#also also also i'm pretty sure the “time is a pony ride” line is not actually sung on the album version of the track

[divorcedfiddleford]

and you may say to yourself: "my god! what have i done?" and you may tell yourself: "this is not my beautiful wife!" and you may tell yourself: "this is not my beautiful house!" and you may ask yourself: "well, how did i get here?"

time isn't holding up, time isn't after us, time is a pony ride! (images described in alt text)

[trixeraptops]

Reaction to Matilda The Musical on Netflix

This is a completely live writtwn reaction, my opinion may change after watching it (*cough* school for good and evil *cough*), and my only knowledge of Matilda is that one movie where Ms.Trunchbull throws that one girl by the pigtails.

Warnings: Spoilers, swearing, caps, 0 context given

sonny boiii

Pretty pony

How many logos are in this thing

Why is there a Wonka bar?

I get that it's Roald Dahl but why didn't they have a picture of the book Matilda and then open it so it says Roald Dahl instead of a Wonka bar? This isn't Charlie and the Choco Factory bruv

I like the music right after that happens its like a music box

Oh thats a cute quote

Oh this is so cute the little baby kids

I like this song so far, they're praising their kids while still being like "Yeah it's a bit rude for us to say our baby is better but look! They're raising their fist slightly! Adorable!"

Ok the children voices at the beginning were like raw like an actual child singing (like not an actor kid yanno?) But now it's all harmonized and very pretty

A whole song about parents loving their kids saying their miracles and the first line is "I'm not having a baby" lol

Perfect timing and I love the cinematography all the parents walking down the hall in the center of the camera with their babies

Is she the judge from a series of Unfortuanate Events? Go off queen, deny your pregnancy

Stop singing this woman is giving birth bruv! Your a doctor get back in your scrubs!

wow the most common thing in life is life? Wowwww

Ok Rafiki, put down the baby this ain't Lion King

"My son is a girl?" Parents when their mtf kid comes out the closet

But the balloons say boy! Give that baby sex change surgery right now doctor! Get the hormones started early!

Mrs.Wormwood looks traumatized lmao I love her

you can tell their good singers that are being bad on person to fit their characters and I love it

Also the way the Missus is holding the baby like it's a big burrito and not a fragile human life? It sends me, it's giving soon-to-be-dropped child

Mister W really said winky dink like that's a term anyone uses lmao

I love this set it's so cool the stacks, the choreography is so cool

Many kids: My mommy says I'm a miracle! straight to Just Matilda: My mummy says I'm a lousy little worm, I love the juxtaposition

Especially that everything in the other scene was orderly and clean and kinda minimalist and bright and now it's like reality it's a bit messy it's kind of empty almost despite being full of stuff while the other place was only filled with people but could otherwise be called empty

Is she on top of a food truck?

Oh it's a pop up library

Oh yeah my parents LOVE me at home. Live your fantasies hun, hope the coping mechanism works until you can get some proper therapy

I love the conflict with the parents

Not the complete misinterpretation of a very simple quote Mr.W you are something else

They said homeschooling and I think the school inspector and who I assume from the preview Netflix shows is Ms.Honey are immediately like "oh... is that so..."

They can clock that these two have a combined iq of 4

"What do you teach her" "Make up and welding" wow well that sure follows the school curriculum

Also it just hit me now that Mr.W called Matilda a boy like she hasn't been a girl for... what 10 years? Idk how old she is

Aw Ms.Honey and Matilda first interaction

School-schooled

Intense wow your really selling school school

Matilda you ducking nerd

Ms.H rides a bike? Why didn't the school inspector offer her a ride? Smh chivalry is dead

Did it ever occur to them they could put her up for adoption? I know the system can be fucked and im no expert but I think it might be better for her rather than living with 2 parents who literally say she ruins their life. Like they don't have an aunt or uncle to pawn her off on?

I love this song, it's so matilda

Girl your talking about how their fates are inevitable because they were written for them and then your questioning why the characters with no free will aren't changing their story? Hun I thought you were smart?

Ok unnecessary cartwheels

A little bit naughty? Sounds like foreshadowing to a song we all know from tiktok. Is Matilda gonna be red beret girl or something? Or is this a repeated line? I think it's the latter

Imagine Matilda cuts and dyes her hair, I'd scream lol

Not the sneaking into the parents bedroom to jump on the bed

Bear it as she falls into a pile of bears, that's wonderful

This seems to be a very pink, plushie filled room. It seems like the room Marilda would've gotten if her parents gave a shit about her

THE BLEACH

GIRL YOURE FONNA FALL GET DOWN

GET OFF THE ROOF

Why is his hair green? Shouldn't it be blond

Gymnastics star Matilda with the walking handstand

Superhero pose!

