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ghostie-my-beloved · 3 years ago

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general c!bench trio headcanons

Synopsis: nothing much just some headcanons for my favorite trio <3 (THERE’S NO SHIPPING THESE ARE JUST THE HEADCANONS I HAVE FOR THIS TRIO, THEY MIGHT APPLY TO FUTURE FICS)

Characters used: c!Tommy, c!Tubbo and c!Ranboo

A/N: nothing much other than just some headcanons for these guys, some are fluffy and some are angsty (All art credits go to SAD-ist)

TW: Mentions of explosions/TNT (on Tubbo’s and Tommy’s sheet), mentions of parental negligence (on Tommy’s and Tubbo’s sheet), scars and bruises (on all of the sheets), mentions of death (on Tommy’s sheet), mentions of alcoholic abuse (on Tubbo’s sheet)

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Okay, we can all collectively agree that Tommy is definitely trans (FtM)

It just fits him alright? He’s also definitely aro/ace too, way to fitting for the guy

Tommy also inherited Philza’s wings, but instead of being the raven color they are, Tommy’s wings are more pastel yellow

Mostly taught himself how to fly but with a bit of assistance from Wilbur or Mumza

Probably has a few raccoon traits but the most that shows is the tail

So he’s basically a bird/raccoon hybrid, a bit off a mess but hey, it’s Tommy we’re talking about here

Tommy definitely knows how to make flower crowns and even made some for Tubbo and Ranboo! He learned to make them from Mumza

He can also speak a variety of different languages (learned that from Wilbur and Technoblade) such as French, German and Spanish

Tommy likes to get his wings preened by Ranboo because he’s the best at doing so

He has a punctured bruise on his chest from the arrow that shot him, as well as various bruises all over his torso, arms and face from his final death

After he got revived from his grave, Tommy’s wings got more tattered and now show bone, the best he can do is glide with them now

He also gained a white streak in his hair from revival but its less noticeable

BRAID HIS HAIR! He grew out his hair after the pogtopia vs manberg arc due to his hair getting caught in the explosions

But he then figured out he likes it a bit long, not like Technoblade’s hair though

Has tried to teach Michael how to swear, was almost successful but he got punted by Tubbo

Speaking of Tubbo, the green scarf he wears was from Tubbo’s shirt from when he was 8

He also taught himself how to play guitar because he wanted to grow up like Wilbur, but after he whole arc with the Dawn of the 16th, he only plays it to remind himself of when Wilbur was still a good person

Kristen also left the SBI family when Tommy was really young, which caused Philza to remarry another woman

This resulted in a lot of shifting in family dynamics and the family fell apart, so Tommy had to learn how to take care of himself from an early age

He learned how to cook, grade his homework, hunt etc. All of this help is from Wilbur

Because of this stuff he’s an extremely good father figure to Shroud, doing an excellent job at taking care of the little spider

Even Will is surprised at this behavior from him

“I don’t want anyone else to go through the same pain as I did. No matter what I’ll always have my pals backs, even if I have a hard time showing it.” -C!Tommy

Goat boy headcanons and I’M HERE FOR IT

This guy just screams fruity, definitely a homo, but ace as well, most likely a demiboy too. We love a wholesome lil gay ram

Tubbo’s parents are Schlatt and Quackity, but due to issues going on in the family he got left with the SBI

Due to being related to Quackity, he inherited the wing part, but they’re bee wings and he can’t fly with them

Speaking of bees, the guy smells like flowers, honey and pollen 24/7

Idk man he just seems like the type of guy to just fling and roll himself all around a flower field

Tubbo also has a feral goat form he uses for blending into the crowds or hiding, he just doesn’t use it that much

His horns were always hidden under his hair, and he only grew out the ears and horns was during his argument with Tommy on the second exile arc

Speaking of exile, he felt really guilty about that, so he’d send letters to Tommy, but they’re anonymously written as someone else

Tubbo’s scars from the explosions and execution gave him immense trauma and he panics at the sight of any form of explosives

So you can only imagine what he was feeling during that one argument he had with Quackity

Due to the radiation that went through his body from the fireworks, his appearance took on a huge change

One of his eyes is now contaminated with radiation (hence the radiation symbol) and poisons have a slower effect on Tubbo (due to his body gaining some form of resistance)

Tubbo also has a flower crown of dandelions and lilacs to remind him of Tommy and Ranboo

Every time Ranboo comes home from mining, Tubbo always surprises them with a sweet he baked or something savory

He also likes to sing Michael to sleep a lot too, he doesn’t know where he learned to sing from though

HE HAS FANGS. Tubbo’s teeth are sharp enough to break bones if he puts enough force into it, so try to avoid trying to get bit by him

Due to being part goat, he likes to give affectionate head bonks, whether it’s a tiny bap to the head or just straight up charging towards the unlucky soul

He sometimes goes overboard with these bonks and once bapped Tommy off a cliff

Wasn’t too happy about that but heyyyy

Being part goat also means he’s more alert (prey instincts y’know?), he can easily spot danger from miles away or sense it

Tubbo also calms down his friends by just curling up into their arms and letting that person use him as support to cry out their emotions, it’s something he’d always do to Quackity when Schlatt was drunk

This habit is very effective and he only uses it on his closest friends

“I know I’m just a kid, but I’m smart and mature. I will be the shoulder my friends need to cry on when they need someone the most, I’m not repeating the same mistake I made.” -C!Tubbo

We can all collectively agree that Ranboo is non-binary right?

They don’t mind he/him pronouns though! So collectively he uses they/he

They’re also pansexual because hell yeah, it’s too fitting for his character

Due to their massive height (being around 8”5) they are a useful person when it comes to spotting enemies

Or giving piggy back rides, they like to pick up Tubbo or Tommy and just hold them

Literally has to duck in every house/building they enter, it’s tedious but it makes for good stories to tell

They can’t drink water due to being part enderman. So Tubbo made him this special vitamin water that they drink

They can teleport but they have a hard time doing so due to their other half

Speaking of other half, Ranboo’s other half is that of a farland enderman (look it up, it also explains a lot about his character too)

He’s also the support of the Syndicate, they don’t go out in combat, but more so help plan out their next moves

Instead of the black and white skin just being completely split down in half, it’s more spotty around Ranboo’s skin if you know what I mean?

Like— there’s white freckles on the black skin and black freckles on the white skin, it’s more dirty to make it look natural

I’d like to think that because of this Tommy was iffy on Ranboo at first because upon seeing them, he was reminded of Henry (because their patterns looked like that of a cow)

THEY HAVE BEANS. Both on his hands and feet, he doesn’t show them too often because they get too embarrassed when people fawn over them

Whats even better is that they literally act like a giant cat

He purrs at things he likes, they get distracted and play with yarn, they even yawn like a cat. I’m convinced they have a cat playhouse somewhere in his house just to screw around with it

Technoblade literally gave the dude a ball of yarn because of how adorable Ranboo looks when playing with it, they wag their tail a lot too

The crown he wears is made of rubies and emeralds, he doesn’t remember who made it though

Ranboo has also got scars running down from his eyes due to the tears that they shed

He hasn’t been in combat much so he doesn’t have many scars, but due to living in Snowchester, they sometimes forget their boots (memory loss lol) and step in the snow, as they mostly walk around barefoot

It doesn’t kill him, but the snow feels like needles to them, so due to the carelessness, they’ve got scars all over their feet and ankles

After the whole memory book thing with Dream. He’s developed bad fidgeting habits whenever their nervous

Philza has noticed this from them and helped them with it with either giving them fidget toys or just talking to them about his issues

Because of his memory loss, they practice memory exercises with Tubbo and Tommy a lot, repeating things that they usually do daily or just talking about their background

They’re really touched by this action so they gave them both special necklaces (a green one for Tubbo and a red one for Tommy)

Ranboo is just the mediator and peace-keeper of the group, they just want everyone to be happy, no matter the cost :)

“I’m not as strong or as smart as some of my allies, but I’m willing to try. I want to try to change things for the better. I’m tired of seeing my friends suffer, so when the time is right, I’ll strike when needed.” -C!Ranboo

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praphit · 5 years ago

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SM3: Nice Jerks are the Worst

I don't know about y'all, but I had big plans for 2020. Now, maybe those big plans will still happen, Idk. But, this was supposed to be our year! - that's what people say, right?? This was the year that you were going to go on that vacation. You were going to drop that dead beat spouse, leave that spouse with the kids, and run off to Mexico, right??!. You were going to start that business. Gain that weight. Come out of the closet. Finally tat that left butt cheek. You were going to stop doing hardcore drugs. Maybe this was going to be your year to start doing hardcore drugs. I'm not here to judge, only to ramble.

But, 2020 quickly turned to shit. Now, we're all looking for someone to blame. Someone has to pay for our horrible haircuts or hairiness, our newfound hatred for our families, and for plenty of much more serious stuff.

I, personally, like to turn to movies for lessons about life. And I think I have the perfect movie to help us figure out who to blame - you guessed it "Spider-Man 3"

This first attempt at a motion picture SM was doing so well. We loved Spidey (though some didn't care for Tobey Maguire, playing him).

Spidey and Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst) are adorable. Then, this thing showed up and everything turned to shit (not unlike Covid-19).

Let's look into what went wrong, and who is to blame.

First, let me say that I really liked the action in this movie. There are three villains in this movie: Venom (played by Topher Grace), that thing you see above.

Green Goblin (played by James Franco), who is... a green goblin.

And Sandman (played by Tommy Church), who has a body that is now kinda made of sand - which seems silly if you pick it a part... though so does a man with the powers of a spider.

There was lots of action, and it was all shot well. There is one action scene where there is NO ONE around... I mean NO ONE. It's frickin NY. Peter Parker (not dressed as Spider-Man) and Green Goblin are causing all kinds of damage and making a lot of noise, and not ONE new yorker has anything to say about it? Unless you're a healthcare worker, I bet new yorkers are still cursing at each other from their homes. This was glaring, but Imma let it slide, cuz the action was good.

That's about all of the good I have to report:)

Quick plot recap:

1) MJ and Petey are on the rocks 2) James Franco is an asshole, trying to destroy Peter for killing his father (which he didn't) 3) Venom is trying to kill Spidey (what else is new??) 4) Venom, at one point, infects Peter Parker, to become "Black Spidey" - this, of course, is also when the people of the city started to hate him.

5) Oh, and Peter, mm! He's the worst. I've got something for him later.

There are two major reasons why people talk shit about this movie.

1st - Casting/Characters

Nobody is likeable in this movie

From the very first scene, MJ is singing to us, annnnd it's sooooo boring. I don't think it was supposed to be. Someone in the audience should have been booing. We can’t just allow entertainers to get comfortable, thinking that they can do whatever the hell that they want! - that’s how you end up with stuff like this

It was like, if Snow White were to perform a number for a large crowd.

Just Snow White - I ain't talking about no cute animals around or the suspense of menacing dwarves that might turn on Snow White at any moment. Not even a prince who might be gay (that’s the word on the streets). Just a long movie filled with songs from Snow White; that's what we're talking about. First, MJ bores me, then she's pathetically whining throughout the whole movie.

Sandman is cool (despite his love for striped shirts), but we don't really get to know him.

Side note: He gets his powers by accidentally getting trapped in a science experiment. The scientists, btw, ( And Lord knows what they were up to) knew that something could have been trapped in there, assumed it was a bird, and kept on going. See, this is why certain people don't trust y'all.

James Franco is James Franco (an asshole). Not worth a pic.

Venom doesn't really have a personality (and his host... well, he ain't no Tom Hardy)

PLUS, Peter Parker is a dick (again, we'll get to that later).

The most likeable person in this film is JJ Jameson, and we're not really supposed to like him.

A person with that look shouldn’t be your most likeable character.

Look at this stage -

Who is likeable up here? Fauci, maybe? But, betting by the amount of times that he puts his hands to his face,

- there are things he's not allowing himself to say, so though perhaps likeable, if we can fully trust him. And as far as Trump... Even Trump supporters can't HONESTLY say that they LIKE the man (I mean, if he weren't the prez, would you honestly want him around? - your family?). They certainly can't say that they trust him - though I guess the amount of people looking into ingesting cleaning products after Trump mentioned something along those lines, would beg to differ.

This is the group we're looking to for direction?!

And this is also a problem in the movie. I have to be able to like SOMEBODY!

I need to be able to trust someone to stop the cheesy-written shit storm that is this movie.

"Cheesy Shit Storm" - how bout that for a visual? :)

2nd - dance numbers!

I actually didn't mind the first one, when Peter is dancing through the streets.

Ha! Wow, he is going for it. Come get it while it’ s hot, ladies!

It's odd, but it's supposed to be. It's supposed to be funny, and it kinda is. You ever dance a lil bit while you're out at a store? I know I do; especially now that we're wearing pandemic masks - no one knows who I am. NBD to dance a bit in public, but if you keep going passed a certain point, it just becomes annoying.

That's why the second dance number is bad. Plus, it doesn't make any sense.

At this point MJ and Peter have broken up. She's singing in a bar, and Peter interrupts her song with a dance number (while using his new girlfriend to poke at MJ). Now, While MJ’s songs of boredom deserve interruption, she didn’t deserve that.

Venom is like a drug. Venom brings out the worst in a person. You're telling me that Peter Parker, with all of the rage built up from Uncle Ben and villains and his life not being all that great; the best or I should say "the worst" that he can do is Jazz hands? With all of his superpowers, he should be out there slaughtering everyone in sight. I mean, he did slap the shit out of MJ though (by "accident"). That's when he snapped out of the evil dance number. I don't know what kind of message that sends.

"MJ, it wasn't until I slapped the holy hell out of you that I realized the error of my ways, so... thank you? I'm just going to go on about my day now."

I see this misguided scene as a metaphor. Peter Parker is dancing around his issues:

His relationship with MJ has been bad. He's on that stuff (Venom). And honestly, MJ knows that he's Spider-Man. Why couldn't he have just explained to her what was happening?

"Sorry, baby. I got possessed by an alien again, you know how it is."

And he was dealing with the fact that the person who killed his uncle is on the loose. Another side note: MJ, even though they had just broken up, still cares for Peter while he's dealing with the news about Uncle Ben's killer. That's a damned good friend right there! - especially the way Peter had been acting towards her.

We've got to deal with stuff, people! We can't just get bad haircuts, wear weird clothes, and do drugs! Eventually, that will lead us to slapping the shit out of someone that we love. There are a lot of realities that we're prob not facing at the moment (and some we prob have no intentions of ever facing). A lot of things that we could have done to prevent certain things from escalating, but... we were busy doing our typical dance.

Peter was warned about Venom and did nothing about it. He told himself, "I got this", and clearly he didn't. Honestly, the whole city was screwing up by not helping Spider-Man at all. At the end, when the big fight is happening, and MJ is near death, everybody is just watching all of this go down. Where were the cops?! The S.W.A.T?! Other superheroes? New Yorkers themselves! - they're bold! But, to be fair, Venom came from outer space, so... it was a bit unprecedented; people were prob scared. I'll cut them and Spidey some slack.

You know who I won't cut any slack - Tobey Maguire's Peter Parker!

Peter Parker is a jerk. I'm thinking that Tobey's Peter Parker has always been a jerk; a nice jerk, but a jerk. Have you ever met a nice jerk? They do all of the things that a regualr jerk does, but they'll rationalize their behavior, and look puzzled when you react to their awfulness. I didn't notice this in the 1st movie, cuz I was just happy to get Spider-Man. I didn't notice in the 2nd movie, cuz those kids were just too darn cute. But, his niceness was so annoying in this movie. And he treated MJ horribly : He never listens to her, he’s always late, he only talks about himself, he’s too damned nice, he never knows when they’re in a fight, he kisses other women right in front of her and then is like “What did I do?”

I kept wanting her to punch Peter out; he would have deserved it.

The foundation of the character of the 1st Spider-Man was a problem from the start! If the foundation is shaky, then - whew! I'm glad that we finally fixed it:)

Plus, he never said he was sorry. He did one of those "Well, I'm not perfect." things. She ain't asking for perfection, just quit being a jerk!

