#Butterfly meme- is this episode 20?

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Boys Planet Episode 6, Part 1 Recap

Alright, let’s cover Episode 6 with my usual mix of commentary, thoughts, analysis, reminders, screen caps, and silliness. 

By the way, I’m trying to keep my page a safe place to visit (or follow) even if you’re way behind-- I’ll make sure there are no spoilers above the “read more”. 

If you want to jump to my take on one of the songs click below:

Gang and Zoom

Home and Love Killa

Law and Man in Love

Rush Hour

Limousine

Feel Special

Not Spring

Butterfly

Tomboy

We start at 45 seconds in with a partial ranking, including votes so far (no distinction is made between K and G votes, or if these have already been blended using MNET math). Since 28 is the new cut off, this range may be of interest to us Star Creators. Here’s what they tell us, and I threw in their mission song and their rank as of the elimination in the previous episode:

24 Lee Seung Hwan Danger 507,3381   (20)

25 Cai Jin Xin Hot Sauce 419,853  (50) 

26 Ollie Hot Sauce 405,996  (28)

27 Hiroto Very Nice 389,175  (21)

28 Ma Jing Xiang Very Nice 366,570 (32)

29 Lee Jeong Hyeon LMR 349,008 (39)

30 Mun Jung Hyun Very Nice 336,421 (23)

31 Anthonny LMR 285,564  (19)

32 Jung Min Gyu Very Nice 266,096 (27)

None of the top 18 from the previous ranking has fallen into this range (though for all we know they could have fallen further, though it seems unlikely). Most of them are roughly where they were before, though the biggest story is definitely Cai Jin Xin, who was 50th at the first elimination and has jumped to 25th. It’s also worth noting that Anthonny has fallen from 19th to 31st -- kind of a big fall in context. 

Next, we can skip past the intro and recap to 1:39. The trainees are gathering to talk about their feelings… sort of. Because really this is a prank, and the staff has this woman made up to look like a scary ghost appear in front of them, and then when they run backward, a man in an obvious mask rush at them from behind. I don’t really love pranks, so I’ll focus on stuff I do enjoy: 

I like how the boys seem to be sitting in sort of random groups, not all K or all G, and they seem comfortable with each other. I hate the K-G competition stuff, and I’m so glad they do too. Like, I worry about the world and how we’re getting along with each other as a planet and stuff like this makes me feel a little better, that the basic spirit of empathy and friendship prevails even when MNET tries to drive a wedge between them.

Haruto is wearing a tiara. 

3. The mask the monster is wearing looks like it cost $3.99 at Family Dollar and I’m kind of here for it

4. Park JiHoo barely reacting to it, saying, “I told you, they totally would do this! They had to do scary stuff!” Ok, Park JiHoo, you just won me over. 

5:02 in, the episode actually starts! 

The boys all come in, and now they’re all wearing simple long sleeved white t-shirts that either say K or G, along with name tags that have their rank and name on them. I’m going to reproduce their current name and ranks here, so if at any time you are feeling like “who is that?” you can consult the list. They’re all wearing name tags with their numbers on them, so it’ll be easy enough, I hope! 

The white shirts don’t look good on any of them. Also, they all look tired. They’ve been instructed by the producers to wonder aloud about who the new star master will be (I assume). Kim Tae Rae is hoping it’ll be Hyolyn (from Sistar), and I mean, yes? That’d be great. 

But it’s Huta (Lee Minhyuk) from BTOB! A lot of the trainees seem really overwhelmed, especially Cha Woongki, who is freaking out, Kermit-meme style. For the record,  BToB debuted in 2012, and Huta was born in 1990. I liked his song “Ya” a few years back. He also has a song called “Boom” that I’d never heard but it’s got a great pre-chorus. He likes to go shirtless sometimes, and it seems like the people like it, judging by the “most played” sections of his videos. Side note: BTOB is signed under Cube, which is the same agency that Hui and his group Pentagon are from, so Huta is probably a sunbae/hyung to Hui. They don't seem to greet each other, though, so who knows.

Huta checks in with international sweetheart, Sung Hanbin, about how he feels about being ranked first place (“It made me think I should work harder from now on!”) and then checks in with Jeong I-chan, ranked 52nd, about how he feels barely having made it (“I’ll work harder from now on!”). Huta tells them all, basically, to never give up, or something, and they’re all touched. Now that everyone has decided to work harder, let’s give them a challenge!

Side note: Jeong I-chan seems to be in a better headspace now than he was at the elimination ceremony, so that’s good. 

Huta reveals the challenge: A Dual Position Battle. 

For the “Vocal & Rap” performances, they have to rearrange a song and write new raps.

For the “Vocal & Dance” performances, they have to rearrange the song and come up with their own choreography.  

For the “Rap & Dance” performances, they have to write a new rap and come up with new choreography. 

Considering that very few of these performers are likely to know how to do any of these skills, this is going to be a challenge. It’s especially cruel to expect non-native speakers of Korean to write a rap in Korean -- I wonder if they’re allowed to write a rap in English, if they speak that? Enough raps in K-pop songs are 50%+ in English that it wouldn't be unrealistic for them to write in English. I mean, risky risky wiggy wiggy this is an emergency, you know? 

Huta says, “the dual position battle will also be a battle between K and G,” and they’re all like SELMA???? (REALLLY??????) Huta doesn’t even have the heart (or cue-card reading skills) to drag out the joke, and almost immediately tells them that no, he was just kidding -- they can completely ignore the K/G divide from now on. They are all super happy to hear that. I’m happy, too!

The songs are:

Vocal & rap:

Tomboy, originally by G-Idle; Limousine originally by BE’O, which I admit I wasn't familiar with; Man in Love originally by Infinite, which came out in 2013 and I’m not familiar with; and Not Spring, Love, or Cherry Blossoms, originally by High4 and IU. 

They’re all super excited for Tomboy, which was a massive hit. The older trainees remember Man in Love, but the younger ones have never even heard of it.  

Vocal & Dance

Butterfly, originally by BTS; Feel Special originally by Twice; Love Killer originally by Monsta X; Home by Seventeen

At the announcement of the Twice song, Cha Woongki starts doing the choreo, and Seo Won says, “are you ready for the group of queens?” which is important foreshadowing. You guys, I am not going to speculate on anyone’s sexuality, especially since in Korea, being gay is still considered a mental illness by many, but I will say that a lot of guys on this show are surprisingly comfortable with their feminine side, and I’m here for it! Zhang Shai Bo is losing it, since Feel Special is his favorite song of all time, and I mean, same. 

Love Killer is also my favorite song of all time. It was my ring tone for a long time until my fella got sick of my phone saying “Oh, I’m sorry, did I make you anxious?” every time someone tried to reach me about my car's extended warranty. 

Side note: Krystian seems to have redone his hair a bit, dying it a bit darker and dying his eyebrows brown again, and it looks miles better. I’m glad to see it. 

Rap & Dance

Law by Yoon Mi Rae and Bibi; Rush Hour by Crush; Zoom by Jessi; and Gang by H1ghr music. 

The trainees are overwhelmed at the idea of trying to improve on a song by Bibi, which is the correct way to feel, since Bibi is a goddess who walks amongst us. Rush Hour was already sung by Jay and Kamden in the Star Level Test, and no one wants to compete with Jay’s vocals. 

At the reveal of Zoom, Takuto says, IN KOREAN, to Haruto, “I like this song so much I set it as my morning alarm.” Two things: Takuto, you learned a lot of Korean! His pronunciation sounds good to me, not that I’m the best judge, but yeah. He could be speaking Japanese to Japanese-speaking Haruto, but he’s choosing Korean -- that’s big. Also, Takuto likes Jessi? That’s a relief, because I can’t take someone who is all aegyo all the time. 

My little cousin Kum Jung Hyeon says he’ll never do Gang, never-never-cherlte-cherlte, so you know he’ll end up doing it. 

At 15:10 in, Huta begins to explain how song selection will work, and basically, it’s this -- the lowest ranked people go first, and choose a song, but if someone higher ranked wants to push them out, they can. If you get pushed out, you have to go to a song that has room in it. Unlike in previous seasons, the arrival of a newer person doesn’t automatically kick out the lowest ranked person, though. Instead, the new person chooses the person they want to kick out. So this will be extra awkward. 

The members of the team that wins within each category will get 100,000 points each, and the one who gets the most votes within that team will also get 150,000 extra points. Also, the three teams that win get to go on MNET and get special online promotion. 

Since MNET spent their whole budget on those matching pajamas that time, this is the best they can do for a set for the song selection process, which runs from about 17:00 to 31:00. 

Is that duct tape forming the lanes? I love the chandeliers just sort of hanging there from the ceiling, just the perfect compliment for that elementary-school style indestructible gray carpet. 

I’m not going to recap the song selection beat for beat, but here are some things I enjoyed or thought were interesting:

Tomboy is the most popular and fought over song, followed closely by Love Killa.  

Krystian got a real evil edit for pushing someone out -- they were all pushing each other out like that, but only he looks "evil."

The Rap/dance songs filled up the most slowly.

I loved Ma Xing Jiang confirming that he’s in front of the correct song by doing a little of the choreo (since maybe reading English isn’t a specialty of his).

I think it’s a bummer that Yoon Jong Woo can’t do Love Killa, since I think he’d suit it really well. But I don’t know why he chose to do Home -- he said he wanted to do a performance with Seung Eun, but I still don’t understand. 

It was also a bit sad when Ricky got kicked out of Love Killa, party because I think he’d be great at it and partly because he really wanted to work with Mr. Sexy Kim Ji Woong.

I don’t think Matthew should have taken Tomboy. I think he would have done better with a lighter, sweeter concept song.

I loved it when my little cousin Kum Jeong Hyun just wanted to have General Gunwook on his own team and so was begging Sungbin to kick out Gunwook 

I loved Lee SeungHwan just being like, "yeah, alright, I’ll rap and dance, heck yeah," when he got kicked out of his team. That’s the spirit, dude! I keep low-key forgetting who Lee SeungHwan is, so I double checked. He was on the Mirotic team for the Star Level test, and he was the put-upon and hard-working leader of Lee Da Eul’s very own personal song, Danger by BTS. Oh yeah! Him! He’s a peach. 🍑

We learn, via a subtitle that is hardly addressed, that our sweet Lee Hwanhee, the main vocalist from Kill This Love-K (who is also from the nugu group Up10tion), has left the show due to health issues. I hope he’s ok. He can still sing, at least!

We also find out that the Top 9 get these fairly ugly windbreaker jackets to wear, so that’s... good…? I guess...? Also, I wonder if these fine themed garments are available for purchase at a store near me at an unreasonable price, so I can show my love for the boys through consumerism.

Team: Love Killa

Shirt color: Dark blue

Positions: Vocal and Dance

Leader: Seok Matthew

Time stamp: 30:49 Screen time: 4:28

Trainee name (rank)   Star Level test Challenge 1 age final star level

Seok Matthew (2) All I Wanna Do / KTL - G 20 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Kim Ji Woong (3) Mirotic / BD- K 24 ⭐⭐⭐ Kim Gyu Vin (6) Kick It / LMR - K 18 ⭐⭐⭐ Seo Won (18) Attention / Very Nice - K 22 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Seo Won feels bad as the only non-top 9 on the team -- he’s worried he will drag the team down. 

Matthew wants to be the leader to prove he’s not a baby who needs to be taken care of. I get the feeling that Kim Ji Woong doesn’t really like being the leader, and is only too happy to hand over the reins.  

When it comes time to pick someone for the killing part, English pronunciation becomes an issue, and Matthew correctly says that the feeling matters more than pronunciation since they can always work on pronunciation later. They give the part to Kim Ji Woong, which is really a good call, though I think Kim Gyuvin would do a great job at it too. 

Team: Feel Special

Shirt color: Light Blue

Positions: Vocal and Dance

Leader: Cai Jin Xin

Time stamp: 35:19 Screen time: 2:31

Trainee name (rank)   Star Level test Challenge 1 age final star level

Cha Woong Ki (25) Bloom Bloom / Very Nice - K 20 ⭐⭐ Zhang Shuai Bo (36) Reveal / BD - G 21 ⭐ Lee Dong Gun (48) Criminal (shoes) / Hot Sauce - K 17 ⭐⭐ Cai Jin Xin (50) Reveal / Hot Sauce - G 19 🚫

Cai Jin Xin says, “I love our team,” in English, and (a) his English is really well pronounced and (b) me too!! Woongki says the team is well balanced, because they have two G and two K team members. Also, as Jin Xin points out, “only the pretty guys are here.” I will say that this seems to be the Team Full of Queens that Seo Won prophesied earlier, and again, I am totally here for it. 

They are realizing that it might be a tough job, because they’re all comparatively low ranked, and also, the music is really high pitched. They are given a version of the song in a lower key, but I feel like they could lower it further, right? They are allowed to rearrange the song. Because it’s so high, no one wants the main vocal, or even a normal amount of stage time. Woongki, who seems to be taking on an actual leadership role in addition to the Killing Part, encourages the others to be confident, saying that this might be their last stage so they should take the chance to stand in the center one more time. He interviews later on that he’s never had to beg people to take parts before!  

Team: Home

Shirt color: Black

Positions: Vocal and Dance

Leader: Yoon Jong Woo

Time stamp: 37:50 Screen time: 4:02

Trainee name (rank)   Star Level test Challenge 1 age final star level

Jay (9) Rush Hour / LMR - G 21 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Yoo Seung Eon (17) Kick It / Very Nice - K 19 ⭐⭐⭐ Dang Hong Hai (33) View / LMR - G 19 ⭐⭐⭐ Yoon Jong Woo (38) Mirotic / BD - K 22 ⭐ Ji Yun Seo (47) Kick It / BD - K 18 ⭐⭐⭐

They’re distributing the parts, which of course is tricky here since there are a lot of great vocalists on this team. Ji Hoon is still really really bummed to not get to work on Love Killa, but he’s consoled a bit by getting to work with a good team who seem to all respect and like him. 

