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tttea1blog · 1 month

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Another thing that I posted to Instagram that I decided to post here as well. Yes, it is from Top Gear, yes it does relate to the au.

Context: James was looking for something and taking quite awhile, which was annoying Gordon. And funny thing is that Percy is actually the one who manages files and data, so James is technically not supposed to be the one doing it, yet he is. Which is why Percy is sitting there very awkwardly.

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inspiredwriterstory · 16 days

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TopDragon, ep 1, pt 1.

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Qibli: Hello everyone welcome to TopDragon! I'm Qibli!

Turtle: Hi, I'm Turtle.

Winter: Prince Winter.

Qibli: This is a new series where-

Winter: Where you'll watch two idiots and one dragon of class drive the stupidest cars known to Dragon.

Qibli: Winter we talked about this off set.

Winter: Yeah well you said I'd get five silver and I decided it's not worth it.

Turtle: Well before we fall down the rabbit hole of Winter and Qibli bickering like a married couple I'd like to say this cave is huge!

Qibli: Yeah! The producers wanted to start the series with A bang!

Turtle: About that who our are producers?

Qibli: Not quite sure to be honest.

Winter: I'm sorry, your not sure!?

Qibli: I didn't question it.

Winter: I am going to throw you in a frozen lake.

Qibli: Before that I'd like to answer an age old question, which kingdom makes the best cars? So the producers told us to pick our favorite cars from a specific kingdom and take them on the ultimate road trip from the sand kingdom, to the heart of the mud kingdom.

Winter: And I hated every moment of it.

Turtle: Roll the footage!

*Fade to black*

*Fade into footage of the vast sand kingdom.*

Qibli over the footage: The sand kingdom is a vast place to explore. A vast culture filled with history, Long, fast stretches of road....

*A loud engine roars by the camera as a blur.*

Qibli as a black Dodge Charger with a supercharger roars into view: And home of the Muscle car.

Qibli in the car: The 1970 Dodge Charger is an absolute legend. Powerful, looks good anywhere you put it, and most importantly- *Shifts gears and the engine revs* loud.

*The car flies past the Camera as it cuts to Qibli rolling through a town with tons of dragons. He rolls to a stop in a parking lot outside a restaurant. And gets out of the car.*

*Suddenly a clean, white R35 Gtr rolls up and pulls up next to the Charger. Winter then gets out with a look of shock on his face.*

Winter: What on the three moons?

Qibli: You like it?

Winter: Qibli as much as it fits you, the only thing worse you could have bought was a Mustang.

Qibli: You can't talk! You bought an R35.

Winter: A car of class while yours screams Red necks and mechanical problems.

*Qibli start bickering in the background while the camera begins cutting back and fourth showing tires passing by the camera hidden behind walls and market stalls*

Turtle in the inside: I think I'm lost.

*Cut to Qibli and Winter with looks of shock on their faces*

Winter: No way.

Qibli: You can not be serious.

*The Famous Lancia Stratos HF rally edition in a dark green/blue rolls to a stop and Turtle gets out.*

Turtle: Good, I found you.

Winter: I'm sorry, but out of all the cars you could have chosen you choose that?

Qibli: Now hold on, that car is legendary.

Winter: Yeah but they had next to no safety the only thing more dangerous would be a group B car.

Turtle: In my defense, you have not driven one through the rainforest.

Winter: Great so we have a car with more horsepower than the driver has sense, a car of class, and a death machine with a dragon who's never gone over 40 in his life.

???: Qibli!

*Everyone turns to see Kinkajou dive into Qibli's arms*

Qibli: Kinkajou! What are you doing here?

Kinkajou: I heard you were recording a tv show!

Winter: You can't just jump at us on camera.

Kinkajou: Well I wanted to make an entrance. The people in charge sent me with this!

*Kinkajou hands Qibli a paper.*

Qibli: Great, our first challenge!

Qibli reading it out loud: Now that you have arrived you will drive to a remote oasis to get to know your cars before your first test.

Kinkajou: Oh don't go yet!

Winter: We can't waste time.

Kinkajou: Awww...

Qibli: We'll make sure to stop by Jade mountain academy on the way through the sky kingdom.

Kinkajou: Alright. And all of you three better make it!

Turtle: Don't worry, we will.

*Soon the three are in their cars and are rolling out.*

Kinkajou: Good luck you three!

*The cars roll off as the camera cuts to a tiny scorpion scurrying across the sand before cutting to show the sleek black paint of the Dodge Charger and cutting to the inside*

Qibli: The Dodge Charger is a iconic car. Vin Diesel drove it on The fast and the furious, it stared in Dukes of Hazard- *Quick gear shift before passing Turtle* and it is the drag racing king.

Winter over the footage of the Charger driving: While sand snorter was busy acting like a two year old, I was driving in a car of status.

*Cut to the inside of the GTR*

Winter: Now despite the long hot roads this car is smooth. Nissan knows how to make cars that nobles can use to their proper potential.

*Winter slows down and heads into the empty left lane and matches Qibli's speed.*

Winter over radio: You know what I really enjoy sand snorter? Air conditioning.

Qibli: Jokes on you, I love this heat.

*Cut to Turtle in the Lancia*

Turtle: I am becoming a boiled fish.

