#i have like 5 of these now just because i love this awful rabbit so much

[retrogradedreaming]

Coping by drawing an entire Jax sketch page every day

[dr-spectre]

The discourse surrounding Sonic movie 3 is some of the most infuriating shit i've had to deal within the Sonic community for a long ass time. It is just... oh my god man.

The amount of anger that can be generated within the community over two egg fellas dancing is kinda nuts.

Now listen, as a man who loves Sonic and especially Adventure 2, I'm gonna be for real, i do not like this all that much. I just don't like the idea of the man who in his first appearance was him in chains ranting about how he is going to destroy the Earth and then later getting executed via firing squad, dancing around with his grand son and being incredibly goofy for the sake of it.

"But it's a kids movie!!" So? That excuse is bullshit and you fucking know it dude, you know what else is made for kids? Watership Down, guess what that movie has.

A blood soaked rabbit. Yeah. A kid's movie has that.

You know what else is a kid's movie? Pinocchio, guess what that movie has? Silly light hearted moments and CHILDREN TURNING INTO DONKEYS AND BEING SOLD INTO SLAVERY!!!!!!!!! But the movie is still a classic and fine for children to watch, cause it teaches them important fucking lessons and themes.

I saw someone say that The Hunchback of Notre Dame, one of the darkest Disney movies ever made, a movie beloved by all, a movie with a baby almost being drowned, a mother being murdered near a church, a farm being burnt down, disturbing sexual themes, has the gargoyles and it's still a good movie. Yes, they have the gargoyles, BUT NO ONE LIKES THEM!!!!!!!!!!!! I'VE NEVER MET ANYONE WHO LIKES THEM! THEY ARE JUST THERE TO ENTERTAIN CHILDREN AND THAT'S IT!!!! THE MOVIE STILL HAS TONAL ISSUES!!!

I'm not asking for blood and guts in a Sonic movie, I'm not asking for Shadow to bust a cap in donut lord's ass. I'm asking for a story with more weight behind it. When you are tackling Shadow's backstory, Maria and Gerald fucking Robotnik, you gotta take that shit more seriously. You just have to dude. And if you make shit silly, make it actually... idk... FUNNY?!?!? FUNNY FOR EVERYONE?? NOT JUST 5 YEAR OLDS?!!?!

Serious movies are allowed to have comedic moments to ease the tension, but they must be handled well and fit the overall story and theme that the story is trying to go for. If they are gonna show Shadow's serious backstory and then follow it up with Eggman and his 110 year old grand father dancing, or vice versa, it's not gonna work. It just won't work in my opinion.

"But there might be a twist and Gerald actually goes full on crazy like in Adventure 2!" WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET!!! WE LITERALLY DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING!!!! If it is true that Gerald DOES eventually go crazy and that goofy act is a facade to manipulate Eggman, then guess what, I WOULD LIKE THAT!!! I WOULD BE FINE WITH THAT!! IT WOULD MAKE REPEAT WATCHES MORE INTERESTING!! BUT WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CANNOT BE SO SURE!!!

"But it's Jim Carrey!! He's gonna act goofy!!"

Yes Jim Carrey is known for his comedic roles and him as Eggman is pretty good, but you know what else Jim is known for?

Like I'm just saying guys... he can do more emotional roles, he isn't just the "silly man" you guys think he is. Boiling him down to just one thing and that he can do ONLY one type of acting is so insulting and disrespectful to his acting skills.

Jordan Peele, a comedic actor, went on to direct horror movies like Get Out, Us and Nope, and those movies have some of the most craziest and most intense horror movie scenes I've ever seen in my life.

The same man who did this.

Directed this.

Stop boiling down creative people into just one role. It's so annoying.

"But the movie can balance seriousness and stillness!" THE MOVIE ISNT OUT YET! WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET!!!!!!!!!! THE TONE BALANCE COULD BE GOD AWFUL OR IT COULD BE ACTUALLY GOOD! Like how the most emotional and powerful scene of Spider-Man 2 leads into one of the funniest scenes of the movie, but it WORKS SO WELL!!! BECAUSE IT TIES INTO THE THEMES OF THE MOVIE ABOUT WANTING TO LIVE YOUR OWN LIFE VS GREAT POWER AND GREAT RESPONSIBILITY!!!!!!!!! SACRIFICING YOUR DREAMS IN ORDER TO DO THE RIGHT THING!!!

"But Sonic Adventure 2 and Unleashed are goofy and serious!!"

My brother in Christ... Adventure 2 is not fucking goofy. It doesn't throw out referential humor, it doesn't target children only. Sonic doesn't reference google maps and we don't see Eggman dancing IN HIS DAMN BASE IN THE PYRAMID! The goofiest shit Eggman did was scratch his ass for five frames. And then an hour later Eggman pulled a FUCKING GUN ON AMY ROSE AND WAS READY TO KILL HER! WHICH LEAD TO ONE OF THE COOLEST SCENES IN THIS DAMN FRANCHISE!! EGGMAN THOUGHT HE WON IN ADVENTURE 2!!!

The goofy shit from Adventure 2 is down to the delivery of the English voice cast and the translated script, i promise you, you WILL notice a difference between the original Japanese voice cast and the English cast.

Sonic Unleashed is not goofy, it is has funny moments but they are very few and far between. They do not destroy the tone of the story because Sonic Unleashed is not trying to be overly dark or overly lighthearted, it's somewhere in the middle but it leans more into the lighthearted side of going on an adventure and exploring new countries with Chip. That is the focus of the story, Sonic and Chip. The Dark Gaia stuff is just a motivator for the player to explore new areas.

The comedy of Unleashed is between Eggman and that early Orbot SA-55, the humor is SA-55 poking holes at Eggman's plan and ego and it's written really well. It doesn't feel like dumb jokes made for just kids.

The crazy Dark Gaia serious shit is saved AT THE FINALE AND OPENING OF THE GAME!!! But it works because the rest of the story isn't OVERLY jokey and super lighthearted. There's barely ANY jokes to speak of in Unleashed, aside from Eggman getting hit in the face with a rock, Eggman smacking SA-55, and telling him to "SHUT UPPPPPPP!!!" At the end of the game.

"But movie Sonic is different from game Sonic!!" Yes, i know that, movie Sonic is a different character from the game Sonic we know, yes the tone is more targeted towards children, yes Sonic in the previous two movies made referential humor and Eggman was dancing. But even back then, even as a younger person, i still found it fucking cringey when Sonic and Eggman flossed. I found it lame as hell that a Sonic movie would include a fart joke. If teen me found it unfunny then I don't know if modern day kids are gonna find Sonic doing dated dancing funny.

Hell the dancing scene in Sonic movie 1 was better executed because of Agent Stone popping up at the end and that sudden cut to him, followed up by Eggman's scream.

This shit is just funny to me idk why.

When you have trailers that includes serious looking shots and making the audience believe that they are gonna get something different from the previous two movies, but in the tv spots and music videos, we see shit like this.... It's just... I don't know man.

Sonic movie 1 and 2 sort of got away with being more jokey and childish because those movies don't tackle serious subject matter. Sonic movie 1 is just a basic kids CGI live action hybrid movie, Sonic movie 2 tries to go further into the Sonic lore from the games but it isn't explored TOO MUCH! Knuckles' backstory is used to connect with Sonic's and compare and contrast the two, you know, two sides of the same coin sort of deal.

But Sonic movie 3 is tackling stuff from Sonic Adventure 2, a story with government cover up, memory manipulation (call it brainwashing and I'm gonna stab you /j), attempted genocide of the Earth, a prototype ultimate lifeform that's in constant pain and fueled by the anger of Gerald, a child getting shot, an old man getting killed via firing squad, and yet... The tone is gonna be the exact same as Sonic movie 1 and 2? Why?

And Sonic is still the same old movie Sonic from movie 1 and 2. It feels like there is no growth to him. "But Sonic has a flat character arc!!" IN THE FUCKING GAMES! NOT IN THE MOVIES!!!!! Sonic went through an arc, he WANTED something more personal in movie 1 and 2, a family, he wanted to not feel lonely after the death of Longclaw, yet despite going through a character arc, he doesn't feel more mature.

Why is he saying shit like "Konichiwhaaaaaaa?" It's not funny, it just isn't I'm sorry. Fucking hell.

This is definitely a negative take from me compared to how overly positive everyone is. People are defending this with all of their heart and dismissing people who say "hey i don't like this."

I think that the Sonic community has a toxic positivity problem, i know that it brings back bad times when people criticize Sonic, i know, trust me i get it.

But people make criticisms to see improvements, we wanna see content from Sonic that can better target all Sonic fans from all ages, not just children. Sonic never targeted just kids, it has something for everyone. I love Sonic, i love the blue rat, i really do. But Movie 3 has me very conflicted.

I'm still really excited for the movie, but i don't wanna be blinded by the hype, i don't want to say that this movie is gonna be the best thing ever, because i don't think it will be. I'm just hoping for an 8/10 movie. Something fucking GREAT!!!!

If you personally don't mind the direction of the movie then guess what, THAT'S FINE!!! IT'S OKAY!!! Just don't fucking come down my neck about me not liking it, saying that I'm wrong or stupid for having a vastly different take than yours.

Sonic is in the best position he has been in so long, he feels mainstream and beloved again. We are free from the mid 2010s and how dry it was. I'm happy where the series is at!!

