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It's Krazy...A New Experience
Soā¦tonight, I did something new to me, not to a lot of people, but definitely new to me! I was with JCT and her husband JT, and we went to Krazy Deals. What is Krazy Deals you may be asking? Wellā¦itās held in several locations, different days, but the concept is the same. Basically they have inventory that was Amazon reutrns, overstock items, things like that and they are out on tables, or whatā¦
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honestly I love Toph in tlok but my defense of her characterization would come off as Toph slander I think. Like, they didnt write her as a cop because she's the rich elite and a little close-minded and stubborn and emotionally crippled by her ego and cares more about proving herself in every way possible than facilitating any societal change, they made her a cop cus it was 2012 and they were white liberals and its all they could think of I guess BUT. It fits.
#also 'she would not be a neglectful mother' YES SHE WOULD AND ITS LIKE MY FAVE BIT OF WRITING IN TLOK EVERRRRR š IT IS SO CHOICE IT MAKES M#KRAZY. when you try so desperately to break the cycle you break it TOO violently and swing the circle in the opposite direction... genuinel#only example I can think of where this is depicted in fiction. FINALLY representation for mothers that Do This. <- they've never missed#when it comes to writing mothers honestly... you all just cant deal w it...#tlok#toph critical#<- not really and I š§” her but. just in casies.
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I just like to imagine Domingo and Ignacio in their early 20s being goadded into a nerf battle with 11 year olds Emilio and Jesse.
#domingo and nacho meeting to clear up a deal and suddenly they're being swarmed with nerf darts#better call saul#breaking bad#domingo molina#krazy 8#nacho varga#jesse pinkman#emilio koyama#they are my action figures and i can make them play nice if i want to
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if anything, I would have thought aurelia would be the one to propose.. thoughts?
She's not opposed to being the one to pop the question! There are two issues at play, though.
One: She wants to be swept off her feet. What girl doesn't?
Two: She knows how short lifespans are in the game, and she's hesitant to tie herself down like that, even when she's head over heels. Remember the fic where Domingo was about to propose? It's that.
Now, if she could get either him or Nacho to run off with her to somewhere they'd be safe, she might ask. Otherwise? She'll never say it, but she's afraid.
#then there's also approval from her family to deal with - nacho is definitely approved of but domingo? not so much. too soft!#aurelia salamanca#nacho varga#domingo molina#krazy 8#my bcs#asks
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No, you can't let that dumb bitch win.
That dumb bitch being my depression.
#Krazy Rambles#time to bury myself in something so I stop having thoughts and feeling sorry for myself because I'm a loser who's too easily upset and#doesnāt know how to deal with her feelings and always feels like she doesn't belong and that everyone hates her#this is turning into#Krazy Vents#ignore me
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I don't think I ever wanted to escape my mind. I mean I do. But I don't know if it was a goal or a side effect.
#I mean if you cone so you want me to introduce you to him?#I can just be like this is your other grandchild....are you sure I'm your favorite now Arthur#krayzie still dropping that good shit though#in some eay cec is fully in krazy#he understood music.....too well#positove parts of my early uobringing#the music#I forgot I have always been addicted to music#it's like a good addiction though#This must be the dofference between listening to thr music and hearing it through#look that bench shot....just ahut up youre so fucking beautiful#if this person is legit I am worried they might be mentally retarded#life is fucking weird sometimes#why the fuck did you make such a big deal on running arch Linux#gmail on arch Linux#you're such a shit making me go into the email#cook essentials is a hobby#it is fun though#Lord knows it is hard for me to find many outlets anymore#I look at my old wreatling figures#so many levels of insanity from GTE#I have this feeling I am gonna be getting sprung by someone at aome point#so there's this girl and Everytime I run into her I have the Hardest TIME#and also a partner that knows what I expect on a new level will be excellent for making more cummies#HI I'm Enoch and I like it when women extol their virtues#fucking spin ach#that is a form of get spun on Crystal#I am sorry I didn't have a larger grasp of coincidence at such a young age#if I could have found a way to keep you I would have#it's like..... she's perfect and it's only temporary
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SOMEBODY ELSE !
ā chapter 3. shut up.
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next class ! ā written portion below.
you walked into class the next day, hesitant to walk in. you peeked your head in awkwardly to see if ao'nung was there as kiri only quietly laughed at your antics, walking past you to her seat.
your eyes scanned the room and you breathed a sigh of relief when you didn't spot the boy, and you were about to walk in when you froze at the sound of an unfamiliar voice.