The original choreo is a lot, and the chorus is really high. Naturally they give the main vocals to titanium voiced Yoo Seung Eon whose voice is like, Exo quality. I love Kim Tae Rae, but I have to admit that Seung Eon is the best vocalist on the show, better even than Hui. 

The team is trying to decide who will take which dance position, so they dance to “Na bina”, which is kind of funny.

Team: Butterfly

Shirt color: White

Positions: Vocal and Dance

Leader: Chen Kuan Jui

Time stamp: 41:52 Screen time: 3:45

Trainee name (rank)   Star Level test /Challenge 1 age final star level

Chen Kuan Jui (26) Tiger Inside / KTL - G 22 ⭐⭐⭐ Lim Jun Seo (30) Replay/ Danger - K 17 ⭐ Cong (35) View / Very Nice - G 22 ⭐⭐⭐ Brian (41) Kick It - G / BD - G 20 ⭐

This team has a nice sense of camaraderie. 

Lim Jun Seo is lacking in skills, and is open about that, which I have mixed feelings about. Honesty is good, but you need to have a positive attitude. The other boys on the team promise to help him -- Chen Kaun Jui offers to help him with his dancing, and Cong offers to help with his singing, saying, in Korean, “I too. Vocal.” Jun Seo replies by calling him “hyung,” which makes Cong smile. Cong’s Korean is obviously still a bit elementary; that’s not a criticism, just a note. I have all the sympathy in the world for the global trainees who don’t know Korean. 

Incidentally, we see in a flashback that Lee Da Eul volunteered both of them to go first on the first day, and he did that knowing that Jun Seo did NOT want to go first, and I’ll let all 2-3 of you reading this decide for yourself whether that’s a cool thing to do or not.

Anyway, they are trying to decide who gets the killing part based on freestyle dance, and Jun Seo is like, so we’ll learn the choreo quickly? And it’s like, no honey, no, you sweet child. Once he realizes what freestyle means, he’s out. I’m like, “Just give the killing part to CKJ already, because you know he deserves it,” and they do.

I hate that the story is mostly about Jun Seo, instead of being about the far more talented Chen Kuan Jui. I didn’t like CKJ much at first that much for whatever reason, but he’s grown on me a lot. I think he’s sweet, hard working, and an incredible dancer. I don’t think he’ll make it onto the final lineup, but I hope we keep seeing him around the kpop verse. 

Team: Gang

Shirt color: Black

Positions: Rap and Dance

Leader: Lee Seung Hwan🍑

Time stamp: 45:32 Screen time: 2:08 

Trainee name (rank)   Star Level test Challenge 1 age final star level

Kum Jun Hyeon (14) Nunu Nana BD - K 19 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Lee Seung Hwan🍑 (20) Mirotic Danger - K 22 ⭐⭐⭐ Mun Jung Hyun (23) The Real Very Nice - K 17 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Lee Jeong Hyeon (39) The Real LMR - K 20 ⭐⭐⭐ Chen Jian Yu (45) Call Me Baby BD - G 24 ⭐

This team consists of mostly people who got kicked out of the song they wanted. So, their spirits are kind of low. My little cousin and noted yeller Kum Jun Hyeon is bummed out -- he really wanted that bleepin’ Tomboy. And none of them have any experience making choreo. I do think that my little muffin Mun Jung Hyun knows something about rapping, and that maybe Lee Jeong Hyeon does too, so fingers crossed. 

Side note: Chen Jian Yu looks great with his current hair color. Miles better than the light blue and also better than the dark color he had in the Star Level Test. 

No one steps forward to make the choreo, so my little cousin Kum Jun Hyeon finally steps up, saying, “Although I can’t guarantee the quality, if I didn’t do it, I didn’t think anyone else could do it.” I find that very charming. Fighting, little cuz!  

WHAT KIND OF PERFORMANCE WILL THEY PREPARE???? We’ll find out… 

Team: Zoom

Shirt color: Dark blue

Positions: Rap and Dance

Leader: Keita

Time stamp: 47:40 Screen time: 2:37

Trainee name (rank)   Star Level test Challenge 1 age final star level

Keita (8) Conduct Zero /KTL - G 21 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Haruto (16) Glitch Mode/ LMR - G 18 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Ollie (28) Kick It - G /Hot Sauce - G 16 🚫 Wumuti (43) UN Village/ LMR - G 23 ⭐⭐ Park Hyunbeen (49) GBTB/ Hot Sauce - K 17 ⭐⭐⭐

Keita, who is really feeling himself, says that he likes the song and wanted to do it, and adds, “I thought things would go well if I came to lead this team, regardless of whoever came or was here already.” Like, he’s not wrong. 

Naturally, they make him leader -- I knew that as soon as I saw that he was on the team. 

And they start practicing the Killing Part -- it’s that beginning part, “I see you looking at my P-I-C,” and they all want it. Hyunbeen says that they’re all wary and competitive with each other, and he’s especially desperate to win the extra points because of his low rank. He wins the killing part, though, so he’s over the moon. Oh god, are the judges going to tell his team to give the killing part to someone else?  

Team: Law

Shirt color: White

Positions: Rap and Dance

Leader: Park Hanbin

Time stamp: 50:17 Screen time: 2:06

Trainee name (rank)   Star Level test Challenge 1 age final star level

Han Yu Jin (4) Kick It BD - K 15 ⭐⭐⭐ Park Hanbin (22) The Real Hot Sauce - K 20 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Wang Zi Hao (29) Veil KTL - G 21 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Na Kamden (31) Rush Hour BD - G 21 ⭐⭐⭐ Lee Ye Dam (42) Gambler LMR - K 20 🌟🌟🌟🌟

This team is excited to be working together at first -- both Wang Zi Hao and Lee Yedam are among the very best dancers on the show. However, most of them are not really rappers -- they’re just vocalists. Park Hanbin says, “I rap like I’m reading a book.” Hey, we saw Lee Yedam rap in his Star Level test, and he was really good! But they’re worried anyway -- most of them don’t specialize in rapping and they don’t know how to write lyrics. Oh no! A lot of trainees I really like are on this team. Well, to be fair, I like almost all the trainees at this point, so I could say that about pretty much any of the teams. 

It does seem that Na Kamden has some vague idea of how to write rap, at least. That’s really all you need -- one person who can write a rap and teach it to the others. Fighting, Kamden! Yujin steps up, too, saying, “I did learn a bit about rap.” Meanwhile, the other three can make the choreo. They’re going to get through it! 

Side note: Did they make Han Yujin at the same laboratory where they made Sung Hanbin? Do they also make purse sized dragons there? Little dragons that will love you and be loyal to you? Is that the kind of thing they also make at this laboratory? I hope I can visit there someday. 

Team: Rush Hour

Shirt color: Light Blue

Positions: Rap and Dance

Leader: Oh Sungmin

Time stamp: 52:23 Screen time: 2:57

Trainee name (rank)   Star Level test Challenge 1 age final star level

Ricky (12) Kick It - G /BD - G 18 ⭐⭐ Takuto (15) Instead Of... /Danger - G 15 ⭐ Hiroto (21) Conduct Zero /Very Nice - G 20 ⭐⭐ Ma Jing Xiang (32) Reveal /Very Nice - G 19 🚫 Oh Sung Min (34) Bloom Bloom /LMR - K 21 ⭐⭐⭐

By the time we visit them, they’re already dancing. We can see from their sign thing in the background that Ricky has the Killing Part, and is both main dancer and main rapper; and we watch as Oh Sungmin is unanimously voted the leader. He’s the oldest, he used to be in a debuted group (TOO/T01) and he’s also the only 3 star (and there aren’t any 4 stars). So, that makes sense. But it does seem odd to me to be starting the choreography when they haven’t written their raps yet…?

Naturally, it’s hard to teach Takuto. You can see that he’s doing the steps more like they’re the steps from “Na Bina.” Sungmin is trying -- he even says “Daijobou?” to Takuto, which is Japanese for “Ok?” -- but he’s going too fast for someone like Takuto, and he’s going to need to break it down a LOT more. 

Meanwhile, Ma Jing Xiang is trying to move ahead, and there’s an interview from Hiroto about how MJX is just “thinking about himself,” how he did the same thing in Very Nice, trying to learn the choreo from the K-team who were so far ahead. Ricky apparently is studying the choreography video, and again, we’re told that this is bad, but why? Ricky speaks a few languages and is a kind soul, and I bet he’s trying to learn the choreo at least in part to be able to help his teammates. But the show makes this looks selfish, and Oh Sungmin interviews, “We need to work on our teamwork first.” 

I don’t understand this take. Why does the word “teamwork” seem to mean “We have to get Takuto step-perfect on each dance phrase before the team can go to the next phrase”? Couldn’t teamwork mean, “We work on different things to get the whole job done”? Doesn’t it only benefit the team to have more people who know the choreo and music in general? While Takuto does the same 10 steps over and over, why should the whole team do that? Especially considering that Takuto is in the safety zone, rank wise, while MJX is definitely not and needs to do everything in his power to put on a good show. Takuto can go ahead and screw this up and he’ll still probably make it through the next elimination round. And that’s a bummer, but that’s how these shows are. 

Ok, let me out myself. I’m a teacher. WHAT? Yeah. I am. I don’t work at a school -- I teach adults, who sometimes are older than me, as well as teenagers and little kids. It’s a weird job and I’m not YOUR teacher so don’t worry about it, ok? Alright. So we go that out of the way. And the thing about being a good teacher is that you have a responsibility to the students who are ahead just as much as to the students who are behind, and a lot of teachers don’t know how to fulfill that obligation.

And it’s not really Oh Sungmin’s fault that he doesn’t know how to be a really great teacher, but I think that if I were there, I’d advise him to not worry right now about Takuto getting the choreo perfect. It’s going to take a lot of work before that happens, and it’s not going to be today. They should be going for the big picture, and making sure that everyone has a chance to get the basics of their routine down so that it becomes possible for people to do individual practice later. It’s like putting together the frame of the jigsaw puzzle first, and then putting together the pieces in the middle. The frame helps you get started and know where to put the other pieces.

Ok that was probably more than you cared to read but anyway. That’s how I feel. This is dumb and irritating. 

On to the next team! 

Team: Man in Love

Shirt color: Dark blue

Positions: Vocal and Rap

Leader: Lee Dong Yeol

Time stamp: 55:20

Screen time: 3:10

Trainee name (rank)   Star Level test Challenge 1 age final star level

Kim Tae Rae (11) The Real BD - K 20 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Jung Min Gyu (27) My House (Red) Very Nice - K 23 🚫 Lee Dong Yeol (40) Who Very Nice - K 24 ⭐ Choi Woo Jin (51) Nunu Nana Hot Sauce - K 18 ⭐

They’ve elected Dongyeol, who is a member of the group Up10tion, their leader, and that makes sense. 

The team is sitting around listening to the song, and Mingyu is saying it’s nostalgic for him, and WAIT is that a hickey on TaeRae’s neck?

I mean it’s not. Is it? It’s not. It can’t be. But also, whoever makes out with TaeRae, please be gentle to his neck, ok? That’s where he keeps his singing parts. He needs those. For singing. 

Anyway, the team is talking about how much they like the song. Mingyu and Dongyeol, age 23 and 24 respectively, remember and like the song, while Tae Rae didn’t know it before but liked it when he heard it prior to song selection. Tae Rae thinks it suits his voice well, and Mingyu agrees, interviewing that he’s grateful that Tae Rae joined the team. I'm grateful that Tae Rae joined life!

They each try the killing part, and Dongyeol sings a bit, and his voice is actually much better than I thought it was, though he cracks a bit. When he’s done, no one reacts, so he applauds a tiny bit for himself until everyone else joins in. Aww. Then TaeRae sings and it’s so nice. It’s just… yeah. Listen, I know that titanium voice kid, Yoo Seung Eon, has a better voice, but I like TaeRae’s better. It’s like how Chen from EXO has a better voice than D.O., but I’d rather listen to D.O. 

Meanwhile, Choi Woojin is having trouble even finding the note to sing. I’m kind of surprised he chose vocals, but maybe he was scared to write a rap? In that case, what is he good at? I watched his Hot Sauce and Nunu Nana performances, and he was basically a backup dancer in both -- he doesn’t seem to be a vocalist in any way, either as a singer or a rapper. What a bummer that we lost Hong Keon Hee and Kim Min Seong, because both of those were in the Nunu Nana group with him and both did a much better job in their various performances. 

Red house Mingyu sings really really loud, apparently, and Woojin sings very quietly, so this will be tough. 

Team: Limousine

Shirt color: Light blue

Positions: Vocal and Rap

Leader: Anthonny

Time stamp: 58:30 Screen time: 1:27

Trainee name (rank)   Star Level test/Challenge 1 age final star level

Anthonny  (19) Glitch Mode /LMR - G 19 ⭐⭐⭐ Krystian (37) Call Me Baby /BD - G 23 ⭐⭐ Park Ji Hoo (44) Freak /Hot Sauce - K 16 ⭐⭐⭐

Anthonny has been elected leader, but Park Jihoo ends up kind of stepping up to lead. He suggests that they think about what the song is really about -- it’s about a man achieving his dreams. They’re working on achieving their own dreams, so he thinks they can focus on that in their raps. 

Trainees writing raps about how they’re trainees who want to debut? 

Krystian is on his Very Best Behavior, and calls Jihoo, “Park Jihoo-shi,” which is kind of ridiculous given that Jihoo is seven years younger than him. He would still be polite in Korean standards to call him “Jihoo-ah” or something like that, and I bet he knows that. 

Krystian calls him “mature” (in English), and since he can’t find the right word in Korean, explains it as, “you know what you’re doing.” And Jihoo agrees: “Genius, genius,” he says in English, of himself. Jihoo is a hoot. 

(Incidentally, Jihoo says he’s 18, because he uses the Korean age system, which says you’re a year old at birth, and that also calculates your age based on the year it is, whether or not your birthday has happened yet. So he’s really 16, and will be turning 17 in July, by international standards.)

