"sex scenes have no narrative purpose" is such a funny take on so many levels. people will really believe that the whole human experience is valuable to portray artistically except sex, which of course has never held emotional weight or significance for anybody
Sometimes I remember when as a child , I screamed "HOORAY IM USEFUL!!!" in the middle of a clothing shop in a mall because my mom considered a shirt i suggested. More so her face when I did, thou.
Why do humans think rarity = value? Does it root in selfishness? The desire to have something (so that) others cannot?
Or maybe its just a product of advertisment, designed to make up a 'want' for their products
Or maybe its just how it is
im actually so inlovve with thhurs norm my beloved norm im so finlove enorm NORM NOEM NMDMHANDM NOOOORRRMMMMMNSJJ
.....NORM, BABY, LEARN HOW TEXTING WORKS <3
You're not supposed to COMMENT???
so many heads and so little brains, how does it even happen
realized i had this in my drafts and planned to post it a month or two after the wheel dropped and then forgot about it. oops! here you go
"why does it feel like i just got scammed", my contribution to the wheel of wow, a small dialtown fic collection comprised of randomly-generated ships written and illustrated by our group of friends! we released it this past valentine's day, and i'm unbearably proud to be a part of it. please take a gander if you haven't!
the ship generated for this one was, uh, milton r. wallace/milton r. wallace. well i hope you like it (please check under the cut for the feelings/concepts behind the comic and my ramblings on the dialup!)
ive been thinking a lot about the dialup lately and like. okay. milton was opposed from day 1, he never Stopped being opposed, but- obviously the dialup is Unfathomably Unethical, i agree with this. a violation of bodily autonomy on a high-incomprehensible scale. but there is that little nagging doubt, what IF it all went exactly according to how callum said it would, if it accomplished all the improvements to people's lives that it was meant to? (given everything we know it seems unlikely it ever WOULD.)
but damn if me, i, griffin, were posed with the choice to press a button where "quality of life improves significantly for like everyone on earth, and also phone heads happen" i would probably definitely press the button. now, i dont think milt would, but like, this comic is meant to explore that bit of doubt, that little voice of callum's in his head going on about changing the world, helping people. what IF it was possible, what IF it worked.
which is also why, in this, hypothetical post-dialup-milton talks more like callum than he does milton (hence why he specifically calls him "milt" and not "milton" on the last page). that little needling voice of doubt speaking up, that after consideration (ie, this conversation) just solidifies his conviction- that the dialup is something horrible, but also not something he feels like he has the power to stop, anymore.
also phone head notes!
it's an ericsson n2200 wooden wall phone, as mentioned in the first page
i wanted an ericsson model specifically since that's the same company that made callum's model (an ericsson dbh of some kind)- playing on the "made in his image"/callum-as-god theme.
unlike callum's model, this is a wooden phone specifically- it's primarily made of organic materials.
the front is completely blank. there's lots of bits and bobs on rotary phones that can read as facial features- dials, bells- i wanted him to be as blank and faceless as possible, removal of expression and individuality. he's not as much a person anymore, he's a vehicle for callum's ideas and ambitions.
"Sup girl, wanna be my gf? /lip bite?"
"No thx, Im taken. :)"
"Ion see no man witchu?"
i... exist again???
My persona, but dialed up. Dialsona!!!
She has literally NO information about her ever i just wanted to dialtown my sona and I think it looks nice
hrmn hrmn currentlyhy thunking what stupid petty crimes he's commit... hrmn hrmn..
I need to see more art of Randy being sassy/not giving a fuck. Make that man COOL. Make that man HATE ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING around him he lived in a DUMPSTER for god knows how many years that town did NAWT do him justice. Make him CONFIDENT make him do dumb shit he'd regret make him AWESOME.