"hope you didn't forget about our deal, because i spent like seven bucks on your coffee."
shutting your eyes tightly and opening, and silently praying to eywa that this was a dream, you turned around, being met with his bright blue orbs.
"ah, how could i ever forget? i was promised free coffee." you played along, hoping he'd miss the way your cheeks turned pink at the sight of him.
eywa, he was even more attractive standing in front of you.
"well then, i hope your willing to keep your side of the deal." he smiled, handing your coffee to you before walking into the class, pulling out the seat beside his dramatically for you to sit in.
you rolled your eyes at his dramatic gesture and sat in the seat, trying hard to not let your face turn anymore red.
you pulled out your computer, your leg bouncing beneath the desk. ao'nung noticed this and smirked, his hand gently resting on top of your thigh, making you jump.
"calm down sweetheart, you're shaking in your seat," he smugly stated, making you softly groan into your hands. "i won't bite you, i promise. unless you're into that kinda thing. which is a bit weird, i guess, but to each their own."
"oh just shut up."
eywa decided to grace you just now, because before ao'nung could embarrass you once more the professor had arrived, and soon went into his lecture for the day.
"saved by the bell." ao'nung grinned, retracting his hand and finally focusing up.
you were in for a long class.
FUN FACTS !
ā ao'nung asked neteyam for y/n's coffee order, that's why neteyam was reluctant to get her another one
ā before y/n had an 8am class neteyam and her would spend mornings at her dorm and eat breakfast
ā ao'nung pestered y/n throughout the whole lecture, and half the girls in class got jealous and hate her
a/n ā ok i gotta know what team are you guys on / also i tried adding read more but tumblr hates me rn so sorry š
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stop the clock š¦¹ matsukawa i. x reader
introductions: cloud 20 + kumonoue market
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ln yn
š¦¹ yn is a recent art school dropout, working at the shop to pay rent. been there for about 6 months, is no longer the baby of the group. š¦¹ her dream job is to be a cartoonist or animator of some kind. she has a somewhat popular strip called lost planet. her fanbase is niche and small but they would die for her. š¦¹ heavily inspired by krazy kat's art style, calvin and hobbes' humor, and cul-de-sac's eclectic characters. š¦¹ she drew the short end of the stick and works graveyards a lot, so she draws a lot of her stuff during work. ukai doesn't care. š¦¹ is a satin black regular despite the obvious canonical problems. shes one of omis very few clients.
nishinoya yu
š¦¹ got hired at kumonoue a week before yn did, so he was never really considered the baby. he contributes the most to the newbie jokes though, which makes yn so mad. š¦¹ he doesn't really have a reason for working here, he just needed a job and they were hiring. he likes it though, because there's always something to do or someone to watch. š¦¹ noya and yn are the definition of opposites attract. they cling to each other like parasites. he's floated the idea of splitting an apartment and once yns rent is up she is absolutely taking him up on that. š¦¹ he is lost planet's biggest fan, and has a bottle of very cheap champagne waiting for the day she gets a deal. one of the only people that gets to see yns personal comics.
akaashi keiji
š¦¹ doing an unpaid internship at an editing company, so he got this job so that he wouldn't have to live with his parents. he lives with bokuto because they are canon in every universe. š¦¹ been working at kumonoue for a year and a half. he's been there the longest and is technically a manager. he loves the job but CAN'T STAND BEING MANAGER. š¦¹ he edits lost planet! they have a mutual exchange; she doesnt pay him for his work but he gets to use it in his portfolio (he would have done it anyways because he truly believes in her talent and wants to see her succeed).
hinata shoyo
š¦¹ works here because ukai was complaining that he needed more workers during a practice one day. hinata took that as volun-telling, so he applied that night. š¦¹ he's the only part time worker, full time during the off-seasons. he doesnt really need the job but he loves the cloud 20 group so even if he did quit nothing would really change. š¦¹ he desperately wants the group to hang out outside of work events or in the group chat. he's getting very close to wearing them all down!
bodega cat
š¦¹ kumonoue has an adopted cat. yn loves the cat. no one else likes the cat. the cats name is bodega cat. they do not work at a bodega. š¦¹ yn had a bad day once and got bodega cat a collar with a tag. the contact for if bodega cat goes missing is akaashi. he does not know this.
ukai kenshin & kumonoue market
š¦¹ is the owner of kumonoue, but he's barely there. he trusts them all enough to not burn it down, so he spends his time at other locations or coaching.
fun facts!