Winter over the footage as the cars slow to a stop: Unfortunately, Qibli decided to bring is to a stop for a ridiculous game.

Turtle out of his car and sitting in between the two other cars side by side on the road: So you two want to drag race?

Winter: More like he bigger me until we stopped.

Qibli: You are going to enjoy this and you know it.

Winter: Sure.

Qibli: Count us down Turtle!

*Dynamic camera angles showing off the revving cars as Turtle counts down*

Turtle: Go!

*Winter takes off but a loud bang suddenly brings Qibli's car to a stop off the line*

Qibli slamming the dashboard: Dang it!

*Fade black and then fade into footage to the giant cave with Qibli, Winter, and Turtle.*

Winter: I can't believe you ended it on a cliff hanger.

Turtle: Well cliffhangers can be a good tool to build suspense.

Winter: Don't start now sand snorter.

Qibli: Well join us next time as we bring on a special guest.

#Youtube #Wings of fire #wings of fire kinkajou #wings of fire qibli #wings of fire winter #wings of fire turtle #top gear #TopDragon #parody

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cheeseknives · 7 months

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The (fake) moustaches feel so blursed to me, though top ten things in Top Gear I'd like to rid-

#I had to google how to write moustache for this #the parody fits are so cool though #I was going to say they give me archer vibes but that show is inspired by 70s cop/spy stuff too isn't it #actually now that I think about I have no clue in what time frame does that show even take place..?#probably cold war but #derailing #if I ever get back to drawing I want to do somethin' about the interceptors #that was fun I loved that <3<33 lol #Top Gear #liveblog #Series 17 #S17E05

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princesscolumbia · 7 months

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So about the musical episode...

This is specifically geared to "Subspace Rhapsody," which if you haven't watched it shame on you go now and watch go go go go!!!

So by the end of the ep everything goes back to normal and it turns out the real musical ensemble was the friends we made along the way etc., but what if it didn't?!

Yes, there'd be immediate consequences; highly classified secrets getting out, relationships starting and ending, etc.

But humans adapt, and since the other species in the galaxy are the same kind of "fuck you, I'm surviving!" results of evolution, they'd all adapt, too.

First off, the big one: It'd be like that post where somehow Anakin and Obi-wan can hear the musical score an realize Palpatine is a sith lord; the bad guys would be outed, like, the SECOND their musical number started up. Khan would have been identified before the Enterprise even finished scanning the Botony Bay, the Prime Directive would have to get a big 'ol asterisk pointing to a clause describing the specific mathematical properties of different types of music the crew can expect to hear when approaching a potential first contact. Science experiments would be (metaphorically) killed on the spot because the "mad scientist" theme would start playing.

But a century on? Well, everyone would have adapted...

The Vulcans would have come up with an entirely new discipline; Rhythmic Logic. Rather akin to rap, it'd be syncopated speaking with periodic inflections to denote emphasis on certain points, and the passive aggressive sass levels would be off the CHARTS. Counterintuitive to most Vulcan training for centuries, to properly learn and master this new discipline, the Vulcans would need to induce moments of high emotion to properly initiate the musical triggering conditions, but once started their logic and ability to freestyle would then be put to use to focus and direct the song.

Andorians would be less about the singing and more about choreography. Their troop movements would be works of martial art and their ability to synchronize with each other during operations (any operation, whether medical, business, black-ops, etc.) would be legendary throughout the galaxy. When xenoanthropologists start proposing theories, the truth is swiftly buried for the sanity of the galaxy; since the "musical universe" is based on human musicals, Andorian affinity for good choreography is rooted in figure skating.

Tellarites would unabashedly embrace Weird Al as a sort-of prophet/god once they figured out that parody is the sincerest form of insult. Whatever musical number you're performing, the Tellarites will ride on top of it and twist it in crass ways until the song they sing drowns out whatever they're parodying and is considered the superior work. This, amusingly, results in relations between Tellar and Earth to improve as "bards" of both races across every strata of society compete to see who can make the better parody.

Romulans would lean into the villain pieces, like, unironically. Go to a diplomatic party on Romulus and you're beset by a massive orchestral work of interweaving harmonies as a melody of every big number and quiet ballad are melded together in a symphony of intrigue, emotion, politics, and betrayal. Yes, there's good Romulans, but because their music is JUST as "villainous" as the heroes, it's nearly impossible to tell them apart. Somewhat ironically, it's That One Romulan who only sings spritely songs in a major key that turns out to be the baddest, most lethal Romulan of all.

Klingon society would fracture into new houses based on musical style. The "Old Guard" would be the Klingons who break out into Klingon Opera on the regular. K-pop would be known for being vicious berserkers. Shakespere may be beloved by the Klingons, but the Soviet Anthems would become THE way to unify the Klingons during the "cold war" era.

Once the effect stretched into the Delta Quadrant (nobody in the quadrant knows why they've suddenly started breaking into song, and it isn't until well after Voyager returns home that someone in a university history department is given access to the full history of the Borg's interaction with Starfleet that they realize that it was Q launching the Enterprise D into the Delta Quadrant that created the contact), the Hirogen would come to be known for their absolutely epic power-metal ballads. Their "hunting axes" would become some variety of electric guitar almost overnight.

