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I want everyone to know that Koichi is canonically taller than me while being the size of a small chihuahua compared to literally anyone and everyone else
#is this information relevant at all to anything or important? no not really i just think it’s funny#i’m not even like 10 or anything im just stupid short and have a growth rate of one inch per year#if any of you have a medieval stretcher can i borrow it#or stilts#or really high heels#anything works please i beg#also i just realized saying he’s canonically taller than me implies i exist in the jojo canon#his canon height is taller than my real life height#i don’t know the first phrasing is funnier i think#by the way tag readers jubilee and amy rose evolved so i now have a crobat and sandslash :]
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bbc ghosts but they’re all Creatures™ from Philippine mythology
*the english translation of the filipino terms are boldly formatted
**i’m not an expert on this area, i just loosely describe and relate the characters based on what i know
**blood, guts, gore, and horror in general ahead, the illustrations are also not mine
• Kitty - diwata or boringkantada or a duwende
can’t decide which works best for kitty: a filipino nymph, a beautiful supernatural woman or a playful hobgoblin.
diwata is umbrella term for beautiful goddesses, and the most popular ones are dayang makiling, mariang sinukuan, and maria cacao. i think kitty would be mariang sinukuan— a kind and generous goddess who stopped bringing fruits and harvests to humans when they became unsatisfied and greedy.
a boringkantada is definitely not boring: it possesses beauty both physically and in its voice. when someone is lured by its singing, it instinctively assumes the person is about to rob the treasures it guards and viscously attacks them.
the hobgoblin that loves to play, a duwende has the tendency to be extremely jealous and may either shower gifts to the ones they like and play tricks on the ones they don’t.
*i also see pat as a duwende, and i’ll elaborate that on the next parts.
• Fanny - white lady or a dalikamata
i mean, she’s already a grey lady so this one’s not far-fetched. basically, a white lady is a ghost dressed in a white dress, particularly an urban legend that resides in a Balete tree in Quezon City, Manila. it is also known as the Weeping Woman or the Wronged Woman in other beliefs.
alternatively, i also think she would be a dalikamata— a Visayan goddess with many eyes that can see the past, present and the future. i relate the all-seeing, all-knowing attribute to fanny’s nosy attitude.
• Mary - albularyo
derived from the spanish term herbolario, these folk or witch doctors are either believed to have supernatural abilities to cure illness better than modern medicine or hated for being a pseudoscience and/or a witch. screams mary to me. She knows every herb and ointment, can track the roots of what caused the sickness, but also has the capability to harm those who wronged her. ultimately, she does her best to help others.
• Annie - mangkukulam
rip annie you would’ve loved putting curses on men. she would’ve been a powerful witch. there are many other terms for filipino witches according to respective regions, but we call them mangkukulam in our area. plus, these witches believe that their spells do not work on the innocent, their targets often being thieves and colonizers.
side note: i actually have this oc from a story i once tried to write wherein the albularyo and mangkukulam are girlfriends because of the contradicting capabilities, and the idiots themselves told me mary and annie were gay.
• Pat - nuno sa punso or a duwende
a nuno sa punso is a dwarf goblin that will harm you if you anger it by kicking its house (an anthill) and/or pissing on it. if modern medicine cannot cure you in any way and you have disrespected him, you may need to ask for his forgiveness or seek help from the albularyo. “tabi-tabi po” or “excuse me please” is a phrase you say to show respect to beings like this.
my first reason for nuno!pat was because of his height. but it is also depicted as a tiny, angry grandpa and a protector of the earth— which reminds me of pat.
on the other hand, the duwende is a hobgoblin that likes playing with children because of its natural playful attitude. this one’s not that easily angered unlike the nuno sa punso, but can still hurt those it doesn’t like.
• Captain - kapre
the way i giggled when i thought of cap being a CAPre. kapre cap,,, i feel like the funniest person alive. the photo makes it funnier— just some local kapre with glasses with a tree behind it
a kapre is a cigar-smoking, tree-dweller. traditionally, it presents itself as a hairy, muscular, and tall guardian/protector of the land that can also shapeshift into a beautiful man to invite people to follow them (especially in the woods). hence, it can make you run around in circles as you forget memories of your life.
side note: thomas can also be a kapre because if a kapre likes you, it will follow and protect you from your enemies for life. a former filipino president (emilio aguinaldo) is believed to have outlived his enemies because he had a kapre amulet.
• Humphrey - manananggal or pugot
a manananggal is a self-segmenting vampire. its upper torso has wings that help it fly and hunt humans (particularly pregnant women and their babies), while its lower torso stays behind. there is a belief that you can actually kill it by finding its lower torso and putting salt or crushed garlic in it in order to prevent it from uniting with its upper torso. i’m thinking about this image of humphrey’s head having wings attached behind him, and his tudor outfit already spells out vampire to me.
or if we’re gonna be canon compliant, humphrey is already a version of a pugot— a headless creature from the ifugao. but i’m putting this on a maybe part because there are many versions of the pugot: some believe it is a version of the kapre, some believe it is a shapeshifting ghoul.
• Robin - aswang or sigbin or bungisngis
aswang is a broad, umbrella term for all cannibal shapeshifters. they appear as normal humans by day, and various human-animal hybrids by night.
i also see robin as a sigbin. both are seen as dog-like creatures that eat fresh, bloody, and raw meat. some believe that you can keep a sigbin as a pet that will protect you and even let you hop in on its back— but once you let it starve, it will always be a creature of the night that can eat you and your entire family.
robin would also make a good bungisngis because it is a cannibal one-eyed cyclops. its name directly translates to “one who giggles a lot”, which is why it is known for laughing and playing tricks. ironically, it is dumb enough to be tricked.
• Julian - bakunawa or engkanto
the bakunawa is a dragon serpent notably known for allegedly eating the earth’s seven moons. i’d like to think of that as a parallel to a politician like julian being enamored by the shiny power and wealth.
and because of julian’s charms, he would also be an engkanto— environmental spirits that presents to be good-looking and formerly known as a protector of the people but may also tend to be deceiving (much like of a politician).
• Thomas - tikbalang
this one’s peer-reviewed by a friend so i’m more than confident about thomas being a tikbalang. it appears to be a half-human half-horse creature known to lead travelers astray as they live in the mountains. it is known to be mischievous when it play tricks on humans (a tribute i might also relate to julian or robin), so make sure to wear your shirt inside out or stay quiet while in the woods to not disturb it.
unrelated but fun fact: if it’s raining, we have this belief that a tikbalang is getting married. (this phrase is potentially from the spanish when they believed that a witch is getting married when there’s rain on a sunny day)
#bbc ghosts#button house#six idiots#them there#tw blood#tw body gore#dakotasvibe#userligaya#alison obviously has a third eye#and mike would be the type to be very superstitious#he’d have salt and garlic ready#as you can probably tell#i’m very Normal about this#i’m very tempted to make this a gifset
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Things I’m noticing on this rewatch, which I’m hoping to take slow and ponder on but we will see how it goes, PART SIX (obviously major Good Omens season 2 spoilers throughout, specifically for S2E6)
- thunder is happening outside where I am right now, so let’s buckle in!!
- Still such a good silhouette for Miranda Richardson.
- BATTERY OPERATED CANDLES
- “Will you answer a simple question?” “If I hear one, of course.” THIS EXCHANGE. SO GOOD.
- “It all looks so simple in Jane Austen.” Because other people’s love lives always seem more simple, angel. Especially fictional ones.
- JANE AUSTEN THE BANK ROBBER
- okay. Did Crowley just know that about Muriel? He doesn’t even know their name, how can he tell what rank Angel they are? More sensing and how Crowley is uncannily good at it??
- BEES. BEEEEES. REMEMBER THIS.
- “I had brothers” PREACH
- IM DONE WITH BEING SCARED
- SHES BRAVER THAN ANYONE I KNOW
- MAGGIE AND NINA ARE EVERYTHING
- MAGGIE NO TOO MUCH BRAVERY
- I fully missed the implications of that the first time around btw. Bc I’m dumb I suppose.
- Activating the portal and using it as a meat grinder for bottlenecked demons is such an elegantly simple solution.
- “You’ll be hurt” HA OMG
- The headstones in the opening credits don’t change inscriptions, btw. Though I still can’t make out Adam’s
- The guitar in the intro music does though!!
- I think it might be two completely different bridges meeting up after the first one parts? I can’t quite tell.
- This episode’s theater is just called Every Day, with a picture of Aziraphale’s halo on the screen.
- THEY LITERALLY PASS MICHAEL AND URIEL. BEES.
- “It’s a bit lonely. That’s why I was so pleased to go to Earth.” That feels awfully significant. File it away next to demons not especially wanting to fight angels.
- Crowley having…grills, I think? Like Sandalphon. Oof.
- Finally did a bit of digging on Neil Gaiman’s views of angel hierarchy. Still don’t know that I entirely buy Angel Crowley was an Archangel, but higher up? Deffo buy it.
- Bottom of the barrel. Deffo they’re that stupid.
- So. Still a nuclear exchange, eh, folks?
- Nah is the funniest possible response.
- So Aziraphale doesn’t know the details of Gabriel, the Supreme Archangel, not being above getting demoted…hang on. Bit early to be trying to put that piece together. Just going to stew nervously I’m not even Gabriel being safe in going against “God’s” plan
- Nina and Maggie standing up to demons using fire extinguishers and encyclopedias. I love them.
- Wondering if it was Aziraphale’s nerves that caused these measures to be taken, or…Yknow. The nerves of the person who ran into the burning bookshop himself.
- Crowley having holes in his memory is true but also it’s so much funnier that he just. Doesn’t have a good memory for people. Not funny but also yes funny.
- EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANGEL. Yknow I can see why some people think it’s a bad thing that phrases like that were likely lifted from the fandom directly and tossed in, but I love it, shut up.
- Refused to exercise his celestial authority. Sometimes an angel just has to say “guys, enough.” HMM. HMMMMMMMM. HOW VERY INTERESTING.
- INSTITUTIONAL PROBLEM.
- The way Gabriel looks so BORED.
- The way Metatron looks furious. Disgusted, even.
- The fact that a memory wipe can be performed remotely: dangerous. Important.
- The fact that angels can be tracked entirely while in heaven: dangerous. Important.
- The fact that it seems to hurt Aziraphale to remove his halo: DANGEROUS. IMPORTANT.
- the way the bookshop rumbles and shakes when the halo lands tho
- ERIC NO
- Poor Eric.
- Shax being knocked out but not discorporated…interesting.
- Oh sure the mass transporter works just FINE for Heaven XD I love this train wreck of an awkward elevator ride.
- Interesting how Furfur is the one to come along with Dagon (who, I still can’t stress enough: FABULOUS this season)
- Electricity again not being used by an angel, but by a demon. All lightning is demonic this season. Hmm.
- Crowley maybe it isn’t wise to admit the two of you doing a miracle together is what caused the giant plume
- The moment I could NOT believe we were actually getting Ineffable Bureaucracy but was SO HAPPY ABOUT IT ACTUALLY
- Important too that Crowley shares pertinent details but not the actual scope of how he knows what he knows and what it all might mean before Metatron steps in. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
- Okay but was the entering of the eye necessary. Argh.
- I do like how they made the recasting a joke XD
- I’m sorry but the way the vibes of their meetings is so pitch-perfect for how the fandom was interpreting them for years makes me so proud of us all
- I just wish there was MORE
- You can’t always get what you live for. Every day it’s a getting closer
- Still wondering how in the heck that statue exists
- Gabriel being incapable of ordering drinks XD
- “You people. Amazing.” So important to Gabriel and Beelzebub’s love story that they explicitly fell in love with EACH OTHER, not earth, not humans, but also that even while on earth, Gabriel still has things he likes and appreciation for the atmosphere it can have. Earth is cool. Time they all admitted it.
- “No one’s ever given me anything before.” Anyone else suddenly emotional about the idea of Aziraphale introducing things like kindness and respect to Heaven? No? Just me? I know it’s not just me, “Aziraphale is a bee in the hive about to shake things up more than anticipated” truthers
- Aziraphale looking pretty terrified at Gabriel being back and Jim being gone. I know. Me too.
