#ma passion ma passion

[minivirgo]

j'ai enfin décidé quel sera mon prochain projet de tricot (à commencer après cette 2e chaussette) : mon premier cardigan

[emtrobarasalaplatja3]

[sadquickchristmassnowman]

mfw I realized abed genuinely thinks he’s never been messed with before troy messes with him in 1x05, even though anyone who can remotely relate to abed socially can confidently say that there’s No Way he’s never been messed with before, and he probably just never realized it was happening (because god knows that shit has happened to me and probably many of you before) and troy was the only one to ever clarify that he was just messing around, because while everyone before was doing it to get a cheap laugh, troy was doing it as a genuine attempt to show that he values their friendship, because in his experience that’s how friendships are forged and that is an acceptable way to bond with someone, but abed never had that experience, and their whole arc in that episode is a product of their vastly different grade school experiences and it makes for major miscommunications in how their friendship should be from here on out and and and and

[zu-is-here]

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[robocatfan]

An angry summary of Speak the Ocean by Rebecca Enzor -Part 1

Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7

(well more of a combination of a summary, a rant, a critique/review and nitpicking, but you get the idea)

Because in my eternal search for more books about dangerous mermaids, I found this little book with such an interesting premise (it’s essentially mermaids in Seaworld) that i just had to read it. And since those sorts of stories don’t tend to be pretty good, I had high hopes for this story.

However, not only did it waste such a cool concept, but it disappointed and pissed me off so much that I decided “you know what? If I had to contend with this thing, I will bring everyone else down with me!”

… and also to spare anyone who doesn’t want to read it, but it’s curious about it , from suffering the same (not good!) brain rot I have thanks to this.

I’ll be doing this two or three chapters at a time because I noticed that my summaries… ended up a bit long.

Anyway. Lets begin.

Preface 1

The book starts by showing us an in-universe training manual for employees about interacting with the mer, as well as what to do if someone falls into the tank with them.

It tells us that unless they are doing a certain task (like using an electroshocker- yes, that’s its name), personnel must remain at least 3 feet from the water - which contradicts what we see a few chapters later, but we’ll get to that eventually - and if they need to work near the water, 4 personnel must be present and the water must be cooled and spiked with sedatives if necessary.

It follows up by saying that if someone falls into the tank with a mer inside, the person closest to the electroshocker ™ should place it in the water, and if the mer doesn’t react to it, they should shock them… while the person is still in the water. Yeah sure, that will help a lot with keeping them alive!

Meanwhile two people should use a net to separate the mer from the person while a third (the one with the shocker or the one in the water? Idk) keeps an eye on them. If they can’t trap the mer however, they are allowed to use the electroshocker ™ liberally- while again, the person they are trying to save is still in the water!

I get it’s a quick life or death situation, but come on! Tranquilizer guns and darts exist for a reason!

Chapter 1- Finn

This chapter introduces us to Finnegan Jarvis aka Finn, our human protagonist and a worker in Oceanica, the only mermaid marine park in the world. Also as you will see from this point forward… I hate his absolute, bigass di-

The story starts with Finn’s narration telling us that contrary to what Corporate - aka Delmara/ Aunt D, the owner of the place - tells the public, the mer they work with are very dangerous. which is proven by the fact that one of them killed Craig, one of the trainers, just the night prior. Which is why they are now preparing to euthanize it.

His friend Serge notices he’s nervous about it and tries to reassure him by telling him that Bismuth the mer (they name them after the elements of the periodic table) and his companions, the twins Fluorine and Chlorine, were already chilled. It doesn’t help much.

In his narration he says that six years have passed since humans have discovered merfolk, and in four of those years he’s been forced to kill six mers after they killed an equal number of his companions. Though in spite of his nervousness and current sadness for Craig, the fact that he can bring up the death of people he knew about so casually means that he’s pretty desensitized to it.

