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taylor swift is compelling to me as a horror figure

i think it’s a different form of horror than the psychological price-of-fame horror of something like black swan or even tár… and it’s not really the fame horror you can evoke with the idea of say marilyn monroe, there’s no head shaving like britney.. It’s not tragic like that, theres no crack in the plastic. it’s more about like brand-as-horror. it’s ontological metaphysics horror. What is it like to be a brand. whats the line between the person and the idea of them. the horror of one’s Image. Does taylor swift feel like a real person? What does it do to you to have to perform every single day of your life everywhere you go with nearly no reprieve, and even the mundane things you do are a knowing part of the performance, and even then it’s performance in service of…. what, exactly? bland catchy pop music that plays at target. hints towards art, but again, it has to exist within the brand.. it’s all for nothing. mediocre synth wobbling our way to Maximum Tswift Saturation. existing across all nodes of pop culture, all the time.. Having to at once be eternal victim to root for and overpowering billionaire uncrackable unfuckable monolith. Monoculture as horror. The ship of theseus of a body and mind constantly repackaging itself as a brand. But maybe she was always this. Was she ever there. There’s something thrilling about it, something mildly reprehensible, but it’s also tragic in its own way… It’s something you cant look away from. She is cthulu to me

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sorry i haven’t been on tumblr lately (hell past six months would like to change that soon) but right now my friend needs help! we’re currently raising funds to evacuate his aunt Heba and her family from Gaza! The price to be evacuated is fluctuating and is currently at 5k per person and we have a 5 person family try to get out! please give if you can and please spread the word!

venmo: @olive_branches

paypal: @olivebranchesfund

we are nearly halfway towards our goal!!! my friend is traveling to egypt tomorrow and is going to start working with people to get them out!! please keep sharing and donating if you can!!!

it's HER raffle ticket and she will be designing her OWN chocolates, not some Funn Funerals advertising campaign!

the little girl is lama jamous and she's on instagram at lama_jamous9. her dream is to be a journalist, and she's made similar videos interviewing other folk in gaza.

They're reading the book together :)

[ID: a digital drawing of Rudyard and Madeleine from Wooden Overcoats. Rudyard a pale man with short black hair, wearing a white nightgown. He's sitting in bed reading a Sherlock Holmes book. Madeleine, a small brown mouse is curled up on his collarbone and is looking at the book as well. /End ID]

So basically after my bizarre little man poll got a lot more attention and considerably different results than I was expecting, it seemed only fair to pit the other main characters against each other as well and see what happens there.

This will be interesting because I am very attached to both of these characters, so whatever the outcome is I am likely to get a little bit affronted on somebody’s behalf.

I also ask people nicely to please be kind about my blorbos in the notes, regardless of how strong your preference may be. Cheers

post-canon when they get together, eric takes antigone's last name. you agree. reblog.

Yes yes we all know asexual Rudyard but what about asexual Eric

I think that one of my most controversial podcasts opinions is that Eric Chapman is not blond. I am sorry but this man is not blond, he has brown hair. I know I am canonically wrong but no I am not. There’s no universe where I can imagine him blond.

Really nice counter point @boombox-fuckboy and thank you for your respect 😌