- But. But!! The way they’re openly affectionate now when it seems like they weren’t there yet in the past! The way Gabriel hugs himself when thanking them! AUGH!
- FOUND SOMETHING THAT MATTERED MORE TO ME THAN CHOOSING SIDES. THE SHOULDER TOUCH. I CRY.
- Michael. Michael they’ve been there the whole time. Calm down.
- I really do want to know if Crowley just casually brought Mr. Brown back from the dead, or just healed him from terrible maiming, or just wiped his memory bc he’s actually fine. THESE ARE IMPORTANT DETAILS DAMMIT.
- “Unless you’d like some help?” THEYRE SPEAKING. THEYRE COMMUNICATING. INSTEAD OF JUST ASSUMING WHAT THE OTHER NEEDS/WANTS.
- Aziraphale the angelic kindergarten teacher.
- “But we’d be the ones doing it.” They’re just saying all the quiet parts out loud, huh?
- Crowley offering Alphi Centauri ;A;
- The fact that THEY GET THE BANISHMENT OPTION when Crowley and Aziraphale DID NOT. Granted, they diverted six thousand plus years of planning, not just collaborating ambiguously to sappy unknown ends. Because AC LOVE EARTH. And GB DO NOT.
- The fact that they turn on the lights when they leave bc an angel and a demon doing miracles together is POWERFUL
- Aziraphale’s entire expression ;A; so tender. So loving.
- That was a weirdly erotic fist bump, Furfur and Shax
- “Do people ever ask for death? So predictable.” There’s that angelic arrogance, Metatron.
- And the Book of Life extreme sanctions again. Which makes me VERY nervous for s3, probably more nervous than anything else. That’s a very big Chekhov’s Gun to be laying on the table half-forgotten.
- Okay the fact that Saraquael picks it up before any of the others, too. As implied by her hands going folded and expression going nervous.
- “Have we done anything wrong?”
- “That remains to be seen.”
- HMM. OKAY.
- Take the coffee or take the death, Aziraphale. DAMN.
- The way Metatron neatly separates and snips Aziraphale and Crowley apart. The ominous organ music. The dressing-down of the Archangels but backhanded compliments to Muriel (the dim one I’LL KILL YOU). A master manipulator at work and he’s only just getting started.
- Crowley trying to get rid of Muriel feels weirdly protective, in hindsight.
- Crowley putting the bookshop back together ;A; the cello version of the theme waltz. <3333
- Aziraphale really should have been here for this conversation. I WEEP.
- Noooo not the soft romantic music again, it hurts. Also just realized that Nina and Maggie are still wearing their ball outfits.
- THIS CONVERSATION IS ALREADY A TRAIN WRECK. CROWLEY ASKING AZIRAPHALE IF CROWLEY CAN GO FIRST. AZIRAPHALE TALKING OVER CROWLEY.
- The thunder outside is getting massive as Metatron butters up Aziraphale. The ominous real world foreshadowing.
- The fact that keeping Crowley a demon isn’t even on the table. Going right for Aziraphale’s issues.
- THE CLOCK IS MAKING A FROWNY FACE
- Some other time I want to see Metatron’s assessment of Aziraphale next to Crowley’s assessment of Aziraphale bc I want to study the ways this hurts me.
- The EMOTIONS. DAVID AND MICHAEL PLS IM DYING.
- The manifold layers of mutual misinterpretation. I am BEGGING for a season 3 so I can see them untangle this.
- “I don’t think you understand what I’m offering you” just like you thought he was exaggerating the danger you were in just last episode, angel?
- No nightingales HOW DARE
- I fully believe Crowley is kissing Aziraphale goodbye here, tbh. Not showing him what he’s missing. Just saying bye. Maybe hoping on an off chance it will work but knowing it won’t. One spectacular kiss that I kind of love we don’t get every sloppy detail of. Makes it intimate even as it’s heartbreaking.
- The one thing he wanted to take with him won’t come. I CRY.
- Crowley is too smart for this but I’ve seen art of Crowley as the next grand Duke of hell and that would be a DELICIOUS setup, actually, and one I believe he could give into if he felt low enough. But. Crowley has always known better. He’s always wanted out, wanted better. If it was just him alone in the bookshop, maybe, but with Muriel there…idk. I feel like that’s not gonna happen, that Crowley is going to side with humanity. But I also didn’t think Aziraphale would ever go back to heaven so what do I know??
- The Second Coming. Phew. The event supposed to kick off after Armageddon, I think? Gonna be big.
- And here we have…the closing credits. The ones I was too overwhelmed to cry over the first time and maybe too entranced in my note taking to fully feel it here now but the sad piano and cello are certainly having an impact.
- Aziraphale not having all the details for what was happening to Gabriel makes me wonder how far he thinks he can push making a difference. Because the Supreme Archangel of Heaven was deposed for not doing what the rest of the archangels and the Metatron wanted. They can erase beings from existence. They can wipe memories remotely. They can track his every move. He’s walking into a trap.
- But. BUT.
- Crowley won’t let Aziraphale face this alone. Crowley and Aziraphale have swapped faces before. Crowley and Aziraphale have been on the wrong sides of the screen all season. Aziraphale’s determined face is very close to Crowley-As-Aziraphale. This season has been about lies and misdirection and sleight of hand. I like the theory that the kiss was another swap, that there was a time freeze where they came up with a plan, but. Also.
- I just. REALLY like the power of The Final Fifteen as-is, too. Because it’s been building all season, a head of steam that blows at a very critical moment in time. It’s the hard work of realizing their problems and issues and triggers haven’t been worked on at all, and if they’re ever going to be happy, they need to do the work. It’s not hand-waving their development off screen and actually putting us the audience in the front row of that development. Which is tasty as all heck too.
Okay. Second time didn’t hurt as much, knowing it was coming and pointing out all the clues that foreshadowed it. Next watch through I do without the buffer of constant pausing to record my thoughts and theories. I’m sure it’ll be fine.
#good omens#good omens 2#good omens season 2#gos2spoilers#good omens season 2 spoilers#good omens 2 spoilers#ALRIGHT. THATS TWO.#time to keep it going in the background#ooh fourth time I’ll go through all the special features bc I love those!!
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Wally anon: Huh, that's interesting to me cause I have not run into that much, but I guess that's cause I mostly keep tabs on Harringrove circles fhdjd. Entitled fans of shit like that are annoying as hell, though. Even if I can appreciate Steddie when the time is right, let's be entirely honest wth ourselves that Joseph Quinn is the main reason Eddie managed to be as successful as he was cause as soon as that man showed up, he was THE. most blatant of the "Well, THEY'RE gonna die" ST characters, so it was difficult to be wholly invested. But I can see why you're torn on Steve's survival with this context. I feel similarly about h o w forced S4 tried to throw him & Nancy back together when it's like...they are in totally different places in their lives rn & if other characters have to tell us they're into each other a thousand times instead of...showing the chemistry, it don't hold up under scrutiny. ❌️
Oh, yeah, that I agree with. I meant he wouldn't react in a creepy way. But he'd be flustered for s u r e. 👍
lollllll yup @ thinking about raising the grade. He would fully be into the fantasy if he was already that distracted & looking for relief & then get self-conscious the next time he went to class cause he couldn't help but think about it. He is a committed one that way. The really part is imagining him trying the book/backpack strategy cause Wally/Milo is tall as hell, so there's no way it would look natural with either, especially rushing for privacy. 😭
Exactlyyyy. The reader thinking they're crazy & everything before seeing him in full glory of what he's specifically doing at whatever place in the school he's doing it & them not knowing what to do because it's like ???? but also 🥴 Apologies? if this ends up inspiring you to write something else haha (although also not cause more Wally/Milo >>>>).
(Also: very appreciated you getting silly with it. There's a time & place for it, but this is one of those occasions.)
For real!! I knew he was gonna die from the first episode. Like, was it that surprising? It’s the 4/5 season and the cast is already pretty full, he’s definitely not making it to season five😂 Joseph has charm but the way he played him was just a big red flag about Eddie’s short term stay…
Oh, believe me, this is giving me the motivation to write Wally/Ryan/Zed/Milo any one of his roles and more 😩 don’t apologize for that i’m so serious
Wally definitely isnt creepy, just a confused lil guy (big guy tho because Milo is 6’3 🫣… did someone call for some size difference? a giant?) stuck in a time where he had to be stereotypical. I mean, his whole character in season 1 is about how he was expected to do all these things when he didn’t actually one to do them to begin with. Or, he wanted to try them, found out it didn’t make him happy, and couldn’t move on to try something else. I forget how he phrased it in the show.
I WAS PICTURING THAT😭 I used Jacob Elordi’s height when he’s carrying a backpack/textbook in euphoria as a reference in my head because he’s like 2 inches taller than Milo, and… yeah it looks silly😭 But it’s a good type of silly, because he has the charm to play it off in a comedic way before he gets down to the serious business.
We fr think we’re hearing things, maybe high school is making you delusional lmao. The lack of sleep, stress, something except that it’s a real thing happening in front of you. But it’s totally real. And it’s even funnier if you guys made eye contact but he doesn’t think you actually are looking at him because no one’s seen him before, so you think he doesn’t care and it one brave mfer for doing it💀 (<- him)
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The New Big Ball With Neil Hamburger | Unaired 2008 pilot
debuted online: November 7, 2013
The curse of Tasty Tuesday has been lifted!!! For some reason.
An Abso-Lutely production in 16:9?? As I live and breathe! The New Big Ball with Neil Hamburger was an absurd game-show produced by Tim & Eric's Abso-Lutely productions. It’s produced a little more like a sketch about a game show than it is like a traditional game show. It doesn’t feel like a “real” game show, really, but nothing in it suggests that it’s completely scripted.
The main appeal of the show is Neil acting as a host and using very Hamburgian turns-of-phrase. In a trivia question he casually refers to Michael Caine as an alcoholic, and Billy Crystal as a “disgraced comedian”. He also bitterly berates his contestants, including one who doesn’t share any personal information about himself, opting to refer to himself as just a plain person. We also have Corbin Bernsen in an isolation booth for literally no reason.
This is pretty funny! I wouldn’t have minded if they did a season of this, honestly, because Neil cracks me up and the idea of him just hosting any show is already funny, almost no matter what it is. I do think the start of the show is funnier than the end, which isn’t so bad. Like the Richard Dunn talk show, I would have happily sacrificed a weaker episode of Awesome Show season three to air this instead.
Notable Tim & Eric connections include the muscle woman who appears in an Awesome Show season 5 sketch. When Neil eliminates one of the contestants, he tosses a drink his face and has the muscle woman escort him out in a headlock. Also, the audience shots would be used later, I think in the season 5 opener as well as the Chrimbus Special, but I’m not positive if it’s one, the other, or both.
I’m reviewing this here at the end of 2008, because it was reportedly shot in 2008. I’m not positive if the particular version of the pilot floating around actually IS from 2008 in any sense. I mention this because I found a few things that casually dated it being from 2010, meaning maybe it was reshot or it wasn’t properly edited/finished until 2010. There's no copyright year at the end, at least that I saw.
It was made available in 2013 on Adult Swim’s website. The copy floating around now looks pretty cruddy; too bad for what could be the first HD-produced Tim & Eric production (not counting Nite Live, of course).
My personal theory was that this was shot between seasons 4 & 5 of Awesome Show. I also think it’s very possible that season four was produced fairly far ahead of when it aired, which makes this being shot in 2008 still possible. I sorta get the impression that seasons 2-4 were shot rather quickly. But I don’t know this for sure. I hope I didn’t fuck up big time by not reviewing this in 2010. That would suck so much dick!!
EPHEMERA CORNER:
Moral Orel: “Nature” (combined cut) | January 1, 2009 - 12:00AM
For some reason I can't get that link to display like it usually does. Hopefully it's fixed by the time this posts. If you're reading this, I didn't fix it. Sorry.
On New Years Eve, Adult Swim ran a Moral Orel marathon that kicked off with a 30-minute combined cut of Nature, parts one and two. They aired the entire third season followed by the first five episodes of season one (in production order).
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Why DO they call it oven?
