#me and rambling: name a more iconic duo

[thecodeveronica]

Entertaining myself while working by filling this in, with explanations for a few that might warrant them (and a version complete with spoiler images in the victim+culprit+defendant categories) under the cut in the off-chance that anyone wants to read them, beware SPOILERS:

(note: I omitted T/GAA1+2 because frankly this was hard enough without including them)

Favorite Detective: Okay so I wasn't sure if we count Lang as a detective or not? The wiki doesn't, but functionally he kinda fills that role in the first Investigations game (not quite as much in the second but still a bit) and he IS an investigator regardless (just with Interpol rather than the precinct). And it's my list so I'm counting him 😤I love him and I like how he'll readily admit when he doesn't have evidence about something and will easily concede points to Edgeworth when they debate, but also very much is out to get answers even if his methods differ from Edgeworth's. He was also really on a roll in I1-5, like... a total MVP in that case

If he didn't count, I guess I'd say Fulbright (hence the little pic up there) even though the circumstances with him are... unusual, if you know the events of DD. But his theme song is great and he was such a fun character 😭I wanted to believe in him...

Favorite Culprit: I wholeheartedly support Simeon's chessmaster gambit of revenge and he did nothing wrong :) king shit right there

Character You Hated at First: Athena is my girl now and I love her (Athena for AA7 protag pls), but I initially found her annoying with the "interjections in other languages" gimmick (which makes a terrible early impression IMO) and her English voice (no hate but I don't think I really like anything her VA has done, especially Lyn in FE). But once I got past that, I became a big fan. Obviously I think her backstory is great lol, but she's a fun character in general and I like how she actually feels like a new lawyer. She has moments of doubt and falls apart at times, but it's believable and makes her endearing, and she always manages to come back and put on a smile. Also a big fan of the autistic readings of her character—I fully agree with them

Character You Dislike: fuck L'Belle tbh, the worst part of an already weak case. Even his theme music sucks, and that's the most damning thing of all in some ways given how good the DD soundtrack is

Favorite Witness: Most of these probably aren't all that odd, except the Bellboy? But I love him, he's so funny in the short little bit that he appears in the first game haha. Charming and he's super helpful, actively wanting to give that affidavit to Phoenix! I was excited to see that little cameo he has in I1-3 :)

Overrated Character: The original trilogy has great final culprits/villains, and then there's Matt who is just... there. To me, anyway. I can see the appeal, but I honestly don't really care for Farewell, My Turnabout as a whole. It's just not that exciting dragging out a case to try to get around his hostage situation with Maya. Having played I2 now, I kinda feel like Matt is like a lame version of Simeon in some ways :x

Overhated Character: Zak is kinda objectively shitty with his actions in AJ, but that's exactly what makes him interesting! He's flawed, but clearly Trucy loved him, so he's not totally a bad guy. Yeah, he contributed to Phoenix's legal life getting fucked up for quite a while, but it is what it is. he's also kinda hot sooooo

I also think Fawles is overhated. His story is tragic even if he contributed to Dahlia's plans, and I feel so bad for him in the last bit we see of him :(

I Expected to Like Them More: I'm cool with dickish characters so I thought I'd like Daryan more, but he's not even an entertaining dick. He's just... a dick and that's it. And yeah, his hair is so fucking dumb lol, even for this series

I Expected to Like Them Less: Rayfa looked like she'd be an annoying little brat but she's actually a very charming and endearing little brat (/affectionate), and one with a very good character arc! So I liked her a lot!! She was a lot of fun when she was Phoenix's assistant of sorts in some cases

Fender I knew nothing about going into I2 and I thought that was probably a bad sign, but I fell for him hard almost immediately. Fun, charming dialogue quirks, plays off of Edgeworth and Kay well, devoted to upholding the memory and ideals of Gregory... loooooooove him

Favorite Game: This one was VERY TOUGH and I'm still not really sure if SoJ is my FAVE fave, if you know what I mean? Honestly, Investigations 2 could very well have a claim to this slot, but I was hesitant to pick it since there might be some recency bias at play. Both of those games have the overall most consistent case quality, and both have fantastic finale cases in particular. Though thinking about it now... I2 is probably the stronger one overall and has a more cohesive narrative? But SoJ has 6-4, which is my second favorite case in the series because it is pure fun with the fantastic Athena+Simon defense duo, so ehhh, whichever. I'll just say SoJ. I guess. I dunno. Maybe? Yeah.