Because Voyager's crew had grown up with the "random" musicals, Voyager has a leg up on the entire Delta Quadrant, further solidifying Janeway as an unmitigated badass when she uses her absolute mastery of the musical forms to kick ass in every genre.

Cultures that had been introduced to warp flight badly (turns out the Federation had the right idea with the Prime Directive, just not for reasons that anyone could have ever predicted) can always be identified as being...cut rate. It'd be like going from a Broadway Musical production of Hamilton to encountering that one "Christian" production where they butchered the lyrics and the "b-list" actors were the best they could get.

Cardasians would be all about the martial themes. Even their counterculture movements would be all about the percussion-heavy 4:4 musical numbers.

Bajorans would be split between Broadway Musical-style numbers that seem to take inspiration from plays like "West Side Story" and Epic Battle Hymns sung by every Bajoran involved in a given conflict that reach deep into your soul and make you feel simultaneously victorious and deeply sad for reasons you can't quite identify.

The Borg would be EDM for some reason. Nobody is quite sure why.

Even the species that sent the whale probe in the 23rd century wouldn't be spared. Dubstep...dubstep everywhere!

Section 31 and the Tal Shiar would be in a black-ops weapons race to see who can weaponize the musicals the most effectively.

Time travelers would have a blast. Turns out the big reason for the Temporal Cold War was to stop a massive Temporal Prime Directive violating wave of time tourists who just want to go back to a time before musicals were a fact of life. Mariner and Boimler wouldn't even realize they hadn't broken out into song once until they returned to the 24th century.

Humans would be driving everyone nuts. A species that had adapted to using Rent-style musical numbers to form social collectives that were so "in-crowd" that nobody else could even think of joining would suddenly find this one asshole human that picked up on it and was fitting in perfectly. Klingon slasher ballads would be met with children's cartoon bubbly pop music. Andorians would be simultaneously overjoyed at having companions that could work so perfectly with them and appalled that another species dared to get on the ice with them.

The only beings immune to the whole thing would be the Q. The reason Q was the one interacting with Picard? He's the only Q that can stand the whole universe turning into a musical! He's "the band nerd" in Q high school, the one that'll break into a situationally appropriate musical hit number from that one Broadway play when nobody wants to hear you singing Q! Q doesn't have to sing like the lesser species, but by golly he WANTS to and he's GONNA!

#star trek #star trek voyager #star trek prodigy #star trek lower decks #star trek picard #star trek tos #star trek tng #star trek ds9 #star trek strange new worlds #subspace rhapsody

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aokozaki · 1 year

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Reading a neat top 100 video games of all time list, you know the kind. It's pretty good aside from ending the description of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater with "Just don't ask us to explain the plot".

[points] This guy couldn't understand the Metal Gear entry that specifically chose to be a prequel to avoid the sequel baggage and complexity that MGS2 both parodied and compunded upon. What a rube!

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dazzlerazz · 1 month

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Yup, was talking about ymfah 😔

("main" here too hi)

I tried giving him the benefit of the doubt, I checked the comments and even the Reddit thread for any kind of confirmation (because several people also had suspicions, especially after the Top Gear parody that also had no credit or mention of AI use but it HAD to), and he said "90% of lines are ripped straight from the game"

BITCH WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER 10%!? IF YOU USED AI AT LEAST ADMIT IT

Anyway, decided to unsub until he gives proper credit and discloses the use of AI at the very least, I love his videos but this lack of transparency is utterly scummy in its own way

Hi! Also this is unrelated but I remember you because you commented on one of my pre-release Engage posts so hello! 👋

I didn't even know the top gear one was partially ai 😭😭 now that really sucks. I decided to unsub as well because I can't in good conscious continue watching when he's using ai voices, especially when those people specifically asked for their voices not to be trained off of

He used to be the number 1 youtuber I'd watch to get to sleep, I couldn't even count how many times I've watched his "beating skyrim without walking" one, I could probably quote the intro to it right now

It's sad that it's come to this. Yeah hiring voice actors is going to cost money but those two worlds are so WILDLY different. I can only hope that ymfah doesn't truly understand the gravity of using ai voices, that it's ignorance rather than malicious, because it's so so sad

I'll keep an eye out for any comments from him in the future on it but considering that he's kept his lips shut so far my hopes are not high

#askbox #razz talks

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thewertsearch · 2 years

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Not too much. I talked at the beginning of the blog about some of the things I knew going in. To summarize:

I knew a few names in advance, but the only ones left that aren’t attached to a character are Vriska and Roxy. At this point, I can hazard a guess that Roxy is Mom Lalonde’s canonical first name.

I knew about the trolls, approximately what they look like, and that they don’t ‘show up’ until Act 5. Since they’ve very much shown up at this point, I’m assuming this is when they take center stage as protagonists.

I knew that it was big on time travel, and that its plot put Kingdom Hearts and Metal Gear to shame. Let’s say I’m starting to see what people meant by that.

I knew that a lot of random things were ‘homestuck references’, such as chess, sunglasses, clowns and the Zodiac. Maybe some more things, too, but those are the ones I remember off the top of my head. I understand them all now, and I’m less than a quarter of the way through!

I know about the infamous, ill-fated Homestuck Kickstarter, but I don’t know what kind of game it was for, or whether it’s still being made. I also vaguely understand that Homestuck is a ‘controversial’ franchise, but again, I don’t really know the details.

