#the ultimate question

[heretherebedork]

We've now officially had three characters think that the feeling of love is a physical illness and they're from three different countries. I am genuinely impressed. @absolutebl It's a tiny trope but three countries makes it something, right?

#minato coin laundry 2 #love tractor #my ride #bl series #thai bl #bl drama #asianlgbtqdramas #asian lgbtq dramas #thaibl #thai series #thai drama #is it love or illness? #the ultimate question #asianlgbtqdrama #thai bl series #thai bl drama #korean bl #japanese bl #japanese bl series #jbl #bl jdrama #jdrama #minato shouji coin laundry #korean bl series #korean bl drama

[phoen1xr0se]

The only correct answer is walrus, I'm sorry.

#walrus #fairy #the ultimate question

[raapija]

#the ultimate question #i feel like early stage fans use käärijän more ??? #this is scientific #käärijä #jere pöyhönen #bojan cvjetićanin #käärijän #bojere

[toastling]

#Polls #OJ #Orange Juice #Pulp #The ultimate question #I like it with lots of pulp I feel like it actually makes it sweeter and cuts down the acid some

[theflikchic]

English Major Rereads Harry Potter to See If It's "Actually Bad and I Just Have Nostalgia" As The Internet Says Pt 1: Chamber and Filch You Good?

What is going on with the frog brains.

Okay before I explode into thoughts: we GOTTA talk about the humour (I promise it's related). Because it is genuinely well-played. Some of the chapter endings are a little choppy and standard-kids book-like. But when Ron says that a teacher "would have to be really thick" and then the next chapter starts with Lockhart? Freaking hilarious. (Ron's wit is so much more hardcore than I remember. Guy takes NO prisoners and is the ACTUAL smart one, hot take).

But much of the humour is derived from nonsense. Not a bad thing, just how it is. Basically, the narrator will describe the world during jumps in time: what the characters have been up to and the locations the characters are in as well, as what non-main characters have been doing in order to give Hogwarts a more homey feel. Not always necessary but it works. And sometimes it comes back for the plot. Ex. Fred and George blowing up the salamander introduces the firecracker for Harry to use in Potions.

BUT this type of description hits- my goodness- it hits DIFFERENT as an adult because the humour which is literally just "weird description of something, move on" is just whack nonsense and leaves me with so many freaking questions. Like, "ha ha the ghosts are playing Head Hockey". As a kid, you're like "haha the ghosts are playing Head Hocket" and now I'm like "THE GHOSTS ARE PLAYING HEAD HOCKEY?? ELABORATE???" It's funny, it works, but DAMN is it weird.

And right now, I'm hung up on: Why tf is Filch cleaning up frog brains in the dungeon with the fking FLU?

Like, as a child, I just accepted this moment. That Filch is both sick and upset because a bunch of third years splattered frog brains on the dungeon ceiling and that is what is important to the plot. It's just Hogwarts being funny and quirky! The end! But NOW I'm like- like- I have SO SO many questions.

1) What the actual hell were those third years DOING? I'm assuming making potions since it was in the dungeon. So-

2) Why tf is SNAPE not doing anything about it? Man LIVES down there and doesn't he teach Potions to, like, literally EVERYONE? The book describes how there's a bunch of staff and students with colds (to set up how Ginny is looking "peaky" from being possessed, nice little foreshadowing), is he sick too?! But wouldn't he have Pepperup Potion? Why is SNAPE not fixing this?!

3) Was it a prank? Were these dumb kids just "guys being dudes" or something and blew up a bunch of frogs? Again, if so, how tf is Snape not on their cases? They're IN THE DUNGEONS.

4) Okay, new angle. Maybe they AREN'T in class and just studying downstairs. Explains how Nick and Filch knew they were third-years. I still need to know: Where is Snape.

5) So Snape is unavailable (current situation) or just not wanting to clean up (doesn't seem much like him, usually he'd make the students do it or just magic it away) and there's only Filch- who has the fucking FLU?! Where is HIS Pepperup Potion?! What happens if the man HURLS? You gonna make him clean that up too?!