Even if movie 3 doesn't deliver what i wish to see, at least Shadow Generations and Dark Beginnings gave me what i was looking for. An emotional tale that felt true to the characters i grew up loving and pretending to be as a little kid. (I pretended to run around as Sonic and Shadow as a kid, no that's not a joke.)

Also, Run It is a mid as hell song. It sounds like an ai trying to replicate the songs from 2015 to 2016. It sounds incredibly dated and has NOTHING to do with Sonic aside from "RUN it." The other movie songs had barely anything to do with Sonic, but Run It is on a whole other level LMAO!

If this is the credits song after Shadow dies or something, I'm gonna be pissed off. Just make it a song for the beginning of the movie, PLEASE!

[residentialsinyomakai]

♤ INTRO TIME! ♤

Hi hello!!! Idk how these work very well still so. Lemme do this to the best'a my abilities zzz

This is my sona! I draw 'em a lot (I have like. 2 more main ones but they're not important,,,zz,zzzzz,zzzz,,,,)

Detailed info under cut!!

GENERAL INFO:

♤ I'm Yōmakai, Yomo, Res, any variation of my user really (*￣∇￣*)

♤ ENG/ESP, learning JP, but certainly not enough to hold my own yet wahaha ! ;=u=

♤ I use Any Pronouns, and no particular honorifics! Get creative w it for all i care ((o(^∇^)o))

♤ My posts are sometimes very frequent, or maybe I'll go months without one!! Hard to tell augahjfkrif

♤ Chronic user of caps, emojis, kaomojis (the cool little face things I love em,,, ( =＾ω＾)), emoticons, etc. So basically pretty informal language y'know y'know.

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INTEREST STUFF:

♡ Maaaaaajor hyperfixation AND special interest in Yokai Watch!!! (all interations)

I also like;;;;

♡ Swan Lake (1981 Toei Version)

♡ Kirby (all iterations)

♡ Pokémon (all, pref. Johto, PMD, Kalos)

♡ Everything But Your Life

♡ Homestuck (I'm pretty new tho!)

♡ MY FRIEND' OCS...

♡ Way of the Househusband

♡ Yakuza (Just 0 for now! Also new djgjeoe)

♡ TMNT (1980's, 2003, 2012, RISE, MM, Bay!)

♡ Yu Yu Hakusho

♡ Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

♡ Entomology

♡ Cephalopods

♡ Grammar

♡...And more! But. I'll keep this not too long..,,.

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ADVISORY FOR INTERACTION:

◇ HAVE BASIC DECENCY (Not okie doki to be racist, homophobic, proship, etc...I wish mental recovery and healing for all those ill-learned.)

◇ I'm like. Really awful at responding to messages. Personal reasons and generally I keep busy!

◇ Please don't DM me unless you either A: Ask permission please,,, or B: Are a mutual, I'm more comfy w/ y'all bc most'a you know I'm Insane and Fantastic already/j/lh

◇ Sorry if I Spam sometimes!!! I get a lotta motivation in bursts sometimes so you might see like 5 things in a day. Or if I'm doing requests =u=!!

◇ My bad forgot to add this one a while ago, but unless i know you irl, please don't make any "I'm in your room" or "outside your house", "I'm watching you", etc typa jokes. Dhsoxiwod seems like an overreaction but I have pretty bad paranoia and don't take kindly :< (I don't care if it's something like "I'm rapidly approaching your location" or something nonsensical like you're sending a missile to my mailbox bc ik that can't happen ^^;) thank you for your consideration!!

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♧ Don't be afraid to tag me in anything! (Within reason ofc ofc)

♧ NEVER HAVE TO ASK TO DRAW OCS....GHHAGSH.....If you do @ me please ^u^

♧ Trad. and digital art will be posted!! May not be the best but it's my favorite hobby :)

♧ OH!!! SPEAKING OF HOBBIES. Wanna know some of mine? I like art, singing, crafts, writing, and hanging out outside,,,

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• YomakaiResidentials - Tiktok (I,,, get the most anxious on this one. Don't expect much response!! If you want me to see your cool stuff, absolutely mention me or send me the video :> just try not to spam ghhhgagsg)

• ナガバナ愛 - Pixiv

• roughraffspompadour - Insta (best for messaging!!! Worst for posting EXPLODES)

• There's a secret other two but. They're more personal so Only Close Friends!!

• Not a social but I also have a blog called @askbabblong ......Babblong Ask Blog As You Can Tell

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I organize all my posts and reblogs into tags because it's easier and I'm used to tagging things like on Ao3 and Fortelling,,,, I expect that if someone needed something specific they could sort it by the tags 🍌💬💜 so in short, here's explanations!!

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WOWZAS. I YAP A LOT!!! Can you see why i like Babblong....my little guy. Thanks for reading! Enjoy your stay :] tell me if there's anything i should add!

[alltimefail]

Happy Day 5 of Cast Appreciation Week to Ruth Connell, Jenn Lyon, and Briana Cuoco!

These are late, but it has been a DAY so I'm just happy I got them out before bedtime honestly! None of these incredible women on Tumblr (to our knowledge haha), but I’m singing their praises everywhere today!

Our perfect Night Nurse, Esther Finch, and Jenny Green... we love you ladies so much! 💜💀🔎

Transcript of my letters below the cut!

LETTER 1:

Happy Cast Appreciation Week! October 24, 2024

Dearest Ruth,

I have adored you since you played Rowena in Supernatural, so it’s no surprise that I loved your performance as the Night Nurse. You are a legend to me, you give an absolute masterclass in acting every time you step on screen.

I’ve rewatched Dead Boy Detectives more times than I can count, and every time I am stunned by how you balance the delicate line her character walks with such finesse and expertise. She’s not a full antagonist, certainly not a protagonist either, but some much more complex middle-ground. (I’ve gone down the rabbit hole analyzing her character in abundance because of that.) The fact that you had my emotions all over the place for this character should tell you that you did an absolutely bang-up job. Everything I learned about her made me want more, and brought new questions to my mind! You managed to make her a bit of a nightmare presence at times while making her feel very human (and clearly a bit perplexed by that sensation, lol) at other times. She was gripping and witty and everything I could have wanted from a character of her nature, and that is because of your incredible talent.

You are our Night Nurse on Duty, the Afterlife’s Finest, always and forever, and we will all be here to support you (and fight for you) in all your current and future endeavors.

All my love, Veronica “V” @ atfsims1

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LETTER 2:

Happy Cast Appreciation Week! October 24, 2024

Dearest Jenn,

I need you know know that I have never loved a villain more than I loved Esther Finch. My god, every time she came on screen I wanted to cheer. Everything about her awful, wicked ways shocked me and, at times, made me laugh to the point of tears. Every time I tell someone about Dead Boy Detectives, your character is one of my first selling points; I’ll usually tell them, “There’s this villain, Esther, and yes she is awful and she does a lot of bad things, but you LOVE to watch her do it.”

What makes my love for Esther even more perplexing is that I always rooted for the core-4 protagonists, but I was never sad when Esther came up with a new scheme because I wanted more of her, more of you, on my screen! You are a phenomenal actress and I’m so glad Dead Boy Detectives introduced me to you because I am in awe of you, sincerely! Esther Finch is my new favorite villain, and I don’t think she will ever be topped.

You are our incorrigible, immortal, illustrious Esther Finch, always and forever, and we will all be here to support you (and fight for you) in all your current and future endeavors.

All my love, Veronica “V” @ atfsims1

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LETTER 3:

Happy Cast Appreciation Week! October 24, 2024

Dearest Briana,

What a surprise Jenny Green was; upon first introduction of her character I was like, “Oh hell yes, these disaster children need this woman to reign them in from time to time...” and I was definitely right on that call (lol). Everything about Jenny was intoxicating to me, and I believe it was your expressions and the way you carried her that made her that way!

Every now and again we would learn something about her in this perfectly nonchalant but titillating way. Every line you delivered, from her unsuccessful ventures in love to her family life and upbringing (the line about her father’s alcoholism and raging narcissism haunts me, I NEED her and Charles to have a chat about abusive parents, good lord), made me want more! Her vulnerable moments with Crystal and Niko were beautiful, and I found Jenny to be a wonderfully complex character with a scary exterior and a heart-of-gold interior. You can’t watch Dead Boy Detectives and not fall in love with Jenny, or not root for her future happiness. She is easily one of my favorite characters from Dead Boy Detectives, and your incredible performance is a big reason why!

You are our lovely goth butcher, our perfect Jenny, always and forever, and we will all be here to support you (and fight for you) in all your current and future endeavors.

All my love, Veronica “V” @ atfsims1

[ilikekidsshows]

About the Evolution Anon, another thing that makes Marinette trusting Cat Noir alot weaker in hindsight is that one episode earlier she just messed up using the Rabbit Miraculous

No one can tell me her plan was good, it wasn't, but luckily she was influenced by Risk to soften the blow on that. Cause she didn't use the Rabbit well at all. She only saw it as a travel device, instead of treating time with the respect it needs.

She didn't need the dog, she just needed to watch through time to find out where the object is.

She kept thinking that SHE decides when the kid was akumatized and when the other people were affected, and not that she has to check that. If she actually used the Rabbit well, she would have paid attention to when the akumatization took place (at sun set) and that therefore her plan of getting Adrien as the only unaffected person isn't possible and the person beside her can't be Adrien.

It's insane that people argue that Marinette did nothing wrong as if she can't be expected to pay attention to TIME while using time travelling. Yes, that was absolutely her JOB to pay attention to. She rewinds time to when the akumatization took place but is faultless for not paying attention to WHEN she just rewind time? Is time a toy with no meaning for her defenders, or what?

