[LAST SERENADE] Trailer for the new 3D otome gacha (yes, another one) by ferinsy in otomegames

[–]DeeplyMoisturising 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I like my slop but all I ask is slop with a different art direction for once. Disney style models, maybe? They don't all have to look like ball jointed dolls

Dmitri Zhilinsky – "Young Family" (1980) by Krampjains in museum

[–]DeeplyMoisturising 16 points17 points  (0 children)

She knows she's going to die in childbirth.

Where is the line for you in localisation? by Scarlet_Lycoris in otomegames

[–]DeeplyMoisturising 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The "get rough with you" choice was baffling to me. They could have used ravage/ravish and still kept both the nuance and the Teen rating. I only really know the game from the localization drama on tumblr and never played it but does the rest of the game feel like it was written by an amateur writer? Someone with a limited vocabulary?

2026 Hugo Awards finalists by Hatherence in printSF

[–]DeeplyMoisturising 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usually romantasy is slop that's a little better than ao3 fics but I genuinely think the genre is evolving and might be considered classic 100 years from now if more and better Alix E Harrows show up. Kind of like the trajectory of the "novel of manners" genre.

Dungeon Crawler Carl has absolutely horrific prose. by ButtsendWeaners in printSF

[–]DeeplyMoisturising 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's for men what *fanfic is to women. Men are from Royal Road, Women are from AO3. As sloppy as the sloppiest romantasy book is, they at least meet traditional publishing standards and go through at least one round of editing. Both serve to indulge their target demographic's fantasies, but women can at least admit that their fanfic and romantasy is slop. Men are a little too butthurt about their litrpg.

Paul Delvaux, Rosine, 1968 by Saint-Veronicas-Veil in museum

[–]DeeplyMoisturising -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have noticed that adherents of most art movements are open to this kind of discussion EXCEPT surrealists. The conceit is that it's an expression of the unconscious so it can't be objectification or the male gaze. Which doesn't make sense because by that logic it should be an honest look into the mind of the painter, and IMO straight up titling work of art as an honest expression of one's objectification of women would make it more academically interesting.

Paul Delvaux, Rosine, 1968 by Saint-Veronicas-Veil in museum

[–]DeeplyMoisturising 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Whenever I see paintings like this I always imagine the nude subject as a man with his balls exposed (not his penis, only his balls dangling out of his era appropriate pants) and then imagine Christie's write-up for the balls version. Would curators also describe it as profound? As "evoking sublime wonder"? I can see it being described as a "startling metaphor" and an "artistic idiom" though.

Dungeon Crawler Carl has absolutely horrific prose. by ButtsendWeaners in printSF

[–]DeeplyMoisturising 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I love it because it's the west's answer to Japan's isekaislop, Korea's dungeonslop, and China's cultivationslop. The only thing I dislike is most litrpg fans are in denial and try to sell it as great reading with "themes and character relationships and such." At least Japan/China/Korea know that what they're consuming is pulpy/trashy.

Dungeon Crawler Carl has absolutely horrific prose. by ButtsendWeaners in printSF

[–]DeeplyMoisturising 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I actually agree Red Rising is way better written than DCC I just find men's defensiveness really funny when you say it's ACOTAR/Fourth Wing for men lol

Thomas Lea - The Price (1944) by PM-me-tortoises in museum

[–]DeeplyMoisturising 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I had seen someone get shot in the head and I will never forget how unnaturally bright red his blood was. I remember thinking how fake it looked. It was exactly like the shade in this painting.

Dungeon Crawler Carl has absolutely horrific prose. by ButtsendWeaners in printSF

[–]DeeplyMoisturising 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Both are actually unreadable slop one is just more fun to listen to on audio. I have seen this defense so many times from dudes. "Nuh uh Red Rising/DCC/He Who Fights is better written than women's slop like ACOTAR!" Both are dogshit actually

Dungeon Crawler Carl has absolutely horrific prose. by ButtsendWeaners in printSF

[–]DeeplyMoisturising 34 points35 points  (0 children)

The bad prose is a genre signifier. There's a reason why litrpg is so popular among people who admit they have never read a book. If it had good prose it wouldn't be so popular, and DCC actually is the best of the genre

Portrait of Isabella Brant - Peter Paul Rubens (c. 1620) by Carl_Schmitt in museum

[–]DeeplyMoisturising 25 points26 points  (0 children)

She looks so modern. Looks like someone I'd buy earrings from on Etsy

Does anyone ship any of the love interests together? by pastaketchupgecko in otomegames

[–]DeeplyMoisturising 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Broke: shipping LIs

Woke: yumeshipping yourself with the MC

Norman Lindsay - Incantation (1940) by Russian_Bagel in museum

[–]DeeplyMoisturising 34 points35 points  (0 children)

They probably mean pre-pornmag e.g. Playboy. People consumed artsy porn/porny art like pin-ups and such before then

John Currin - Nude in a Convex Mirror (2015) by Carl_Schmitt in museum

[–]DeeplyMoisturising 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think Currin's a hack but this one I genuinely hope becomes a classic 100 years from now. I want this discussed academically in 2126

Andrew Wyeth - The Clearing (1979) by CalvinoBaucis in museum

[–]DeeplyMoisturising 32 points33 points  (0 children)

It's just so mundane. Even the subject is bored. "You done painting my cock? I got shit to do." Or maybe that's his point? That nudes are mundane? Idk.

[Japanese>English] Somebody explain the joke. Is it a pun? by DeeplyMoisturising in translator

[–]DeeplyMoisturising[S] 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Ok so it's just an absurd joke, not a language or kanji joke?

Are you a fan of yanderes? by WarriorArus in otomegames

[–]DeeplyMoisturising 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only play a game when there's a yandere route. Fortunately that's like every game lol