š¦¹ ukai's store in canon is named sakanoshita, which means 'under the slope'. kumonoue means 'above the clouds'.
š¦¹ this is how the cloud 20 gc got their name. yn asked if ukai smokes cigarettes or joints, which lead to a joke about naming the store while on cloud 9. noya elevated that to cloud 10, but hinata didn't think that was dramatic enough so he made it 20.
š¦¹ they have several jars for the counter. swear jar, stupid customer jar, failed flirting jar, bodega cat knocking over the jars jar. you name it, they've had it.
š¦¹ despite the sometimes intimidating workers, kumonoue has a really great reputation in their community and a lot of lovely regulars. yn is the best at remembering orders and can ring people up before they approach.
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an: yes i will be using yn as a vessel for me to spout my ENDLESS NERD KNOWLEDGE about old newspaper comics. i am not sorry about it in the slightest.
comic art used in this chapter: krazy kat by George Herriman.
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Tomorrow we can drive around this town
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When it was all said and done, when Bobby and Athena were finally home safe and one of the longest days of their lives was over, Eddie expected a visit with Hen, Buck and Chim to their favorite hook and ladder bar would be a good way to celebrate and to release some of the tension.
Instead, he found a whole new reason to be tense.
āWhy are you over here sulking?ā
āM'not sulking,ā Eddie muttered at Chim, turning his attention away from the table where Buck and Tommy were sitting side by side like they'd been Krazy glued together, āI'm buying the next round.ā
āYeah, and this is the third round you've bought tonight.ā
āSo?ā Eddie said, shrugging in a way even he knew looked fake.
Chim's face twisted. āWell, I don't want to say you're tight with your money,ā he began, ābut this is such unprecedented behavior that I'm starting to suspect you either won the Powerball lottery or have a brain tumor.ā
āHa ha,ā Eddie said, his eyes back on Tommy and Buck again. Tommy leaned close and said something in Buck's ear, and Buck laughed and ducked his head.
The fuck, Eddie thought.
āEarth to Eddie Diaz.ā
Eddie pursed his lips. āSo what's Tommy's deal?ā
Chim's eyebrows shot up. āHe's a decent guy, a good firefighter. I'd go so far as to call him a friend, though since he left the 118 we haven't been in touch as often as we could have.ā
Eddie made a frustrated noise. āOkay. But that's not what I mean.ā
āYou mean āā Chim nodded at the table. āIs he macking on Buckaroo? It sure looks that way. He came out a couple of years ago, when I worked with him he was definitely in the closet.ā
āSo he's just looking for a quick fuck,ā Eddie snapped, then blinked. Where had that come from?
āUh,ā Chim said. āI honestly have no idea. I do know that what two consenting grown adults want to do together is none of my business.ā
Eddie shook his head to clear it. āSorry.ā
āYou don't need to apologize. But you might want to ask yourself why you're so concerned about Buck's virtue.ā
Eddie gritted his teeth. āYou're right. It's none of my business either,ā he said, handing two beers to Chim and grabbing the remaining drinks. As he walked back to the table, he tried to ignore the sensation of Chim's gaze boring twin holes in the back of his head.
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NICO'S SO YOU WANNA READ SOMETHING OTHER THAN MARVEL AND DC
hello everybody, I'm Nico, you might know me from being a fucking hater and a gross nerd and I'm here to tell you that you don't have to be whipped around by the big 2, there's a world of good shit out there, we can go find it together. come, take my hand.
The ones everyone will tell you about
these are the ones you are supposed to read, even if you mainly read big 2 stuff.
go on, read Hellboy (here's a reading order list, it gets dicey but I believe in you). go on, read saga. go on, read blacksad. go on, read something is killing the children. go on, read Locke and key
ok, with these out of the way, let's begin
so you want to read super hero type stuff
1. black hammer by Jeff lemire et al.
in the past, black hammer (the greatest supper hero) and six superheroes of his team save the city but in the process get sucked into a parallel dimension, in the 10 years since they have tried everything to go back to their world without much success, but there's still superheroing to do.
2. minor threats by Patton oswalt et al.
one of the biggest villains in the city murders the robin analogue in this world. which causes the heroes to go hog wild and turn everything into a police state. in the middle of it all, the small time villains who just want to rob a store or turn dogs into cats or whatever are caught in the line of fire of a fight way above their pay grade.
