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thatscarletflycatcher · 6 months

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Okay you got me. Tell me about PP 1980

Okay, so XD

Imagine you had a BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice that was 5 hours long, faithful to the book, and yet having a different perspective/understanding/interpretation of the characters and the story? That's P&P 1980 in a nutshell, and I think it is worth watching just for that. But here are some other concrete things it has going for it, specially in relation to other adaptations:

The casting is closer in age than 95, and on one specific important case, closer than 05 too: Lady Catherine de Bourgh is played by an actress in her mid 40s, and she nails the absolute Opinionated Facebook AuntTM thing that the character has going in the novel.

It's not the only case of closer accuracy to the book in characters: Mr Collins is a young, tall, big guy, whose main issue is being very small minded, petty, and obsequent, instead of recurring to "he's greasy or slimy" as other adaptations do.

If you agree/like the "Darcy has autism" headcanon, this is the adaptation that leans the most heavily into it (it does overdo it, in my opinion, but there's a very interesting contrast between the flat affect of his facial expression, and the richness of inflexion in his voice)

Elizabeth Garvie's Lizzy is just... extraordinary. This adaptation circumvents the Jane-as-prettier-than-Lizzy issue by casting as Lizzy an actress with big, dark, very expressive eyes, small features and a very lively, sharp countenance and manners, whereas Jane's actress is tall and graceful and has a general air of kindness and sweetness, but in a very youthful way.

Speaking of Jane, this adaptation focuses much more on the sisters as sisters, and gives special emphasis to Lizzy's love for Jane, which I appreciate a lot.

Also speaking of Jane, Jane and Bingley are the cutest in this. They are given time, and he's kind and sociable and sweet without being an idiot. This adaptation includes that great line of his about how he wouldn't mind Darcy so much if he wasn't so tall, and the following comment about how Darcy can be fastidious of a Sunday evening.

That way, this adaptation includes several fan favorite scenes/lines that don't usually make it to adaptation, such as Darcy asking Lizzy to dance a reel, Lizzy playing and singing at a party in Meryton, Caroline teasing Darcy about putting uncle and aunt Phillips on the Pemberley portrait gallery, and the "I cannot fix the hour or the spot..." line. EDIT: also, the coffee pot scene!! and the rivalry between Mrs Bennet and Lady Lucas!

I also think it balances well how awful, in different ways, both Mr and Mrs Bennet (EDIT: and she's not insufferably shrill!!!!) are as parents (unlike how 95 and 05 "pick sides"); it emphasizes how self centered her efforts are, and how lazy and callous he can be in his mockery and indolence.

The opening sequence of each episode is a roll of a hand-drawn summary of the events of the episode and that's such a lovely detail.

Mind you, the adaptation is not without its faults. The production values are not what we are accustomed to nowadays. Some acting and lines are stilted and/or awkward. It has the odd choice here and there that is involuntarily funny. But I don't think people need discouragement from seeing it. I don't even think most of the general Austen fandom is aware of its existence. For my part, it has become my favorite adaptation of P&P (that I have watched so far; I haven't gotten yet to either 1967 or the Italian one).

#ask #kajaono #pride and prejudice #Jane Austen #pride and prejudice 1980

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violetganache42 · 9 days

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Highlights from tonight's watch party filled with framing, whodunnits, and mystery galore (Sorry about your laptop problems and all our lag complaints, WriteBackAtYa):

"No":

Scrooge and the triplets making an appearance

Mortimer's voice

Mickey being a people pleaser

WriteBackAtYa commenting how we love saying our favorite characters' names whenever they appear onscreen

Me: "PLUS INTEREST?!"

"Duckman of Aquatraz":

Story Blossom: "Would've been awesome if Webby kissed a shark in the new series" spamtoon: "its okay because huey kissed a worm"

ACAB!!!

Even in the original series, Louie is always trying to talk his way out of shit

The idea of Glomgold walking into court blasting Queen's "We Are The Champions" in a similar vein as the "All I Do Is Win" scene

"WHY, BEAKLEY?!"

Duckburg's court and its judge fucking suck

"NOT THE PAINTING!"

Scrooge effortlessly defeating the prisoners in arm wrestling

MORE SCROOGE AND WEBBY MOMENTS 😭💖

Mad Dog being a mama's boy

This whole episode showcasing how prisoners are people too

melcat33: "Mel Dog was like 'this is my comfort millionaire'"

The Scrooge x Mad Dog ship setting sail

This episode also reminding us on why the legal system sucks

Glomgold taking the time to hang up a painting of Scrooge

"McMystery at McDuck McManor!":

Donald fleeing to his car like:

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"Literally the oldest person he knows?"

The entire table read of this episode from Disney Channel Fan Fest 2018

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Scrooge being a sulking Grumpy Gills. XD

DJ Daft Duck

Godfrey and I being on the same wavelength yet again (To quote Godfrey, "Insert 'Perception Check' by Tom Cardy")

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Scrooge being SO against celebrating his birthday that he straight up lagged and froze the Discord stream (Dude, WTF?)

THE BUTLER DID IT

Mist Opportunity

"I hate this already."/"OH, YEAH. :)"/"You can't get that helmet off, can you?"/"OH, NO. :'("

Black Arts Beagle is best Beagle Boy

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The stream lagging on the part where Scrooge walks into a sliding glass door 😭 (I know it's because of WriteBackAtYa's laptop, but for the sake of levity, let's say it was Scrooge's doing again and he did it because that part fucking embarrasses him.)

Mark saying Glomgold sucks at the whole "trying to kill Scrooge" thing (Rare Mark Beaks W)

THE DUKE IS BACK

"Since when did I have to become the adult in the room? I'M NOT CUT OUT TO BE THE ADULT!"

Huey doing a Scrooge impression

"Don't kill me! I barely lived! #YOLO #FOMO #AHHH"

Duckworth's reaction to seeing the axe fall down to the floor

Duckworth and Beakley's beef with each other

"Clock Cleaners":

Snoozer male stork

Learning A New Hope was paired with "Duck Dodgers in the 24th 1/2 Century" for its screenings

Realizing we were watching the edited version of the short where Donald says "Aw, nuts."

The return of Max's real mother

The Great Mouse Detective:

Me sharing which DT/DWD character would be who in a GMD-themed AU way before the movie started

Us getting excited at hearing Alan Young's voice

Cheerful music playing right after a sad moment (Hiram getting kidnapped) = Last Crash ending vibes

A new server emoji of Mark Beaks getting shot point blank for dabbing

Tokuvivor: "The world's smallest violin" Caroline: "Let me play you a song on the world's smallest violin" Me: "Basil, this is serious."

