#its just very funny cause the guy is always just in the background like an npc has zero clue wtfs going on ever just there existing
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camera roll 📷 | mgg x snl cast member au
in which you do a variety ‘what’s in my camera roll?’ interview and reveal moments from your life
authors note: this lowk sucks but new subplot alert?? i love I used to be funny so i just had to. matthew mixed in with some background for our snl reader ✅
“Hi Variety, this is y/n y/l/n,” you smile and and give a wave to the camera, “and today I’m showing you what’s in my camera roll.”
“This is a picture of me at the premier for a movie I did in 2022, called I Used To Be Funny,” you turn your phone towards the camera, revealing a picture a friend took of you posing underneath the title outside a movie theater in Los Angeles.
“I had the pleasure of running into the very talented Ally Pankiw at an event in 2022, and when she said she’d seen my shows and asked me if I’d audition, I read the script and immediately felt drawn to it,” you speak with your hands, imitating an emulation from your body. “It was funny, it was devastating, it’s an incredible story that I’m so honored to have helped tell.”
“I always wanted to be an actress. So landing that role the same year I was cast on SNL, just a dream come true.” you smile warmly at the memory, moving on to your next picture.
You huff out a laugh looking at the next picture, “aww. I love this one, a lot,” you again turn your phone towards the camera, revealing a picture of Marcello, you, Michael, Molly, and Devon on set.
“This is me and my SNL 22 Crew, which is the name of our group chat,” you nod, “pretty sure this was right before our first show. we were so nervous but it was all okay because we had each other. We were all in the same boat, and that was comforting. Ugh,” you sigh, tilting your head up and smiling, “I just love them so much.”
“it was really hard to pick this next one because my camera roll is currently 60 percent him. All he says is ’wait take a picture’, so now I just have a whole collection of silly photos,” you roll your eyes in fake annoyance, trying to distract from the blush that has crept on your face while talking about him.
‘I’m not entirely sure where we were here, all I know is anything Halloween, Matthew wants a picture with. We had dressed up all crazy, I had on an insane fall sweater and like, striped witch tights. I do really love mismatching clothes, layering and looking insane, which I don’t really see a lot of guys doing?” you furrow your brows and squint your eyes in thought, releasing when admitting, “so I feel really seen by him. He isn’t afraid to be himself, so it makes me feel like I can be myself too. It’s amazing. He’s great. I’m very thankful for him.”
“Aww,” you jut your lip out, heart melting over the picture. “I was having a really rough week. I remember my sketch got cut, and I couldn’t think of how to make them better. I walked into my bathroom one morning and Matthew had stuck this on my mirror. I have so many pictures of these, but I picked this one because it was the first.”
You hum, “I could go on, but, I won’t,” you laugh, tilting your head back down to your phone, quickly exhaling to get back on track, “anyways!” Causing the crew to laugh behind the camera.
And the comments are all like
Loved her in I Used To Be Funny. So talented!
I hope she’s on SNL for a while, she’s one of the best additions in a while
The way she talks about Matthew is the cutest thing
Its so cute that y/n and Matthew are getting more public with their relationship, this is the first time she’s mentioned him by name
THE NOTE HE LEFT HER I NEED TO SEE THE OTHERS
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because it popped up randomly at the top of the dash on the new blog,
its very funny thinking about kels' response with the hewitts rocking leland's shit cause of the fact uncle monty wasn't involved and honestly? canon. the guy was probably on the front porch or sat in front of the tv completely fucking oblivious to everything going on lmao
#its just very funny cause the guy is always just in the background like an npc has zero clue wtfs going on ever just there existing#has no idea wtaf charlie's ever doing. only ever getting scolded by luda or seeing everyone at the table for dinner every night.#only ever interacting with victims when they stumble on him cause man is never gonna stand up out of where he plants himself.#i feel for luda frankly like damn someone other than thomas help her out like jfc the hewitt men are useless- (not u tommy we love u)
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The bookmark tag was #holder until i think of a tag for these asks but To Be Real even I forgot what it was...
BUT YEAH thanks so much for reading and I'm glad it's :] Intelligible At Least :] obviously I would be up for reading anything that came to mind after putting you and your followers through All That but understandable... A lot of people I've shown the checklist items or pointed out specific behaviors to have actually said similar [i.e. I'm In This Picture And I Don't Like It], so I totally get what you mean, too!
I think a lot of my picks wound up being generalized trauma responses/aftereffects of abuse or neglect [hence I meandered off into just talking about Jo's father half the time], so I guess it's to be expected a lot of them don't read as being CSA-specific or are broadly relatable; it's not like he's supposed to be read that way, after all. I just wasn't able to zero in on many of the more specific ones because I've Never Seen Jo In This Situation Chief I Don't Know What He Thinks About His Name Or His Body Or Mirrors Or Sex Or Affection I Don't Know How Well Or Poorly He Sleeps [Presumably Poorly Though He Has The Second-Reddest Eyes In The Whole Game]
I don't really think I'll have anything to add though unless Infinite Wealth goes off the rails or I actually continue reading the book... so that will have to do... I originally was just riffing on RGGJo's attachment issues, self-destructiveness, and specific entwinement of sexuality/aggression/romance, and his portrayal in my fic lined up pretty closely, so I thought it'd be interesting to apply the same lens to Y7Jo...
But Yeah x2 thank you for the opportunity to talk about it and I'm Glad It's Intelligible At Least x2
THANK YOU i really should change that tag to something better... <- i will immediately forget to do so like a jackass
BUT YA OF COURSE OF COURSE i was truthful when i said it was a real good read (but once again. i have -5 speech skills so i can't properly word SHIT) and was a thorough examination of jo's trauma and how it manifests in him and how it's exhibited through his actions. ALWAYS a big fan of that :)
#snap chats#IN REGARDS TO Jo In Situations that is. VAGUELY my specialty#ive at least thought of jo's attitudes towards affection/relationships#and i Do Not Think he sleeps AS adequately as he should whether it's due to just. Overworking or#If I May Dare To Think he might be prone to night terrors#the Danger Zone of me thinking of Jo In Situations that dont have a lot of background is that i end up projecting a LOT of my issues LMAO#i dont know what it says about me when a lot of those issues seem to fit him#i do try my best NOT to over project of course i try to keep everyone relatively in the bounds of believability to their charas#which is why its funny when i do end up doin a lil projection it works out. Apparently#not sure i could do the same when it comes to jo's POV on his name and body tho. i hate those things bout myself for uh#VERY different reasons LMAOO tho i could imagine jo harboring some feelings of. hm. whats the word.#not Total Disgust But Some and Some Agitation whenever he has to acknowledge he exists outside of being a tool. To Put It Bluntly#cause we know he sees himself as a tool in some aspects- a bullet more specifically. so i can imagine instances where he has to Be A Human#its just. Ew Whats That LMAO YK WHAT I MEAN i do. i know what i mean. mirrors are evil#SORRY IM RAMBLING i shouldnt be.. i got gameritis <- i fucked up my wrists playing sonic riders somehow and it hurts to move#point is i very much enjoy thinking of jo and i enjoy looking at him through a multitude of lenses so AGAIN#thank you much for writing in :] im sorry i have three jewel beetles and a cicada shell for a brain#i am always interested in reading what you have to say tho... cant stress that enough..#truly curious for how jo will be in infinite wealth now that he Doesnt have to be a bullet anymore. what are you like my guy.. lemme see..#now pardon me while i fuck up my wrists more. i do not want to do my job today (i will soon im just delaying the inevitable. as a treat)
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Do we know what the relationship between milsiril and helki is? Those panels of her manhandling him for kabru are really funny, they seem close? Saw someone say helki was kabrus foster dad and was wondering if there was a source for that
As far as I know there's nothing about a romantic relationship officially between them (I ship tho) this isnt gonna be very straight foward cause I'm honestly still trying to figure out whats their current relationship.