Team: Not Spring, Love, or Cherry Blossoms

Shirt color: Black

Positions: Vocal and Rap

Leader: Jung I Chan

Time stamp: 59:57 Screen time: one whole minute

Trainee name (rank)   Star Level test /Challenge 1 age final star level

Lee Da Eul (13) Replay /Danger - K 18 🚫 Bak Do Ha (24) My House (Blue)/ Hot Sauce - K 20 🚫 Jung I Chan (52) Mirotic /Danger - K 20 ⭐⭐

Oh boy. This team. MNET gives them exactly one minute of screen time and most of that is just mocking their past performances. 

I think Bak Doha is a decent guy who just needed better advice from his agency and more realistic goals in life, and I hope he makes it as an actor. Jung I-chan has been at this a long time and must have some talent or he wouldn’t keep making it halfway on shows like this, but he’s yet to really prove himself at a key moment. And you guys know how I feel about Lee Daeul -- I don’t like being unkind so I literally cannot say anything about him, whether it be about his personality, past behavior, or observable skill set. It would be such a redemption moment if any of these three could do something great in their performance, but I’m not exactly holding my breath. I’ll say though that I-chan has the best attitude he can have, considering.

Team: Tomboy

Shirt color: White (but basically, purple/blue top-9 jackets)

Positions: Vocal and Rap

Leader: Hui

Time stamp: 1:01:05 Screen time: 5:25, the longest of any team by a full minute

Trainee name (rank)   Star Level test Challenge 1 age final star level

Sung Hanbin (1) Beautiful Beautiful LMR - K 21 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Zhang Hao (5) Kick It - G KTL - G 22 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Hui (7) Shut Down LMR - K 29 ⭐⭐⭐ Park Gunwook (10) GBTB KTL - K 18 🌟🌟🌟🌟

This team is a little TOO stacked. Three of them are top 9, and General Gunwook is in 10th place. They have three excellent leaders on the team -- Hui, Zhang Hao, and Gunwook would all make excellent leaders. And they have three excellent candidates for a center/killing part roll - basically, anyone but Hui would do a fantastic job at it. (Not that Hui can’t, but the others are that bit better.)

Gunwook says, “You can’t have a better team than this. As if I were Liu Bei, who gained Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, my shoulders kept rising.”

Ok, a few things about this. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen Koreans talk about “shoulders rising” as if that indicates pride or confidence -- maybe it’s a bit like “holding your head up high” in English idiom. Makes intuitive sense, too.  

Next, it’s as if General Gunwook knows that I call him General Gunwook, because he’s making a reference to Liu Bei. Lui Bei was a Chinese warlord (born in the year 166) who founded Shu Han, one of the Three Kingdoms of China. Liu Bei gathered a team together during the Yellow Turban Revolution of 184, which I’m sure you already know all about, and gathered a group of loyal followers, including Guan Yu and  Zhang Fei. So Gunwook is positing himself as a Warlord Emperor, and his teammates as his loyal generals. Love it.

The show seems to be implying that Gunwook is a little too solicitous of his team, fetching the lyric sheet and getting pens for them and stuff, but that’s what you do when you’re a polite younger person in Korean culture, and Gunwook is a polite guy. Of course he’ll get a pen for someone who is 11 years older than him! 

Zhang Hao says that Gunwook was scary in Kill This Love, but now he’s a cute and sweet dongsaeng (younger sibling/friend). He seems genuinely surprised, but I’m not at all. Gunwook expands to fill the space -- if no leader is present, he’ll lead, and if one is present, he’ll follow. He’s a General, but he recognizes Hui as a Major General, and will follow commands.  He’s also smart and wouldn’t want to look like a rude kid on TV! 

Zhang Hao really wants the killing part, and so do Sung Hanbin and Hui. I think Zhang Hao is by far the best, and General Gunwook agrees with me, but the win goes to Sung Hanbin. That’s kind of a bummer but given how popular he is I guess it’ll work out well for the team. Zhang Hao is a class act -- he’s bummed, but he knows that Hanbin is also really good. So he sets himself the challenge of being able to rap quickly in Korean, reasoning that if Yuqi from G-Idle can do it, so can he! Hanbin is helping him and he’s improving already. Zhang Hao, fighting! 

Side note: Kind of funny that they’re not acknowledging that Hui is from the same agency (Cube) that G-Idle is from. Hui probably knows Soyeon and Yuqi and the girls, at least in passing. I kind of wonder whether Hui and Soyeon get along? They’re both music producers who lead their teams and take responsibility for their members, so they have all that in common. On the other hand, sometimes people don’t like each other if they’re too much alike. Man, imagine if Soyeon and Hui teamed up, Triple-H style? Or even better, just a Pentagon/G-Idle crossover group, NCT style, where they just use whichever members from either group that would work in a particular song? Sigh. A girl can dream. 

And with that, we’ve reached the end of this part of the Recap! Click here to go to Part 2, which is my discussion of Gang and Zoom!

Or if you'd prefer, you can scroll up to the top and look at one of the other songs! Or if you'd prefer, you can go on to Episode 8.

Thanks for being here! <3

[team-heavenly]

A Comprehensive List of Chapter Titles Provided by Sky Temple

455 options. Only 20* were chosen**. Here are the rest in their unaltered forms and the order at which they were listed.

Credit goes to the creator of SkyTemple, Marco Köpcke (aka theCapypara.) Rated T for cursing and suggestive material; read at your own discretion. I do not claim to promote any of this content, I am only passing on what I see verbatim. CW: Death mention, alcohol, genitalia, drugs, guns, references to violence.

*Actually, 19 were chosen and 1 was duplicated - to which I said “Nah.” If I calculated this correctly, the probability of that happening is 0.0000049% (that’s six decimal places before reaching scientific notation) which is. Absolutely insane. And all I did was press a button! I should have gotten a lotto ticket instead.

**The titles that were chosen will be noted as such in (bold). Any commentary will be added in (blue italics).

oh god oh fuck

i am no longer baby

i am baby

This is the part where he kills you

Funny Title

WRYYYYYYYYY

The Horror Won't End

The Kind-Hearted Hero Leomon Dies

The One With The Large Hole (Chapter 2)

You Will Cry or Else

Adventures In E For Everyone

Fatal Trouble

Reflex Retreat

Battle of Impact

Vendetta of Payback

Hurricane Causes Devastation

Is Terrible And Here's Why (I think this is meant to be read as “Chapter X is terrible and here’s why.”)

Dungeon At 3 AM Challenge Gone Wrong

Doom seeds are bugged, they fill belly!

The Dashing Wanderer

Prologue

Epilogue

I wanna say goodbye

Error: Chapter not randomized

No

Yes

Maybe?

Chapter 3

Spoiler: You die

Filler Arc

I don't even know

Minecraft

Diglett plays hooky

Saxaphone Sun

I Do Not Vibe With This Universe

Join Our Discord

Secret of Wigglytuff's Guild

Those Who Come To This Planet and Those Who Live on This Planet

Team Skull Dies lol (Oh my god I called this one)

Oh no! Anyway

The Good Chapter

First Chapter

Final Chapter

Will it ever end?

Filled with Despair

Fuck the Oscars

Wash Your Hands

358/2 Days Later

Birth by Chain of Coded

New Funky Mode

(Yeah, what the hell was with that first chapter title? Seriously...)

It's really fucking bad

Going to the human world (Chapter 14)

Digimon attack!

The invasion of the Ultrabeast

PMD Christmas Special (Oh my god is this a reference to the infamous Star Wars Christmas special?)

The Beach Episode

The Hot Springs Episode

Computer Warrior Porygon

The Patrat Day

Phantom Menace

Vulpix

<Insert meme here>

Stealing from Kecleon is fun!

Wigglytuff dies at the end

Why even bother?

Sunflora is sus

Gates is the best PMD

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Several people are typing...

You're the bad guy?

Your partner is a leaper

Loudred has how many children???

So Chatot is God now

Team Skull are the Chosen Ones

The Relic Fragment Was Just a Normal Rock After All (Chapter 17)

The Perfect Apple is a lie

There are no bananas, its a myth

Piracy is no Party

The death of Bidoof

The D&D episode

Error: reset DS and try again

Joker's Trick

When the programer gets drunk

Darkrai Used Sucker Punch

No Solicitors

Kidnapping for Fun and Profit

Time to Look Between Their Legs

Technically, this is HM07

Cutscene Incompetence

Co-Workers You Hate

You Might Need a Little Prep

Have You Tried Defog?

Railroading

The Part Where He Backstabs You

Ropes Can Be Cut By Sharp Objects

Communication Would Have Been Nice (Togetic, this message is for you-)

That is The Sun, Yes

Hot Spring Episode (Again?)

Chatot Should Learn Protect

But What If You Shot Him

Basic Preparation is Required

Fear and Loathing in Treasure Town

Drowzee the Meanie

Bidoof Ruined Everything (Chapter 13)

Grovyle the Groovy

Flying on a Disc

Bidoof's Butterfly Effect

Chatot Is A Piece of Crap

I'm Fainting Inside

Bedtime

Say No To Chimecho

Go the F**k to Sloop

So How's Your Randomized Run Going?

Let's Trust This Man (Let’s not.)

Breaking The Laws Of Physics

Your Best Nightmare

VNGHHJKDFGHKMFCLKDHUDKLGDGIZWEFGDKZWEJDVHBDMJWD

(Dimensional screaming)

Oops, Wrong Chapter

Oh God, the Horror

Explorers of Time to Take a Piss (Eh... not a fan of this one.)

Gee Willikers, Crobatman!

Spoilers: Dusknoir is the Antagonist!

My Uncle Works for Spike Chunsoft

The Sentence: Guild-ty For Life Imprisonment!

If you die in the game, you die for real

Walucarioware: MegaMicro Dungeons

Butt Stallion The Shiny Ponyta!

I'm so Hungry I Could Eat an Octillery

You Have Died of Dysentery.

Furry Isekai

Threat found - action needed. Affected Items: skytemple.exe

Hey, you, you're finally awake.

Nothing Bad Ever Happens To the Pokepals

This game is sponsored by Raid Shadow Legends!

ballistic markings are like the fingerprints of a gun

I'm Really Feeling It

ancient sword of the meth king (Uhhh...)

Can't Have Shit In Detroit

Hold B to speed up dialogue! (Chapter 3)

Oh no not again

no (Again, but this time it’s lowercase!)

their screams, they wont leave my head

are time gears edible?

i dont like Chasm Cave very much

i saw a Mud Crab the other day

this is what the left wants

The screams Mason, what do they mean?

also try: PMD Abridged

so hows your day going?

Plot-twist: You do things

Don't put your cat in the microwave

Max Elixirs, Now administered orally

Guys, the main character dies at the end

The chapter before you die

Don't forget about the power of friendship!

Bidoof is a meanie he literally ate my rock

Time Broke Again

Hey at least it's not Chapter 6 (Chapter 1)

Fuck You *Un-Primal's Your Dialga*

Spoilers: You're A Human

Darkness Within Darkness

The Same Flashback 17 Times

Why Do I Have the Dimensional Scream Anyway?

The Guild Takes Manhattan

Grovyle takes Shock Therapy (NOOOOO-)

Aurora Borealis

Steamed Hams

Team Stinky Skull

HOLY CRAP LAPRAS FLIES

Totally Not The Last Adventure

regretting your starter choice, arent you?

Grovyle Fucking Dies

Grovyle Fucking Lives

Bidoof destroys time and space (Man this guy really has a thing against Bidoof, huh?)

It's in Footprint Runes, Let Me Read It

go commission fledermaus

thats a joke dont put that in

Through the Looking Glass, and What Your Partner Found There

why do they call it oven when you of in the cold food of out hot eat the food (Chapter 9)

Hot Team Charm Singles in your area! (Chapter 20)

Now it gets REALLY anime

Celebi's down bad for Dusknoir

Capitalist Guild

Wigglytuff Says Trans Rights

NOW THIS IS POD RACING!!

The One Where Chatot Is An A@@hole

Not again, Grovyle's gonna kill me

Nah...

The Quick and the Raging starring Grovyle and Dusknoir

Hello There! (Read this one in Ewan McGregor’s voice)

Yet Another PMD Episode Starring Eevee?...

John Cena and the Quest for the REDACTED

Chatot Saw You Get Kidnapped He Was Right There

Treasure Town Drift

On my way to kidnap Grovyle (-Dusknoir, probably)

According to Twitter, getting a Sassy nature is not morally correct

Don't step on any Grudge Traps

Omae wa mou shindeiru. (Translates to “You are dead.”)

ZA WARUDO!

Recruit Drifloon You Won't Regret It!

How many Reviver Seeds do you have right now? (None. The answer is none.)

The Guild Strikes Back

Time to abandon ship

Oops, All Oren Berries!

Wait, how am i breathing underwater?

Spell “stun seed' backwards (WHY YOU-)

Welcome to IKEA

Purple Kecleon isn't shiny

why are we still here? Just to suffer?

Don't start with Kecleon worst mistake of my life

wait this isnt google

Chapter Name

Whatever Chapter 3 was called

Dusknoir, More Like SUSknoir (😏)

AAAAA (Chapter 6)

We're going to jail

You have been warned

the agony never ends

fuck it

Grovyle commits war-crimes

Grovyle pays for his war-crimes

Chatot commits tax fraud

Wait, isn't this a game for children?

grovyle says fuck

The Reason This Game is Rated M

The other chapter was better

I want 2 number 9s

I Walk to Burger King

D E E P E S T L O R E

Meet me in the Denny's parking lot at 3:00

THERE IS A POINT WHERE WE NEEDED TO STOP AND WE HAVE CLEARLY PASSED IT

Monster house in 3... 2... 1...

I bet $5 you can’t speedrun this chapter

Dialga's Emo Phase

Dialga had a fucking heart attack and fucking died.

Spell ICUP

the beach episode (Another repeat...)

X-Eye seeds are one heck of a drug

Let Bidoof Say Fuck

You're up late, again

What about your school homework?

