#crab says DUMB stuff

[crustacean-menace]

Being in environmental sciences and also anime makes for a fucked up and evil combo.

Be absolutely free to ignore, i do not come up with any conclusion worth reading here. Ravings of a madman. But know it involves One piece.

Today i wasted my morning looking into one piece worldbuilding, specifically the planet the story takes places in and its impossible landmarks and going too deep in a rabbit hole i am not sure i have the right amount of knowledge to delve into regarding Geology, Tectonics, Meteorology and also Astronomy.

All of which started from me seeing an image of Admiral Fujiitora, doing his funny admiral movement tech of "Fly across the sea on top of a chunk of ground he ripped out of the ground with gravity powers" and wondering how much this man may have impacted the soil microbial developement of each island by doing that, carrying ground bacteria, nematodes and all that as unwilling passengers of his trips.

And that turned into "hey, now that i think about it, how did life evolve around with so many insular communities cut off from the rest?" As insular evolution usually involves landmasses being connected at one point before getting separated and having speciation happen.

And that yet again turned into "Hey, how DID the geomorphology of this planet turn like that?" Which brought me to pull up my old geology, petrography, tectonic and orogeny notes and try to make sense of it.

Rinse and repeat, and now the final question is:

"HEY HOW DID LIFE DEVELOP AT ALL IN THIS FUCKASS DEATHWORLD PLANET FULL OF PHOENOMENA THAT CAN BE ARGUABLY PLAUSIBLE ON THEIR OWN BUT NOT WHEN PUT TOGETHER LIKE THAT?"

We got islands with their own magnetism and climate, incredibly deep abyssal sea floors that can reach 10.000 meters in depth, a continental strip that encircles the planet much akin to something that could be seen on a tidally locked planet but that goes across the poles vertically, the whole grand line and reverse mountain and adjacent calm belts, Pelagic megafauna that would make Subnautica devs sweat in fear, four evenly distributed oceans that may or may not actually be connected somewhere but are officially distinct and separated and thus insular in their own.

The planet pretty much has fauna that mirrors our real world one, a moon similar to ours (if not even more satellites if a specific scene of the anime is to be believed), but unlike ours, dry surface is sparse with only the red line continent and the numerous islands which one of the characters state could be more than 20,000,000.

Of course, foolish of me to try and reason out how a planet from an anime could work realistically, but the scary part is that a lot of it could be explained by the one piece world being some form of Super-Earth, with a rampant volcanic activity to generate enough hotspots so that island can spring up much like Hawaii, and with powerful tectonics that push opposite plates into eachother creating the red line. Bigger planets means bigger and stronger atmospheric phoenomena, but nowhere in the way they happen in the series.

I reinstate, all these geomorphological and meteorological situations COULD BE theoretically plausible, but not all together. And yet life on it developed in a way comparable to the earth's own biosphere. Which is the most absurd part, because a planet like this would constantly be faced with extreme cataclysms every friday and at best i could only see the fish men and mermaids survive there.

And remember, this absurd spelunking trip into a rabbit hole of my own making started from seeing THIS.

Rant over. Once again i wasted a morning being the Hubris-prone fool that can't watch anything without wondering about biological implications of certain factors the story definitely does not give much weight.

[multiversal-pudding]

Dumb/crack Roblox Pressure idea:

Sebastian getting 3 fingered webbed/shelled hands treated as body horror… except its working with the blocky player model instead of assuming he starts as human. The body horror is him growing hands in the first place /j

[crabs-nonsense]

Holy shit! I just realized the reason I couldn't fucking see darker art on my phone screen is because I forgot I turned the brightness way down last night and never fixed it. I feel so stupid.

[vulpixisananimal]

[A:4 C:66.2] [Alex] |Jasmine|

“Ploughman Ploughman, Plough me a field. Turn me an acre of laaaaand!” |Thunk goes the shovel and thwup goes the dirt.| “Ploughman Ploughman, Harrow the ground. Drill in the seed and roll it down.”

|Dead garden? Nuh uh!! This garden wasn’t dead n’till you said so!!! You thunk your shovel into the ground and thwup it to the side.| “For the year will turn And the spring come round And the seeeeeed wiiiiiiill grooooooow!”

“What’re you doing?” |You turn around, Bonbon was there! Yay!|

“Hi Bonbon!!” |You smile big and wide and wave at them excitedly.| “‘M working on the garden!!”

“Don’t call me Bonbon!” |They pouted and crossed their arms.| “Only Nille ‘n Bell ‘n stuff get to call me that.”

“Okay!” |You say, undeterred.| “Wanna dig in the dirt?”

|Bonnie looked at you confused, then squinted.| “Maybe. What’s in it for me?”

“Worms!!!” |You say way too excitedly. You drop your shovel and go to your bucket of gardening tools and dig around| “Wanna see me summon a buncha worms at once?!?”

“. . . Why would I want worms?” |Bonnie walks next to you.|

“Worm pie!”

“. . . Worm pie?”

“Worm pie!!!!”

|You get out two sticks, one of them was longer and ribbed.| “Look at! This!!” |You stick the stick deep in the ground, then start rubbing it up and down with the other stick.|

“. . . . . . .”

“. . . . . You look weird-”

“Shh! Shh!!” |You keep it up, and eventually, like magic, worms started poking up from the ground.|

“WOOOOOOOORMS!!!!”

“WOAH!! WORMS!!!”

“What’s this about worms?” |You look over at the house and Nille was coming out the front.| “Woah. That’s a lotta worms.”

“I know right!!!” |You said with sparkles in your eyes.| “It’s so cool!!!”

“Why’d you want so many crabbing worms anyway.” |Bonnie mumbled.|

“Cause all those batty little worms are the beeeest thing for a garden!” |You giggled happily and picked up a few of the worms and spread them across the garden box you were planting in.|

“Huh.” |Nille rubbed her chin, then put a hand on her hip.| “. . . So! What’s your name?”

|You sink down into your shoulders and look down awkwardly.| “Uhm. . . ‘S Jasmine.”

“Well, Jas, mind if I call you Jas? How do ya like the garden box? I saw the old one was broken so I put together a new one for ya.”

“THAT WAS YOU???” |You exclaim, head snapping up, flapping your hands excitedly.| “Oh thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!!! It felt really sturdy and nice and mmmmmm!!!” 

“Woah careful, I think if I get you any more excited you’ll explode.” |Nille patted you on the back.| 

“NO!!!!” 

“Yep!” |Nille laughed.| “Ba-boom! And there goes Jazzy!”

“NOOOOOOO!!!!!”

“. . Snrk-gHAHAAHHAAHA!!!” |Bonnie cracked up into a laugh and punched Nille.| “CRABFACE!! You can’t explode like that!!!”

“Language.” |Nille retorted.| “And you totally can-”

“BATFACE!!!”

“Hey!! Language!”

“CRABFACE!!”

“BATFACE!!!”

“CRABFACE!!!!”

“BATFACE!!!!”

“Oh Change you’ve multiplied.” |Nille rubs her temples, but was smiling.| “. . Hey wait, why bats?”

“OH!!!” |You scrunch your face up, thinking.| “. . . Its, uhm, uhm, it’s ‘cause bats eat bugs!! And eat a lotta moths! And moths are important ‘cause of, uhm, uhm. . .”

“‘Cause moths are dreamy’s?” |Bonnie suggests.| 

“YEAH!!! Moths are Dreaming and Shining ones messengers!!” |You nod excitedly.| “Start living life asa caterpillar, go into a pupa so you’re not anything, then c’mout asa moth to send messages! ‘N then die, sending messages back to Shining and Dreaming, and then come back!”

“Woooooah!” |Bonnie looked invested.| “Is that why moths are so dumb?”

“Bonbon!!” 

“WHAT?!? IT’S A FAIR QUESTION!!!”

“Mhm mhm mhm!!” |You stomp back over to the garden as you talk.| “Lotta moths uhm, get attracted to light!! ‘Cause that’s the fastest way ‘t get back!”

