#white lenses

[iraprince]

drew up a lil icon just to use as my contibutor portrait in a zine! i don't think it's gonna dethrone the cat icon but i thought about it for a second

#my art #sketchbook #left my glasses off bc this thing is gonna be sooooo itty bitty... wasn't reading well #altho now that makes me want to try a glasses version but with the completely opaque white lenses. u know what i mean

[madam-o]

Ok is it just me, or has Alex Brightman's Beetlejuice hair and makeup NEVER looked the same way twice?

#alex brightman #beetlejuice #beetlejuice broadway #beetlejuice musical #beetlejuice the musical #beetlejuice the broadway musical #betelgeuse #sometimes I see blacked out teeth #once I saw a pic of him with white contact lenses #sometimes his hair and face don't look colored at all

[liesmyth]

would you be able to give examples/explain more about how race only impacts gideon in the tlt-universe? not being facetious or condescending, genuinely asking. thank you!

Hi anon! If you mean my tags to this post, I wrote

#earth conception of race doesn't impact any character in the series except the canonically brown main antagonist

By which I mean my Worstie and main antagonist of the series, John Gaius (PhD).

I don’t think TLT as a series engages with race in any especially meaningful ways. It’s set in a post-Earth society with entirely different social norms, and there’s no concept of race and ethnicity within the population of the Nine Houses. Physical descriptions of the characters are scarce to say the least, and they rarely spell out the kind of features that suggest specific racial connotations, because the POV characters don’t seem to think it’s something worth remarking upon. iirc, it takes until halfway through HtN for the narrative to confirm that Harrow has brown skin.

[See also Tamsyn’s GtN characters description post. It quotes passages from the book, and you can see how minimal the descriptions are, and she repeats several times that her characters’ appearances are up to the readers’ interpretations. It just doesn’t seem to be a big concern of hers]

Then there’s John, who grew up in twenty-first-century New Zealand and IS explicitly Māori in a way that absolutely impacted his character arc. It's not A major theme of his Nona chapters, but it’s there if you read between the lines. The boarding school he went to, which IRL had a high percentage of low-income Māori students on scholarship. The depth of his climate anxiety, his uncompromising “Nobody left behind” stance before the cryo project was halted, and his fervent hatred of ‘the trillionaires’ afterwards... these are all informed to some extent by his background as an indigenous man imo, and so was the global reaction to his developing powers. The “We were going to put you fellas in jail, weren’t we?” the way his initial attempts at publications are all flat-out ignored by the scientific community and dismissed as culty gimmicky faith healing until he leans into it.

John being Māori is just one of the many pieces of his backstory, and far from the most impactful to what eventually went down, but my point remains that he is the ONLY character in TLT whose racial background 1) affects his story arc and 2) is relatable to the audience. Everyone else is ten thousand years removed from Earth, and I’m just not very interested in using racial identifiers when exploring these characters and their dynamics, because the characters themselves don’t care and neither does the narrative.

#on a more hashtag meta level #John is why I’m personally uneasy about any analysis of the series that tries to interpret TLT through racial allegory lenses #especially when it’s weaponised for discourse purposes #You can write meta about John’s war crimes without comparing him to white imperialism #Or you can go ahead and do that anyway but I highkey disagree that it’s a fitting metaphor or in any way deliberate on Tamsyn’s part #and I think the implications are unfortunate to say the least #That said I AM extremely interested in the ways John relates to the culture he left behind #and why he made the choices he did when it came the moment to reshape humanity’s cultural consciousness after the Resurrection #but that’s on a character level! #I don’t think we can apply twenty-first-century social / identity labels to the series as a whole #especially a series where the author says 'I imagine X character as Y but it doesn't raelly matter' #and it doesn't influence the canon directly in any way #SORRY THIS IS LONG! #anonymous #ask #ejg #tlt thoughts #elle tlt posting #tlt

[lazycranberrydoodles]

carve with compassion — Poor Things (2023)

#OUGHHHHHH GO WATCH POOR THINGS!!! #it has gay people and autism and socialism. and surgery as horror and surgery as love. tumblr bitches love that #fisheye lense…. black and white filters…. costume design… #i love you bella baxter i love you mwah mwah #poor things #poor things (2023) #emma stone #poor things fanart #art #my art #fanart

[ruthlesslistener]

Wait, there was a time when the HK fandom thought the Pale King hated his wife? But the game is littered with evidences that they loved each other: one just has to listen to the White Lady talk about him to realize that. Yes, it could be argued that the relationship was strained by the end, but everything was falling apart around that time. It doesn't mean there was never any affection.

