#I have to be reminded sometimes that non internet people actually believe being a furry is a dsm5 mental illness
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Wish regular folks on the internet would stop towing the line and continuing to act like furries are some weird, deviant thing nowadays. Iāll be watching Vinny Vinesauce and a hot male furry design will show up in a game and heāll go āoh. Oh god. Oh god chat no. OH GODD WHY. EUGH CHAT STOP. (makes an inhuman noise) WHY ARE HIS TITS SO.ā Like, man, relax. His tits are so because itās hot, get horny like the rest of us, next question.
#delete later#personal#I have to be reminded sometimes that non internet people actually believe being a furry is a dsm5 mental illness#and Iām not exaggerating a friend was in a psych class on mental illnesses and they used images of mlp ponies and bronies in fursuits#as an example of paraphilia
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Rec This Thing: Interactive Introverts
Interactive Introverts inĀ Amsterdam RAI, evening show on June 2nd
Story: Dan and Phil decided to give the people what they want.
My Story: Okay, fun fact, I bought my ticket on June 1st. When they first announced their tour, my friend Sammy immediately bought tickets for her and her sister and she asked me to come along.
I declined.
After all, I wasnāt that big of a fan of Dan and Phil and I decided that people who are actual fans of them could have my possible ticket. Fast forward a couple of weeks and I became fan of them and both shows were sold out. Yup. Bummer. Instant regret. Total sadness. So Sammy promised to tell me everything yada yada since I couldnāt go. Then just over 24 hours before the show, Sammy sent me a message that there were five seats left for ā¬55.
Crap.
Okay, I decided to do it. Fuck work the day after. Letās go. And boy, am I glad I did.
Rating (1 to 10): 9
Why?: QUITE DETAILED SHOW SUMMARY UNDER CUT, SPOILERS!
Alright, yup, Iām just going to write down everything, including the entire show. Or at least what I remember cause holla, this is done from memory.
Basically, we arrived in Amsterdam after a lot of panic because my bus didnāt drive so we were about to miss our train. I ran back home and yelled to mum to grab the car (called Snuit) cause HOLY FUCK MY BUS IS 6 MINUTES LATE AND WITH THE NEXT BUS I WILL MISS MY TRAIN FOR SURE.
But okay, Amsterdam. We got there around four? First we checked out the venue, which wasnāt hard to find because their matinee show had just ended, so we just had to follow the stream of fans who were leaving,Ā and then we had dinner at this Japanese place. Then around 18:30 we were back at the venue. Only VIP was allowed to go in already, so we decided to buy merch. The place was packed, so they decided to already open the merch stand. Good thing we got merch (I got a poster) before the show, because other merch was sold during intermission and after the show. Almost no one got merch during intermission, because it was only 20 minutes long, and after the show the line was insane. Probably 2,5+ hours wait time.
We found our seats. We got split up. Sammy and her sister had a great seat (row 9) and I sat on the other side of the theatre in a balcony seat which was fucking great as well. They put on Danās playlist and that playlist was banging. Sometimes, Danās Siri interrupted. I mean, they were playing Hard Times when I entered the theatre- great start.Ā
And of course they came on stage after Welcome To The Black Parade.
First we had a video kinda introducing danis not on fire and AmazingPhil and then they came in on a moving plaform. Like, their set was so minimalistic but also so great?
After theĀ āHello! Hi!ā stuff they talked about being in Amsterdam (āAmsterdamnā - Phil) and how Phil is feeling a bit sick because he decided to eat tons of stroopwafels (strupwaffles, they called it). Dan called him out, because when you buy a pack of stroopwafels, they are obviously not supposed to be eaten at the same time.
Oh, and those poor foreigners arenāt used to shit ton of bikes in Amsterdam (or in the entire Netherlands tbh) so they were talking about how they almost got killed by bikers while crossing the road.Ā
They were obviously telling us what to expect and all of that.
Then first, What are we not going to do. They acted out everything they were not going to do. I only remember the erotic roleplay, because they did cop roleplay and it was fucking hilarious (āPlease be gentle with those handcuffs, I have sensitive skinā - Dan), and the part where they dressed up as their cute pastel versions.
Truth Bombs came next. Phil got asked something among the lines of:Ā āWhat Olympic sport would Phil excel in?ā
Keeping houseplants alive
I forgot.
SPORTS??? LMFAO!
(If anyoneās reading thisā¦ if you happen to know the missing parts cause you were at the same show, hit me up.)
Phil said something about how avoiding bikes in Amsterdam is a sport and then he procceeded to jump over the small hexagon on stage. He chose the houseplants.
Danās question was:Ā āWhat is in Danās browser history?āĀ
Fursuits (I think???)
I also forgot.
Something with ShrekĀ
Which was ironic, because Shrek the Musical played at the RAI. I donāt remember what Dan chose.
Then,Ā āHow will they die?āĀ
Demonetization
They fall off stage in a few minutes
I forgotā¦.
Honestly, they kept talking about demonetization during the entire show. Every time they said something too raunchy, theyād say something likeĀ āWeāre getting demonetized.ā
I think the Simulator came next? Anyway Phil started out with ordering a unicorn frappuchino and he ended up being killed by Satan cause he tried make a deal with him to restore his twitter account after accidentally posting a sexy photo of himself in his pants. We cheered for Satan, and they kept reminding us of that during the entire show.Ā
Dan was outside for once and got approached by a furry, did body shots of an otter, and ended up dying in an underground furry rave after he decided to use the ladiesā restroom.
After that, Phil synced us all as Linda, so hooray, we were all Linda. Now as Linda, we could continue to the magic trick and the audience participation. What is hidden in the mysterious box that Dan hid under his bed? Our three answers were: cereal, a panda, a fursuit.Ā
I still donāt know how they did this trick. The box was unopened on stage all the time. Sammy and I first came up with this special electronic paper, but then we realised Phil gave it to audience members to rip it up and fight about it.
