#accurately records

[turtletoria]

the krampus incident from the book of bill if it was out of character and stupid

[sansculottides]

pisses me off to no end when people on reddit or whatever complain that the show wouldve been better off without the tuunbaq.....did we watch the same show? the tuunbaq is everything, it held everything together. the tuunbaq is the main transformative element of the terror. the tuunbaq elevates the text beyond mere historical fact and lets it say something about the expedition's broader context of imperialism. it hunted the british men who were trampling on its home as a mere stopover, a side casualty, to finding the northwest passage (for, you know, "trade with china" after britain beat china into submission after the imperialist opium war). silna couldnt complete a proper ritual with it because of the british men - just as british colonizers have historically intruded and disrupted the practice of indigenous culture. and in the end the tuunbaq dies, after all the injuries it's taken from the british over the course of 10 episodes and finally chokes to death on the worst of them. because there's no escaping the reality of colonial history, and there is especially no fantastical escape for the colonizer. there's no proper way for us to move forward otherwise.

good historical fiction doesnt have to limit itself to accuracy - it needs empathy to draw out meanings in history using literary craft. thats what the tuunbaq means to me.... if you wanted a straight depiction of historical record, just go watch a documentary.. TUUNBAQ DENIERS DNI

[artemispanthar]

Crimes against short people

[commsroom]

Okay! Obviously, I love Wolf 359. The available scripts for Wolf 359 are recording scripts, meaning they're inaccurate in a ton of places when it comes to finalized or improvised dialogue, and don't function well as transcripts (especially since the scripts for the live show and some of the mini episodes were never made available.) That said, I think everyone should read the scripts; the sheer amount of physical description that you can feel in the show, even if you can't see it... I guarantee it will enhance your listening experience. Most visual show to ever be an audio drama. So, in pursuit of both of these goals at once, I went over every word in the scripts, and wrote up new scripts for the unavailable ones. Some of the sound effects described - especially in early episodes - might not line up exactly, because I didn't want to mess with the non-dialogue portion of the show, but I hope this strikes a good balance and can be a useful resource.

[tj-crochets]

Giant plesiosaur is done! My dad says the plesiosaur doesn’t have eyes because he’s “one of those cave plesiosaurs”

He’s about four feet from nose to tail and so so soft!

[keii4ii]

one-winged Carlo

[impossiblefeat]

All of Espio's White Space animations from Sonic Generations.

[creatively-cosmic]

POKEMANIAC STEVEN'S TEAM.

[canisalbus]

Bread man made me wonder: Do you have any Saint Bernard characters? His coloration almost made me think of one, but I'm guessing he's not. They're my fave, so I'm personally curious!

The bread man is supposed to be vaguely st. bernardesque! His face was darker initially, but it didn't really jibe with the color palette and composition so I kept lightening it :'> In the end he turned out looking almost like a maremmano-abruzzese sheepdog or great pyrenees.

Saint Bernards were originally bred by monks in the Great St Bernard Hospice, situated in the Alps right at the border between Switzerland and Italy. So they would fit into the Vaschete/monastery setting pretty well I think.

[5typesoftrash]

I need ranchers, ethubs, shiny duo, or skizzpulse fic recs please

[yuesya]

Morax looks out into the distance, carefully calm and unmoving.

Overhead, dark clouds churn restlessly. Low rumbling echoes through the air, accompanied by faint reverberations that shake the ground underfoot

Yet is not the sound of storm-thunder as so many mortal denizens of Guili believe it to be, but of battle instead.

Above the frost-sealed mountains where the proud kingdom of Sal Vindagnyr once stood, fierce winds rip through another peak point like a knife tearing through paper, gouging deep into the landscape. But jagged spires of ice burst up to meet the winds, piercing into the eye of the storm fearlessly. For a brief moment, Cryo clashes against Anemo –before both energies disperse and scatter explosively, neither successfully overpowering the other.

There is a brief lull of stillness, but Morax knows that it will not last.