I know there’s a song called ‘Karcalicious‘ which is like Homestuck’s equivalent of that one Supernatural song. I think it’s a Fergalicious parody? This is probably the ‘spoiler’ I’m most excited to learn more about, haha

#asks #homestuck liveblog #full liveblog #act 4

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natade-art · 1 year

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i almost forgot to do this guys

ID: Natade’s 2022 summary of art. Starting the year off in January is Sho Minamimoto from The World Ends With You laughing and holding a megaphone atop a pile of garbage. For February is a drawing of Justice from Guilty Gear doing her arms crossed taunt pose. In March is a silly little Tony Tony Chopper from One Piece because I couldn’t find anything I liked enough. In April is the drawing of Yuuta Okkotsu from Jujutsu Kaisen holding up his katana with Rika’s curse form looming behind him, which Twitter went CRAZY over. In May we see post-timeskip Tashigi from One Piece flustered and pinning a smirking Nami to a wall. In June is a parody of the dog and cat “born to die world is a fuck” meme but with Cuno and Cunoesse from Disco Elysium. For July, a close-up of Geralt from the Witcher wearing the “I”m sorry women” hat. On top of the template with him are two little chibi drawings of the OCs I made that month, Alice and Léon. Monkey D. Luffy and Nefertari Vivi laugh with their arms around each other in August. September features a pinup of Nami with her sorcerer’s clima-tact, and beside her in October is Giorno Giovanna mimicking classical paintings of Jesus Christ. For November, Kairi, Namine, Aqua and Strelitzia’s floating heads. In December is Nico Robin posing, wrists crossed over her chest, standing before her Demonio Fleur. end ID

#summary of art #the year of nami one piece

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spongebob-connoisseur · 1 year

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who was your favorite Spongebob character before Slappy?

Spongebob! The golden boy and title character of the show. I think that's a little obvious because I run a Spongebob blog and I'm a diehard spongebob fan. Obviously the title character is my favorite. Why else would I have a shrine of Spongebob merch? He's my boy! He's the bestest boy. You know I didn't understand why spongebob fans would fixate on some side character or any other character that isn't Spongebob. I was like "but the best character is literally right there! He's the title character! Why do y'all like squidward so much??". No beef about Squidward or other characters. I just thought spongebob was THE best character on the show and I liked the rest but I didn't get why you wouldn't favor the title character. It's ironic now isn't it? That slappy is pretty much (nearly?) Tied with Spongebob in my heart and he's one of the most hated characters in the show. I will die for both of them fr💯

Anyways my fave has always been Spongebob. Sometimes another character too but sponge always remained on top. As a kid it was Spongebob and Sandy (gravitated to tomboyish characters HARD). Right now it's spongebob and Slappy. It's pretty ironic now since the episode Squidferatu/Slappy Daze. Slappy is just a horror version of Spongebob. Of course I liked Slappy as his own thing. I liked him long before the horror spongebob stuff was added. I just liked him because he was funny and also kinda uncomfortable and I like that balance. Also strangely very adorable, it kinda scratches a brain itch. Plus he was just such an anomaly. I know people complain that he doesn't fit the show but somehow that's what I liked most. He just shows up without an explaination, doing weird things or whatever like some strange foreign creature and I needed more of it. It really fueled my interest in Peter Lorre by extension because my obsession kicked into high gear around his second/third-ish appearance in the patrick show. He doesn't get much screen time and it was the very beginning of the show. I was DESPERATE for content so Peter parodies + Peter Lorre movies were my sustenance and life blood.

I should make a Peter Lorre shrine. I hope to steal his ashes and start a cult around it some day :D

I'm rambling. This is supposed to be about Porifera-Robert, my boy. My pal. My good spongey friend. I like watching him when I feel down and he'll forever remain in my heart as my most favorite character EVER. Nobody can knock him off the pedestal. Even if I give Slappy a little more attention these days. I will always adore my little spongey boy. My shrine of Spongebob plushies stare me down as I sleep. I hope they come to life and kill me one day <3 I would sell my soul to spongebob if I could. I sorta feel like I already did :D

Slappy and Spongebob both forever my bby gurls <3 and they're both voiced by Tom Kenny! :D so by extension is Tom Kenny a bby gurl?

#I only watched the patrick show to see teenage Spongebob #I didn't expect for my attention to be stolen by slappy #Tho i did already kinda like slappy when i rewatched birthday blowout #I remember not really liking/caring for slappy when i first saw birthday Blowout #But my second watch of it i thought he was SO CUTE #But i was also messing around like 'hes cute but also kinda ugly and weird. Isn't it funny that i find this ugly little fucker adorable?'#Which lead to one of my first posts about adoring slappy and how cute he is #I think i liked him more than what i realized? But the obsession really happened with the patrick show #the spongebob connoisseur #spongebob #spongebob squarepants #sb #spongebon squarepants #spongebob meme #slappy laszlo #slappy spongebob #laszlo spongebob #Peter lorre fish

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slasher-male-wife · 2 years

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Texas Chainsaw info dump kinda thing

So Gunner Handson talked about how the famous chainsaw dance at the end of the movie came about because he swung the chainsaw and Toby Hooper had to doge it. They took the gears out of it so it wouldn't have cut him but Gunner then continued to try and hit Hooper making the chainsaw dance at the end of the movie.