“. . . Oh.” |Bonnie's expression drops. They look away, sad.| “So like ‘Frin.”

“O-oh-” |Nille bites her lip, and kneels down next to Bonnie.|

|There’s an awkward silence for a few seconds. Bonnie crossed their arms and looked away, Nille stood by them, you stood at the garden, awkwardly. You didn’t want to make Bonbon feel bad, you like Bonbon! You like them a lot! Uhm, what do you do when you’re sad. . ?|

“. . . Wanna plant some tubers with me?” |You ask, smiling softly.|

|Bonnie glances at you, then away, pauses, takes a deep breath, and nods.| “Okay.”

|You beamed. Happily digging out a spare set of gloves and trowel for Bonnie as they stomped over and kneeled down. Nille ducked inside for a moment while you and Bonnie got to work.|

|Bonnie stabbed the dirt.| “. . . You can keep singing that song. Or, whatever it was.”

“Huh? Okay!” |You nod, and join in on the stabbing.| “‘S a song about a miller!”

|You smiled big and wide as you cleared away the last of the weeds and dead plants. Nille came back out with two big covered mugs of cocoa for the two of you.|

“Shine the sun and rain the rain, Fall the shivery snooow!! Frost and hail and wind again. As the yeeeear wiiiiiill goooo!!!”

|You feel very happy!|

[theantarwitch]

Tarot to find Lost Things

This is a basic dumb idea that I didn't see around a lot: Use the Tarot to find lost objects.

You know, when you are not sure if an object is even in your house, why don't use Tarot?

I personally use my own Oracle but the basic Major Arcana should work fine, still I find important that the cards have a good amount of images, since what you will use to find the object, is based in the images that you see, not in the meaning of the card itself. For this, very minimalist decks, or basic playing cards may not be useful enough.

So, let's say that you are an unmedicated AHDH as me, so you need to find things because your brain just can't cope with basic order. You sits and start to ask. Where is the Thing? Is in this house, outiside, in a specific room? Then the spread can help you.

Usually I find a basic 5 cards spread useful in this case, but is mostly because I use an Oracle. If your deck have tons of images, maybe 5 are too much... Too much info can lead to contradict itself or turn confusing, so start with a basic 3 cards and see if you have to add more. If your deck have little amount of images, it can need 5 cards or more.

Cards where the "ambient" is outisde, probably mean "not in your house/ in other house or lost in the street" (The Fool, The World, The Wheel of the Fortune).

Cards with columns and chairs can mention a "inside the house" (The High Priestess, The Justice, The Hieropanth).

Some cards can point where in reference to other objects. The Magician have stuffs over the table, it can point things over a table or furniture.

You have pets? Maybe is close your pet, and for that, cards with animals can give a hint (The Strenght, The Chariot).

The cards with suns can hint that is "at sight" (The Sun).

Cards with moons and stars can point the Bedroom (The Moon, The Star).

Card with little light? Inside a closet! It have water? Maybe in the bathroom! Have plants? The garden! Chairs? Check close a chair or the kitchen! Fruits? Maybe close the fridge! Have clothes? Maybe on your bed!

What's matter, is that you focus in the objects that you see, and specially based on YOUR DECK. Since not all the decks are the same, it can have a lot of variations that you need to consider. Example, The Hermit have a light in his hand, which can point to be close a lamp, but if your card is an Hermit Crab, of course it will not mean the same. Be smart, be creative.

[eee-isat-au-blog]

Encore Et Encore: Act 1, Chapter 2: Hour Time Together

Full Game Spoilers for In Stars And Time, Including Twohats! (technically not in this episode but it's in episode one so you should read that first)

It took a while for Siffrin to remember who and where he was, but that was normal for suddenly waking up.

…why did he wake up again?

He had a really weird dream. He was standing there with 2 other figures…

The dream slipped through his mental hands like sand. He closed his eyes again.

♢: "--frin! Siffrin!"

A shadow covered the sunlight that was previously piercing his eyelids.

♢: "… Siffrin…?"

Judging by the voice, that was Mira here to wake him up. Or maybe Isa was doing a really really good impression. He snickered at the thought.

♢: "Siffrin, are you making puns even in your dreams? What am I saying, of course you would be…"

♢: "Anyway, good morning! Or, good afternoon rather… sleep well?"

☆: “mmbl.. grmbl…” was all he could say in response

♢: "… You’re still half asleep, huh..”

With all the strength he could muster, he lightly nodded in response.

♢: "Well, I'll let you rest a little longer, gotta be ready for tomorrow and all! Make sure to come to town soon though!"

He sighed, lightly blowing the hair in his face up, before it fell right back down.

☆: “…” Wake up Siffrin, you have a country to save.

He stood up after a moment and stretched, stretched, stretched, his body was really feeling the whiplash of the sudden wake. After a bit he began wandering to the town of Dormont, where a statue of the Change God stood proud and tall in the center, visible even from this distance.

He watched as two birds sang to each other in the woods, one was light, the other was dark. He envied them a bit, and chuckled. At least they weren't aware of the potential end of the world.

Eventually he met up with Mira.

♢: "Well that didn't take long, haha! How did you sleep by the way? Scale of 1 to 10?”

☆: “Hm… 3, a weird dream, and a certain someone woke me up.” He sticks out his tongue playfully at her.

♢: “Noooo I’m sorry! It’s just we have a lot to do, prepping for the King and-”

☆: “How dare you Mirabelle, punishment for a millenia.” He holds his hand out dramatically, as if cursing her. She puts on a big, obviously fake frown.

♢: “Noooo, not punishment for a millenia!!!”

They both laugh.

♢: “OH!! BY! THE! WAY! I wanted to talk to you about something! Um… I had a nice idea for how we can make the night before the final fight special, how about a nice sleepover? Eat food with friends, tell stories, all that stuff!”

Siffrin took a second to wonder how that was different from what they normally do.

☆: “Uh… How is that different from what we normally do?”

♢: “Oh crab… you’re right.. It was a dumb idea, just forget about it…” She lightly facepalms her face.

Siffrin immediately panicked. He made Mira upset. This is the worst thing probably ever.

☆: “N-no no! It’s a good idea! We should do it! And make the best of all the times we did it ever!”

♢: “You think so?”

☆: “Of course!” He smiled reassuringly.

♢: “Heh, thank you Siffrin.. Oh, if we’re doing it you should probably go tell everyone! I wrote down a crafted note and everything! Isabeau is at the Favor Tree, Madame is at the shops, and Bonnie is at the fields! Tell them to meet at the Clock Tower, okay? You should also check out the Change God Statue for good luck!” She hands him the note.

That’s a lot of things. Siffrin waves as Mira leaves, looking at the note. He decides to head to Odile first, since the shop was just over there.

He opened the door, the shopkeep jolting up slightly, clearly they were dozing off a bit. He walked to the end of the shop and found Odile inspecting various things on the shelf.

♤: “Hmm.. Oh, Siffrin, you look well rested, I take it you slept well?” She looked at the stuff on the shelf as she spoke, before turning to give full attention.

☆: “Well enough at least, Mira woke me up.” He fake-pouted.

♤: “Heh, probably for the best, don’t want you sleeping on the day before the possible end of the world. Anyway, how can I help you?”

☆: “Right, Mira wanted me to tell everyone about a sleepover at the Clock Tower.” Odile lightly scoffs.

♤: “A sleepover? Gems alive, you really are kids.”

☆: “Yea, but it’ll be fun to forget about things for a bit.”

♤: “Yes, yes, I’ll be there, poor Boniface likely needs it. Maybe we all do. Nevertheless, the Clock Tower has 3 beds, no? I’ll have you know I plan on having a bed to myself.”

☆: “Yeah, Mira and Bonnie will be sharing, probably”

♤: “So who’s sleeping on the floor, you or Isabeau?”

☆: “We’ll probably share as well”

♤: “…Mhm. Anyway, I’ll be there.”

