wild how in the Aquaman movie the Atlanteans have such different culture from humans that Mera thinks flowers are food but she still instinctively knows how to wear a full face of makeup
are you seriously asking me if I think it’s more plausible that an isolated and largely inhuman culture just happened to develop a female beauty standard that’s absolutely identical to what 21st century moviegoers would recognize as attractive?
because no, I don’t. I think that sounds ridiculous, and it’s just lazy worldbuilding that’s so common as to be entirely predictable.
now this is actually a great example of Watsonian vs Doylist explanations
the Watsonian (named for Sherlock Holmes’ companion, who within canon is the writer of the Sherlock Holmes stories) is the explanation within the universe: all Atlanteans are so supernaturally beautiful that human makeup customs are based on them. Starfire wears skimpy clothing because sunlight makes her stronger. Huntress has a costume that exposes her vital organs because she wants to show off her abs. there are all kinds of in-universe explanations for why certain characters look how they do.
whereas the Doylist answer (referring of course to the real man who actually made up and wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories), the out of universe explanation, is always just “some creative team wanted these women to look hot because the heteronormative patriarchal imagination cannot conceive of wanting to look at women who are not.”
When I asked Ms. Dyer if she could tell me which industry served as Glitterex’s biggest market, her answer was instant: “No, I absolutely know that I can’t.”
I was taken aback. “But you know what it is?”
“Oh, God, yes,” she said, and laughed. “And you would never guess it. Let’s just leave it at that.” I asked if she could tell me why she couldn’t tell me. “Because they don’t want anyone to know that it’s glitter.”
“If I looked at it, I wouldn’t know it was glitter?”
“No, not really.”
“Would I be able to see the glitter?”
“Oh, you’d be able to see something. But it’s — yeah, I can’t.”
I asked if she would tell me off the record. She would not. I asked if she would tell me off the record after this piece was published. She would not. I told her I couldn’t die without knowing. She guided me to the automotive grade pigments.
He also did not want me to visit his glitter factory. The jovial Mr.
Shetty told me over the phone that people have no idea of the scientific
knowledge required to produce glitter, that Glitterex’s glitter-making
technology is some of the most advanced in the world, that people don’t
believe how complicated it is, that he would not allow me to see glitter
being made, that he would not allow me to hear glitter being made, that
I could not even be in the same wing of the building as the room in
which glitter was being made under any circumstance, that even
Glitterex’s clients are not permitted to see their glitter being made,
that he would not reveal the identities of Glitterex’s clients (which
include some of the largest multinational corporations in the world;
eventually, one did consent to be named: thank you, Revlon, Inc.), and
that, fine, I was welcome to come down to Glitterex headquarters to
learn more about what I could not learn about in person.
I choose to take this as evidence of the existence of a hitherto undiscovered Glitter Mafia.
I’m not saying I’d join it in a fucking heartbeat
but I’m not not saying I’d join it in a fucking heartbeat
The entire concept of whales just….seriously messes with me. Animals have been around for what, 700 million years? And somehow, EASILY the largest one we know of in that entire duration is alive today.
What is it? Is it like, some massive sponge that covers an entire reef, or an enormous fish, or a sauropod dinosaur?
No, it’s an ungulate. It evolved from what is essentially a pig, and it lives exclusively in the water, and it eats nothing but tiny shrimp.
The biggest one? The biggest animal of all time? We have absolutely no idea where they go to breed.
Oh, and also some of them can leap their entire body length vertically out of the water.
me, as netflix gives me the option to skip the enterprise theme song: why the HELL would i do that
there should be an option to automatically play it twice
i did, in fact, go back and play it three times
so many people assume i’m talking about the tos theme which, to be fair, i would also go back and play three times in a row but that’s not what this post is about, this post is about how it’s a long road getting from there to here, it’s been a long time but my time is finally near, and i will see my dream come alive at last, i will touch the sky, and they’re not gonna hold me down no more, no they’re not gonna change my mind, ’cause i’ve got faith of the heart, i’m going where my heart will take me, i’ve got faith to believe, i can do anything, i’ve got strenght of the soul, no one’s gonna bend or break me, i can reach any star, i’ve got faith, i’ve got, i’ve got, i’ve got, i’ve got faith, faith of the heart
