#and most of those are just mickey mouse themed???? who likes mickey mouse. i didn't even like that bitch when i was a literal child

[binch-i-might-be]

watching someone open up a disney swarovski colab advent calendar that costs 1300 WHOLE DOLLARS and everything in it is so ugly. my god. who would want this

[the-nysh]

It annoys me, when I see people complain about bakugou and all might surviving. They claim its bad writing and go they both fullfilled their arcs they didnt need to live any longer. They also call bnha a mickey mouse manga, because there isnt more deaths.

Honestly same. But Hori has been very solid and upfront with his story's hopeful themes and messages, that I've actually been eating perfectly well in the manga lately! And it would've been a huge narrative waste (bc no they didn't, more deaths =/= 'good' writing; you don't just kill a character off once you run out of ideas for them; that's the easy way out, and I'm glad Hori decided Endeavor lives too for the harder route to give the family actual closure; have patience bc the story's not over yet, but yes pls work for it!) and against everything he's writing for if he actually did what those dudes want. Just for the edge. So I consider that a good thing, and I actually prefer how Hori (who's very genre savvy) trolls handles his tropes and subverts common expectations to write what he wants. (Even moreso than ONE sometimes esp during the manga's redrawn Garou arc, where Hori coincidentally used some of the exact same tropes, but by now I can conclude that Hori simply executed them stronger within his own sandbox, and absolutely more than Gege, whose style I just don't vibe with - but you know this already. :'D)

And you know what? You can safely ignore most of twitter's trashiest bnha takes anyway, because most of them aren't even fans who read the story at all - they either hate on it for clout (bc it's popular) or monetized engagement and often parrot misinformation off each other without actually legitimately taking a critical look at the work itself to decide for themselves. That, or they complain because the story is not going the way they want (expect) it to (meaning Hori is against writing just like the other common edgy 'kill em all' trends as seen in aot/jjk/csm - GOOD for him! cause bnha is not that kind of story!!! this should be obvious) and they're bitter/jealous that other fans are still having fun with it, etc. I've already seen it all. So if they're genuinely upset and not enjoying it anymore, then good riddance once they finally decide to leave/drop it, cause that means more food for us and perhaps the fandom itself will become that much more tolerable again. :P

[pidayforpi]

[Extreme self-indulgent cartoon/anime infodump below]

(Confession: I watch the Japanese dub for DT17 as well (among other cartoons).

And one dumb thing I like to do with (especially) Japanese voice-acting is looking up what other characters the VA voices.

And on Monday, I did that with DT17's cast...compared with JoJo's cast.

→ Gladstone Gander = Tonio Trussardi (Tokuyoshi Kawashima 川島得愛) is cool

→ (Melon) Mickey = Donatello Versus (Takanori Hoshino 星野貴紀) is still cool

→ But Lena = Gwess (Momoko Taneichi 種市桃子) is really something

"Webby, Webby, Webby, Webbyyyyy~ ♪"

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(Additional infodump that is actually longer and more serious:

As you can see from the list above (yes, that's it, afaik), the DT17 dub cast don't really star much in JoJo. Actually, they don't really star much (majorly) in other anime as well. The only other VA with a famous role is Della's, who voices Nami from One Piece (yes).

I think the most famous VA in DT17 are those for The Three Caballeros: Donald, José and Panchito, who literally also voice three characters from Dragon Ball (Beerus, Frieza, Piccolo, respectively). And two of them are guest stars.

There are many reasons why this is the case: First of all, I'm only looking at voice-acting. Some of the dub VA are actually not VA by profession, but instead, say, live actors/stage actors/narrators etc. IIRC, the previous official Japanese voice of Mickey Mouse, who had voiced Mickey for almost 3 decades, isn't even an entertainer by profession.

Second, some of the VA are quite young, both in terms of age and career. That doesn't necessarily equate to fame, but there is a certain relation.

So. Why am I saying all of that? Because despite all those things, the dub is fire. It is above average at worst, absolutely amazing at best. Call me a weeb, but I have never seen a Japanese dub that is worse than the original voiceover.

HDL sound just as distinct, Webby sounds just as hyper, Fenton sounds just as adorable, Gyro sounds just as crazy misunderstood, LP sounds just as the himbo he is, Scrooge sounds just as...old (there is legit an "old people's way of talking" in spoken Japanese). And of course, Yamadera-sensei perfectly replicates the Donald Duck speech...but in Japanese. (Donald speaking "normally" is literally just Yamadera speaking normally as himself)

The same goes for other animation dubs as well, such as LotTC (the two Sheldgoose are so damn funny), GEAH (Sam is the MVP there with his amazing voice change), or RotTMNT (I legit watched the Japanese dub first). The VA themselves may not be famous, but they still do an excellent job that could be worthy of the fame.

Mad respect to that dedication and talent.

Oh, and if that isn't enough: They dub the goddamn songs as well. They sing them themselves, in Japanese, with Japanese lyrics that fit, sound good, and are accurate.

Remember the "Waddleduck" theme? Yeah, they dubbed that. The "It's a Date!" song? They dubbed that too. Donald's "Hear My Voice"? Yamadera sang it himself, both in normal voice and Donald Duck voice.

And all those silly, out-of-the-blue songs from LotTC? They dubbed them. All of them. Sheldgoose's song to the moai and lava geckos is my favourite.

[Attached with the Japanese version of that song. The only part they didn't dub over was the Spanish part, but otherwise I think it is very neat.]

(3-8-2023)

[lowtaxsa]

Review: Star Wars Episode IX (2019)

Star Wars: Episode 9 - A Galaxy Far, Far Away from Originality

From the moment the opening crawl rolls onto the screen, Star Wars: Episode 9 hits you like a freight train of disappointment. It's an unoriginal, uninspired, and utterly predictable end to a series that's been running on fumes since the prequels. Oh, the prequels, the golden age of Star Wars – when the fanbase was actually unhappy and the world made sense.

