wanna hear a wild story? my brother’s history professor is closing in on 80 and basically lives at the university. one night my brother visited him for a meeting, and it came up that my brother was gonna be performing as a court jester at the castle the following day. and his professor busts out: “ah, that reminds me of my youth!”
he then proceeded to tell the tale of when he and his friends went backpacking to greece back in their early 20s. then one day they found themselves completely penniless. so they decided that the only reasonable thing to do was to set up acrobatic shows in skimpy outfits on the beach at day, and then drink up the money at night.
after a week or so they gained some traction, and a gang of young greek men walked up to them like “hey y’all are cool as hell, can we join y’all for drinks tonight?” and my brother’s professor was like “of course! y’all have to wear these revealing outfits and do somersaults with us tho” and the greek gang said “sounds dope. y’all are invited to live with us for however long y’all want.”
anyhow, they proceeded to live like this for the better part of 3 months, doing shows, drinking, and sleeping at the greek gang’s apartment. but after a while they decided enough was enough, and said thank you for everything, but we’re going back to sweden now. and the greeks said “sure! love y’all have a safe trip xx”
half a year later my brother’s professor gets contacted by the greek police. they ask him about the months they spent in greece, and then informs him that their greek friends have been convicted of serial homicide and robbery. that the group of young greek men had joined up with several tourist groups for several years “for drinks”, and then killed and robbed them all, terrorising the beach city for several years. with one exception, of course, because “this one group of swedish acrobats in slutty strongman suits were just ‘so damn nice’”.
and that’s the story of how one swedish history university professor survived sharing a flat with a group of serial killers for several months by performing acrobatics in slutty outfits on the beach. moral of the story? be kind of heart, thicc of ass.
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idrc what your politics are or what activism youre doing or whatever in the rest of your life, if youre unkind to children, you arent a good person. end of discussion.
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10 Little Details You May Not Have Noticed in Season 1 of The Mandalorian
After rewatching season one of The Mandalorian quite a few times now, there’s some little details I’ve picked up on that I wanted to share! Many of you may have already noticed these things yourselves (and they’ve been covered in a few recent asks), but I also wanted to point some out for those who might not have picked them out.
These items go in no particular order, I do not own the rights to any of the content of The Mandalorian, and—just in case you haven’t watched yet—spoilers are ahead!
1. THE MISSING PAULDRON (CHAPTER 5: THE GUNSLINGER)
At the very beginning of the episode (a minute or two after the title sequence), we see Mando landing the Crest in the hangar on Tatooine—securing the baby away while he does so. But, what you may not have noticed is that Mando’s removed his right pauldron. It’s believed that this was to make it more comfortable when he rocks the baby to sleep on his shoulder, which shows us a whole new depth to Mando’s relationship with the child after the events on Sorgan.
2. THE BABY COMFORTING AN INJURED MANDO (CHAPTER 8: REDEMPTION)
In the midst of Mando’s frantic discussion with Cara about getting the child to safety, we see the baby sitting at his feet. In reality, the baby’s holding onto his boot in a comforting way, as if he’s trying to show his father that he’s there for him. This shot happens while Mando is ripping off his Mythosaur necklace for Cara to take to the covert.
3. THE BABY WANTS CARA’S CREDITS (CHAPTER 7: THE RECKONING)
Right after Cara’s opponent in her fight drops of his credits, the baby pays his utmost attention to them. Now, this could be just because they’re shiny and—based on the metal sphere inside the Crest—we all know the baby loves shiny things, but some think it may be because the baby recognizes what a credit is and that Mando often needs them. He may be trying to claim them so Mando won’t have to do any more dangerous work to get them. (Again, all a theory.)
4. THE BOUNTY HUNTER AND ZERO (CHAPTER 3: THE SIN AND CHAPTER 6: THE PRISONER)
In Chapter 3, we see this droid amongst the bounty hunters fighting against Mando on Nevarro (just before the other Mandalorians arrive). This is the same make of droid as Zero in Chapter 6. There’s been no confirmation as to whether or not these two droids are actually the same droid, nor any reason for us to believe that, but it might be—since Zero accessed the hologram of Greef Karga on the Crest and instantly knew something was off about Mando (perhaps he began to remember what happened during his last run-in with a Mandalorian?). Probably just a coincidence, but who knows?
5. THE BABY EMULATES MANDO (CHAPTER 4: SANCTUARY)
Since this is a part that’s highlighted, it’s probably rather well known. But, since these frames happen back-to-back, it’s pretty clear that we’re meant to see how the baby is trying to copy Mando’s behavior of laying back on the wagon. It’s a really endearing moment that shows the baby’s already learning after and wanting to be like his father!
6. KUIIL IS… VIBING? (CHAPTER 7: THE RECKONING)
In the back of this first frame of Mando and Cara’s arm wrestling match, we see Kuiil holding some kind of tube and putting it up to his mouth. I, honestly, have no idea what he’s doing—maybe chewing up food for the blurrgs? I don’t know. But it’s really funny. He’s just… chilling back there.
7. MANDO’S THIGH ARMOR IS GONE (CHAPTER 8: REDEMPTION)
His piece of armor actually flew off with the explosion earlier in the episode. But, coincidentally or not, that was the last piece of armor that wasn’t forged with the beskar he earned from turning in the baby—completing the arc that the man from before meeting the baby is now completely gone.
8. MANDO IS CONFUSED BY IG-11 NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE (CHAPTER 1: THE MANDALORIAN AND CHAPTER 8: REDEMPTION)
In Chapter 1, just after taking fire, Mando asks IG-11 if his blaster hit’s all right. He reassures him that it “missed [his] central wiring harness,” to which Mando responds, “Is that good?” Similarly, after Mando’s been in the explosion and IG-11 is healing him, IG says he’s been hurt in his “central processing unit,” to which Mando replies, “You mean my brain?” I think this was a nice little parallel that tied the relationship between IG-11 and Mando together from the first episode to the last, showing us that Mando still thinks IG-11 “isn’t so bad—for a droid.”
9. THE BABY IS RELIEVED TO SEE THAT MANDO’S ALL RIGHT (CHAPTER 2: THE CHILD)
At the end of Chapter 2, we see the baby finally wake up after his use of the Force. While this is obviously something we all can see, there’s a little detail that’s important: the baby’s ears. They lift high on his head when he’s happy or observant, and in this case, it’s because the baby can finally realize that he saved Mando’s life. Since he’s been asleep ever since, he couldn’t be sure, and now he’s seeing that he’s with Mando again which means he really did save him. It’s a very adorable little detail!
10. MANDO HOLDS THE BABY’S HAND (CHAPTER 8: REDEMPTION)
While Cara is saying her goodbye to the baby, Mando’s holding him in his arm—and his gloved fingers have the baby’s tiny hand set perfectly between them. It’s a big difference between how he held the baby in Chapter 3 (by the scruff of his robes) and it shows their more intimate relationship as a clan of two!
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why dont you ever draw qui gon? i think he'd be prime dilf in your style
too tall. he won’t fit in the frame. (ID: simple sketch where Qui Gon’s head is cut off by the frame. Obi comes up to under his shoulder and says gravely “something is wrong here”. \END ID]
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