In an academic paper written for the UC Davis School of Law, Anupam Chander and Madhavi Sunder argue for Mary Sue as a viable character. Rather than a mere exercise in self-indulgence, Chander and Sunder see Mary Sue characters as representing "subaltern critique and empowerment," challenging a "patriarchal, heterosexist, and racially stereotyped cultural landscape" by "valoriz[ing] women and marginalized communities."
Wait, what? Okay, I've seen criticism that it was sexist because it's often thrown at female characters but not male characters who hold similar/the same qualities. Which, I think is fair because I've been in the pit that is fandam and have seen this behavior. However, Mary Sues are badly written characters...not some commentary upon society blahblahblah and shit.
Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
Also, I don't find the term "Mary Sue" to have anything to do with sex/gender whatsoever. If the fanfic that the term originated from starred a male savior named "Marty Stu" instead, it'd be the same thing.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I see "Mary Sue" treated as gender-neutral often enough that I wouldn't say it's incorrect to do so.
^ including the fact that I'm laughing uncontrollably at it.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Is it strange that I would like to confirm whether or not I have OCD?
I mean, it wouldn't change anything either way...but some kind of "confirmation" would be nice
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
^^I was never very into Rose, honestly. Martha was a tad more interesting than her but as you'll learn the writers couldn't quite figure out what to do with her, or at least I got that feeling.
Finished Ib. Got the bad ending. Then I had a bad dream, and I woke up and the house was empty. Then everybody came back from shopping and mother made me pack up clothes to go to the summer program
In hindsight, yeah, Ib is a bit more coherent than Yume Nikki. Less focus on exploration and abstract locations, more focus on progression and the theme of art as applied to primal fears.
I tend to talk a bit more eloquently at this time of the night. It's one of the few advantages of being a night owl.
Polar Mythology describes three phases of history. The first concerns the past, how all of “this” began: the bygone Golden Age, primordial warring among the gods, and their ruining of the cosmic framework. It concludes with higher beings, positive and/or negative, falling into a lower realm of existence.
The first phase was best portrayed in the Matrix films where a Golden Age of robotics gave way to a schism between man and machine, a global war erupted between them, and the human race was subsequently imprisoned in a computer simulated reality. In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy’s plight with Miss Gulch was interrupted by a tornado (vortex) that, through a traumatic bump to the head, transported Dorothy to the Land of Oz where her conflict continued in a symbolic fashion. And in books like Philip K. Dick’s Ubik or films like Donnie Darko, Vanilla Sky, and Jacob’s Ladder the protagonist had fallen into an alternate reality due to some trauma.
The second phase concerns the present, our world, which sprang into existence as a consequence of the Fall. The traumatic consequences of the first phase induced a collective sleep. Hence we have “fallen” asleep into the World Dream, knocked spiritually unconscious. Here, the openly warring forces of the first phase continue their struggle in a dormant, sub rosa, symbolic, cold war fashion. The World Dream functions as a chessboard of sorts, a game played to decide the outcome of larger conflicts.
Now that higher beings are here, fallen and asleep, what are they to do? What is their purpose? What is their way out? These are the questions explored in Polar Mythology’s treatment of the second phase. The answers are encoded in that portion of Polar Mythology which Joseph Campbell calls the “Hero’s Journey.” I will discuss that in the second half of this article.
The third phase concerns our future, how the consequences of the first phase will reach their ultimate conclusion. Whether one consults Biblical eschatology, Ra / Cassiopaean paradigms, Scandinavian mythology, etc… the Third Phase is always depicted as ending with a final war and the dissolution of the world as we know it.
The Matrix Trilogy ends with Neo and Agent Smith waging their final battle within the Matrix, utterly destroying it, while mankind endures its last stand against the machines back in the real world. In Donnie Darko, a vortical portal ends the alternate timeline spanning the duration the film. In Vanilla Sky, after enduring a simulated dream gone awry, the protagonist finally awakens from suspended animation. These and similar books and movies, as well as the apocalyptic/prophetic portions of Polar Mythology, all provide clues about the fate of our timeline.
Nothing, considering that that's the original spelling of it. In the "hullo, what's this" sense, anyway. Seems you answered yourself 5 posts ago. Ah well.
In other news, frak snipers. Frak snipers and their stupid red dot sights that go down for miles and are invariably visible throughout the set of buildings near this building and aargh
Why, DICE? Why does this game get so hard so quickly and why does it never stop?
Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
If I would have went infantry, I do believe I could have qualified to attempt Scout Sniper training. Whether I would have passed such training is a completely different matter.
