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He/him, 35, apostate. LGBTQ+ ally I am autistic I play Pathfinder I love the weird, the surreal, and the absurd Mostly, I just make art for myself. And Satan. 𐕣

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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...
reddit comment: 

Hello! Did you intend the ending of Pan’s labyrinth to be real or in Ofelia’s mind?

Guillermo Del Toro's reply: 

My interpretation, and it's exclusively mine, is that it's real.

Because there's two things. One is what people call “The Shining Question.” The Shining Question is, Who opens the door for Jack to get out of the fridge? And Ofelia is in an attic with a guard outside her door, and she draws the door with the magic chalk, and she shows up in the labyrinth. So, the only way she could have gone into the labyrinth is the magic chalk. And the flower is real at the end. The flower that blooms in the dead tree. And the reason I think it’s real is because—and this is why I'm in favor of the human factor in art—I think that art does transform the world. You know?

Think about it for a second. One of the goals, with all this movement, is to make you believe that art is vulgar. That art is nothing special, and anybody can do art. That is like me telling you that I'm faster at running than Usain Bolt but I “run” in my motorcycle. Well, that's not the same. That’s not the same at all.

Art is important, and they want you to believe it isn't. It's part of the idea of control. The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity. The goal is to foster you not looking for answers, and to trust yourself entirely to an engine. Look at the way we are dipping our toes into these things. We are starting to ask the machine, Is this true? For now, there's a correlation between reality and what the answers of the machine are. For now. But soon, we won't even investigate further. We will be told it's true. And if the machine is in the hands of somebody who should not be trusted, then your reality has been completely and utterly fucked. Because your intelligence ends at the question. You don't seek the answer. It's given to you.Q: You recently mentioned that AI creates 'semi-compelling screensavers' and that you'd 'rather die' than use it. As a filmmaker who relies heavily on practical effects and creature design, what do you think is the biggest thing lost when a computer generates an image instead of a human hand?

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The three quarters of the process that gave you the chance to think of the idea that people don't think about without that process. Meaning, AI can get you to the middle really fast, but there's a dialectic with the process that gets you to that top 10%. I'll give you an example with the Pale Man.

We sculpted it as an old man, with a face. And then I said, Let's take out the face. This happened because I saw a photo of a manta ray and the poster for Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. That combination, which happened at two different times during a week or a month, are not permutations that are chemically part of an equation. They are alchemy. And then I said, Take out the face, and then I said, Let's put the eyes on the hands. This triangulation happens because I spent a month or two months living with the idea of this creature. And it's not linear.

AI is like a super-fast engine that makes semi-sentient permutations of things that are already done. Creation is things that have never been done. Coming to exist.

And the second thing is the loss of the apprenticeship that one has as an artist. You're never a master; you're always an apprentice. This is a kinship I have with, for example, Chris Nolan. When he showed me The Odyssey, there’s a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean and I asked him—because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model—and I asked him, How did you do it? He said, “We put him in a storm in the ocean.”

And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally. You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim…
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Depicted is a bastardized scene from the Truman show where, originally, an employee said "Truman, did you see this?" and showed Truman a newspaper headline saying their town was the greatest place in the world. He smiles intensely and gives Truman the "OK" sign with his hand.