Every other category is probably pretty obvious why I picked my answers, especially any time Simon or Lang are said answers. I almost felt like I was cheating picking Simon so much but the heart wants what it wants 😘

(also, I feel like my answers make it look like I'm mega-biased in favor of the Yamazaki games vs. the Takumi-written ones, but that's not on purpose, and I truly like every game in the series lol. I just kinda vibe with the characters and mystery quality of the later games more for some reason. The funny thing is that I used to be a Shu Takumi-only truther of sorts—oh how the tables turn)

[narwhalandchill]

No way they had to actually nerf aventurines story boss fight 😭😭

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I'm not even a shipper but I did see a post (and several tbh) about Mumbo's death in wild life being turned into Mumbo being a rebound/replacement for Scar??? It's so weird even as a nonshipper I know Grian and Mumbo have been iconically Like That (and everybody knows it and jokes about it) for years. I'm convinced a chunk of this fanbase just skips through video

I will say that I'm not fully sure why this was sent to me, but yeah, I've seen it too. Gonna take off the shipping goggles for a hot sec.

(More below the cut...like a lot more, this ended up as a long ass ramble)

Mumbo's treatment within fandom is rather... odd, in my opinion. He gets pushed to the side a lot, he's treated as if he's pathetic (which yes, Ik that the "wet cat" thing is a joke, but when he's consistently portrayed as pathetic you start to wonder), he's treated as a replacement/rebound for Scar, Grian and his interactions are spun into being about Desert Duo (yes, I've seen this happen multiple times, its weird), disloyal, completely incompetent, and when he died he was immediately talked about as "The new canary".

Which

1) That was Jimmy's curse, why are you trying to apply it to someone else who doesn't fit?

2) No, Mumbo wasn't the first one out when the curse was first broken, that was Lizzie

Mumbo and Grian's friendship is also treated as Not As Important As Desert Duo™️. Grian being distraught about Mumbo's death? Nah, let's focus on Desert Duo being friends instead. Grian bringing Mumbo (and Skizz) back to life? Let's focus on the fact that Scar and Grian flew around together (which is cute don't get me wrong). Mumbo killing Grian after being instructed to do so? Let's talk about how this a Desert Duo parallel.

Hell, Grian and Mumbo's friendship isn't even the biggest "victim" of being twisted as only existing to further the Desert Duo narrative. The friendship that has been most affected by it (within fandom ofc), is Grian and BigB's friendship.

Which, is even odder to me. Grian and BigB have known each other for ages, Grian went and looked for BigB himself (because He Wanted To Be Secret Soulmates), Grian said in 3rd life that he didn't want to kill BigB, and the two of them have known each other for long as hell and have even travelled to Sweden together irl (wayback in like 2017).

There's a lot to say about the fandom's treatment of BigB but yeah, not what this post is about.

It's very difficult to interact with fandom content within both the Life Series and Hermitcraft nowadays. You can't escape Desert Duo or Scarian, even if you try. A lot of the time another ship tag, duo tag, or character tag ends up clogged with Desert Duo/Scarian stuff, and if you block the tag it gets filled with blacked out post saying "This post contains Scarian, do you want to see it anyway?" (<can't remember the exact wording), and often UNTAGGED Scarian/Desert Duo posts pop up in other tags, often tagged with another ship that has nothing to do with the post (<Seen this happen a few times in the Grumbo tag). The Scaridarity tag is filled with Scarian posts, which makes it hella annoying to go through/follow that tag.