3. America's got powers by Johnathan Ross and Bryan hitch
18 years ago an alien crystal of unknown origin fell from the sky in San Francisco, at that same moment every pregnant woman in the city gave birth to a superpowered child. today, all of the babies are used as gladiators in a reality show that can bring them fame and fortune or death. the only kid to be born that day without superpowers is thrust all the same into the arena to fend for himself.
4. buzzkill by Donny cates and mark reznicek
imagine you're the biggest superhero there is, but to get each of your individual super powers you had to consume a different drug everytime you wanted to use it. imagine that this breaks every single relationship you have and you want to go clean. imagine also that the city still needs you. what is your obligation to your city over yourself?
the first two titles are more akin to big 2 comics with an expansive universe and several smaller titles to accompany the main one.
so you want to read a little freak
1. bone by Jeff Smith
go read bone. do it now. phoney bone gets expelled from his natal city from his latest scheme to get rich. in the process he drags out of the city his cousins smiley bone and fone bone, our hero. in the process of escaping the three get separated and each one gets into his own adventures that unfold a dark tale in the valley they end up on. a dark fantasy comedy for all ages
2. good bye, chunky rice by Craig thompson
a small turtle leaves his home and his friends because he feels he has done all he can in this particular stage of his life. he explores love and loss throughout his trip
3. Krazy Kat by George herriman
this is one of the most influential newspaper strips of the early 20th century. Krazy is a cat in love with ignatz the mouse who fucking hates him. krazy's biggest want in life is to get his love reciprocated, ignatz just wants to throw bricks at krazy's head
so you want to bawl your eyes out
1. primordial by Jeff lemire and Andrea Sorrentino.
one of the scientists in charge of the Laika space launch is convinced she is still up there somewhere and is adamant to get her back. at the same time the last launch with monkey is going into space. on one side we see the scientists working and dealing with the ethical ramifications of their work, on the other we see the critters and their limited sentience of what is happening.
2. the lil depressed boy by Isabel struble and Sina grace
the lil depressed boy (or ldb as everyone calls it) is a sack boy like the one in little big planet, but one who is a fucking nerd and likes indie music and bowling, he navigates through life without direction, finding temporary relief in one thing or another, but ultimately a lost souls just doing whatever he can to stay afloat. you will find this under the author's deadname, but after her transition Isabel seems to have shed the veil that made this autobiographical story happen. good-for-her.gif
3. essex county by jeff lemire
this is a trilogy of books based around the area in which jeff lemire grew up in with only a geographical connection uniting them. a young boy has his whole world turned upside down with no one to guide him through it. a pair of brothers who did everything together grow apart and end up hating each other in adulthood. a rural nurse reckons with how she can only do so much for the people that depend on her. this was also adapted for canadian tv but i really havent seen it yet, so i dont know how that went
so you want to read about important stuff
1. Maus by art spielgman
this probably should have gone in the first part of things everyone tells you to read but I'd be remiss not mentioning it directly. it is the only comic to win a Pulitzer, art spielgman tells us how his father tells him his story during the Holocaust. it is harrowing, raw, and gruesome. but it still retains a glimmer of better things, art's father is funny in his relationship with art which give you little respites to all the shit going on
2. march by John Lewis with Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell
yes, the John Lewis who marched next to Martin Luther king. this is his autobiographical account of the civil rights movement in the 60s. it is insightful but raw. still feeling it all in the present day.
3. Vaincus mais vivants. chile 1973 by Maximilien leroy
I hate french people but they're good at this comic book shit. this Tells the tale of commandante Carmen and commandante Miguel, heads of the MIR (movimiento de izquierda revolucionaria-revolutionary leftist movement) before and during the USA backed coup in Chile in 1973. how they had worked before it went down, and how they hid to try to survive the persecution.