Siffrin waved goodbye and left, checking Odile off the list, albeit mentally, since he had nothing to write with. Next up was Bonnie, so he headed east, saying hi to the townsfolk as he passed, eventually finding Bonnie staring at vegetables.

☆: “Hey, Bonnie!”

♧: “…heyfrin.”

☆: “We’re going to do a sleepover at the Clock Tower tonight.”

♧: “A sleepover? That’s dumb, I’m not a kid, Frin. Was it your idea?” Siffrin sighed lightly.

☆: “Mira’s idea, actually.”

♧: “Oh, then it's a great idea, sucks you stole it from Belle.” The small one snickered and pointed teasingly at him. He sighed again.

The two leaned on the fence, staring out to the vegetable field. Most of it was frozen. The squash was out of seconds, the mushrooms were out of minutes, and the onions were out of hours. Siffrin would keep this thought rolling if he hadn't noticed Bonnie was nervously glancing at him.

♧: “D-Don’t you got somewhere to be, Stupidfrin?”

☆: “Wow, I can’t enjoy a moment staring at veggies?”

Bonnie took a moment, did they hurt Frin’s feelings?

♧: “S-sorry I just- want some time alone!!”

☆: “No it’s fine, Bonnie. I don’t carrot-all” He smirked down at them, as they frowned in return.

♧: “Get out of here!! Stupidfrin!” Siffrin leaves without another quipping word, checking Bonnie off the mental list as well.

One left. Siffrin headed for the Favor Tree to talk to Isabeau. The tree was very big, paired with the Change God statue in the center and the Clock Tower to the east, it made the town of Dormont very symmetrical, even, nice.

They approached the Favor Tree’s designated area, with Isabeau leaning on a nearby, non-favorable tree.

☆: “Isa!!” They grinned.

♡: “Sif!!!” He held out his arms wide as Sif approached.

☆: “Isaaaaaa!!!!”

♡: “Sif!!!!!!”

☆: “ISAAAAAAAA!!!!” They continued playing it up. Isa chuckled.

♡: “Ok that’s enough, we don’t wanna be here all day, do we?”

☆: “Booooo…” They stuck out their tongue playfully.

♡: “So, how’s it going? Here to wish at the Favor Tree? It’s crazy how big the thing is!”

☆: “Hm… Yeah, It’s a…” They got that look on their face, that both them and Isa knew well.

♡: “Mhm??” Isabeau waited in anticipation.

☆: “..A real TREE-at.” Their smirk was so sharp it could kill a sadness.

♡: “HA! HAHAHA! YES!!” He raises a hand to their shoulder as he laughs, but stops just short and brings it to his side as he wipes his damp eyes.

♡: “Ha… that was good.”

☆: “Anyway, Mira wanted me to tell everyone we’re meeting at the Clock Tower for a sleep over tonight.”

♡: “Sleepover? Crab yeah, now I’m excited. Though, the Clock Tower only has 3 beds if I remember correctly… and M’dame will absolutely demand a bed to herself- more power to her- so I suppose we’re sharing again?” He said that less like an actual question, and more like a confirmation, because he was pretty confident in his conclusion, but wanted to make sure with his bunkmate.

☆: “Yea, that sounds about right.”

♡: “Alright! I’ll be there!” He gives a big thumbs up

♡: “I’ll let you do your Favor Tree thing now! I'll be up north if you wanna talk again! Cya, Sif!” They both waved as he walked away.

Siffrin approached the Favor Tree. It was towering, to the point they were a bit nervous to make a wish. Like asking a teacher to use the bathroom back in school. Or at least that's what Mira and Isa said. He never went to school.

Think… What would be a good wish to ask… Talking with their party was nice… Traveling with them was the happiest you remember being, though your memory always was spotty… but if something was better than this, it probably wasn’t good enough to remember. They shake off the conflicting nature of that sentence and think.

Mira.. Isa.. Odile.. Bonnie… He loved them all so much. He knew his wish. He took a leaf and held it to his mouth, whispering to it.

☆: “I wish to stay with those I care about, when all is said and done.”

He folded it up and sent it to ride the wind. The breeze brushing the tree made a strange sound, like a group sighing. Vaugarde is so weird. Welp, should probably make it over to the Clock Tower.

As he made his way over, he noticed the Change God statue again. Stars, he knew he was forgetting something. He needed to make a prayer for good luck. Though, doing that right after making a wish on the Favor Tree felt… greedy. But he said he would, so do it he shall. He approached the statue’s stature.

Mira and Isa told him that Change prayers were manifested by simply believing strongly, for nothing concrete, the Change God is a lazy deity after all. Seemed a bit off. A god taking a backseat to its domain? Though he supposed the inverse was also a problem. Whatever, he wasn't here to critique the culture. He was here to save the world.

He believed strongly…. For understanding.

And with that, he bowed slightly to the statue and made his way to the Clock Tower as the sky darkened from the curse. If they won or lost tomorrow, at least today still happened.

[valle-de-sombra-de-muerte]

Homestuck Reread: Act 3, Part 1/3 (p. 760-891)

Read the previous post here.

Time for the beginning of Act 3! An inauspicious start, since the Act begins with Jade's introduction.

So I guess the "reader" is still acknowledged as a thing. And they're actively attempting to manipulate Jade. I wonder how much longer this will last for.

Jade has so many interests, you guys! So many! And I'm sure each and every one of them will be relevant to her character as well!

Also, she needs reminders so she doesn't forget about the things she's interested in? What?

Why does Jade have so many variants of fetch modus when none of these will ever show up again? Actually, the whole modus system continues to be really dumb and that's probably why it's rarely mentioned in the later acts.

Jade's precognition again being treated as just a fun lil' quirk. Gosh, she's just so quirky, right fellas? So many modi, so many interests. She's just so silly and fun, right? Right???

Honest confession time. When I first read Homestuck, I had no idea that a "eureka lemon" was an actual variety of lemon. Of course I've heard of crab apples, key limes, and mandarin oranges, but it never occurred to me that a eureka lemon was also a real thing. I didn't figure this out until years later.

Wait wait wait. Hold the phone. Jade is a fan of old cartoons? When is that ever referenced again outside of the occasional mention of Squiddles (a show that isn't real)? What the fuck? John likes movies, has posters in his room, and name drops his favorites on a regular basis. Why does Jade not talk about any cartoons she likes???

Physics, gadgetry, and gardening are all shit that aren't ever mentioned again either, but I was at least aware of those things being related to her, at least on a surface level. Jade's whole thing (well, what I assume Hussie ostensibly intended to be her thing) is that she's this genius wiz kid. And her username is gardenGnostic, so of course horticulture has to be somehow related to her character. This whole cartoon thing is seriously new knowledge to me, though.

Grandpa Harley was a real renaissance man with a multitude of interests, so it's natural that Jade takes after him. The problem is that Grandpa is dead and he's less of a character than he is this mysterious symbol that Jade both admires and resents. It doesn't matter whether or not he's fleshed out, but Jade is a main character, so by necessity she must be or else she comes across as half-baked.

Jade has two pages dedicated to her interests, yet none of them are relevant to her character. She never talks to anyone else about gardening or anthros or anything like that. She doesn't use her scientific knowledge to help solve a problem. Her guns only serve the same basic combat purpose as the other kids' kind abstratus, but beyond that she isn't a gun nut.

One can point to stuff like John's interest in programming or Dave's love of photography as examples of extraneous character traits that don't ever manifest later on in the comic. But in Jade's case, it's nearly all of them. Hussie could've filled these pages with anything he wanted, but nothing would alter the existing perception of Jade being nothing more than "silly, upbeat girl who can see into the future." This is what I meant when I said earlier that she doesn't have any character to speak of. Or rather, she's just extremely shallow.

And because Jade doesn't have enough quirks already, her shirt randomly changes designs. Wow! Incredible!