She could have literally just defeated the akuma right then and there when the kid was akumatized, but didn't because getting Adrien back to Paris with her was more important than anything else. There should have been no problem, right? According to her, the kid was akumatized some mere hours ago at most and all it would have changed is that the city wouldn't be on fire and destroyed now. Her job is to save Paris and prevent suffering and chaos. She didn't even try to do that despite having been perfectly fine with fucking with time in Ephemeral.

Though, of course this would have taken away her "justified" reason for prioritising getting Adrien back and making him her new favorite partner. She "couldn't" think of using time travelling in a way that makes sense because doing so would have revealed that Flairmidable shouldn't be here.

I'm glad that Marinette at least wasn't in her right mind in Strike Back, but that doesn't change that her plan was awful and utilized time completely wrong because her real priority was not wanting Adrien to leave for some weeks or months.

The one thing season 5 did right was holding Marinette accountable for letting herself be fooled by Felix through her emotions.

She HAD plenty of chances to realize that Adrien couldn't be without a Risk mark and it was her JOB as guardian and temp holder of the Rabbit to not treat the Rabbit like the Horse of Time. Not to mention that Marinette turned one hell of a blind eye to 'Adrien' then siding with her and peer pressuring and bullying Cat Noir into silence in front of the whole team by forcing him to shake hands and be blamed AGAIN for having emotions Marinette refused to respect bc he didn't feel what she decided he should be feeling.

Marinette fell in love with Adrien because he's NOT a bully. Because he would be kind and fair enough to NOT do what Flairmidable did to Cat Noir to back up Ladybug's abuse of power and bullying a teammate into submission by making them out to be an irrational crybaby who needs to be put in place by her greatness.

You can't fucking tell me that Marinette cannot be asked to remember that she fell in love with Adrien for NOT being a bully. How devoid of morality and standards can a biases be that Marinette can't even be expected to do THAT much.

That's the one thing I truly like in season 5, that they appropriately blamed Marinette for loosing the Miraculous because of how much she prioritized getting to keep Adrien and blaming Cat Noir for HER shit treatment of him.

She loves Adrien for not being a bully, but the second she wanted him to back her up in bullying Cat Noir in front of the team into submission, she apparently can't be asked anymore to remember what she loves the love of her life for.

The disaster of the season 4 finale is entirely HER fault and I'm fucking happy that season 5 at least demanded of her to improve in that way. By the time of Emotion she finally got over her bully kink that started with her falling in love with Catwalker for shitting on Cat Noir, and immediately recognised Felix pretending to be Adrien when he insulted the rich kids as "monsters" for her sake. In the s4 finale, she would have gladly turned a blind eye to that as long as the bullying is done for her sake. But that's the ONE thing the story actually held her accountable for so she grew from it

And all I see is people groaning and yelling about how flawless Marinette was in the s4 finale. She wasn't, she did everything wrong, and the right consequences actually happened for once.

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Anon clarified that this ask was inspired by a Discord group conversation where the Marinette bias was very obvious and not the recent tumblr discourse around the ‘Strikeback’ episode. I actually haven't seen said discourse either, so what I write here should not be taken as my two cents either.

The Rabbit Miraculous has been used for keeping watch over the timestream since its introduction, so Marinette failing to utilize the Miraculous for its true purpose of finding out the inciting incident for something is extra stupid of her. This is supposed to be the greatest Ladybug ever who understands all the Miraculous better than anyone else and that's why she can find the perfect holders for each of them? Press X to doubt.

And, like, even when Marinette accepts responsibility for losing all the Miraculous, I can't help but notice how she instantly gets celebrated and made to feel good for failing. Because, once again, her realization that she did something wrong leads her into a spiralling state of mental crisis where she cries about how she’s lost everything and messes everything up, and then instantly gets told by Cat Noir she’s the greatest Ladybug ever while all of Paris chants her name in support. And then she lets Cat Noir use the Rabbit Miraculous once before going right back to keeping things from him and lying to him. What did she exactly accept accountability for? How did she change her behavior because of that? She decided that the problem was her being in love with Adrien, instead of anything she did, so she makes herself miserable for the first half of season five, accomplishing nothing but a manipulative attempt to make us feel sorry for her some more before getting everything she ever wanted and never actually having to change her behavior.

Marinette failing or doing the wrong thing is never really about her being in the wrong and needing to make up for it. It’s always about how bad these mistakes make her feel. Her feeling bad is not a consequence, no matter how much her manipulative pity parties make her stans cry about how she's supposedly being punished when no one as much as says a word against her, instead showering her with unearned praise. I’m just tired of being expected to always put her feelings first instead of the people she hurts, who put their hurt aside to cater to hers, when she gets warned beforehand how wrong things can go while she refuses to listen until things blow in her face again.

“She wasn’t in her right mind,” isn’t the defense her stans think it is, because the power of Risk is to make you take risks, Marinette calling an Akuma a “little problem” in comparison to getting Adrien back is not her becoming unable to see the risk, it’s just her normal attitude of her Love Quest being more important than the literal supervillain fights that go on in the show. She places her Adrien schemes over everything else anyone has going on all the time. Marinette having garbage priorities didn’t appear because Risk hit her, Risk just made her more careless with her normally bad priorities.

I recognize that the writers still intended it to be an excuse, and that’s why the stans take and run with it as one, because the writers love to put those in when Marinette does something completely messed up and in character to make her seem less responsible for her own actions. But, like, it’s just as bad an excuse as the other attempts. Oh, she tries to force Adrien into being the solution to the current problem and it fails (just like in ‘Desperada’)? She was under an Akuma’s influence! Oh, she gaslights Adrien about his dad? She’s really stressed out and the time traveler told her it was just as valid a choice as being honest! Oh, she [insert ‘Sublimation’ spoilers]? Tomoe sabotaged them beforehand!

Frankly, I’m still of the mind that Marinette didn’t get enough consequences for the season four finale. Having a mental crisis is just Marinette’s reaction to failing, it’s not consequences for her actions. Like, let’s think about this. What should the logical consequences be for losing almost all the Miraculous to the main villain in a single day? What’s a reasonable way for normal people to react when their hero fails them in such a way? Some loss of faith, perhaps? It’s not like Miraculous would be the first superhero story where the public opinion gets turned against the hero and they have to find a way to turn things back around and prove themselves trustworthy again. That could have actually been a good story and a real way to shake up the status quo for season 5. Instead, the only time the heroes face any opposition it’s just Chloé again. The way I see it, Marinette actually got no real consequences, instead getting coddled and celebrated for losing to the villain.

But, yeah, Marinette stans have no reason to whine about Strikeback, because, like, Marinette wasn't punished in any way. If anything, she got rewarded for her massive failure.

[expresso-bean]

The Man Out of Time [A ShadAmy and Silver Story]: Chapter 13

Pairing: Shadow the Hedgehog x Amy Rose

Description: It has been seven years of peace following the grueling war with Eggman and his army. Though it took time to rebuild what they have lost, life for the Freedom Fighters could not be better. Whether it's finding love or trying to run from their past, celebrating post-war times has been different for each of them.

Will anyone believe the mysterious hedgehog's cry for help? Or will he be left to fight for his future alone? Read to find out!

Warnings: None

Word Count: 1k

POV: Silver the Hedgehog/Third Person

!! I do not own any of the art/gifs/borders used in my chapters. All credits to the rightful owners !!

Masterlist ❀ Ch.1 ❀ Ch.2 ❀ Ch.3 ❀ Ch.4 ❀ Ch.5 ❀ Ch.6 ❀ Ch.7 ❀ Ch.8 ❀ Ch.9 ❀ Ch.10 ❀ Ch.11 ❀ Ch.12

"Whatever, Chaos Control."

In a blink of an eye, both of us were in back in Amy's living room. I felt great knowing that Shadow had heard my calls for help, and it felt even greater to know that he cared about me in one way or another, whether he admitted it to himself or not.

"Shadow?"

Shadow turned to look at me from the bottom of the steps. The look he held wasn't one of anger or annoyance, but of concern.

"If you are about to ask to see her I suggest you hold your tongue. She is still resting and I'll be damned if you want me to wake her for something like this."

"Woah, calm down. I stare at her room for a couple of seconds and you think I want to talk to her at a time like this?"

"Be serious," Shadow had his teeth clenched in either anger or jealously. "Just because she trusts you and gives a damn about your life does not mean you know her as I do. Keep your distance and we will get along fine."

"Then what gives you the right to push people away for her. I feel guilty enough that I'm here, and even more guilty that I have to put her through this. You have no idea what I feel or who I am! So don't tell me what I can and cannot do!"

"At least I know what is best for her! You didn't even know her in your time!"

"That's why I am here! To make sure she lives to see the future! But you don't care about that! All you care about is that I am here and she cares about me now! Stop thinking with your jealously and start thinking with that 'oh so logical' brain of yours!"

I stormed away from him and made my way into the kitchen preparing to make myself a glass of chocolate milk. As I reached for a glass a memory began to play in my head.

--

A young Silver was running through the halls of his barren home, he giggled as he watched the toy rabbit he was playing with float in the air, covered with the mist of magic he calls his telekinetic powers. Unbeknownst to him, through Silver's laughs, his father's sobs rattled the walls of his room. Shadow was clutching the framed picture of his deceased wife, Amy Rose. The picture was taken in a field of pink wildflowers in mid-spring, right when they were at full-bloom. Amy was standing there in a red spring dress and a peach, wide brim hat. Her happiness shines through the smile she gives to the camera.