Slugma

Forget about Freeman

Decimeter's Tower (Chapter 18)

Kris! Get the banana!

Hey Niko, Let’s Go Bowling!

Sandslash For Hire

19USD fortnite card, who wants it?

outdated meme

Dead chat xD

War…War Never Changes.

Bagon (Chapter 19)

Threads may be temporary, but comedy is eternal

"I Can’t Believe It's Not Vanilla!"

I remember when we had Chestnuts

Chocolate, with/without Nuts (Chapter 16)

We need more channels

Get Your Perfect Apples Here!

Time for a new offtopic

This is where I watch my parents die, partner.

i dont have much time, the perfect apple in item form can be found in-

A S S

Here comes General A. S. Swipe

I thlamed my Thpewpa in the car door

Potassium

Capypara was here, Decimeter is a loser.

An Uneasy Truce

Double Trucies

No Triple Trucies

Would you like to eat moss?

You perpetuated the cycle of moss eating

Fuck the Magnezone, Coming Straight from the Underground

Luigi do be ballin tho

Save data is stored in the balls

Sorry, come back when your a little mmm richer

Can I offer you a Reviser Seed in this trying time?

Signed, Lancer

Help, I'm trapped in this chapter title and I can't get out

Somewhere in Nevada

The reason why u furry

Toasters toast toast

he was so ugly that everyone died.

Using attract on my partner in confusion GONE WRONG (Chapter 5)

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Seth Rogan 'Wigglytuff'

It's Gonna Get Weird

Darkrai was Gaster This Whole Time!

Croagunk is Ness

DUSKNOIR BETRAYED US!

The World Shall Taste My Eggs!

Beware the Miltank! Not all Milk is Enriched!

This Rock Looks Like Tibet!

Oncelerification Beam

you stoopid

Remembered to use your gummies?

Nothing personal, kid.

is that a jojo reference?

Yo Chatot can I get some perfect apples?

how it feels to chew 5 gum

Haha magnitude go BRRRRRR

Why do I hear Dialga’s Fight to the Finish?

STOP POSTING ABOUT TIME GEARS! IM TIRED OF SEEING THEM! (Chapter 12)

Great canyo- wait wrong game

ah f*ck, i cant believe you've done this.

I’ve come to make an announcement- wait wrong script

I didn't not hit her. It's not true!

oh hi mark

You are Tearing Me Apart Dusknoir!! (LMAOOO)

im running out of ideas, just beat the game tbh

Chris Pratt

Yo dude check out these weird yellow orbs floating around me

change da world my final message

DIAMONDS!!!

grovyle my beloved...

hardmode

Hey Vsauce, Michael here. How much pain are you able to endure?

One Eternity Later

ayo the pizza here (Chapter 10)

I hope you saved up some reviver seeds

not funny, didn't laugh

Dusknoir actin a bit sus, can we vote em out?

Hey bro why is Don't Ever Forget fading in

If bread in french is pain, then I own a whole bakery

Also try Minecraft!

So how's the weather?

no u

Once upon a time

For their neutral special partner wields a gun

You got games on your phone?

Only 1 percent can pass this chapter

Heavy is dead

Itemizer orb moment

Wut is this

i peed on the floor

fighting the final boss at 3am challenge GONE SEXUAL (Dear god why)

Hey Wigglytuff we're out of Perfect Apples-

HE STOLE THE F*CKING TIME GEARS

Yoom-Tah, bitch

Now's your chance to be a big shot!

Proceed

...I can still hear their voice... (Chapter 15)

Follow SkyTemplePMD on Twitter

The chapter where Joe dies

i use arch btw

I only play PMD for the lore. I swear

Hey, Vsauce, Michael here. The future is bright. Or is it?

you are dead. not big surprise.

POW! you are dead!

Partner? Where's the door hole?

GOD FUCKING damnit Kris, where the FUCK are we?

MDGKSNGKA

Quiet people piss me off.

Quiet people need more love too

Complete. Global. Paralization.

sans "befriended" your partner

Shitting Louder

Happy Hour? more like Crappy Hour!

Later

As you can see, the world is very fucked! (Oh big mood)

Is it over?

It's over my friend, let's face it, you're a furry.

It's been 3,000 years...

Grovyle, its been 5 years. You still owe me 16 dollars.

I'm Afraid It's Been... Nine Years (MAN imagine getting this one after being yanked into the future.)

Partner used Sheer Cold!

Leafeon is real

Celebi is a Grovyle Simp

technically grovyle has the highest kill count in the PMD franchise

Shhh, be vewy vewy quiet, I’m hunting Bunnelbies…bahahahahaha!

cock (adoodledoo?)

Guys why does Bidoof have a knife

Darkrai does drugs down at dinner

h

para this was just posted

Midlife Crisis

This is just filler content (Chapter 8 and 12)

It's so sad that Grovyle died of ligma.

Coming soon...

We do a little trolling

Alpha Male

The Full Release Male

Male with free dlc

When the dungeon is mysterious!!1!1!

Get Doxxed

Your IP Address is 127.0.0.1

Go drink some water

All Hail the Sentient Cloud

DREAM WORLD?!

Whatever you do, don't eat th

Hey Dusknoir, say Amogus backwards

Remember guys, this game is for kids

Dialga can't hit what he can't see

The part where you become a plushie

plot armor won't save you now

Why do I hear boss music?

you're gonna regret that

hi chat! (Chapter 4)

Featuring Dante From The Devil May Cry Series!

this is so sad, can we get an F in the chat?

this is so poggers

Eat the Rich

Who is TAS and why is he so good at video games?

If it's not fun, why bother?

Glue

02:43 speedrun any percent

give up

Don't give up

We're no stranger to love

You know the rules and so do I (Chapter 7)

Say goodbye

It's a gun

I Have Teleported Bread

YATTAAA!!!

WHAT?

Home Invasions

If an orphan takes a selfie, it's technically a family photo.

please someone help me they trapped me in the title screen someone please someone save me it's been days

Yo guys check out this cool red stone I just picked up

One Bed Only

You missed an Easter Egg (Chapter 11)

This is a certified SkyTemple(tm) moment

Apple Bottom Jeans

obsession

You only have one shot.

You laugh, you lose

You may have entered DLC content

You picked the wrong shop, fool.

Number 34: Burger Nidoking Foot Lettuce

HONEY! WHERE. IS. MY. SUPER. SUIT?!

YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!

CELEBI! WHERE. IS. MY. TREASURE. BAG?!

One does not simply walking into grudge trap

Yo dawg can I get some time gears?

You may Spank it... Once.

I'm now Sans Undertale, go into my eyes

Make chatot say fuck

WHO GAVE GUILDMASTER WIGGLYTUFF ALL THE WEED?!?

Dawn of the first day -72 hours remain-

a thief? GROVYLE the thief?! (PERRY THE PLATYPUS?!)

The answer is a blast seed. And if that don’t work? Use more blast seeds.

Some items are free

piss and cry

Your Apples have been replaced with Rare Fossils

Is that the Bite of '87?

sunflora what are you doing with that gun

Welcome to the Aperture Science Enrichment Center.

I don't care anymore

Sulfurbunny we hope you are ok!*

Y yo a Ti

I won’t hesitate, Bitch

IT LOOKS LIKE YOU FUCKERS HAVE COME TO A STANDSTILL AT FOGBOUND LAKE

i Amn just........... a litle creacher.

*...oKAAAY, turns out I miscounted! I’m too lazy to go back and change all my numbers so just take these four random ones I made up on the spot and go <3 (Also yes I realize this totals 454. Slot #445 is supposed to be blank, but tumblr didn’t like that very much so... just pretend it’s there!)

[trackermons]

its time for ghost game episode 11 thoughts dump! spoilers below ofc. big focus on ruli and angoramon's dynamic this week to nobody's surprise ever

so first off, don't take this week's meme completely seriously dgvhjdfj i actually am not disappointed with this episode at all! of course i'm kinda bummed we're several months in and haven't seen all the evolutions yet, but taking a step back and looking at it from a narrative standpoint, it sort of makes sense these two specifically wouldn't have managed it yet at least. ruli's interpersonal relationship with angoramon clearly isn't quite as developed as it could be yet, and while this episode was focused very strongly on it and they came on in leaps and bounds, i can kinda see that having them magically sort everything and become super great partners in just the span of 20 minutes would be... eh.

especially with the nature of their conflict becoming clear- angoramon has other things going on in his life and strikes me as a somewhat private person who doesn't always feel the need to explain himself, while ruli is very much a social butterfly who is used to sharing things and sees keeping secrets from each other as a sign of distrust. it's about boundaries! they're very different types of people, which in some ways is a good thing for their friendship on a surface level, but it does mean they're going to need to put in work and effort to get to know how each other really ticks and that's becoming increasingly obvious even to the both of them by the end of the episode. last week in my predictions i spoke a bit about how their dynamic is super comfortable around each other, just not close yet- i think that still stood at the start of this episode. ruli got worried about angoramon "acting off" because she's become so used to his presence as it was that she didn't really know him as well as she probably thought she did; meanwhile angoramon didn't even realise that she noticed, nor that he could have done anything "wrong". and he didn't! it's just in both of their natures to act as they did and it ended up causing friction. it was bound to happen eventually and i'm glad it resolved itself as well as it did; the whole episode worked really nicely in my opinion, everything i hoped for and more with regards to their characters.

the more i think about it the less i think an all-out evolution as an expression of bond would've fit well in this episode, in fact it could've even been read as a bit of a cop-out. the conclusion here is one of resolving to do better, not a statement that things are magically better just like that. to compare with last episode and teslajellymon, at risk of sounding like a broken record- kiyoshiro and jellymon have been almost proactive in their development as a duo, butting heads and never quite being complacent in each others' presence, and as a consequence they're actually as close as anything. they know each other and what makes each other tick so well that they were able to achieve evolution, even if they still clash on occasion. and while at a glance it might seem like ruli and angoramon are more "settled" in their dynamic, in truth they haven't actually explored their dynamic much at all. ruli is headstrong, sociable and the clear "leader" of the two, while angoramon has established himself as the follower who goes along with things and just keeps her safe. ruli's clearly gotten used to that, which is why any perceived deviation from that norm put her on edge. at this point the reason why they aren't capable of evolution yet, or why just this episode's events couldn't magically improve everything, is kind of evident- but they're well on their way, and this was the wake-up call i think both of them sorely needed. i'm really hoping they keep up this good exploration of character in the episodes to come, it's got me on the edge of my seat a little if you couldn't tell gfhhfv

now because i feel like i should definitely talk about something else: reppamon! I really like reppamon just in general, and their role as a "villain" this episode really interested me. i really liked how in attempting to explain and resolve their problem, both ruli and angoramon managed to come to a better understanding of their own issues; being able to combine dealing with the monster of the week AND personal problems in essentially the same breath worked really nicely i think. ruli's final spiel about needing to talk a lot and learning to respect each other through that is really what convinces me she's going to try and take her own advice. reppamon's tail being sentient and its own being was also something i never noticed before and having it brought up was pretty cool! and can we talk about that fight scene (between angoramon and reppamon, before kausgammamon showed up) for a moment because the animation quality spiked HARD, i rewatched it like 5 times while trying to write this.. it's been a while since angoramon actually fought one-on-one and got seriously physical with an opponent (possibly even since his introduction?? if i'm remembering right) so seeing him finally get some action again is a breath of fresh air. hell it really does feel like he's just spent the past 8 episodes just standing around when you compare it to this, i couldn't be more glad about it in general

kausgammamon showing up again was neat also! I'm less focused on it than other things this episode for sure (hell, i'm pretty sure the whole thing would've turned out almost exactly the same if hiro and gammamon hadn't been in it at all oop) but the fact they can sort of pick-and-choose which of the three evolutions for gammamon depending on scenario gives me some hope they'll end up using all three a fair amount. i know it's most likely that betel will remain the "standard" path but it's nice to see the other evolutions coming out for situations that aren't exclusively super specific and gimmicky. i'd say i'm disappointed we didn't get much of jellymon and kiyoshiro this episode, but this really was ruli's time to shine and hiro gets main-character-pass so it's pretty understandable! the whole 'no phones' thing was kinda funny talk about bad timing... also i really desperately want to see what jellymon does with her new camera i'm literally begging them to not leave that as a throwaway gag

that'ssss about all i have for this round, but next episode predictions? i really don't have that many right now, but i think it's more likely going to be some kind of filler compared to the past 2 weeks, the teaser seems pretty general to me. would be nice getting the gang all in one place again at least. if we're getting any new evolutions at all i'd put money on wezengammamon first; i think the metaphorical dust will settle a bit before we get symbareangoramon after what we saw this episode. hordes of zassoumon seem pretty intimidating, and if they really do spread and multiply through chain mail it'd be interesting to see how digimon and technology intersect in a little more detail, so i guess i'm hoping for a deeper look into that most of all here!

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Amphibia: Thai Feud & Adventures in Catsitting Details

Ok these 2 episodes are really fun and chill to watch! Seeing how each of Anne's parents interact with the Plantars are really interesting! I also like how they're researching about a way back to Amphibia in the background while they're doing their shenanigans. Anyways, here's some details I noticed while watching the episodes!

Thai Feud

The counter in the background include coffee beans, green tea, cereal, bowls, and coconut milk

Polly put her hands together while saying thank you (guess hop pop or anne taught her well!)

Sprig's shirt have pikachu

The list on the fridge include "La Kroy" and ham

Their new wifi password is "Boonc-1567"

In Hop Til You Drop they needed to buy oat milk and eggs, which is present in the fridge in this episode

Sprig breathe fire after eating spicy food, just like in Best Fronds

A cup with butterfly pattern can also be seen (Mrs. Boonchuy like butterfly)

There's also box of onions and ramen in the background

The dvd "Starzgate" is a reference to "Stargate", and the dvd "Quantum Hop" is a reference to "Quantum Leap"

In this entire episode, Ranat(thai wooden xylophone) is played in the background

They have order from GrubDub (reference to Grubhub), To-go, online, and Ub-r (reference to Uber)

There's a Buddha statue, candles, and incense in the background

A box with the named 99 Rancher(market they went to in New Normal) can be seen in the background

Ned is wearing Romance Academy 7 shirt, a reference to Gravity Falls

Ned seems to really like noodles

The restaurant also have certificates in the background, one for restaurant certificates and others for award?

