#like if the allegory. the allegory

[detroitbecomeonline]

someone connect these dots for me im thinking about the race allegory and how hank is violent towards connor in waiting for hank and the music there is a white band knights of the black death but then you get into russian roulette and see that hank has a friendly dog and he actually loves jazz which is by black artists and it sort of matches up to hank's development by the end of the story?????? does anyone see the slight connection im going with this. like his home is his heart. does anyone see what i'm trying to point at

#i have a headache #i can't explain this properly #like if the allegory. the allegory #like #race???????? the allegory there is something here with the music and hank's internal and external expressions #dbh #dbh hank #dbh analysis #mine #mydbhbrain

[hopsof]

Lamb to the slaughter

#Dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #mithrun #fanart #spoiler #my art #the canaries #digital illustration #procreate #digital art #fantasy #goat demon #symbolism #painting #allegory #the flower is a dried up white rose. it represents death but white roses also signify purity. it's pretty but #like young mithrun it's rotten #it is covering the demon's eye because the demon took mithruns eye specifically because it was his pride and joy #there's other symbols but i think theyre more obvious

[jupiter-suggestion]

consider the sperm whale and the squid. an ancient rivalry that dates back millions of years. we know the whales eat the squids. we know the squids do not make it easy for them. we know this because of the scars the whales carry, scars on the outside of their body, and on the inside as well. how badly must you want something to endure wounds inside your mouth? inside your gut?

consider the whale, who is harmed by what sustains her. consider the squid, whose flesh is soft and delicious but refuses to go down easy.

#mine #suggestion #this is not a direct allegory to anything i just think about whales with scars inside their stomachs and i Feel Things #oh i do know what its like to fight the thing you need. i do know the bittersweet taste of victory for a price. #y'all ever relate to a whale? #50 #100 #500 #1k #5k #10k #25k #35k

[escapistcatontheinternet]

i love the extras of dungeon meshi in how it fleshes out the world because they make it so much more evident how race affects every part of the story while avoiding the zootopia racism problem. like obv a main theme of the story is like, humanity and desire, 'to eat is to live', etc, but since the majority of it takes place in the dungeon isolated from society and thru the lens of laios, the racial aspects play out more like shadows on a wall for most of the story.

then in the extras we get comics like this

which at a glance fleshes out the racial aspects via a character explaining the racial rules of universe - humans have x amount of bones, while orcs and kobolds have more. however, if u take it less straightforwardly, it points out how the concept of 'human' is a constructed concept in the world. the fact that there are different categories of human in different parts of the world based off of what types of humanoids occur there is already a demonstration of this. in response, the bones explanation seems to kabru and the characters as an objective way of measuring humans vs nonhumans.

but obv, when the culture was deciding what humanoids were humans and nonhumans, they weren't blindly analyzing skeletons and then deciding. just visually, one can glean that orcs and kobolds look less like the ingroup of tallmen, elves, dwarves, gnomes, etc. the bones explanation appears as a justification for that immediate prejudice under a scientific guise - I'm sure that one could come up with the same number of physical differences between a gnome and an elf that they would find between a tallman and an orc. it sounds a lot better to say 'well, an orc has 230 bones while a human has 206' then 'well, an orc looks ewwww yucky yucky to me while a human looks normal'.

and what i like abt the comic is that the characters take the explanation at face value for the most part. when a contradiction is brought up in the oni, kabru can neatly slot them into the predetermined number of bones framework. bc that's kinda how it works irl - there r cultural prejudices that we can posthumously justify, and if we find something outside of it, we can twist it to fit into our predetermined binary. however, since the reader does not live in a world where there are orcs and kobolds to be prejudiced against, we can see that flaw in the cultural logic. when the party encounters the orcs, the number of bones has no bearing on their humanity. They r shown to be cliquish and distrusting of outsiders, but not any more than the elves are later in the story.

tldr dungeon meshi worldbuilding is so good

#just me #dungeon meshi #kabru #there r 10000000 examples of how fantasy racism affects the story of dungeon meshi not brought up in the main story #like namaris backstory and chilchucks union and the oni #augh. tasty manga #girls when themes of social isolation #ppl talk Abt the neurodivergent rep/allegory #the racial allegories aren't half bad either #social isolation guys social isolation

