The Art of Darkness

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August 28th, 2021 by Cobwebs

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight explores one of the oldest and most profound narrative archetypes, to wit: “What if there was this really weird guy who showed up?”
IronsideNatalie

I want to donate my body for science but not like science science like I wanna end up in the music department seeing if my skeleton really does make xylophone sounds
ronnui_

Don’t be envious of people who are more successful than you. Focus instead on your own creative ability to sculpt eerily lifelike wax dolls of those people and stick pins in them.
thewritertype

writing a predator movie where you finally see the predator home planet and it’s like a richard scarry town where there are predators riding to work in little apple cars and shit
johnfreiler

[crime scene]
detective: who outlined the body?
me: i did
detective: why did you draw his eyebrows
me: he was surprised by the stabbing
unsanctifi3d

umm heart disease kills millions of people a year so maybe focus on that instead of being mad at me for killing 1-2 people a year max?
InternetHippo

It’s always the same with you: “Blood for the Blood God!” “Skulls for the Skull Throne!” Well what about my needs, An’ggrath the Unbound? What about “Flowers for Melissa, My Lovely and Supportive Wife”
merrittk

Noise complaint.
911 caller says the vegetarian werewolves that live next door are howling as they dismember and devour their baked potatoes.
EdmondsScanner

interviewer: you have a 3 year gap on your resume that just says “vengeance”
me:
interviewer:
me: you don’t remember me do you?
conajam

wife: how was guarding the two paths today, honey?
guard: [looking away] fine
wife: did something happen?
the guard: [tearing up] no
wife: would the other guard tell me something happened?
MNateShyamalan

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  1. Mim Says:

    Re: that bit about the Predator home planet. In the Space Captain Smith books (comedies), one of Isambard Smith’s companions is Suruk The Slayer, who is very clearly based on the Predator. When they do visit his home planet, his relatives are accountants and love a few rounds of golf.

  2. xJane Says:

    Really really enjoyed this close-reading (close-watching?) of the Green Knight as compared to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and now I actually want to watch it but not unless I’m high as balls.

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