Learning Vincent Price is in this movie

Sharing a GMD Lorcana card during "The World's Greatest Criminal Mind"

"Flaversham."/"Whatever."

teleportzz: "literally every man in this is so gay so far" puffywuffy8904: "or are they just european" Story Blossom: "Or are they gay AND european?"

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Basil's face when Toby sat on Olivia's command

OLIVIA SAYING UNCLE BASIL 😭💖

Hiram and Olivia reminding Puffy and I of Scrooge and Webby (I AM GETTING FUCKING EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT AS WE SPEAK.)

Ratigan upon learning Fidget's list is missing:

Basil x Dawson being the movie's equivalent of DWD91!Drakepad

Story Blossom pointing out how Miss Kitty is basically Goldie

The bar fight scene in a nutshell:

"There is no Queen of England."

Ratigan's royalty drip

WriteBackAtYa: "He's supreme like a taco from Taco Bell"

Basil trying to imprison Ratigan: "Officer, arrest that man!"

The entire Big Ben scene and how well the 2D and CGI animations blended together

Learning that the ballroom scene from Beauty and the Beast was the first Disney and Pixar collaboration

According to melcat33, Basil not skipping leg day saved his life

puffywuffy8904: "and they were roomates" Me: "Oh, my God. They were roommates."

Ratigan's "Goodbye So Soon" diddy playing during the end credits

#my post #duckblr movie night #dt cafeteria table #duckblr #mickey mouse shorts #no #ducktales #ducktales 1987 #duckman of aquatraz #ducktales 2017 #ducktales reboot #ducktales season 1 #mcmystery at mcduck mcmanor!#clock cleaners #the great mouse detective

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teecupangel · 10 months

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Fic Trivia and References for Eagle of Alamut

References/Inspirations of Alamut Castle as described in the fic.

Overall look and feel:

I talked about it in this post but, in a nutshell, it's a combination of the concept art of Alamut in the Prince of Persia movie with a few modifications + the Alamut promotional art from AC Mirage.

Thermae:

Wikipedia Article

Thermae Romae Novae's first episode (yyuuupppp, Alamut got a thermae because of an anime)

Courtyard that Leads to the Harem

It's based on Masyaf's Paradise but larger in scale to show how Al Mualim tried to make Masyaf his own Alamut.

Just to be clear:

The Capitoline Triad statues in the fic are based on these three pillar-like structures in Paradise. I didn't make up the part about Desmond remembering three pillars in Masyaf for the fic. Those 3 pillars are really in AC1.

Poisonous Plants

Datura - Datura Bombs from AC Revelations (the fact that Datura is not native in Alamut is also based on the well-known Datura plants as listed in this wiki)

Aconite - It's a Ghost of Tsushima reference XD Okay, but in all seriousness, Aconite is one of the more famous poisonous plants out there and the fact that it's also called wolfsbane and Desmond getting attacked by wolves near a bed of wolfsbanes was too much to pass on. The specific 'strand' in the fic is Aconitum carmichaelii.

Khalid's Explosive Arrows

The idea that Hidden Ones used explosive arrows originated from the idea that the Hidden Ones under Hytham would have seen Eivor use explosive arrows.

Khalid's research relies on the huojian. The possibility that it can be done by the 12th century relies on historical records of the Chinese having exploding arrows by 1040 and the existence of gunpowder by the 10th century.

Desmond's encounter with the wolves

The move Desmond used at the beginning of Chapter 7 is based on the QTE that Ratonhnhaké:ton gets against a wolf attack (but, since he doesn't have a hidden blade, he had to improvise):

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Dvora's twin blades and fighting style:

They're based on Aya's fighting style and the description of Dvora's blades themselves is based on the blades Aya used in her playable mission.

Other references (in no particular order):

Khalid's unnecessarily ornate bow he stole from his asshole brother is based on AC Valhalla's Antler Bow.

The mentor's top floor being an aviary for eagles only is a reference to how Alamut means 'eagle's nest'.

Bennu's name is a reference to the ancient Egyptian deity Bennu connected to the sun, creation, and rebirth. His name is meant to be a reference to Senu and the mythological background of his name is meant to be a reference to Enkidu.

Peredur's ongoing RPF story about Desmond has his name as 'Dastan'. That's the name of the Prince in the Prince of Persia movie.

(I'll talk about the fight scenes in chapters 21 and 22 in a later date. That one will have more gif clips XD)

#fic trivia #fic reference #i guess?#ac fic: eagle of alamut #altdes

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jarondont · 4 months

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Live (sorta) reaction to episode 1 and 2 of PJO

SPOILER ALERT

Episode 1

HE SAID THE LINEEEEEEEE

MYTHOMAGIC CARDS?!?!

Lol "shoving her into the nearest dumpster" and the grin afterwards

Yaaaaaaaa buddy it's Riptide

DANG Ms. Dodds's transformation was smooth

UNCLE RICK IS THAT YOU

Grover you did not just do that to him 😭 please you're his only friend

um what happened to the fates

THE BLUE FOOD

DI ANGELO'S SANDWICH?!?!

Omg the fact that Sally was crying before Percy woke up. Someone give them both a big hug

"You fell in love with God? Like- like- like, Jesus?" he's so Percy I can't

"Maybe something is seriously broken" PERCY PLEASE WE LOVE YOU

"Grover, why is there half a goat in your pants?" lol

Sally telling Grover to protect Percy I'm going to cry

I AM SOBBING. Sally's little speech omg "you are not broken"

NO SALLYYYYY I knew this was coming and still was NOT prepared

Brooooooooo the Minotaur fight scene was epic

ANNABETH MY GIRL

Episode 2

SHE SAID THE LINEEEEEEEEEEE

Percy looks so sad :(((

"PeTEr JOhnSoN IS HeRe" I'm dyingggg

"Your Highness" lol

"son" I'm loving this convo

"You're a horse" XD

GROVER IS PRECIOUS AHHH

"Even now, he still wants nothing to do with me. What am I even doing here? There's no place for me here" STOP.

Lukeeeee

What the frick- is that Juniper?!?! OMG THE COUNCIL OF CLOVEN ELDERS?!?!?!

"No one is gonna tell him anything" pjo in a nutshell

Yo it's Clarisseeeee

Luke is so nice to Percy. This is gonna hurt

"You can't force the gods to do anything" WATCH HIM

"Is there a Greek god of disappointment? Maybe someone should ask him if he's missing a kid" Percy my boy please we love you. I said it before and I'll say it again.

"They like the smell of BEGGING" facts

AHHHHHH HE'S PRAYING TO HIS MOM WITH BLUE FOOD I CAN'T (I mean she's better than like all the gods combined so justified)

"I've made some friends here" TALKING ABOUT LUKE- Percy just you wait :(

"He doesn't get to ignore you" #mama's boy (we love him for that though)

SUPREME LORD OF THE BATHROOM, BABY!!!