He was Milsiril prisoner partner from when she was part of the canaries, from their interactions it seems they got along (at least better than she got with any other elf, they're always together and it's shown she pretty much shuts off everyone else, other nobles don't seem to be that close with the prisoners they're responsible for)
Just to explain better in the canaries there's Noble children and Prisoners, each noble is responsible to "keep an eye" on two prisoners and Milsiril was the noble responsible for Helki (unclear if she had another prisoner under her).
After Utaya she requested for him to be freed tho, so he's no longer a prisoner after she retirers. From the comics tho (especially Rin's extra) it seems he stayed with the canaries at least for a little longer than Milsiril, perhaps something similar to Erique? (I think Enrique was released for merit(功労) tho while that's not implied for Helki(報労) so I dont think he would have served as a guard?)
The same page now points him as an current ex canary tho
But I think this translation isn't very accurate? The original says
"ウタヤの報労として 赦免、引き受け"
First line is "as a reward for Utaya" then bellow "pardon, acceptance/undertaking" something like that? The translations seems to imply he was pardoned and given to her as a reward? But trying to search on google I think 引き受け seems to have a closer meaning to "taken responsability for"? Something like that is repeated by Fleki here.
So from my not very clear understanding they were Canary Partners and she vouched for him to be released after Utaya and now he either works for her or they're just friends (which i think its more accurate by how he was laughing at Kabru and how he was joining the canaries on the Rin thing without Milsiril, but I'm very biased about my perception of their relationship tbf)
If anyone else cares this much about this background guy that has very few lines please share what you think, I'm sucking up all the crumbs
#Helki#Milsiril#ask#anonymous#dunmeshi thoughts#I need this weird guy so bad#I became obsessed with him after researching stuff about Milsiril#helki dungeon meshi
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Overwatch x GN! Reader adopting a kid part 1
Tw mentions of vomit
(Since solider 76 is CANON gay, his section will have have he/him pronouns for you(
(The baby is a girl)
Mako is a good dad, a great dad even.
You’d think he’d get annoyed easily by the crying of the baby, but he simply will just scoop up the small human and cradle them ever so gently.
His nickname for his baby? “puawai iti” (little flower in the Māori language)
He’ll put his baby on his stomach with a hand on them and omg it so adorable.
You catch him staring at you while holding the baby, he’ll lie if you ask if he was smiling. (He 100% was)
When he’s out and about he has his baby in a sling on him, it has lil pachimari all over it. He also dresses her in a cute pachimari onesie!
Is scared to feed her but after you show him he’s a bit more confident. Does the airplane thing 100%.
Scared but happy, he genuinely is scared that he’ll accidentally hurt his baby by doing something stupid. But happy cause he finally gets to have a kid with you.
Makes baby clothes and it looks cute! Probably goes crazy when he sees baby shoes.
Puts all his dangerous explosive stuff on a very high shelf.
Cant change diapers for the life of him, like he will gag and vomit if he has to, so it’s your job now.
Giggles so much if she farts or burps, he takes videos of it and sends it to you with him giggling in the background.
Dresses her in very funny costumes and onesies.
ROADHOG BABYSITTIER!!!
Hanzo
Omg is so so happy he finally gets to have a kid with you. He always wanted a kid, and a kid with YOU, his dream is coming true.
When he finally gets to see his child, he starts crying and hugging you and his new baby girl.
Dresses his baby in cute little dresses! He found a cute dragon onesie and is obsessed with it.
Calls her “my little dragon”
Is a pro at feeding, changing diapers, calming her down, and making her laugh.
He spoils her so much that her room is engulfed with stuffed animals, blankets, and the cutest baby bottles.
The dragons love her, they cuddle her all the time.
Mcree
Is super excited, like omg I’m gonna be a father finally!
Dresses her in a lil cowboy hat sometimes it’s so cute, its brown with little bees on it. Has her own little cow boy boots to.
Feeds her like a pro!
Does that thing where she’ll toss her in the hair and catch her, gently of course.
If he’s out and about he has a baby carrier with horses all over it.
Doesn’t smoke when she’s with him, refuses it and will never do it. He actually stops a lot and rarely does in the future.
Has pictures of her and you in his hat, takes it out to show it off to his teammates.
“Look at my amazing husband/wife/partner and our baby!”
Calls her “my little cowgirl”
Doomfist
Very excited! He’s gonna be a dad! It makes him so happy to have a baby with you.
“I cant be evil today I’m to busy being a dad”
I’m sorry but he’s really bad at matching her outfits, but she’s dressed so it doesn’t really matter.
So gentle to her, he treats her like the most breakable glass in the world.
Lots of plushes, so many omg.
He makes her dance, like he does that thing where he moves her arms and legs to make her dance and it’s adorable.
Her first words are “dada” and he starts fucking sobbing.
Solider 76
OMG HES FINALLY A FUCKING DAD! He crys in your chest when that happens
Loves taking her around everywhere in a stroller, especially at the park when he’s on his daily run.
“Where’s the wife today?”
“My HUSBAND is at home making lunch.”
Mercy babysits for you
Stricks me as the guy who builds everything, like he built her crib, a shelf, her diaper changing paper.
Has 20 books on parenting, and asks Ana a lot of questions to.
Starts crying when she touches his face and giggles, his heart is all warm and fuzzy.
Goes to check ups with mercy with her
Dilf
Starts crying when she says her first words.
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I also wanted to add sum sum to you post of Spanish, one for the Argentinian accent and another one for the different humor between countries. Hope thats okay im just really passionate about this cause its fun 😭
Here I’ll talk about the accents, so everything everyone said already its absolutely true and all but I also wanted to mention what his accent means to us argentinians in pop culture.
So his acccent is part of a personality trait we deceive, this sort of stereotype we created for certain people. He is what we call a “tincho”: a very rich guy, usually from the best neighborhood (like the bel air of Argentina), with big incomes and can be deemed as stupid, insensitive or classist. There are many exceptions though, many have incredible personalities like Franco, yet still checks most boxes. There’s always a joke that forms itself and can be used for teasing (just like argentine twt does), thats why we categorize his accent as “posh” since he’s from the city, especially from Pilar (rich neighborhood).
If you want to see how much it can contrast with different accents from other provinces as well as humor, I suggest you check out Javi Merlo’s (born in San Luis) famous interview where he tries fernet from the first time (he’s not from f1 but he does drive cars though!) and you’ll see how different it is with the dialect and more teasing nature.
Two separate asks but I condensed them to make them easier to find. Humor is so culturally specific it's very funny and yeah, Franco does seem to roast people but it always seems like it's in good fun and not mean spirited. Also not surprising that he is from a wealthier background (it's an expensive sport!)
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VERY LATE REVIEW ON EPISODE 8 WOW.
HEY GUYS SO SO SORRY IVE BEEN LATE BUT IM HERE… ROGHT BEFORE EPISODE 9 😭😭😭. guys but for realsies I don’t really have much to say for episode 8 cause I mostly forgot what happened. TIME TO BRING OUT THE SCREENSHOTS. As always, spoilers ahead of you have not already read Tokyo Debunker Episode 8, and these were written in the order of my reactions, so you will be seeing how my reactions progress. There will be no more spoiler warning ahead of this soooo pls don’t blame me DANKE :3
ohhhhhh ok ok I see this and I’m kinda not liking it!! They’re pretty and all but like… I hate auctions cause it’s like geez louise. I’ve read so many zombie manwhas where they start selling people at auctions and it makes me so uncomfortable now that I see auctions.