Disney, the bloated corporate beast that it is, has managed to take a once-beloved franchise and turn it into a soulless, never-ending parade of merchandise and spin-offs. I can't help but imagine Mickey Mouse laughing maniacally as he counts his piles of cash and rolls around in a sea of action figures and themed lunch boxes.

But let's dive into the movie itself, shall we? Star Wars: Episode 9 - The Rise of Palpatine's Petting Zoo (not the real title, but it might as well be).

0:00 - Ah, the classic opening crawl. Does anyone even read these anymore? Spoiler alert: the galaxy is in peril, and our heroes must save it. Groundbreaking stuff.

10:23 - Look, it's a new desert planet! Because we definitely needed more of those in Star Wars.

15:45 - Rey is doing some intense Jedi training by... levitating rocks? Yeah, that'll show the First Order who's boss.

21:17 - Surprise, surprise, Kylo Ren is still emo and conflicted. This guy makes Anakin look like a well-adjusted adult.

27:34 - Poe and Finn bicker like an old married couple. If only Disney had the guts to make them an actual couple. But no, can't risk upsetting the masses.

33:12 - "Hey guys, remember the Death Star? Here it is... AGAIN!" Originality is dead, and Disney killed it.

40:03 - A wild Emperor Palpatine appears! Didn't this guy die in Episode 6? Well, never mind, continuity is for chumps.

49:30 - Cue the space dogfight with excessive lens flares. My retinas are burning, but at least it looks pretty.

57:22 - The obligatory cantina scene with bizarre aliens, because we haven't seen that before.

1:05:15 - Rey and Kylo Ren have yet another dramatic lightsaber battle on top of some wreckage. I'm getting whiplash from all the reused plot points.

1:14:32 - Look, it's Lando Calrissian! Remember him? Yeah, Disney sure hopes you do.

1:20:08 - A touching moment with CGI Leia, because nothing says "emotional" like a computer-generated performance.

1:31:47 - The "epic" space battle begins, but it's basically just a game of "spot the reference" at this point.

1:42:28 - Oh look, our heroes are miraculously saved at the last minute by a fleet of ships from across the galaxy. How... predictable.

1:52:15 - The final showdown between Rey and Palpatine. Is it just me, or is anyone else getting déjà vu?

1:58:40 - The power of friendship (and shameless nostalgia) saves the day! Hooray! Who needs a coherent plot when you have the Force?

2:01:22 - Roll credits. Another Star Wars film in the bag. Disney's cash cow continues to graze, and the fans keep lining up for their next helping of reheated leftovers.

Episode 9 brings us yet another rehash of the same plotlines we've seen a thousand times before, like a tired old dog performing tricks for treats. It's as if Disney said, "Hey, remember that thing you liked in the original trilogy? Here it is again, but this time with more lens flares and CGI!"

The characters, once complex and interesting, have been reduced to caricatures of themselves, spewing cheesy one-liners and participating in painfully forced emotional moments. And of course, there's the fan service – oh, the fan service. It's like Disney is trying to shove as many nostalgic references down our throats as possible, hoping we'll be too busy choking on our own childhood memories to notice the glaring lack of substance.

But the most tragic part of all this is the fanbase. Star Wars fans, once united in their hatred for the prequels, are now so brainwashed that they'll happily guzzle down whatever Disney serves up, no matter how watered-down and bland. They've become a collective of blind followers, easily manipulated by the promise of more lightsaber battles and space dogfights.

And don't even get me started on the YouTube shills. These so-called "critics" are nothing more than glorified commercials for Disney, raking in the big bucks for regurgitating the same tired opinions and theories. They're like a never-ending echo chamber of corporate-sponsored praise, ensuring that the masses keep lining up to buy their tickets and merchandise.

In the end, Star Wars: Episode 9 is a movie that exists solely to make money and pander to an audience that's grown numb to the taste of mediocrity. It's a fitting end to a series that was once a shining beacon of creativity and innovation but has since become a shadow of its former self.

But hey, at least we have the prequels to remind us of a time when Star Wars was still capable of eliciting genuine emotion – even if that emotion was pure, unadulterated rage.

[mushroom-winners-proof]

Ok ok so Repliku is a robot clone of Riku made by Xemnas’ company as an experimental prototype to their overall goal of making robot bodies (since the entire Nort corporation seems to focus on immortality and healthcare)

The reason they made a replica of Riku I’m not sure yet. Maybe Luxord was talking to one of his regulars about Ansem’s new PA and word reached Vexen who got curious and with the help of Zexion he created a robotic replica of him. He employed it as *Naminé’s bodyguard and one day Riku just sees it and is like •-• and they have the “I’m me he says” conversation

*I think Naminé should be the daughter of one of the high ranking employees. One of those “business princesses” who is always doted on, ya know? She can’t leave anywhere without a bodyguard and she can’t have any freedom, that kind of situation. Maybe she befriends the real Riku at some point

I’d like to think that she met Kairi at the flower shop when going in to purchase forget-me-nots, which google tells me are also called “mouse ears” which is hilariously on brand. I just wanted to make a memories pun but look it’s a Mickey Mouse pun too

dawg im putting the rest of this ask under a read more this shit LONG

def could see vexen overhearing about riku and just being like Wait He’s Like Ten and then wanting to know whats so great about him that ansem was willing to have him work so closely with him and i mean kidnapping isnt EXACTLY on the list so. Clone Time (plus it’d be a great chance to see just how accurate their robots really are to their real counterparts)

namine having some kind of tie with xemnas’s team does make sense, though rn i wouldnt know exactly how that would be. maybe when larxene and marluxia were with xemnas they just found her and went Wow A Free Kid and thought to use her for making advertisements since she was so talented at storytelling and drawing or something. def gon have to put a pin in this one

and i for one am a great appreciator for puns thank you i didnt know they were also called mouse ears !!

anonymous: Got a coupla scenes in my head with robo!Repliku.

