#inspector norse

[expoundingspark]

Inoubliable

I cannot function. I cannot move. Then I remembered how you and I (groove, grooved, and) will groove... Suddenly, limbs were free and I could clearly see. Breathe evenly. Become giggly... (*concentration dissolves to daydreaming*)

[musicandoldmovies]

Todd Terje - Inspector Norse

Music from Scandinavia

[maiosx]

Todd Terje - Inspector Norse, Kaleidoscope Orchestra Version

[northmantoon]

Is artificial intelligence the future? Can a computer create art? I was always told technology was intended to free us to persue art and recreation. So what are we if we can't reflect what's inside us?

[a-krogan-skald-and-bearsark]

HOW THE FUCK DID YOU GET IN MY CLASSIC JAPANESE CINEMA, OLD MAN!

Or, Sanjuro as an Odinic figure; a discussion.

Warning for spoilers for Yojimbo (Akiro Kurosawa, 1961)

So. Sanjuro has a number of parallels with portrayals of Odin in Norse Myth, and the plot of Yojimbo contains several points that would not be out of place in a story about Odin.

To begin with, they are both wanderers. Odin has a number of Heiti associated with the role, while when we meet Sanjuro, he is travelling the Japanese countryside alone, with nothing but the clothes on his back and his sword.

They both also, in their wanderings, have a dependence on the hospitality of others. This may, in part, be due to the regions and time periods they are indigenous to having a culture of hospitality, but I would argue that simply strengthens the parallel.

Their treatment of people is also determined by the hospitality they receive.

The Farmer who is Sanjuro's first encounter provides water at Sanjuro's request, but is too busy berating his wife for their son's decision to run off and join the Gamblers to share it with Sanjuro or give him any sort of greeting, and so Sanjuro leaves without a word to him.

The water is repaid, towards the end of the film, when Sanjuro spares the Farmer's son, but they never meet or converse over the course of the film, and Sanjuro mocks and insults the youth before sending him home ("Children should not play with swords.")

The Constable too, approaches Sanjuro upon entrance to the town. He gives information, informing the Samurai of the principle players in the town, and of the opportunities available to an obvious fighting man, but then demands payment. Sanjuro ignores him for most of the duration of the film, only to instruct him to kill himself at the climax.

It is Gonji, who owns the restuarant in town, who shows Sanjuro hospitality, offering rice, water, and sake, and not withdrawing the offer when he learns Sanjuro cannot pay. Instead, he instructs Sanjuro to leave, for his own good, because there is nothing but trouble in the town.

It is this hospitality and concern for a stranger's wellbeing that leads Sanjuro to decide to clean up the town. A clear similiarity to Odin's tendency to wander disguised as a vagabond and reward or punish hosts depending on how they treated him.

Another example of this is his response to overhearing Seibei and Orin plotting to have him killed rather than pay him. It could be argued that he already intended to double-cross them, given that this occurred after he had decided to clean up the town; it is just as likely that he was expecting them to plot against them when he made the offer to work for Seibei. Which would also be a very Odinic move.

Sanjuro's handling of the feud between the two Gamblers and their organisations also mimics Odin's behaviour in various Norse myths. His guidance of the conflict by controlling the information available to both parties (As when he discovers Uchitora's complicity in the murder of the Imperial Inspector, sells the evidence to Seibei and then informs Uchitora that Seibei has the evidence) mirrors Odin's approach to those he chooses to favour temporarily.

And much like Odin's favourites, when Sanjuro withdraws his favour, he does so suddenly, without warning, and makes sure everybody knows about it, before settling in to watch the chaos.

TL:DR, a stranger wanders into town. Decides he is going to repay hospitality in kind, whether the principles want him to or not. Through the magic of lying, cheating, and excessive violence, he resolves circumstances in such a way that those who showed him hospitality are better off, and those who wronged him are dead and suffered the entire time it was happening, without any idea who encompassed their downfall until the very end.

Am I talking about Odin, or Sanjuro? Both? Both. Both is good.

[yourlocalmechanism-dr-carmilla]

FELLOW THE MECHANISMS ARTISTS (and inspectors second class)

i am unable to draw üroeprly so I propose this:

THE MECHANISMS BIT DRESSED UP AND THE CLOTHES MATCH EVERY ALBUM-

Once upon a time in space - medieval clothing mixed with sco fi elements, armour and chains and cybernetic elements. Colours: red, white, golden, black, silver, dark blue, dark green and dark red

Ulysses dies at dawn- mafia/noir movie type attire, suits and elegant gowns, mixed with vintage technology (cables, steel and buttons, not futuristic exavtly) Colours: black, dark blue, silver, all shades of grey, dark red (but only hints of it), beige and sandy tones, hints of white

High noon over camelot- cowboy attire basically cattlepunk (steampunk plus cowboy aesthetic), give everyone cowboy hats and bandanas, colours: black, all shades of brown, red, golden, copper, sand coloured, dark red, orange, yellow, the colour of whiskey (i canmot describe.it)

The bifrost incident: norse mythology inspired, lots of accessoires ESPECIALLY hair decorations-pearls and beads in the hair, fake hair strandes, hair clips, etc. Skirts for men >:), intricate patterns, colours: black, purple, green, soft orange, rainbow colours, bright colours liek green and blue and yellow, abit of grey, soft yellow, red, silver, golden, abit lf brown

Yeah ^^

And either you dress them up fitting for their roles or disregard the roles :)

Anyways, i hope i can inspire, i mean i BET my idea isnt new so

[goodmorninginspectorlyf]

More Mechs mythology references that might not be totally obvious:

The Dolorous Guard was a castle that Lancelot captured (and un-cursed it, I believe?) made his home, renaming it the Joyous Guard (as it is referenced in 'The Lovers').

