#keis the real star

[amourcherie606]

chat im watching pretear rn AND LEMME TELL YOUUU kei is like so real oml bro serves cunt, knowledge, and the truth. hes so real for that

[speakofcompersion]

2min practicing their Dragon Ball fusion ✨️

[loveshickk]

[spoonful-of-citrus-flowers]

ALNST FINAL ROUND META

(aka a major point of ALNST is love for others, actually) [ALNST Spoilers!!]

After watching and (being devastated by) the ALNST final round, I ended up being able to finalize some thoughts I’d had since first watching the beginning of the series. (If you are in the process of watching ALNST and/or haven’t seen the final round, do NOT click the keep reading - warning again that there are spoilers.)

With the final fates of Till and Luka, it really exemplifies the theme that single-minded focus on winning in a brutal system like this ensures you survive, but at what cost?

Although he won season 49 of ALNST (and now season 50), all Luka can do is prey on the affection his opponents (Mizi, Till) had for others who lost their rounds (Sua, Ivan) by mimicking their mannerisms. He's never going to escape the fucked up world of ALNST in any meaningful way since he destroyed what was meaningful to him (Hyuna, by way of likely killing her brother).

Those of the main cast who died (Sua, Ivan, Till), in contrast, cared more about one another than they really did surviving. (Mizi did, as well, but for the purposes of this meta, I’m going to focus on those three). Sua sacrificed herself for Mizi, not knowing if Mizi would survive for very long after her death, but she still wanted to give Mizi a little longer to live, because she loved Mizi. Sua even went so far as to try to hide the truth from Mizi about what ALNST actually was (and that the loser in each round would be killed) just to keep Mizi blissfully unaware. The same goes for Ivan. I'd actually argue even more so because whoever won their (semi-final) round would for sure go against Luka. And I also think Ivan knew (no matter who won) that they wouldn't win against Luka. I mean, everyone SAW how Luka messed with Mizi in round 5. But he loved Till and wanted him to survive, even if just a little bit longer.

Till, until he saw Mizi once again in this final round, didn’t really care about surviving (as round 6 proved, since he stopped singing in order to get eliminated). Even in the final round, his will was still depleted (and he was physically exhausted, since it was a few hours since round 6 considering that Hyuna is still injured) – one could argue he performed more to honor Ivan’s sacrifice and to grieve/remember them (as Luka immediately noticed when Till began to put more energy into singing). In the end, Sua, Ivan, and Till all died. But although it caused a lot of heartache, the love/affection the four had for each other didn't amount to nothing – it allowed at least one of them (Mizi) to finally be free of ALNST. (Yes, I think Mizi does manage to escape afterwards, due to the visual parallel between her grief in round 1 and now – except now, she no longer has a collar). With all that said, it’s no accident that, in the shot where Mizi is comforting Till in his last moments, Luka is visible...but he’s utterly alone. As the now-victor of two ALNST seasons, he casts a long shadow, but there's no one there for him anymore. Hyuna is not approaching him despite being on stage as well (and likely dying, based on her injury).

[salvidida]

Funny how people will be so weird about fma 03's Scar design, citing him being younger/'bishie' compared to the manga and Brotherhood versions as a negative against the first anime adaptation because, let's be real here, a lot of people see this design decision as "feminizing", making him weaker or more palatable at the expense of the role he's meant to play.

Meanwhile 03 Scar, unlike the manga and Broho counterparts, not only is more staunchly anti-military and consistently uses violence and strategies against the system throughout his entire arc, he straight up has a kill count so massive it would make manga + Broho Scars blush (and manga + Broho Elrics have a full existential crisis).

My man never once becomes an Amestrian reformist, never once celebrates the militia (he would have laughed Miles right out of the room if he tried to guilt him for not licking military boots for a scrap of acceptance; in canon he fully declares he has zero pity for soldiers PERIOD) and goes down killing well over 7000+ soldiers and state alchemists in his entire run.

Need I remind everyone that he draws a city-spanning alchemic rune, by himself, with a boulder and a chain to drag it? And lures in the Amestrian invaders by dropping Kimbly's freshly murdered carcass (his doing of course) that he carried with his teeth to the top of a building, while armless and bleeding out? Drawing them further in while dodging gunfire on foot. Iconic. Awe-inspiring. Pure 100% platinum-grade badass.

