Until Now Ive Never Even Considered That The Alien Was Played By An Actor. Like I Just Unconsciously

until now I’ve never even considered that the Alien was played by an actor. Like I just unconsciously accepted that the Alien was a real creature and never questioned it.

Nigerian artist and actor Bolaji Badejo, who played the titular Alien in Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic

you know, aging is a universal experience but I can’t imagine that my ancestors ever experienced this specific kind of sign that times arrow flies forever forward

When I started using Tumblr all I knew about Homestuck was that it was a webcomic and there was some drama about cosplayers using too much grey body paint. Everything I’ve learned since then is so confusing and absurd that I now just imagine it as some amalgamous lovecraftian creature beyond human comprehension, defying the confines of any medium or narrative while also sometimes takes the form of a webcomic