Skulldrinker
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Skulldrinker
1d ago
Autopsy of Jane Doe also doesn't claim to be based on accounts that claim to be real. Also, buried alive, not burned.
But yes, the-bigots-created-the-monster is another variation. Or the "witch" does actually have magic powers or is psychic or whatever, but there's no connection to "satanism", which is ultimately Christian fanfiction.
Skulldrinker
2d ago
No the ghost in question is a descendant of the witch that died in the Salem witch trials. I just can't get over to anyone that made up that story either thinks the Salem witch trials caught actual witches or thinks the person they're talking to think that the Salem witch trials caught actual witches, when by this point it should be well-known that even if witches existed, the one place they weren't was at the Salem witch trials (being executed). That's why when people call things a "Witch Hunt" they don't mean a righteous crusade against practitioners of black magic, they mean a spurious moral panic.
Skulldrinker
2d ago
That's because humans are humans everywhere and have the same wiring. For example, every culture has some sort of spook that paralyzes you at night. That isn't proof of greys or night hags existing, it just means that sleep paralysis is a common glitch in human neural architecture.
Skulldrinker
3d ago
So, the Second Reneisance.
Skulldrinker
3d ago
Yes, but when people notice the cringey unflattering self-indulgent tropes of women's romance fiction, they don't treat it as an injustice that needs to be corrected so more men can enjoy reading about vampire billionaires.
Skulldrinker
3d ago
this has had an brought women together to share their stories in a moment of cultural solidarity.
Hasn't that been continually happening for the past 16 years?
Skulldrinker
4d ago
Also, an educated priesthood that generally doesn't believe in demons.
Skulldrinker
4d ago
Doesn't Jesus need to be Type-O for theological reasons?
Skulldrinker
4d ago
This is the tradcath equivalent of Transwomen are Women.
Skulldrinker
4d ago
But not the protestant God. And also satanic witches are real.
Skulldrinker
4d ago
Obviously an actual vial of Jesus blood is more potent than metaphysical/metaphorical wine-blood. Otherwise Catholic-run hospitals could produce infinite blood for transfusions.
Skulldrinker
4d ago
I'm not objecting to dramatic license, I'm objecting to the "mythos" and metaphysics. Whether the ghost actually dragged someone around a basement or held a door shut doesn't bother me nearly as much as the Salem Witch Trials thing.
I recently had some houseguests, The conjuring came up on movie night, and the guy's girlfriend turned out to be a huge fan. They're competently done horror films, but I was a little bit surprised to find out that she thinks that they're real, and it took an effort of will for me to not go overboard poking holes in the Warrens. So now I've got all these thoughts about The conjuring.
Even in a film that glazes them, you can see the underlying shape of the grift. The mythos doesn't match up with other supernatural fiction, it matches up with the vague folk-Catholicism of a dumb person. Why is Ed Warren, who knows all there is to know about demons and exorcism rituals, less supernaturally potent than a Catholic priest, who probably thinks demons are imaginary? Why only a Catholic priest, why not a minister or a voodoo guy? Why is it relevant that the satanic witch ghost had a relative who was killed in the Salem witch trials? In the universe of The Conjuring, did the witch trials find real witches, rather than it just being a jilted lover and ergot poisoning? Just seems like such a unnecessary story element. Catching an actual witch at a witch trial is usually a punchline, like in Widows Bay or Treehouse of Horror. In the 70s did median American believe the Salem witch trials were real?
When a story is presented as fiction, this kind of inconsistency doesn't bother me as much, I don't ask why Patrick Swayze can walk through walls but not through floors, because ghost doesn't pretend to be a documentary.
Skulldrinker
5d ago
"changes society" is a recent tack-on to the heroines journey; they all have to be activists.
Skulldrinker
9d ago
5 miles is like 10 minutes of country driving, though.
Skulldrinker
9d ago
There are no single women in the middle of nowhere who will be impressed with your house and stable job at the general store, so this strategy is a non-starter.
Skulldrinker
9d ago
Female to Male has been described as "ten years ago, these girls would have just gotten into wicca" by a guidance counselor.
Skulldrinker
11d ago
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I didn't go to a college with frats. Yet I still had to hear the women in my social circles talk about frat party rape culture.
Skulldrinker
11d ago
My only concept of Greek life is "they throw parties that women know they will be raped at, yet still mysteriously attend"
Skulldrinker
12d ago
https://youtube.com/watch?v=kJBuQr7w-n8?is=wCp7jJsF7w68qAT3
This conveys quite a bit.
Part of the first chapter takes place in a sex club, so the softcore porn gets a liiiiiiitle much, then it improves once you start fighting the most messed-up zombies I've seen in a minute.
Skulldrinker
12d ago
Hellraiser, most fun I had in a single-player game in forever, takes me back to 2012. Gameplay isn't perfect, but it's a well-crafted experience.
Skulldrinker
13d ago
So, nerd queen.
Also, to be more generous, often times the sorts of women who are that obsessively driven towards an artistic pursuit or hobby don't get along with other women, or at least with the normie female social scene.
Skulldrinker
17d ago
Good deal: mint mobile unlimited service bought a year at a time. Your cellular service winds up being $15-20/mo
Skulldrinker
20d ago
I only use a bourbon-and-oak scent, I feel like a cologne should be very singular to the point where it becomes associated with your character. Like Yennifer with Lilac and Gooseberries. Not different scents for different occasions.
Are the Hmong an exception to this? Those were the only Asians in my college town, and I don't think I ever even saw a mixed couple, or had one voluntarily speak words to me.
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