#discuse

[koszmarnybudyn]

Skaldova modern au where they work the night shift at like a convenience store or something.

[aropride]

overhearing my sister (13yrs old) on facetime with her friend and they're looking up whether or not elephants ovulate

[sardix]

[shieldstable]

Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns will temporarily align, and here's why it would make it sense (from a writing perspective)

Look, we've all been burned by bad writing somehow Palpatine returned -and the WWE writers are known for their whims. And maybe, I'm picking up on strays that no one is consciously putting down, but maybe, just maybe! — so here is my batshit off the wall prediction for the upcoming storylines. With some textual analysis as back up.

If my predictions are somewhat correct, I'm booking a one-way ticket to Delphi. If not, please imagine this as a fun thought experiment.

And I know this sounds like the hopeful ramblings of a fan with too much nostalgia for The Shield, but please hear me out (also, I think Seth and Roman are the most fun when they're feuding, so...)

TL;DR at the end.

1. Chekov's Shield Bomb

This is about picking up what the writers/Seth have been putting down — and what they are putting down is Chekov's Shield Bomb. Especially in the built-up to WM41, Seth's has been big on mentioning The Shield and their history. It's only natural, in a feud between Punk, Roman, Seth with Paul Heyman in the mix it makes sense to mention eleven years of history and animosity.

And yes, Seth has made references before. Notably Royal Rumble 2022, WrestleMania XL. The big difference is, is those moments were created as a distraction/mind games against Roman. The current route they're taking is more nostalgia invoking. Seth keeps trying to get Roman to remember how great they were (are/could be) together.

He keeps mentioning Dean/Mox a lot (would love for Mox to come back, but given that he's at AEW I have low hopes). He keeps talking about how Paul Heyman brought Seth, Roman, and Dean together. The entire built-up to WrestleMania was filled with Seth loudly and proudly proclaiming it's about him and Roman — and together they can take out Punk. Seth went as far as begging Roman to please do a Shield Bomb with him, which at that point Roman nearly accepted but ultimately declined. Chekov, meet the loaded gun.

And sure, with so many storylines being set-up all the time, not everything might be used. But if I were writing a story, or even reading a book — I would underline that stuff and call it heavy-handed foreshadowing. From WWE's standpoint, it's also a smart thing to do. Not only does it serve as foreshadowing, it also serves perfectly as a primer for people's actual nostalgia around The Shield and as a way to measure people's reactions online before (hopefully) actually committing.

And well, if you show the gun, you gotta pull the trigger.

2. 2 vs 3

Right now, the biggest problem Seth's faction has, is that Seth and Bron are outnumbered. As I'm writing this (May 14th) Bron and Seth (and okay, Heyman) had to powder twice already because Sami, Punk and Jey clearly have more combined manpower. Obviously, if Seth needs to expand his operation, he needs to rally more troops.

WWE can use this open job-application to promote new talent (and imo they probably should, given how old the average age in the men division is atm). But, if Roman comes back, and he aligns with Sami and Punk, then it becomes 2 vs 4 and they need yet another guy.

For an interesting story, it is probably also a good idea to get someone who can be put into heavy contrast with Bron Breakker. Bron is doing Seth and Paul's bidding without question, almost blindly in awe. Adding a second guard-dog wouldn't do much. Now, adding someone who is actually wise to Seth's ways, who has their own agenda and who Seth views more or less (a little bit on the less) as an equal? That would work.

3. The great Wiseman heist of 2025

Punk, Seth and Roman have had this huge 3 way feud with a climax at WrestleMania. If they continue this as a 3 way feud, after Seth has been crowned the winner, then what was the point? To brawl forever and ever and your wins never matter because next week you're in the same fight? Ideally, you move on from that in new and interesting ways. We've already had the Punk and Roman alliance during war-games, and I wouldn't want to rehash that if I were writing this. Roman's recently aligned with Punk, and look where that got him? A favour owed and a Wiseman that left him. Punk’s betrayal and Wiseman-heist is probably more freshly on his mind than Seth's steel chair, a near 11 years ago.

CM Punk and Roman Reigns on the same side again — that should be out.

4. The Bloodline is in shambles

Okay, I hear you — there's a bunch of logical set-up but why would the Tribal Chief even want to align himself with what is basically his bitch ex-wife arch-nemesis.

Well — what else has Roman got left?

Roman got his Ula Fala back, he is acknowledged as the tribal chief but right now, in the WWE universe, who is there to rule? Jey got out earlier, and has a title over him (rude) Solo and Jacob Fatu already started their own faction which is also falling apart as we speak. Jimmy's on Smackdown and at this point in time will likely side with his brother if given the choice.

But Seth? Remember point 1! Seth has already said many times that it's him and Roman forever. He's said that he hates Punk, but that he loves Roman. Everything Seth does to Roman, comes from a place of (twisted, fucked up, unhealthy) love.

At the very least, Seth's not Punk.

And Seth's got an ego, thinks he's smarter than everybody else. Al Roman needs to do is grovel a little bit and Seth will say "I told you so" and then welcome him with open arms. And hell, Seth's even got Roman's ex-girlfriend Paul Heyman. Which, Paul still acknowledges Roman at the OTC.

5. Steel chair part 2 electric boogaloo

Roman probably wants his power back. Be the top-dog again, get his title back. The quickest way to accent to power is to align with the new regime, throw your unique set of skills into the mix and help cement the new Bloodline Vision as a force to be reckoned with. There will be constant tension between Roman and Seth (and Heyman) as they bid for the leadership position, but ultimately Roman relents.

Well, until...

The thing with being in power is, it makes you vulnerable to coups. In a beautiful reversal of what has happened in the past — Seth lets his guard down around Roman just enough. And Roman will take Seth down with a steel chair — take bake his girlfriend Wiseman and is back on top. Perfect way to give The Roman Reigns somehow an underdog storyline again and bank on that sweet, sweet nostalgia in a moment that is sure to go internet viral.