ANYWAYS staring off strong with my boy RITSU!! I haven’t seen you in forever my lizard looking friend what’s happening !!!
this bitch is no longer my friend. WHAT ARE YOU BEING SO MEAN FOR DO YOU NOT REMEMBER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF US TURNING INTO AN ANOMALY LIKE DANG. Like Ik you’re all head first into work or whatever but geez Louise, part of being a lawyer is being empathetic to understand how to get evidence from witnesses dumb dumb.
why is this LOSER. Not listening to my glorious queen. Just because it don’t follow the charts does NOT mean that it isn’t plausible like cmon think logical here. Also, when he’s like getting mad at Taiga without actually talking to him, I can just see him shaking his fist in the air lmao. Moving on from him… ROMEO CALLED US :3!!
HAIIII ROMEO MY NEW FAVORITE OF SINOSTRA WHATS POPPING!!! Also, NEW FACE!! NEW FACE FROM ROMEO I THINK. He has an angry one all the time last time, but now this one is more like… concerned?? Idk MOVING ON!! Also, I’m starting to like Romeo and I really want to know his lore for now. Cause look at this:
Like who is doing this to you BBG!!! I kinda feel bad for him he’s js a lil guy sometimes :(
(NOT IN LIKE THE FANON MIDORIYA WAY BUT IN LIKE A he’s very pitiful sometimes)
Also dang what is with this tension between Taiga and Romeo bruh. Like they’re legit acting like exes. I DONT SHIP THEM DONT GET ME WRONG. But like… there was DEFINITELY SOMETHING. Especially since Taiga remembers his name/nickname.
Yuri and Jiro :(!!! I MISSED YOU TWOO HAIIIII!!! Guys they’re so cute lmao Yuri getting worried like a friend awwwwww… though I’m pretty sure it’s because Jiro is still his subject. ARGHH OMG 😭💕 “I was only there cause I was looking for you” AWWWWWWW THATS SO SWEET!! The whole vomiting scene was so funny and silly and cute of them I hope we see them more!!
WOAHHHHHHHHHH!!! AWOOGA HELLO 😍😍😍!!! GUYS THEY LOOK SO PRETTAYYYYY!! Dang Romeo hand selected them, no surprise there. They’re sooooo cute AND THE MC AHHHHHH SHES SO SILLY 😭😭💕💕💕!!!
“try not to be discreet” immediately grabs Taiga’s ear. Oh wow. Also Imma need Taiga to STOP WOTH THE KITTEN TALK. IVE HAD IT 😡😡. ITS NOT FUNNY ANYMORE!
WHAT. NO. NONONONONONONONONO PLEASEEEEEEE SPARE ME WHY ME 😭😭😭. WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE HAVE TO SHARE A ROOM WITH THESE THREE LUNATICS. BRUH TAIGA’S PROBABLY LIKE A SLEEP BITER. UH UH I REFUSE 😡. You guys are rich aren’t you?? Can’t we have separate rooms pretty please. Also besides from sharing, I don’t like the idea of staying overnight. Cause they told us nothing!! We ain’t got toothbrush, deodorant, NADA. It’s gotta REEK in there.
Ok so… Romeo knowing the password is not rubbing me the right way. I hate it actually. Romeo please don’t be TOO sketch!!! Please please please I BEGGGG!! Also woah… I don’t like how it looks!! Like the AI is so obvious with this one PLEASEEE INVEST IN A BACKGROUND ARTIST. It’s not that difficult I promise you. The music is hella nice tho MEAH MWAH LOVELYYYY!! Also if you screen record a video with the background, you can see they added a shaky effect which was cool!!
alright Romeo. How’s you come up with the name. Guys he might actually be in some dark shit uh oh. Chat I think my fav sinostra character is cooked. Taiga pointing that out makes js confirms my suspicions. Like guys. Sighs. Also, I highly doubt Gojo teacher is gonna bail us out of this one taiga 🙁… he’s … NOT THAT GREAT!!
Ok so we split up anddddd… Taiga went to a bar. Naturally. RITSU, WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM. Like, I know he’s not personally insulting anyone, but like getting compared to Romeo is bad?? I mean, I guess they’re kinda opposites so IG!! Gulping down Taiga’s drink is WILD LMAOOO 😭😭.
ok moving onto their little exploration, Taiga, leaves his three blind mice looking glasses alone. It’s actually kinda cute that Ritsu is so sweet for his mom. ALSO HOURS??? FOR GLASSES?? I thought I was indecisive geez man. And oh!! They found the mask right? NOT TAIGA SUGGESTING THEY GANK THEM WHAT 😭 WHY IS HE SHOOTONG THE PLACE UP HELLO?? WHY DID HE SHOW RITSU TO WHACK THINGS WITH HIS BOOK OMG 😭.. IM DEADDDD.
alrighty now our side. Romeo and queeny let’s gooo!!! Romeo scamming some guy is actually crazy lmao. But like, he knew this guy?? Then why is this guy acting like he doesn’t know Romeo? That’s … STRANGE!! Anyways, AHHHH THAT ONE ART OF HIM HOLDING THE PAINTING WAS EVERYTHING :(!! So sweet so cute!! Other than the fact he scammed someone but I digress!!!
“There’s only a handful of people in this world that know the true vale of things.” Such an odd sentence to add, that’s more of an inner dialogue thing but he said it aloud. Maybe he meant smth else by it but like IM NOT THAT DETECTIVY GUYS!!
Romeo please leave my Boy Yuri alone 😭😭. They got that little man stressing fr. But I wanted to point out a few things from their conversation:
-“ Someone’s gotten cocky” (Romeo to Yuri) The word gotten changed the entire meaning of THSI sentence. They knew each other before… from Frostheim maybe?? Cause we know both of them have personal beef from frost heim, maybe they both transferred but were once close back then. Sounds kinda cliche but. Further evidence: “I remember when you ran off crying to the grubby old lab, now you’re playing king of the castle?” So maybe not together, but just what kind of connection did they have? Maybe Romeo was a bully :(
BUT WAIT !! THERES MORE!!! “ha ha. Fine words coming from a has-been like you. Why, I hardly hear anyone speak of you these days. I suppose your accomplishments were only possible before you relinquished your brand name. Oh, I suppose it’s more accurate ‘before it was stolen from you?’ “. … WOW!! Ok!!! So yeah Romeo was popular, he was .. maybe forced out of Frostheim because of his family situation… or maybe bullied out of it. With Romeo, a lot of times someone mentions something being stolen from him, which is probably why he’s so obsessed with wealth. Their relationship is so strange, I need to raise their affinities to see more lore.
Aw yeah, my queen got the lobster and pasta she deserved for her dinner!! I’m so glad that we don’t have to sleep with each other bro like legit JUMPING FOR JOY 😆😆😆!!!
Aw shucks Romeo is being shady once more ; “ Just relax by your little fireplace and I’ll bring you a nice souvenir. I’ll bring you back that mask so don’t forget our deal.” PROFESSOR HYDE. IK ITS YOU. WTF ARE YOU UP TO. Why does he want that mask, why does he need a mask, is he doing this against Darkwick or for them? Guys I need answers like urgently.