one: he's going to the ice cream place to pick up a milkshake for Vexen and he runs into Sora. "Riku! How's it goin?" - "Who's Riku? The name's Rocky." - "Ha ha yeah right :) huh, I didn't know your boss likes pistachio key lime" - "That's what he always gets... not like you need to know. Now outta my way." - "Wow, rude much? Guess I'll catch you later..." And Xion's standing behind the counter looking :( because that's her replacement heading out the door - the spitting image of the guy who got her TERMINATED.

two: to test how the synthetic personality holds up, they send the replica to Even the psychologist since he can be trusted with the hush-hush circumstances surrounding the prototype. At his office Namine is doing an internship as an art therapist, so she becomes the person Repliku talks to the most. Sometimes his memory gets rolled back for whatever reasons and it's terribly deja vu to rehash the same hangups and insecurities and effed up themes that vary so little week to week. She really wants to help him out, but he can't escape from the company that OWNS HIM body and soul, that DOES NOT have his best interests at heart

repliku a whole rude ass and for what- probably because he’s a replica and it’s of a shitty intern at that

inch restin inch restin approach ! i’m certifiably likin the idea that namine helps test running repliku’s memories and personality via psyche tests and therapy and repliku gaining self awareness for the fact the company really doesn’t care much for him as an individual 

@coffeetime88: “Intern au: Repliku is just another kid who looks like he could be related to Riku, so everyone at the office just gave him the nickname ��Repliku’”

imagine walking into work one day and you find some kid that looks and sounds exactly like you and it aint even anythin supernatural it just happened like that

kid just a regular dude

[thebrownssociety]

Hi, so I was wondering about the toons getting an education. You said that they didn't know how to read or write at the begining. First of all, when did they learn to read and write? And second of all, when they started learning those things, how did they do it? Did all of the toons go to school, you know, like kids do? Did they have classes and classmates, different subjects, different teachers? Or did they have private tutours?

So, first things first, thank you Ana for giving me one of my most complicated asks yet! That's why it's taken me so long to answer, I need to first of all sort through the strands of my brain in order to find the answer, and then translate it so it can be understood by normal people.

This headcanon is LONG, I hope you lot enjoy.

the majority of the toons [about 90 percent] are NOT created with the ability to read and write. In the olden days it was generally assumed that they didn't have the ability to learn either.

The other ten percent DID. They tended to be toons that were created to be doctors, lawyers or other professions that need the ability to read and write. Or members of royalty because the creators made the decision that royals would have been taught to read and write and so incorporated that into there designs. This is why Porky Pig is unusual, because he has the ability read and write, but he's not royalty and he doesn't have an official profession. Technically Porky is an anomality, it just happens that his anomality has helped him more than hindered him.

Moving onto the villains, it tends to follow the same rules as above. Grimhilde [wicked stepmother] has the ability to read and write because the creators assumed that as the now queen she had to be a princess before, therefore fit the rules.

Maleficent however, couldn't read or write [much to her frustration] because she was a villainous fairy and although she was [I think?] royalty of some sort within the fairy world the creators decided she didn't need the ability.

You might be getting an idea of the timeline from the movies I mentioned. I headcanon that the toon began campaigning to get an education during the 60's. They did this largely via peaceful means [mainly because one thing that has always been acknowledged by humans is that Toons are quite powerful and they aren't to keen to annoy them massively. The toons for their part don't want to cause massive distress to humans - they want to make them laugh! - so it actually works to a degree. During the 60's though the Toons decided something needed to be done.

The directors and other higher-ups had been promising to change the rights for the last decade and it hadn't happened. In 1965 the Toons decided enough was enough, they would start peacefully protesting. They adhered to the riles of there contracts to the letter. The LT's contract for instance says they have to arrive at least five minutes before filming starts, so they arrived five minutes before filming started when previously they'd been arriving half an hour so the director could run through everything with them.

They also left straight after seeing as there contract said they were free to go after the filming ended.

The LT's were also contracted to be available should WB ask them to do anything like help in the kitchens, but they only gave to do that for a set amount of hours each week. They worked those hours to the letter and went straight after. A few of the more devious toons even reasoned the contract just says they have to show up, not do any work, so they didn't. At first the studio got round that by asking toons who they knew would do the work properly, but it didn't take the toons long to figure out that was happening and then the 'good' toons wondered why they should bother when the 'bad' toons were being allowed to get off scot-free?

Eventually no toons was doing any work to help the general running of WB at all.

The above, I should mention, did not happen overnight. It took around 18 months, and it wasn't just happen at WB. Although Disney didn't have the exact same contract, they ran on the general principle of arriving at a set time and leaving straight after, so the toons just adhered to there contracted times.

18 months later and the companies decided enough was enough. They were having to go overtime to film the cartoons/movies now the toons weren't doing extra [previously unpaid] hours. [Which they did because the majority of them are perfectionist when it comes to the cartoons and wanted them to be the best they could be.] They were also having to pay the Human employees extra to cover the hours, often at extremely short notice. And unlike the toons they weren't contracted to come in just because the company wanted them to.

So anyway, the point of me detailing this is to explain the circumstances that meant that the companies were at there wits end and ended up petitioning the president to give the toons rights. Mickey Mouse also helped out enormously here as well. Walt Disney had died a few months earlier and Mickey was now running Disney. Which also meant control of the theme parks. Mickey decided that seeing as Toons clearly weren't valued enough to bother educating [despite being proven as intelligent] they shouldn't bother providing entertainment at the parks either.

The Disney toons also had it worked into there contracts that they had to make periodic appearances at Disney's parks [kinds like the people dressing up as the characters do now, except it's the actual toons] and are on a rota basis. Unless they're doing an events [like Halloween for the villains or valentines day for the princes and princesses] then each toon does at least one 12-hour day at Disney per year. It was this bit that Mickey was putting a stop to.

It had a real knock-on effect as, as well as the rides, most people went there hoping for a glimpse of there favourite toon. Without that...

As much of an absolute business-killer as this idea was, Mickey was more than happy to explain to anyone who would listen [read: most of the world news] exactly WHY he was doing it. With all this pressure it was really just a matter of time until the laws changed and the toons were able to gain an education. This was in 1968.