So I'm playing the Chapter 9 mentioned here (this being from TVT's Your Mileage May Vary page on Mirror's Edge, BTW):
Disappointing Last Level: Chapters 7 and 9(out of 9). Everywhere else you're gleefully flying around like an amphetamine-overdosed monkey. In these two levels you're a mouse in a maze being chased by amphetamine-overdosed cats. At least in Chapter 9 you can learn to be a sneaky monkey.
Sadly, it is incredibly true. And I am apparently the most sucky sneaky monkey ever.
Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
Oh, I have a funny story relating to the most legendary USMC sniper. Or you might not think so funny. Oh well here goes
One day answering the phone a fellow called up asking for my civilian supervisor and I was all yeah sure may I ask who's calling
"Yeah, this is Carlos Hathcock." (Hathcock was a USMC sniper, and to say he is legendary is an understatement)
I've had calls like this before which were pranks, and considering Carlos Hathcock passed away 5 years before, I replied, "Yeah, he's smoking and joking with Chesty and Basilone on the back deck," and slammed the phone down. An hour later my civilian supervisor was all "you pissed off Carlos and he's coming over here to rip your head off" and I was all huh what he's dead
Long story short it was Carlos Hathcock Jr (his son) and somehow the fact that his father was so legendary evaded him all these years. He then took my reaction as a compliment to that.
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I might as well have
Hypothetically.
That's one of those things that is technically "right" but no one abides by it anyway.
there are septillions of things wrong with this picture.
Anyway,
I am listening to my first Wagon Christ album.
It is rather rad-ass.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Long story short, I'm kind of a mess right now.
But nothing he said was a spoiler.
Well
I guess the fact that the game has multiple endings is...kind of one?
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
I tend to talk a bit more eloquently at this time of the night. It's one of the few advantages of being a night owl.
SPOILERZ bro.
Well
thematic spoilers anyway.
Polar Mythology describes three phases of history. The first concerns
the past, how all of “this” began: the bygone Golden Age, primordial
warring among the gods, and their ruining of the cosmic framework. It
concludes with higher beings, positive and/or negative, falling into a
lower realm of existence.
The first phase was best portrayed in the Matrix films
where a Golden Age of robotics gave way to a schism between man and
machine, a global war erupted between them, and the human race was
subsequently imprisoned in a computer simulated reality. In the Wizard of Oz,
Dorothy’s plight with Miss Gulch was interrupted by a tornado (vortex)
that, through a traumatic bump to the head, transported Dorothy to the
Land of Oz where her conflict continued in a symbolic fashion. And in
books like Philip K. Dick’s Ubik or films like Donnie Darko, Vanilla Sky, and Jacob’s Ladder the protagonist had fallen into an alternate reality due to some trauma.
The second phase concerns the present, our world, which sprang into
existence as a consequence of the Fall. The traumatic consequences of
the first phase induced a collective sleep. Hence we have “fallen”
asleep into the World Dream, knocked spiritually unconscious. Here, the
openly warring forces of the first phase continue their struggle in a
dormant, sub rosa, symbolic, cold war fashion. The World Dream functions
as a chessboard of sorts, a game played to decide the outcome of larger
conflicts.
Now that higher beings are here, fallen and asleep, what are they to
do? What is their purpose? What is their way out? These are the
questions explored in Polar Mythology’s treatment of the second phase.
The answers are encoded in that portion of Polar Mythology which Joseph
Campbell calls the “Hero’s Journey.” I will discuss that in the second
half of this article.
The third phase concerns our future, how the consequences of the
first phase will reach their ultimate conclusion. Whether one consults
Biblical eschatology, Ra / Cassiopaean paradigms, Scandinavian
mythology, etc… the Third Phase is always depicted as ending with a
final war and the dissolution of the world as we know it.
The Matrix Trilogy ends with Neo and Agent Smith waging
their final battle within the Matrix, utterly destroying it, while
mankind endures its last stand against the machines back in the real
world. In Donnie Darko, a vortical portal ends the alternate timeline spanning the duration the film. In Vanilla Sky,
after enduring a simulated dream gone awry, the protagonist finally
awakens from suspended animation. These and similar books and movies, as
well as the apocalyptic/prophetic portions of Polar Mythology, all
provide clues about the fate of our timeline.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
What is wrong with me
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
I mean, seriously, at least you're not a brain-dead political zealot or a creepy sexual predator.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
The internet corrupts all. Does the percentage of corruption matter when the corruption will eventually consume everything?
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
No, wait, that wasn't a wise man. That was just me.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
That's why snipers in TF2 are made of delicate glass and any team with more than 2 of them is doomed to fail. To balance it out.