Oh it wasn't like, outright thinking that PK hated his wife (apart from one chucklefuck who thought that WL was an abuse victim and was innocent and that Radi was also the victim bc PK was an evil white colonizer man) as much as it was the boomer version of 'I hate my wife lol'. People used to make lots of memes about him cheating on her for Herrah and divorce jokes and overall painting them as the sterotypical white straight couple(tm) with all the associated flaws and such. WL was also typically painted as the motherly sort who was deeply agonized by what PK did to her children and wanted nothing more than to be a mother while PK was tossing babies through the Path of Pain and punting the losers into the Abyss

Which, needless to say, is very much not at all how canon actually is, where WL outright says that she was totally fine with PK's dalliance and its end result, and is also the person who is like 'oh, a vessel? Go replace the other, its flawed' because while she IS actively practicing self-punishment to absolve her guilt over what she did, she was just as compliant as the Pale King in killing her children (who, by the way, literally put himself into a hell of his own making via the White Palace, which is all a dream realm thing that didn't exist til the final fall and not a means to 'test' vessels for purity). WL is colder and more detatched than he was. There's also no mention of a divorce or any idea of when she sequestered herself away in canon, so it's just as likely that she left after PK dragged the White Palace into the Dream Realm as before. She certainly seems to still love him, in the same very distant, detatched way she treats everyone else.

Tdlr: the main brunt of the jokes was mostly fandom woobifying her to be a 'correct' female character rather than the complex, nuanced person she is in canon and then having PK treat her like a modern white man in a sitcom would treat his wife. Which is to say, horribly. Luckily I don't see it as much anymore but it grated on me SO BADLY when I first joined the fandom bc if you popped into the game and talked to WL for more than 2 seconds you'd have realized real quick that canon was the exact opposite of fanon

#hollow knight #white lady #the white lady #people just cannot seem to view female characters outside of sterotypical lenses #bc both radi and wl suffered the treatment of people either treating them as the most evil people in the world or innocent women #who did nothing wrong and were actually the victims of the pale king...bc he's a man i guess #anon #reply

[dangerousdan-dan]

I sincerely believe that it's important and beneficial to learn how to distinguish the tone from the theme when interacting with a story.

The thing is, a lot of times dark themes are immediately cataloged as bad (or the other way around, when something is deemed harmless because it's fiction) just because we can't properly discern the - let's call it - "intention" or "purpose" of what we're reading (I say reading because my main field of study is literature, but I think this is also valid in other forms of media).

Truth be told, you can write and read about literally anything, but it's important to pay attention and to be critical about the language and the focus that's being used to do so.

Please keep in mind that when I say focus, I don't mean perspective. You can read a story from the perspective of the most despicable human to ever exist, but the key is in being critical of how it's done. What language is being used to do it? Is the purpose to make you feel disgusted? To alienate you from the experience? Or is it actively looking to make you sympathize with this person? Is it taking all its focus on the morbid details just for the sake of it? Or are these relevant to the narrative? Is the focus on denouncing the acts of the character? How are traumatic experiences portrayed? Under what light are the victims described? Does it perpetuate misogynistic, racist or other dangerous notions?

This is just an example, but it can be applied to almost everything. It's like when you're watching a movie, and the camera chooses to focus on the ass of the main actress during a chasing sequence. It's a minor detail, but it sets the tone of what you're watching, and it's up to you to say "yep, this movie doesn't give a fuck about its female characters", and that statement can be true even when the theme of the movie is powerful women.

#I've been talking about this with a couple of mutuals and friends and it got me thinking about how #media literacy is almost always at surface level (if it's even there at all) #but it's important to go a little deeper than that and to learn how to form your own criteria #beyond the simple white and black lenses #it's CRUCIAL to ask yourself “what's the intention of this?” when you interact with anything #anyway I know this is the piss on the poor website so let's see how this goes #media literacy

[fisheito]

If you tracked my eye activity on that bliss promo pic with the tops it would be something like this

Making a major stop at topper

Before crashing into a ditch (yakuya corner)