THE PERCY AND ANNABETH CONVO I'M DYING I'M DEAD

"She's my little sister" :(((((((((((((((((

So I was pronouncing Thalia's name correctly

"Not you, sunshine" EEEEEEEEEEE

Lol Percy and Annabeth are so passive-aggressive towards each other I love it

THE FLOSSING I CAN'T

THE CLAIMING SCENE THAT WAS AWESOME

"I am Sally Jackson's son" LET'S FREAKING GOOOOO

Anyways this was AWESOME and now I gotta wait another week :(

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cornus27florida · 4 months

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CPC WIKI NEWS (reality check, basically)

We're the cpc wiki editors all over the place that gathered in CPC wiki server has things to pointing out I guess

First about naming conventions for images, I am still not sure how... but if relating to Frederick, I think we could find some ways... My idea of delegations based on likability is sound fire suggestions ^^ it's slow job but now not impossible to do! Also I am honestly in lose about naming as it's politic xD

I always hate politic stuff, I prefer to be biologist nerdy :3

I am very happy for the return of Peri, which gives light at the tunnel that we won't doomed for the Daily Pass! @cpcwiki

Hey, sorry I fell off the face of the earth for a few months… Life got busy and unfortunately some stuff happened that’s left me unable to really edit anymore, completely wrecking my plans of expanding more pages. I do wanna say, I know there’s been some concern about screenshooting Daily Pass being illegal? I wouldn’t be too worried about that. I think it’s more of a gray area thing, AFAIK it says that if you screenshot any episode in the app, even non-daily pass, and I’ve seen wikis for Daily Pass series that have uploaded screenshots post-series ending and they haven’t gotten in trouble. -> it's more about once series in DP, for most case of people (like me who using android phone, or accessing CPC on website as eben thou my PC is MAC...) - they can't screen shooting any panels of CPC webtoon anymore

DP does not prevent screenshotting -> for Apple only, likely

In the worst scenario as CPC truly goes DP and we can't do these impossible tasks.. At least people with iphone could still screenshooting CPC panels that necessary for wiki stuffs

So in nutshell, this gives some breathes for CPC wiki staffs to not obsessed with reaching the impossible task of images

Major character page editing espc about relationships basically the whole Plaids, then Pastel - thus the CPC

Leland is the hardest because he shrouded with the mystery and even the recent FP ep still not make sense of things - it seems if the CPC decide to make prequel story, I am gonna to hope it's Leland (fans in the past like it to be Aurelia, but she essentially a minor villain-turned to be supporter midway which her story likely only about her blood father and how exactly she got cursed) - that's not many engaging story for prequel unlike Leland - despite all the flashbacks so far and his interactions with everyone possible, he still shrouded with mystery. Yes, me and many others like @the-giggling-guava makes so many HC about Leland backstory but at the end it is just fanon theories that could be debunked ig

Close to the series finale, refreshment and transformation!

In the way of changing image and article preview there

Frederick

There's so many quotes in Frederick's page - but this one imho fitting the most as depicting him to be "the narrator"

"Just a few months ago, I would have never wished to encounter any cursed people outside of a story book. And when I did, I thought they were monsters at first. To be fair, they were attacking me... And yet here I am now... really happy to get to be their friends... I don't think any of that would have ever happened if I hadn't met Gwen..."

Prince Frederick of the Plaid Kingdom, also known as many aliases including called as "Sunflower" by his bullies, is the third prince of the Plaid Kingdom which formally engaged with the third princess of Pastel Kingdom - Gwendolyn. Initially against the idea of getting marrying with Gwendolyn because he both disappointed (as he mistaken Gwen with Jamie from the portrait, thoughts Gwen as haunted spirit instead) and scared (his first thought over Gwen is thinking her as a witch that will poisoned him with apple pie that she bakes after meeting with the real witch that poisoning Jamie) - to the point screaming in frustation to his oldest brother about his thought that Gwen is ugly. Gwen that overhears him feels so hurt and then running to the haunted forest which lets her to meet the CPC, the cursed royals that later on as the story progress - helps both Gwen and Frederick to healing from their trauma as living in their extreme abnormal family while having romantic relationship together.

this, I've shown in bare how flawed Frederick is - but he just human. I dislike anyone that can't understand that his mistake in the past which depicting clearly of his 'shallow' judgemental ice-cold Plaid Prince is just a mask. The mask that everyone in the CPC actually have, not only Blaine. Even sweet Gwen, the cinnamonroll sweet protagonist in her wrong take of selfishness - she hopes that she can skip to her happily-ever-after without the pain of hurt... When in reality, there's always gonna be "earn your happy ending". To anyone that wondering about what's CPC actual message is.. the means actually not simple notion of "Self-Love" - is always about the mask, our 2 faces

This page trivia literally the thing that make me fighting for the nail of preventing any character bashings in the fandom while stopping the infantilized of any characters espc the princesses... Everyone has flaws, mistakes, sins, shameful dark pasts or embarassed current self (like getting cursed) - but none depicted the character fullfily, it's more than that

this the hard job for us wiki editor, to put everything as objectively as possible - but I know I could manage! I just need more knowledges about things and understandings

I'm ceritified CPC deranged with no one yet breaking my record of rereading CPC... as rereading is so fun, on certain episode or scenes that we see again from another's person perspective.. we could get understandings of things. Nice example is Prez' backstory of getting cursed VS Whitney's backstory of nearly killed by someone that he accidentally cursed and meeting 'healer' like people which transform him

The Closing, new image for "featured image" - Whitney!

there's so many contrasting groups of the CPC fandom regarding Whitney which in nutshell : I am simping for Whitney so hard as he's so hot which also I want him to be happy so please LambCat make WhitPelnia canon so this make ZuTara ship-like to be canon in the story VS are you guys are blind? He's literally the person that cursing Prez which makes her miserable to transformed as werespider every month.. Prez never entitled to returning his feeling after all, and Prez clearly never wants romance w anyone

Both of the 2 groups are valid tbh, in extreme 'ship wars' of wanting Prez with Whitney VS Prez as a true single girlboss

^^ but no matter what, let's love Whitney as a character and a justiable hunk to be simping as that image for feature? Dang so hot as he embracing his curse of tiger stripes (followed with tiger hoodie) while putting one of his leg in bossy pose. Whitney is so fine and as he's truly redeemed - anyone that simping him won't be part of hypocrite dual standards that put "still in villainy role era but put on pedestal" + "infantilized the main characters and believe they won't do any wrongs"

IMHO in the engaging retelling of Fairy Tales as CPC is... Whitney, the ultimate villain in his story at the past that didn't care of anyone as long as he could get what he wants... Also ultimate perfect example of the heel-to-face turn (is a group of trope, as Leland the secret fairy tale lover know tropes) as from villain role in the past he becomes the good guys allies - the main supporter for the hero wannabe role, Frederick. In the awkwardness of him, he's the catalyst for Frederick to transform to be a better person (that he knows he can, but just not sure how) - in the name of him getting healed from his past trauma(s) that solidified as his inner child, make self-questioning about himself espc his relationships with his brothers, and the most important one to realizes that he likes Gwen - as it's become the rationale depiction of the strongest power in the fairy tales stories.. the power of love

All of that just from one meditation session from Whitney! Although like Whitney say, it's need to be repeated ahahah.

