#THE LORE!!

[possiblyawesometmblr]

literally everyone else in the life series: yeah haha we're just vibin with friends. might make a few little digs at watcher stuff but its all in good fun--

martyn: the gods are real. they are eldritch, immortal beings who are insatiably devouring any ounce of entertainment they can get out of us. we are but playthings trapped in their endless games. there is no escape. they hate scott smajor specifically

[leclercari]

Zendaya watching Serena Williams at The US Open - 31.08.2022 aka the day Tashi Duncan was born

[ichayalovesyou]

Rutherford is NOT Okie Dokie (losing my shit)

Lower Decks coming in with that left hook and some MAJOR LEAGUE Rutherford lore last night holy shit!

What HAPPENED to you baby bear?!

He used to be so different?? I mean at least he’s happier with who he is now than he was then? But also why was he so angry at the world in the first place? Why was he like that?

How far do those memory problems go??? I imagine he probably remembers most of his past otherwise I feel like there’d be more of an issue? Are his parents alive, family, hobbies, inner life? I mean he obviously knows he’s Philippino but like, how much does Rutherford know about himself other than loving his friends and loving engineering? What else does he do/like other than his job and vibing with them?

A high up Starfleet admiral doing a cover up?! Voiced by Fred Tastascoire (who is also SHAXS 👀)

THEN there was the point in the fake alien trial episode?! Where he kept blacking in and out due to “system updates” and the commanding officers who were with him at the time were Shaxs and Billups?! He’s close with both of them and Shaxs and Billups are pretty close so like AAA???

Why doesn’t he ask them about what happened now that the mission is done? Unless something WEIRD is going on?!

Do they know he didn’t volunteer for the implant and were just told he’d be useful for the mission?? How far does this even go? How much do the superior officers in his immediate circle know vs. the people who did this to him?!

Shaxs also straight up DIED to save Rutherford and in doing so ripped his implant out of his head instead of just like, the cord or something?? Shaxs probably knows more than Billups

Also what is Badgy a representation of if Rutherford clearly has a second (possibly programmed) nature? Holograms don’t usually become sentient and incredibly violent of their own volition. He’s buggy and resentful and confused and angry, not entirely unlike like his creator. Or at least not his creator’s former persona.

Also did they do the whole “is Mariner a secret sec 31 super soldier sleeper agent?” to throw us off the scent of the non-zero possibility that RUTHERFORD might be literally exactly that?!

WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?!

DUDE. What happened to Samanthan g-dang Rutherford?!?!

This is so INCREDIBLY not Okie dokie!

[eliotheeangelis]

nigel mansell | caesars palace 1982

[accio-lo-ki]

how do i explain to my irls that my parasocial reaction to the joe/taylor break up is because of the ongoing percabeth popstar au series that i’m doing based on their relationship/taylor’s songs about him 😭

[redrook]

old German lady gave me acupuncture today

she lifted up my shirt, saw my top surgery scars, and immediately went "WHOA! What caused THIS?"

my fellow comrades, it took every atom of my strength not to just say the funniest lie I could think of on the spot.

[fluff-e-boy]

Graphic design is my passion

[atissi]

i don't really like when people say dungeon meshi is accidentally good autistic representation, because while i understand not wanting to make conclusions without explicit confirmation from the author, there's always the weird assumption that non-western authors somehow don't know about things like neurodivergency/queerness/etc. (on top of the assumptions that east asian authors are somehow more naive or oblivious to "western" social issues).

given that dungeon meshi started being published in 2014, it's not really a "work belonging to its times"—it's as contemporary as any other media we discuss on this site, which means it should be fair to assume it engages with contemporary topics (and at the very least, you shouldn't say that the representation is accidental with so much confidence)

but anyways, the chapter "perfect communication" in ryoko kui's "terrarium in a drawer" is some of the most straightforward autistic representation I've seen, and from now on I'm going to assume that laios's character writing is absolutely intentional in that regard:

[agave]

as a root vegetable, parsnip naturally desires to return to the earth 🌏🥕

[hollis-art]

ngl im not even a superman fan. i just REALLY like clark kent,,, (thank you, Smallville, for that.)

[paintdoktahwho]

[professionalchaoticdumbass]

he transitioned, it's hatsune mike now

[monstermonger]

Another prophecy fulfilled…

[redrook]

can't have shit in Baltimore