Now as fast as things work in Toontown, this was such a complicated area that it took a full 2 years for the various schools to be built, staffed and a curriculum drawn up (which followed the same basic guide as human education, but with some added stuff and some stuff taken out. It basically followed a 'would a toon actually need this in future life?' and went from there.

Here's were it gets slightly complicated. Because I mentioned before that toons age in a weird way. But the main thing is they go up and down in there age on a day to day basis until they are about 20. This makes educating them quite difficult, to say the least.

The studios solution to this was to bring in Human teachers to teach them at the grades human children would go through. So Kindergarten, Grade 1 ext. The thing was that a lot of the toons had learn some of th education already, like identifying shapes and coulors and things. And of course the ones who were professionals [Like Ludwig Von Drake and Gus Goose] already had a college-level of education, they just needed to prove it to the teachers.

The end result of this was that it wasn't unusual for a toon to be in a class for only a few months at a time while they did the work [don't forget, they only need 4 hours of sleep as well, so they could study for longer if they wanted]

It did eventually even up though and the toons ended up spending 9 months if the right class. For example, Porky Pig aced Kindergarten all the way up till 4th grade and then found he was struggling with 5th grade. This was a shock to him after spending 21 months in education [excluding holidays], to suddenly need help. Porky was forced to realise that he had centred a lot of his identity around being 'the one who can help his friends/family read.' and hadn't expanded his personality much beyond that.

So yeah, as an average most toons took about ten years to complete Kindergarten - end of high school.

Then a few of them took college courses, which lead to them getting degrees, which led to a couple of them getting teaching degrees. The majority of the LT's you see in Tiny Toons [excluding Foghorn, who decided he didn't want to be a teacher, and Elmer who took a undergraduate degree in law until 1992] did their teaching degrees from 1988 - 1992.

There's a couple of you who might had realised that they were filing Tiny Toons at the times and learning how to be parents at the same time. That was partly why they wanted to do it then, they realised that after Tiny Toons had finished the kid would need educating. Although the human teachers had been alright, they'd found it slightly difficult to cope and the LT's didn't want their kids to go through that particularly. Also, what's the point of building a school just to got rid of it after?

So here's the main schools: (After the toons gained teaching degrees)

Disney Elementary - Kindergarten- Grade 5.

Hanna-Barbara Middle School - Grade 6_8.

The Looniversity (the name stuck after the TV show) Grades 9-12.

So the Tiny Toons finished filming in 1992 and had it promptly explained to them that they would be attending school the next August [Tiny Toons were created in 1987, so were 6 by the end of filming.]

Toons don't do pre-school because there doesn't seem to be any point. Loads of Toons have coped without preschool for decades now, why would they start now?

So the TT's started Kindergarten at Disney Kindergarten, run by Snow White and helped out by Cinderella and Fairy Godmother. Kindergarten is the only school year where the toons have to do an entire year in it, the logic being they'll have longer to get adjusted to school if they're there for a year as opposed to three months.

Then it was decided which was the toon would go. Would they move upwards into Disney Elementary school, run by the Three Good Fairies? Or would they be taught by human professors? Or - the final option - they could be privately educated. [It's mainly royalty or the children of famous toons like Micky and Minnie that go down this option. The TT's were unusual in that all the LT's opted to send there kids to Disney Elementary with the hope it would help them make friends with other toons outside the LT bubble. Whether it did or not remains up for debate.

Anyway, they then go to Hanna-Barbera Middle School, which is then followed by the Looniversity. Now, despite what was shown in Tiny Toons, The Looniversity does not focus solely on Toon Physics and the like, the kids have to study the curriculum. They have options to take Toon Physics class if they wanted to, but they don't have to.

The Toons technically don't HAVE to finish High School, but they're strongly encouraged to. College is another matter, it's quite hard so only Toons who the adults know will stand a chance of passing are encouraged to do it.

Toontown University focuses primarily on The Performing Arts and Toon Physics. As well as those subjects, it offers Art, Physical Education, separate courses of Dance, Drama and Music and LAMDA.

If a Toon wants to study the likes of Maths, English and Science they can either be privately educated [A lot of the adult toons have ridiculous amounts of money due to there cartoons and the fact that until the 50's Toontown didn't exist and all there expenses were being covered by there respective directors/studios] or they could join one of the smaller colleges that specialised in what they want to do.

Push comes to shove, they find a Adult toon [over the actual age of 25] with a degree and try to mentor under them. This happens a lot.

[nightswithkookmin]

JIKOOK: DEAR ARMY WE ARE IN LOVE

DISCLAIMER: I wouldn't take this particular post seriously. I mean it's something, but nothing at the same time. I just do these kinds of 'analysis' for fun and for my own personal amusement.

Do you see it? Or do you need me to connect the dots for you? Thought you'd never ask! Lol

I have always been fascinated by BTS's incorporation of fine art, poetry, metaphors, imageries, philosophical and psychological theories etc into their craft.

They are brilliant at expressing themselves and conveying their emotions through art and music. I have always found that challenging and mentally stimulating.

Take for example this whole Dear Army moments they shared with us on Weverse this week. Yes, it's a marketing strategy, the objective of which is to build an intimate connection with Army but most importantly hear feedback from Army on the struggles we are each facing in light of Covid 19 and also to provide feedback on why we love and stan BTS through their recommended hashtags.

Suga had already explained they were going to do this in that March YouTube live and so it's no brainer. The fun part for me, which of course is subjective, is the embedded meaning behind this whole Dear Army concept.

The progression from day to night, the use of contrast etc is all very reminiscent of the message of Bulletproof eternal- we are not seven with you. Especially with Suga and Hobi's postcard being taken directly from the BTS bonfire moment in Bonvoyage which made a cameo in Bulletproof eternal and the allusion to winter in both artworks.

The overall message of Dear Army is very simple: we had nothing but dreams, open our eyes to a foggy morning, so much pain too much crying; after seven winters and spring- we are all in this together, BTS and Army forever.