One thing about me is I think this is one of the funniest sentences in existence, if you can even call it that. Another thing about me is that I think that sometimes, explaining why something is funny, getting into all the details on what makes a joke or comment or meme funny, makes it infinitely funnier. So, here I am, attempting to put some linguistic explanation as to why this awful, awful sentence is funny.
Okay, so breaking it down, we first have the opener of the joke, “Why do they call it oven…” which isn’t all that funny on its own, because we all know this as the framing of a joke. Of course, we know it’s going to be a joke because we’re used to this type of opener, and we might be clued into it being something to do with wordplay because of the form as well. But at this point, it’s not funny yet, it’s just the setup.
Never fear, though, because things are about to change, and this is about to get real confusing. The next part of the joke just hits us in the face with “when you of in the cold food…” and we just sit there in confusion for a second. Of…in…the cold food? Okay… And here’s where some linguistics comes in. So obviously, there’s some wordplay involved, because “oven,” and “of in” sound similar when spoken. But that’s not what I want to talk about here, no, that’s too obvious. I want to talk about how, in using “of” as a verb, we almost get a garden-path effect in this sentence, which makes it that much harder for us to decipher.
A garden-path sentence is a sentence that, as we hear or read it, seems to lead us on one “path,” but then abruptly changes that “path,” usually with a verb, and it makes it hard for us to, at least initially, read in a way that makes sense. Something like “the horse raced past the barn fell,” meaning “the horse that was raced past the barn, fell.” Kind of weird, but makes sense on a second or third read, right? So, this whole idea with garden-path sentences being hard to read and making us do linguistic double take became a sort of basis for the garden path theory, which suggests that our brains try to be really efficient in processing sentences, and will go with the easiest or most simple conclusion right away, and will only reassess if needed. This would explain the garden-path effect; efficiency over accuracy.
But! This would make all sentences with structures that aren’t super simple equally likely to have a garden-path effect, and that’s just not true. Take for example, “The glasses placed on the table were left overnight.” We don’t have the same, “Huh?” response that we might have to the earlier sentence with the horse. Enter: the constraint-based approach.
The constraint-based approach basically says that we can hold multiple structures in our head at a time, and we evaluate them all simultaneously, and judge which one is most likely to be correct. The explanation for garden path sentences, then, would be that they’re just unfortunate. We would almost never assume that a horse is being raced without context, so why would someone choose their words that way, especially without some filler words to clarify?
That brings me back to “when you of in the cold food.” “Of in.” Double take there, because similar to “raced” being used in a relative clause instead of as a main verb, “of in,” is being used as a main verb, when it shouldn’t even be a verb phrase. “Of” is a preposition, and “of in” hardly makes sense anyway. But, okay, sure, for the sake of this joke (which at this point is already funny), we’ll go ahead and believe in the verbness of “of in,” and say that in an oven, we are “ofing in” the cold food.
Then comes the final part, which I can hardly call a punchline, but definitely adds to the comedy. “...of out hot eat the food?” There are so many things wrong here.
“Of out.” Okay, we’ve established that “of in” is a verb phrase, so this works and is funny in a wordplay sort of way, we’re “ofing out,” something, the opposite of “ofing in,” which sounds like “oven.” But then we get the word “hot,” which is just in the wrong place. It’s an adjective, smashed between our pseudo-verb phrase “of out” and the real verb “eat.” So that catches us off guard, but we’re starting to put together the meaning of the joke: the hot food is coming out of the oven, and we are going to eat it. But it’s a syntactic mess, and once again we aren’t getting what the sentence means, because there’s not a comma or conjunction separating the first part of the sentence from the second, and there are two seemingly “main verbs” in the second part (“of out” and “eat”). We’re reading this sentence and trying to parse it, but it keeps throwing us for loops, and even though we are kind of getting a meaning, we’re still confused.
And linguistically, that’s the thing with the constraint-based approach and this sentence. This whole time, we have a few ideas running through our heads about what exactly this sentence is trying to do, and what kind of joke it is. It’s wordplay, so we’re looking for a pun, but we also find a weird verb thing, so we’re finding that punchline, and at some point we also realize that this delves into random equals funny humor. And on top of that, if you’re seeing this written down, it’s probably in this Garfield comic, which given Garfield’s place in meme culture and the other visual elements in this picture, just adds to the confusion.
So essentially, we’re utterly confused by this sentence, because we pretty much know what it’s trying to tell us: you put cold food into an oven and take out hot food and eat it, which is funny because the word “oven” sounds like “of in,” which notably has something that sounds like the word “in” in it, but the entire sentence looks like it was “ofed out” too soon. And in the end, all we’re left to do is wonder, “yo why Jon thick as hell?”
#linguistics#language#garfield#why is this funny#explaining why things are funny makes them funnier#garden path sentences
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Hi Ghost!
How would Jason Todd (Titans) react to his best friend writing fanfiction?
AH, okay. First of all, thank you for this. Easily one of the funnest things I’ve written in awhile (but I always have fun with your requests, let’s be real) and my askbox is currently empty, so you are doing a civic duty by asking!
That face. That face right there is the exact expression he’s going to make after he asks what you’re writing about when you start to explain what it is you’re doing.
I feel like he’d probably alternate between a couple of different reactions, but every single one is going to end with him (affectionately) teasing you.
But don’t let him lie, he actually thinks it’s pretty neat and if you happen to get a kudos left on ao3 at two in the morning from a user by thebestrobin it totally wasn’t him, alright? Yes, it was.
And as a fun little bonus, I’m really high on the idea of any canonverse fandom. Tim Drake is proof and I will die on that hill.
So, if anything you write pertains to him or the Titans in some way, he’s simultaneously going to double down on his teasing and get really invested.
I wouldn’t say that, you’re making me sound like a dumbass!
Jason. Honey, sweetie, baby. You kind of are.
Offense taken.
Not really.
He will sit quietly with you while you’re writing, whether throwing around headcanon ideas or working on a new chapter. At some point, his attention will shift from whatever he’s doing to read over your shoulder.
He will ask a lot of questions. Like, so many questions. And at a certain point it’s less that he doesn’t understand and more about him wanting to see into the world of your writing from your own perspective.
He’ll occasionally throw his own ideas out there! If you’re out and you see something that sparks his imagination, he’ll turn to you and say something like hey, imagine x character with so-and-so
It gets added to the next chapter and he gets so giddy when he sees that an outsiders idea has been accepted into your writing! He’s all smiles, feeling very proud of himself for it.
He’ll be your beta reader! He doesn’t know what a beta is, but he’ll ask to see your rough drafts before it’s posted and Jason being Jason, doesn’t stop himself from correcting any spelling errors. It happens to the best of us.
All your titles come from him. He’ll read it, before volunteering random song lyrics to go by.
He makes an effort to learn more about whatever fandoms you write about. He’ll take the time to watch movies, tv shows, whatever it is, and make a lot of mental notes to keep up with you when you spiral into a hyper-manic, fanfic writer tangent.
He loves hearing all of it. And if you’re the kind of person that prefers physically writing something down to get the creative juices flowing before actually typing it into your next masterpiece of work, he’ll randomly buy you journals and so many pens you end up with a whole collection of them.
Little references from your fics get plucked out as inside jokes between the two of you. Whether it’s a phrase or an action, character behavior. It gets brought up between the two of you constantly.
And Dick is confused every single time he hears it.
Kory asks if that’s just a human thing, because it doesn’t make any sense??
Dick tells her it’s not a human thing, it’s the side effect of sharing one brain cell.
Which makes it funnier for Jason to incorporate more references that only the two of you understand into totally normal conversations.
He’s a total sucker for seasonal prompts. He doesn’t know what it is, but he never had a proper Christmas and Halloween is a nightmare when you’re a little kid, all alone on the streets of Crime Alley, so when the holidays roll around and you start writing fluffy pieces about carving pumpkins and baking cookies, rainy days curled up by the fire, he adores it.
You’d find him, burrowed under his blankets, head barely poking out in a mess of curly hair, scrolling through his phone. He wouldn’t tell you what he’s doing, but it becomes clear when he rolls over after several minutes and asks you to post a part two.
All in all, Jason is a menace, but he’s the most supportive best friend anyone can ask for and very easily converted into the worlds biggest fanboy for your writing exclusively. He actively reads your works, but doesn’t really stray to other fanfics, because it’s just not the same.
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15 and 23 from the questions list.
I already answered 15, but oh, you asked EXACTLY the question I want to answer. Buckle up. This is my all-time favorite story to tell. I tell this to EVERYONE.
23.) a story from your childhood
So… my parents divorced when I was three. I literally don’t remember a time when my parents were together. For a few years after the divorce, my dad lived with his parents while he saved up for a down payment on a house. My brother and I visited him every other weekend, and my grandma spoiled us rotten.
So when I was 4ish, I was in day care, and they taught us all about calling 911. They said if you ever have an emergency, or an accident, you call 911 and the nice police and firemen and doctors will come help you.
So one night, at grandma’s house… I have an accident. My sheets are wet, my pajamas and undies are wet, and I can’t find a grown-up to help me. Grandma and Grandpa were out at some Freemason’s thinger, and my dad was APPARENTLY outside smoking a doobie. So I do the logical thing: I climb up onto the kitchen table, reach for the phone, and I dial 911. I tell them I wet the bed, I don’t hang up the phone, and I just… I don’t remember what I did next, I was fucking four.
Like ten minutes later, we’ve got police, fire trucks, and ambulances allllll gathered on this nice quiet suburban street full of old people. People are coming out of their houses, wondering if my grandparents are okay. And my dad, stoned out of his fucking MIND, is trying to figure out what the fuck is going on while the police scold him and his four year old daughter is bawling that she doesn’t wanna go to jail for wetting the bed.
The following Monday, my mom goes to my day care and informs them that they need to be a bit more careful in how they phrase this very important lesson.
And a post-script that just makes this even funnier: two decades later, I’m working at a grocery store when an older woman working at another department approaches me.
“Del, is your last name Delight?”
“Yeah…”
“Did you go to _______ Daycare?”
“I think so…”
“Did you dial 911 when you wet the bed when you were four?”
“ASDFGGHJKL YES HOW DID YOU KNOW”
“I’m the one who taught you that!”
Apparently we both love to tell that story. She’d been dying to ask me if it was me ever since I started hanging out with her daughter in high school, but she didn’t want to embarrass me. I told her she should’ve because I have zero sense of shame.
So yeah. That was my first run-in with the law.
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It is the 24th so first off, ¡Feliz Navidad! Second, I finished mi media naranja 😏😏😏 DAAaHRLINg❗️Buckle up this finna be a LONG one.
1. “You don’t understand, cielo,” he urged. “Every time I talk to my tía it’s like – ‘¿Y tu novia? ¿Y tu novia?’” he parroted. “I swear, it’s like she’s convinced you don’t exist, even though my mom has literally met you.”
2. “Oh, I’m familiar,” you assuaged. “My auntie is nosy, too, she does the same. Ever since I was in high school, always asking me where my boyfriend was, judging me if I didn’t bring anyone.”
AHHHHH!!! MY DAD'S FAMILY EVERY TIME! And within the same breathe tell you school is more important anyway 😑didnt bother me for too long since I'd chow down on some pupusas 🤤
3. So, yeah, you couldn’t help the little prickle of nerves that tingled their way through you as your playlist wound down, the dulcet tones of Sam Cooke’s “Any Day Now,” fading as Mickey turned into his driveway, his mother and sisters waiting to greet you with waving hands and identically-beaming faces.
TELL ME WHY THIS IS ME!! I still get like this talking to my best friends parents who I have know for 10+ YEARS. It is even worse with new friends cause they tell me their parents are cool and I'm "Duh. They know you!".
4. & 5. "It's more perfect seeing you here. Honestly, a pretty girl in my room? My sisters never thought they'd see the day," he chuckled, sweeping an arm around your waist and pressing a kiss to your shoulder before gazing up at you through his lashes. "And I gotta say, cielo, it's doing a number on me, you being in here.". . . . "Still," you hissed, shimmying out of your jeans and into your joggers, sliding beneath the covers. "It's… awkward, no? To be in your boyfriend's house, them thinking we’re like … hooking up in here?"
