#he really was smark

[saveme-storybrooke-potc]

R.I.P Jimmy Olsen

who's only got the truth from Clark on his last day

[asitrita]

Personal headcanon that although both Portugal and Spain were extremely good navigators, and both pretty knowledgeable of astronomy and sky mapping (there's a reason Portugal has an armillary sphere in its coat of arms) Portugal excells at shipbuilding and cartography, whereas Spain excells at "reading" the winds and ocean currents, and is generally pretty good with orientation, which is what allowed him to succeed in open sea navigation, while Portuguese sailors usually pioneered in navigation dicoveries but rarely ventured too far from the coastline. Summing up, while Portuguese navigators were innovators who laid the groundwork for long-distance exploration with excellent ships and detailed maps, the Spanish might have perfected ocean navigation through their ability to harness natural forces like the winds and currents, allowing them to excel in open-sea voyages and global expeditions, thus my hc for these two.

[selamat-linting]

im gonna say something controversial but dont throw tomatoes at me, hear me out : cm punk vs the rock for a wrestlemania feud

[vrystalius]

Yo! Hello its me again! Could i please request like a reverse isekai where the kny characters end up in reader's house? And maybe she is like Mad rich but like.. Not a spoiled brat she likes to do charity and make money for herself and maybe she is living with her cousins, she is smark but can be stupid (if you know what i mean) i don't know, you can do whatever you want, (there is not enough reverse isekai fanfictions😭), anyhow, hope you have a good day and you didn't get sick of my (a lot) requests😁🫶🏻👋🏻

Hashira getting reverse isekai’d

Your favourite hashira suddenly appeared inside your home! How will they react to your home and the modern world?

Pairing: Sanemi, Kyojuro, Giyu x gn!reader

Sanemi Shinazugawa

He will not adjust to this change quietly— he is ready to destroy and slice every single piece of tech that decides to randomly beep or talk to him. You once found Sanemi trying to get his katana out of your ceiling after throwing it with full force against your smoke detector, after it beeped to remind you to change battery. It scared the shit out of him, so he put an end to that thing. Often times when using your phone, Sanemi accidentally activates Siri. He first thought that a demon was speaking through the phone with some kind of blood demon art, then, after explaining to him what exactly Siri is and what she does, he just begins cursing her and cussing her out every time she activates on him. You once had to remind him not to grip it so tightly, or else your screen might crack.

A thing he really, really likes about your modern home though is your bathroom. The shower, the large mirror, sink, toilet… just everything about it. The first time he stepped into your shower and closed the glass door behind himself, Sanemi was first confused about the shower settings. He turned every knob that is able to be turned, both cooking himself alive and dodging the water in fear of freezing, achieving both of these things in one shower. Once he finally found the perfect temperature, it was time to test all of the products you have, and not sparingly. Shampoo, conditioner, hair masks, shower gel, body scrub and whatever else he could get his fingers on— once he got out of the shower and returned to you, his smell was almost overwhelming, but at least you know now that his har is somehow able to look even better than before.

After a long adjustment period, you sometimes catch Sanemi watching the TV. He made himself comfortable in a corner of your couch, cuddled up in heated blankets (he learned how to use the settings all by himself!) and watching one movie after another. He’s quite the binge-watcher apparently, watching one action movie after another for hours on end. At the end of such day, he’ll complain about his eyes burning up without having any idea how that happened.

“Hey, wanna join me? Blanket s’ warm and I found a movie about some weird metal things moving really, really fast and guys kicking each other’s asses— Huh? Cars? Are those these fast carriages sliding around on there?”

Kyojuro Rengoku

He is incredibly curious about every single thing and would try to understand how everything works. Kyojuro would inspect your microwave and press every button their is, watching the pizza pocket he threw into there react to the different settings and then grieving about how the once weird snacks he wanted to try turned into a piece of burnt remains. Despite being the most comfortable with the traditional meals he used to eat, Kyojuro would love to try any dish you even mentioned by name once! Since you can get your food delivered to your front door, Kyojuro can try as many different cultural dishes as he can get his hands on! Or as many as you can get delivered to tour home. Ordering food is something he always gets very excited about, like what do you mean you can order all kinds of cultural food in a matter of minutes? How do the restaurants have all the ingredients available and are always ready to serve customers? And why do you refuse to order a so-called Happy Meal for him? Isn’t it supposed to make one happy?

