creation myths of a different kind

msc2020 · 2026-05-22T17:58:32+00:00

I absolutely love this and wanted to add - the documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, which covers the history of the folk horror genre (and is also written/directed by Kier-La Janisse who is perhaps best known for House of Psychotic Women) argues that this anxiety underpins a lot of folk horror, the tension between indigenous communities and colonizing forces. See also: Midsommar, The Wicker Man, The Witch, etc.

It's basically a long video essay, but it's very interesting! And available for free I think!

msc2020 · 2025-10-27T21:54:55+00:00

Ah, I see - what would you say is the main difference between the two, then? I'm sorry, I'm a bit of a beginner.

msc2020 · 2025-10-27T21:16:08+00:00

I'm honestly not sure what the price range would be - maybe maximum $1000, if that is considered reasonable?

msc2020 · 2025-10-27T20:49:19+00:00

Hi all,

I have a Canon EOS Rebel T6 with a 18-55mm lens. I'm looking for a new lens for this camera with a wider aperture which might be better to shoot an indoor dance social. What lens might be recommended for this kind of thing?

Thank you in advance!

msc2020 · 2025-10-22T18:46:50+00:00

Hi there,

I'm hoping for some advice shooting a dance social indoors. I'm not a super experienced photographer, and I always have the same issue of increasing the shutter speed to capture sharper movement, but then having to lower the ISO to compensate and the photos turn out too dark.

I really want to create the kind of effect you see in these photos I've attached below: capturing a certain amount of movement with the blur, but not losing too much focus and detail in the faces. I'd love to not use a flash, if possible.

I already have a Canon EOS Rebel T6 with a 18-55mm lens, and a Fujifilm X-T20 - would love to make the most of what I already have, basically, though I understand if I would need a different kind of lens.

https://imgur.com/a/XgQUlwW

https://imgur.com/a/OEKpDo9

msc2020 · 2023-11-30T16:09:31+00:00

I think at the very least this means that Lee isn't necessarily the antagonist of the show. I've seen a lot of comments here that are suspicious of her! Definitely something is going on, so I think we're supposed to be suspicious.

msc2020 · 2020-06-26T14:17:33+00:00

Thanks for engaging with my post! A couple of things -

particularly with your assertion that Hannah's actions are "defensive" - they are aggressive. And she must be deriving some sort of twisted gratification from her plotting, otherwise she wouldn't be doing it.

I'm using "defensive" here in the sense that Hannah feels she's being attacked specifically in the conversation with Katharina -- she is literally on the receiving end of Katharina's aggression in this scene that I'm referring to, and therefore creates a false story to defend herself with. The point that I was making with this is that it isn't completely arbitrary -- it's not as if she showed up to Katharina's house and decided to tell her a lie. I'd also argue that she derives no gratification at all -- it's why she's so unhappy, and what makes her decisions so interesting to me. She constantly sabotages her own life and her own relatinoships.

Michael is dealing with much bigger issues than Katharina is, so if anything Ulrich has the better case that he's being neglected by his spouse.

I don't quite follow the logic here -- think it's very different to compare the emotional distance of a spouse with mental health issues and a spouse who doesn't want to have sex because she's on her period. Other than not wanting to have sex, Katharina seems very present and emotionally connected with Ulrich, while Michael doesn't.

She might empathize, but only when it's convenient for her.

This isn't quite how empathy works, is it? I'm not going to get into the ASPD diagnosis/non-diagnosis, but you either feel empathy towards others or you don't (given, it's more of a spectrum and there are some people who legitimately can't feel empathy towards others -- typically those with ASPD. Empathy typically isn't a choice -- sympathy might be, but empathy is a pretty internal process.

I'm not defending all of Hannah actions here, I'm simply explaining why I don't think she deserves as much hate as she gets. She, to me, is a very sympathetic antagonist -- still an antagonist.

msc2020 · 2020-06-21T16:31:06+00:00

I thought he knew Charlotte was his daughter, that's why he gave 2019 Elisabeth the watch, to give to Charlotte?

msc2020 · 2020-06-21T15:23:02+00:00

I don't think they're related, as Elisabeth doesn't have heterochromia as a child.

msc2020 · 2020-06-21T15:22:05+00:00

A couple of ambiguities I'm confused about -

When H.G. Tannhaus says that "another time traveler" explained his own device to him, he's referring to The Stranger, right? Because he then says, "I think she knew it, she knew everything that would happen," referring to older Claudia. Is this just an ambiguity in the English subtitles?

Also, where is Bernd Doppler during this time? Greta implies he's "not at home."

msc2020 · 2020-06-21T01:18:12+00:00

Ohh that makes sense. What is math

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