#i'm having a moment. the only time i'll ever see these two standing next to each other is in a promotional pic for the sfw game version #FOR SERIOUS i was weirded out by this combination of characters in one pic when i first saw it #i was like oh?? they doing a random assortment now? i mean sure! yeah! i guess! spice it up they look great!! #then someone pointed out that this was Tops Only #then showed me the corresponding picture of Bottoms Only #and i felt my eyebrow raise sharply #OOOH.... i didn't even consider... right.... top bottom segregation #(reality does not occur to me. i see them all through switch-coloured lenses and thus ignore information inconvenient to my preference) #then i started thinking more about the . idea of it. that the tops are in a bar's hidden back room with mafia boss dante #and the bottoms are hanging out in the airy beautiful atrium of pure white snow and lilting piano music #tops are like WELCOME TO THE LIONS DEN and bottoms are like HEY COME INTO THE AVIARY AND SIT WITH US 🥰 #i dwelt on the fact that i was weirded out by yakumo in this group #and it made me think about how..... yakumo would be scared of all the other tops #all of them are INTIMIDATION 100 to hiim #so i imagine after you get him to pose for this shot with everyone. and the business is done #yakumo will quickly retreat to the room with the bottoms (where all his friends are) #blade being the adaptable little creature he is will be like OH COOL ARE YOU GOING TO SEE THE OTHERS?? #I WANT TO SEE THE OTHERS TOO!! MORE FRIENDS!! LET'S GO TOGETHER n_n *links arms* *DRAGS everyone else out of the room* #imagining yaku being first ushered into this dark room with kuya dante and quincy #and he's just nervously glancing at topper for reassurance that there's no danger #just trembling and thinking about how he wants his emotional support wolf/vice captain/priest/earring twin senpai #no yakumo. i wanted you to mingle. and you shall mingle #wear matching outfits with your fellow Tops and (topp) until you build trust and reduce their Intimidation Factors #quincy #blade #dante #yakumo #kuya

[age-of-moonknight]

Variant cover for Moon Knight (Vol. 9/2021), #30 by Skottie Young.

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Moon Knight vol. 9 #Moon Knight 2021 #Moon Knight comics #let’s get this other bread #Moon Knight #Marc Spector #shhhhh I’m sure there are lenses in that mask somehow #that’s the comic magic babey #kind of like how his suit looks white in some lightings and black in others just go with it #(also not me getting slightly sentimental over perhaps the last time I’ll tag vol. 9 underneath a gag cover) #don’t mind me hahaha

[germiyahu]

Calling the North American continent "Turtle Island," and then dusting off your hands and thinking you're an ally to various indigenous/First Nations groups, or that you've actually materially helped anyone is laughable.

Like, you picked an English translation of a specific culture's mythological term for the land they live(d) on. There are hundreds of Nations that still exist in the US and Canada (we're not going to get into the indigenous groups in Latin America).

This group of cultures is a fraction of the diversity on this continent. But their somewhat related myth(s) are chosen as the sole legitimate name for this entire landmass? And why do you use an English translation? Why not call it Hah-nu-nah? Is that not legitimizing the presence/hegemony of English on this occupied land?

Or maybe it's that there are hundreds of indigenous languages on this continent and choosing just one might be seen as playing favorites. That doesn't make sense for all the points above: this creation myth is not universal among indigenous peoples, and even so you chose the colonial language to refer to the True Indigenous Name??

And again I stress, none of this achieves land back, sovereignty, reparations. It's just a way you can annoy your friends at your favorite artisanal coffee shop by playacting that you're more woke than them. It's a badge of honor. It's a sign that your Leftist Power Level is higher.

#Like I toooootally trust these people to have qualified opinions about the 'indigenous' names of the Levant #turtle island #israel #palestine #leftist antisemitism #yes I'm aware that the concept of calling NA turtle island is not new #but that's even worse: the twitter leftists are engaging this through not one but two lenses of stupid white person syndrome

[obstinatecondolement]

It feels like every day I read attempts to debunk the social model of disability that fundamentally misunderstand what the social model of disability is and who the people who developed that model were, including what the nature of their disabilities was, and I want to scream.

But I don't, because yelling at people on the internet is basically pointless. Instead I check to see that I'm not mutuals with whoever reblogged said misunderstanding and vague about it.

