#in shadow of absurd

[champvictor]

Complex issue...

#complex issue #what do i want #cat #cat's problems #problems #cat problems #wtf #funny #dark humor #bad jokes #web comics #absurd #in shadow of absurd #web comic #art #what i want

[why-is-it-always-autumn]

The funniest thing about Lazlo whatwedointheshadows’ rivalries is that they’re always 100% reciprocated.  You think “Lazlo, don’t be ridiculous, no one wants your weird cursed hat.  Stop being paranoid,” and then Simon the Devious pulls off an elaborate disguise to reveal that he’s spent the past 5+ years setting up an elaborate con for the sole purpose of stealing the cursed hat.  Everyone is going into this with the exact same bonkers energy over the most trivial nonsense and it’s fantastic

#what we do in the shadows #wwdits #lazlo cravensworth #if lazlo says he owes a guy $5 rest assured the guy will go to truly absurd lengths to get those $5 #no one forgets and everyone cares deeply

[harpuiaa]

(person that has never seen saw but has read yugioh voice) yeah? so he traps people in evil puzzle rooms? sounds a lot like a guy i know

#yeah. im into drawing absurd crossovers now #feat. the stupid fuckign chess meme #ik the doll thing is just a doll but i keep seeing shitposts online that treat him as if hes not. i think it adds to it #no idea whats up with the formattign we'll see if it fixes itself after posing #(edit: it did not i had to re-add the second image) #i think yami yugi would survive a saw trap no problem. it's his natural environment #for that matter i also think he would survive squid game (ignoring the political messaging here. sorry.). he does that for a living #i've thought out how an evil chess shadow game would play out. even if it's not actually explained in the drawing #theres a time bomb on each side. you can prevent/regain time on yr side depending on the type of pieces you take. loser explodes #yami yugi would get a pawn across the board unnoticed turning it into a queen bc of course he would. prompting the opponent to cheat #getting themselves super penalty gamed #ygo #dm #s0 #yugioh #idr my tags help #saw #(i guess???????)

[andva-ri]

i'm invested in this a normal amount, i need to add to the propaganda

☆ KEEP VOTING FOR THE BOI @autismswagsummit ☆

#rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rise donnie #donnie #rottmnt donnie #donatello #donnie sweep #autism swag #i spent way too much time on this #i really wanna see him against shadow in the finals #PLEASE #also is absurd that donnie won and abed lost since donnie is canonically based on abed #istg #myne

[fernsnailz]

Wait, so Shadow was made to be a hedgehog because Gerald saw a hedgehog save the world? That's FASCINATING!!!!!! I'm sorry but the IMPLICATIONS????? Like this prophecy could have been about Sonic but he wasn't around 50 years ago so he just????? MADE A HEDGEHOG??????????? SPECIFICALLY TO TRY AND FULFILL A PROPHECY??????????????????? Insane. Nobody is doing it like him.

perhaps! i should clarify that this bit of lore is actually just a theory - a GAME THEOR--(gets shot)

it's called the hidden palace mural theory, the basics of which state that gerald robotnik was inspired by a mural found in sonic 3's hidden palace zone when creating shadow. the full mural looks like this, actually depicting super sonic defeating sonic 3's final boss (called Big Arm i think lol):

there really isn't much to support this theory other than the fact that we know gerald explored angel island (learned in sonic battle i think) and the mural likely depicts sonic's super form (which shadow looks sooorta similar to). it's a very popular fan theory which is why a lot of people think it's canon (and why i mentioned it in my geraldoom comic). in reality, there's absolutely no canonical reason as to why shadow is a hedgehog, which i think is hilarious tbh

but you're right, the implications of gerald trying to fulfill a prophecy are crazy, and that's why i love this theory! trying to create an all-powerful being with a set destiny? might be flying a little too close to the sun there gerald

#there are a few other theories as to why shadow is a hedgehog #one in particular which is. absolutely absurd in a cool way #sonic loreposting

[gerandor]

To anyone who thinks nandor can’t read. First of all reading and spelling are two different things. Second, English is not the only language in the world. Third, misspelling words isn’t a sign of stupidity. Fourth, Nandor didn’t even go to school to learn languages, yet he can still read and write at least two languages. Fifth, we saw nandor read letters and recite from books on several occasions please remember those. Sixth, he may be bad at spelling stupidass english words but he has written a diary which historians mistook for an actual novel. Seventh, we saw him read a book on the fall of roman empire and in s5 he was reading a book even I don’t know what it was about, so he’s not reading trash. Thank you for attention.