I like to expand CPC wiki pages by taking deeper about physchology, as boy it's giving birth of so many things! Plaid Royals Family dynamic for example, is easily an example of abused family that could happen to anyone and anywhere - but most didn't notice, espc the victims

There's so many great quotes in the CPC but imho Whitney's quote to Frederick, my fave ever quote in the series.. Is basically telling the life message for everyone.

"Pain is not a competition. The painful emotions you feel are valid, Frederick. But you do get to choose when you’re ready to heal from them and change your story."

literally just ep 145 of Frederick's monologue...

"...I wasn't the hero at all. I was the one responsible for all for all of her sadness... ...and all of her pain ...But now, it seems like I've been on the wrong side the entire time. --Except I can't really say that either, ...because even they didn't want me!!" When will I stop deluding myself with these stories... I'm not a hero or a villain. I'm nothing but a loser. Just like Blaine said."

"If I just sit here... ...that means I don't get to see her again. And I don't want that!!"

"I get to choose my story! And in my story, I AM the hero, and I'm gonna pull myself out and reach Gwen!!"

this such a strong (shounen) protagonist moment from Frederick, which make me thinking that CPC delivered as shounen manga which making him as the protagonist (MC, ML) with Gwen as his destined love interest (FC).. nothing change from the overall story? It's also checking out itself as anti-mainstream shounen by making following things:

debunked protagonist trope to be an orphan, and gives interesting plot twist that the main bad guy is his father all along with his mother is the red herring villain

make the love interest role to be more powerful as to not make her just standing there awaiting for the protagonist to come - but her mere existence is the motivator for MC

..etc xD

#cpc frederick #cursed princess club #cpc wiki #cpc wiki news #ahahaha I am nerd

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grigori77 · 1 year

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Critical Role, Campaign 3 Episode 57

Oh no. Not Love Shack. Leave it alone, Sam. How could you? "Rock lobster barbarian from Hell?" SERIOUSLY?!!! "I'm starting to lose the will to live! Please put me out of my misery!" Really, Sam? Oh dear gods ...

Taliesin: "Did you say gothy?" Ah yes, that's catnip to Jaffe.

"Applebee's Soulcycle" again ... (snort)

Ashley and Laura rocking the caps, I love it ...

Yes, they are all talking to each other in their heads. Chetney (immediately): "Balls!"

So clearly sound = gruesome death.

FCG: "If the stag had a dream I could talk to it." Yeah ...

Chetney: "Get loose, FRIDA, get loose!" FRIDA: "Someone oil me!"

Yuck ... fumes ... lovely ...

Massive tower. ALWAYS a dead giveaway.

"Round here" ... Counting Crows, now? Oh, that's set Matt off, that dark grin! Travis: "No, don't roll, don't roll!"

There's motes and spores IN THE AIR?!!! It's like the Upside Down out here? Not good ...

Aaaaaaaah ... undead traces? Lovely ... it's getting worse ... Matt is totally messing with Travis now. XD

Creepy tree ... CREEPY TREE ...

Imogen: "A fiendish tree? Is that loke a thing?" Chetney: "I don't know, I didn't read the books!"

"Orgies"?

Oh fuck ... it's a PEOPLE TREE ... that's nasty ...

Ashley: "How do I have a minus 1 (for Nature check)? I rolled a ZERO. What ARE plants?"

Deanna: "I'M DISTRACTED!!!" Imogen: "We can all hear that!" Deanna: "Shit! I thought this was like a single line!"

My gods, it's like Annihilation. With dead horses ... oh shit, yes, don't let Imogen see THAT!!!

Oh fuck ... not Fearne's topiary again ...

Decompose? Are you SURE? In THIS place?

In a nutshell, Imogen means STOP MESSING WITH THIS SHIT!!!

Chimes? Really? And a HOWL?!!!

Chetney has advantage on scent based stuff and Travis STILL rolls balls ... and Chetney inhales a spore! XD

Slow going, so another stealth check, but Pass Without A Trace is still up ... phew ...

"We're in Molaesmyr, it's Upside Down day!"

Ask the Changebringer? FCG casts Divination ... so what's the skinny? Ooh, wind based response! Cool ... Imogen: "That's the first time I've ever seen a god actually DO something."

"Flippers"?

More ghosts? Fuck ... it's the Paths of the Dead! Not good!

Little teeny FRIDAs! That's adorable! :3

Aabria: "Can I insight check the ghosts before you say the scary thing?"

Shiiiiiiiiit! That didn't go well at all ...

Fuck, these thing are moving like the Weeping Angels! Aaaaaaaaaaah!

Channel Divinity ... JJ Abrams lens flare? Cool ...

Am I the only one thinking that that's a whole FUCKLOAD of rolls?

Five left ... and FOLL INITIATIVE?!!! Shiiiiit ...

Holy fuck that is a SWEET Battlemap ...

Slightly mesmerised by the minicam's slow pan ... O.O

Spiritual Weapon! A tiny FCG? Cute ... Superman style ... "Can you read my mind?"

Deanna turns her staff into a HALBERD?!!! Awesome!

Another Spiritual Weapon ... giant Dawnfather mace! Cool. Boosh!

Travis: "We don't need to see a crazy mini with baby arms." Don't give him ideas, Travis!

Fuck, there's something watching from the tower? Great ...

The ghost tries to REACH INTO Deanna? Seriously? Fuck ... Dirty 20 gives it a hit, though.

Tiny FRIDA whirlwind? Hmmm ...

Chetney getting attacked now ... Charisma Save ... 2? Shiiiiit ... and now he's POSSESSED?!!!

Now FCG? 13 ... what, Us that NOT good enough? Oh ... just worked! Phew ...

Imogen would be a hard attack, wouldn't she? And Fearne KILLS her save too, NICE!!!

Mind Whip! Cool ... and they FAIL!!! Ouch ... and Laura rolls THREE ONES in damage? Oh fuck, the dice gods are CRUEL ...

Mister! Yay ... Fearne shoots out three Scorching Marisha Rays? XD Cute ... all three hit ... aaaaand it doesn't do much ... oof ... they're resistant to fire. Crap.