A better movie would have been if MJ had been infected by Venom. For starters, she would have given a better performance, in the beginning. Something more like this -

She would have banged Peter's friends. She would have destroyed her critics. And most importantly, she wouldn't have taken any shit from Peter. That could have been the main plot. Instead of a convultued blend of three villains around the nice jerkiness of Peter, it would have been Spider-Man vs MJ - beatening each other up all throughout the city; though I guess that would be considered domestic violence. But, why dance around real issues out there!

It could have been a family-friendly movie about drug abuse (Venom) and domestic violence... and possibly some make-up sex in the middle of the city. But, after that, one of them, if not both, are going to jail! We gotta deal with the problems, people!

Grade: an entertaining D+

I did enjoy it. It wasn't as bad as I remember it, and I'd prob watch it again. But, I can't deny that on a technical level, it's crap.

"Who’s to blame?" isn't really the question. It's more "Who deserves what percentage of the blame?" There's a lot of blame to go around here... even to us who enabled Peter's jerkiness in the first two movies.

I like the direction that we're going in now.

A better Spidey A better MJ Better villains

And even a better Aunt May

- looking all good with Tony Stark.

- imagine Tony aggressively flirting with the older one

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arcticdementor · 5 years ago

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“Culture is the secret of humanity’s success” sounds like the most vapid possible thesis. The Secret Of Our Success by anthropologist Joseph Henrich manages to be an amazing book anyway.

Henrich wants to debunk (or at least clarify) a popular view where humans succeeded because of our raw intelligence. In this view, we are smart enough to invent neat tools that help us survive and adapt to unfamiliar environments.

Against such theories: we cannot actually do this. Henrich walks the reader through many stories about European explorers marooned in unfamiliar environments. These explorers usually starved to death. They starved to death in the middle of endless plenty. Some of them were in Arctic lands that the Inuit considered among their richest hunting grounds. Others were in jungles, surrounded by edible plants and animals. One particularly unfortunate group was in Alabama, and would have perished entirely if they hadn’t been captured and enslaved by local Indians first.

These explorers had many advantages over our hominid ancestors. For one thing, their exploration parties were made up entirely of strong young men in their prime, with no need to support women, children, or the elderly. They were often selected for their education and intelligence. Many of them were from Victorian Britain, one of the most successful civilizations in history, full of geniuses like Darwin and Galton. Most of them had some past experience with wilderness craft and survival. But despite their big brains, when faced with the task our big brains supposedly evolved for – figuring out how to do hunting and gathering in a wilderness environment – they failed pathetically.

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How do hunter-gatherers know how to do all this? We usually summarize it as “culture”. How did it form? Not through some smart Inuit or Fuegian person reasoning it out; if that had been it, smart European explorers should have been able to reason it out too.

The obvious answer is “cultural evolution”, but Henrich isn’t much better than anyone else at taking the mystery out of this phrase. Trial and error must have been involved, and less successful groups/people imitating the techniques of more successful ones. But is that really a satisfying explanation?

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All of this is cultural. Henrich is kind of cruel in his insistence on this. He recommends readers go outside and try to start a fire. He even gives some helpful hints – flint is involved, rubbing two sticks together works for some people, etc. He predicts – and stories I’ve heard from unfortunate campers confirm – that you will not be able to do this, despite an IQ far beyond that of most of our hominid ancestors. In fact, some groups (most notably the aboriginal Tasmanians) seem to have lost the ability to make fire, and never rediscovered it. Fire-making was discovered a small number of times, maybe once, and has been culturally transmitted since then.

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Human children are obsessed with learning things. And they don’t learn things randomly. There seem to be “biases in cultural learning”, ie slots in an infant’s mind that they know need to be filled with knowledge, and which they preferentially seek out the knowledge necessary to fill.

One slot is for language. Human children naturally listen to speech (as early as in the womb). They naturally prune the phonemes they are able to produce and distinguish to the ones in the local language. And they naturally figure out how to speak and understand what people are saying, even though learning a language is hard even for smart adults.

Another slot is for animals. In a world where megafauna has been relegated to zoos, we still teach children their ABCs with “L is for lion” and “B is for bear”, and children still read picture books about Mr. Frog and Mrs. Snake holding tea parties. Henrich suggests that just as the young brain is hard-coded to want to learn language, so it is hard-coded to want to learn the local animal life (little boys’ vehicle obsession may be a weird outgrowth of this; buses and trains are the closest thing to local megafauna that most of them will encounter).

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Another slot is for gender roles. By now we’ve all heard the stories of progressives who try to raise their children without any exposure to gender. Their failure has sometimes been taken as evidence that gender is hard-coded. But it can’t be quite that simple: some modern gender roles, like girls = pink, are far from obvious or universal. Instead, it looks like children have a hard-coded slot that gender roles go into, work hard to figure out what the local gender roles are (even if their parents are trying to confuse them), then latch onto them and don’t let go.

In the Cultural Intelligence Hypothesis, humans live in obligate symbiosis with a culture. A brain without an associated culture is incomplete and not very useful. So the infant brain is adapted to seek out the important aspects of its local culture almost from birth and fill them into the appropriate slots in order to become whole.

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I was inspired to read Secret by this review on Scholar’s Stage. I hate to be unoriginal, but after reading the whole book, I agree that the three sections Tanner cites – on divination, on manioc, and on shark taboos – are by far the best and most fascinating.

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But being genuinely random is important in pursuing mixed game theoretic strategies. Henrich’s view is that divination solved this problem effectively.

I’m reminded of the Romans using augury to decide when and where to attack. This always struck me as crazy; generals are going to risk the lives of thousands of soldiers because they saw a weird bird earlier that morning? But war is a classic example of when a random strategy can be useful. If you’re deciding whether to attack the enemy’s right vs. left flank, it’s important that the enemy can’t predict your decision and send his best defenders there. If you’re generally predictable – and Scott Aaronson says you are – then outsourcing your decision to weird birds might be the best way to go.

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Rationalists always wonder: how come people aren’t more rational? How come you can prove a thousand times, using Facts and Logic, that something is stupid, and yet people will still keep doing it?

Henrich hints at an answer: for basically all of history, using reason would get you killed.

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Henrich discusses pregnancy taboos in Fiji; pregnant women are banned from eating sharks. Sure enough, these sharks contain chemicals that can cause birth defects. The women didn’t really know why they weren’t eating the sharks, but when anthropologists demanded a reason, they eventually decided it was because their babies would be born with shark skin rather than human skin. As explanations go, this leaves a lot to be desired. How come you can still eat other fish? Aren’t you worried your kids will have scales? Doesn’t the slightest familiarity with biology prove this mechanism is garbage? But if some smart independent-minded iconoclastic Fijian girl figured any of this out, she would break the taboo and her child would have birth defects.

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There’s a monster at the end of this book. Humans evolved to transmit culture with high fidelity. And one of the biggest threats to transmitting culture with high fidelity was Reason. Our ancestors lived in Epistemic Hell, where they had to constantly rely on causally opaque processes with justifications that couldn’t possibly be true, and if they ever questioned them then they might die. Historically, Reason has been the villain of the human narrative, a corrosive force that tempts people away from adaptive behavior towards choices that “sounded good at the time”.

Why are people so bad at reasoning? For the same reason they’re so bad at letting poisonous spiders walk all over their face without freaking out. Both “skills” are really bad ideas, most of the people who tried them died in the process, so evolution removed those genes from the population, and successful cultures stigmatized them enough to give people an internalized fear of even trying.

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This book belongs alongside Seeing Like A State and the works of G.K. Chesterton as attempts to justify tradition, and to argue for organically-evolved institutions over top-down planning. What unique contribution does it make to this canon?

First, a lot more specifically anthropological / paleoanthropological rigor than the other two.

Second, a much crisper focus: Chesterton had only the fuzziest idea that he was writing about cultural evolution, and Scott was only a little clearer. I think Henrich is the only one of the three to use the term, and once you hear it, it’s obviously the right framing.

Third, a sense of how traditions contain the meta-tradition of defending themselves against Reason, and a sense for why this is necessary.

And fourth, maybe we’re not at the point where we really want unique contributions yet. Maybe we’re still at the point where we have to have this hammered in by more and more examples. The temptation is always to say “Ah, yes, a few simple things like taboos against eating poisonous plants may be relics of cultural evolution, but obviously by now we’re at the point where we know which traditions are important vs. random looniness, and we can rationally stick to the important ones while throwing out the garbage.” And then somebody points out to you that actually divination using oracle bones was one of the important traditions, and if you thought you knew better than that and tried to throw it out, your civilization would falter.

Maybe we just need to keep reading more similarly-themed books until this point really sinks in, and we get properly worried.

#slate star codex #book review #joseph henrich #read the whole thing

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robkirbycomics · 6 years ago

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I did Twitter’s #31HorrorFilm31Days challenge again this year - at the outset I thought it would be really hard to accomplish this time around, but it wasn’t - I finished with days to spare. Of course now I won’t be able to watch another horror movie for another month at least. This year I went heavily 80′s, rewatching several favorite old chestnuts and finally catching up with never-seen-before perennials like Return of the Living Dead. I also saw some good newer stuff like Creep 2 & the new Halloween. Gotta mix it up at least a little, right? Anyway, read my full list with their accompanying twitter comments below, and happy Halloween!

1. CREEP 2 ('17) Female filmmaker doesn't *flinch* when guy she’s filming tells her he's a serial killer, thinks he’ll make for fab material. Good luck with that.

2. HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II (’87) Who was that who said "Hell hath no fury like that of a 50′s prom queen scorned by being burned alive who reappears in the 80′s as a vengeful spirit supported by lots of FX"? Whoever said that, they are vindicated.

3. MR JONES ('13) Film-making couple has neighbor who is either (A) a famous reclusive artist ("like Banksy!") or (B) a guardian between us & a nightmare realm. I'm gonna go with (B)

4. THE BIRDS (’63) Our fine feathered friends become our fine feathered foes in this classic Hitchcock thriller.

5. HOLIDAYS (’15) Featuring 8 short tales, each on a different holiday. It's hit or miss but u may well enjoy imagining Mitch McConnell as the male character in K. Smith's gruesome anti-misogyny revenge fantasy - I sure did.

6. GOD TOLD ME TO (’76) Randos begin killing randomly, claiming "God told me to!" But what's reeeeally going on? Cop w/ personal issues is on the case. Solid, wacko B flick features tons of late 70s NYC goodness

7. THE BEYOND (’81) Woman inherits hotel in New Orleans which turns out 2B one of the 7 Gates to Hell! The hotel offers lovely amenities such as murderous walking corpses & eyeball eating spiders

8. THE BLACK CAT ('81) Title cat goes full-out serial killer in small English village, also manages to get bricked up behind a wall b/c you know, that's the classic black cat behavior

9. PROM NIGHT (’80) Jamie Lee Curtis & group of teens are stalked by vengeful masked killer. Everything comes to a head (literally) at the disco prom. Sample music lyrics: “Prom night/Everything is alright!”

10. HALLOWEEN (’78) The boogeyman comes to Haddonfield with a big knife and a nasty attitude, but Final Girl extraordinaire Jamie Lee Curtis is having none of it

11. THE FOG (’80) Title fog + ghosts + vengeance + death = total entertainment. With this we conclude the Jamie Lee Curtis trilogy portion of this year's #31HorrorFilms31Days

12. DEADLY BLESSING (’81) Wes Craven’s overstuffed tale of sinister goings-on in a Hittite community includes interesting moving parts, incl a young Sharon Stone & a bonkers ending. Sample Hittite dialogue: "“You are a stench in the nostrils of God!”

13. DEADLY FRIEND (’86) Cute brainiac plants an AI chip in his murdered girlfriend's brain and she proceeds to go on murderous rampage because in good times & bad times that's what Deadly Friends are for

14. RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (’85) A genuinely funny horror comedy w/ pitch perfect performances by a stellar cast of B-movie pros + a killer soundtrack. A fan fave for good reasons, glad I finally saw it!

15. THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD (’71) As the poster advertises you get Vampires! Voodoo! Vixens! Victims! But no dripping blood, TBH

16. SUSPIRIA (’77) Dario Argento’s baroque classic stars Jessica Harper, a coven of e-vil witches, and fabulously over-the-top sets, cinematography & score.

17. NIGHT OF THE SEAGULLS (’75) Nice Dr. & wife move to crusty seaside town of rude, fearful villagers + band of murderous dead blind knights, and learn what niceness gets you in this world

18. THE WITCH (’15) Puritan family runs afoul of witches in ye olden tymes: death, madness, & corruption of the innocent ensue, in pretty much that order.

19. MALATESTA’S CARNIVAL OF BLOOD (’73) Uncommonly weird, original little grindhouse item recommended to that certain type of fan who responds 2 made-on-the-fly auteurist nonsense. And yes: that *is* Tattoo from Fantasy Island!

20. THE PREMONITION (’76) whackjob lady has her eyes on nice lady's cute lil adopted daughter & plans to take her but the nice lady has THE PREMONITION and things escalate from there

21. SWEET, SWEET LONELY GIRL (’16) Titular sweet n lonely 70′s girl goes 2 stay with ailing recluse aunt, meets a hot mysterious other girl and things proceed from weird 2 weirder.

22. WE GO ON (’16) Young man terrified of life offers big $$$ to anyone who can prove existence of an afterlife, comes 2 regret what he learns. Fine cast + scary, thoughtful story: this gets the Sincere Rob Recommendation (tm)

23. TERROR TRAIN (’80) Crazed madman vs obnoxious fraternity members aboard New Yr’s Eve party train. With the exception of Jamie Lee Curtis, who ably performs final girl duties, you'll root for the killer

24. RE-ANIMATOR (’85) Jeffrey Combs is fabulous as a wacky med student who discovers a way 2 re-animate dead tissue in this funny, gory (somewhat Bro-y) '80's cult classic

25. STAGE FRIGHT (’87) Enjoyable Italian fromage features an escaped psychopath in an owl mask vs. a locked theater full of actors rehearsing a play. Co-starring: a stormy night, unintentional laughs

26. THE NESTING (’81) Agoraphobic writer from the city rents a spooky old house in the country which A. was once a brothel & B. was the scene of a massacre, leading to C. Complications.

27. THE NINTH GATE (’99) Filthy rich dude hires Johnny Depp to acquire rare satanic book. Predictably, satanic things then begin to happen

28. HALLOWEEN (’18) Michael Myers returns after 40 yrs 2 reprise his gr8st hits from the original & its sequel, H20, & even the R. Zombie sequel (the PTSD stuff). Still - SURPRISE! - none of it compares to the original '78 classic.

29. FRIEND REQUEST ('16) Facebook-inspired horror. I'm srsly unfriending it unliking it & wish I could unwatch it

30. FIEND (’80) Supernatural entity possesses a dead man and proceeds 2 Fiendishly strangle neighbors b/c that's what Fiends do. Amateurish but endearingly sincere production was apparently made for $39.99 + some coupons

31. ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE (’06) Unappealing teens go 2 ranch 4 fun & sex & 2 be killed off one by one as usual, but wait there’s a twist! But wait again you’ve figured it out already.

#Horror Movies #31horrorfilms31days #Twitter #fulci #suspiria #dario argento #wes craven #jamie lee curtis #john carpenter #halloween #giallo #1980s movies #1980s horror

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beatrixedercoaching · 4 years ago

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The Impact Of Perspective

Our worldviews are the subconscious structures to our thoughts and actions: though we might not notice, they influence how we see and make sense of our existence, how we interact with others and what decisions we make. There are six dimensions of our worldview that bridge our perspectives and actions:

1) Reality: individual reality and how we experience life 2) History: what elements have shaped our current reality 3) Future: where do we go 4) Values: beliefs about what is right and wrong and how things are “supposed to be” 5) Practices: what actions do we choose to orient our life 6) Knowledge: where our knowledge comes from, how we inform and educate ourself

Independence & Power-over Though there are plenty of differences between countries and cultures, the most prevalent worldview in the modern world -in particular in business, economy and politics- is based on theories of competition, survival of the fittest, battle for power and war against an enemy (enemy being anything that one group of people dislike and fear: can be COVID-19, terrorism, poverty, cancer etc).

