#Reddit did a funny

[houseofgeeks]

If you need a reason to watch Kayak Cross, here is Reddit’s descriptions of it.

This below is not an extensive list.

Also go watch Kayak Cross. It’s amazing.

[slutdge]

[hipsternumbertwo]

My favorite kind of Reading Reddit Stories introduction (Part 2) (Part 1)

[the-jazziest-of-pants]

Finally gotten around to migrating to Tumblr from reddit (ik procrastinator) but like how does this website work for making shitposts. I always see Tumblr shitposts being screenshotted and reposted everywhere but where do they come from. How are they propagated. Are they screamed into the empty void for some unlucky soul to stumble across and decide to share it with their friends, or do they have a bunch of tags attached like "Who up Strogen they Beef" #funny #haha #memes #meme #shitpost #tumblr #humor #humerous #laugh #laughter #strogen #beef #who-up #this-is-a-funny-shitpost

[perilegs]

you hear me talk about domming and breeding and get excited only to see me playing flight rising

[st4rstudent]

I think almost everyone's aware now but for anyone who isn't; TTCC has moved wikis.

The new wiki (please do use it) is Here !

There is also an extension to help remove fandom wikis from search results which is linked Here! There is also another extension Here that links to other independent wikis.

You can also find the reddit post about the move Here.

[stupidrant]

reasons why atreus likes angrboda because why not 😊

We already know they like each other but i like to dig a bit deeper into their relationship because i just love them so much 😋 a few reasons why i believe atreus is drawn to angrboda:

1) The obvious, his parents. Due to his upbringing with laufey being more open with her love and kratos showing tough love, you can tell atreus craves some sort of validation and really wants someone who is upfront and honest abt their feelings for him and clearly angrboda is exactly that and she possibly reminds him of his mother.

2) They are in a similar position when it comes to a guardian of theirs being harsh toward them and being the only kid growing up. As they go through ironwood and feel each other out, a certain type of unique understanding with one another is developed.

3) His ancestry. Again very obvious but worth to point out that not only is he happy to explore his jotnar heritage and learn abt who he is as loki, he’s really intrigued with the tranquillity homey feel of jotunheim. I think he feels this way about angrboda as well.

4) Her independence. throughout ragnarok, atreus seeks a specific independence and knowledge that angrboda seems to have that he doesnt but wants. While she has it because of unfortunate circumstances, he sees that she's working hard against her mostly internal struggles and admires that.

5) Her 💘

[starbuck]

i honestly have zero grasp of which Mountain Goats songs are even popular outside of the obvious (No Children, This Year)… people will post about adoring songs i’ve never heard of from albums i forget exist half the time and get 500 notes, but a few weeks ago i was talking to someone at a show who’s seen them live seven times and told her my favorite songs were Snow Crush Killing Song and Maize Stalk Drinking Blood and she had no idea what the hell i was talking about

[lxboratorii]

A very close friend of 3 years posted the good omens season 2 'am i the asshole' post and somehow i didn't know it was them when i saw the post I KNOW THEIR TWITTER HANDLE

Anon... are you... trusting me with fandom secrets rn?

[riacte]

ok has anyone wondered how false and ren got the invite to join mcc. like ik jevin was in mcc1 but the hermit arc truly began in mcc4. and you know how false and ren's whole thing was that they would join together and put down each other's names until mcc17. did scott send invites to both of them. did he send to invites to a bunch of hermits and they had like a discussion on whether to join this mine craft event. were those two in dms like "i'll join if you join" "i'll join if YOU join". did scott send them an email like "hey hermits i've got two slots free choose whoever you like" and false and ren volunteered for tribute. funniest scenario is if scott only sent one of them an email and they were like "i'm only joining with my friend 🥺" and boom [this is not how the waitlist works].

one month later iskallman barges in, roasts all his teammates, gets 17th indiv, then promptly leaves (i miss iskall) (come back iskall) (iskall) (man)

[cs-cabin-and-crew]

GUYS HELP!

I LIVE LAUGHED LOVED A LITTLE TO HARD AND NOW APPARENTLY IM POPULAR IN A FACEBOOK MESSENGER GROUP BECAUSE I HELPED SOME PEOPLE WITH ESSAYS ON REDDIT

[thestrongestcowpuncher]

I made this while I had a fever. You're welcome, person who comes here to take a reddit screenshot

[xyztrio721]

I read Chuggaaconroy’s statement today.

It’s a lot to process, to say the least, but… I think the best way to summarize it is that Emile did indeed fuck up. Multiple times in fact. But it seems like he was kind of a victim in his own right at places.

I don’t know if I’m going to resubscribe to him for the time being, nor do I know if I’ll add TheRunawayGuys back to my fandom list. All I will say that I feel bad for everyone mentioned in the document, as well as Emile himself. Everyone suffered in their own way, and I hope they can all heal and move on.