#sorry this continued slander against nandor’s reading habit is absurd #and very rude if you ask me #i take personal offense bc i too misspell english words a lot #but i love books and reading #i stuided English literature in iran which isn’t the most popular thing to do #anyway #stop harassing my babygirl lol #wwdits #nandor the relentless #wwdits spoilers #what we do in the shadows

[desidarling123]

This is INSANE. Absolutely bonkers.

Between that and the show being the #10 most-Googled show on the PLANET -- what else did Netflix want from the show??? Christ.

#shadow and bone #six of crows #six of crows spinoff #save shadow and bone #this is BEYOND absurd

[mindhowyougo]

#when endeavour plays the light and shadows game... #honestly would i have lost my mind over this show without the absurd number of shots like these? #itv endeavour

[acknowledgetheabsurd]

I have decided once and for all that we are united forever. So these are all light shadows. They pass, and there remains the soil of our love.

Albert Camus to Maria Casarès, Correspondance, February 2, 1950 [#164]

#albert camus #camus #absurd #absurdism #maria casares #correspondance #love letters #love #united #forever #light #shadow #soil

[maplethedarkshine]

I feel like the Fandom doesn't talk enough about how omega is overpowered af- ARE WE FORGETTING THAT HE LITERALLY KILLED SHADOW???? CAN WE TALK MORE ABOUT THIS PLEASE???

THAT WAS HIM, OMEGA DID THAT.

The Fandom be talking about the most powerful characters in the franchise and nobody mentions my boy- HE SINGLE-HANDEDLY CRUCIFIED THE ULTIMATE LIFE FORM, DO YOU KNOW THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT??? HE'S MORE POWERFUL THAN THE ULTIMATE LIFE FORM, DOES THAT MEAN THAT HE'S AS POWERFUL AS THE SONIC THE HEDGEHOG? MAYBE MORE???

And they aren't even SURPRISED by it, they're just sad, WHAT? WHY ARE THEY SO NORMAL ABOUT IT?

#e 123 omega #sonic omega #sonic the hedgehog #sonic fandom #shadow the hedgehog #the ultimate life form #rouge the bat #mephiles the dark #sonic 06 #Before someone comes and says that it doesn't count since sonic 06 didn't happen let me remind you that the game is still canon #Sega be giving characters the most absurd op abilities ever and then not let them do shit #Maple The Darkshine #Lazy and stupid post

[russenoire]

in response to this post:

ONE-sensei is a bit of a troll, not gonna lie.

but... i actually like this ending, at least for comedy's sake. the stark juxtaposition of

'boy gets hit by a truck and his unexamined jungian shadow self flattens a city before he finally makes peace with it'

with

'and everything was just fine six months later'

is funnier than spelling out exactly how we get from point A to point B, because we KNOW — as the audience — that it wasn't 'just fine'. after everything we saw, how could it be?

subverted expectations underpin a lot of comedy, even dark comedy, especially absurdist comedy. MP100 is practically built on both. this story wrings a lot of humor out of sad, if not tragic, situations: witness shigeo's 'who told you you could pass out?!' after his home has been reduced to kindling. or ritsu's admission that he only recently stopped crying himself to sleep at night over his inability to bend spoons like his big brother. while he's letting shigeo know just how much he supposedly hates him in that alley.

not expanding upon the real-life consequences of said city-flattening is funny precisely because dropping 'i wrecked my hometown after nearly dying in a car accident on the way to ask out my crush when i was a teenager' in a conversation and just... leaving it there? would be fucking horrifying in real life. here, in the elastic magical-realist context of MP100, it's more darkly absurd than anything else...