And yes. Grian and Mumbo have been a duo since... 2017? 2018? Somewhere around there. They're genuinely close as all hell, having gone on a roadtrip together, and having travelled to Sweden together. They both put references to each other in their videos all the time, they have a robot son named after their (at the time) duo/ship name, and in the life series they've been on a team 2/3 times + they always base closely on Hermitcraft (more than once they've linked their bases, more than once they've had a messaging system).

But nowadays that's largely ignored/pushed to the side, and for a little while there was this odd idea about a "Grumbo divorce".

Which, yes I know it was a joke, but also...what???

On the Hermitcraft server, the Hermits doesn't interact all the time. It's literary called /Hermit/-craft. Often, this is because the Hermits are busy with their own projects, things irl, or they just don't interact. This doesn't mean that a ship is getting "divorced" or anything. Hell, it's a ship. The shipping shouldn't be your main focus when watching a video. The shipping is just something for fun.

So yeah, it was weird to see the "Grumbo divorce" jokes be made, when they're still very close, and Are Still Like That™️ about each other.

There's also this odd thing I've noticed within the fandom, where people can't let Grian and Scar do things on their own without twisting it into Scarian.

No, I promise that in the escape room video that Scar wasn't in, Grian didn't think at all about the fandom's headcanon that Scar is a vex.

All this being said, I also have to say that:

I don't hate Scarian. Does it frustrate me? Yes! Very much so.

But that's because of the fandom. I am a Scarian shipper, I enjoy Scarian, and I enjoy Desert Duo a lot. The fandom has made that experience a lot less enjoyable, because of the weird treatment of other people, because you can't escape it even if you try, because everything gets twisted into Scarian/Desert Duo all the time.

It's frustrating, because it's barely the Hermitcraft or the life series fandom anymore, it's basically the Scarian fandom.

Which, fine, I get it. Its the biggest ship, and I understand the enjoyment of it, nothing wrong with that.

But there's other people on both servers, other duos, other teams, and I promise you everything isn't about Scarian all the time.

I think that Scarian shippers/Desert Duo enjoyers mainly watch Scar's videos, with shipping goggles already on, and then they watch Grian's. They read into things that genuinely doesn't matter, all to further the narrative of Scarian. (I'm not saying everyone does this, or that they do it on purpose, but it comes across as such.)

I can't say that I haven't read too much into something because of a ship, hell, I've been here for Mumbo and Grian as a duo since before the duo even existed.

But to me it feels as if it's going a tad bit too far now.

I keep seeing more and more people get frustrated and tired of Scarian/Scarians, and I get it entirely. I see this happen from multiple corners, from multiple people.

Also, Grian and Mumbo are a duo to such an extent that the Hermits comment and joke about it, hell, even non-Hermits do that. I mean Tommyinnit straight up said "You (Grian) and Mumbo come as a pair".

I'd also like to mention the odd treatment of Grumboers from Scarian. Yes, I know that some Grumbo shippers have entered the Scarian tag just to hate on it, don't do that. Just... genuinely, don't do that, what the hell are you even doing actually.

But when Scar said that people were "Annoyed with him and Grian teaming together all the time" (Which they haven't done. They've interacted a lot, which ain't surprising. They're p good friends), there was an odd wave of posts I saw that blamed Grumboers?

I assure you, that whole thing wasn't our fault. People who've complained about that have done so in the YouTube comments, on reddit, and ofc some have done so on twitter (which is just an awful cesspool of negativity, which is why I don't use it).

It's not our fault. A lot of Grumbo shippers are also Desert Duo enjoyers/Scarian shippers. I mean, I am.

There's also this odd narrative that "Grumbo shippers never experienced this much hate when Grumbo was the biggest ship"

Which is just blatantly false.

In the past, people got hate and death threats for shipping. Didn't matter what you shipped, you got hate for it.

At the time, there was a bunch of posts, much more negatively charged than this one, where people went "This isn't the Mumbo and Grian fandom, stop treating it as such." There were a lot of posts about how Grumboers were annoying as all hell, and how we clogged tags. There were straight up hate posts being spread, often by the majority of the fandom.

