redsixwing

[redsixwing]

is that piece of media actually bad, or is it just not following the blueprint you projected onto it? is that work actually not good, or are you just demanding something from it that is absolutely antithetical to its themes, genre, tone, and narrative goal? is that story actually poorly written, or do you just dislike that it is not the specific things you wanted from it that it never set out to be, never was, and never is going to become? is it actually bad, or is it actually well-executed and you just dislike the story it chose to be because it isn't catering to your specific desires and expectations?

#fandom meta

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Lamp terrarium changes everything

#waaaaaaaaaaaant

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Wake up

#it's good

[redsixwing]

it's funny, I was talking to someone last night who didn't really know what an illustrator was. so when I introduced myself as one, he gave a speech that would've probably gone over well with a gallery artist, but which was precision-tailored to make any illustrator within a 50 mile radius go into eyes-glowing-red kill mode.

his speech was about how there is a difference between craft and art, and how people can practice craft (as in, skillfully execute a painting) without it having any artistic merit.

so I'm someone who gets paid to paint waffles for restaurant menus and dinosaurs for museums exhibits, and AHHHHHH! AHHHHHHH! you can't make art without it being something something you've made. does that make sense? like every illustrator I know has an individual way of approaching any given imagery that is informed by a lifetime of inspiration, and of passive intake of culture, and of the specific mistakes they make because of whatever their particular mass of grey matter deems as important thing to render or unimportant, just fuck it up.

I can make something that is informed by both a century of Canadian print-making and by my own particular neurosis, and it can also be commissioned commercial imagery that I regurgitate without care because I want to pay my mortgage. everything is art, nothing isn't art, art is something sticky and impossible to shake off of you.

anyway he got very wide-eyed and said "I'm sorry if I offended you," so today I feel a bit bad for having gotten so, uh.... excited.

#youre very right though

[redsixwing]

when a powerful figure is reduced to kneeling. when the lord is forced to bow. when the exile stumbles into an unwelcoming bar. when the “beast” is chained by their horns. when a god is dragged behind their enemy’s chariot, a captive and trophy. when the loyal “guard dog” character is muzzled and the silver-tongued thief falls silent in horror.

that’s the shit

it’s about the contrapasso. the reversal of roles and the sudden, plunging terror of being unable to hide.

#Tropes #i have definitely reblogged this before #but here it is again

[redsixwing]

When you got caught 😻

More like this

#it's good #it's naughty

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#the sacred texts

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#O TO BE THERE #location reference

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Source

#fox

[redsixwing]

one of the worst irl debuffs is "something in the kitchen smells weird but you cant find it". you have to just do the rituals and hope for the best (taking out the trash, boiling water down the sink, look for lost potatoes etc)

#truth #its so nice to have a sense of smell most of the time #and then theres this.

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Brother Gregor never spoke and often spooked the neophytes with his appearance, but he was a gentle soul and a phenomenal cook and knew more ways to prepare a fish than the abbot knew hymns

#a friend

[redsixwing]

Finally watched the movie of The Name of the Rose.

Can't believe they didn't include the hallucinatory incense :(

#name of the rose

[redsixwing]

When I say the photos do not do her justice...

They simply ✨DO NOT✨ do her justice. 😍 Center metal work is custom from Seralunis Jewelry 💕

#sailor moon #jewelry #hair jewelry

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The orange kitty presented...

#it's good #does this person just make increasingly specific cat bothering devices

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#good good good #humans are awesome

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Kathleen Jennings

#skeletonin

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Glow Worm Caves, New Zealand by Daniel Kordan

#bioluminescence #endless forms most beautiful #i want to go there #so very much.