Sneaky little one

Shes making up a story on her way to school what a cutie

I love this library lady she's so nice

Ok this story is not as cute as it was when she was just making up a Lil love story

That's a long ass title for a circus trick, kinda gives away what the trick is but Matilda is a child so that's understandable

Like they literally went insane cause they didn't have a baby

"Don't get in trouble" says library lady. "Unless it'd be a good thing" says Matilda. She may be a girl but she's got balls

Oh the little newt how precious

If anything, you know. No I don't know

Red beret!

Ok French tragedy calm down

I saw this song on tiktok too, as a promo for the movie

These kids are so good ohmigod

I love the use of the alphabet and how it's very natural and not forced and it's literally just repeating the first half but now they're pointing out the letters

The one girl in the window making the cutting off the head motion lmao

I recognize Marildas little friend I think

Why are these kids in the boiler room?

Lavender I think I remember her from the other movie

Nigel calm down its math you doing even have to do

Why are all the kids so keen on cleaning the board

Its like a holiday in your head, that great bit did the rest of the class manage to get the book your reading for school?

Also who tf reads Moby dick for fun Matilda your allowed to read fun books, get this girl a geronimo Stilton or two on me

An exception to the rules? Goddammit you just gave that girl a fucking death sentence

As evidenced by this song

Oh course this school has a color guard that trunchbull runs

I think it's a weird choice for her to be waving a white flag though, idk the significance in like color guard or flag waving or whatever but she never surrenders so I think a different color would've been better. Maybe red because of her aggression

Or green to match her military uniform that she's wearing despite her never bring in the military I think

OMG MR.W LOOKS LIKE AN OOMPA LOOMPA

THATS WHY THEY HAD THE WONKA BAR, HES GONNA GET RECRUITED TO THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Stip misgendering your daughter it's been ages since she was born

Lol him struggling to do the whole book at once

THE HAT AND THE GLUE YASSS GIRLIE

Big stupid, then struggles eith the lock

Telekinipsis

Pigtail girl and eater boy!

Not the chokey O.o

The chokey is a literal iron maiden in the woods, how is this legal? How did Trunchbull not get shut down

Matilda Wormwood, professional liar. Love it

All the kids immediately agreeing with Matilda is great

Wow if Trunchbull hates pigtails then she must hate that one kid dancer who has dreadlocks

Chrck and see if the kid is still alive, HOW IS SHE IN CHARGE OF A SCHOOL?!

A promise is a promise is a promise

That was such a good transition, so seamless

And straight to the carnival where the trick will be how great

Trunchbull as the evil step sister love

She finally has a child and they cancel the show ♡

But I'm sure the evil step sister will be doing something

I was right

Pit down the contract Ursula

A contract is a contract is a contract, I love callbacks

I thought she was gonna make them fall in the shark water but go off little miss letter of the law

Excuse me you're gonna have to wait til tommorow for the next bit, you don't have enough coins to buy the next episode early bitch

Art imitates life and Mrs.Phelps is catching onto Matildas shtick

Ok not only is she a genius and a storyteller and a gymnast but also a amazing artist? What's next? Is she the next Masterchef or something

Not me being jealous of a child

Did she just cross out the child of the acrobat and the escapologist? Is she gonna kill them? I love that for her

That food looks so gross and mushy and yuck

I think it's useful rice tho lol

Awww I love Ms.H she is the only one looking out for these children

She said move and they immediately dissembled the lunch table lmao

Ah yeah Matilda is truly the anti christ how dare she be smart

You have 2 choices, be punished or be punished

The belch heard around the world, you covered your mouth too late babe

Not the air bubble

Brucie boyyyyy your about to eat a fuck ton of cake baby Boi

Oh that actually looks very good, a very nice cake indeed

not the pact with Satan lmaoooo

Hunky this is a pact with beelzebub, learn your demons babe

Im getting thrown in the chokey for this

The dancing behind Trunchbulls back, so well choreographed and this song is so fun

Do they think his name is spelled Brooce?