Oh no. It’s Taiga. Everyone smile and wave. Bruh why is he talking to us like he don’t know us m. It’s us, your kitty patootie. YEAHHHH HE RECOGNIZED US!! PROGRESS GUYS!! Omg wait he might actually remember the train… HE DID !! HE DID YES 😭😭!! TAIGA YOU ARE THE GOAT MY GLORIOUS KING TAIGA. Wait but he forgot where the monster went. Man… can’t do nothing fr 🙁. Uh oh :3 Romeo caught us!! DAMN TAIGA BEING SO MEAN FOR WHAT. “We were just talking about how gross you sound buttering someone up” like dang. We think that, not say that. What power does Gojo teacher hold to control Romeo so easily… I don’t get it :(.
phew day 2, auction day!! Taiga sleeping in the ceremony is so real. WHY IS HE SO READY TO SHOOT EVERYBODY GEEZ. Oh!! Romeo comes busting in… AHHHHHH MY GLORIOUS QUEEN MC IN THE BACKGROUND SUCH A CUTIE. Oh he actually started shooting ok!!! Awesome!!! OH WHAT THE… THEYRE ALL GLITCHING. RUN MC TUN. DONT LET THE OTHERS SLACK YOU!!
Ok so they got to the exit, and they won’t let us out… AWESOME. JUST AWESOME. Bruh Taiga is going on some riddle shit JS TELL US PLEASEEEEE. Bruh. Romeo. My guy. My pall. WHY TF DID YOU HAVE SO MUCH TREASURE 😭😭😭. WHY WOULD YOU THROW IT RIGHT AT RITSU. RITSUUUUU GET YO ASS HOME!! Oh wait his stigma nvm. He’s chilling. That panel of Ritsu saying his stigma goes hard though.
AWWWWW THEIR DIRT COVERED FACES ARE SO CUTE!!! AHHH I LOVE IT!! Too bad about the mask and Romeo’s treasure but we chilling. OH WAIT NVM TAIGA GOT THE MASK!! YAYAYYAYAY!! Romeo looks so happy aw 😭. Oh.. OH!!! ARE THEY ABOUT TO KISS?? WHAT HAOPENED IT ZOOMED IN ONTO ROMEO’S LIPS WHAT HAPPENDD.
Oh we’re back at the Diner with Ritsu. WAIT CAN WE SEE OUR BOY REN :3??? BRUH WHAT. TAIGA ATE THE FUCKING MASK??? HUH??? Another probation is actually crazy dang…
Oh shit Taiga and Hyde. “Lay off Lulu” AWWWWWW HE CARES ABOUT HIS FRIEND. AWWWWW!!! Bruh Hyde is actually pissing me off bro tf you mean “The stage is nearly set” FOR WHAT??? FOR WHAT PURPOSE??? Guys 😭
ok so that’s that. Uhhhhh I might have skipped a few parts but this is merely going off on the deleted screenshots I took the time I read it. The only thing I do remember is what I was thinking on each scene. Honestly, not much was given in this one for like DARKWICK lore, except for the fact they work with underground connections as well as governmental. That’s actually so wild how powerful they are. I’m actually so excited to see more of Ritsu’s emotional side, and Romeo/ Taiga’s backstory, not just tightened but their personal ones too. Still don’t have Taiga’s unique magic womp womp :(. Hyde… is freaking me out a bit too. And nothing has been explained about why Hyde called Sho for a “special mission”. It doesn’t look like he’s gonna be a part of the next chapter too, so it’s making sho SUPPERRRR SUS rn. But anyways I hoped you enjoyed and I will make another one of these VERY soon for Episode 9 :3!! Ciao , until next chapter!!
#taiga hoshibami#tokyo debunker#tdb#tokyo debunker mc#romeo lucci#ritsu shinjo#episode 9#chapter review
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for the ask game, answer whichever of these speak to you the most: 4, 5, 11, 14 :D
HI ASH MY LOVE ASH.
oh they ALWAYS speak to me. i answer All. i will not be contained.
4. How many WIPs do you have right now?
actually shockingly few! ever since i finished my big owl house editing pass back in june i've not done a whole lot in terms of projects...and recently i've been playing rain world so instead of writing im playing rain world like 24/7. currently my only main project is the dess raises kris au, and in that 'verse the only thing i'm writing right now is a dess/chara relationship study. i WOULD finish it, but, uh. rain world. (<- guy who is trying so hard not to write rain world fic. i probably wont but also i am always tormented by ideas. but consider i have to tell the story of my slugpup scooter SCOOTER I WONT EVER FORGET YOU--)
5. What's a fic idea you've had that you will never write?
probably countless that i do not remember right now! but digging around through my drafts, i've got a few deltarune daemon aus that won't ever see the light of day...one of them was a fangame where the player played as one of kris's two daemons, and the other was a fic where ralsei was kris's daemon. the ideas from there have basically been repurposed elsewhere--a lot of my kris&ralsei stuff went into various works, and the fangame stuff is being reworked into the dess raises kris au.
beyond that, in terms of things that are actually abandoned and won't be used elsewhere, there are so many daemon aus that i've left behind for one reason or another, though the gravity falls transcendence au is the one that i think was the best...that one postcanon his dark materials fic i was gonna write where lyra and pan return to will's world and cause general shenanigans there with him and kirjava...a vera-centric son of sea foam wings of fire au because vera is the love of my life and i was rereading wings of fire bc i felt nostalgic....oh my god fantasy high SOPHOMORE YEAR FIC, which i tried to start TWICE, once from fig's pov and once from ayda's that was their road trip back home and i have some very funny snippets from...MY INFINITY TRAIN DAEMON AU WAIT THAT ONE STILL GOES SO HARD ACTUALLY. okay drop everything ive ever said the fact that i never wrote my infinity train book two daemon au is a travesty. i was cooking with that one.
11. Do you have specific playlists for writing fics?
sort of! i usually always have at least one or two songs i connect to any given fic, but in terms of what i listen to when actually WRITING, it's changed over the years. i used to put on compilations of video game music--usually utdr, pmd, and then just whatever got recommended to me lol--then i did like. those character playlists people make on youtube? mostly bc they tended to pull from the same pool of songs so it became good background noise lol. now i use the youtube mix or whatever its called for a similar reason--it tends to play the same handful of songs ive listened to a lot, so they dont distract me.
14. If you could see one of your fics adapted into a visual medium, such as comic or film, which fan fic would you pick?
oh i LOVE this question, and it would be without a doubt my nimona daemon au oh, are you at all like me. nimona itself is obviously both a comic and a movie, and i'd say animated film since the fic follows the movie plot more--i think there'd be a LOT of really cool scenes you could get with that fic. i also think i could make killer animatics based on my fics if i could draw good enough <3 and thats not a joke i have scripts and sketch storyboards and everything. maybe one day i'll finish one of those.