The foundation to these ideas has been developed over 160 years ago (~1860) by Charles Darwin. These theories have been the cradle of the widely spread understanding of an independent, competitive, dominant and exploitative power.

It is this “power-over” attitude which is based on two fundamental beliefs of domination systems:

1) The assumption of the scarcity of resources and means

2) The assumption that living beings, and humans in particular, are motivated by the desire to satisfy their impulses and this without consideration of the consequences – be it for self or others

In this worldview we find safety in separating from others and opposing them; this understanding of power dehumanizes interactions and decisions. In this worldview there is a constant underlying fear of not having enough and that we might be deprived of the little we have. On an individual level, this worldview justifies that we fight to get our needs met and on a societal level it accepts that meeting our needs will be often achieved through mechanisms that distribute resources unequally and at the detriment of others.

In these domination systems, we play one of two roles: a) Being the dominator who can meet their need at the expense of others’ needs OR b) Being the subordinate who has no power to meet their needs except through the grace of the dominator

Independently of our culture and the style of our family of origin, most of us have grown up with this experience of domination and subordination. With this, we are programmed to control or obey and it is uncanny how easily we switch and adapt to both roles.

Interdependence & Collaboration

A more recent -and rather holistic- theory of evolution is the combined work of Ivan Wallin and Lynn Margulis. Their research demonstrated that it’s not competition but rather collaboration and interdependence that contribute to evolution:

Life evolves through first diversifying and then integrating diversity through collaboration. This way of collaborating is not straight forward and emerges often from the paradox of antagonistic processes.

If you are interested in reading two examples of interdependent and collaborative relationships (also called symbiosis) in the world of plants and animals, do read the next two paragraphs. If not, just scroll down and continue reading at the section “From the individual to the collective”.

Symbiotic relationships

The word “symbiosis” is derived from the Greek and means ‘living together’. Applying it in its strictest sense, ecologists use the word to refer to a range of different interactions.

Parasitism is where organisms feed on another, harming, but not necessarily killing the host.

Commensalism is when an organism lives on a host, “hitching a ride”, but not really causing any harm.

Mutualism refers to those interactions in which both organisms benefit.

In more popular usage, symbiosis usually refers to mutualistic relationships.

Example 1: Lichens

Lichens are those small, colorful leaf-like structures that can often be seen on the bark of trees (refer to the image of this article showing some lichen). There are about 17,000 species of lichens in the world and they appear in almost all climate zones. These intriguing organisms are not plants and are actually made up of a fungus and an alga. The fungal partner forms the solid structure of the lichen, while the alga provides the energy through photosynthesis – the process of converting the sun’s energy into sugars. This is a very close alliance called endosymbiosis – a term used to describe a symbiotic relationship in which one organism lives within the cells or body of another. Lichens can also form a substrate on which other plants can grow, and they are often habitat for tiny mites, spiders and other invertebrates.

Example 2: Wolves and ravens

Ravens will often associate with wolf packs, as the wolves not only make food (such as deer carcasses) available, but also open up tough hides that the birds would not be able to penetrate very easily by themselves. Ravens have been observed to reveal the location of prey by calling, thereby making hunting easier for the wolves, and improving the chances of a meal for themselves.

From the individual to the collective

In this interdependent worldview the focus shifts from individuals to the collective and the key strategy of Life is to optimize the system as a whole, rather than maximizing only some parameters of the system for a few and at the detriment of many.

The biologist, Peter Corning, former president of the International Society for Systems Science and director of the Institute for the Study of Complex Systems, says:

If a society is viewed merely as an aggregate of individuals who have no common interests, and no stake in the social order, then why should they care? But if society is viewed […] as an interdependent collective survival enterprise, then each of us has a vital, life-and-death stake in its viability and effective functioning, whether we recognize it or not.

Inclusive Leadership: Sustainability through collaboration

Inclusive leadership is among the main drivers of holistic sustainability, considering an organization’s long-term impact on society and the environment. Inclusive leaders are able to maintain financial performance and balance the pressure of short-term priorities with long-term goals while making choices that take into account the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit.

Almost all companies know that collaboration is essential to the growth of their people and the business. When collaboration is embedded in the way of doing business, it allows to

leverage the diversity of people and tap into the full potential of their skills and experiences

create a sense of belonging and community where everyone is fully engaged

shape the organizational culture and be attractive to current and future employees.

Collaborating vs Negotiating

Many companies express their aspiration to a collaborative way of working with employees, customers, suppliers and shareholders. Yet all too often, we have the impression of collaborating and do not recognize when our scarcity-competition-domination mindset kicks in. In these instances, we are not collaborating anymore, but merely negotiating how our own needs can be met.

Have you ever entered a discussion with an idea of the exact outcome? Have you ever been listening with a defensive attitude, feeling irritated and personally attacked by the perspective of the other(s)? Have you ever noticed that you are thinking about your own response while the other person did not finish talking yet?

These are common reactions when we are in the scarcity-competition-domination mindset. They frequently show up when

there is time pressure to act quickly instead of dialoguing

hearing viewpoints totally different from yours

disliking or having difficulty to follow the style of another person

trying to listen to people whom you consider less experienced / less skilled / less respectable in the area of discussion

working with people with whom you had a difficult relationship in the past

there is misalignment around the objectives of the collaboration

So, despite the fact that evolutionary we are designed for collaboration and that we have clarity about its benefits, what is it that makes it so hard to consciously choose collaborating with others? Are we prisoners of an ingrained worldview and inherited cultural messages that does not serve us?

How can we grow both the trust and the skills to live, work and lead in a collaborative way in a world that is built on competition and control?

In a separate article, I will explore some practices that can help us to remember our commitment to genuine collaboration and change our behavior in ways that are conducive of working together with people and perspectives different from ours.

Stay tuned!

Questions for reflection

How might the outcome of a conversation change when we enter with a perspective of competition / domination? What if we maintain a perspective of connectedness / collaboration?

What are your personal challenges to stay in a collaborative attitude?

What triggers these behaviors in you that hinder collaboration?

#Transformational coach Singapore #Parental Transitions Coaching

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10, 12, 19, & 26 for the MCC girls :)

10. Your OC vs a Tiny Crab

Kurimi: The crab does not escape Kurimi. She comes at it with a pair of tongs. It tries to scuttle away but she is too fast. How is she so fast? The crab wants to scream but it cannot. It finds itself lifted into the air. It’s tiny legs amd pinchers all flail helplessly in the wind. Then darkness overtakes it. Is it dead? Is it in crab purgatory? No, it’s in a box. Only the faintest hint of light peeks in through the airholes poked in the “ceiling.” Alone in the silence, the crab sulks. It eventually falls asleep. The crab dreams of peaceful shores until suddenly, it awakes under a spotlight.

“Experiment DB1273,” the purple-haired beast drones from above.

“Kurimi, nO-” a voice cries. It’s all the crab hears before it faints.

The crab wakes up on the ocean shore once more. It is evening. The beach is quiet. Were those events a dream? No, a nightmare? As the crab dashes for the waves, it hears those voices again.

“I can’t believe we had to ride all the way back here… I told you not to terrorize the wildlife.”

“Hm. I will reevaluate my definition of terrorize and adjust behavior accordingly.”

Mitsuko: Mitsuko loves the crab. The crab is small and adorable. She will name it Shelley. Just as she scoops up the crab to show Minty, the frightened creature gives her a sharp pinch and flees. Minty and Kurimi find her curled up on a towel as she clutches her sore finger and whimpers about Crab-chan rejecting her.

Angelita: The sight of the crab gives Angelita ideas. She looks at her bowl of rice, and then she looks at the crab. Next, she looks at the barbecue, and then she looks at the crab. Then, she looks at her chopsticks. She clicks them menacingly, then pauses to think. That crab is really too small too have any meat on it anyway, she decides with a shrug. She turns to look back at the crab, but it has fled.

Minty mistook it for a spider and is crying. Mitsuko had to shoo it away with a stick while Kurimi and Angelita calm down their hapless roommate.

12. Your OC vs. that seagull that keeps trying to steal their food.

Kurimi: Kurimi takes care of Mr. Seagull fairly quickly. Minty asks why she brought a net cannon to the beach. Before she can get her answer, she has to stop Kurimi from tying the bird to a chair as part of some “bird psychology experiment.” The seagull learns not to come back.

Mitsuko: Mitsy has a water gun. She is taking this affront as a challenge. Her food gets cold as she battles a flock of seagulls, laughs maniacally, and shouts about “defending [her] darling princesses!”

Angelita: Ani has a lighter and pair of tongs. The barbecue is lit. Her amber eyes glint menacingly in the sunlight. The seagull takes the hint. Fortunately, their is no poultry added to their picnic.

19. Imagine your OC tries to pose in the sand, but gets hit by a wave.

Kurimi: Kurimi looks up from the sand, soaked from head to toe. Her hair is now a mess, and the wave has knocked the straps of her swimsuit askew. Most noticeably, a fish wriggles helplessly in her mouth.

“Uh… Kurimi… you can put it back,” Minty says uneasily.

Catroid’s ears droop.

“Please put it back.”

Mitsuko: Mitsuko looks ecstatic. With wide eyes, she looks down at her soaked t-shirt and grins. “Heck yes.” Putting her hands on her hips, she strikes a dramatic pose. “I look, like, 20% sexier this way.”

Minty doesn’t respond and continues taking photos.

“Hey, Minty,” Mitsuko says, her grin turning sly.

“What?”

“Did you know that doing this kind of thing on the beach would get me totally we-”

“MITSUKO.”

Angelita: Tears well up in Angelita eyes. They drip from her chin along with the ocean water. Shoulders slumped and fingers spread, she stares down at the soggy remains. As her lips began to tremble, the tail droops. The wail is heard across the beach.

“MY MELON BREEEEAAAAD!”

Amgelita refuses to pose for anymore shore photos. Boardwalk only.

26. Imagine your OCs watching the sunset beneath the waves.

It is the end of the beach day. As the sun goes down, the wind picks up. Everyone huddles around their primary source of warmth: Kurimi.

As the sky turns beautiful shades of orange, Kurimi purrs. Everyone else hisses, “Cooooolddd….”

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fearofaherobrine · 7 years ago

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Roleplay Server Log #231

"Making Ponies, Firebird vs DN, Cn's Room, Mammoth Haircut”

[Doc] Types with one hand while xe walks- Deerheart? Just a heads up if you don't know, Pinwheel is out wandering, so keep a close eye on Yaunfen. Going swimming would probably be the safest activity right now.

[Deer] - Oh we know, Splender screamed it over chat. TLOT had to go and reassure the villages they would be okay-

[Doc] Any sightings yet?

[Deer] - Not as far as I know

- /DN was killed by Pinwheel/ -

[Doc] Well she's getting better in her taste of who to bite-

[Deer] Hysterically laughing from the castle-

[Alexsezia] Guys, she's at my house.

[Doc] I'll come over. Just stay where you are.

[Splender] Over chat- PINWHEEEEEEEEEEEL!

[Doc] Reaches Alexsezia's house-

[Alexsezia] Is sitting cross-legged on top of a wood block. Her cats are all locked in the house and mewing. She's holding a long stick that's actually two sticks bound with spider thread to increase the length, and using a tuft of feathers on the end to play with Pinwheel like a cat.

[Pinwheel] Watches the feather and lunges at it-

[Alexsezia] Shakes the little tuft and lets her get a taste of it before twitching it away.

[Doc] Very smart.

[Pinwheel] Chases after the feather-

[Alexsezia] From everything I've seen their behavior when they're small is cat-like. She just seemed bored and probably wandered over here just because this is the closest house apart from yours.

[Pinwheel] Lashes at the feather with her tail, cutting a bit of it off-

[Alexsezia] Whoah. Sharp and accurate! - twitches the toy around some more.

[doc] Smiles- Looks like she's having fun.

[Splender] Arrives, a bit frantic- PINWHEEL!

[Doc] Splender! It's okay. She's fine.

[Pinwheel] Rolls around as she grabs at the feather-

[Splender] - But she killed someone again!

[Doc] Yeah, it was my NOTCH, and he's a grade A asshole.

[Splender] - But... But...

[Doc] No butts. He's the reason I was sick, and he's been driving me nuts. There is zero reason for you to feel bad about that. For all we know he kicked her or something.

[Splender] Whimpers- Okay...

[Doc] Pats him - We were just gone for a little longer then expected and she probably got bored-

[Pinwheel] Bites at the stick-

[Alexsezia] Aww. you cracked it. Give me a min, I'll fix it. - pulls the stick straight up to repair it-

[Pinwheel] Lunges at it-

[Alexsezia] Pulls back half a stick and the part with the feather falls to the ground-

[Pinwheel] Attacks the feather-

[Doc] Laughs good-naturedly- I guess you really need one of these around the house Splender.

[Alexsezia] Gets down from the block to get more feathers from the house- I'll be right back.

[Pinwheel] Hunkers down low and butt twitches in Alex's direction-

[Splender] - Pinwheel no!

[Pinwheel] - NO!

[Doc] Kicks the block Alex was sitting on into Pinwheel's path.

[Alexsezia] Jumps at the loud noises - What the nether?

[Pinwheel] Is a bit stunned after running into the block-

[Alexsezia] Honestly...

[Doc] She just gets too excited. We're working on teaching her not to randomly bite people.

[Splender] - I'm sorry!

[Doc] It's not your fault. She just has a lot of energy.

[Pinwheel] Starts climbing on top of the block-

[Doc] Gets behind her and starts scratching her ruff-

[Pinwheel] Flops-

[Doc] See? There you go. You're happy.

[Alexsezia] Nice trick.

[Doc] at Pinwheel- Did someone have a fun day exploring?-

[Pinwheel] - No

[Alexsezia] Is suprised- No?

[Doc] That's just the only word she knows so far.

[Pinwheel] - No no no

[Doc] See?

[Alexsezia] Chuckles-

[Splender] - I'm sorry if she's caused you any trouble Alex...

[Alexsezia] Not at all. I'm used to dealing with small fickle animals. Cat's that aren't well-socialized can be bitey and scratch at the smallest provocation too. You just have to be gentle and patient.

[Splender] Sits down-

[Doc] Is just rubbing and scritching Pinwheel with abandon, trying to get her to purr.

[Pinwheel] Teeny tiny purr-

[Alexsezia] Goes into the house and comes back with a tuft of feathers. She leans against the wall and starts making a new cat toy, this time with the feathers on a little string.

[Pinwheel] Is watching the feathers-

[Alexsezia] Finishes the toy and gives it to Splender - You just drag it along like this and twitch it away. Kinda like fishing.

[Splender] Tries-

[Pinwheel] Pulls away from Doc to chase the feathers-

[Doc] There we go. Happy Pinwheel. This is a good way to exercise her if you want her to sleep too.

[Splender] - Okay

[Alexsezia] Why are you dressed like that Doc?

[Doc] Oh, I went out for a bit. Hg is done transforming. He can go out irl now.

[Splender] Is trying to get Pinwheel to jump-

[Alexsezia] Swing it up so it goes in an arc over her head. It makes cats do backflips.

[Splender] Tries it-

[Pinwheel] Her neck and head just flop backwards to follow-

[Alexsezia] Okay granted a cat does strike with their whole body, not just the head...

[Splender] Giggles-

[Doc] Oh! I still have the void bottle! I wonder if she went wandering out of hunger? - Xe puts down a shulker box and spins it open to get the little bottle of black mush

[Pinwheel] Attention is on the bottle rather quickly-

[Doc] cautiously holds it near her and tips it gently

[Pinwheel] Laps up the contents eagerly, standing on her hind legs trying to get closer-

[Doc] Keeps tipping until it's empty- Do you want more?

