Aisling Franciosi as Anna in The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023, Dir. André Øvredal)
okay but like, reply in the tags what fandom you’ve been in with the best quality of fanfiction
personal opinion but. the reason tiktok’s ‘zepotha’ isn’t doing great isn’t because of a lack of cohesion or poor reasoning behind it (although I’m sure these would’ve contributed). It’s because when I was first introduced to Zepotha it was as a fake movie concept. And when I was first introduced to Goncharov it was as me spending the entire morning trying to figure out why Tumblr was obsessed with some random movie.
I hate the americanification of culture, I hate anglicized naming conventions, I hate that I can't go by "Sasha" at work because it "confuses people", I hate English equivalents of other language-specific names, I hate removing special symbols from names, I hate the universally accepted unwillingness to learn from linguistuc difference instead of erazing it for the sake of commodity, I hate the overwhelming influence English has on virtual cross-cultural communication, I don't know how to end this post, I should be shot
Already getting some American responses on this and honestly, you guys could use some culture demystification. Like, "learning about other cultures" is such a vague, uniquely American thing to say. It's good intent, don't get me wrong, but it doesn't take a sacrifice to watch a foreign movie or try a foreign dish. "Culture" is not as closed-off and ethereal as many of you seem to think, it's just a collection of common beliefs, values, and behaviors among certain groups of people.
If you want some genuine nobody-asked-for advice, "learning about cultures" is easy if you don't make it weird on purpose. Keep in mind that not every non-american is your free encyclopedia of cultural knowledge. If they tell you something unique about their cultural experience - listen, if you want to part-take - ask. Just. Be normal about it, for chrissakes.
This entire post really is perfect.
On the subject of names, please please please please please please please please please make me keep saying it. Walk me through your name so I say it right. I want to speak your name proper and right. When your name from your culture, your name from your people, your name from your language, falls from my lips I need it to be as divine and blessed as it was when you were given or earned that name.
I want to give it the respects and the honours it deserves. I want it to sound like music when I speak your name. Let me do it right. Please. I want to taste your culture on my tongue when I speak to you. When I speak of you. When I recall your presence in my life I want it to be as if you are there still with me. When I carry you on with my voice I want it to be as if you're ethereally a part of my voice.
Make my lips shape your name right. And make my throat speak your words proper. I beg of you.
That’s lovely and poetic mate but I think you missed the bit where they said to be normal about this shit
house md 2023 and the team has to treat a true crime podcaster. house starts a betting pool saying he can solve the patients case AND the cold case the podcaster was recording before falling ill. cameron questions the morality of making entertainment out of other people's suffering. wilson bets against house. chase tells foreman and cameron that they should start their own podcast about their weekly cases
life has become so much better since deciding to consume media with unbridled joy. i don’t care if people think it’s cringe, i don’t care if there are flaws. i can simultaneously acknowledge these faults while loving and consuming media that brings me joy.
those first couple weeks after escaping a time loop have gotta be disorienting as all fuck. all those little cues that used to tell you what's about to happen are now triggers that cause you to brace for something that isn't coming. you have to relearn the permanence of death -- hell, you have reacquaint yourself with the entire concept of finality altogether. everything keeps changing but it never changes back and you keep having to remind yourself that this is normal. "it won't reset anymore," you echo to yourself, over and over and over, like a broken record, like you're still trapped in a loop, like someone who escaped the time loop but was doomed to bring it into the future with them
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