These "manthro chaps" are honestly more unnerving and sexually charged than the smuppets. I don't ever see anyone reference them nearly as often, and probably for good reason. Unlike the smuppets, they're too close to resembling humans and are very uncanny. This feels like a deranged fetish thing, but it's being played off as more silly, quirky bullshit. "Slop trough" is a phrase I never want to read again.

Right. Hating furries was very much en vogue back in 2009, I'd say more so than the present. However, Hussie is going to great lengths to portray Jade as one of the "good ones." Her interest in anthros is non-sexual in nature and she does not partake in "cringe" furry activities like wearing fursuits and engaging in sexual activities with other furries. As stated before, the manthro chaps are being depicted as wholesome make believe, not in a feral/pet play context (despite the fact that that's exactly what it looks like).

This is just Hussie taking pot shots at a subculture that has historically been a very easy target for ridicule. I'm not even sure why he decided to make Jade a furry in the first place if he was going to draw lines in the sand like this. What an incredible dickhead. And since this is written from Jade's perspective, it makes her a dickhead too.

There are a few times later on where Jade comes across as rude or judgmental, coming at odds with her otherwise unflinchingly polite and optimistic disposition. Needless to say, this does little to endear her to me.

Like John, Jade also has a chest full of shit that doesn't end up mattering. Come to think of it, this whole intro sequence feels extremely drawn out, kind of like John's. John at least had the excuse of being the first character and he required a long intro in order to establish the tone and mechanics. We've gotten a good handle on things by the time we reach Rose and Dave, so their intros weren't nearly as involved. So why the fuck is Jade's taking so long? We know this whole routine, we've done it three times now. Can we get the fuck on with the story already!?

This is a really bizarre sequence of pages where the "reader" is forced to match the memory cards of Jade's modus, only to fail at it repeatedly while both Jade and Hussie judge them for it.

Man... I know it's a common fandom notion that Jade is the most neglected and underutilized of the main cast of kids, but you seriously wouldn't have guessed that based on all these early pages. She feels more like Hussie's favorite, if anything.

Every passage he seems to talk about her with affection and a total absence of snark, not like the other kids who are regarded with bemusement at best or mockery at worst when they do something foolish. Here the derision is solely focused on the reader for their apparent cluelessness, and both Hussie and Jade are on the same side. C'mon, Jade's just offering the reader to play this game and they fail because they're obviously not as smart as she is. Serves them right for that earlier, boorish suggestion that this wonderful girl might be a, gasp, disgusting fursuit-wearing degenerate!

There's something a little off about how this then-30 year old man created this 13 year old girl who's so sweet and perfect in every way, and whom he dedicates so many pages showing us every single one of her quirks and all the amazing things she has in her home. But I don't really want to dwell further on this, so I'll be moving on.

"But he does like his steak well cooked."

"He does prefer his steak rare after all."

Well, which is it??? Does he like his steak well or rare? Does Hussie not know the difference between these terms? Has he never cooked a steak before?

Dave Strider? More like Dave Simper. He is incredibly down bad. She's obviously not online, dude. Get out of her DMs. He's also facetiously engaging her with furry roleplay. God, Dave, get a clue! ERP is something only cringy furries do and as established previously, Jade is most definitely not one of those types of furries!

The Midnight Crew get their own dedicated flash. These guys sure are getting teased a lot, despite just being characters from an in-universe webcomic. I wonder what it could mean...

FINALLY we get to the Strider fight. Well, it's more like Dave vs. Cal rather than Dave vs. Bro. Not to try and crack open more Bro discourse, but the idea that people will try to equate Dave getting clowned on by a puppet with actual child abuse is absurd. I don't see how this is any different than the previous strifes John and Rose had with their parents.

FUCK it was only for one page. We're back to Jade again. You know, if I had a friend who knew whenever I was about to have an internet outage and acted all smarmy about it, I would probably stop talking to them.

"Grandpa Moreau over there on Hellmurder Island" is a good line. Thank you Rose for providing some levity to this slog of pages I've been enduring.

Another GameFAQs page, but this section is written by John for some reason. He brings up a great point about how nobody is reading these damn things. If you're some nudnik who truly gives a shit about how punch card alchemy works, oh boy do I have a page for you!

Jade dislikes hunting and it was mentioned earlier that she'd never shoot an animal. It strikes me as odd that she has such a passion for guns, but not hunting. What does she shoot then? She's a "skilled markswoman" but do we ever see a shooting range or anything to practice her skills? I can't imagine there's much else to shoot on this island aside from wildlife.

Grandpa Harley says Jade will grow up to be like the women in the photos he gets off to. I uh... I don't know how to feel about that. Other than perhaps it's for the best this old man is dead.

Wow! Who's this rude customer? What a crazy guy! Oh well, he was blocked so I don't think we'll ever see him again.

Finally at this point we take an extended reprieve from Jade. For the record, we're 99 pages into the Act. It took Rose 25 pages from her intro before the plot returned to John, and Dave 48 pages from his before turning back to Rose. (I'm not counting brief cuts to other characters for these counts, because the main focus is still on the recently introduced character). Nearly 100 pages of Jade showing off her house before going back to the plot. Augh!

Anyway, Rose actually reaches out and grabs the captcha card, which isn't something we've seen up to this point. This whole inventory system is weird, man.

I think it's all but directly stated that Mom Lalonde became an alcoholic because she has known the exact date the world was going to end. A sad detail.

Part 2 of the Strider fight ends with Bro yeeting Dave down the stairs. Again, I can't see this scene as serious representation of legitimate child abuse, especially with the fucking SBaHJ jokes at the end. The tone is so comedic and outrageous I don't understand anyone who takes it seriously.

Honestly, the earlier scenes with Dave roaming the apartment, being surrounded by weapons and sex toys, making comments of how he has difficulty accessing food, and being videotaped for Bro's fetish films paint a much better image of an abusive household than any of this strife shit. I don't want to try and argue that Bro isn't a bad guardian, because he definitely is, but there's this notion in the fandom that he does all this because he hates Dave and wants him to suffer, and I don't think that's true at all. His actions read more like neglect and carelessness, not malice.

You can make a list of all Bro's crimes, but hating his brother is not one of them.

John wins his fight against the ogres. There's an earlier page where we see him getting the tar kicked out of him (with the same over the top slapstick animations during the Dave vs. Bro fight, mind you), but it's only after Nannasprite and Rose join to help that he's able to achieve victory. He really can't do anything on his own, can he?

How about a "thank you, Rose, for beating those ogres for me"? Dickhead.

No "thank you" for Nannasprite, either. Instead he asks her to carry him to the gate, since he already knows Rose can't do it. This kid really sucks.

Now that I'm a third of the way done with Act 3, I have to say Jade is some honest to god Mary Sue shit. I don't like using that term because it's been misused to the point of uselessness, but come on. Compare Jade to the three previous kids and tell me that this girl isn't the most ridiculous character in this lineup.

We have John, the goofy cornball that likes pranks and watching bad movies; Rose, the smug pseud that likes the occult and writing lousy fiction; Dave, the aloof hipster that likes rapping and making shitty comics; and Jade, the genius manic pixie furry girl with a randomly changing wardrobe that can see into the future, lives on a private island full of crazy hi-tech gadgets, was raised by a radioactive dog, and likes physics, gardening, sharpshooting, bass guitar, and inventing.

Fuck me. If I was DM for a DnD session and someone submitted a character sheet like that against three normal ones, I'd tell them to leave. Why can't she just be a normal kid like the others? It's all so jarring!

Suddenly I'm wishing I was back reading Act 1 again.

Read the next post here.

[creatchie8]

Because I keep seeing others post, I really wanna talk about seeing Lewis and Atta Boy in Chicago <3 Also so I can look back and reread and relive how exciting it was lol

First of all, I wanna explain how DEDICATED I was to see this man. I live in a tiny town in Idaho where the local airport takes two flights per day and both of them are directly to and from SLC. So I drove 3 1/2 hours to the biggest airport in Idaho. Then, I hopped on a 1 1/2 hour flight to Seattle where I had a two hour layover then on a 4 1/2 hour flight to Chicago.