I only remember three questions asked during the Survey. There was apart about their favourite content and Dan was very happy to present it as a pie chart. AlsoĀ āDo you think you know Dan and Phil?ā
Yes
No
Who is Dan and Phil?
After joking about how all the parents answered the last answer, they noticed a small percent still answered no, and they talked about authenticity on YouTube and sure, they put themselves out there because they want to entertain people, but that they are still genuinely themselves and that theyāre not faking it. But if you wanted to see the non-entertaining version of them, youād be bored. (āOn my sofa, with an overheated laptop on my crotch and a bag of crisps under my chin and me trying to eat them with my tongue cause Iām lazyā - Dan).
Then, of course theĀ āDan or Phil?ā question and they presented the wheel and they made the most dramatic act one exit Iāve ever seen, and I am a Broadway fan.
During intermission, the two women next to me were talking about merch and I told them where to find it. Then I exited the theatre. Sammyās sister bought Pringles and I bought M&Ms and the three of us were kinda shocked to see the queue for the merch stand. Those poor fuckers.
We went back to the theatre and I talked about the merch again, because I happened to know the whole merch stand and its prices by heart after looking at it for 45 minutes (hoodie ā¬40, sweater ā¬30, wristband ā¬5, poster ā¬10, Dan and Phil plushies ā¬25, denim jacket ā¬65, two t-shirts ā¬20 and ā¬25, keycord or whatever it is called ā¬10, cap ā¬15, woops I still know it).
Back to the show! Phil was on the wheel and Dan used a slingshot, a bow and arrow, and a bazooka. And afterwards Phil was showing off his ass while taking off that white body suit. He said he was dizzy and Dan dared him to jump over the hexagon again, but Phil refused.
Okay anyway the next thing I remember is the wholesome Daniel and X-Rated Lester partĀ (āIām already feeling naughtyā - Phil).Ā In the beginning they had this whole talk about authenticity and how they are still humans bla which was really cool. Since I am a recent fan, I completely missed the actual wholesome Daniel craze, but yeah, they talked about how they are actual people and sometimes, they donāt meet certain expectations of fans.
Also, at one point in the show, Dan was talking about God and he yelledĀ āSpite me, daddy!ā and I think it was around this moment. The entire crowd yelled.
Alright Dan had to sweet talk disturbing fan fiction, Hello Internet, and another thing uuuuhm. I donāt remember. Anyway, he kept sayingĀ āOh for Godās sake!ā, especially at the Hello Internet one.
Phil had to bad mouth cute animals, endless kittens (he failed), and ugh I have also forgotten his last one. The person who sent in cute animals sat in front of me and it was just absolutely amazing to see how happy she was to see her submission on screen.
Then the Dan vs. Phil friendship game. There was a lot of stuff, but I remember some. I canāt believe they shocked each other, but maybe that is because Iād read the Milgram Experminent earlier that week.
First, psychic connection. They both had to name the same number between 1 to 20 and they failed.Ā
Then a dilemma. Dan got the dilemma: āGuest star in Infinity War 4 or Phil gets thrown in a pool of cheese?ā
Phil had to choose between: āA billion dollars or Dan will never be able to see dogs again?ā According to Phil, heād buy two big airplanes and then merge them together for an ever bigger airplane.
Then the Dan or Phil or Rat. They both got it right. Phil just got a photo of something white, but he guessed that it was his own pale skin and Dan got some hairs and he guessed that it was a rat.
Trivia. Dan needed to name 3 pre-2008 Phil videos and succeeded. Dan thanked Phil for uploading his newest video about his his old deleted stuff. Phil needed to recall the kind of cake that Colin ruined and failed.
There was probably more to Dan vs. Phil but I am blanking. Phil got the big shock (āIām Phil trash no. 1!ā³ - Dan).
Then the intimate moment. Or personal. Phil called it intimate and Dan just went āPERSONAL? DONāT CALL IT INTIMATE, ITāS PERSONALā and then proceeded to point out that Phil has a degree in English language.
It was just so down to earth. There were three questions, and I remember two. The first person asked for an appropriate name for their zoo animal YouTube channel. I forgot the name they recommended, but they said it was great that this person had a clear theme.
I remember one person saying that she wants to be a singer but her parents want her to go into medicine and well first they were like āhey singing doctor!ā. But they talked about how passion is important and how they both didnāt do what was expected and how they are much happier now (āLawyer Dan is as awful as a singing doctor!ā - Dan) but I unfortunately forgot the other two questions. It was just a really nice moment where both Dan and Phil just sat down to have a chat. Oh and they also talked about Philās apparent awful handwriting.
Then the power came back on and I think that is when the Awards happened? Glitter jackets af and a self-made statue (āTwo naked men in bondage really represents Dan and Philā - Phil, or something like that.)
The first category was: Best dressed pet as Dan and Phil.
A lizard wearing a flower crown while watching the video of Black Parade won.
A cat wearing Danās merch.
I donāt even know but it looked like Dan was riding Phil so that was that. I suppose it was a dog.
And then Most inaccurate expectation of the show
I fucking forgot first place.
Two hour long Hamilton reenaction with Chris Evans.
Them giving birth on stage.
Also the most annoyed parent was just incredibly funny. I remember the winners but hey I donāt feel comfortable just sharing their names causeā¦ privacy. I know the winner sat on the second row and all kids were pointing at her and I guess Dan and Phil saw her and said:Ā āThis was probably the worst day of your life, thank you for sharing it with us!āĀ āYou probably thought you were seeing Shrek the Musical.ā
And then back to the scripted part, aka the Big Finale. A dog video that has nothing to do with the show, PHILāS DISS TRACK, Dan at the piano, and them singing a duet. This aināt Broadway, but it was still kinda nice and just sweet.