03 Scar never loses sleep about killing the pigs of a fascist nation, never cedes any ideological or material ground to them, and he could never be shamed out of actively fighting back. Unfortunately we can't say the same for the defanged mangahood Scars. Because despite their more overtly gruff and 'tough' character designs, they're so thoroughly cowed by a small mob of Amestrians who use basic shaming tactics to stop them dead in their tracks and join their side, never to kill another jackbooted hog.

03 Scar clears manga and Brotherhood Scars, easy

[lesbianfakir]

Is there like a thing. For being a lesbian but being attracted to fictional men. Certain fictional men are so lovely in theory and they have all the qualities id be attracted to in a partner but then thinking about dating a real man? Yuck yuck yuck no thank you. Perhaps I need to change my url to repressedbisexualfakir

[beanmaster-pika]

One thing that fascinates me about the connected Hoyoverse titles (honkai impact 3rd, genshin impact, and honkai: star rail) is the idea of frameworks. Each game has different worldbuilding—the honkai in hi3, celestia, archons and gods, and the abyss in genshin, and finally the aeons, paths, and stellarons in star rail. But since they’re all within the same universe, isn’t it possible that they may contain the same things but with different names? What if the abyss is the honkai? What if celestia is the honkai, opposed to the progress of human civilization as they are? And what if the honkai, in turn, is a manifestation of a stellaron?

[icarrymany]

idk all of what merseis swap au entails but if alex and tim are swapped maybe TIM had a passion project he was working on when shit went south. he was the music guy. maybe hed get prickly with his friends who only kind of know how to play instruments but r trying.

[tea-cat-arts]

Kinda starting to wonder if all of the references to Arthurian legend on the Xianzhou is supposed to be foreshadowing Su or a Su expy showing up soon

[thresholdbb]

You know what I like? Star Trek

[omniversalobservations]

Paramount+ (2022)

In the height of the streaming wars advertising is everything. There have been a ton of creative ads in the past that have highlighted a particular streamer’s rich library, but Paramount+ might have just dropped the funniest streaming commercial of all time which sees the return of an iconic Key & Peele character. In the streamer’s latest ad, Keegan-Michael Key returns as "Substitute Teacher" Mr. Garvey who loses it over Paramount’s various kid-friendly IPs.

The ad has Mr. Garvey teaching at Survival School on the classic Paramount Mountain. He’s appropriately dressed up for the icy tundra in just his famous button-up t-shirt. If you’ve seen the previous sketches featuring the humorous character then you know what comes next… roll call. The short-tempered teacher exaggerates and gets everyone’s name wrong as usual, but there’s just something extra funny about Mr. Garvey losing his mind over mostly Nick Jr. characters like Blaze, Blue, and Big Nate. His reaction to Blue aka “Bee-Louie” from Blue’s Clues is particularly memorable as Mr. Garvey threatens war over the iconic dog. There are also deep cut characters like Krumm from Aaahh!!! Real Monsters that will make any Nickelodeon fan of the 90s feel so much gut-busting nostalgia. However, it’s not a substitute teacher sketch without Mr. Garvey breaking a clipboard over his knee as Dora from Dora the Explorer has the honor of pushing the freezing teacher over the edge this time around. Mr. Garvey is definitely not a fan of Spanish, or maybe it was just Dora’s endlessly positive energy that set him off. Thankfully NFL superstar Aaron Donald of the Los Angeles Rams is here to comfort Mr. Garvey in the “A-A-Ron” role.

Key & Peele, in its five season run on Comedy Central, was one of the best sketch comedy shows in television history. It helped propel both Key and his co-star Jordan Peele to superstardom. In an endless sea of memorable sketches, "Substitute Teacher" is arguably their most well known. Its simplicity and relatability paired with Key’s committed funny performance makes the character of Mr. Garvey stand the test of time. No matter how many times you watch Mr. Garvey freak out over a name, it never gets old. That’s why it’s so great to see Paramount bring the character back in all his glory with this new ad. Key hasn’t lost a beat and this survival class will go down in history as one of the funniest ads a streamer has ever done.

Source: Collider

(images via YouTube)

[vividblaze]

S5Ch1... definitely my top favorite of the story so far 👌

Is it crazy that I kind of want to see Mizuki try to make his own team... again lmfaooo

[backpackingspace]

Consider the jedi and mandalorian conflict started bc they couldn't agree on (equally deranged) child care.

[demonstars]

dsmpsona beach day..

cnunki drowns to be clear. But it is a nice day and they get to use Updated Outfits :3

[zeb-z]

fuck it, Lakphro in the Ahsoka series

[vellichorsdesire]

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