Death, taxes, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns hitting each other with a steel chair.

TL;DR: The writers have been setting up a lot of nostalgia for The Shield, they could be cashing in on. Adding Roman to Seth's new cult would add an interesting dynamic and solve some logistical issues. For Roman, it makes sense to rise to power this way and commit a coup later to instal himself as the new-new top dog again — and yes, there will be inevitable steel-chair related betrayal.

[jlaudio]

MUJERES AL BORDE DE UN ATAQUE DE NERVIOS !!!! !!!!!!!

[evil-parallel-universe-winnie]

carpet

[caostalgia]

"Mi corazón no es cobarde, sinó selectivo y se desgasta por aquello que considera, sí tiene un camino que lleve a algún destino"

-S.B

[rat-rosemary]

You know what I think would make Ever After High much better? They don't get rid of the book in Wonderland, it's still a thing they're struggling on the next special, Raven's mom lures Apple to the room she's kept in

But instead of taunting Apple with her happy ending, she manipulates her by playing a loving mother. She asks about how Raven is doing in school, if she's struggling with any classes, does she have friends? Are they good to her? Does she have a partner? Is her favorite food still chocolate cake, how did prom go? Was her dress pretty? Is she having fun? How tall is she now, I heard she has taken after me in hight.

She's everything Apple wishes her own Mom was. She cares about more then Raven's grades, she remembers little meaningless things like her favorite cookies. She's an attentive loving mother that wants her daughter to be free and happy

And maybe she's evil, but who's to say she actually is? None of all the things Apple was told were true, so maybe this is a lie to! And Raven deserves to have her mom!

She frees the evil queen and she hides as a student saying that she's nervous to immediately meet with Raven after all this time

And then we get the plot and stuff

[strike-another-match]

even the most basic discussions of gender related things are like talking to a child with so many people. in a fandom i'm in i post an analysis of a marriage that is falling apart where the entire storyline is about the housewife gaining independence from her controlling husband and gaining more agency the less that she listens to him and getting comments like "gender has nothing to do with this". okay! i'm gonna assume you also "don't see race" and speak of "people with beautiful abilities"

[sendinoutsmokesignals]

después de que me juzgaste, me destrozaste con tus comentarios sobre mi, yo te seguí tratando bonito y queriendote.

[pupuseriazag]

Maje no una gringa emputandose en twitter porque intento defender al viceministro de agricultura por andar una camisa de los proud boys y luego jugando la carta de "AY ME PUDIERON HABER EXPLICADO EN VEZ DE SALIR ENOJADOS 😡😡" como si hacer una puta busqueda en google (o tan si quiera leer el thread que le dejaron con la info) que el gobierno salvadoreño es facista la va a matar.

De plano que es ilegal investigar sobre otros paises en estragos unidos o que putas, maje?

[the-geek-librarian]

Omg,,,, this ch its fucking made me ill oh no,oh god fucking damn

I have thoughts, i have SO many thoughts but i need to get my act together first

[malichev]

I don't know what happened to the Patitos on the tweeter, but are they attacking the CC´s again? Literally, I want to understand why they think that the CC are obliged to make public speeches in defense of Quackity on topics that they are not related to, what fanaticism is this? The first thing that appeared on my Timeline today was attacks on Cellbit and his project( Ordem Paranormal), saying that Ordem only had quality content because of Quackit, (In other words, the person belittled everyone else involved, including other players like Roier, Foolish, Pac, Baghera… just to say that Quackity is the one who gave a lot of quality to the project, which is one of the biggest, if not the biggest RPG from Brazil.)

Peoople calling Cell a bad friend because he never came to defend Quackity in public, but people....Do you understand the meaning of reciprocity? Quackity never went public to defend him, or any of his friends from the mass attacks they suffered, and it's not like the streamer should take care of that, in fact, I've said it before and I'll say it again, the community, especially on Twitter, doesn't It's the CC's responsibility, they have to make an effort to take care of their own chat on Twitch, but for example Twitter, and these more public places are no longer something that is in the hands of Streamers exactly because of "freedom of expression/freedom of speech", people will attack each other on Twitter, it's their territory and they use it as they see fit, no streamer will have control from there. They may even say something, but that doesn't guarantee anyone's control. I'm shocked that mass attacks have started again for free..

[broken-heart-raven-queen]

Wich Matt Groening show would be the favourite of each Fox (+ Jerejean)?? I'm glad you asked because I know too much of this topic:

(Dis)Enchantment: Andrew, Kevin, Dan, Renee, Jeremy.

The Simpsons: Aaron, Nicky, Seth, Matt.

Futurama: Neil, Allison, Jean.

[aecta28]

Wild card thoughts

So, I don't know if Kunigami was the only person in the wild card room or not, but if he was then that means he was basically in solitary confinement for about a month and a week. Spoilers, Kunigami went to the wild card room in chapter 94, when the 3 week tryouts for the blue lock eleven started. After the U-20 match there is a 2 week break. After that the Neo egoist league arc and then he is back in chapter 155. So in total that is 5 weeks in the wild card room if I did it right. And a month has 4 weeks. So Kunigami spent a little over a month in in solitary confinement, went through very VERY harsh training(Wild card tried to make a copy of Noel Noa), and if he did talk to anyone, it was probably a weird guy (Ego)through a screen. To add to that Shido said some rather impactful words that already messed with Kunigamis mental state. So yep that is all, and solitary confinement has not good effects, especially if it is for over a MONTH straight. Ok, goodbye! (Wait, is this not illegal? Could Ego get arrested? who knows) ( I checked its illegal, Egos going to jail)