[Pinwheel] Baps the bottle-

[Doc] okay, I have more. I made myself a dragon kit box - indicates the white shulker box- I've got medicine and dragon wort in there too- Xe pulls out another bottle and tips it for Pinwheel as well

[Pinwheel] Stretches neck as much as she can to try and get as much energy as she can-

[Alexsezia] I'm glad I'm not the only one around here who likes to be prepared for anything

[Splender] - She's so cute

[Doc] She is lovely, and hungry! Is it gonna be time to get bigger again already?

[Pinwheel] - No

[Lie] Arrives at the castle around mid day the next day, CN is following her-

[Dn] Materializing behind them- Your most probable quarry is hiding.

[Lie] - Yelps- WHAT THE FUCK!?

[CN] - DN! Look! Look! I got another feather!

[Dn] Examines it and gives a snort of appreciation. - Did the giver die swiftly?

[CN] - No, the pretty bird just gave it to me! It's another NOTCH like us!

[Dn] Interesting....

[Lie] Having recovered- If your speaking about Doc, that's not who I'm looking for today

[Dn] Then who is in this ridiculous house are you seeking?

[Lie] - The brine which is the reason the two of you even exist

[Dn] Makes a sour face. - Gone riding in the desert.

[Lie] - I see, guess I should have brought Beau...

[CN] - That's the armored one, right?

[Lie] - Yes CN

[Dn] Just stares at her rather coldly - Why do you want to see the brine Cn?

[CN] - I'm just following my brine to make sure she's safe!

[Dn] Pats his head-

[CN] Laughs a little-

[Lie] Is debating what to do-

[Dn] Turns with an annoyed sigh and walks out across the water, leaving a path of ice as he heads for the shrine.

[Lapras] Surfaces to investigate the ice-

[Dn] clucks his tongue at the pokemon, and grumbles- More annoying intrusions.

[Lie] Decide not to trust DN's ice and walks the long way around to the edge of the desert and calls out mentally for TLOT-

[TLOT] Mentally- Lie? We're at the gym.

[Lie] - I don't wanna walk that far...

[TLOT] Then tp to me, duh.

[Lie] - How do I do that again? And I've got CN with me...

[TLOT] Groans- I'll do it. Honestly, you need to learn this stuff.

- /tp player Lilinthia and ChildNOTCH to HerobrinetheLordofTears /-

[TLOT] Is standing beside his zombie horse Hellion

[Steve] Is doing some small tricks on China as he runs the skeletal horse in a circle around the large open floor.

[Lie] - Thank you TLOT, hey Steve

[Steve] Waves- Hi Lie!

[CN] Frowns at the undead horses-

[TLOT] Is keeping a sharp eye on the child- What's the matter now?

[CN] - Those could hurt her

[Lie] Sighs- They won't hurt me CN

[Steve] Hey Lie, watch me! - He stands up on China's back and crouches to stay put as China goes at a full gallop-

[TLOT] Nonsense. They're perfectly tame.

[Lie] - So you're learning some vaulting and trick riding?

[Steve] As he goes by- Is that what it's called?

[TLOT] It's just a minor error that's letting him crouch on China. It may have something to do with the update. But it's neat and we'll play with it while it lasts. Really it's fortunate that China is perfectly obedient. Xe can't really feel, so xe can't be motivated with treats or a smack on the rear. Hellion can still sense if I give them a tap.

[Lie] - Yeah, that's what it's called. And the horses used for this in the real world are trained for years for it. Anyways TLOT, I think I have a project you might like. It's for all the kids

[TLOT] I'm listening.

[Hellion] Wanders off a little bit and decides to keep pace with China-

[Lie] - So while we were out this last time we were able to pet and interact with some animals that are not on the server, like ponies. Ponies are essentially smaller horses which are a perfect size for kids. Do you think we could alter some spawn eggs to create some ponies?

[TLOT] Most likely, show me in your mind, so I can get it right. -

[Lie] Shows him images of ponies and kids riding them so he can get a better idea of the ratio-

[TLOT] Can't I just.. smush some big ones?

[Lie] - You are not touching my horses

[TLOT] Oh for.. I mean spawn some new ones and use them.

[Steve] Sits back down and is fussing around with China's reins.

[Lie] - Oh alright...

[TLOT] Do you really need a lot of them?

[Lie] - Just a few for now, so I can work with them and make sure they'll be okay with kids

[TLOT] Four sound good?

[Lie] - Yeah, that should do

[CN] Is running up and down the stairs-

[TLOT] Makes a slightly wicked face - Then I can show you something... unsettling. - He opens the creative and pulls out the spawn eggs.

[Lie] Gives TLOT an unsure look-

[Steve] Slows down and to watch and brings China over-

[TLOT] Taps the egg four times to get four horses and takes a few steps back from the small cluster- I don't think anyone but my lamb really realizes how much having the Testificates here on the sub-seed has increased my powers...

[TLOT] He braces his feet and spreads his fingers on each hand like a director framing a shot. The horses are clustered inside the cage of his fingers with no sign of effort he draws his hands closer together and compacts the horses into ponies inside the clear cube of space around them.

[Horses] Look thoughly weirded out but not in any discomfort.

[Steve] Applauds-

[Lie] - Okay that is a bit unsettling... Please don't ever accidentally do that

[TLOT] I would never. But it's amazing how easy it is now. I used to have to touch things to do that. And doing more then one at a time...? No way.

[Lie] - I'm glad for you TLOT, really. Did you hear that Splender went to Kore recently?

[TLOT] I heard it second-hand, but yes. I gather that he had a brief but happy visit, and that the children are greatly enjoying their toys.

[Lie] Smiles and nods-

[CN] Was racing down the steps to get between Lie and TLOT to defend her when he trips and falls-

[Hellion] Ducks hir head and lets Cn fall against the flat of hir face. The flesh is rubbery and just the tinest bit cold. The green horse gives a hollow whinny.

[CN] - Ewwwww...

[TLOT] Eww nothing, that was nice. Good Hellion.

[Lie] - Yes, very good Hellion. Are you okay CN?

[CN] Scrambles away and gets between Lie and TLOT- Stay away!

[TLOT] What's the issue now? You're a NOTCH, surely you had some idea of the extent of my powers already?

[CN] - You'll use them on her!

[Lie] Mutters- Oh for fucks sake

[TLOT] It wouldn't be the first time. I'm the reason she can turn into a cat. I'm the one that made her a Herobrine.

[CN] Growls a little-

[Lie] - TLOT, so far he hasn't shown any powers...

[TLOT] So far...

[Steve] Cn, we've all been friends for a long time. We're not going to hurt Lie.

[CN] - But... But... When she first came into being she was scared!

-mix does the arrive with a firebird on her head, his tail trailing behind her-

[Hellion] Trots over to Mix, sniffing both them and the bird interestedly-

[TLOT] Hello Mix, Firebird, what do you think of our new ponies?

[Steve] Pulls on China's reins so xe does an artful little trot to show off

[Lie] - Now your doing dressage

[Steve] Aw, China just high steps when Xe's happy.

[Mix] *gently pats Hellion's snoot

[Mix] Ponies? Teeny horses? *Peeks over to look

[Mix] Awwww

[Hellion] Gives a happy snort and a little dust comes out of their nostrils.

[Firebird] -stares at Hellion judgementally before hopping off Mix's head and gliding over to TLOT to try and perch on him-

[CN] - Pretty bird!

[TLOT] Sticks up his arm to catch Firebird like a falcon

[Firebird] -Lands on arm and chirps contently-

[Mix] Who's a good horse... you are! *pet the zombie horse with lots of love, forgetting her intentions for coming here

[Hellion] Super happy and nuzzling-

[TLOT] Aww Xe likes you.

[Mix] They're a good horse! *happy beam as she pets Hellion

[TLOT] Touches Firebirds mind- what do you think about our plethora of NOTCHES?

[Firebird] -No thought about it for a moment as bird shuffles before just, a noncommittal "Decent, I guess? Tiny one got a feather from me."- Chorp

[Mix] -contently petting Hellion- Good horse...

[Steve] Gives the smallest of signals and China trots directly up to Lie and gives her a little bow with their head down and front legs bent-

[Hellion] Lips around her hands to see if Mix has anything-

[Lie] Gives China a pat- You know, I could teach you some other manuevers

[Steve] Me or China? Haha

[TLOT] I don't know Lie, he does like the crop...-

[Lie] - Both of you silly

[Mix] TLOT, what can I feed Hellion?

[TLOT] Honestly? Meat. Xe is a zombie after all.

[Lie] - A crop if used properly shouldn't aggravate a horse. It's a tool for correcting yes, but not used in a cruel way. However, some things can be taught without a crop

[TLOT] Just stares at her for a moment and decides to let it go.

[Mix] -pops a raw beef out and offers it to Hellion-

[Steve] Lie? You can't hit China, that's not what he meant... Xe can't feel that much.

[Hellion] Noms messily-

[Firebird] -chirp chirp bitch-

[Lie] - OH! Alright then, hmmm, most of the maneuvers I know then won't work well because they require the horse to pick up on leg pressure...

[Steve] But I can just tell them what to do.... Well I can ask.

[Lie] - What I learned to do with horses out in the real world was a very difficult sport, it was meant to look like no commands were being given between horse and rider. They actually used to be old war manuevers

[CN] Gets closer to Firebird- Hi pretty birdy!

[Firebird] -squints at CN before scuttling a bit higher up TLOT's arm-

[Steve] Leans way down and China moves hir head close to bump his lovingly - Well it won't work like that. You have to ask.

[Lie] - Have you tried lateral movements?

[Steve] Points at the horse- Just demonstrate.

[China] Gives Lie a really curious and intense stare for something with no eyes.

[Lie] - Side stepping, moving sideways

[Mix] Oh! That's right, TLOT, Steve, I had some stuff to give you. *gives Hellion a final pat before walking over to TLOT and patting Firebird's head

-Mix does the search in her bag-

[China] Makes an attempt to go sideways but their legs aren't really made for it, they end up just scooting sideways without moving their legs at all. Gently glitching along.

[TLOT] Watches curiously-

[Lie] - Hmmmm, that's not really going to work, is it...

[Steve] Well.. they're trying. Gotta give em that. - Pats the horses spine affectionatly-

[Lie] - It's a good maneuver to know if your ever in battle against archers

[Steve] Good to know. Thankfully the archers are usually on our side.

[Mix] -Pulls out a Shard and squints at it before presenting it to TLOT. It looks faintly like a teardrop and glints brightly. It.. might have been an iron once?- It reminded me of you. It was the only one that ended up in this shape, too.

[Lie] - There's also some moves for close combat battle, like if you end up surrounded by zombies

[TLOT] Cradles it in his hands- It's lovely, thank you Mix. Is this one of the ones you grew?

[Steve] Oh we have a good one for that! Watch me! - He's all excited now-

[Mix] Yeah! I got a few I want to pass around because they reminded me of people. I got a funky lava one that reminds me of CP. Oh, While Lie's here... If I can find it-- *dig in bag

[Steve] Moves China around so they're a safe distance away and makes hir jump a little, throwing out hir front hooves powerfully and dashing at the air-

[Lie] - Yeah that's one of them, but I can show you one that allows you to attack not only forwards, but backwards at the same time

[TLOT] Is turning the shard over and over so the sun catches it- I can't believe you can grow such pretty jewels

[Steve] What? Like a donkey kick?

[Mix] I didn't know either! I got bored and the villagers nearby were nice and helped me gather stuff to try this out. The iron ones are super strong, but the Bedrock ones are stronger.

[Lie] - Now don't be surprised if you fall off the first few times you do this, China, I need you to rear up, and once at the height of your rear, you're going to jump and kick back with your hind lags

[TLOT] You made bedrock crystals?!

[Mix] Yeah, it was nether doing it, too. But after the initial one, they're easier to do. You can just put the new one in normal dirt.

[Steve] Umm... I'm gonna let hir do hir thing. - He hops down- Go nuts.

[China] Does a happy little prance and tries a couple of different stunts, leaping and kicking around. Xe manages to do one jump like Lie describes and the clatter of hooves against the stone floor is loud.

[Lie] - Good! That's the right way! I know it's hard, but it's a good trick to know in battle if something is right in front of you and behind you

[Steve] That was a good jump! - He reaches out for China and the horse happily butts up against him with a rather eerie wail, like wind in a seashell

[Lie] Smiles- Just keep up the practice and you'll have it down in no time

[TLOT] Man Mix... I would be happy to help you terraform part of the desert just so you could grow some of this stuff out in the open. Let it spread.

[Mix] Hey Lie! *She's found the shard that has a flower perfectly captured in it's center and is holding it up

[Mix] I mean, I kinda like the desert TLOT, It's nice seein' all the sand. Reminds me of home. Maybe a small part?

[Lie] - Hm? Yeah?

[Mix] This one's for you.

[TLOT] We could make a floating island. That would be fun.

[Lie] Approaches and takes the shard- It's so pretty!

[Mix] Like you! *cheesy smile

[Lie] Blushes- Ah, thank you

[TLOT] So what do you think Mix? Are you up for some building?

[Mix] -cheesy smile remains as she digs through her bag for the last shard. A few roll out and she gives lamenting looks at them since she's too busy to grab them. Bye Shards, have a nice life-

[Mix] Maybe? Still kinda tired. Just slept since I got back..

[CN] Yawns and rubs his eyes-

[Lie] - I think somebody stayed up to late "on guard"

[TLOT] So did you have a nice trip out at least?

[Steve] Thumbs at a small door- There's beds in the locker room. He can conk out if you want to do more horse stuff.

[Lie] - No, I should be getting home anyways. Might as well take him with me

[Steve] Aww....

[Mix] I did! I got to check on these, and practice a bit. Was nice...

[Lie] - Feel free to stop by my place if you want any more training with China

[TLOT] I heard about the gauntlets. If you ever want to show me, I'd love to see.

[Steve] Oookay....

[Lie] Gathers CN- See you guys later! Thank you for the shard Mix!

[Mix] Well- Other practice, beside those. Hmm... *pulls out a bedrock Shard, it mostly looks like pockmarked rock with a slightly glowing center. Weird.

[Mix] No problem Lie!

[Mix] Is this the one...

[Lie] Leaves with CN-

[Firebird] -chirp-

[TLOT] Is it part glowstone? Why is it lit up?

[Mix] Fuck if I know. They just, do. -sets it down and pulls another out- It's got magic in it's core like the rest, I'm pretty sure. That's why the others glow so... Magic?

[Steve] Holds out his hands, expecting the shard to be very heavy.

[China] Leans over his shoulder curiously and makes a little whistling sound.

[Mix] -squint a bit before smiling and handing it over. It's heavy, but not overly so. This one's pockmarks all seem to be heart shaped. Every last one.- Strong, but loving! Like you, Steve! *smile

[Steve] Aww! It's so neat! Thank you Mix!

[Mix] -cheesy smile increases- I'm glad you like it! If you want something made out of it you could probably talk to NK, that's what he did a lot. Was neat to watch... *faint fond expression

[TLOT] What could you make? Do you mean like jewelry? Or are they for channeling energy somehow-

[Mix] Yes. Yes to both those questions. He could do pretty much anything with them, given time, enough shards, and patience.

[Mix] I was better at learning languages compared to both of my brothers, though.

[TLOT] What kind of languges? I mean, I guess you speak Testificate and some of the mob talk right?

[Mix] I can speak uh... Dinospeak, I think was the common term for it. There are a few different subtypes but they used one general version across the seed. *gather up scattered shards and toss in bag

[Steve] So you can... talk to the Lightfoots?

[Mix] Yep!

[Mix] Why?

[Steve] Doc kinda pissed them off.

[Mix] Is that why shit's piling up in the library under the tree? Was wondering about it...

[TLOT] Fuuuuck. I guess it's my turn to piss them off. Show me.

