#Sikh Animation for Kids

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So I have one question, Daisy. Since I am also rewriting Dr. Br*ght into Dr. Glenn Osborne (my rewrite and replacement of said character in case you’re wondering), what are the general rules you would give to anyone who is replacing Dr. Br*ght with their rewrites? Just curious.

BTW, sorry about what you had to go through with that creep.

Dw friend I gotchu!!

So the guidelines I could give since I applied these to Shaw are the following:

Use something else or another medium of possession to replace the amulet. Remember, AB used the amulet as a possession fetish thing. I was actually branded using it via them asking for nudes with me wearing it. I’ve seen some people give Shaw prior to me working on the project a yellow gemmed amulet but I’m pretty iffy on that.

Make sure you have some sort of magic rule in place that prevents your bright rewrite from possessing kids or teens. Animals are fine but please god we don’t need another Doctor Doctor Doctor fiasco. What I did with Shaw was make it so that he could only posses people the same age as he was during the original in in incident that separated his soul from his body: 29.

Bonus points if the character has no agency over who they possess, as that would be the final step to erase bright’s possession fetish from the concept completely. I know that would be hard to do so it’s not a requirement but it’s still good to point out.

Lastly, have fun!!! Honestly AB was really lazy with the concept they were trying to write (I mean, they were writing this character for sexual gratification after all) so while treating these as guidelines to be respectful of me n others I’d also take them as a creative challenge for you and others! I’d love to see people go apeshit with differing concepts as well as writing rewrites from all walks of life. Shaw’s latine-ness was heavily inspired by my experiences having a first gen Colombian immigrant tiger mom, given Shaw’s relationship with his dad.

Give your rewrite a foundation based family business, make them an only child, make them start working for the foundation on their own, make them black, latine, AAPI, indigenous, Roma, Slavic, middle eastern, Jewish, Hindu, Wicca, Sikh, Muslim, gay, bi, pan, trans, AFAB, neurodivergent…. Go crazy! Who knows, if this trend of making your own sub ins takes off I may do some tales where the multiverse merges a bit n they’re all in the same place, that would be fun.

Hope this helps💖

(Edit to add: if you’re gonna use a culture/religion/mental condition that doesn’t belong to you/you don’t have please please PLEASE do your research and make sure your rewrite is written as sensibly as possible and doesn’t play into any caricatures. Not doing so is how we got Bright’s mom being accidentally perceived as Muslim because AB thought all abrahamic headdresses were called Hijabs, lmao

Don’t be like AB, be smart)

[angelicrebirthed]

Prologue... the inTERRORgation

“So after so long, I finally find you..”

“Damn you got the whole US military and I blew so much shit up..”

“Get gud skill issue”

"So you’re the little Jewish kid who beat the Nazis... What's your name? …Ah, Joshua. I am 5 star General Jaspreet Singh, current secretary of defense, war hero of the Persian-American war."

“You killed the WHITE KNIGHT”

(A war in Iran where America successfully enacted regime change, with far less destabilizing consequences.)

(A Sikh man, 45 years of age, gray beard, he's 6'1 medium weight professionally dressed in uniform, beard with a moustache, solid navy blue turban finely wrapped in a Daastar, each crease has a red white and blue stripe, each overlapping, all his medals pinned up, has an extraordinary fancy dagger on his weight, it looks like a combination of a silver and white Kirpan and a standard issue military knife, he is immaculate, no a single crease or wrinkle.)

"Wow, Generals like you go on and on, nice....  It’s ok,resume."

(Joshua’s voice is completely sarcastic with a far bit of assholery)

(He puts his hands on the table, his kara bracelet clicking loudly on the steel table, its noise contrasting a dead silence.)

"You see Joshua, I cannot pardon people who have such extensive lists of crimes, but if I became president which I currently lead in many polls, and many primaries, as a brown gay, oh a Desi, bearded Eisenhower, as a war hero who deposed the evil Mullahs, you have a story with a power tell it to me, everyone loves McCain, John Kerry, US Grant, ah this nation should have more generals as presidents, I am everything American wants, a new face of war, a South Asian, a charmer, someone unique but also tough for the conservatives, young enough for young voters... 

" Wait, aren't you just like those Generals in 1984, both in Orwell's and Indira's power ploys" “completely power hungry and self absorbed”

"You bigoted animal."

(Jaspreet slaps Joshua twice, then punches Josh straight in the nose)

"This nation is nothing without a strong military!"

"Maybe that's a good line" "Push America forward!"

“ A punchline Jaspreet, really funny!”

"Too much weakness, too much wokeness, it needs to be cleaned"

"wait General Singh you aren't human, you're not alive.."

(punches Joshua)

"Oh boy you have a death aura. You aren't even actually acting on free will. You should have died in the war."

"I can sense the true you… are you enslaved…"

"Both parties want me, we have a one party system, economically speaking, not on social issues.... I can't really choose but it's always a guaranteed vote when you’re Pentagon material"

"Tell me and maybe we can be more civilized just let me explain"

"Joshua... I have 3 powers, I can tell if anyone is lying in any way, it is an absolute power of truth, if you lie about anything, this power is absolute there is no way to avoid it, you can't outrun your past. I will know even of you kill me, my men will hunt you, I also know lightning and air manipulation"

"My other is the ability to completely command a person's focus, its like mind control its extraordinarily powerful, my ability is classified, it's how I won the war, I manipulated the enemies attention while they were shot, it is a true distraction, this power comes with high levels of telepathy and other psionics, you might call this " mind control"

(Telepathy indicates he can manipulate a person's pain and pleasure, focusing on his commands feels good, doing nothing feels you with dread, and even pain. This is the carrots and sticks behind his 'command'.)

"I have these powers, you know not to mess with me"

"Why would I, clearly you are the most powerful person I have ever met."

“You remind me of those liberal moderates who both side everything and punish freedom fighters and self defense, those who bullshit me and say work in the system, god I hate them”

(He gestures towards his body guards both with a long list of torture techniques, they flash a series of tools)

"Hey, you said civil - those dicks over there are ready to prick me apart!"

(Joshua feels dread.)

"We know your capabilities, we know you aided an enemy of state to steal classified documents, we know how you beat the KNIGHT, we know about the Angel incident. We know you committed mass murder and a act of torture - doesn’t matter if you had to do it or not.”

"Oh, that hacker girl…"

"A girl, then? Thanks for the hint. That little slip up just halved our targets.”

"Joshua, you are a terrorist" 

"Says the guy who threatens to cut me up…"

"This is a room that doesn't exist - nothing ever happens here.Congress could never find this in a century"

"Did gitmo teach you nothing, Congress finds out, maybe the military teaches you torture is... Bad, even? I know, it’s a shocking concept-”(Joshua feels a light pulse of pain - a growing headache for his disobedience.)

"You see Joshua, when I was a kid, Sikhs in the US couldn't join the army without shaving our beards and being unkesh, forcing us to choose between country and faith. The British and Canadian government would allow us, which is a colonial irony as a proud Desi. However,  made a choice. I did shave it, and put my country before faith. It was hard, very hard to be the first Sikh in this country to be a General, to show the martial prowess of my heritage. You see, I merely follow a set of rules, with no room for error. Violence, whether motivated by politics or race or religion - all of it merely amounts to terrorism. No matter what side, left or right, it doesn’t matter worth a damn. You are all equally guilty in the eyes of the law. And for the sake of that law, that order, a Jew killing a Nazi - with stolen military tech, might I add - well, it must be condemned. 

"Joshua, take this from a big brown Gay Indian American man who is just as against Nazism as you" "They shot up our gurdwaras along with your Temples, I have skin in the game - ha! I mean "

"But we must have law and order, due process, we must be civilized…”

“That is sooo cute!”

“Well i killed the nazis so hahahah”

"Mercy is weakness, Jaspreet! Where were you with those Klansman running amuck, they were hunting me!"

"It sets a bad precedent about vigilante violence."

"You see, right now, I still have to follow orders. I have followed orders my whole life, that's what war is. Orders! Morals come last.Until you are truly on top, you have to follow orders, even then you must follow the orders of those who support you.”(Joshua chuckles.)

"General Singh, I know a small thing about the Raj, wasn't General Reginald Dyers the butcher of Amritsar following orders when his slaughtered the Indians, weren't his Sepoys just following orders, just good soldiers pulling the trigger doing their job...." (Joshua taunts him with history.)

(Jaspreet gets up.)

"You little animal, you filthy racist scum."

(Jaspreet is kicking Joshua on the floor, he's cuffed to a chair, Joshua has his attention pinned to the legs of the table)

"You see all of my ancestors who were male served the Raj, for a century the only job they could do was die for an empire that did nothing but slaughter us, steal from us, starve us. You are an insect for desecrating my heritage!"

"I think you are being a hot headed Punjabi who is being religiously motivated in his attack."

"Maybe you are a terrorist, oh wait you are the government, its only terrorism if you aint in charge"

(Jaspreet flicks his Kara onto his hand and knuckle busts Joshua in the face, for some reason the recoil is abnormal)

(Jaspreet slaps him)

“Maybe it was a forcefield”

"But why would I need to "

"Do a backflip!"

"Sir I'm chained to a chair"

"DO IT!"

(Joshua wiggles around, but he can even jump, then a shockwave of pain for failure)

“HAHAHAH, You will do everything I want, and you are completely powerless”

"I had you focus on doing a backflip, it was impossible, you focused until you failed, if you tried again I would have been unable to harm you"

"I cannot hurt you with my power, but if you fail my order, if you lose focus on compliance, then it the power hurts you. Not me, your fault!"

"Racist people like you need to be taught a lesson"

"I am not racist I am pointing out how you are just like lord Dalhousie"

"You know how many bigots I beat to get where I am, you are just another statistic a obstacle"

"Hey is you beating me religiously or ethnically motivated, or am I just pointing out how you are a disgrace to your ancestors"

"Honestly I didn't even have to use my mental magic to reveal your true self, you are pathetic only slightly more competent than the Nazis I killed, definitely less racist"

"You know what Joshua, I will beat you forever you will be my punching bag"

"That's cute maybe start a little boxing club for war pigs, a little adorable fight club for insecure autocrats who need a stiffy"

“Fat cat plutocrat,all you do is work off that shat”

(The general stabs Joshua hands, Joshua's attention is soon forced completely focused on has hands. The pain is amplified due to the focus, it regenerates slowly but very fast)

"Aaaagh"

"Oh that's bloody"

"Oh look Joshua can regenerate, ah now that's some enhancements we could really use"

(Joshua sings Hebrew letters float, glow and the would disappears)

"Hey Jaspreet I can go all daaaay!"

"I literally said I can heal wounds"

"You little shit"

"You see, this is a black site, A gitmo I can do anything here I will torture you"

"What do you want Jaspreet, a new tank model, Abrams need a mileage boost"

"Oh those F-35 ain't working, ah the military industrial complex not flaws at all"

“Half your budget isn’t being embezzled by some twig virgins jacking off to the zeroes in thier bank account”

"Oh thats a nice argument senator, lets see you back it up with a source!"

“Joshua we fail audits every year, we don’t need a damn source”

"You d##m right Joshua, ill crack you like an egg...

making the mother of all Junta's here kid”

“You know that game is a Joke. about the military…”

“We are untouchable”

"I General Singh, Secretary of Defense hereby command you to tell me, want a story, not some fuel efficient tank made by hippie fascists, I told you mine tell me yours and I will pardon you" 

"I know you have drones, invisibility, teleportation, and the most delicious... A quantum computer capable of stealing the nuclear codes" " the mere existence of those is a existential crisis for our nation "

"I cannot make you speak Joshua, but I can make you focus on your story and I can tell when you lie"

(Wait he actually has a point how can I defeat a person who can literally control a persons ability to think, feel, act, react, and do magic, this one power makes him insane. I need my friends, just gotta comply)

"You see that is how I can mind control, I can make a person focus on a certain action, they cannot do other actions, if they want they can do nothing, that results in pain"

("Joshua cast strength, Geruvah!")

(Joshua is stunned, he can't think straight as if any though unrelated to the command was drowned in brain fog, he is completely paralyzed, wait do nothing it may be painful but that's fine, just do it for 10 minutes, then comply this will show your resilience to Jaspreet)

"I... Can"

(The Hebrew letters float in the air and land on Jaspreet, his arms thick muscular and hairy grow, and grow, he punches the cell wall, it creates a 5 inch crater in solid cement, then the muscle growth fades, not a single cell in his hand bruisd)

“AHHH, damn that feels INCREDIBLE!”

“Honestly, strength is something I admire, forcing your will on others”

“You just stole my magic” Joshua mutters softly only to feel a prick in his mind

"Thanks Joshua, ill loosen up a bit, honestly that strength rush was.. Incredible"

"Tip of the iceberg, that's A fraction of my power"

"Damn I know see the value in that"

"You will pardon me no matter what I do"

(Ok, this next thing gotta be done fast)

"I remember have limitless power, I know psychokinesis, I can move anything with a flick of a finger"

(the two kirpans are floating in front of the Jaspreet's face in front and behind, Joshua's hands are freed from the cuffs)

"Remember I was testing you Jaspreet, seeing who is really on my side, to assess my opponent, you can't use mental magic under intense fear"

"Your BPM is Waaaay too high for your little CMD.EXE mindgame"

"I have reflexes that are enhanced, remember? I can enhance people's bodily abilities, including my own"

"Mind control is neat. But I kinda like my free will"

“Actually Joshua I can still use my focus ability, just don’t pretend to be my equal”

"I want more than a pardon I want complete free reign, I want power, I want pardons for my associates including the hacker, maybe ill give you the tech" "I'm no good to you dead, and neither are you"

"That's why I will not slit your throat with you cute little Kirpan"

“You couldn’t if you tried”

(The kirpan hauntingly scratched his neck so slightly that it cuts off hair)

"Joshua, you are insane"

(Joshua realizes the General was doing a certain breathing technique, it can be used to abnormally lower A person's heartbeat and fear to in a scary amount of time, f**k)

(General Singh commands his attention to focus at the floor, the daggers fall to the ground everyone's attention is focused on the loud clank)

(In that split second Jaspreet grabs Joshua and throws him again the wall pinning him, completely overpowering him)

"You see General Singh, both of our powers completely cancel each other out" "we are at a stalemate"

"I can kill you with my PSI, and PK, I can heal any bruises taken, It doesn't matter because you could hunt me down or disable me from action you don't want that you want to copy my powers"

“You are not my equal, I am the US military”

“I also have ways to cheat death, you think human bodies are good enough”

"You want my tech"

"you could have me commanded, but I can just ignore orders, pain is funny, I have already been through so much I can handle it after all I have the serum and all of the tech you want"

"You got a point Joshua"

"Guards leave"

(They follow Joshua's orders, with Jaspreet giving a nod)

"I'll tell you it started with a dream... A certain man with a power, similar to mine, power that could heal those, protect those. A valuable power. " 

"Then he almost died and gave up that power, to a new leader, to an angel who granted me my power""

"I demand you stay silent General Singh for the entirety of my story, it may take weeks to just review it but it will tell you the hacker you are looking for and you must pardon Her, I will also tell you where my friends are”

“Well they are very very well hidden…”

“Also Joshua you were associating with a internationally known cosmic anomaly know as a humanoid black whole responsible for mass disappearances.” “Yeah he’s our Navigator”

“Oh I know where they are… I captured them.”