"You are more beautiful than any flower in any field." That is what Shadow had said when he took that picture.

A little over a year later, everything in that photo would cease to exist. The field would be destroyed. His Rose would die soon after. The memory of that day made Shadow cry harder into his free hand.

Silver passed by his father's room and heard the awful noise of sadness that seeped through the thin, wooden door. Usually, his father never let sadness run through him, and instead displayed an array of love and happiness whenever Silver saw him. To hear him so sad confused Silver.

"Papa?" Silver dropped the rabbit he was playing with and frowned. His little fingers tapped on the door, trying to get it open. But it was to heavy for Silver. "Papa? Papa, are you sad?"

Silver tapped on the door a little louder. The crying suddenly stopped. He heard silence then followed the shuffling of footsteps.

"Come in, Silver. Papa is alright."

Silver smiled as he excitedly opened the door. 

"Papa!" Silver ran to his father and engulfed him into a big hug. Shadow wrapped his arm around his son and used the other to pet his quills on his head. "Papa, were you sad?" 

Silver felt his father tense at the question, then he heard him sigh. 

"Yes, my son, Papa is sad. But it's okay, Papa will be okay. Don't worry." 

Silver looked up at his father and smiled brightly.

"Really?"

That smile made Shadow break inside; it was just like his precious Rose. Tears dropped down Shadow's tired face. 

"My son, you look just like your mother. You have her loving heart. Her beautiful eyes. Her bright smile." 

Silver looked confused as to why his father was crying. Usually, he would smile when he talked about the boy's mother, but this time was different.

"Papa?"

Shadow dried his tears and picked his son up. Silver giggled his father placed the young boy atop his shoulder. 

"Mommy loved you very much my son. She will always be with us." Silver simply nodded his head. He had wished he had met his mother, and every time he heard of her, it made him feel sad. Shadow took notice of this and walked towards the door. "Hey, what did I say about being sad? Only Papa can be sad around here."

"Why?"

"Because sad boys don't get chocolate milk."

"Chocolate milk! Okay, I'll stop being sad! I want chocolate milk, Papa!"

Shadow chuckled at the bouncing boy on his shoulder as he walked towards the kitchen and towards the refrigerator. Shadow put Silver down to prepare the two glasses of chocolate milk. Meanwhile Silver watched excitedly as his father poured in the chocolate syrup into the glasses and stirred them, making them a rich brown color. Shadow passed one glass to Silver and kept the other to himself.

"Hey! I thought sad boys couldn't drink chocolate milk!"

"But I'm not sad."

"Why?"

"Because, I have you here with me. That is all I need to be happy."

"Me too! And even more that I have chocolate milk."

"Always remember, my son, remember how much your father loves you."

"I love you too papa!"

--

I smiled through the tears running down my face, and I watched them as they dropped around the glass of chocolate milk.

"Rest easy my dear parents. We have a long road ahead of us."

[kansaspieco]

"Centaurs have two rib cages"

"Centaurs have two digestive tracts"

WRONG.*

The human torso is simply the neck of the horse. Now this may seem a bit weird, but this is a fantasy creature so hear me out. Anatomy, especially with how it can adapt, is incredible so I propose that the spine would more towards the middle of the human torso as seen in Figure 1 which is where the cervical spine of the horse would be (Figure 2). Along with that, the human torso wouldn't be as long as most people draw them, and it would be closer to the length of a horse (average length of a male human torso is 43-45in/109-114cm, not including the head/neck which can add an extra 11.9-13.7in/30.2-34.8cm versus a horse's neck which is approximately 36in/91cm. Please keep in mind these are rough approximations from a few google searches). Here's where things get more funky, instead of an extra ribcage to keep that human shape, the horse neck muscles, and some human torso muscles, would adapt to the shape of a torso while still keeping some of the aspects of the human musculoskeletal system. I haven't put as much thought into the the chest structure itself, but since the clavicle would remain, I would assume so would the sternum.. ish. The main thing that I focused on is the muscles. Figure 1 shows the approximate layout of these muscles with the human face and arm muscles remaining the same along with keeping the major muscles of the horse's neck. However some muscles from both human and horse, although more of the horse's anatomy will need to change to become "flatter" (more human torso like). I did not add the neck tendons/ligaments to Figure 1, but those would also change configuration to comply with the form of the torso. The function of the human torso would act in place of the horse's neck with a modified horse (maybe mixed with human) digestive tract (which I will likely dive more into at some point because it would likely need to change in order to accommodate the more human style diet I have no clue, but the digestive tract would definitely need to change since the human teeth are not suited for how a horse grazes which messes up everything in the already awful thing that is the horse digestive tract)

Images:

Figure 1: Proposed centaur musculoskeletal system

Figure 2: Horse skeleton

Figure 3: Horse muscle chains

Figure 4: Horse superficial muscles

Figure 5: Human skeleton

Anyways this was just done for fun, if you don't agree, that's fine, if have different ideas I'd love to hear them! I fell down this rabbit hole yesterday after getting into a conversation about centaur anatomy and hating the two digestive tract/rib cage ideas so here you go, the idea of the horse neck = human torso Centaur is released into the world so y'all are free to do with it as you will

Sources:

Me, just trust me bro (all jokes aside, I'm a pre-vet biology major and am working on becoming certified in equine massage along with being a huge fan of fantasy creatures)

Horses Inside Out: Gillian Higgins

Image credits:

Horse: GDJ- pixabay

Human: not sure of original source, found the used image on Pinterest by a few different people

*none of this can be proven as a fact so it is not a definite "wrong" I just needed an attention grabber

[the-illiterate-pirate]

HAPPY 1,000 FOLLOWERS! Now write sub bottom whiny needy Blackmore headcanons it's Ur treat

ON IT BOSS 🫡🫡🫡

SGSHSUSH THANKS BESTIE. Warning for the most self indulgent smut underneath the cut.

Also link to my celebration post

Blackmore NSFW HCs ♡

• Voice kink go brrrr 🗣️

• K so in my expert opinion this mf would be SO FUCKING LOUD when he gets overstimulated. It's never words, it's only broken gibberish paired with a lot of moaning and whimpering

• WOULD HE START CRYING?? MAYBE... AM I INTO THAT??? MAYBE .........

• Before he gets to that point, he's all begging and pet names, like "Sugar", "Darlin’", "Honey pot" GODD this man is southern. Don't tell me otherwise. The accent 🤤

• Loves having his hair pulled, it's never out of his ponytail so you get a built in leash HAHA

• He's like, 95% sub, but that 5%,,,,,, but just because he's on top doesn't mean he's not pathetic as fuck still

• Fucks like a rabbit if he's on top

• Throws your damn legs in all kinds of directions you didn't even know they could bend. His fav position with him on top is definitely the mating press

• Oh shit right these are meant to be bottom HCs

• Honestly he's so easy to boss and push around. He's used to it already with Val, at least this time around he's getting his dick wet (maybe... if you're generous)

• Will beg on his knees sniveling and whining for a crumb of cock/cunt

• No qualms with being on the receiving end, although he's an old fashioned man and believes it's a little strange, all of those ideas are flying out the window the moment you stick whatever up his ass

• Stick shit in his MOUTH 🗣️‼️‼️

• Mf gets drool everywhere, he doesn't care. Always gawking, mouth open, in awe, amazed

• Cannot for his life take a compliment but y'all KNOW he is drowning you in praise, talking about how amazing you are

• Did I mention the biting. He bites. Everything. Anything. Beware.

• But like. Totally put your fingers in his mouth. It's hot.

• TWO PUMP CHUMP AND YOU WILL RESPECT THAT ‼️‼️

• After sex he is out like a lamp thrown at a wall. Immediately. As soon as he hits his pillow. Don't expect aftercare. He totally would!!.... if he wasn't sawing logs,,,,

• Says "‘m so~rry for coming so soon~" 💳💥💥

• Def calls you "Sir"/"Ma'am" 💳💥💥💥💳💥

[whiterabbitmittens]

my shiftblr intro

hi loves!! i've been on tumblr for quite a while, but never really explained my shifting journey. nobody needed this, but here you go!

i was introduced to shifting in 2020 from that gods awful theodd1sout video... real ones know 😓 THANKFULLY, that didnt deter me much as I was still kind of interested in it anyway. like a few weeks later ?? I had a CRAZY REALISTIC dream. like i didn't shift since I wasn't concious, but DAMN i could see everything going on. there was this girl that led me with her down a school hall, we both had the same uniform from a board school on so it was where we went. the dream ended a minute or so after that but thats all i remember, but her spiritual imprint has literally stuck to me ever since and when I woke up that day, I instantly thought about shifting and literally looked up and researched as much as little 2020 me could.

i've been a shifter for 4-5 years and on shiftblr for 3 on different accounts (trust me, MANY lmao) all in which ive deleted because I just didn't really feel any growth.

that kind of brings me to something else about me and how i work, if my pool is full of stagnant water, i need to jump in to something to keep it flowing. i love trying new things and i'm open to trying new methods or just seeing where things flow.

my favorite method EVER is the alice in wonderland method and it's the closest i've ever gotten to shifting to my DR. like no joke i literally had a prophetic dream from this yall need to try it and listen to the audio reading of alice and wonderland along with it omg. anyways that kind of connects to how i found out about shifting because mystery girl was like a white rabbit (username mentioned!?xd)

i LOVE SCRIPTING SO MUCH I have made over 20 scripts and I'm working on templates. eventually I'll make custom commisions and theme requests but for right now I'm working on getting my formulas down lol

intentionally, i've shifted twice. once to a reality almost completely like my current but with very specific changes as a test, and one dream-like shift to an underwater landscape. (im not exactly sure where I went lol but I went somewhere and thats all that matters)

i intend to shift to: miraculous, h2o, mako, hogwarts legacy, princess life, vampire royalty, ever after high, fame, 80s goth band, my babysitters a vampire, petrichor dreamhome, and more

safe to say i have a lot of interests and thats not even all of my scripts 😭

thats it loves, i hope you reading this have a great day week! spend time with people you love and don't forget to take time for yourself.

