#theme: apathy

[araekni]

Westworld (2016–2022), 2x10: The Passenger

The circles of hell, taken from Dante Aligheri's Inferno

How Long? from Hadestown (Mitchell)

Anne Boyer, What Resembles the Grave but Isn't

Portia Nelson, There’s a Hole in My Sidewalk: The Romance of Self-Discovery

Westworld (2016–2022), 2x04: The Riddle of the Sphinx

#webs #web weaving #remake #mine #theme: repetition #theme: a hole in the world #theme: anguish #theme: inevitability #theme: apathy #westworld #dante aligheri #anaïs mitchell #hadestown #anne boyer #portia nelson #image described #image description in alt text

[thermodynamic-comedian]

i haven't gotten a philosophy degree yet, so don't trust me too much, but i really wish tma s5 would've discussed the idea that fear needs hope to survive. fear has a very short lifespan when there's no hope. so basically, if the world was truly hopeless, everyone would give up and cease to actually fear the entities, which would leave them with nothing to feed on. in this essay i will,

#apathy is a fear cheatcode. is what im saying. #yes this will be a core theme explored in my joshua gillespie fic #one of these days i'll be able to start any sentence with ''i have a degree in philosophy'' and i will abuse that power so much. #tma #the magnus archives #tma spoilers #tma s5

[leon-on-the-froggy-chair]

not to be controversial or anything but how tf you gonna be a RE fan and then pro-capitalism and defend corporations and governmental greed and shit

#like the whole theme of the series is kind of a fucking warning imo #i saw people being dumb on socials again with RE profiles and it simply irked me idk #like idk if thats a controversial statement or what #but you have to be as dense as osmium to be a RE enjoyer and then bend over backwards for capitalism and ignore the events of the world #RE is a fictional reflection that is highly inspired by or alludes toward real world events and tragedy and reflects upon the danger of- #capitalism and corporate greed and general apathy within the government #wow a thinly veiled rant announcing my frustration with those who are arguing against boycotts against companies supporting/funding israel #you can come at me for this if you want but i will simply assume you're as dumb as a bag of hammers #i am thoroughly pissed by my acquaintances and their lack of care or effort to at least try to help palestine #edit: i have to add like how tf you gonna stand by ethnic cleansing like the horror of RE games isn't fucking eugenics.

[awesometothe3rd]

#caroline in the city #caroline duffy #richard karinsky #carolineinthecityedit #citc #citcedit #caroline x richard #dorks #The contrast between Caroline's love of holidays and Richard's complete apathy towards them is always entertaining #Genuinely upset we didn't get more holiday themed episodes in the show #Not seeing the whole gang in Halloween costumes each year was a robbery. #Yes we got a Christmas one each season and 2 Thanksgiving ones. But no New Year's Eve or Valentine's Day one!? #We could have had them tentatively kissing at midnight in season 1 #Or a secret pining/angsty S3 Valentine's ep where Trevor asks Richard for advice on how to make his date with Caroline special. #And the episode would end with Caroline learning that the sweet gesture she loved was actually Richard's idea not Trevor's.

[the-furies]

Ohhh it’s all purple!! My favorite color! Is the title another song reference or did apathy decided to take over the blog lol

yes and yes! the song this time is this:

#ask #wellllllll. not just me Heart helped with this blog theme too haha -Apathy

[worstloki]

Someone is doing some serious hate on the dark world but they did compliment loki in it

Most people agree the Loki parts were decent

#personally I liked Thor’s arc in it and think if Malekith had been more fleshed out the movie would’ve been fine #I get that the theme with Thor is reflection but the slowness gets me XD #i think Jane’s part in the movie was fair and the science aspects of her stuff shined through but Frigga was done dirty fr #more Jane Science Stuff would’ve been good and a different Frigga death too #sacrificing herself is fine but it wasn’t done well I think #her relationship with Thor wasn’t shown enough to make it seem like she protected Jane for Thor #seemed a bit motiveless unless the point is that Frigga’s apathy shows she cares #if that makes sense

[harlequinoccult]

Hey just poppin in to ask how you are, if you are doin fine, and hope u got a nice day? <3

i experience the horrors of modern man everyday i draw breath but i stay silly :3

#my adhd and chronic apathy has been making writing progress hell but thankfully the [REDACTED] side project helps chip at the block #and trying to relearn html and css to redo TVoLs theme because ive never been satisfied with it #princepostin #we take days one hour at a time

[goingrampant]

The Boys #1 notes: page 5

On page 5, Robin is fridged in a particularly gory way when a superhero villain named A-Train (an evil version of the Flash) throws a supervillain in such a way that his body smashes through Robin, completely pulverizing her, on the way to smash into a wall. A-Train doesn't register the civilian casualty and is even rude to Wee Hughie as he passes him to resume the fight. Wee Hughie is left holding Robin's dismembered arms ending in bloody stumps. His horror is the motivation leading him to hate superheroes in their roles as symbols of the corrupt world. It's communist-friendly and also fash-friendly. I'll tell you when we reach something the fash can't use.