4. footnotes in Gaza by Joe sacco
Joe sacco is a journalist who does comics on the side. in this stand out he tries to tell the story of the Khan Yunis and rafah massacres in 1956 through interviews with palestinians alive at the time, while interweaving the current (to 2003) situation in rafah. another account of the monster that is Israel and the resilience of the Palestinian people.
so you want to laugh
1. the tick by Ben endlund
you have seen the cartoon. the tick is a dumbass who is also the biggest hero in naked city. go read this shit, just pick up whatever volume you find, continuity isn't really a thing here
2. imagine agents by Brian Joines and bachan
this is basically men in black but instead of aliens they have to control and keep the people from knowing about the reality of imaginary friends kids abandon and how they can get out of control. it's so stupid
so you want to read a western
1. east of west by Jonathan hickman and Nick dragotta
much like in reality, the USA is a dystopian land but in this book there's also science fiction. and the only begins that can save that shit hole are the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
2. Shaolin cowboy by Geoff Darrow
like east of west, this mixes science fiction with western. but this is pretty simple. he's a Shaolin monk who is also a cowboy, and he has to get out of situations. one time it was a flying shark, another one it was zombies. and so on and so forth *zizek voice*
3. six gun gorilla by Simon spurrier and Jeff stokely
in a world colonized in the future after earth was ran dry of respurces by greed, one single gunslinger tries to bring order to the land. he happens to be a biologically enhanced gorilla
so you want to get experimental
jimmy corrigan: the smartest kid on earth by chris ware
simply put, this shit is the house of leaves of comics. some dude get the opportunity to meet his dad for the first time at the age of 36. its simple enough but this takes you for a visual ride.
2. asterios polyp by david mazzuchelli
again, this story is simple enough. a professor gets his house torched by thunder and escapes the city to star anew somewhere else. but you get the story told by people who dont exist, jumping between past and present.
3. almost silent by jason
jason's stories are pantomime. his anthropomorphic characters dont emote too much, but you can feel them. this collection of stories focuses on his stories that have almost no dialogue at all.
so you want gays
are you listening? by tillie walden
this isnt a love story. but it is a story of connection and deep understanding, of someone else and yourself. theres also a magical cat in it.
2. laura dean keeps breaking up with me by mariko tamaki and rosemary valero-o'connell
laura dean is the protagonist's on again, off again girlfriend. she is also a cunt. freddy keeps distancing herself from her circle due to laura's games and manipulation. but she has to learn how to keep herself afloat in this vortex.
shit you need to read because its important to the art form
a contract with god by will eisner
this is the originator of the term graphic novel. its a triology of stories which are in the vein of a lot of eisner's comics, simple pictures of life in a jewish neighborhood in new york. but told with such mastery of the craft that they pull you in like nothing else.
2. calvin & hobbes by bill watterson
yeah, yeah. i know. you know calvin and hobbes. you love calvin and hobbes. go read the whole thing from start to finish tho, go do it right now.
3. hicksville by dylan horrocks
this is universailly described as a love letter to comics as a medium. it tells you a biographical account of dylan horrocks life. it also tells you a biographical account of sam zabel, a character of horrock's that appears in much of his ouvre. it also tells you a story of intrigue and mystery surrounding the biggest comic creator in the world, dick burger (yeah, thats his name). it is also my favorite comic.
list of good shit that i couldnt fit into a theme and im also bored of this now so heres just a loooong list
the many deaths of laila starr by ram v and filipe andrade
judas by jeff loveness and jakub rebelka
the loneliness of the long distance cartoonist by adrian tomine
un homme est mort by etienne davodeau and kris
el hombre que vino del cielo by infame & co.
box office poison by alex robinson
fishflies by jeff lemire
andre the giant. life and legend by box carr
le retorneur by freederik peeters
elks run by joshua hale fialkov and noel tuazon
just so happens by fumio obata
ody-c by matt fraction and chris ward
trenches by scott mills
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by the by itās soooo krazy how i see almost no commentary on how skyfall is literally hinged on how the british empire deals with colonization/outsiders. many stop at face value about silva being bleach blond and playing his revenge game ignoring that the mask he puts on is a campy rendition of the blue-eyed blond-haired perfectly british archetype of the empire. how m pretty much sells him ā a non-british agent whose origin is kept vague ON PURPOSE ā to help chinaās transition from british colony to free state?? how often britain is personified as a woman/the iconography of queen victoria and how m definitely stands for that?
#skyfall#film#idk much to think about lol like this is why spectre and no time to die failed imho#they stopped deconstructing the bond myth and returned to the average spy story#boring!!!
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WASP REVIEW - ZINGER (DONKEY KONG SERIES)
[Image IDs: Two renders of the Zinger from DK: Jungle Climber and the original Donkey Kong Country respectively /End IDs.]
and were back to the wasps based entirely on eusocial species! This time, the basic Zingers (although having a few different recolored iterations) look the most like some black and yellow species of paper wasp or yellowjackets. Given Rareware's home of operations and the homeland of designer Steve Mayles, being England, I feel like it's fairly safe to assume that they're based on one of three species of wasp: the common wasp (Vespula vulgaris), the European wasp/German yellowjacket (Vespula germanica), or the European paper wasp (Polistes dominula)!