And well, that is it. They runned around on stage, waving at everyone, saying goodbye. Then they stepped on their moving platform and they disappeared.
Some random things:
Phil kept calling a part of the set aĀ āflapā which annoyed Dan.
Danā¦ justā¦ couldnātā¦ stopā¦ dabbingā¦
They hinted at a new gaming video that involves a lot of Danās screaming - coming next week.
So many pride flags in the crowd.
Phil and Dan sounds wrong.
There was one moment where a picture of Danās had pasted on a horse from My Horse Prince appeared with a text bulb sayingĀ āRide me, senpaiā but I donāt remember when that happened. I think before the Simulator?
Interactive Introverts kind of reminded me of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Thereās clearly a format and a script, but thanks to audience participation, no shows are the same.
But in all seriousness, as my friend Rowan @rothetree pointed out, the entire message of this show was about how Dan and Phil are just human. As Ro put it: āOn a serious note, thereās a whole underlying theme to this show, which was them basically going āHey, weāre real people, stop objectifying us"ā. This felt so in line with what the three of us were talking about. Me, Sammy and Sammyās sister had to endure a two hour train ride and we talked a lot about fandomās perception on real life people they stan and how they sometimes reduce those people to the image they have in their minds.
Cause we were talking about stuff like real life shipping, and about how celebrities are being seen, and how the moment they do something the fans donāt like, you get all those moments ofĀ āX is not real anymore!ā
Newsflash asshole, they are people with feelings, and just because you donāt want to see those feelings, doesnāt mean they donāt have them.Ā For example, Sammy was talking about how one K-POP star basically got stalked at an airport and when he clearly showed his dislike of it, people were allĀ āOH MY GOD HE DOESNāT LIKE HIS FANS HE IS SO RUDE HEāS NOT WHO WE THOUGHT HE WASā and I gave the example of people saying Darren isĀ āno longer himselfā after he called out the people who are seriously threatening his fiancĆ©e and all that stuff.
Before the show started, we overheard two other fans talking about how they should come out bla bla bla, and justā¦ no? That is so personal and we are not entitled to that at all?Ā
To quote Ghostly, they are not our dolls. We canāt dress them up in whatever way we want.
I recently read I Was Born For This by Alice Oseman, which follows a band from the fansā POV and through the bandās POV and how sometimes those things clash, and I feel like with Interactive Introverts, Dan and Phil wanted to show people who they are to avoid a clash like that. Thatās why they kept talking about how they value authenticity, while they are aware of the fact that they are also putting on a show. Or how, when people have certain images of them, how unrealistic those images can be and that they cannot live up to the expectations, and therefore it is important for fans to realise that. The tagline is:Ā āGiving the people what they want!ā and they did that without having to change for the fansā sake.
As Rowan (rothetree, not Rowan from the book I Was Born For This) said: "we donāt own their image or expect too much from them. Something about their interactions with us is changing in a really good way."
Because that exactly.
Since I am a recent fan and I got my ticket one day before the show, I wasnāt aware of the questions, but in theĀ āDo you think you know Dan or Phil?ā (as they said: or do you think weāre people putting up a whole show)Ā I wouldāve answered a solidĀ ānoā, because I always think itās dangerous to say that you know a celebrity, but after this show, Iād voteĀ āyesā, because the way they acted on stage and the way they conveyed their message ofĀ āyes, weāre putting on a show right now because we want to entertain you guys, but we still care about authenticityā was well done.
And that is what made this show so great and enjoyable. Yes, it was a show and there were scripted parts, but it was still very genuine.
Recommend?: Yes, please, just like TATINOF, put it online for sale!
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Honouring my childhood Part 2 - A Live Reaction
Ā Not ML related, as with *Part 1*
*Spoilers inbound for YGO Dark Side of Dimensions (duh) as I watch it and reaction with pictures. I love pictures.
As with anything that does not have subtitles, excuse what I donāt hear properly, or not at all. Though seriously, what is up with dub being first? Not that I mind, hell, I get to see this movie!!!
I hope that there are scenes I pray for. Like, you know, Atemu coming back, thatāll be grand.
Anyways, Onwards!
CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW KAIBA BUILT A SPACE ELEVATOR?! I guess I have two hours for this movie to explain it. (Wanna explain why he has the Puzzle as well?)
I canāt see my house from there, internet lies.
Look at all the pretty gold particles. Cute. But why? Thereās a need apparently. Are we suffering from something? The logo does gold particles as well.
Ah. Egypt. Thatās Ceremonial site. Are they...? Oh god WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA?!
Kaiba. You understand and know the Gods exist...Yet--- Hell! Who CARES! Letās go ahead and desecrate this place! NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG!
BABY PANDA ALERT! Holy crap heās grown. O_o
Tea? Whoās--? *second later* RIGHT! English. English names. Holy crap.
RUN LITTLE BABY PANDA RUN! Donāt be late for school!! --And get distracted by a cat. Nah, thatās cool. -_-
I have nothing to say for this, but holy crap I keep calling her Anzu, and expect them to call her Anzu. Whoops.
Height. Little height difference. Wow.
Anzu: sorry I kept you waiting. Yuugi: You didnāt! That might be because youāre late too, doofus!
ITāS THE BOYS! Well, one of them, at least. Still havenāt changed duel discs, huh?
Did I just hear a non-name Japanese word? In a 4Kids movie?! Jou tried!
Officer: Donāt you know the speed limit! Jou: Nope! Going too fast! Probably means youāre going too fast, rofl XD
Bakura has fans? Okay then.
CAN NO ANIME BE WITHOUT THE MAIN PEOPLE BEING LATE TO SCHOOL?! >_> They made it by their skin!
The hell are they eat--- RICE BALLS IN A 4KIDS MOVIE!
Donāt make me cry, Baby Panda! Youāre starting to act/look like Atemu! Cute. But sad.
I have no words for what the hell is going on here.
