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[noirandchocolate]

Having headcanons is so fun because sometimes you’ll be like “I believe Blorbo suffered childhood trauma, specifically abandonment and ostracism from their community, and this is the reason they took X action in canon. I base this off these brief but telling conversations they had with others in five different episodes, plus their reaction when Skrimblo disappeared for two days.”

But then also sometimes you’ll say “I think Glup Shitto is lactose intolerant.”

#kidk says stuff

[noirandchocolate]

All the Champions’ demises at the Blights’ hands are tragic, but Mipha’s is forever the one that fucks me up the most when we play BotW because out of the group she is the only one that, one hundred years after the Calamity, should not be dead.

By the time that the game is taking place, Urbosa, Revali, and Daruk would have passed of old age even if things had gone right. But Mipha would still be in her early prime. Not even Queen of the Zora yet! Now that’s not to say her death is more compelling simply because she had a longer possible lifespan ahead of her. All of our companions were taken unjustly, too soon. No, what destroys me about her story every time is that…

Mipha has living family and friends.

The others are celebrated among their people, but only the Zora explicitly have citizens who personally remember their Champion. While Daruk has an entire mountain carved in his likeness, Revali has many admirers among the Rito, and Urbosa’s people speak her name with reverence, Mipha is still actively mourned. By people who knew and loved her.

Her now elderly teachers, who remain angry over her untimely loss. Her young-adult peers who recall playing with her and Link as kids. Sidon, who still wears the whistle he had as a child and who, after you complete the Vah Ruta mission, never tears himself from the plaza before his sister’s statue. King Dorephan, who asks Link about Mipha’s fate, because even after a century, he never fully gave up hope that she might be trapped, but alive.

Mipha should not be dead, but she is, and her death remains a fresh wound.

And she knows it, too. And that’s why, even when her spirit is freed, unlike with the others her story has such an air of melancholy amid the eventual triumph. She looks down upon the Domain from atop Vah Ruta, and…

“Father…are you well, I wonder? I want you to know... I have always followed my heart. I'm sorry I made you worry... I wish I could see you again... Even just once more..."

She could be there. With her father, with her little brother who is so big now, and who is trying so so hard to be like his sister. But she’s not. And she is terribly missed in a way that’s unique among the Champions.

God, it just rips my heart to pieces.

#kidk says stuff #legend of zelda #breath of the wild #this post brought to you by I’m watching olizandri’s let’s play of age of calamity and crying over Mipha and Sidon’s scenes together

[noirandchocolate]

Happy Glorious 25th of May one and all, Sam Vimes is the only person alive (who isn’t a History Monk) who remembers the real John Keel’s actions during the original events surrounding the People’s Republic of Treacle Mine Road and that knowledge will die with him.  Wear the lilac and have a hard boiled egg in Keel’s honor because he Did the Job that Was in Front of Him and a man’s not dead while his name’s still spoken!

#kidk says stuff #terry pratchett #discworld #gnu terry pratchett #the glorious 25th of may #there are probably people alive on the discworld who remember keel in a general way #after all he had a life before moving to ankh-morpork to be a sergeant in the watch #(and promptly getting murdered before he could even start) #but vimes is the only one who remembers what keel did in the city when he had the chance to #THE ONLY ONE

[noirandchocolate]

Age of Calamity is such a funny game when you think about it because most of the characters go through Events and use their strengths and suffer hardships and stuff, but honestly they mostly end the game the same as they started it. It’s not “bad storytelling” or anything to have most of the main characters (Link, the Champions, Impa, etc) not change very much character-growth wise, I’m not insinuating that. They’re heroes and it’s fun to watch them BE heroes and in some cases have nice heartfelt moments together, etc.

But it’s just hilarious to me that the characters in the game who DO get some form of character development arc are:

3. King Rhoam (a distant third place but he does realize his kid’s interests were helpful not frivolous and he apologizes and lets her continue leading the army and fights by her side)

2. Zelda (expected, she is the main character after all, and she gets to grow from doubting herself based on her father’s words and how special and talented everyone around her seems to be in comparison, and being upset at not being able to help more, to realizing her worth as a capable leader whose love and passions were what saved everyone)

1. MASTER FUCKIN KOHGA (goes from trying to peace out and let his lackeys take care of every fight, to desperately NOT wanting to leave Sooga and the others behind (poorly and obviously hiding it behind “come on stick together so you can protect me!” while he as the PC for your first play of that mission is clearly doing all the work to protect them); ends up not only joining Zelda’s faction to protect/get revenge for his Clan despite his hereditary beef with the royal family, but PERSONALLY taking to the battlefield including in the final deadly dangerous missions; declares during that final battle that HE is gonna “send that giant menace packing,” ie the very same monstrous entity he previously served)

Like. It’s not even close. Master “Top Banana” “Kill You All To Death” Kohga. Has THE most character development in the game.

