#R.I.P my sanity

[keep-yourself-safe2]

Who would win 💀

they need the cat headphones

[izunias-meme-hole]

My Top 10 Batman Villains (Revamped)

(Because I currently need to get this off my chest, also a lot of these are just in my opinion)

Honorable Mention: Bane (Various) - Despite being misrepresented as a dumb brute and the fact that one of the best adaptations of him somehow gets his voice and nationality wrong, Bane is a villain with QUITE the deserving reputation. A walking tank with a luchador mask that has the brains to match his brawn.

Number 10. Scarecrow (Nolan Trilogy) - Crane wasn't a big villain in the grand scheme of the trilogy, but my god Cillian Murphy does a great job with the character. Like I wish that his supervillain outfit wasn't just a bag over his face, but Scarecrow manages to be quite the dangerous and cowardly loon with a mask of sanity in Batman Begins, an active member of the underworld in The Dark Knight, and the guy actively sending folks to their deaths in The Dark Knight Rises. Could we have had more of him? Yes. Did he use up his screen time well? Absolutely. Though his fear toxin could've been infinitely wilder.

Number 9. Mr. Freeze (BTAS: Heart of Ice) - I feel like this is a "to the surprise of absolutely nobody" moment, but this show reinvented Mr Freeze as a tragic and vengeful figure, and his debut was a perfect example of that.

Number 8. The Phantasm (BTAS) - The Phantasm is one of the best darker counterparts to Batman a lot of levels.

Number 7. Harley Quinn (BTAS) - The minor side villainess turned breakout character of the show. If anyone has seen B:TAS and then seen the rest of the media she's in, then you know why this is the best version of her. A good amount of things about the character being based around her actress (R.I.P Arleen Sorkin), her interactions with half the cast, Peak HarIvy content, the best representation of how bad her situation with her abusive ex was, and the perfect mixture between being a not-so-great-person and a precious lil' thing who deserves better.

Number 6. Ra's Al Ghul (Various) - Ra's Al Ghul may be a more international threat in comparison to the other antagonists I've listed, but he's undeniably one of Bruce's greatest foes. A very rich and powerful older man whose mission and persistence is similar to that of the caped crusader. Though unlike Batman, Ra's is willing to do more than just kill, he's willing to commit genocide, and he's willing to use other harsh and controlling methods in order to create his ideal world. Ra's is pretty much the the worst elements of Batman shoved into a singular self-righteous figure, and when done well he's easily one of the greats.

Number 5. Two-Face (Various) - Harvey Dent is a man split down the middle, a two-faced dude in more ways than one, and an irredeemably tragic figure no matter the perspective, though funnily enough he's always a victim of chance. He's a victim of the one worst possible outcome that had just as much of an opportunity to be the best possible outcome. It's part of the reason why he makes choices based off a literal coin flip. Chance put Dent in the circumstances to become a villain, and as he surrenders his entire being to chance as Two Face.

Number 4. Oswald "Penguin" Cobblepot (Various) - He's just a pathetic and horrible little man. No I'm serious. Oswald has had various portrayals over the years, but they can all be summed up at "pathetic and horrible little man wanting respect" and its great to see in action because despite the fact that he can be legit menacing and sometimes tragic, Oz is just inherently ridiculous on some level. It's great.

Number 3. Catwoman (Various) - Selina, Selina, Selina... she's cool. Sure she is a classic example of a "femme fatale," but aside from that Selina has always been a thrill seeker in some way or another. Be it as a jewel thief who proudly shows this, or an anti-hero that covers this part of herself with actual justifications, there is always an aspect of Selina that enjoys what she does when she puts that mask on. Mrs Kyle is enjoyable, idk what else to say.

Number 2. The Riddler (Various) - Genuinely impressive intelligence and creativity mixed with an ego as big as 3 Russias and as fragile as a glass bottle. That's what you're always bound to find in Riddler. Be it in the 60's show, BTAS, Batman Forever, The Arkham Series, Gotham, or The Batman, Riddler is a Redditor with the theatrics of a gameshow host and the resources of John Kramer.

