VWTalos
@vwtalos.bsky.social
Twenty three years in education. Head writer at Sinister Pinion Games. I am the Dreadnought King.
UK TV has been creating trash on this level for at least the last thirty years now. At least.
These kind of ghastly shows come and go so quickly, everyone forgets and is newly aghast when they cycle back into existence a decade or two later.
The trick is to ignore them 🤷🏻♂️
These kind of ghastly shows come and go so quickly, everyone forgets and is newly aghast when they cycle back into existence a decade or two later.
The trick is to ignore them 🤷🏻♂️
August 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
UK TV has been creating trash on this level for at least the last thirty years now. At least.
These kind of ghastly shows come and go so quickly, everyone forgets and is newly aghast when they cycle back into existence a decade or two later.
The trick is to ignore them 🤷🏻♂️
These kind of ghastly shows come and go so quickly, everyone forgets and is newly aghast when they cycle back into existence a decade or two later.
The trick is to ignore them 🤷🏻♂️
Based on cave-dwelling organisms, they have gone pale and started using echolocation before they got naturally bushier beards.
Plus they'd need to have been digging for several million years rather than the few thousand this guy's imagining. Evolution happens sloooooooowly
Plus they'd need to have been digging for several million years rather than the few thousand this guy's imagining. Evolution happens sloooooooowly
August 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Based on cave-dwelling organisms, they have gone pale and started using echolocation before they got naturally bushier beards.
Plus they'd need to have been digging for several million years rather than the few thousand this guy's imagining. Evolution happens sloooooooowly
Plus they'd need to have been digging for several million years rather than the few thousand this guy's imagining. Evolution happens sloooooooowly
Sorry, you're right - got confused with proscriptivism 😅
August 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Sorry, you're right - got confused with proscriptivism 😅
On top of this, why are non-Christian uses of a Christian symbol less important than the Christian uses, especially if they're more widespread?
I'm not a Catholic, so why should I be bound to use symbols their way? Should I be forbidden from doing so? Should art always kneel before history?
I'm not a Catholic, so why should I be bound to use symbols their way? Should I be forbidden from doing so? Should art always kneel before history?
August 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
On top of this, why are non-Christian uses of a Christian symbol less important than the Christian uses, especially if they're more widespread?
I'm not a Catholic, so why should I be bound to use symbols their way? Should I be forbidden from doing so? Should art always kneel before history?
I'm not a Catholic, so why should I be bound to use symbols their way? Should I be forbidden from doing so? Should art always kneel before history?
I've never understood descriptivism. It's like looking at a map of Pangea and saying the UK shouldn't exist.
Use determines meaning. The academic recognises this, catalogues and archives histories, then accurately describe changes.
Especially so with symbols, all of which are, by nature, metaphors
Use determines meaning. The academic recognises this, catalogues and archives histories, then accurately describe changes.
Especially so with symbols, all of which are, by nature, metaphors
August 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I've never understood descriptivism. It's like looking at a map of Pangea and saying the UK shouldn't exist.
Use determines meaning. The academic recognises this, catalogues and archives histories, then accurately describe changes.
Especially so with symbols, all of which are, by nature, metaphors
Use determines meaning. The academic recognises this, catalogues and archives histories, then accurately describe changes.
Especially so with symbols, all of which are, by nature, metaphors
Oh, of course. It's not obscure *if* you're a Catholic.
But you shouldn't be too surprised that a symbol which has featured prominently in many cheap Hollywood horror films and similar stuff is more widely recognisable as a symbol of evil than of the Vatican.
Again, usage defines meaning
But you shouldn't be too surprised that a symbol which has featured prominently in many cheap Hollywood horror films and similar stuff is more widely recognisable as a symbol of evil than of the Vatican.
Again, usage defines meaning
August 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Oh, of course. It's not obscure *if* you're a Catholic.
But you shouldn't be too surprised that a symbol which has featured prominently in many cheap Hollywood horror films and similar stuff is more widely recognisable as a symbol of evil than of the Vatican.
Again, usage defines meaning
But you shouldn't be too surprised that a symbol which has featured prominently in many cheap Hollywood horror films and similar stuff is more widely recognisable as a symbol of evil than of the Vatican.
Again, usage defines meaning
Unfortunately, use determines meaning. Consider the swastika - it's not a symbol of peace any more, nor will it ever be. The meaning of the inverted cross has changed now. Symbols are just language, and language is constantly in charge. It's just life 🤷🏻♂️
August 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Unfortunately, use determines meaning. Consider the swastika - it's not a symbol of peace any more, nor will it ever be. The meaning of the inverted cross has changed now. Symbols are just language, and language is constantly in charge. It's just life 🤷🏻♂️
Patience 😅👍
I'd say there's a trick to it, but there isn't. You just need a good brush, solid brush control and to take your time.
It's a nightmare 😅
I'd say there's a trick to it, but there isn't. You just need a good brush, solid brush control and to take your time.
It's a nightmare 😅
August 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Patience 😅👍
I'd say there's a trick to it, but there isn't. You just need a good brush, solid brush control and to take your time.
It's a nightmare 😅
I'd say there's a trick to it, but there isn't. You just need a good brush, solid brush control and to take your time.
It's a nightmare 😅
One of the greatest TV series of all time 👍
August 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
One of the greatest TV series of all time 👍
That shoulder mounted plasma cannon is superb 👏
August 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
That shoulder mounted plasma cannon is superb 👏
They honestly do some lovely paints 😊👍
August 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
They honestly do some lovely paints 😊👍
Continuum did it very well, so it can be done.
The trouble is and will always be that scum will always look at the horror and go "Yeah, that's great". Kind of like you can't make an anti-war film if it includes depictions of war. Soldiers will always find representations of soldiers inspirational
The trouble is and will always be that scum will always look at the horror and go "Yeah, that's great". Kind of like you can't make an anti-war film if it includes depictions of war. Soldiers will always find representations of soldiers inspirational
August 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Continuum did it very well, so it can be done.
The trouble is and will always be that scum will always look at the horror and go "Yeah, that's great". Kind of like you can't make an anti-war film if it includes depictions of war. Soldiers will always find representations of soldiers inspirational
The trouble is and will always be that scum will always look at the horror and go "Yeah, that's great". Kind of like you can't make an anti-war film if it includes depictions of war. Soldiers will always find representations of soldiers inspirational