I also found the exploration of the cycle of life, the ambiguity of morning and night that blurs the line between evening and daybreak quite interesting. Its always been a recurring theme in their songs and arts. It's just them reassuring and connecting with us through their ingenuity as usual.

But of course this is just my opinion and my interpretation of their use of symbolism and allusions. And as much as I enjoy deconstructing BTS's musical genius, I'm just going to focus on Jikook's message- well not message, message but their artistic expressions in Dear Army.

JIKOOK'S MESSAGE

Now I already talked about the body text of Jimin's post and so I'm not going over that again. Jk's text is equally very much straightforward and is just a restatement of the message he shared in his recent YouTube live about rediscovering his purpose in life. So I won't focus on that either.

It's the artwork they chose that I am interested in and fascinated by. I was trying to ascertain whether the art work for the postcards where chosen randomly by staff or whether it was something the members themselves chose as at first glance it looked pretty generic- I wasn't able to confirm so...

Now from what Suga said about incorporating letters into their upcoming album, I'm just going to assume BTS themselves chose these images and the creative directors added their finishing touches to it- based on the tone and mood BTS had described.

Let's start with Jimin's. I clocked immediately I saw his postcard where the concept of that artwork or background image was from. I'll circle back to this hold on.

I value and pay alot of attention to the unique ways that each member of BTS expresses themselves. Those unadulterated, authentic expressions of self provides a better sense of who they are as Individuals rather than the perfectly curated, highly edited and performative versions of themselves we see screens. In my opinion.

Take Tae and JK for example. These two men are the kinds who'd write a song about their feelings and emotions when they are hurt. Lol. They deep for no reason. Bless them.

Jimin talks a lot. He is a verbal communicator. But hardly does he reveal any relevant details about himself that gives insight into his psyche and persona through his words. Again, in my opinion.

I keep saying his persona is very elusive to me. He tends to give us so much he ends up not giving us anything at all. Unlike Tae or even JK who write songs, recommend songs, or even GCF(JK) that gives us insight into their personal feelings, Jimin doesn't do covers as much and the songs he recommendes aren't as insightful into his deepest thoughts and feelings. He is very elusive that way.

That doesn't mean he doesn't express himself. He does, just not through his music like the others. In my opinion. Mostly he expresses his wants, his desires through his music but his sensuality through his dance.

It seems also that he explores his identity and expresses the exploration of that identity through the body arts he inks himself with temporarily or permanently.

Jk I find is the opposite. He doesn't explore his identity through his body art. Nor his sensuality through dance. Rather he expresses his values and the things he cherishes through his body art; his thoughts and feelings through his music and art.

And so while Jimin would be inking temptress, seductress, bigender on his body, JK would be inking- rather cool than dead and other symbols that represents his beliefs and values on his body.

I'm going off on a tangent, am I not? Sigh

Back to the post card. When I saw JM's postcard, it immediately reminded me of JK's GCF in Helsinki. [Couldn't attach image due to Tumblr but check it yourself]

It reminded me of JK's Frozen sunset theme, his use of warm and cold contrasting colors throughout that GCF and also the ending parts of GCF Helsinki where the sun is setting over the clouds just as in this post card- Frozen Sunset.

Jk also made an allusion to that frozen sunset in his song Still with you. I am particular about his use of the words Sky, clouds, sunset etc when they appear in his music, paintings or tattoos because he once said it's something he loves taking pictures of- that and of course Jimin.

I pay much attention to the things he says he loves and so I look for them in his self expressions to try and understand why he loves it and what it means to him.

Honestly, I didn't think much of JM's postcard art when I saw that use of the frozen sunset for his postcard. I thought, well staff could have picked it out randomly so I was waiting to see JK's postcard and the overall concept for Dear Army to see if this was something JM had done intentionally.

Part of me also felt those themes they presented in the post card art work were metaphors for the kind of songs they would be creating in the new Album just as Suga had said.

But JK's postcard art made me suspicious of JM's post card. JK's postcard art is the odd one out of all the artworks for the postcards. Sope had a similar complimentary art taken from the bonfire moment of Bulletproof Eternal as I mentioned earlier. The rest all had elements pertaining to nature- sky, parks etc except JK's.

Also the theme and symbolism of Jk's art convinces me he chose his artwork himself for that post- I mean I could be wrong but...

Remember when I talked about GCF Helsinki, Still with you and Never Not etc and I said they all had a similar theme- something about roads and paths, being mismatched, not being on the same page, not having the same goals etc?

GCF Helsinki- I'll take the desert, you take the coast to each his own.( moving in different paths)

Still with you: Though our steps may not go along together, I still want to walk this path with you.(again, mismatched paths repeated)

I was intrigued by that recurring theme of roads and paths leading in different directions in JK's music and art in this timeline especially as it contrasts heavily with the themes of his past timelines.

And I even speculated that I felt it was in reference to him and JM not meeting minds on the direction they wanted to take their relationship.

I have been waiting eagerly for him to release yet another cover or art since still with to see what that whole mismatched, separate roads thingy was all about but he didn't do his birthday cover this year- among other things.

It's thus funny to be that in this post card thingy he chose train tracks- intersecting train tracks to represent his feelings and coupled with the message of him rediscovering his passion- It doesn't feel like a coincidence to me or something staff would chose for him.

It certainly doesn't help my delusional brain cells, that JM flashed that Mickey Mouse during his VLive which again I felt was an allusion to their GCF in Tokyo.

First he is making allusions to GCF Tokyo, now GCF Helsinki, signing his name to JK's posts at Pop-ups...

Remember when I said that if JM was the one who had stopped JK from posting on his birthday, that he would come swinging hard on his Jikook agenda? Remember that?

If JK posting on his birthday was important to JM, chilee nothing would have stopped JM from logging into Twitter, posting and signing JK's damn name to his post- if saving face is what was important to him. It's not like he's not done that before. He could have done that and we wouldn't even know it wasn't from JK. Lol

He really is the one that stopped JK from posting on his birthday for whatever reason- wink. You know. Lol

Park Jimin is not the 'victim' in this birthday drama. He is guilty party your honor. Guilty per the books. Lol

Stay supporting Jikook, your life will be easier that way. Bless you.

