This one is a video, for sure!!
Whew! been a while, huh? I bet you're feeling kinda like 'Too late pal, we don't want a video!!' That's fair. I understand that.
Wait, wait, come back! Uh... uh... lemme think here....
That feeling is relevant, actually!! This one is all about how they made a He-Man movie WAY too late! Remember that? It was like two weeks ago.
This is not a review of that movie, it's not even really about the movie, so much as it is me crashing out about the concept of it, and my relationship with our current pop-culture 'moment'. Do not feel like you need to be familiar with/care about He-Man and his friends the Masters of the Universe in order to enjoy this video. You won't enjoy it either way.
Can we be real? Can we stop being polite and start being real? I've been going through a horrific writer's block lately. By "lately" I mean for, like, months. It got so bad that I had to discuss it with a therapist. That might not sound like such a big deal, but imagine that conversation in your mind's eye:
"So what kinda things do you usually write about?"
"Uh... like... leftist political rants, or an oral history of the Maniac Cop films, or sometimes the sexual politics of M&M's."
"Sorry, what is your channel about, exactly?"
"Uh... so like, how familiar are you with somehow both 19th century anarchist revolutionary writing and also early Nickelodeon cartoons?"
etc. etc. so on and so-forth.
It got so bad that for the first time since starting on YouTube, I got halfway through editing a video and had to abandon it because I no longer felt like it was good enough. After months of not knowing what to make, that project collapsing was really bad for morale at Thought Slime HQ. Do not worry, I think I'm gonna rejigger aspects of it to make something new and beautiful, but it's gonna take a while to do that and in the meantime you're left with nothin'! Squat!! I can't abide that. If there's one thing I pride myself on, it's soaking up your attention and money.
SO. I thought (and slimed) to myself "Hey beautiful, you big beautiful sexy babe, what if you just didn't put any pressure on yourself at all? What if you just wrote whatever the fuck you wanted and made a video from it without judgement?" This shit is the result. It's chaotic, messy, and I'm not sure it has anything to say, but I did have fun making it and I hope you have fun watching it.
No gods, no masters of the universe,
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Mildum
Comments (21)
love your work and u maybe try some short modular idea bytes/bites you can use in a larger work or some different shorts with your art - stay strong and perfection is for ants
hair is looking good :)
I really enjoyed the video! Thank you for the slime, I will gobble gobble it up
If you really feel like you're missing out by not having an affair, feel free to DM me. ❤️
Really though, I get this feeling. So much of what I enjoy doing is just the mental equivalent of eating potato chips. I've been trying to do more 'productive' things lately, like learning to play the piano, but that's hard too because I feel like my job sucks all of the energy out of me. It's not easy to shake off the feeling that I've wasted so much of the time allotted to me on useless things.
Excellent video. Thank you very much. Always take as much time as you need.
Woof, this made me feel things. I can relate to not feeling like a grown up. I am almost 30 and I do not have my shit together. I am unemployed and feel underqualified for any job that might remotely land in my field of study. I get overwhelmed when trying to work out my insurance details. My media consumption is equally not grown up. I read (actually, listen to, I can't be arsed to read) queer romcoms (they are not deep) and young adult fiction written by YouTubers (no knocks against Lindsay Ellis or Xiran Jay Zhao, obviously they are great writers). On the other hand, what the hell does it even mean to "be an adult"? My grandma used to watch trashy TV shows, my mom watches trashy TV shows. Okay they are technically marketed towards adults and not children, but they're still not deep. I think we are allowed to indulge in media that is not "adult", because by the end of the day, it is about enjoyment. Not turning off the brain, but finding joy in something silly. Sometimes, we engage with media not because we want to be adult about it, but because we genuinely love it, and it doesn't have to be deep. Obviously it is not great that many in our generation still cling to Harry Potter, yet I would say that is bad not because it is a symptom of being emotionally stunted, or because the story is not good, but because it gives money and attention to a heinous transphobe. Also, I don't think people enjoy " adulting". Nobody enjoys figuring out their insurance or going to the dentist. So I try to find enjoyment in silly things, I think it makes me much happier than trying to conform to a self-imposed standard of what it means to "adult".
Chefs kiss. Well worth the wait. Happy Pride, Slime.
I found he-man boring when I was a kid but jayce and the wheeled warriors and Ulysses 31 were my go to. However the fact 'He' is called 'He' and 'Man' is double jeopardy and never ceases to make me titter like the misanthropic primary school patriarchy critisizer that I was.
Yeah I did a sign up. Reappropriating government funds for slimer U, how anarchistic can you get? How anachronistic can't you get?
Good to see you, Slimeo, missed ya buddy. Not to get all parasocial, but you are cool and good and I’m glad you make YouTube vids. Thanks muchly for being you! And of course HAPPY PRIDE MOTHERFUCKERS 🌈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊
I ❤️ Mildum - best name I've seen all day
Goddamn Mildred. You've really put my feelings about media and Fandom into words Brava!
I'm always delighted by what you put out. I'm required to save this for tonight when my hubs and I can watch together, but then we'll re-watch a zillion times I'm sure. Remember: you don't owe us shit and we still like your work whenever and however it works for you!
Vibes.
Just glad to see this, though wish things were easier for you (and the rest of us, to be honest).
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Love seeing so many of my fav creators enter their "no fucks" era. Work it queen.
Nothing could bring me more joy than you covering this movie, even as a jumping off point. This is the chocolate and peanut butter combination I needed
Still here. Still love you.
YAAAAAY NEW THOUGHT SLIME! It’s gonna be a great day.