more to your point, OP: in this particular series, ONE-sensei tells so much of this story by implication. the answers to some of your questions are in the text, only... alluded to.

this might get long. bear with me:

the fact that joseph from the government exists? and that he's an esper working in secret? implies that the knowledge of destructive espers might need to be concealed from the public at large, perhaps to prevent wide-scale panic or ostracism of espers themselves. i doubt the government was forthright with its citizens about the confession arc disaster or the actual cause, for the same reasons.

that suzuki's broadcast-hijacking world domination announcement is met with public disdain and ridicule, especially over social media? outside of our cast, no one actually takes his threat seriously until it happens. reigen's trash-talking claw's seventh division down to earth also shows how little respect espers who don't make themselves useful to society actually get here. he is, after all, just another member of the public.

that reigen agrees to take on haruaki amakusa as a client after the world domination arc in part because he's worried about losing business? people have begun to move away from seasoning city in the aftermath; whatever the threat amakusa's hyakki present, neutralizing them as soon as possible is best for reigen's continued financial health. i can see even more residents deciding they've had enough and leaving after shigeo's last brush with death. would you stay?

how many people know shigeo is connected to reigen, apart from the people they both know? out of his own inflated and fragile ego, reigen presents himself as a sole proprietor on his website; it doesn't seem his business or its reputation would be directly affected at all.

and the injuries caused? possible deaths? we get a taste: early on in chapter 100, several people are trapped and unable to move in a 地盤沈下 (jibánchinka, literally: 'land subsidence', which can apply to a sinkhole, a landslide...) shigeo has left in his wake. we only find out because a cop is being briefed on this and its cause while trying to detain the suspect for questioning.

but like all other bodily harm caused in this story, we aren't treated to the fallout. did the elderly ishiguro survive shou plowing him into the earth? did miyagawa die after teruki flipped his barrier onto him and broiled him in his own flames? did those high school bully boys live after shigeo cracked their heads open on the pavement like eggs? like, these are good questions. (i'm inclined to believe that all these people died, but many would call me harsh for saying that about an otherwise kind story. we never see them again, either way.)

shigeo actually has a healing factor of sorts; his jungian shadow self keeps plucking him from death's arms. we have no way of knowing if this is true for anyone else, because that isn't the story ONE wanted to tell. if nothing else, the mangaka's lack of desire to engage with this question of lethal consequences is at least consistent across MP100.

any questions that aren't answered either directly or that can't be answered by easy extrapolation can foster continued engagement with the material.

for example: we don't know what shigeo's parents think about much of anything in this story, besides how little they expect from him and how ritsu sets a standard they feel shigeo should live up to. this boy goes through hell multiple times and is never shown to confide in either of his parents about it, instead suffering in silence for some time until he finds someone he feels safe enough to talk to. all this gives me the distinct impression that shigeo just isn't that close to his mother or his father. i can understand why. it's actually kind of sad, even as readers' frustrated expectations of real-life parental involvement with — and confusion over — his and his brother's shenanigans also generate some dark humor.

this also establishes a precedent: since we never check in with them, by the time the confession arc rolls around, their opinion hardly matters. (but i'm sure someone has written a fic fleshing that out! i'm somewhat curious myself.)

#mob psycho #mob psycho 100 #mp100 #mp100 meta #shigeo kageyama #mp100 manga spoilers #confession arc #dramedy #magical realism #image description in alt #jungian shadow: the anime #ONE is a bit of a troll LOL #i like this ending though #you can fill in the blanks yourself #i feel like the absurdity of the entire situation is more apparent on the page #shigeo is an unreliable narrator #admittedly humor is subjective #one person's 'reducing the aftermath of a psychic catastrophe to a Noodle Incident is funny' #is another person's 'this is just lazy writing' #kageyama shigeo #分析

[champvictor]

I don't know, just live with it...