Number 1. The Joker (Various) - Come on. We all knew this was gonna happen. The Joker is a crook who fell into a vat of chemicals and got a clownish makeover, who ended up becoming the nemesis of Batman. While the other rouges have their particular danger levels, they all have some type of cause they're fighting for or they're purely out to benefit themselves. Joker just causes chaos, death, and suffering, for the sake of his twisted sense of humor. He is willing to kill and ruin lives in the most creative way possible, so long as he finds it funny. Yet despite how twisted he is, this evil ass clown actually can be funny. Not only that, but he's the most effective contrast to Batman, even more than the other rouges. Batman is a frightening figure with a semi-demonic visage who suffered one bad day in his youth, yet he is a hero dedicated to the cause of justice and protecting the innocent citizens of Gotham City. Joker is a colorful figure with a big 'ol grin on his face and a jovial demeanor, yet he is perfectly okay with causing as much unwarranted harm to others for the sake of artistic chaos. Ultimately, the Clown Prince of Crime is a villain that's managed to last for decades, despite the ever marching clock, for these exact reasons.

[what-about-yogurt-night]

I went on an 8 hour flight yesterday and the in-flight entertainment wasn't working so I drew a Pim to help keep my sanity

Also before I'd even gotten a chance to start drawing I dropped my eraser in between the seats and had to use my tiny extra one r.i.p.

Luckily when we landed I was able to tell the people around me about it and the guy sitting behind me found it for me😎😎 so shout out to the random guy with the cyan backpack (we exchanged thumbs ups I think once he found it lol👍)

Mini transcript for the drawing cause as I was writing my bro was blocking the overhead reading light with his head lol:

Pim's sign says "STAY POSITIVE :)" but he is "reaching his limit" 🥴😔

[dismaldonut]

R.I.P. My Sanity - Thanks, Good Omens lol

So I just bought my first car. Used car. Technically a LUXURY car original retail value $52k back in 2012, but my lucky arse, I got it for $10k. It's my baby and her name is Queen Elisabeth. Queenie had its first inspection as I wanted to make sure she runs well, and she does.

It's a BUICK SUV, 7 seats, spacious, pretty, perfect for camping trips and transporting a family.

I told my husband: "The BENTLY is going to need more TLC to keep it in good condition,"

.......I called Queenie a Bentley.

Buick, Bentley, eh.... Mistakes happen. I just had to laugh. I love writing GO fanfiction especially Crowley angst and fantasy accidentally leaked into reality for a second. lol

I have an angel decorum over the back mirror, so.. Canon? This is just a testament as to how much the show has embedded into my psyche.

Thanks for listening to my TED talk.

A photo of Queenie for reference. NOT a Bentley but she's still pretty.

[chaoticmetalheroine]

it took me bloody 2 days to do it but i came out alive. restringing and setting up a floyd rose tremolo by yourself is a fucking nightmare. but it's possible, thankfully.

r.i.p the fallen during this process (3 guitar strings and what's left of my sanity)

[cassandrahaswell]

I have a very Important Announcement you to the high levels of Dysphoria i feel when being Referred to as Scarlet along with a couple other reasons ive taken the very difficult choice to Stop being ScarletBlaze... This a name ive had since 2012 way back when ScarletBlaze Was a vlogging and comedy channel then a gaming channel and when you all met me for the most part a music Oriented Twitch Stream and yet again i need to Evolve and move forward but for much more serious reasons now. Whenever i would log on and be called scarlet it was more than just being called the wrong screen name it was being called this highly Feminine name i had not chosen to be called it was a reminder of what people saw me as and of who i no longer am. ( dont ask why Cassandra is fine i dont make the rules ) I'm thankful to her I'm thankful to the ScarletBlaze as for a time before twitch it was this more confident persona i stood behind and now now its time for me to be authentically me . Ill still respond Happily to Blaze as it is one of my names But from now on ill be going Professionally on all platforms as some variation of Cassandra Haswell both for my own happyness and sanity for lack of confusion and to bridge the gap between my content creation and my Acting/Performance work i know not all of you have been here for the Whole 11years but from the bottom of my heart thank you for being there while i evolved and grew into who i am today R.I.P ScarletBlaze 2012-2023

[ssreeder]

