#The Kid with a Bike

[normalguy77]

never stop blowing up is like if an entire table had only 1 (one) person playing the straight man and it was ally beardsley

[starkju0]

It’s the old lady from the store!

[crystallizsch]

DID SOMEONE SAY FILIPINO TWST (no one did it's just me 😔)

below the cut is stock photos of what is a trike/tricycle in the philippines (what they’re riding on) if you're unfamiliar!! and also some rambling about my heartshackle trio ;;;

i referenced the one on the left, there's usually supposed to be a screen where ace is popping out (and also i think deuce would prefer riding the one on the right where it's an actual motorcycle and not just a bike)

i like to think that the trio found this tricycle trashed and broken somewhere and they tried to fixed it up so they could all take a ride on it

ace and deuce kinda fought who’ll be the first to ride it and deuce only won because they all agreed deuce was the one who actually knew (for the most part) how to fix the thing

++++ some more concepts/hcs between them in this au(???) 😳

all three of them are childhood friends who grew up in the same neighborhood and went to the same elementary school. unfortunately in high school they ended up in different schools, but they all still remained close friends 🥹

grim exists but as a regular cat who “belongs” to yuuna (yuuna was just grim’s favorite out of the three). technically he’s just a neighborhood stray, yuuna can’t really keep him as a pet at home (and neither can ace/deuce) but somehow grim keeps finding the heartshackle trio whenever they’re all together. and so grim just became part of the group.

yuuna has a physical album of photos dedicated to all the times they go to jollibee. they take a photo with the jollibee statue every single time they all go there.

[dekleinekapitein]

Never Stop Blowing Up is like if you’re a cat that has the zoomies 100% of the time. And I need the rules written out so I can run this insanity for my friends.

[anxioussailorsoldier]

town baby daddy. he's basically working for the gerudo health department

[kagooleo]

the gangs all here!!!

[kael-writ]

The gradual degradation of Brennan's costume in Never Stop Blowing Up is a common environmental story telling trope in 80s action movies where the main character get progressively more injured but doesn't let it slow him down as he keeps fighting.

In a horror movie, these injuries would be slowing the character down, putting them in more peril, showing weakness and anguish.

In Action, it (at least) borders on comical how little injuries can matter - as Brennan showed in the hospital scene. Action is defiance of and triumph over death, it's about feeling like you're insanely tough, a badass who can defeat and overcome anyone and anything (physically).

The art and make up team here are telling a story. This is a character who exists parallel to our main story who is going through his own action journey, patching himself up when he can as he goes but bleeding through those bandages later as he rips a wound open that probably needed stitches but he doesn't have TIME to get a much needed blood transfusion, goddamnit, he's gotta get to the thing with the thing before the bad thing happens.

There's so many little interesting details unraveling in the story the make up is telling, like having one side of the body clearly have gotten exposed to an explosion. Meanwhile the cut on his left arm goes from open, to cleanly bandaged, to bleeding through the bandage. The latest episode brings us to the point in the movie where he finally just throws off the torn and bloodied dress shirt.

Which is part of action stories too, where the main character moves further and further from someone who was trying to be a Business Adult in the Real World before shit hits the fan and the battle can't be fought by a civilized man in a suit and tie, it's gonna get fuckin messy.

(as always please be mindful and respectful anytime you think about commenting on a performer's appearance).

[azurecanary]

Ttrpgs that reward failure with a form of experience points MY BELOVED

[becausesure]

Never Stop Blowing Up (System)

9 key abilities Stunts, Brawl, Tough, Tech, Weapons, Drive, Sneak, Wits, and Hot

Each ability starts a d4

On a roll of the maximum number on a die the die explodes and you roll an additional die of the next higher value

On an explosion the die of that ability is permanently upgraded to the next level of die

On a failed check the player is awarded a turbo token which can be used to increase a future roll (1 token +1 for your own roll and 2 tokens for 1 point increase for another player)

If adding a point to your roll would reach the maximum the die explodes

If not in a stressful situation you can use half the of the number on the die as the roll (d4 = 2)

[planetcleer]

my silly little headcanon is that for the rest of their lives ben calls eddie ‘doc’ affectionately after eddie fixes him up. imagine the adult losers meeting at jade of the orient and ben saying softly & fondly “hey, doc, long time no see” as he pulls eddie in for a hug. imagine ben running back out of eddie’s room at the townhouse and crouching next to him with his hand on his shoulder and saying “shit, doc, are you okay?” while bev tends to his stab wound

like. bro. that shit’s fucking cute and is actually fact i’ve just decided

[starkju0]

Paula Donvalson and Jack Manhattan 🔥

[nico-di-genova]

EVERYONE MOVED

[jdandress]

I feel like Mentopolis is the perfect Dimension 20 season to introduce new viewers. Like, only six episodes, with players known outside the TTRPG space, in one of D20's classic parody settings, to say nothing of its general quality. I don't know that it's necessarily my favorite season, but it's definitely up there, and definitely the one to show people who don't "get it."

[al-luviec]

vito

[slayerchick303]

No one but Alex Song-Xia could have played Conscience. Their performance as Conrad was flawless.

I hope to see them on future D20 seasons because they're great.

[lavendervalleyexpress]

I just finished watching Mentopolis so I was half expecting Ify to say Stacey Fakename when the man on the phone asked Wendell for his name