-🐇

[breezybeej]

Summarizing the shit I've been ranting about to my buffy freaks this week re: "you arent the source of me"

only spoiling things through s5e12 because i havent watched anything past that

Giles on vampires: "You aren't looking at your friend, you're looking at the thing that killed him"

Let's think about vampires thematically.

They are stuck in time, as noted by Buffy. They dress like the era they died in.

They are demons inhabiting the bodies of man.

They are made when a person sucks off another vampire (sorry).

Obviously we see vampires used metaphorically for pretty much every vice. Vampires as heroin use, vampires as sex workers, vampires as peer pressure, if humans do something unsavory, the show presents the vampires as that thing in an episode.

"You aren't looking at your friend, you are looking at the thing that killed him." You are seeing a vampire continue doing the things that led to them dying as a person. Extending that, imagine seeing someone you know still engaging in a fatal vice (like drugs), you don't see them as your friend anymore. You see a walking reminder that your friend is lost to drugs. It puts Riley in an interesting situation of 'going' but not 'being gone' to his vice. Buffy is already seeing him as 'the thing that is killing him' and she's arguing with herself on if she can pull him back out. Riley turns to the army. Either way, he needed structure OR someone to be with him (to like, keep him accountable), two options people typically need IRL for overcoming addiction. He picked structure.

Buffy expresses to Angel that when he kisses her, sometimes she wants to die. What if I want to lock myself in my current state forever, the state where we are together and I love you. Angel doesn't want this because he overcame his vices and he doesn't want Buffy to go through that awful shit. He also gives us a story of relapsing and how, with the help of a found family, he came back out of it.

So what is the opposite of a vampire? The Slayer. And it's the same thing. Buffy is always trying to use structure and friends to Not Be Stuck in the downward spiral of Slayerdom. It's her whole story arc since season 1. When people look at buffy, many see A Killer. She kills things. "But it isn't like that. I don't kill, I slay. I do it to protect and I don't enjoy it." But Buffy is always walking that line, isn't she. Her lowest moments usually deal with that balance, grappling with losing control or her own mortality. This is why Faith is so compelling. Faith is everything Buffy fears.

"I have no speech. No name. I live in the action of death. The blood-cry, the penetrating wound. I am destruction. Absolute. Alone."

"The Slayer."

The action of death, the thing that kills. The Drugs, the Sex, the Violence. The Vices, and for Buffy, the Slaying. Faith paints slaying as this romp, this thrill that is sexual, empowering, and fun. Buffy fears Slaying. Buffy looks at all of her friends and sees them as victims to her fate. They will die because of her. Because she can't control her Slayer because... it kind of is fun. She does get that thrill. Season 5 starts with her restlessly leaving in the night to engage in that cheap thrill aspect of it. Much like riley leaves in the night to get sucked off (sorry, it's just so fun to say)

She says: "You have to get over the primal power thing. You are not the source of me." and she returns to her friends. She is accepting that she can find the balance. She has the structure and the support network. She has everything she needs to prevent herself from Becoming What Kills Her. Her friends don't look at her as The Slayer. They look at her as their dear friend, daughter, lover, confidant, silly rabbit. She is more than the Slayer to Giles, to Willow, to Xander. She's becoming more to Tara and Anya and--most importantly, now--Spike (the freak obsessed specifically with Killing Slayers).

She just went through this arc with Dawn. She looked at Dawn and saw the key but then saw how that made her own self violent towards *her sister.* She doesn't see Dawn as the key, as the thing that will kill* her, that's my fucking baby sister

*kill as in "this is your fate" Buffy won't let it be her fate

I still need to like. structure this and solidify the themes but you see what I'm working toward, kind of. All this talk of Sources. What is someone's source. Is it the vices they engage in? Is a drug addict simply a drug addict or are they a member of a community who is struggling without support?

My favorite trait that Buffy shows is Seeing the Humanity in creatures. It isn't ever explicitly addressed but it shows up through the whole show. She adopts demons, she stops before decapitating Angel, she almost stops Faith from committing misandry, she senses something up with Ted and Kathy, she can't bring herself to kill Spike. She sees Dawn AS HER LITTLE SISTER (the hair stroking is already killing me). And we saw her struggle with guilt when faced with Riley's suck-girl (and she caves in to her emotions and kills her anyway). We've been getting more scenes where she either feels bad about killing some vamps or people make her feel bad about it. "Buffy, you are better than this. You aren't just a slayer who goes around and slays vamps indiscriminately. You are not The Slayer. You are Buffy.

Right now, it is happening again. Buffy doesn't see her mom. She sees a walking brain tumor. "You aren't looking at your [mom], you are looking at the thing that['s killing her]." She is looking at her mom the way she looks at vampires and that is what causes her to go into this slayer mode. Why she gets antsy and has to "go do something, I can't sit and do nothing" because the problem is so similar to vampires. The core conceit of the slayer: she sees the killer, not the person being killed. And she can't slay this one, it's in her mom. She can't look at her mom without it activating that instinct and it's driving her insane.

Fucking Harmony, man. she's the It Girl social influencer and who is she? What is the 'thing that is killing her?' That. She's basically exactly the same as a vampire. whac you see is what you get.

Cordelia survived. She became more than an It Girl. She developed friends and relationships and even though they fell apart, she was able to find a place to be and a reason to live outside of the one aspect of herself: being popular.

Harmony never got over that, she didn't find something to bring her out of that role.

This expands out to the whole show as it exists in the medium of TV. All these characters are classic archetypes and it is when they transcend those roles that they "Survive."

Look at spike. One off weirdo bad guy who is the season 2 miniboss and dies. Except he doesn't. He transcends that and DOESN'T GET KILLED OFF because James Marsters developed relationships and exerted himself. And Spike has become so much more than the slayer killer. He is alive because he found his source: being a weird fucked up little freak

People look at Tara and she see "Willow's lesbian" but it isn't until Tara causes a problem and exposes her family bullshit that they see beyond the role they ascribed to her, the role Tara herself was feeling trapped by. They are seeing Tara, not Willow's Girlfriend, also why we have the spell being about sight and not seeing demons. Buffy still has yet to *see* Spike.

[nohiketoosmall]

Ranking Plush Rattlesnakes

Part 1: Ranking Plush Anacondas

Part 2: Ranking Plush Cobras

Part 3b: Ranking Plush Rattlesnakes (by Wild Republic)*

*Wild republic was switched to its own list because there were too many

Rattlesnakes are one of the most recognizable snake species and I've seen very many while looking up plush snakes. There are around 36 species of rattlesnake with numerous subspecies; I am not an expert on them but I will try to decipher which species the plushes are based on when applicable. Though I've complained about large-headed snake toys in other posts (based on my frustration with anaconda toys), rattlesnakes have distinctly large heads and thin necks, so I have high hopes for these plushes.

Note that if I note "via pinterest" or "via ebay" or other third-party websites that means I couldn't verify the origins- if it is not "via"d it is directly through the toy website or through Amazon if seller is the manufacturer. Often sites like ebay will show up in results after the source webpage is no long accessible, eg if a product was sold or discontinued.

"Rambo the Rattlesnake" by Tiger Tale Toys

Length: 4.5ft

10/10 I can't find any faults in Rambo here. He's pretty clearly a Western Diamondback based on the patterns and his face is adorable. He has a rattle in his tail! Also, I have to give the Tiger Tale Toys brand props for this description:

Rambo resides in the desert where he spends the hot summer days coiled in the shade to escape the intense heat. Rambo is a pretty misunderstood fellow, because while being highly venomous, he is not prone to attack like some other species in the pit viper family. Rambo prefers to hide and wait for danger to pass, only shaking his rattle as a warning when he feels very threatened.

I think its nice to teach people to be careful and respect rattlesnakes, which are very misunderstood.

Vintage Dakin Rattlesnake 1987 by Dakin via Ebay

Either 17in or 40in

10/10 This is the oldest snake I've found on my lists, from 1987, but labeled vintage as the modern plush/toy market tends to push up the timeline a bit. However, I love this little snake, they look SO happy. The Dakin company has a kind of dark and sad history I went down in a rabbit hole on but suffice to say the brand no longer exists.

Zoona Collection Diamondback Rattlesnake by RGU via stuffedark

16in

10/10 Listen, I know that I rated the last one 10/10 also. But have you considered that this rattlesnake is SO cute. Its stubby tail? The texture on the body? This makes me want to cry because I cant have it. Sold out as of 2011, but unclear when it was even manufactured. The RGU (Resort Gift Unlimited) website has a short history on its About Us page which suggests that it pivoted from making cookbooks to wildlife-oriented plushes, some of which came with books in 1995 (quite a shift).

Realistic Stuffed Rattlesnake by Aurora (1) via Pinterest

13in (probably upright)

6/10 You may remember the Aurora "Miyoni" Cobra was one of my favorites, but this one doesn't speak to me as much. It has a charming face and fangs that I really like, but I'm just not into the scale fabric used for this. They didn't really make an effort with the pattern. Maybe its also the pose- it just doesn't have rattlesnake vibes.