This leads me to the next big question. Aside from how Filch's office apparently smells like fried fucking fish (i'm SORRY?! HOW WHY), I'm really starting to wonder...wtf is going on with Filch at ALL?

Narratively for the second book, he's important. He introduces the concept of squibs (a very complex and...strange thing that I shan't get into here), introduces Harry's really powerful ability to have empathy, adds another antagonistic adult party to the staff, and works as a background character to flesh out the environment. But STILL.

Why is this guy with no magic cleaning up magic nonsense?! Why was he hired at all?? What dirt does Dumbledore have on him? Is it just cuz Dumbledore feels bad for him? Oh, you feel bad, Dumbledore? Where's the man's Pepperup Potion?!

I don't think Filch's past being neglected is really a flaw. I think it works well with his character being this gross, mysterious, pathetic (in both sense of the word) man who is every kid's worst fear without the moral complexity (like Snape). As of right now in Chamber, he's an idea (Joker voice) while still being a character. I don't think that's bad, it is a very standard idea for kids books, especially British ones like Roald Dahl. Filch is effective as an idea.

I just didn't realize I'd be thinking so seriously of him as an adult. And that Harry Potter is...like...kind of absurdist fantasy?! Huh?!

#rereading #harry potter #harry potter analysis #argus filch #filch #severus snape #long post #i wanna do a series of this #analysis #rereading harry potter #hp #strap in #boys girls and enbies #the ultimate question #Where Is Snape #trans rights #hogwarts legacy #no this has nothing to do with it #actually does Legacy have a janitor? #if so #this is a Hogwarts problem and I'll take back my Dumbledore rant #english major #chamber of secrets

[thegirlwhowrites642]

#the ultimate question #harry x ginny

[bookbutterfly1999]

The twist is not in the fact that we know the ultimate answer (42), it’s that we don’t know the ultimate question (unless we let the mice complete the simulation on the earth computer and destroy us all ofc)

#hitchhikers guide #galaxy #the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy #the ultimate answer #the ultimate question

[oasisofgalaxies]

More Ultrakill at like . 3 👍

#tf do I do until then #the ultimate question #nebula rambles

[spocks-husband]

Fun fact: the vamp Spock and the most recent werewolf Jim, and trans spirk anon is the same person and now I kinda wanna write werewolf Jim fucking Spock, but idk if I should and if so if I should have Spock be trans like yes but also dicks are also very fun

God you're so real for this I can't decide which I like either

#the ultimate question #star trek #spirk #axel answers stuff #nsft

[recklessandyoung]

Okay, but the ultimate question because I am tempted (and have been thinking of silica gel, thanks Andrew)

#hozier #may’s musings #my polls #the ultimate question

[feelthe-feel]

#quotes #life quotes #life #truth #poems and poetry #sad but true #life goes on #love #truthoflife #the ultimate question #love and death

[argylemikewheeler]

the question is WILL i set an alarm and get up at 3am to start watching or WILL i wait until it’s Regular Business Hours to consume st4...

#hmmmmm #the ultimate question #maybe split the difference and just get up early #del

[vincentvangay]

why.

#vincent.txt #the ultimate question

[ezra-oi]

I have 31% of battery left, sitting in the hospital, waiting for my mom's CT and x-ray tests to end. I might need that battery later.

Do I continue writing my dnf fanfic or not?

#dnf #the ultimate question

[privilegedjester]

scrolled through the comments Ive gotten on ao3 (ignoring the fact that they were from more than 300 days ago) and I noticed one I don't remember reading and like. I've never had someone analyze my work that way and it was like YIPPEE but the account is deleted so I'll never be able to properly respond to them but. oh I will be Thinking about that comment and about how much that fuels me

#when I post fics here #please analyze my work #please go crazy about it #I will love you forever if you do #guaranteed way to my heart /j #also yeah I haven't posted a fic in. Um #over a year so!! #I have so many drafted maybe I'll post them #would anyone read them though #the ultimate question #cause they will sit self-indulgently in my docs forever #if anyone wants to hear about my crazy interests!!

[jensettermandu]

The new update omg!! Jennie pls pls I’m begging get it together 😭😭

can jennie get it together?

#jsmandu.inbox #the ultimate question