As I get older I’m finding that a lot of the “intellectuals” I used to admire are actually just condescending and pretentious. And also realizing how much more important it is to be present, considerate, and empathetic because nobody really knows what they’re talking about and anyone who claims to know everything about anything is feeding you bs.
“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.”
- Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
I am also realizing that actual intellectuals make their subjects easy to understand, and faux intelectuals will attempt to baffle.
“If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.”
What I love about Thor Ragnarok is that before Taika became attached to it and had a gigantic impact on the tone and style it was most likely going to be another by the numbers Thor sequel considering this
Was originally this
And I remember watching Dark World in theaters kind of rolling my eyes at the revelation after the credits that Loki took over disguised as Odin because there would probably be this overly complex and dark plot about what he did to Odin and his new dictatorship of Asgard but four years later there’s this goofy ass film that wraps up what was meant to be a HUGE reveal with “oh yeah I just dumped the King of Asgard in some retirement home on Earth” and he puts on plays with dialogue of “I’m a trickster!” Ragnarok was just such a godsend and I wanna see it for a fourth time already
Tag yourself, are you synth pop Thor or metal Thor
ferris everyone here is synth pop thor bc thats the gay one
question time: what is the one scene from a film or tv show that you could genuinely write a 2000 word essay analysing/ just generally expressing your appreciation for?
“Taakos good right here” during the final episode of balance
I can’t believe popular bloggers on here really have private and group chats just to plot tumblr posts. That’s the funniest thing ever. It’s like a writers meeting for a fucking tumblr post. A tumblr post. avsbdhsjsnsjk
