#2-1b

[swtechspecs]

Zaltin Corporation Bacta Tank

Source: The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology (Del Rey, 1997)

[star-wars-comics]

Star Wars #26 (2015) action figure variant cover by John Tyler Christopher

[rptv-starwars]

Too-OneBee (2-1B) Medical Droid

Also shown is the FX-7 Medical Assistant Droid.

Official Collector’s Edition magazine for The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

[sw5w]

No Money, No Parts, No Deal

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 00:34:22

[lefluoritesys]

"What's your favorite type of music?"

*sweats in DID* "U-uhm... I- I listen to everything, depending on my mood :D"

The moods sitting in the back of my head watching me: "No, no, they've got a point"

[starcanwreckedpulpparentspoll]

[lovewillthaw-j]

I'll be honest, I didn't think inside out 2 was that great. It's not bad (better than a lot of pixar's latest output) but I just heard it is possibly going to overtake Frozen II at the box office and win the top spot of highest grossing animation movie. That makes me sad, cos F2 is very dear to me, flaws and all. It was my entrance into Frozen Fandom and Tumblr. I don't want to see it lose it's top spot, at least not to a movie I don't think is worthy. 😔

[insysor]

a comic thingy about denial of symptoms

im kind of bad at making comics lol this be my first

dont get too comfortable system community.. coming for (some of) you guys next.

[time-for-none]

I'm super curious about your Kodai and Monoma post, may I have your thoughts on their friendship 🤲🏻

as u should expect, most of this is just headcanons based on assumptions that my big brain made since we know only the bare minimum about kodai:

kodai can’t stand monoma. or couldn’t stand monoma at first. i believe she manages to warm up to him eventually and starts liking him as much as he likes her, but his dramatics definitely rubbed her the wrong way.

honestly, i don’t think kodai minds being in class 1-a’s “shadow” that much. her personality doesn’t really do good with spotlight, anyway. monoma does though, and in her opinion, too much. she doesn’t understand monoma’s behaviour towards their schoolmates, and thinks its just rewarding their class with unwanted attention. which im pretty sure atleast half of class b thinks that, but she thinks it the most. kodai and monoma are on absurdly different levels when it comes to their view on fame and reputation.

oh yeah, their middle school lives were also drastically different. monoma being outcasted and undermined by the rest of his peers, while kodai basked in the limelight of people so much that they made a freaking fanclub for her (albeit she didn’t know). i love them they’re so different from each other they have nothing in common at this point

they both have concerningly blue eyes though, its scary ;; i blinded myself when coloring it in/j

what were we talking about again… oh yeah friendship.

kodai doesn’t want to admit she’s grown to like that guy. monoma boasts about it whenever its brought up. i imagine that they really start becoming somewhat friends during the play 1b did at the school festival. kodai finally sees monoma doing something he’s passionate about that isn’t shit talking 1-a, and he isn’t being an obnoxious ass about it. in fact, he looks elated to share his knowledge on theatrics, more glee than smug. its weird, she thinks, but she’s glad that he at least has other hobbies. monoma was more than happy to info dump on his fellow classmate that had no clue how stage play worked. he really did want to do more with kodai’s role in the play, but nothing went right when they did, so she kind of just stood there in the tower for a majority of the show. he’s dissatisfied at the lack of screen time she was given, but kodai was content with standing still like a mannequin. maybe they should make her a tree next time…

even after creating a bond, i doubt they understand each other in the slightest. that’s just how they are, judging each other for things that the other does because the thought of it is so alien to them. “agree to disagree” is how most of their conversations end. a mutual understanding that they just can’t understand eachother. only thing they really agree on is food, preferring sweet over salty. and even then, when monoma says “sweet”, he means cakes and desserts, when kodai says “sweet”, she means tomatoes and corn

also. monoma’s love language is physical affection. kodai is basically allergic to touch. they are a nightmare i hate them so much/j

[fairytale-poll]

ROUND 1B, MATCH 6 OUT OF 8!

