I agree. This thread need them. The fetishistic insanity of Alice and the textbook male narcissism of Devon make for the perfect palate cleansers between servings of Tube. They compliment her so well, and they keep the tread moving at a healthy pace. They are the rodeo clowns.
If we banish them to a separate thread it will prompt "keep it to the Alice thread" comments. When it comes down to it,
you lot are the crew I want to see pick Alice apart with exquisite precision on the reg.
Anyway. I know opinions on Contra are split to put it mildly, but I can't help but compare this uninspired, half-assed fetish futurism with her Digital Messiah-look.
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The latex is there, but it is otherwise so
rich by comparison. The acrylics that seem to connect to some neverending server room? Fucking neat. You got "the world at your fingertips". You've got marionette imagery. As false nails are seen as the epitome of performative femininity ("your hands are no longer tools, but ornaments at the end of your arms" as her transmed character Justine puts it in a different video) the acrylic tendrils say something about performing femininity online as a bid for power. Also, hilariously, she looks like the end of a
literal terminally-online-incel to AGP pipeline. To my terf eyes this is the personification of the modern trans movement: a form of life inseparable from the internet.
What I am saying is, there is a lot
to interpret. And this one, high-effort look showed up for perhaps 45 seconds in a 34 minute video.
Tube's best effort? A man in a gimp suit and visor glasses. He is so fundamentally empty.