An Iconic and Interesting Meme. ;-P
Apr. 7th, 2008 04:00 am1. REPLY TO THIS POST AND I WILL CHOOSE THREE OF YOUR ICONS AND SEVEN OF YOUR INTERESTS.
2. MAKE A POST (INCLUDING THE MEME INFO)AND TALK ABOUT THE ICONS AND INTERESTS I CHOSE.
3. OTHER PEOPLE CAN THEN COMMENT TO YOU AND MAKE THEIR OWN POSTS.
4. THIS WILL CREATE A NEVER ENDING CYCLE OF SQUEE. WHOO!
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pumagrrl, who wanted to know about these icons:
My Slytherin icon. The inscription is actually the Addams Family motto, which is bastardized Latin. It translates to "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us." I have this icon because I tend to identify with the designated villains more often than I do with the designated heroes. (This is not particularly the case with HP, oddly enough. My favourite Slytherin would be Snape, who I think is more of an anti-hero than anything, all things considered. I don't particularly identify with other Slytherins featured in the stories, though I do think that or Ravenclaw would be where I'd wind up, if sorted. Back to the subject...)
The traiditional villain falls most often into one or both of two categories: the embittered outcast acting out of a skewed sense of justice, or the predator acting out its nature. Being fairly in touch with my shadowy side, and having been an outcast during most of my time in the bowels of the public school system, I can understand that. I understand it more easily than I do the average hero, who is generally just another good white sheep protecting the flock. There often doesn't seem to be much real personality or thought put into the average hero, who is often just defending the status quo, it seems. Personally, I think the status quo could use a little revision... *steeples fingers diabolically*
Another one of my not-exactly-cheery icons. I made it some time ago, when I was feeling cynical, lol. Basically, it's sort of a commentary on how much easier it sometimes is to trust in the reality of things which may or may not exist than it is to trust people, fallible things that they are. Often enough, with me, it's a simple statement of fact. I do actually believe in fairies (think more along the lines of nature spirits, not Tinkerbell), and, speaking in broadly general terms, I don't really have much faith in people. Any time someone trying to persuade me of something uses the "Most people think/feel this..." approach, my reply is almost unfailingly: "Most people are idiots."
Of course, there are individuals who I would put my trust in, but... well... People in general do kinda tend to be idiots. What particularly rankles me about it is that they don't have to be. They can choose to think. They just don't.
My horned woman. (Actually, it's androgynous enough that it could be either. :-P) It's from an image by Yoshitaka Amano, who is one of my favourite artists. I've actually had a horned woman icon of one kind or another since starting this journal, and this is just the most recent incarnation. I like the melding of masculine and feminine that the image of a horned goddess/woman embodies, being as (aside from liking to occasionally wear dresses and skirts and once in a great while using a little make-up) I'm not the most girly of girls. I tend to take a fairly fast and loose view of gender. I'm female in this life, I wasn't always one in previous lives, and I probably won't always be one in whatever lives I live after this one. If all the world's a stage, this is the part I'm playing this time around, and every day is a game of dress-up.
And these interests...
Anachronism: "anything that is temporally incongruous in the time period it has been placed in-—that is, it appears in a temporal context in which it seems sufficiently out of place as to be peculiar, incomprehensible or impossible." Such as not-quite-my idea to go to a RenFaire and pretend to be a Victorian time-traveler, or the use of modern music in A Knight's Tale. It just appeals to me. Anything that could be labelled "peculiar, incomprehensible or impossible" tends to appeal to me. ;-) Plus there are some eras of history that I have a fondness for (the Victorian era, the 60's, the Renaissance, Ancient Greece, the Roaring Twenties among others) and would've liked to see. Playing around with anachronism is the closest a person can get to it.
Burlesque: I like burlesque because it's sexuality with some class and creativity to it, rather than the raunchiness of modern strip joints. Most assume that strip tease is all there is to it, though originally burlesque also included such things as comedic skits and chanson singers as well, though all with satiracle, adult entertainment sort of feel.