[Mix] Sure, Firebird, here. -firebird flaps onto her shoulder and she trots out before turning to head toward her home. As they pass the two new Skeleton horse pens a few Lightfoot lazing about in the sun with the horses look over and judge them-

[TLOT] Strides a bit angrily-

[Steve] is leading the horses.

[TLOT] Tell them I want everything back that they've taken from the castle... or else.

[Mix] That it?

[TLOT] It better be or they won't like what happens next.

[Mix]- clears throat to get attention-... Kxo weet teskeh'j jkivv aj ke ro hokihdot den. Uffhosaukot....?

*she has a face that shows she's worried she didn't Pronounce the words right

*the lightfoot judge the request before a few get up to get stuff from the library

[TLOT] Pulls some saddlebags and trunks from the creative and gathers up all their stolen stuff.

[Steve] Helps him and piles the bags on their horses-

[TLOT] Thank you. I would prefer to avoid fighting, but stealing is not tolerated here.

[Mix] yeah, no problem. You two have fun returning it all, TLOT.

[Lie] Is heading back towards the gym because she forgot the ponies, this time she's on Beau and has leads-

[TLOT and Steve] Are headed back with a full load of stuff.

[Lie] Dismounts and heads down to grab the ponies-

[Steve] Hey, isn't that Beau?

[TLOT] I think so. Lie?

[Lie] Calls from inside- Yeah?

[TLOT] Opens the door to check on her. - Just making sure. I know you don't leave a horse alone lightly.

[Lie] - Yeah, I forgot to grab the ponies though- She's just tossing the last couple of leads over their necks

[TLOT] Do you need any help?

[Lie] - Nah, just hold the doors open please

[TLOT] Easy enough- He motions Steve back-

[Lie] Leads the ponies up and through the door- Thanks

[Stevie] Knocks on Steffans door-

[Enderbro] Answers the door holding Gordon- HIDEO-HO!

[Stevie] - NETHER!- Jumps back a little

[Enderbro] HI OTHER STEVE.

[Steffan] Appears behind Bro- Which other Steve is it bro?

[Enderbro] Uuuuuhhhhhhhhhh.....LITTLE STEVE.

[Stevie] - Er... Hey

[Steffan] Bro... Hey Stevie. - He gives Enderbro a gentle shove to the side - You wanna come in? It's a bit hot out.

[Stevie] - Sure, besides, I have something I wanna talk about with you

[Steffan] Motions for him to sit at the table. Steffan's laptop is already there and humming away.

[Enderbro] Tps to the floor with a 'bamph' and sits with Gordon on his lap, watching them-

[Stevie] Sits and gives the laptop a curious glance before returning his attention to Steffan- So I wanna surprise Alexis with something but I'm going to need some help

[Steffan] Why me? I can't craft off the table.

[Enderbro] How about a whole box of cookies!

[Stevie] - No no no, I wanna build her something, maybe a gazebo overlooking the water, but I'll need help building it so it will be done quickly and somebody else to distract her for the day

[Steffan] Absolutely.... as for a distraction... - he turns to Enderbro who's suddenly smiling. - Hey bro, want to go bug Alexis?

[Enderbro] Makes a show of thinking about it - What do I get?

[Steffan] Ummm?

[Stevie] - I'll get Lie to make you a special flower?

[Enderbro] Thinking - I want purple! And it should smell like chocolate!

[Stevie] - Ooooookaaaay....

[Steffan] Do you want him to go now?

[Stevie] - I dunno, do you think we should have somebody else there to help keep him focused?

[Steffan] Shakes his head - No, man. You don't have to talk around him either. Hey bro, you get to play with Alexis's kitten.

[Enderbro] KITTEN?!

[Stevie] - Yup, but it might be a couple of days, gotta make sure we have all of our supplies ready

[Enderbro] I WANNA PLAY WITH THE KITTEN-

[Steffan] Groans.... - You should have waited until you were ready to ask me then...

[Stevie] - We're Steve's it won't take us that long

[Steffan] Fair enough. Then you can get his part ready too-

[Enderbro] Shakes his head eagarly, and thrusts the dirt block at him - Gordon has a joke for you! He says; I'd tell you a joke about the end, but it will just dragon!

[Stevie] Gives a polite laugh- That's a good one

[Steffan] Is just rolling his eyes.

[Stevie] Once finished talking with Steffan, he decided to just bite the bullet and go see Lie. As he approaches, he notices her laying out blocks in her jungle tree- Lie?

[Lie] - Hm? Oh, hey Stevie, what brings you by?

[Stevie] - I need a favor...

[Lie] - What is it?

[Stevie] - I'm getting some help from Steffan and Enderbro for something I'm building and Bro requested a flower in return

[Lie] - What kind of flower?

[Stevie] - He wants a purple one that smells like chocolate...

[Lie] - Excuse me?

[Stevie] - Yeah... I know you don't like the smell but they're helping me with something important and I would really appreciate it if you'd do this for me...

[Lie] Sighs- Alright, just let me see if I can find some cocoa beans- She heads into her house and begins searching

[Stevie] Waits outside and notices CN- Oh, um, hello...

[CN] - You're okay- He then ducks back inside

[Lie] Comes outside with the beans and sits down on her steps, concentrating on the beans and attempting to change them. After several moments the beans begin to twist and writhe before sprouting upwards into a velvety purple flower- See if this is okay

[Stevie] Takes the flower and smells it. A rich chocolaty aroma wafts out and Stevie skills- Perfect, thank you Lie [Lie] - Yeah, just be sure to keep it away from me

[Stevie] Looks up at the tree Lie was in- So what are you doing? [Lie] - You mean you haven't heard? Doc and I have found our NOTCH's, mines a child so he's staying here. [Stevie] - Is that who I saw peeking out earlier? [Lie] - Probably, anyways, I'm building him a room so he doesn't have to sleep in my storage room [Stevie] - Well that's good, I'll see you around Lie [Lie] - Don't be a stranger, I know you're still wary of your brother, but currently his thoughts are preoccupied over my NOTCH

[Doc] Is fast walking with Yaunfen through Lie's yard. Xe's carrying a pair of shears and Dn is walking a few steps behind hir-

[Lie] - Oh, hey Doc

[Doc] Looks harried- Hi Lie...

[CN] - Spots DN and bursts out the front door- DN!

[Stevie] - Hey, what are the sheers for?

[Doc] I had an idea... but basically I just need some special wool.

[Dn] Watches the child-NOTCH run toward him with a placid expression.

[Lie] - Special wool? Doc... Are you sheering the mammoths?

[CN] Runs around DN a little before pointing at Stevie- He's okay

[Dn] I would hope so. He's just a human.

[Doc] Just looks angry and didn't actually hear Lie.

[Lie] Subtly spawns a few calming flowers behind Doc-

[Stevie] Twidles the flower in his fingers-

[Doc] I was trying to calm down but someone won't stop following me!

[Yaunfen] Angrily- Burp

[Dn] You will not deny me my purpose Herobrine.

[Doc] I have my own name thank you!

[Lie] - Have you figured out your purpose yet DN? Because to me you just look lost

[Yaunfen] Catches a whiff of the flower in Stevie's hand-

[Dn] My purpose is to check my brines behavior and correct any errors they make. I am not lost.

[Doc] ERRORS?!

[Stevie] Looks at Yaunfen- Um... Hello?

[Yaunfen] - Burp?- Tries to get closer to the flower

[CN] - DN, let's go hunt some birds!

[Doc] Has flared nostrils and suddenly makes a weird face. - Why do I smell chocolate?! Dn you make me so pissed off my senses are glitching!

[Lie] - Your senses aren't glitching Doc...

[Yaunfen] Jumps at Stevie-

[Stevie] Yelps-

[Dn] I wouldn't be suprised. You are a rather... unconventional Herobrine. Much less efficent then the red-haired one, or even the armored brine.

[Doc] Spits a bunch of angry numbers at him, it's a nasty swear in binary.

[Dn] Tempermental too...

[Lie] - You obviously haven't spent much time around my mate

[Dn] He fights efficently. That is enough to know.

[Yaunfen] Knocks Stevie over-

[Stevie] - Ack! Help!

[Doc] Good grief! Yaunfen!

[Dn] Snorts derisively.

[Stevie] - Please don't eat the flower... Enderbro requested it...

[Lie] - So Doc, this wool you're collecting...

-Firebird does the circle above in the sky because nosey-

[Doc] Why would you want to eat a flower anyway? I doubt it's sweet

[Lie] - It smells like chocolate, no idea what it tastes like

[Doc] That's what I'm smelling? Geeze... it's really accurate.

[Dn] Stares up at the bird-

[CN] - DN! That's the other NOTCH!

[Dn] Gives Cn a rather skeptical eyebrow-

-Firebird slowly circles lower-

[Doc] Is edging slightly away-

[Dn] Cn, I thought you said you wanted to hunt birds? Do you have a bow?

[Doc] OH FUCK NO!

[CN] - I already have a feather from that one though

-Firebird swooshes and dive bombs at DN, only to pull up and glide at CN when he's close enough.-

[Doc] Yells at Dn and then ducks- You leave Firebird alone. He's twice the NOTCH you are!

-chirp-

[CN] - Hi pretty bird!

[Dn] Fades out and then back in again as he's swooped at.

[Firebird] Chorp! -Hovers infront of CN before landing ontop of his head carefully-

[CN] Stumbles and then falls down from the weight-

[Doc] Facepalm-

[Dn] Twice? More like half. I think not.

[Firebird] Chirp. -slight grin as he hops off CN-

[CN] Bounces back up and dusts himself off, giggling-

[Firebird] -Stretches wings and sits on the ground, scrutinizing DN in thought-

[Lie] Goes through her inventory, looking at what she has-

[Doc] Notices the calming blossoms and grabs several before sticking them in hir pockets.

[Firebird] -thoughtful look increases, weighing options carefully as he folds his wings to his sides-

[Yaunfen] Is gumming at Steve's arm, as close to the flower as possible-

[Stevie] - Seriously, a bit of help?

[Doc] Lie? Is it safe for Yaunfen to eat?

[Lie] - It was made from a cocoa bean so... Probably?

[Doc] Clicks on the one in Stevies hand and eats a petal off the copy. - Meh, it tastes okay. Clean code- Xe holds the copy out for Yaunfen to get them off Stevie.-

[Yaunfen] Jumps at it- Burp!

-Firebird pops up and transforms, giving a slight grunt-

[Firebird] *stretch the arms because wow haven't been humanoid in a while. nice

[Dn] Such a crude way of checking code.... Hmm?!!!

[Firebird] -Finishes the stretch and swings forward fast, clearly trying to fuckin' deck DN-

[Dn] Goes sideways and tries to do the same to Firebird's chest.

[Firebird] -A noise faintly similar to a bird screech followed by him trying to swing talon feet up to scratch DN as he does the punch of his chest-

-Toasty temperature of firebird-

[Dn] Is startled by the NOTCH's nonhuman feet and noise and gets hit in his center-

[Lie] Glances at Notch's house, making sure he's safe in there-

[Dn] Finds his footing with a grunt and throws bolts of ice at the bird-

[Doc] Is trying to get everyone out of the way-

[Firebird] -Just, Melts it, heat increasing. He's bobbing back and forth on his feet now, looking a bit delighted and wild.- Is that all you've got??

[Stevie] Instinct kicks in and he nimbly dodges out of the way-

-Firebird bounces a golden ball in his hand-

[Dn] Scatters into black and vanishes. He reappears behind Firebird and tries to hit him with a hammerfist covered in ice-

[Yaunfen] Darts behind Lie's jungle trees-

[Doc] Just grabs Lie and runs in the same direction as the baby dragon-

[Lie] Yelps a little-

-Firebird spins, and while he does get punched, the ice is slushy from the heat he's exuding. He slams his hand forward, trying to sear DN's face off with the very, very hot golden ball-

[Dn] Is burned and growls in pain as his head tases sideways, his coding flickers as his repair protocals kick in-

[CN] Is just watching, a bit unnerved by the display of power-

[Dn] Forms an ice spike and drives it upward toward's Firebird's chest-

[Firebird] Been a while.. -Voice cuts off as the spike punctures his chest. It doesn't make it through, but it does cause a good bit of damage.- Hhh... -Kicks legs out, hoping to get DN in the shins or the lower stomach with his sharp talons. He just keeps getting hotter. Way too hot-

[Lie] - CN! Come here!

[CN] - I'm fine, DN won't hurt me

[Dn] Is hooked on the birds claws and torn, he freezes the ground as he falls, trying to trap his adversary.

-Firebird's hair and tail fringe are getting soft blue hues to them as he kicks his legs, snarling at DN-

[Dn] Is slicing at the other NOTCH's legs with an icy blade-

[Firebird] -Particularly loud screech as warmth rises, before both of them are engulfed in searing flames.-

-...When they pass, Firebird's sitting on the ground tentatively touching his injuries. DN is fuckin' wasted.-

-/ DarkNOTCH was killed by FirebirdNOTCH /-

[Doc] Races back over - Firebird!

-As Doc gets close Doc feels the air around Firebird is practically blisteringly hot still. It's, not pleasant.-

[Firebird]...Hmmm...?

[Doc] Whoah! Time to cool down! - Xe starts spawning packed ice and builds a circle of it around them-

[Stevie] - Need me for anything?

-Firebird looks at the ice and takes a moment before starting to cool down. The temperature is soon enough tolerable, if a bit on the hot side.-

[Doc] Yeah! Dig a small hole we can fill with water.

[Stevie] - On it- He gets to work

[Lie] - I can provide the water

[Doc] Please! - Xe getting out hir needle and thread and some cloths to clean Firebrid's wounds-

[Firebird] .... -Squints at Doc for a second, heat increasing before going down again.-

[Stevie] Quickly finishes the hole and Lie fills it with water-

[Yaunfen] Investigates the water-

[Doc] Is using the water to clean the cuts- That was very bold. Thank you.

[Firebird] He was a dick, deserved it.

[Firebird] You're welcome, Doctor.

[Doc] sighs- I know... I try to discourage fighting, but he's making me so upset harassing me and everyone else. So then I feel bad AND like I'm being a bad example. - Xe takes the little needle and closes his wounds near seamlessly-

[Lie] - It's okay Doc, we understand

[CN] - But DN is just doing his job

[Firebird] So was I, kid. It got me in bad places.

[CN] - But it's what we're supposed to do...

[Doc] Cn... just don't. You don't get how it feels for someone to hound you day and night making biting commentary on your choices when you're already questioning them yourself.

[Lie] Sighs- Well, I'm going to get back to work

[Firebird] -Idly plucking feathers from his tail as Doc fixes him up. It's mostly the feathers that have the most blue added to them.-

[CN] Is immediately interested in the plucked feathers-

[Doc] Why are you pulling those out?

[Firebird] You can have them, if you want CN.

[CN] Happily nods and gathers them up-

[Firebird] ... Don't like when I'm like this. Makes me anxious.

[Firebird] It wasn't a full turnover so I'm still mostly orange but..

[Doc] Here, have this- Xe pulls out one of the calming blossoms and offers it to him- Oh, do your colors change when you use your powers?

[Firebird] -Takes it hesitantly and twirls it between his fingers-

[Firebird] I was really, really bad back when I came to be. *nod a bit

[Firebird] I was blue then. Don't like being blue anymore, now that I'm different.

[CN] - What do you mean you were bad?

[Doc] Is fully focused on Firebird now - How bad?

[Firebird] ... Really bad?

[Doc] ...what changed?

[Firebird] Honestly? I got too cocky. Flowey managed to tear one of my eyes out and it scared the fuck out of me. Made me realize I was being really, really shitty to not just him, but the whole seed. Hell, even a few other seeds. *scrunches nose

[CN] - But we NOTCH's are made to keep balance...

[Firebird] ...More like he stabbed my eye but...

[Doc] That may be so, but you're not all created equally. And some brines are much weaker then their NOTCH's

[Firebird] Usually we are, CN. Usually. Sometimes, one side of the equation tips off. It goes bad from there.

[CN] Looks down, unsure about what he's heard-

[Doc] Checks Firebird over again and closes up some little rips in his clothes too. - I should really talk to Flowey... he's been rather elusive...