Duelling is apparently a way to make money.
Math teach apparently took Jouās duel disc last week. But he had it on his bike that morning. O_o? Confused.
Yuugi wants to create his own games. Naw. Those who havenāt read the manga / watched season 0 have no clue why.
Anzu, if you say ābelieve in your friendsā one more time, I will find a way to hurl you off a bridge.
The hell is going on with the groupās memory? They canāt remember the Egyptian kid. Uh-oh. Never good. Spending time on this means bad stuff will happen.
RUN KIDS RUN! THE TEACH IS HERE!
Jou got his duel disc back. āKay then.
BABY PANDA IS SAD!! NO!!! DONāT BE SAD! Yuugi: Just thinking back. āBout Him. Anzu: You mean Atem? Damn it Iām crying now. +1 for name dropping. Yuugi: Sorry! Forget I said anything! Jou: Itās okay! You guys shared a connection. Gay. Jou: Totally makes sense you miss him sometimes. Yuugi: Not sometimes. ALL the time. So gay.Ā
Yuugi: You left us. You left me. Forever. T_T
YOU DO NOT NEED TO BRING UP THE LAST DUEL, DAMN IT MOVIE! YOU DO NOT NEED TO BRING UP THE LAST DUEL, DAMN IT MOVIE! (But daaaayum those graphics looking good XD) There goes the Puzzle, and dat shinny particle effect again.
Whelp. Aigami, or however you spell his name is getting the ever-loving crap beaten out of him. And at times like that I remember Jou used to be in a gang rofl. My hot film on bullying? Seriously? Jou can jump off bridges and not kill himself. But remembered to bring his duel disc with him rofl. He knows better by now! Whereād he leave his bike?
And Aigami is creeping me out he legit looks at Yuugi and goes You! Youāre Yuugi! In a darker voice than a second ago. Creepy.
If he sends people to the Shadow Realm, I quit.
KAIBA HAS A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND IT HAS A LITTLE BLUE EYES WEARING A HARDHAT!!!!!
And you showed up Aigami...why?
Aigami is laughing. Thatās creepy. Stop laughing!! God damn it heās gonna send people to the Shadow Realm, isnāt he? Guess we canāt have a YGO movie without Shadow Realm being a thing. Excuse you, whereād you pull out a CUBE THAT HAS THE EYE OF WEDJAT ON IT FROM?! Answers! I need answers. He has purple followers. And theyāre all dead. 4Kids! well done! GOLD PARTICLES EXPLAINED! Itās what the people dying leave behind. IS THE SCENE FROM THE LEAKED PART! I remember I screamed so much seeing Atemu Kaiba said something about making sure his hair was right. Gay. And he fired whoever made the bottle.
Mokuba found the pieces of the Puzzle. THIS IS A GOOD THING, WHY?!
I donāt wanna be a furry.
This scene - aka where the main characters learn the movie plot with the help of a news article, while Furry prances around in the background.Ā
Bakura is scared of fangirls.
Kaiba likes broadcasting he has events coming up, huh?
HOLY CRAP, JOU IS THE FURRY!!!
*dies of laughter* throwback, much? XD
They lose their power over the whatever it's called if Atemu decides to not be dead. Kay. That means he can come back! WOOHOO! Master Shin is a cultist. Aigami can activate hieroglyphics. Children moving around by phasing is creepy. ...Whoās in Domino? Who is he talking about?! Yuugi? Heās looking at Yuugi. Uh-oh.
Kaiba still flys around in a toy plane.
And can apparently jump out of said toy plane without breaking his legs.
I have a bad feeling about this.
YOU DONāT NEED TO KEEP REMINDING ME WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST EPISODE, MOVIE!
Kaiba senses a disturbance in the force. He...wants to reassemble it. Mokuba: It took Yuugi eight years! Kaiba: Thatās because heās a simple minded child. And he was getting beaten to death on a regular basis. But whatev. (YOUāRE THE SAME AGE AS HIM!)
The disturbance is Aigami. Not good. Totally not good. ...How does Kaiba know his other name? Um. Theyāre gonna fight over the Puzzle? Shouldnāt Yuugi get a say in this? Apparently not. THEREāS AN ACTUAL GUN IN THIS MOVIE! NOT A DRILL! This series has come so far. Whelp. Purple kids are back. And that guy is dead. Kaiba doesnāt give a frak. Knew digging the Items was a bad idea. DO NOT TAKE KAIBA! HOLY SHIT! WHAT?!
O_O --- Nevermind he played a trap of Blue Light, or something that sends Purple Kids back. I donāt know why I was ever worried about you. Aigami: I cannot let you resurrect the Pharaoh. We established we know he has a name. Use it! Kaiba: Please. You canāt stop me. wow. Look at that ego fly. LETāS DUEL. The cube thing is a duel disc. Okay then. Hi there gaping hole of doom in the ceiling. Those are never good. Dimension Summon. Okay then. AKA Letās scream our hearts out to beef up our monsters. Aigamiās monsters that have weird names that I canāt hear have a lot of eyes that donāt belong in places. And Kaiba summons dragons. That rust. Uh-oh. Dimension Summon all the Blue Eyes. It doesnāt work. Great. Cube this, Cube that. Itās all math to me. Buh-bye dragons. Kaiba: This isnāt how it ends! Not after everything Iāve done. Not when Iām so close to reviving him! Gay. Whelp, Kaibaās as good as---
EXCUSE YOU, WHAT?! HI THERE, OBELISK WHO DOESNāT HAVE A CARD! Dem cards went out with Atemu, apparently. Aigami: Your monsters canāt use their special abilities! Kaiba: Itās not monster. Itās a GOD. No explanation. Itās just there rofl. Oops. Timeās up. Security is done. Imma take a piece. LOL. MOKUBA USE HEADPUNCH! Itās super effective! Leaving now.
