#i have the scream mug and it's A+++++

[ex0skeletal-undead]

Ceramics by Scrimshaw Pottery

[xshimaeraxx]

okayokayokay. insane, (probably, hopefully, i pray to god its not) not-at-all-true casino cups theory.

so in one of/the scene where mugs is talking about the bros’s reaction to elder’s death;

^ this one (pls ignore the shitty formatting, im making this post on a whim lmao)

theres a truly GIGANTIC spade on/around/behind mugsy’s face/person. and we all know very well what spades mean - we all know very well what character REPRESENTS spades/has had spades used to represent them 24/7 in cc-

so does this. does this imply that in somehow, someway… mugman caused elder’s death?

edit: AND ALSO JUST NOTICED BUT THERE ARE TINY HEARTS AROUND THE SPADE. HEARTS.

ahhHHHAHAHAHHHHHHHHHHHH

[togaki-kun]

“lay your head on me”

Domestic NanaGo = Best NanaGo 🥺

artist comm @petridumps

[pinofdnp]

every time i post a dnp edit on tiktok, people tag someone and are like "me and you!" i've never felt more lonely in my life

[snazzyscarf]

oh btw I got a miles morales mug today heehee :] it is very large I am going to drink my coffee out of his silly silly head tomorrow morning and then mayhaps in the future drink a soup or eat a iced cream from his cranium

[astro-cattus]

After class I’m going to pick up my new tablet

Unfortunately for me, it’s oct 18

Wish me luck y’all

[todayisafridaynight]

Sorry everyone i finally found a color-accurate suit for aoki im going to be so annoying

[chiralcrystallization]

HERE'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT

OH MY FUCKING GOD I AM CRYING

😭😭😭😭😭

THE WHOLE FAM IS THERE I FUCKING CAN'T

[idkwhatthisisbutheresdcandstuff]

Hey guess who ruined my favorite mug? :D

Thats right that's FUCKING MICHAEL BASTARD :D

It was supposed to be a Cheshire cat mug and every time you poured hot liquid in it the cat is supposed to disappear leaving behind a smile but this mother fucker microwaved his fucking coffee and now its turns into this weird brown color

Mother fucker decided that he was going to take away one of my joys in life because he needed his gross ass puke to give his mouth second degree burns

[daylighteclipsed]

Having Sweater Off Dead thoughts… It’s neat how so much of this episode’s conflict starts off-screen. By the time we find out Cuphead’s having nightmares, Mugman is past the point of alarm or concern. He’s irritated.

So you know this has happened quite a few times, and you know Cuphead has ultimately brushed it off every time Mugman has expressed concern or tried to get Cuphead to address the problem that he wants to pretend is not a problem (i.e. owing the Devil his soul).

Mugman states more than asks this. And when Cuphead hears Mugman’s voice, Cup actually grimaces like he’s been caught. It’s like they’ve argued about this before, and Cuphead knows he isn’t helping his case and is proving Mugman right.

Being woken by the sound of screaming for the nth night because your brother keeps insisting he’s fine when he’s not would grow frustrating quickly. It’s maddening to watch someone you love suffer, to want to help someone who refuses to help themselves. Doubly so if your sleep is also taking a hit.

This is the night Mugman puts his foot down about it, “We’re dealing with this Devil thing once and for all! Come on!” And we get an interesting bit of dialogue when Cuphead still attempts to protest.

This… kind of tells us a lot, right? I mean, up to this point in Part 1, “trust” hasn’t really seemed like a problem between these two. Sure they bicker, but when push comes to shove, they always have each other’s backs.

It’s not Cuphead’s intention, but maybe brushing off Mugman’s concerns and attempts to help feels like distrust to Mugman… ‘I don’t want your help’ can be easily misconstrued as ‘I don’t trust you to help me,’ and Cuphead appears to feel bad when he realizes this. It certainly shuts him up quick.

Now to be fair, to Cuphead, the chances of his brother actually knowing how to save him from the Devil are slim. And based on his nightmare, he doesn’t want Mugman caught in the crossfire, either…

But Cup also uses denial as a coping mechanism, and pretending a problem’s not there won’t solve it. Refusing to think about it, worry about it, address it means that stress will just build and manifest in other ways… like nightmares. (Or increasingly worse behavior, which is what I think we see in Part 2…)

Arguably, Sweater Off Dead is the first suggestion that the Devil is a constant source of stress for both brothers, even when the episodes don’t focus on that. It’s always there in the background. And like we see a bit here, that stress creates some division between the boys, which is exacerbated in Part 2… But that’s a different post.

Because this is Part 1, and it’s full of brotherly sweetness. In Sweater Off Dead, the boys want to resolve conflicts before they can spiral further. The bulk of this episode is Mugman proving he absolutely can save his brother. He can be trusted. Even outside of finding Quadratus and knitting the sweater, he proves it.

Over

and over

and over

and over again. Mugman is willing to sacrifice his life to save Cuphead. There are no guarantees that the magic of the sweater will protect him when he goes to hug Cuphead. In fact, “give your brother one last hug” sounds like it definitely will not… But he still lunges forward anyway.

And if I put my super analysis nerd goggles on, I’d even argue Mugman is the sweater here. Visually. Wrapped around Cuphead like that, protecting him, Mugman is acting as the sweater. Maybe the real invisible, impenetrable sweater was the brother we had all along.

It’s only fitting then that Mugman is the one who slams the sweater on the Devil in the following episode… It’s a temporary solution, but it does buy the brothers some time… which, as it turns out, is all they need for Cuphead’s soul debt to expire.

[sarcoptid]

Assorted pics from the city fair today

[clownattack]

gorsh

im currently failing sm to focus bcs im just overcome with the thought of MAYBE being able to pick up my funny clay corpse from uni furnace tomorrow. LIKE IM NOT IN A RUSH AT ALL but i want them back and thinking abt this disables me from doing typography for my catalogue augh. I want to assemble my hot transi gf and take pics so i can DO MORE TYPOGRAPHY

[binch-i-might-be]

I've been collecting dirty dishes to completely fill up the dishwasher for days (I'm out of bowls and spoons by now but obviously I'm not going to run a half empty dishwasher) and I went to put the last two plates in just now only to find.... what, you may ask?

A FULL DISHWASHER. my fucking brother FINALLY brought the dirty plates out of his room and GRACIOUSLY put them in the dishwasher. and then DIDN'T TURN IT ON. JUST FUCKING WALKED AWAY. FROM THE FULL DISHWASHER.

god I can't wait to never live with a man ever again

[tifixation]

with joshua making jokes abt spiderman in the patreon i am still very surprised i havent seen anything abt spiderman juno n eddie brock nureyev with like rex glass/peter ransom venom,,,, just some thoughts for the tl

[fingertipsmp3]

Why is my granddad messaging me and shading my uncle

[dirt-goth]

Back to internalizing my big problems like a man thank you everyone