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okay i did my superball headcanons now time for my other pookie (flint paper)
older than sam and max but not by much, probably like early to mid 50s
divorced twice, it's fine though
trained in like martial arts, i think he should be allowed to throw people around more (normal)
actually enjoys sam and max company. partially because he is insane but also because they're funny to him. like haha you boys throwing anvils on people? that's good love is love
he likes men and women. thats my truth. we will ship superball with him if its the last thing i fucking do!!!!
probably gets love letters from ladies and men who he helped on cases or flirted with to get info. and also max. a majority of them are from max. he can tell because they're misspelled
i think he needs to be hairy. for my sake. i also don't think he shaves. again im normal. normal poster
i think he had a mullet when he was younger. one day he asks for help cleaning his office and sam and max find that picture of him in college with one and they go HUH and he goes oh yeah that was me and sam and max both desire him more carnally
he does classy drinking. he has like cognac and whiskey in office and those fancy decanters but will occasionally like down a bottle of vodka
user pikaflute when she hasn't said a character is from new jersey in the past twenty minutes: hey guys i think flint paper is-
has had to get his office fixed over twenty times. the landlord hates him but flint pays his (and sam and max's cause god knows they don't pay rent) rent so far in advance he is never getting kicked out
speaking of, he's probably rich. he's good at solving cases and threatening individuals pays a lot. even though sometimes he works on a "hunch" he's always proven right.
he's an only child. thats why he's crazy.
probably knows a bunch of languages for investigating. one time max hears flint speaking french and max is like "hes going to speak french to me while in bed" and sam goes "wait in fucking line"
probably did gymnastics as a teen. explains why he's so nimble and good at fighting. AND HOT
drinks coffee but so black it's still coffee grounds. he orders this from (girl) stinky all the time and she's like "im throwing this pot at you" and he's like "good! i need a pick me up!"
he did modeling at one point on his life on the side before becoming a full time investigator. if sam and max ever find those shoots they're going to fucking die
when sam and max were first moving in, flint did an entire background search on them and when he met them for the first time he told him everything he found out and sam and max both fell in love with him instantly.
one time he works on a case with sam and max and it causes so much property damage that the three of them are permanently banned from staten island
cannot cook to save his life. he asked sam if spaghetti is supposed to be black and sam was like "i....maybe not."
very good with kids surprisingly. he babysits for sam and max and asks geek if she wants like water or anything while he beats a guy up and she's like "i'm....good."
one time when sam and max actually did their job and brought a criminal into jail they saw flint in there and he was in the process of breaking out and he's like "hey boys! can you unlock the door for me?" and they both went "anything for you."
he 100% knows sam and max want him so bad it's not even funny. it's flattering to him
he doesn't drive. he just walks to places and somehow gets there faster than a car
also has a tattoo somewhere, probably on his back. i don't know of what, i'm just homo okay?
listens to jazz mainly. it fits the noir aesthetic. his office reeks of cigarettes.
[walks up to the mic] sock garters [everyone cheers]
he's autistic and he stims by shooting and beating people up. I'm only like half joking
i think hes shorter than superball by like an inch. so 5'8
i don't think he's played a video game since the 90s. he's a light gun shooter master though.
i also don't think he knows anything about modern pop culture at all. half the shit max says to him might as well be in a different language
sleeps naked cause he's Like That
doesnt like horror movies. they just make him angry and upset
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A SHOW IDEA THAT I WANT TO MAKE REAL ONE DAY (really long post)
this is gonna be a HUGE little rant thing because i love talking about my ideas, future ideas, concepts. etc etc
i just realized i never said anything about this but uhh, for months ive been dreaming on wanting to make this string (I've always had in mind) come true
at first it was going to be a joke play with the huge inspiration of gumball. hes based on this joke episode i made called "Lil H". a baku inspired series (by sethical)
at the first point, he was literally gonna be called Lil h, LITERALLY. but I thought of a different name for him, and i named him "douglas dinget". it was a stupid name. the first image is the first concept idea i had for him if i actually wanted to take his design seriously . (its uhm... pretty old!). second image is the actual concept drawing when i thought of him having his own show (not a serious design take obviously LOL)
for 2nd image, he's just sonic but with a square cap hat, long gloves, basically a frickin recolor/edit LOL. it was funny when I imagined how he would look if I animated him and the background is just a realistic school. and then i thought of making his name "douglas tucker". i think him having that name is pretty cool and funny
his inspiration is a mixture of a chibi figure (like gumball) and his animations would be peanuts esque. like the way how he would walk, run, slip, etc etc. BASICALLY how peanuts characters are animated. i really loved imagining that as a test animation for this design, never really did it tho. im still learning animation
now this is where i suddenly had a new idea. i imagined "what if douglas had a girlfriend and she was a cactus? because cactuses and hedgehogs are spiky.." and this is where the design comes in
her name is KATHERINE STERLING!!!!! OMLLLL!!! (also a HALF redesign on Douglas)
this was the third character i thought of tho. second character is a "My melody" rip off LOL. (which she WILL be redesigned soon)
and also heres a joke ass image i drew a while ago LOL (it says LIL H in japanese)
you see the mario right there? yea that was literally gonna be his design until i remembered nintendo going to everyone "uhm. FUCK YOU you arent allowed to use this character named "mario" or any other mario characters anymore! make up your own design or make your own creations!" and thats what i legit did (not rlly LMAO)
heavily inspired by the chowder mario (definitely changing his design somewhere later)
stupid name for him, it was on purpose too sense uh... JOKE SHOOWWW!!! this is still gonna be a joke show, and the first episode were legit pngs (like i said, baku inspiration.) and if i all of a sudden make episode 2 a huge gumball inspiration and have these art styles like THIS? oohhhhhooo that would be a huge glow up.
anyways im cutting to the main part. heres the main cast idea
i dont really got anything to say about claire, other than being a ocho rip off LMAO
well not really a rip off but like, she could overreact a lot. she doesnt do stuff harmful or anything, like causing damage and other stuff like that. shes not THAT aggressive basically. she MIGHT become a scrapped character. (unless if a team is formed for this show and someone knows how to put a 8 bit pixel character in a high resolution show, just like ocho)
okay now i want to show you the months that went by with DT's design, i just cant type any longer to show this i geniunely wanted to say all of that just so you can get on the path before i, PROBABLY, make this show a real thing
Huge glow up a little bit, right? hopefully you think the same as me with this design
constructive criticism is allowed btw. i would LOVE to hear more ideas from you guys if youre interested.
now heres his new design in line with the main cast
now i wanna talk about the
PERSONALITIES!!!
DOUGLAS: Douglas is normal about almost everything. it would be VERY rare to see douglas scared. he is extremely calm about stuff. he is tough. he doesnt take his rage out on anyone. even if some people would try to start a fight with him. he's a strong teen and he KNOWS he would knock someone out with one punch. its rare for him to get angry because he knows how strong he is. Lets just say hes kind of the opposite of gumball. Gumball can sometimes get scared when someone is raging at him (mostly people he knows who are STRONGER than him.) hes basically a wimp LOL. douglas is the opposite of that basically. douglas just does his own without meeting any new kid unless if they want to meet him (its best for him to wait if someone wants to be friends with him first)
KATHERINE: Katherine Is a very nice and polite person. but she can overreact sometimes and get mad at douglas if he says or does something that she doesnt like at all, especially if douglas makes a joke compliment to her. she basically hits douglas multiple times on the head. usually when she does that to her friends it hurts them but douglas barely feels anything when she does it to him LMAO
HADIZA: She trys to act tough like douglas despite the fact that douglas doesnt even try to act tough at all. she basically has the personality of gumball a little bit. she trys to stand up and be a more "scarier" person, trying to scare the big character. but when the big character makes a furious noise back at her, she would bunny hop away from them fast
CLAIRE: like i said earlier, "She could overreact a lot. she doesnt do stuff harmful or anything, like causing damage and other stuff like that. shes not THAT aggressive basically."
JACKSON: Jackson Is, to put it in short, a bit of a asshole. LMAO. basically jackson is always tired and can sometimes have aggresive tones. its very common for him. douglas has gotten use to his aggressiveness because theyve being friends ever since they were in kindergarten. Jackson has been getting tired of the world throughout the years.but luckily douglas and jackson are always staying communicated everyday. they never missed a single day not communicating. they are basically BEST best friends.