Chetney is now ATTACKING FCG with Turmoil! Crap ... 17 points of damage! Ouch!

FCG: "Chetney, what's gotten into you?" Laura: "Her name's Rebecca!"

Divine Strike! Yuuuuuusssss!!!

Sam: "I'd say I am a Close Friend to FRIDA now since we've swapped spit!" XD

Deanna beelining for Chetney ... Greater Restoration! Nice! "GET OUT!!!" at the possessing spirit ... BOOF!!! Nice ... Full blown exorcism ...

Deanna: "Are you all right?" Chetney: "I'm a little salty!" Deanna: "Thanks, I hate it!"

Desperate crossbow action ... and that actually WORKS against ghosts? Trippy ...

Aabria (at Sam): "God, baffle your fucking dice!"

Scare effect ... ouch ...

Sam's flask ... RIP Gerry? Oh. My. Gods ...

Imogen casts Dissonant Whispers ... 3D6 psychic damage! Cool ...

FCG gets to Divine Strike on an Attack of Opportunity ... and KILLS that ghostly bitch! Nice!

Mister's mad so he shoots flaming shit at the ghosts! XD Fearne chucks an Ice Knife at another one ... nooooooo, she backs up and takes a devastating Withering Strike! Aaaaaaaah ... thankfully FCG takes HALF of it ...

Oh ... that Ice Knife ghost kill was REALLY COOL, though ...

Ashley: "I'm not scared anymore!" Aabria: "OWN your power, girl!"

Chetney gets the HDYWTDT ... Matt: "You kill it. That's what you get."

"A large wing type tip"? REALLY, Matthew?

Matt makes Ashley roll for concentration ... Nat1? Fuck ... she just RECASTS Pass Without A Trace instead ... phew ...

And now there's something FLYING AROUND out there ... great ...

"Trained as an absolute unit ..." XD

Oh ... that is FREAKY ... multiple legs AND streamers? Forty odd feet wingspan ... and NO HEAD?!!! Sweet fuck, Mercer ...

Creepy place ... are they SERIOUSLY gonna stay here? And there's a tree growing in the middle of the place ... okay ... and it's got a face like the other one ... lovely ... carefully please, FRIDA!

And now it's GRABBED them ... great ... RUN!!! Oh, that wasn't fun ...

Impressive view ... and COMPLETELY terrifying.

Don't talk to the tree, Fearne. PLEASE don't talk to the tree.

Still a half mile to go ... time to move, then ... znd FRIDA keeps watch ... hmmm ...

Chetney: "If only I had a Bonded Blessing." Aabria's explosive laugh is adorable. Sam: "With hindsight that was a mistake ..."

Time for a break.

They're now lost, essentially ... shit roll, Sam!

And now FCG has now fallen into s hole that's just erupted open in the ground! Shit! Everybody gets hit by the miasma! Aaaaaaaah!

Imogen pulls FCG out JUST IN TIME ... but they feel like SHIT. Oh, discussions of their potentially LOSING IT ensue ... yeah ...

Chetney (while they all start babbling): "We're sll gonna die. This is how it happens."

Crap ... the flying thing is COMING ... and it has one massive purple eye instead of a head ... and it's been hunting? So maybe it's gonna be busy for a while, at least ...

Time for FRIDA to head out snd join the others ... and that's a Nat1 on stealth ... crap ...

FRIDA gets halfway back to the others ... Travis: "Oh, he's in storytelling mode." Yup, bad sign ...

Oh, that is a NASTY tumble ... and NOISY. Double crap ...

Howling ... shit ...

"The barks and snarls of MULTIPLE beasts" ... oh, that is LOVELY ...

RUUUUUUUUN!!!

Chetney wolfs out ... but only his UPPER HALF?!!! Ye gods ... running round on creepy little baby legs ...

Oh, decisions decisions ... this is fucking CHAOS ...

Seething Storm? Whoa ... that is AWESOME ...

Oh my gods ... Fearne PICKS UP a sobbing Deanna and just BOOKS IT for the tower.

Wait ... did that actually WORK?!!!

Chetney Donald Ducking it with his tiny legs ... Matt (dismayed chuckling): "That is HORRIBLE ..."

Stoneshape for cover? Cute ... is it gonna work?

The Gildhollow Tower ... hmmm ... looks like it's gonna be HARD to get in ... but lots of COVER, at least ...

Dire wolves? Oh shit ... MUTATED dire wolves ... oh, it's just ONE BIG FUCKED UP RAT KING of a creature ... that is HORRIFYING ...

Everybody's all over the place and it's FUCKING CHAOS ... and now it's dusk ... lovely ...

Imogen tries to Send to FCG ... and Matt makes her roll a D100 ... shit ... is her hair gonna fall out again?

Chetney and FCG home in on the tower ... snd now it's howling! Great ...

Trying to find some way into the tower ... and now Imogen's just CLIMBING up the growth on the outside ...

Guardian of the Faith? Okay ... shaped like a giant Chetney wolf? Cool ...

Fearne makes a Mirthful Leap ... nice roll!

Everybody's climbing now ...

FCG: "Imogen, what the fuck are you doing?" Imogen: "SOMEBODY'S gotta save their asses!" (hair flip)

This fucking thing can CLIMB?!!! Shiiiiit ...

Hiding inside the windows now ...

Guardian of the Faith is SERVING right now! Nice!

Oh, so IT IS the Wolf King. Lovely ...

Ah ... it's backing off ... phew ... thank fuck for that ...

Freaky attempt to comfort Deanna from werewolf Chetney ... "Relax." Deanna: "I can't relax, this is CREEPY!!!"

So ... to business. This is where Ludinus came from ... what can we learn?

Chetney's smell adventure ...

Laura: "That's skin ..." Oh PLEASE don't tempt fate like that ...

Heavily looted ... shit ... not a good sign ...

Fearne tries to "Vibe Check" the place ... XD

This is indeed The Place. Okay ... going upstairs, then ...

Let's not loot the nasty mouldy corpse, guys ...

Traps ... crap ... burn? Oh dear ... a glyph? Hmmmm ... Dispel Magic! Quickly! Oh ... that was cool.

The ring ... snack or souvenir? Hmmm ...

Investigating the weird papery strips ... it IS shed skin ... charming ... and now we're considering the possibilities ... oh boy ... whatever it is, it can't be good.

Looking for clues ... mouldy scroll ... oooh ...

Casting Mending go try and repair the scroll ... SMART.

I'm sorry ... Laerryn? REALLY?!!! O.O

"An Exandrian TED Talk" ... XD

"What is her name? There is power in names."

I swear, one mention of Exandria Unlimited: Calamity and Travis starts channeling Cerrit ... :3

Oooh ... Chetney funds a clue ... intriguing ... what is it?

Arcana Check ... Aabria rolls a NAT20!!! Nice ...