Pad Ka Pao is a dish where they mainly mix Thai Basil, chilis, and meat together, and Kao Pad is basically fried rice

Their restaurant is open from 10:00 to 11:00

Their special menu are crab fried rice and tom kha gai (coconut milk, tom yam ingredients, and chicken)

Thai on the Go restaurant menu include Chicken Satay for $10, rice bowl for $12, pad thai, boba tea, and egg roll for $1, also free wontons!

Laundry place in the background is name "Laundry Plus"

There's also a paper that said "File Your Taxes :)" at Tax place

"I know what you're doing and I get why" *look at hopping mall*

NED IS LISTENING TO "WELCOME TO AMPHIBIA" HOLY COW

Sticky notes in the background include: "Check lights", "clean stove", "wash hands", and "order 1 pad thai"

Keyblade from Kingdom Hearts is seen with other car keys

Super Wario Kart is a reference to Super Mario Kart

Guy Fieri Boglehead is seen above steering wheel

Mae is EMBODIMENT OF ASIAN PARENT, waiting for other people to leave and when moment is right, scold you (personal experience lol)

Adventures in Catsitting Details

This picture is probably taken when they first decided to take Domino in

"I'm sorta family now so..." continuity from Thai Feud

The color cousin Stanley used is called "Plantar Orange"

The phone said the time is 11:24

Domino 2 is mentioned

Both the bus stop and the bus itself have advertisement for "Suspicious Island 2, 2 SUS"

Domino still look agitate in this scene

The mom from Hop til you drop and Emily(she also appeared in Hop til you drop and Thai Feud) can be seen on the bus

One of the dude on scooter is wearing ear pod

Some of the store they passed by include "Sushi Dump" and "Mister Washy"

The little dance they did is reference to Kirby's dance

The artist lady from Hop til you drop is seen in the pet shop

Shiba Inu, Pitbull terrier, and chuhuhua....all meme dog lol

The phone now said its 1:00

There's a sign that said "Slime Burger" in the background

Also there's a "Found" poster with 2 or 3 figures....

In the Shawarma store, the soda dispenser dispense soda called "Mtn. Don't", a reference to Mountain Dew

Karen joke lol

There's a 20% off sale in one of the menu

Catering poster can also be seen

Mr. Boonchuy's scooter license plate is "H5B9K"

And that's Thai Feud and Adventures in Catsitting! Both of these are fun episodes and seeing how each of Anne's parent react to the Plantar is really cool, especially when Mr. Boonchuy tell the Plantar they don't own them anything.

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Iconic moments from Druck season 3

The very first clip dropping at 00:00 on Saturday. 

Matteo being done with heterosexuality in the first clip already.

“Kiki ist doch keine Hypothenuse!”

"Sorry, I was in the bathtub with the guys."

Linn “I want to make pancakes but there are no pans and I also don’t know how to make pancakes” Shira.

Matteo’s wallet being thrown against his head. (Shoutout to Mile and her love of this gif, which is iconic in itself.)

That first stare between Matteo and David.

Matteo offering Amira a blowjob in return for the weed.

"Willst du ... mit mir ... einen Film schauen?"

“Du hattest da einfach nur eine Wimper.”

"No, I think that's someone else." (Yes, sure, Matteo.)

Hans kissing Matteo on the cheek and calling him his butterfly.

“Na, alles klar?”

David leaving immediately whenever a girl shows up.

Leonie and Matteo having the same taste in guys. (Same, though.)

“Ich hab Rouladen gemacht!” “Linn hat Rouladen gemacht! Sollen wir sie essen?”

Kiki being done with Sara. 

The twirl.

"Und in dem anderen Bus ist dann auch der gleiche Monat?" (I think this is the exact moment where I sold my soul to David Schreibner. Oh no, wait, that was when he showed up in the last episode of season 2.) 

Matteo genuinely smiling for the first time around David.

“Das nennt man Collage.” 

Sandwiches with whipped cream.

Matteo's shrugs when Sara does anything.

Matteo wearing David’s beanie around the flat. 

Hans’ Wurst.

All the headcanons about Jonas introducing David to Matteo only for Jonas to not remember who David is. 

Sara shoving Matteo against the lockers. (This might have been her most glorious moment.)

David reaching into his locker for nothing because talking to Matteo makes him flustered. 

Matteo rolling his eyes at least once per episode. 

Matteo being jealous whenever he sees David with a girl when he is the one with a girlfriend.

Matteo almost crying when he finds out that Laura is David’s sister when he is the one with a girlfriend. 

“Du siehst gut aus heute.”

The almost kiss. (It still gives me chills every time I watch it.)

Matteo throwing Hans a pair of shoes when he asks for help with cleaning.

Matteo smiling and cleaning because of a two-word text from David.

Matteo thinking about what to text David for over a minute before sending him a stupid meme. 

“You’re half Italian.” “I’m writing Spanish.”

Matteo cheating on his Abi and actually getting away with it.

Amira’s snaps whenever Matteo zooms out.

“Hast du Bock abzuhauen?” “Okay.”

Underwater kiss with no water.

The fact that their first kiss happened in broad daylight and when they were both 100% sober. 

“Gewonnen.”

Matteo and David holding hands three weeks after making fun of hand-holding.

“Don’t know where you start and where I begin.” (Probably the most iconic Druck lyric.)

“Du hast gewonnen. Wir bleiben hier.”

Pasta à la Luigi.

Matteo taking David's hand and making him facepalm himself.

“I don’t know if you know this” *plays Hozier*

The opening shot of episode 6. 

Carlos “the vibes weren’t right” Schmidt.

Sara’s petty Instagram post. 

The school nurse talk happening with Matteo’s drug dealer.

Matteo’s drug dealer looking like an older version of himself.

Ibiza.

Rentier in general. 

Kiki trying to teach Carlos ballet.

It’s not you, it’s me.

“Gesichts-Gulasch”

"schön”

Easter Sunday baking with Matteo and Hans.

Hans and Matteo having a talk about being gay and coming out and wanking in a church on Easter Sunday.

Amira having a very, very hard time apologising (but doing it anyways because she cares about Matteo). 

“Hauptsache ist doch, dass wir irgendwen lieben.”

That shot with rainbow light over Matteo’s face. 

Matteo joking about being gay three days after having come out to his friends. 

Pizza with sauce Hollandaise.

The boy squad and Mia and Hanna hiding on the stairs after Matteo threw them out.

That hug.

Druck making David canonically trans and having him come out to Matteo on his own terms. The most iconic thing Druck ever did.

"Ich bin ein Junge. Ich muss mich nur mehr dafür anstrengen."

Druck overtaking Avengers Endgame and trending at #1 after this. 

Linn searching for a hobby in Hans' instagram stories.

Linn hugging random objects around the flat to overcome her fear of people.

Matteo making fun of Abdi for being all smiley after Sam talked to him as though he doesn’t turn into the biggest mess around David. 

"Gleitgel ist der Schlüssel zum Glück.”

That adorable video they took on the day they first kissed. 

“Liebe Mama, ich hab mich verliebt. Er heißt David.”

Everyone sneaking into the flat while Matteo is listening to Take Me to Church.

Take Me to Church being used a total of 4 times during the season. (They really said “let’s give this back to the gays.”)

Everyone passing around the pasta as if it’s their one braincell.

Those voice messages between Matteo and David.

Amira’s motivational speech.

21:21 happening when everyone least expected it and being about the boy squad, because Matteo’s season is about him building bridges to everyone around him. 

That shot of Matteo walking up the stairs to the church.

“Willst du mich verarschen?”

David screaming out everything he’s feeling and Matteo listening and acknowledging that while also telling David that he’s here for him and that things will be different now.

“weil ich dich liebe”

“I won’t say it again” *immediately says it again*

Episode 9 beginning with the acoustic version of Take Me to Church and ending with the studio version in all its glory.

Samstag 20:55.

Every. Second. Of. It.

Honorable mentions: “PsShT yOuR sIsTeR”; “Ich bin aufgeregt” “Ich auch”; Matteo kissing David’s stomach, then his binder and then his mouth; that kiss at the end; For The Last Time playing. 

The kissing noises.

David talking about his experiences. 

“Du bist gut so wie du bist.”

Laura dancing and singing along to Je Ne Regrette Rien, making the entire fandom fall in love with her.

“Also ich würd mit dir schlafen.” “Wirklich?” “Ne, aber ich dachte, dann fühlst du dich vielleicht besser.” 

“Wenn Abdi und ich die letzten Menschen auf dieser Welt wären, wen würdest du wählen von uns, so zum ficken?” “Jonas.”

“Ich hab Abdi verstanden.”

“Ich mach meinen Penis nicht in die Pfanne.” 

Matteo and David being that couple after only a few days. 

“All I ever wanted was to find you.” 

Those looks between Alex and Carlos. 

Sam having smoked all of Abdi's weed. 

“Das Leben ist doch jetzt. Mit euch.”

The dancing during the credits of the last episode. (It’s always iconic, but this time it included Lukas Alexander, so it’s extra iconic.)

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13 Music Podcasts You Should Be Listening to Right Now

In case you haven’t quite got the memo, Spotify is for a lot more than streaming Billie Eilish and a playlist made up of lo-fi chill beats on repeat. The past few years have witnessed a veritable boom of podcasts, from both self-made creators and massive media outlets, covering a whole spectrum of topics and niche interests. As someone who has listened to over 70 hours of “The Adventure Zone,” a Dungeons & Dragons podcast hosted by three brothers and their dad, in spite of never having once thought of actually playing a game of D&D, it is safe to say this is no passing fad.

Podcasts exist as an inside look into a host of worlds you never once considered exploring, and this goes equally true for music podcasts. From in-depth examinations of your favorite artists and their works to dramatized true crime–style narratives of legendary artists, these are the music podcasts you need to be listening to right now. 

Also, if you needed even more music podcasts in your life, did you know Ones To Watch has its own battle-style podcast where four tracks enter the ring and only one leaves victorious? 

Switched on Pop

There is no escaping pop music, so you may as well enjoy, examine, and eventually begin to understand why exactly it is so popular. At least, that’s the ethos behind musicologist Nate Sloan and songwriter Charlie Harding’s phenomenal podcast. Each episode sees the duo breaking down pop songs to posit the question of what makes a song like “bad guy” or “Old Town Road” a hit, and what is their cultural significance in the music landscape at large? Balancing lighthearted humor with critical analysis, Switched On Pop is a podcast that will have you loving music you never knew you liked in the first place. 

Where to Start: “Billie Eilish is a Different Kind of Pop Star (ft. FINNEAS)”

Dissect

Dissect is a music nerd’s dream podcast. Hosted by Cole Cuchna, the hit podcast series is rare in that rather than jumping from topic to topic with each episode, each season of “Dissect” holds a magnifying glass to one prolific work of one seminal artist. From the mythos of Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly, Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Ms. Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, to Tyler, The Creator grappling with his sexuality on Flower Boy, there is no shortage of reasons of why you need to be listening to Dissect.  

Where to Start: “S4E14 - Epilogue: IGOR”

Song Exploder

Song Exploder may just be the best interview series in existence, largely due to the podcast functioning as less of a traditional interview series and more as a vivid recollection of artist’s most heartfelt work. The podcast series features musicians from all walks of life, from Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham to Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, taking apart a single one of their songs piece by piece. It is akin to your grandparents recounting one of their fondest memories to you, if your grandparents just so happened to be world-renowned artists.  

Where to Start: “Maggie Rogers - Alaska”

Disgraceland

In the wake of the massive popularity of True Crime podcasts like “Serial,” Disgraceland marries all there is to love about rock star worship and a culture’s obsession with the seedier aspects of the human condition. Blending music history, true crime, and transgressive fiction, Disgraceland is a dramatized retelling of some of music’s most enthralling criminal stories. Imagine the already engrossing stories of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. or Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, albeit told through an exhilarating and entertaining modern-noir lens.

Where to Start: “Amy Winehouse: Rehab, the Muse and a Rare Talent”

And The Writer Is…with Ross Golan

Have you ever wondered who is the person behind some of your favorite songs? Then And The Writer Is… is the podcast for you. Each episode takes you behind the closed doors of the music and into the songwriting room with some of the greatest songwriters and creatives of our generation. If you love anything by any of today’s biggest artists, then chances are they have probably appeared on an episode of And The Writer Is… to provide an inside glimpse into their creative process. 

Where to Start: “EP 54: Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie)”

Questlove Supreme

You shouldn’t be listening to Questlove Supreme just because its host is none other than the infamous Questlove (although that would honestly be more than enough reason for us). For starters, Questlove Supreme arguably features some of the best guests out of any other podcast out there. Ever wanted to hear John Oliver talk about his transition from The Daily Show to shaping people’s political opinions regularly? Or ever wondered about Michelle Obama’s first musical memories? Then, good news, because Questlove Supreme has all you could ever need and so much more.

Where to Start: “Ep. 113 feat. Michelle Obama”

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Twenty Thousand Hertz is likely the most prominent outlier on this list. That is not to say this is not a podcast of note, equally as deserving of your precious listening hours; Twenty Thousand Hertz simply does not address music or artists in the traditional sense. Rather, this is an examination of the sounds, the sonic textures, and the crucial building blocks that have allowed artists to create works that truly move people. Twenty Thousand Hertz is not just for music lovers, but for those who appreciate the perfectly intangible idea of sound as a simultaneously human-constructed and natural concept.

Where to Start: “#72 | 808”

Punch Up The Jam

Punch Up The Jam is a comedy and music podcast. How does that work exactly? Well, comedians and best friends Miel Bredouw and Demi Adejuyigbe invite one of their equally hilarious friends to attempt to fix a popular song, despite having absolutely no qualifications so to speak of. Laughs are had, chaos ensues, and more laughs are had as Punch Up The Jam begs the question: do you need to know anything about music to improve a hit song?