Another thing Kyojuro is very excited about is the gym. He accidentally stumbled upon a fitness center after returning from buying groceries, staring at the people training inside with those weird machines. The hashira spotted a couple of people build broader and stronger than him, making him realise that this may be some kind of modern training ground. He begged on his hands and knees for a membership so he can explore all these new machines and weight excursuses. Once Kyojuro got inside, he was like a child in a candyshop. He spend the whole day testing out every machine, noting his own limits and setting goals on how to get even stronger. Despite no demons terrorising your world, he still wants to keep his muscles and gain strength to offer nice pillows you can lay your head on and also have the ability to open sealed jars for you without struggling.

“Can we order sweet potato tonight? I miss eating it, and it’s my comfort dish…. Also, I believe I may have started to develop homesickness. I miss my brother the most, though… Not that I don’t like it here, I love it! I just miss my father and brother, that’s all.”

Giyu Tomioka

Staying true to his nature, Giyu would be silent and awkward in this new space. He’s scared of offending you in any way but simply taking his haori off or sitting down onto your couch since he has no idea about the manners and behaviours expected from him in this world, but at the same time doesn’t bother to ask you in order to not burden you in any way. So, he quietly followed you around the house in and inspect your furniture and decorations, sometimes curiously picking something up and inspecting its function. His favourite object so far is a rubix cube he found on your desk. You caught him turn the sides, trying to understand what the point of this thing is. Does it have something on the inside? Why are the colours all scrambled up? While watching his irritation grow because of not being able to sort the colours, you suggested that Giyu can keep it and try to solve it after giving him a small briefing on what the point of the cube is. Thanking you, he kept the rubix cube on his body to play around with it whenever he has time. He is seriously invested in it and really wants to solve it in order to prove to himself that he can solve a complex puzzle and to maybe even impress you a little.

Also, you discovered that Giyu likes noise-canceling headphones, music and e-books. You often find him cuddled up together on your sofa, his face illuminated by your Ipad in his hands. You could hear the faint sounds of soft and slow music from the headphones he was wearing. He looks incredibly invested in whatever he is reading, so you snuck up on him and glanced over his shoulder, reading a couple of lines. It wasn’t a fantasy story or a random novel like you thought, but Giyu was actually reading an article about the behaviour of cats. Adorable, you thought, so you left him be and went on with your day. The water hashira eyed your form as you left, sneakily switching tabs and returning to what he was actually reading: a fluffy romance novel. He looks over his shoulder twice, thrice, checking if you are still near before feeling comfortable enough to continue his reading in peace.

“Can I borrow your.. headphones? They’re called headphones, right? Yes, I’d like to borrow them again. I want to use them to have more silence, you are being very loud and I wanted to read something.”

💠

You never bother me with your requests! They are always so fun to write for!! Also, I hope it’s okay I kind of “simplified” your request— I hope you enjoyed this anyway. Also, I didn’t include Gyomei because I was unsure of what exactly to write for him, but I may update this tomorrow and a small scenario for him <3

Anyways, make sure to EAT, SLEEP and DRINK enough!!

Take care of yourselves <3

[madebyrolo]

Pouge Princess

Rafe Cameron x reader

she/her

Rafe takes an interest in y/n as she’s working in her family’s food truck. Over the years Rafe has came just to see her but she doesn’t know that.

*not proof read or edited

Pt.2

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩

Y/n was a pouge, she lived on that side of the Island. She wasn’t exactly like how the stereotype describe them. though. She was in a somewhat happy family, kitchen table bills, well mannered and cared about her education. Her parents tried giving her the best they could and they tried to bring themself up and it was working.

Whenever they threw small party’s they would invite almost everyone, they loved their food and the family. Her family owned a small food truck in the figure 8 area. It was a drive but it was a smark marketing move they made. The tourists were a big part and the rich money hungry local families. They never really cooked or did any happy family matter thing. They had maids or butlers to do it and money to burn, so when it would come to their dinner or lunch they bought.