No lie. I fucking ugly snorted at this. I was wondering if she was going to bunk with the sisters or be told to keep the door open 🤣🤣 I would often yell at my parents that I'd "leave room for jesus." Also, I always have to add a 'no?' At the end of every question I say in English
6. And it had to be some kind of record, really. How quickly you’d gone back on your own word.
TELL ME WHY I THOUGHT THAT SAID "How quickly you'd gone back in your own world." TO then continue reading and look like this:
could you tell I just jumped into the story without reading the warnings this time??
7. Mickey would often tell you that he felt a sort of gravitational pull near you – when you kissed him. That he was helpless to your gravitational pull, like the crashing tides. No choice but to worship you.
Just grab my heart and rip it out my chest. That would make me ache and long less. LORD! I WANT WHAY THEY HAVE PLEASE! The sun and the moon! 🥺
8. “H-hey,” Mickey was cupping his own pec where you had swatted at it, eyeing your fluster and bluster with barely-concealed mirth. “You wound me, baby. I was just trying to kiss you goodnight. I just wanted you to know I love you.”
🤣🤣🤣🤣 that is WAYY funnier than "Baby, I just wanna cuddle." Or "Let me give you a back massage.".
9. You arched an eyebrow at him, “I want to go on record as saying that this is a self-created problem, but because I love you …” you sat up, allowing the covers to fall to your waist, bending forward and cupping Mickey’s jaw, urging him to you to press a chaste kiss to his lips.
I ain't no lawyer, but I did take Mock Trial and high school. So I still say phrases like "Let the record show.", "Let the record reflect." And "Your honor may I inquire?" 🤣🤣
10. “We’re teasing you,” Luci appeased. “Don’t worry. Quite honestly, the fact that you’d choose to be with that little nerd is astounding –”
I LOVE SIBLINGS TLAKING SHIT 🤣 Lord knows I do it with mine all the time
11. “A half of an orange. Is this a riddle? What am I missing?” “Si, cielo, my brilliant, beautiful girl.” Mickey kneeled before you know, cradling your hand that held the orange in his palms. “An orange half. Mi media naranja.”
Okay now THAT was slick. I didn't even realize the play on words.
12. THAT ENDING
🥺🤤😏😍🥰💀🪦
P.S. I told my sister to wait to watch Wednesday because I HAD to finish reading the story and writing this ask 🙃 okay, love you! Feliz Navidad (otra vez)! Bye 👋🏻
Oh mai gahhhhhd my love THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
As usual, you've picked out all of my favorite parts 🤣🤣
Idk what it is about nosey tías and cousins and grandparents but if you don't have one they're always like "oh it's fine, school is more important" so trueee.
I STILL get nervous sometimes when I hang with my in laws. I'm like... "No, but do you like me??"
She of COURSE would insist on sleeping on the couch or bunking with his sisters, but she was NOT about to disrespect Mrs. Garcia! I also ask things with a "no?" 🤣🤣
I love our little scoundrel Mickey, and I think it's a testament to their connection that she was TOTALLY on board with it. She couldn't be cross with him because of course she's just always so in tune with him.
I thought the siblings dynamic was so fun to write, and I loved how their relationship took shape. I just hope they were fun to read.
The orange half -- I was so happy how that came together. It's one of those things I love about the language, so I hope it was as genuine and lovely as I wanted it to be. 💜🌿
Thank you for reading. I'm sorry you put off Wednesday for this. I just hope it was worth it!
Feliz Navidad, amor. All the best to you 🌻🌻
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Ayesha Liveblogs Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss
“[This introduction was all lies.]” Honestly, I was ready to abandon this show immediately based on the intro scene so I like that it’s a fake-out
“To prevent my bad luck from spreading, I don’t get close to anyone.” Fascinating that Kota’s method of choice for keeping people at bay is being unnaturally perky and kind
“Don’t tell me, Miki. You want a guy at that level?” “It’s fine, I have this [romantic charm bracelet] with me.” I feel like things are not going to go well for Miki
How does no one notice Kota glaring so intently at intervals LMAO??
I’m not sure what’s funnier, the fact that Kota was winding up a scream as the janitor approached him, or that the janitor would beeline for him despite the fact that’s not where he needs to go with the bucket
“Anyone would fall for him after hearing such words from that face. [...] This is dangerous.” I’m a little confused as why Kota is concerned, I thought he was Team Naoya’s Hot Face
“I was hoping we could stay together always.” What a bold thing to say to someone after hanging out with them one (1) time
Also. I made the mistake of thinking here Kota would be honest about why he wants to hang out with Naoya. Kota has already proven himself very emotionally dishonest
And that Naoya’s reaction to this request after their one (1) day of hanging out was “Yes, absolutely.” LMAO all in I guess
I appreciate that this show went, “You know how some other shows will play a will-they-won’t-they attitude to kissing for the entire series? Not us!! They’re going to kiss in the FIRST EPISODE.”
“But it’s either this or going back to my miserable days.” I DON’T GET U KOTA? Why are you acting like it’s such a burden to date this man that keep saying is hot and charming and who you also keep saying you could fall for? What’s the danger for u, it’s Naoya that doesn’t understand your motives for seeking out his company?
I like that Naoya’s friends are so fashionable. You rarely see side characters with such pronounced style. It’s fun
“I’ve decided. I have to stay with him no matter what. Even that means I have to break his trust.” 1) You’re already doing that. 2) Oh good, a conscience!
“I’m worried. I can’t let my boyfriend get sick.” Naoya is very sweet
What a funny paradox of Kota’s default personality being kind of grumpy and unhinged but Naoya’s good luck making him actually the giddy person he pretends to be
“Whoa, it’s like I made a friend,” said Kota, about the man he was literally dating
[Kota to himself] “Don’t forget. You’re only with him to escape your bad luck. Don’t let him pull you in!” This is such a weird angle to take
Why does Kota need emotional distance when he is the one instigating the deceit? It’s like a 90s romcom when someone dates a person because of a bet/dare and then they’re like “Oh man, I actually fell for them!” It’s not about you! You’re the one hurting someone LMAO WHAT THE HELL
Awww poor Naoya, he waited for an over an hour!!
The real question is if Kota’s luck is so severe, how does he get ANYWHERE like how does he get to school???
The vengeful deity watching over Kota, probably: I want this guy to suffer, but I draw the line at interfering with his education
Get you a boyfriend like Naoya who both takes initiative to plan things he thinks you might like AND leaves room for you to decide the other activities of the day
“Damn it. I’ve been taken in by his charm.” I must ask again, Kota, what’s your problem????????????? WHY IS THIS A PROBLEM FOR YOU?
Lol is this lottery result meant to depict that if Naoya and Kota are together they even out to a normal amount of luck
“I’ll take responsibility.” I understand this is a common phrase, but feels funny in the immediate aftermath of implying you want someone to come over to your place to hook up
“I’ll kiss your lips when you agree.” Naoya is literally like the perfect boyfriend so all of Kota’s comments abt distance and personal gain feel so mean-spirited kjhgkjhg
WAIT KOYA GOOGLING ‘DON’T MIND KISSING A MAN’ IS THE CENTRAL CONCEIT OF KOYA’S INTERNAL CONFLICT THAT HE DOESN’T WANT TO DO GAY STUFF? LMAO THAT’S SO STUPID. THAT’S SOOOO STUPID. YOU’VE BEEN TALKING FOR LIKE 40 MINUTES STRAIGHT ABOUT HOW HOT AND LOVABLE THIS GUY IS. OF COURSE YOU LIKE MEN. MY GOD.
Imagine if the next time I went on a date with a woman, if, for some reason, the topic of whether I was into women came up, I went, “Oh hell no.” I can’t emphasize enough how stupid this is jlkdjlkjdljdlj
“Basically, this rule states you want to return feelings of love.” [Internally] “Could it be the same with me? Is he trying to trap me with the reciprocity of attraction?” NO. YOU JUST LIKE MEN, DUDE. THAT’S IT
It’s a wonder no one ever notices the constant trainwreck of expressions on Kota’s face
“I’m the one who caused this misunderstanding.” No shit sherlock
You know. It speaks of some psychological implications that Naoya could not stand to have just normal luck at a lottery. Aren’t matching keychains their own (understated) gesture of affection?
“He cares so much about me, yet I’m only using him to escape my bad luck. I’m such an awful person. I’m the worst.” THIS IS WHAT I THOUGHT THE INTERNAL CONFLICT WOULD BE
You know, despite Kota’s constant internal complaining about being around Naoya for NO DISCERNIBLE REASON it is cute that he brought the penguin stuffed toy with him to stay at Naoya’s place. He didn’t want it to get waterlogged <3
This Sudden-Need-for-Cohabitation Situation really drives home the point that Kota needs to attend the Adachi School of Dealing with Your Magically-Complicated Romance
“Sensual? You have a scent for that?” Scensual pun was right there, it’s a shame it doesn’t translate
No show has ever made me feel insane in this specific way before. It’s like I’m being gaslit about Kota being attracted to this guy. Every thirty seconds Kota internally monologues about how perfect Naoya is, and then pretends like he’s being forced by the universe to think gay thoughts
I assume the motivation Naoya has for ignoring Kota so much is that he’s worried about moving too fast and scaring him
Update from like 10 minutes later: “Or rather, I can’t hold myself back.” I KNEW it would be this comment exactly, Naoya is in every way, Discount Kurosawa. Also, this seems like a very common JDrama response
“Laugh for me again.” “I can’t do it on command!” Okay, that’s cute, one (1) point to the writers
This scene has been quite A Lot and I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or say yikes but Naoya immediately waking up after being knocked unconscious and Kota screaming at Naoya’s nipples has really tipped the scales in favour of laughter
“Are my muscles too much?” Oh yeah, Naoya, it’s your muscles that are the problem here
“I bet he’s mad, for sure.” Nah Kota, I’m sure he gets punched and then nipple-screamed all the time
Yashiro is actually incredibly refreshing; it’s about time Kota has a friend, and maybe if Kota talks out his feelings about bad luck and boyfriends he’ll stop being so exhausting to listen to
“I’ll hang with you whenever you want to skip class.” Get u a friend like Yashiro
Awwww poor Naoya, I see these two Blond Ticket Scalper Friends are immediately proving Yashiro’s ‘it’s about what you do with your luck’ statement to be true
It’s also interesting to me how sometimes being blond in shows is shorthand for “Existing Outside of Japanese Society’s Norms.” What would these shows do if someone had dyed their hair blue? They’d be losing their minds
“Looking at you two makes me pissed off. It’s like looking at myself in a mirror.” Kota beating these guys up for talking about doing the very thing he is already doing (only spending time around Naoya to benefi from his luck). Truly the behaviour you can expect from someone who is both Gay and Homophobic
“I’m the same as these guys. I only paid attention to Naoya’s good luck and nothing else. I used him. I took advantage of such a kind, honest, guy.” This epiphany would have a lot more impact if he hadn’t had this exact same epiphany two episodes ago!!!! It doesn’t matter if you notice a behaviour is shitty if you continue to do it. The writing goes in circles. I feel like whoever submitted this script was high as hell:
“He is generous enough to share his luck with others. That’s why people love him. It’s not something anyone can do.” I love this about Naoya also
Well, finally their classmates witnessed Kota acting like his regular unhinged self. The Bad Personality’s out of the bag. I’m glad! Plot progression, at least
Honestly, they haven’t even DEMONSTRATED any bad luck for the last two episodes. It makes the whole scheme seem even more unnecessary
“I was lying and taking advantage of you, too.” FINALLLLLLLLLLLLLY KOTA
Wow, he really took accountability for all of the lying and scheming in one fell swoop. That was a pretty good apology. Also the fact it took so much circular writing to get here convinces me this should’ve been a movie instead of a 8-ep series. Take a note from S. Korea, boys, they throw together a series of 10 minute webisodes and compile it into a movie. Wish You did very well in that format
Somehow, also, the acting in this one scene has been better than any of the acting so far
ALSO: How are there three episodes left? How long can u drag this out
You know, I’m thinking, because Naoya is so fucking nice, he’ll be like ‘Actually Fukuhara, you can chill with me anyway if you’re worried about bad luck. We don’t have to be boyfriends and I don’t care that you lied.’