Where to Start: 77 - “Kiss From a Rose (w/ Travis McElroy)”

All Songs Considered

It would be impossible to create a definitive list of music podcasts without mentioning NPR's All Songs Considered. The nearly 20-year-old series has grown with the times, evolving from a lauded radio show to an award-receiving podcast. The generation-spanning medium for music discovery is hosted by Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton, and often features a range of guests that makes this already much-celebrated podcast into essential listening material.

Where to Start: “All Songs Rewind: The Worst Songs Of All Time?”

Hit Parade

For Hit Parade, the phrase “it’s a smash” is more than just A&R short-hand for any passing song they hear in mid-production; it is the genesis of music history. Produced by Slate, pop chart analyst Chris Molanphy seeks to uncover what exactly it was that made a song a number one smash. More than just a terribly informative music podcast, Hit Parade changes up its formula through bouts of trivia, music snippets, and enthralling storytelling.

Where to Start: “The Oh. My. God. Becky Edition”

Popcast

The best way to understand the very notion and ever-changing minutia of popular music is Popcast. Hosted by New York Times pop critic Jon Caramanica, Popcast homes in on not just what is trending on the Billboard charts but what is trending, period. From Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun’s ongoing civil war, the perplexing economics of the streaming era, to how memes can create bonafide artists, Popcast is what you need to be listening to in order to sound erudite at your next dinner party, even if you find yourself in spirited discourse over Lil Nas X.

Where to Start: “How Many Streams Is a T-Shirt Worth? Breaking Down Chart Dilemmas.”

Ongoing History of New Music

This next podcast is dedicated to all our lovely Canadian readers, or really anyone who is looking for an enlightening deep dive into music’s most notable artists and movements. Hosted by legendary Canadian radio broadcaster and music journalist Alan Cross, Ongoing History of New Music is Canada’s most well-known music documentary series. Featuring artists profile from the likes of Radiohead to Twenty One Pilots, narrative journeys of everything from Christian Rock to Britpop, and even the etymology behind some of music’s most elusive terminology, Ongoing History of New Music is a musical history wellspring.

Where to Start: “Stories Behind Songs”

The Great Albums

The Great Albums is a podcast series wholly true to its name. In unexpected yet utterly delightful fashion, co-hosts Bill Lambusta and Brian Erickson delve into some of pop, rock, and beyond’s greatest moments and musical accomplishments. More than just a track by track review of a seminal work from the likes of Jay-Z, Joni Mitchell, and Sufjan Stevens, The Great Albums is an examination of the notion of fandom and how that love affair is expressed through the lens of the prolific album.  

Where to Start: “Radiohead - OK Computer”

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I'd like to follow on spiritpelt's recent ask please :). I think that a large part of the "Jackie problem" is due to how much we all overhyped her, which shows how the writers are really good at holding our expectations every second. That also has the scary thought that they're also good at making us perceive things as interesting when in-universe reality they're flats and serves important yet underwhelming roles compared to what we expect. Toffee, mysterious, vile, insidious, cunning and (1/3)

knows exactly how things will go without any outside aid, was just the catalyst and Stage 2’s Boss for Star’s growth, and wanted just his finger, petty revenge and act out of spite. We’re also guilty for thinking Marco’s cape had weight, but Marco had to go back for his own good and not be a jerk, and now we only need to say goodbye for the cape for good. The list goes on. The thing is: they could make ANYTHING look compelling when it isn’t in the long run. Next thing they could have Starco be only because of the blood moon and every reason for their bond and even their friendship are moot, have the blood moon as evil or comes with an OFF switch (Anti-Starcos’ wildest dreams). But then again, these bridges were cut off thankfully, and we only have to enjoy things while they last, even really good things. (parts 2 and 3)

So my disclaimer for this post: I’m fully aware that hindsight is 20/20 and that I don’t have a crystal ball into the future, but I think there’s still some clear patterns we can observe from these incidents you mention (and others) that can guide predictions with some reasonable degree of confidence. (Throwing this in the tags for once because I actually think it’s important)

You’re right about all those things not having the roles we expected, but here’s the thing about that - Jackie and Toffee and the cape all did have weight! It’s a fandom meme to say Jackie is worthless because she isn’t, sure she wasn’t a main character and didn’t get all kinds of complex personal issues and development, but she was an important figure in Marco’s life for a while and helped him mature. The issue isn’t that those things all “fell flat” objectively necessarily, but that expectations overreached beyond the bounds of what the show provided. And that’s not to say “oh it’s super easy anyone could’ve seen how they’d be used, you’re just dumb” (well, OK, anyone could’ve seen that Jackie specifically wasn’t gonna be a main character let’s be real here), it’s absolutely true that the show doesn’t reveal everything right away.

But you can still take away some important information here - Toffee did do everything the show hyped him up for. We knew he hated magic, we knew he hated the Butterflies, and we knew he was a ruthless and cunning schemer. He executed a long-con scheme that involved destroying magic and defeating the Butterflies, and there you go! Everything he was built up for accomplished. Perhaps his backstory was the most underwhelming part of him, but again, all the hype was people reading into it and making up their own possibilities for what it could be. None of this is to say you can’t personally feel disappointed by any of it (I even have at times myself), but the point I’m trying to make is that the show executed on the buildup it delivered. It didn’t introduce something with Toffee as critical and then drop it in any way. Same with Jackie, and the cape is way more minor compared to those two but the same applies even there! It was pretty critical as a symbol for Marco’s attachment to his newfound life (specifically via Mewni, and even more specifically via Star). Hell, I was one of the people speculating all about the cape, and yeah sure Marco didn’t become a badass cape-wielding knight in 3A, but I think the whole thing was executed fairly well as a device for Marco’s arc.

If you want another, much more controversial example of something fan expectations overblew unreasonably, I’ll tack on a heaping helping of self-awareness and say Star’s romantic feelings for Marco in Season 2. Yes, absolutely the growing feelings she had for Marco were very important, but the nature of them as romantic wasn’t some fundamental, unshakable pillar of the show by itself. Considering how much she tried to repress them and beat them down and how they caused her nothing but pain, it was honestly (once again, in hindsight, I know) foolish to assume anything along the lines of the statement “Star has strong romantic yearning for Marco” never, ever being able to change for any reason, even temporarily. But the depth of the overall connection they shared that had been built up as part of her feelings in S2 remained and only grew more during S3.

So my point in all of this is that there are absolutely things contained within the show itself that are factually present arcs and factually present buildups, and the show should be trusted to deliver on those and not drop them. And it’s something really fucking difficult to gauge what those things are and what things are just speculation, yeah, which is why I’m being measured here. The Blood Moon? I have no idea! It’s quite possible that particular aspect isn’t executed in a way I find satisfying as payoff, but I can at least trust that it will be addressed in a manner that covers the bases that it’s set up (so basically, something with Marco’s cheekmarks, at least). And when it comes to Star and Marco’s relationship, the show has never, not a single time, actually dropped its importance to the show, and Star and Marco themselves have only grown closer. The handful of times they put distance between each other were done with a concrete purpose, and that purpose was to lead to a moment where they became closer than ever. Do I think there could be another thing like that, a Storm the Castle 2.0 where they actually have a major rift in their relationship that needs mending? Absolutely, but things will overall keep marching the direction they always have been.

(EDIT: Also, it's worth noting that of course similar principles apply to Tom, too. He's certainly had a sizable amount of development, and the nature of his relationships with Star and Marco and more important how he himself views those relationships get much deeper, so it would absolutely be a failure on the show's part to drop him as hard as they did Jackie, hence why it's not a worry - he's on the poster after all! But nothing about this implies in ANY way that Tom is equal with Marco now to either the show's own hierarchy or to Star's life, and any takes on it as such are the same overblown reaching that I mentioned at the beginning.)

So right now I can say with utmost confidence that Star and Marco have already committed themselves to each other, that they aren’t going to abandon each others’ company for any significant length of time (maybe Marco goes to Earth for an episode for Marco Jr. or something, idk). That itself was a HUGE theme of Season 3, and the time apart they spent in 3B because Marco was keeping his distance was directly addressed in Booth Buddies and rectified heavily in Divide/Conquer (with the results continuing to show in Season 4 Episode 1, as Marco is adventuring with Star and chatting with her and overall being back to his usual self, happy to be her best friend, and Star contemplating the Beach Day picture that seems to represent the best in their relationship to her). And Booth Buddies tackled the additional topic that the very essence of their relationship is more than friendship, and both of them know it now (”OK Marco we need a picture that represents what our relationship means to us” “OK cool let’s do it” whoops they kissed I wonder what that means). 

Once again maintaining as balanced of a viewpoint as I can, they have simply hit the point of no return where they know their relationship is more than friendship and have committed themselves to it anyway, and drawing the connections for what that implies about the near and far future is practically easier than a Connect-the-Dots book. I don’t know what exactly the future will hold, and I’m making it a point to not extrapolate or read into things that aren’t simply right there. I don’t have to unreasonably extrapolate how Star or Marco will act after the confession (like we did after Season 2) because we saw it in action already. I don’t have to unreasonably extrapolate how Tom will react, because we’ve seen snippets of it already. I don’t have to unreasonably extrapolate that the show will continue developing their relationship into something stronger throughout Season 4, because come on now that’s what the show does all the time. We had a big turning point, and had the luxury of seeing the direction everyone is going after that turning point, so there’s some actual concrete information we can use there. So if you want to point fingers at things the show might do in unexpected ways that might let individual expectations down, point them at the specific symbols themselves if you want (like the Blood Moon), or at things we haven’t yet seen with our own eyes in the show (like, idk, the exact way Star and Marco will start their official romantic relationship). But pointing them at the very nature of Star and Marco’s relationship is the falsest of false equivalencies, and we've been slapped in the face with the information we need to at LEAST know the basics of the next steps and where we're headed. 

[jeonsolar]

Miraculous Ladybug 2x13

Lets comment this again. So i’m starting a little late in the episode cuz I dont want to fake it, and I just remembered to do it, so lets go:

1:57 Someone hug Chloe!

1:59 Ok, the animation? Fucking awesome so far. Like something about Chloe looks so . . . perfect. This is good animation.

2:06 Chloe’s voice sounds different. Like she finally hit puberty. Also, wtf? Buy a second heart?

2:13 Also, Chloe’s back and in the spotlight, so what this hoe gonna do to akumatize another civilian? Also where was she? Sick? It was like 3 episodes. Betcha Gabriel went to the hospital and healed her with his bear hands. “I need you. There’s less angry people in the world, since you’ve been gone.”

2:17 Prediction: Chloe will steal Marinette’s gift, Marinette will throw a tantrum, no one will believe- everyone saw the gift. . . . or maybe chloe will throw it away.

2:34 I was right. But this bitch does know that everyone saw marinette bring this gift right? What does she expect? Everyone will forget?

2:59 Miss Bustier is Lily Evans.

3:00 How will she get mad?

3:14 . . . Not what I expected. Also, Bitch, if you want to get away with it don’t fucking smirk! This is why I can’t like Chloe. She’s not even a good nemesis. And bad people who smirk when they are caught because they know they will get away with it are the worst things to exist. FIGHT ME ON THIS.

3:21 EVERYONE’S VOICES SOUND LIKE THEY ALL HIT PUBERTY except Max and Adrien.

3:33 Yo, what drugs does she take cuz I want them. I need to be as happy as this psycho.

3:40 .... The entire class became the fandom. We’ve all said those things at one point, and Astruc is now fucking with us by pointing them out on his show.

3:47 I never considered that there are like 12 students in that class. That’s small.

4:04 I love every single time Astruc hints at akumatizing Marinette. Is like ‘haha, never gonna happen, but here’s a tease’. Also, whenever Mari gets angry like that she gets a shadow of her mask on her face. Watch the intro, after Chloe pushes her.

4:14 Predictions(again) Butterfly will get on its way to marinette, happy go lucky teacher will calm her down, butterfly will get confused. Still not sure how Discount Lily Evans gets akumatized.

4:54 Bustier saw the akuma, and desperately try to happy-up marinette.

4:54

Akuma: Here I go-

Marinette: *I’m not in trouble...*

Akuma: fuuuuuuuuuckkkkkk, wheeerrreee dooo I goooo noooww?

5:09

Akuma: I hate my job. Dude, just look for another person.

Hakwmoth: NO! This bitch has evaded me for far too long. Stay put!

Akuma: Ugh, I should have quit when I had the chance.

5:34 I’m so glad we finally get that scene of someone aware of those butterflies and freaking out about it. But sad that Discount Lily Evans doesn’t understand that by touching them you get akumatized.

5:52 YO! this show is getting serious with it’s story! I love this! An actual civilian fighting back! Finally! Dept! after the last childish episode this one is soooooo pleasing!

6:17 So my theory on my fanfic is becoming true. Hawkmoth can see into their mind and sweet talk just about anyone to do his biddings, no matter how nice you are. I feel smart.

6:25 From Marinette/Ladybug’s point of view, that had to be hard to watch. I was not prepared for feelings in this episode.

6:44 One swipe both lips? Damn! That lipstick IS magic!

7:27

Zombizou: And feel the love!

Chloe: Ew.

That’s good comedy right there. Because Chloe is all of us here in tumblr.

7:49 Thank God for the suit, because otherwise Marinette would have a broken neck, or a really bruised back and be unable to walk.

8:13 This got gay really quick.... can’t wait for it to get gayer.

8:27 I swear I read a fanfiction just like this. It ended with Ladybug and Chat Noir fucking.... Now I’m going to watch the pg version of it. Ugh. Or maybe this one will end with an orgy....

8:39 No Adrien, you can’t look back like you just lost a soldier in battle! They are just hugging and kissing! This is the sweetest and mellowest episode yet! You’ve been jokier and sillier through worse akumas!

9:38 Ok, it was bad definition. . . but I swear I saw Adrien in the kiss spell running to Ladybug.