And it’s just. So unexpected and therefore great and entertaining to me.

#kidk says stuff #legend of Zelda #age of calamity #master kohga #yiga clan #age of calamity spoilers #I am insane about him sure but I still believe I’m objectively correct #some of the others (yunobo & riju come to mind) get small ‘gains more confidence in abilities’ moments #link is a very fun protagonist and ALL the characters are my favorites BUT #if we’re talking ARCS…yeah #this isn’t even considering headcanons—this is all in the literal text of the game #ps to be clear I’m NOT saying ‘Kohga has character development bc he ends up siding with Zelda/hyrule’s royal family’ #I’m saying he has character development bc he ends up against Ganon for the safety of the clan and isn’t a coward about it #they’re not the same thing #I have complex feelings/headcanons about the clan’s allegiances but this isn’t the time for that!!

[noirandchocolate]

I just think it’s fun that the Librarian is one of the longest-running characters in the Discworld series, right alongside Rincewind.  He was in The Colour of Magic!  He appears in so many books, too, in a few of the different book-arcs and even the standalones!

But at the same time, I also think it’s hilarious that the Librarian was turned into an orangutan within the timespan the series covers.  It happened during The Light Fantastic.  And yet by the time of Sourcery and Guards! Guards!, just a few books later, people are just like ‘oh that’s the Librarian.’  It’s not just wizards who accept this as mundane reality, even!  The Librarian goes out on the town regularly enough that many regular Ankh-Morpork citizens have already learned the golden rule which is Don’t Call the Librarian a Monkey, not too long after his transformation!

This is so realistic to human nature tbh, and yet still wild to think about.

#kidk says stuff #discworld #terry pratchett #gnu terry pratchett #like the librarian even has a cameo in SMALL GODS that may well be baffling to anyone for whom that is their first discworld book

[noirandchocolate]

Twitter Refugees, these words are for you alone.

Beyond this point you enter the land of Reblogs and Old Memes.

Step across this threshold and obey our laws.

Bear witness to the last and only chronological content feed, the eternal Dashboard.

Tumblrnest.

#kidk says stuff #tumblr #hollow knight

[noirandchocolate]

Opened up tumblr this bright fine morning and behold! The Live icon is gone.

Truly there is good in the world #blessed

#kidk says stuff #it was just a little annoying to keep turning it off #and I kept accidentally touching the icon for it while holding my phone #I didn’t care much but hey! now it’s gone

[noirandchocolate]

It’s cool Trump was arrested and all but he’s not being detained, he was basically arraigned (had his charges read to him and then stated his plea of not guilty) and released on his own recognizance. The fucko will be giving a speech in New Jersey tonight.

Also! They did fingerprint him and do some other processing type stuff like they would for any arrested individual but they did not take mugshots because his face is so well known.

Just some facts you might be interested in if all you’ve seen so far is a simple Supernatural meme!

#kidk says stuff #trump indictment #Trump

[noirandchocolate]

Going to the cursed American Dream supermall up North Jersey way, rate my fit.

#serving up a whole lotta early 00s mall goth #k photos #kidk says stuff

[noirandchocolate]

I love how in Invader Zim there are multiple examples of characters oppressed by the Irken Empire actively doing things to undermine it. Like there's not only the very obvious Resisty outright attacking the Massive, there's also, off the top of my head:

The screw head guy on the shipping planet. Sure there is comedy to be found in a character ranting against the Empire and then saying that for his great act of resistance he will switch the addresses on two packages!!omg!! But also...that resulted in Invader Tenn, who was ostensibly proceeding well at infiltrating her assigned planet at that point, suffering a huge dangerous setback in the form of a dozen malfunctioning SIR units. It also resulted in the loss of the Megadoomer to the Empire. However...

The Megadoomer itself is also an example. Zim tells Gir it was created by imprisoned (filthy) Vortian scientists. And it has the very obvious design flaws of somehow cloaking itself but not its operator, and requiring batteries (which were apparently not provided along with it) or a corded power connection to operate. The Megadoomer seemed to be a very new addition to the Irken arsenal, and Tallest Red at least thought it would be very useful. Yet if it had been sent to Tenn as planned, she might not have been attacked by SIRs, but things may not have gone well for her anyway. You can't tell me the Vortians didn't do that shit on purpose.

