These dynamics occur within us all of course but in the trenchcoat warlock we see them aestheticised, rendered beautifully in the clothes, the walk, the sound of the voice, the sense of humour
@mixed_biscuits dresses like this are you talking about him?
This thread's from a decade ago, but touches on much of the same stuff.Where were we having a big discussion about the fantasy genre recently? It's inherently backward looking and that seems to correlate to inherently reactionary.
NRx is computer programmers dreaming of feudalism and buxom serving wenches carrying jugs of mead and that is exactly the audience for fantasy
Saw a new one the other day... I guess one you win the cunt wars, you get to rule your own....
As the popular saying has it, "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they can be right mardy cunts."Gandalf can be a bit of a cunt but as I recall he's much more of a cunt in the books. Ian McKellen gives him a twinkly-eyed grandfatherly vibe.
You may think you’re familiar with The Lord of the Rings, but nothing can quite prepare you for an adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy text made in the Soviet Union. The adaptation focuses only on the first book of Tolkein’s trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, and is a riot of low-budget special effects, bizarre camera work, and Soviet mood music. Rather than the epic Hollywood fantasy captured so well by Peter Jackson, this adaptation feels like a weird fairy tale told by a pipe-smoking madman in the woods. In other words: it captures a completely legitimate aspect of The Lord of the Rings, just not one we’re necessarily used to.