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"And as the weary hound, once more at its master’s feet after so long, lays down with the sunlight warning its fur, breathing its last – even so did the eyes of Ulysses close forever." = Argos the hound in Book 17 of the Odyssey, dying once he sees his master returned safely.

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Galahad's "siege seat" = the Siege Perilous

In the background of 'The Hierophant' and Hellfire, TS's mad whisper chanting is (much more audible in the debut live recording than the album) a stanza from Alfred Lord Tennyson's "Idylls of the King":

'Then came a year of miracle: O brother,

In our great hall there stood a vacant chair,

Fashioned by Merlin ere he past away,

And carven with strange figures; and in and out

The figures, like a serpent, ran a scroll

Of letters in a tongue no man could read.

And Merlin called it "The Siege perilous,"

Perilous for good and ill; "for there," he said,

"No man could sit but he should lose himself:"

And once by misadvertence Merlin sat

In his own chair, and so was lost; but he,

Galahad, when he heard of Merlin's doom,

Cried, "If I lose myself, I save myself!"

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Inspector 2nd class Lyfrassir Edda takes their last name from the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda, the two collections from which we get a lot of modern Norse mythology. First name? No idea, someone let me know if you know.

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Capt Joseph Robert Mathea > Joseph R Mathea > Joseph of Arimathea, who in medieval Arthurian legend originally brought the holy grail to Britain.

[its-rat-time-babey]

Because I’m insane I decided to watch Fanboy and Chum Chum for the lore. Just watch the entire series and see what I can find.

Especially since Fanboy and Chum Chum are connected to Glitch Techs, with both shows being a part of the same multiverse. Just in Glitch Techs, smaller elements like the Freezy Mart exist in the show AND Fanboy and Chum Chum themselves are confirmed to exist as their names appear on the scoreboard in the Hinobi Smash competition, which means that Fanboy and Chum Chum do exist, but they probably go by their real names in the Glitch Techs universe and “Fanboy and Chum Chum” are just gamertags.

Things I have learned so far (just finished season 1):

This is a completely very different timeline and universe compared to Glitch Techs or our universe as comparison. Many things are different.

For example, the USA in this universe only has 8 states. For reference, the US was originally settled with 9 states, so at some point in time they lost one.

Fanboy and Chum Chum takes place in 2004. Glitch techs takes place in 1998.

Fanboy and Chum Chum’s real names are Tobias and Edmund.

Fanboy is anywhere from 17-18 years old. Chum Chum is (seemingly) two years younger at 15-16 years old. This is because they’re in 5th Grade (5th Graders are usually 10-11 years old) and Fanboy mentions that they’re been held back for 5 years, including the current year. Fanboy specifically also mentions being held back twice in kindergarten, but that’s exclusive to him.

All of the weird stuff Fanboy and Chum Chum can do comes from Chum Chum. Chum Chum has the power and Fanboy can also use it because he’s Chum Chum’s best friend. Oz is also friends with Chum Chum and can do similar things, but to a lesser degree because he’s not as close to Chum Chum as Fanboy. Yo gains Chum Chum-like abilities basically as soon as Fanboy temporarily gives Chum Chum to her, and on top of that Fanboy seemingly loses his abilities until he’s reunited with Chum Chum. Chum Chum is the source of like 90% of the show’s weirdness.

Fanboy is a Lance Corporal, aka the highest non-enlisted rank of the us military.

The Norse gods are real in this universe. I’m not kidding.

With the previous information, Chum Chum is very likely a Norse giant. I’m also not kidding.

Fanboy and Chum Chum both have glass eyes. Fanboy’s left and Chum Chum’s right eyes are fake. My personal conspiracy theory is that Chum Chum pulled an Odin some time in the past (as Odin is a real person who actually exists in this universe) and sacrificed one of his eyes for forbidden knowledge and that’s why he’s so powerful. Fanboy may have done the same as a sort of blood oath to his and Chum Chum’s friendship, hence why he has access to so much of Chum Chum’s power.

The creators of Fanboy and Chum Chum must have already had the idea for Glitch Techs even when this show was first being made. You can find all sorts of stuff in here that connects to the 2015 Pitch Bible for Glitch Techs. Yo’s Tamagotchi has a character identical to Chomp Kitty on it, characters that look extremely similar to Five and Miko’s Pitch Bible designs show up in an in-universe commercial, hell a character that looks extremely similar to Agent 68, a character who is only found in the Glitch Techs Pitch Bible (Either getting remade into Inspector 7 or even the Tech Inspector in “I’m Mitch Williams” later during development or being someone who would have appeared in season 3) shows up physically. They had the ideas all there to begin with.

