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[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 58 points 2 days ago (2 children)

no, very few buildings had gargoyles. most had grotesques, instead.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you’re gonna be a pedant at least turn it into a teaching moment by sharing your definition of gargoyle vs. grotesque statue. That would make you a cool and helpful person instead of a smug twat.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You've got enough grotesque going on already these days

[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 43 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Make America Gargoyle Again

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago

You think someone just got confused between the ugly guy, the tower and the top position and that is how we ended up in this mess?

[–] foggianism@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Make Irreplacable Gargoyles Great Again

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's cause they kept coming to life at night to fight the beardy guy from Star Trek

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)


Those damn gargoyles will never find me, now.

This is due to the declining pigeon population needed to feed them.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"Ornate buildings aren't cost-effective."

"Some nice brutalist architecture then?"

"Also no."

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

We instead have something I like to call "Corpo-brutalism"

It's like Brutalism, but with random colorful rectangles

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’ll take some nice brutalist architecture.

It ain’t all bad.

Just … a lot of it.

[–] Benaaasaaas@group.lt 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Brutalist architecture can be nice if it's contrasting with some other architecture, if it's all brutalist it gets overwhelming pretty fast.

The problem is that cheap style-less architecture is often called brutalist architecture, because it sounds more sophisticated than "eh we were too cheap to make it look nice".

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Funnily I watched a French guy yesterday whose whole shtick is going around town and guerilla installing gargoyle mouths on rain pipes!

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Gargoyles -> bats -> furries -> LGBT -> woke.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] devolution@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 2 days ago

Xanatos was also a furry. Here is a picture of him in his fursuit:

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

The gargayle agenda.

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Maybe that's what went wrong. We took their protection for granted and now we don't have it.

[–] Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I blame Disney.

IF THEY KEPT ON, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM!

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm always surprised when I'm reminded that that show was Disney. It feels so similar tonally to BTAS, I'd have sworn it had to be from the same studio. Especially with how off brand it is for typical Disney cartoons.

Apparently a live action reboot is in the works. Can't say I'm holding my breath on that one.

[–] Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago

Of course they'd be planning a live action. Why has that become the go-to? Hell, why even a reboot‽ The original creator is still involved with the comics! He even considers them a direct continuation of the show!

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Don’t blink. Blink and you’re dead.