Andrius and Decarabian are bitter enemies warring over the territory to the north. One the Lord of Beasts, and the other the Champion of Men. One allows their children to feast upon humans, while the other executes all beasts without question. It is no wonder that the enmity between them runs deep, and this battle between the two gods was a long time coming.

Andrius has waited many, many years for an opportunity to destroy Decarabian. The disappearance of the Divine Nail over Sal Vindagnyr, coupled with the mysterious absence of Decarabian’s presence… it’s no wonder that Andrius gathered his legions, and attacked.

But Decarabian was not one to be underestimated. The two gods have been battling for nearly a month now, and it does not appear that a victor will be decided anytime soon.

… If anything, their battle is growing ever more vicious, and the area affected by their conflict is expanding. It’s why Morax is here, guarding the borders of Guili’s territory with the yaksha under his command.

In the waters to the east, the waves churn restlessly. As expected, Osial is also observing the battle from the ocean depths.

A piercing howl echoes in the distance. Morax focuses his gaze, and watches as a massive wolf with a vivid cerulean coat leaps through the air, fanged jaws closing over a white-haired child.

But even despite the loss of strength that had forced them into a juvenile form, the God of Storms does not go down easily. There is a single moment where they disappear entirely from sight, and then the wolf that devoured them is shredded into pieces by razor-sharp winds. But instead of flesh and blood, it’s only shards of ice and snow that fall from the sky.

Andrius re-materializes from the ongoing blizzard on another mountaintop. Decarabian tilts their head and turns to face them, blue eyes glowing.

And then the mountain behind them –falls.

An avalanche, and there is no doubt that Andrius is the culprit. In the moment that Decarabian is distracted by scattering the snow that is about to crush them, Andrius’ claws tear through their body; it’s the only thing that Morax is able to see, before Decarabian’s Anemo energy wavers, and they are buried beneath the avalanche together.

Has a victor finally been decided?

Morax can still sense Cryo energy clashing against Anemo, but… there’s no doubt that the Anemo signature is weakening. It appears that Decarabian has finally reached their limit, then. Haagentus and Marchosias would need to be informed about this; the rise of a Beast-King who ruled the northern lands unchallenged would be–

Something in the air shifts.

Morax sucks in a short, sharp breath, “This is…?”

The black clouds hanging over Sal Vindagnyr darken even further, almost seeming to tremble beneath an invisible force.

Then, massive bolts of lightning hurtle down from the heavens all at once in a veritable flood of light.

[bonefall]

How do the researchers react to the clan cats leaving the lake for a time?

You mean the little patrols they send out?

They aren't aware of them, EXCEPT for the Beaver Expedition that Dovepaw was on. They found out about that one because they got a phone call from the team in charge of the beaver introduction.

It was NERVE WRACKING. Both teams were terrified the other would injure their subjects. They were horrified when the cats dug out the top of the dam and pulled the squealing baby beavers out, thinking this was going to end BADLY, but practically cried in relief and excitement when the Clan cats baited the parents towards the lake.

(I like to imagine someone on the beaver team ended up hitting it off with someone on the Clan cat team. The wedding cake was cats and beavers.)

But generally? They don't know about expeditions. Sometimes they catch them leaving, but don't have the funding to chase them down.

Clan cats are also not under constant surveillance. Very important to understand this. Clan cats will attack anything that upsets them and good cameras are expensive; they snuck one into the ThunderClan Camp once in like 2009, and Firestar dug it up at the stake and dropped it down the WindClan border ravine because it was freaking his warriors out.

(The cats don't understand that the cameras watch; they just don't like the Freaky Human Thing)

So the team has to be careful, not install too many, and hide the ones they do have. They don't want the cats to move again.

[incorrect-league-of-villains]

Tomura: Five years ago, I was a fucking mess.

Tomura: Now I'm a fucking mess, but at peace with it and with cooler fashion sense.