"Fine, I have no choice"

"Neither do I"

(Joshua thinks to himself, to sing A song, to strum A melody, hmmm oh a harp, Joshua thinks of the word Kinnor, or the Hebrew word for Harp, then the letters appear on his hands, wrists in forearms)

(Joshua conjures A harp made of light by taking  those Hebrew letters and shaping them into existence, he starts strumming)

"A little music to jog my memories, for it started A while ago, with dreams of failure to stop the hatred, but love won't die, and truths reign above us"

[brookston]

Holidays 4.14

Holidays

Air Force Reserve Day

American Dictionary Day

Americas Day (Honduras, Mexico)

Anfal Genocide Memorial Day

Black Day (South Korea)

Blessing of the Salmon Nets (Northumbria)

Bon Jovi Day (New Jersey)

Cake and Cunnilingus Day

Children’s Day (Peru)

Children with Alopecia Day

Commemoration of Anfal Genocide Against the Kurds (Iraqi Kurdistan)

Cuckoo Day (Old England)

Day of Mologa (Russia)

Day of (No) Silence (GLSEN)

Day of the Georgian Language

Day of the Skater

Dhivehi Language Day (Maldives)

Dictionary Day

Donate Life Blue & Green Day

Draw MegaMan Day

Dreams of Reason Feast Day

Ex-Spouse's Day

414 Day

Global Roller Day

Grand National Ladies Day (UK)

Gujarat (Fire Service Day; India)

International Goalkeeper Day

International Moment of Laughter Day

International Silambam Day

Kids’ Yoga Day

Kinetoscope Day

Look Up at the Sky Day

Lundkommardagen (Puffin Arrival Day; Norway) 

Meme Appreciation Day

Milwaukee Day (414)

Moirang Day (a.k.a. Victory Day; India)

National Bracelet Day

National Dolphin Day

National Donate a Book Day

National Gardening Day

National Kick Balls Day

National Love Our Children Day

National Not Ashamed of Jesus Day

National Perfume Day

National Reach as High as You Can Day

N'Ko Alphabet Day (Mande)

Orange Day (Japan)

Pan American Day

Pathologists’ Assistant Day

Peregrine Falcon Appreciation Day

Peter Capaldi Day

Pigeon Day (French Republic)

Reach As High As You Can Day

Samjinnal (Arrival of Spring; Korea)

Secret Service Day

Spring Hula Hooping Day

Tempting Fate Day

Takayama Spring Festival (Japan)

Thingyan begins (Water Festival; Burma)

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Day of Service (South Africa)

World Chagas Day

World Quantum Day

Youth Day (Angola)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Espresso Italiano Day (Italy)

International Laverbread Day

Laverbread Day

National Grits Day

National Pecan Day

Oreo Cookie Cheesecake Day

Saison Day

Tannat Day (Uruguay)

2nd Sunday in April

Air Defense Forces Day (Belarus, Russia) [2nd Sunda

Global Day to End Sexual Abuse [2nd Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 14 (3rd Week)

Animal Control Appreciation Week [2nd Full Week in April]

Animal Cruelty/Human Violence Awareness Week Week [3rd Week in April]

Astronomy Week — Spring [thru 4.20]

Cleaning For A Reason Week [begins 2nd Sunday]

National Coin Week [3rd Week in April]

National Dog Bite Prevention Week [3rd Week in April]

National Public Safety Telecommunications Week [2nd Full Week in April]

National Student Employment Week [2nd Full Week in April]

National Volunteer Week Week [3rd Week in April]

Neurodiagnostic Week [3rd Week in April]

Organize Your Files Week Week [3rd Week in April]

Pan American Week [Week of 4.14]

Independence & Related Days

Jonja Island (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Lawfords (a.k.a. Kingdom of Lawfords; Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

Hindi New Year (a.k.a. …

Assamese New Year

Baisakhi (Parts of India)

Bisket Jatra (Nepali New Year)

Bohag Bihu (Assam Valley)

Cambodian New Year

Chetti Chand (Parts of India)

Guḍhī Pāḍavā [1st Day of Chaitra]

Hari Raya Yep Tahun Baru (Indonesia)

Malayali New Year (Kerala)

Nyepi Day (a.k.a. Day of Silence; Bali)

Ougadi (Mauritius)

Pi Mai (Laotian New Year)

Ramayana begins

Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba, Manipur, India)

Telgu New Year

Thingyan begins (Burma)

Ugadi (Parts of India)

Vaisakhi (Parts of India)

Kerala New Yea (India)

New Year's Day (Assamese, Bengali, Burmese, Sikh, Khmer, Lao, Nepali, Oriya, Sinhalese, Tamil, Thai, Tuluva; Southeast Asia) [Sidereal Vernal Equinox]

Sidereal New Year (South and Southeast Asian) (a.k.a. …

Aluth Avurudda (Sri Lanka)

Biju Festival (Parts of India)

Bisu (Tulu Nadu region of Karnataka and Kerala, India)

Bizhu (Chakmas in Mizoram, Tripura and Bangladesh)

Bohag Bihu (Assam, India)

Buisu (Tripura, India)

Bwisagu (Bodoland region of Assam, India)

Cheiraoba (Parts of India)

Choul Chnam Thmey (Cambodia)

Jur Sital (Mithila region of Bihar, India and Nepal)

Khmer New Year (Cambodia)

Maha Vusubha Sankranti (Parts of India)

Oriya New Year (Parts of India)

Pahela Baishakh (Bangladesh and West Bengal, India)

Pana Sankranti (Odisha, India)

Pi Mai (Laos)

Puthandu (Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, India and Northern and Eastern regions of Sri Lanka)

Rongali Bihu (Parts of India)

Samjinnal (Korea)

Sangken (Khamti, Singpho, Khamyang, Tangsa in Arunachal Pradesh and Tai Phake, Tai Aiton, and Turung in Assam, India)

Sinhala (Sri Lanka)

Songkran (Thailand)

Tamil New Year (Parts of India)

Thingyan (Myanmar)

Tuluva New Year (Parts of India)

Vaisakhi (Punjab, North and Central India, Nepalese New Year in Nepal)

Varusha Pirruppa (Tamil New Year; Mauritius)

Vishu (Kerala, India)

Water-Sprinkling Festival (Yunnan, China)

Festivals Beginning April 14, 2024

Alphretta Wine Festival (Alpharetta, Georgia)

The Chocolate Expo (Long Island, New York)

International Rose & Wine Festival (Shreveport, Louisiana)

New Haven Restaurant Week (New Haven, Connecticut) [thru 4.19]

Ocean City Restaurant Week (Ocean City, Maryland) [thru 4.19]

Seville Fair (Seville, Spain) [thru 4.20]

Vinitaly (Verona, Italy) [thru 4.17]

ZagreDox (Zagreb, Croatia) [thru 4.21]

Zilker Kite Festival (Austin, Texas)

Feast Days

Abushibarei (Ryukyuan)

Adolph Hitler Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Albategnius (Positivist; Saint)

Ambedkar Jayanti (India)

Ardalion (Christian; Martyrs)

Bénézet (Christian; Saint)

Bernard of iron (Christian; Saint)

Caradoc, Benezet, John, Antony and Eustace (Christian; Martyrs)

Carpus of Thyatira (Christian; Saint)

Domnina of Terni (Christian; Saint)

Elfin Choirs Congress (Shamanism)

The Extremes (Muppetism)

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin (Artology)

Galungan (Celebrating Victory of Dharma over Adharma; Bali)

Henry Beard Delany (Episcopal Church (USA))

Justin (Christian; Martyr)

Lambert of Lyons (Christian; Saint)

Lidwina (a.k.a. B. Lidwina of Schiedam or Lydwina; Christian; Saint)

Look Up at the Sky Day (Pastafarian)

Marianne’s Day (Pagan)

Maryamma (Goddess of the Sea; Hinduism; Everyday Wicca)

Peter González (Christian; Saint)

Sommarsblot (Norse)

Three Smiles Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Tiburtius, Valerian, and Maximus (Christian; Martyrs)

Victor Borisov-Musatov (Artology)

Islamic Moveable Calendar Holidays

Eid al-Fitr celebrations continue (Islam)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Historically Bad Day (Lincoln shot, Titanic hit an iceberg & 9 other tragedies) [1 of 11]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 17 of 60)

Premieres

About Damn Time, by Lizzo (Song; 2022)

American Psycho (Film; 2000)

Batman vs. Robin (WB Animated Film; 2015)

Beach Blanket Bingo (Film; 1965)

Beauty and the Beast (WB MM Cartoon; 1934)

The Big Bad Wolf (Disney Silly Symphonies Cartoon; 1934)

British Steel, by Judas Priest (Album; 1980)

Buddy’s Garage (WB LT Cartoon; 1934)

Bye Bye Birdie (Broadway Musical; 1960)

The Candle in the Wind, by T.H. White (Novel; 1958) [Once and Future King #4]

Cannery Roden (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1967)

Diver Down, by Van Halen (Album; 1982)

Execution Dock, by Anne Perry (Novel; 2009)

The Fair-Haired Hare (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)

Farewell Waltz, by Milan Kundera (Novel; 1972)

The Fate of the Furious [F&F #8]

Girl Happy (Film; 1965)

Grape Nutty (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1949)

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Novel; 1939)

The Hash Shop (Oswald he Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1930)

The History of Sexuality, by Michel Foucault (Philosophy Book; 1976)

Iceland's Bell, by Halldór Laxness (Novel; 1943)

Insulin’ the Sultan (Ub Iwerks Cartoon; 1934)

The Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison (Novel; 1952)

Iron Maiden, by Iron Maiden (Album; 1980)

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, by Public Enemy (Album; 1988)

Keeping the Faith (Film; 2000)

The King of Torts, by John Grisham (Novel; 2003)

Kinky Boots (Film; 2006)

The Legend of Korea (Animated TV Series; 2012)

Let’s Dance, by David Bowie (Album; 1983)

The Missing Piece Shel Silverstein (Children’s Book; 1976)

Mixed Master (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)

Much Ado About Mousing (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1964)

The Notorious Bettie Page (Film; 2006)

Off the Deep End, by Weird Al Yankovic (Album; 1992)

The Pebble and the Penguin (Animated Film; 1995)

Put Me in the Zoo, by Robert Lopshire (Children’s Book; 1960)

Put-Put, Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1968)

Renfield (Film; 2023)

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! (Radio Series; 1930)

Rocket Man, by Elton John (Song; 1972)

Say Anything (Film; 1989)

Shift: First Shift — Legacy, by Hugh Howey (Novel; 2012)

Spark (Animated Film; 2017)

Thank You For Smoking (Film; 2006)

Ultra, by Depeche Mode (Album; 1997)

Webster’s American Dictionary (Book; 1818)

The Wild (Animated Film; 2006)

Today’s Name Days

Elmo, Erna, Ernestine (Austria)

Maksim, Valerijan, Zdravko (Croatia)

Vincenc (Czech Republic)

Tiburtius (Denmark)

Lehe, Lehte, Lehti (Estonia)

Taito (Finland)

Ludivine, Maxime (France)

Elmo, Erna, Ernestine (Germany)

Aristarhos, Thomais (Greece)

Tibor (Hungary)

Abbondio, Ignazio, Lamberto (Italy)

Agape, Gudrite, Strauja (Latvia)

Justinas, Vaišvydė, Vaiva, Valerijonas, Visvaldas (Lithuania)

Ellinor, Nora (Norway)

Berenike, Julianna, Justyn, Maria, Myślimir, Tyburcjusz, Walerian, Waleriana (Poland)

Pahomie (Romania)

Maria (Russia)

Justína (Slovakia)

Lidia, Tiburcio, Valeriano (Spain)

Tiburtius (Sweden)

Martin (Ukraine)

Caradoc, Carey, Cary, Hudson (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 105 of 2024; 261 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 15 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 1 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 6 (Wu-Shen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 6 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 5 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 15 Cyan; Oneday [15 of 30]

Julian: 1 April 2024

Moon: 38%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 21 Archimedes (4th Month) [Hippachus]

Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 5 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 27 of 92)

Week: 3rd Week of April

Zodiac: Aries (Day 25 of 31)

Calendar Changes

April (a.k.a. Aprilis; Julian Calendar) [Month 4 of 12]

Saille (Willow) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 4 of 13]

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 4.14

Holidays

Air Force Reserve Day

American Dictionary Day

Americas Day (Honduras, Mexico)

Anfal Genocide Memorial Day

Black Day (South Korea)

Blessing of the Salmon Nets (Northumbria)

Bon Jovi Day (New Jersey)

Cake and Cunnilingus Day

Children’s Day (Peru)

Children with Alopecia Day

Commemoration of Anfal Genocide Against the Kurds (Iraqi Kurdistan)

Cuckoo Day (Old England)

Day of Mologa (Russia)

Day of (No) Silence (GLSEN)

Day of the Georgian Language

Day of the Skater

Dhivehi Language Day (Maldives)

Dictionary Day

Donate Life Blue & Green Day

Draw MegaMan Day

Dreams of Reason Feast Day

Ex-Spouse's Day

414 Day

Global Roller Day

Grand National Ladies Day (UK)

Gujarat (Fire Service Day; India)

International Goalkeeper Day

International Moment of Laughter Day

International Silambam Day

Kids’ Yoga Day

Kinetoscope Day

Look Up at the Sky Day

Lundkommardagen (Puffin Arrival Day; Norway) 

Meme Appreciation Day

Milwaukee Day (414)

Moirang Day (a.k.a. Victory Day; India)

National Bracelet Day

National Dolphin Day

National Donate a Book Day

National Gardening Day

National Kick Balls Day

National Love Our Children Day

National Not Ashamed of Jesus Day

National Perfume Day

National Reach as High as You Can Day

N'Ko Alphabet Day (Mande)

Orange Day (Japan)

Pan American Day

Pathologists’ Assistant Day

Peregrine Falcon Appreciation Day

Peter Capaldi Day

Pigeon Day (French Republic)

Reach As High As You Can Day

Samjinnal (Arrival of Spring; Korea)

Secret Service Day

Spring Hula Hooping Day

Tempting Fate Day

Takayama Spring Festival (Japan)

Thingyan begins (Water Festival; Burma)

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Day of Service (South Africa)

World Chagas Day

World Quantum Day

Youth Day (Angola)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Espresso Italiano Day (Italy)

International Laverbread Day

Laverbread Day

National Grits Day

National Pecan Day

Oreo Cookie Cheesecake Day

Saison Day

Tannat Day (Uruguay)

2nd Sunday in April

Air Defense Forces Day (Belarus, Russia) [2nd Sunda

Global Day to End Sexual Abuse [2nd Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 14 (3rd Week)

Animal Control Appreciation Week [2nd Full Week in April]

Animal Cruelty/Human Violence Awareness Week Week [3rd Week in April]

Astronomy Week — Spring [thru 4.20]

Cleaning For A Reason Week [begins 2nd Sunday]

National Coin Week [3rd Week in April]

National Dog Bite Prevention Week [3rd Week in April]

National Public Safety Telecommunications Week [2nd Full Week in April]

National Student Employment Week [2nd Full Week in April]

National Volunteer Week Week [3rd Week in April]

Neurodiagnostic Week [3rd Week in April]

Organize Your Files Week Week [3rd Week in April]

Pan American Week [Week of 4.14]

Independence & Related Days

Jonja Island (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Lawfords (a.k.a. Kingdom of Lawfords; Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

Hindi New Year (a.k.a. …

Assamese New Year

Baisakhi (Parts of India)

Bisket Jatra (Nepali New Year)

Bohag Bihu (Assam Valley)

Cambodian New Year

Chetti Chand (Parts of India)

Guḍhī Pāḍavā [1st Day of Chaitra]

Hari Raya Yep Tahun Baru (Indonesia)

Malayali New Year (Kerala)

Nyepi Day (a.k.a. Day of Silence; Bali)

Ougadi (Mauritius)

Pi Mai (Laotian New Year)

Ramayana begins

Sajibu Nongmapanba (Cheiraoba, Manipur, India)

Telgu New Year

Thingyan begins (Burma)

Ugadi (Parts of India)

Vaisakhi (Parts of India)

Kerala New Yea (India)

New Year's Day (Assamese, Bengali, Burmese, Sikh, Khmer, Lao, Nepali, Oriya, Sinhalese, Tamil, Thai, Tuluva; Southeast Asia) [Sidereal Vernal Equinox]

Sidereal New Year (South and Southeast Asian) (a.k.a. …

Aluth Avurudda (Sri Lanka)