The panel depicting the fridging is brutal... but also has a shot of the villain's buttocks and crotch area for a bit of bathroom humor. It is tonally wrong for this part of the plot. Deadpool does something similar in the film intro, where he basically humps the camera while trying to squirm into the taxi passenger seat through the little window.

That works there because it's a small bit of humor in a quiet moment, breaking up the awkward intro, but the scene in The Boys should simply be a moment of horror. Trying to make it funny--especially with something so vulgar--ruins the emotional core. We're supposed to relate to Wee Hughie seeing the depth of corruption in the superhero industrial complex, but our view of him and his situation is rendered unempathetic.

The TV show simplified this scene, made it even gorier, and has much more of an emotional core for removing the supervillain entirely and just making A-Train run through Robin at supersonic speeds. It's in-line with the theme of "What if superheroes were real? What horrible consequences would there be?" by exploring something going awry with a superpower and connects more with the plot as we wonder who A-Train is and where he's going in such a hurry. It's more empathetic by centering the gore and Hughie's reaction as about the horrible loss of human life instead of just superheroes being random assholes.

In the show, A-Train's corruption is handled better because he stops, cognizant of his horrible mistake, mutters, "Can't stop," in an apologetic tone, and then runs off. Later, he doesn't take responsibility and indicates Robin died because of her own carelessness. That is a much better take on corruption. A-Train is corrupt, but he's still a human being and expresses some genuine empathy in the moment. That makes us care about him and realize we could be that guy. He's not just some random asshole we can dehumanize into The Enemy, which is how the comics frame him.

Also, comics A-Train is darker than Wee Hughie and Robin while still somewhat light-skinned. The show translates this as him being black, which is reasonable, but I see a lot of racists online complaining that he was white in the comics. Was he? Ugh. It doesn't matter. It makes sense to have the main cast of a TV show have racial diversity in it regardless of whether the comics do or not. I say the only time it really matters is if the character has a part to play in a racially-charged dynamic and even then can be racebent if the writing is good (like Namor changing from Jewish-coded to Indigenous in Wakanda Forever).

As for the fridging itself, it seems more gratuitous and sexist in the comics because of the surrounding tone. Women aren't characters the reader is supposed to see themselves in or really respect. Robin is just a hot girlfriend for Wee Hughie--reader stand-in--to appreciate, who is immediately killed off and that's that. The show just makes everything more feminist and treats Robin with more respect, even in death. Thank you, Rebecca Sonnenshine.

#the boys #the boys comics #sexism #gore #your apathy is showing #the boys notes #loose communist themes #queue and i are one forever

[phantom-does-a-thing]

someone talk to me about Slaughterhouse Five I love talking about this book

#rambling #phever dreams with phantom #THE THEMES MAN #THE THEMES #TIME AND RELIGION AND TRAUMA AND COPING WITH THAT TRAUMA #AND THE WAY THAT ITS LAID OUT???? #GOD I LOVE TEH WRITING STYLE #just apathy. the things that war and death do to a person. #the crayon outline of the book dude #I took note of every instance that 'so it goes' appears in the text #its so interesting

[sinvulkt]

Die A Hero, Or Live Long Enough To Become The Villain

Anakin Skywalker died on Mustafar.

Darth Vader rises from his ashes. Finished, 7k words.

@angstober

*** ** * ** ***

Padmé was dead.

Padmé was dead, and he was alive.

Alone.

Vader wondered if this was how vines felt, when you removed them from their tree. When they lost everything. He wasn’t really sure how he felt, truthfully.

He just felt numb.

✯ ✯ ✯ ꒰ঌ ⚔ ໒꒱ 𓆩⚔𓆪 ꒰ঌ ⚔ ໒꒱ ✯ ✯ ✯

His suit hurt.

His everything hurt.

Burning alive tended to do that to organic beings, he knew. Even monsters.