#i don't know #just live with it #live with it #wtf #funny #in the shadow of the absurd #spider man #mary jane #mary jam #spider map #absurd #bad jokes #in shadow of absurd #humor #cartoon

[greensaplinggrace]

the darkling being an amplifier has to be one of the most underutilized aspects of canon to exist

#it’s actually absurd to me #there is so much potential just in that alone and lb just left it to rot on the wayside?!?? #like you’re jokingggg #anyways I’m always in my the darkling should have been the third amplifier era tbh #grishaverse #shadow and bone #sab #aleksander morozova #the darkling #myramblings

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

there's a whole rest of this thread but for my mental sanity, i'm not posting all of it. basically, op was saying that it was at this moment that catra finally realizes how hard adora had it.

which.. isn't true? catra never learns to empathize with adora. literally after this scene, adora takes the failsafe and instead of communicating with her like a responsible adult, catra gives her the silent treatment and goes off to sulk.

later, she overhears part of a conversation between shadow weaver and adora, and immediately decides that adora doesn't want her. she doesn't try to reason with adora or talk things out, she just decides to leave. and when adora tries to stop her, she shifts the blame onto adora again.

if catra really understood what adora was going through, why would she scream at adora for “choosing shadow weaver” (which is not what happened, mind you) and shove her to the ground for absolutely no reason? wouldn't she rather stay behind and try to give adora some support?

not to mention, “adora can't even care about herself” GIRL you caused that!! you were the one who constantly kept weaponizing her own insecurities against her and making her feel like she was worth nothing. why are you suddenly worried about the same problem you caused?

#the way the show entirely shifts the blame onto shadow weaver #when we had more scenes of catra manipulating adora #it's so absurd #they were really trying to gaslight us with the last season i swear #spop critical #spop salt #spop #spop criticism #spop discourse #she ra #anti spop #anti catra #anti catradora #anti c//a #antic//a #anticatra #anticatradora #tw abuse

[ofstarsandmoonlightt]

Ash: Dru tell me a joke.

Dru: Why can’t dinosaurs clap?

Ash: Why?

Dru: Because they’re dead! XD

Ash:

Ash: Kit tell me a-

#and kit ends up telling him an even more absurd joke #the poor boy’s traumatised by spending time with dru and kit #tys like yeah they’re like this all the time #ash morgenstern #dru blackthorn #kit herondale #ty blackthorn #the wicked powers #twp #the dark artifices #lady midnight #tda #lord of shadows #queen of air and darkness #the shadowhunter chronicles #cassandra clare #tsc #shadowhunters #ya literature #ya books #ya lit #ya fiction

[bottombaron]

whenever i think abt writing Nandor and i get going thru a series of sequences of him behaving like a well-adjusted, caring, adult i have to stop myself, backspace several mental paragraphs and remember that he's basically a semi-captive lion being observed in a nature documentary and he functions on 92% Id

#wwdits #what we do in the shadows #nandor #nandor the relentless #neat fanfic trick: if you're nandor is behaving ooc like a normal well adjusted empathetic human being just ask yourself #“what would a lion do in this exact scenario?” #and whatever the absurdity it's probably closer to the truth than not #anyways i have a lot to say abt the amorality of the vampires and how they simply don't function with the same human ethical thought #but that doesnt mean they dont care and love and have social behaviors of their own that shouldnt be judged less than #and will express those emotions in ways that might feel foreign to most humans #...is what i say to myself to keep from crying as i delete 3 pages of nandor talking out his feelings 😭😭😭 #(also brief note: when i say he functions on Id its not that he lacks intelligence or the capacity to use it along with his ego/super ego) #(as seen in the s5 finale) #(but rather he's an apex predator so his whole being is funneled into traits for hunting. not other things we think show intelligence) #(in the mordern non hunting/gathering world) #(which is partially why he's so disconnected from the world and struggles to find purpose in an environment that no longer values him) #(truthfully nandor is human but simply the definition of humanity has changed rapidly from what it valued centuries before) #(and leaves nandor lost) #(except for guillermo. his one connection to humanity and what anchors him to the modern world 🥲) #(...looks like i got lost in the tags again...)