Propaganda Under the Cut:

Sayaka:

It's a clever play on the story where, rather than the littlest becoming human for love and a soul, instead she becomes a mermaid after loosing both, even gaining the bittersweet ending of having a chance at heaven but she still needs to do good after death

i was surprised to learn that sayaka's story is based on the little mermaid, but it makes more sense the more i think about it. such a heartbreaking, tragic tale that i get emotional ocer every time.

A lot of Madoka Magica fans believe she is based off of the original Little Mermaid story cuz, just like the original Little Mermaid, Sayaka loved a boy and said boy did not reciprocate. SPOILERS, she makes a contract with Kyubey to become a magical girl and in return her wish was to help Kyosuke (the guy she likes) who was disabled. Later on when she becomes a witch cuz she felt she wasn't good enough for Kyosuke and doesn't tell him about her feelings, her witch form is a mermaid. I suck at explaining but I hope my propaganda helps 🙏

(Major spoilers for madoka magical)Okay so I will admit her allusion to the little mermaid ain't super obvious, but let me explain, she is based on the original story for the little mermaid, she makes a wish for the sake of a boy she loves basically sacrificing her soul, well he ends up in love with another girl, and as a result she ends up going on a downward spiral and transforms into a monster known as a witch, her witch form is a mermaid.

Even though she's not a mermaid outside her witch form, her story is made to be a direct parallel to the self-sacrificial nature of the little mermaid, even letting herself die. This isn't the end tho because in one of the happier endings of the little mermaid she still becomes sea foam/dies but she also has a chance at becoming a sea spirit and helps others, this is very similar to Sayaka's final fate in the anime where after Madoka rewrites the universe Sayaka still gets corrupted/dies but instead of becoming a witch, she becomes apart of the law of cycles and helps Madoka save other magical girls. There are way to many similarities to her story and the little mermaid for it to just be coincidence imo.

Poor girl is stuck in a craptastic world where horrible monsters kill you, the only way to fight back is to become a zombie child soldier killing what remains of your own kind for survival, the wish you made will inevitably blow up in your face because the person granting it is a jackass, and the writer is hellbent on shitting on the girl power ethos of the magical girl genre by making it so that girls suffer and die for trying to achieve reasonable desires like "not starving to death" and attaining agency in their lives dooms you even harder because of womanly emotions. She needs a win. Also, she is explicitly paralleled with The Little Mermaid--she is a tragic figure who makes a deal to help the boy she loves in exchange for putting her life on a ticking clock, only to be passed up in favor of another girl. As a result, she dies and becomes something else--in this case, Oktavia von Seckendorff, "the mermaid witch."

Ponyo:

determined 5yo girls are more powerful than god

PONYO!!!!

As a child i did not even realize this was a little merm adaptation, but it really reads. She is sooo strange and other worldly and the movie absolutely captures that dreamlike fairy tale vibe

Ponyo a roughly five-year-old magical goldfish who can transform into a frog-type thing and a human girl. She's the eldest daughter of the literal goddess of the sea and a former human sailor given immortality. She falls in love with the five-year-old boy who cares for her and is thrilled to explore his ordinary yet magical world. She's bouncy, exuberant, and joyful. She loves ham. She doesn't have to give up her voice.

ponyo ponyo ponyo little fishie in the sea!

Little fishy

THEY LOVE HAM

[starstuff-sys]

hey!!

we're planning on opening an etsy and selling some system-themed merch there ( we wanna save up for dashcon 2 )

what type of system merch would everyone be interested in?

- milton

[thettrpgtournament]

Why you should vote for each of them and full art below!

Gambit (by @ardate for Dungeons & Dragons)

(art by @fauchart)

Gambit (it/they/any) is a barbarian construct, built by another member of its party a little over two years ago. It grew a personality of its own, growing beyond machine limitations, and though its child-like naivety can sometimes lend it in trouble, it's also been a catalyst for building relationships with people, the machine somehow better at creating bonds than its organic father.

It's incredibly strong and protective of the people it's grown close to, but it's also very kind and compassionate, easily growing to care for the people it meets and learning a lot by their side… Good and bad things. Though it's learned about loving and caring for others, it's also learned about lying, deceiving, and death. Grappling with those things and trying to know how to implement them in its existence is a difficulty it didn't think it'd face.