Biju Festival (Parts of India)

Bisu (Tulu Nadu region of Karnataka and Kerala, India)

Bizhu (Chakmas in Mizoram, Tripura and Bangladesh)

Bohag Bihu (Assam, India)

Buisu (Tripura, India)

Bwisagu (Bodoland region of Assam, India)

Cheiraoba (Parts of India)

Choul Chnam Thmey (Cambodia)

Jur Sital (Mithila region of Bihar, India and Nepal)

Khmer New Year (Cambodia)

Maha Vusubha Sankranti (Parts of India)

Oriya New Year (Parts of India)

Pahela Baishakh (Bangladesh and West Bengal, India)

Pana Sankranti (Odisha, India)

Pi Mai (Laos)

Puthandu (Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, India and Northern and Eastern regions of Sri Lanka)

Rongali Bihu (Parts of India)

Samjinnal (Korea)

Sangken (Khamti, Singpho, Khamyang, Tangsa in Arunachal Pradesh and Tai Phake, Tai Aiton, and Turung in Assam, India)

Sinhala (Sri Lanka)

Songkran (Thailand)

Tamil New Year (Parts of India)

Thingyan (Myanmar)

Tuluva New Year (Parts of India)

Vaisakhi (Punjab, North and Central India, Nepalese New Year in Nepal)

Varusha Pirruppa (Tamil New Year; Mauritius)

Vishu (Kerala, India)

Water-Sprinkling Festival (Yunnan, China)

Festivals Beginning April 14, 2024

Alphretta Wine Festival (Alpharetta, Georgia)

The Chocolate Expo (Long Island, New York)

International Rose & Wine Festival (Shreveport, Louisiana)

New Haven Restaurant Week (New Haven, Connecticut) [thru 4.19]

Ocean City Restaurant Week (Ocean City, Maryland) [thru 4.19]

Seville Fair (Seville, Spain) [thru 4.20]

Vinitaly (Verona, Italy) [thru 4.17]

ZagreDox (Zagreb, Croatia) [thru 4.21]

Zilker Kite Festival (Austin, Texas)

Feast Days

Abushibarei (Ryukyuan)

Adolph Hitler Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Albategnius (Positivist; Saint)

Ambedkar Jayanti (India)

Ardalion (Christian; Martyrs)

Bénézet (Christian; Saint)

Bernard of iron (Christian; Saint)

Caradoc, Benezet, John, Antony and Eustace (Christian; Martyrs)

Carpus of Thyatira (Christian; Saint)

Domnina of Terni (Christian; Saint)

Elfin Choirs Congress (Shamanism)

The Extremes (Muppetism)

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin (Artology)

Galungan (Celebrating Victory of Dharma over Adharma; Bali)

Henry Beard Delany (Episcopal Church (USA))

Justin (Christian; Martyr)

Lambert of Lyons (Christian; Saint)

Lidwina (a.k.a. B. Lidwina of Schiedam or Lydwina; Christian; Saint)

Look Up at the Sky Day (Pastafarian)

Marianne’s Day (Pagan)

Maryamma (Goddess of the Sea; Hinduism; Everyday Wicca)

Peter González (Christian; Saint)

Sommarsblot (Norse)

Three Smiles Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Tiburtius, Valerian, and Maximus (Christian; Martyrs)

Victor Borisov-Musatov (Artology)

Islamic Moveable Calendar Holidays

Eid al-Fitr celebrations continue (Islam)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Historically Bad Day (Lincoln shot, Titanic hit an iceberg & 9 other tragedies) [1 of 11]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 17 of 60)

Premieres

About Damn Time, by Lizzo (Song; 2022)

American Psycho (Film; 2000)

Batman vs. Robin (WB Animated Film; 2015)

Beach Blanket Bingo (Film; 1965)

Beauty and the Beast (WB MM Cartoon; 1934)

The Big Bad Wolf (Disney Silly Symphonies Cartoon; 1934)

British Steel, by Judas Priest (Album; 1980)

Buddy’s Garage (WB LT Cartoon; 1934)

Bye Bye Birdie (Broadway Musical; 1960)

The Candle in the Wind, by T.H. White (Novel; 1958) [Once and Future King #4]

Cannery Roden (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1967)

Diver Down, by Van Halen (Album; 1982)

Execution Dock, by Anne Perry (Novel; 2009)

The Fair-Haired Hare (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)

Farewell Waltz, by Milan Kundera (Novel; 1972)

The Fate of the Furious [F&F #8]

Girl Happy (Film; 1965)

Grape Nutty (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1949)

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Novel; 1939)

The Hash Shop (Oswald he Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1930)

The History of Sexuality, by Michel Foucault (Philosophy Book; 1976)

Iceland's Bell, by Halldór Laxness (Novel; 1943)

Insulin’ the Sultan (Ub Iwerks Cartoon; 1934)

The Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison (Novel; 1952)

Iron Maiden, by Iron Maiden (Album; 1980)

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, by Public Enemy (Album; 1988)

Keeping the Faith (Film; 2000)

The King of Torts, by John Grisham (Novel; 2003)

Kinky Boots (Film; 2006)

The Legend of Korea (Animated TV Series; 2012)

Let’s Dance, by David Bowie (Album; 1983)

The Missing Piece Shel Silverstein (Children’s Book; 1976)

Mixed Master (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)

Much Ado About Mousing (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1964)

The Notorious Bettie Page (Film; 2006)

Off the Deep End, by Weird Al Yankovic (Album; 1992)

The Pebble and the Penguin (Animated Film; 1995)

Put Me in the Zoo, by Robert Lopshire (Children’s Book; 1960)

Put-Put, Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1968)

Renfield (Film; 2023)

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! (Radio Series; 1930)

Rocket Man, by Elton John (Song; 1972)

Say Anything (Film; 1989)

Shift: First Shift — Legacy, by Hugh Howey (Novel; 2012)

Spark (Animated Film; 2017)

Thank You For Smoking (Film; 2006)

Ultra, by Depeche Mode (Album; 1997)

Webster’s American Dictionary (Book; 1818)

The Wild (Animated Film; 2006)

Today’s Name Days

Elmo, Erna, Ernestine (Austria)

Maksim, Valerijan, Zdravko (Croatia)

Vincenc (Czech Republic)

Tiburtius (Denmark)

Lehe, Lehte, Lehti (Estonia)

Taito (Finland)

Ludivine, Maxime (France)

Elmo, Erna, Ernestine (Germany)

Aristarhos, Thomais (Greece)

Tibor (Hungary)

Abbondio, Ignazio, Lamberto (Italy)

Agape, Gudrite, Strauja (Latvia)

Justinas, Vaišvydė, Vaiva, Valerijonas, Visvaldas (Lithuania)

Ellinor, Nora (Norway)

Berenike, Julianna, Justyn, Maria, Myślimir, Tyburcjusz, Walerian, Waleriana (Poland)

Pahomie (Romania)

Maria (Russia)

Justína (Slovakia)

Lidia, Tiburcio, Valeriano (Spain)

Tiburtius (Sweden)

Martin (Ukraine)

Caradoc, Carey, Cary, Hudson (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 105 of 2024; 261 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 15 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 1 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 6 (Wu-Shen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 6 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 5 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 15 Cyan; Oneday [15 of 30]

Julian: 1 April 2024

Moon: 38%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 21 Archimedes (4th Month) [Hippachus]

Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 5 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 27 of 92)

Week: 3rd Week of April

Zodiac: Aries (Day 25 of 31)

Calendar Changes

April (a.k.a. Aprilis; Julian Calendar) [Month 4 of 12]

Saille (Willow) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 4 of 13]

[agendergorgon]

Crocodile Great Replacement?

So I've been reading up on Cuban crocodiles (C. Rhrombifer) cos I think they're cool and I was gonna make my fursona one, but I ran into this problem where I was made to remember that eugenics is wankers applying animal husbandry and conservation principles to humans. Turns out the Cuban Crocodile shares environments with the American Crocodile (C. Acutus) and the two can have kids together, and every news article or quick summation of it makes me uneasy cos its about concerns about maintaining a pure population of the cuban crocodile and the dangers of female Cuban Crocodiles choosing American Crocodile males but worded in a way that's dangerously close to how losers who think Birmingham is under Sharia law and swan about the place with roman busts for profile pics might lament the plight of "real"(WASP) "British"(WASP) "values"(hating non WASPs). I'm not a zoologist I'm just a lady who wanted to find out some neat facts about animals and pretend I was still the target demographic for Zoobooks and the like and now I'm reading papers on this sort of thing and conservation efforts and wanting to read more on the ethcis of human intervention in something like this, and whether something can be said to be exinct if its descendents are still out there. Fun fact: Cuban crocodiles do a funny little gallop on land and are gorgeous to watch in motion Unfun fact: way too many losers in my town that complain about the Sikh temple messing with the skyline

[dbunicorn]

There's a fat disgusting white pig in my cul de sac who some Washington asshole employs. I'm.sure it's Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, etc

This fucking hole will never be my home.

Here's my list of paranoia - 4 solid years of almost car accidents, some really close, getting a ticket for reckless driving, white apologies, more scumbag CBP & rude cops in 2 countries than any sane woman would want to.punch in the face. An almost divorce, having to raise two small children, get taxed up the ass, give to charity, school lockdowns, 2 kids with possible mild autism, imbeciles doctors, imbecile therapists, the creepiest neighbors on the planet eye raping at a pool and soooo much more. More ruined birthday parties, anniversary, vacations with obnoxious rude white women. Indian women are close second

Some female fuck lives with pig who smells like a repugnant shiny pedophile.

So again. Here's a fucking reminder of how many years of harassment that is. When you set a protective order against someone you fucking cunts. Try due process. It's not like your country is anything but a racist shit hole that sponsors terrorism. 🖕🖕

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/19/who-is-hardeep-singh-nijjar-sikh-canada-killed/

My favorite was when the car alarm across the street would go off whenever my husband and I would be having sex. Or how people would be standing outside my house at 3am in pissing rain when no animal is to be seen.

But I can pay more property tax and HOA fees for your welfare state to violate my rights..

A particular fuck you to the 'only India can produces engineers H1b visa program". Great science is done around the world.

Fucking ugly fat ugly revolting asshole. That would make me proud of myself too.

It would make me smug.

We've moved 2 times in the last 10 years. I don't want my children fucking near you disgusting fucking pigs.

No diversity training makes you a man, it doesn't stop marital rape, and hating of daughters. When an asshole stalks a child on your dime I'm fucking sure that's your liability. You can call me paranoid and delusional until your blue in the face you fucking pig. It doesn't make you anything more than the pathetic fuck you are.

Pay me out. I'm sure I won't see 20 uhauls in Haines junction if I fucking choose to live there.

I'm sick of being a man on your behalf.

PS I fucking promise you I WILL NEVER turn the other cheek again.

Evolution of an idiot. Ikea, fed governor at sfu, real estate bubbles, unfunded liabilities, water crises,GFC, foreclosures, bailouts, Facebook, Cambridge analytics, rcmp, Obama, go home, dumbing down stem in bc, Amanda Todd, white jeep, jeep, yellow jeep, raped Indian women, with umbrellas, fat depressed white women, ugly white pedophiles, see something say something, teach me a lesson, protective orders, Woodinville Washington, my mother's stroke, Oregon plates in bc. Just a taster of my beautiful mind.

Wow what a life of the mind. It's like the worst black mirror episode on the fucking planet.

Excuse the brevity of this response. I'm too tired being a responsible adult. I'm sure I could write a PhD about your corruption.

Did you fucking want to tell me about CASTE asshole.

Total plot twist and nail chewer

[gingerhotelsindia]

Ginger Chandigarh Zirakpur - The Perfect Base for Business Travele

Nestled on the outskirts of Chandigarh, Zirakpur is a vibrant city in the state of Punjab, India. It serves as an important hub connecting Chandigarh, Panchkula, and Mohali, making it a popular destination for both business and leisure travellers. Zirakpur boasts a delightful blend of modernity and traditional charm, offering a plethora of attractions and experiences for visitors.

Places to Visit and exciting things to do while in Zirakpur, Chandigarh:

· When you're in Zirakpur, there is no shortage of places to visit and exciting activities to engage in. Begin your journey with a visit to the majestic Gurudwara Nada Sahib, a renowned Sikh shrine that holds immense religious significance. Situated on the banks of the Ghaggar River, the Gurudwara's tranquil ambiance offers a spiritual retreat for devotees and tourists alike. Don't forget to experience the captivating evening prayers, where the melodious hymns and devotional atmosphere leave a profound impact on your soul.

· For wildlife enthusiasts, the ChattBir Zoo is a must-visit destination. Known as one of the most notable zoological parks in the region, it houses a diverse range of animals, including lions, tigers, elephants, and more. The zoo's conservation efforts and educational programs make it an excellent spot for families and nature lovers to explore and learn about various species.

· If you are travelling with family, Funcity is the place to be. This lively amusement park promises an adrenaline-pumping adventure with its thrilling rides and entertaining attractions. From roller coasters to water slides, Funcity guarantees a fun-filled day for both kids and adults.

· Nature enthusiasts will find solace in the picturesque Japanese Garden. An epitome of elegance and tranquillity, this garden offers a serene escape from the hustle and bustle of the city. Stroll through the well-manicured landscapes, meditate by the tranquil ponds, and immerse yourself in the beauty of the traditional Japanese architecture.

· When hunger strikes, head to Paras Downtown Square, a vibrant shopping complex that not only offers a diverse range of stores but also houses numerous eateries serving delectable local and international cuisines. Sample the mouthwatering street food or indulge in a fine dining experience; the choice is yours!

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stays and impeccable services. With a focus on modern amenities, convenient locations, and exceptional guest experiences, Ginger Hotels caters to the diverse needs of travellers.

· As a part of the Tata Group, Ginger Hotels reflects the group's core values of integrity and excellence. With a presence in numerous cities across India, Ginger has become synonymous with budget-friendly accommodation that does not compromise on quality and comfort.

Indeed, the city has a lot to offer, but to make the most out of your visit, the first thing you need is accommodation. Comfortable rooms in Chandigarh Zirakpur to ensure you have a relaxing stay and can get going with your plans. Especially when you are in the city for business commitments, having a business hotel in Chandigarh Zirakpur becomes essential. So, if you are someone searching for a business hotels in Chandigarh Zirakpur or comfortable rooms in Chandigarh Zirakpur, here is the top recommendation for your stay.

Ginger Zirakpur - The Ideal Option for Business Travelers: Ginger Chandigarh Zirakpur emerges as the best option for business travellers seeking a perfect base for their stay in the region. Strategically located, this business hotel in Chandigarh Zirakpur offers easy access to the major industrial and commercial hubs, making it a preferred choice for professionals. The hotel's proximity to Chandigarh International Airport and major highways ensures seamless connectivity.

Comfortable Rooms in Chandigarh Zirakpur: At Ginger Chandigarh Zirakpur, comfort and convenience are at the forefront of the guest experience. The well-appointed rooms are designed to provide a relaxing and productive environment, ideal for business travellers looking for a comfortable stay. Enjoy the convenience of in-room amenities, including a flat-screen TV, tea/coffee maker, and a well-lit work desk.

The hotel's plush bedding and a choice of pillows ensure a restful night's sleep after a busy day of meetings or sightseeing. Wake up feeling refreshed and rejuvenated, ready to take on the day's activities.

Unmatched Facilities and Services:

Ginger Zirakpur goes the extra mile to ensure a seamless and enjoyable stay for all its guests. Start your day with a hearty and wholesome breakfast at the hotel's multi-cuisine restaurant, offering a delectable spread of local and international dishes. The restaurant's warm ambience makes it an ideal spot for both formal and casual dining experiences.

For fitness enthusiasts, the hotel provides a fully-equipped fitness centre to help you stay active and energetic during your trip. Keep up with your workout routine and maintain a healthy lifestyle while away from home.