Shipping with in the Hermitcraft fandom wasn't accepted at all, and Zombiecleo got bullied of off tumblr for saying that she didn't care if people were engaging in shipping.

I'm glad that shipping is accepted now, because by god it was an awful time, but don't say that "Grumbo shippers never had it this bad". We had it a lot worse. Shippers as a whole had it a lot worse. Don't pretend like it didn't happen, and don't try to act as if it's only Scarian shippers that have been hated.

In all honesty, I'm just tired of all of this. Like really tired. I'm tired of seeing everything get twisted into Scarian/Desert Duo, I'm tired of the ignorance of the fandom's past, and I'm tired of seeing hate aimed at any ship/shippers

But I do think that its time to leave the desert. It's not fun to be in the fandom anymore due to the behaviour. Sure, keep shipping, keep having fun. But for God's sake please stay in your lane, tag your things properly, and please stop trying to force Scarian/Desert Duo upon everyone.

I don't think that the hate is deserved, but everything isn't about Desert Duo.

This is most likely the only time I'll make a post like this, and I'm only making it because I'm finally fed up and tired.

Thank you for the ask.

[syncrovoid-presents]

Wally and the Colour RED

Wally and the colour Red have an interesting relationship in Welcome Home. This is a rambling/analysis of different things I've found that makes me believe it's an important detail moving forwards with the Welcome Home Mystery!

First! Why do I think this matters?

There's a few reasons why I think this matters! First, while all the members of the cast seem to be tied to a colour, none is as focused or as consistent as Wally and the colour red! The two primary examples I'll use to cover this is one that we've had for a while, and two that we got in this update. Those being the signatures at the bottom of the guestbook, the interactable telephone, and the name graphics on the transcript page!

Interestingly, all of the cast are directly tied to a specific colour! The signatures at the bottom of the Guestpage and the colours of the "calls" on the telephone are the same for each character. This being pink for Julie, orange for Sally, yellow for Frank, green for Poppy, turquoise for Howdy, blue for Barnaby, purple for Eddie, and red for Wally. This is consistent (and possibly something to pay attention for in the future?)

Notably however, Home is signed by Wally, while the audio file for Wally's "call" recording is also called "duet" when you open it in another tab. Audio files with "duet" is a sign that Home is present. This means that red is not strictly a Wally colour, but also the colour for Home!

(if you're curious, the other audio called "duet" is Wally's little song he sings)

This is interesting, because Wally and Home are often treated as a duo, moreso than any other characters of Welcome Home. I would also like to point out another detail, one that I think ties into this tie between Wally, Home and the colour red.

The Records

All the records from Wally's hidden message ("I will help you understand neighbor, I will find a way soon.") are red! Sure, some are glitched, but they are all red. As is this record with the strange audio (has anyone decoded this yet?). This audio is directly tied to Wally, as it's called "(DRAWING?) WITH WALLY DARLING".

However the hidden one's may not just be Wally. Though they are all name the tab "answer" when opened, I'm tempted to say that "answer" is wally prompting us to answer (or, alternatively, Wally is trying to answer us, however he perceives us).

I believe that Home is there too in the audio. If you listen to all of them in a row, turning up the audio will reveal that there is a heart beat in the background. This, I want to say, is Home and not Wally, as Wally does not seem to register them. It peaks about halfway through with Neighbor, coincidentally the audio that is both glitching and is made of a series of clicks rather than voice lines.

I have seen people say that this is "Help Me" or "Hello" in morse code. I do not know which is the agreed translation is (to me it sounds like "…. . ..-.. .. -.. ---", which translates to "HEĘIDO", which is not a word. However it most resembles "…. . .-.. .-.. ---" which translates to "HELLO")

Regardless of what Home may be saying, it shows that the hidden recordings can be put together into a timeline that sounds like one recording, which means it's most likely all recorded at the same place. Ergo, Home is in the hidden recordings as well!

