#fridge brilliance

[snowyh2o]

Hazbin Hotel Fridge Brilliance

During the pilot Sir Pentious accused the people at the hotel for “harboring” Alastor, aka, hiding him away. Implying that he hasn’t seen/been able to find Alastor for awhile.

Why would he do that? Especially when we see Alastor walking around during Charlie’s advertisement?

Because Alastor’s been MIA for the past 7 years.

BOOM surprise foreshadowing and continuity!

[zombiemollusk]

ryou won't stop wearing the ring

it ruined his life, it makes him black out and lose his memory, during which moments he's literally an entirely different (and far more dangerous) person, he got it from his dad who frankly was insane, he totally isn't going to wear it again you guys, he's just holding onto it, you know, just in ca- oops, everyone's in danger and he doesn't know how to deal with it, guess he's wearing it again, is he himself or is he secretly wearing the ring again, why does he keep wearing the damn thing, sure he's lonely and maybe he doesn't have much if any faith in himself without it, but he knows it's a danger to himself and everyone around him, so why-

oh god it's a metaphor for drugs isn't it

[zenosanalytic]

Something just occurred to me:

A common sound the letter 'x' is used to represent is 'sh' ala "Mexica"(meshika).

So Musk has made Twitter into xitter :|

He's renamed it "Shitter" :| :|

[kahran042]

I just realized where they got the name for Minto's older brother Seiji in Tokyo Mew Mew. It's the Japanese pronunciation of sage - which is an herb, like mint.

[differenttriumphdragon]

It's just hit me.

It's no wonder that one scientist from Detective Pikachu didn't know how to make Orange; there's no Orange Color in the Pokedex!

[malenkaya-glosoli]

Prince Harry: *publishes his autobiography Spare*

Me: A senior member of a royal family happens to be a free spirit, willingly gives up the position and power and privilege he was born into, moves to a foreign country to live life on his own terms, doesn’t like beer, writes an autobiography, and has a bunch of unauthorised biographies spreading rumours about his love life? Now where have I heard THAT before?

Queen Kristina of Sweden knows the feeling!

[wyvernseeker]

Possible Fridge Brilliance - Monster Girl Quest

In Monster Girl Quest, the Angel Halo was wielded 500 years prior to the events of the story by Heinrich Hein, who as we discover later is the ancestor to the main protagonist, Luka. However, we also discover around the start of Chapter 3 that the weapon was made by the first fallen angel, Lucifina, who happens to be Luka's mother. Therefore, in some odd fashion, the Angel Halo is twice over a family heirloom of Luka's, and therefore being rightfully returned to him by Alice shortly after they leave Ilias Village (even if neither of them don't quite realize this).

And therefore Nero taking the Angel Halo from Alice if you choose to go with her in Monster Girl Quest: Paradox is well within his right, given that he is Luka (and Alice's) son.

[inspectorspacetimerevisited]

The Twelfth Inspector’s first appearance in ‘The Space of the Inspector’

was actually a brilliant moment, when the audience is clued in to the fact that the Eleventh Inspector isn’t his/her last incarnation.

[azeutreciathewicked]

Masters of Sex. This show. This show does things to me. Specifically, it makes me wake up in the middle of the night with "fridge brilliance". I'm rewatching the series after having gone through it all before the new year. Spoilers for later seasons, specifically the sexual interactions between Bill and Virginia. This image is from S1 E4, where Bill Masters is listening to Virginia's ex-husband's smarmy details about what sex with her is like - what she likes and wants from a partner. "She’ll tell you, and she wants you to tell her. what you want her to do to you. what your fantasy is. which is a fantasy in itself." Some of the most famous sex scenes from this show are of Bill telling Virginia what he wants to do with her, what he wants her to do to him, her telling him the same. Totally hot. But this wasn't spontaneous or accidental. Bill got this special intel early on, filed it away for MONTHS and used that knowledge to have great sex with Virginia. I'm not saying it's bad or manipulative. To me, it speaks to his incredible focus when he wants something, when he wants to do well at something. He clearly didn't do this with Libby, and seems to be generally very repressed about his own sex life before meeting Virginia. So this suggests to me that this knowledge was precious to him because it helped him to understand Virginia, to have a way to engage with her successfully. And given that he says later that he needs an emotional connection to feel sexual attraction, I think that knowing he could do something that she liked helped to build the attraction and intimacy he felt with her. It's very likely that others have figured this out years ago, since I'm just getting into this most wonderful show now. But I had to share this because it speaks to the brilliance of this show in how they set up ideas to pay off later. I love this aspect of the show so very much. And Sheen's performance as Bill doing all this is quite enjoyable too. But that should be a given.