[Image Sources: Wildlife Insight, and Wikimedia Commons, Sharp Photography | Image IDs: Two photos of yellow and black wasp species, the former being the common wasp, a type of yellowjacket, on a grey wood surface, and the latter being the European paper wasp on a stone or concrete surface /End IDs.]
They're not entirely accurate; the markings aren't too precise, they only have two wings as opposed to the four on a real wasp (Although the DK: Jungle Climber iteration changes their shape to at least imply a second pair), and obviously real wasps don't have a trail of spines/stingers running down their metasoma nor a pair of signature Rareware cartoon eyes. However, the original model especially is surprisingly accurate for being based on an animal that the designer himself said he was scared by! I especially appreciate the original's fairly accurate legs and addition of setae!
It's in the games themselves where we run into more inaccuracies to these particular species, however. In the original DKC, the queen of the Zingers is named Queen B. and is fought on the boss stage titled 'Bumble B. Rumble', clearly being a direct reference to real world bees, which are several familial branches away in the wasp subclade Aculeata from the previously listed Vespids. This is honestly, while a little frustrating, not a big deal. But, when we get into the second game in the DKC line, we discover their hives.
The Zinger hives throw a major spanner in the works. The wasps mentioned make paper nests, with the yellowjackets nests having a round, closed structure, some yellowjackets building inside of trees or in dirt burrows, and the paper wasps having an open, umbrella-like structure both including cells built in hexagonal shapes, built to contain their larvae and often having silk caps covering them. Meanwhile, the Zingers have nests that match the hexagonal cells, caps, and larvae of these wasps, but are clearly made of yellow wax and contain honey, like that of honey bees.
[Image Sources: Carolina Honey Bees, and Wikimedia Commons, Dicklyon | Image IDs: Two photos showing the nests of the western honey bee and the european paper wasp, followed by a screenshot of one of the Zinger's hives /End IDs.]
Honey bees will also cap their honey and larvae with wax, and while a few notable species of Vespid wasps do, in fact, produce honey, the european paper wasps and yellowjackets are not a part of that particular set of species! Oddly, some of the cells appear to contain notably smaller adults as opposed to other cells that contain larvae. To add further confusion, one of these hive levels is titled 'Hornet Hole', hornets being another completely different genus within Vespidae (Vespa).
On top of all that, at the end of the area that contains the hive levels, Krazy Kremland, you fight another Zinger boss, this time named King Zing. As you may know, no wasps have a 'King', solely having a Queen, with hives having both Kings and Queens among eusocial insects being moreso found in termites, belonging to a completely different order (Blattodea).
Outside of their nesting behavior and hierarchy, their behavior is generally unremarkable for platformer enemies, with amped up aggression from that of a real world wasp (although admittedly not nearly as aggressive as a real world wasp would be if you were a monkey with a baseball cap and an unquenchable thirst for bananas invading their nest, as you play in DKC2) to give the player an obstacle to overcome in these levels. It is, at least, implied that these wasps would collect nectar from flowers to turn into the honey found in their nest.
Plus, as I wondered in my review of Fallout: New Vegas' Cazadores, I have to question what exactly a wasp of such a size hunts to bring back to its young! Hopefully Donkey or Diddy Kong wouldn't find themselves on the menu!
All in all, these wasps get a few things right, but are quite the mixed bag of confused species with a couple outright inaccuracies not found in Hymenoptera in general thrown in there. Though I can commend the effort by the designer!
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Overall: 4.5/10
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Make sure to tune in next week when we cover the Circuit Bees and Mask Hornets from Lethal Company!
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Look, we are in this fifty-fifty. Okay? I guess the only other fair way to go about this would be that one of us deals with the body situation while the other one of us deals with the Krazy-8 situation. In a scenario like this, I don't suppose it is bad form... to just flip a coin.
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smash or pass but itās pretty much the entire BrBa cast and iām adding my weird headcanons (queer edition)
please donāt take this too seriously, these are my preferences and most of the headcanons are obviously jokes. 18+ please!!
Walter White: hell nooo he worked with n*zis and wears those tighty whities. definitely needs pills to get it up
Saul Goodman: smash, i feel like heād call me mommy. minus points bc heād make dad jokes during it.