I got a bloody nose on the plane to Chicago (then on the way back I got 2 more) :) So much fun.

We waited in a super short line outside for a while and I was hyper analyzing every person who walked past us in hopes it would be a member. The one time I had my head turned a woman walked past me and I was just watching her leave when she turned her head and it was EDEN! I could have died right then, she was gorgeous, seriously the prettiest woman I have seen.

About 10-15 minutes later I saw her walking towards the line (very preoccupied, she was listening to a voice note on her phone) and finally past all the waiting people and into the venue. (Side note, she had her vape in hand and was taking a hit of it as she walked past me-when I texted my friend she was saying how lucky I was to stand in Eden's vape cloud and it made me lol so hard).

When they finally let us into the venue me and my guy beelined it to the stage. I swear some higher power was on our side that day because we got the best spot right to where the drum set was in perfect view.

Me Like Bees was great, I was dancing around to their music and I have plans to add them to my Spotify playlist, their energy was crazy!

The lights went on again as they were taking the MLB stuff down and putting the AB stuff up, Freddy and Dashel were up there helping when this mysterious man brushed up against my guy and walked up the steps to the stage. My guy whispered in my ear, "I think that's Lewis." And all I could do was nod silently.

It felt like I touched a live wire or something, my whole body was buzzing like crazy as we watched him set up his drum set. I think in another life that man was an electrician or something because he was decked out in all Carhart lmao.

Eden sung beautifully, nothing would have ever prepared me for how good she sounded. Like imagine the recorded version but just 1 Million times better. I sung my heart out on Crab Park (best song imo) and teared up when she sang Madly.

I'm going to skip some of these next few parts because it was literally just me watching Lewis go around to the people waiting to talk to him and me admiring how incredibly handsome this guy is (no picture does him justice).

Lewis shook me and my guy's hand and we all introduced each other, all of a sudden my worry went away and talking to Lewis felt like talking to a friend. I told him how my mom loves him in Lessons in Chemistry (which I explained is crazy because she has two comfort shows she likes and she hates new things but seriously is in love with LinC and begs to watch it with me whenever I visit). Lewis thought that was absolutely hilarious and was happy my mom likes it so much.

I then told him that I adore The Starling Girl because his performance was so real and raw and there was absolutely no fluff. I then said something super cheesy like, "Your performance was phenomenal." Lewis told me that he was grateful I loved it so much because he loved working on it. So that made me smile and blush like crazy.

He asked where we were from and I told him about the crazy journey we endured and he seemed legit stunned that someone would travel that far to see him and his band.

We then took a few pics and I was too dumb to remember to give him something to sign so I pulled out a $5 bill and he signed the backside of it. I then asked if I could hug him and he laughed, saying yes if I don't mind that he's all sweaty. Best hug of my life btw.

We then said our farewells and I then proceeded to get so freaked out we left the venue entirely. Looking back now I would have stayed longer and got pics with Eden and some merch so I actually feel really upset about that. And in January of 2023 I got a bull skull tattoo mimicking Rhett's on my calf that I was dying to show Lewis but I forgot. But I am looking forward to the next time I get to see him!!!

[patibato]

[Bitter Sweet Sixteen] 002-B02 - The Hair-Raising Sentai World is Too Sick!

Momiji: Umm, what on earth is this…

Akuta: Huh!? What's with that reaction! Isn't it clearly a concept, no matter how you look at it!?

Momiji: Y-yeah…

Nanaki: About this concept document. It looks like there's a… crab…? Thing drawn on it.

Akuta: It's not a "crab-thing", it's a floral egg crab. Come o~n! You're just playing dumb now!

Kiroku: I… really, like… it… this, picture…

Ushio: We aren't holding an exhibition here.

Sakujiro: Let's set aside the quality of the art. The problem is the content.

Akuta: Ye~s, allow me to expla~in! Plea~se turn to page one of the document!

Muneuji: But there's only one sheet.

Akuta: To start, I think it'd be good if the concept had a boom-boom pow-pow action feel.

Every customer gets to feel like an action star! Right? Right? Just thinking about it is hype, right!

And so, the curtain rises on the "Tourism Sentai Tourism Rangers! ~Revenge of the Demonic Floral Egg Crab~"

Ushio: Rangers…?

Muneuji: Come to think of it, he was making a ruckus the other day about studying tokusatsu sentai shows. And that he signed up for a subscription.

Akuta: A giant demonic floral egg crab invades Asu-High! Its favourite food is the brains of tourists and meat buns!

Momiji: (What a harsh worldview…!)

Akuta: A trampled school building! Explosions! Students and guardians in a panic to escape! Who could they possibly call to help!

We, the Tourism Sentai Tourism Rangers, appear in a flash and save the day!

I'm Tourism Orange! Kiroku's Purple and Nanaki's Turquoise! Pink is Muneuji and Ushio's Lime!

Ah, and when we appear there'll be an explosion of smoke in our five colours. That's a given when doing sentai stuff.

And so, with the evil defeated, peace is briefly restored to Asu-High, UNTIL—

Momiji: Wait, before you get to that, what's this Hishio bowl-like thing?

Akuta: The ones we had the other day were crazy good, so I drew that as a bonus.

Nanaki: Nothing to do with the concept, then.

Akuta: I'll continue now, thanks for your attention!

Akuta: And finally the Demonic Crab and the Tourism Rangers put on the BEST live and revue, THE • END!

So? Whaddaya think~!?

Momiji: To summarise… is it safe to say the general concept is "sentai action"?

Akuta: Yep!

Nanaki: How long did you spend thinking about this?

Akuta: A few seconds?

Sakujiro: I suppose coming up with all this in a matter of seconds can only be considered impressive, but… it's rather incoherent.

Akuta: Incoherent! Yay yay!

Momiji: Sakujiro-san, Akuta-kun considers "incoherent" to be a compliment.

Sakujiro: My mistake, then.

Ushio: Its favourite food being brains is seriously gross, so definitely change that. And aren't there too many explosions? Why do you want to blow stuff up so much? I don't get it.

Akuta: Becau~se art is an explosion.

Kiroku: …How will we… make… the, explosions…?

Akuta: That's already settled with the egg!

Muneuji: But it's returned to the sea.

Momiji: Egg?

Nanaki: Ah—no, it's uh… an egg shaped bomb. We saw something like that on dazzle recently.

Ushio: It's just some stupid anime thing, don't worry about it. We're still kids, you know.

Momiji: (Regardless, popping up with such an out-there plan… I was careless.)

(I should've checked in with him more. I know he has a tendency to run wild, I should've kept his hyperness in check.)

Ushio: So? Our team name?

Akuta: Just what I said! The Tourism Sentai • Tourism Rangers!

Ushio: Th-that's so lame I can't even comment on it.

Momiji: (This is my responsibility. First, I need to get control over the situation somehow—)

Nanaki: …This isn't gonna work.

Kiroku: …

Nanaki: To start, we can't make a giant demonic crab, and harming the school would be…

Akuta: No no no, we'll have them act like it's happening!

Ushio: Being forced to act at an open day… no way.

Muneuji: Even as a show, I wonder if everyone visiting the school would enjoy this concept.

There will be people of all ages and genders. How about doing something with wider appeal?

Ushio: What would you do if someone got hurt in an explosion? Wouldn't it give us all social death for sure this time?

Probably best that you stop going "explosions, explosions~" so casually. For all our sakes.

Kiroku: … I feel… like… you haven't… thought… about… the budget.

Akuta: Ugh…

Nanaki: In the first place, nothing in here has anything to do with either Asu-High or Hama.

Ushio: Don't go on about crazy things, and come up with a proper concept already.

Akuta: …H-haven't you just been criticising me all this time! Even in JJ Park, after judging it they go "but" and praise it. Isn't there anything to praise me for!

Muneuji: I've been searching for some for a while, but all I've found are difficulties.