[1o1percentmilk]

i think "cig sando" takes the cake for me for best ship name

[zombiemollusk]

journey realization!

the ancestors in the game's backstory are shown to have built up a great civilization, only to start fighting over the resources (the red cloth), leading to that civilization's demise.

meanwhile, the gameplay doesn't let you steal anything from the other player (except maybe that bridge achievement, but the game doesn't reward you for doing that, and most of the time that's done on accident); even if you pick up one of those glowy symbols, the other player will still see one in their game and they can pick it up too. plus, one of the murals in the last area is most easily (possibly only) reached with the help of another player, though thankfully you don't need those to finish the run.

the ancestors fought and it destroyed them; the travelers collaborate and it makes for a fuller experience as they get to their goal. it isn't required of course - the game would be waaaay more frustrating otherwise, especially for anyone with spotty internet connection, which goes against its point and would just be annoying besides - but that just makes the teamwork even more meaningful by leaving it to choice. you help each other not because you have to, but because you want to.

it's even better if you know what inspired the developers to make the game. one of them, for example, apparently got reeeeally tired of seeing griefers in world of warcraft, so they set out to make a game with as little griefer potential as possible.

if the little red cloaks are the players, the big white cloaks are the game developers, encouraging a future of connection over the one of destruction they lived through.

whiiiich just made me realize another thing: in the last chapter, the one point where you can (and do) die, the ancestors step in and revive you. of course they do; if they're the developers, they've been preventing your death the whole time.

[kahran042]

Not sure if anyone else has noticed this stealth pun before, so I thought I'd point it out. The guy in the circle is a page boy.

[wispisstillverybored67]

3, 13 and 22 for Danganronpa? I’ve never heard you talk about that game and I’m pretty curious on your opinions :p

Hmm, let's see...

3: I can't remember the specific words, but it was something on... Uh, lost my train of thought there. Never mind.

13: The Warriors Of Hope. To me, their appeal stems from their bitterness against their abuse, and their taking of Junko's manipulation to heart. But because they're kids, I can hardly find content of them being little menaces, not even if Monaca is included with the group, which is common if Nagito is around.

22: I'm a Remnants freak, but that's too easy, so I'll go with... the executions themselves. The executions are VIOLENT! OVER THE TOP! THRILLS, CHILLS, KILLS! The nightmarish focus on it is one of what Danganronpa is all about!

[encountersltd]

OKAY so i knew dora the explorer was meant to evoke a computer game with the blue cursor and everything but i only just got how genius the framing actually is

that live action intro that goes through that playroom to the desktop computer? that's from YOUR point of view

it's you going to the computer to play a game of dora the explorer

and when the cursor shows up? that's YOU moving the cursor to click on the answers

holy moly

[wyvernseeker]

Possible Fridge Brilliance/Humor - Monster Girl Quest

In Chapter 1 of MGQ, Luka (mostly offscreen) recounts a story to Alice on how a fallen angel rebelled from Ilias and became the founding Monster Lord. By the end of the game, Luka and Alice are expecting twins, one boy and one girl. The funny thing is, given how Luka is the son of the first fallen angel, the bloodline of the Fateburn family can and will, should the hypothetical Alipheese XVII have children, be traced to a fallen angel. And by extension, Ilias.

[saptaincwan]

@caliburn-the-sword​ no hold on you just. exploded my mind i have been watching for so long. but this is the first time. i’m making this connection

of course travel was possible beans were always there the ruby slippers too portals belief the wardrobe there was always some sort of way it wasn’t about baelfire. it wasn’t about that. it was about finding a way to baelfire WHILE keeping his magic. oh god

why was the enchanted forest so similar to our world. why were there implied notions of gender roles why were their monarchy systems so similar to our own. dwarves hatched from eggs and there were wraiths and realms on different planes of reality and magic

but they also had the same water the same sun the same night-day cycles the concepts of birthdays the same genders the same humanity. their concept of a fairy matched the same as ours and so did their armor and apparently they also had china

and ok i know why. I Know Why. but magic and stories are also powered by belief and its such a strong theme in the show

and the land without magic was a realm so disconnected from their world it took their most powerful dark sorcerer ever 300 years to find a way through. but their stories existed in our land and canonically our belief had the power to influence and connect both realms (as in 5x23)

did their stories exist because we willed them to be? because thousands of people shared a story and some faraway universe found a way to make it happen? or was it the enchanted forest that saw their stories come to being? and were their messages so powerful that the found a way to break through to us?

how thin is the thread that connected our words with their lives. culture. destinies