Jesse Pinkman: 1000% SMASH HES SO FINE!! would smoke in bed with me after. i feel like he has piercings down there too, donāt ask why. definitely whimpers
Skyler White: had to think abt it a little but iād smash, misunderstood queen. lots of aftercare too
Hank Schrader: hard pass. heās a cop and has the personality of a paper bag.
Gus Fring: sure! more of a hookup though because i canāt imagine him being kind and gentle. heād say no cuz heās gay fr
Mike Ehrmantraut: probably not what you guys wanna hear, but smash. call it a guilty pleasure, ik that guy has experience. would focus on my needs first. iād do it in his car
Jane Margolis: yes omg are you kidding?! her style is everything and sheās genuinely so hot, iād gay panic being in the same room as her. definitely uses toys
ļæ¼Walter Jr: pass, too young for me and i donāt find him that attractive
Marie Schrader: smash! sheās genuinely so sweet and pretty, perfect balance. hank didnāt deserve her
Todd, Jack and co: hardest pass, i donāt think i have to explain why. would go on about how women donāt deserve rights when theyāre on top of me
Tuco Salamanca: no, he scares me. probably into knife play or some weird shit
Skinny Pete: yes! heās an acquired taste guys
Badger: probably? this is a hard one, smash if i got paid like 50 bucks. for free if itās with pete. but iād definitely go on a date with him
Steven Gomez: pass bc heās a cop. if i had to choose between him or hank iād choose him any day tho
Hector Salamanca: pass, no disrespect. rip Mark
Lydia Rodarte-Quayle: iām anxious 24/7 so her nervous attitude would make it impossible for me to enjoy it. sheād accidentally insult me during it in some way
Gale Boetticher: smash because i love his personality. heās a keeper, husband material. lasts 2 minutes :(
Combo Ortega: pass i like him but not like that fr
Ted Beneke: hard pass. wouldnāt shut up abt his stupid company for five minutes. he makes really weird sounds during it and asks if you came right after (u didnāt)
Eyebrow Guy: i like hair but not like that
Andrea Cantillo: yesss baby bring it on. easily one of the pretties characters. sadly her personality wasnāt shaped out well in the show
Gretchen Schwartz: i feel like sheās too smart for me donāt ask why. would absolutely reject me
Elliot Schwartz: maybe if he wears a hat to hide those big ass ears. iād do it if he paid me tho
Wendy (blonde meth head): seems very sweet and i love her style but iām a fan of hygiene and her teeth are not it
Carmen Molina (principal): yeah i guess, sheās pretty
Huell & Kuby: pass bc theyāre silly little guys. only come package deal
Donald Margolis: sad guy but seems very sweet. smash? he cries when he finishes
Salamanca Twins: probably never had sex ed, lots of uncomfortable staresā¦ pass
Krazy-8: i donāt remember much of him but going off looks, smash
Jesses Therapy Group Leader: ļæ¼ļæ¼pass, he has those crazy killer eyes
hope you enjoyed! :D
#breaking bad#brba#better call saul#entertainment#nsft#queer#tv series#headcanons#smash or pass#walter white#jesse pinkman#mature#saul goodman#skyler white#hank schrader#gus fring#mike ehrmantraut#jane margolis
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My greatest skill is the ability to turn my brain off.
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UPDATE for my followers
Needless to say I have been off Tumbler for nearly 3 months after Iād been diagnosed with having a minor stroke.Ā I was fortunate that I hadnāt suffered from a blood bleed from the stroke.Ā I did spend about 2 days in the hospital.Ā I still have some trouble with my right shoulder & my right hand & arm.Ā Fortunately I am left-handed.
As if dealing with my recovery wasnāt enough to keep me ābusyā my oldest cat, Cybil, had a major seizure.Ā Miraculously a fried came by when I had found Cybil stiff but still breathing & she rushed Cybil to my vet.Ā My vet & his office manager thought Cybil should be euthanized but I convinced them to give her a couple more hours, giving her a chance to pull through.Ā My reasoning was due to the fact that Cybil had a serious episode nearly a year ago & the vet treated her, advising me that she would have to stay at the clinic for at least 2 days.Ā Miracle #2 was the call from the vet on the morning of day 2 that she was doing well & she could come home.Ā MyĀ āstubbornnessā gave her a 2nd chance.Ā She is definitely aĀ āfighterā & didnāt give up.Ā Ā
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