[cemeterything]

an angle i enjoy in cosmic/eldritch horror is when, instead resorting to the old classic "the horrors being so incomprehensible that they break your brain and drive you mad" cliché, the premise is that in comprehending the horrors you are so changed by the experience that your new state is indistinguishable to an outside observer from madness. you comprehend the unknowable just fine, but actually communicating that to anyone else is impossible because they just don't have the mental framework required to understand it. the eldritch horrors don't drive you mad. what does is the ordinary everyday horror of finding yourself isolated, ridiculed and doubted at every turn, no matter how hard you try to make yourself heard and understood.

#🐉 #this is why i liked the way tma did it #where the eldritch is more or less a direct allegory for trauma (among other things) #and how those experiences can make the entire world seem like a different place and make you feel crazy #when other people dont understand what seems so clear and obvious to you #apartment 'complex'? actually i find it quite simple. no guys really its so simple you gotta believe me. why dont you believe me.

[keymintt]

as i stand plainly in the shade, unseen

#art #painting #oil #oil painting #coyote #coyotes #traditional #traditional art #scopophobia #my art #oil painting i missed youuuuuu #i started it a few months ago but i finished this bad boy in like. three days ghlfdhgl #the power of remembering there was a Deadline you wanted to submit things to lol #i'm not holding my breath that the phx art museum is going to accept me for the Big Emerging Artist Award but. gonna shoot my shot! #anyways i love you coyotes my favorite transgender allegory animal #greatest hits

[ratofthewoods]

I think werewolves are an important part of trans culture *rips your throat out with my teeth*

#lgbtqia #lgbt #transgender #trans #transmasc #trans werewolves #werewolves #I constantly think about werewolves & politics #are you even punk if you don't like werewolves as allegory?

[piosplayhouse]

"Oh dear," the unicorn thought. "I must've really mucked up the story beyond compare! The Red Bull Luo Binghe is protecting the last unicorn scum?! Unconscionable! He should have driven me off the cliff by now!!"

#dont ask why binghe gets to be a human but sqq has to be a unicorn #maybe hes prince lir in this au actually wait omg that would be good #half human half red bull sxy was freakay #the unicorn turning human to disguise herself is obviously sqqs plant body allegory #binghe sniffing around the castle: where is shizun i can still smell him? suspiciously sqq shaped human: gulp #binghe's tragic backstory in this au i guess is that he meets shen qingqiunicorn as a kid and sqq can sense that hes half fae and so #takes him semi under his wing but is like a prick about it until binghes seal breaks and they find out that hes a red bull fae #and shen jiu stabs him into the ocean something something abyss he comes back gets adopted by haggard kills every unicorn by throwing them #into the ocean as well before picking off shen jiunicorn last. and then sy fucks it all up #it's been like a decade since i read the book sorry #svsss #scumbag self saving system #scum villain's self saving system #bingqiu #shen qingqiu #sqq #lbh #luo binghe #my art #svsss last unicorn au

[laikabu]

my controversial opinion is that i like that laios is bigger and more muscular than kabru because, as a poc, buff brown guy x scrawny white guy is so popular and tired, i like it whenever there’s a subversion of it from a work that’s well written. of course, not to mention that they have a very fun dynamic and the comic from the new official world guide spelling out for everyone that they do care about each other lol

i like that kabru does look feminine, especially when fandom makes the brown one always the bigger and masculine one in fanon and any instance of their delicate features is erased, even in yuri (looking at gwitch lol)

speaking of, i really like kikimari in that namari is portrayed as very masculine while kiki is feminine and elegant in fanwork

obviously, fandom isn’t activism duh, but i’m merely speaking from experience as someone who dabbles in both eastern and western fan spaces. i’ve seen it happen so many times that it’s become the staple so i love subversion that’s actually good

#dungeon meshi #labru #i also rly like that it’s kabru-centric #i’ve seen a lot of labru fans that like kabru more than they like laios #everyone who says “they’re making kabru laios’s accessory” dont engage w the content bc ive read so many good kabru analysis from labru fic #also labru fans r the only ones who make the connection that kabru’s story makes him a really good trans allegory DO I HAVE TO ELABORATE