But his suit also hurt in ways it wasn’t supposed to. He would know. He had tinkered with droids and mechanics for longer than he could remember. The simple fact that his rebuilt right arm was the least painful part of him was proof enough.

The armor was heavy and awkward. The whole system to support his failing lungs was torture. The drugs supposed to reduce his pain didn’t seem to help at all. The control panel displayed on his chest’s whole existence was absurd. At least the metal was black, and the cape acceptable. The whole contraption looked like something to hinder rather than help him, and Vader hated it.

Plus, there was no place in the armor for his recovering wings. They were uncomfortably pressed between two metal plates, whose harsh edges sunk into the fragile skin. Every movement irritated the burned roots. Every movement singed his nerves anew. Every movement was agony.

It empowered the Dark. It made it swirl hungrily around him, eager to eat the next flash of pain. Nowaday the Force felt more like a beast waiting to devour him than a friend and ally.

Vader didn’t care.

All of his friends betrayed him anyway.

✯ ✯ ✯ ꒰ঌ ⚔ ໒꒱ 𓆩⚔𓆪 ꒰ঌ ⚔ ໒꒱ ✯ ✯ ✯

Read the rest here on Ao3~

#whumptober2022 #no.10 #taser #listen I know there isn't any taser in this but surely old Palp' zapping Vader is the same? #the rules said we could take liberties with the themes xd #angstober 2022 #day 10 #apathy #star wars #if you do go on the ao3 fic please mind the tags #it goes pretty dark #which also means I had loads of fun with it of course 🎶 #even stars burn out #anakin skywalker #darth vader #vaderkin #sw #incorrect star wars quotes #star wars incorrect quotes #wings #wingfic #of feathers and freedom #that's my baby au 🎶 #fragments of imagination #ao3 #fic rec #fanfic snippet #sinvulkt fics #sheev palpatine #angst

[ikiyomeru]

for which I burn.

#` ( ART. ) #hazuki tag. #hehe showcasing his theme art just bc i rly like how it came out :3 #ive normally only drawn him smiling up til this one so i was going for more of aaaa #empty yet smoldering gaze? #he's intense idk #(pats haz like the back of a pickup truck) this dude can fit so much apathy in him

[francisforever2014]

father’s day is NOT about irl fathers it’s about posting about fictional children and their relationships with THEIR fathers . i’m sure this isn’t an avoidance tactic :)

#honeslty i’ve just reached such a point of apathy with my dad i don’t even think it is an avoidance tactic for me. #just a fun little theme for the day

[thormanick]

…having some thoughts of mixing RWBY x Genshin a bit, primarily because I keep projecting recent arc of Ruby on Kaveh for so many no reason at all

Might do a couple of doodles if I find the energy

#genshin impact #rwby #afinna explores teyvat #genshin impact thoughts #rwby ruby rose #genshin impact kaveh #I just keep thinking ‘oh what if Alhaitham and Kaveh get stuck in the EverAfter’ #who will be the one fooled by the Cat and why it will probably be Kaveh- #at the same time I think Alhaitham will have one glance at the Cat and be like. no thank you #idk Ruby and Kaveh having some similar vibes and parent-related issues was the LAST thing I expected to stumble across but here we are #‘and no matter what I do nothing ever takes the place of you’ can suit Kaveh’s themes a lot #*sigh* all these kids need therapy #btw I was thinking that if I were to make a crossover I’d put Kaveh and Alhaitham in Atlas? purely due to the tech they use #as for semblances I have some options #Alhaitham’s would be quite similar to the in-game - I think of him making mirrors through which he can ‘teleport’ on a battlefield #as for Kaveh I am. so tempted to make his semblance about light or empathy #it’s either him somehow absorbing negative emotions of ppl around him and converting that into energy through his aura #bc he wants to keep ppl happy bc happy ppl don’t attract grim #OR I am so tempted to give him silver eyes. I know it’s not a semblance but HEAR ME OUT- #silver eyes that allow him destroy grim with a kind of semblance that makes him a human version of Apathy-grim #like somehow he drains the energy out of grim and pacifies them and turns that against them #in general it’s all about the duality of light and shadow or empathy/apathy with him for me #idk I’ll think more on this later maybe

[kirnet]

ive been thinking a lot about kirnet’s relationships with the jedi masters, especially the way that they change from pre-war to kotor 2. She idolized Kavar, even when she was hurt that he never officially took her on as a padawan. She generally admired zez-kai ell and wished more of the council had his introspection. And Vrook was, well, Vrook. Yes, she had some level of respect for him, but she fundamentally disagreed with him on everything and hated his lack of action during the wars.