Also the scene with the low shot of Pam walking to the house wasn't originally on the screen play so they tried to cut it but Hopper said to include it anyway.

A producer on the movie taxidermied the armadillo at the beginning of the movie himself. All the animal bones were picked up at local farms too.

Edwin Neal based his potrayal of Nubbins off of his nephew who has paranoid shizophrenia but he did clearly say he was never violent. Gunner also said he went to a hospital for the mentally handicap (I'm changing some words in here) to get a better idea how to play the role. It's important to remember that people with abnormal psychology are more likely to be victims of violence than to actually be violent to other people.

Gunner wasn't originally going to play leatherface. They hired another guy but when shooting came he refused to come out of his hotel room so Gunner stepped up and played the role.

Bill Mosely was cast to play Chop Top after Hooper saw a parody movie he made called the Texas chainsaw manicure where he played the hitch hiker. He also shaved his head for the role to make the makeup process easier.

Paul Partain, the man who played Franklin never broke character on set. You can probably guess that the other actors avoided him on set because of how annoying Franklin is.

They filmed for over 24 hours straight during the dinner scene which was hell to do. It was a Texas summer with blacked out windows and the real meat they used as props went bad. Lot's of people got sick and Gunner recounts having to go outside to throw up at one point.

Jim Sedow the man who played Drayton in the original and sequel Texas chainsaw movies was also pretty much the only really experienced actor in the cast.

John Duncan who played Grandpa was only 18 when they filmed and the man who did grandpas makeup was a plastic surgeon who's only film credit was that movie.

#texas chainsaw massacre #tcm #ziggys rambles #ziggy shut up

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chamerionwrites · 1 year

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modern AUs?

Hoo boy strong opinions time LOL. With the caveats that ofc people are allowed to have different tastes and also that most things can be workable if the writing is top-tier, as a genre I personally avoid modern AUs like the plague because:

1.) Yeah sure I love these characters, but character is to some extent the product of a particular environment! Backstory and the way that a character exists in and reacts to the world around them is part of what makes them interesting to me! And while this can be translated into a different setting in clever and creative ways - and I can totally see the appeal of a story that does it well - I find stories that do that character work are often the exception rather than the rule.

2.) The “modern” part frequently strikes me equally fantastical - or much more so - as whatever setting the story is being imported from. Part of what I really enjoy about SFF and historical fiction is the worldbuilding work and/or research done to make the setting tangible and textural. Trading that in for a really soft-focus, aestheticized portrait of what irl colleges or coffee shops or whatever are actually like is a downgrade in every possible sense.

A lot of modern AUs just kinda feel like those Lifetime movies where the struggling young professionals are taking a month-long vacation at a ritzy ski lodge or the salt of the earth single dad love interest has an impossibly clean kitchen the size of my house with all new appliances, you know? In a vague theoretical sense I get why the fantasy is appealing, but it’s the polar opposite of my personal taste in fiction.

3.) Not to be a humorless parody of myself but a lot of SFF or historical fiction is very much about the specific sociopolitical tensions of a particular place and time, and it really grinds my gears that in these cases “modern AU” often boils down to “neatly excising all political commentary.” The more of it there is in the original work, the more it grinds my gears.

TL;DR I think my Modern AU Complaints boil down to mournfully protesting “But you took out everything that made the original story crunchy???” It's cool if other people are into it, but very much not my thing.

#ask box #tropes #fandom #my posts

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snowboyclarkov · 9 months

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Incorrect Dialogue: Top Gear AI -> Beyblade Burst

I saw an AI generated parody of Top Gear recently and had the galaxy-brain idea to convert the dialogue of Clarkson, Hammond and May in that to a weird discussion between Beyblade Burst. Slight dialogue changes to fit the switch in cast. Fictional site made up based on a real one just for this.

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Shu: Now, it is time to do the news.

Lain: I've got some sad news. Arthur microwaved my pet hedgehog and let's just say, it's very dead.

Gwyn: I'm so sorry Lain. When is your brother's funeral?

Lain: Gwyn, you weapons-grade yandere, this isn't a laughing matter. Harry was my best friend, he was always there for me, and now he is an exploded pile of guts all over the kitchen worktop.

Rashad: Have you heard about the website where you can pay respects to your lost hedgehog?

Lain: No. What's the site called? I'll get it up on my laptop.

Phi: I think it's XHedgehog.com.

Lain: *Screaming.*

Lui: Fucking got him, Phi.

Pax: Wait... is that my sister?

*Pax's phone ringing as he calls Pri.*

Pax: Why is R34 of you on the internet?!

R.I.P. Harry.

Also, an extra bit about the prototype of the Beyblade-based art I'm currently doing. Try and guess which bladers are going where.