This edit changes the headline to the real headline of "Tennessee ranked worst state to live in for 2026" and, still smiling intensely, the co-worker flips Truman off.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
At gradually increasing speeds, he sank into the earth, then burned to atoms in the planet's core. No one even noticed.
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Satan @s8n1.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
#meme
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mrbyll @handle.invalid · 07/10/2025
Listen to the end. www.tiktok.com/@sadbeige?_t...
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Lex @lexicon42.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
and art, and weed, and flower bushes with little birds in them
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Maybe the reason no one's getting raptured today is because there's no one worth saving.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Blue Prince is turning me into a crazy person.
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Queer Satanic @queersatanic.com · 21/08/2025
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a crab is crawling on a rock with the number 10 on the bottom
Alt: crab rave gif, a cgi crab dancing
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
thinking I might turn heel
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Hecate Heck 🏳️‍🌈 @hecateheck.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I had a lot of fun planning these outfits for Mizzle. As someone who also has sensory issues, it was very refreshing to design a wardrobe for them that would help them feel good. #MudWitch #Mizzle #OC #DigitalArt #CharacterArt #AuDHD #SensorySafe #Comics #Art
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I had a dream while driving home from work that I forgot about the third turn signal: Straight.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Art challenge. Share an unfinished picture of yours. Quote post and tag someone (if you want). This is a character concept I’ll likely return to for a future Pathfinder game, I just never finished the image. @mehga.bsky.social #art #digitalart #fantasy
Some doodles and sketches of a scrappy, roguish changeling woman with a red, scaly left arm
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Kenshi has probably some of the best emergent storytelling I've ever experienced in game. It doesn't rely on a scripted narrative, but instead focuses on organically creating objectives/stories through struggle, failure, and triumph.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I am a teapot. And it is tea time. That is the reason I am screaming right now.
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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
You know that Twilight Zone episode where the kid has amazing psychic powers and can make people disappear with his mind and the entire town is hostage to him and has to cater to his every whim? That’s us right now.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
An NPC from my second ever DnD campaign. Old picture, but I need you to know just how many fuckin’ goblins I draw. #art #digitalart #goblin
A scummy green goblin fella named Kliggick with his hands on his hips dressed far too fancily for his own good.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
As a retail worker I think I hate Saturdays more than Mondays.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
New Ghost album, Skeletá, is out and I dig it. Guiding Lights is probably my favorite. Have plenty of people close to me who I feel are on the road to nowhere, but no matter what happens, they’ll never see it that way.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Thinking about Bray Wyatt today.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I’ve seen mutuals talk about wanting to die. I noticed one account is already missing, deactivated or deleted. I wish I knew what to say when I see these posts. I freeze in fear; I’m afraid I’ll somehow make it worse. Just know, if you see this, I see you. I wish I could do more than just that.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Agent Dale Cooper from Twin Peaks. I tag nobody.
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a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a wall .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a wall .
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Monday keeps happening. I don't even like it all that much.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I haven't been on here much the past few days. I feel I'm more motivated to post when cortisol is pumping through my body, and I've had an extended weekend. I'll see you again Monday.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Y'know how sometimes you get a shopping cart that has one crazy wheel that spastically spins for no fucking reason? That's me. I am that wheel.
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Chipockalips Now! @fragboner.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I see you I hug you bring it in trans 🏳️‍⚧️ homies
Curzon, my beloved old friend.
I'm Jadzia now.
Jadzia, my beloved old friend.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
My dad is not a handyman. Sometimes he forgets this, and he refuses to acknowledge it until after he's roped in multiple family members, has broken multiple pieces of hardware, and his project eventually falls apart in his hands. It's a pattern I can't help but see in other aspects of his life.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
I wish I could do that cool thing Sauron does in the opening of The Fellowship of the Ring where he fucking explodes
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
I feel a metaphysical ache throughout my entire body this morning. I wish I could divest myself of muscles, skin, and other organs. I wish to become skeleton.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I awoke an hour before my alarm on a lovely day off from work, coffee is hot and sweet, rooster is singing his tune, cats are purring and barfing. But the world is still on fire lol help
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Sometimes I can hear the echo in my own head
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
What meal is made worse by wrapping a tortilla around it? I'm having a hard time imagining any. I believe none exist.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I grew up believing nephilim were real. Nephilim, my dad told me, were the children of angels. He described them as having no place in God’s creation, barred from both Heaven and Hell, so when they died their souls would linger on Earth as demons. He also taught me that they haunted my bedroom.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Today I am a blazing coal resting on a wicker mesh covering a cold carafe of sweet iced tea.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Whenever I feel like my existence doesn’t really matter, my kittens look me in the eyes and I cry at my foolishness.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
"Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six." - some stupid-ass book
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Linette🌻🌸🏵️🌺🌱 @ohtiniestplanet.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
old sketchbook jokes
two panel comic of a grizzled type in a fedora, smoking.
panel 1: there's no shortage of punks in this city.
panel 2: also a healthy contingent of ravers, shoegazers, b-boys, frisky and regular-type goths, bluegrass fans, jazz hipsters, and whatever people who like synthwave are called.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Warframe’s recent update may have returned me to being an Atlas main. I’ve reached the point where his first ability regularly punches for over 3 million damage.
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a video game character with the words it 's peak on the bottom right
ALT: a video game character with the words it 's peak on the bottom right
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
This morning I’m thinking about the 1997 PC racing game: Pod. I could only ever play it when visiting my cousin’s house, and we were only allowed to play for 15 minutes before we were kicked outside, but I would watch the intro cinematic every time. youtu.be/Ah2hR-_kK7s?...
youtu.be
POD [1997] Intro
YouTube video by RazorSlik
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I am an unspooled tangle of gold thread carelessly dropped in the splash pan of a sloppy potter's pottery wheel.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Communicating is impossible for me. What's in my head isn't really translateable to words. I think I think in metaphors, and translating those to words never feels right to me. I wish this was as cool as it sounds, but even this explanation doesn't convey the desolation this instills in me.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I wanted to do this too, but my personal values demanded I add the profanity back in. One song per like.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
If you see this, quote with a game gif you can immediately hear
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a computer screen shows a galaxy with a loading sign
ALT: a computer screen shows a galaxy with a loading sign
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Without downloading new pics, where are you at mentally?
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Two months ago an older woman with cool hair said my hair was beautiful. Still riding that high.
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Share your favorite facial expressions in film. Only saw Brand New Cherry Flavor once, but it might be worth revisiting. This scene lives rent free in my brain
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a woman with a surprised look on her face is surrounded by greenery and a netflix logo
ALT: a woman with a surprised look on her face is surrounded by greenery and a netflix logo
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
just thinking about how much I love Satan
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Quark @dynwyk.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Sometimes I’m scared to death of scaring people. Other times I’m afraid I’m not scaring them enough.
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