Wtf lmao

These kids are so good

The cuts to Matilda who is clearly in a different place than all the dancing kids and her being stagnant is really setting her apart as the mc

I thought the cherry would hit trunchbull in the face but it went to Bruce instead

Ok calm down Ms.H, he didn't invent the cure for cancer, he got diabetes

you goddamnliar he ate that all

Yes Matilda tell her off! You're gonna get thrown in the chokey tho

Stop playing tug a war with a child

Stranger things have happened everybody thinks I'm crazyyyyy

Its getting to the point of the film where I don't have to pause every two minutes anymore

These kids singing about grown up things that actually are just teenage things

Most grown ups I know go to bed at like 9 and ngl, that's just my mom and one aunt

I like Ms.h having a verse for grown up I think it really shows how you're never grown up, cause your always growing even when you are an adult

I like all the call backs that Matilda makes while telling her story you can see how her life affects her story

THEY DID IT

nevermind

She died in childbirth omg Matilda you dark bitch I live for you

Wait is the acrobat Ms.H or am I racist

LETS CALL THE POLICE even if it's a story because it really is not

Youve lived with your parents for how long to not know they are cheats

Matilda I love you and your a child so I won't you insult you this time on this matter

I love her story, she's the escapologists daughter that's so cute

Shes got something to fear

Theres still an hour left in this and really the only development is in Matildas made up story but honestly this movie is interesting enough for me not to care.

The escapologist is a telekinetic and then he died in a car crash ig

She broke the trash can just like the escapologist did

I took a break here to go eat dinner so friendly reminder that you all should do that too

Actually fuck that here's a FORCEFUL reminder to EAT AND SUSTAIN YOUR BODY or else THE TRUNCHBULL will come and THROW YOU BY YOUR PIGTAILS >:(

wtf is going on

Ihhh their thanking her for standing up to trunchbull

The lights dim when she walks in the room

Thats right kids change in the middle of a public hall where anyone can see you, trunchbull is a pedophile for that

Ew that's so gross

Girl why are still wearing your pigtails she literally tried to kill you

DID SHE JUST SET OFF AN EXPLOSIVE OMG

SHE DID OHMIGOD WHO FUCKING HURT YOU BITCH

Ok no need to flex on the literal children

Just say you wanted the role of Ms.Hannigan from Annie and move on T

You can do that you look old enough to retire, go to the forest no one will miss you

Calm the duck down bitch they are like 4

The scoreboard with Agatha v Maggots is lovely detail

You tell her Ms.H! Cut her throat!

Yeah no shit she's wet it's raining

YOU FUCKING PYSCHO PUT HIM DOWN

Trunchbull should've been put down years ago on God

Someone call the police please

Hun your explaining overstimulation and unfortuanately you're trauma makes you involuntarily rip yourself away into your little castle on the cloud in order to cope

Code red code red someone get a therapist cause all these kids are gone need it cause when her balloon pops and she comes back to eatth trunchbulll is gonna kill Matilda and all these kiddos are gonna watch

She legit just threatened to tear apart that child someone call the cops

Theirs a newt in her panties

What Trunchybee you don't have a newt-in-the-knickers kink? Sad

Oh thats so embarrassing it's not- oh it is working

Everyone clap now, she lifted a cup! Thats not sarcasm, clap in your bedroom or bathroom or bus that your resding this in

Miss Honey is like, hm this bitch is a bit crazy but I'll go with it

Matilda keeps quoting people that feels neurodivergent somehow

Tuberculosis is an asshole for presenting her grieving niece with a fuckung bill, you know she was taking care of her everyday and writing in a notebook "she chewed the electrical cord that'll be 14 euros." Insgead of being like THE BABY IS CHEWING ON THE CORD OMG

TB killed Ms.Hs daddy oof

I just fell in love with this asbestos ridden, mice infected, dirty little shack with a roof that's might give in and end my misery at any time

The spirit of nick diramio is slowly possessing me

It may be enough but dare to dream bigger babe

This isn't your house this is your shack, I'm not being mean, she caled it a whack first

Ita a different little girl now, Matilda isn't the baby girl anymore

Maybe Ms.H is the daughter and that's why we're seeing these flashbacks

I FUCKING CALLED IT BITCHES

1 second before it happened I fucking called it

Trunchbull is gonna rip your head off baby girl listen to ms.h

Matilda first look at the chokey

Is she gonna kill chokey? She exploded the chokester ooh

Oh don't worry baby your the main character it's all gonna be OK

Practicing telekinesis on the way to school nice

Oh no not the only play structure

Whats with the sandbags? She's gonna hang the children isn't she

How do you know how to spell? We dont teach rhat until the 11th grade!

YOU FUCKING DUMB BITCH YOUR GONNA KILL A CHILD FOR YOUR FUCKING EGO

You go kiddos spell those words wrong fuck her up

You said rebellion when there wasn't one and now you've got one congrats.