#top gear #ai #jeremy clarkson #richard hammond #james may #shu kurenai #lain valhalla #gwyn reynolds #phi #rashad goodman #lui shirosagi #pax forsythe #beyblade #beyblade burst #incorrect quotes

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singswan-springswan · 1 year

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Admittedly I do not know any of your OCs but here's our chance to fix that!! 7, 9, 17, 21, and 32 for whichever two of them sound like the most fun to talk about!

asdfghjkl okay cool cool so I'll go with two from my favorite og work called Giant Flying Lizard Thing. Laura and Kaixon are long-lost dragon shapeshifter siblings

7. What fictional character do you think most influenced them, or is most like them (intentionally or not)?

Laura is actually pretty original. she's very dry and closed off and at face value her personality is almost apathetic and I've often struggled with her characterization because I haven't encountered many good references in the media I typically consume. I can't think of a character off the top of my head that really inspired her. That being said, the whole story did start out as a parody to the Mark of the Dragonfly book that I read a loooong time ago (10/10 would recommend, though it is geared towards young audiences) which has dragon-shapeshifter adjacents.

Kaixon is on the other end of the scale. He's super jaded, but he runs it through with chaotic humor and unhinged criminal activity. He's got a good heart but like. you know. it's buried under about fifteen layers of trauma, self-hate, pessimism, loneliness, etc. Think Kanan pre-Hera. Kanan wasn't a base for his character, however, which is ironic because the more I think about it the more similarities I can point out. I did make Kaixon before I even knew Kanan existed okay I swear. Kaixon was probably more inspired by guys like Keefe Sencen from KOTLC or Han Solo.

9. Pick a quote from Avatar: The Last Airbender that describes them.

Oh shoot this is a hard one. give me a second while I pull up a list of atla quotes.

okay here's Laura's: “Step aside, filth.” —Zuko, Episode 1.15, “Bato of the Water Tribe” She's not super creative, but when she does express emotion it's very intense and often violent. This quote is blunt and to the point, and quite possibly the most generous warning she could ever give the scum bag she's about to beat up. Usually she just jumps them (Shane is proud of her for using her words).

This one is for Kaixon: “You sound like my nephew, always thinking you need to do things on your own without anyone’s support. There is nothing wrong with letting the people who love you help you.” —Iroh, Episode 2.08, “The Chase” He's very non-trusting and pushes people away every chance he gets. While it's kind of a thing to be a lone gunslinger in his career as a professional criminal, he has accumulated a few close friends against his better judgement, which he seemed frustratingly unaware of.

17. How healthy are their familial relationships?

HAHAHAHA oh boy

So everything was great at the start of course. Kaixon ("Drayce" at the time. he changed his name when he became a bounty hunter) was Laura's beloved protective older brother and everyone doted on her because she was baby and cute and full of life. then their parents were brutally murdered by slavers and they were separated and they both assumed the other was dead. Eventually Laura was adopted much later by a really nice lil family clan who were very accommodating of her traumatic past and triggers. they help her feel like a person again which is super great we love to see it. She does have a bit of a rivalry with her adoptive cousin Hally but only because Hally is super competitive and Laura totally forgot how to be nice. Kaixon never got adopted lol read: doesn't trust anyone. by the time his parents were killed he was old enough to make it on his own so he never put much effort into finding new people. He does get forcefully adopted by a few of his friends, but they're not super consistent relationships because he forces himself to work alone most of the time. They're trying. it's okay, it'll work out eventually.

21. What is their love language?

Laura expresses love by committing acts of service. This stems a lot from her sense of inadequacy, and growing up in a system of merit where she was rewarded or punished based on the quality of her performance. While she knows in her head that the people who love her would never hold her to the standards she was conditioned with in her formative years, it's knee-jerk instinct at this point. She always wants to prove that she's a valuable asset. On the flip side, she feels love by spending quality time with her family. Her family and the people she values most are what she hoards as a dragon cryptid, so being near them and spending time with them and doing fun things with them and knowing they're safe makes her feel really happy and fulfilled.

Kaixon is also a mix of the two. He won't go out of his way to spend time with people he loves since it's habit for him to isolate himself, but he deeply appreciates surprise visits from his friends (especially that friend if you know what I mean 😉). He uses his actions to show he cares about something or someone. no feat is too small. this boy will go above and beyond to any length necessary to prove his devotion and commitment. He'll do anything. seriously he will do anything <3

32. Rate on a scale of 1 to 10 how likely they are to commit a crime.

Okay this is funny. First of all, I need to establish that the government in this story is hella corrupt so a lot of the actual good things are considered crimes and a lot of the bad things are fully legal (read: active slave trade).

Laura is suuuuper unhinged and has poor impulse control especially when it comes to Shane. She has definitely eaten people for insulting him before. no one touch her precious little sunshine man. Also she's just super opinionated, and because she's not human she has a few physical advantages over most public offenders and is a lot more likely to get away with doing illegal stuff. I'll give her a 6/10.

Kaixon is the most wanted man in the kingdom. Doing crimes is literally his profession. 10/10.

Thank you super duper much @kanerallels for the ask! I always love going off about my oc babies my children my beloved muffins! They are so dear to me and I will NEVER tire of talking about them! I hope you enjoyed Laura and Kaixon feel free to keep the asks coming

#oc ask game #my ocs

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My thoughts on the first Long-Running Panel Show Friday of 2023.

Would I Lie to You: Obviously, the most important thing about this episode is I went 4-1 in guessing the answers before they were announced, which is a strong start to a new season. The only one I got wrong is the This Is My round... sorry I didn’t guess that Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith play pranks on each other by mimicking autoerotic asphyxiation and urinating in offices.

