pop culture intertextuality is just so damn *fascinating*
today a parody movie (50 shades of black) comes out, based on the 50 shades of grey movie, which was based on the 50 shades book, which was based on twilight, which was somewhat based on interview with the vampire (which anne rice based on an earlier short story she wrote), which was based on Dracula and other vampire stories, which originally came from Dr. John Polidori’s The Vampyre (even though Vampires were a thing in folk tales before then, he was the one who made them all classy, etc.)
so really, like so many things, this is all Lord Byron’s fault.
It is kinda funny how two different staples of the horror genre (the vampire and the mad scientist/monster combo) both have their origins in the horrifying experience of being trapped in a cabin with Lord Byron.
Computer programming comes from the horrifying fear of your daughter ending up a poet like her father, Lord Byron
lord byron is a necessary evil in the world. he was needed to show us what true monsters are
guys. neil shubin is the person who discovered the tiktaalik. neil shubin, actual paleontologist, discoverer of the evolutionary link between land and sea, tweeted about a minecraft mod that has his discovery in it.
So deer have this instinct to stand tall and walk like a king when they notice something (a predator) watching them so they look like strong opponents since predators usually target the weakest members of the herd. The baby is doing the Don’t Eat Me Walk.
Predators: “How could I possibly eat someone THAT cool??”
I’m absolutely obsessed with the reddit side of the Tolkien fandom, in particular, this discussion regarding how Sauron fits the ring on his finger, as well as penal compensation a la Lord Farqaud style
So sweet to have a comic not just show Alfred caring for Bruce but him caring for Alfred in return
Right?
I love seeing moments like this that show just how much Alfred matters to Bruce <3
One thing to keep in mind, for folks who grew up after or without this form of address:
In the UK (and Australia, at least when I was a kid) “Master” is the polite way to address a boy too young to be called “Mister.” You’d only use “Master” as a form of address for an adult if you were using it to refer to some kind of official position or peerage, and then only with their surname or the name of their estate (e.g. Master Wayne).
When Alfred calls him “Master Bruce”, it doesn’t mean “Boss” or “My Lord”. It means “My little boy.”
Traditional raised Sami storehouse, displayed at Skansen, Stockholm. A similar structure, the izbushka, is mentioned in Russian children stories as a house with chicken feet.