Did I just binge read the entirety of LIAB over the last week in every moment of my free time? Yes. Am I caught up now? Yes. Do I never want this fic to end but also understand all good things eventually do? Also yes. Okayyyy but seriously though reedy my fucki g h e a r t oughhhh you're so talented I love every bit of this the torment the torture the detail bby gimme gimme more!!!!!! but also god let! them! kiss!!!!!!!!!! Also the way you write Jet like ooooh buddy that inner monolog is gonna be the death of you probably (most likely) Ngl I definitely have joined the Rasu fan club why is he so sweet help tbh I'd fall for his charms also thinking about what if he became friends with Reho I'd give our precious blabbermouth 2 minutes tops before Jee wants to murder him but Rasu takes him under his wing- introducing Smooth Talker 2.0 the tea shop couldnt handle all the new business. Ahhhhh there is so much more I could scream about this fic and probably will this is my first comment okayyyy ily byeeeeeee

(Still crying over Shen r.i.p. baby boy)

Omg please for Jee’s sanity do NOT put Reho in the teashop with him omg Jee would be on the first tram out of the city! Rasu is already on his nerves and the poor guy isn’t half as chatty as our man Reho lol.

Oh & not to mention Zuko is back so I’m sure Jees already gray hair will turn white from stress lol.

I’m really glad you’re enjoying liab it always makes me smile when I hear people are enjoying the story & all of the sad dark themes that go with it haha. Hopefully we get some happy times soon & YES! zukka kisses. They deserve it haha. <3

OH & I like that you enjoy Jet haha he is one of my favorites to write I love that chaotic flawed dude. He’s a mess I don’t wanna clean up

Thanks for the sweet ask :)

[mr-broom]

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introduction: hello! Names Sean. I'm 17 years old, I like to produce music, and.. uh, that's pretty much it! (I don't know what to say here.) I'm a wizard in training, and I came here because I wanted to see if everything was under control. The answer is No. Nothing is. R.I.P, my sanity...🕊️

Pronouns are they/he, but anything's fine!

If I ever post anything vent-ish, don't worry about it! It just happens sometimes.

Asks and DMs are always open, if you wanna chat!

cUrReNtLy OfFlInE RAHHSHDHDHDHXHX HELP ME HELPS ND

(ooc: anyway this is a really ooc tmf sean rp/ask blog if u couldn't guess. I hate myself)

[sanjiafterhours]

Shy Anon

Hey there. I just wanted to share that I've been doing better recently mentally and emotionally. Feeling much better than when I left my last message to you. 😊 I hope you are doing fine as well.

I decided (for my sanity) that I won't be getting back on tumblr for a while. And if I ever do it won't be on my Naruto blog. But I'll at least check out your blog sometimes still because you're nice and fun.

I had some unfortunate run-ins with the toxic parts of the Naruto fandom here and that's ruined Naruto for me. I'd like to get back into it but that won't be for a long time. And it won't be on this site again because of the connection with the jackasses I've come across here. So I had my fun here while it lasted but that era's already over. R.I.P. my Naruto blog 2021-2022

Anyway, I hope you continue enjoying yourself here. Talk to you again later! (✿◡‿◡)

[izunias-meme-hole]

Since you’ve been doing a fair amount of Batman posting, mind if you list your favorite members of the Gotham Rouges?

Okay. I’ll list about 10 of my faves, though we’ll be counting backwards here.

Also I'll be listing the variations of my faves whom I like the most to make things clearer.

Number 10. Poison Ivy (B:TAS) - If we're talking about character alone, this is the blueprint for literally every present day version of Poison Ivy, however this specific incarnation of the character has aged pretty well. She's every bit the dangerous eco-warrior that she makes herself out to be and will gladly turn someone into a tree for bulldozing a forest, but there is still a level of humanity to her character much like half the villains in the show.

Number 9. Mr. Freeze (B:TAS & Batman Beyond) - I feel like this is a "to the surprise of absolutely nobody" moment, but come on! Mr. Freeze here not only was made into a more tragic character compared to his early comic counterpart, but he actually had a whole arc across the entirety of B:TAS which ended at Batman Beyond. Victor Fries was a scientist trying to save his wife, Nora, from a rare disease, so he put her into a cryopod to preserve her until he found a cure. Then he and Nora were almost killed, but Nora was still kept on ice, while Victor got turned into a literal cold hearted monster. Even after Nora was finally cured, Victor was forever unable to be with her due to his own condition worsening to the point where he was just a head in a jar, angry with the world. A couple of decades later, and he is given a new body by the Wayne Powers CEO, Derek Powers, and while things were finally going well at first and Victor was reforming as soon as he had the chance, things went horribly wrong again, resulting in Victor dying as Mr. Freeze. I may have missed some details here, but yeah that's a summary of this sad ice man.

