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scottlava:
“No. Strike me down in anger and I’ll always be with you. Just like your father.“
scottlava:
“No. Strike me down in anger and I’ll always be with you. Just like your father.“
Mar. 15th, 2019
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wodneswynn:
Mel Brooks and Charlie Chaplain making Nazis into laughingstocks and buffoonish edgelord self-caricatures with an endless stream of biting jokes or Wolfenstein making them just cartoonishly evil and fun fun fun to visit violence upon may be the only effective ways to deligitimize Nazis in fiction on account of boneheads are all dumb as hell and have no self-awareness and will fall down and worship every little thing that projects an aura of strength.
Take American History X, for instance, which is a polemic all about how Neo-Nazis are weirdos, backstabbers, and rapists. I fucking hate that movie because even though the message is great it’s just so fucking preachy. But y'know who loves it? Nazis. Because Edward Norton looked real cool playing basketball. And that’s all they need. I’ve literally heard people irl and unironically singing “The White Man Marches On.”
And I’ve also encountered what Lindsey Ellis mentioned in her Mel Brooks video, boneheads unironically embracing “Tomorrow Belongs To Me” from fucking Cabaret.
But nobody’s singing “Springtime For Hitler.”
I mean, not to completely hijack a good point, but I honestly think this is the reason behind Hux in TLJ. It is the reason that makes me happy in a Doylian sense. TFA came out in a time when the great majority of people didn’t realize the Nazis were still around and a threat. They could afford to be all ‘they were terrifying and a little bit cool, but we know we’re destined to defeat them.’
By the time TLJ came out we knew we were fighting an ideological battle for our lives in real life, and making fascist analogues seem cool was suddenly apparent as a really irresponsible move.
Anyway, that’s a reasoning I can respect, so I’m sticking with it.
wodneswynn:
Mel Brooks and Charlie Chaplain making Nazis into laughingstocks and buffoonish edgelord self-caricatures with an endless stream of biting jokes or Wolfenstein making them just cartoonishly evil and fun fun fun to visit violence upon may be the only effective ways to deligitimize Nazis in fiction on account of boneheads are all dumb as hell and have no self-awareness and will fall down and worship every little thing that projects an aura of strength.
Take American History X, for instance, which is a polemic all about how Neo-Nazis are weirdos, backstabbers, and rapists. I fucking hate that movie because even though the message is great it’s just so fucking preachy. But y'know who loves it? Nazis. Because Edward Norton looked real cool playing basketball. And that’s all they need. I’ve literally heard people irl and unironically singing “The White Man Marches On.”
And I’ve also encountered what Lindsey Ellis mentioned in her Mel Brooks video, boneheads unironically embracing “Tomorrow Belongs To Me” from fucking Cabaret.
But nobody’s singing “Springtime For Hitler.”
I mean, not to completely hijack a good point, but I honestly think this is the reason behind Hux in TLJ. It is the reason that makes me happy in a Doylian sense. TFA came out in a time when the great majority of people didn’t realize the Nazis were still around and a threat. They could afford to be all ‘they were terrifying and a little bit cool, but we know we’re destined to defeat them.’
By the time TLJ came out we knew we were fighting an ideological battle for our lives in real life, and making fascist analogues seem cool was suddenly apparent as a really irresponsible move.
Anyway, that’s a reasoning I can respect, so I’m sticking with it.
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5ovspades:
What You Sow
For runrarebit, and a ABO story of the worst malfunction at the worst possible time, where everyone is a mess, and the new Supreme Leader finds himself ever attuned to a certain water-blossom scent.
Hux is overworked, underpaid, and functioning on little sleep, as usual.
5ovspades:
What You Sow
For runrarebit, and a ABO story of the worst malfunction at the worst possible time, where everyone is a mess, and the new Supreme Leader finds himself ever attuned to a certain water-blossom scent.
Hux is overworked, underpaid, and functioning on little sleep, as usual.
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schaloime:
Commission for @the-lady-aridette ! :)
It’s for an upcoming project of her and I don’t wanna give too much away here but just one thing: Hux is enjoying what might be the last time he ever feels sunlight on his skin.
I’m still delighted with the unbelievable sadness and beauty of the idea…
I was sold the first time aridette pitched this to me. (I mean: autumn and Hux, two things I love!)
Tagging this also with kylux cause the project of course contains our beloved trash ship as well. <3
schaloime:
Commission for @the-lady-aridette ! :)
It’s for an upcoming project of her and I don’t wanna give too much away here but just one thing: Hux is enjoying what might be the last time he ever feels sunlight on his skin.
I’m still delighted with the unbelievable sadness and beauty of the idea…
I was sold the first time aridette pitched this to me. (I mean: autumn and Hux, two things I love!)
Tagging this also with kylux cause the project of course contains our beloved trash ship as well. <3
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cottagefaeries:
reblog if ur a faerie who supports goblins, a goblin who supports faeries, or u just wanna lay face down in some moss
cottagefaeries:
reblog if ur a faerie who supports goblins, a goblin who supports faeries, or u just wanna lay face down in some moss