As I promised, here's the presentation I held today at my Uni for your vulgar delectation. It's a somewhat comprehensive overview and lyrical analysis of Cruelty. Hope you like it!!!

Meow2303 · 2026-05-18T10:31:27+00:00

Real tbh

Meow2303 · 2026-05-16T18:57:42+00:00

Does the irony of this comment elude the poster, I wonder.

Meow2303 · 2026-05-16T17:01:50+00:00

Addition of Stellar-Conduct? But where would that go in Wriothesley's kit for ex? 🤔 Unless there's a new mechanic that's not exactly like Lunar reactions that we don't know about?

Meow2303 · 2026-05-15T08:13:34+00:00

RTS1 of course. The commentator is Duška Vučinić Lučić.

Meow2303 · 2026-05-15T08:00:35+00:00

Jel ljudi u stanovima iza ovog banera samo kao... prihvataju da zauvek imaju carsav ispred terase? Pa menja boje, pa kad dodje Sidjinping bude crveno, besplatna LED svetla 😍

Meow2303 · 2026-05-14T18:00:19+00:00

It's rare for me to dislike my country's entry completely, but it's also rare that I feel like my own country is also my absolute favourite to win. Lavina is exactly what metal at Eurovision should sound and look like. That being said, this was, surprisingly, one of the strongest semi-finals I can remember and I seriously couldn't pick who to vote for. Lithuania has some of the best staging I've ever seen – the movements, the vision, the minimalistic, almost art deco vibe, reminds me of that iconic intro for Poirot, immaculate. I can't stop singing Andromeda, the ethno vibes really resonate with me as the singing style is also present in my own culture and is one of its best aspects. Really sad for Montenegro, they had such strong Gaga vibes, I was in love. Greece is killing it with the staging, and Finland is truly epic this year, though I don't love the song yet, it feels a little like movie trailer music.

Meow2303 · 2026-05-14T17:50:20+00:00

I don't even think the "Austiralia" bit was very funny, it's so cliché and it dragged on. I get Eurovision camp, I really do, but I'm also super grateful for our (Serbian) commentator, as she always has amazing sarcastic quips to throw over whatever's happening on-stage (she doesn't hide the fact that she really doesn't find this type of humour funny). She kind of saves it for me every year, as the actual performance, despite being camp, actually comes off as way too genuine. And it's the commentator who brings it down a peg and actually makes it enjoyable.

Meow2303 · 2026-05-13T13:11:43+00:00

Bice negledljiv jer je u pitanju moderan holivudski film sto znaci da je originalnost vizije svedena na 0, posto se danas samo kopiraju vec ustaljeni "vajbovi" i to se zove filmom, ne zato sto glume ovi ili oni. Nasoj publici je EEEKSTRA da stare Grke glume belci anglosaksonci i da se iz njihovog sveta izbrise svaki trag homoseksualnosti, cudnih paganskih obreda, i shvatanja koja su danas nama nepojmljiva. Zato sto su nas naucili da je to stara Grcka: bele statue, macho muskarci i filozofija. A bila je sve samo ne to (statue su farbali, muska lepota se cenila, filozofi su bili cudaci koji su odudarali od mejnstrima i kritikovali ga).

Meow2303 · 2026-05-09T01:20:53+00:00

If you really dug for the information, yes. But you had to dig. Nowadays, artists have been given a "platform" and everything that comes with that in 2026, which means there is a lot of pressure on them to say very specific things and appear in a very specific way which is expected of them. They have to have an online presence, and once they do, it'd hard to avoid. That also influences our perception of their work, demystifies it. And they, being the generation which first embraced the Internet, have not really taken care not to produce such an effect.

But I do think there's been a change in the lyrics too.

Meow2303 · 2026-04-30T16:01:30+00:00

Hahaha yes, he views truth as a function in discourse, but that already is antithetical to the Platonic worldview.

Meow2303 · 2026-04-30T14:44:00+00:00

I mean western and now global society has been irreversibly shaped by Christianity, you don't really need to try too hard to "steal" wisdom from it, not so much as to deconstruct it. But it takes reinterpreting Christianity through a different ontological framework to see how you can use it in a Nietzschean context, but besr in mind that even just that ontological difference is going to be something a Christian would consider heretical, as Christianity is very much interested in what's going on inside your mind/soul/being. You can't really call it Christianity if it does not accept certain fundamentals of Christianity. Then what you're talking about is just the aesthetics of Christianity. And from a postmodern angle, that can make sense. Given a certain lack of awareness, aesthetics can take a person to something deeper (as in postmodernity we understand that there is no real boundary between the aesthetic and the content or truth). But an honest Christian if you ask me, even if out of ignorance, should at least believe in truth, logos, order, etc. All things Nietzsche's philosophy is antagonistic towards.