Signed,

GOLDY

[loulougoingsolo]

"There's A Wiener on the Left!"

In Finland, when I hear someone talk about Easter (in Finnish, Pääsiäinen), the first thing that comes to mind, for me at least, are witches. It's a tradition here for kids to go around town dressed up as witches on Palm Sunday, and trade decorated branches of willow for candy. It's quite similar to trick or treating on Halloween, something not as big a deal around here. But because witches equal Easter in my mind, I find it very fitting that in today's GMM, Rhett and Link were joined by Gavin Leatherwood from the Chilling adventures of Sabrina.

I've watched the first season of Sabrina, but something else has always come up, and I haven't watched the rest yet. Of course, I have watched the og Sabrina the Teenage witch, but let's not bring that up. No, actually, let's: I'm not ashamed to admit that I quite enjoyed the show, even the stiff robotic cat. But even though some quite unusual animals and other oddities are kinda the theme of today's game, they actually have very little to do with witchcraft, and more with the magic of photoshop. It's time to spot the differences in some pretty wicked pictures!

Rhett starts the episode by instantly asking Gavin if he prefers leather or wood, (Rhett likes both) just because, Leatherwood. Imagine being a guest on the show, meeting these two dorks for the first time, and this being the first thing they ask you? And then, you end up playing a game where each round ends with someone putting a curse on themself? 😂

Okay, Disney should consider making a Mickey Mouse movie where all the characters' faces would be replaced with dog faces. That Mickey Dog looks amazing!

Buzzer wood would make a fun name for a Toy story fan fic, and I know my mind is pretty deep in the gutter to say that. It doesn't help when Rhett says things like "I like buzzer wood, it's soft."

After Rhett and Gavin find the differences in the koala mask pics, Link has to walk under a ladder and flip a fish to bring bad luck on himself. I had to find out more about the fish thing, and apparently it is a thing, only not while cooking the fish but when serving it.

I'm not very good at this game. I only thought about how my mom has the same green Ikea dish brush that is in the second picture, and then I started to think I should load my dishwasher. If I was playing along, I'd end up doing all the cursed punishments.

Opening an umbrella indoors is considered to bring bad luck in Finland, too, but this is the first time I've heard about Leonardo DaVinci inventing masturbation. Way to go, Rhett!

I spotted the nose in the stairs photo immediately, yay! Honestly, giving Link scissors and a hammer to smash a mirror with was possibly the worst idea ever. He didn't even know which hand to use with which tool! The horror on Rhett's face is very real, but somehow, the chaotic energy in this shot is also very much what GMM is all about.

I don't think the picture of the chickens taking a bath is that weird, but just pretty funny, but now I really need to see that freckle. I'm glad Link lost this round, so we get to see his yo-yo skills. This round was bad luck to whoever has to swipe the salt off the floor.

I made an eight-legged cat from clay last week, but the dog is way cooler. I don't know why, but I think Gavin just put a curse on that pretty little rainbow with his wicked eye. But, I have to ask with Gavin, why would Link imagine a little girl in a gown pointing at the rainbow instead of Gavin? Oh, because he's Link. Obviously.

In the last photos, I spotted the creeper, but not the other mistakes. I love how Rhett's first guess, after Stevie said women are more prone to spot the last mistake, was boobies - I don't believe that would apply to all women. When Link guessed there's a wiener on the left, I tried to take a better look at the creeper to see if it was a wiener and not a person. I mean, it's possible, I guess. The Try guys just posted a video with Zack's wiener, so it's not unheard of. But, gosh, Rhett really can't whistle. That was equally painful and hilarious to watch.

Rhett also loses the final round, and somehow, his punishment is to get serenaded by two guys while getting a foot massage? I love how Link harmonizes the Happy Birthday song, he's really good at that!

In More, the guys play Light as a feather, stiff as a board with different objects. I've never tried this, but I did once play with a Ouija board with my friends, and I may have tricked them to think we talked to the spirit of someone who used to live where my family home is. I feel a bit guilty for doing that, but at the time it seemed like a good idea. I just didn't think they'd buy it.

Link admitting to Gavin that he and Rhett are the most sheltered middle-aged men he'll ever meet is somehow quite adorable, and I think the part where Link is doing awesome yo-yo tricks while whistling Deck the Halls in the background as Rhett struggles with the cardhouse while Gavin observes the situation, is one of those moments where you could send someone who isn't familiar with GMM, without context, and see how they react. But Link with that yo-yo...😯😍

Link may have shaky hands, but his reaction speed is phenomenal! I'm glad Gavin took his leather jacket off, it would have sucked if they spilled that orange juice on it.

Okay, I'm gonna stop now. They definately saved the best part of today's show to the end, because seeing Wushu sit on a pizza box up against the sky while the guys sing that song from Lion King is possibly the best thing I've seen in a while. And it's the perfect scene to end this post:

[supergirlimagine]

Sticks and Stones pt.2

Red!K Kara x B!Danvers Reader

There was darkness around you and all you feel is Pain. You hear voices, that you can't quite place, but they sound familiar. You slowly open your eyes and start to look around. A Hospital..No the DEO, you’re in the DEO, you realize and your memory slowly sets in. The fight, the Pain, the words that had been said. Your sisters hate you, they hate you and they want you out of their Life, you knew it, you always knew it deep down, that you didn't belong to them. They were Heroes and you’re just, well..You. Your Breathing is getting quicker, the Machines around you are going wild and you just want to get out, want to leave. Now. You try to get up despite your Ribs screaming at you to lay back down and your Lungs burning. Something tugs at your arm as you try to reach to get off the bed, you realize is your IV, which you promptly pull out. Pain shoots through your arm but like everything else, you ignore it. Your feet are just about to hit the ground when strong arms wrap around you from the back, holding you in place. You just now realize that you have been sobbing and hyperventilating. You can barely see, but you’d know these Arms anywhere. “Alex”, You half whisper, half yell. Your voice sounds raspy and broken. It almost feels like you are bleeding from the inside with every word you rasp out. Neverthelss, you continue

“No, Let go! Let me go. I have to leave!”,

You start to protest, weakly trying to escape her embrace. The Blood running down on your arm painting the white sheets and gown in a dark red.