They made the best tacos in the whole island as a lot would say. They grew their own ingredients to make the sals, toppings, fruit. Her uncle working in a butcher shop who helped them buy fresh meat at a discounted price, an aunt who made their homemade juices/water and tortillas. Their whole family helped them with the business like saving up for the food truck and all working togther splitting profits.

Y/n worked some after school and weekend shifts. That was her way of getting her allowance of $30 a week. To a kook they would see that as cruel but for her that seemed reasonable. She saved and saved since she was 13 to buy an old 2000a Honda crv, her parents helped her obviously but she was able to pay for it 70% herself. It wasn’t the prettiest, it had some rust on the ends and it had about 107,349 miles on it but it was perfect for a starter car, and the gas was good. She got it when she was 15 and spent nights cruising and exploring the island with her friend John B, Jj, Pope and Kiara before John B got the Twinkie.

They met in elementary school but they finally formed as a group in junior high. When they hung out it was practically everyday. In school they would have lunch but then go straight to John’s bs house. Jj was the pothead of the group so when he got his money he spent not on weed, lighters, grinders and rolling paper. Sometimes he would ask y/n parents to pick up shifts for when he was running low on money. He wasn’t the smartest with money but “weed was his outlet” she tried not to scold him and let him be him. Pope was the straight A student, he was smarter than anyone she knew including herself. He was wise and had somewhat good judgment. Kiara the born kook yet chose the pouge life, she had a fiery personalit, and was a environmentalist. She was a nice sweet soul although doesn’t make the best decisions. And John b, the group leader. He was wise in his way, street smart and a strong independent. He had some walls up but he was nicest one out of all of them.

Y/n had her little shifts at the food truck weekend mornings and sometimes after school when it was in session. In the summer she would work longer hours due to the higher population and popularity due to the tourist. She didn’t mind, she made good money especially with tips. The older look men would leave $5 minimum and as well the boys around her age. The tourist $5 max because one it’s good food and two she was y/n. It was no lie y/n was pretty, the pouges, kooks and tourist knew it, she did too. She wasnt too cocky but if she knew she could get a bigger tip she would do it. It was sad to see some of the dude actually take it seriously but a hustle a hustle. She had her fans, Topper and Rafe being some of them. Topper loved the food and Rafe loved the view.

Since it was summer time y/n would work in a bathroom suit top and denim shorts, sometimes with a shirt but working in the small metal truck with a girl on 24/7 with the outer banks heat made it hot quick. Sure they had fans but they only did so much. Today was Saturday around 12:30pm, it was the busy and hottest time of day. Luckily Jj picked up a shift today helping her with the grill. They’ve made at least 3pounds of meat already and it hasn’t even hit dinner time. As a duo they make great tips. They older adult thinks he the one actually seasoning and stripping the meat even though it was pre marinated the night before which gives it the taste people like. The younger girls thinking he’s a hot blond boy wearing nothing but a white fitted tank top with his chain dangling when he would reach down giving them their food, tipping way more money then their parents gave them.

It hit 2:00 it was slowly dying down. They were able to turn off 1 grill out of the 3 and able to chill out. They were finally able to talk one on one and kept telling small things they noticed customers do like one kid studdering when they saw jj and an old lady struggling to count out her and the sweetest kid helping. They’re favorite is when the mom yelled at a poor girl for tipping $10 but not cause jj was hot just because she didn’t understand money. They were giggling away when their 2 “favorite” customers showed up.

“Welcome to Sunburn Siesta, what can I get you” y/n asked as she grab her notepad.

“Can I get a 5 carne asada tacos and a watermelon aqua fresca please” Topper said in the most adorable English accent making y/n smile a bit.

“Lemme get 5 shrimp tacos and a coke” Rafe said grabbing his black card out his wallet while staring at the boy at the grill. She takes the card swiping it and handing it back.

“It’ll be out in 5 minutes I’ll call your names.” Y/n tells them. As jj is cooking the meats, y/n heats up the tortillas and prepares the plates. She sets the drinks on the counter letting them know they can grab them.

They boys are good tippers and as much as jj wants to spit in their food he makes sure to make it to perfection. After a couple minutes the plates are ready and she calls their name.

“Topper and Rafe your order is ready!” She shouts placing it on the counter. Topper gets up from the picnic table early excited for his tacos.