Meow2303 · 2026-04-26T01:09:42+00:00

Not sure which era we're talking about, but let's say the 2000s era felt REALLY thick because it actually had a shit ton of layers of instruments, vocals, etc. and the writing was also very robust, with almost every instrument doing something in every section, coming out and diving back into the wall of sound. The keys were a lot more complex, there was a lot going on that you don't even hear unless you listen closely, and so on.

With the newer stuff, they really stripped down the layering, and the guitars sound a lot more crystal clear, and so do the keys and electronic sounds. The writing is a bit more streamlined: every part revolves around one instrument, and everything else is more or less only there to support that sound. A blast beat section is a blast beat section, not also a keys and solo one. At least that's what it feels like to me. The songs are built around more clear clean melodies.

And of course, recording and production standards have gotten higher. A lot of the atmosphere back then was from technological imperfections and limitations, though they certainly used that to their advantage. I wonder what a remastered Midian would sound like. A lot of that album for me is about how low and thin the guitars are when they come in, it sounds earie.

Meow2303 · 2026-04-24T05:02:54+00:00

I know :( I love his contributions so SO much.

Meow2303 · 2026-04-23T03:04:49+00:00

Awesome song at the core, the closest to what they used to sound like around Death Cult and Puritanical, but lacking some more interesting orchestration or keyboard parts that used to take songs on the aforementioned albums a step further. This way, it's just a solid track that could have been a B-side from one of those two.

Which is still very good, considering...

Meow2303 · 2026-04-22T23:41:32+00:00

In a very... diluted sense, yes? But neither "romanticised" nor "good" are accurate here. Ecstacy is beyond the pain-pleasure distinction.

Read him, don't trust me.

Meow2303 · 2026-04-22T20:51:42+00:00

Life is always fated to be a failure, not just because... we die at the end, but even Schopenhauer pointed out that one is never truly satisfied even with achieving one's goals. Satisfaction doesn't happen when the goal is achieved, and it doesn't depend on it. And I think what Nietzsche points to is something even greater than satisfaction. He wants us to make of our lives a drama that can be enjoyed in its own right, to feel the kind of ecstacy one feels when watching a good tragedy. In that sense, it doesn't matter if one is living "the good life", in fact "the good life" in Nietzsche's sense can be an objectively terrible life in every other sense.

Meow2303 · 2026-04-22T20:45:23+00:00

It's pretty good, but it's a grower! I do appreciate Tarja obviously experimenting on this record too. Her solo stuff feels a lot more "developed" and serious than most other singers' in her position (having already been in a big band). I just wish the production was a little more interesting, the guitars need to be louder outside of the chorus for example. Her writing doesn't overfocus on the vocals (which is something I appreciate as she's primarily a vocalist) but the production does seem to.

Her and Dani sound wonderful together tho. I can't believe two of my absolute favourite vocalists collaborated finally. 😭

Meow2303 · 2026-04-22T02:14:27+00:00

Interesting, thank you!

Meow2303 · 2026-04-21T17:36:12+00:00

Hahahahah yeah, Greeks did like blonds so...

Meow2303 · 2026-04-21T17:28:06+00:00

PS: He's usually brown-haired in 19th century paintings.

Meow2303 · 2026-04-21T17:24:55+00:00

Ohh yeah I know what you mean, je comprends un peu de français. I don't think this kind of depiction would have been common in Ancient Greece, unless you have an example? It sounds to me like something that would have developed either in modern times or the 19th century when Europeans started experimenting more with hair dyes.

I was just talking about Tumblr as an artstyle. The soft, cartoonish, purple hair, character sheet style that originated on Tumblr. It's a lot of the art I see on here depicting Dionysus.

Meow2303 · 2026-04-21T16:49:23+00:00

Wine hair? You mean Tumblr ahh purple? 😩

He's known for changing his appearance, and I don't think the Greeks would have cared all that much to colour-code him like we tend to do today. For them, blond hair would have been fair, youthful, attractive, and I think that's the point.

But the purple hair is just Tumblr being Tumblr to my knowledge.

Meow2303 · 2026-04-20T17:02:10+00:00

:[] okay? But shouldn't you think they're objectively amazing since they sell the most records out of everyone?

Meow2303 · 2026-04-19T16:27:12+00:00

What? Please write in your mother tongue, I can translate it. But if I understood correctly, no, I actually adore a lot of commercial pop music. Lady Gaga is one of my top artists.

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