Did you leave a piece behind? The hole is glowing --- O_O thatās the Ring! Mani or whatever your name is, donāt touch that!Ā
The hell did Jou make is on the blimp? Itās not a pillow rofl. Kaiba isnāt your pillow either. (Subtle ship reference?) These guys are apparently graduating? Okay then. Honda needs tissues. Aigami has two pieces, gives one to his sister, so Atemu wonāt come back. Kay then, still have hope that Atemu can come back. Aigami you wanna do WHAT?! Take out Yuugi?! Thereās one way to anger a person who might as well be a god.
YUUGI, DO NOT GO NEAR HIM! -- Why are we bowling? RED EYES sighting! DONāT GIVE HIM DUELING TIPS!
Still donāt get how the space elevator works. Or why there is a need. Whelp, another duel tournament incoming. Iām sure thereās some highly advanced science that makes this space elevator work, but Iām not sciencey. Yuugi took eight years. Kaiba takes five hours, with a machine. Cheater.
Aigamiās with Bakura and Jou. Bakura just mentioned his father. This wonāt end well. DONāT MENTION EGYPT! Aigami: Tell me more. Eeep. Donāt die. DO NOT KILL THEM!
Whereās grandpa going? Yuugi isnāt wearing his school uniform! PUZZLE BOX! Itās also a relic that Egyptians use for containing their shadows after the Pharaohās go to the afterlife. But you know. Egyptian stuff. Atemuās shadow is always with Yuugi. Naw. Creepy. But AAAWWW.
I think they changed Mahadooās card. Donāt like it. Miss the purple. WHERE THE HELL DID SERA COME FROM?! Girl, itās not a golden box. Itās a Shadow Box. I legit just explained this rofl. And Yuugi keeps his precious duel cards in it. NAAAW! Sera! You canāt just randomly say you know about the Pharaoh, (HE HAS A NAME GOD DAMN IT!) and not expect Yuugi not to react! Whoa, whoa, whoa, WHOA! Shin = Shadi?! ARE WE SERIOUS?! Apparently. Imma take you on a soul journey, brb. Youāre used to these, right? -_- And Iāll explain this movie to you. Give me subtitles god damn it. AKA if we donāt do something, everyone is going to die. Whoopie. Yuugi! Youāre my only hope! And sheās gone. SHE JUST GAVE HER PUZZLE PIECE TO HIM! I know that bing anywhere!
Kaiba, you know youāre speaking to a computer, right? BAKURA NO! Leave Bakura alone! Heās been through enough! (I swear he keeps saying placenta. But I doubt that.) ....whereās Jou? O_o Jouās gone! JOU COME BACK! YOUāRE NOT ALLOWED TO DISAPPEAR!
Yuugi on a motorbike alert.
Didnāt know I needed that!
*screaming*
Aigamiās laugh is scary. Aigami: This place only exists as long as your memories do. Weāve gone into the Kingdom Hearts universe!!! RUN, JOU, RUN!!! KEEP RUNNING FROM THE DOOM HOLE THING!
Aigami: Farewell.
*cries*
BAKURA NO! NO MEMORY OF YAMI BAKURA! THATāS A BAD! Fear turn into hate? Hate leads to suffering. Shadi is Yoda. Bakuraās dad was hurt/killed(?) by Yami Bakura and Shadi was killed by Yami Bakura. (Did this dude ever have a name?)
Baby Evil Bakura with a British accent is scary. Also Why So Serious?!
Okay, now is Aigami gonna let Bakura explain, or nah? Going with nah.
Tears help? Still going with nah. Or maybe not. Cube isnāt glowing anymore.
JOU!!! JOU! RUN! RUN!!!! DONāT LET YOUR DREAMS BE DREAMS! DONāT FALL!!!
MANI TOUCHED THE RING! BAD MANI! DOWN! Goes straight for Bakura, of course he does-_-. And he drops him! FIGHT THE RING! Oh jeez, never mind, heās dead. A lot of people are dying in this film! Applaud! Aigami donāt touch the ring! - Hello Yuugi screaming for Jou. Everyoneās gonna die.
WELL, SHIT! I DIDNāT ACTUALLY MEAN IT! HOLY CRAP! Bing? Thereās a BING! I KNOW THAT BING!
EXCUSE YOU, WHAT?!
And heās SAFE! Now we just gotta worry about Bakura. Aigami split. ...Are we gonna mention that Jou saw Atemu? No? (FUCK!) Itās just HAS to rain!! Whelp. Kaiba caught up to Aigami, with an impressive show of private police force. Kaiba isnāt doing his usual job of āthis all magic mirrors and bullshitā and goes with the whole āI understand this is magicā Wow. Kaiba you move fast!
Yuugi: What are you doing here?! Kaiba: Good to see you too, Yuugi. LOL! No buts, take part in my tournament. Now.
Screw the rules, I completed the Puzzle! (Yuugi reacts appropriately) Yuugi: How did you get it!? Kaiba: Thatās not important. Um. Yes. YES IT IS! THATāS VERY IMPORTANT! DUDE! HOW DO YOU KNOW YUUGI HAS THE PUZZLE PIECE?! Yuugi: What are you after?! Kaiba: What Iāve always been after. Iām the greatest. You WILL wear the puzzle, and you WILL summon him! Then I WILL defeat him! I know you want to see him too. Where did the āI donāt believe in this magic bullcrapā Kaiba go?! XD! This whole scene is gay! XD
IS IT SUCH A GOOD IDEA TO LET AIGAMI DUEL JUST BECAUSE HE HAS THE OTHER PIECE?! Such questions. No answers. At least Kaiba is consistent with what he wants, at least. -_- The fuck did the shadow box get HERE?! ITāS GETTING WET! (lol) CARS! CARS! WATCH OUT FOR THE CARS! DONāT LET THEM FLATTEN THEM BOX, DAMN IT! WAIT! I TAKE IT BACK! DONāT GET HIT YOUR-SELF! DONāT YOU DARE DIE ON ME YUUGI!!! THATāS A TRUCK HEADING STRAIGHT FOR YOU! ---And youāre saved, thanks to Sera. OWE HER! Sera: Those who are lost, donāt always need to stay that way. ...Does that work for the Afterlife, too? If so, Iām down for that!
