I wish forums had a soft delete option so you could delete your post, but then undelete it or edit it instead later if you change your mind. I remember SAS blog section had something like that (although you couldn't undo the soft delete, so it was more just a way for you to still see the post and I guess mods but not other people. Still annoying to mods though.)
Wondering if Contrapoints changed her profile thing to 'Dark Natalie' because of Jordan Peterson's comments. Probably not lol I think it's because of her last tweet about being more abusive to bigots because of the moderation changes on twitter, but it's funny because he thinks edgelords are demons. Speaking of edgelords twitter needs to stop trying to make them more attractive:
I can't believe there isn't a spray bottle emoji. It's just the hair (long hair/fringe,) tbh. Someone made this their avatar because they said they looked like a female Paul Dano.
The funny thing is our culture is so bankrupt that now batman is acknowledged as an edgelord too. And everyone is shit. Lol. The Riddler 'reddit edgelord aesthetic.' Why do we all look like that though? Round face and glasses. Yeah I know, it's the stereotypical phenotype of a white nerd. I'm actually not his definition of a stereotypical edgelord though just have traits. I still haven't watched this film so will be curious how much 'Batman as edgelord' is narrative and how much is just because he's being played by Robert Pattinson. I know they've been building to this for some time due to how dark DC movies are (as a selling point to separate them from Marvel imo, though they have higher highs and lower lows.) Plus Batman is anyway aesthetically. I mean it's noir. But the 90s films and some earlier TV/cartoons were way less heavy and cheesy. But yeah a big part of it is also 'lol skinny white British guy slightly evil vibe because of that, also played vampire love interest in Twilight. All tumblr-adj love interests are at least mildly edgelord and outcasts of society.'
Tumblr is actually very cute though when it tries to manipulate you to turn off adblocker:
Tumblr is currently trying to jokingly put people off using the site or something. Ryan Reynolds joined the site? I dunno I'm only hearing bits and pieces and not bothering to look into it properly lol. I like him though (from what I know about him you know.) His portrayal of Deadpool is fun. Neil Gaiman is one of the few famous people not home grown on the site they'll tolerate I think. Similar but worse stuff happens on 4chan I suppose. Insular/hazing rituals. A lot of people are moving to Mastodon too you know since Elon Musk took over twitter. It doesn't mean much to me because I never thought twitter had anything special it was trash, is trash, will continue to be trash. It's useful for getting quick mass opinions on current events.
"Never argue with these idiots, they drag you down to their level and they beat you with ignorance" (yes I know it's a loosely paraphrased Mark Twain quote, but this fits better since he quit most social media and his music is more industrial/hellish,) lol it's true I was already on that level of hell though. "Am I through? I haven't even started. I can't see the point in the sense you were born with."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0_CbLGfwKY
Oh just noticed that Perfect Girl cover song has an official music video now that was released 6 months ago. Didn't notice before while searching for the song. *pretentious voice* I like how they fucked with the object/subject dichotomy I guess. I guess. They have a burlesque kind of performer (lesbian adj) and then a bunch of what looks like leather daddies from the gay subculture. That's not the point probably + looking at the credits because Violet Chachki is also a genderfluid drag queen, probably not into women at all, but I can project what I want on the character. There are arguments going on in the comments because Violet is genderfluid, and because some straight cis guys are upset after realising she's not a cis woman. The music has a wide audience/appeal because it was attached to a bunch of Patrick Bateman memes at one point. They're ruining my fantasy with their insistence on their existence and tedious sexual concerns. 'I expected x to be y and now I think I've been lied to and feel mad.' And it's funny but despite the ambiguity with the mirrors I consider every character in this to be mostly singing to a third person anyway. Not about themselves (and there are a few mouthing along to the lyrics not just her.)
Emilie Autumn is asexual (well I read that once, just found this quote: 'I once went to a New Orleans psychic to ask about my sexuality.' The impression I'm getting now is she's kind of ambivalently asexual/bisexual which is honestly relatable. Anyway she's not a lesbian basically,) and I'm sure this is considered queetbaiting (googled this and yep lol.) She's problematic and I don't agree with everything she says. I'm problematic and I don't agree with everything I say.
edit: lol just remembered this (it doesn't really apply here, but this is tons of discourse all the time online.):
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FI1YN_XX...jpg&name=small
'casual reminder that being a lesbian fetishises lesbians.'
It's probably because of her performances (or maybe Poison Ivy I dunno,) but I have an automatic connection in my mind between femme wlw and burlesque type aesthetics. A bit like 'the nun thing.' You know. (I mean after I realised she wasn't a guy and I'm only the person on the planet who thought that I'm sure - I switched to that headcannon. I think other people read some parts of the film that way, I haven't watched it. I never get around to watching anything the attention span issues are real.) I think there are some lesbian burlesque groups though. It's not just me I've seen people bring this up on twitter. Also this. There are several weird media tropes though you know like [BEEP] vampires (men and women.) Nobody needed this repetitive justification. 'The video is mildly interesting.' is all that's needed.
I didn't get into most of her music I did really like this song though. and this was pretty good and around that time I became pretty interested in electric violins lol. The studio recording is very good. A bit later Lindsey Stirling popularised the instrument more too. Also this isn't how I discovered her but she was in The Devil's Carnival film. I think someone I used to watch on YouTube was in that film too lol as some kind of clown character (Miss Hannah Minx/Hannah Jinx she disappeared. She used to make Japanese related videos. There's actually some video compilation/collab thing set up by a third party about Japanese words that I'm in. The video got popular at one point because she's in it lol. That was probably the first YouTube video I was ever in? When I was 18ish.) Anyway I watched the first one/2012 film (I got it on blueray and think I funded a kickstarter or something,) but not anything past that. It was OK but I was more into Repo. Repo is terribly cheesy tbh but I like the goth vibes and Graverobber/Terrance Zdunich's songs are great and I still go back to them and Anthony Stewart Head's work in the film. He was in a stage version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show too I think. The cast of Repo is a interesting mishmash lol.
Edit: Oh yeah I completely forgot there was this professional busker in the UK too Ed Alleyne-Johnson. (I think he's been in bands and stuff lol but that's how I discovered his music.) I loved his violin. Purple amazing. I feel like I remember it or a similar one being for sale once. (I probably imagined this part wishful thinking lol.) I can't play the violin though. I wanted to take lessons as a child but there wasn't an option so I just took cello lessons for a short while before dropping out. This post is now about violins.
edit: whenever I infodump about music now I'm just going to be thinking of that American Psycho scene :') It was one of my favourite films before it became a meme but I didn't really make the connection. It was even in the comments of that video:
Mr Kitty is pretty good. I don't know if I'd want to go see him live. He was the support act for IAMX on parts of their US tour (IAMX's new aesthetic looks like this album cover lol. Everyone is doing this though (eg: Drab Majesty,) now as I mentioned. Also I think this was his biggest song. Mostly because of this fan video that got 84 million views.) but didn't come to the UK. They rarely have support acts and never on any of the European tours I've noticed (seen them live 3 times I think,) takes them a really long time to get on stage. At least at the last show I remember a Sisters of Mercy song playing while waiting at one point.You like Mareux? Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when Predestiny Ep came out in '20, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of exquisite professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Mr. Kitty, but I think Mareux has a far more bitter, cynical sense of vibe. In '21, Mareux released this; The Perfect Girl, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "The Perfect Girl". A track so ethereal, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the captivation of love and the mystery of attraction. It's also a personal statement about the band itself.