#it could be a coincidence

[hms-lurking-latinist]

The Hornblower episodes on Internet Archive begin with a slightly baffling clip of Patrick Stewart talking about being given a stack of Hornblower books as assigned reading for Star Trek. Which, you know, personally I think the most Hornblower-like Star Trek captain is Janeway, but I see what whoever gave him the books must have been getting at; Picard does have a bit of that awkward, reserved, yet inspiring to his crew, quality. And an extremely normal first officer who never wants to be promoted away from him even though he's very good in his own right. Called William. Oh.

[ruvi-muffin]

Hey

Hey uhm

Belated realization but ??

Is it at all significal that Caleb keeps touching Essek's forearms whenever he's looking for genuine connection??

Uhm??? Liam?? Mr.O'brien ?? Sir ?????

[samcarter34]

Anyone else think it's a little suspicious that Liliana starts talking about how she's worried what would happen if she was gone, how being around has let her pull Ludinus back from the brink, how she was looking after children...right after Imogen found out that there was going to be an assassination attempt against her?

[onepiece-fics]

can i just say..... sometimes i see one piece fic writers that write reactions for like "the strawhats" (usually without labeling them as that but still) and the only one they leave out is Usopp and........ Is it just me or is that not a little stinky?? 🤨

like... I've also forgotten to add people to those types of posts (Usually Jinbei... so sorry man<//3) but like? I don't go out of my way to actively not put one of the few canonically black characters in it? making I'm thinking too hard into it but it makes me go 🤨 every time i see it....

[vaalthus]

And all it took was a giant hole leading to the planet’s mana core to finally find one of its kind outside of a dream and outside of time.

[r-yui]

OG Bahamut & Leviathan lore in Ascension

Other than biblical references, Ascension also seems to refer and incorporate a part of an original Bahamut & Leviathan lore, in quite direct fashion too.

The original lore of Bahamut and Leviathan lies in a particular Persian work on cosmography. In this conception of the world, the earth is shouldered by an angel, who stands on a gigantic gemstone, which is supported by the cosmic beast (bull) sometimes called Kuyutha (most likely from a corruption or misrendering of "Leviathan"). Bahamut carries this bull on its back, and is suspended in water for its own stability.

The very interesting part is how FF16 incorporated the actual mythology into the song considering no other Final Fantasy series did this (or it did but not as far as I recalled). Here's the comparison:

Seven worlds of teardrops falling to the sea

OG lore: There were seven earths that, in some manner, connected together. The earths were originally unstable.

On wings of an angel... Burden shouldered

OG lore: God created an angel of immense size and of the utmost strength, and ordered him to carry the earths on his shoulders.

Fire on ruby mountaintop

OG lore: But there was no support for his feet. So God created a rock of ruby, the size of which none knoweth but God, whose name be exalted; then he ordered this rock to stand under the feet of the angel. This is the part of the lyric that made me curious, like why ruby specifically?

And the whole second to last paragraph of the lyrics just screams OG reference:

Tides of fury flowing, ebbing Mists of malice whorling, wending Veil of nothing, never-ending Dare not seek what lurketh down beneath No!

OG lore: To support the rock, God created Leviathan. And to support Leviathan, God created Bahamut. The earth is upon water ; the water, upon the rock ; the rock, on the back of the bull; the bull, on a bed of sand; the sand, on the fish ; the fish, upon a still, suffocating wind ; the wind, on a veil of darkness ; the darkness, on a mist ; and what is beneath it is unknown (there's an other opinion stated that darkness is at the lowest, not the mist, so the last quote is 'and the knowledge of mankind fails as to what is under the darkness'). Hence, dare not seek what lurketh down beneath.

Surprisingly FF16 Bahamut and OG Bahamut is the one of the trio (Baha, Levi, an angel) who's closest to the darkness, similar to what is depicted in the mural. Also Bahamut in the mural is under Leviathan, same as in OG lore. Who knows, it could be Koji Fox's addition to hint a metaphorical connection between the lore and the game. Maybe Bahamut and Leviathan in game are associated/tied with each other.

[scoobycool9]

Also one more Riverdale post before I go off to work: RAS has to have done research in regards to the Mad line of it still ongoing because it just literally came back less than a few weeks ago which means he had to talk to Mad probably about including that line

[buildoblivionthenwewilltalk]

[wynandcore]

Saw the sonic 3 trailer are you telling me the movie based on Sonic Adventure 2 is Not anti-military??? No anti-authority theming here?? Nothing?? The game where a kid gets gunned down? Where Shadow’s grief and hate for humanity is BECAUSE of the military?? Where Sonic runs from the cops and is consistently annoyed at their existence?

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The Dungeon Meshi crew 'leap' into action!

[canon-gabriel-quotes]

Transcript:

LET'S SETTLE THI- Oh hang on. Hang on, Machine, um.

It's 8 PM I need to take my testosterone.

Sorry I'll just be a second. Uh wait here, alright?

Audio Source

[tenrose]

So Rose Noble chose herself the name Rose because she shared the metacrisis bound through her mom and even with no memories, the Doctor loves Rose Tyler so much, she unconsciously knew this name has an important meaning.

The presence Rose Tyler always has without being here.

I'm fine.

[stars-obsession-pit]

(Maybe) his lost twin…?

Danny doesn’t remember much of the first decade of his life. But he doesn’t really dwell on that fact too much. He’s happy with the Fentons, despite all the chaos they can cause.

Besides, the ghost attacks have a habit of interrupting any introspection time.

And when he moved to Gotham for college following a scholarship, he had no idea what he was getting himself into.

The cup slipped from Damian’s hand. The man he was staring at was nearly his mirror image except for a few small details. Most notably, a scar on his forehead.

His mind slips back to the last time he saw his brother all those years ago, bleeding from his head and telling him to run.

Could this be…?

“Danyal?” he breathed out, scarcely daring to hope

The figure’s response seemed almost reflexive. “Danny, not Daniel.”

A sob lodged itself in Damian’s throat as he lunged forward to hug his brother whom he had thought dead. “You’re alive!”

Danny pushed him back, extricating himself from the hug. “I… think you might have the wrong guy. Do I know you?”

[wdapteo]

both these videos' descriptions begin with ironic quotes

[claraoswalds]

This is a brand new science for me, and I love it. The language of luck. 'Cause what is a coincidence but a form of accident? Two things bumping together unexpectedly. Like you and me.

[waitinqroom]

maybe im overthinking it but i think the opening notes of sunday in the park with george visually resemble the general structure of the painting