Ginger Zirakpur's courteous staff is dedicated to delivering personalized service and prompt assistance. Whether you need travel arrangements, local recommendations, or any other requirement, the hotel's team is always at your service.

Conclusion:

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With its modern amenities, convenient location, and warm hospitality, Ginger Zirakpur promises an unparalleled stay experience, leaving a lasting impression on every guest visiting this thriving region. Whether you're in Zirakpur for business or leisure, Ginger Chandigarh Zirakpur ensures a memorable and productive stay, making it your home away from home.

[sikhville]

Sikhville: Educational and Fun Videos for Kids, Exploring Sikh Culture with Joy

Introduction

Sikhville is a platform that combines education and entertainment to create engaging video content for kids. With a focus on Sikh culture and values, Sikhville provides children with a unique opportunity to learn and have fun simultaneously. Let's explore how Sikhville strikes the perfect balance between education and enjoyment.

The Power of Educational Entertainment

Sikhville understands that children learn best when they are engaged and entertained. By blending education with fun, Sikhville's video content captures children's attention and enhances their learning experience. Through colorful animations, lively characters, and interactive elements, Sikhville ensures that kids are excited to explore and discover new knowledge about Sikh culture.

Age-Appropriate and Engaging Content

Sikhville tailors its video content specifically for kids, considering their age and cognitive abilities. The content is presented in a way that is easy for children to understand and enjoy. Sikhville's videos utilize storytelling techniques, engaging visuals, and relatable scenarios to create an immersive learning environment that keeps kids interested and motivated to learn more.

Exploring Sikh Culture and Traditions

Sikhville's video content provides children with a comprehensive introduction to Sikh culture and traditions. From the teachings of the Sikh Gurus to the significance of Sikh festivals, kids get to explore the rich heritage of Sikhism. Sikhville's videos cover various aspects of Sikh culture, including the Sikh identity, the importance of the turban, langar (community kitchen), and the values of equality and service to humanity.

Interactive Learning Experiences

Sikhville goes beyond passive viewing by incorporating interactive elements into its video content. Children are encouraged to participate in quizzes, games, and activities that reinforce their understanding of Sikhism. This interactive approach not only enhances their knowledge retention but also makes the learning process enjoyable and memorable.

Promoting Values and Life Skills

Sikhville's video content focuses not only on imparting knowledge but also on promoting values and life skills. Children learn about important virtues such as compassion, honesty, humility, and respect for others. Sikhville's videos showcase characters who demonstrate these values, inspiring kids to adopt them in their own lives and interactions with others.

Inspiring Role Models

Sikhville's video content introduces children to inspirational figures from Sikh history and contemporary society. By highlighting the achievements and contributions of Sikh heroes and role models, kids learn about the importance of determination, courage, and selflessness. These role models serve as sources of inspiration, motivating children to strive for excellence and make a positive impact in their own lives and communities.

Cultivating Cultural Appreciation and Inclusivity

Sikhville's video content promotes cultural appreciation and inclusivity by fostering understanding and respect for different cultures. Through the exploration of Sikh culture, children gain insight into the beliefs, traditions, and practices that make Sikhism unique. This exposure to diverse cultures helps children develop empathy, acceptance, and a broader worldview.

Conclusion

Sikhville's dedication to creating educational and fun video content for kids is commendable. By engaging children through interactive experiences, Sikhville successfully introduces them to Sikh culture, values, and traditions. Through their captivating videos, Sikhville nurtures a love for learning while instilling important life skills and fostering cultural appreciation among young minds.

[inklusive-writes]

Why Disney & Pixar’s new coming-of-age film resonates with me as an Asian and a future Generalist Special Needs Educator… [Warning: SPOILERS AHEAD!]

The new animated film centers on the life of a 13-year-old Chinese Canadian living in Toronto, Canada. Meilin Lee is a typical girl who experiences the struggles and growing pains of adolescence. She shapeshifts into a huge red panda whenever she gets excited, mad, frustrated, or basically whenever she feels any extreme emotion that she can’t suppress. Her mom, Ming Lee, is a typical Asian mom who’s strict, religious, and always wants everything to be perfect. This film tackles not only about the onset of puberty but also parent-child relationship, generational trauma, gender roles, and many more behind the scenes.

There has been quite a number of bad reviews about the film (mostly from conservative adults) because of the main character’s self-identity towards the end of the film. Personally, I think this film gives the general audiences a refreshing view on the onset of puberty especially menstruation and shows an important representation of Asian kids experiencing generational trauma. So, as a woman who is brought up in an Asian household AND as a future educator, here are the reasons why the film is a necessary representation in the present time:

1. Inclusion & Diversity

Being left out is probably one of a teenager’s worst fears. When I was in my early teens, I always wanted to be included in any group, school event, or even in the pettiest of things like gossip; because who would want to be excluded, right?

This film is set in the early 2000s which features characters coming from diverse backgrounds. The main character herself is a Chinese-Canadian who brought their entire culture to Toronto. She is even part of a group of besties with diverse identities, one of which is a queer girl.

Some characters may be in fleeting scenes but they made them noticeable enough for it to garner a positive impact. The audience spotted a character with Type 1 Diabetes because of her insulin pump. This particular scene left the diabetic community optimistic about a kid who has the same condition being portrayed on screen. There was also a kid with a physical disability on his wheelchair going up the school ramp. As a future educator, it feels liberating to watch these representations being validated on an animated film. There are actually a lot more characters with diverse backgrounds such as the school’s security guard who is an observant Sikh and kids from different ethnicities. It’s basically just a film with diverse characters exploring and finding their own identities despite their cultural roots living in a judgmental society.

2. Generational Trauma

“When one experiences misattunement, neglect, or mistreatment as a child, they tend to live with the trauma and end up passing it on to the next generation,” Clinical Psychologist Joseph Marquez said.

Like Disney’s Encanto which addresses the issues of generational trauma, the same can be said for this film. Most Asian families do not confront strong emotions and if they do (which is a rare occurrence), they tend to blame the person’s feelings which makes him/her repress these emotions. As a Filipino, we are taught to embody our values at an early age, especially the trait of resiliency.

The Philippines is a calamity-prone country. Filipinos are known to be resilient especially in the face of disaster. From the deep rooted history of our post-colonized country, we really do tend to be resilient in the darkest of times and we saw this trait present in all of us when Super Typhoon Odette struck certain parts of the country. A lot of Filipinos, especially underprivileged ones, were forced to be resilient because they have no choice but to move on and find ways in order to get through the day without hunger or thirst. There was no room to grieve because time and space are only available for the privileged. Instead of asking for accountability from the people in power, we are forced to normalize the values of being TOO independent and resilient in the time of disasters.

This is why a lot of us have repressed rage, just like Ming’s rage coming out in a negative way in the later part of the story. Her red panda was gigantic, making Mei’s panda look like a bug. This goes to show that the more you hide away or bury the emotions as you grow older, the more it becomes heavier and eventually it will burst out, hurting the people you care about the most.

This explains why Mei’s mom was overly strict. It’s because she experienced the same upbringing. This is a transmission of a cultural trauma which began to negatively affect Meilin and it led to emotional distance and denial.

3. What do we need to normalize?

Actually, a lot.

Again, this film is about the onset of puberty especially for girls. The creators of this film are all female. By the way, releasing this film during International Women’s Month is a big move. They know what needs to be addressed and to be discussed normally in the open as they have personally experienced the issues and the double standard society in the early 2000s.

Talking about having menstruation is okay. It is not a shameful thing. It is normal. People should not make fun of children transitioning into teenagers. They should not hide away their emotions, crushes, and identities for anything. As what is shown in the movie, suppressing one’s needs and emotions will only lead to long-term damage. Adults must let the children explore on their own. They can guide them, yes. But limit and never impose your beliefs on them.

The red panda is a metaphorical representation of their family’s culture being handed down to younger generations. It is seen as a nuisance and a curse especially to them as immigrants living in Toronto, Canada. This is why they have to do a ritual to get rid of the panda. But in the later part of the film, Mei did not want to get rid of it because she loved that part of herself. It makes her who she is. Her transformation was only loved by her friends, classmates, and batchmates but also her father because he secretly saw how happy Mei is with her newfound identity. So, in the end, she did not give in to the adult’s wishes which is to keep the panda away, instead she embraced this part of herself wholeheartedly.

Additionally, her father, Jin Lee, needs more recognition and appreciation for being an understanding father. When he discovered Mei being comfortable in her panda transformations, he did not get angry like Ming would react. But, instead, he told Mei that it’s her choice and what’s important is that she’s happy. Even though he was not shown a lot in the film, every moment he shows up gives meaningful messages to the characters and the story as a whole. On a side note, he is THE great cook of the family who wears a floral apron. This scene alone speaks, “Break Gender Roles.”

A lot of these social, family, cultural, and personal issues are still going on today which is why representation in films like this are so important in order to evoke emotions and open discussions. Whether it’s a queer child, a child with disability, or someone who does not have a clear identity yet, it is heartwarming for me, as a future educator and especially for them, to watch and feel validated on screen. The creators of this film definitely have one thing in mind which is to simply break the cycle of any abuse, trauma, shame, and all negative things that can make a child suppress his/her inner needs. Let’s be kinder to other people but especially to ourselves.

Happy International Women’s Month!

- Inklusive writes -

[hkthatgffan]

Here’s my review/final thoughts on season 2 of Hilda!

It’s been a long wait. 2+ years! And given that, after how great season 1 was, I had really high hopes going in. And I’m happy to say that I was not only satisfied, but left amazed! Season 2 delivered beyond expectation.

Many of the things that made me fall in love with this show originally still were there. The animation being some of the best I’ve ever seen, the music that really is unlike any other show’s, the pure and lovableness of almost every character, and so much more! It’s all there!

I also had a suspicion that season 2 would be darker! And oh boy, it was. It was unexpected, in a really good way! Be it David or Hilda “dying,” or the shock factor, season 2 sure as hell was dark!

But it was also really wholesome. I loved the interactions among characters and the ultimate bond between all of them…both new and old. I think fan favourite Kaisa was truly an amazing character. She truly delivered imo towards what fans hoped about her.

However, I think the biggest event here was the tension between Hilda and Johanna. I have to give credit to the Hilda team…they nailed it! They did something I’ve rarely seen in cartoons. They showed ACTUAL parenting, and the tensions that can spring up from it!

I’ll be honest, I feel parents in cartoons are often poorly portrayed. They either act idiotic, super strict, unrealistically, or aren’t there at all. They’re made out to be more like friends to their kids than actual parental figures. It’s a topic cartoons really don’t seem to tackle too much (at least the ones I’ve seen).

Seeing Johanna ground Hilda and laying the foot down was refreshing. It’s not something people may like seeing, and I’ve seen some hate sent her way for it, but I disagree. This is the facts! This is parenting! IMO, we need more cartoon parents to act like her!

Beyond that, I really love how unique Hilda’s world is. Telling folk stories and tales from places like Scandinavia is a really interesting and fresh idea. It really adds to why I love this show. It’s not pulling the cliché stories that many cartoons do. Heck, the Hilda Christmas special wasn’t even a Christmas special! I seriously love that it told a different story, from a different world and culture. That is unique, and I love that!

And while we’re on the subject, I love the diversity in characters in Hilda. Be it LQBTQ characters, Muslim characters, Sikh characters, etc. I really love it. It may be a small thing to others, but it goes a long way for many more of us. Diverse characters, be it main or background are always a nice sight to see.

In terms of my personal thoughts, I think I understand now why I love Hilda so much, and why it makes me feel the way I do. It’s everything I want out of a cartoon. We all have our preferences that make us love or hate a show. To me, Hilda has everything that makes me love animation, storytelling, and cartoons, all wrapped into one.

Maybe it’s because I love seeing a good cartoon made by someone that isn’t Nick, CN or Disney. Maybe it’s because Hilda is a Canadian cartoon and I love seeing Canada’s animation industry produce such a gem of a show. And maybe it’s nostalgia. Because Hilda reminds me so much of what I grew up watching.

I saw many Canadian cartoons as a kid. They forged what my interests and expectations from a cartoon are. They helped shape the way I am today. And I see in Hilda, what I saw all those years ago. It’s all my favourite things about those cartoons put into one beautiful show, unlike any other!

Of course, like anything, I have to balance my praise with some criticism. But that’s hard, especially with Hilda. I don’t want to because I love this show so much. But I guess if I must, I think I felt bad that raven wasn’t in season 2. I take the deleted scene as canon now!

Plus, I feel that Hilda and Johanna’s fallout that led to the events of The Stone Forest felt a bit too mean spirited compared to its book counterpart. It made Hilda out to be a lot meaner spirited than she is. Other than that, I really have no more negatives to say.

Easily, my favourite episode was The Deerfox. I cannot explain to you how much I loved it. It had everything that makes me love Hilda wrapped into one, based on the above points and more. This show is a masterpiece and I cannot praise it enough. It’s NOT like other cartoons! And that rings more so with Hilda than any other cartoon.

It’s NOT another Gravity Falls. It’s NOT The Owl House. It’s NOT a CN show. It’s NOT a Nick show. It’s NOT a Nelvana cartoon I grew up with and it’s NOT anything you know or can say you’ve seen before…IT’S Hilda! And it’s in a class all its own. It’s hard to explain even after it all. Hilda is something new, and it’s an experience one must enjoy their own way!

Call me over dramatic if you want, but that’s my viewpoint on this show, and I’m not changing it for the life of me! I hope this isn’t the end. With a Hilda movie on its way, we can rest easy knowing we have more instore for this amazing show. But after that…what’s next?

Safe to say the movie will be based on The Mountain King book, but then what. Season 2 has opened the door to a season 3 with how its story went. And I am all for it. But I also am at a point where if Hilda was to end with the movie, I could rest easy with it. I know not everyone would, but I would.

That being said, I do hope Hilda is renewed for a 3rd season. Normally I try not to tangle myself into that stuff, given I like to accept a shows end when it ends, but Hilda’s different. The story is allowing it. And if so, you can bet I’ll be eagerly waiting for Hilda season 3…in like 2024, maybe.

But yeah. Final thoughts. I liked season 2 of Hilda. It was a truly amazing adventure. IMO, it’s the best thing out of 2020. I know people may disagree with me, but eh, we all disagree on things. 2020 was a tough year for all of us…for me it was a nightmare. But season 2 of Hilda helped me a lot.

Just knowing this was the year it was coming made the darkest days of my life this year all that more easier to get past. Hilda made my 2020 better than it may have ended up being. Grateful is just the first thing I feel towards it therefore.

Thank you Hilda. 

For everything :')

[vajranam]

Nagas Long Advice

Naga, (Sanskrit: “serpent”) in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, a member of a class of mythical semidivine beings, half human and half cobra. They are a strong, handsome species who can assume either wholly human or wholly serpentine form and are potentially dangerous but often beneficial to humans.

 nagas are considered the offspring of the Rishi or sage, Kasyapa, the son of Marichi.  Kashyapa is said to have had by his twelve wives, other diverse progeny including reptiles, birds, and all sorts of living beings. They are denizens of the netherworld city called Bhogavati.  It is believed that ant-hills mark its entrance. 

The naga -Varuna connection is retained in Tibetan Buddhism, where Varuna, lord of weather, is known as Apalala Nagarajah. 

As a category of nature spirit:

"Nagas [kLu] are a class of beings (often snake-like in form) that dwell in a variety of locations ranging from waterways and underground locations and also in unseen realms. These beings have their own perceptions and vary in their enlightened level as do humans and other beings. Nagas are susceptible to suffering created by mankind's carelessness and basic ignorance of proper conduct in nature and disrespectful actions in relation to our environment. Therefore Nagas often retaliate towards humans when they behave in such ignorant manners. The expression of the Nagas' discontent and agitation can be felt as skin diseases, various calamities and so forth. 