Constance (by @ladyamirite for Monster of the Week)

(art by steamed_haaaams)

world's most divorced monster hunter (her "husband" is dying in a glue trap) peace and love on planet earth

[tricerapor12]

I am sooo exited for ava s2!

Also i named the new stick with a gun 1B because thats the color code (at least on Ibis paint) until we know more about them.

Bonus

(Please dont ask why my first though was the exit sign figure when this guy showed up. They dont even look like that but my brain went: yeah they mach.)

[sw5w]

Republic Credits are No Good Out Here

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 00:34:01

[starcanwreckedpulpparentspoll]

[the-gay-disney-games]

Round 1B: The Lion King 1 1/2 (2004) vs. Mulan (1998)

Propaganda:

The Lion King 1 1/2:

“This movie is about Timon and Pumbaa raising a child together”

“Just 2 dudes raising their son and dealing with commitment issues. The movie heavily leans into the bit that Timon and Pumba are like a couple. Timon is voiced by gay icon Nathan Lane. This movie was my childhood.”

Other propaganda for the original movie with the same idea:

“Simba was literally raised by a gay couple (Timon and Pumba…Timon even literally wears drag in the movie)”

“Timon and Puumba are a queer couple that raised simba into adulthood. Scar is a mean gay. Nuff said”

“Timone and Pumbaa are Simba's gay adoptive dads.”

Mulan:

“Trans awakening for so many of us”

“Well Mulan gives off very non-binary vibes”

“Literally listen to the music also Li Shang”

“just what your intro post said - Milan being trans (or gnc) coded and Li Shang being bi coded. like come on do i even need to explain? I’ll just add that I was listening to “Reflection” on repeat cuz the lines “Who is that girl I see staring straight back at me?…When will my reflection show who I am inside?” we’re stuck in my head. So with that song on loop I decided to finally chop my hair short in true Milan fashion (ok that’s a lie, I didn’t do it myself, but the PRINCIPLE) so not only is Milan trans/gnc coded but I can’t be the only one the movie inspired to finally go for The Haircut or something else related. sry that’s very rambly”

“gnc. bisexual. what more could u want.”

“Both trans and gay coded. Shang was so into Ping that he couldn’t stand to execute him for his “crime”. Also includes drag saving the day!”

“This is less a competition for the queerest movie and more a competition for the second queerest movie. Just *look* at every aspect of Mulan and tell me it’s even a contest.”

“Not only is mulan super trans coded but Shang is definitly bi”

“I know it's the obvious pick, but Mulan is so gender and Shang is so bi. 💯💯💯”

“Mulan is very trans coded. Li Shang is totally bi. Dude absolutely had a thing for “Ping” before learning he was actually a woman (Mulan). Also watching that movie as a young egg made me feel less alone about the fact that I didn’t fit into the “girl” role everyone around me pushed me into. Mulan was kind of my hero and sometimes listening to Reflection makes me tear up a little bit because it’s such a mood but also such a TRANS mood. It’s probably my favorite Disney movie song. “Why is my reflection someone I don’t know” made me THINK as a kid. Disney may be evil but they did the world a great service with Mulan.”

“It is obvious why”

“If movies could turn you trans this one did it to me”

“I mean I assume this one is going to be there, but what if we all think “oh everyone is going to put mulan so I won’t” and then nobody does?”

“it’s mulan”

“Gender”

“Mulan is so trans, however you want to read her (as a trans man, genderqueer, genderfluid, etc.) and Shang is hella bi. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk”

“This movie is SOOOOO trans coded. Captain Li is a bisexual icon. As an Asian queer person I have sat and cried to Reflection by Lea Salonga while staring in a mirror too many times to count. Can I be my authentic self without making my parents who I love hate me? It's too good.”

“My little asian tboy awakening”

“Can be read as transmasc- he finds his true purpose/calling in life by presenting as male- or as transfem- she goes against everyone’s expectations for her by revealing her true self as a woman. A very trans movie. Also just a very good movie in general.”