“No..Shh. Shhh Y/N. Its alright. Just lay down. I got you, just Rest.I got you.” She’s half sitting behind you on the Bed now and running her fingers through your Hair. You almost hate her for how calm she sounds, how reasonable. How the whole word could be on fire right now, but with your eldest sisters right next to you, you wouldn't even worry for half a second. You want to hate her for it, or more hate yourself for how dependent you are on her comfort, but you can't help yourself as you slowly sink into her embrace. Letting her voice calm you down until your sobs turn into hiccups.

Just as you look up and try to forget the emotional and physical pain just for a split second, you catch Karas eyes. She standing at the end of your Bed, matching your outfit with a Hospital gown, looking like she wants to reach out to you, but hesitant and with silent Tears streaming down her face. The silence is suffocating and you can't hold her eyes for more than a couple seconds, but it felt like the staring contest of a lifetime. You turn and burry your face in Alex’s shoulder, wishing everything and everyone away.

This isn't’ real, they don’t want you. They hate you. You are a burden and Kara doesn't’ even want to life with you, you are annoying and useless, you should..

“”Y/N. What was that?”” Something breaks your train of thoughts, you must have been speaking out loud. Alex eyes are starring back at you, concern marking her features.

““I..””

You cough and try to clear you throat, which is only making the Pain worse. You try and remember why your throat hurts so damn much, when the image of your Alien sister chocking you comes into your mind and you look up to her for a second out of reflex. Your eyes meet hers for the second time, she knows what you just remembered. It’s unsure to say who was in more Pain in that exact moment.

You try again

““I said..I’m sorry. I-I. Can lea-..””, Kara looks at you panicked, to afraid to speak, but wanting to make you see that you weren'’t at fault. She can’t find the words and Alex beats her to it.

“”No! Sweetie..Y/N. I know there is a lot to talk about, but you have to know that what happened tonight was terrible and I know you are scared and confused. Kara was infected with Red Kryptonite. It made her..Not be herself. She didn't’ mean what she said. Or meant to do what she did. She’’ll tell you that herself.”

Alex looked up to her sister, trying to encouraging her to speak up, but the blonde remained silent, lost for words. She wiped her tears and stepped forward, your eyes were focused on the blonde, wanting to, but not really believing Alex. She reaches out and tries to touch your arm and you can’t help but flinch away from her touch, new tears welling up in both of your eyes. Pulling her hand away like she’s been burned and taking a step back, she lays some tissues and a band-aid on the side of your bed. Close enough so you can reach it, far enough so she’s not in your space.

“”You...”” she clears her throat.

“You are Bleeding, Y/N”, she points at you arm, where you had just ripped out the IV.

Seconds pass.

“”I’m so. So sorry.””, she says in a shaking voice before looking at Alex one more time, who begs her with her eyes to stay and talk.

She ignores the silent request and turns around to leave. You feel Alex hug you closer and you look at you arm and over to the bandages. She left you Mickey Mouse Band-aids. You know you were way too old for those, but she always keeps them just for you.

On a family trip to Disneyland you had fallen and cut open your knee while running around with Kara, who had been put in charge of you for the short walk from the Teacup ride to the Bathrooms. It was a short walk, and your Mother had been able to see the two of you the whole way over. For Kara it was the single most important responsibility of her young lifetime. Usually Alex was the one in charge of big girl stuff, but this time it was her and she took that job really serious, just like she’d seen Alex do all the time. Her heart had doubled in size with pride. She had looked your Mother in the eyes with a seriousness in her expression, you had ever seen before. Nodding with determination, when she was told to look after her little sister. You guys had been so caught up in your fun and freedom, that you took a tumble, which resulted in a minor cut with some minor bleeding on your part. Kara had freaked out and picked you up quicker than you had fallen and carried you halfway through the park, trying to remain at an acceptable human pace, to the first aid station. They gave you a Mickey Mouse band-aid for your knee and free ice cream for the Tears. You and Kara had returned to your worried mother, who had only looked away for a split second and an annoyed Teenage Alex, with smiles on your Faces and ice cream in hands. She had been mad that you two went further than she had allowed, but in an even more serious face than she had worn before, your sister had told her, that she had done what was necessary to look after her little sister and make sure she was fine. All while eating away at the ice-cream that was melting down one hand, while the other one was holding yours tight. All you could do was stare at her in wonder, from that point forward you were pretty sure that your sister hung the moon and the stars.

Ever since then Kara had made a point of keeping Mickey Mouse Band-Aids around. Even different themes for different seasons, but she always had them ready for you. If you had a Paper cut or got a small burn from trying and failing to make any type of meal for yourself. Sometimes she would just use them to cheer you up and it always worked. She had always been right there to help you through the pain.

You looked up at the Door where she had just left out of. Never would you have thought, that she one day would be on the giving end of that Pain.

