tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post4285703685603466390..comments2024-03-24T00:16:17.304-07:00Comments on Storming the Ivory Tower: StIT Reviews: The Gnostic and the SatanicSam Keeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00863236889998956170noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-15232373009724569872016-05-31T12:15:24.558-07:002016-05-31T12:15:24.558-07:00This brings to mind We Know The Devil, an indie VN...This brings to mind We Know The Devil, an indie VN by Aeevee Bee and Mia Schwartz. I'm not versed enough in gnosticism to be confident in my thinking but I'm pretty sure that game explicitly casts Satan as "Sophia" and the Biblical, Christian God as the demiurge. Also interesting in that most of society actively serves him by that measure?<br /><br />Anyway it's also got magical girls and gay so Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11329711183039468939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-88235095054965907512016-05-30T22:01:21.916-07:002016-05-30T22:01:21.916-07:00This is great.
I've always hesitated to use t...This is great.<br /><br />I've always hesitated to use the term "ironic" when describing Electric Six because while they can't really be called sincere, even in a affectionate parody kinda way like The Darkness, it invokes the image of something much less interesting like the shitty "it's not offensive if it's ironic" attitude you mentioned. It also kind of undersells the level of raw conviction they put into the music.<br /><br />I always saw E6's use of rock cliches as less of just a punchline and more of the medium it uses its absurdist fuckstorm. As an autistic person who can have difficulty grasping song meanings, it's kind of refreshing to see all these familiar song elements mashed into something deliberately nonsensical while still making the bare minimum amount of sense.Doctor Starkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277377574074051036noreply@blogger.com