Oh it was for the dramatic reveal of a fuckton of chokeys

Your fucking insane bitch

Maybe I should read the book this is crazy and I heard somewhere it's more accurate to the book than the other movie

GET HER MATILDA

Hang her like she wants to hang you

She made a monster version of Magnus! And he's destroying the chokeys ♡

We love to see it

Matilda fucking girlbossing out here

HER HAIR IS POGTAILS! How terrible shut tf up trunchbitch

HELL YEAH JENNY

Wait but where's the naughty song from tiktok it feels like that should've been part of the revolution but I guess it's the resolution song

Is Bruce wearing a fat suit? His body doesn't fit his legs or face its all just his stomach

Hun Trunchbull already left where you revolting now

The revolution is over it was all Matilda yall are a bit late

The misspelled words and I thought red beret would be more of a character instead she's just a dancer ig

I will say that this is a great number and I love it

I feel like the should've shown red beret get thrown in the chokey and then she would've felt like an actual character. Maybe she was trapped in there and Matilda got her out and then she exploded the chokey

Also pigtails should've changed hairstyles after being almost killed I get its her defining character trait but still she's just stupid to keep wearing them

He stills can't get his stupid hat off lol

I was thinking why is she sitting on the driving wheel side? Then I remembered this is British

HE SAID DAUGHTER?! OH MY GOD THERE IS A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING ♡♡♡

Ok well can you say it louder your standing 5 feet apart from everyone and no one can hear you

Awww she took off his hat ♡

So sweet

Wait what about her clothes and books and possessions? We saw she had a room chock full of them where did those go?

Tthe first check ms.h gets to keep is all going towards Matilda getting new clothes

Awww the babyhold

Shes telling library lady the rest of the story with its new happy ending

Trunchbull did not take good care of this house

Ew the big friendly school? Did you let the kids choose the name?

This feels like the part where I'm supposed to cry but I'm not getting the tears this emotional end feels like it's had not build up because there is no real scenes of honey and Matilda connecting, it's all just rushing from on point to another. Maybe it's cause I'm writing this commentary tho

Why is there a giraffe?

Overall this was a very cute, sweet, beautiful beautiful beautiful movie

All the songs were well sung and the actors were amazing

[maple-writes]

There aren't a lot of modern types of transportation in Bristlecone (except maybe trains? I think that trains would exist here but I'm pretty sure I never mention anything about them so its debatable) and most transportation, particularly longer distances, is powered one way or another by horses, donkeys, or other similar animals that can carry loads and pull things. If you don't have a horse or similar transport animal it can be kind of tricky to get from town to town, but in general most people are fine with letting others hitch a ride here and there (though some might ask for a bit of payment).

Most of the time if someone has a horse or pony, it's usually one that's been bred to be sturdy and hardy rather than showy or fast or particularly pretty (Unless you have the extra money lying around to buy and care for one, and many do just for show because they can). While not used in typical day to day transportation people do race horses and maintain lines of racehorses which are usually seen as something separate from most useful horses and more or less confined to enthusiasts of the sport who can afford to do so.

A lot of people also just do a lot of walking, especially when then next town over, or the other side of town, isn't too far.

Open WBW Question

It's Wednesday, so you know what that means friends! I am completely unaware of the day until I am about to go to sleep and stop in a panic to remember to post this

That's right, another open question about your worldbuilding for any and all to answer!

This week, lets talk transportation!

What are the different types of transportation in your setting, do people mostly walk, ride animals, have vehicles, teleporters, etc? What do they use tor short distances? For long distances? What are the different ways of traveling through certain terrains/spaces/etc?

Whats the fastest? Whats the most common?

Are there means of public transportation? Is it mostly individually owned stuff?

Which ones are the cheapest? Most expensive? Are there divisions within the same ones based off what people can afford? (Like first class on a plane, or even like fancy cars)

Weekly Questions Tag List: @concealeddarkness13 @maple-writes (Let me know if you want to be added or removed!)

[twdmusicboxmystery]

