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[Evan C.]

Originally Posted by Moon-Safari

Traditional


Brutalism


Traditional


Brutalism


This is a strategic demoralization wartime tactic to break the soul and will of a society through the infiltration and weaponization of its own culture upon it. The unanimous push for uniform woke culture transformation across the board, despite loss of financial viability of these properties, is proof there is something more sinister at play. How else can you explain why they continue to pour millions into making things so ugly on purpose despite a shrinking market for it? Other countries don't do this. Anime is still anime. Mario is still mario. So why is every single western property being bastardized? I'm starting to understand what SE meant by Tomb Raider "cannibalizing" sales, and getting out.

Never tought about it but you have a point. And by the way, my father in low bought me the first statue of the picture back in 2000. She's IMO the perfect representation of Lara Croft, and I will never understand why is she's brutally being dismembered for the sake of appeal for a new generation. She's like a wanabe.

[biscuits]

Not people comparing the evolution of architectural styles to a ****ing fictional character and trying to make a point of woke culture. What a stupid fandom. Were you all born backwards?

[Pelagius]

Originally Posted by Evan C.

Never tought about it but you have a point. And by the way, my father in low bought me the first statue of the picture back in 2000. She's IMO the perfect representation of Lara Croft, and I will never understand why is she's brutally being dismembered for the sake of appeal for a new generation. She's like a wanabe.

I keep trying to explain this to people: The institutional machinery that the left has constructed to tear down the traditional norms you didn't like is not going to just halt and dismantle itself at the point where you might find it personally optimal. The diversity-consultant egregore has to constantly manufacture fresh forms of 'progress' in order to justify their salaries. They will never be able to stop.

[Moon-Safari]

Originally Posted by biscuits

Not people comparing the evolution of architectural styles to a ****ing fictional character and trying to make a point of woke culture. What a stupid fandom. Were you all born backwards?

Well you just got here in 2016. This character shaped some of us since childhood and they dragged her through attempted rape in 2013, erased her history and personality, denied us her signature uniform for about a decade, and now are chopping her physical appearance down bit by bit to match grey blob clown world 22. If it's all the same to you, I think I'd rather have my childhood Icon back instead of this abomination imposter presented to us as the real thing.

[Brendanlovesu1]

the statue is ugly as sin but we probably won't see any classic merch or references ever again so stop moaning. This fandom reeks of entitlement

[Pelagius]

Originally Posted by Brendanlovesu1

the statue is ugly as sin but we probably won't see any classic merch or references ever again so stop moaning. This fandom reeks of entitlement

You're saying we 'reek of entitlement' at the same time you're projecting that this aberration is the last piece of classic merch we're ever going to see? Why in the hell is classic merch not something the fans should be entitled to?

[Moon-Safari]

Originally Posted by Pelagius

Look... dude, I'm broadly sympathetic to the point you're making but these are some really bad analogies. Not everything modernist is 'brutalism' (there's a variety of other schools of modern or postmodern architecture, and non-architectural aesthetics are by definition not brutalism.)

There's a secondary meaning to Brutalism used colloquially by certain subcultures who use it to describe the malignant intention of the brutalist culture invaders. The architectural definition of brutalism is separate from what I'm describing. The brutalism I'm referring to is the weaponization of anti-beauty and unnatural inversions of objective aesthetic quality.

[Pelagius]

Originally Posted by Moon-Safari

There's a secondary meaning to Brutalism used colloquially by certain subcultures who use it to describe the malignant intention of the brutalist culture invaders...

I get your point, but the colloquial usage is going to make you look deranged and uninformed in front of anyone outside that subculture.

You're also not addressing my point: that classic Lara is only about 10-20% less 'brutalist' from this perspective.

[Moon-Safari]

Originally Posted by Pelagius

I get your point, but the colloquial usage is going to make you look deranged and uninformed in front of anyone outside that subculture.

You're also not addressing my point: that classic Lara is only about 10-20% less 'brutalist' from this perspective.

No one here besides us even probably knew what it was so it doesn't matter. I'm here to redefine it. That's how language changes. Now we have a shorthand whenever they try it.

Classic Lara was completely unbrutilized and hit the sweet spot on the pendulum swing. Everything about her was completely in balance by another aspect of her. You understood her need for freedom by her asshole parents. You forgave her tomboyhood because she was so refined and graceful. You weren't taken aback by her drawn weapons because she spoke eloquently with a gorgeous soothing accent. She was crafted by the hand of fate into perfection. You braved the dark dungeons of beasts with her and escaped to her sprawling castle of peace with servant at hand. She existed in total harmony.

[Pelagius]

Originally Posted by Moon-Safari

No one here besides us even probably knew what it was so it doesn't matter...

I'm pretty sure biscuits was familiar with the term, and there may have been others.

Classic Lara was completely unbrutilized and hit the sweet spot on the pendulum swing.

I would dispute that point, but in any case, it's not a pendulum. It's an engine.