It NEEDS magic? Ooooh ... interesting.

Matt: "FCG, a fickle bitch." Laura: "Fickle Care Giver?" XD

Trying to get at whatever it is in the back of FRIDA's mind ...

Something SOFT ... oh fuck ...

Everything starts shaking ... great ...

A pinkish OOZE?!!! Really? FACES?!!! WHAT THE FUCK?!!!

Some freakish shape-shifting NIGHTMARE ... Matt: "And that's where we're gonna end for the night." SHIIIIIIIIT!!!

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The newest episode* of Getting Published Might Not Be So Hopeless After All

*As if there were earlier episodes

I finished a book the other day--it's a recent publication (came out last month), currently at 3,61 on Goodreads with nearly 6000 ratings

It's titled My Roommate Is a Vampire, and the title just about tells you everything that you need to know :D

But in a nutshell: after spending the last century or so in a magic induced coma, our vampire main guy has a deep seated desire to be able to blend in in the modern world, so he places an ad for an unsuspecting human roommate. Cassie (our main female/POV character) is a down-on-her-luck artist currently being evicted from her apartment, so she jumps on the opportunity. Time goes by, not so much stuff happens, and they fell for each other. The end.

Literally. There isn't much else that happens in the book.

That being said, the novel is not without its virtues. The start off situation is funny, especially since while Cassie doesn't know that she is moving in with a vampire, even with the guy's erratic, but heartfelt behavior, the audience does, so there are a bunch of endearingly hilarious situations. I honestly thought this setup would make a great sitcom. Plus all of the chapters start with either a letter/letters, chat messages, google searches, diary entries, etc., which was a narrative choice I really liked, especially since it allowed a glimpse into other characters' thoughts beyond Cassie.

The rest is under cut, because it got long

But holy crap, everything else in this novel was so underdeveloped I can't even express. It was like that author had this fun idea, but nothing beyond it, but was still determined to make it work. Like the publisher saw the opportunity in the setup, and had an editor work on it with the author, but then accidentally ended up publishing the original manuscript before the edits.

The author never took the effort to properly work on the lore. Basically the whole "presenting the lore" part is the two main characters watching Buffy, and the vampire guy (who is named Fredrick J. Fitzwilliam, btw) saying that yeah, the show got some things wrong, got other things right, and there are like 2 examples. We never actually learn how he, himself got turned (or how vampires get turned, for that matter). Also, there is his "mother" in the story - is she his maker? His actual mother? Both? We never learn!

Not to mention his whole backstory. At the point I have to compare it to All Souls, since we have a guy turned into a vampire hundreds (thousands) of years ago, when he was in his mid-thirties. In All Souls (okay, that's a bit longer story, I know, but still, it would take like, what, 5 pages?) we learn who Matthew was in his life, what he liked, what he did, we learn about his family, his tragedies, how he was turned, and, as a vampire, grew from an artisan into a de-facto nobleman. Fredrick, in contrast, started out from a humble home (we never explore how he ended up with upper class demeanor), and apparently did nothing until he was turned in his mid-thirties. Apparently he had no job, no family... And honestly, why wouldn't a guy in his mid-thirties be married in the 18t century? It's just such a lazy job, such lazy writing.

Also, there a scene (there are a bunch of scenes, really, but let me use this one as a example) where Cassie takes Fredrick to a party hosted by her best friend (she has a gay best friend, of course XD), and he prepares by memorizing a bunch of stuff about Taylor Swift, because he did his research, and apparently she is very popular in this age group.

The problem here is that, once again, the author didn't think it through. Reciting random facts is not just odd, but it's like the guy has zero frame of reference--but it's not just he doesn't have a frame of reference, it's that his frame of reference is drastically different. If I wrote it, it wouldn't be just reciting facts, and haha, it is funny, because Taylor is a big deal and I'm resonating with the audience. Instead, let's have Fredrick compare her to the great singers of his era. Like "I read about this lady, and I'd like to hear her sing--what do you mean it's all recorded? And what about live? In which establishment does she sing? In a stadium?!"

(And, yeah, btw, Frederick is said to have been in a coma for a hundred years, but that would mean that he went to sleep in the roaring twenties, and yet he acts Victorian/Regency period, which is, once again *just lazy, unrefined writing*)

The big conflict is supposed to be that Fredrick mother wants him to marry some vampire chick, and he is against it all. I have some many problems with how this plotline is excuted. Like 1, the vampire chick (called Esmeralda for some reason, which somehow sounds really tacky) is never seen in person. She is literally a non-character. Also, throughout the whole book she is super adamant about wanting to get married, then suddenly has a change of heart off screen in the last chapter. 2, Fredrick pulls himself together at some point to go and tell the families in person that he won't marry her, and... he gets taken hostage. And held for days. Which we never see, because he is not the POV character. There is zero tension, zero stakes (not even, you know, the kind you kill vampires with). Cassie figures out after some time that she is missing, she writes an e-mail to his mother that if they don't release him she'll expose vampires on TikTok (wheezing), and then Fredrick mother just backs down and releases him and HAPPY END! Honestly... that's the whol conflict. The sex scene is written with more details.

Talking about sex (because of course there is a lot of longing, and talk about erections, and then a long ass sex scenes, which I did not enjoy, because by then I was done with both characters): when Fredrick is released, he has wounds on his wrists after being tied up, and he is like "don't worry, it's just my heart doesn'T beat, so my blood doesn't flow *like that* so I heal slower :)

Like... okay, listen to me here... if his heart doesn't beat... and his blood doesn't really flow... you know what is highly unlikely to happen, right? RIGHT?!

So yeah, it could have been a good book, but it's just So Damn Badly Written from a technical point of view that I just can't. Nope. I can't.

But if this can get published, then who says I or you can't?

#orlissa reads #writing

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moontheoretist · 2 years

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She Hulk: Episode 5

- You know what bothers me more than anything else? Figurative queer support. Last week they went over the top to spell to us, the audience, that Jen is straight, even voicing it with the mouth of her best friend. And this week Jen wears a T-shirt with a rainbow on it... ok, she can be a straight ally or smth, but it really rubs in our faces that she could be open for interpretation if the last episode didn't smash that door into our faces and left bruises.

- This episode in a nutshell: Let's set Girly Girl and Tomboy Girl against one another.

- Pug wants two pairs of Iron Man shoes as a collection pieces, and we respect that.

- You know what I like? Men and women talking about fashion to each other. That is a very nice scene. Nikki and Pug are officially fashionista besties forevur. They save the day.

- Boba Café is a front for superhero clothing business? *tries not to think about Kamisato Ayato and his super secret band of ninjas* That checks out.

- Speaking to someone in Chinese, because they look Asian can be a bad thing to do, even if you are visibly not white yourself. Shame is a perfectly understandable reaction, Nikki.