Ok so, I was rewatching “Still” the other day (because why not), and I had somewhat of a realization. So bare with me, because you’ve probably already covered this, but I wanted to bounce a new theory off of you. So it’s pretty obvious that the entire episode of Still is full of foreshadowing (both visual and verbal) about Daryl’s character arc, Beth’s character arc, and their story arc together. To the point where almost everything they say to each other that is a prediction of sorts, comes to pass at some point later on in TWD. The Daryl Origins episode even put emphasis on it by closing with Beth’s last man standing prediction. For example starting with the Never Have I Ever game that they play, Beth says she’s never shot a crossbow before, then she does one episode later. This continues with Daryl’s “I’ve never been outa Georgia” which he does right after Beth dies. Daryl does something he regrets (his outburst) while drunk about two minutes later. As for Daryl’s “never been on a vacation before” I interpret this to be when they get to Alexandria and for the first time don’t have to fight to survive and he has nothing to do (at least for a minute). Then of course Beth’s I’ve never been a prisoner comment comes to pass for both of them (her at Grady and him at Neegan’s compound). Then of course Daryl has his outburst and says five more nevers “he’s never had frozen yogurt, a pet pony, got anything from Santa clause, cut his wrists, or sang in front of a group” so I’m gunna come back to those which are directly part of my theory. So other big verbal foreshadowings are how Daryl says she’ll never see Maggie again and she doesn’t, Beth saying he’ll miss her when she’s gone (which I personally think her death is the most devastated we’ve seen Daryl, Rick was a close second), and her prediction that he will be the last man standing. Now the five additional nevers are what I want to talk about, I heard somewhere (I can’t confirm where so I’m not sure how credible this is) that the original plan was for Daryl to cut his wrists in some way while mourning Beth in the moment where he instead burns himself. And that they changed it, because the latter way was more fitting. Now the last four nevers have not come to pass unlike all the other foreshadowing lines. Daryl rides his motorcycle, not a horse like everyone else, he hasn’t had frozen yogurt, and we’ve never seen them have a Christmas, and he doesn’t sing (obviously). So my theory is that all these things, could come to pass in the commonwealth, with perhaps the accompaniment of Beth. I haven’t seen the newest episode yet, so I don’t know a lot about Daryl roles this season with the commonwealth, but I feel like it’s a place where frozen yogurt, a pet pony, and a gift from Santa Claus could all come to pass. And perhaps the singing bit could be connected to Beth. Sorry that was long, I’d love to know what you think.

Yeah definitely. I really like everything you've laid out here. The "I Nevers" have been talked about a lot over the seasons, and there are definitely some of them that don't seem to have been fulfilled yet.

I was actually thinking the CW could be the "vacation." In tonight's episode (11x10) Carol says something about how the CW was already up and running before TF got there, so they probably won't have to do anything to keep it that way. Daryl is skeptical, but so far it's true. We also see Judith acting more like a girl her age in our world would, wearing dresses, doing her hair, making friends, etc. It really does feel like a vacation from the zombie apocalypse. Though of course, none of us really expects it to last long.

You're totally right about the frozen yogurt. We've already seen Eugene eat ice cream, so...

I'm not sure about the pet pony. Many people thought maybe Buttons fulfilled that I Never. I can see it either way. Buttons was never really Daryl's pet, so I'm not sure how important the details are there. Maybe his pet pony I never did point to Buttons. Maybe there's something else still to come. I'm honestly not sure.

The Santa Clause thing is interesting. I'll talk more about this in my analysis of 11x10, but they actually go out of their way to tell us exactly what season it is. And TWD has never done that before except in a general weather pattern sort of way. We think that's important for exactly the reason you said here: we know pretty much exactly how far they are from Christmas, and it's not far. And if Beth returns at Christmastime in the show...

I'm very curious as to how the "singing out in public" thing will be fulfilled. I definitely think it has to do with Beth. For the record, we also see plenty of music, including records, at the CW. 😉

So yes, while we can't know precisely what the fulfillments of Daryl's statements will be, I think you're definitely on the right track, and I totally agree! Xoxo! ❄️💞

[softcallofdutyimagines]

What kind of pet(s) do you think the Cold War crew would have and what kind do you think they'd be allergic to? (I'm extremely allergic to cats 😔, but I still love them)

Sure! I feel that though, I'm allergic to hay but I love horses!!! It's ok though I suppose, I just turned into a car girl instead since I never got my pony growing up lmaooo

Anyway, I digress. Enjoy and thanks for the ask!! 💖

Adler

This feels kind of random, but I strongly headcannon that he'd have horses????