“Oh my god y/n these smell and look absolutely delicious.” Topper complimented

“Thank you and enjoy topper” she gave him a genuine smile. Even though the pouges hate him he was by far her favorite costumer. He came for the food and the food only. He never once did a mean thing to y/n, he loves her family cause of the damn tacos.

They sat eating for 30 minutes and every so often y/n would catch Rafes looking at her. She continued taking and making orders switching with Jj so he’s not stuck behind the grill trying to ignoring the daggers she felt from the boy. After an hour they finally got up and Rafe got up to put their tip in the jar. He got at the counter and jj was on the register.

“Rafe what would you like” he said trying to be a good worker.

“Can I get y/n.” He asked sternly.

Y/n heard and came from the grill

“Yes rafe what would you like” she asked

“I just have your tip” he said with a small grin that looked actually meaningful.

“Yea put in the jar” she smiled knowing he’s always done that.

“No this is your tip.” He said getting closer to the girl. Y/n bent down grabbing it with her cleavage obviously being the only thing in Rafe eye sight. She grabs it and noticed it was a $50 bill and her eye lite up.

“Oh Rafe that’s too much..” she said softly to him. He was flustered just from what he saw. He may be the towns playboy but it sure as hell got him nervous knowing they were y/ns.

“Uh yeah no it’s right. You deserve it” he said with cheek a red making embarrassed eye contact.

“Oh Rafe thank you. This is so sweet! Here have a fruit cup for free” she said going over grabbing one of their home grown fruit.

“Thanks y/n” he said with a smile still blushing.

Topper soon comes up putting cash in the tip jar “there you go jj” he said with a playful smirk.

“$6 you really shouldn’t have” he said sarcastically with a hand over his heart.

“The $5 is for y/n, you can take the dollar.” He told him and walked away both rolling their eyes.

“I should get going. Thanks for the food it was great.” Rafe turned to y/n after the other boys interaction.

“Yea, start giving you discounts for now on Cameron.” She waved bye and he started walking away. “You’re my new favorite customer!” She yelled at him from afar.

He turned around and gave her a big wave smiling to himself. Oh boy he was in love.

Y/n fully unrolled the bill about to put it in her purse until she saw a small piece of paper fall out. She pick it up and saw it has writing

“𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 *********

𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦

𝘛𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 :)

-𝘙𝘢𝘧𝘦”

Y/n put in in her purse smiling and blushing. She stood there thinking about how she was just asked out in a date by the most wanted boy on the side of the island. As a pouge too. Jj snapped her out of thought as she got ready to prepared food for the customers. She was finishing her shift in a happy smiling mood. Jj noticed and didn’t ask but if he did y/n obviously wouldn’t have told him who knows what would happen if he found out she was friends with the enemies.

𓇼 ⋆｡˚ 𓆝⋆｡˚ 𓇼

pt.2 with the date ?

[dilf-in-peril]

Here are some matches I recently watched and enjoyed.

Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness (wXw/NOAH Dead End VIII - Day 2) - Those damn smarks now hate Bryan for doing "the same old shit" and he feeds into it by doing the same old shit. He's so funny.

Walter vs. Timothy Thatcher (PROGRESS Chapter 62: Fear No More, Come To Dust) - One of my favorite genres of match: tag team partners beating each other up like only tag team partners can. Thatcher suffers beautifully and the camera work is actually amazing.

Shinobu Kandori vs. Yumiko Hotta (AJW/LLPW 10.03.1999) - The butches are grappling shoot style and the girls in the crowd are losing their minds.

Walter vs. Darby Allin (EVOLVE 106) - I feel like this is self-explanatory. Darby gets clapped and thrown around like a little baby.

Kurt Angle vs. Desmond Wolfe (TNA Turning Point 2009) - Well, whoever said Kurt Angle doesn't actually do any grappling should watch this match. Just some really nice technical work.

Kurt Angle vs. Desmond Wolfe (TNA Final Resolution 2009) - I genuinely love the concept of a best out of three pin/submission/cage escape match in particular because someones ends up trying to tap out of a submission and crying and dying because he just can't.