They both go to the room where their practice tank is stored and meet with two of their coworkers Madison and Natalie (Maddy is the only important one here, trust me). And since the mers have already been placed there, they get to work.

Btw all that i have summarized so far takes place within 8 paragraphs (one of which is just for one of the character´s dialogue), none of which give us a clear idea of how the characters or most of their surroundings look like.

And as expected, this chapter also shows us the mer for the first time, with barely, if any build up to their first appearance. And much like the humans, there are no noteworthy descriptions that could help us visualize how they look like save for specific details that apply to just one individual, with those being Bismuth’s dark green scales and the twins’ icy blue eyes and hair.

Speaking of the twins, apparently they are part of Oceanica’s second most famous show, and are only here to watch their companion die so they’ll be discouraged from misbehaving like he did. According to Finn that strategy worked on previous mers… although sometimes it just backfires completely.

As they prepare the net and electroshocker ™ (the process being described in just one paragraph btw), Finn says that euthanizing a mer isn’t easy since they are huge, they are many regulations with dealing with them and, according to him, they are the perfect predator… although there are no scenes in the story to support that idea, nor at the very least shows us why he has come to such conclusion.

Anyway, in the span of just four paragraphs that look more like a draft listing actions rather than a proper final scene, Serge electrocutes the trio, allowing the other three to trap Bismuth in a net and lift him from the water while his tank companions swim around and do nothing to help him.

And after snapping at Maddy for not moving with him by reminding her to pay attention or she’ll end up like her recently deceased companion — Finn injects Bismuth with a liquid that kills him instantly, which also causes him to dissolve into foam.

However, as he’s dissolving faster than my initial hopes for this book, one of the lines holding the nets unravels, and in the chaos Finn slips in a puddle of the mer’s remains , hits his knee, and falls into the tank with the twins. Like he deserves.

He tries to flee, but the mers hold him down with their claws. But instead of immediately going for that soft, vulnerable throat, Chlorine, this supposed “perfect predator”, just pierces his shoulders, giving Finn the opportunity to reach for her gills and fucking rip them off. And before her sister can retaliate, Serge electrocutes them both.

Unsurprisingly, this has consequences.

Finn ends up comatose for two days, and even though his mother is worried sick - since she has lost her husband who disappeared while in a trip to find the merfolk, and is justifyingly worried that her son also works with them - and the doctors told him to not swim while he still had the stitches from his shoulder wound, this guy insists on going out for a swim in a reef in spite of Serge’s protests.

Oh and he also says that “he can’t let his sister make fun of him for getting his ass kicked by girls.”

… oh and those living family members he has have almost no importance in the story. They are just. There.

As they are traveling in the fishing boat that used to belong to his dad, Finn asks Serge what became of the twins. And he casually, very casually, reveals that the stars of their second most popular show are now fucking dead.

There’s no talk about how the public is gonna react to this, nor how this very huge loss will affect their finances, not even if they held a funeral for their recently deceased coworker. Just that they gotta pull more mers out of the ocean to replace the twins and they’ll need a new trainer for them. Which Finn, in spite of his current medical orders, plans to become.

Though he does bristle at the memory of killing Chlorine… And also says that this isn’t the worst way in which he has killed a mer.

…WHAT-

Oh and also it’s revealed to us that Delmara used to be his father’s teaching assistant, and Finn has been working for her since he was fifteen years old after helping her document the existence of the first mer they’d found.

On their way, the pair come across a beach that has been vacated due to a recent mer attack the night prior. The reasons as to why it happened, nor the attack itself are ever explained or brought up again. Not even in the chapters with the mer pov, where we see where their kind - which should include the attacker - lives.

Finally they arrive on the reef, and as he swims through it, Finn muses that if the stories about people becoming mer were true, he’d stay in the water forever. But as it stands, working with them is the closest he’ll ever be to being a part of the ocean … even though he recently killed and constantly tortures the same creatures he says he wants to become.