THE CLASSMATES & TEACHER (W.I.P.)
dont really have that much to say about the classmates. i got 5 more designs to create till the number of students is completed. i dont have that much to say about the teacher either. but i do know its gonna be REALLY HARD figuring out how to animate her. but i REALLY want this show to be good whenever the next episode comes out. i REALLY want these guys to be animated in the style i want them to be animated in
and here are douglas parents!!!
heres some old concepts, ideas, and just some shit for fun LOL
i really love showing my stuff
welp uh. THATS BASICALLY IT! i really love ranting about my
concept ideas and stuff when i think it would be awesome if it was a real thing
if you actually read through this whole entire post THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING IT! it took me like 2 or 3 hours to make this whole entire post. hope i used good grammar and wording on this post
woohoo!!!
#my artwork#my post#my art#concept art#ideas#show idea#digital drawing#character concept#show concept#inspiration#digital illustration#digital art#joke show#my ideas#my concepts#graphic design#design#character designs
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Okay so in Mr Monk and the sleeping suspect I think thats what its called? During the Howdie doodie part, why did he pass out?
In the background you hear him making a random choking noise and then his head goes back.
Sharona looks at him and then when it pans back to the other guy she’s closer to him with a worried expression on her face.
Idk what happened but i was laughing
Do you know what happened??
okay, so i watched it a couple times over - i think it was more 'frustrated and leans backwards with his mouth open to unblock his ears'. cause he looks alright and if he did pass out she would have stood up immediately. but she was seated and remained seated the whole time. so he was most likely just leaning back, frustrated lmfaoo.
if he did pass out though that would be so funny 😭😭 man is always suffering.
xD i think most likely she's worried because she's concerned about how he's feeling + the residual auditory trauma affecting him. he does get frustrated very easily.
thank you for making me go back and watch that episode though, dear. it's one of my favorites hehe.
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Okay so i realised im a fucking idiot and that i’ve been sending you shit through “?” And i have no idea where those messages go through so whoopdy doo ig but in my defence i wasnt able to send anything any other way bc.. uhh.. yeah my email wasn’t confirmed n all that. Im telling u man i’m a whole ass boomer rn🤦♀️ can’t even remember how to send an ask smh.
Anyways i only now finished reading svs because i’ve been putting it off in favour of reading different fics (works from other fandoms and… ooc soukoku fics. Listen i hate mischaracterisation as much as the next guy but i find them very entertaining okay) and AAAUURGGHH WHAT A BANGER. The way you write is immaculate if svs was a food it’d have a savoury taste like i’d be liking my fingers n shit. I found out about it when you posted on twitter you updated it (it was the smut chapter, by the way) and i was like “huh” and decided to read it and my god am i glad I didn’t skip over that tweet.
Idk if this was on purpose or not but verlaine is kinda cringefail in your fic and i love it. I am a firm believer that as badass as verlaine is he is undeniably embarrassing and i need MORE of that.
My one criticism for svs is that we needed more adam scenes. He should have been added like really, unnecessarily early on in the fic and act as a third wheel in the fic. But like a third wheel soukoku did not want or ask for but he’s just kinda there they can’t really get rid of him. Chuuya and dazai in their divorce arc arguing and adam is in the background thinking “i could crack a really funny joke from this” (on that note i added the lines “Adam’s blabbering makes more sense now, so they act as if nothing has happened. “When I lift this veil, you will seal the deal with a kiss.” He can’t stop himself from laughing, “I hope you enjoyed that joke too.” “We didn’t,” Verlaine says from across the shrine. “Paul be quiet.”” In my “collection of fanfic lines I chuckled at” in my notes. He’s so silly i love him. I love how he laughs at his own jokes he just like me fr.)
Anyways here are like two extra svs doodles. I keep thinking about how you said that chuu can fluctuate between genders (literally) and its so… zamn.
And reading the scene where verlaine is brushing chuuya’s hair inspired me to draw this
I have no idea how long chuuya’s hair is supposed to be like idk if it’s “yeah his hair is a little longer than it is in canon haha” or “yeah mf got some LONG ass hair looking like rapunzel”. Also I don’t remember if his lil ribbon was red or blue but.. i jus went with blue and i didn’t know if the pearls were supposed to be like on his head or woven into his braid so i just went with the latter. And again ALSO i know he was barefoot but i’m not drawing his fucking dogs okay.
This ask is long as hell never let me talk again LMAO
Currently looking at a detail i forgot in the drawing… not pointing it out in hopes you don’t notice it either smh but GOD DAMMIT 🤬🤬🤬
DAWG I OPENED THIS YESTERDAY IN SHOCK IA M ALWAYS BLOWN AWAY BY YOUR ASKS AND ART IT MAKES ME FEEL SO LOVED AND SO CRAZY LIKE!?!?! I'M SO GLAD YOU LOVED IT ENOUGH TO MAKE ART I SAVE IT AND LOOK AT IT CONSTANTLY ;_; IM LIKE.....
AND ALSO THANK YOU. I need svs criticism and ur right I should have introduced more characters earlier I just got carried away with skk because...IDK BUT ADAM WAS MY SAVING GRACEE. He was so silly I wanted to add him sooner but I was like wait....no... BUT HE IS IN THE SEQUEL!!! DW!!! His silly ass is there and he's cracking them jokes and Verlaine is like o_o. THE ADAM LINES WERE SO FUN TOO CAUSE HE'S NOT CRINGE HE'S JUST....HIM.
Verlaine is cringe-fail on purpose tho and I'm glad you saw that because I see him as an incredibly pathetic person who can't do normal human things. He would like bite open a metal can or rip it open with his hands because he doesn't know what a can opener is. He is that type of guy.
The art is just immaculate bro like straight-up BEAUTIFUL. Chuuya's literal genderfluidity is something I'm glad people like cause when I imagine divinity I think of someone not bound by sex or gender and whatnot plus I just don't think he'd give a fart. so like....world's most wonderful tits...but he's shorter.
THE WEDDING OUTFIT IS SENDING ME TO THE GRAVE THO LIKE. IT"S PERFECT AND IDK WHAT DETAIL YOU MISSED CAUSE I FORGET EVERYTHING BUT BUT BUT BUT BUT I"M. THE HAIR LENGTH I DIDN"T SPECIFIY !!! He looks so *crying emoji cause I don't have my phone* you don't have to draw his toes I just think barefoot chuu running up the stairs to meet dazai is very him. perseverance.
BOYCACA WHAT IS YOUR TWT LET ME FOLLOW YOU AND BOTHER YOU THERE AND SPREAD THE BOYCACA AGENDA
#asks#bsd#bungou stray dogs#bungo stray dogs#chuuya nakahara#dazai osamu#dazai#chuuya#silver soul#my writing#boycaca#boy caca art is so juicy AGAIN
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Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01 - Disc 8
Another mysterious appearance by a main character looking dude on the inner flap of this volume. He kinda looks like that Ryo guy from the Adventure 02 Ken flashbacks. Guess I'll find out...
Side note: apparently Arkadimon won 3rd place in the Japanese popularity poll? How!? He's literally the most boring digimon ever!
Ch. 46
-How are we on the final battle already if there's a whole other volume after this one? Either this isn't the final battle and they'll pull some "secret final boss" nonsense (it is the Digimon way) OR vol. 9 will just be like epilogue stuff. I'd prefer the latter
-In the scanlation I'm reading Taichi says "attacks won't work on Arkadimon, let's try direct attacks!" I kinda got what they were going for, but it's a bad translation, so I looked at the original Japanese. They use 必殺技 (hissatsuwaza) and 直接 (chokusetsu). So, special attacks don't work, but direct attacks do. Kinda like when you can't use magic on some enemies in games.