Anyway, the episode was good. I’m impressed that I don’t feel like this one’s sagged even into its sixteenth season; David and Lee both still appear to be enjoying themselves. They both ran out of stories years ago, but not out of enthusiasm. Also, why is this the first time I’ve ever heard someone on a panel show tell the audience that if anyone on the other team is your friend, get some new friends? That seems like the sort of thing people should be saying all time.

QI: That was a good time. Not a standout episode, but a solid one. Lou Saunders made me laugh almost every time she opened her mouth. Classic play from Alan Davies, getting excited about blue whales and talking shit about Top Gear. He and Ross Noble play off each other well. And I think Rose Matafeo made me laugh literally every time she opened her mouth. I love her style on panel shows, of sort of sitting back (often literally leaning backward a bit) and sounding vaguely apologetic for interrupting every time she interjects, and it’s always funny.

The News Quiz: “We are barely a week into 2024, and I have already broken my two New Year’s resolutions: not to add one to all numbers.” – Andy Zaltzman

I mean, what more can we ask for from a radio panel show than that as the first line? That was so entertaining that I barely noticed anything else that happened. Chris McCausland and Lucy Porter are always good on this show, and they both came well prepared for this one. Had quite a bit of pre-written material on very recent stuff, I guess they were busy over Christmas. And of all the journalists they cycle through on this show, Samira Ahmed has become one of my favourites.

Andy Zaltzman referring to Rishi Sunak as “the first Prime Minister of 2023″ was good too. He had a number of nice lines. I love the little ways he commits to bits; anyone else would have dropped the thing about not giving out points after the first couple of times. I’ll be honest, it was just nice to hear from him. Missed you, Andy. Glad you’re back for another year.

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown: You know what? After I’ve made two posts in the last few weeks about how this show’s gone stale and they need to respectfully lay it to rest, I thought this episode was good. It wasn’t the lineup I saw announced earlier, and I was immediately annoyed when I saw Jonathan Ross, but actually, it worked well. My favourite part of the episode was Ahir Shah, in his Catsdown debut. He was some of the things that used to make it so much fun to watch Jon Richardson on this show - a genuine Countdown fan who was excited to be there and got really into trying to do well. He paired nicely with Roisin, who’s always good on this show (I mean, bad at the actual puzzles, but her type of humour fits well with the format). Even Jonathan Ross, whom I normally dislike, was funny a few times. And I thought Joe Wilkinson was on good form; he made me laugh several times.

I also liked the stand-in for Rachel Riley. I’d be very happy to have her on all the time instead of Rachel. The dictionary corner guest annoyed me at the beginning - I tend to cringe at too much of a millennial/gen Z self-parody schtick - by the end she’d completely won me around and I though she was fantastic.

I hate saying that I think this episode was so good because Jon Richardson wasn’t there, as my favourite versions of Jon Richardson are pretty much my favourite comedy out there. I absolutely love Jon Richardson, when he’s good. He and Sean Lock had something perfect going for a while, on this and 8 Out of 10 Cats. Channel 4 struck gold with that chemistry, and they were right to get as much mileage as possible out of it. But that’s gone now.

Jon had something very good going before Sean Lock too, of course, the radio show with Russell Howard being much, much better than something like that had any right to be. So one of his partnerships ended in the most dramatic breakup of the twenty-first century, and one ended in a premature death. No wonder he’s tired. Anyway, I think Jon needs to find a new challenge if he’s going to be as entertaining as he used to be again. Maybe if he got paired with Ahir Shah sometime it would bring some of the spark back, get him competitive about something.

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On TMNT: Mutant Mayhem

I'm 33 years old and I've loved the turtles my whole life. I've seen the original 1990 movie so many times it's memorized, I've read the original 80s comics, and have watched and enjoyed every TMNT cartoon series on the market. My favorites were the 2003 and 2012 series, and I even went to see the God fucking awful Micheal Bay 2014 film in theaters.

The original 1980s TMNT comics were a parody of 1980s comic book tropes, but they also had a sense of realness to them. Raphael struggled with depression because Splinter was not the greatest father, no matter how hard he tried to be. Whether he meant to or not, Splinter practiced favoritism and pitted his sons against each other. On top of that the turtles were literally homeless teenagers and literally had to fight to live. Michelangelo dealt with the trauma of his life with humor and is an obvious case of ADHD while Donatello chose NOT to deal and to distract himself with science and tinkering instead, becoming the Tony Stark of the group. Leonardo, the favorite, was the only one to thrive even a little bit.

So, YES, the OG turtles were more mature but that's because maturity comes from experience. That is why girls often grow up faster than boys because more responsibility is placed on us growing up while boys are often coddled with a boys will be boys mentality. The turtles did NOT have the luxury of being coddled. They were homeless teenagers and the sons of a very old school, conservative Japanese immigrant. They had to fight and steal to SURVIVE, regardless of their age.

I have no issues with the fact that this is geared towards a younger audience. My problem with this is the ableist humor -- if you watch the trailer jokes are made invalidating Raphael's mental health issues, taking shots at the original 1990 film -- and that this is the shittiest example of claymation I've ever seen. All of it together seems to imply that the makers of this new film think the original 1990 film was a piece of shit that took itself too seriously.