FLASHBACK NO JUTSU! Mokuba the interrogator. Letās play cat and mouse to who knows more first about who has the last puzzle piece. (THE HELL IS THAT CUBE THING CALLED?! I CANāT HEAR THE NAME PROPERLY!)
THAT PLANE IS GONNA CRASH---FUCK YOU KAIBA FOR FREAKING ME OUT! DID YOU JUST KILL A MAN TO SHOW OFF BLUE EYES?! There are way too many screens with Kaibaās face on it. This is going into YGO VR realm. KAIBA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT SHIT!? -_- Of course he is. Kaiba be like Iāmma fight Aigami now. And Yuugi is like fuck you, I fight him! (Youāll do anything for a friend, huh? How ābout go into the Afterlife, and get Atemu back? That sounds like a good idea. Letās do that!) Aigami and Yuugi fight? Donāt die, Yuugi please! FUCKING DIMENSION DUELING! AGAIN! Yuugi, crash course, GO! Thereās something I didnāt know, Yuugi can scream loud. That can go a lot of ways! LOL. Bah, there are those Cubic Way Too Many Eyes And Weird Names monsters again! Shit! Howās Yuugi gonna far, when Kaiba needed Obelisk?! DONāT KILL YUUGI DAMN IT! GET UP!!! Aigami, if you say your duel monster turned into a God, I will fuck you up sideways. No? Good. Kaiba doesnāt give a shit. Wonder if he knows that if Yuugi fucking dies, Atemu canāt come back. Well, hi there Gaia Knight! YOU DID JACK ALL!!! Heās done to 950LP!! Not good!!! Aigami: If you have any sense, youāll give up. Yuugi: Then, I must not have a lot of sense. I will never give up! Yuugi, youāre gonna die! DONāT ACCEPT HIS OFFER!!! Yuugi: Iāll never join you. Hi, Star Wars reference. FLASHBACK NO JUTSU AGAIN! FYI, Shadi just killed a man. Did you just summon Osiris--? Nope. (FUCK! That would have been awesome!) Gaia now has a dragon. (Is he saying Planner?! IS THAT THE NAME?!) Yuugi just summoned a sphinx. Legit makes a loop like the one from Waking The Dragons season. Aigami lost! WOW! GIVE BAKURA BACK!! And Aigamiās DEAD?! PUZZLE PIECE! Kaiba still donāt give a shit. BAKURAāS BACK! YAY! Complete the Puzzle, complete the puzzle, complete the puzzle!!! Kaiba: You will bring him back!!! Yuugi: I know how much you want to battle Atem (NAME DROP!!) I do! More than you know!! (ITāS THAT SCENE FROM THE LEAK!!!) Kaiba: If you wonāt release him willingly. Iāll just have to force you. Uh, HOW?! And Yugi is duelling. Again. Heās got to tired. Poor Baby Panda. He...He summoned a marshmallow. A pink marshmallow. Um. Okay, Yuugi. Kaiba, predictably, summons a Blue Eyes. Bye blobs of pink. Yo, Mahaado. Kaiba: I look forward to destroying him. Dark, Kaiba. Dark. Yuugi summoned a castle. A FUCKING CASTLE! PUNCH THAT BLUE EYES ALEXANDRA! Kaiba donāt use Atemuās words without his permission, damn it! ((is āPlay Time is overā AKA āsore wa dou kanaā?)) Alexandra didnāt last long. Damn. DONāT CRUSH YOUR USER DAMN IT!!! Bye, Mahadoo! You died, as you lived! Yuugi: You havenāt beaten me yet, Kaiba! Because, like Atem (YAY!!!) (DONāT SHOW THAT SCENE!) always taught me: I duel until the end! NAW!!! Thereās...thereās an apple flying. Okay. Now itās like Manaās sister. Or something. Whut. Kaiba: YOU FIGHT ME WITH FRUIT?! My thoughts exactly. Yuugi made a lemonade joke. MANA!!!!! Buh-bye another dragon. What was like three? Four now? Kaiba: You really hate dragons, donāt you. -_- LOL!! And thereās another dragon. FFS. This guy and his dragons.
(Is it just me or, does this dragon have a Stargate on his back?) Yuugiās only got 600LP! O_o Not good. Yuugi summoned a dragon. Woohoo! DONāT TAKE THE ARENA WITH YOU! And theyāre both no more dragon. Kaiba: Do you see now?! Nothing will get in my way to resurrect the Pharaoh. Yuugi: What if itās not up to you, or me for that matter? I tried to tell you, but maybe Iāll show you. PUT THOSE PUZZLE PIECES BACK!!! Yes, yes, yes, yes YES!! -clink- What...? Nothing happened. Nevermind! Sup Aigami! Wandering the Shadow---NOT THIS, AGAIN! DONāT TOUCH THAT STUPID RING! Fuck. Weāre doomed. Sera: The Pharaoh did not return. Yuugi: Heās gone, Kaiba. Gone forever. Iāve known it deep in my heart since we said goodbye. Heās no longer inside the Puzzle. Itās not easy. It still ISNāT easy! But I had to let him go. And you have to as well. Iām sorry. Well fuck me sideways, I can see that, you donāt need to punch me in the face repeatedly!