Ch. 47
-You see, ripping up Zero's wings and stabbing him through the chest has kind of lost all impact at this point. Not only is this a kid's manga so I know he'll be okay, but also we've already seen him recover from those specific injuries before.
-Gabo and Rei are cute together, I could see them as protagonist/partner in an alternate version of this story.
Ch. 48
-Wow, they're really going hard with this "rock bottom" moment. I know things will turn out okay, but if I was a dumb 8 year old who's never read anything like this before, I might be kinda shook
-Neo continues to be a flat character. You would think adding his sister to the story as a good guy would cause him to have some kind of inner conflict, but he's just evil for the sake of evil and his sister being around has had zero impact. Boooo
Ch. 49
-Not much happened in this chapter, they just explained how the Dot Matrix attack works and prepared to fight Neo's army. Zero is in the ICU and Taichi's basically catatonic. I feel like the level of despair being conveyed by Taichi is a little more than we ever saw in the anime. Manga always tends to be an edgier medium.
Ch. 50
-This whole time I've been calling him "Leomon," but he was actually Panyamon (the white reskin). Also, Dominimon is new...not as badass looking as Seraphimon
-The "all digimon give Zero strength" scene was a good opportunity to bring back some one-off background characters. Cute to see that some of them have digivolved too.
Ch. 51
-Okay, I'm not crazy for thinking it was Leomon because they literally call him "Leo" lol
-Kinda don't like how Zero and Taichi are the "chosen ones" and no one else can even scratch Arkadimon. It would be more interesting if they worked as real team where everyone balances each other out. I guess why they don't do solo MCs in the anime...
Omake - Hot Blooded!
-So I was right, we get a crossover with Ryo due to a Wonderswan promotion. It's nice to see a different MC design for once! He kind of reminds me of Lloyd Irving
-This was shorter and had a sillier tone than the other crossovers. It was kind of stupid that they defeated Demon's henchman via "hot bloodedness," but it was funny how equally matched Taichi and Ryo were in personality.
-I wish we could have seen more of -checks wiki- Monodramon. I really like his design. Very Spyro the Dragon.
I can't believe there's only one more volume left! I feel like I zoomed through this. As far as I can tell, Digimon really isn't known for its manga, so it's been interesting to see some of the neglected bits of the franchise. It's definitely a kids and super fans only kinda situation because neither the plot or characters are that deep or unique. I guess that makes a nice brain-off read though.
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top 5 bridges
I haven't actually thought that hard about this before, so, in no particular order:
first, we're gonna pretend I'm not essentially telling you guys where I live with this, but the Bibbs-Graves Bridge in Wetumpka, AL is high enough on my list that I got it tattooed on my human body. it's a four span concrete arch bridge, so accurately depicted in my tattoo (and such a prominent local landmark) that if I wear a tank top I am guaranteed to have strangers recognize it. The only significant difference between tattoo and reality is that in real life, those concrete walls in the substructure are covered in vulgar graffiti courtesy of the local youth.
second, big shout out to the Hernando de Soto Bridge in Memphis, TN, a tied arch bridge that carries I-40 into Arkansas. Yes, this is that bridge that had the big crack in it recently. (The crack was in the "tied" part of the tied arch bridge, which is the metal piece that connects the ends of the arches together like a bowstring on a bow. That tie is the only part of an arch that is under tension instead of compression, and steel under tension is at risk of fatigue cracks.) It's not the bridge's fault :( and also yes, that is the Bass Pro Shop Pyramid in the background, I picked this angle on purpose because it's so incredibly funny to me that there is a massive black Bass Pro Shop branded pyramid in the middle of Memphis. Anyway, this bridge is quintessentially Memphis, and Memphis is one of my favorite cities.
The Brooklyn Bridge! Wow, the quality of this image got fried when I stole it off Wikipedia. Whatever. We love masonry bridges in this house, and we love cable stay bridges too, as long as we aren't the ones inspecting them. It's just a cool bridge! Lots of history! Gwen Stacy may or may not have been thrown off of it. Let's all feel sorry for the dive crew that has to do the underwater inspections. Swimming? In the East River?
The Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine (named for the two marble lion statues that flank its entrance, one shown above) is a very cool, historic old bridge connecting St. Augustine to Anastasia Island. I love a bridge with character, obviously, and this bridge was literally built (in 1927) to be a bridge with character. It's a tourist attraction in and of itself, which I can prove by showing you pictures of baby Weeks on my father's shoulders in front of one of these lions. (What's this, I snuck in another nostalgic pick? Say it isn't so!) Also it has a drawbridge, which is cool as hell.
This one is less of a favorite than an infamous lesson. Once upon a time, the Silver Bridge connected Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio across the Ohio River. It was an eyebar-chain suspension bridge with no redundancy (i.e. there was only one set of eyebars forming each of the suspension chains), a design choice which ultimately came back to bite them in the ass when a manufacturing flaw in one of the eyebars caused the eyebar to fracture on December 15, 1967. (Due to some pretty cool forensic engineering, we actually know exactly which eyebar it was.) The resulting collapse of the bridge caused the deaths of 46 people. Safety programs are always, tragically, built on the loss of human lives, and this story is no different; the legacy of these 46 people's deaths is the development of the National Bridge Inventory and the National Bridge Inspection Standards, which is the Federal Highway program that still today manages bridge inspections throughout the United States.
The NBI is by no means perfect, and it continues to evolve over time (usually in the wake of other tragedies which draw our attention to places where our current measures are insufficient), but I am certain that a number of other tragedies has been avoided through the collective efforts of the engineers and inspectors involved in running the program. That's why any discussion of bridges, for me, is incomplete without at least a mention of this bridge.
Oh, also, supposedly the Silver Bridge collapse was heralded by Mothman.
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Black Adam (2022)
*****SPOILERS ****
Now I heard a lot of mixed reviews about this one but I tried to go into it with an open mind
First we got the good parts
I liked the Justice society
Hawkman, Dr fate, Cyclone and Atom smasher were great
I thought the little scenes between Hawkman and Atom were funny
Cyclones powers were really fun to see in action
The character or Amon was nice to. His excitement to meeting Black Adam reminded me of Freddy from Shazam (2019)
Sadly the characters and actors were the best part of an otherwise meh movie
Black Adam was portrayed as this big bad all powerful being
Especially in his first scenes where he kills all the Intergang agents
But he quickly becomes more of an anti hero after saving the main female character Adrianna
The character of Adrianna was confusing. I mean in the beginning she seemed like a courageous freedom fighter who’s just trying to keep her son safe
But then she just takes Adam back to her home ?? I mean she just saw him kill a bunch of people so maybe it’s best to leave him be
I know they see him as a Champion but if a 5000 year old being flew out of a mountain you run the other way
Things just seem to move fast the whole time
We then cut to the justice society and see a very quick “assemble the team” montage but it really doesn’t give the audience anything
I mean this is the first time we’re seeing these heroes but we’re only given bits and pieces about them
Atom Smasher is apparently new to the whole hero thing but it’s barley brought up? I mean is this the best starting mission for him
Then when they go fight Black Adam and it’s revealed that Adam is actually a bad guy who’s rage almost destroyed Kahndaq
But still there’s no real confusion from Adrianna or Amon, I mean they’ve only known Adam a day but they’re willing to risk everything to back him up
Amon I get cause he’s a superhero loving kid but I expected Adrianna to be more hesitant around him at least
As always though everything’s just brushed away when it’s revealed that it was Black Adams son who was the real Champion but he gave up his powers to save Adam from dying
Anyways a bunch of stuff happens which I don’t really wanna type out
The action scenes are cool though
It ends with the Justice Society letting Black Adam go?? (I don’t think Waller would be cool with that)
And black Adam becoming the protector of Kahndaq
NOW I personally love a good villain movie and was really hoping that’s what this was gonna be but it seemed to be a redemption story
Which I guess isn’t bad but it could’ve been executed better
A villain Black Adam would’ve been really cool to see though
Honestly in the beginning that’s where I thought this was going
When Adam first saved Adrianna I thought it was cause she had the Crown of Sabbac and he wanted it for something
And when he was at their apartment I thought the only reason he gave Amon the time of day was because Amon kept praising him
I really held on to the fact that Black Adam is a Shazam villain and was just waiting for him to show that side but it never happened
He killed people yeah but he killed the bad guys so he was still the hero
This movie definitely suffered from its fast pace
If they had just given the Justice Society more depth or given the characters more background (Adrianna mentions a couple times that her husband was killed by intergang but I don’t remember Amon saying anything about it like isn’t that his dad?)