“How could I realize [that I have feelings for Naoya] now? I’m so stupid.” Not gonna fight you on that one, Kota
“I can’t believe you used your friends [to find me].” “Come on, I said I’m sorry.” HAHA, NAOYA THE SCHEME-EE HAS BECOME THE SCHEMER
“After all, that guy tried to use me.” “I was using you too, though.” “Not for anything bad, right?” “But...” “No one has ever stuck up for me like that.” Naoya said: You can rent me for luck-balancing services at the low, low cost of showing me human decency
“Your tricking me, what you said, and your true self. I’ve thought all that through. If you’re okay with it, I’d like to get to know you better.” Naoya, you poor sweet man. There are other, less bananas fish in the sea. Get on a dating app. Download Tinder!
HAHAHA, NAOYA, KING OF COMMUNICATION LMAO
Naoya: If we’re starting over, do you want to date or be friends?
Kota: I... I don’t know what to say.
Naoya: This is important. We have to talk it out!
HAHAHAHAH the even funnier follow-up. We love a man who knows himself:
Kota [internally]: Am I asking too much [if I say dating]?
Kota: F...Friends.
Naoya, slamming his hands on the table: I want to date you!
“It’s okay, you’ll fall in love with me.” Bold, confident, I like it Naoya
Also Kota choosing not to admit in this exchange he’s already in love LOL
“I like you, Naoya.” “Kota, you...” [Kota runs away] Been there, Kota
This show has gotten like, 10x cuter since Kota started being honest with Naoya. Why couldn’t he have been like this the whole time? What was the point of him making him unbearably mean-spirited and up to his ears in internalized homophobia for four and a half episodes? What purpose did that serve? COULD’VE BEEN A MOVIE
“I’m glad it went well.” “What?” “It’s written all over your face.” Naoya’s friends are one of my favourite parts of this show
I assume now that the Kota finally is in an emotionally good place and ready to date Naoya, his bad luck will return and he’s gonna get hit by a bus or something
“Thank you.” “What for?” “You came over despite your bad luck.” Awwww I’m glad they can laugh about it now
“Mugi is in his own world and Saku lives by his own rules. I feel comfortable whenever I’m with them, because they don’t rely on others.” I love them laying the foundations of this friend group. Also putting Naoya in a suit really makes him seem more like an office worker than a student, he really has a face of indeterminate age
“Yes, [his] smile was exactly like Pome-chan, the Pomeranian I used to have.” I’m glad Naoya’s narration is furthering the point that he is also romantically insane, by comparing the people he’s attracted to to his dead dog. Equality:
“He captured my heart by the sudden change in his attitude.” So you’re telling me Naoya KNEW Kota was faking his bubbly personality the whole time and he still didn’t care???? NAOYA WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU HAHAHA
Kota is trying very hard not to impose now that his apartment’s fixed, but Naoya is clearly hoping to build a ‘Would you like to stay for dinner?’ to ‘Would you like to stay forever?’ Pipeline
Naoya is sooooooo earnest it kills me. I’m with Kota on this one:
“Hold on, what exactly are we doing tonight? I’m sure nothing will happen. A part of me is wishing for something... Wait, what?” How is Kota still surprised by his own gay thoughts
If I haven’t said so, Minato and Itsuki are very fun little background characters, they’re Kota’s friends too but Kota hasn’t quite learned how to be honest with his feelings around them
Incredible how every one of these psychology lectures is mysteriously related to exactly whatever is going on Kota’s life
“Is there anyone you want to meet no matter how tired you are?” Kota looking at Naoya, and Naoya noticing and laughing is very cute
“I have one [person I want to meet].” “Who?” “Anna.” 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 ARE ANNA AND MIKI GONNA BE IN LESBIANS TOGETHER? I HOPE SO. I’M SORRY I SPOKE ILL OF U EARLIER MIKI. KISS UR FRIEND, IT WOULD BE NICE <3
“’Smooch’ in this day and age?” [Anna staring at Miki, distracted] “Totally.” I don’t know if Miki is thinking gay thoughts, but Anna certainly is:
Kota raises a fair point, why DID Naoya kiss him when they first met?
“People I’ve dated loved it when I did that, so I thought you’d like it too.” LOL Naoya has just been sweeping all his partners into a big first kiss when they get together, and it’s always gone well!
Naoya is genuinely the only character in a JDrama I’ve ever seen explicitly talk about consent. Like sometimes they do play around with that issue but never has anyone stated it so clearly as he has, “I will kiss your lips when you consent.” I appreciate it
“Shut up and give me your mouth!” I change my mind. They’ve immediately made it weird with Kota’s actions. Good lord
Naoya’s response to Kota being weird about kissing him saying ‘no worries, I can wait,’ and then strength-training him so he’ll be less clumsy. Get you a boyfriend like Naoya
Also their couple’s at-home exercise montage was very fun
This show was getting too normal and cute so they had to have someone hold Kota at gunpoint in his own home. Of course.
“Come on, isn’t this too crazy?” Yeah, Kota, it really is
“I wanted to live longer, together with Naoya.” I appreciate the love in this sentiment and in all of Kota’s happy memories. However, this situation is still too much
I would ask how Naoya slipped past so many cops and reporters, but he ain’t Good Luck Boy for nothing
“Take me as your hostage instead.” Does that really seem like a solution to you, Naoya?
Apparently, it was the solution. Colour me stupid:
This water gun-hostage situation is the exact reason most water guns on the market look so cartoonish. It’s just safer for everyone!
“But ever since I met you, I realized I can enjoy my life for the first time.” Awww, Kota said regardless of his luck, that he likes his life because Naoya is in it
Naoya’s new strategy for keeping Kota safe is by asking him to live with him. Boy said I will be your Good Luck Shield
“I’m really happy you’re caring for me. But I’m not with you to get rid of my bad luck.” You know what that is? Growth
“It’s thanks to my bad luck that I got to meet you. I’m truly grateful for that.” Kota is all about verbalizing his feelings now. I think it’s good for Naoya to hear this!
Naoya would like to clear the air about his own long-term interest in Kota and awareness of his personality, even if it’s not a bad sort of secret
“After seeing you, I realized that I avoided deep relationships with people, too. You and I are the same,” said Naoya, not realizing that was less of a reason for a relationship and more of a reason they should both be in therapy
[Aggressively] “I’m with you because I really like you. So just stay with me and be my boyfriend like you wanted [softer] Oh... I, um,” [Naoya bursts into laughter] This is perhaps my favourite conversation they’ve had
Ahhhh I think it’s sweet that Naoya doesn’t care about his luck anymore. Maybe being with Kota is actually freeing in a way
“But I want to move in only when we really want to live together one day.” Good for Kota!!!!! He’s been so clear and direct about how much he cares for Naoya ever since his confession
(One last: It could’ve been a movie!!! For the road)
What an adorable ending to a tonally bizarre show. 6/10 stars:
I feel like this show needs a pro and con list, so here it is:
Pros
I like a quirky little supernatural premise, and I enjoyed how they subverted expectations by making Kota a rude little man
Likeable side characters, I especially enjoy Mugi the fashion student who, I have found out after watching, is apparently played by someone who is trans and ace!! I don’t think I have ever seen an openly trans actor in Japanese media, so that makes my heart happy
Also I enjoyed how people showed how were able to get through their walls (Mugi and Saku to Naoya because they do not rely on other people, and Yashiro to Kota because he notices when something bothers him and doesn’t believe in luck, but what you do with it)
The last few episodes are SO good about communication. Even things that aren’t necessarily pressing issues in their relationship (like Naoya having noticed Kota before) they take the time to address so they can both be on the same page
Their apologies are so wholehearted, and they make sure you understand that even if Naoya knew about Kota’s façade or didn’t care about his motives, Kota cared about how Naoya was treated, by himself and others
They include a conversation about consent!! A clear, reiterated sentiment that consent is mandatory, without coded language
I really enjoyed the conversation about “someone you want to see no matter how tired you are” because it did feel like it was touching on a deeper form of intimacy. Favourite scene!
It becomes clear that they are actually both a compatible kind of bananas, so the lunacy feels balanced
I like how much they laugh together, especially how it leads to Kota being able to laugh at himself
I loved what they had to say about luck, and how you treat other people, regardless of your luck. It seems like they were able to pull out some good themes there
Cons
The beginning of the show feels so mean-spirited. Why does Kota constantly monologue about hard he has it emotionally is and how he only needs Naoya for personal gain, and eventually it just seems like his main regret is the fact he is having gay thoughts?
The writing feels so circular. Kota has an crisis of conscience and then it isn’t relevant again for two more episodes. He’ll say a bunch of stuff implying his strong attraction to Naoya, and then immediately we’ll regress two seconds later. It doesn’t make sense and it seems they didn’t have enough material for the length of the show so they just keep repeating things
I get that maybe this was to show Kota is struggling with his emotions, but it didn’t read like that! It read as a lack of consistency, because there wasn’t any emotional impact behind his revelations
Also like. Because there wasn’t any emotional impact to most of what happened in the first five episodes, the acting suffered for it. The actor chemistry is SO much better later on when their feelings MATTER and have an impact on the progression of the story
Kota’s luck thing isn’t even that consistent, they straight up abandon it whenever it doesn’t serve them
The consent thing is also used as a gag for Kota running away
I wish Yashiro had been a bigger part of the show! Given how he both allows Kota emotional honesty and helps him gain a new perspective on luck, I feel like having him in two scenes was underutilizing him. He could’ve been a part of the show from the beginning and it would’ve been stronger for it
No resolution for the Miki + Anna subplot - why bother to introduce it at all if it wasn’t going anywhere
I saw post that was like ‘this show isn’t nearly good enough to lesbian bait me’ and I resonate with that (Found it!!)
While I think you can write a very good romance without any kissing, Kota’s fear of intimacy more reads as ‘we can be gay but not TOO gay’ rather than anything that serves the story. It is, for the most part, played for laughs in a way that also feels mean-spirited. Like in Cherry Magic, or Kieta Hatsukoi, we also never see them kiss, but they are allowed to feel attraction towards each other, you know? Aoki and Adachi explicitly desire physical intimacy with their partners, and the things that hold them back are unpacking internalized biphobia/first love nerves and Magical Power Problems, respectively, and that works!! If you had to go this very common route, you could’ve done better with it and the kiss in the beginning doesn’t make up for the clunky handling. If anything, the earlier kiss seems like it’s a gimmick or for shock value. Do better!!!
However, the cheek kiss at the end is cute, I’ll give you that!
OH MY GOD. For a while I sincerely forgot that “kiss” is in the title. Of course it’s a gimmick. Geez. It’s THE gimmick. Which is worse, I think!
All in all, it’s an adequate show that became a lot better as it went, but I think u could build a better show with a lot of the same ingredients. I want to make this show into soup
#ayesha says things#liveblogging#ayesha liveblogs mr. unlucky#mr. unlucky has no choice but to kiss#fukou kun wa kiss suru shikanai#television#japanese television#guns tw#long post#in some ways i wish i could re edit to make the writing more succinct#it's the opposite of that 'they had us in the first half' meme#if u really love this show u may not love this liveblog
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I love all of these
Y/n: Please, I'm begging you go to a doctor.
11: I'm sorry is this OUR stab wound? Stay out of it.
Y/n: This is such a bad idea.
11: Then why are you coming along?
Y/n: One of us need to be able to talk the cops out of arresting us when this inevitably goes wrong.
Y/n: I'm a reverse necromancer.
11: Isn't that just killing people?
Y/n: Ah, technicality.
Y/n: I actually have a black belt.
11: In what, karate?
Y/n: No, from Gucci.
Y/n: I was arrested for being too cool.
11: The charges were dropped due to a lack of supporting evidence.
Y/n: Sorry it took me so long to bail you out of jail
11: No it’s my fault, I shouldn’t’ve used my one phone call to prank call the police
Y/n: You're right.
11: That's... That's an unusual phrase for you. Did you just learn it?
Y/n, standing with their back turned: I’ve been expecting you, 11.
11: How did you do that without turning around?