- Titania thinks Shrek is a good insult, but jokes on her if She-Hulk was treated with the same respect as Fiona was, then we would have a better She-Hulk design than what we got.

- This moment when you learn there is a fashion designer celebrity for superheroes. I am like... did Tony or any other Avenger knew about him, because damn, they definitely needed him and I can imagine that only Tony thought about something like this to be important. You have to be presentable as a superhero. Tony mostly wore suits, but they were all well-designed. He never actually wore his skintight flight suit in the MCU, but if he did I can imagine him designing it himself UNLESS he knew about this guy and outsourced this.

- Luke Jacobson absolutely slays. We need him so much!

- Did you notice how that mannequin with male armor had a perked up belly, but when Luke was caressing it with his hand, the camera cut out the belly as if ashamed it ever existed? What is that? Hero fatphobia striking again? Did they ever saw a REAL Norse god?

- That court hearing was really embarrassing and hurtful... damn. That hit. But at last the scene with Jen and Mallory was nice. Jen really deserves better.

- HE DESIGNED NEW DAREDEVIL SUIT *crying from laughing* OMG XD

- I don't believe I have to wait a whole week to see her new clothes.

#she-hulk #she-hulk spoilers #she-hulk episode 5 #she-hulk episode 5 spoilers #ribbit and rip it #ribbit and rip it spoilers #jennifer walters #mallory book #titania

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It's me, hurrying to send you Tales of Symphonia! 🤍

Aren't you the sweetest?! Thank you so much!

the first character i ever fell in love with: Raine, absolutely. I liked several characters before but Raine's just my first and all time love <3

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not: Probably Kratos. While I still don't hate him, I just don't care about him anymore.

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not: I was a HUGE Kraine (Kratos/Raine) shipper when I first started, but I've grown to dislike it to a point.

my ultimate favorite character™: Raine my QUEEN ❤❤❤❤❤

prettiest character: I think Pronyma has to take this one. I HATE her bodysuit but the rest of her design is just AMAZING and I LOVE it.

my most hated character character I'm most meh about: I don't hate on characters, but I seriously don't care about Regal much. His story/character never really grabbed me.

my OTP: Zelaine (Zelos/Raine). I will go down with this nutshell of a ship. I've ranted to everyone who would listen about why I love it so much (their similar backstories resulting in totally different characters, their overall dynamic and my headcanon that Raine would be the only one who would be able to tame him long-term, the potential for so many dynamics), but I spare you the manifest lol. I've shipped this for 15 years and I'll continue to do so.

my NOTP: As long as the story is convincing, I'm okay with pretty much every ship. I'm mostly bored with the 'official' ships (Colloyd, Sheelos, Regal/Raine, Genis/Presea), so you won't see me make content for them aside from probably using them to get to a rarepair.

favorite episode skit: I think it's either "Nicknames" or "Better to be Deceived" <3 I like them both very much.

saddest death: While satisfying, I think Magnius is a very sad death. He was religiously following orders and backstabbed by someone he trusted.

favorite season scene: I LOVE the scene at Altamira where Zelos goes "Uh sorry? Can we talk about RAINE STILL FUCKING MISSING??" because it does show his character development very well (from being a racist PoS to actually caring about people. Also the fact he's the only one bringing her up)

least favorite season scene: Not actually a scene, but I absolutely hate we don't get a genuine interaction with Mithos/Raine. I've ranted a lot about how it's a HUGE missed opportunity since Raine is quite similar to Martel.

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate am kinda meh about: Kratos. I get his appeal to people, but I'm very meh about it.

my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave: Forcystus xD I love this trashbag.

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave: Prooooobably Kate. She's not really responsible for her situation and I love her very much.

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship: *cough* Raine/Pronyma *cough* What can I say? Raine gives me huge bisexual energy.

my ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship: Genis/Mithos, given that Genis is a little older.

#ask #ask reply

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geekgemsspooksandtoons · 2 years

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I just watched "Clouds on the Horizon" because I saw some spoilers on Twitter. And luckily, I found a YouTube channel that was legit uploading the rest of the episode in parts as I was watching it. XD

In a nutshell...man...the next episode is going to be something. Because this one was good.

#geekgem rambles #the owl house

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psych---ologically-deranged · 2 months

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1.10 commentary

from the earth to the starbucks

steve franks kelly kulchak james roday dule hill

The "right chair at the right time" star discovery was reflecting the kid shawn trying to get gus to go ahead of him

You couldn't have her carrying a bushel of carrots to hide that the actress was pregnant

Named for tom blaire, & this episode aired after his bday "Your present is on tv, friday at 10

"When you don't get the dialogue, it's usually referencing my friends"

six foot high painting of a blonde shirtless surfer that he wants that he is not going to get

My mom just notivced a random lobster on the table. I wish you could see how cute she is

Michael Zinberg

He eats ice because shawn is adhd, not because JRr claims this, eating ice is historically a sign of sexual frustration, It sets in here that shawn is not going to be getting lucky tonight, I did that assuming everyone knew that that's what that means KK & DH: I've never heard that

walking around stanley park

DH: I had a telescope KK: What did you look at? DH: Stars ...

How drunk should he be?

"special feature's not rated! I didn't want to scar anybody!" Dude you say hard ass in the show, you can say hard bottomed here

KK: I just like that he carries [his handcuffs] wherever he goes

Canonballs

Seriously? someone calling Dule already?

Improv: I'll never see you again

"All of that engagement stuff was just to get tim (lassiter) right to the floor"

Donut?

SF: I pay attention to One Credit: theme song my steve franks. *doesn't care abt "created by"*

Let the eyes leave the body

"Literally half a page of nutshelling, I can't stop writing it"

KK hates the fist bumping?

The fish!!! "First of all who did not put this in the show?" We had to cut out some important stuff to get the fish scene in

kkarlton, but the second one is silent

JRr: *high fives Juliet's shrug* & Maggie Lawson was able to continue acting, even after she laughed

Sneezes?

Oof these poor surfers at 2 degrees celcius

SF: genius dream JRr: Clem DH, acting &listening to the scene: this guy's an idiot

Network: Shawn... follows gus around? tat's a little creepy SF: No no no

not thursday

a minute & a half of the parking lot XD

crab fountain

Best location ever

JRr: the jackal has arrived

KK: Space run where your feet are hitting your ass. Sorry, butt. SF: Bottom. KK: We did it again SF: Sorry Paul (his nephew)

SF: My high school days when it took eight to twelve months to ask a girl out

the run XD

She's just gaslighting relaying the entire case

The seed for this show was "shawn goes int othe planetarium & for some reason narrates it"

*none of them are real constellations*

space capsule trash can

DH commented on the run & they kept it in the show

couldn't touch the telescope *giant storm trooper leg*

simon toque & this nice jumpsuit

WOULD have been funny to make him walk around like the micheline man, in an astronaut suit

Santa barbara with mountains & snow in the background!?!? (pretend it is water

That guy who fell, I love it

NIIIiiIICE

I forgot lassiter did golf

SF: I was in that suit.