[oopsitsmyfandoms]

The Squip Squad goes to Disney World

This is a random list of head canons i compiled. i could literally go on for sooooo long about them and disney cause i practically live there but i thought that might be excessive 

so lets start off with them flying to disney from new jersey and how much of a train wreck that would be

the only one of them who has ever flown before is chloe. she went to visit one of her relatives in CA before in like 6th grade so obviously she's an expert on flying because of that one experience

christine is the mom of the group, texting all of them beforehand giving them lists of what to pack 

 she goes through everyone's suitcase before they leave for the airport 

 this is why they're behind now as they scramble through the airport trying to find the security check

"Chloe i thought you knew where the hell we were going" 

"I do!"

she doesn't. she has no clue

they end up getting stuck at the metal detectors because OF COURSE brooke brought her opened starbucks and they wouldn't let her through the checkpoint with it and she REFUSED to go without it 

 so she's standing there and they all wait on her before going through the like (rookie mistake) 

once she's done with her venti-whatever-frappachino, they go through the line 

and just their luck the metal detector is like freaking out when rich goes through the line halfway through their entire group 

 and he starts freaking out cause what if its the squip and what if they're not going to let him on the plane and this is going to ruin his magical fun time with his friends that he rightfully deserves

but its not the squip. he didn't take his belt off and they're all gucci. 

 his tiny mistake cost them an extra 30 minutes wasted though 

 so yet again they're scrambling through the airport trying to find terminal 13B 

 they finally find it and just their luck the flight was delayed 40 minutes 

"it's all good guys!" the ever so optimistic christine says, "now we can hit up the food court!"

cue the entire squad cheering for food

jake flips his shit when there's a sabarro in the food court. he drags rich with him but all rich wants is a cinnabon 

 "jake its 9am why the fuck do you want sabarro instead of breakfast? c'mon man" 

 the girls wander around looking for a healthy snack place 

they end up finding a really cute one with a little coffee shop and they stock up on snacks and drinks for the plane ride 

 brooke finds the pinkberry and literally cries because holy shit she's going to disney and the airport has a pinkberry this is the best day ever 

michael and jeremy get burgers and find themselves wandering around the gift shops and little boutiques

jeremy realizes he left his earbuds at home and then they go on an adventure to find him a pair that aren’t ridiculously expensive (which is nearly impossible but chloe finds them in a store and finesses her way into getting him a deal)

they all end up getting back to the terminal just before their flight lands 

brooke has a mental breakdown cause they're supposed to board the plane in 5 minutes and her venti-whatever-frapp just hit her and she REALLY HAS TO PEE but airplane bathrooms terrify her 

 so her and jenna SCOOT to the bathroom cause no girl ever goes alone and the rest of the squad gets everyone's carryons ready 

 as soon as brooke and jenna get back they get to board 

jenna is decked out with her travel pillow, eye mask, and earbuds 

 she puts on a netflix series and legit shuts herself off from the rest of them the entire flight because they're loud and rambunctious as hell 

christine gets a window seat while jeremy sits between her and michael. they're the most sane of the group. 

 jenna also has a window seat a row up from them with chloe between her and brooke.

chloe had the isle seat but brooke gave her the puppy dog eyes cause she wanted to be able to talk to rich and jake across the isle 

THANK GOD the seat between rich and jake was empty because those two literally sprawled out across it the entire time (brooke would occasionally hop over there to chit-chat when chloe would doze off)

CUE A LIZZIE MAGUIRE PLANE MOMENT BETWEN ALL THE PRECIOUS COUPLES AT ONE POINT IN TIME

the almost 3 hour plane ride actually isn't so bad. jeremy's anxious self almost had a panic attack at take off, but michael and christine were able to calm him down. 

when they land the entire squad is very cranky from being cooped up side by side for such an amount of time, but as soon as they get off the plane and into the airport their attitudes get better 

they're at the airport ready to get on the magical express transportation when michael sees the disney store and forces everyone to go inside 

they easily blow some money between the NASA, disney, & universal stores in the airport and then they go get in line to get on the magical express

it takes them to their hotel (they stay in art of animation resort and i know thats hella expensive but let my kids live this is a hc so anything can happen) 

 they end up staying in the cars themed suites because rich and jake DEMANDED it 

 they won't stop making 'KACHOW' noises the entire fucking trip

so they all unpack their stuff and get ready to go eat dinner in the parks. they decided to go to magic kingdom the first night because it has the most food options 

 they end up going to cosmic ray's starlight cafe and the entire time the whole group is rich's impulse control so he will refrain from jumping up on the stage with the animatronic alien and dancing cause it is his first day and they do not want him getting kicked out of the park

so they finish eating and go get in line for rides with smaller lines since they're all tired and want to make the most of their time since its like 8pm by the time they're done eating 

they ride pirates of the carribean and thank god they were the only ones on their boat because it erupted in a splashing war and they almost got kicked out but somehow they miraculously didn't 

cue christine becoming a total mom saying 'if you don't keep your hands in the ride at all times we are going home immediately"

they then go over to the haunted mansion 

 michael and jeremy are fascinated the entire time about all of the eye tricks the ride plays on people 

 when they're walking through the interactive graveyard brooke and christine act like little kids, touching all of the interactive stuff they can and squealing when water or air puffs out and sprays them

when they get into the ride chloe is the one that screams just to scream and fuck with people 

she thinks its funny but when jake gives her a death glare to knock it off cause he's seriously scared she stops 

jenna is the person who tries to take pictures with the flash on and the entire group of people around them (including the rest of the squad) tells her to knock it off

they end the night with some shopping in the main street USA giftshops 

brooke and chloe find matching minnie ears and vow to wear them the rest of the trip 

this vow ends 15 minutes after they put the ears on cause damn those really hurt your head 

the entire squad established that each day they would all disneybound a certain movie and they surprisingly pull it off and it looks AWESOME

like its so good people come up and ask for pictures with them 

jenna is the self proclaimed artsy photographer of the group and gets roped into taking all of their pictures 

she doesn't mind though cause they're her friends and she enjoys taking the pictures just as much as they enjoy getting them taken 

christine has a backpack with extra money, sunscreen, water, portable phone chargers, and snacks just in case anyone needs anything

jeremy and michael do in fact blow all their money at the star wars launch bay

jake and rich blow all theirs on food. like all of the mickey mouse themed snacks? yeah they've each had at least 12 of every kind

brooke and chloe spend their money in epcot going around the pavilions buying trinkets and snacks

christine gets all the plush toys she can get her hands on. jeremy has to cut her off at some point

jenna spends her money at downtown disney at all the stores they don't have back at home

rich and jake definitely buy two of the big turkey legs and try to sword fight with them just cause they're dorks