But in k2 these just completely flip. She gets along with Kavar just fine, their reunion is more bitter than sweet, but now SHE is the famed Jedi general. SHE is the war hero, not Kavar. She’s just surpassed him in so many ways. I’m pretty sure he has a line about wishing that he trained them as a guardian (or, if they are a guardian, that he was glad they chose that path). But where once Kirnet would have reveled in the praise, she’s just saddened by it. Saddened by seeing the state he’s in. She’s outgrown him, in a way.

And she’s furious at Zez-Kai. He’s the one who was the most sympathetic to the Revanchist, the one most willing to promote action, and yet he watches Nar Shaddaa suffer and does nothing. The apathy sickens her. And Kirnet understands where he’s coming from, of course she does. She just dragged herself out of a shitty decade long exile where she didn’t help anyone. But she still can’t stop the vitriol and disappointment she feels towards Zez-Kai. Lichterally the MOMENT Kirnet connected to the Force again she was begrudgingly pulling Jedi level stunts and was trying to save the miners on Peragus. She just can’t understand the fact that Zez-Kai had the Force the whole time and yet he refuses to use it.

And Vrook somehow becomes her favorite? Sure, she still doesn’t like him, and annoying it is still her fave pass time. But Vrook is actually trying to help Khoonda. Even giving himself up to the mercs is a form of passive action, in a way. And Kirnet respects that! It’s the most action (from her biased POV) that she’s ever seen Vrook take to help people. So even though he annoys her she comes out with a newfound respect and tolerance for him.

#the other jedi is just. a corpse. i dont even remember her name rip #and atris is her own essay so i wont touch on that here #but idk!! fucking themes of apathy vs action and ever changing POVS and the failures of the previous generations and loss of faith in #institutions etc etc #this also ties into why kirnet refuses to identify as a jedi anymore. she cant tell if shes too good for it or not good enough for the title #but she does know that she is too proactive. she is too forceful. the title does not fit #ramblings #kirnet cavira

[cjoatprehn]

Alright. I hope everyone’s doing okay. Um, to those who have mommy issues I wish this as an ode to yall and your struggles with your parents currently. I’m sorry to know how common this is. I hope this poem honors you. With how heavy this poem is, I’m thinking when I get myself more stable, I’ll post this on my patreon. This one was the poem that made me realize that, I can still record these kind of poems but they can be patreon exclusive or restricted to those who can handle it better than the mass.

This was the Day 15 poem that was supposed to be completed with my Beach poem. My Health has other plans. So here it is now.

TW: Abuse Themes, Complicity themes, Spiritual Warfare, Religious Themes

This one is a bit heavy and mentions what my incubator originally named me. This was me coming to terms with the emotions that I feel for my mother; not love or hatred, but apathy. I don’t fucking like her and for good reason. This poem was an Ode to those who are in my situation with their mothers. I hope this poem comforts you and makes you feel seen.

Song(s) Inspiration

Update with the Spoken Poetry video!

[#escapril Spoken Poetry] “The Other Mother : The Earthly Spawn Point” by CJOAT for AWG 2024

If you enjoy the video, liking, commenting your thoughts, and sharing the video and post helps out a ton. ^^ Have a good rest of your week!

#escapril #adventurerswrite #shyprompts #incubator #spawn point #me and the devil #savage daughter #Irish eyes #Once upon a dream #poem #poetry #the other mother #Apathy #vitality #song #inspiration #therapeutic #creative writing #2024 #abuse tw #complicity #spiritual warfare #religious themes #deadname #blood mention #family #Spotify #spoken poetry #YouTube #my video

[kesarijournal]

Constellations of Apathy: The Untethered Soul

In the vast expanse of cosmic play,  Where stars and destinies intertwine and sway,  There wandered a woman, serene, astray,  Whose heart, untouched by night or day,  Beat to a rhythm of apathy, come what may.She walked beneath the ceaseless Sun,  Its fiery gaze on everyone,  Yet, in her eyes, it was merely a run, Of light and warmth, undone,  A celestial ballad, unsung.The Moon, in its silvery…

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#2024 #apathy theme #celestial narratives #classical music inspiration #cosmic indifference #cosmic journey #emotional depth #ethereal poetry #Gustav Holst #introspection #meditation music #Neptune the Mystic #poetic expression #Raag Darbari Kanada #solitude and the cosmos #The Planets Symphony #universe exploration #untethered soul #Vedic mythology #viral poem