[vixensdungeon]

Watching wrestling as a gamer is much better than watching wrestling as a smark. Instead of making predictions and not buying fully into the reality of wrestling, I have thoughts like "Wow, Chris Jericho really rolled a 10+ with that Break Kayfabe move!" or "Does telling a kid there's no Santa Claus count as Cheap Heat?" or "Luchasaurus is a monster, but is he the Monster?"

[tonyschiavonesearring]

I really hoped Roman's run wasn't done. Seems like a giant waste of The Bloodline storyline to end it like that, especially without a Rock match. Blame the WWE fans. They're idiots.

I don't hate Cody Rhodes, but what a lame replacement. You take a genuinely cool wrestler like Reigns and replace him with the most generic, corporate CAW ever: "I love America!" "I love my dad!" "I wear suits and talk like a faux-intellectual". AEW rejected Cody. Because he's the most bland, wannabe John Cena talent ever. Just reeks of desperation and wanting to be the top guy. He couldn't get over for 10 years, with every gimmick imaginable. Vince forced him on fans for years. He had to go and steal "indie cred" with a few measly years in the Bullet Club, which every B-talent did to get over with smarks.

Cody is probably the most classic babyface WWE has. Thats sad. Their locker room is such shit. LA Knight, CM Punk, Seth Rollins. All these guys are so corny and over-the-hill and most are only relevant because fans hated Roman. Now WWE will get exposed as a bunch of aging vanilla midgets; what fans claim AEW is.

But I can finally say I'm done with WWE. Roman was the last wrestler I felt was a relatable, cool, realistic character and not just an idol for low IQ white trash. HHH will not improve that. Since he's taken over, the company buried black wrestlers like Bianca and Bobby Lashley and pushed lame ass Alt-Right type talents like Rhea Ripley, Drew Galloway and Gunther. Any super white wrestlers who resemble Triple H, Stephanie, Chyna or the rest of the Kliq. WWE has literally become what AEW was demonized as.

[pettykingratboyy]

and queue the smarks coming out of the woodwork with the “yOu ReAlLy ThOuGhT hE cOuLd WiN????”

[deadmandairyland]

Damn, it's really been a while since I've done this, huh? But I never forgot about it. How could I? It's such a brilliant idea for an alignment chart! So without further ado, here's the glorious return of

THE PRO WRESTLING FAN ALIGNMENT CHART: DANGANRONPA V3 EDITION!!!

(Skipping DR3 mostly because it's been way too long since I've seen it and I already had a hard enough time doing this with characters I am more familiar with)

Some quick explanations for those of you who need them... which is probably everyone:

Mark: Pro wrestling target audience

Smark: Pro wrestling fandom (into behind-the-scenes stuff, "know-it-all" fans, etc.)

Wrestling is srs bsns: Wants wrestling to be taken super seriously; no comedy wrestling allowed so help me god

Watches DDT: Can watch Kota Ibushi wrestle a blow-up doll on loop for hours on end

With that out of the way, some rationalizations:

Let's start with Himiko. It's no surprise that she's neither a mark nor a smark, because she is the goddamn promotion, baby. She is the only one in this entire chart that is taking kayfabe fucking seriously. You want to go out there and destroy the business? Spill all the fucking beans? Not on her watch. She could be on trial for murder and she would still hold kayfabe because that is just what you gotta do to keep the business alive. Kayfabe is in her blood, her fucking veins. Don't fuck with kayfabe or Himiko will fuck you back. ...Bad choice of words, there.

Keebo and Kirumi don't understand the appeal of watching Kota Ibushi wrestle a blow-up doll. Maki wants to murder the next person that tries to send her a link to that video... which would probably be Kokichi, who I guarantee would have sent that link to over half of the people in this chart.

Kokichi is a smark with a little bit of a mark streak. Miu thinks she's a smark, and certainly acts like one, but she also thinks that every move is called a Dupree Bomb thanks to a certain YouTube channel. Both of them absolutely would watch Kota Ibushi wrestle a blow-up doll for hours on end and send the link to everyone they know afterwards.

Tenko thinks you'd have to be a degenerate male to watch something as depraved as... well... Kota Ibushi blah blah blow-up doll blah blah blah. Thank female Christ that The Amazing Himiko is here to remind us all that professional wrestling is a legitimate sport and not at all athletic theater.