[thoodleoo]

hey sorry if im cranky today i've got that pms (pre-maenad syndrome)

#PREEMPTIVE TAG: THIS POST WAS MADE BY A TRANS PERSON AND IS TRANS POSITIVE. IF YOU DONT LIKE THAT FUCK OFF #now that that's out of the way. the maenads are so allegory for menstruation to me #heres the thing. if any god were to have a pussy. it's dionysus. to me #he's not a fertility god for no reason #tagamemnon #greek mythology #queueusque tandem abutere catilina patientia nostra

[tomatoart]

Transgwender 🎉

TRANSGWENDER ‼️

#asks #spiderverse #gwen stacy #transgender #when I sat in the movie theater I literally started to tear up as soon as it started cuz I was like oh my godddd. she’s trans SHES .LIKE ME #and it was so awesome I think the allegory was so good and the dialogue rlly hit home. it’s such a nice thing to be represented and have so #much fun with it #sorry for the ramble it’s just so ^_^ !!! it meant a lot esp after getting denied hrt the same week so I was over the moon to see her #there is a little good in everyday etc etc

[werewolf-transgenderism]

chewing on this moment from this interview from Jes Tom

#trans allegory.................... #chewing on this like a stim toy

[svenghouly]

Abigail Pent telling Harrow she is haunted and not mad is the single most powerful fucked up moment hsjskddkdujehdjejshgs. It’s true, we all need an Abigail Pent.

#when your psychotherapist goes above an beyond and comes to you in ghost form to explain the process of complicated grief and psychosis #it’s almost like it’s an allegory or something!!!! #wow o wow #tlt #the locked tomb

[coyoteclan]

I'm a little late to the party but man. What a cool cat huh

@fallenclan's Lee as a (not so quick) warm-up :)

#art #warrior cats #clangen #not coyoteclan #fallenclan #Lee #fanart #mans has been THROUGH IT he FINALLY got to rest #still thinking about the whole 'Lee is death' discussion. it's cool but also what if he's the balance between life and death #I mean the dude tried dying so many times LMAO #ik him being reincarnated is a schrödinger's cat situation but if you combine it with the death discussion and the fact that he died- #-in a fire.... he's like the perfect allegory for a phoenix #I havent gotten a proper night's sleep in like 2 weeks so this is the kind of ramblings you're all getting #anyways bye bye time to go work on my moons that I have been avoiding LMAO

[agrebel18]

idk if someone else has mentioned this but whatever: in the scene where Ballister and Ambrosius are at the bar and The Director is being live-streamed and claimed that the video was fake, she said something like “the monster can come after us, and could be anyone: your spouse, children, or even the person next to you’’ and that TOTALLY REMINDED ME of conservative “Christian” bigots trying to scare people into believing that queer people are “dangerous” and “grooming your children” 

#honestly The Director's character IS SUCH an allegory for conservatives that will do ANY AND EVERYTHING to get rid of anyone whos' differnt #and her outfit reminds me of like Important Figures in the Church as well #yeah my religious trauma is showing rught now huh? #nimona #nimona spoilers #nimona netflix #tw christianity

[queenlucythevaliant]

Okay but I do get really tired when people rag on Narnia's Biblical parallels for being too overt. Like, yeah dude. It's written for kids. Most kids don't do subtlety. I knew my Bible better than probably 95% of third graders, and yet my parents still had to clue me in. I've talked to people who grew up secular and didn't realize Narnia was Christian until well into adulthood. The Christian parallels in Narnia are at a pretty perfect level for most kids, and the fact that we as adults continue to get new spiritual meaning from it as we grow is a real testament to the depth of Jack's writing.

#mostly i just get sick of narnia being compared unfavourably to lotr #they are written for two different audiences with different purposes and different ingredients and they are both good! #like yeah okay tolkien disliked allegory. (a) narnia isn't exactly allegory and (b) even if it were would that be so bad? #Jack's over here doing his own thing. i for one love how overt Narnia's Biblical parallels are #okay rant over #why did i ever think it was a good idea to talk narnia on the internet. i am way too defensive and possessive of it #pontifications and creations #narnia