Y/n: ... To be perfectly honest, the first couple of people I did that to were not you.
Y/n: I turned out perfectly fine!
11: Y/n, this morning you thought a ghost made your toast
Y/n: I DIDN’T PUT THE BREAD IN! YOU DIDN’T PUT THE BREAD IN!!!
Y/n, pointing: May I sit there?
11: That's my lap
Y/n: That doesn't answer my question, 11.
Y/n, addressing the squad: And if you have any suggestions feel free to put them in the suggestion box.
11: But – that’s just a trash can.
Y/n: It sure is!
Y/n: Jail is no fun. I’ll tell you that much.
11: Oh, you’ve been?
Y/n: Once. In Monopoly.
Y/n: I’m going to take you out
11: great, it’s a date!
Y/n: I meant that as a threat.
11: See you at five!
Y/n: This is bothering me.
11: Well, you are digging up a corpse.
Y/n: No, not that. That's, uh, pretty par for the course, actually.
Y/n: Man, I only ever see you awake, do you ever shut down or stop running?
11: Oh, I’m always running
11: The question is from what
Y/n: I'm 10 times funnier and sexier than you
11: 10 times 0 is still 0 though
Y/n: Jokes on you, I can't do math
Y/n: You saved me. I owe you my life.
11: No thanks. I’ve seen it and I’m not very impressed.
Y/n: Okay, help me please!
11: Got two words for you.
Y/n: I bet they won't be helpful.
11: Your problem.
Y/n: I was right
Y/n: Bad things keep happening to me, like I have bad luck or something.
11: Y/n, you don't have bad luck. The reason bad things happen to you is because you're a dumbass.
Y/n, tending to 11's wounds: How would you rate your pain?
11: Zero stars. Would NOT recommend.
Y/n: You know, I'm starting to regret showing you how that blender works.
11, drinking toast: Why do you say that?
Y/n: Don’t worry, I have a few knives up my sleeve.
11: I think you mean cards.
Y/n, pulling knives out of their sleeves: No, I do not.
Y/n: Welcome, fellow idiots
11: Hello, Y/n
Y/n: No, no, not you, you're not an idiot
11: You underestimate me
]Y/n: Can you keep a secret?
11: Do you know anything about my life?
Y/n: No I do not. Good point.
Y/n: *holding a bottle* Is this whiskey or perfume?
11: *chugs entire bottle*
11: It’s perfume.
Y/n: I was thinking I'd do some magic-
11: You? Magic? Y/n, it says talent show.
Y/n: Do you think you’d actually notice if someone didn’t cast a shadow? Or if their limbs were just slightly too long? Or if they had just a little too many teeth? like how many times have you passed Something on the street and you just didn’t Notice It?
11: Stay woke monsterfuckers ur love is out there!!!!!
Y/n: Yknow what? Not my point at all in any way whatsoever, but I’m glad I could be an inspiration.
Y/n: Hey 11 can I get a sip of your water?
11: It's not water.
Y/n: Vodka, I like your style!
11: It's vinegar.
Y/n: Wh-Wha-
11: It's vinegar, COWARD.
Y/n, trying to cheer the group up: Things could be worse, you know!
11: How?
Y/n: How what?
11: How could they be worse?
Y/n: They couldn’t, I lied.
11:
Y/n, talking to 11 on the phone: Did you preheat the oven like I told you to?
11: You bet!
Y/n: At what temperature?
11: 535.
Y/n: That's the clock.
11:
Y/n:
11: 536.
Y/n: Where are you going?
11: To get ice cream or commit a felony, I’ll decide on the way there
Y/n: What’s up guys? I’m back.
11: What the- you can’t be here. You’re dead. I literally saw you die.
Y/n: Death is a social construct.
Y/n: If there's going to be a big dramatic scene, wait until I get back.
11: Of course. I can't flip this table by myself.
Y/n: Here's some advice
11: I didn't ask for any
Y/n: Too bad. I'm stuck here with my thoughts and you're the only one who talks to me
Y/n: In light of what you did for me, you can hug me for four to five seconds.
11: FORTY FIVE SECONDS?!?
Y/n: No! Four to five seconds!
11: Too late!!!
Y/n: What is your biggest weakness?
11: I can be uncooperative.
Y/n: Okay, can you give me an example?
11: No.
Y/n: I think I'm having a mid-life crisis.
11: You're like 15 years old
Y/n: I MIGHT DIE AT 30!
Y/n: Let’s watch Sharkboy and Lavagirl.
11: Okay.
Y/n: And make out during the scary parts.
11: Th-
11: The scary parts.
11: Of Sharkboy and Lavagirl.
Y/n: God, give me patience.
11: I think you mean 'give me strength'.
Y/n: If God gave me strength, you'd be dead.
Y/n: 11! My face is on fire!
11: Y/n! Are you ok?!
Y/n: Oh yes, I'm fine. I just said that to make sure you'd come in here quickly.
11: But your face is on fire.
Y/n: Yes. It's much faster than shaving.
Y/n: Can you please be serious for five minutes?
11: My record is four, but I think I can do it.
The squad is trying to con some random guy
Y/n: Um, 11, why are you pretending I'm this guy's family?
11: We need money!
Y/n: You're scamming him?
11: I was thinking more like flat-out stealing from him?
Y/n: What?! No way!
11: Why not? We already stole Amy!
Amy: Hey guys
Y/n: No, we didn't. Amy can think and talk for themself, they can do whatever they want!
Amy: I wanna steal
Y/n: What's a word thats a mix between 'sad' and 'mad'?
11: Disgruntled, miserable, desolated-
Amy: Smad.
Y/n: Fitness tip: never stop pushing yourself. Some say 8 hours of sleep is enough. Why not keep going? Why not 9? Why not 10? Strive for greatness.
11: Next time you’re working out do 15 push ups instead of 10. Run 3 miles instead of 2. Eat a whole cake instead of just a slice. Burn your ex’s house down. You can do it. I believe in you.
Amy: There were so many mixed messages in that I can’t-
Y/n: I’m kind of crushing on someone, but I’m worried about telling you who it is, because you’re not going to like it
Amy: Just rip the bandage off.
Y/n: It’s the Doctor.
Amy: Put the bandage back on.
Y/n: Amy and I are having a baby.
11: That's gre-
Y/n, slamming adoption papers on the table: It's you, sign here.
Y/n: Don't worry, I got a plan.
11: Alright.
Y/n: TraitorSayWhat?
Amy: Excuse me?
Y/n: What?
11:
Y/n:
Y/n: No wait-
*The squad is talking about what it'd be like to open up a homemade Pokemon gym*
Y/n, joking: 11's just sitting at the end, juggling- fushigi-ing 2 glass balls, in super tight pants, just waiting for their kid delivery once they best their minions.
11: Well they would be Pokeballs. And also it's not a kid delivery. There's no fucking guarantee that a kid that comes into the beginning of my crucible makes it to the end of it undefeated.
11: In fact, I'm gonna stack this gym! With fuckin pros!
11: It's- It's gonna be brutal. It's gonna be a torture gym.
Amy: Well- Well what's the theme? Are you like- is it a bug theme, or like-
11: YEAH, AMY. UH- UH- UH- UH YEAH AMY. IM GONNA OPEN UP A BUG TYPE POKEMON GYM. YOU IDIOT.
11: YEAH THAT'S WHAT I WANT, BECAUSE I WANNA GIVE- I WANNA SHIT OUT BADGES FOR EVERY HAM AND EGGER THAT COMES TO MY FRONT DOOR.
Y/n: *Cracking up*
11: YEAH, AMY. 'Uhh, go Caterpie! >~>' That's me, you FUCKING imbecile. 'Yeah go- uhhh- d-do your best, Kakuna!'
11: WHAT ARE YOU FUCKING TALKING ABOU- Yeah a ~bug type~ gym.
Amy:
Y/n: Okaaay-
Amy: Alright, um, I'm gonna go. I've embarrassed myself...
Y/n: Maybe fire? Fire type?
Amy: Yeah fire-based? Like- have fires?11: Yeah, yeah I'll probably just- That's a good idea Y/n I'll probably just do a fire type one... SO THAT ONE KID WITH ONE BLASTOISE CAN FUCK UP MY WHOLE SHOP.
11: KILLED ALL OF US WITH ONE BLASTOISE, HUH? WOW. SHIT I SHOULD'VE-
Amy: Just do rock, then! Just do rock type!
11, voice dripping with contempt: The same Blastoise...
Y/n: If I accidentally sat on a voodoo doll of myself, would I be trapped forever in that position, doomed to starve to death?
11: How am I supposed to know?
Amy: You say, as if we don’t use you as a source of knowledge of the occult.
11: *sighs*
11: You wouldn't be trapped.
Y/n: How's the sexiest person here~?
11: I don't know, how are they~?
Y/n, flustered: I-
Amy, from across the room: I'm doing great, thanks!
Y/n: *Gently taps table*
11: *Taps back*
Amy: What are they doing?
Rory: Morse code.
Y/n: *Aggressively taps table*
11: *Slams hands down* YOU TAKE THAT BACK-
Y/n: Is stabbing someone immoral?
11: Not if they consent to it.
Amy: Depends who you’re stabbing.
Rory: YES?!?
Y/n: Why are your tongues purple?
Amy: We had slushies. I had a blue one.
Rory: I had a red one.
Y/n: oh
Y/n:
Y/n: OH
11:
11: You drank each other's slushies?
Y/n: You lying, cheating, piece of shit!
11: Oh yeah? You’re the idiot who thinks you can get away with everything you do. WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD
Y/n: I’m leaving you, and I’M TAKING AMY WITH ME
Rory, picking up the monopoly board: I think we’re gonna stop playing now.
Y/n: 11, I'm sad.
11: *Holds out arms for a hug* It’s going to be okay.
Amy: Rory, I'm sad.
Rory, nodding: mood.
Y/n: *Screams*
11: *Screams louder to establish dominance*
Amy: Should we do something?
Rory: No, I want to see who wins.
Y/n, banging on the door: 11! Open up!
11: Well, it all started when I was a kid...
Amy: No, they meant-
Rory: Let them finish.
Y/n: Why is 11 so sad?
Amy: They took one of those “Which Character Are You?” quizzes
Y/n: And...?
11: They got Rory.
Y/n: Self care is actually getting into fights with randoms in dark alleys.
11: No, self care is stuff like taking a bubble bath, or putting on a lot of makeup if you like it, or taking a nice warm nap!
Amy: Self care is the burning heat when rage washes over you!! Self care is when you feel the bones crack under your powerful fists!! Self care is the fear in your enemies’ eyes!!!
Rory: Lmao self care is taking your birthday cake just so I can eat the frosting.
Y/n: If you touch my birthday cake I’ll make you eat your hands.
Y/n: Can I be frank with you guys?
11: Sure, but I don’t see how changing your name is gonna help.
Amy: Can I still be Amy?
Rory: Shh, let Frank speak.
Y/n: 11 isn’t answering their phone
Amy: I’ll call
Y/n: Rory and I have both tried six times each, what makes you thi-
11: Hello?
Y/n: You know those things will kill you, right?
11, pouring another glass of whiskey: That’s the point.
Amy, smoking a cigarette: We’re trying to speed up the process.
Rory: *Nods while eating raw cookie dough*
Cop: You’re receiving a ticket for having three people on one motorcycle.
Y/n: Shit.
11: Wait, three?
Cop: Yeah?
Amy: OH MY GOD RORY FELL OFF!!!
Amy: Why are Y/n and 11 sitting with their backs to each other?
Rory: They had a fight.
Amy: Then why are they holding hands?
Rory: They get sad when they fight.
Y/n: Hah! 69! You know what that means?
11: What?
Amy: That you're a child.
Rory: HOW'D YOU GUESS MY IQ!?
Y/n: Listen, I can explain...
11: You’re making $500,000 and you’re only gonna pay me $30,000?
Amy: You’re getting 30 grand? I’m getting $1,000!
Rory: You guys are getting paid?
Y/n: I currently have 7 empty notebooks and I have no clue what to put in them. Suggestions?
11: Put spaghetti in it.
Y/n: I'm currently taking suggestions from literally anyone but you.