[amethystsoda]

Gintama being under the “scifi historical” genre on crunchyroll is so funny… i mean they’re not entirely wrong, but 🤣

[huginsmemory]

Even with TBOB and thisisnotawebsite.com there's... Still so much we don't know about Bill. Like ok yeah he's given a tragic background, we know a bit more about his henchmaniacs, but we really don't know a lot. Like, what happened directly after he accidentally destroyed his dimension? It isn't said. Sure time baby KNOWS about Bill's destruction of his dimension, but it seems like he didn't show up after Bill's dimension was destroyed to apprehend him because he only knows about Bill after Bill tries to make a deal with him, causing Bill's wanted poster. And how did Bill become basically the overlord of the nightmare realm, and gather all his henchmaniacs? Like there's a good period where we just don't know. And it's implied he's shocked and horrified (likely even dissociates, since he does that) after he destroys his dimension. But his characterization doesn't seem by that point to be one that immediately goes into a self-destructive, violent god-becoming maniacal spiral of self hatred; it's more one to be overwhelmed with grief and spend a good long time in the midst of his grief, then necessarily he's about to DO anything. And generally speaking trope wise, there's steps missing; typically in this sort of scenario, the usual progression is this:

characterized as monster due to being different in some way

tries to prove their not

ends up hurting someone anyways

gets further villainized, and antagonized by others

Acceptance of being a monster, and goes okay? You wanted a monster? I'll be a monster.

Now this fits Bill's early life, up to number 4, but we don't know what happens immediately after. It's possible he just went into his spiral immediately after, but it feels wrong, because it is missing the part of someone further villainizing him beyond himself which causes him to lash out due to the expectation (and internalized) idea that he would cause harm. I'd assume maybe some kind of interdimensional authority showed up and accused him of purposely trying to kill his dimension, which triggered his "okay, then I'll be a monster", or even a situation where his 'monstrosity' through the badge of killing his dimension is garners him respect. Considering that his henchmaniacs are chosen out of monstrosity and violence as a badge of honor, it feels very much like this would make sense, except none of them really know about Bill's dimension. He doesn't brag about the violence of it; he only calls it a liberation, contrary to the idea that Bill ever used it to gain clout. Instead, it's more likely that an interdimensional authority showed up and accused Bill, except from circumstances, it doesn't seem like it was Time Baby, so not sure who it would be... but at the same time, that expectation is often required for the character to truly embrace their 'monstrosity' and become truly violent. Or perhaps it was delayed after the destruction of his dimension, later when he begins to run with his henchmaniacs and disregards the law, but that also doesn't feel satisfactory for character development. Or perhaps I'm just overthinking this trope...

Also, how did he have his powers? Some is clearly stuff he's always had; pyrokinesis from that one rhyme, the ability to see into 3d, and he was somehow able to destroy his dimension by whatever he did to let Euclydians see the stars (telekinesis?), but beyond that? Was he always all-seeing? How did he become a 'dream demon'? Are his deals actually binding or does he lie? Are these things that he acquired later, because Euclydians seem to be written about as if they usually don't have any of these abilities, nor the abilities Bill is known to have when young, nor did Bill seem to be able to be all seeing when he was younger. Plus, how was Bill able to survive the destruction of his dimension, if he's technically made of the same stuff as everyone else, who all seems to have a physical form? Why then does he seems to be characterized as a being made of pure energy and thought; is that just in Earth's dimension, or does he have a physical form within the nightmare realm? There's multiple things that are contradictory about his body (mouth-eye, yet talked about removing his exoskeleton to feed--not sure exactly when this was mentioned--plus his mouth located under his bricks and bowtie in his exoskeleton in journal 3). But he seems so thrilled by his physical form though on earth, and we know that physical forms exist within the Nightmare realm as Ford was in it... yet it seems like hes characterized to have no physical form, so did he perhaps lose his physical form when his dimension died? Did he technically die with them too, but with his powers was able to survive essentially as a ghost like he tells Dipper you become without a body?

[indigopoptart]

had a thought