#'but [x impairment] would still exist and have [y implications] even if the world were completely accessible!' #okay well yeah but equating impairment and disability is explicitly the opposite of the social model of disability #the union of the *physically impaired* against segregation who developed this model #*were* by and large privileged in ways many other disabled people are not‚ yes #mike oliver who wrote the fucking book on the social model of disability #(social work with disabled people‚ published in 1983) #was a white man with a phd who pioneered an academic field‚ for one #and there *are* criticisms about the limitations to a purely social model of disability to be made #but like... our pal mike oliver was also a wheelchair user who broke his neck in a swimming accident as a teenager #which caused paralysis that affected his upper and lower body #not a clueless 'physically abled' autistic who didn't understand how physical limitations work #he lived the first 17 years of his life as a physically abled person #so I think he was aware of the difference between what his body could do before and after his accident #and like 'disability is socially constructed' #is not saying that differences between people and what they are able to do or do easily do not exist?? #my eyesight is so bad that if I could not access corrective lenses I would be functionally blind #and even with glasses my myopia and astigmatism cause a lot of tangible effects on my body #e.g. migraines‚ eyestrain‚ so many floaters that even looking through pristine glasses is like the lenses are scratched to hell #but my eyesight is not considered a disability #because the accommodations that enable me to participate in society fully in this area are so standard as to be invisible #can I magically see without corrective lenses? no #does wearing glasses not being considered a disability mean that I do not get migraines and eyestrain? no #so the arguments the thing I am vaguing are trying to debunk are not what is being argued! #well seems like I screamed about it after all #oh well

[rottid]

terror!

#BLOODY SKIRT SUIT I CANT MOVE ON #gerard #gerard way #mcr #mcr art #mcr sydney #mine #blood #EDIT: I MANIFESTED THE WHITE OUT LENSES. UR WELCOME

[annoyingthemesong]

SUBLIME CINEMA #677 - SECONDS

John Frankenheimer had a strange career, with ups and lags, success and a lot of hired gun television work, which is now mostly ignored. He found the most success in the 1960's, as a go-to-director for some great political or paranoid thrillers; he was so reliable to studios that he replaced Arthur Penn after three days on 'the Train', and got a Ferrari out of the deal.

Seconds is my favorite. The look is pure disorientation. The cinematography is so expressive, the lenses so wide it makes a Clockwork Orange look like it was shot for TV.

#cinema #film #black and white #seconds #rock hudson #b&w #wide lenses #sci fi #plastic surgery #cult film #john frankenheimer #film stills #filmmaker #filmmaking #movie #movies #films #cinematography #cinephile #director #entertainment #black and white photography #movie grabs #thriller #science fiction #60s #1960s #60s movies

[witchrealms]

(x)

#u #web finds #eyes #contacts #eye contact #white #contact lenses #2000s #early 2000s

[lilaccoffin]

posting this to scare brodasmontoy

#if you know you know #hfr ocs #vanilla #ginger #well “scare” i blocked them ages ago but i still laugh to this day over someone like that liking a game like hfr #this is one of the “wokest” games to come out of bethesda in a while if you think about it through these people's lenses #there are poc EVERYWHERE in the opening cutscene at the project armstrong event #we have many disabled characters both good and evil #peppermint is canonically sapphic #there are only 3 white people in the main cast...like...lmao

[see-arcane]

Re: your tag about "Minerva" preening for the cameras... how do we feel about vampires and photography when they're in beastform? Like we all know you can't capture the image of a vampire, but does that apply when they have taken on some other image? Could the Whitby RSPCA have photographed Dogcula had they caught him?

My money is on the local photographers pulling their hair out because they all swear on their lives that they got quality shots in the moment, but every time they develop with this strange blurring haze effect. There's an animal shape, but no animal--certainly nothing to turn in to a prospective newspaper or biology text. Even when the unique critters are perfectly still! The eyes are certainly crisp enough, almost lambent, but ugh, not a single clear photo out of the whole roll. Curses.

Unrelated, I think Quincey himself can probably take a decent photo. The eyes are still a bit brighter than they should be, but if Lu were to haul him into a photo booth they could come away with a nice memento that doesn't just have her sitting with a Quincey-shaped patch of fuzz

#tl; dr: Count Dogcula and Batcula and the lovely Minerva are immune to the animal paparazzi #can't wait to see the nature walk types all gawping up as Minerva and the Circus Bat get into a nasty scrap mid-air #once the bat disentangles himself and flies off everyone is surprised to see Minerva flit down to land on the shoulder of a man #with white hair and dark lenses on despite the dusk #'Sir is this your bird?' #'No I'm hers.' #cue a mysterious mist kicking up and erasing man and owl entirely #blood of my blood #dracula #mina harker

[spillthebea]

by my rewatch, i can confirm that i still have a crush on robin from the teen titans animated series

#those expressive white mask lenses>>>> #teen titans #robin #dick grayson #robstar