Amy: Put spaghetti in it.
Y/n: I'm currently taking suggestions from anyone but you two.
Rory: Put spaghetti in it.
Y/n: I'm no longer taking suggestions.
Y/n, about 11: Apparently we’re getting someone new in the group.
Amy: Are we stealing them?
Rory: New or used?
Y/n: Wonderful responses, both of you.
Y/n: There is no future. there is no past. do you see? Time is simultaneous, an intricately structured jewel that humans insist on viewing one edge at a time, when the whole design is visible in every facet.
11:
Amy:
Rory:
Everyone Else At Y/n’s Surprise Birthday Party:
11: All I asked was if you wanted to cut your birthday cake first.
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Jujutsu Kaisen S2 (Prequel eps) pulled me back into this story. Summer 2023 Anime
I liked Jujutsu Kaisen when it first came out. The presentation was excellent, and I thought it was at its best when it was just having fun and showing off cool powers. When it came to the story elements and more dramatic angles, I did not feel super invested. I didn't dislike the story or its attempts at being serious, I just didn't feel much towards it. I also did not see JJK Zero, and for clarity I am anime only (If I do not mention the source material at all in a review, please assume I have not read it). Not intentionally, but because I didn’t get around to it at the time then forgot about it. JJK wasn’t an anime that stuck out in my mind strongly. I just thought it was a great show that other people seemed to enjoy a bit more than I did. Not that there's anything wrong with that. The point of this is to say I barely thought about Jujutsu before watching this and remembered very few fine details.
Despite that I absolutely loved it. It's very impressive how much they accomplished in just 5 episodes. These episodes successfully got me reinvested in the grander story, characters and dramatic elements. The rest of this will contain some direct spoilers, especially for episode 5 where I go into the most detail.
As usual the overall presentation is fantastic, not much to say there. The fights look awesome, the characters move very smoothly and with great expression. One of the best-looking shows out there.
The funnier side of JJK is strongly present here, which I appreciate as I did before. For me JJK excels at portraying characters having goofy and interesting interactions. Usually people are like “cmon, get back to the action!”. For me it was the opposite, I wanted the villains to go away so everyone could go back to having fun. The fights that had comedy mixed in were the ones I generally liked the most. I don’t think fights need to feel as if they have life or death in the balance to be engrossing. I love a good high-tension fight too, but my general preference for series I like is having a good balance of comedy and drama. JJK before now was a series I thought had great comedy and decent drama. With these episodes I now know at its best it can excel at both.
Tbh, I barely remembered Geto existed before watching this. But they still managed to make me buy into Geto and Gojo's friendship very quickly. They have a very good dynamic. Which makes what happens later far more compelling.
So, onto episode 5. This is some of the best setup for a villain I've seen. His slow descent into darkness feels very organic and real. Descent into madness was the first phrase to come to my mind earlier but that would not be accurate. He is not insane. He is coming from a place of logic. It's incredibly immoral but comes from sane thinking. I also like how his idea came from a very direct but very casual conversation as well. Him getting tired of basically putting Band-Aids on a massive wound and wanting to tackle the root issue is a very real way of thinking about serious problems in the world. It makes complete sense for both him and the other Jujutsu Sorcerers at the top of the power scale like Yuki consider the ways they can get out of the cycle. He is sane and follows a perspective we can understand, which makes him much more compelling for me. Just the simple detail of having a year pass makes a huge difference. The editing and presentation lend so much to Geto’s declining mental and physical wellbeing. The way they actually had him appear physically unwell during his time of contemplation is such great detail that really drives how much the events of episode 4 impacted him. And this detail strengthens his position even further by having him go back to appearing healthy when he chooses his path. The use of perspective and framing is fantastic for portraying his emotion at various points.
These episodes made me much more interested in the world than I had been before. The way cursed energy works is pretty interesting, and the topic of the scene with Yuki is the perfect situation for reminding viewers how it works. I think these episodes did a good job of re-explaining things for the people who forgot details from S1 (me lol). At times I do think the explanations took away from the pacing of the fights and could absolutely be considered info dumping, but overall they work fine and aren’t a huge detriment. The element of powers being stronger if they are explained helps alleviate that issue and is frankly a stroke of genius by the other so they can more easily get away with info dumping.
After watching these 5 episodes, I am starting to see what elevates this above other shounen for a lot of people. I’m really looking forward to the rest of season 2! I will watch Zero soon and will remind myself of important details from the first season before continuing on, promise! Thanks for reading!
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Last Action Hero (1993)
Last Action Hero didn't find its audience in 1993 and critics didn’t respond particularly well to it either. Following its perceived failure, director John McTiernan has gone to say the final product wasn’t what he originally envisioned. I say stand by your movie. I’ll be right there next to you. This is great stuff! Ahead of its time, clever, funny and filled with memorable moments, Last Action Hero deserves a second look.
Danny Madigan (Austin O’Brien) loves Jack Slater, a action movie character played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. He’s seen the first three movies and his friend Nick (Robert Prosky), the projectionist at the run-down local movie theater, offers to let him watch the fourth one early. As the first scene begins, Danny is sucked into the screen. While trying to explain to Jack that he’s a fictional character, the movie’s villain, Benedict (Charles Dance) begins to suspect the boy can be useful to him.
It’s a pitch-perfect parody of action films of the time. You see a nameless thug impaled by a runaway ice cream cone - a deadly frozen treat blown into the back of his skull by an abnormally large explosion of dubious origin. Slater smirks ���Iced that guy - to cone a phrase”. Wow. If that isn’t simultaneously the best and the worst post-kill one-liner I’ve ever heard, I don’t know what is. The screenplay by Shane Black and David Arnott is full of tongue-in-cheek moments to satisfy fans of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s over-the-top portfolio, and those who recognize why the trend needed a slap in the face. It piles on the jokes and just keeps getting funnier as it gets along. Type casting, the choice of soundtracks, the phony “555” phone numbers, the roles a comedic sidekick plays in an action movie, spin-off characters, movie logic, pretty much every aspect of blockbuster filmmaking gets a turn through the ringer. There are so many jokes there's no way you'll catch them all on a first viewing.
If there’s a deserved criticism for this endlessly quotable, memorable, imaginative and clever movie, it’s the length. It lasts 131 minutes, which would be a long time for a regular movie, never mind one that’s constantly breaking the fourth wall. The picture earns that time thanks to a wild turn maybe 2/3 of the way in but I understand why some audiences might be getting antsy in their seats at that point. The thing is, this Last Action Hero is smart. It’s so smart people at the time didn’t get it and many still don’t. In an alternate universe, Benedict escapes to the real world and Danny and Jack follow him right before the credits begin, setting up a sequel to a smash-hit. In our world, this movie WASN’T successful. Had it not gone on for the length that it is, we would’ve never seen this world explored as thoroughly as it is here. The movie may be wild with the funeral Jack needs to crash, the gimmicky bad guy who swaps out his glass eye depending on his mood, the insane stunts and nonchalant attitude towards massive body counts but you haven't seen anything yet. The film takes a wholly different, grim tone that asks us to consider what differentiates the reality and fiction.
More than anything, Last Action Hero is fun. When else will you see Schwarzenegger in an action-packed rendition of Hamlet, or a police station whose officers include dominatrix models? It’s a criminally underrated film in Schwarzenegger’s filmography. I’ll take it one step further. I think it’s one of his best films. (On DVD, June 14, 2019)
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7, 13, 24, 32, 45 + vesper/fenix 🙃
screaming crying at some of these questions i've been losing my mind, THANK YOU LEAH
7. What annoys them the most about their partner? Would they change it if they could?
to fenix, vesper is a bit TOO serious all the time...and he is right..but i haven’t said this. it’s not like she isn’t funny or can’t enjoy life but there’s so much going on in her life all the time and if she doesn’t have the control over it then she’s scared something bad could happen to her loved ones. fenix jokingly tells her that she’s not “as funny as when you were younger”, implying that she is getting old and boring (vesper is going to get angry about this asfjlk). deep down it’s all harmless teasing, i don’t think he would want her to change anyway: she IS funny, adventurous, she just needs to know that everything is alright, she needs to be relaxed. and fenix is great at bringing out her chill & funny side so everything is okay <3
vesper is annoyed by the fact that fenix can’t literally act NICE to anyone. he is...peculiar, and most of the time his mocking and full of himself personality can really set off people. vesper is like yes yes i know he is like that BUT i swear he gets better with time (or you get used to it i guess). it's mostly a front, i mean he mocks a lot and he is full of himself but guess that makes a bad first impression on anyone. so basically she just wished he stopped getting into fights with half city. would save her a lot of trouble but again, it’s not something she would want to “change”. she’s used to it and deep down finds his antics quite funny
SOMETHING THEY WOULD CHANGE THO: vesper wants him to stop going on a infinite rant every time they eat “italian” food because he thinks it sucks and he has to point out EVERY. SINGLE. DEFECT. while fenix wishes for vesper to develop good taste akfjkfk
13. What do they do for fun? Do they have a favorite activity or do they like to switch things up?
their fave thing to do together are CAR RIDES. absolutely. vesper loves them, fenix loves seeing her so happy. win-win. and usually after that there’s always uhhh..something else in store for him, vesper thinks driving is hot and fast cars make her act unwise....so huh you know...double win-win.
they like movie nights too!! at home or be it at the movie theatre, in first case they can chat and laugh and just lay on top of each other on the couch, while the second case is open to other funny activities to do around the city after the movie ends.
vesper LOVES to dance, she’s good at it too so while fenix is terrible at it he will comply and enjoy a nice night out clubbing and i mean..I MEAN. win-win. vesper is quite hot when dancing and fenix wouldn’t miss the chance to have his hands on her as they dance super close to each other in the suffocating crowd y’know. AND as i said here for the dates question: missing the chance to see vesper all dressed up? HE WILL GO. IT DOESN’T MATTER if he is COMICALLY BAD he will enjoy the show.
also something fun they do sometimes is trying to teach other another language, fenix knows italian while vesper knows french and spanish. most of the time they just say a phrase and see how long it takes the other to understand it. fenix has a lot of trouble with french fkjdklj
OH and of course some of their funnier moments get spent with daniel too because that guy can turn everything into a party or make people have fun, BUT no pda is allowed when he is around <3
24. Any doubts about the relationship?
i mean..i MEAN...fenix? zero doubts. vesper? sometimes it gets hard. after everything that went down between these two i wouldn’t blame her to have a few doubts about the relationship. when vesper finally gives him a second chance you can bet she went through one hundred different thoughts. does she want him back? YES. is she scared that this will result in heartbreak again? yea...she placed a bet on a relationship she knows failed once already, that’s high risk gambling and having doubts it's normal but vesper REALLY REALLY wants to be with him, she loves him. also fenix is a "new man" now. i don’t like the concept that “he changed” for vesper, i do believe that what makes fenix himself is still there (if he changed that would mean love a different man), he simply understood what he did wrong and the reason why AND that he shouldn’t be scared of getting closer to someone and love them. that’s growth
32. Do they ever get into trouble? Is it serious, or are they just mischievous?
trouble could be fenix’s second name honestly, wherever he goes he takes trouble with him really and of course vesper gets dragged into it. sometimes he gets into stupid quarrels with people, even the store clerk to make an example, and sometimes he just..he just fucks up something big time and that’s when the biggest troubles come from. thankfully vesper is always there to get him out of most of these situations, she just goes [dramatic sigh] what did you do this time, who wants to kill you now?
during their first times together vesper got dragged in a LOT of troubles because of him, perfect example is that fic i wrote that is hanging somewhere on this blog where he gets kidnapped alongside with her. he’s a man that can get very easily on your nerves so vesper doesn’t really blame any of the people that try to punch him akjfhkjd
45. Any special dreams or goals they have as a couple? Any heartbreaks? Regrets?
answered here!
ask game || oc page
#ask games#ask#arklay#oc: vesper#oc: fenix#they are so special to me..so precious..also don't look at me i'm not crying i'm very normal about these two FOR SURE#thank you for the question leah ily mwah <33
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enhypen as your boyfriend.
boyfriend!enhypen x gen!reader. fluff. 1.9k. curse words. mention of bugs, food. not requested.
