#modern tragedy

[that-wildwolf]

Ideologically I like the idea of tone indicators but the way it is implemented in practice makes me want to scream in rage at the sky. don't call me a piece of shit all of a sudden. hj means handjob. gen means general. why have you kids chosen specifically abbreviations that already exist in internet culture I'm insane. Nothing hurts as much as a good idea with terrible execution.

#wild rambles #2am thoughts #no really #the kids wanted an accessibility feature to help with reading the tone of a message and ended up with the opposite #because as this works it just makes the tone and meaning MORE confusing #modern tragedy

[shoemakerobstetrician]

The Tragedies of Aziraphale and Crowley

A loooonng time ago I read a letter by a major American playwright (I think O’Neill or Williams) in which he was discussing one of his works, saying that he had to reinvent tragedy, that the Classical Greek form of tragedy was having to betray one’s duty to society to fulfill a personal or family obligation, and we no longer had that framework in modern society. His conclusion was that modern tragedy would be having to betray yourself, your dreams, your beliefs.

So we have Aziraphale, being asked by Crowley to run away with him and betray heaven - a Classical Greek tragedy.

And we have Crowley, being asked by Aziraphale to return to heaven and betray himself - a modern tragedy.

Either choice at the end of S2 that ended with the two of them together would have still been a tragedy for one of them.

This shit is heavy man.

I’m just going to click my heels together and repeat “South Downs cottage, South Downs cottage, South Downs cottage”

EDIT - I had most of what’s below in a comment on a wonderful post by @andromeda4004 , but I wanted to tack it on here as it’s related.

Somewhere here in a comment about the actors that recur in different roles (which, honestly, there’s a narrative reason for that, Neil lies) Neil refers to S1 and S3 as something like the main story. Presumably the main story is the end of the world, or the resolution of the question of whether or not heaven and hell will end it.

I think the main thing we got in this season is that Crowley will do ANYTHING for Aziraphale: dance, let him drive the Bentley, become a bookseller (even though he said not even at gunpoint) point a gun at his head. I think the reason he is so insistent with Aziraphale that he will kill Job’s children is that he is trying to keep Aziraphale from getting involved in not killing them, to protect Aziraphale from possibly falling, or at least from a crisis of faith. He’s willing to have Aziraphale think he’s a killer of children to protect him from that.

It makes it all the more tragic when Aziraphale asks him to come back to heaven with him. Aziraphale has finally crossed the line, asking him to betray himself, who he is now, for something he knows is a baseless fantasy. It’s a brutal setup for season 3.

#good omens #ineffable husbands #good omens 2 #good omens spoilers #crowly x aziraphale #gos2 spoilers #good omens s2 spoilers #gos2spoilers #disaster puppy #michael sheen #David Tennant #neil gaiman #Classical Tragedy #Modern Tragedy

[linka-from-captain-planet]

Jaheira/Shadowheart, or: What if I Did Some Maladaptive Coping For My Mommy Issues With The Right Bhaalspawn Crisis Gang MILF

while I have no doubt in my mind that Shadowheart lusts over her something FIERCE for that exact reason, I unfortunately can't see them as a mutual ship (sad)

Why don’t you ship it? I have a hard time imagining Jaheira being into Shadowheart. Shadowheart may be 50, but she looks and comes off as ~25; and not only is Jaheira self-conscious about her age, but she also happens to have a cunty ~25-looking high half elf daughter. I just think she'd feel too weird about it. (In contrast to Minthara, who doesn't have any of these hangups despite being even older and calling Shadowheart "child" on numerous occasions).

What would have made you like it? MILFHEART. I also do love regret drama so if like, they banged once and Jaheira felt like a slimeball after, I would prob enjoy that.

Despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it? Literally everything else. Worship MILFs 2024. Shadowheart being pathetic. I wish I could make it happen in my brain but alas

#modern tragedy #asks

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

True love is sacrificial not artificial.

The Worldwide Privacy Tour exposes the superficial, reckless, crazy, tragic, unredeeming "love" between Harry & Meghan

When Tyler Perry told the world he desires a love like theirs, he exposed himself as another fake hollyweirdo celebrity who used talent to take advantage of "church people."