Other spots where red is brought up

There are other instances of red being tied to Wally. Some are obvious, like his love of apples (red ones specifically), the Wally prints/finger paint on the bottom of the guestbook, the background of the "i <3 Wally" gif/sticker in the sticker section of the site (also shared with Home. Wally's character description is also shared by home!), Wally himself in the "so-below" page, among other things. Such as the Wally themed telephone being red, despite his more iconic blue swirled hair (or blue and yellow-trimed sweater), his clothing in multiple official artworks, the Wally cereal box, and more.

(Like something I've noticed, which is that Home is the only house that's a solid colour (red!) without any pattern breaking it up, plus the most "standout" red that Wally typically wears being tied around his neck (symbolism?). Plus the "W" of Welcome Home is red! That's fun too!

There's also some... stranger ones. Such as this hidden piece of morse code found by this person, which spells out ".. -- .-. . -..", or "IM RED" when translated to english.

And more hidden ones too, that tie into the hidden staff page (I have a post breaking that down that you can find here!! I cover everything I could find plus went through the website code, if you want to know everything about the secret staff site check it out!)

There is the red safe, which has in WHRP universe lore!! I delve into this in my other post, just know that it is something that exists both in the secret website (it is what introduces you to the hidden website!) AND it exists in the WHRP world, both written about in printed emails and as a physical object seen within The Room:tm:. You may also notice everyone is represented by their original colours, except for home, who is now white (or blank?).

There's also scrap pieces of red paper spilled on the ground in The Room:tm: (that have drawn spirals), a red clock in the style of Wally's red car, a red painting of some sort on the wall of The Room:tm: (that we never get a good look at, though it may have a drawn yellow eye in the upper center), a red apple, and most importantly of all, this:

The Red Notebook

This is no ordinary notebook. This here is the notebook that the WHRP team have "loaned" the Question Answerer, also known as the Head Curator of Question Answer! according to the printed emails. This book is very important because there are multiple signs that it was written by Wally. Inside is a sketchpad attached to the lefthand interior bookcase with little paintings and a handprint suspiciously similar to that on the bottom of the GuestBook page and doodles in the styles Wally has used (spirals, finger paint smiley face, the drawn apple, etc).

(by the way, if you're interested in what the note says the most accurate translation I've found is by Tumblr user truckfreaks

"Hello,

My name doesn't matter. I am here to catalogue something I'm not sure is fully real. But it must be. I'm holding all the evidence in my hands. Pictures. Characters. Text I can barely read. It's called "Welcome Home" and it looks like it might've been a children's book? Like I said, I can't tell.

It was sopping wet when I found it. When I first reached into one of the brightly colored envelopes, my hand was already covered in some gross, [unknown - possibly “oozing”] material. It feels like antiques are always covered in some kind of grime. I'm trying to clean up what I have and do a little more digging.

There's only one name I can make out right now... Wally. Probably important, but like I said, I'll keep looking.

XOXO"

The wrap up (don't want to make this too long!)

Regardless of what you make of this, it shows that there is even more proof of Wally, not just the character but the Wally ""haunting"" the website and the Wally within the WHRP universe, all being tied to the colour red. (Quick clarification: The Wally we see in branding, clips of the show, etc are all Wally, however he isn't current Wally. He is the Wally of the past, the original Wally, the base Wallly, whatever you want to call him. Therefore I separate him from the "now" Wally. It's unconfirmed whether the Wally that's seemingly trying to communicate with us through the website is the same as the Wally that seems to be related to all the objects being sent to Question Answerer, who is the same Wally that is constantly calling them. If so, then there is only one "now" Wally. If they are separate, then there are two, possibly one in the website itself and one focusing on Question Answerer. Please note, this is all speculation).

While it's true that red is Wally's favourite colour, I believe that it's far more than just that tying Wally and the color red together. Going forwards, anything red that isn't immediately branded as a Wally related object should be considered important, at least I think so.

As for the connection between Wally and Home, both sharing the colour Red? I think this primarily is a display of how the two characters either rely on each other or are, in the vaguest of ways, tied together by fate.