Number 8. Dr. Crane/Scarecrow (Nolan Trilogy) - Crane wasn't a big villain in the grand scheme of the trilogy, but my god Cillian Murphy does a great job with the character. Like I wish that his supervillain outfit wasn't just a bag over his face, but Scarecrow manages to be quite the dangerous loon with a mask of sanity in Batman Begins, an active member of the underworld in The Dark Knight, and the guy actively sending folks to their deaths in The Dark Knight Rises. Could we have had more of him? Yes. Did he use up his screen time well? Absolutely. Though his fear toxin could've been infinitely wilder.

Number 7. The Phantasm (B:TAS but movie) - The Phantasm is the literal best darker counterpart to Batman a lot of levels.

Number 6. Harley Quinn (B:TAS yet again) - The minor side villainess turned breakout character of the show. If anyone has seen B:TAS and then seen the rest of the media she's in, then you know why this is the best version of her. A good amount of things about the character being based around her actress (R.I.P Arleen Sorkin), her interactions with half the cast, Peak HarIvy content, the best representation of how bad her situation with her abusive ex was, and the perfect mixture between being a not-so-great-person and a precious lil' thing who deserves better.

Number 5. Harvey Dent, Two-Face, & The Judge (B:TAS) - The first well developed Two-Face, and the definitive. I mean he was never a bad villain, but the character was never utilized to the fullest like he was in B:TAS. Harvey Dent was a good guy with an other half that was the literal manifestation of his bottled up anger, an anger that turned into something else entirely after the left side of his face got blown off. Now Harvey and his other half start their own crusade to eradicate organized crime by taking it over from within. In other words, Two-Face here wanted to originally wanted to achieve something good through something bad, and yes a lot of it is due to a fair coin flip. However Harvey began to disagree with some of the shit his other half was getting up to, and as a result developed a third personality that was so separate from both himself and Two-Face that it tried killing both of them and, by extension, himself. This third entity would end up being The Judge, a ruthless, wraith-like vigilante with a judge's attire. So after being detained in Arkham for good, all three Harvey's are literally stuck with each other, and in a spin-off comic set directly after that whole situation with The Judge, Two-Face was given another double headed coin that would constantly come up on the "good side," and spent a lot of time dismantling his criminal enterprise, before doing (another) suicide attempt. This take on Two-Face was something else.

Number 4. Oswald Cobblepot (Gotham) - If I were to list everything that this smug snake has done, along with some of the shit that happened to him, we'd be here all day. However, this is the most well characterized iteration of The Penguin that we've ever had, in my humble opinion.

Number 3. Catwoman (Batman Returns) - I'm dying on this hill gentlemen. Despite not being... anything like her comic counterpart, outside of name, confidence, etc, Michelle Pfeiffer's Selina is something great in her own right.

Number 2. The Riddler (The Batman 2022) - Turning the Riddler into a a catholic, terrorist, cult leader that looked up to a young and angry Year-Two Batman, while also keeping the core elements of his character the same is something I'll never stop praising. He's still intelligent, he's still creative, he's still on the verge of breakdowns when his ego is badly damaged, etc.

Number 1. The Joker (B:TAS & Batman Beyond) - This is a "to the surprise to absolutely nobody" moment, though in this case I cannot be blamed. B:TAS understood the assignment and provided the definitive iteration of The Joker, completely inspired by his early comic appearances and some elements from Jack Nicholson's take on the character. An ex-mafiosi turned Clown Prince of Crime that lives to only spread misery across Gotham in the most creative way possible with a smile on his face. That was the idea that Paul Dini and Bruce Timm ran with when conceptualizing this bastard, and they just explored the concept for all its worth. Not only that, but this was the first time that Mark Hamill ever voiced this bastard, and it was just perfect casting. Overall, nostalgia got me to re-examine this take on the character, and I can easily say that without a doubt, this is the best Joker.

