@Background Pony #5358 It is vastly, vastly older. Aesthetic and moral inversion have been weapons in the hands of spiteful nihilists since time out of mind.
It's a phenomenon at least as old as this fandom, and probably older. Celebrating ugliness was always a staple of tumblr fandom in particular, and the description alone tells me this artist almost definitely came from there.
@Amagan Obviously yes, they hate beauty because they can't or won't try to be it themselves. Instead of appreciating it or admiring it they hate it, maybe even subconsciously
It is vastly, vastly older. Aesthetic and moral inversion have been weapons in the hands of spiteful nihilists since time out of mind.
Obviously yes, they hate beauty because they can't or won't try to be it themselves. Instead of appreciating it or admiring it they hate it, maybe even subconsciously