Cryptozoology: The study of cryptids, or animals which are rumoured rather than proven to exist. It's a fascinating idea to me that there are things out there which we don't know all about yet. I don't know if there really is a Nessie, or if there really are Sasquatch(es?) out there, but I think it'd be incredibly cool if they were. (Though I do rather think it may be better if people don't actually know that they exist. I'm sure there'd be hunting involved if they did know...
Glamourbombing: The practice of playing harmless, often artistic, little pranks designed to shake people out of their mundane worldview. Generally the objective is to get them to question their disbelief (if they have it) in such things as magic, fairies, etc. I've done a few (leaving little gift-boxes of trinkets marked "From the Elves" on random porches and things like that, lol), though nothing major. The idea (not mine) drew inspiration heavily from Hakim Bey's idea of Poetic Terrorism.
Morbid Comedy: I like comedy. I like death. Put them together right and you can't lose. ;-P For a good example, I recommend watching Clue.
Pre-code Film: These would be the movies made before the odious Joseph Breen took power in Hollywood and started enforcing the Hays Code. This effectively locked American cinema up in the attic with its dead Fundamentalist grandmother from 1934 until its escape in the 60's. In pre-codes, you'll find a liberal frankness and daring that even rivals many films today. You'll find things like cross-dressing bisexual royalty, extravagant song and dance numbers about marijuana, menage a trois, nudity, extramarital affairs, abortions, homosexuality, and many other things the Religious Reich of the day considered to be just awful. Even worse, they tended to be rather feminist, being as some of the most powerful people in Hollywood were the actresses of the day. ;-P Good pre-codes I'd recommend would be Queen Christina, A Free Soul, Three on a Match, Red Dust, Baby Face, and Shanghai Express.
Willworking: For me, it's basically the same thing as casting a spell, only without all the ritual. I don't know if other people use the word that way or not. I'm not a very formal person when it comes to magic, and all of the ritual seems rather unnecessary to me. In my experience, the real power is in the belief that it's going to work. All of the rest is theatrics and props. Not that there's anything wrong with theatrics and props, mind, I just don't find them to be necessary for success. They're there to help you focus your will; it's your will that does the work, not the extra special athame or wand or chalice or whatever you're using. I hope this makes sense, I'm nodding off at the keyboard just at the moment...
2. MAKE A POST (INCLUDING THE MEME INFO)AND TALK ABOUT THE ICONS AND INTERESTS I CHOSE.
3. OTHER PEOPLE CAN THEN COMMENT TO YOU AND MAKE THEIR OWN POSTS.
4. THIS WILL CREATE A NEVER ENDING CYCLE OF SQUEE. WHOO!
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pumagrrl, who wanted to know about these icons: My Slytherin icon. The inscription is actually the Addams Family motto, which is bastardized Latin. It translates to "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us." I have this icon because I tend to identify with the designated villains more often than I do with the designated heroes. (This is not particularly the case with HP, oddly enough. My favourite Slytherin would be Snape, who I think is more of an anti-hero than anything, all things considered. I don't particularly identify with other Slytherins featured in the stories, though I do think that or Ravenclaw would be where I'd wind up, if sorted. Back to the subject...)
The traiditional villain falls most often into one or both of two categories: the embittered outcast acting out of a skewed sense of justice, or the predator acting out its nature. Being fairly in touch with my shadowy side, and having been an outcast during most of my time in the bowels of the public school system, I can understand that. I understand it more easily than I do the average hero, who is generally just another good white sheep protecting the flock. There often doesn't seem to be much real personality or thought put into the average hero, who is often just defending the status quo, it seems. Personally, I think the status quo could use a little revision... *steeples fingers diabolically*
Another one of my not-exactly-cheery icons. I made it some time ago, when I was feeling cynical, lol. Basically, it's sort of a commentary on how much easier it sometimes is to trust in the reality of things which may or may not exist than it is to trust people, fallible things that they are. Often enough, with me, it's a simple statement of fact. I do actually believe in fairies (think more along the lines of nature spirits, not Tinkerbell), and, speaking in broadly general terms, I don't really have much faith in people. Any time someone trying to persuade me of something uses the "Most people think/feel this..." approach, my reply is almost unfailingly: "Most people are idiots."