Rattlesnake Plush by Wildlife Artists

52in

5/10 Now, this is probably the platonic middle ground of rattlesnake toys. Is it realistic? Sorta, I guess. But the pattern looks kind of cheap and muddy and the tail is awful. Amazon reviews also indicated that this one is particularly thin when compared to other stuffed snake plushes, comparing it to the WildRepublic green rattlesnake, which was much thicker. One review stated this was "the best on the market" and I have to disagree.

Brown Rattlesnake by Wildlifetree via pinterest

60in

4/10 I do like this one a little but I just don't like the generic look of this one. I have mixed feelings on this "pattern" of fabric, it looks recycled from a dinosaur plush. In this case, the head also looks recycled from a dinosaur plush. Overall, its cute, but other than the rattle its just not rattlesnake-y or unique enough for me to rate it highly.

Rattlesnake Jake Plush by Paramount Pictures via worthpoint

? Length

8/10 I think its delightful they included his little hat, he also has his gun-tail and everything. It's another one thats not my thing at all, but I have to give it props- if I were a kid who was obsessed with the hideous(ly charming) characters from Rango, I would love Rattlesnake Jake with all my heart.

Diamondback Rattlesnake by Aurora (2) via ebay

48in

4/10 This is the snake that finally prompted me to look into the Aurora brand, AKA Aurora Gift. When I found the "Aurora Miyoni" toys previously they were pretty grainy pinterest photos and I didn't look into it much more. It does appear those two Miyoni collection snakes are discontinued, but it does have some other rattlesnake plushies, like this one. The Miyoni collection does appear on the website and has many other plushies, all with neck tags.

Mini Flopsie and Shoulderkins Rattlesnake by Aurora (3)

8in (flopsie), 6in (shoulderkins)

9/10 I grouped these all together seeing as they're all roughly the same except for pattern. The "upright" pose one is the shoulderkins brand, which have magnets in them to apparently "attach them to your shoulder" which is certainly an interesting gimmick. Anyways, I kept seeing that pastel rattlesnake while searching for other plushes so I was excited to see its still being made. Very cute and simple.

Rattlesnake Jumbo Plush Snakes by Kelli's (1)

56in

6/10 There was clearly an attempt made with the pattern to have some level of accuracy, but I just don't really like the end result. I guess the colors on the face just don't feel like they're placed right, particularly those white patches around the eyes. On the bright side it looks very chunky and huggable.

Blue Rock Rattlesnake Jumbo Plush Snakes by Kelli's (2)

56in

8/10 This ones product photo is notably better than the last one, although I assume their construction is identical. But I prefer how the patterns and colors are laid out on this one. I think the banded snakes tend to have a big advantage over the more complex diamondback pattern.

Shakers the Stuffed Rattlesnake by Aurora (4)

Length unknown

8/10 The "Yoohoo and friends" line of big-eyed stuffed animals appears to be Auroras very blatant attempt to compete with TY Beanie Boos, which are those TY toys you may have seen in stores with giant eyes. The huge eyes are hit-or-miss for me because they're often too close together, but I think this trans flag pastel snake is very cute. Yoohoo and friends appears to be named as such because it is a TV show (which looks just like the Littlest Pet Shop tv show that aired a while back)

Also, I found a cobra I missed; I'll have to go back later and do a post of snakes I've missed.

"Vintage Animaland Rattle Snake" via eBay

Unknown length

3/10 The eBay listing connected to this photo is no longer up, and I tried to reverse image search this and could not find any sources or even any other post with an image like this. Animaland appears to be a Build-a-bear style franchise where kids can stuff "skins" of stuffed toys with fiber in-store. Anyways, its pretty ugly, although it has the scale pattern which is fun.

Rattle Snake Plush by Wishpets (1) via eBay

48in

6/10 There are enough listings of this on ebay to indicate the accuracy of the brand. This snake is from 2007 and has good quality available used plushes, in fact. Its not persay an "accurate" pattern but I think its a simple, abstract pattern and a simply shaped face. A perfectly acceptable giraffe snake.

Pink Rattlesnake Plush by Wishpets (2) via eBay

32in

6/10 I think this one has a very shapely face, although it looks quite startled. Looking at the photos, it looks very huggable though. I think it would be cuter if it was cleaner. Like the other Wishpets one, the ebay listing shows the tag indicating this was produced by Wishpets in 2004.

Mini Rattlesnake by Folkmanis (1)

5in (diameter), length unknown

8/10 Like most mini snakes, this one has a round face, but the pattern is surprisingly accurate and detailed. This toy company makes puppets, and this one is small enough that it's just a finger puppet!

Rattlesnake by Folkmanis (2)

36in

2/10 I feel very torn about this one, because I like its fabric a lot, it seems very detailed and it has an open mouth with fangs. The tail includes an extra pocket so you can wiggle the rattle. That being said, this little shop of horrors-esque face is so horrifying I can't bear to rate it higher. Usually, the faces of these snakes are ugly because of /lack/ of complex sewing construction, but this one looks well made and detailed, which makes the end result even more hideous.

Grand Canyon Association Rattlesnake by Jaag via ebay

50in

7/10 Another nice giraffe rattlesnake, this time by Jaag. The pattern, I realize now, is a creative interpretation of the Grand canyon rattlesnake's pattern. Jaag makes toys for promotional purposes, and this ebay listing comes with the tags indicating it was made for the Grand Canyon Association. Although the Jaag website doesn't list its plushies for sale, they do list their partnership with GCA and this rattlesnake is in its "portfolio" section. The plush does not appear to be sold on the Grand Canyon website.

Plush Diamondback Rattlesnake by B J Toy via ebay

180in

6/10 This is the largest snake on this list, and I can't pretend that doesn't factor into the rating. It does look a little understuffed, but still huggable. I like the creative interpretation of the pattern, which is something I was planning to explore in my models. I mostly wish he was thicker so he could be a proper pillow. Overall, an acceptable snake. Ebay seller posted tag to confirm this is by BJ toy circa 2009.

Green Rattlesnake by Adventure Planet (1) via ebay

60in

4/10 this is basically just the brown snake from Wildlifetree way above. One listing stated this was from Aurora, but this one shows the tag as Adventure Planet. Given that this is so similar to the brown one though, I don't know if these companies share patterns or factories and just tag plushies separately. So who knows, maybe there's an Aurora version out there.

Rattlesnake by Fiesta toys (1) via ebay

73in

6/10 It does look pretty huggable but the body is quiete thin, and the pattern is just a bit contrast-y. The area around the eye is green, which is a little odd. I don't know what it is about this plushie but there are so many pictures of it on ebay that are uniformly terrible, this is the best listing I could find. I'm disappointed- the Fiesta cobra was way more exciting.

MLB Arizona Diamondbacks by Fiesta toys (2) via ebay, pinterest

length unknown, probably different between these two plushes

7/10 I am not from Arizona, nor do I care about Major League Baseball, but a brightly colored and patterned snake is what I was hoping for from the Fiesta line. This is the second snake on this list with a hat and I'm all for it. According to Wikipedia, in the 1990s the team colors were purple, black, teal, and copper, and this is a bit more "gold" than copper to me. Both these plushes are from the 90s, according to the limited information I could find, and I did wonder at first whether the color faded but it seems unlikely that both these snakes would fade so similarly. Anyways, the color scheme resulted in a very fun snake, so I'm not mad. Nowadays the team's colors are red, beige, and black, which is much more boring. I ended up finding a version in those colors and it didn't even have the rattle.

Rattlesnake Diamondback by Collectible Wildlife Gifts

73in

5/10 Just another boring snake. Doesn't really have an interesting pattern (definitely not a diamondback, as this is one of the rare species labeled toys), its scales are too big and fishlike for me. It also doesn't look fluffy and huggable. Despite being a quite large snake, its head has the same boring construction as some of the smaller snake plushies- I'm less forgiving of the plain, egg-shaped head when the snake is large.

Black-Tailed Rattlesnake Plush by Adventure Planet (2) via eBay

67in

7/10 This snake is pretty simple, but I have to give it props for actually attempting a specific species- and a species I haven't seen any other company attempt, at that. I think this is a perfectly fine interpretation of a black-tailed rattlesnake, although I'd note the /tail/ is supposed to be black, not the rattle. I consider this acceptable due to design constraints, and I think they made a good attempt. The tag even includes fun facts. The face is quite round but the eyes have a cute grumpy expression.

Wild Eyes Rattlesnake by Animal Planet

length unuknown

0/10 This one is just as bad as the cobra version and I hate it; why would Animal Planet do this to me?

Desert House, Cactus Puppet house, Green Rattlesnake by Unipak (last one via ebay)

5.5in, 5.5in, 8in

10/10 tiny rattlesnakes with desert themed friends. I think it's very charming they included the rattlesnakes, since they're typically looked over. I'm not sure about the accuracy, especially of the red one, which looks to me most like a pygmy rattlesnake, but their range doesn't seem to be desert. I will accept this discrepancy because I think it's cute.

One discrepancy that does bother me- the website has separate listings for both 8in and 5.5in green & brown snakes, but the product photos don't include the rattle, just a plain tail. Despite this, I found the above ebay listing with the 8in rattlesnake that clearly has a rattle. I don't know exactly what is up with this, or which photos are accurate. But this is a wholesaler anyways, not a website that sells directly to customers- you'd have to find this product in stores (or resold on ebay) to purchase them. Still, I find it weird that there's a discrepancy between the product photos.