Prisoner 777 cheerfully declaring "I designed that ship, you know," while handing over control schematics for the Massive to Zim. The unfinished episode "The Trial" includes a scene where Zim was actually working at the science facility where the Massive was being designed. Zim and 777 thus presumably know each other, which explains why Zim thought to ask him for help. It also means 777 knows not only what Zim wants to do with the Massive, but what Zim is truly capable of if given this information. And he obeys his Irken "superior" and turns over the schematics. Malicious compliance at its finest. The Tallest were flown through a star and spilled their donuts.

Feel free to add your own examples of this from the show, I just thought of this just now so it isn't an exhaustive list I'm sure!

#kidk says stuff #invader zim

[noirandchocolate]

I’m drunk and she went to bed because she has to get up SO EARLY for WORK because UGH but I need you all to know:

I love BAST. She is my girlfriend and I love her thanks autocorrect for fixing aaaaallllllll my typos Bast is BEAUTIFUL and SMART and she has so much talent for many things like ART and makes me HAPPY!!!!!!! She cooks for me and I make her lunch we went out for ramen on Saturday

Everyone should have girlfriend like Bast she has blue eyes and pretty hair and tells me about artists and FACTS about things and shows me only the good tiktoks of birds and memes. She says I’m smart!!!! She said it just now I try to be and everyone should have a girl who listens when they talk about law or things they do at work and interests.

I love Bast. She is @purpledemoncat and @purpledemonart for ART go look she draws many things she is good at the forms and COLORS LOOK AT IT PLS

I love her.

#kidk says stuff #it’s a work night I still drank honey whiskey we were having FUN #I want to kiss her more but she has to work at like 5:00 or something so I CANT #being responsible adult SUXKS I want to kiss

[noirandchocolate]

Whiny Homophobic Pissbabies:  I couldn’t keep watching The Sandman after the diner episode!  Damn it, WHY did they make EVERYBODY GAY?!  NOT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD IS GAYYYYY *sniffle into their cornflakes*

Me, a Sane Person:  The GAY stuff was the part of the diner episode that upset you?!?!

#the sandman #sandman #kidk says stuff

[noirandchocolate]

Funny: When people are like "ooo I am down bad for that old man" and then you see the character and they look 30 at most.

Even Funnier: When people are like "that man is so old, he's like 30" and then you see the character and you're like hon that guy is 50 if he's a day.

#kidk says stuff

[noirandchocolate]

This playthrough we are being in Yiga uniform as much as possible. And having all kinds of hijinks.

Our best friend is always so supportive! Yeah! Let’s go make Master Kohga proud!

…I’m not sorry.

Time to terrorize Tarrey Town, wooooo!

Racist AND capitalist I see. For shame Ramella, I’m just minding my own business.

Daily reverence at our house where we also display our official pristine Eightfold Longblade of Blademasterness.

Hanging out with the boss man himself on his private boat which we then stole. Such an honor!!!

Oh dang really?????????

Contemplating this gay life.

No.

#kidk says stuff #legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom #yiga clan #we also did something re the pictures hung at all the stables but there’s still a couple more to finish #might show yall when we’re done #kohga like ‘what the heck are you doing’ while Link takes selfies

[noirandchocolate]

A judge just called me because she's working on the opinion for a case I did the research memo on. And she asked me. If I could heavily edit what she'd written because. She's read my memos before as well as this one and finds my writing excellent. And because. Her presiding judge told her to rely on me. Because he's done so in the past and I am 'brilliant' apparently. And also because. Other judges she's worked with have raved about me. And she knows they have copy-pasted my work to make their opinions. And she doesn't want to do that, because she's new to the job and wants to improve her own writing style before she starts using shortcuts. But she hopes I will help her out. With that.

Because my writing is just so good and she wishes she could write like me.

=')

My heart is so full of niceness now.

#kidk says stuff #work #like i told her our memos are essentially there to BE copypasted and we love to see it so she shouldn't worry about that #and she said no no she wants to get better at writing herself though because for most cases she won't HAVE one of our memos #so she wants to like use my work as a roadmap but make it her own #i'm like. a judge? is looking up to ME? she says SEVERAL judges? look up to me? as a writer? #i'm going to die help i'm rolling on the floor squealing this is so good to hear this is like hashtag CAREER GOALS

[noirandchocolate]

Me: Today I will see the Eclipse!

The Universe: The fuck you will!

Edit:

GOTCHA, bitch!!

#kidk says stuff #it was brightly sunny all day til the past half hour! 🙃 #eclipse 2024 #eclipse