Good bye for now!

[do-you-know-this-adhd-character]

Do you know this (noncanon) ADHD character?

SPECIFICALLY THE VERSION FROM DUCKTALES (2017)

Evidence below the cut!

There were two submissions for this one!

Submission 1: honestly i'm surprised dewey hasn't been submitted yet bc he's like. "classic adhd personality type". he's hyperactive, impulsive, easily distracted, and HATES being bored. the official character bio describes him as "quick to throw himself into dangerous situations without thinking" and in the pilot episode gets distracted mid-conversation ("stop! scrooge was trying to keep me out of trouble, but i was so caught up in- why is there a lamp on the floor?") what REALLY sealed the deal for this headcanon, however, was the rsd he displays, bc this kid desperately wants to be loved by everyone and is absolutely crushed when that doesn't happen. his dream world is a high school musical-type high school where he's the mascot and star (nightmare on killmotor street); he had a panic attack because he tried playing a heel in a wrestling match and the crowd kept booing him (rumble for ragnarok); and in one episode started crying bc he thought he disappointed his mom (raiders of the doomsday vault). (speaking of his mom, there's loosely enough evidence to point to her being adhd too, and you know what they say about it running in families.)

Submission 2:

i could go on for AGESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS about dewey and the adhd headcanon. i am going to write a bunch of stuff, but it probably won't turn out very well (i write worse when i'm passionate about something lmao) why i see him as adhd: he has EXTREME rejection sensetivity dysphoria, which to me is most apparent in the money tree and boxing episodes (which i have inconveniently forgotten the names of). he requires attention and love to feel fulfilled, and will go to great lengths to be praised. he hates failure and the idea of being a dissapointment, so he goes to great lengths to prove his worth. he tends to be stupidly stubborn, not backing out of something even if it would put him in serious danger. he's also very impulsive -- jumps into dangerous situations without thinking about the consequence, all that matters is that it's exciting! he's SUPER energetic, and a small detail i noticed is that he doesn't seem to fall asleep easily? he's very chatty, there's an entire episode where he gets involved in a gang of sky pirates because he really, really wanted to talk about a hat he found. a lot of his decisions are irrational or generally just based on strong emotions?? he's definetly more of a thinker than a feeler. ("stop assuming i know things, ok? baseline, assume i know NOTHING!") he exaggerates his emotions or the severity of situations a lot. very easily distracted (or at least pays attention to the wrong thing? like, when they're offered to test out godhood, when they're told they're going to do "god auditions", dewey seems to miss out the "god" part and just does a dance routine (his reaction to realising he messed up is too funny to me, and his dance was actually really good imo) he's constantly breaking into song, uses his name as a pun almost constantly, and has a catchphrase he uses regularly. it's his 'character trait' (i'm not entirely sure how this relates to adhd but like. it makes sense to me) WAY too curious for his own good. generally just really hyperactive? goofs off when it's not really appropriate. i feel like there has been moments where he's been shown stimming before. (ik huey has for sure i'm not totally certain about dewey tho) also he's voiced by BEN SCHWARTZ. that guy seems to want to voice adhd-hi characters that are represented with the colour blue. ICONIC anyways that's all for my silly rambling. dewey and huey are the ultimate adhd autism solidarity duo btw

[cain-e-brookman]

Incorrect Quotes

this is so much fun, thanks for the tag @spideronthesun!

Tagging: @eternalwritingstudent @illarian-rambling and @skullduggeryandfilibuster

Rules: Use this link to generate quotes.

Silas: I bet you’re wondering why I gathered you here today. It’s because we need to have a discussion about how some people in this room aren’t getting along with other people in this room. Crucius: Why did you say that so vaguely? Tavi and I are literally the only people you called in here.

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Uthyr: You remind me of the ocean. Crucius: Because I'm deep and mysterious? Uthyr: No, because you're full of salt and you scare people.

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Crucius: Tavi, I need some advice. Tavi: You need advice from ME? Crucius: Yeah, frightening, isn't it?