[unimportantweirdo]

i am gonna make this post under the cut because it's a heavy topic and i need to get everything out

trigger warning for murder

my history teacher was murdered on thursday the 19th of december 2024. her name was miss devonish, and she was my history teacher when i was in secondary school.

she was stabbed by a man she apparently knew, and she was declared dead at the scene. the police have found and arrested the man they believe is responsible, and he will be in court on monday the 22nd of december 2024.

this is the first time that someone i knew has died.

when it came time to pick my gcses, it was a no-brainer; i was choosing history. i was good at it, and i enjoyed it because the teachers were amazing. my time at secondary school was shit, but teachers like miss devonish let me have something to enjoy, even if it was just an hour class.

miss devonish was short, and loud, and was mostly dressed in black. she always had a belt around her waist and her hair in dark curls. she was funny and kind and caring and it was so much fun sitting at the table by her desk because she would talk to us and we could hear all the little comments she made that made us laugh.

miss devonish sat me and my friend at the back of the class at one point, when two students transferred into our class. she trusted us to behave and work well together and she would often come over to see how we were getting on. even if i was having a shitty day, she always made me smile.

miss devonish had a phrase that she said whenever the class was getting too loud or too rowdy; "five minutes for my sanity." it was effective and funny and it meant she never raised her voice in anger. she was a naturally loud person but i was never afraid of that because she could also be quiet and gentle when she was talking to someone one-on-one. she cared, she genuinely cared, and that made her one of the best teachers in the whole school.

everything i had just written is factual. i needed a place to write down everything i could remember about her because when my mum broke the news, i couldn't remember who she was. i had pushed secondary school to the back of my mind, to never think of again. but i will remember her.

in my need to do something, i found a charity that supports teachers' mental health in the uk and donated the money i got as a gift from the parents at the nursery i work at. i'll include the link in case anyone else wants to donate; it can be any amount at all, but don't feel you have to.

saying 'R.I.P.' feels cheap, so i won't. i will say that i will remember you, miss devonish, i promise.

link to the education support website

[ozma914]

R.I.P. Firefighter / Dispatcher Mitch Fiandt, a friend

A week ago I wrote here that Mitch Fiandt was fighting cancer, and now he's gone.

Just like that.

That's Mitch on the left, still in his dispatch uniform pants. Yeah, that's me on the right. We were so young.

I've had so many friends fight and beat cancer, at least for awhile, that it never occurred to me he wouldn't. But Mitch died just short of fifty years as a volunteer firefighter, having started at Orange Township Fire before he was even eighteen, back in the days when you could do that kind of thing. Cancer takes a lot of firefighters, especially the ones were around in the days when breathing protection was a mild suggestion. He told me once he breathed in some particularly bad stuff off the hot side of a burning house, back before he moved to Albion and joined our Department.

That old lung damage was one reason why he usually drove the fire trucks and ran the pump, rather than going inside--not that I didn't see him go in, more than once. And yet, when we had our annual lung capacity test, he always passed and usually ran circles around the rest of us.

There's not much I can say that isn't in his obituary, here:

If memory serves, in addition to being the Albion Fire Department Chief Engineer--a kind of honorary title acknowledging the fact that if we needed an apparatus operator, he was there--he also served as Secretary and Treasurer on the AFD.

He was also my boss for several years in Noble County Communications, or the 911 Center, or Dispatch, or whatever people will call it next year. He was there for 35 years, which did not bode well for his sanity, and was 911 Director from 1999 until he retired in 2015.

Here Mitch and John Urso, also a combo firefighter/dispatch, present me my 25 year dispatcher award, along with a certificate for a free psychotherapy session.

Mitch and I both served at various times on the Albion Town Council and the Albion Plan Commission, and he was in about a hundred other things as well, being the type who was always helping out. Even with my writing gig, he stayed busier than me. He was the first to tell me I should write a book about dispatching, which I will, as soon as the statue of limitations runs out.

The last time I saw him was at my grandmother's funeral: He had a part time gig with Harper's Funeral Home here in Albion. I don't believe he ever had a job or hobby that wasn't, in one way or another, about helping people.

And if that it's the best thing you can say about a person, I don't know what is.

[just-a-random-person24]

whoops I've been forgetting to upload my notes anyways! eps 13-19

Episode 13

• “I'm being a bit overdramatic, aren't I?” About… the military killing people

• bombs! military is bombing now

• military is aiming for his head now :(

• says this situation is like comparing Romeo and Juliette to Hamlet. Idk what the comparison is there

• used to take archery classes when younger!