[moncoeurestatoimonamour]

Ɓɛllɛɗɔŋŋɛ / Is̱ɛ́ɍɛ

Lɑc̱ ɗʊ C̱ɍɔẕɛʈ / Ƒɍɑŋc̱ɛ 🇫🇷

Ɓƴ ©️LM®️

[je-suis-ronflex]

J'étais chez moi tranquillement quand j'entends deux enfants derrière ma porte puis eux qui frappent du coup je vais voir et ce sont les enfants de mes proprio qui me disent "oui bjr on a fait du bœuf bourguignon mais on en a trop vous en voulez ?" et j'étais là en mode "OK c'est le seul moment où je tolère des enfants : quand ils m'offrent à manger"

[fantasma-de-la-cueva]

Gente, me llamaron loca, pero con @raiberryz concluimos que en esta escena Axel no tiene 22 años, si es que parece un crío. Posiblemente sea el mismo caso que Vlad (parecer adolescentes teniendo 18), pues hasta 2022 la mayoría de edad en Japón era a los 20. En resumen: es muy probable que Axel se uniese al Sector Quinto siendo menor de edad o nada más cumplir los 20 años.

Eng: People, they called me crazy, but along @raiberryz we concluded that in this scene Gouenji doesn’t have 22 years, he still looks like a kid. Probably same case as Yuuichi (look like teens but they are in their 18’s) and this is because until 2022 legal adulthood in Japan was when someone turned 20 years old. Summarizing: its very likely that Gouenji joined Fifth Sector while still being legally a minor or as soon as he reached his 20’s

[sovamurka]

hehe

i wonder why is amanda overton so excited about episode 7???

way to set up a mystery 👁️👄👁️

[briseise]

just finished reading dungeon meshi… i have a sideblog for it but i also want to share my art and thoughts and love for it here aughhhh

[yuwuta]

something i think is absolutely bonkers is when fans of an anime/manga start publicly saying fuck you to the mangaka—who is still a very real person—just because the villainous character, who is not real at all, they wanted to fuck died

[elephantlovemedleys]

you know i've been doing pretty fine with the process but i need at least some reassurance to tell me that it will work out and that everything is going to pay off and i will be satisfied with my writing

[lemonynuggets]

Cê acha que o Joe seria de Sangue? Pra mim faz 100% de sentido

E também eu não paro de pensar o quão irônico seria alguém de Sangue (Joe) e alguém de Morte (Sara) serem BFFs

Cara eu acho q sim, considerando todas as possibilidades sangue é o que faz mais sentido pro Joe mesmo

pena que em ordem é a morte que enfraquece o sangue e não o contrário, se não ia funcionar tão bem com a amizade deles…

[spettriedemoni]

Ritrovarsi

Finalmente noi, di nuovo noi.

Spogliati dalle nostre paure.

Nudi uno di fronte all’altra.

Donarsi, perdersi, sciogliersi in un abbraccio senza sapere dove finisce uno e dove inizia l’altra.

Guardarsi, ridere, baciarsi.

Due corpi uniti nello spirito oltre che nella carne.

Mia.

Tuo.

Ti ho trovata.

Mi sono ritrovato.

Non voglio essere da nessun’altra parte

Spengo io la luce mentre poggi la testa sul mio petto.

E notte sia…

[moncoeurestatoimonamour]

Ƈɑsϲɑժҽ ժҽ Ɩɑ Ɗɾմísҽ

Vҽɾϲօɾs / Ƒɾɑղϲҽ 🇫🇷

Ɓყ ©️lⱮ®️

[leleaulait]

Je vous jure si je pouvais vous parler que de jeux vidéo ici je le ferai mais vous finiriez tous par vous désabonner donc j'en parle rarement 🫣.

Au pire j'ai juste à créer un Tumblr exprès mais ça me soule de tout recommencer à zéro avec un autre Tumblr.