Stupid movie. I just want Atemu back, is that too much to ASK?! T_T
And thereās the Kaiba we know! Kaiba: Iāll beat him out of you! Still wondering how that will work, bro. And back to the duel! HEY MAHADOOāS BACK! KAIBAāS DOWN TO 100LP?! Laughing.....Thereās laughter. Aigami?! (and the Puzzle drops to the floor. Uh-oh) And we didnāt notice the manic laughing cube, āTIL NOW?! IT HAS THE RING SYMBOL ON IT!!!
Not good, not good, not good!!!
Well. Iāll be seeing THAT in my nightmares!
You wanna know whatās coming out of the cube? Nightmare fuel. Mokuba. Nightmare fuel.
Kaiba: Oof. Heās looked better! THAT THING IS GOING TO EAT YOU, AND YOUāRE SASSING IT?! Whelp. Seraās dead. TAG TEAM DUEL GO!!! More god damn cubic weird eyed monsters! ITāS A FUCKING SHADOW GAME!!? HOLY CRAP NOT GOOD!! Seriously, what is Kaibaās deal with dragons, aside from Kisara, that is? This one looks like a dragon, but sounds like an elephant! And again with the screams to power up monsters. That didnāt work, bro. Try again. And more cubic monsters. Yay. Lol. Kaibaās tired of him laughing.
Because I won'tā be seeing this in my nightmares, right? Dark, 4Kids, dark.
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED SO FAR?! Evil guy: Now which of you will I destroy first? I choose Yuugi! O_O Are we serious?! Kaiba: Oh, no you donāt! Your attack switches to me! Yuugi: You wonāt survive this! HOLY SHIT WHAT?! Yuugi: Why did you do that?! Kaiba: Take this. *the puzzle* Bring him back.
You just---? He just?! KAIBA'S GONE?! AS IN DEAD-DEAD! DO NOT TAKE YUUGI TOO!!!
*gross sobbing*
Heās down to 200LP
Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope...!!
NOT HIM TOO, YOU CANāT!!!
--Excuse me, what? Pillar of random light.
Bing? BING?!
EXCUSE ME?!
Hide. Heās angry. Ase from that, holy shit, hello!
He...He just did that.
Bye amalgamate! And take your Ring with you!
Yes! Letās randomly fix everything!! YAY FOR THE GOLDEN LIGHT!! KAIBAāS BACK!
Yes....! Smiling baby!
*unimaginable screeching and sobbing*
Itās so pretty, and theyāre together again, and just roivfdwaleighdsioweafunvd!!!
and talking....?
You know talking? The thing two people do after they havenāt seen each for a long time?!
Okay, we got progress, Happy Panda Yuugi nodded!
Why is the Puzzle going away?! WHY IS ATEMU GOING AWAY?! YOU SAID NOTHING THIS ENTIRE MOVIE!
...And heās gone. And didnāt say anything. What.
Jou: You actually saw him?! You kinda did too, but hey. Yuugi: Yeah! And it was great seeing him again! Would have been better had he talked! Anzu: Howās he doing? Besides being still dead, you mean. Yuugi: Good! He wished us well! HE DIDNāT SAY ANYTHING!!! HOW DO YOU EVEN KNOW?!
And theyāve graduated. Whoo.
KAIBA BUILT THAT DAMN SPACE ELEVATOR TO GET TO THE AFTERLIFE / SHADOW REALM?!?
Nope. Nu-huh. No way. Hmm-mm. Nope. Thatās a big nope.
Sequel. Give it to me.
WITH DIALOGUE NEXT TIME!
#YGO#YGO DSOD#DSOD spoilers#dark side of dimensions#mine#my rant#THEY DIDN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER!!#I ASKED FOR ONE THING#ONE THING!!!#Yu-Gi-Oh!
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[MF] I'm an old man.
Iām an old man.
Okay, Iām not that old. Iām only seventy-five. Iām being dramatic. They say that the seventies are the new fifties. But, Iām entitled to being a little grumpy at my age. Iāve earned it.
When I was younger, birthdays earned you new privileges, like buying tobacco (albeit I hate the smell and only occasionally smoke a cigar, which even then I still find it mildly revolting), getting married, joining the military, voting, alcohol, and cheaper car insurance.
But now the doctors inform me that, based on my age and my insurance provider, Iāve earned the privilege of undergoing another test for some disease thatās sure to end my life miserably. Every year I go in for my physical, and every year the doctor runs a complete battery; cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure, hearing, prostate, bone density, and on and on.
I see a dermatologist annually owing to my fair complexion; a trait I inherited from my mother who had strawberry blonde hair and a spattering of freckles that ran up and down her cheeks. And every three years I have to drink that God-awful Crystal Light and apple juice concoction, shit my brains out for two days, and then get little cameras inserted up my ass and down my throat. If it wasnāt for the drugs, Iām not sure Iād enjoy it much.
Or would I? When you get old, sometimes you wonder about these things. Iām not gay (and I donāt have a problem with it, mind you), but these thoughts run through my head on occasion as I get older.
What if I actually enjoyed it?
Maybe I would have when I was younger and a bit more open to those kinds of things. Apparently, the prostate, that little walnut-sized gland near your bladder, is also called the āmale G-spot.ā
All I know is that on occasion, when the doctor sticks his fingers up my rectum, I get a little chubby. Itās kind of embarrassing, but if it werenāt for the sterile formality of it all, maybe Iād relax enough to enjoy it.
You see, I never considered these things before.
Just like every time I get some new test. It gnaws away at my mindās ability to ignore the fact that my time on this earth is coming to an end, something my younger self never once considered as a real possibility. Where death was something that happened to other people, each phone call from my specialist inches me closer to the realization that Iām not a spring-chicken anymore, and Iām one rotten biopsy away from the grave.
So, when the doctor says āyouāre as healthy a twenty-year-old,ā I always respond (still a little slick between the cheeks), āthatās just great, Doc.ā
But who am I fooling?
They say that the seventies are the new fifties, but on Tinder I am old. Iām old, and Iām creepy. At least, thatās what all the young girls tell me.