(True) Love Song

Thief

#Third Day #revenge #tom bower #worldwide privacy tour #spare #like a spare #bat out of hell the musical #Love Song #thief #true love #tyler perry #crazy in love #tragedy #modern tragedy #drugs sex rock n roll #south park #easter eggs

[mugenfinder]

I'm in Wal-Mart.

No one told me about the Police Dog Fur Suits.

#current events #modern tragedy

[svltburn]

uhm why does it smell like october

#idk why but UGH #i wanna go hiking #i wanna lay in the grass and smoke weed with my friends and watch the sunset at eight pm #but i can't do any of that because it's december and there's four feet of snow 😭 #modern tragedy

[testamari-blog]

Why Cyberpunk: Edgerunners has shaken everybody to their core?

!! Contains spoilers for the entirety of the Netflix show Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.!!

-- David and Lucy sharing a moment together. source: netflixlife.com --

The misadventures of David Martinez has taken the world by storm - the currently one season series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners has already joined the likes of Queen’s Gambit and Squid Game in terms of hype. Not only the show internationally started to trend short after its introduction, it even revived the game that the show is based on, which was considered one of the greatest launch failures of video games. From people trying builds in the game from the show to rampant memeing, what is the reason that this show affected all of us? Let’s see...

-- Everybody’s thought after watching the show. source: 9gag.com --

In his review of the movie The Social Network, The Royal Ocean Film Society talks about why this movie feels very relevant as it felt in 2010, transcending even its source material, Facebook. He states the reason as “Ultimately, it’s not a movie about technology. It’s Shakespeare, it’s Greek Tragedy, it’s the American Dream. Stories as old as time itself”. 

Sophocles, one of the greatest Greek tragedians, lived in 4th century BC. His famous work, Oedipus Rex, follows the tragic hero Oedipus (the same character used as the Oedipus Complex by Sigmund Freud). He is the king of Thebes, which is ravaged by a plague because the killer of the previous king was not identified, neither was brought to justice. 

Oedipus, who claimed the vacant king seat and married his widowed queen by merit years ago, swears to find the killer - “I will do everything to find his killers, as if he was my own father”. His investigation first brings him forth as the prime suspect, then reveals that he is not the children of who he thought, and finally it concludes with the most damning information of all: he killed his father and laid with her mother. Just as prophesized.

-- Bénigne Gagneraux: The Blind Oedipus Commending his Children to the Gods. source: wikipedia.org --

I didn’t watch Oedipus Rex on stage and I can only imagine what the original audience thought when they saw it on the amphitheater for the first time. How it felt to the audience when a prophet accuses Oedipus for the murder of the king; when Oedipus feels relieved to learn that his (supposed) father passed away, so he couldn’t fulfill the cursed prophecy; when it’s revealed that he’s not the son of that guy or when the queen figures out that the prophecy was actually fulfilled. From the first act, they probably understood that this story will not end well, they are just accompanying this character to his end. Every detail, every revelation must have felt like there’s something you don’t know, that you can only see out of the corner of your eyes - but it is coming. This, I cannot know for sure, again, I didn’t watch Oedipus Rex on a Greek amphitheater. But... I did watch Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.

What’s the first thing you see? David Martinez, our tragic teenage hero, experiencing the death (through braindance) of a guy who is the original owner of the implant that he will get to own. Hints are constantly dropped. First, they are more subtle like this. Comments about how David should be careful using that implant, which comes to define him, otherwise he would turn psycho, etc etc. All of this is met by a quirky “I’m special, don’t worry”. Then, the dark signs become a bit harder to ignore. 

-- David Martinez: The Tragic Hero. source: gamerant.com --

Episode 5 “All Eyez on Me” is an interesting one. Turn of events brings David’s gang in conflict with a guy called Jimmy Kurosaki, who also happens to be the favorite braindance director of David. Fortunately, they manage to convince him to set a trap to unsuspecting Tanaka, their target. This is like a idol-fan reunion, the whole episode has a lighthearted fun feel. Fortunately, however, is not a word to describe this story. A needle to the throat, Kurosaki breaths his last, as his eyes rest on David & David’s on his.