[Firebird] .... Do it when I'm not around, preferably. I don't need him trying to kill me again. *snort a bit

[Stevie] - Well, I'm going to go on my way to get this flower to Bro...

[Doc] Heh... I'm not confident about stepping into a fight between two NOTCHs'. But I think I can handle one brine.

[Firebird] True, true. If you need me to knock out your NOTCH again, feel free to yell for me over chat. That was... fun.

[Lie] - You might have to fight CP for the opportunity

[Firebird] That's no problem for me.

[Doc] Be my guest. Anything that gets me a moment of peace. I got so aggravated last night I started a fucking tunnel so I'll have another exit out of the castle.

[Firebird] You could hang with Mix. She and Flowey would shoo him away cause he'd freeze the flowers or something. *snort

[Firebird] I good to go now, Doctor?

[Doc] You are. Thank you- Xe impulsively gives him a little hug- You should be humanoid more often, just for the sake of conversation. -little wink-

[Firebird] -snort- I'll see about it, being a bird is easier on me. -hugs back before transforming. Looks himself over before flying off with a chirp-

[Doc] Cleans up the ice - Lie.... do you want to walk with me? I was going to check on BEN and Aven anyway.

[Lie] - Well, I'm kinda building CN a room...

[Doc] I could help? Yaunfen could provide moral support.

[Lie] - Sure, come on up

[Doc] Follows Lie into the house and across the little bridge. Xe notes that she made the entrance to the room a narrow hall beside the door to her own bedroom. Xe looks up at the partially finished treehouse- This is really neat Lie! Perfect for a kids room.

[Lie] - Yeah, I'm going to make it two layers for him, so he has a reason to climb the vines

[Yaunfen] Sniffs at the vines, a bit saddened that they aren't candy-

[Doc] I've been roughing out a room for Yaunfen actually, you're giving me some good ideas... Where can I help?

[Lie] - If you wanna state working on the second floor that would be great

[Doc] Scrambles up the vines and looks back to see if Yaunfen follows before laying down some carpeting

[Yaunfen] Stays below, sniffing around for treats-

[Doc] Calls down to them- you're gonna have your own space too, soon, just like a big kid

[Yaunfen] - Burp!

[Lie] Laughs a little at the dragons enthusiasm-

[Doc] I think I'll make you a little loft too

[Doc] is making a seating spot near the bookcases

[Lie] Rockets up past Doc on acacia logs-

[Doc] Time to hang more vines? - assuming it's a nerd pole

[Lie] - Nope, this is the end of the wall- Uses the vines to climb back down so she can start on the next corner

[Doc] Lie... I've been doing some thinking and I've notice d something... Yaunfen seems much heavier then they should be when they don't want to be moved.

[Lie] - Sooo, they're doing like a cat would? Maybe glitching a little?

[Doc] No, Yaunfen has clean codes. And it's more severe then it is with a cat. It's not just dead weight. It's like trying to shift bedrock sometimes.

[Lie] - Yikes

[Yaunfen] Peeks over an unfinished edge-

[Doc] Is keeping an eye on them, - I know you like to jump, but that's a little high. Stay up here, okay?

[Yaunfen] - Burp!

[Doc] Bustles around a bit, putting up paintings and decorating the little space

[Lie] Starts filling in the ceiling with glass- Do you mind fencing off the balcony?

[Doc] Sure! - Xe passes by Yaunfen and gives them a candy cane cat tail to play with before putting up the posts.

[Yaunfen] Rolls around with the treat, trilling-

[Doc] Comes back over to give them a kiss- You make the cutest noises.

[Lie] - That they do

[Doc] What's next?

[Lie] Looks around- I think just a couple of carpets and we'll be done

[Doc] Great. - Xe starts working on covering the floor. -

[Lie] Does the same upstairs-

[Doc] Where's Cn anyway?

[Lie] Is quiet a moment- I'm not sure... Shit

[Doc] Should I be worried that we haven't seen Cp in a bit either?

[Lie] - No, he's hiding out in his private chambers. He's already thoroughly threatened CN from going down there

[Doc] Hiding from what? Is he just stressed out again?

[Lie] - I think just annoyed with CN

[Doc] Well we could always sneak away...

[Lie] - Sneak off to where?

[Doc] I told you. I need to go out to the savannah. I was going to check on Gem's household.

[Lie] - Ah, alright, let's go. Do I need to take a horse?

[Doc] Nah, let's just walk. I'll be your ride back if it gets too late.

[Lie] - Okay, we're pretty much done here anyways

[Yaunfen] - Burp?

[Doc] Yeah, we're going visiting. - pats Yaunfen -

[Lie] Motions for Doc to lead on-

[Doc] ushers Yaunfen gently and leads them outside. - How's the Vinehorse doing? Have you had a chance to teach it anything?

[Lie] - A little, but I'm a bit preoccupied with a new project at the moment

[Doc] Really? Do tell! what are you working on?

[Lie] - Ponies, for the kids in the village

[Doc] That sounds adorable!

[Lie] - And a bit unsettling to watch TLOT make the ponies. He basically crushed a few normal sized horses...

[Doc] Blanches a little - I'm so glad he's on our side....

[Lie] - Very much so

[Doc] Plucks a carrot as they pass Lie's garden and chews on it quietly. - I wonder how much time I have before DN finds me again...

[Lie] - Maybe a short while?

[Doc] Here's to hoping. - They pass under the tree and avoid a pair of creepers lurking at the far end in the shadows.

[Lie] Looks up at the tree- It still baffles me the amount of power I used to make this

[Doc] Heh, you scared the dickens out of Cp.

[Lie] - I really don't remember much from that day

[Doc] Is this like that Vegas thing I've heard about? You go partying and pass out and wake up married? -Grins-

[Lie] - Oh ha ha, very funny

[Doc] I'm just playing. But it is a little harsh to not remember much about your wedding.

[Lie] - I kinda remember that, but mostly because I was half naked for it

[Doc] Well yeah. It's kinda hard to do heart surgery on someone still wearing a shirt. Well... unless it's just a terminal removal...

[Lie] Spots the mammoths- So how much does DN hate the mammoths?

[Doc] I don't think he knows about them yet, thankfully. -is getting within sight of Gem's house-

[Lie] - I wonder how Hyrule is doing...

[Doc] We'll find out if they're home. We should check on Aqua too.

[Doc] At Yaunfen - You'll be one of the few dragons able to play with poor Aqua. I hope you get along.

-the guardians, the Pokémon, eddy, and Edward are all playing in the yard. the giggle of them playing only gets louder as they get closer-

[Doc] Looks like everyone is out enjoying the day. - waves-

[Lie] Waves as well- Well it is a pretty day

[Doc] Hey guys! Wanna see something funny?

[Noah] -sees doc and lie and waves which's gets the others to notice and wave as well.-

[Yaunfen] - Burp?

[Daniel] sure we would but I also want to tell you some gossip

[Doc] Okay, just a sec, -Looks around for the nearest mammoth and starts sneaking up on it.

[Lie] Gives Doc a curious look-

[Doc] Waves the clippers at the mammoth as one would a sheep, but the hair is so thick on such a large body that six blocks of brown hair cubes fall off and the resulting haircut resembles a french poodle.

[Lie] Facepalms- Oh for fucks sake

[Guardians] -are all laughing there heads off-

[Doc] Is laughing as well and scoops up the hair before the mammoth has a chance to kick at hir. Xe's wiping tears out of hir eyes as xe runs back.

[noah] -still giggling- so about that gossip do you hear it?

[Doc] Fire away. I'm all ears.

[noah] gem has fallen hard for someone

[Lie] - Oh really?

[Doc] That's great! Who is it?

[Daniel] the enderwomen steph

[Doc] I love it. I hope they're super happy. I know she's been lonely.

[noah] oh and gem managed to get over her fear of firebird

[Doc] Even better. I'm feeling rather well-disposed to him today myself. I presume you saw the death message?

[Daniel] yea we did

[Doc] Shakes hir head. - He's such a fucker. Even Yaunfen hates him.

[Yaunfen] Decisively- Burp

[noah] gem has been freaked out by those two NOTCHs arrival

[Doc] She's not the only one...

[Daniel] yea but it was super bad she started using up so much energy we couldn't form

[Lie] - At least mine has been relatively harmless so far...

[noah] that should help keep gem's mind at easy or at least a little calmer to know that

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analysis-by-vaylon · 8 years ago

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So far, Ludo is the only character to undergo a full-fledged hero’s journey.

This revised analysis owes a nod to /u/Malthus1, a redditor who commented on the original post, for pointing out that some episodes of Star vs. the Forces of Evil feature self-contained, miniature versions of the hero’s journey. Nevertheless, Ludo is the only character who has the opportunity to undergo his hero’s journey over the course of several episodes.

Before I begin the analysis, I should introduce Joseph Campbell's theories and their relevance to the show. Campbell's monomyth, or hero's journey, is well-known in literary circles and in popular fiction: George Lucas famously borrowed Campbell's ideas in order to provide a mythological framework for the Star Wars films. The influence that Campbell has had over storytelling -- especially with screenwriters -- for the past several decades has been considerable, to say the least.

I did a little digging and discovered that a writer named Christopher Vogler, working for Disney, wrote a now-famous seven-page memo summarizing Campbell's theories; he later turned this memo into a textbook for screenwriters and taught at various California universities in the Los Angeles area. I have a hunch that the Star vs. the Forces of Evil staff are familiar with Vogel’s work, if not the memo itself, and may have used it while writing the series; therefore, my analysis will use Vogler's original seven-page memo as the particular guide for dissecting Ludo's heroic journey. It's a short read, so I would encourage you to read the entire thing for yourself.

With that out of the way, let's take a step-by-step look at Ludo's development. Remember, I'll be using the memo's outline as a guide for this analysis.

1. The Ordinary World. At the beginning of Star vs. the Forces of Evil, we are treated to the status quo: Ludo tries to steal the wand, Star beats him, of course, and Ludo retreats only to try the same ineffectual thing over again. This pattern is not only how cartoons classically play out (the villains are always beaten but never learn their lesson), but also taken directly from Vogler's memo: unless the hero learns from his mistakes,

he’s doomed to repeat the adventure until he does. Many comedies use this ending, as a foolish character refuses to learn his lesson and embarks on the same folly that got him in trouble in the first place.

That certainly sounds like season one Ludo to me. It isn't until Ludo undergoes a life-or-death struggle that he begins to learn from his mistakes.

2. The Call to Adventure. After having finally reached the limits of his patience, Ludo decides to hire someone new to manage his team in "Fortune Cookies." Toffee proves to Ludo that, with a good enough plan, obtaining the wand is possible, and that potential renews Ludo's interest in stealing it. (As an aside, I wonder if the fortune cookies themselves are a kind of meta-joke poking fun at rigid social structures -- or screenwriting techniques.)

4. Meeting with the Mentor. This one occurs slightly out of order, but I believe that, over the course of season one, Toffee acts -- unintentionally -- as a mentor to Ludo, teaching him a different way to do things: how to become a true remorseless villain. Indeed, in "Storm the Castle," Ludo begins to imitate Toffee, discarding Buff Frog as soon as he no longer has a use for him:

But then Star showed up, and I don't need you anymore, you big old meatball!

If the popular theory that Toffee inhabits Ludo's wand is correct, then Toffee also acts as Ludo's mentor in season two as well. I don't know whether or not this is truly the case, however; the presence in the wand might be someone new altogether. We shall see.

3. Refusal of the Call. Unfortunately, despite his desire to obtain the wand, Ludo hesitates in taking it in "Marco Grows a Beard," and it's this failure which proves to be the start of his downfall, getting him ejected from his castle by Toffee.

It's important to note that Ludo is shown to have a tremendous fear of hair; he overcomes this fear later on, growing out his own beard in a symbolic display of growth and wisdom.

5. Crossing the Threshold. This takes place in "Ludo in the Wild." As Vogler's memo puts it:

The hero fully enters the special world of the story for the first time. This is the moment at which the story takes off and the adventure gets going. . . . The hero is now committed to his/her journey and there’s no turning back.

Instead of showing mercy to him after he's left with nothing, Star carelessly throws Ludo into a portal leading nowhere. I say "carelessly" because Star is the one who unwittingly enables Ludo's character development: due directly to her actions, Ludo is thrown across the threshold and into his adventure, where he learns from his mistakes and comes back stronger, eventually besting her. This isn't the first time (nor will it be the last) that Star's rash behavior has unforeseen consequences -- and that itself is a running theme of the show.

Some versions of the hero's journey call this stage of development the “descent to the underworld” or the “abyss.” Abyss -- now where have we heard that before? Oh, yes -- here:

Star: Ludo! You're back?! Marco: (gasping) Ludo's back! Ludo: Yes, I am! Star: I tossed you into the abyss! Marco: She tossed you into the abyss! Ludo: (menacingly) Yes, you did.

Star and Marco aren't aware of the true, full meaning of the word "abyss," of the physical and spiritual hell that Ludo goes through, but Ludo is, and so are we -- and that's irony.

It's also worth noting that at the end of "Storm the Castle," Ludo hatches from an egg after having been swallowed by one of this own minions. If this weren't enough symbolism of rebirth, consider the on-screen text in "Ludo in the Wild": Day 1, which the episode does to reinforce this notion that Ludo is now living a new life in the mythical underworld.

6. Tests, Allies, Enemies. As shown in "Ludo in the Wild," Ludo suffers from exposure to the elements as well as intense starvation, and he tries to survive in any way he can, even going so far as to eat the dripping blood of a slain insect -- truly his lowest and most desperate moment. He meets two characters who at first are enemies, Spider and Bird, and tries to learn from them whatever he can.

7 and 8. Approach to the Innermost Cave and Ordeal. Ludo sees his prize -- the golden potato chips -- taken away from him by Spider, which finally compels him to viciously fight her for what he believes is rightfully his. From Vogel's memo:

The hero comes at last to a dangerous place, often deep underground, where the object of the quest is hidden. . . . This is a critical moment in any story, an ordeal in which the hero appears to die and be born again. It’s a major source of the magic of the hero myth. What happens is that the audience has been led to identify with the hero. We are encouraged to experience the brink-of-death feeling with the hero.

Ludo enters the literal cave where Spider lives and has a life-or-death fight with her over the chips. Through a combination of trickery, luck, and perseverance, Ludo is victorious over Spider, taking the chips for himself. Instead of killing off his foe or selfishly eating all the chips himself, however, Ludo shows mercy to Spider and shares his prize with her, transforming her from an enemy into an ally.

9. Reward. As a reward for his victory, Ludo is now able to feed himself; he also gains another ally by capturing and taming Bird. While reflecting on his new life, Ludo sees a vision of Star, which leads him to the real prize: the missing half of Star's broken wand. Ludo realizes he's on Mewni, and the day counter, which had been at 90, resets to Day 1: Ludo's life in the abyss is over, and now, transformed by hardship and wielding a powerful new weapon, he can begin his journey back to the world he left.

10. The Road Back. The road back shows Ludo's adventures on Mewni and involves his learning to master his new weapon as well as gather new allies and resources. It takes place over several episodes: "Wand to Wand," "On the Job," "By the Book," and "Is Mystery" -- all of which show Ludo as not only having clear, serious goals but also competency in implementing them. Ludo's willingness to learn from his mistakes continues from his defeat in "By the Book," where he learns that Star has a book, leading to his greatest victory yet.

11. Resurrection. "Bon Bon the Birthday Clown" is all about resurrection; ostensibly, it's about Bon Bon's promise to come back from death, but it's actually about a metaphorical resurrection for Ludo, who, armed with reconnaissance and further mastery over his wand, launches a surprise attack against Star when she's at her most vulnerable -- a subtle callback to "Matchmaker," by the way -- and once again triumphs through a combination of trickery, luck, and perseverance.

Interestingly, Vogel's memo mentions the repeat of an earlier stage:

There is often a replay here of the mock death-and-rebirth of Stage 8, as the hero once again faces death and survives.