2 Pcs Rattlesnake by NicelyNice

54in

7/10 I like the construction of these guys, with the big chunky head and tail, and even the little "eyebrow ridges" above their eyes. But I have some misgivings about these photos; the company operates through ebay directly, and almost all the product photos are photoshopped. The material looks cheap, and even though the color pattern looks good, I'd be concerned that the actual snake is uncomfortable to hold, or that the image would be grainy. The theoretical snakes in this photo are like a 7/10 but I feel like the final product might not look as nice.

Klapper Isken Rattlesnake Puppet by Ikea via ebay

58in

4/10 I mean, this is... a snake. But there's not really many positives about this. Abstract patterns can certainly work, but not with the color combination, and it feels too simple for such a large snake. I'm not a fan of the fangs or the rattle. The one thing I'd give it props for is an embroidered eye, so its more cuddle-able, but I think the pupil is a bit large and looks odd.

Plush Rattlesnake 2000 by Animal Alley/Toys r Us via ebay

length unknown / 14in diameter

5/10 I have very mixed feelings about these. Aesthetically, I really like the choice of colors, and the face has these cute rounded cheeks. Visually the snake looks like a good size and very cuddly. But the color pattern bothers me from an accuracy perspective. Now you might say- I clearly am fine with abstract snake patterns. But it bothers me when there appears to be an attempt at a pattern, like this, but it's mimicking another species. The closest snake I could find was a red-bellied mudsnake (to the first)- the bottom of both plushes is red with black spots. The fact that the first is not an abstract pattern but an intentional choice with semi-realistic coloring (navy blue could be interpreted as grays) makes it feel innacurate.

So that's all the rattlesnakes I have for now. There are tons and tons of snake plushies with rattle tails and I'm sure I'm missing a few, I left out some of the more carnival-y style ones. But this post is already so long and I did so much research I'm posting it now!

As always, let me know if you have any other hidden gems or you have any of these plushies, or if you've every tried to make your own!

[randomfoggytiger]

15 questions 15 mutuals

*loud gasp* Thank your for including me, @frogsmulder)!!! :DDDD

I am not responsible for any grammar/spelling mistakes because I'm shooting from the hip and leaving the body wherever it drops.

15 questions 15 mutuals

1. Are you named after anyone?

My first name is a feminine version of my dad's name (and one my paternal grandmother wanted to use for a girl), and my middle name Susanne is a derivative of my maternal grandmother's name (I misspelt it as Suzanne for a year? in middle school because... I forgot how it was spelt, I suppose.)

2. When was the last time you cried?

Almost teared up at Craig Ferguson's eulogy for his dad tonight (catching up on his content on YouTube.) But I did tear up at his eulogy for his mom this morning (also on Youtube.)

3. Do you have kids?

No... but one day I will.

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

No, surprisingly-- mine is more bemused mockery (very like Mr. Bennett in Pride and Prejudice... but not the 2005 one. Not that Mr. Bennett. Never that Mr. Bennett.)

5. What sports do you play/have played?

...None. I felt that Olympic champion part of my soul wither and die away; so thanks for providing me that experience. (That was mild and playful sarcasm-- guess I do use it sometimes~.)

6. What's the first thing you notice about other people?

Probably how much space they take up-- not in a bad way, just in a way to gauge them as a possible threat? (I dunno-- don't think that 5 foot nothing woman who could have been blown away with an east wind was much of a threat; but maybe my brain thinks so.)

7. What's your eye color?

Brown. Reddish brown. (Bond accent included.)

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

..................HAPPY ENDINGS. But not cheesy ones-- give me Pride and Prejudice over Hallmark any day.

9. Any special talents?

I have an awe-inspiring ability to effortlessly make delicious food; BUT the magic happens when I make desserts that taste pretty good without wheat (even without flour in a pinch), without any granulated sugar (even without ANY sugar but fruit), AND without eggs (use 2-4 Tbsp seltzer water.) ...It was a dark, but necessary time in my life (someone else's health was affected, etc.) Can't make soup, though.

10. Where were you born?

California, US. I was there for... two months? before my fam hit the road. Two years later we left the mainland.

11. What are your hobbies?

Making amazing X-Files fic compilations, meta analyses, and my newest passion: absolutely spectacular AMVs (that I call Musicals.)

12. Do you have any pets?

Not currently-- I had a fish in second grade; then two outdoor rabbits through late elementary to early high school.

13. How tall are you?

5'5" (I'm your height, @frogsmulder! ;)))))

14. Favorite subject in school?

Literature-- loved learning about the technicalities behind writing and composing poetry; and I loved reading most of the required material. Math was great, but I missed a lot of errors. My interests failed once we left algebra and approached geometry/calculus.

15. Dream job?

Writer. I know deep down that I don't have that ...artistry? to create fiction-- which is fine (I do better with poetry-- though it's very untrained and pretty rough around the edges-- and, I think, critical writing.) I did write a "legal" document to my landlord when I was in middle school asking him to buy me a shih tzu puppy and he was impressed that I, a small child, wrote it as professionally as I did (I can't remember a word it said. XDDDD)

Time to tag everyone-- I'm going to tag everyone who's active on Tumblr right now, so this'll be cool to look back at years later as an piece of archived history: @baronessblixen, @suitablyaggrieved, @dd-is-my-guiltypleasure, @demon-fetal-harvest, @mondfuchs, @thebeautifulfantastic, @the-spooky-alien, @dreamingofscully, @annablume, @scullyeffect, @medicaldoctordana, @thatfragilecapricorn30, @starwalker42, @90stvqueen, @mulderscully, @onlyonechoice77, @ghostbustermelanieking, @pianogirlxf, @gabby-msr, @sonictacocat, @kiivitaja, @msmissymd, @tossingmyglossymane, @borogirl, @perpetually-weirdening, @unremarkable-house, @thescullyphile, @hamster-on-fire, @two-microscopes, @agentbluefox, @herdingcats12, @leonardbetts, @mulderwearingglasses, @catsandcoffeeandchemistry, @tiredpeterparker, @mollybecameanengineer, @adrianne68, @enigmaticdrblockhead, @albanyparkavenue, @thetigerisout, @samucabd, @invidiosa, @enigmaticxbee

(I added a few more than necessary; but I want to know people's answers.)

Respond only if you want~

[alexjcrowley]

I see people on here talking about Riget: Exodus and I feel like I have to tell my story. Last year I went to Venice Film Festival and I bought tickets to see Riget: Exodus, of which I knew NOTHING about, except that it was a tv show and it was by Lars Von Trier.

You see, Lars Von Trier is the reason I bought the tickets. I know he is awful human being, but I also know his works are supposed to be good. And I say are supposed because, you guessed it, I have never seen anything by Lars Von Trier. I wanted to start with Nymphomaniac, but I could only find the censored version of the movies and I refused to watch it because it's either the whole thing or nothing for me. Riget: Exodus was going to be first thing I ever saw by Lars Von Trier ever.

So I go buy tickets for a swedish/danish show I didn't even know was a third season, I don't know what it is about, I don't know the genre, I don't know shit, but they're going to show the entire season in one afternoon and it's going to be 5 hours long. I drag my mother with me.

At first we think it's a horror, then the Brooklyn 99esque opening catches us off-guard.

I proceed to be very confused for the first 30-40 minutes, trying to understand if this is a subtle subversive masterpiece I am too dumb to understand, but at some point I get this is a comedy and then just embrace the madness I am witnessing.

You get the first intermission two hour and a half in, I am laughing my ass off, I am loving Alexander Skarsgård's character (fun fact, only now, by seeing other people post, I realised that's Alexander Skarsgård, but his lawyer killed me multiple times), I almost got an heart attack seeing Willem Dafoe, I am shipping the hell out of Helmer and Pontopidan (sue me), I am having the time of my life.

My mother begs me to release her from this torture, she hardly understands the jokes, she tries to say "Well, we've seen half of it, ain't it enough" I say "No, mother, leave if you must, I will stay here, witnessing the peak of comedic craft. And what's not to love about this? Don't you think this is a new height for comedy in the year of our Lord 2022?". She stays with me.

We watch 5 hours of it. Five. Hours. I am exhilarated seeing the milk cartoon scene, I can't stop laughing, I can't stop clapping, I see some other people in the audience are in my same situation.

I realise at the end of the show we have some of the actors with us in the theatre. I am officially going crazy, it's a fever dream.

(And, for pics or it didn't happen, we got Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Nicolas Bro. They're the only ones I got decent pictures of, but I also took some pictures WITH- yeah you could do that- other actors in the show, Bodil Jørgensen aka Karen was super nice, she hugged me and I sort of melted on the spot. They were also super kind with autographs.)

My mom doesn't understand still why I would want to spend five hours of my life like this, but it's fine.

I go home, I want to try and tell my friends about this show, but it feels like a fever dream and they're into internet rabbit holes and obscure stuff, but they've never heard of this. I try to explain how I was killed the scene with the lawyer and Helmer (Halfmer, how it showed on English subtitles) talking about the accusations of molesting the nurse whose name I do not remember (sorry), and at first the lawyer is like "Yeah fuck that bitch" and then it turns out it's also her lawyer so it bills Helmer but it's so complicated to explain how hilarious it was for me to witness that, how I lost my shit at the reveal. I feel I can't put it into words. It feels like I am talking mad.