There's just something about the idea of Adler doing some of that good old "honest work" back home that feels right

His day job is just so messed up and crazy in general, so it feels good to come home to a completely different life

Besides, horses require a strong but gentle hand to train and care for and I'd say that's right up his alley

Not to mention horses are quite therapeutic, especially when you're out for a ride

He takes rides often, just to truly escape for a little while

Adler is allergic dogs

This works out fine though, considering dogs scare his horses

Bell

Bell definitely owns something exotic

Or maybe more like "exotic" idk haha

Anyway, Bell owns a snake

A big one

Other people are really freaked out, but Bell's snake is actually a sweetie

You will hardly ever find the snake kept in it's habit, as Bell likes to let the big guy explore and slither around

This includes letting the snake crawl on and around Bell

Honestly, I'm not sure there's any super deep connection though

Bell would just be that person to own something that most people would be too scared to even go near lol

Coincidentally, Bell would also be that person to have a weird allergy

They are allergic to anything with fur, so cats, dogs, horses, ect

Hudson

If Hudson were to own any pet at all, it would be something like ULTRA low maintenance

So probably either fish or a lizard, as long as it's not a creepy crawly one lol

If it's fish, he has exactly one goldfish chilling out in a tank in his bedroom

If it's a lizard, it's something big like a komodo dragon

I could see him bonding better with the lizard though

In a strange and perhaps not exactly flattering way, they're more similar then you'd think

Chill, unbothered, tough skin, cold blooded

Also hairless, as Woods and Mason like to remind him

Hudson would ALSO have a weird allergy lmao

He's allergic to birds

Lazar

Oh you KNOW Lazar owns cats

He's basically just a big cat himself, so it makes sense

Have you ever taken a nap in a patch of sunlight?

If not, you totally should bc it's awesome

Usually his cats will sleep on top of him to get their slice of sunlight too

Lazar owns at least one piece of merch that says something along the lines of #1 Cat Dad

He is highly allergic to dogs

It's almost funny, as it just adds more to the theory that he is actually just a cat in human form

Mason

Mason, very specifically, owns a pair of malamutes

They may look scary, and if you threaten their owners/property they can be!!

BUT!! 99% of the time they're just two big floofy boys who love playing and being petted

Alex takes them sledding once in a while, just because otherwise the dogs get antsy for something high energy

Mason is allergic to horses, which sucks for him because he'd love to ride

Park

Much to the annoyance of her neighbors, Helen owns some budgies

They're a bit loud, but she doesn't mind at all

She lets them out fairly often, even though they have a very spacious cage, and they love her lots

While she's at home, she is almost never without a bird on her shoulder

They also know how to do some basic tricks!

It was sort of an accident, as she was just trying to play with them, but it's pretty cool nonetheless

She loves to sing to them too and it's extra special when they twitter along back

Helen is allergic to rabbits

This is an absolute tragedy to her, considering she'd 1000% own at least two if she wasn't

Sims

Sims also owns a dog, but his is far more scrappy looking then Mason's

It's some sort of mutt, maybe a pitt bull mix

But she is the sweetest thing

He rescued her from a junkyard while he was out salvaging supplies for the team and they've been inseparable since

Due to her previous abandonment, she gets depressed quickly when she's alone, so Sims brings her to the bunker often

Despite her rather intimidating appearance, she has a cute name: Dolly

Plus, she's even learned how to fetch certain tools for him, so despite Adler and Hudson's protests, there's really no reason for her to not stay

He is allergic to cats

It's ok though, considering Dolly gets nervous around them

Woods

Frank also has a rescue dog!

Are any of you familiar with the pixie and brutus comic series by pet_foolery on instagram?

Because I could only see Woods owning a dog like brutus lol

A roughed up, retired military dog

He still has plenty of spirit left in him, but that doesn't mean he's all that hyper or anything

Woods loves him because they're just so similar in personality

Also, although he'd never say this... It sort of feels like he and the dog have a connection of sorts, you know?

Like even though they can't really speak to each other, he feels like the dog understands him completely

It's very soothing for when he has to unload some baggage he's seen out in the field

Particularly to have the old guy around once Woods himself retires

Frank is also allergic to cats

This doesn't really impact him too much, considering he doesn't have the patience to own one

[janiedean]

Question, I'm working on a fic with a character born and raised in Roma. Do you have little tips about the fic he'd like to do/go: we're speaking about a giant scientist nerd with not much money and a giant anticlerical atheist attitude. Thanks for the help!

PS: Because I just realized I forgot about this. The character also has a unhealthy addiction to caffeine. Thanks :)

Roma anon: He's in his late teens/start of twenties. So born in the 90s.