Hinobi as we know it in Glitch Techs doesn’t exist in the way that we know it, but it does exist under a different name and purpose. Instead of Hinobi the video game company, it’s a (so far unnamed) Toy Company (that also owns the Frosty Mart in some way). My logic here is that:

Chomp Kitty on a tamagotchi. Obviously.

That character that looks like Agent 68 is an “Agent” of the unnamed toy company, in this case an inspector sent to reclaim some recalled toys. He’s also the head of security for the Frosty Mart’s company, so the Frosty Mart is probably owned by this alternate reality Hinobi in some way.

The few arcade machines and video games seen so far work perfectly fine, but many toys, especially any toy with mechanical parts have a tendency to break and act somewhat similarly to glitches.

There’s an episode where that Chomp Kitty Tamagotchi breaks and Fanboy and Chum Chum attempt to repair it by throwing it into a grave that’s been said to fix stuff that’s been left there. This results in the toy basically Glitch Techs style glitching and repeatedly trying to kill Fanboy and Chum Chum. Hell once they destroy the Tamagotchi completely a ghostly version of it almost identical to a Glitch from Glitch Techs forces itself through their TV. It’s even easily distracted by stuff from its original tamagotchi game like a glitch would be.

So my theory is that Hinobi in this universe is a toy company. Their toys can be extremely dangerous under the right conditions, especially if something goes wrong and they glitch in some way, Fanboy breaks the arm off of a robot toy by accident and every other robot in the area tries to kill him for example, and that Tamagotchi specifically is so much closer to a glitch techs glitch because it’s the closest this alternative universe Hinobi has to a video game.

Again, I am completely insane.

[transformedgirlspringbracket]

Contestants:

Chibiusa Tsukino from Sailor Moon

James Bonde from Moriarty the Patriot

Ranma Saotome from Ranma ½

Agent 47 from Hitman Series

Kuzco from Emperor's New Groove

Peeta Mellark from Hunger Games

Midorikawa Nao from Pretty Cure Series

Mr. Shark from The Bad Guys

Lance Sterling from Spies in Disguise

Brain from Inspector Gadget

Bloom from Winx Club

Double Trouble from STPOP

Yayoi Kise from Pretty Cure series

Penny from The Amazing World of Gumball

Moka from Rosario + Vampire

Princess Peach from Super Mario Bros

Robbie Rotten from Lazytown

Magica De Spell from Ducktales

Vin from Mistborn books

Honey Kisaragi from Cutie Honey

Seiya Kou from Sailor Moon

Don Paolo from Professor Layton games

Loki from Norse mythology

Twilight Sparkle from MLP:FiM

Spy from Asterix and Cleopatra

Maya Fey from Ace Attorney

Transfer from Around the World with Willy Fog

Rapunzel from Tangled

Team Rocket from Pokemon

Dr. Jekyll from Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Loid Forger from Spy x Family

Rose Quartz from Steven Universe

[sobeksewerrat]

Some other plays/books/poems that I've become obsessed with by learning them at school!!

- Blood brothers (musical/play)

- Adult Child/Dead Child (play)

- Macbeth (play)

- An inspector calls (play)

- Tissue (poem)

- My Last Duchess (poem)

There's more but bad memory

They all sound terrible and Blood Brothers reminds me of Odin and Loki from Norse Mythology (not marvel)

[funkqs]

Inspector Norse || Todd Terje || It's the Arps

[reckonslepoisson]

It’s the Arps (2012), It’s Album Time (2014), Todd Terje

In beams from the cosmos Todd Terje’s delicately funky, meticulously assembled house, surely an alien ploy to seduce us, enrapture us. What lurks beyond, and what are sinister extra-terrestrials up to whilst our minds and bodies are so helplessly lured away? Conspiracy theorists frequently believe stupider things. 

Pick: ‘Inspector Norse’, ‘Delorean Dynamite’

[trukqslastfm]

Now playing: Inspector Norse by Todd Terje ♬♪♫

[maiosx]

Todd Terje - Inspector Norse Best Live Version

[insignificantmortalsshouldsuffer]

Things that could be interesting to do:

Give the Inspector a book on Norse mythology.

Tell the Archivist that his Assistant likes him romantically

Possess literally anyone the Inspector knows and pretend to be them until I'm found out

Give a statement to the Watcher

[ariendiel]

Spell your url with song titles

thank you for the tag @fox-from-fairytale! 🤍

All of the time, by Jungle

Respite encore, by Clara Luciani

If I'm lucky I might get picked up, by Betty Davis

Endling, by Kvelertak

Night drizze, by Lamp

Dance you outta my head, by Cat Janice

Inspector norse, Todd Terje

Epiphany, by BTS

Letter to my 13 year old self, by Laufey

I'll tag @mrsgaryrennell, @notasdriedapricots, @mp3minded and @operationnope