#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'm not sure if anyone else has ever even heard of the Arabel and Mortimer series before, but I found a bit of fridge brilliance. Specifically, the reason Mortimer seemed heavier here is because he ate the gold Mortimer bar.

[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!

[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

[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!

[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]

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.

[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

[asidian]

DBDA Meta Commentary Roundup

Okay, I'm getting tired of scrolling back to find my own posts, so it's time for a roundup post for my DBDA meta commentary.

Meta Commentary:

Why you should watch Dead Boy Detectives

Charles is a people pleaser

A very large snake as a reference to hell

The same lantern

Edwin knows the Misery Wraiths a bit too well

Why Charles is upset by more than just jealousy re: Monty

The white kimono

How Crystal and Charles' character arcs intersect to make an absolute trash fire

You can talk to me about anything

Edwin's hidden kindness as Charles dies

Edwin's hangups re: emotion and how it ties into his time in hell

The silliest Clue edition

The Cat King's design changes when he starts a new life

Counting cats

Where is the Doll House

Edwin and Charles acting like they've known each other forever in tiny details

Esther has the cops in her pocket

The lantern scenes as an extension of the theme "The good you do comes back around"

Why Charles opens up to Crystal so quickly

Payneland endgame nods through leitmotifs in the soundtrack

Charles is super sensitive to criticism, even when it's not intended

The Season 2 in my heart

The hidden nod to history in the WWI ghost's makeup

Why Charles' death is so much worse than it seems

The brilliance of the first ten minutes

The ship of all time

The incredible women of Dead Boy Detectives

Edwin's bowtie

Crystal and Charles as mirrors and projections

Bi disaster Charles Rowland

Edwin can knit

Chekhov's snake-slaying sword

Murder night movie time

Why Charles was more of a hero than he knew

What the doll placement says about Edwin's many deaths

Charles smiles for other people

The absolute fridge horror of That One Gate in hell

Set Design:

Charles' room

The London office

The boys' detective license and its source

Tragic Mick's shop

Niko's room

Cameos:

The boys' early relationship and how they've influenced each other

What the boys do together in their downtime as leisure activities

A brief in-character skit of an ordinary day at the office

Tidbits about the characters that didn't make it into the show

Color Symbolism:

Red

Blue

Pink

Green

Green (alt)

Purple

Orange

Brown

Black

White

[inspectorspacetimerevisited]

Since any of the Inspector’s enemies would tear the universe apart just to get their paws on a few of his/her cells,

how does *Peacemist* manage to keep his entire left foot *for three years* without anyone even trying to get into the Core to steal it?

[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