hmmmmmmmm okay I’d say (also pls link me this thing when you’re done because ATHEIST CHARACTER RAISED IN ROME I wanna read it):

depends on when they grew up but if it was pre-nineties they’d probably think about the times when they walked through the center and it was full of cats and taxis were yellow and now it’s all white taxis and no cats (I swear all of us who grew up in the 90s have the OH GOD I MISS THE CATS AND YELLOW TAXIS moment, the cats were more or less driven away at the beginning of the 00s and the yellow taxis as well) I wrote this before you specified so they probably don’t remember the yellow taxis and shit but their parents might

thing is, SCIENCE stuff here isn’t that great but if they grew up before the 90s/in the 70s they might have enjoyed going to the historical planetarium which used to be in the center near the main station but then it was closed and moved to the EUR in I think 2004 and now is in san lorenzo so if they grew up in between 80s/90s they missed that window, if they grew up in the 00s or were teenagers in the 00s they might have gone to the EUR one, this is the website - it’s supposed to be in english but obv it’s NOT but maybe you can figure something out? > post specification: if born in the 90s he DEFINITELY went to the planetarium u__u

if this person’s into animals he definitely would have visited the local zoo/the bioparco in villa borghese which has a lot of animals and is actually pretty ethical as far as I know, I personally never was much into it but it’s a favorite with kids (also back in the day you could pay to ride a pony always in villa borghese, I’ve done it a couple of times and it was fun so if they’re into horses they might have done that but it was like mid-90s I have no idea if they still do it), there’s also the zoology museum inside the bioparco so they might have liked that as well

these days there’s a cat colony in piazza argentina so if he likes to pet cats (which are all neutered/kept clean thanks to volunteers) he can go there once in a while

OR if he’s into physics there’s the physics museum in enrico fermi’s house which opened in 1999 that he might like to go to

that’s for the science stuff you could do other than going to libraries and check books out and stuff, sadly this city never was The Science Place, but about the rest:

if he’s atheist/anticlericalist, there’s two most likely ways it might have happened: his parents are also atheists and never baptized him, or he comes from a catholic family (either REALLY practicing or enough to baptize him/get him to take his sacraments) and changed his mind later. this brings to two fairly different outcomes/possible backstories.

if option one: he’s never taken the religion hour in elementary/middle/high school (you can opt out), he most likely was the only one in the class or maybe two people unless he had jewish/muslim/other-religions people in his class but a lot of people don’t opt out even if they’re not catholic, he thought it was weird af when his friends talked about going to catechism and stuff, he might have tried going to church with relatives once in a while and found it highly boring af, he never got the point of it and then got fed up with the church and stuff when he realized that they don’t pay taxes to the state and the various other church misgivings TM;

if option two: he probably didn’t get the point of sacraments but went through with them (and catechism) to make the family happy and took religion hour while hating it, at some point decided he was atheist during his teenage years or so on, he’d insist to not take religion hour and depends on how practicing the family is, that could have brought him a few issues because people actually do argue horribly about this and there’s the immortal BUT IF YOU DON’T GO TO CHURCH YOU’LL MAKE YOUR GRANDMOTHER SAD;

obviously it varies but those two are the most common atheist experiences around here as far as I know - if your entire family is or if they’re lowkey practicers it’s fairly fine, if they’re practicing it might cause you problems (unless he has enlightened parents who respect his choices ofc), but count that option two tends to make you a lot angrier at the church/at religion in general, like someone who comes from an option two background is a lot more likely to have the dawkins approach than to just appreciate him as a scientist lol

also: when you take religion hour, you’re put with a teacher who’s supposed to do something *alternative* with you. every time it happened with me, they asked me if I didn’t take religion hour because I was Jewish, then when I said no they went through a few other religions before going like ‘... wait, Muslim?’ until I went like ‘no I’m atheist’ and the last reply was always, ‘but then why don’t you try religion out’. always. at some point you just laugh so you don’t cry.

THAT SAID someone who’s into science and who’s an atheist AND MILITANTLY SO would totally read dawkins, hitchens and be into that shit a lot so like, consider that xD like it’s the magical combo ;)

if he’s a Proper Nerd he saves money to buy books at fahrenheit 451 in campo dei fiori;

(guys srsly fahrenheit is a staple of roman independent bookshops I love that place, also they have a signed bradbury copy of that book in the entrance made just for them and they also sell like science books and stuff so someone who maybe is also into scifi would totally love that place)

(if he’s desperate for cheap stuff there’s used books sold for not much in a small market in front of termini station though)

this person most probably wouldn’t like to hang around the vatican - like he’d go there to bring friends and stuff and he’d go to the vatican museums once in a while but unless you’re an art student you tend to avoid that area

also remember that john paul II died when I was in high school and it was what, 2005, and the funeral day all the schools were closed and for the previous two weeks you couldn’t move through the center/the vatican because it’d be full of people going to pay respects to his burial chamber and so on so like if he remembers it he’d probably be very ‘I don’t get what’s the deal about all of this’ about it (and anyway if he was going to school he definitely missed that day since they were closed for the entire city)