9:53 They are saying ‘Kisses Kissu’ ... isn’t Kissu how Japanese/Korean people saying Kiss?

10:08 I’ve been waiting for this moment for too long. This is quickly becoming my most favorite episode.

10:30 I know why he did it, but what if he was also hoping to sneak one to Ladybug? Hahaha, funny Adrien.

10:50 Plagg and I share a brain.

11:14 .... So I CAN make the joke about french kissing! Thank you Astruc for dropping the steryotypes first!

11:51 this is getting close to becoming my fanfiction... I WROTE IT FIRST! (kinda, this episode was written a while ago)

12:03 . . . Bitch WANTS to get thrown to the hordes. Why else would she say shit like that.

12:18 Even Marinette sounds like she hit puberty. Can’t wait for Adrien to hit it too.

13:23 Don’t lie. You weren’t even trying to catch her with your arms spread like that.

13:47 ok no. Fuck this, no. Chloe is a brick and these fuckers are letting themselves drown with her. Rule number one of being a hero: The Needs of Many Overpower The Needs of One. Drop Chloe.

14:04 Woah . . .. Adrien’s voice just dropped.

14:28 Nevermind.

14:40 . . . Maze runner? Walking dead? iZOmbie? Every zombie movie cliche ever? ROSE? Why is it some get turned immediatly and Ladybug had a conversation with Kim before he turned?

15:04 What should happen: Alya and Nino, powercouple ftw, grab Chloe, look at Ladybug and Chat Noir straight in the eyes, and just throw her towards Rose. What will happen: bitch will probably be the only one besides Ladybug to not get turned cuz Chat tends to fall for these a lot.

15:52 Oh the romance! Yes! More Nilya! Make it like Titanic:

Nino: I’ll never let go Alya, I’ll never let go!

Alya: For the love of god Nino, just go, I ain’t dying.

Nino: *whispers really close to her face* I’ll never let go!

16:08 . . . These are just kisses right? Why they acting like they gonna die if they stay like zombies for more than an hour? It aint fatal!

16:14 THROW HER OUT!

16:19 I’m so glad Nilya is here, cause waiting for Ladynoir or Adrienette is killing me and Nilya is my life support.

16:24

Nino: Lets make out babe!

Alya: Kissu!

Nino: YES!

16:49 Predictable: Chat Noir gets taken. Unpredictable: Ladybug acting like her boyfriend was taken. just partners huh?

16:55

Ladybug: Chat! I’ll save you!

Chat: I’ll just stay here Ladybug, if we are gonna end up kissing, I’d rather it be after you save us.

Ladybug: ... This . .. this isn’t the right time to flirt Chat. Why do you always do this?

17:23 ... Dark Owl had her earring almost off and this is the closest you’ve gotten, Hawkmoth? How do YOU measure it?

17:40 His voice dropped again. the actor should stop highpithing his voice and let Adrien hit puberty too. #LetAdrienHitPuberty2k18

17:43 WHAT WAS SHE EXPECTING?

17:56 This revelation will last till the end of the battle then she’ll be a bitch again. Change my mind.

17:59 I hope they keep making more animations of Chat with weird faces like that. We need them for the memes.

18:01 Ok, fine. 5 points to Chloe. But she’s on -6,458,827,247 so she’s got a long way to go.

18:04 -6,458,827,227

18:36 LIPSTICKS ARE EXPENSIVE LADYBUG!

18:58 So by these standards Nino and Alya should be getting it on downstairs, right?

19:24 They didn’t show us Nilya... they are Getting. It. On. Also, #TellUsWhatHappenedToEmilieAgreste2k18

19:53 Hasn’t said anything but “No.” yet, but .... -6,458,827,200

20:17 -6,458,826,000

20:24 -6,458,826,200

20:37 that number is long to write, just add a -500 more for me being right that she would revert to Bitch Chloe when this was over.

21:29 ... What happened between Nino and Alya?

--

OK, call me Cinema Sins cause that’s basically what I’m doing. Overall, I love this episode. It had the beauty of a fanfiction. Thomas Astruc and his team are reading fanfics #confirmed. But yeah, they had to soften Chloe at one point to turn her into Queen Bee. And Marinette will most likely do it, so she had to see it. There.

#Chloeisabrickmadeofclayandisfinallydisolvinginwater.

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I posted 1,547 times in 2021

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My Top Posts in 2021

#5

I'm 3 episodes into Psych (I needed a non stressful show to watch) and all I know is that the fake psychic is bi and he's in love with his long-suffering best friend

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#4

38 notes • Posted 2021-03-26 05:25:37 GMT

#3

Ok so I'm laughing alone in my apartment like a cycle path thinking about this but let's talk about how Jiang Cheng has the best fashion sense in the whole cultivation world.

Hear me out! The Jins? Boring bland ass color scheme. Your clan color is gold and that's the best you can do? You all got the same damn outfit on and look like Jin Guangshan copy pasted yall. Do better you rich sons of bitches

Second of all the Lans. Yeah yeah you're so cool and righteous in your all white. I want more soft shades of blue and grey. Also ngl Xichen and Wangji definitely went overboard on the hair accessories. Like how many hair pieces does Wangji have in the timeskip? Like too many. This isn't 1997 take out at least one of your giant butterfly hair clips Hanguang-jun.

The Nie clan is doing all right on the fashion front but I'm going to attribute that to Huaisang. He definitely picks out da-ge's wardrobe and is the reason he's well dressed.

But all these suckers got nothing on Jiang Cheng. He's here with the freshest most versatile color pallette in the show. We got soft pastel green and lavender, we got beautiful shades of violet and indigo. If his momma taught him one thing it's how to dress like a badass bitch. Every cultivation conference he shows up looking immaculate and everyone is a little bit hot for him even if he is a surly bitch. He's blacklisted across the board but he still incites incredible amounts of thirst.

Xichen and the one braincell he shares with da-ge just stare at him bc he's so goddam pretty. Even Jiggy is a little star struck by him (and begins to question his choice in hats). Jiang Cheng doesn't understand why no one has good taste. If he weren't co-parenting with Jiggy he would have had Jin Ling yank those stupid ass 2004 Claire's hair accessories outta his head.

Anyways...the costume department for the untamed did an incredible job and I love love love every single outfit

51 notes • Posted 2021-10-07 04:07:18 GMT

#2

Back at it again with low quality memes

53 notes • Posted 2021-09-15 03:07:20 GMT

#1

I just continue to share my mdzs/Untamed opinions like someone cares. On today's epsidoe: Braincells who has them who doesn't?

Jiang Cheng: he has two but one is devoted solely to angst and the other to being fashionable

Wei Wuxian: has one braincell but it collapses like the wave equation when Lan Wangji is watching.

Lan Wangji: Also has two braincells but they are devoted solely to pine over Wei Ying and bunnies

Nie Huaisang: only turns on his braincell when revenge mode is activated

Jin Guangyao: Has several braincells but has a similar problem to wwx except with Xichen

Nie Mingjue: actually has a fully functional braincell but he's also got an evil sword ghost and vengeful twink actively fighting against him.

Lan Xichen: has never seen a braincell in life. Just smile and wave boys smile and wave...

Xiao Xingcheng: apparently gave his only braincell away to Song Lan with his eyeballs

Xue Yang: thinks braincells are a myth. 1% evil 99% emo brat

Wen Qing: has several braincells but they are canceled out by the lack of braincells around her

Wen Ning: a ghost ate his braincell and now all he has is a radish with a smiley face inside his skull

Mianmian: Only one with a consistently functional braincell which she decides to fuck off to the countryside with and avoid the drama of all the clueless pining gays.

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I posted 3,245 times in 2021

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My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Camp Camp OC

Their name is Annette, but most, if not all, call her Anne/Annie

~ Info ~

Name: Annette “Anne” Allard

Age: 24

Gender: Fluid

Sexuality: Unlabelled

Pronouns: Any

Likes:

- Nature/Outdoor camping

- Painting/Art

- Most types of art

Dislikes:

- Insects (exceptions: moths, butterflies, dragonflies)

- Animal cruelty

- Extreme cold

Fun Fact:

They have a pinkish birthmark from their right shoulder to their mid-back that also goes half way up their neck and goes to their mid-lower back, but doesn’t cross over to their left shoulder

Art by death-exe (aka me)

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Welcome to my page! :)

I hope everyone who sees this has a grand time scrolling through this trashfire of a blog :3

Rules of mine:

Don’t be:

Racist

Homophobic

Transphobic

OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT MAKES YOU A BIGOT!!!

Please don’t discuss politics, because that just leads to arguments/arguing, and nobody wants that

And don’t be scared to like OR reblog any post that I share or of my own, I try my best to be a good person, so if I mess up please don’t take it to harshly

Enjoy these amethyst shards that I collected as a gift :)

13 notes • Posted 2021-08-19 05:40:04 GMT

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Daniel from Camp Camp :)

Art by death-exe (aka me)

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#2

I made a fursona

I’m still working on the body but I have a pretty solid design of the head :)

She’s a sheep/cow hybrid (cow pattern and cow and ram horns)

Colours:

Fur: fff4f7

Ear (inside): e4cbff

Spots: ffcbd7

Horns: ff90aa

Eyes: light part - fc2a2a, dark part - af0000

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#1

I made a meme based on the Chuckle Sandwich episode today :]

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[theclasschronicles]

Week 3 (2/7/20) Blog Prompt: Anatomy of The Meme

For something relating to memes that I reblogged specifically for this assignment, refer to this.

Part 1

I love memes. We’ve somehow created a new language - based entirely on pictures, videos, and music - with them in less than a decade. For the sake of flexibility I chose the Is This a Pigeon? meme.

This one is a classic - and, because of the phrase, it can be used in any manner that makes sense. What most people do, typically, is combine it with other memes. For instance:

1) The core characteristics are as follows:

Genre: exploitable. Unlike most memes, this meme is suited for copy-and-paste manipulation. Other pictures or descriptors can be superimposed onto the meme so as to make it applicable towards different scenarios while not disrupting the meme’s original layout too severely and allowing it to still be easily understood.

Core characteristic: Again, being exploitable. The original meme’s meaning is unknown without context of both where it comes from and what situation the character is shown in. This has contributed towards the general willingness to mess with it and create something else - in one case, the second image’s meaning will be unknown unless the viewer has knowledge on the context of the origins of the image of the man.

2) History & Source

Source: The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird, 1990s, Anime - the main character incorrectly identifies a butterfly as a pigeon.

History: In Episode 3 of Season 1, the character seen - a humanoid android created by a professor - incorrectly identifies a butterfly as a pigeon. In 2011, the image was uploaded to Tumblr with the tag “anime subtitles are the new zen”; over the next three years it gained over 100,000 notes. Various other websites, like Buzzfeed and Smosh (and, of course, Know Your Meme) uploaded the screenshot, making its popularity spread even further.

3) Flexibility

Is It Flexible?: Most certainly. (See core characteristic for more details.)

Variations: There are way too many to count. I posted the one concerning the cat because it was the first variation I could get access to, and that’s just one of the ones that partially references a classic Vine (memes in video form). Other variations either do something similar or refer to something else entirely.

4) Image of discussed meme - See above.

Part 2

Purpose: To poke fun at something that occurs in live-action TV shows and movies several times over. It was made by someone over at Netflix; most people who watch that type of media may appreciate it.

Who created it: Netflix. I can tell because this was pulled from a tweet of there’s (and yes, the image they used really is that blurry).

Rhetoric Appeal Type: Pathos. It’s an appeal to poke fun at an entity that many people have an emotional attachment to.

Possible conflicts/perpetuation: Netflix is highlighting something that’s all too common in live-action TV & movies. Young adults in their primes will often be chosen for such roles; when teenagers (often going through changes that aren’t discussed on screen nor acknowledged) see the supposedly teenage characters not having to deal with what they are, they feel inadequate and left out.

Realizations that resulted: Netflix is correct here. Them highlighting this also made me realize that a cumulative gap - concerning how often people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ people being casted for a part they can play very well versus their white, straight, able-bodied and able-minded counterparts being casted for parts that would be better represented by a different actor - is massive, and still exists.

Purpose: To highlight how pervasive memes have become in mainstream culture, especially for millennials and Gen-Z people. Both of these groups use memes far more often than Gen-X, Baby Boomers, and Greatest Generation people do.

Who created it: Unknown. However, I’m betting either a millennial or Gen-Z person did (more so towards the Gen-Z person).

Rhetoric Appeal Type: Logos. Understanding this meme requires knowledge of the meme “In awe of the size of this lad, absolute unit.” Most people forgo the “in awe of the size of this lad”, however, so only knowledge of the piece “absolute unit” and its meaning are needed.

Possible conflicts/perpetuation: If someone inserts a picture of something that is, in reality, not very large (like kiddie chairs) they may receive flak for it. If they post a person in regards to the meme expect there to be mixed results, skewed towards positivity or negativity, depending on if the meme itself takes a positive or negative viewpoint.

Realizations that resulted: How much work needs to be done in order for most of the world to recognize that fat does not equal unhealthy and obese; the inverse is true, and the inverse of that inverse (namely, that thin does equal healthy) need to be abolished entirely (as BMI and how we determine who is and isn’t healthy based on their weight is a social construct and not really rooted in science).

[s-onst]

Music Tag Meme

Tagged by @worthlesspride, and I was left with no choice but to share my amazing music with the world. Or the opposite, it always depends. *Ahem*  

‘’Only if you guys want to! except for you, Andrian, you don’t have a choice.’ - Kate 2017

Rules: You can tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to. Put your playlist on shuffle and list the first 10 songs and tag 10 people.

Mako - Way Back Home (Paris & Simo Mix)

Utada Hikaru - Simple And Clean PLANITb Mix Full HD

ONE SHOT: СЕКТА - Без да искам [Official Episode 20]

Dua Lipa ‒ New Rules

Catz ‘n Dogz - Drop It

Secondcity & Tyler Rowe - I Enter

Crystal Castles “TELEPATH”

Jay Pryor - ID

Gramatik - Lorena’s Butterfly

The Black Eyed Peas - Let’s Get It Started (Galwaro Remix)

Now that you’ve learned that my music is cringey and embarrassing I hope you are happy XD (And maybe be thankful to your ears for getting you this far) Sadly it said random shuffle order, so I couldn’t pick out the good stuff for you and you will have to suffer bweeehehe!