Additionally, Nagas can bestow various types of wealth, assure fertility of crops and the environment as well as decline these blessings. For this reason the practice of Lu Sang has been developed or arises as a natural method to increase prosperity, and assist the Nagas by preserving the positive qualities of their natural environment." ~ Tsewang Ngodrup Rinpoche

The bodhisattva Manjushri, in wrathful form, can appear as Nagaraksha (Tib: jam.pal lu'i drag.po).

If we have offended Nagas in any way, they can afflict us if we have a karmic connection with them from previous lives. Such signs that the Nagas are offended includes:

dreams of snakes attacking us

accidents

skin diseases, especially leprosy

cancer

kidney problems

disharmony within our lives

in extreme cases, can lead to possession and even death.

Welcome to world of Nagas, in my personal path those guys been very hard and rude to me, in short dream of snakes a lot for very long time, dark water yes, diseases, accidents think I saw so much close death that now yama is my best friend.

Till one day I had enough and instead of fighting them I start to understand them, so I ask what did wrong in past and that night dream when I was kid and cross the road of a python who escape the zoo in a river. Since that day was scarded of snakes, then they show ne well in past I used to smoke yes we musician do that not much respect the nature and then they show me earth what we human do to earth and if we look really with open eyes we lose faith on humanity.

Those dream and question been for weeks and was doing the apology to the Nagas realm everyday.

Till one day I pray them and ask then to teach me the dharma, me sinner who know nothing. Day after well strangely no more aftaid of snakes that point that I want adopt one, I end up adopt three of them they are my nagas reminder. I did learn and still learn from them a lot and yes that not just about nagas treasure but learn respect and self respect.

Esoteric part

My personal esoteric work is alive now for nearly twenty five years work with lot deferent beings still working with different and Nagas are included on in.

Higher form of nagas is the dragon the highest form protect Buddha, bodhisattvas low form are Elemental.

Highest forn of nagas are the king nagas who got lot of power that much power that you need Vishnu or Buddha himself to tame them. Is very recommended to do there mantras if you do higher practice.

Lowest form is snakes spiritual snakes close to our animal snakes they are the same.

Do physical snakes are nagas answer “yes"

So now massive warning : ⚠️ things do not do except if you want real damage, we live in very high risk time, do ever ask yourself climate change and why so much new deaseses that we can’t find vaccin for . Now ask yourself do humanity has piss off nagas yes no ritual will do nothing only things that will do is start respecting earth.

Now do not :

Pee in river

Drop anything in river or sacred space

Do not piece off a yogi because they hate that

Do not blaspheme any sacred place or text

Do not smoke

The Do not list is very long due to nagas touch both vedic, budhhism and jain can even extend to sikh too.

Why not piss off a yogi for example Milarepa said that you could kill him but those who hold him for account for his vows will follow for lives. NAGAS.

So simple things that everyone could do to respect nagas start to take care of mother nature.

[nightcoremoon]

weird opinion but christians aren't religious.

ok so like, jews generally follow god's rules, muslims follow allah's rules, hindus probably follow their gods rules, so on and so forth. and overall they do it out of faith; they do it because they want to honor the deity who loves them rather than because society forces them to.

granted the zionists and the radical extremists and the zealots do exist but as loud minorities and thus are statistical outliers & don't matter.

christians are... a different breed.

"if you aren't x branch and dont obey y rules you'll go to hell so we'll fucking murder you" is pretty much the main driving force behind a significant portion of christianity in history. the catholics, the protestants, the orthodoxy, all are built on a foundation of fear, anger, and hatred. it's shaped the way society developed; in the 4 nations that did the most genocidal imperialist colonialism- England, France, Spain, and Italy- a combination of convenient coastal locations, naval prowess, military tendency, christianity, and ultranationalism lead them down a path of missionaries, holding bibles in one hand and bloodstained knives in the other. the religion is inseparable from the culture and inseparable from the horrible things done in the name of their god, and the resulting cancers of society we feel today from the campaigns of slaughter. xenophobia. capitalism. savage barbarism via sensationalized capitol punishment. misogyny. queerphobia. gender fascism. classism. racism. all of these issues in the "civilized world" stem predominantly from those four nations and the disease ridden pestilent filth some call pilgrims.

here's something interesting:

there are less than 1 million rastafari in the world.

there are less than 5 million shinto in the world.

there are less than 25 million jews in the world.

there are less than 30 million sikhs in the world.

there are roughly 100 million african cultural religious adherents in the world.

there are less than 400 million chinese cultural religious adherents in the world.

there are about 500 million buddhists in the world.

there are about 1.1 billion hindus in the world.

there are about 1.2 billion nonreligious people in the world.

there are 1.6 billion muslims in the world.

and one final statistic

there are over 2.1 billion christians in the world.

the jewish count is a highball, rounded up, and includes several different definitions of jewish including people who are only one quarter. so for every single person who is even remotely jewish, there are more than 8 christians. for every hindu, there are 4 christians. for every atheist, agnostic, or "other", 2 christians. this frightening statistic should set off warning bells for everyone who is involved in a discussion about religion. and anyone who knows BASIC world history and can correlate data at all can probably piece together what I'm putting down.

now, I may be slightly biased here considering my eclectic religious beliefs. now, I personally believe that there is some primary force of energy that may or may not manifest itself as a humanoid being, that engineered the most basic laws of physics in the universe: atomic magnetism. as can be inferred by planck's constant and its implications, our universe is digital, written in binary. an electron either moves or doesn't move. there are no other options. so I genuinely believe in some form of intelligent design; whether it's a bearded guy on a cloud, some dude with six arms and an elephant for a face, just a big swirling pool of ectoplasm, or a big ol' plate of spaghetti and meatballs, something is out there that we are physically incapable of contacting from our plane of existence, just as a drawing on a piece of paper cannot reach out to interact with the world: a gif will move on its own but it will never acknowledge our existence, even if it could think by itself. and all the different mythologies of the world- egyptian, greek, norse, shinto, whatever- very well could be the agents of that unknown "god". perhaps anubis, ra, and bastet are just angels with animal heads that all of the peoples of ancient egypt saw and were like oh I guess this must be a god. maybe zeus and loki were the same person with a magic dick who fucked a bunch of animals in both greece and the scandinavian countries and spawned all of the horrible half-animal monstrosities that, idk, made vishnu think "well I have to kill that" and caused the biblical flood or something. maybe the jewish god gifted wisdom to siddhartha for sitting under a fig tree for 6 years through the angel pomona [roman goddess of fruit, had to google that one], so buddha gets his wisdom from demeter and is in nirvana right now right a step up from hades on yggdrasil the world tree keeping an eye on his charge persephone. any theory could theoretically be true but we ants of humans will never fucking know because we can't just point a telescope at the magellanic clouds and say "look, there's amaterasu with russell's teapot, and she's having tea with... *rubs eyes* lemmy kilmister??? wow I guess gods are real after all!" it's impossible to know the secrets of our universe because of the very restrictive nature of the universe itself. is it a circle? is it a donut? WE DONT FUCKIN KNOW.

we cannot know what religion is truthful.

""anyone who says that any one religion is more or less true than any other is a fucking moron, and if they're suggesting that White Western European Colonial Imperialist Protestantism is the one true faith, they're probably a fucking racist colonizer who beats his wife/sister and burns gays at the stake. and considering how that exact demographic is typically the one that murdered people for not converting to their religion, I don't think they have the intellectual non-deranged ability to make those logical connections.

again, I'm not saying that there AREN'T a lot of people of every religion who are evil assholes who contributed to mass genocide. israelites killed palestinians. shiites killed sunnis. hutus killed tutsis. danes killed geats. turks killed armenians. the ottoman empire has as much blood on its hands as the holy roman empire. germans who called themselves aryans but weren't actually aryan killed jews. but all of these tragedies were isolated incidents rather than repeated patterns over the course of two thousand years. not like christianity was and is.

just look at the United States, Canada, Mexico, Hong Kong, South Africa, Australia, & India's British Raj. Britain, France, Spain, and Italy, by extension Protestantism and Catholicism, are the shared factor between the long and bloody history fraught with massacring indigenous populations who wouldn't convert religions. native americans, indigenous canadians, latin americans but predominantly mexicans, the eastern chinese, coastal africans, aborigine aussies, indians- coastal coastal coastal. true the western chinese and the mongols/hunnu and xinjiang muslims haven't exactly been on civil terms and the silk road has always been a battleground and the middle east was already tenuous before murrica bombed them for oil but those happened in such a spread out area among asia which is FUCKING HUGE, MIND YOU! but also that's three high traffic places with massive diversity, it's human nature to have conflict, but not nearly to the same level as all of the shit christianity has done to the world. it's impossible to separate the religion from the cultures; victorian england without protestantism is just dirty people who die at 15 from having their 3rd child. italy without the catholicism is just grass and cheese. france and spain without religion are just kingdoms that fought wars with england for forever and now just make food that's one part delicious and three parts horrifying. religion is directly responsible for a significant portion of the evils those countries committed. one religion in particular.

they don't practice religion the same way as the rest do. they aren't faithful to their god. they don't follow his rules out of love but out of fear. they execute dissenters without a second thought, heresy they cry. they execute women and little girls for being free thinking or having sickness associated with mercury poisoning in the water, witch they cry. they slaughter men women and kids alike in the name of cramming their beliefs down the natives throats, we're chasing out the snakes they cry, we're bringing god to your godless people they cry, we're just civilizing you they cry. they shit in the streets and proudly display rotting corpses and leave the impoverished disabled and starving to die alone and whip their slaves and rape teenage girls and scrap in the streets while sopping wet with spilled ale over insignificant insults and stab people to death in the night and never even fucking BATHE, and they have the nerve to say the natives were uncivilized. the nerve. because hey. they read a magic book they stole from a culture who stole from another culture who stole from another culture, mistranslating each time from hebrew to greek to italian to english, and they think they're better because their skin is white.

christians never evolved. their mentalities have stayed the same. all thatms advanced has been technology. that's it. they're still the same evil disgusting degenerate bastards they always were. they just have the money they stole to buy stained glass windows, rosary beads, giant tacky metal statues, bigass robes, leather, and printing presses. and as time passed they used the money they continued to steal to buy cars and websites and radio stations and commit felony tax evasion and secretly molest children and line the pockets of the politicians.

all of their holidays are stolen from pagans anyway.

so fuck christmas. fuck easter. fuck lent. fuck the golden calf christian holidays that the tiny minded fragile snowflake conservatives lose their collective shit over because the pandemic response common sense stipulations won't let them buy the shit they can't afford with money they shouldn't have for people they don't even LIKE, all in the name of tradition, tradition! the rituals that worship something so much worse than satan or baphomet or pan or whatever: the dollar. they buy all the new shiny shit they can, at the expense of the chinese kids that the corporate pigs outsource to, buy the pine trees and the coca cola vunderbar and the fake mint corn syrup Js and watch the same shitty cookie cutter white supremacist hallmark fash movies and stuff their kids full of enough sugar to go into a goddamn coma when the african slaves who pick the cocoa beans will never get to know what actually being a kid will ever feel like because they're gonna die from falling into a combine harvester and be eternally forgotten to history and no christian will ever give a shit because they don't fucking care about what they don't see on their safe space news or hear on their safe space radio or read on their safe space social media. they think their worst sin is eating cheeseburgers so instead they'll go eat a mcchicken or chick fil a or an arby's chicken sandwich instead but not at popeyes because "that place is sketchy" and by that they mean they don't wanna eat where black people eat, that's why cracker barrel was so popular for so many white christians for so long because it had racially segregated seating until barely 20 years ago.

they don't love jesus. they love a paper doll they shove into their back pockets until every other sunday where they go to a fucking mall with a baptism waterslide and raise their hands like a bunch of dumbass weirdos and away to adult contemporary indie schlock with the word jesus pasted into a boring-ass hetero romance song, pat themselves on the back, then go to starbucks to scream slurs and misgenderings at 14 year old starbucks baristas who give them a cappamochalattechino instead of a fucking carmamochalattechino because you mumbled under the mask you didn't even fucking cover your nose with because you don't give a shit about the virus beyond how it inconveniences you.

they are horrible people who pretend to be good. until you suggest the slightest infinitely small inconvenience to them that would alter their holiday plans even the littlest smidge. then they would kill you if not for the police. don't get me started on them because you know by now what I'd say about those fuckers. but they'll gladly wear shirts about how they'll kill you. how they'll go back 200 years. how they'll murder you and watch you slowly suffer because their primate brains shoot a million endorphins when they watch things die by their hands because they never evolved a sense of empathy, compassion, or morality beyond how wearing a cross necklace will remove any of the consequences they will face in their afterlife.

they are horrible people who pretend to be good. unless you're gay or black or trans or Not Christian™ or mexican or disagree with them about politics economics sociology science technology music or movies. assimilate or die. assimilate or die. assimilate or die.

they don't deserve special treatment for their false idols.

they aren't better than jews or muslims.

they're worse.

so much worse.

and they should be stopped.""

-Nightingale Quietioca

save as draft arch draft bookmark draft where did I put my keys contra code kontra kode I need to remember this and copy it buzzwords keywords find it later please god tumblr don't bork on me this is good stream of consciousness repackage repackage change the words this is a great character study if I do say so myself thanks 3am me you're welcome 3am me

[farooqposts]

Culture of Punjab Pakistan

Punjabi Culture is one of the most established in world history, dating from old artifact to the cutting edge time. The degree, history, intricacy and thickness of the way of life are huge. A portion of the principle regions of the Punjabi culture include: Punjabi cooking, theory, verse, imaginativeness, music, design, customs and qualities and history. A few urban areas of Punjab have more significance for Sikh people group from India. The author of Sikh religion was brought into the world in Nankana Sahib, an area of Punjab so Sikh from various pieces of world come and visits Punjab. Jahngir burial chamber and Badshahi Masjid in Lahore are the significant spots of Pakistan. Information Sahib is extremely frightened spot in Punjab and the greater part of individuals come and visit Data sahib consistently.

Individuals

Punjabi individuals are kind and carefree. Punjabis are heterogeneous gathering involving various clans, factions, networks and are known to commend every single convention of their way of life. Individuals of Punjab have solid convictions on pir-faqeers, jogi, taweez, manat-ka-dhaga, holy person of notoriety, dark wizardry, and different notions, anyway as of late because of increment of proficiency, individuals have gotten to some degree judicious . Punjabis likewise trust in cast framework yet as now individuals are getting instructed, the distinctions are getting obscured. Some well known projects of Punjabi's are; Jats, Maliks, Mughals, Arains, Gujjars, Awans, Rajputs, Gakhars, Khokhars, Sheikhs, Aheers, Kambohs, Niazis, Legharis, Khosas, Dogars, Thaheem, Mirani, Qureshis, and Syeds.

In towns' kin generally live in little networks (biradaris), anyway they live in harmony and congruity with one another. They take dynamic part in the bliss/lament of one another and give a lot of regard to their way of life, standards and run their lives as per their set customs. Punjabi individuals are acclaimed for their cordial and cherishing nature.

Dialects

Punjabi is the common language of Punjab. It is communicated in as the principal language by larger part individuals in Punjab, even spoken and comprehended in regions past the limits of Punjab. Statistical data points show that Punjabi language is communicated in as first language by 44% of Pakistanis. Urdu language is likewise regularly spoken in this district. Key Punjabi dialects/tongues are:

Pothowari

Hindko

Jhangvi

Shahpuri

Pahari

Majhi

Saraiki

Dresses

Outfits of Punjab are a sign of the brilliant and dynamic culture and way of life of individuals.

The ensembles are a blend of tones, solace and excellence and Punjab is notable for the utilization of phulkari(embroidery) in its outfits. In the greater part of the towns of Punjab men wear Pagri(turban), dhoti/lacha, kurta, khusa. Ladies wear gharara, or choridar pajama or beautiful shalwar kameez, paranda, choli/duppata, khusa, kola puri chappal or tillay wali jutti. While in metropolitan zones of Punjab people follow most recent patterns and design, by and large they wear various styles of shalwar kameez.

