#American Soda

[sparknightdrawing]

Every time I drink this stuff it startles me- this drink tastes like literal cotton candy- like- did someone just melt fairy floss down to its prime components of pure sugar? WHAT ARE YOU AMERICANS ON??

[sodiepop-go]

Fantas I've tried around the world

Fanta is one of the most prolific soda brands around the world, and of all these different flavours I've tried, 13 different countries are represented.

[petziez]

kansas miku… there’s not a whole lot as far as popular culture goes so she’s basically just wizard of oz miku also

[fullcravings]

7UP Biscuits

[dallasgallant]

Having to actually understand sport to write some details for my outsiders fics

Rodeos are pretty straight forward, most events are you are on horse/bull -> Stay on. See calf? -> get ‘im.

Meanwhile everything I learn about football just makes me more frustrated. It should take a hour and a half but it takes 5. On its surface it’s simple -> see that guy with the ball? Kill him. But noooo

I watch it. I don’t understand it.

[jpgcore]

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[ravewing]

nightmare blunt rotation

[guiltyidealist]

Bailey from "Dog Nightmares" stimboard

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[w33zerbluealbum]

Finally, here's the official reveal of my finished battle jacket!!!!

I absoulutely LOVE how it came out!!!! I know it's not how a traditional battle jacket would be made, but I am super happy with it.

List of patches

Front left, from top to bottom

Meteora by Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Type O Negative, Slipknot, Pierce the Veil, Transformers Decepticons logo, Dookie by Green Day, and Brokencyde.

Front Right, from top to bottom

My Chemical Romance Killjoy spider, Taking Back Sunday, American Idiot by Green Day, Papercuts by Linkin Park, Conventional Weapons by My Chem, and Bauhaus.

The back patch of the bat wings turned out super cool I think!!!

All patches and embroidery are hand painted and hand sewn by yours truly, me!!!!!

[puppy-kisu]

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[despazito]

talking about bisexuality with non bisexuals

[blistexenthusiast]

Through The Gate, Yvette Mayorga

[metamatar]

love to see my mutuals vague each other

[marianomoreno]

every time someone says soda stereo is the definitive band to start with when getting into south american rock an angel dies. because i kill it in a rash outburst of incontrollable violence.

[homestuckreplay]

> WV: Invent Canscription.

(page 718-721)

If you journeyed into a mysterious bunker, and then found from a cryptic and powerful computer that in four hours and thirteen minutes a mysterious fate would befall you and/or the place you’re hiding out, what would you do? Would you leave immediately, for self preservation? Or would you make the most of every minute you have to stay out of the desert sun, drink a bunch of free soda and play pretend games?

WV has the right idea. They’ve even invented a few new cans for themself (p.719) – pickles, bamboo shoots, radishes, seaweed, artichokes, and a hat, which is definitely an empty can on some sort of base. I think it’d be really cute if HAT was part of a longer word on the can, similar to how WV turned MAYO into MAYOR, but the best I can come up with is CHATEAUBRIAND, and I honestly don’t see WV as a fancy steak kind of person.

Today’s page is a short but very fast paced animation of the Wayward Vagabond completely losing track of time, playing chess against themself and winning, interspersed with flights of fancy about Can Stuff. It’s good. They’re still guzzling cans of Tab, probably becoming more and more caffeinated, which accounts for the fast pace and the jaunty ‘Vagabounce’ theme. However, it’s much harder to notice everything that’s happening when the images flash by so fast, even on multiple watches – I had to take screencaps to really get some of the details. And I’m glad I did because the moment when a can of Tab goes ‘vroom’ as it rides down Can Blvd is a delight.

What I really want to do is slow this down to ¼ speed, write down all the moves WV makes, and figure out if they’re actually good at chess. I’ll probably do this later in the week – if chess is synonymous with war in Homestuck, then figuring out WV’s skill level at chess could hint at how much combat training they have and what their role in the war might have been.

WV’s part of the story is absolute tonal whiplash. Homestuck is this in general, but it feels more blatant with WV. On page 711 the narrator says, ‘It's not like emptying a can kills it or anything. They are just cans after all.’ as part of a beautiful statement of the radical inclusivity of Can Town, an idyllic place ‘based on mutual respect between the leader and its people’ where ‘everyone is friendly and happy’ (p.686). And then on page 720, the residential and commercial zones for up and coming young cans become an army training ground as all cans are forcibly drafted into the military by their ostensibly democratic leader, engaging in what feels more like a civil war than a training exercise since there’s really nothing to defend against.

My theory, right now, is that WV is trying to overcome their programming. As a Sburb NPC, ideas like seeing the chessboard as the only logical pattern, believing that a community will always militarize, and the forces of darkness winning an eventual conflict, are all literally coded into WV’s design. The whimsy, the imagination, the love of a color that isn’t black or white, the interest in democracy, are unique to WV and are signs of a real consciousness. The sudden shifts in their focus and in the tone of these pages represent the shifts back and forth between these states of mind. The firefly encased in amber, which WV seems to have become attached to, represents who they want to become – its golden glow echoes the luminous planet, where they’d like to be, instead of the ominous planet they’re trying to escape.

Also ‘free up all the canpower’ and ‘your forces will be a well oiled machine’ (p.720) are both excellent puns. Yeah those cans are well oiled alright.

[morethansalad]

Vegan Irish Soda Bread Scones (Gluten-Free)