[flowercoasts]

1-99 😘

1: 6 of the songs you listen to most?“Subway Car” by Marc E. Bassy, “Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’” from Teen Beach Movie, “Gotta Go my Own Way” from High School Musical 2, “Til I Forget About You” by Big Time Rush, “I Won’t Say (I’m In Love)” from Hercules, and “Honeymoon Avenue” by Ariana Grande2: If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?i wanna meet the robodog3: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17.“I hope no fish will come along so great that he will prove us wrong.”4: What do you think about most?my girlfriend5: What does your latest text message from someone else say?welcome to an episode of worth it6: Do you sleep with or without clothes on?with7: What’s your strangest talent?i can wiggle my eyebrows like wavy caterpillars dancing on my forehead8: Girls… are amazing wonderful stunning showstopping gorgeoust 11/10; Boys… some of them are cute sometimes9: Ever had a poem or song written about you?not that i know of10: When is the last time you played the air guitar?…earlier today11: Do you have any strange phobias?not really12: Ever stuck a foreign object up your nose?no but one time i had a marble in my mouth and i was choking on it but dont worry i swallowed it down with water13: What’s your religion?none at the moment14: If you are outside, what are you most likely doing?hanging out with my friends or cousins15: Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?depends but mostly in front of it16: Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band?Big Time Rush. Beatles whom?17: What was the last lie you told?“im totally nOt GAy”18: Do you believe in karma?not really :/19: What does your URL mean?my psn was flowercoast but the url here was taken so i added the s20: What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength?- cannot start conversations with new people for the life of me- im p easy going i guess21: Who is your celebrity crush?i started getting back into glee recently so.. Dianna Agron22: Have you ever gone skinny dipping?nope23: How do you vent your anger?i either rant online or to my friends24: Do you have a collection of anything?stuffed animals! (an accidental collection)25: Do you prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online?depends on my mood but usually video chatting bc i like to see the other person and also i talk more with my actions than my words26: Are you happy with the person you’ve become?somewhat27: What’s a sound you hate; sound you love?i absolutely hate multiple sounds including, but not limited to: nails scratching on chalkboards, the sound of utensils making the horrible scraping sound i love the sound of the ocean breaking, the early morning (5am - 7/8 am), the woods in the morning28: What’s your biggest “what if”?what if i had went to the same schools as my friends29: Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens?yes and yes30: Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm.my window and my phone31: Smell the air. What do you smell?my window is open and someone is cooking barbecue down the street32: What’s the worst place you have ever been to?marin33: Choose: East Coast or West Coast?west coast. i really liked east coast the times i went but west coast is still the best coast :)))34: Most attractive singer of your opposite gender?zayn 35: To you, what is the meaning of life?live life to the fullest bois36: Define Art.as long as it expresses feeling37: Do you believe in luck?sort of38: What’s the weather like right now?foggy and a little cold but not too cold by sf standards39: What time is it?4:1940: Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed?no and no41: What was the last book you read?Romeo and Juliet for my english class42: Do you like the smell of gasoline?no43: Do you have any nicknames?flower, sunnisides, eggs, nana (banana)44: What was the last film you saw?Guardians of the Galaxy 2 i think45: What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had?walking pneumonia. WORST46: Have you ever caught a butterfly?nope47: Do you have any obsessions right now?not really tbh48: What’s your sexual orientation?bi babe bean49: Ever had a rumour spread about you?in middle school there was a rumour i had a foot fetish which i DO NOT SMH… even though i kind of started it but i was joking i s2g50: Do you believe in magic?sure!51: Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong?depends tbh52: What is your astrological sign?aries/pisces but i relate to aries more53: Do you save money or spend it?…spend it…54: What’s the last thing you purchased?besides food, i bought my girlfriend an umbreon pillow55: Love or lust?love56: In a relationship?ohohoh heck ye57: How many relationships have you had?one 58: Can you touch your nose with your tongue?i did it yesterday on facetime, my gf can confirm59: Where were you yesterday?at school bc finals ugh60: Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?yes, my perfume and my brush61: Are you wearing socks right now?nope my feet are finally free62: What’s your favourite animal?it changes but i really like the Bigg Cats like jaguars and cheetahs63: What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you?charm the socks off of them by extreme flirting64: Where is your best friend?doin somethin wild probably65: Give me your top 5 favourite blogs on Tumblr.idk man soz66: What is your heritage?my grandma on my mom’s side is half spanish, and she grew up in a spanish household but otherwise i’m pretty filipino67: What were you doing last night at 12AM?facetiming my wonderful gf68: What do you think is Satan’s last name?Esteban Julio Ricardo Montoya de la Rosa Ramírez69: Be honest. Ever gotten yourself off?……….. n…o……. REST IN PIECES PATRICIA70: Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend?maybe? probably. idk71: You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do?im saving the dog no second thoughts as soon like as i see that dog - i’m FUCKIN NYOOM72: You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid?i would tell most everyone, i would do everything i’ve wanted to do, and i would be very afraid 73: You can only have one of these things; trust or love.why can’t we have both? :’( 74: What’s a song that always makes you happy when you hear it?any disney song ever, any song from BTR’s first album75: What are the last four digits in your cell phone number?991776: In your opinion, what makes a great relationship?the memes77: How can I win your heart?you gotta be a Ukrainian horse goblin sorry i don’t make the rules78: Can insanity bring on more creativity?? idk79: What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far?i have never made any good decision in my life ever… except dating my gf80: What size shoes do you wear?7 and a half81: What would you want to be written on your tombstone?gg82: What is your favourite word?thrussy83: Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word; heart.being passionate about something84: What is a saying you say a lot?“why are you like this” or “i hate you all”85: What’s the last song you listened to?“Slide” by Calvin Harris, Frank Ocean, and Migos86: Basic question; what’s your favourite colour/colours?yellow and pink :)87: What is your current desktop picture?my dog n cat together 88: If you could press a button and make anyone in the world instantaneously explode, who would it be?there are. too many people89: What would be a question you’d be afraid to tell the truth on?OHOHOHO why dont yall ask n guess. you wONT90: One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren’t really doing anything, they’re just standing around your bed. What do you do?i find toilet paper and wrap myself in it bc i don’t wanna feel excluded, my n my mummy bois are havin fun tonight goodbye forever parents91: You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What is that power?shapeshifting as hell92: You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?my entire fifth grade year :’)93: You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?aahahahahha…. too many whomst94: You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who would it be?my girlfriend95: You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?i love New Orleans96: Do you have any relatives in jail?i don’t think so97: Have you ever thrown up in the car?nope!98: Ever been on a plane?multiple times now99: If the whole world were listening to you right now, what would you say?this thrussy pops severely

[culebral]

7 Facts Meme

tagged by: my flesh and blood, @monkpirate tagging: @youmaythinkyouknowme, @moonjeweled, @thismuchgreen, @santigoldsaint and i can’t think of people rn lmao but do tag me if you see this and shit. i wanna learn about your kids 

rules: list seven random facts about your character about how they were made and/or facts that have not been made known yet. Tag seven other people. under the cut bc long as fucking fuck ;)

dick had both hay fever and a severe peanut allergy growing up.

dick and and modern film remakes don’t mix, don’t show him shit.

don’t ever let him catch you making a mistake. cause he’ll spend the rest of his life which is a really, really long time might i add ! reminding ya, lmao 

if you think dick on a regular basis is bad enough, wait till you encounter him when he hasn’t stuffed his mouth. that’s right ! if dick ever goes to bed without either dinner and/or sex, he will wake up pissed. well, in this case…even more pissed cause he’s literally the embodiment of pissed. just make sure he stocks up on either one of those two and you’ll be fine. if not, run. run as fast as those scrawny legs can carry you, man and don’t look back ! and…uh, real quick note before i bring this to a close, dick will almost always favor food. he’s got a pretty high sex drive but i mean, c’mon; this ain’t professor aiden tanner who eats, breathes and eats the shit (ง'̀-‘́)ง >tumbles_pls (ง'̀-‘́)ง

he used to binge eat as a kid which gradually got worse as a teen. life wasn’t near half bad, now that he lived at uncle eddie’s place, learning all his shit but that sure as hell didn’t mean the time he had to spend outside was gumdrops and butterflies lmao he literally got picked on at school a lot which…growing up made it pretty hard and with the undiagnosed b/d and others kicking in ! his straight a’s, 4 point something gpa were never enough to get him through the day. guess you could say food and s.th were his only friends back then? he’s never been the easiest to get along with, now as a culebra adult much less then that he’d severe shit in his head and the creep factor going off the scales; the poor kid :+) but no, lol. not really, though. he was still the same asshole you all know and probably hate now, lmao but younger. did he ever kick this overeating habit, though? no. willing to bet you can still catch him stuffing his face when going under a lot of stress if you don’t have some sort of bottle of encouragement in your place.

dick’s glasses are what a rattle is to the western diamond back. they are what…in his humbling opinion, defines him. why? think of it as like, a preview for a movie you’re watching. the glasses, the diamond back’s rattler in this case will only show a piece of what’s coming. and the only way you can really get a taste of what that is ( whatever it is ! ) is if you get closer. his wayob, his extra power if you recall, is a third eye and it’s a third eye he’ll usually use to attack. much like the vision serpent’s eye, the one the show couldn’t get enough of once but suddenly stopped caring about lmao but ! yeah. third eye helps him see shit inside the surface, meaning he can see things better than before. it literally improved both his insight and actual eyesight much like…surprise, surprise ! glasses help a guy out if he was blind. if you ever wondered why he still decided to leave his glasses on despite he’s 20/fucking/20 and shit then this is it which i went a little more in depth in this !

dick doesn’t give a rat’s ass about his mom. i mean, ngl it’s unknown whether or not his dad back in season one, episode nine was saying the truth about their mom and how she ‘took one look at them and ran’, right? it was the goddamn labyrinth, after all, the place that…despite hosting not only events but people the siblings knew and/or encountered once in real fucking life; the whole purpose of the so-called purity trials was to fuck. :) them. :) up but that’s not what this is all about. remember how i said dick’s emotionally detached and i mean really, really emotionally detached? whether the brothers’ mom really did leave the nest to get out of dealing with this mess due to either exhibit a.) not wantin’ to raise, what in her opinion might have been dick the bad seed or exhibit b.) to get away from her husband and his abuse as fast as she possibly could; whatever the reason,  as much of some characters bawl their eyes out over the absence of their mom; dick never really gave a flying fuck. he’s not the type to dwell on his emotions for long ( for a lot of things ! ) if at all, he simply shrugs it the fuck off and moves on.

[theforbodingboglands]

Detective Conan Ask Meme by @detectivecitrus​

1. Live action series or the anime? Anime of course 2. Anime or manga? I do love the manga(which I’m still catching up on kinda) but I watched the anime first. 3. Dub or sub? Sub please.  4. Favorite story arc? I really like desperate revival. Even though it already ripped my heart out.. 5. Favorite opening/ending? opening- Butterfly Core. Ending-  Futari no Byōshin by Takuto 6. Favorite character? I hate picking favs but Heiji, Shin/Con, Haibara, and Takagi. 7. OTP? SHINRAN TRASH. And TakaSato along with Heizuha is a close second 8. Favorite Black Organization member? Gin is kinda hot LMAO 9. Favorite minor character? Sonoko is fuckin’ hilarious. 10. Favorite detective? Shinichi probably. THATS  HARD 11. Favorite case? SO HARD. Probably the 3K’s of Osaka. shit made ME CRY. 12. Favorite FBI agent? between Shuichi and Agent Camel 13. Favorite police department? I really am stuck between Megure-keibu and Yokomizo-keibu(Sango, but Juugo is hilarious too ;-;) 14. How long have you been in the fandom?a year(but I did like it before, but not as much as I do now. IM ENGULFED.) 15. How did you get into Detective Conan? My friend JIFFY! <3 16. Have you made a friend through shared interest in Detective Conan? SO MANY COOL PEOPLE LIKE @DeductionFreak, @pixlokita AND ETC. 17. Which case has made you cry in Detective Conan and why? the 3 k’s of Osaka. There are also many that made me cry cause I was laughing so hard. the movies did too. 18. A random headcanon? I can’t think of any other than Shinichi and Ran’s first child will be called Conan LOL. I’M SAP 19. Least favorite case? I don’t think I have any honestly 20. Least favorite story arc? The ones with kid, but I honestly don’t dislike anything. 22. Least favorite character? If I HAD to pick Maybe one of the detective boys, but I still like them though. 23. NOTP? CoAi, Kaishin, HeiShin. I’m not a fan of yaoi/yuri pairings period. 24. Unpopular opinion? lolwhat? 25. Do you prefer Kid heists or murder cases? well lol...I hate the fact people get murdered, but I’m not hugely into kaito kid that much. 26. Favorite song in Detective Conan? THE BLACK ORG PIANO THEME. (It’s played a lot in the DC Movie 13: Raven Chaser.) Though I do like the theme(Countdown to Heaven’s theme) 27. Favorite Detective Conan video game? dunno. never played any 28. Something you love about the fandom? A lot of cool people and cool artists. Honestly one of the best fandoms I’ve come across. 29. Something you would change about the fandom? I’d love to see more people come back to it so I can meet more fans/artists/writers maybe. Also less shipping wars. 30. Favorite episode? TOO MANY. I’m partial to the touching ones of Shinichi/Conan and Ran. 31. Favorite Kaito Kid episode? It’s between the Jet black mystery train and  Kaitou Kid vs. the Strongest Safe. 32. Favorite voice actor? Conan’s VA does such a good job ;-; 33. Favorite quote from a Detective Conan character? 34. If you met Gosho Aoyama, what would you say to him? MAKE MY SHINRAN DREAMS COME TRUE PLEASE