Rantaro is one smarky motherfucker but he don't give two shits about how serious the product is. Plus you know Ibushi is kinda hot, he can do whatever he wants with that blow-up doll as far as Rantaro is concerned. Kokichi agrees with that sentiment.

Korekiyo is an anthropologist. He would absolutely be interested in whatever cultural phenomenons led to... again, the blow-up doll thing. I'm referencing that a lot today, but for good reason. Imagine, if you will, thousands of years from now, archeologists and anthropologists stumble upon a video of a man wrestling a blow-up doll, and it is all they have to go on for knowing of our time as everything else is lost. How will they understand us? How will they come to know us? Therefore, such studies are of absolute importance. Kiyo knows this, and now, so do you. Embrace your knowledge. Embrace your wisdom. Embrace the blow-up doll. I have no idea what the fuck I'm saying anymore.

Shuichi would definitely be more of a mark than Kaede and would definitely take wrestling more seriously. Angie, ever the artist, transcends the title of mark and smark much like Sakura before her, but views pro wrestling as an art form where anything is possible, even five star matches with blow-up dolls. Tsumugi wants you to believe that she's just some plain old mark when in reality she's the smarkiest of them all. Ryoma just doesn't really care all that much. Kaito and Gonta still haven't figured out yet that wrestling is fake.

I have no explanations for the bears because I don't really care. Fuck 'em. Except Monokuma. And the red one, he's alright I guess.

[kaisinasunblade]

[TMI Tues]: What traits in others spark her curiosity about them? Does her fear of intimacy make it hard for her to make friends, or does she find that to be more of a breeze?

Kindness, their love for food as she is a foodie herself! Ryland smarks her curiosity the most, because like her, he is half-elf. She wants to understand and know what it feels like to be accepted and wanted. As far as the other question. Well, she really does not know if her fear of some types of intimacy affects her ability to make friends or not. Sometimes it does, because men have wanted her for all the wrong reasons. So in a way, it's shown her who really wants to get to know her for her. Not what she can give them right away. Though she does love to flirt, even if she is bad at it! So it's a mixture of both I would think. Though she is far from shy because of her fears!

@saltsparkle Thank you for the ask!

[otsukare-katsukare]

after all my smark ass talking i was a pathetic display of emotion tonight. i really thought he might have this one

[osakanone]

LOOK! ROBOT TENTACLE PLAY! ooooooooo!

Ok good I have your attention. Feel USED? GOOD!

That's how Sawano makes me feel. Let me get to the point:

The Eternal Disappointment of the Sawano Drop

So it hit me like a ton of bricks today that I'm very sick of Hiroyuki Sawano -- and I realized his work makes a lot of anime sound very similar.

I can feel it in my bones:

"The story is going to wrap up with a very expected climax"

And when the realization kicks in, I'm always saddened and disappointed. What should be an emotional climax is just, really boring, and it pulls me out of a moment the same way the Willhelm scream does.

Its weird too cuz, I don't get this problem with wrestling's kayfabe, marks and smarks where the postmodern construction of wrestling deliberately plays tricks with an audience: I know all those tricks, but wrestling appreciates that I know those things and plays with my feelings.

Sawano... Doesn't.

Sawano's work is "too safe", and too predictable": Its just not interesting -- He is to anime soundtracks what Michael Bay is to movies

It feels... Condescending, I think? Like I'm being manipulated or used.

Like I can tell he has some real music-writing chops, you just almost never get to actually hear them. Is this the fault of producers for just saying "hey make uhhh more of that thing you do" or something?

I don't entirely understand why I'm feeling this way and I'm wondering if anybody can tell me?

Like...

Has Sawano ever used his drop or his telegraphing to deliberately lie or play real psychological tricks on audiences who understand his work?

Like how we sometimes hear sweet music during an act of violence (End of Evangelion and Battle Royale both come to mind) -- I want to see a Sawano anti-climax which respects the audience following along to make up their own minds about what is happening.

Or even, to deliberately lie to them about what is happening.

Until then: I want more Kevin Penkin, and less Sawano Hiroyuki.

Anyway, if you're an anime fan who wants to tell me Sawano is "the greatest thing ever", this post is not an invitation for your impotent outrage.