The parallels do not end there. The inglorious deaths of several gang members: as frightening as it gets when a homeless psycho headshots Becca’s brother, becomes an insignificant occurrence when the new recruit is blown to pieces. But the biggest parallel is of course, how Maine reaches his end. In a half conscious-half unconscious manner, he kills everybody that stands in his way, then what is most valuable to him, and finally; himself. Maine: the leader of the gang, which David replaces. 

-- End of the line for Maine, but not for David. Not yet. source: youtube.com --

It was clear from the beginning that this story won’t have a happy ending. We have a limited time with David: a very short lifetime we’re accompanying him. But that’s not all - David’s tragedy has a second layer. When Oedipus was born, his fate was already sealed. When David’s mother dies, we learn that she was working around the clock and sometimes on the edge of legality - so that his son doesn’t have to. Consequently, the only thing she can leave David is a neural enhancement implant, which, can only be used illegally. This, like Oedipus, seals David’s fate. And it’s all more damning to see David come to die at top of the Arasaka tower: the exact place her mother would dream for him (to work). It is much more damning to see him say “look mom, I am here, the very top of Arasaka tower”. This is him at the point where Oedipus realized that he fulfilled the prophecy: the point of no return.

-- David at the point of no return. source: youtube.com --

I can’t remember where I read it, but there, it referred soap operas as modern tragedies. Well, let’s say I’m not a huge fan of soap operas. So, I’m eternally grateful to Studio Trigger for this modern tragedy that shook me to my core: one with amazing atmosphere, soundtrack and memorable characters. What is very exciting is that David’s story feels like one of many happening in the Cyberpunk Universe. As we’re done with his one, I hope we’ll start with another, soon enough...

-- A familiar name in the local bar. --

#cyberpunk: edgerunners #greek tragedy #streaming #netflix #studio trigger #modern tragedy

[s6dennis]

I literally think about that 'Walter of Colour and Jesse Pinkperson' post like twice a week but I can't find it anywhereeeeeee

#modern tragedy #breaking bad #brba #💌

[el-eye-zee-aye]

Heartbreak in a single image.

#modern tragedy #iykyk #ofmd

[satellitesunset]

the coffee withdrawal,,, it's real 😔

#I've had a bad headache for 3 days and now im realising it's the lack of coffee #except i cant drink it now bc i need to sleep bc i have to get up early. like the sun barley rose from the sky early #modern tragedy #anyways lil myle day update for u #myle overshares

[the-kneesbees]

I wanna watch tv but theres no subtitles and my brothers talking very loudly on the phone so idk what anyone is saying 😭

#modern tragedy #post posting

[allthegirlsbeauloved]

I WROTE AND PUBLISHED A BOOK. ALL BY MYSELF. IT'S CALLED "ALL THE GIRLS BEAU LOVED" AND IT'S SAD AND TRAGIC AND BEAUTIFUL AND I'M VERY PROUD OF IT! SO PLEASE GO BUY IT. PLEASE! I'LL LOVE YOU FOREVER IF YOU DO!

#self publishing #debut book #selfpublishedauthor #ALLTHEGIRLSBEAULOVED #ANGST #modern tragedy #heartbreak #feelings #emotions

[999nigga]

I see…..

#modern tragedy #triptych

[sodaft-potato]

I just got a temporary new tablet cord and this is one of the first things I've drawn with it.

#sonic #sonic the hedgehog #sega #tails #miles tails prower #fried chicken #so sad #the greatest tragedy of our modern era #comics #digital art

[ever-sempiternal]

I'm evil I'm so evil *things weren't easy for me*

#this is so messed up #modern tragedy #txt

[novakiart]

the thrilling conclusion (no, peter did not get the picture)

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#spideypool #peter parker #wade wilson #spider-man #deadpool #mine #sorry my line weights change with every post #i can't figure out how to set my default brush size for my static-sized brush so i have to guess every time #a modern tragedy #also #i hope you enjoyed this journey