My mother and I still quote to this day "Little brother" and "Big brother" (I think they were called like that in English, we're italians e we just randomly reference Fratellino e Fratellone and we laugh and the rest of our family looks at us like "everything alright?").

I was starting to believe me and my mum experienced a folie à deux and this show never actually existed and I would be forced to keep all my impressions about it to myself. But it does exist. And you people are talking about it.

So thanks, thank you people talking about this show so I don't feel I went crazy and blacked out for 5 hours during my time in Venice. Thank you.

Also, I gotta ask, people who are fans of this show, how do you came to know it? Is it very popular is Sweden or Denmark? Is it in America? Because I am in Italian gal who spends way more time than she should reading and learning about cinema and I had never heard anyone mention this show in my entire life. I mainly frequent american/anglophone internet spaces and I had never heard of this show (because it's not like I was expecting Italians to talk about it I'll be honest). After Venice all they talked about was Blonde, The Banshees of Inisherin (which I loved!) and The Whale (still have to see that).

I literally saw a post about this show today, for the first time, without looking for it. Fans of the show, this is my weird little story on how I watched Riget Exodus backwards (I actually still have to see the first two seasons, please forgive me). What's yours?

[pokemondescribed]

[ID: a comic about Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month, featuring the Pokemon Plusle and Minun. 9 Images.

Image 1: a Plusle and Minun stand in white space; they are rabbit-like, with plus and minus sign themed features. The image is captioned, "I have a Plusle, and a Minun." Each name is pointing to the named Pokemon.

Image 2: Plusle is in the arms of a person with a sweater and fluffy long hair, and Minun lays down in their hair. Plusle sleeps, Minun looks down at Plusle with curiosity.

Captioned: I don't remember meeting and catching them. I guess they were suddenly there, on my shoulders. Thing is, they're a little extreme.

Image 3: Plusle holds its arms up, excited, little red zigzags around it with a caption: "When Plusle likes something, it LOVES it." Minun is beneath, holding its arms out in defense, ears sagging and face tight with discontent. Captioned: "When Minun dislikes something, it HATES it."

Image 4: The person from image 2 stands to one side of the image with Plusle and Minun standing and cuddling their legs. The three of them stare at a cap with half of a Poke Ball symbol on it lying across the way at the other side of the image. Captioned: "Because of their electricity, they explode when it happens! It drives people away."

Image 5: The person with fluffy hair is speaking with Nurse Joy, holding their head low as if sad, eyes shut, while they cradle two Poke Balls, colour coded for Minun and Plusle. Nurse Joy looks empathetic. Captioned: "We hit a breaking point when I got badly hurt. That's when we went to a nurse who could maybe help us."

Image 6: The person stands facing the viewer, holding Minun and Plusle's Poke Balls out to their sides as though weighing them up and trying to figure out why their Pokemon act this way. They wear a face of desperate confusion with wide eyes and a frown. Captioned: "I desperately needed answers. Why is Minun so angry? (next to Minun's ball) Why is Plusle so hyper? (next to Plusle's ball)

Am I an awful trainer?"

Image 7: The fluffy haired person is speaking with Nurse Joy; Nurse Joy has a dialogue balloon showing three sets of red and blue lines straightening out. The person has a dialogue balloon with an exclamation mark in it and a curious expression on their face. Captioned: She assured me I wasn't. I just didn't know how to deal with them. She gave me a list of things to try with them, to calm Plusle down, to cheer Minun up.

And recently, for the first time…"

Image 8: The fluffy haired person is smiling brightly, holding both Minun and Plusle who are playing happily together in their arms. The person's hair is now two different even shades of red and blue. Captioned: "We saw each other as a proper team. We still need to keep going, but finally, there's progress."

Image 9: There are two sets of red and blue lines, curving with harmony through the image, with two hearts, one red and one blue. Captioned: "Happy Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month."

End ID]

My Pokémon ❤️💙

[traumadumpcentral]

cringe

my first ever attempt at talking to or healing my inner child. i've never done it before but my therapist asked me to try. the very earliest memories i can ever remember are negative. honestly my entire life up until age like 16 is one big blur and the gaps are filled by people telling me what happened, mixed with small little memories that sometimes i dont even know if they were real or my brain just made them up. there are some i know for a fact are true. i remember my dad drinking a lot, and screaming and making these awful scary faces that i was forced to look at. i wasnt allowed to look away and even though now he's one of my biggest supports in life, i will never be able to get his face out of my head. it still scares me at 27. he would yell at everybody. he would hit my brothers and it would scare me. any time i saw physical violence i froze and it felt like my heart stopped and i wanted to cry and help but i just stood there. i shouldnt know what that feels like at such a young age. i shouldnt have known true terror and fear as a child. i should have just been happy and hung out with my friends and had good parents and a loving home. i didnt deserve the way anybody treated me. constantly yelled at and terrified and any attempt to speak up or defend myself or call for help was squashed and made it worse. at a certain point all i could do was just go blank and disassociate and just wait for it to be over. dont say anything, dont change your expression, just sit and wait for it to be over and then in 2 hours everyone will pretend nothing happened and then itll happen again maybe tomorrow, or on thursday, or a week from then if i was lucky. it seemed like a daily occurrence. and then i heard new noises that still sounded angry but different coming from my parents room. even without having any clue what was happening, my gut twisted and i knew it was something i shouldnt be hearing, but curiosity put my ear to the door. and then i grew boobs early and started my period early and hung out with people i shouldnt and found myself in houses i shouldnt be in with people i dont know. nobody should have let me in those situations. my parents should have paid more attention. they should have stopped screaming and fucking for 5 goddamn minutes and paid attention to their children. i shouldnt have had unrestricted access to the internet as a child. i knew porn categories before i was wearing bras. thats not normal and i would be horrified if that was my child. i would feel like i failed the ultimate failure. nobody paid attention to me and it was bittersweet. if nobody pays attention to me then nobody yells at me and puts me down. but then you start a life full of uncertainty and loneliness, and now that you know what sex is you know a way you can get somebody to be nice to you for a minute. i tried self harm but it hurt too much so that wasn't my outlet. i dont know if i ever found my outlet. i think my life was nothing but fear and anxiety until i met my ex and started smoking weed because of course i fell down that rabbit hole. my teen years were filled with stealing money for cigarettes and weed and being around toxic people that were no good for me. what happened to the little girl that was so naive and tried to cling to any innocence left? i didnt have a good motherly figure to teach me how to be a woman, or a girl. all i grew up being taught was to hide away and listen to others blindly. all i knew was to people please and it ended up manifesting in repressing any emotions or rage or anger, any spirit to fight back and set boundaries and express my emotions, and instead i hid behind this stupid wall of being as nice as i could possibly be to everyone, because no one was ever nice to me and i hated how it felt and i never wanted anyone else to feel the same way i've felt all my life. i didn't deserve any of this. it's not fair that other poeple got stable homes with loving parents and i was just weird and quiet and abused and sexualized and taken advantage of. i was just a little girl and i was abandoned.

[unauthorizedmagicians]

Season 1 Episode 6 - Impractical Applications

aka the horny chupacabra episode 

hobbit loving freak. icon behavior penny

alice backing q up: he’s the “leading expert”

alice in her head: “get in my pants now”

i think q is forgetting that like shit changes in the say 20-30 years since the books were written. he goes on this rant about denial of fillory not being perfect but like. places change 

“yea… as a kid”

julia anger issues era. also kady’s mom reveal

kady when she lies. also i feel like what she says is what she wants her life to actually be like. ouch

will never get over the fact that they call psychic shit mind sluts

“just file that under wish there was jack shit i could do about it” mood

the green lighting on kady is so pretty

my least favorite plotline this season is the one about kady’s mom. its so unnecessary. and it fucking leads to a rabbit hole of shit for penny and kady and their relationship

”is someone being creepy on purpose” ding ding ding

the perfect rows except for plot convenient extra person!

fr makes no sense how the upperclassmen r just like allowed to kick ppl out but its funny so idc

the fact that this guy got kicked out is so dfjkhshf. and penny loves the man

god do hedges act like magic is a drug. the way they talk abt it covertly

“solve it by dawn” next shot its the middle of the day

this big ass heist they mention cut to season 5 with the world seed…

“i’d pretend i was ambassador to the fillorian outer islands” cut to miss high king the glow up

do ur lips move when YOU read eliot?

margos fits always go so hard

big ass fucking fishhook on the ground

how come some magic makes sparkles and some doesn’t

thinking about how penny has no clue what kady means when she says its life or death for her to be there and i would pay so much money to know what’s going through his head

kady with an axe this is not a drill shes in a tank grunting with an axe

did just realize they had to have the 2nd years run the trials bc the 3rd years are all missing/dead

internal circumstances my beloved

kady and penny moment where i simply pretend nothing after that ever happened and they lived happily ever after actually

right so i did in fact put this episode down for about 6 months or so and im just now coming back to doing these analyses. sorry folks lol ive been busy. anyways back to the analysis

i forgot how much i despise kady’s mom. however. she did not need to die like that. i usually skip this storyline when i rewatch. its a lot

“tell that to the girl who lost her virginity with all her clothes on” well…

quentin and alice just like as characters r supposed to be the insufferable nerds who can’t socialize but they just turned into incels

“i am scared to tell you this because its true” ouch

im a silly little film major and the idea of using the backlighting so they can be naked while not completely exposing them just looks so gorgeous in awe of the cinematographers every time

alice’s speech about holding back just foreshadowing her becoming a niffin/master magician

hey remember when the writers actually remember that q is clinically depressed? yea me neither