this person also would not go to churches in general if not for a) tourism, b) weddings, c) funerals and they most probably would try to avoid baptisms and further sacraments if they could (obv if it’s they’re little brother’s they would go but if it’s a cousin or smth they’d just tell their mother to say hi from them)

they might want to be an uaar volunteer;

also if they’re as lucky as I was, nine times on ten they say they’re atheist to someone they don’t know they get the usual horrid questions ie ‘how do you get up in the morning, how do you live without God, so do you think it’s fine to kill people since you don’t believe in heaven, so are you a satanist’ and so on. they might lie and say they don’t practice if they don’t want to have an argument. or they might tell those people to fuck off if they’re done. or they might try to argue. anyway you usually try to not touch the subject if you’re not sure of how people might take it especially if you don’t know them and especially if you’re older than you;

if their parents are atheists they most likely give the eight thousandth of their taxes to the waldensian church (they only use it for secular purposes) and he would too if he lived in italy and paid taxes there; he wouldn’t give it to the state because that money ends with the catholic church anyway;

if the parents are not atheists they might have gone to a nuns’ run kindergarten. spoilers: everyone I know in italy (catholic or not) except maybe two people has horror stories about kindergarten with the nuns so it could totally be a the reason why someone starts having issues with religion;

(if they’re atheists obviously they sent them to a normal kindergarten)

at some point he has read the bible so that he could tell people that no, reading it didn’t make him want to convert;

coffee stuff:

most people around here like espresso as all italians do, and you start drinking it at SOME POINT in high school (I started at fifteen/sixteen but I know people who started later and who never got any until uni for one, but they’re a rarity);

if he’s like me, he started drinking espresso made at home and then couldn’t stay awake through high school for six hours in a row so had always one or two at the school’s coffee machine (at some point when I was seventeen/eighteen I drank like six espressos per day DON’T DO IT IF YOU HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE)

anyway most of us addicts make it at home with a regular moka

but if he has money to splurge once in a while or if he wants to treat himself/others he might go have coffee at sant’eustachio, it’s a historical bar in the center that has the Best Coffee Ever and IT COSTS A LOT BUT IT’S WORTH IT

random:

if he doesn’t have much money he most likely goes around with public transport. the public transport is shit. always has. always has been. the 00s weren’t a good time. if he lives on the A metro line he hates that it’s full all the time, if he lives on the B line he hates that and that it has old-ass trains from the 80s still, if he lives outside any metro area it takes him at least forty minutes to go anywhere with the bus so he hates that, the bus company and both metros for not reaching his place, if he lives in the center sometimes he thanks his lucky stars

he most definitely doesn’t use taxis if he can’t absolutely help it

he might have lived to see the ending of the emos vs truzzi debate of the 00s. to give you a context: you remember emo music? people who were into emo in the 00s used to hang around piazza del popolo all the time so like the place was full of people dressed in black and singing evanescence and shit, and those people were picked on by truzzi who were basically... like, outskirts kids without manners who listened to hardcore rap music and shit, idk, in english it’d be something like hicks, you know those people who dress brightly and have no manners and speak terribly and think they’re the center of the world? more or less. anyway these people hated each other and there was an entire culture of making fun of how they hated each other and like it sounds dumb but is2 it was a fundamental part of our high school experience so idk if this guy went to middle school in the 00s he’d... probably know. and think it was ridiculous. I’m sorry this probably makes no sense but like let’s just say it was srs young subculture to make fun of this rivalry shit I DON’T EVEN KNOW and you probably don’t need it but here now you know it’s ano option

he was probably very politicized in high school. most likely went to marches especially if he had pOLITICAL ideas about the vatican. in the way 15yo people are anyway, but like italian high schools are all politics arguing where everyone thinks they’re communist or fascist no in between and especially here it happened

he most likely did like a thing we all did in hs where for a week every year students would organize lessons instead of teachers and talked about stuff they felt strongly about/know more about and he might have been a students’ representative

if he’s gay/bi, he’d probably go near the coliseum to find a date because there’s the so-called *gay street* nearby and most bars have rainbow flags outside and back then if you weren’t straight and wanted a date you’d go there

if he wanted to buy cheap stuff but decent quality he’d go around campo dei fiori for anything other than books

especially if he wanted good cheap-ish alcohol and absinthe (which btw is banned here but you could get for cheap in most bars in campo dei fiori bless them)

if he does cosplay and stuff he’d go to romics which is our... cheapass horribly organized comicon

he’d remember fondly the nokia 3310 that never got destroyed and you could only use to call, text and play snake

... I hope it helps if you need anything else just ask :)