Akuta: Doh…

Kiroku: …I think… the, pictures, are… good…

Akuta: …

Goin' toilet.

*door opens*

*running*

Momiji: A-Akuta-kun…!

(His expression was uncharacteristically stiff… It might be best to get some fresh air.)

—Everyone! It's a bit early, but let's break for lunch.

Momiji: (What are you doing, Akuta-kun…)

Nanaki: …

Momiji: Nanaki-kun! Do you know if Akuta-kun's in the conference room?

Nanaki: -… …I don't know.

Momiji: I see. Thank you.

Nanaki: …Right.

Momiji: (I think I'll go buy a bento for him and try calling out… I hope he cheers up.)

Akuta: … …

Nanaki: Whaaat are you idling about for?

Akuta: Woah!? Nanaki, you scared me!

Nanaki: Got you. …Can I sit on the elephant too?

Akuta: Go right ahead~ Not like it belongs to me.

Nanaki: …I was thinking you might've felt down from earlier. You faced some pretty harsh criticism.

Akuta: …Aah~

Nanaki: Since I make music, I kinda get it—

Making art is like laying yourself bare. I'm familiar with the fear of exposing it to the public.

But you know… Even if it's not perfect, you can't make a start without doing that.

We became Ward Mayors for the purpose of starting all kinds of things.

There's bound to be hardships, as well as those who deny you—lots of them, in fact—

But no matter what, I think, "I have to make a start". …I'm sure it's the same for you.

Akuta: Hehe.

Nanaki: ?

Akuta: Thanks! You've got a gift for being kind. But I wasn't feeling down aaat all about it!

First off, people that don't understand how great I am are the ones who end up cramping my style—

So all I gotta do is say bye-bye to them. Simple, right?

In this world, we have "the freedom to not understand each other". S'what my uncle says.

Nanaki: …

Pfft… hahahaha…! And here I was, getting all worried. Should've known how tenacious you are. How fun.

Akuta: That~said.

This time, I don't wanna say bye-bye just yet. It'd be too easy, so no way.

Nanaki: …

Akuta: Ah, you want some? They're tasty. Kiroku came by and gave 'em to me without a word earlier.

Nanaki: Small baby cookies… seems like something he'd give. Thanks. Nom nom…

Akuta: Nom nom… By the way, are you making the music for our Hospitality Live?

Nanaki: Huh?

Akuta: Your songs are the BEST! I've wanted to get one from you from the start!

Nanaki: Aah… yeah, well, I guess… that's fine… no, let me think about it a bit more.

I'm actually holding back on making stuff for now.

Akuta: What!? Why!?

Nanaki: …'Cause… they…

They… all end up being lo… love songs.

Akuta: Huh~!?

Nanaki: I want to stop too, or like, I feel like I'm slipping into bad habits, so I've been trying to bottle up my feelings, but…

Akuta: Wha~t are you grumbling about? Anyway, we don't need a love song, y'know? A regular one is fine.

Nanaki: I know. But—haven't you ever had something you can't help but think about, asleep or awake?

Akuta: …

Nanaki: That's how I'm feeling right now. But I could say the same about you…

That concept you showed us earlier was completely cluttered with stuff you wanted to do.

Maybe it'd be a good idea to focus on one thing you think about often to use as a base.

Not movies or anything. Something that's come from inside you, y'know—

Akuta: Inside me… like what?

Nanaki: Like— l-love troubles, or something…

Momiji: Ah! Here you both are.

Nanaki: -…!?

Akuta: Oh, Sensei!

Nanaki: W-with that, I'll leave things here! Bye!

*running*

Momiji: …Nanaki-kun left, huh.

Akuta: Yeah. …Hmm… …

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[auncyen]

the start of a bonnie pov for act 5 au/cloud collapse, whoooo

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Adults are dumb.

They said, they ALL said you could come with them to the House! 'Dile had taken so long to agree, you remember those agonizing minutes of silence when you had to chew your lip and fidget because you didn't want to talk and interrupt 'Dile thinking in case it annoyed her and she said no for that, but even she agreed!

You know she wasn't happy about it though. Even though you're almost a teenager, close to grown up, they still try to keep "adult things" from you. So when 'Za shooed you out of the clocktower's kitchen last night, you knew the only way you'd hear all the important stuff was if they thought you couldn't hear it.

...You still hadn't expected to hear them planning to leave you behind.

You huff, rolling your orb between your hands, but you're careful to keep a close enough hold so it can't slip away from you. Everyone went through a lot getting the orbs, and you need all five so you can all go in the House and Belle can kick the King's crabbing butt with everyone's help. You don't want to drop it or anything. But you gotta hold the others to their word, since APPARENTLY adults think keeping promises is optional.

Stupid adults.

You'd crept out of bed as soon as you woke up and saw the sky lightening, because you knew the others would wake up soon. Now the sun is starting to come up. You'd planned to make a hot breakfast for them around now. Instead you stopped by the boulangerie and asked the surprised baker for a favor, so now you have four warm croissants and one pain au chocolat. Because. You know they're probably going to be upset and come after you without remembering they have to eat. See, you can plan ahead because you're super mature and smart. They should know that!

They should know that you're not just going to touch Frin by accident, too. You can be careful! You listened to them the first time they told you Frin didn't like touch! They--

Huh?

The orb nearly slips from your hands as you stop and turn your head, but you grab and clutch it close to your body as your head swivels in the direction of the rising sun.

The dawn

looks weird.

Near the horizon, there's. Patches of a weird shade. Or is it more than one shade? You can't tell what you're seeing, can't even tell if the shade is closer to lightless or darkless. You wonder if the drawing kid would know how to describe it.

Dawns don't usually look like that. Does the sky know it's a big day? 'Dile's told you a few stories from Ka Bue where big weird stuff like that happens, but she always said they were very old stories and people had almost certainly made things up to fill in forgotten bits, like how Frin would make up great big stories when he'd forgotten things. ('Dile didn't say that last part. It's just something you know about Frin--his memory's got more holes than stinky cheese, and often, instead of just saying he forgot to do something, he'll make a story about why he didn't do the thing that's so outrageous everyone knows he's fibbing. Everyone calls them out on it, even 'Za, but it doesn't bother them. He's not actually trying to lie, just wants to be funny. You don't get why they don't just 'fess up from the start.

You don't get a lot of things about Frin.

...Especially now.)

Even if some of Ka Bue's super old stories were real, Vaugarde doesn't have any stories like that. Sometimes people say they met the Change God, but they don't say the Change God actually did anything, and they definitely don't say the Change God put a weird new shade in the sky. So. You don't know what to make of it.

...You were already trying to get to the House ahead of the others, but you start moving faster.

[glitched-username]

★heyllooo-★

★..sooo, erm, based on your latest post regarding concepts with rottmnt g/t and stuff, a little concept has been spiraling around in my head based on - these parts of your rambles★ :

★And this- has got me thinkinggg.. what if everyone who got mutated into an animal of some sorts just, as you said, let's the size take priority ?? Now this could go both ways, like- a person, depending on the species that they turn into after getting bitten by an oozequito (how is it spelled, help) has the misfortune of forming onto said size★

★Im, gonna give some very specific examples here★ :

|⭐| For instance, if a person transforms into some sort of a bug, it is safe to say that their size would reduce to just a couple of inches tall, maybe even smaller than that.

|⭐| They get turned into a bunny ?? Then their new found size should be about 10-20 inches tall-..I think- I dunno, (by the way, the smallest species of a rabbit is called a pygmy bunny and they can reach up to only 12 inches tall.. I think-)

|⭐| They happen to be close to an orca during the process of their mutation ?? They might just reach a length of 5.5 to 9.8 meters .. pretty big.