This movie could’ve been a lot better
The action sequences were cool and all but there needs to be a good story
I really wanted to see more background on the magic behind Black Adams powers
If he got his powers from the wizards does he know about Billy?
While I really liked some parts the only thing this movie had going for it is the cast
I would’ve honestly preferred a more Justice Society focused movie then so much Black Adam destroying stuff
Overall it was just Ok
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Urg.... that is mean! They very much give me an out here. I could easily watch a movie with the Police-Officer-Guy (who had us questioned TWICE by the time we've reached the middle of only chapter 2 XD) and avoided Elaine altogether. BUT I feel like it would not speak for my shipper-rules of accepting other ships even if I do not ship them if I avoided her just because I do not like to see her with Van. Not to mention, saying that I do not think their relationship works out on the long run without watching their connect-events is also kind of against the rules.
It was so much easier with Rean. My boy is faithfully when he is with me, so aside from Claire Alfin and Millium (and I think I felt save with Sarah in CS1 the first time I played it - wouldn't make that mistake twice tho XD) Rean hadly ever had Bonding-Events with anyone but Alisa and the boys. Since he has officially a harem, it felt only right that if you do not want him to flirt with EVERYONE all the time, to avoid the ones you don't want Rean to be with. (Tho I missed out on A LOT of stuff that should not have been optional do to that... only finding out about it after reading summaries of the other bonding events...) Van does not exactly have a harm and for the canon it feels more than right to do Elaines events just as much as the ones with Agnes. With Rean, I always felt the only ones feeling absolutely natural for Reans relationships and how they progressed were Alisa, Towa, Claire and Alfin as there 4 were the ones who canonically got the most canon-scenes going for them. (You could argue that Eliese should be among them but for me, Rean never saw her as anything but a sister - aside from when you as the player optionally chose for him to do so - so all the hugs and stuff was just an overprotective big brother act in my eyes... Oh and just for your information I do not mind incest-ships in fiction so that was not the problem here, on the contrary I do love myself a good incest-ship at times but Elise and Rean just didn't do it for me, because - once again - Rean always just felt like an overprotective big brother and not like a man who loves his sister a bit too much, if you get me XD) In any case, Van is making this a lot harder for me then Rean ever did, which is immensely funny, given how big Reans harem is compared to the measy choices Van has. (Granted, he still has more Ladys to go for then Joshua had and he might even beat Lloyd here too... but no one can beat the Harem-King Rean XD)
*achem* FINDE! Lets do Elaines connect-event...
I do not exactly appreciate the fact that she has a similar taste and likes vanilla... but that is really just unfair. I honestly do not completely know what my problem with her is. Its not just the shipping-thing, I've grown out of that ages ago. Its just... I don't know. SOMEHOW I just can not find myself to like her. Even tho technically she is not someone who usually does anything that should cause one not to like her. She is also cool and a good fighter. I just... don't find myself liking her much ^^'
That freaking Screen with Judith in the background is driving me nuts. Because its moving it keeps distracting me and whenever we reach that shot from the picture, I feel like she is watching me XD
Judith somewhat photobombing the moment aside... I can kind of understand Elaine in a way. I think after she was telling Van he was out of line, its really not her place to say something like this now, but I can see where she is coming from regardless of that. She knows that deep down Van is a good guy with a hella lot of potential and in her eyes, he is wasting all that on doing Shady stuff that can get him into all sorts of bad and dangerous situations. She does not see yet how much good he actually does with his job and also that people like him, ho do the borderline illegal stuff are also necessary to keep things going. Just like Cao explained that Heyuee, is actually keeping order in the underworld by setting certain rules like that human trafficking is forbidding. Say about that organization and what it does what you want but here too, people like them are needed to keep things stable. I guess that is something Elaine has yet to learn.
Its a bit early to say that... but you are not wrong XD (We were talking about how Halle keeps Jack in line and Van was saying he will never let him live that down while Dingo pretty much does hardly see a difference between Halles and Agnes roles here, which I fund funny and cute. And it totally reminds me of that scene in Kai were Van almost used a lot of money in an auction because of some rare chocolate or something and she had to push him down explaining to him that he already spent a lot of money on new parts for the car XD
Agnes really could read the man like an open book from the very start. Impressive. I mean... he is not super hard to read... but he isn't super easy to read either ^^'
Maxims first impression wasn't really a good one. He is flirting with Agnes (whos age he doesn't know...) and all that while Feri is sitting next to her and Van is asleep in the driver-seat. This kind of behavior got him to lose Paulette to begin with, he should really be ashamed of himself!
And A LOT of arrogance XD (Also a child out of wedlock... you forgot that one Maxim... Jokes aside... he didn't know that until later, right?)
You have to give it to those two speeding idiots tho... they both stopped for the foxes. (I mean, yes, if they hit them their cars would have taken damage too, but at this speed trying to avoid the foxes almost posed more danger than hitting them directly - which I would not have approved of, mind you.) Maxim left a really bad first impression but kinda, sorta, somewhat made up for it by not hitting the foxes just to win the race. Even tho his car was immensely damaged, he did ask if the foxes where alright. So... some plus points for the man, please!
He is voiced by the same guy who voiced that director that makes those weird jokes in the original Persona 3. (I have yet to find out if they chose new voice actors for the Remake if this game - put first I have to finish Portable amongst a shitload of other games XD)
You get used to Ashen and Cao as a ship pretty easily as she makes it really clear what she wants and he is in no position to avoid that trap on the long run - maybe she reigns him in a bit, who knows? XD (Or they are both a team we should be fearing... that's about to be seen I guess ^^') HOWEVER in the beginning of my first playthrough I was hoping Ashen would change her mind and go for Aaron instead. But alas... I guess people in the main-character-teams have it a bit harder to find love. Woman more so then man for obvious reasons, but still... I mean... Reans boys almost all got to be boyfriends eventually I guess, but... did you EVER see Mint and Elliot coming before Cold Steel 4 threw it in your face? ^^' Randy on the other hand was childsplay with his ship. It did take him like 3 games later to get there tho ^^' So... guess Aaron is not completely lost yet. Its just not Ashen he gets to end up with. But as I said, I can live with that by now. You gotta enjoy the odd couples every once in a while XD
I mean... how many people can say they're car got a wax from an elder of Heiyue? ^^'
Does not look like nothing to me ^^'
At least he is aware of it XD
Time for a break.
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