But if you know a bit about music theory, or you feel similarly, or you experience similar feelings from other media you enjoy and how you dealt with those feelings?

That I want to know about

[thirtyoneflirtingnoneanddying]

10.28

K yeah so mr man is still on his trip and won’t be back in Oakland until Thursday.

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh idk i just won’t be relieved until i know wtf is going on? Like he texted the yesterday but I noticed today that he didn’t call me beautiful or anything. Lol i really cannot stand myself for even typing this.

I know he is on a trip! I know he said we’re perfect for each other. I know he said he didn’t wanna go back to Oakland the night before he left. I just idk have this feeling it will fall thru? I don’t want it to. Idk man idk. This is such a shit feeling. Like bro you came inside me lol the least you could do is say good morning or something. Like while you’re gone? Disappearing is like wack to me idk. But it’s not like i can say anything lol he’s been on my radar for one week lol I can’t believe tomorrow will be one week since we hung out for the first time AND kissed.

I guess if this was supposed to be a lesson, I fuckin learned it lol I shouldn’t have had sex with him. Because now in these moments of doubt I’m like damn I fucked someone who I am able to doubt lmao awesome job Elizabeth!

Like giiiiiiiiiiiiirl wtf. I just had a flashback to Amy??? And how I acted? Like I had no backbone. But then I did and that was hurtful to her. Jesus Christ. I can’t believe I fuckin dated that girl. Anyway. I feel like Amy.

That was a rabbit hole I don’t care to really explore more because I just hella hope I’m not Amy bro lol it would kill my ass

I just don’t see the point of saying we’re perfect for each other AFTER SEX if it’s not true you know? Part of me wants to go get a pack of smarks and just like, think it out real 2017 style.

[paperback-rascal]

TECH: But-, sergeant! Our aliases are: Echo, Technician, Vandal and Sight!

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Apparently there is Polish translation of CF99 names... well... sort of... they are most likely an editorial error (as if someone forgot to proofread the file or submitted a wrong one) as they appeared ONLY IN ONE EPISODE (season 7 episode 4) of The Clone Wars series and exclusively in subtitles.

So... the names are very... rough around the edges... especially since, in my opinion, they're meant either just for the subtitles or were pretreatment names that got scrapped later on, since most of them wouldn't fit dubbing anyway as it would make dialogues look awkward due to wrong numbers of syllables.

The ONLY two Clone Force 99 names that were consistent throughout all TCW episodes featuring The Bad Batch were: Echo, as it's the same word/meaning in Polish and Tech who, funnily enough, doesn't need translation either, but for some strange reason he was consistently addressed to as "Technik" -> Technician in the subtitles (he was"Tech" in dubbing, tho).

Hunter was never addressed directly by name in that episode so his Polish name is a mystery and, let's face it, it's 99% Łowca.

I think Wrecker's name got the most amount of consideration and care from the translator, as he is named "Wandal" which means, well, vandal - a person who commits vandalism. Not exactly what I would pick myself... because of the negative connotations but it captures Wrecker's affinity for destruction well enough and has the same number of syllables so it simply... fits.

"Celownik" was used as name for Crosshair. It's obviously the most straight forward translation. Celownik sounds really bad - It's too long, for starters, and... lacks the oomph. Basically, celownik directly translates to a "(gun) sight". Which yeah... I get it - sights have crosshairs in them... but that's about it - Celownik would be a first pick of anyone who'd have to translate crosshair to Polish on the spot.

As I said before, I'm bummed about lack of translation but I'm also not happy with what was given to us in 7.4. (only Wandal gets a pass and Echo doesn't count)... oh well, at least Polish fans are not confused when talking with international Star Wars fandom, because as I said before - Polish version for The Bad Batch uses English names as default.

I'm now curious about other clones' names in Polish (if they're translated in the first place and if yes, then to what) but I'm not sure I'd survive re-watch of "Gwiezdne Wojny: Wojny Klonów" and "Gwiezdne Wojny: Parszywa Zgraja" with Polish dubbing + subtitles combo just to check few names (especially since TBB thing was a fluke) - not, when I learned that Batcher was translated to "Zgrajka" while "Snips" (a nickname given to Ahsoka by Anakin) was translated to "Smark" ("Snot") - which is... a thing, as in Polish there is a word "Smarkacz" - used to describe an unruly child - the name is due to the fact that small children refuse to blow their noses properly so the snot is smeared on their faces as they wipe the mucus with their hands.