★You get the idea- well, you pretty much formed it.. Unlessss, the sizey thing was just a hiccup that occured because the mutant-gen was still in testing and stuff- ?? (or is it empyrean ?? Fuck I gotta go to the turtle-pedia- ) ★

★either way, it would make for a pretty cool, ermm, concept to add to the 'ROTTMNT' universe- !!★

★..(and imagine the tons of g/t content we could feast on (⁠☆‹ ☆⁠) !!)★

★yeah ermm, your rambling is quite cool by the way anddd, (I hope that..i dunno, you meet a giant in real life that just so happens to be like rise!raph)★

Oh, Draxum 100% would not have wanted the animal height to take priority, he just didn't think of the way heights would be affected with the mutation. Many dangerous/strong animals are actually much smaller than humans (wolves, spiders, monkeys, etc.) so he would be more interested in trying to find a way to prioritize the human height to a certain point. Super dumb way I could phrase it but, it'd kinda be like

if(HumanHeight > AnimalHeight){

HumanHeight = Height;

}

else{

AnimalHeight = Height;

}

idk if that makes sense but that's how I view it (can you tell I'm a fucking donnie kinnie lmao). And this is also my excuse so that the other mutants that appear in the show are still their OG sizes instead of getting to the heights of crabs and pigs. Would also make it funnier when the rogues gallery are giants compared to the turtles and yet the turtles still manage to kick ass.

Honestly Draxum would only recognize the boys as his creations by their height and is just like "well, they still have lou jistu DNA and survived THIS long... maybe I can still work with this?"

Anyway currently writing some stuff based on this au and I'm starting with the first meeting with April, which if you read my thoughts on how that would go... teehee

And Imma be real, I'm projecting hard when I write about giant raph stuff, because I would love to have that mystic power. idk who assembled my tiny 5 foot 2 self in the factory but I am ridiculously giant coded lmao. I would lose my mind immediately if I got some borrower friends. I even got a tiny handheld robot guy that I love because he's a tiny robot friend :))

[pbandjesse]

I am so happy to be home. It was such a nice weekend. But man. I missed my house and my bed.

Especially because I slept so poorly last night. My back was killing me. I couldn't get comfortable and I laid wide awake for hours. Jess apparently didn't sleep well either. So we were both pretty quiet this morning. We got home an hour later. Got packed up. I got washed and dressed. And we double checked we had everything before checking out. And then we were off.

We drove down the street to the pancake house again. We had some trouble with parking. They had an app for street parking and it was not user friendly. But Jess sorted it out and we went to have breakfast.

We had the same waitress as yesterday. She recognized us. She was very nice.

Jess got the same little pancakes from yesterday and I decided to get stuffed French toast and it was so good. I was very happy with my choice.

When we finished breakfast we would have enough time to walk back to the town center to go and get the sweatshirts we wanted. This is our third matching sweatshirts of the year. The man and woman who worked there were really nice and complimented out style. We chatted about the sweatshirts for a bit and fashion and it was nice.

We made another little stop at a neat gift shop. Where I bought mini brass spoons. And we just had enough time for coffee (and half and half for me) and got back to the car with 2 minutes to spare.

We started heading out of town. We stopped at an antique store that ended up being a lot of fun. There was a cyber truck in the parking lot which was wild to see close up. They are just. So dumb looking. I saw someone say that they kind of look like a potato you peeled with a knife. I don't disagree.

Jess got quite a few cool things. Some billiards themed shot glasses. An apple pie dish. Some Morton Salt printed cups. I found find a precious little brown bear and the tiniest watch that has scarab beetles around the band. The watch part was broken but I have an idea for the rest of it.

We were in high spirits when we left. We did get a little stuck in the parking lot. But Jess got us out and we were off.

Our last activity was to go to the zoo. I had good memories of this zoo from when I was a kid. My dad's dad Ron lived out in Cape May and while we didn't have much of a relationship, the few times we visited I remember going to this zoo. I thought it was called the popcorn zoo but that ended up being something near by. This was just the county zoo. But it was as good as I remembered. The enclosures all felt large and good and I loved seeing all the animals. There were some favorites. I loved the tortoises. And the otters. The red panda was really active. And the giraffes were amazing. I was just having such a good time. I pet the goats. We talked to a cow. Jess was a bit tired and said we saw "to many animals". Because I drug her all around the park. But it was just a really fun day. Even if we were tired.

We lucked out with the weather and I was just really happy.

Once we were done looking at the animals we went to the cafe for lunch. She got chicken tenders, I got a grilled cheese, we shared fries. I decided to get a souvenir cup because the zoo was free and I always feel like you should support in some way if you get free entry. So the cup would be my souvenir. And when we were done eating we went to the gift shop and Jess got a little crab plushie. Very cute.

We had an hour and a half until we were back at her house. We were quiet most of the ride. Both very tired. It started raining but it was never to bad. We were both just very ready to go home.

We arrived back at Jess's at 345. And after moving all my stuff over and using her bathroom, I was off. Hugs all around and promises to let her know when I got home safe.

And I didn't have a terrible drive. It was raining. I did see a car fire. But it was an hour and a half. I listened to music. Made myself cry listening to show tunes. But I got home at 520 and was very very happy to be back. I was exhausted.

James came outside and hugged on me and helped me bring things inside. I was so happy to see them

I'm really glad our paths crossed tonight before they headed to the football game. James would help me unpack my bag. I was so tired. I just wanted to sit on the bed. I gave them the little gifts I got for them. And they told me about their weekend. We hung out in bed for a half hour before it was time for them to go.

And I would just spend the evening resting. I felt horrible for a bit. I would make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and had some milk and that helped. I tried to pick outfits for the week but I'm not thrilled with them so that may change. I would hang out with sweetp. Tidy up some stuff around the house. I took a bath. I washed my hair. I painted my toes. I just chilled.

Now I'm laying in bed texting James because I think there is a mosquito in here and it keeps biting me. Very annoying how itchy my hand is. But it's fine. I'll live. I guess!!

James still won't be home for a while. But I think I will start getting ready for bed. It was a very long weekend. And such a wonderful time but I am very very tired.

Tomorrow I'm going to spend the day with my husband and it will be a lovely day. I hope you all have a great night. Sleep well. Until tomorrow!

[rotationalsymmetry]

Getting irrationally angry about the way people keep spreading that one post about Biden's eulogy for Kissinger having crab rave energy.

I think it is irrational because a lot of people are sort of...only just figuring out politics on here, and in that context it is good to talk about deciphering political language and how it's possible to criticize someone or something without using the sort of language you would use at a demonstration. And most of the post is about that.

I do not like the continued campaign (I'm not sure it's even a self aware campaign) to smush everything left of center into the same thing. Democrats (as in, politicians and voters for whom the Democratic Party platform basically represents their political position, as opposed to people who side with the Democratic Party in practice as being somewhat noticeably less awful than the Republicans) have a closer world view and ideology to Republicans than to leftists.

That is a simple statement of fact and really should not be a surprise to anyone who is remotely familiar with any of the words I used.

It is ludicrous to expect coalition between two groups that have less in common with each other than one has with the group they're supposed to ally against.

And that's even before you get into the vast discrepancies between how this stuff is supposed to work in theory (elected representatives vote for what their constituents want, mediated by their own conscience/common sense/potentially better understanding of the situation; what the Dems (politicians) say they want is what they actually want) and how it works in practice (to a large degree, elected representatives vote for what their largest campaign contributors want, mediated by personal greed or pride; the Dems (and the Republicans) have a large gap between what they campaign on and what they actually want.

Anyways, no, there isn't crab rave energy. Biden disagees with and disapproves of Kissinger. He may be horrified by some things Kissinger is done, I don't really have a good sense of Biden's internal world. He's also...running the United States government. It's not like there was an Evil Advisor and now the Evil Advisor is gone and there's a Good King again like some sort of fairy tale. The US government is the same government even when there's an administration change and it mostly does the same things.

This is in the same line as "but Biden was advocating for a ceasefire behind the scenes! And yeah he's funding isreal but the US and Israel are allies so he has to" yeah? You think the people are shouting Genocide Joe because they want the US to be allied to Israel but in a kinder, gentler way? That they want Israel to keep on as usual but be a little bit nicer? They want the state of Israel to stop existing, or turn into something that is no longer an apartheid state, or something. Not "well of course things were fine before the last weeks of bombing", but "things have been awful for decades and just took a turn for much worse." It's a very big political difference and it's irritating when people elide it.