Swipe right, swipe left? I donāt know how we matched, because I can barely text my wife without transferring my life savings to an African prince. I joke, because they all end up in my spam folder anyway, along with my daughterās e-mails ā¦ why canāt you just call me on the phone like a normal human being, or God-forbid, visit once in a while? I know you have a family of your own and live a couple thousand miles away, but would it hurt to bring them down to get to know their Papa before he chokes?
Online dating is as foreign to me as Ching Chang Chong. Or is that too pejorative of an idiom these days? One thing Iāve also realized is that the older I get, the more bigoted and wrong about the world I am, at least thatās what everyone keeps telling me.
But let me be clear, Chief, it wasnāt me who changed; it was the world.
When I was a kid, these things didnāt have the same context. People werenāt so sensitive. I grew up in New England, for fuckās sake. If you donāt recall, we fought to end slavery during the Civil War. We championed equal rights, and I even marched to end segregation, and now Iām a bigot? Please, spare me.
I donāt want to get political, but thereās a reason Trump won. I donāt care much for the man, with his gold-plated shit palace and orange skin, but he appreciates what being American used to mean. In a lot of ways, those were the gold-old-days. Those were the days before Twitter, Facebook, and Insta-whatever. Things were simpler: you sent a letter in the mail and then you waited. And when you waited you learned patience. Kids donāt have patience these days. They want everything now, now, now.
The world has changed, and maybe Iāve stayed the same.
A few years ago, we decided we were going to audit an ethics class at a local community college. Being that we are retired and didnāt have to work for food, we thought it would keep us engaged with the world that seemed to be changing daily. At any rate, the professor, some snotty, high-falutinā, thirty-something who couldnāt commit to a PhD, decided he was going to lecture me about objective moral values.
Objective moral values? Whatās so objective about values these days when a man can decide to be a woman, and a woman can decide to be a Furry? A Furry. One interesting thing I learned in class: an employee filed an equal opportunity complaint because she not only believed she was a cat, but that she was being discriminated against because there werenāt any litter boxes for her to shit in.
Can you believe that?
Did the world go crazy, or am I going crazy?
One of the advantages of age is that it provides some perspective. A disadvantage is that facts about the world that one picks up in one era may not apply in a subsequent one. Itās not that the facts werenāt facts, but that those facts were time sensitive. What used to be true is not true now. But that doesnāt mean it wasnāt true.
Iām time sensitive these days. Iām sensitive to the fact that Iām not getting any younger.
But eventually, you have to move on. You have to give new things a try. You have to embraceāand I hate to sound so callous, but at seventy, you appreciate the time you had and you appreciate the time you have leftāchange. It is hard to move on, but, sometimes, the world changes and you just have to hang on for the ride.
So, when Judith messaged me (not sure if it was through Our Time, Zoosk, Elite or Silver Singles, or whatever dating app I ended up contributing practically my entire 401k towards), it was a bit unexpected. I have to admit, it was hard. It was hard to carry on a conversation through my keyboard to some stranger in the internet ether. Hell, for all I knew, she was some Russian hacker trying to steal my e-mails.
Iām kidding.
We decided weād meet at a local cafĆ©. Weād have some coffee, maybe some breakfast, and weād simply talk. That sounded great, honestly.
Because another thing about growing old is that everyone you know is constantly dying. When youāre twenty, itās one wedding after another. When youāre seventy, itās one funeral after another. Your address book gets smaller and smaller over time, and conversations become few and far between. You find yourself talking a bit too much to that clerk at the grocery store, or the telemarketer whoās trying to sell you a timeshare.
I give my daughter a hard time, but she has a career, a husband, and children, and I feel a bit guilty expecting anything from her beyond a call on Thanksgiving or Christmas. Donāt get me wrong, sheās a wonderful daughter. Sheās always trying to get me to move back to Maine, but Iāve grown accustomed to the Southern climate. They keep going on and on about climate change and saying Florida will be sucked into the ocean one day, but that wonāt happen until long after Iām dead and gone. I keep telling her not to worry about me, and while she does, she knows Iām too stubborn to leave. But, daughters have a way of softening even the most hardened assholes like myself.
I showed up at the Waffle House a bit earlier than we agreed. Sitting at the booth I was reminded about how nervous I was when I was a kid.
But seventy is the new fifty, right? One thing I appreciate about technology is that it opens doors (both figuratively and non-figuratively). When I was a kid, you had to muster up the guts to approach a girl at the bar, an ice cream parlor, a diner, or the library. You had to introduce yourself while her and her friends pretended not to notice, but which made you even more nervous and uncomfortable. You had to invest an inordinate amount of time and resources into the act of dating that, probably, would be a waste of time in the end. It was a shot in the dark. Youād discover something about her personality, her values, her parents, her outlook, three or four dates into it, and youād be back at square one.
Luck. Thatās what it took to find the right one.
The great thing about online dating is you can weed out all those people you know arenāt cut out for you, that donāt share your worldview. It opens up the pool of dating I didnāt have when I was a kid. Itās simple math; the wider your net, the more chance you have of making the catch.
Sitting there I realized I still had my wedding ring on. I hadnāt taken it off for nearly fifty years.
In the bathroom, with a great deal of soap, I worked the ring backwards and forwards. The once smooth band was now sharp and cut into my finger that had grown a size (or two) larger than it was when I had first gotten married. The ring refused to budge over my knuckle. No matter how much I yanked, the damn thing wouldnāt come off. And the harder I pulled, the more I smiled and the more those crowās feet, winkles, and loose skin scrunched up into an adolescent grin ear-to-ear as I realized I hadnāt taken it for nearly fifty years.
Judith ordered black coffee, two eggs sunny-side up, turkey bacon, and wheat toast. From her purse, she pulled out a shaker of Morton Salt Substitute, and thatās when I saw that she hadnāt taken her ring off either.
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