admit it is not my best work... but I think Charles and Max look like themselves and that is an achievement in and of itself.
For the people that want to know more context: Meet Charms Prof. Charles and DaDa Prof. Max, two old quidditch rivals at Hogwarts who ended up teaching there again. Here they had a combined lesson but the class was full of chaos, resulting in not a lot of work getting done. Max still wonders if they should do something about it, but Charles has accepted defeat. They have a tentative friendship, but both don't really talk to each other outside of the occasional hello's in hallways and small talk at breakfast and dinner. Still, they secretly adore each other... of course.
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thinking about Colin Provolone's relationship with his father, about how Colin had to do everything Aaron wanted him to do, and how Colin described him as horrible and a piece of shit, and how Colin hated him so much he went to kill him on sight
...and about how Colin was accommodating and gracious when Cleva wanted to hit and intimidate someone simply because it would make her feel better to take her frustration out on someone and make them fearful, someone who was nearly Colin
...and about how Colin always phrased advice and counsel to Deli in a way that was highly aware of Deli's pride and ego and was generally careful to avoid suggesting that Deli was wrong or made a mistake or had any personal shortcomings
...and about how Colin, no longer fearfully protective of his life, watched Deli try to intimidate him with an unimpressed boredom, as if it's all familiar and old
...and about how Colin learning his father belonged to this group that manipulates and forces others into doing what they want, seeing him oversee the fearful Saprophians as they work, "seeing him in this space, wielding that kind of power over people again, just fills him with rage"
...and about how his father said "You were always a problem" as he threw a knife at Colin
...and about how his father said "And you've made us proud" when that "us" forced Colin to murder and said "I'm still proud" as his final words when Colin murders him too
...and about how Colin's most notable and useful skills—narratively and mechanically, when it comes to mechanics it is literally what he was built to do—are in arms, in violence
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There are violent characters who love violently. They thrive off spit and claws, skin and teeth, fights and frenzies. They will shelter their beloved with blood and venom, embracing them with brutality and dragging them down with them. They treasure them but they can't help but bite.
There are violent characters who love peacefully. They thrive off spit and claws, skin and teeth, fights and frenzies HOWEVER they will shelter their beloved with warmth and sunlight. They will only embrace with the softest of touches and kindest of hearts. All they want is for them to rise to the highest of heights, no matter what. They treasure them and they will defang themselves to do so.
Both are neat.
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