I had to check the timers on the crab spray

JRr: Fact: we shot this at 6:00 in the morning & it was COLD & later that day neither of us could remember we shot it. DH: We just zoned out

No shot of the sign that sold the joke :(

With the roots & the dirt

Congrats to Hill's brother for getting engaged

"it's been fifteen years!"

Jack's wife, first AD!

It was supposed to be that she picked up a knife in the restaurant, but they couldn't do that :(

DH: Gus takes everyone on the same date

XD headbuts

Receive my ass cap award???

#psych commentary 1x10 #psych cast/crew

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knowlessman · 4 months

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just start watching a new anime season at 1 am knowless, that's a normal person thing to do. (bnha s5e1-e6)

(recap, prominence burn) yeah that's gonna do the ole ozone a frighten. I think exxon-mobil is jealous -- oh yeah I forgot mineta was in this show. that was nice while it lasted.

"emergency drill, hypothetical villains have infiltrated ua grounds" hypothetical villains you say? they let gentle thief out of jail that early?

"About 80% of the human population -" have taken and failed the hero course and become shitty villains about it, yes, we know

ooh, new opening… I think? or maybe it's just been that long. -- shinso! it's shinso the homestuck! yo, it's all of class B! there's the dark souls helmet person, and the geico caveman, and the goomba girl (who apparently does have mushroom powers, judging from the outfit)! -- does shinso have attack ribbons like Eraser Head now? huh

(character intros) didn't realize heroes needed a special adjective in addition to their hero name

part of yaoyorozu's costume includes a book? an encyclopedia of some kind, I guess. in case she has to do physics-y problem-solving stuff on the job and create complex rigs. neat.

aoyama definitely doesn't have the kneepad lasers and stuff he did in the movie. maybe he gets 'em this season? maybe I or whatever site I got the watch order from was completely wrong about when to watch it? who knows

oh shit it's 2-D, y'all are fucked

just realized, I don't think we know what Hado's quirk is. (eh, more likely I just forgot)

pffft bakugo still couldn't figure out a name 'XD "if you won't let me call myself God Explosion Murder I will turn to face god and walk backwards into hell" -- welp, amajiki's dead. gorillaz needs a new lead -- wait did bakugo actually just kill him

(fucking marvel after credits scene) "that's the same pose all might did, isn't it" "no, I used my left arm, it's different" frowny man in a nutshell I guess -- also dancing boy's here, how about that

"episode 2: vestiges" after code vein that word is never not gonna make me think of spiky red crystals that put you in long-winded it's-a-small-world-ass memory lane dealies. so annoying they made you walk through them when they could just be cutscenes. at least when fallout 4 did the same exact thing, you could activate specific things in the scenes for additional lore.

"I heard you killed Snatch" I don't remember him either, but with a hero name like that, I could miss him more

"that's a bad scar." …ohhhhhhh shiiiiit 'XDDD damn, last time I remember this "oh-shit-somebody-just-waved-the-flag-at-the-bull" feeling was reading that one bit in, uhhhhhhhh I think it was the second Inheritance Trilogy book. …I don't interact with stories that do that very often okay, most stories that do that are probably too traumatic for my tastes

oh yeah, the thing with the Avatar spirits. the Allvatar spirits. -- (all for one showing off) "this one longing to be thinner, this one wants to get the girl and I help them! yes I do" -- "vestiges of the previous owners" wait so this is literally like the vestiges from code vein then

…I thought shinso was in class B? eh, idfk

…lolwtf it's capture the flag but the flags are the players, this is wild

oh so asui can turn invisible now. she just… can do that. fancy.

k so shiozaki is poison ivy. I remember her vs kaminari being funny, but I forget why. could be she used feminine wiles, he doesn't make that hard to do -- is shiozaki's hero costume white robes because something something crown of thorns something something jesus, or am I reading too much into it

…bahahahahaha 'XD THAT's how shinso's quirk works! I forgot! they just gave him a voice changer!

"you used me as a decoy… what a sinful act" okay I was right about the jesus thing then. "now I must whip you" o-kay, potential weewoo tier then

(flashback to like the first ua invasion) …huh. froppy mentioned the toxic mucus thing way back then. also they are 100% gonna make her use that stomach thing someday and everybody is going to regret it

come to think of it, eraser head mentoring shinso does make a lot of sense. both of them have quirks whose only application involves taking agency away from other people, so there would've been an assumption that they must either be a hero or a villain. both chose hero, but still can't escape the correlation and the fear that other people would have of them.

ditto's costume (a fancy suit, it looks like) is pretty stupid for a guy who might have to accommodate for who knows what kind of new quirk on the fly. what if he needs to be able to grow wings or other limbs? what if he has to create materials out from his skin? he needs a teenage-sized version of Jack-Jack's onesie. "I didn't know the baby's powers, so I covered the basics."

okay so tokoyami and this kuroiro guy is a ship that just builds itself, huh -- (dark shadow's glitching out) "what is it? what's going on?" disagreeing with something he ate -- aw, kuroiro doesn't have a hero name yet… come to that, I forget what tokoyami's is

(flashback) "if you're not even letting me do anything, why did you pick me?" "we're birds of a feather." okay no yeah this hawks guy sucks

(tokoyami flying) deku: "it's as simple as columbus's egg idea!" columbus had an idea? wonder who he stole that from. … "an apocryphal story in which columbus, on being told that finding a new trade route was inevitable and no great accomplishment, challenged his critics to make an egg stand on its tip. columbus did it himself by tapping the egg on the table to flatten the tip." so, allegedly, columbus cheated in order to justify talking his stupid ass up. also the story's a ripoff of an earlier story about an architect, so that answers my follow-up question.

…and do these mushrooms, like, do anything? granted, they foil hagukure's invisibility and that's pretty neat, and I guess they give cover for kuroiro, but unless they also do cool weird shit they seem more like a nuisance to clean up after than anything else.

and how did they even find out kuroiro can control dark shadow without meeting tokoyami?

aoyama's hero name sucks

the mushrooms really don't do anything then. they aren't poisonous, they don't, idk, mind-control people or sap energy, they can't even grow really big…

kunikida wishes he had yaoyorozu's brains

"hey DM, I can cast Create Mushrooms targeting the space inside his lungs, right?" ah k so they do do anything at all

wait damn that was six episodes? uh, yeah, guess I'd better give it a rest

#knowless watches bnha

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