• thinks the bombs are because the military can't kill him

• doesn't do well in confined spaces :(

• “Fight or flight, live and let die. It's kill, or be killed.” Okay fine you can be cool *twice*

• knows that the universe doesn't care about his mental state, so he'll just go along with the traumatic experiences

• would rather take losing his sanity over his life

• “This has been natural numbers, with Dr. Vincent Stark.” let him be silly </3

• hopes he doesn't have to come across actual ninjas…

• “I'm not in the middle of an airstrike anymore so… My body.. God damn.” </3

• is going to make the military pay

• *immediately* tries to reason that the military isn't that bad cause they didn't start the apocalypse

• doesn't say anything to refute the scientist saying he was a part of what went wrong based on the hev suit

• now set out to find the Lambda Complex

• Tells the scientist to tell any survivors to either head to the Lambda Complex or to get out

• ominous hallway! going to wait for a minute

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Episode14

• expecting nothing new at this point

• absolutely nothing through the ominous hallway

• presses a random button without knowing what it would do

• wants a GPS. Not sure if the suit has one, but if it did he doesn't know how to use it

• pretty sure he's at the decommissioned rail system because it's how he'd imagine one to look

• finds the old looking tram to be a bit funny

• wonders how the houndeyes would taste if cooked

• can't get the tram to slow down, jumps off it and gets hurt :(

• doesn't want to swim in the radiation lake. No idea why, it looks safe

• nose is bleeding :(

• “I am the embodiment of anger.” aaaand all his coolness is gone

• large pipe to let him get to where he's about to go! convenient

• surprised the pipe leads somewhere

• “Nice to see I'm not the appetizer for an elder god's offspring.” we haven't even made it to Xen yet, don't say that now

• toxic waste isn't good for your everything. Who knew?

• doesn't want the giant radiation pool to be real, it is though r.i.p. Bullsquids can swim in it though!

• doesn't want to deal with it so he's going to sit down and contemplate his life choices

“Until I become suicidal or something.” You… aren't already?

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Episode 15

• realizes he hasn't had food in a while. Ate a day ago

• realizes it's probably night at this point. That makes everything worse!

• radiation wouldn't be a problem if he had a helmet

• goes through possible self-deprecating biography titles

• would rather take the marines than radiation

• Loud, ominous noises. Wants to go back to the radiation

• going to go nowhere near said loud, ominous noise!

• thinks calling the houndeyes ‘hamdogs’ is racist

• would rather curl into the fetal position and cry then deal with whatever is making that noise

• also wants a map. r.i.p

• *please* look through the iron sight when shoot at something far away

• new gun! Spas-12!

• surprised he managed to shoot the Bullsquid

• really unhappy with having to go through the silo

• realizing the banging sound is getting closer

• thinks of he goes through the silo fast enough, he won't see the alien

• immediately sees the alien

• can't fire the rocket engine yet

• very panicky. Pretty reasonable!

• tries to shoot at the tentacles. Doesn't work :(

• has no clue how he'd supposed to get past the alien

• chooses to *not* deal with the alien right this moment. Asks the guard if he has cards

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Episode 16

• wonders how the creator of Godzilla would react to the monster

• was confident at the idea of having someone be with him to help start up the fuel. Kinda sounding guilt-tripy

• very willing to resort to mindless meandering when he can't do anything else

• thinks the grenade worked at killing the alien for a moment

• realizes the tentacle just follows the sound of the grenade explosions because it's blind

• he says fun. *so* much

• whispering while sneaking around the alien. Like I said before, he talks a lot for a *mind* series protagonist

• just saying shit about Godzilla. Not even real things smh

• thinks about just leaving, realizes he can't

• has absolutely no clue where he's supposed to go

• mentions a guy by name! Ashton!

• 2 people are not a group to him

• “... I'm gonna go mental. And by mental, I mean break down and cry.”

• appreciates the pseudo-bath from the water

• very unhappy about being in sewage

• very surprised the ladder lead somewhere

• absolutely nothing for him in this room!

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Episode 17

• NEW LOGO!!