However I like the translation of "Reg" which is "zwyklak" a combination of words "zwykły" (common/normal) and "zdechlak" (someone dead-tired, prone to illness or physically weak).

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Jeśli któryś z polskich fanów chce poczuć ten sam dreszcz emocji co ja, zapraszam do odcinka "Ryzykowna Gra" i włączeniu polskich napisów!

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STAR WARS: The Clone Wars/The Bad Batch © George Lucas/ Dave Filoni/ LucasFilm/ Disney

Czterej Pancerni i pies  ©  Konrad Nałęcki/ Janusz Przymanowski/TVP

In the middle of the bombed-out city, the piano survived by some miracle. Echo carefully pressed a few keys. It was out of tune, but it didn’t matter. It still was beautiful. He searched his memory for a song, and started playing.

“What is it?” asked Hunter, leaning on the piano, eyes closed. It was strange to see him so calm for once.

“Brahms, Chaconne in D minor for the left hand. One of the few things I can still play”

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"Give it back," said Crosshair, for at least hundredth time. The girl either doesn’t speak the same language as him, or decided to ignore him.

"Fine," he finally grumbled. It was just a helmet. Nothing that important. He turned away. Two steps, and something caught on his coat.

Of course. He "gave" her something. It was just his luck that she seen it as a sign of friendship.

Inspired by an amazing bad batch/four tank-men and a dog fanart by @paperback-rascal, and by today’s International Fanwork Day, I made this crossover between Bad batch and old polish tv show Four from a tank and a dog about crew of Soviet tank during wwii.

I originally wanted to translate their names into polish/Russian/whatever other language people in Soviet army used.

I also decided to change Crosshairs tattoo into a scar. It just looked wierd.

#badbatch #badbatchfanart #ctecho #echo #cthunter #cttech #hunter #tech #ctwrecker #wrecker #ctcrosshair #crosshair #omega #ctyriztankuapes #internationalfanworksday

https://www.instagram.com/p/CosIia4KIuo/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

[dilf-in-peril]

Here's some matches I recently watched and enjoyed.

Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness (ROH Unified) - I watched their whole feud and this is maybe not the best match out of the lot, and you should watch them all anyway, but this his was the moment where I started getting emotionally invested in Nigel because he suffers so bravely. And then he suffers and he suffers and he suffers some more. Oh god, how he suffers.

Mad Dog Connelly vs. Demus (ACTION DEAN~!!!) - Nasty, graceless, brutal, horny dog collar match.

CM Punk vs. Austin Aries (ROH Death Before Dishonor III) - Yeah, I watched it again. I just needed to study the kind of babyface pranks Punk is doing. The kick out at one. Beating the canvas in rythm to Miseria Cantare. The Hogan shit! Never before have smarks been this worked and gotten to.

Austin Aries & Jack Evans vs. Bryan Danielson & Samoa Joe (ROH Third Anniversary Celebration - Day 2) - Fuck Jack Evans up competition. Joe slaps the shit out of him, Bryan bends him in positions you didn't think were possible. It's all very charming. There is breakdancing too.

Jimmy Rave vs. CM Punk (ROH Manhattan Mayhem) - I really can't get enough of this. It's so sick. Punk bleeds so well and it all feels gross and weirdly sexual in a way nothing else in ROH feels at that time. Incredible finish made up by a madman, according to Rave he had to be talked into doing that to Punk. And then he's suffering himself out of the room like Jesus and cutting an insane Possession 1981 promo backstage.

Chigusa Nagayo vs. Dump Matsumoto (AJW, 8/28/1985) - The hair match, or rather the hair post match angle. It's such an absolutely insane experience of hysteria and carthasis like I've never seen before. The crowd is weeping. I wrote "what if jesus was a dyke" in my match sheet.

Greg Valentine vs. Roddy Piper (MACW) - Hard to believe they only wrestled each other this one time before the dog collar match. It's impressive how emotionally engaging this match is when they are really mostly just throwing punches. Things used to be different. For one the lighting was amazing and made them look like Gods.