Food

The broad food of Punjab can be vegan and non-veggie lover. One shared characteristic between all Punjabi dishes is the liberal use of ghee or explained margarine flavors and Punjabis are enamored with sweet-meats too. Most Punjabi food is eaten with one or the other rice or roti. There are a few dishes that are select to Punjab, for example, Mah Di Dal, Paratha, Makai ki rotti, Saron Da Saag, and in urban areas Choley, Haleem, Baryani and other fiery dishes are mainstream. In refreshments, tea is burned-through altogether seasons and as a custom the greater part of Punjabis serve tea to their visitors. Punjabis are additionally partial to Zarda, Gulab-Jamuns, Kheer, Jalaibi,Samosy, Pakorey and so forth During summers individuals drink lassi, doodh-pop, aloo bokharey ka sharbat, lemonade and so forth These cooking styles have become overall luxuries with enormous scope portrayal.

Sports

Punjabi individuals have over the top interest in games. Punjabi's are attached to kabaddi, and wrestling, which is likewise well known in different pieces of Pakistan and it's additionally played on public level. Different games being played in Punjab area incorporate Gilli-Danda, Khoo-Khoo, Yassu-Panju, Pitho-Garam, Ludo, Chuppan-Chupai, Baraf-Panni, Kanchy and some significant games incorporate cricket, boxing, horse-dashing, hockey and football. Public Horse and Cattle Show at Lahore is the greatest celebration where sports, presentations, and domesticated animals rivalries are held.

Social Festivals

There are various celebrations which are praised by Punjabi individuals including some strict celebrations, for example, Eid-Milad-Un-Nabi, Jumu'ah, Laylat-ul-Qadr and so on Urcs (reverential fairs),which are held at the shirnes of sufi holy people, Melas and Nomaish (exhibitions).The Provincial capital Lahore is broadly well known for its engaging occasions and exercises. Lahori's are popular everywhere on the country for their festivals especially for Basant celebration (kite flying) in the spring season. Different celebrations celebrated in Punjab district incorporate Baisakhi, Teej, Kanak Katai and so on

Dance and Music

Bhangra is most regularly known Punjabi music kind and dance style. Punjabis enthusiastically love society melodies/music, Qawali and Punjabi music is perceived all through the world. The Tabla, Dhol, Dholki, Chimta, Flute and Sitar are on the whole basic instruments of this great culture. Punjabi dance is based around joy, energy and enthusiasm.Different types of dance in Punjab are: Loddi, Dhamal, Sammi, Kikli, Gatka, Bhangra, Giddha and Dandiya. Punjabi moves have been embraced by the American culture and others the same and now they are perhaps the most appreciated artistic expressions.

Custums and Rituals

A portion of the traditions continued in Punjab have no establishment in Islam. Nonetheless, the Punjabi culture has embraced those functions and conventions from Hindu culture.

Birth Rituals

Punjabis praise birth of their kid with extraordinary eagerness. Granddad or grandma or some regarded senior part from the family puts nectar with their pointer in youngster's mouth called Ghutii. Desserts are conveyed among companions and family members and individuals bring presents for the kid and mother. For the most part on 7thday youngster's head is shaven and Aqiqa service is held, additionally sheep/goat is butchered.

Punjabi Weddings

Punjabi weddings depend on conventions and are directed with solid impression of the Punjabi culture followed by a few pre-wedding customs and ceremonies (dholki,mayun,ubtan etc.)Punjabi weddings are exceptionally boisterous, vigorous, brimming with music,colors, extravagant dresses, food and moving. Punjabi weddings have numerous traditions and functions that have advanced since conventional occasions. In urban communities the wedding are praised following a mix of current and customary traditions and the function for the most part goes on for 3days, Mehndi, Barat (Nikkah+Ruksati) and Walima, trailed by Chauti (taking the lady of the hour back to her folks' home the following day).

Burial service Rituals

At burial services after namaz-e-janaza it is standard to offer lunch to individuals who came for sympathy. On 3rdday of the memorial service, Qul is held and each after thursday the Quran is discussed (jumah-e-raat) trailed by petitions for perished and after 40days the chaliswaan is held. After which the memorial service is finished. A few families notice commemorations yearly (barsi).There is no proper clothing regulation for Punjabi memorial services anyway individuals generally wear shalwar kameez and easygoing attire is noticed. Memorial services of Shia families are more exceptional. The two people wear dark shalwar-kameez and thorough crying and shouting is a typical event at such memorial services.

Writing

Punjab is exceptionally rich with writing and Sufis adds more in its writing. Punjabi verse is famous for its amazingly profound importance, excellent and cheerful utilization of words. The enormous number of Punjabi verse is being made an interpretation of all through the world into numerous dialects. Some acclaimed writers of Punjabi are Sultan Bahu, Mia Mohammad Baksh, Baba Farid, Shah Hussain, Anwar Masood and so forth Waris Shah, whose commitment to Punjabi writing is most popular for his fundamental work in Heer Ranjha, known as Shakespeare of Punjabi language. Bulleh Shah was a Punjabi Sufi artist, a humanist and a logician. The stanza from Bulleh Shah basically utilized is known as the Kafi, a style of Punjabi. Some other well known classic stories of Punjab incorporate Sassi-Punnu, Sohni Mahiwal and so forth that are going through ages.

Expressions and Crafts

Punjab is the significant assembling industry in Pakistan's economy and here every workmanship appreciates a position. The fundamental specialties made in the high countries and other rustic territories of Punjab are basketry, earthenware, which are well known for their cutting edge and customary plans everywhere on the world and are remembered for the best developments of Punjabis. bone work, material, fabric woven on handlooms with staggering prints is weaved in the provincial territories and the weavers produce beautiful fabrics like cotton,silk and so forth weaving, weaving, rugs, stone art, adornments, metal work alongside truck workmanship and other wood works. The specialty of Punjab is its basic soul and its art make its substance.

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SCOOB! Stream of Consciousness Review

Here we are folks - I finally review the originally cinematic, fully CGI animated Scooby Doo Movie (one year later... I did not queue this as I thought I had last June - damn you, Tumblr. I’m not changing much here, so enjoy as it was intended).

Created by a team who have professed their affection for this mystery team and their meddling dog too, will this be a lush experience fit to satisfy any Hanna-Barbera fan? Or will it be a hot garbage cash-grab, littered with Easter eggs and references that do nothing to hide a meatless mess of outdated memes and shallow character development?

LET’S

FIND

OUT

Below this cut is my entire stream-of-consciousness review on the SCOOB! Movie, as experienced. SPOILER warning here - I’m digging into everything, no plot points spared. 

Here we go~

And we start off with a decent shot of the California coastline (looks like the kids backstory is front and center), some 90s hip-hop synthwave song about California, and OH SWEET JESUS THESE MODELS LOOK TERRIBLE

Ahem

Yeah, this is a problem right off the bat - some of these people in the opening shots look remarkably unfinished - think three shades above “Rapsittie Kids: Believe in Santa” level - and the animation on them is less than stellar. 

On the plus side, we do see a fantastic variety of ages, sizes, and races - there’s a brief blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Sikh man on roller skates playing a sitar - but when the designs look rushed in the opening shots, it’s not a fantastic sign. At least they’re brief, but it’s hard to see if this is a lower level of the film’s style due to rushed animation, or if they didn’t care to polish it up as much, given that it’s maybe a 30 second scene. 

Still, kudos to actually going for variety in the crowd shots. Minus kudos to making most of the clothes look like Play-doh draped over a Barbie doll. I’m not even kidding on that one, the clothes are super basic and barely have any sign of texture or creasing or even fabric/cut variety. Almost reminds me of the first Toy Story movie’s design for human clothes, yeesh. 

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Ahh, our first introduction to Scooby Doo at a Greek gyro food stand. That’s foreshadowing right there folks! 😉

Sadly, he is really weirdly animated in his run sequence - he looks out of proportion as he’s running on his hind legs, and the human animation has really bad consistency - some background characters are really janky, while others actually move really nicely. The characters we immediately focus on seem to be pretty smooth at least, but that’s still very strange.

On a side note: Ruby and Spears Sub Sandwich shop. Nice 😁

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They are reaaaally pushing the super over-the-top dramatic music for a bike cop chasing a dog that stole gyro meat

Why

It’s not even interesting chase music, just generic super-hyped-up chase music

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And now we finally get to see a young Shaggy, standing next to a tie-dye food stand called Casey’s Confections that… sells meat. Hm. Guess WB hasn’t learned after all these years 🙄

Unfortunately, I’m not a huge fan of the kid they got to play him, Iain Armitage. He’s not a bad voice actor by any means, but he just doesn’t sound right for Shaggy. I know that as a kid he’d be much less likely to have a cracking/squeaky voice, but he sounds… it’s hard to pin down a word, but - precocious? Darling? Either way it doesn’t quite match, especially given how Shaggy sounds when he grows up via Will Forte. Just… no connection there. 

I tie it down to the particular vocal twangs and nuances the gang usually has. I’ll touch base on that note later I think, once we hit the teenage versions of the gang, but for now I’m just not feeling it. 

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On the one hand, I empathize deeply with Shaggy and his Spotify’s unsettling ability to pinpoint his insecurities with song choices, and also deeply enjoy that one small gesture where his fingers kind of shake & tighten around his phone while he takes a deep breath to calm himself- it’s a very nice, subtle sign of frustration

On the other hand we just passed two guys with no nipples and an unerring likeness to a Ken doll in those Barbie movies, so I’m distracted by that now

(between this and Fred’s no-nipples in Happy Halloween SD!, is WB just terrified of giving men nipples in animated movies now? what gives?)

Also distracted by the thrifty lesbians who bought those two shirts that come together to make a heart in the middle, on the store’s 2 for 1 day

happy pride y’all!

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Finally got context for the two sand piles!

Very, very sad context, but still! Progress!

Basically Shaggy’s practicing talking to people in order to learn how to make friends, since he either has no idea how, or has never had a friend before. So he’s trying to learn the right way to do it since his own attempts have failed

And him talking to these sand piles not only counts as practice, but he’s using them so that his mom thinks he’s spending time with friends like he told her

Ow :)

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So ketchup leather is apparently a thing that exists

I’m learning so much today!

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Given that Shaggy has no friends at this stage, but he’s still called Shaggy, I’m kind of wondering if that was a mean nickname that everyone called him, but he was just grateful for the interaction/pretended it was from friends, so he kept it 🤔

Actually, take it back, his mother is calling him that. Family nickname, maybe…?

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Shaggy has Blue Falcon (classic) and Dynomutt funko pops

noice

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Oof, you can reaaaaally hear the age in Frank Welker’s Scooby voice. Can we get Scott Innes back? He sounds almost identical to his performance 20+ years ago :/

Also talking waaaay too much - even SDMI Scooby wasn’t this wordy, and he NEVER shut the hell up 

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Okay wait

So Shaggy met Scooby on Halloween day - then met the rest of the gang hours later?

Huh. And here I was thinking it would have been a few weeks minimum 

Although I have to say there is a lot here to work with, if it paces out how I think it does

Shaggy meets Scooby. Bare hours later, he buys him a collar (instead of his mom? weird) and asks him to stay with him, despite not really knowing him. Then, only a couple hours after that, he finally makes some friends… but only when Scooby is with him. 

Given that it looks like the gang are all around the same age in the same neighborhood, there’s a solid chance that they’ve taken classes together at the same school. If none of them met/knew/made friends with Shaggy then, but only did so AFTER Scooby came into the picture, that might lead to the argument we know about later when they split up; afterwards, S&SD go to the bowling alley, then get abducted by the Blue Falcon, plot continues. This could make it seem like they were only friends with him at the start because he had a dog. 

And the brief scene earlier with the music device shows that he tries to tamp down on his anger/doesn’t really address it - could lead to something more later 

hmmmm 🤔

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Wait what

These two kid bullies just came out of nowhere, stole Shaggy’s candy… and then started on about how Halloween is only a marketing ploy to get companies to rot your teeth and go to the dentist more, before throwing the bag through a window and telling the two that ‘your blood sugar will thank us for it!’

Are - are these the brainwashed children of a Karen? Is that what I’m seeing?

I mean we could have had a Red Herring cameo, but apparently informing children about candy conspiracy theories is more important :/

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Daphne: It’s Halloween - no one should go home without their candy

FD&V: *none of them have candy/candy bags*

???????

(Wouldn’t it make more sense if the bullies had stolen their candy too? What the hey man)

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I do find it neat that we actually get to SEE the wires the ‘ghost’ uses to fly in full effect - that’s actually pretty cool, and not really something we get to see up close in older Scooby shows. Most of those just have the bad guy randomly flying about, and the wires revealed after the fact 

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Actually, given how FD&V react to this ghost almost immediately… have they already been solving mysteries? It seems like it, given how smoothly they move together to capture him

That’s kind of odd in kids. Like, even in PNSD they weren’t perfectly in-sync on stuff

This then leads to the gang solving mysteries together… in spite of the fact that all Shag and Scoob did was hide in the wardrobe that had the stolen goods, while FD&V captured the dude 

Granted, they do ask Shag and Scoob if they wanna join in and say yes, but that seems like an strange jump after what could have been a one-time deal

I just find that a touch odd - esp when they could have had a five minute scene or so of them wandering around the house, touching on some old SDWAY traits. Heck, show that they’re SCARED in some way, and don’t immediately move to tackle what looks like a murderous spirit at age 8-9 or so. Even just showing the kids learning about each other would be enough, but what do I know. I’ve only watched Scooby Doo everything since I was 4 🙄

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Ahhhh, and now for the updated rendition of the theme song

Where they’re all still kids doing everything the teenage gang did in the theme song

It doesn’t look as good as the OG, though - kind of like a computer game simulating the SDWAY intro using the PNSD kids in CGI. It’s honestly strange to see, and a little jarring - especially when we then transition to the older teenage gang right in the middle

Like, we don’t get to see you guys age through the song as you’re chased by/catch different monsters? That could have been pretty neat honestly - shows how long they’ve been doing this

Tho I gotta admit, seeing the Spooky Space Kook with his OG sound effects is pretty awesome, brief as it waoH MY GOD FRED WHY ARE YOU HAVING A ROMANTIC BEACHSIDE DATE WITH THE MYSTERY MACHINE 

THAT WASN’T IN THE ORIGINAL AND NO ONE ELSE GETS A CHARACTER INSIGHT SHOT LIKE THIS

WHY

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Huh, looks like Ruby & Spears gave up their subway sandwich shop for a coffee shop

That apparently the gang goes to in order to eat malt shop food

okay?

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Ah, and here’s where we finally look at the voice acting of the older teenage gang. Buckle up folks, cause I gotta lot to say

We’ll start with Fred, bc honestly? I think Efron actually fits him pretty dang well. He’s got a different cadence from Welker, true, but as far as an update goes? I think he’s a solid fit. Very much in line with the all-American kid that Fred’s kind of been slated as for the past 50 years or so, but updated more for the modern perspective. I call it solid (and possibly a replacement for whenever Welker decides to retire). 

Next? Oof. Velma is, IMHO, the weakest casting. Velma, no matter her voice actress, has ALWAYS had some form of nasal twang to her voice - that’s part of what makes her Velma to begin with, and helps her stand out. Nicole Jaffe, Pat Stevens, BJ Ward, Christina Lange (PNSD), Mindy Cohn, Kate Micucci, Linda Cardellini -heck, even Haley Kiyoko from ‘The Mystery Begins’ and Sarah Gilman from the ‘Daphne and Velma’ movie understood this! They all had that nasal twang to their voice - differing between actresses, of course, but still recognizable as Velma. Gina Rodriguez though? Honestly, it just sounds like she’s acting it straight. Not bad acting at all, by any means - she just doesn’t sound like Velma, and doesn’t seem to be trying to. (Honestly wondering if she was only hired bc she voices Carmen Sandiego in the reboot cartoon for the lolz fun reference! type connection) 

Daphne is sort of similar in voices, but hers is more of a pitch her voice hits - Heather North, Mary Kay Bergman, and Grey Delisle Griffin all have that pitch they hit naturally when speaking. Amanda Seyfried? Does not - in fact, her voice is actually deeper than I was expecting - but it’s not quite as big a difference as it is for Velma. It fits her character type okay, and she does well with it overall.  