Of course, there are individuals who I would put my trust in, but... well... People in general do kinda tend to be idiots. What particularly rankles me about it is that they don't have to be. They can choose to think. They just don't.
My horned woman. (Actually, it's androgynous enough that it could be either. :-P) It's from an image by Yoshitaka Amano, who is one of my favourite artists. I've actually had a horned woman icon of one kind or another since starting this journal, and this is just the most recent incarnation. I like the melding of masculine and feminine that the image of a horned goddess/woman embodies, being as (aside from liking to occasionally wear dresses and skirts and once in a great while using a little make-up) I'm not the most girly of girls. I tend to take a fairly fast and loose view of gender. I'm female in this life, I wasn't always one in previous lives, and I probably won't always be one in whatever lives I live after this one. If all the world's a stage, this is the part I'm playing this time around, and every day is a game of dress-up.
And these interests...
Anachronism: "anything that is temporally incongruous in the time period it has been placed in-—that is, it appears in a temporal context in which it seems sufficiently out of place as to be peculiar, incomprehensible or impossible." Such as not-quite-my idea to go to a RenFaire and pretend to be a Victorian time-traveler, or the use of modern music in A Knight's Tale. It just appeals to me. Anything that could be labelled "peculiar, incomprehensible or impossible" tends to appeal to me. ;-) Plus there are some eras of history that I have a fondness for (the Victorian era, the 60's, the Renaissance, Ancient Greece, the Roaring Twenties among others) and would've liked to see. Playing around with anachronism is the closest a person can get to it.
Burlesque: I like burlesque because it's sexuality with some class and creativity to it, rather than the raunchiness of modern strip joints. Most assume that strip tease is all there is to it, though originally burlesque also included such things as comedic skits and chanson singers as well, though all with satiracle, adult entertainment sort of feel.
Cryptozoology: The study of cryptids, or animals which are rumoured rather than proven to exist. It's a fascinating idea to me that there are things out there which we don't know all about yet. I don't know if there really is a Nessie, or if there really are Sasquatch(es?) out there, but I think it'd be incredibly cool if they were. (Though I do rather think it may be better if people don't actually know that they exist. I'm sure there'd be hunting involved if they did know...
Glamourbombing: The practice of playing harmless, often artistic, little pranks designed to shake people out of their mundane worldview. Generally the objective is to get them to question their disbelief (if they have it) in such things as magic, fairies, etc. I've done a few (leaving little gift-boxes of trinkets marked "From the Elves" on random porches and things like that, lol), though nothing major. The idea (not mine) drew inspiration heavily from Hakim Bey's idea of Poetic Terrorism.
Morbid Comedy: I like comedy. I like death. Put them together right and you can't lose. ;-P For a good example, I recommend watching Clue.
Pre-code Film: These would be the movies made before the odious Joseph Breen took power in Hollywood and started enforcing the Hays Code. This effectively locked American cinema up in the attic with its dead Fundamentalist grandmother from 1934 until its escape in the 60's. In pre-codes, you'll find a liberal frankness and daring that even rivals many films today. You'll find things like cross-dressing bisexual royalty, extravagant song and dance numbers about marijuana, menage a trois, nudity, extramarital affairs, abortions, homosexuality, and many other things the Religious Reich of the day considered to be just awful. Even worse, they tended to be rather feminist, being as some of the most powerful people in Hollywood were the actresses of the day. ;-P Good pre-codes I'd recommend would be Queen Christina, A Free Soul, Three on a Match, Red Dust, Baby Face, and Shanghai Express.
Willworking: For me, it's basically the same thing as casting a spell, only without all the ritual. I don't know if other people use the word that way or not. I'm not a very formal person when it comes to magic, and all of the ritual seems rather unnecessary to me. In my experience, the real power is in the belief that it's going to work. All of the rest is theatrics and props. Not that there's anything wrong with theatrics and props, mind, I just don't find them to be necessary for success. They're there to help you focus your will; it's your will that does the work, not the extra special athame or wand or chalice or whatever you're using. I hope this makes sense, I'm nodding off at the keyboard just at the moment...