Especially when they're presenting themselves as the smart, politically aware people in contrast to those dumb radicals who don't even know what they want. We know what we want. You just don't like it.

[fictionfixations]

twst spoilers (im looking through this through the lens of twisted wonderland)

I have a bunch of movie DVDs so I’m watching them.

watched part of the little mermaid (i ended up stopping cause the rest of the audio after the deal was just gone and there were more and more frame freezes and cuts)

and then aladdin

Anyway since I’m on a twisted wonderland fixation I wanted to watch the movies I had. So I’m going through little mermaid. I don’t think I have the second

..there’s one at 80 mins. It says disc 1. The other is titled ‘Ariel’s beginning’ idk the difference??? apparently ariel's beginning is the third movie, and a prequel. i didnt get around to watching it cause at this point im tired)

Guppy is an insult (i swear ive heard floyd call someone a guppy but im not sure where)

THE TWEELS EYESSS (and the white glowed yellow???? Or is that an artistic choice??? i have no idea what they did because i couldnt hear them and i didnt figure out how to turn on subtitles or rewind )

I love the yellow fish so much (hes just explaining it while lacking so many details you cant really follow)

Triton a shit father???? No I hate the crab (hes. kind of a bad influence.)

Ariel can. Be out of water with her tail? And speak? And

breathe???????? huh!?

SHES ON SAND AND ISNT DRYING OUT??? (so her only problem with it is that shes not human. and thinks he'll only get with her if she's human. it feels kind of dumb but i guess it kind of isnt if they have this huge thing against merpeople but they dont even know they exist? although there could be negative consequences ofc if they did find out but i really dont think ariel's aware of that. or if she is, then whyd she go so close if she knows they could be a danger??? ???

..i mean. its better than signing away your best magic for TEST answers. and then working for the lounge for the rest of your years at school??? with probably no pay. like. seriously?? people just accept things?? i mean i know nrc wouldnt accept kindness. but. ..apparently accept azuls deals without reading...)

'Beautiful girl singing.' (or it was beautiful singing voice) (What if she was a siren???? like cmonn) I couldn’t hear what happened to Ursula that left her away from the others ngl

...Tritons really the kind of dad to destroy Ariel’s stuff when she reveals she’s in love with a human. Okay yeah I don’t take back my thought of him being a bad dad

Well it’s human stuff but srsly???

THE FAN TURNED ON (curse non-soundproof walls) DURING MEETING URSULA ('poor unfortunate soulsss') IM CRYING NOOOOO (i didnt know how to turn on subtitles. i only figured it partway around watching aladdin :( )

I can’t hear the deal :(

Weird that Ariel still got married (and had like the foundation thing that helps merpeople get used to land??? i forgot what it was but it was because a princess in like the sunshine lands blah blah blah) Meanwhile Ursula is just. Admired fo being so kind. Do they not know??? then again they do admire jafar while he also still lost. ..i mean the stories twisted ig so we cant really know what happened. if it followed the movie or if something else happened. In twst* Sound disappeared. I think it’s the movie dvd cause there are weird cuts

im. gonna end it there because otherwise im not gonna understand a thing

aladdin go brr

The frame froze on jafar closing the parrots mouth 😭

I FOUND WHERE THE SUBTITLES ARE oh my god were the crackers a reference (in the game kalim kept shoving crackers in grims mouth and i was just so confused???) I just wanna give the tiger a hug (i dont remember what gender but so so cute when turned into smol bby)

I can’t really blame animal sidekicks that cause an issue in stuff (and kind of annoying) since I got attached to grim and I hated him for the longest time lol (anyway abu ended up helping out by stealing the lamp anyway when before there liekly wouldnt have been a chance. so. good on him)

Jafar just keeps calling him Abooboo throughout the movie. …i cant take it seriously its the funniest thing ever

Why is jasmine surprised (or at least look surprised) she could’ve just assumed jafar was mistaken since Aladdin said he went in disguise and stuff to hide why he was there????

Who the hell would believe jafar’s word? The sultan. But jasmine hates jafar!

Jafar only wanted to be with jasmine to get power??? So why does he want her now? I refuse to believe he’s in love ew

EWWWW THEY KISSED (well she did it to distract him while aladdin was making his way on the plan to stop jafar. but EWW it didnt even work because he saw aladdin's reflection in the crown!)

So gross HOW OLD IS HE!?

So glad jamil wasn’t like that but also it’s not a romance game thank fuck

'Still just second best’ OUCH thats rough hearing that insult

and its deserved. but also knowing jamils backstory makes it ow, although jamil never really. went as far. ....like. nobody actually dies. theres no attempt at killing someone excluding overblot actions and actions pre-blot BECAUSE its on the way about to overblot that what you normally wouldn't do you kind of do, and i really doubt you can be blamed for that when it kind of just. removes your morals, sort of? lowers your inhibitions. but like. makes what caused it so much more intense so then you break and boom overblot

something like that.

[florenceisfalling]

if i spend money on tumblr products its not because i have some fucking moral imperative to tumblr its because 1.) im allowed to buy myself a little treat and encouraging intense scrupulosity over like four bucks is bananas 2.) i would like this site to not fucking die seeing as it is the home of my growth as an artist and individual over the past 4+ years

yes they are owned by a corporation but that corporation would love to trim off any excess that loses them money and currently this site is making very little money

i understand feeling upset that people are spending money on a little png on this website but consider for a fucking second that its not about the damn crabs or whatever

its a bunch of people who are scared they are going to lose their primary online platform - which, if you're going to pull up the stupid morality discourse, fun fact! a lot of disabled people who are bound to their homes or beds really need the social circle they have here - and are grasping at straws to try and help the platform stay in existence

i understand that some of you arent as online but gen fucking srs stop acting like everybody can just step away from the computer and be exactly perfectly fine and cool if this site implodes. think of every piece of artwork, writing, animation, etc. that exists here. this site has contributed more than most things to my relationship with the person im engaged to!!!!!!

and all of you who log on to complain about people giving money to tumblr literally wouldnt have anywhere else to 1. complain 2. post your shit 3. ask for donations if it wasnt for tumblr dot com so!!!

i hate how this site is run i hate the bias in moderation i hate all the dumb fucking updates i am furious constantly too!!! but what are the other options??? "make your own website" and promote it/share it where? "use mastodon" and convince every single friend i have here to do the same?? "why dont you try ____" well you see i have literally tens of thousands of posts&reblogs id have to move over/archive for that. "just go offline" thats not a feasible option for people!!!!!! for real!!!!

edit im not even saying buying stuff is going to make a difference . im saying stop fucking calling it bootlicking when someone wants to not lose a decade of media to a site crashing

[maklodes]

Could a blogger coop acquire Tumblr, y'know, like REI? If Automattic were willing to sell?

It wouldn't prevent bankruptcy, fundamentally, unless there were other changes (coops can and do go bankrupt if costs exceed revenues. I've even personally owned shares in a coop grocery store that went bankrupt before.), but it would still be cool to have a social media site that was a coop. People are talking quite seriously about their willingness to invest money in keeping this site going. It would be cool if we could actually invest in it and not just give money to Automattic in the hopes that Tumblr looks better on their balance sheets.

It wouldn't require everyone get familiar with any sort of new system, as a federated version of Tumblr would, and people who didn't buy into coop membership could keep doing their thing without changes.

I know "create a coop that buys tumblr!" sounds like one of those dumb Tumblrina ideas, but are we getting to the point where we say "what have we got to lose at this point?"

(The answer: money. A bunch of us could buy into a coop, then get all the money taken by creditors and still end up with Tumblr being bankrupt and shut down. But we're already doing that with crab day and stuff. So other than that, what have we got to lose?)