And finally, the most controversial one: Will Forte’s Shaggy. 

I’ll go ahead and say this: he’s not Scott Menville levels of bad Shaggy voice acting. If I were to place him on a list, I’d probably put him around Billy West level - kind of sounds similar via vocal tics (voice cracking, likes and zoinks, etc), but his own voice just overtakes the impression he’s seeking to hit. When I hear him speak, I don’t really hear Shaggy; I just hear Will Forte trying to do an impression of Shaggy. 

In comparison: when Scott Innes took over for Shaggy, it was like Casey Kasem’s, just a touch more of a twang to his voice and just a dash over-the-top - but it was still Shaggy, and you didn’t doubt that for a minute.

Same thing for Lillard, but maybe moreso - he was pretty much the most perfect casting for a live-action Shaggy there could be at the time Scooby Doo (2002) was made. Him taking over for Kasem from there made perfect sense: he was honestly the best cast Mystery Inc member of the live-actions, and a lot more recognizable to the general public as Shaggy than Scott Innes was. He could also do different emotions with Shaggy that not a lot of the other voice actors had the chance to do (mainly bc script), so for future stuff they have that flexibility, if they wanted to play around a little more. 

With any luck Forte will get better over the course of the movie, but honestly the casting could have been so much better with Matt Lillard and Kate Micucci. 

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Shaggy Rogers, evading taxes since 2020

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siMON COWELL??!? 

WHAT THE

WHY?!?!?

ALSO HIS CHARACTER DESIGN STYLE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF THE GANG WHAT IS EVEN GOING ON?!!?

IS HE SUPPOSED TO BE THE SD CELEBRITY CAMEO

LIKE

IF YOU WERE GOING TO DO A CAMEO FROM AMERICAN IDOL WHY NOT RYAN SEACREST 

HE TOOK OVER FOR CASEY KASEM ON THE AMERICAN TOP 40 WOULDN’T THAT MAKE MORE SENSE

aaauuuggghhh

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Also he’s there as a potential investor in Mystery Inc as a detective agency

A music industry professional… is interested in funding a detective agency.

Like… did he miss out on Josie & the Pussycats? Is that why he’s here?

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Wait a minute

Oh noooooo

I know why he’s here

I remember this spoiler

Shit

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And once again, here is your reminder to tell Simon Cowell a great big fcuk you

Only this time it’s for making Shaggy and Scooby feel worthless and saying that friendship is worthless and cannot be counted on for anything worthwhile

Simon Cowell: Professional Dickhead

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Welp, at least this gives a solid reason why they leave: Simon Cowell was being a professional dickhead, and the gang didn’t really say anything against him or interrupt him on his whole ‘Shag and Scoob are worthless spiel’

Or, well... Daphne stepped up some, but more to say ‘they’re our friends!’ rather than ‘that’s entirely wrong, our friends aren’t worthless!’ Better than nothing, but yeesh

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Ahhh, Takamoto Bowling - the emptiest bowling alley in the evenings this side of Coolsville 

(no seriously, the past few times my dad has taken my sister and me bowling pre-pandemic, no matter the day or time? it’s ALWAYS got more than 6 lanes of people there, what the heck)

Also Scooby wears three bowling shoes, which honestly makes more sense than I thought it would - that pup goes spinning and sliding every which way on a normal floor, bowling alley floors would be like ten times worse

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here’s a nice little detail - when Scooby sees one of the bowling pins peek out with red eyes and he yells that to Shaggy, Shaggy actually squints and walks closer to see if it actually does have eyes

aww

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Huh, okay 

Panicked Will Forte Shaggy actually sounds more like a good Shaggy voice than normal talking Will Forte Shaggy

I can dig it

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Still kind of underwhelmed by the Shag and Scoob disguise scene - wouldn’t it make more sense to have them like, dish up hot sauce or something on a plate that nonsensically makes the robots overheat before they discover their ruse?

Idk, maybe they’re off their game after Simon ‘Dickhead’ Cowell

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Carlton Way - must be named after Fred’s only other voice actor, Carlton Stevens of PNSD

Also Hanna’s Barber Shop is next to Barbera’s Pizza! Cute.

And… Pitstop’s Pink Perfume ad. Wait, who is that? *assorted googling noises*

...ahhh, Penelope Pitstop from Wacky Races! Who, according to Wikipedia, was revealed to have Greek ancestry in the 2016 Wacky Raceland comic book, having been born on the island of Aegina

Now I’m wondering if we’ll see her in this too, given Cerberus...

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Honestly kind of fascinating to see the gang with a police radio in their van

Also fascinating to see that only main characters are allowed clothing variety and texture/creases/folds

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it’s actually really sweet to see Fred, upon hearing that Shag and Scoob are likely in danger, immediately makes a 90 degree turn in traffic

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It looks like they changes Dee Dee’s name a hair - now it’s Dee Dee Skyes, instead of Sykes

It works well for the Falcon aesthetic, so that’s cool

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Shaggy, after Dee Dee tells them that Dastardly’s trying to kill them: Scoob, someone thinks we’re important enough to *mimes slitting throat*!

Scooby: It’s nice to be wanted.

Excellent! This movie has captured Shag and Scoob’s blasé attitude towards death! Now we’re onto a solid Scooby film :D

Dee Dee: Hmm, I hear that!

And they even have a friend to share in their attitude! Splendid!

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Christ, I can work photoshop better than Blue Falcon can, and I don’t even know how to use photoshop

I will give major kudos on his costume tho - it maintains the important elements of the OG Falcon, while still updating it with more bird-related aesthetic, like the feathered appearance of parts of his costume, the split cape resembling the tail feathers, and the talon gauntlets & boots. neat!

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Yooo, Dynomutt, I thought secret identities were still a thing with Superheroes, what the hey are you doing giving it out to a duo you literally just picked up behind a bowling alley

Ngl, I’m kinda hoping we get some scenes where Dynomutt messes up a little like in the OG cartoon - this one feels really serious, which is kind of strange

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Okay now I want to see older!Blue Falcon come in for a cameo

Mainly bc I’m getting the feeling that this one is a major dumbass, and not in the fun and friendly himbo kind of way 😑

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Wait, THAT’S our first look at Dastardly? That’s a bit abrupt, isn’t it?

Also his ship must be pumping thousands of gallons of toxins into the air, that smoke cloud looks hideous. Forget logging into his mom’s Netflix account like the trailer said, EPA should probably be hunting him for sport with a laser cannon, jesus fcuking christ

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Honestly kinda want a plane you can pilot like a motorbike now

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Welp, it looks like we have a fun, mustache-twirly, puns-aplenty, loves-to-be-bad kind of villain on our hands folks! This is gonna be FUN AS HECK

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Eurgh, this scene - the super-stiff-but-stretched-out ‘yeeurgh’ faces really squick me for some reason, but I can’t really pinpoint why

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I have decided I highly dislike the Brian Blue Falcon, or Brian Falcon for short, and would like to see Dastardly tie him to some railroad tracks

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North St for Heather North, and… wait… Funland Carnival? Like where Charlie the Robot hung out?

Apparently that’s in Romania.

A very yellow-greenfilter Romania at that.

 Like, I’ve seen blue washes on movies trying to portray evening in the middle of the day so they don’t actually have to shoot at night, but yellow? That’s normally used for deserts and hot days and uhhh 

NOT for evenings in a country with landscape like THIS

odd

(I mean I guess they got the mountains and trees right, but still. Yellow filters make a place look arid, which Romania is Not, to my knowledge)

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Dude, Brian Falcon is such an idiot even Shaggy and Scooby, commonly portrayed as the idiots of Mystery Inc, look at him like he’s a moron.

(They are Not Amused.)

Also Brian Falcon is an absolute coward. That’s new. Even Shaggy and Scooby face off against the robots directly in a Whack-a-Mole game and destroy some. Dude, get your head in the fcuking game already, yikes

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Woah, Laff-a-Lympics, Wacky Races, Hex Girls, The Banana Splits, Penelope Pitstop, Space Stars, Posse Impossible, and Hong Kong Phooey easter eggs in one shot

Geezus

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Another nice moment: when cornered by Dastardly, Shaggy moves to stand in front of Scooby to protect him

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Dastardly (to Shaggy): I don’t care about YOU. You’re not REMOTELY important!

*proceeds to shoot Shaggy THROUGH the ceiling and up into the highest car on a Ferris Wheel where Brian Falcon is hiding like a man baby*

Welp, so much for a fun and zany villain. Time for this Plush Anon to kill a bitch *cocks shotgun*

I will, too - kudos to the animators for hurting me so badly with the face Shaggy made right before being shot because

OW

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Ehehehhehe, yess, the infamous ‘Dick’ scene

Dastardly: No, I’m a DICK. With a D!

You sure are, you sack of dildos with a D!

This scene had to be put in on purpose - if this had been released in theaters, I just know the adults would be dying in laughter 🤣🤣🤣

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Shaggy: Brian, do something! 

Brian Falcon: Like what?

Shaggy: Like, drop some F-Bombs!

love it 😂

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Is it like movie law now, that if there’s an action scene with a Ferris Wheel in the background, it has to fall off and roll down a mild incline like a wheel? Because it kinda feels like it

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Aha! Dastardly said his drats! Perfection.

Now to shoot him through a ceiling to make them matter even more :D

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OOF. 

Well that hurt. 

Poor Shaggy - basically internalizing now that he’s the worthless one and weak link of the group now that Scooby is considered more important

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Holy fcuk I’m crying

Shaggy just broke Brian Falcon down to his deepest insecurities without even trying while talking to him

He even used the words ‘imposter syndrome’ 

Shaggy hon, you’re the best

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Oh hey, Fred, Daphne, and Velma! It’s been a while since we saw you guys again, what are you doing?

Arguing about the metric system and realizing that Shaggy and Scooby reminding them to eat periodically helped them keep a clearer head...

And using the word ‘hangry’.

But then looking through a ridiculously cute photo album of the two and a video the gang took together (the video is honestly really heckin’ cute, 10000/10 would recommend)...

And then getting pulled over so Fred can have a brief ‘oo-la-la’ montage about the pretty blonde cop who honest-to-gods looks like a Barbie doll.

Where Daphne then describes how ugly Dastardly is...

Right before the petite blonde cop who’s maybe like 5’7” at best rips off her outfit to reveal it was Dick Dastardly this entire time, all 7ish feet of him.

And then kidnaps them all along with the Mystery Machine while he makes terribly fun dorky puns

…

...SO BACK TO SCOOBY AND SHAGGY...

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...where Scooby is making kissy faces in the mirror while wearing his Blue Falcon uniform

Hrm, that’s not really better is it

We actually see Shaggy reading (OG) Blue Falcon’s autobiography, and making hurt but snide comments about Scooby’s ego

Which are actually pretty clever tbh

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Cooooooongratulations, Fred Jones! You are now officially a full-on himbo!

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Alas, poor Daphne. While your knowledge of the tropes of your show might have served you well in other places, this was to be a theatrical release once upon a time, and so such knowledge falls to ruin.

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You know, I just realized - we’re never really told HOW the Cerberus skulls work, both in how each skull can be used to find the others,  and, presumably, in releasing Cerberus itself. We’re given a brief glance-over of Scooby’s ancestry (and I mean REALLY damn brief), and a quick mention that these are supposed to be Cerberus’ skulls being stolen, but… that’s it. Nothing else is given. 

Now, I read the first few chapters of my SCOOB! Junior Novelization, and it actually went into further detail about the skulls themselves and what Dastardly’s initial plan was early in the book - open the gates of Hades and obtain the seas of treasure therein. It acted as an introduction both to the climatic endgame we’ll face at the end of the movie, and to Dastardly, who uses the same disguise trick he used as the Barbie cop when he stole the first one in South America. 

(They actually DID plan to use this as Dastardly’s intro, but cut this… 3 minute scene for time. Yeah. See below video for the details - honestly think they should have kept it in. Saves time later and definitely more show than tell, compared to what we got)

I feel like that would be a better introduction to him than the one we got - hell, it would have fit in quite neatly after the revamped theme song montage. They could have the scene with Dastardly finding/stealing the first skull as an introduction (as above), then have him answer a call or something. Exposit openly “You found the key! Excellent! Now where are we going next?” 

THEN cut to the diner/coffee shop scene we had earlier. We still wouldn’t know exactly what the key was/entailed off the bat, and they could still have FD&V find out on their own - maybe by hacking the little robot instead? IDK.

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The final skull is on Messick Mountain.

Cute.

On a side note, I do love how Dastardly’s ship interior looks - very dieselpunk

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Velma just hacked into Dynomutt… somehow, and I finally get my wacky Dynomutt shenanigans!  Hazoo!

...sadly that was really dang brief. Realistic, yes, but still too brief. 

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Eyyyy, we finally get the whys of why Scooby is needed! … really dang fast. 

Also Fred says Jinkies. 

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Hey, Muttley popped up! In a shrine… to his demise… that we find out he reached when Dastardly pushed him forward into the Underworld to steal the treasure of Alexander the Great in a portal he rigged up… only for both of them to find out it was a one-way deal unless they used the key to be able to come back. The key, of course, being Scooby Doo, descendent of Peritas, Alexander’s dog. 

Eh, workable enough-ish. It’s interesting to see that Dastardly, despite how much he disliked Muttley in the older cartoons, still cares about him to a certain extent. 

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Pfff, Fred’s a poor man’s Hemsworth XD

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Sweet, we’re in ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth’ now!

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Um

O W W W

You guys really had to do the ‘me or them’ thing with Shaggy and Scooby… and tHeN hAvE sCoObY cHoOsE tHe FaLcONs?!? Just because they said he was important as “the key” and gave him a spandex costume.

Over at least 7 years of friendship. 

Booooooooooooo

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actually no I’m Not Done Yet

This whole scene is a mess.

Like

Shaggy’s turn was really dang fast… but I can still see how he gets to it. It’s at least a day between Scooby being chosen as a pseudo-sidekick and the island arrival, during which Shaggy’s talk with the main adult (who has taken up the mantle of his favorite superhero) essentially confirms his feelings of worthlessness and leaves him to stew for HOURS on end (on top of another adult, Dastardly, who also calls him “not even REMOTELY important” at the carnival before freaKING SHOOTING HIM THROUGH THE CEILING NO I AM NOT OVER THIS). Tie that to a teenager who also believes his only friends have come to think he’s meaningless baggage, and suddenly his entire support system is vanishing underneath him to one of his former idols without ANY sign of hesitation from Scooby’s part (with the exception of the collar scene, but I don’t think that that means the same to Scooby, given how quickly he bounces back)

Scooby tho… hrm. It could be that he’s clinging to the good feelings Brian Falcon inspires in him (by choosing him as the next possible Dynomutt), as a way to overpower how FD&V hurt him, while also building on how he came to love the duo because SHAGGY loved them so much. But the movie doesn’t frame that up… at all?? At least compared to Shaggy. 

Idk, maybe I’m missing something, but this scene is a mess through and through

Boooooo

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Scooby: *tries to leap into Brian Falcon’s arms like he did with Shaggy but falls*

Brian: Uh, what are you doing?

Scooby: Rhaggy never missed. 

Damn straight he didn’t

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oh hey, it’s Captain Caveman

I was wondering when we’d see him.

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AAAUUGGHH

It’s that blink-and-you’ll-miss-it scene from the trailers I sobbed over - the one with Shaggy holding Scooby’s collar

Fun fact it actuALLY FADES INTO THE FLASHBACK

THAT WAS NOT A TRAILER THING THAT’S ACTUALLY HERE IN THE MOVIE

OW

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Oh No

Fred is here, alone, after that whole scene with Dastardly saying he had a use for Fred

...while that’s likely Dastardly in a Fred suit (that sounds creepy just typing it), I’m still going to enjoy this brief but absolutely lovely hug Shaggy and Fred share...