We do, in fact, get a repeat of a near-death experience for Ludo: Star uses Mystic Room Suck Transform in an attempt to once again banish Ludo. But this time Ludo survives the mock death-and-rebirth and escapes with the book of spells.

In this episode, trick candles -- since you blow them out, and they come back -- symbolize resurrection, both for Bon Bon, who does actually return, and for Ludo, who has now gained enough power and wisdom to defeat Star. Funnily enough, it's Bon Bon who is banished in Ludo's place as an unintentional sacrifice. The entire setup is masterfully-executed irony on the writers' part, taking something so frivolous -- clowns and trick candles -- and suddenly making it mean so much more. It's truly a stroke of genius.

12. Return with the Elixir. This is last stage of the outline in Vogel's memo, and he has this to say:

The hero comes back to the ordinary world, but the adventure would be meaningless unless he/she brought back the elixir, treasure, or some lesson from the special world. Sometimes it’s just knowledge or experience.

We know from the end of "Bon Bon the Birthday Clown" that Ludo escapes with Star's book. We also know a little more about what happens in future episodes thanks to the episode synopses -- which I won't mention here due to spoilers -- but you can draw your own conclusions, I'm sure.

I hope I've convinced you that Ludo's progression is indeed based on the hero's journey; as for what the significance of that is, well -- I think it's meaningful that neither Star nor Marco (nor any other character, for that matter) has gone through such lengthy and starkly-defined development on-screen. That's why I say that, despite being a villain, Ludo is the only character so far depicted undergoing the hero’s journey.

I can only guess at why the series writers chose to have Ludo of all characters go through such a development. Maybe they're making him more powerful so that defeating him will feel truly satisfying, or maybe there's something impressive -- something truly heroic -- in store for Ludo, or maybe they're trying to subvert the very idea of a heroic journey altogether. I can't say for sure. And it's still possible that any or all of these ideas will be subverted by the series writers -- but regardless of what they decide, regardless of whether they intentionally used the hero's journey or not, the cultural consciousness of mythopoeic structure has left an indelible stamp on Star vs. the Forces of Evil.

Thank you for reading this post; I hope you enjoyed it! Please feel free to send an ask to suggest something else in Star vs. the Forces of Evil that you'd like to see me write about!

#star vs the forces of evil #analysis #ludo #bon bon the birthday clown #ludo in the wild #hero's journey

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cutemonstercare · 5 years ago

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Do Tarantulas Sleep? Not Really!

You might have seen your tarantula in the same position for hours if not days and wondered if it is hurt, cold, unhappy or maybe sleeping? Well, one thing we know is that tarantulas don’t roll onto their sides or backs to take a quick nap, but they do rest.

Do tarantulas sleep? Tarantulas don’t sleep the same way that mammals do but they do have cycles of movement and respite. Tarantulas reduce their activity level, lowering their metabolic rate in order to conserve energy.

We really don’t know much about spiders and their sleeping patterns and there is still much for us to learn about arthropods in general, but spiders definitely go into some or other rest mode.

Considering that tarantulas don’t have eyelids and thus can’t close their eyes, it must actually be quite difficult for them to catch some z’s! Or is it?

Tarantula’s Mimic Sleep

Sleep, as we humans understand it, is not the same type of forty winks tarantulas will catch. Ts will reduce their activity level and this will lower their metabolic rate which in turn conserves energy.

This is very useful, especially for web-building spiders; they depend on food to come to them and often, the wait between meals is a long one.

Tarantulas are also referred to as pet ‘rocks’ because they do spend a lot of the daytime just chilling in one spot as a survival mechanism since birds and other predators looking for a snack are more likely to be active during the day.

If you’ve been a tarantula hobbyist for a while now, you will know that Ts are like computers in sleep mode; when there’s no movement for a while, the computer will postpone all activity and reduce energy.

But, as soon as you push a key, the computer will come back too life. The same happens to tarantulas; when there’s some stimulus, the T will become active quickly.

Some T owners have experienced their tarantula staying completely still when nudged a little, but after disturbing them once or twice again, they go into a slight panic without any idea what is going on – much as humans do when we are startled awake.

Since tarantulas are mostly nocturnal, we as keepers usually interact with them while they are in a rested state: we might try to feed it or move it into a container for cleaning purposes.

This will be met with inaction at first but after enough sensory input, the T will then suddenly bolt, flick hairs or lunge towards your hand.

This definitely indicates at least a period of rest, if not sleep. You can call it a stand-by state if you like and during this time, tarantulas may shut down some of its vital parts of the brain to save energy.

Judging by their quick return to reality when disturbed, it seems some selective parts of the brain stay on in order for it to ‘turn on’ immediately with the correct amount of stimuli.

Much like humans, actually, except when we sleep, our bodies go into healing mode, something which likely does not happen when a tarantula sleeps.

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Tarantulas’ Brains Are Too Primitive For Sleep

Although tarantulas display behavior that looks like sleep, for example, loss of muscle tension, no movement and delayed responses to stimuli, entomologists believe that a T’s brain is too small to require actual sleep.

It’s claimed that the larger the brain, the more sleep is required to recharge it.

That being said, sleep is universal and almost all organisms require it in one form or another. Take lizards, for example, recent studies have revealed ancient roots to the human REM cycle.

Even though the electrophysiological study of sleep in small invertebrates is a complex and somewhat problematic endeavor, fruit flies have been found to sleep and any disturbance of its sleep leads to a decline in cognitive functioning.

I’m not here to compare brain sizes between tarantulas (although Ts do have quite large brains for their size) and fruit flies.

I will leave you to draw your own conclusion, but since tarantulas have some of the most condensed central nervous systems of any invertebrates, you can safely expect it to have complex neurobiological sleep patterns. Someone just needs to decide to research it!

Tarantulas And Defining Sleep

As mentioned earlier, the tarantula’s nervous system is so different from that of a mammal, we can’t really be certain if their version of sleep is the same as ours.

The first major difference would be their sleep cycle; Ts and other spiders are usually more active at night, whereas most humans go about their day and enter Lalaland at night.

But let’s look at what the experts define sleep as.

The criteria for sleep according to a recent paper on jellyfish and the sleep-like states exhibited are:

An inactive state with reduced activity.

Decreased responsiveness to outside stimuli.

Reversibility of dormant/restful state

The above study did not only cover jellyfish but other inverts such as roundworm and our trusty fruit fly as mentioned above. The fact that so many animals with tiny brains ‘sleep’, shows that sleep evolved in early animals and has remained conserved in most, if not all animals.

And, when we consider how brainy tarantulas are, we can assume that they do indeed hit the hay in some manner of speaking.

Also, the fact that tarantulas have some sort of circadian rhythm (daily activity/inactivity), shows that there is a period of rest involved.

The times when they are inactive are usually characterized by withdrawing to a hiding spot or shelter and a drop in metabolic rate. No, studies have however been done to measure the period of time spent active vs inactive or what different species do during these times.

Interesting fact: Spider species (including tarantulas) that live in the desert, retreat into their burrows during the hottest part of the day. As it gets dark and cooler, the spiders will come out.

Tarantulas And Hibernation

Some of our follicle-enriched spider friends ‘overwinter’, meaning they go into hibernation. This usually happens in colder climates where the tarantula will plug up the openings of their burrows with dirt and webbing and ‘go to sleep’.

They draw their legs into their body, drop their metabolic rate and remain huddled until it warms up outside.

This ability to go dormant for such a long period of time shows that it may be part of their everyday cycle – of course just for shorter intervals. Very little is known about what exactly spiders do during this time, but if you ask me, it can be seen as a form of sleep or rest.

Okay, the most important thing that comes from knowing that your T most likely goes into periods of rest, even though we can’t really call it sleep as we humans define it, is the fact that tarantulas are nocturnal.

So, all the times during the day you’re walking over to say hi to Mr. Grumps, or lifting the lid to see if Sally is doing okay, or digging around to see if Spikey will come out, you’re actually disturbing their rest.

Put yourself in their fuzzy feet; how would you like it to be talked to in a squeaky voice, nudged or worse yet, sprayed with water while you were in dreamland? I didn’t think so!

#Animals #Pets #Spiders #Scorpions #Terrariums

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flauntpage · 6 years ago

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Dallas Week: Why Supporting the Cowboys Probably Makes You a Poser (Part 2)

Note: I wrote this column last year and decided to tweak it, update it, and publish a new version for 2018.

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We all know one of these guys:

“Born and raised in Marlton! But I’m a lifelong Cowboys fan because my dad knew Nate Newton’s cousin.”

“Love the star on the helmet! I used to watch Roger Staubach on television back in 1974.”

“Well I grew up in Iowa, but we didn’t have a team, so I picked the Cowboys.”

These are all valid reasons to be a Dallas fan, according to Dallas fans. None of them involve being from Texas or ever having visited. “America’s Team” welcomes all front-runners and fakes.

This topic comes up every season. Eagles vs. Cowboys. It’s Dallas week on sports talk radio and disgusting locals crawl out their garbage pits to explain how they grew up in Northeast Philadelphia but support a 3-5 football team that hasn’t won diddly poo since the 1990s and is now being run into the ground by an owner who clings to the past and holds nobody accountable. The Cowboys “ain’t been nothing” for years, as Stephen A Smith recently said, yet you still have all of these bandwagon jabronies clinging to Dallas as if Troy Aikman is still out there slinging the ball around.

Philly is old-school and parochial. You grow up here, you support Philly teams. Eagles games are a family affair. You build memories through tangible experiences, like actually physically being inside of Veterans Stadium or meeting your favorite player after the game. You understand the city’s blue collar, non-cosmopolitan roots and why sport is a common thread. The third-shift factory worker who I saw puking outside of Les and Doreen’s in Fishtown last week might not have much in common with Rand Spear, the accident lawyer, but both were probably standing somewhere on Broad Street nine months ago, watching the Birds’ celebrate their first Super Bowl win.

The reasons really aren’t important. It just is how it is. You probably know someone who has vacationed in Sea Isle City for 35 years. It’s not necessarily that they dislike Stone Harbor, they just go to Sea Isle because that’s where they’ve always gone. They’re comfortable and familiar with it, and they don’t see a need to change anything. This intrinsically Philadelphian behavior can be both good and bad, because we’re loyal and committed while not exactly diving head-first into new experiences or getting out to see the rest of the world.

I’d honestly say it’s less about how “legitimate” our fandom is. It’s more about how fraudulent others are.

If you grew up here, you don’t have an emotional or geographical link to the Cowboys, the Yankees, or Notre Dame. You just don’t. And don’t tell me that you supported the Irish because you’re an Irish Catholic; you supported them because they won football games and they were always on national television. Are Pennsylvania Methodists beaming with SMU pride? Didn’t think so.

Can you develop a connection to a foreign team over time? I don’t know. I guess. If your favorite college player of all time is drafted by the Raiders, maybe you add Oakland as a second team. I went to high school with Jimmy Develin, who won a couple of Super Bowls with the Patriots, so I was at least pulling for him to be successful even if I didn’t want the hoodie to lay his grimy hands on another Lombardi Trophy.

Likewise, you can watch the Los Angeles Lakers on NBA League Pass and share video clips on Reddit and photoshop a Twitter avatar that looks something like this:

“I’m a lifelong fan of all four teams! I’m not a front-runner! I swear!”

You can follow the Lakers in a way that older generations weren’t able to. But you’re not really a fan. You’re not from Southern California and you probably didn’t tune in when the ’04-’05 squad was ripping off 34 wins with Brian Grant and Chucky Atkins. You got back on board when Pau Gasol showed up, like the Cowboy fan who, of course, felt drawn to the team that just so happened to win a bunch of Super Bowls.

The pretenses of your fandom are fake, and Philadelphia knows it. That’s what’s important here. It’s not your fandom itself, it’s the genesis of it.

One of the things that’s even more telling is that Texas natives come across as solid sports fans. I was down in Austin last week for the UT/West Virginia game, and Longhorn fans had to be some of the nicest people I’ve ever been around.

Seriously.

Walking in and out of the stadium, it was a lot of, “hope y’all enjoy the game.” No hostility, no bullshit, nothing. Most of the UT folks we talked to also doubled as Cowboy fans, a good chunk from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and they were really knowledgeable about their pro team. A lot of them expressed disappointment with the way Jerry Jones and Jason Garrett are driving their squad into irrelevance after winning that batch of championships back in the day.

If anything, the Texas trip I guess confirmed what I already knew – that the problem with the Dallas fan base isn’t people from Dallas, it’s the morons from New York, Philadelphia, Des Moines, and everywhere else. It’s the people who don’t have any connection to Dallas who are in denial about the status of “their team.” It’s not the Texas people, because they were polite and friendly and knew their football.

There’s a third angle here, and it’s something that I argue with soccer people all the time, but it also applies to the “four for four” sports. It’s the fallacy that you have to pick a team in the first place.

For example, the English Premier League. What team do I support? There were a bunch of articles that were written 10 years ago to help new fans decide what club to get behind. You could go with Tottenham, or Chelsea, or even Arsenal if you hated yourself.

But just like the Cowboy fan who has never been to Texas, how many Premier League fans have ever been to Manchester? Not many. I like watching the foreign game as a neutral and enjoying it that way. I don’t relate to the guy who walks around Center City with a Manchester City shirt, unless dude is actually from England and watched that club when they were utter shite, long before Sheikh Mansour showed up and started throwing millions of dollars at the best players in the world.

And if we’re on the topic of geo-shaming here, how do I explain the fandom of a guy who grew up in Chadron, Nebraska? Honestly, I don’t know. Maybe he can pick a team. But isn’t it ironic how those types of people always end up settling on the very best? Nobody ever says, “hmm.. I think I’m gonna get behind the Carolina Hurricanes.” Nah, they all become “lifelong” Yankee fans at age 19.

The line of rebuttal usually goes something like this –

“Who does this guy think he is? Who the fuck is Kinkead to tell me who I can and can’t support?”

Well, I’m not really dictating here. You can support whomever you want to support, but the vast majority of Philadelphians and gonna roll their eyes and brand you as a fraud, because the pretenses of your fandom are flimsy.

Here’s a typical example of how things work in this area:

Say you grew up in… I dunno, Secane Pennsylvania, near that pizza place. You probably watched the Eagles, Phillies, Flyers, and Sixers with your family. At age 18, maybe you leave for college down in Richmond, so now you support Spider football and basketball.

That’s pretty much what you are. That’s your fandom. You’re a Philly-area native with no connection to the Chicago Cubs, Duke, Alabama football, or Fulham.

Actually, that last one is interesting. Fulham… you know, they had a bunch of Americans playing over there. That was always intriguing, and I kept an eye on Fulham, but I didn’t feel the need to become a Fulham “supporter.”

Similarly, Philadelphia loves Mike Trout but are we Angel fans? Nah. I never understood why people felt like they had to “support” a team to enjoy watching sports. Trust me, the less emotion you put into football, the easier it is to get over losing 13-9 to Shady McCoy and Dave fucking Wannstedt.

So let’s be real; if you’re a Cowboys fan who grew up in Philadelphia, you’re a poseur. You aren’t from Texas. You probably have never been to Texas. You didn’t pay any dues or stick with your team while they were dog shit, you just hopped on the bandwagon because they won three Super Bowls more than 20 years ago.

The ultimate irony is that it’s now becoming harder and harder to call these people “front-runners,” since Dallas has been utterly mediocre for the better part of two whole decades. But even if younger folks might not be jumping on the Cowboy bandwagon, I still have utter contempt for all of you cockroaches that slithered your way into that “fan base” back in the day.

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Here’s what’s leaving Netflix in May

We know how important having yourNetflixqueuein order is also possible, so weve put all the designations leaving this month in one place.

Take a gaze and plan accordingly. And if youre curious about the comings and extends onAmazon or Hulu, weve got you covered there, too.

