⌨️ 28/12/2023 Ramble Log: Microblogging ⌨️

Good morning angels! 💝 Totally taking advantage of the extra free time I have now to post more frequently. Lately, I've been thinking about how microblogging sites like Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram have replaced Livejournal, WordPress, and Blogger. Despite the personalization, character, and media sharing limitations, they're much easier to navigate and encourage users to interact with anyone. For example, Twitter obligates users to follow at least three profiles and three #topics of interest in hopes of keeping consumers on the app, even if they know no one on there. When I created this blog almost a year ago, the creation process of what this virtual space would look like was overwhelming, and I have yet to reach a point where I'm satisfied with it. Despite my experiences and small coding knowledge from my prominent Tumblr years, Blogger is much more abstract, and while it allows room for creativity, I understand how we've reached a point where the collective would rather be given at most five customization options and immediately tweet into the void. Plus it's difficult to find a community here. While I prefer to publish my thoughts without thinking about likes, retweets, or follows, I have to agree that those elements help you find a small network of users or posts that you might relate to. Had I not already been following a gal on Twitter who was promoting her blog, I would not have been encouraged to do the same and subsequently go through the list of her favorite blogs to then follow those blogs and repeat that process until I followed a decent amount of blogs where I could have something to look forward to regularly.

A few months ago, I wrote a rant post around Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part, and I still don't understand how another user who doesn't follow me was able to find it. I know that you can add "labels" to posts, but I'm still unsure if they act like hashtags and, if they do, how to search them up to come across posts belonging to unfamiliar users. I don't want to imply that Blogger should become like Twitter, but I believe that adopting similar features like an "explore more" page along with a mobile app that's not run by a third-party server would greatly benefit this site and its users.

Looking back, it's interesting to see how microblogging, which initially started off as a "status" on social networking sites like Myspace and Facebook, is now the go-to platform for everyone, including in publishing and marketing relations. Seeing how fast-paced life has become for all because technology and the Internet are so accessible now compared to before, it only makes sense that the way we communicate online reflects that. I wonder where we'll be in five or ten years, especially since there's a shared sentiment with young millennials and zoomers of nostalgia regarding blogging and pushback to the lack of privacy and safety issues within microblogging sites and how invasive it has become. If you missed the 

As I'm writing this post, a friend sent me this article from The Atlantic about how TikTok is changing the internet architecture around microblogging and how it's (possibly) all Emerald Aparthid's fault which is hilarious! However, I'm not sure how true that prediction is since not everyone is comfortable sharing footage or media of themselves which is the main form of posting on TikTok. I just hope that more of my mutuals from other platforms make the migration to Blogger so we can stay in touch without me needing to maintain my presence throughout different websites.

If you've made it this far, I'm really grateful you've taken the time to read through my musings ✨I hope to see you soon! 🍓

🎀 27/12/2023 Quick Life Update and The Batman Ramblings 🎀

Disclaimer: This post contains spoilers for The Batman (2022).

Happy Holidays Angels! 💫  It's been a while hasn't it? 💢 Happy Holidays 💕 

Despite wanting to blog more frequently, my work schedule has been hectic since the Thanksgiving break;; Plus my personal life got overwhelmed by the passing of a close relative. Needless to say, time kept escaping me while I was offline. I'm taking advantage of the time off from work to get back to normal. I've been hanging out with friends I haven't seen in a long time, baking and taking well-deserved naps in the afternoons 🌸

On Nochebuena my parents and I watched The Batman and I'm completely obsessed. I've spent the last three days watching video essays on it while listening to the official soundtrack! I'll admit that I never cared much for Bruce Wayne. I don't know much about him beyond the basic lore and fragments of what I remember from my dad watching the other Batman movies. When I thought about Batman beforehand I pictured some unapproachable man in his forties who reveled in being a playboy throughout the day and changed into black tights to use fancy gadgets against villains of the week at night. It's not that I hated his characterization, I just didn't care and honestly found his opponents or his adoptive children, especially Dick Grayson, more interesting than himself.  

I'm drawn to Matt Reeve's interpretation of The Caped Crusader because he is unsure of where he stands as a vigilante, only knowing that he feels compelled to be one out of guilt for the death of his parents. He's not elegant or suave. And I know there's a lot of commentary surrounding how Robert Pattinson doesn't emote much in the film but I think they don’t see how this Bruce Wayne is always fighting the urge to burst. We see him crack through his emotional frenzies when he almost kills a man for trying to strangle Selina Kyle or when he attempts to break a glass barrier to presumably charge at The Riddler towards the end of their confrontation. He has yet to heal his inner child and it's something I didn't expect for a Batman movie to elaborate on in this manner. Plus it is refreshing seeing Batman fail a landing, and get knocked off his feet multiple times when he's distressed. It humanizes him. Despite being the story's greatest detective even his deduction skills are imperfect and believably so. His judgment clouds as his temperament is agitated when he believes Selina Kyle has a sexual/romantic relationship with Carmine Falcone which costs him the mission at hand and Selina's alliance at that moment. 

Catwoman is a wonderful supporting character and a nice foil to Batman. Both are orphaned at a young age yet because of their different class statuses, Selina needed to become self-reliant and transform into Catwoman to survive. Meanwhile Bruce chooses to play dress up when he could turn to therapy instead. Selina calling Bruce out for growing up rich was a well-deserved reality check that helped his character grow.

In short, I have a lot to say but feel very disorganized in my thoughts. I've only seen the movie through its Latin American dub and might watch it again in English. I wish I had more people around me to talk about The Batman with but so far the only friend I've shared my thoughts with doesn't share my enthusiasm 😓

If you made it to the end, thank you so much for taking the time to read my fan ramble!🌺 Feel free to share your thoughts on the matter too! Did you like the movie? Did you hate it?! I would love to read your opinions! See you next time!! 💌⭐