#The Year of The Rat

[tomoleary]

James Bama “The Year of The Rat” Paperback Cover Original Art (Bantam, 1967)

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[i-run-with-scissors39]

Yeah. Hockey fans, like many sports, have some unique and special fans. In 1995 the Panthers were 3 years in the league. A rat running around the dressing room before a game cause some commotion. One of the player took their stick and smashed the rat against a wall. The that same stick was used in the game and got 2 goals. The goalie at that time, can vandiesbrouk called it a rat trick in post game interviews. Hat trick = 3 goals in one game. Rat trick = 1 rat + 2 goals. Gordie Howe hat trick = 1 goal, 1 assist, 1 fight. 🤷‍♀️ hockey.

The panthers then went on a tear that season. Got into the playoffs. Lord Stanley. Fans being fans, the next game a fan chucked a plastic rat on the ice. Then the chucking grew from a one to a few to a mass of plastic rats. Eventually after every goal plastic rats were tossed over the glass onto the ice by fans.

“and the fans are throwing celebratory rats on the ice” god I love hockey

[ironinkpen]

the rat grinders getting whomped because they don't know how actual combat works is exactly what I've been waiting for all season. fabian taking down ivy in one turn bc they have no hp, them grouping up bc they don't know they're not supposed to and getting immediately shit on by adaine, riz's attack of opportunity doing more damage to kipperlilly than her actual attack did to him, gorgug taking down oisin by the end of round 1 bc they didn't protect their wizard, kristen and k2 both bringing all their friends up while keeping themselves strategically hidden bc they know better, riz diving into the lava like it's nothing bc he's a badass, adaine slapping jace's counterspell out of the air, fig tanking that hit from porter and casting that clutch fireball. just. beautiful. iconic. poetic. exactly what the rat grinders deserve after xp grinding for three years instead of actually adventuring. you fucking suck at this game kipperlilly!! you might be high level but you're shit at pvp!!!!!

[finn-from-adventure-time]

I fully understand that this is just the nature of the game and that Brennan just wanted to run his funny scene with Mary Ann, but I cannot get over how funny the context of the “my dad makes benches in his workshop” scene is. Kipperlilly just fucking died. Everyone just got un-possessed by the rage crystals. Ruben’s memory of the past year has been completely wiped, while Oisin and Ivy seem to remember the atrocities they’ve committed and the trauma they’ve been subjected to much more clearly. And what’s Mary Ann up to? Shooting her shot with the guy from the bad kids that absolutely hates her. And succeeding. Iconic.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

HOT, SINGLE, UNSTUDIED SPONGES. 3000 NAUTICAL MILES AWAY. Come sail the distance and read Tiger Tiger!

[mrghostrat]

i sat down to draw some smut for the smut war and found this poor wip that has been sitting in my "to draw" pile since october

it seemed like an awfully fitting way to start 👁️👁️

[ewwww-what]

Ugh. Literally just let her go home???

[emiko-matsui]

what demonstrates the rat grinders vs the bad kids SO perfectly is oisin sending that guess you didn't see the storm coming message being like hehe im gonna put her on a ship in a storm and kill her just the same way the last elven oracle died and adaine is just standing on the deck like ok?? and one-punch killed an ancient dragon

[teabagtoaster]

me and my best friend saw you from across the beer pong table and we absolutely hate your vibe

(human oisin's tattoos designed by sam!!)

[m-artsoul]

18/04/2024

mary ann introduces gorgug as her best friend to every person they meet

[cloudmancy]

burn the incense of our innocence and in a sense we thrive

[larndraws]

I got to illustrate some posters for Fantasy High! Poster you can buy (in the Dropout store)!!!

[doodleswithangie]

SQUARE UP!

[Image description: Fanart of a scene from Dimension 20's Fantasy High: Junior Year episode 14. The Bad Kids and The Rat Grinders square up in the middle of the school cafeteria. Alt text provided and copied under the cut. End ID]

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Image one: The Bad Kids and The Rat Grinders square up in the middle of the school cafeteria. Above their heads is written, "The Bad Kids vs The Rat Grinders."

Image two: From left to right - Adaine readies her magically glowing hand, Gorgug cracks his knuckles, Fig pages Colin Counterspell on her earpiece, Riz hisses, and Fabian steadies Kristen as she smirks down at Kipperlilly.

Image three: From left to right - Kipperlilly glares up at Kristen, Buddy looks on worriedly, Oisin has a hand on Kipperlilly's shoulder as he tries to intervene, Mary Anne has a deadpan stare, Ruben poses moodily, and Ivy smirks behind Oisin.

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[avaisdramatic]

Gorgug x Mary Ann Skuttle is the purest concentrated form of an “enemies to lovers” plot on a technicality, but is devoid of anything that ever seems to make that trope appealing to people,

And I think that’s extremely funny.

[ankarnaofjustice]

d20 fans: they’re just children they were manipulated !!

fabian aramais seacaster: i’m going to skin that Bitch

[angsty-art-ist]

certified coolkid moment: finding the rotting corpse of your classmate in the woods