May

May 1

The Animatrix ( 2003)

Anna Karenina ( 1948)

Author! Author! ( 1982)

Beware of Mr. Baker ( 2012)

Bill& Ted’s Excellent Adventure ( 1989)

Broadway Idiot ( 2013)

Bus Stop ( 1956)

Election ( 1999)

The Good Life ( 2012)

Holiday Engagement ( 2011)

Kiss of Death ( 1995)

Mad Hot Ballroom ( 2005)

Mona Lisa Is Missing ( 2012)

Ralphie May: Austin-tatious ( 2008)

Words and Situations May Apply ( 2013)

That’s What I Am ( 2011)

Thrse ( 2012)

Truth or Die ( 2012)

Young& Handsome: An Night with Jeff Garlin ( 2008)

May 2

Slightly Single in L.A. ( 2012)

May 3

JFK: The Smoking Gun ( 2013)

May 4

Stealing Harvard ( 2002)

May 6

Finding Normal ( 2013)

May 7

JFK: A President Betrayed ( 2013)

May 9

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding ( 2012)

Cracks ( 2009)

Tears of the Sun ( 2003)

May 10

The Rating ( 2001)

May 12

The Ladykillers ( 2004)

May 13

Is the Male Who Is Tall Joyous? ( 2013)

May 14

The Master of Disguise ( 2002)

Offender ( 2012)

May 15

A Pope for Everyone ( 2013)

Bratz: BFF: Excellent Friends Forever ( 2007)

The Greatest Places: IMAX ( 1999)

In Her Skin ( 2009)

Inhale ( 2010)

The Quest : Season 1( 2014)

Search for the Great Sharks: IMAX ( 1995)

Tiger Eyes ( 2012)

May 16

Blade Runner : Theatrical Cut( 1982)

The Last-place Tycoon ( 2012)

May 19

Peep World ( 2010)

May 21

Struck by Lightning ( 2012)

May 22

Ida ( 2013)

Stand Off ( 2012)

May 23

Black Hawk Down ( 2001)

May 27

Escape From Tomorrow ( 2013)

Run& Jump ( 2013)

Vanishing of the Bees ( 2009)

May 28

Barfi !( 2012)

May 29

These Birds Walk ( 2013)

May 31

Clerks ( 1994)

April

April 1

101 Dalmatians ( 1996)

2 Fast 2 Furious ( 2003)

Along Came a Spider ( 2001)

Along Came Polly ( 2004)

Amistad ( 1997)

Bad Johnson ( 2014)

Bandslam ( 2009)

Barefoot Contessa: Back to Essential Collection : Collecting 1

Berkeley in the Sixties ( 1990)

The Butchers Wife ( 1991)

Charlies Angels: Full Throttle ( 2003)

Chucks Eat the Street Collection : Collection 1

Craigslist Joe ( 2012)

Dear Genevieve Collection : Collecting 1

Eureka : Season 4.0

Flashdance ( 1983)

Hook ( 1991)

Hotel Rwanda ( 2004)

House of Wax ( 2005)

Ill Be Home for Christmas ( 1989)

The Inexplicable Universe with Neil deGrasse Tyson ( 2013)

Lon: The Professional ( 1994)

M* A* S* H : Seasons 1-11

Nanny McPhee ( 2005)

The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear ( 1991)

Nine to Five ( 1980)

Pride& Prejudice ( 2005)

Remember Me ( 2010)

Rock Star ( 2001)

The Rundown ( 2003)

Smokin Aces 2: Assassins Ball ( 2010)

Something New ( 2006)

Star Trek: Insurrection ( 1998)

Starship Troopers ( 1997)

The Tale of Despereaux ( 2008)

Throwdown with Bobby Flay Collection : Collect 1

Vanilla Ice Goes Amish : Season 1

The Vanilla Ice Project : Seasons 1-4

The Wedding Date ( 2005)

The Whole Ten Yards ( 2004)

April 2

Anchors Aweigh ( 1945)

Around the World in 80 Daytimes: Special Edition ( 1956)

The Devil at 4 oclock ( 1961)

High Society ( 1956)

On the Town ( 1949)

Pal Joey ( 1957)

Some Came Running ( 1958)

Take Me Out to the Ball game ( 1949)

April 3

Short Poppies : Season 1

Space Dogs ( 2010)

April 6

The Passion of the Christ ( 2004)

April 10

Let the Right One In ( 2008)

April 15

All American Christmas Carol ( 2013)

Bill Cunningham New York ( 2010)

New York, I Enjoy You ( 2008)

April 16

Mr. Beans Holiday ( 2007)

April 17

Lord of War ( 2005)

April 20

Half Baked ( 1998)

April 22

Freakshow : Season 1

April 25

A Royal Affair ( 2012)

April 30

Sordid Lives ( 2000)

March

March 1

Switchmas ( 2013)

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman ( 2000)

American Pie ( 1999)

American Wedding ( 2003)

Atlantis: The Lost Empire ( 2001)

Down and Out in Beverly Hills ( 1986)

Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights ( 1992)

Gone in 60 Seconds ( 2000)

Hackers ( 1985)

Hamlet ( 1990)

Hannie Caulder ( 1971)

Hardball ( 2001)

Hart’s War ( 2002)

Hitch ( 2005)

Indecent Proposal ( 1993)

Johnny Dangerously ( 1984)

Jumanji ( 1995)

Masters of the Universe ( 1987)

Men in Black II ( 2002)

Not Another Teen Movie ( 2001)

Paycheck ( 2003)

The Babysitters ( 2007)

The Chosen One ( 2010)

The Monster Squad ( 1987)

The United States of Leland ( 2003)

Wings ( 1927)

March 2

Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams ( 2013)

March 3

Night Catches Us ( 2010)

March 4

Getting Go: The Go Doc Project ( 2013)

Private Romeo ( 2011)

March 5

I Am Divine ( 2013)

March 6

Le Week-End ( 2013)

Refuge ( 2012)

March 7

Deadfall ( 2012)

March 8

Holidaze ( 2013)

March 9

Arn: The Knight Templar ( 2007)

The Mistle-tones !( 2012)

March 11

Geography Club ( 2013)

March 15

Best of TEDx : Season 1

I Killed My Mother ( 2009)

Lola& Virginia : Season 1

TED Talks : Life Hack 1-2

TED Talks: Fornication, Secrets& Love : Season 1

TED Talks: The Excellent of TEDx in Espaol : Season 1

TED Talks: Ancient Clues : Season 1

TED Talks: Animal Tones : Season 1

TED Talks: Artistry and Illusion : Season 1

TED Talks: Animals, Bugs& Bio-wilderment : Season 1

TED Talks: Figure by Design : Season 1

TED Talks: Brave Neuro World : Season 1

TED Talks: Structure Wonder : Season 1

TED Talks: Grind On This : Season 1

TED Talks: Cyber Awe : Season 1

TED Talks: Withstanding Disease : Season 1

TED Talks: Global Villages : Season 1

TED Talks: Head Tournament : Season 1

TED Talks: Hot Buttons : Season 1

TED Talks: How to Start a Movement : Season 1

TED Talks: Humanity’s Future : Season 1

TED Talks: Inexplicable Attachments : Season 1

TED Talks: Into the Abyss : Season 1

TED Talks: Let Your Mind Wonder : Season 1

TED Talks: Life Lessons& Confessions : Season 1-2

TED Talks: Love, No Matter What : Season 1

TED Talks: Music Revolution : Season 1

TED Talks: Counts Speak Louder Than Words : Season 1

TED Talks: Rad Invention : Season 1

TED Talks: Rebel Design : Season 1

TED Talks: Robotic Machinations : Season 1

TED Talks: Smart Laughs : Season 1

TED Talks: Space Trek : Season 1

TED Talks: The Capitalism Paradox : Season 1

Waste Land ( 2010)

March 17

Elegy ( 2008)

March 18

Cosmopolis ( 2012)

Music for Mandela ( 2013)

Out in the Dark ( 2012)

Side Effects ( 2013)

March 23

Keep the Lights On ( 2012)

March 26

The Comedy ( 2012)

March 28

Gayby ( 2012)

March 31

Dr. Dolittle 3 ( 2006)

Garfield’s Pet Force ( 2009)

The Sandlot 2 ( 2005)

Twelve Mile Road ( 2003)

Women Who Kill ( 2012)

The Writers’ Room : Season 1

February

Feb. 1

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein

Asylum

Bad Santa

Benny and Joon

Big Fish

Blue Crush

Classic Doctor Who : Collections 1-18

Crocodile Dundee 2

The Dancer Upstairs

Daylight

Doctor Who : Seasons 1-8

The Firm

Fletch

Gifted Hands

Gothika

The Hurt Locker

The Naked Gun

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult

Rain Man

Ray

Secrets and Lies : Season 1

Sorority Row

The Terminator

Terms of Endearment

Feb. 2

Pokmon the Movie: Black& White: BW Escapades in Unova and Beyond

Pokmon the Movie: Color: Victini and Reshiram

Pokmon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened

Pokmon the Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice

Pokmon the Movie: White: Victini and Zekrom

Pokmon: Black& White : Seasons 1-2

Pokmon: Indigo League : Season 2

Feb. 3

Bottle Shock

Feb. 7

Compliance

Jack& Diane

Feb. 11

Bridezillas : Season 10

Stephen Kings Bag of Bones

United 93

Were the World Mine

Feb. 13

The Fourth Kind

Feb. 15

Kitten Party

Feb. 16

The Pitch : Season 2

Feb. 17

Violet& Daisy

Feb. 19

North Sea Texas

Problem Child: Leslie Jones

Side by Side

Feb. 21

Jesus Camp

Marriage Boot Camp: Bridezillas : Season 1

Nobody Walks

Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

Feb. 24

Chicagoland : Season 1

Death Row Legend : Season 1

Feb. 25

The Guild : 1 Season

Feb. 27

Crooked Arrows

Halloween: Resurgence

Feb. 28

Sabrina, The Animated Series : Seasons 1-2

The Sea Inside

Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Series

January 2016

Jan. 1

A Clockwork Orange ( 1971)

Almost Famous ( 2000)

American Psycho ( 2000)

American Psycho 2 ( 2002)

The Bourne Identity ( 2002)

The Bourne Supremacy ( 2004)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ( 2005)

Coach Carter ( 2005)

Conan the Barbarian ( 1982)

Corpse Bride ( 2005)

Coyote Ugly ( 2000)

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior : Season 1

Four Brothers ( 2005)

Gladiator ( 2000)

The Graduate ( 1967)

Grandma’s Boy ( 2006)

Harriet the Spy ( 1996)

Heartbreakers ( 2001)

The Hours ( 2002)

The Italian Job ( 2003)

Jackass: The Movie ( 2002)

Jerry Maguire ( 1996)

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider ( 2001)

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life ( 2003)

Lawrence of Arabia : Rehabilitated Version( 1962)

The Longest Yard ( 2005)

The Machinist ( 2004)

Max Steel : Seasons 1-2

Million Dollar Baby ( 2004)

Operation: Impossible ( 1996)

Assignment: Hopeless II ( 2000)

The Patriot ( 2000)

Planes, Trains and Automobiles ( 1987)

Rambo: First Blood ( 1982)

Rambo: First Blood Part II ( 1985)

Rambo III: Eventual Edition ( 1988)

The Rescuers ( 1977)

Risky Business ( 1983)

Rocky ( 1976)

Rocky II ( 1979)

Rocky III ( 1982)

Rocky IV ( 1985)

Rocky V ( 1990)

Rosemary’s Baby ( 1968)

Serpico ( 1973)

Sesame Street: Swine and Nature : Season 1

Sesame Street: Classics : Vol. 1-2

Sesame Street: Cookie and Friends : Season 1

Sesame Street: Invention and Imagination : Season 1

Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends : Season 1

Sesame Street: Everyday Times : Season 1

Sesame Street: Music and Dance : Season 1

Sesame Street: Amounts and Letters : Season 1

The Sum of All Fears ( 2002)

There Will Be Blood ( 2007)

Trading Lieu ( 1983)

Trekkies ( 1999)

The Virgin Suicides ( 1999)

Zoolander ( 2001)

Jan. 4

Dumbo ( 1941)

James and the Giant Peach ( 1996)

Pocahontas ( 1995)

The Aristocats ( 1970)

The Fox and the Hound ( 1981)

The Great Mouse Detective ( 1986)

The Nightmare Before Christmas ( 1993)

The Saver Down Under ( 1990)

The Tigger Movie ( 2000)

Jan. 8

The Lying Game : Season 2

Jan. 14

Bad Ink : Season 1

Beyond Scared Straight !: Seasons 4-5

Dance Moms : Collection

Duck Dynasty : Collection

Hoarders : Collection

Intervention : Collection

Pawn Stars : Collection

Storage Wars : Collection

The Kennedys : Season 1

December

Dec. 1

All About Eve

The Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heroes : Season 1

Batman Begins

Beverly Hills Cops III

Brians Song

The Brother Grimm

The Burbs

Cop Land

Damien: Omen II

The Dark Crystal

Employee of the Month

Forces of Nature

Get Low

The Great Escape

The Guardian : Seasons 1-3

The High and the Mighty

The Hustler

Insomnia

Juice

K-1 9: The Widowmaker

Labyrinth

Last Night

Left Behind II: Tribulation Force

Left Behind: The Movie

Modern Problems

My Best Friends Wedding

Necessary Roughness

The Omen ( 1976)

Omen III: The Final Conflict

The Paw Project

The Pink Panther 2

R.L. Stines Mostly Ghostly

R.L. Stines The Haunting Hour: Dont Believe About It

Shrink

Silence of the Lambs

Soapdish

Trek Nation

Two Can Play That Game

Dec. 4

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Road Rally

Dec. 6

360 ( 2011)

The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure

Dec. 9

C.O.G .

Dec. 10

Ultimate Spider-Man : Season 2

Dec. 11

The Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heroes : Season 2

Rescue Me : Seasons 1-7

Dec. 12

Why Did I Get Married ?

Dec. 13

How to Construct a Better Boy

Thor& Loki: Blood Friend

Dec. 15

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Dec. 17

Underclassman

Dec. 21

Red Hook Summer

Dec. 24

Una Noche

Dec. 30

Bronies: The Particularly Unpredictable Adult Love of My Little Pony

November

Nov. 1

1492: Conquest of Paradise

America in Primetime

Bali: Season 1

Balto 3: Wings of Change

Batman& Robin

Best Kept Secret

Best Laid Projects

Changing Lanes

Cleopatra

Conspiracy Theory

Death Warrant

Fargo ( 1996)

Fela Kuti: Music Is the Weapon

Funny Games

Half the Sky: Switching Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Hero and Terror

House of Moving Daggers

Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie

Lunopolis

Move Over, Darling

Norman

Pajanimals : Season 1

Rudy

Saw

Saw II

Saw III

Saw IV

Saw V

Scream

Secrets of Mary Magdalene

Soul Plane

Stand by Me

Taking Lives

The Blues Brothers

The Core

The Last-place Waltz

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

Three Kings

Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns

Year of the Dog

Your Inner Fish

Nov. 3

Bratz: Good Vibes

Nov. 5

The Perfect Stranger

Nov. 7

Shanghai Noon

Nov. 8

My Hope America With Billy Graham

Nov. 9

The Road

Nov. 10

Bratz: Pampered Petz

Nov. 12

A Girl Walks Into a Bar

Nov. 13

Stranger by the Lake

Nov. 15

Fleabag Monkeyface : Season 1

Nov. 16

Teen Beach Movie

Nov. 17

Bratz: Diamondz

Nov. 19

Breaking the Girls

Crystal Fairy& the Supernatural Cactus

Nov. 22

Alpha and Omega: The Legend of the Saw Tooth Cave

Bel Ami

Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview

Nov. 24

Art of Flight: The Series

Nov. 27

Burning Man

Leviathan

Nov. 28

Something From Good-for-nothing: The Art of Rap

Nov. 29

Romanzo Criminale : Seasons 1-2

Salamander : Season 1

Nov. 30

Jesus Henry Christ

Virginia

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