Rain Dog @Leucrotta@awoo.space

Okay checking the military history section of the used bookstore, a complete book of curassier officers of the First Empire, and a book about Prussian curassiers in the lead up to horrifyingly realizing that didn’t work. SOMEONE had a niche interest, which I hadn’t considered books existed for.

anyway the thing I wanted to talk about yesterday

that iado duel at the end of Sanjuro? When I look closely Mifune steps *in* and to the side of Nakadai's attack, so even if the blow lands it won't be as bad. That's why his arm's extended, to help brace his sword when striking way closer than normal. Everything else is so dramatic I missed all this earlier.

"jazz hands" implies "bebop hands" during which your hands suddenly stop moving for several beats and possibly "ragtime" or "stride hands" in which your fingers move at furious speeds

It's wild how The Shadow (1994) didn't become some sort of cult classic movie. I mean it's gorgeous, there's random weird scenes which don't really do much for the plot, there's weird tension between the hero and villain which suggests they're gonna smooch...

wow, so I didn't *intend* to watch all of The Shadow (from 1994) tonight but that's what happened. Okay movie which, if there'd been some different story choices and editing, could have been great.

oooh YouTube has both Sinbad's Golden Voyage and The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad for free

Anyway have two #drawings from today and two of the things I inked this evening.

The Muppet Dune in which Paul is the only person who isn't a muppet (the Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam does say he's a human after all)

I figure Sam the Eagle is the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV, Statler and Waldorf as Gurney Halleck and Thufir Hawat, Miss Piggy as Vladimir Harkonen

crap it's the Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam and let me guess, she brought one of her famous boxes of PAIN again

just once it'd be a nice surprise if there was something like Danish Butter Cookies in the box or something

hidden away in the rocks and crevices of this planet are a people known as the Fremen who have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah, who would lead them to true freedom. The planet is Arrakis also known as... Dune

DUNE DUNE DA-DUNE
DUNE DUNE DA-DUNE
DUNE DUNE DA-DUNE
DUNE DUNE DA-DUNE

what, those are the lyrics

hey wow so that's what Talespin was like, I'd never seen an episode before, cultural knowledge from e621 led me to expect there was a lot more Gay sex

not sure why I expect that from pretty much everything I learn about on e621

*Ricardo Montalban voice*

On earth, three hundred years ago, I was a prince. And I was funky. I was a prince, the one and only. I did not come to fuck around, did I, ensign Chekhov, isn’t it?

hot take;

something I do not think [x people] get is that violence is necessary sometimes. This doesn't make it good, it's NEVER good. And I don't just mean hey, you did something which is at least ethically dubious.

I don't think [y people] get that when you use violence to solve problems, not only have you created fallout later among those you can't negotiate with, but the people who dominate YOUR group are now people good at violence with an interest in keeping things violent.

okay that's enough Gay furry art for now, and by Gay I mean "getting flogged by a leatherman next to the garlic fries at Folsom isn't that Gay"

though it merits the Cockworship Theme Tune

https://youtu.be/dfe8tCcHnKY?si=gk27rVQk0W6wLV4N

*blasts "Futile Escape" from "Aliens"

You want some minor key horns? Huh? Huh? How 'bout you? How about some tympani at about a fast heartrate, you want that? Huh? AAAAGH! AAAARGH!

oh boy, the thoughts about how I'm a pretty terrible person are going to help with about zilch. perhaps my favorite Goodnight Texas song about a man dying in a mine accident before his marriage will help

I see we're at a "about this far from crying jag" sort of morning, thank you brain.

People are people, which means any group gets some unintentionally really hurtful behavior and a few really awful assholes, especially if there's a power structure of any kind, since that's a vested interest in being a really awful asshole. This is on a collision course with wanting Your Group to be The Good Guys, at some point you're stuck with either making things worse or trying to accept that you can still be basically an okay group inclusive of truly egregious bullshit.

darnit, I have a three day weekend I could theoretically spend outside, but it's gonna be in the 20s at best all day tomorrow

https://youtu.be/7boEdWmZCTA?si=HhUAuZWaf-ptvM_D

My schools tried to instill an utter horror of addiction - you're gonna try a drug and you won't be able to live without it - but honestly I don't really want to trip balls as much as I miss roadtrips, fencing, cuddling, conventions. All sorts of sober stuff, maybe with coffee. MAYBE. I don't even miss cigs as much.

it's wild hearing McKenna speak for longer than about 5 seconds without the dance music kicking in and apparently this is from a 2 hour + long movie without ANY dance music at all

https://youtu.be/XlBzIecpxfE?si=am_mjcNV3b-TkZ11