• he is, *not* good right now

• feels like his travels have only lead him to dead ends and locked doors

• also finds the idea the fate of the universe depending on ‘the wrong man in the wrong place’ to be ludicrous

• “red means stop, as in, *stop trying to fucking live!*”

• no more ‘decent into madness’ shtick. For some reason can do that *really* well

• very certain he'll *actually* be insane in 5 hours

• very thankful he wasn't concussed

• accidental wind pun

• very sure he's in the right place based on the pipes

• realizes the amount of bodies in an area, the more important the area is

• surprised he actually made it to the oxygen room

• “I am the master of hide and seek, and I seeked out that missing cog long ago.” OK dork

• wasn't good at basketball

• very glad to see the oxygen is on now

• finds another magnum and extra bullets in a pool of blood. Assumes it was an attempted suicide and that the guy has the same ‘still alive’ curse as him

• said curse does come in handy sometimes, but still has to deal with the psychological trauma

• you know what. Off episode, actually decided to look in the description. “In this episode, Stark gets winded, dabbles in word play, and speaks to his dark side.” and I *know* that last bit is just the whole shtick part but, I'm probably gonna have a lot to say abt it. Note containment be damned

• could go for a smoke. Canonical smoker

• realizes he has no clue what he's doing and that launching a rocket isn't a simple button

• thinks he should be with the Lambda team instead of fighting a discount R.L Stein monster

• has lots of free time (and blood) on his hands!

• power hasn't been turned on because the group probably died

• thinks it's better to try than give up

• the houndeyes being asleep makes Stark not want to kill them

• wants to avoid killing things to stay sane

• thinks the Houndeyes look cute when asleep :)

• hopes he doesn't kickstart a second apocalypse in 2010

• once again apologizing to a corpse

• says he's the judge, jury, and executioner when it comes to dealing with the aliens. Manages to confuse himself

• realizes he hasn't exercised caution at all so far

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Episode 18

• the elevator that crashed is going on his ‘shit that happens when he's careless’ list. The only other thing on the list is him taking the job from Freeman

• very surprised and happy to see another living scientist :)

• forgot about the rail system. The thing he's using to get to the Lambda team

• can't tell his life story on a bench because he has to save the world :(

• even when he's mad at someone he still wants them to be safe

• thinks the scientist he just encountered was as bad as the guy from the office complex

• doesn't have the best sense of smell, but knows the corpses smell rank (corpses give off an odor 24-48 hours after death. Not 8)

• the smell of death is everywhere! yay!

• didn't realize he would be the one that would need to fire the rocket

• feels like he has pretty good film ideas. Thinks he should have been a director instead of a physicist

• probably wouldn't be in this situation in that alternate timeline. but knows he wouldn't have met Gordon in that timeline

• specifically refers to him as “Dr. Gordon ‘opioids plus alcohol equals heaven’ Freeman”

• thinks Gordon would try to take credit for Black Mesa, only for the military to kill him

• unintentional blast pun… ‘have a *blast*’

• Tells the guard he'll take care of the rest

• fire is hot!

• prefers Alien over Predator

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Episode 19

• goes on a rant about the guard asking if he's seen anything like the tentacle monster before

• doesn't fully understand why people want to stay in the facility, but understands that they're doing it to stay alive

• lots of pipes. over radiation

• doesn't want to make fighting giant aliens a trend. r.i.p

• tries to hit a metal door open with his crowbar

• realizes the room he's in now is like the one before the silo

• not sure if the pipes would lead to anywhere

• almost slips and falls into the radiation pool :(

• the other locked door is a 2/10 on the disappointment scale

• lots of words being said about the radiation river. lots of words I've never heard of before

• more pipe!

• doesn't work out religiously but not out of shape. Average, average guy

• keeps forgetting to ask for a map. No map for him

• “Fuck it, I killed a giant. What could gravity do to me?”

• very glad he doesn't have to deal with radiation anymore

• seems very happy to hear more giant things roaring :)

[enemy-to-the-state]

I remember going to see Dr. Strange in theaters 3 separate times the year it came out (2016 I think?). I should also let you know that I hate Marvel movies, have hated Marvel movies for a long time and had no intention to see the movie that many times in theaters, and that, all of those times were incidental and far too close together for a person to retain their sanity.

The first time I went to see it, I was visiting my sister at college and we decided to go see a movie, chose Dr. Strange because it looked like decent fun and we didn’t really know much about the other movies. We enjoyed it just fine. Nothing groundbreaking.