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Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog - Attack On pinball fortress (Review & Screenshots)

Time for more Sonic fun! This episode was not only a pretty entertaining one but it was also based on the Sega Genesis game, Sonic Spinball!

This fellow, along with the donkey in this episode, has a fun kind of Spumco look to his design.

The story begins with two sculptors making some pots together. The two are lamenting what a jerk Robotnik is, and as if on cue, they're zapped with a weapon by Robotnik, whom just showed up in their village!

The ammo belts are concernering. Are they just gonna murder people if the stupidity ray fails? Robotnik and his badniks are decked out in Commando gear, and Robotnik is using his new weapon, "The Stupidity Ray" to apparently give people severe enough brain damage that they have trouble figuring out how to resist against him. Sounds like a pretty dangerous weapon that could cause Mobians to start voting republican!

Thankfully, Sonic and Tails have been tipped off onto Robotnik being sighted in the village, so they're already on their way to stop him. As Sonic is busy weaving between Robotnik's weapon fire, we see that Sergeant Doberman is in town, trying to recruit new soldiers for his army against some unknown purpose. Last time I saw the Sarge was in the adorable "Tails New Home" episode, and he was a fun parody of a macho-military american meatheads, so it's fun to see him starring in another episode. Likewise, we also see that the scam artist salesman Wes Wesley is trying to get some guy to buy a blank encyclopedia in town. During the action, both the Sarge's new recruit and Wes' potential customer get zapped by the Ray, and quickly become eager to mindlessly obey an authority figure and spend their money recklessly.

A cool Ren & Stimpy lookin’ donkey. Real life donkeys are adorable and I want to look up videos of them now... Sonic eventually stops Robotniks assault by, rather oddly, launching a donkey to land behind him, and the donkey then kicks Robotnik really far into the air! Donkeys are cool. :) With Robotnik separated from his weapon, both Wes and The Sarge get the idea that they could use it to control people to fit their own personal agendas of recruiting an obedient army and scoring a crowd of eager shoppers. The two begin to bicker and even get into a physical alteration, which Sonic eventually manages to break up (for the time being) by smashing the gun with a rock. Robotnik tells everyone that this isn't the end of his new weapon and he is now just going to build a larger version that he can use on all of Mobius, and it is being held safely at his pinball fortress.

Even though Sergeant Doberman is a jerk, he has a cuteness about him - because dogs are cute!

Tails calling himself “Mustard” was odd but funny and adorable. Sarge and Wes ask to help Sonic get into the fortress, and despite their constant bickering, he agrees.They actually do manage to be of use at times, such as Wes knowing that he can rust the front door down because it's his company that actually sold most of the building supplies to Robotnik for the fortress. There's a lot of action going on as they work their way to the top floor, and we see some scenery that resembles the Lava PowerHouse level from Sonic Spinball, as well as a big scorpion robot likely inspired by Scorpius form the Toxic Caves (though sadly, this version doesn't have a big creepy Robotnik face). Amusingly, some Super Mario sound effects can be heard while they are bouncing inside the pinball traps, too.

Tails wearing a cute little pilots google thing! Just like he does in the Sonic OVA. :)

The look on Sarges face when Wes pulls his pants off... Once they reach the top floor, Wes and Sarge begin to fight with each-other once again, and in all the chaos, Robotnik ends up being zapped by his own ray gun, and then curiously pulls the way-too-easy to activate self-destruct lever for the fortress. Thankfully, Sonic and Tails make it out of there okay, and as do sarge and Wes. The building is blown in half, sending the top floor flying away with a now brain-damaged Robotnik causing trouble for Scratch and Grounder with his curiosities.

Robotnik’s packin’ heat!

One of the cooler interior shots of the pinball fortress, likely based on the Lava PowerHouse” from Sonic Spinball. The Sonic Says segment repeats a scene from the end of the episode, where Robotnik gets zapped, but this time, Sonic speaks to the camera about how "staying in school will keep you from being stupid". I'm pretty what he means to say is that staying in school will provide you with knowledge (if republicans haven't banned it form you local school yet). While certainly a well-intended message, I feel this sort of thing is way more nuanced - especially in our current political climate where I can only imagine what all you poor youngsters have to deal with given that conservative politicians are obsessed with making sure children never actually get to learn anything about the world around them.

Scratch and Grounder spend most of the episode just being cute. They’re good at it!

Sarge’s gun has a muzzle that looks like a glue gun but it fires bullets! Weird. Otherwise neat looking gun, though.

Overall, this is a pretty fun episode. There's lots of action, a few good laughs, and the Sonic Spinball references were neat. Sarge and Wes are both entertaining sends ups of american military fetishism and sleazy capitalism, which are good things to see poked fun at especially in a show aimed at kids. However, It is surprising that Sonic didn't take the threat of Wes and Sarge's intentions more seriously, as they were both planning to steal that gun and do some really horrible things! Perhaps it was because he assumed that like scratch and grounder, they were too childish and interested in their petty quarrels to actually accomplish more serious harms to anyone. Til next time Sonic fans, stay cool, and be kind to each-other! And watch out for Wes Weasley trying to make you buy a blank encyclopedia at gunpoint...that’s no good!

Wes also has a pretty neat looking, colorful gun.

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