(seriously tho, look at this, it’s a genuinely close, squish-your-lungs-out kind of hug, I love it)

...as well as Shaggy, who's still hurt from his fight with Scooby, immediately gearing up to go help him after hearing Dastardly’s trying to kidnap him.

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Brian Falcon and Scooby Doo now have to take on Captain Caveman in gladiatorial combat in order to claim the final skull of Cerberus

I love cartoons sometimes

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Captain Caveman just put the smackdown on Brian Falcon and punched him into the ground up to his CHEST

Then smacked him so far into a wall he cracked the stone around him!

GodDAMN is this satisfying 😆 altho minor question here: how did he gain the rank of Captain? Do cavepeople have a naval force?

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He just whirled Scooby around his head, then spun him so fast his costume broke off

I may have to look into some Captain Caveman stuff now, that’s fantastic

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Shaggy and Fred - sorry, “Fred” -  just smashed through to the colosseum in the Mystery Machine

And Dynomutt just fired missiles at Captain Caveman to smash him into an Amigara-shaped hole of himself

I REALLY love cartoons sometimes

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Oh No

Just as Shaggy starts trying to apologize, “Fred” kicks him in the back, rips off his disguise to normal Dastardly self, and kidnaps Scooby atop the skull, before revealing he destroyed the Falcon Fury jet

New tagline for this movie? Shaggy Rogers and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day

...at least the rest of the gang is back together?

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Brian Falcon: *Immediately tries to blame Shaggy for inadvertently leading Dastardly to them, while storming up to get in his face*

Fred: *upon realizing BrianF is blaming Shaggy for everything, without a SINGLE moment’s hesitation, immediately leaps in to defend Shaggy and physically push back Brian Falcon several feet*

We stan one Himbo, theydies and gentlethem

Also?

Velma (sneering): What kind of hero blames other people for his problems? *Walks over to comfort Shaggy with Daphne, while Shaggy looks dumbfounded they’re defending him bc he also blames himself for Scooby’s kidnapping*

This. This right here, is the kind of Mystery gang content I wanna see.

I don’t care how the rest of this movie goes now, this scene right here is ambrosia to the Scooby fan’s soul, and therefore makes this entire movie worth it, outdated memes, lingo, and all

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Cackling rn - Fred and Brian Falcon are in a point-off a la the Spiderman meme 😂

or, more specifically, the post-credits sequence of Spiderverse where they’re arguing about who started pointing first

It gets better when Velma and Daphne try to pull each other off of their pushing fight, and Velma grumbles “Toxic Masculinity” I’m crying

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WOAH

More super Shaggy stuff here (apart from being flung through a building roof without a scratch) - he pushes apart both groups effortless, and even knocks them back several feet

If we estimate Dynomutt as… we’ll say 450 since he’s made of metal, Falcon at 220, Dee Dee at 160, that’s about 830 lbs on one side

Then Fred, Daphne and Velma on the other (hmm, 180, 150, 130?) would be around 460 lbs

Dang boi

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Oh honey no, it’s not your fault

But dang if he didn’t get a good message from it, one I’ve done my best to transcribe here:

“I was afraid that... things were gonna change. And they did change. But like, that’s okay! People can grow. But it doesn’t mean that we’re growing apart. Because the one thing that will never change is that Scooby Doo is my best friend! Ten years ago, a little boy made a promise to a stray puppy that he’d never leave him no matter what. And I’m gonna keep that promise! Now it’s time we stopped that mustachioed menace from opening the gates to the {underworld} and letting loose that fearsome {Cerberus}. So what do you say we get out {of here}, and go get my always-snacking, never-lacking, often-napping dog back? Who’s with me?”

Honestly not a bad message for kids. Things will change, people will change, but that doesn’t mean you have to stop being friends. (Obvs real life exceptions apply, but that’s not a bad note honestly)

...shame that that conclusion comes right the FUCK outta nowhere

Like

How, exactly, did he come to this conclusion? WHEN? What inspired him to realize this, what was the impetus for this specific line of thought, that it’s okay for friends to change?

It kinda feels like this should have been either the happy ending speech given after they’ve saved the world, or one at the start of the third act, like if Shaggy arrives when Scooby thinks he’s chased him away and ruined everything, and Shaggy & the gang still save him. And Scooby asks him why he did that - when Scooby tried to change himself to fit what Brian Falcon wanted, instead of treasuring the friend he still had, or maybe why Shaggy reacted the way he did. THEN Shaggy gives the speech we hear, a la:

“I yelled at you because… like, because I was scared. I was scared that... things were gonna change. And they did change. But like, that’s okay! People can grow. But it doesn’t mean that we’re growing apart. Because the one thing that will never change is that YOU’RE my best friend! Ten years ago, a little boy made a promise to a stray puppy that he’d never leave him no matter what. And I mean to keep it!” 

At least that would make a little more sense to me. Again, not a bad speech, but a little rearranging would help to really hit home. 

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Okay, now we’re back with Dastardly in Greece, and suddenly the background people all look MILES better than the ones at the start of the movie. Did they just forget to polish the first two minutes of film, what the heck?

Also, Dastardly’s ship is literally the entire length of the Greek ruins presented o_O

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HOLY SHIT THE SKULLS TURNED BACK TIME AND MADE THE RUINS INTO AN ENTIRELY RESTORED PALACE WITH THE GATES OF THE UNDERWORLD BEFORE THEM

They’re also colored a very atmospheric neon arrangement that’s surprisingly quite tasteful ^.^

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The Mystery Machine can fly now!!! eeheeheeeheeheeheeheeee

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And so we finally see Cerberus, a massive, towering figure with sharp teeth and pffffffhahahhahaa why are all three heads wearing Spartan helmets

To its credit, they’re also wearing basic body armor, wrist guards, tail spikes, etc, but the helmets are killing me 🤣 who thought to stick that onto the dog? Did Hades forget to remove the armor after winning the Gods’ Pet Costume Contest, or was it like that horse in the ATV costume - it felt safer so it didn’t let anyone take it off?

Or was this a precaution against Herakles coming back? These are questions - hilarious, hilarious questions 😁

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Awww. Scooby immediately runs to the battered Mystery Machine to rip the doors open for the gang!

And… wait. THIS is where that wonderful hug was in the trailers? I thought that was at the end of the movie when everyone was safe!

This now does not bode well. But we’ll worry about that later. Time to enjoy this gorgeous wonderful hug of the entire gang, and Shag and Scoob apologizing to each other for fighting 🥰

Yet another scene to make the rest of this movie worth the rest

(halfway wanna frame this shit and put it on the wall, it’s that lovely)

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Fantastic! Dastardly is now in Hell, where I’ve been wishing him this entire movie! :D

And dang… he actually apologizes to what he believes is a dead Muttley. Who is, naturally, snickering at all of this. The two bicker predictably, but eventually hug and make up, too happy to see each other to resort to old habits. Honestly a nice little scene, all-in-all. 

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Back to the gang and they’re doing the glowy eyes in the dark bit! I actually haven’t seen that in a Scooby movie forever, it’s neat.

Also Fred is now going full Liam Neeson over his van, war paint and all, using the tire cover as a shield and… holy shit. 

HOLY SHIT

THE ASCOT IS BAAAnnnnnd it’s gone. Boy, that was… short. 

Fred just ran full-tilt at Cerberus, screaming like a mad man, before getting flicked away by its big toe, and losing the ascot and makeshift shield. It punched so hard his facepaint came off

It was fun while it lasted y’all

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Heyyy, Shag and Scoob just came up with the plan, and it’s actually solid! I’m so proud, and so is the rest of the gang! Also willingly going to distract Cerberus while the rest figure out how to close the gate and stuff Cerberus back in

I love my boys 😊

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Annnnd there goes Brian Falcon like the coward he is

To… call his dad? And admit he isn’t a hero.

Only for Dynomutt to point out Shaggy and Scooby are taking him on and are terrified. 

This then cuts to Shaggy and Scooby running around in a chariot and gladiator wear, running back and forth a la the door gag from Cerberus to the OG SDWAY theme

I think I love this movie

(although they’re hinting at Dynomutt being resentful of OG Blue Falcon essentially abandoning him to his incompetent son, and I really wish it had been touched upon more

that’s actually rather heartbreaking, when you stop to think about it, and there’s a lot that could be done with an additional two minutes of screentime) 

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Huh, another good message for kids: it’s okay to fail and be scared, so long as you keep going and try to do what’s right.

Two good messages for kids in one movie. Not too shabby, on the whole. 

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Brian Falcon just flew in and punched the three-headed dog, then jumped into its mouth as it tried to eat Scooby, resisted the MASSIVE JAW STRENGTH, and got them out of there safe and sound

Finally, something heroic!

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I was wondering where Dastardly and Muttley got off to - apparently they’re off to take a money bath.

Aight

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Shag and Scoob have now convinced the Rotten Robots to turn into bowling balls to knock Cerberus off their feet a la the classic marbles pratfall back into the underworld

That is a sentence I just wrote

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OH FCUK NO

NO

ABSOLUTELY NOT NO

YOU ARE TELLING US THAT AFTER ALL OF THIS - ALL OF THIS - ONE OF THEM HAS TO STAY IN THE UNDERWORLD TO LOCK THE GATE

THAT OCTOBER LEAKER WAS RIGHT WHAT THE HELL

LITERALLY SO

I mean i know its a kids film specifically Scooby Doo so happy ending but what the literal FUCK

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WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGHHH

SHAGGY NOOOO

“Buddy, back when we were kids, you saved me. Now, it’s my turn.”

and he dOES THIS WHILE HOLDING SCOOBY’S HEAD TENDERLY IN HIS HANDS

AND WHEN EVERYTHING REVERTS IT’S JUST RUBBLE AND RUIN AND SCOOBY’S LEFT SOBBING OPENLY AT NOTHING

AND THE GANG ALL COME TO CLING AT HIM AND CRY OVER THEIR FRIEND WHO THOUGHT HE WAS WORTHLESS MOST OF THE MOVIE AND THOUGH THAT THE GANG THOUGHT THE SAME ABOUT HIM

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHH

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WELP, TIME TO COPE WITH INAPPROPRIATE HUMOR

Shaggy: I yelled at my dog, got him kidnapped, and ended up helping the bad guy to open the gates to Hell. Guess I’ll die. 

Dee Dee: Well actually, this is more Dastardly’s fault because -

Shaggy, yelling as he slams his hand against the lock: GUESS I’LL DIE!!!

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Ah, so the writers wrote themselves into a corner, and the only way out was a Deus Ex Machina (at least, I think I’m using that term correctly…) 

Because to get Shaggy back, a giant statue of Alexander the Great and Peritas appears out of nowhere - literally, since it definitely wasn’t there before - with an inscription Scooby has to read to get Shaggy back.

This would have been a lot more effective if we’d seen it when Dastardly arrived in Greece - maybe even as the marker for where the gate to the Underworld was. Have Alexander facing one way, and Peritas facing the other. You open the gate on Alexander’s side, and come home on Peritas’ side. Having this unfold into the gate gives it more purpose than “magically appears right the fcuk outta nowehere” and you could have a pun with the “backdoor” escape. Everybody wins!

And if that’s too good for ya, how about a brief lingering shot by it at some point as Dastardly flies into Greece, behind where the gate materializes, or directly across from it on the plaza? Maybe have one of the gang kick it after Shaggy leaves, and say ‘This is all your fault! Why would you make something like this?’

It’d still be a magical contrivance, but at least it would make some fcuking SENSE.

(Granted it DID lead to this hilariously ominous shot, so maybe I shouldn’t complain:)

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Velma: I finally figured out what you guys are! You’re the heart of Mystery Inc.

Me: YEAH BABY! *flips over table* I’VE BEEN SAYING THAT SHIT FOR YEARS AND NOW, I’M FCUKING VALIDATED AT LAAAAAAAAST!

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Shaggy: *rips off Dastardly’s face to reveal…*

ALL: SIMON COWELL??!?

Me, choking on food: I’m sorry WHAT?!?!?

Velma: *takes off mask again to reveal*

ALL: DICK DASTARDLY?!?

Dastardly: Drat! No one ever goes for the double unmasking. 

So I was right all along - Simon Cowell truly was a Dick this entire time.

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And so we close on the gang unveiling a Mystery Machine paint job on their official detective agency building, Brian Falcon living the good life as the DJ at their party, the Falcon team gifting a sleek new Mystery Machine to the gang (which honestly looks pretty unique - it’s not the classic, but it is something new that isn’t awful, so kudos there), and the gang on their way to another mystery.

So, at the end of the day is this a good Scooby movie? 

Meh? *waves hand in meh motion* But it definitely had its moments. 

This Scooby film is flawed as heck, no doubt about it - the plot has a MAJOR problem with telling instead of showing, some parts feeling out of order or WAY too short, and of course the deus ex machina ending. I honestly would have loved some more time for their first mystery as kids, where we actually got more character moments/bonding from Fred, Daphne, and Velma as they solved it the more traditional route, as well as not framing FD&V as super duper mystery solvers right off the bat??? 

The stuff with Blue Falcon isn’t AWFUL, per se, but it is ridiculously satisfying to see him get smacked around. Captain Caveman was honestly one of the funniest bits in the movie, same with Dynomutt. 

As far as the character stuff? It all felt fairly natural, progression-wise. Shag and Scoob don’t have this big break-up with the gang - they’re hurt by the literal Dickhead’s comments the gang don’t speak up against, and go to blow off some steam together. Shag and Scoob don’t have this giant blow-up argument - it builds over the film into a hurt spat they both recognize they overreacted to almost immediately. The gang (FDV) go looking for them almost as soon as they leave, and, upon hearing they’re in danger, turn and head towards them to save them, realizing how important the two are to Mystery Inc along the way. They defend each other, help each other, have some of the Best Dang Animated Mystery Inc hugs I ever did see - THIS feels more like the Gang I’ve been waiting for forever to come back to DTV (and in a rough sense, did). While I do wish we’d gotten more screen time of FD&V, what we got wasn’t too bad. 

Weirdly enough, at the end of the day, I’ve actually grown more accustomed to Forte’s Shaggy - it feels like it fits this different style a touch more than I originally thought, and holy hell if I didn’t come close to tears at that ending gate scene, he knocked that one out of the park.  Velma still doesn’t feel much like Velma, but I did get used to it by the end. I kept cracking up at Efron’s Fred, and no complaints on Seyfried’s Daphne.

Jason Isaacs as Dick Dastardly absolutely killed it. Blue Falcon Crew was okay (excepting Mark “The Racist” Wahlburg - it was just him talking, no real effort. You could recognize Wahlburg right off the bat, acting as a goofy douche) and freaking Captain Caveman was awesome. Apparently they combined both Billy West and Don Messick’s recordings for Muttley (awesome!!!), so this may very well be Don Messick’s final role in a Scooby Doo film. 

It got off to a rough start, but ended well enough. The animation was solid, the writing has some unexpectedly clever and funny moments sprinkled throughout, with some pretty fun action sequences on the side. Watching this, I really do believe that the people working on it love Scooby Doo and all things Hanna-Barbera… at least in their own way. 

I ended up buying this instead of just renting it ($5 more, why not) and I am honestly glad I did so. Despite its flaws, it has some great moments with the gang as friends, and I have been Craving That Shit for DECADES

And if these writers/directors ever did another Scooby film? I think I’d be up for giving them a chance - at least so long as we got some more absolutely BEAUTIFUL hugs with the gang

I hope you enjoyed this stream-of-consciousness reaction to SCOOB! (2020)... a whole ass year LATER, admittedly (I didn’t switch my Save Post to Queue, curse my hubris), but hopefully y’all’ve been entertained. Good night everybody!