1. El Arquetipo Criminal: Poder y Amenazas.
Esta sección recopila las representaciones clásicas de la mafia, enfocándose en su asociación con el crimen, la violencia, la intimidación y el control absoluto sobre su entorno y sus víctimas.
- Mafia “you’re trespassing this is not okay, wrong invitation, better not stick around my alleyway, i’m mr bad guy… defend yourself, i bring catastrophe… they're all afraid of me i can ruin people's lives… i can make you lose your mind”.
- "we don't cross the mafia. They'll turn you into stuff and sell you. We mercifully beat our friends to death before they fully transform, to spare them that terrible fate.".
- Why is it so scary to go against the mafia? the mafia has server farms full of computers that listen to people’s thoughts & put thoughts in people’s heads. They can poison your thoughts. They can poison other’s thoughts.
- “it is hard, but that’s the responsibility of being a mafioso. The second you join the mafia, you’ve resigned yourself to killing indiscriminately for money. That’s just how it is here.”.
2. La Mafia en la Ficción y el Juego de Rol.
Aquí se muestran las múltiples facetas de la mafia como un tropo recurrente en la creación de historias, universos alternativos (AUs) y dinámicas de juegos de rol, donde los personajes adoptan roles de mafiosos, príncipes o víctimas.
- I spoke a bit about a mafia au between these two, but i can clarify here since this is more of my personal space c:
- “you’re /not/ a bad person, katsuki. It was probably my father trying to find me.” katsuki blinks repeatedly, then narrows his eyes. “are you in the mafia? am i fucking a mafia prince?”.
- “if you are tapped on the head you’re… the mafia. If you’re tapped on the hand you’re the guardian angel. If you’re tapped on the back you’re the detective…” “alright mafia wake up!”.
- Pov: he caught you talking to anyone that you broke his rules… (yandere mafia au).
3. Humor, Parodia y lo Inesperado.
Esta categoría agrupa las citas que subvierten las expectativas sobre la mafia, presentándola en contextos humorísticos, absurdos o inesperados que parodian sus clichés más conocidos.
- Mafia boss: ready to do some crime? police informant: yeah i’m wired—i mean excited boss: what informant: i’m excited about the crime and definitely not wearing a wire boss: ok cool, here's the plan.
- *italian mafia boss voice* i welcome you to this place with a photograph of my handsome little nephew, and yet you neglected to tell me that you have a beautiful daughter of your own? 30 years i’ve been in this business and never have i been so betrayed. Vinny, spray her with the silly string.
- *at the mafia hq* ‘hey, lefty, what do we call the boss?’ ‘scarface.’ ‘because he was hideously disfigured in a knife fight?’ ‘no. Because he’s really really good at knitting.’.
- Me: so this offer i can't refuse.does it involve baby kittens? mafia boss: dammit.
4. La "Famiglia": Lealtad, Reglas y Pertenencia.
Se exploran las dinámicas internas de la mafia, destacando el concepto de "familia", las complejas relaciones de lealtad, las reglas no escritas y el sentido de pertenencia que define a sus miembros.
- The other place you'd have 73 "mafia means family bro. You don't get it" replies by now.
- M: william and i have completly diffrent values and ideas about the future of the mafia. And i am the oldest— w; yeah the oldest that left. Didn't took pride in being a knowlastname and didn't work his ass off like-.
- "does a mafia don tell his daughter that he’s a criminal, or does he explain that the world is composed of killers and losers and that you must choose one or the other?".
- Oh fuck! so when you follow me back (when not if), i'll essentially be "made" in mafia terms. Nice nice nice. That explains a lot tho, takes a long time to get made. Gotta put in a lot of work, break some kneecaps, etc.
5. La Mafia como Metáfora y Acusación.
El término "mafia" se utiliza aquí de forma metafórica para describir dinámicas de poder en la política, los negocios y las relaciones sociales, funcionando como una acusación de corrupción, control y comportamiento de crimen organizado.
- I was so certain that zohran wasn’t mafia. I thought he was one of my followers. It sounds like zohran is organized crime. [fed: i mean that makes sense. I mean…].
- Question: what would you do if your local democratic party politicians were paid off by the actual mafia?
- My below the line crew has been running a rumor that i am part of the mafia. Everytime something happens they look at me and tell me "ei, you are not beating those mafia allegations.".
- If i walk into an establishment and i tell the proprietor "join me, because if you don't then the other guy is gonna come and really fuck you up" then, when asked what i have to offer, i answer "i'm not the other guy " you'd correctly identify me as running a mafia-style protection racket, right?