🐈 ⸝⸝ HEESEUNG ˙𐃷˙
super-duper caring !!
he’s so whipped for you — he smiles just by thinking about you
also very giggly around you
LOVES lending you his beanies
(aka. you stealing them..)
+ you steal his earrings as well ! not that he minds
absolutely adores singing for you / he loves singing you to sleep :D
hold up, is being heeseung’s s/o just being his personal ramen cook 🤨🤨
he aaalwaays bugs you to play games with him (especially wii and nintendo switch lmao)
either that or you’re playing animal crossing while eating takeout at your dinner table
you’re the only person in the world who he’ll ever do aegyo for.
he secretly enjoys it, but shhh you didn’t hear that from me
i think he likes calling you names like cutie, cutiepie or just a shorter version of your name <3 (if there is one !)
booping your nose is on his everyday to do list ☝️
lowkey therapist & boyfriend in one ngl
WAIT he loves making playlists for you two,,
“y/n! i made another playlist, do you wanna listen to it? i made it while thinking of you.” <//3
the type to write cheesy lyrics about you, then later cringes at his own writing bUT then leaves it like that because you like it !
you have his cover of lauv’s “i’m so tired” either set as your alarm or play it on loop everyday
(random but for some reason i can picture him giving you a cassette with his cover on it just for the vintage vibes)
🐈 ⸝⸝ JAY ˙𐃷˙
the mom-and-boyfriend in one ;]
f a s h i o n c o u p l e
you are literally fashion icons. no disagreements.
you have matching clothes or accessories ! even if it’s really subtle, the gesture behind it is super adorable <//3
cooking pt. 2 :D but this time there’s a gorden ramsay in your relationship
i can just SEE how you both two impersonate gorden ramsay while cooking which makes everything 10 times funnier !! checks every 5 seconds if the food is ready tho because he doesn’t wanna risk anything
never cleans up afterwards, either you do or no one does
since you’re both fashion icons your social media followers are going 📈📈📈
literally couple goals.
he loves taking pictures of you,, but also wants you to take pictures of him
jay gets flustered easily so please make him flustered with sudden compliments, hugs, kisses, etc. !!
he’s also the only member i can really see calling you babe
confident but shy about pda at the same time ??? he’s both LOL
you always tease him with his RAS moments and randomly quote them when you’re in the middle of a conversation with him lmao
random and idk if this fits here, but he likes making your lunch — leaves you encouraging notes too <3
last but not least: jokingly gets angry at you when he wants something from you, and you do the same thing back ♡
🐈 ⸝⸝ JAKE ˙𐃷˙
sweetest and softest boyfriend to ever exist. i’m so soft for him JSHSHS
definitely calls you sweetie and darling. 100%. fight me if you think otherwise.
shows you pics of layla everyday (it’s become routine for him >_<)
a tiny bit cliché BUT lends you his jacket whenever you’re cold (even when you’re inside !!)
random thought: jake puts his hands in your hoodie pockets...
💔💔💔
it’s his personal goal to peck your cheek and forehead at least twice a day — gets pouty if he wasn’t able to do that ))):::
talks in english a lot because you love his accent !!
if you’re an english speaker, you’ll have conversations in english all. the. time.
if you’re not an english speaker, no worries, he’ll teach you !
+ reads you bedtime stories in english (jake’s australian accent >>>)
dreams of travelling with you to australia <33
if there’s a bug in the house you better know that jake will NOT be removing them and runs out of the house
WILL stay over at one of the other member’s houses untill that bug is REMOVED .
so if you’re afraid of bugs as well,,, i’m sorry bae, but it’ll be your task to remove these little... creatures 😐
ngl you have more photos of layla than of him on your phone lol
(spams you with her pictures and captions them with “y/n!!! look!!! layla with a flower!!!! layla with a butterfly!!!!” it’s just so sweet aaa)
we need some “””drama””” so you make jokes about him being a “🥶💸🔥💪” boy a lot in your relationship LMAO
🐈 ⸝⸝ SUNGHOON ˙𐃷˙
ice skating dates.
this has been mentioned in other headcanons a lot already but i just HAD to include it,,
convinces you to eat ice cream after your date LOL even if it IS winter
btw. fashion couple nr. 2 !!!
MIRROR SELCAS
MIRROR SELCAS
ugh the visuals and the power you two hold,,,, i can’t,,,,,
has better clothes than you ngl so you share clothes lmao
it started with him lending you his sweatpants, but then you didn’t want to return them forgot to return them and BOOM 💥 here we are
extremely awkward and shy at first — don’t worry though, he becomes much more chaotic in the later phases of your relationship
he teases you SO MUCH. LIKE. SO MUCH.
always has small smile (smirk?) on his face when he’s about to make a cocky remark (so beware)
you tease him back just twice as hard which 1.) results in him in becoming flustered 2.) fails LOL
off-topic but he’d love a s/o that has a similar style to him ??? a more elegant, classy, dark style perhaps
when he’s away / busy he’ll send you some selcas and captions them with “how r u doing??” “did you eat yet?” “cheer up :P”
kinda shy about pda but likes showing off too ???
i mean,, men... 🙄🙄 /lh
whenever someone mentions your name near him, he’ll just try to hide his smile while biting his lip (yk what i’m talking about???) and you’ll see his dimples and the affectionate look in his eyes and just AAAAA
the type of boyfriend that calls you love~
🐈 ⸝⸝ SUNOO ˙𐃷˙
skin care routines with sunoo 24/7 🤝
he does your hair (if your hair is long enough to do different hairstyles with it ofc !!)
send you daily weekly skin care products he thinks you two should try out / that’d be good for your skin <3
spa nights every friday at 9pm — he only lets you in if you wear a stylish pyjama LOL
you buy him peach items because they just remind you so much of him (｡•́︿•̀｡)
SELCA TIME !!! his phone is always ready !!! (apart from his storage maybe?)
PARTICIPATES IN SELCA DAYS OF YOUR FAVOURITE IDOLS AAA
loves to go on walks w u
does A LOT of aegyo,,
and i know that you knew that this point will be in this headcanon.
for eg. instead of saying goodnight or bye he’ll just do aegyo for you not that anyone minds tbh
stages of sunoo flirting (?):
a — tries to compliment you (it sounds more like a flirty remark tbh)
b — realizes then blushes
c — cringes and runs away LMAO
playfully acts jealous, so you know it’s a joke but deep down he’s actually jealous
you two match each others vibes a lot — if one is sad, the other is sad as well
+ tells you your posture is bad when you sit like a banana or tells you to go to sleep early and when you don’t listen to him, he’ll show you an article that proves that (abc) and (xyz) is bad for you and says “i told you so.” 💀
🐈 ⸝⸝ JUNGWON ˙𐃷˙
impresses you by doing kicks (does the kick cap challenge on tiktok and/or you play kick it by nct 127 for the funzies)
poking his dimple is a MUST . 😩😩
though gets super shy when you kiss him and also if you buy him gifts !!
cheers you up whenever you feel down or are upset
compliments you a ton ))): will randomly come up to you and tell you that your fit is cute or that you look brighter today,,, little does he know it's because of him ;]
HUGS!HUGS!HUGS
poking his dimple comes first, then hugging
the other members tease you two everytime you’re over LOL it’s like there are two koalas clinging onto each other
our yang garden gained another sheep +1
you two randomly play sheep,,,, like,,, everyday ???? sheep cosplays 👍
idk why ig it’s just fun to imitate sheep and go “mmmeEeEeeEhh” to annoy others
talking of that, even THOUGH he is a responsible leader he will not hesitate to do stupid shit with you
“hey how about we ring on that house there and yell “sheep for sale!” do you think they’ll open the door?”
“i don’t know... let’s find out!” 🤝
let’s just say that this didn’t end well..
also kinda bullies you (in a loving way ofc !!) pand teases you nonstop
either calls you asshole or love aHA
in conclusion: a very unpredictable relationship,, would 10/10 recommend.
very random but i feel like his love language is acts of service
🐈 ⸝⸝ NI-KI ˙𐃷˙
oh look it’s our tsundere 😼
can’t go a day without dancing so you two have vibing sessions at 2am everyday ft. the others telling you to go to bed
you’re the only one that can make him soft lol
if you’re older than him, you would definitely take care of him like your own baby !!
if you are the same age as him or younger it’d be awkward for him at first, because he isn’t used to taking care of someone younger, so he’d treat you as if you were his best friend at the beginning
you love to watch him dance !! it’s so satisfying,, LITERAL asmr.
pranks you 24/7. boy has NO mercy. will not care if the others will scold him later. he will do the prank smoothly (?) — doesn’t care about the consequences LMAO
probably sets your alarm to someone screaming or a cringy aegyo song <//3
wants to film dance covers with you !! you don’t have to be the best dancer either !! as long as you have fun ^__^
the other members find you really cute but are also vERY TIRED OF YOU,, two energized teens in a relationship was not a good idea ☝️
likes to randomly hold your hand and swing it around
probably distant at the beginning of the relationship because a.) he doesn’t want to pressure you/make things awkward b.) he doesn’t really know what to do either ???
(if you’re not japanese or don’t know how to speak japanese) he’ll definitely teach you some japanese phrases and words !! introduce you to his culture as well :DD and he really wants to know more about your culture too <3
teaches you phrases like “sunoo is a dumbass” for the funzies LOL
randomly makes micheal jackson impressions,,, it’s hilarious LMFAO
#enhypen#enhypen imagines#enhypen headcanons#enhypen reactions#enhypen scenarios#heeseung#jay#jake#sunghoon#sunoo#jungwon#niki#lee heeseung#park jay#sim jake#park sunghoon#kim sunoo#yang jungwon#nishimura riki#enhypen heeseung#enhypen jay#enhypen jake#enhypen sunghoon#enhypen sunoo#enhypen jungwon#enhypen niki#enhypen fluff#enhypen x reader
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Kakegurui Incorrect Quotes
Ryota: Okay, help me, please!
Y/N: Got two words for you.
Ryota: I bet they won't be helpful.
Y/N: Your problem.
Ryota: I was right
Y/N: Here's some advice
Mary: I didn't ask for any
Y/N: Too bad. I'm stuck here with my thoughts and you're the only one who talks to me
Yumeko: You love me, right, Y/N?
Y/N: Normally, I’d say yes without hesitation, but I feel like this is going somewhere and I don’t like it.
Runa: Do you take constructive criticism?
Y/N: I only take cash or credit.
Rin: *Walking into a room* Sorry I’m late... I was... doing things.
*Sounds of running footsteps progressively getting louder*
Y/N: *Out of breath* THEY PUSHED ME DOWN THE FUCKIN’ STAIRS.
Y/N: I know you’re deflecting by making jokes about how hot you are.
Itsuki: It’s not a joke.
Itsuki: *sniffles*
Itsuki: I’m a legit snack.
Y/N: I'm 10 times funnier and sexier than you
Sayaka: 10 times 0 is still 0 though
Y/N: Jokes on you, I can't do math
Kaede: You're right.
Y/N: That's... That's an unusual phrase for you. Did you just learn it?
Ririka: I actually have a black belt.
Y/N: In what, karate?
Ririka: No, from Gucci.
Y/N, struggling to keep upright in their 1-inch heels: Yeah, I-I don’t really think heels are for me
Kirari, pointing at them and walking flawlessly in sparkly golden 6-inch heels: WEAK.
Y/N: What the fuck is wrong with you?!
Midari: Wow, you could start with a 'good morning'.
Y/N: Good morning. What the fuck is wrong with you?!
Yuriko, standing with their back turned: I’ve been expecting you, Y/N.
Y/N: How did you do that without turning around?
Yuriko: ... To be perfectly honest, the first couple of people I did that to were not you.
Y/N: Do you have any skeletons in your closet?
Yumemi: You mean literally or figuratively?
Y/N: Honestly, the fact that I have to specify...
A/N: Been a while since we've had one of these bois
#kakegurui#kakegurui x y/n#kakegurui x reader#kakegurui incorrect quotes#yumemi x reader#yumemi yumemite#yumeko jamabi#yumeko x reader#aries incorrect
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