Once the idea to draw the different regional Meowths as the kittens in the Aristocats came into my head it wouldn’t leave until I did this lol. I’m actually so happy with how it turned out, and it was so much fun to do!
I’m fascinated by the new direction mattrey are taking liane and cartman’s relationship. like, she’s *done* with him, she’s not the same mom who would blindly call him cute when he does outrageous things…
Shadow Milk Cookie has serious beef with Millennial Tree Cookie, which is why he was absolutely ecstatic that the god’s precious little wind guardian practically delivered himself onto his doorsteps.
regarding voy weed episode, it could be pertinent to the plot by like, not the entire crew being affected by it (does that Bolian crewmember get high? Do the Bajorans? The Vulcans?) which could lead into whatever the bigger problem is, and who has the sobriety to solve it. It could also potentially lead into more exploration about the crew demographics.
Everyone's on the ground unable to move from how high they are and Chell's like "This is nothing to me." Episode where the non-human non-command crew of Voyager shine (except for the Vulcans they're also knocked on their asses).
Also, someone in the tags of the original post said 'it actually protects them from some psychic damage some hostile aliens are beaming at them' and that made me laugh. It's IMPERIATIVE you smoke this blunt or we're all gonna die!! Truly the worst smoke sesh ever - smoking weed under dire circumstances would be unimaginably terrible HEHEHEHE~!!!
hey, your video compilation of 4chan post about shield is a great ressource for fandom psychology. Interesting to see another user who lurk the wrestling board and use tumblr. Did you ever work on compilation of the tumblr fandom during the peak of the shield era ? I did not research it yet. xoxo
glad someone liked that video, only in times when im super fixated on something will i end up searching through the 4chan archives for more content...unfortunately 4chan vernacular tends to get a laugh out of me (if it isnt absolute lowtier content, had to scrape through a lot of that). the shield stuff i tried to get from when it was at its peak and you'll see posts on there from 2013+, but i also got modern stuff now bc the boardspeak actually changed with it.
ironically it is way easier to deepdive and compile stuff from 4chan bc it has a much better archival system than tumblr; ive also looked for lots of old stuff on deviantart due to the crossover but i found that it has a pretty shitty way of archiving/sorting older posts (just like on here. ive been on tumblr since 13 so i know what sorts of areas to look for, but its still very hard to find it directly on here. i havent spent as much time as i did getting those posts for that video so i can try harder.)
fandom psychology is interesting to me too so im happy you saw my video with that angle. ive collected lots of old shield fangirl content off of sites like weheartit and pinterest (ironically those are often better at keeping images up for longer periods of time) too but i didnt know if i should make a comp, maybe i will. i also looked through random forums and places like lolcow dot farms (which only really granted one of the screenshots...not too much discussion over there for good or bad. i was hoping to find discussion abt shieldfangirls or wrestling rpf but surprisingly they didnt think to make a "point and laugh" thread abt those topics). i find it interesting how much shieldrelated psychosis was on both sides of the spectrum (tumblr vs 4chan)....i could talk more on it but im a little brainless and sleep deprived rn
heres some extras i had that didnt make the cut (plus just some of my favorites):
and these were from a thread talking abt the modern stereotypical tumblr wrestling fan (specifically talking abt aedubs young bucks fans/the elite fans)
(*fangirl in this is a term im using loosely of course)
Not an ask or a request - just wanted to send some love your way. I’m on my third reread of TRT and I’m so excited for new stuff but I’m also loving everything you’ve written so far. Thank you for giving us a window into characters and a world that lives off the page. Hope you are having a wonderful spring.
Love from NYC!!
Thank you so, so much anon! 😭 I'm so happy you're enjoying it. I love widening the world, delving into all the chaos and adventures going on in this universe just outside of the canon narrative POV. There's just so much to explore, and I don't think I'll ever get tired of it. I'm just as eager to get back into it, and I feel like I'm getting there, but the patience is still VERY much appreciated. Things were rough for a bit, but spring is definitely feeling like an improvement. <3
so metcalf's argument is that there was always slavery in western europe. but it was only ever what it had been since antiquity: slaves were peoples captured in the process of wars of expansion (political or religious) and most of the time, the enslavement was not a permanent status linked to an unchangeable trait, but something more amorphous, possibly reversible with time/money/whatever
then portugal changed that by securing their right to enslave whoever the fuck they wanted through a series of legal arguments sent to the fucking popes, who then signed off on portugal's "right" to basically raid northern africa wholesale for non-combatant, oft "christian" peoples