The second time was a bit of a different scenario. For context, we were visiting my uncle, and sometimes when we visit my uncle, he, my father, my father’s cousin, and my uncle’s next door neighbor (who has now since passed away r.i.p.) would get together for a thing they called Gentlemen’s Club. When I was younger I thought Gentlemen’s Club was very exclusive until I realized it was just four 50-somethings watching silly movies and drinking Jack Daniels for a few hours in my uncle’s den. During this time, me, my sister, and our cousin weren’t necessarily kicked out of the house, but it was heavily implied that we should find something better to do with our lives for a few hours, out of the house.

That leads us to the movie theater because where the fuck else are 3 teens gonna go in bum fuck nowhere rural Tennessee on a tuesday night. We chose Dr. Strange. again. because everything else looked like shit and we at least knew it was decent, plus our cousin was interested in seeing it. Needless to say, it was much less good the second time around. Not terrible, but we were getting a little sick of the good doctor.

Our third time going to see it, I cannot explain with anything other than a temporary bout of insanity.

My only excuse is that we were bored. It had to have been the last weekend they were showing it because we were alone in that theater. I’m telling you, completely and utterly alone, just me, my sister, and the criminally overpriced bucket of popcorn between us.

I think time started leaking out of my eye sockets. I felt like Eddy Burback when he went to see Morbius 5 times in a row except that video wouldn’t be made for another 6 years. I felt like Dr. Strange himself coming back again and again to that time cunt to bargain. I can’t even look at Bumperdink CatchWaffles face without thinking of that fucking movie

so no I don’t wanna watch that multiverse wandavision movie with you, cameron

[exist101]

R.I.P. Eric

And lmaoo you're right. The Code/missing folks thing has been slowly eating away at her sanity so the Nexus thing would. Um. Also not go well. I gotta draw more of that soon tbh

YEAH IT WOULDN'T

The Nexus my beloved stop making Poptropica into even more of a hell lasagna

[lindsaywesker]

Good morning! I hope you slept well and feel rested? Currently sitting at my desk, in my study, attired only in my blue towelling robe, enjoying my first cuppa of the day.

R.I.P. Raquel Welch. My god, when an nine-year-old Lindsay saw the 1967 film ‘Bedazzled’ starring Dudley Moore, Peter Cook and a stunning Raquel Welch, I fell in love! Her dad was Bolivian, so she had this smouldering, South American sensuality. Am I getting carried away?

You know what I thought about today? I thought about the people connected to my OLD Instagram profile. They probably think they’re still connected to me. They’re not. They’re connected to the scammer that stole my profile. These days, I am wise to these scammers. If they follow me and then send me a message saying, “Hello”, I know it’s a bot. A real person would say, “Hey Lindsay! I listen to your show every week …” or “Hi Lindsay! I used to read your articles in Black Echoes …” If they just say, “Hello,” I know it’s a bot, I block and delete. I know people think robots are the future but I’m not impressed.

One of my favourite TikTok profiles is these people who scam the scammers. These are short videos of scammers trying to steal money from (what they think is) a vulnerable person, and then these Robin Hood hackers suddenly start telling them personal details about themselves. To hear the panic and fear in the scammers’ voices in priceless. Scammers are below scum. In fact, they are below the scum below scum!

Yesterday in my class, some guy said, “We will have to agree to disagree.” I didn’t have a problem with that but it just demonstrates that old habits die hard. I’ve always done it this way, so I’m going to continue doing it this way. Ever met anyone like that? Some people are so stuck in their ways. You say to them, “I can help you. I can simplify your life. I can make your life easier.” Nope! Nothing will budge them.

I know lots of people that restrict their online time and who can blame them? For your own sanity, it’s wise! Too much internet can sometimes be depressing! The stories coming out of America right now are horrendous. Donnie emboldened the far right to be violent and they seem to be on a killing spree! Racists have found a legal way to kill black people … join the police force! Statista have even created a graph, ‘Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2023, by race’. It does not make for pretty reading.

I’ve got two sick people in my house. Blocked noses, sore throats, lots of coughing. Thankfully, in my house, we don’t let illness get in the way. If we can, we crack on and go to work but, remember, if you’ve got sick people in your house, don’t let it become a sick people house. Open as many windows as you can and air out the house. I know it’s not been warm but, when possible, open windows, let the air circulate and get rid of those cold germs. If it’s too warm and moist in your abode, those germs just have an orgy and reproduce. They love warm and moist environments!

Have a throbbing and thrusting Thursday (with hopefully a few thrills through your thoroughfare?) I love you all.