#it made me laugh so hard for no reason

[cuntmand]

possibly the funniest thing in this season of bridgerton is when colin comes to comfort penelope after lady whistledown writes about them and she says something like “oh, it would’ve been suspicious had she not written about it”, like ??? yes, penelope, that is SUCH a normal thing to say to someone who doesn’t even suspect you to be lady whistledown 😭😭😭

[myfriendthedictionary]

hsr text posts that came to me in a dream (pt. 1)

[potatobugz]

i was hacked by a very unhappy man!

[vaguely-concerned]

I've been picking mostly only the essential flirt options with lucanis in the romance so far (I've personally found the dynamic much more natural and mutual when you do that, more like forming a solid friendship slowly and inevitably becoming something else and less like you keep pushing on him and getting little back b/c he seemingly just gets overwhelmed and goes into freeze instead), and I think rye is a pretty hard person to read at the best of times even though he's been Down Real Bad from pretty early on and their chemistry as people is naturally really good. so the way the almost-kiss plays out in this playthrough feels a lot like it has the added layer of lucanis realizing that no but for sure rook is flirting and not just being kind or a good friend* it IS actually happening it's not just wishful/fearful thinking!!! and then uh. maybe going a bit too hard a bit too fast in all the excitement at that revelation haha

*in lucanis' defense he has seemingly literally never had a friend who wasn't his cousin-brother before, under those circumstances I suppose some confusion is extremely natural if not outright expected lmao

[kindnessoverperfection]

ADHD really does put everything at equal levels of importance, huh? Like I'll have an email I need to write that'll take maybe 10 minutes, and getting that done will alleviate 6 months of stress. Then I'll notice a sock on the floor I need to put away. Then I'll get the strong conviction that it's up to me to cure cancer. And my brain will tell me that I need to do all of them at once, start and finish them all in the time span of 0 seconds, and my executive dysfunction will throw up its hands and do none of the above.

[keirientez]

band au rahhhhhhhhhhh

[forgetmenomore]

How Lu Guang looks at Cheng Xiaoshi after literally going back in time and abandoning all his morals to save him

"Idiot, I already washed these dishes."

[skeletalheartattack]

bozo dubbed over dubbed over

[wayfinderships]

Good evening gamers! Hope you're all doing well! As for me...I finished my rewatch of Lupin Part 4 yesterday! Happy but also kinda sad bc I already miss him </3

On a completely unrelated side note, a month or so ago, some pal were like "I think you'd really like [Marvel character]" and when I asked my Partner they were like Of course it's him. And just yesterday I was on a call with my childhood friend and she was playing Marvel Rivals so I mentioned that my friends said I'd like [Marvel Character] and she immediately went of course it's him- AND I GKDNFKDK?? You know a guy is Panchi Coded when multiple people immediately go "Of course"

[moongothic]

Hey so also have Sir Crocodile brainrot and have recently reread Impel Down. This is probably nothing at all but it made me question the artistic choice made. Like we dont see Crocodiles full face until Luffy recognizes him. Before that tho he joins in on Jinbei & Ace's convo about Whitebeard and is shown to (non-)react to Boa Hancocks visit. But we only get his face in shadows or see the hook. Which. Why. Oda we know what he looks like and who the guy with the stitches on his face and the hook is. WHY OBSCURE HIM.

My friend, this is what we call a "cocktease"

Okay jokes aside, yes it was an artistic choise. More specifically, a storytelling technique Oda masterfully used to build up hype and excitement to Crocodile's eventual reveal and re-introduction into the story.

So thanks to Ms Goldenweek's cover story (which ran back during Water 7/Enies Lobby) we already knew Crocodile along with Daz, Bon-chan and Galdino had all been sent to Impel Down, when we also learned about Impel Down, Marineford and the Gates of Justice (+ the giant whirlpool between the three locations) to some extent. ((Now of course, if you were an anime-only then you would've had no idea about the former BW members being in Impel Down. And even if you had read the manga you still would've had to actually pay attention to the cover story and its lore, and not forgotten all about it))

So even before Luffy decides he's going to head to Impel Down to save Ace, we know Crocodile's going to be somewhere down there. The second Luffy arrives there, we are immidiately reminded of the fact when Domino mentions Crocodile taking the traditional "bath" new inmates take at the entrance. And as we descend deeper and deeper into Impel Down, with those cuts to what's happening down at Level 6 every now and then, as well as with the Baroque Works Countdown, Oda time and time again keeps on reminding of us of Crocodile's looming presence in the background. This is all absolutely deliberate. Crocodile was arguably the most iconic (maybe not most popular but iconic) One Piece villian at the time, if given an opportunity of course the readers wanted to see him again. But just letting us see him right away would be anti-climactic, and distracting from what's actually important (Ace, and Luffy getting to him as fast as possible). So keeping him hidden could serve multiple purposes:

For one, Crocodile doesn't get to steal the spotlight from the other characters (at least not too early). We can focus on Luffy, Ace, all the new Impel Down characters and the other returning characters in peace, while Crocodile waits for his turn. Another thing is that Crocodile's presence being downplayed gives off the impression that perhaps him being there isn't that important to the story. Thus, him teaming up with Luffy to break out isn't such an obvious twist (and so when that happens, it's ever more hype as a result)

But indeed, the most important part is that by teasing us constantly through out Impel Down, Oda creates hype. He makes us the readers excited if/when we might get to see the bastard, even if it was just a quick little cameo. So when Luffy finally reaches Level 6 and we finally do get that reveal, everyone loses their fucking marbles over the HISASHIBURI DANA MUGIWARA when we finally get to see The Motherfucker Himself. (And indeed, then getting to see him fight alongside Luffy is cool as fucking hell, completely unexpected and absolutely delightful)

But there's also another thing building up to Crocodile's reveal does. Compare his original introduction to the re-introduction

Compare Crocodile at the height of his power and influence, to the absolute rock bottom he has hit. No longer happily laughing while looking down on people (literally), he's filthy, he has given up on life, with sunken eyes and a hollow look on his face, only moved by a thirst for petty revenge (/an opportunity to go out with a bang). He doesn't even get the whole page for his grand reveal anymore, he's been shuffled to the side so the plot can progress on the same page.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

And to some degree, this is kind of meant to be a shocking realization to the readers. That this is not the same Crocodile we remember from Alabasta, that Crocodile died when Luffy defeated him. This is just the husk that remains, a shadow of what was once there. It's a sad sight, and probably not what the readers who loved Crocodile The Villian wanted to see. It's not the epic Return of the (Evil) King they wanted. And that juxtaposition helps, because Crocodile doesn't return into the story as a villian, but as a frenemy/ally-on-thin-ice. And that idea is easier to signal to the readers in a lowkey manner when you do his re-introduction like this.

So yes, Oda refusing to show Crocodile's face until Luffy found him was 100% a deliberate artistic choise. This is fantastic storytelling

[youangelheart]

I realllyyy liked this episode!

I mean I cared less about the main plot with Stephanie, since she's not my favorite and she did get Sam and Jay into a *situation* with the mayor of all people, but I hope this provides her with a little incentive to change? (Maybe? Fingers crossed 🤞🏻, or else she'll never get sucked off)

But the b plot with Pete and Alberta, now that was fun! Pete (accidentally getting high and) letting loose, Hetty telling Alberta all the ways in which he changed, knowing it'd make Pete more attractive to her. Then them almost kissing and gossipping about it with Thor and Hetty, oohh I was giggling and kicking my feet 🤭 (and then laughing bc oh how the tables have turned)

And the last scene in the car was just 10/10

I did miss Sas tho? Especially after how the last few episodes were Sas-centered and there's no way he wouldn't be around for all this drama

I might come back and add a few more things to this post, once I've rewatched it at least rwice and not feeling high myself (from sleep deprivation! it's currently 6 am here and I haven't slept in a WHILE) but I think the second half of season 4 might be my favorite after the first 2 seasons

[anotherpapercut]

was at a gas station in the middle of nowhere fucking Arkansas today and 2 old men stared at me so openly and intensely (I am very very visibly queer) that it actually terrified me and I had a panic attack and started shaking and crying in front of my coworkers and several teenagers 😐

[mymp3]

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!

LETS GO INTO 2024 WITH A SMILE!!!

[grumpyghostdoodles]

genuine question how the fuck are they supposed to get them grandchildren

do the kids just materialize out of thin air

what

＊ *☆ · 。MonsterMagic MPreg, I Guess ＊ * ☆ · 。 ☆

Theres not enough vodka in the world to make me try to figure out the logistics of it, and im 100% sure that theres already hundreds of PregnantSans fics that have it figured it out. But since i never read any SansxWhoever fics, Im going to say that its thanks to monsters souls/magic.

Monsters are born out of love, right? So im just going to take that info and run with it XD

[hamletthedane]

[bluehattedapprentice]

Luke as unhinged things my little brother said while we were watching the professor Layton movie ft Clive as my actual face when he said those things