[voidmountain]

[bumblingbabooshka]

'I'm the X' is a banger but let's be real for a second Mr. Spock

[wundrousarts]

I was going to save this until I reread Hollowpox, but that last ask reminded me that I should share this here, so I present:

Musings on Maud: Why is she considered so powerful, how does this affect her dynamic with Squall, and why is he so scared of her?

(Bonus: How can I connect it to Silverborn?)

Two disclaimers: I haven't reread Hollowpox in ages, so if there's anything that could prove or disprove stuff in this post, send it my way. Honestly send any discussion my way. I love discussing theories. Second, this was originally a reply to a Reddit comment on a post, to which you can find here. The comment discussed Maud being a signatory for a Squall safeguard, so since this comment is copied verbatim, it references that.

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If it’s not outright stated, it’s at least heavily implied that Squall helped create/build up the Republic. It’s only existed for about 90 years, and Squall has been exiled for about 100. He mentions in Hollowpox how he knows that Maud’s plan is to take over Nevermoor/The Free State, because the Republic took over the other states in the realm and he “helped them do it.” However, unless Maud is immortal and also 100 years old, she is not the one who started the Republic from the side of the Republic. Also, no clue how long it’s been around, but Squall Industries has likely been around for awhile as well (this is how he gets his connections and power in the Republic), with Squall just constantly grandfathering himself in with the vampire trick or something.

Interestingly, Squall says two things in this scene (Chapter 34 of Hollowpox) that stick out to me:

“I made the so-called Hollowpox,” he raised his voice above hers, “because I was asked to. Because I was compensated handsomely for it. And because when the most powerful person in the realm asks for a favour, even I don’t refuse.

And

“But you’re a Wundersmith.” Morrigan was utterly baffled. “Why can’t you just stop them if they’re such a problem? I don’t understand!” “Do you THINK I HAVEN’T—“ Squall shouted, then cut himself off abruptly.

He also mentions how the Hollowpox was initially meant for the Republic, but Maud snuck in an infected otter across the border into Nevermoor— “That was never part of our deal.”

There’s definitely a business relationship between the two of them of likely consistent deals, one favor for another, quid pro quo. However, we also see that Squall can’t really go against her, something he seems to have tried before. Two chapters before this scene (Chapter 32), has this moment:

“Yes, shush. Maud said the Wintersea Party might help if there was a squid crow po.” “Quid pro quo?” “Right, one of those. She said they won’t do something for nothing, but if we could convince Prime Minister Steed to meet with her, just to have a conversation, then she would try to convince her party to share their cure.”

While it could be easily explained as part of her job, Maud seems to get most of her power and do things by extracting deals from other people. Maybe she’s knackless, or maybe she has some sort of connection to Puppeteering or a knack related to that. Not Mesmerism, but something that allows her to be persuasive, manipulative, convince people of things, and get them to do what she wants. A sort of parallel or companion to Squall’s connection with Puppeteering that we see in Wundersmith.

It’s interesting that when we first meet Maud, there is this exchange directly after she tells Mog that the Wintersea Republic would only agree to help the Free State if there was some sort of deal:

“But they’re your party,” Morrigan pointed out. “Aren’t you the one with the power? Maud stiffened slightly and cast her a wary, calculating look.

And then soon later she says this:

“Even if I could persuade my party to do the right thing – and I’m not saying I won’t try – there’s no guarantee Steed and his government would come to the table.”

The whole exchange seems very manipulative, like, “oh, I’d LOVE to talk and get this figured out, but I can’t…” There’s a big focus on conversation. Maud is wary when Mog mentions power— she thinks she means a magical power, something secret that gives her an advantage, when really she just means politically— so I wonder if she was worried for a moment that Mog realized she had some sort of coercive power.

I wonder what exactly her power is that makes Squall so scared of her, and why it possibly makes it so that he can’t fight make and overthrow her. Aside from their business relationship, which allows Squall access to Wunder and being a Wundersmith, there’s this other layer as well.

As for safeguard: I don’t know if Maud would be a signatory for a Squall safeguard, as that seems to just be for Wunsoc students, but I think that whatever their deal is and whatever her power is allows her to keep him in check. Jess said that we will learn more about safeguards in Silverborn, and I think it would be interesting if Mog learns more about them from Squall instead of Jupiter— and maybe it does end up being similar to whatever he has going on with Maud, who knows! I don’t really have any safeguard theories myself, but I will keep an eye out for what you add to your comment.

A Silverborn “silver” side note: A “silver tongue” means that someone is persuasive when they speak….. perhaps this idea, theme, power, etc. will be expanded upon in the future 🤔