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Demon: Hey, I took your soul last month and- Silas: No returns. Demon: *sobbing* But it's making me sad...

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Hesperos: If you took a shot for every time you made a bad decision, how drunk would you be? Uthyr Maybe a bit tipsy? Crucius: Drunk. Silas: Wasted. Tavi: Dead.

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Hesperos: Uh. . Hey, Felix, i uh, I’ve been stabbed. Uthyr: WHAT? WHERE ARE YOU? Hesperos: Wait- You aren’t Felix. Sorry- I didn’t mean to call you- Uthyr: NO, WHERE ARE YOU? I'M COMING THERE. I'M NOT GOING TO LEAVE SOMEONE ALONE THAT'S BEEN STABBED.

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Hesperos: Name a more iconic duo than my crippling fear of abandonment and my anxiety. I’ll wait. Hauk: You and me! Hesperos: *tearing up* Ok.

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Hesperos: What is the most illegal thing you can do with one gold? Crucius: Exchange it for a hundred copper, put them all in a sock, and then beat someone to death with it.

[flowertab]

How about that new NWoS trailer?!

The following will consist of an overly long series of disjointed fangirl thoughts/ramblings.

First of all this game is beautiful. And it looks and feels like a true Layton game, which is the most we can possibly ask for! That feeling of curious surroundings, weird and wonderful buildings, a town where you want to explore every cranny…the developers had previously expressed doubt about creating a Laytonesque setting in America, but they succeeded.

I was so pleased to see that the classic screen by screen, ‘point and click’ dynamic is still in place! It looks like they’re embracing what makes Layton distinct without feeling the need to shake everything up. Bonus points for including the hint coin in the lamppost; sure to make any Layton fan feel right at home! Even Luke’s comment about the gears making him dizzy brings back memories of Unwound Future. One of my favorite new touches is how Layton and Luke are visible in the foreground as the scene is examined, it looks so dynamic and expresses the scale of their surroundings! It reminds me of the rare occasions in the games that you would actually see them outside of dialogue/events (like when they’re standing by the canal outside of town in Curious Village).

Speaking of Layton and Luke, they’re both looking great!! It just tickles me to see them in a fresh look but still very much themselves. Luke has definitely grown up, and his face shape is less round, but eyes are bigger/more animesque? It just gives him this very eager, bright-eyed look, and he does seem ready to take on anything! Since our only look at him so far from the previous teaser was more of an intense moment, it’s great to see his cheerful personality shining through. Even Layton comments that he seems to be having a splendid time, and who can blame him? He’s just having the time of his life to be at the professor’s side again! (On a random side note, Luke’s satchel seems to be missing. Does he not carry it anymore? Will he be taking on more action and it would’ve gotten in the way?)

Not only are Layton and Luke voiced throughout the trailer, but even the NPC guy is! This is pretty unusual. I wonder if there will be a lot more voicing in this game compared to the others, or if it’s just for the sake of the trailer’s flow. I also wonder if we’ll have a lot of little cutscenes like when the duo is approaching the correct door. The 3D animation looks much smoother (and less unintentionally humorous/distracting) than it did on the 3ds! That being said, I’m still holding out for the iconic 2D scenes to come back!!

The music is pleasant, and definitely reminiscent of Torrido, which makes sense as it’s also a Western American town (I think). And is that our new puzzle theme? I quite like it; the “music box” backdrop reminds me of Last Specter, while the rich instrumentation makes it stand out compared to the others. (I’ve heard it compared to PL vs AA multiple times though, so while I don’t remember that theme enough to say, I’m assuming that’s true!) I really like when that lilting harmonica (?) kicks in. I do, however, await the return of the iconic chunky accordion. The puzzle itself seems like exactly my favorite type, deduction/process of elimination. How cool to see the memo and everything being utilized right on top of the scene! It reminds you that the two are really solving a puzzle right in front of them. I wonder how this puzzle might change in the final game, as they’ve already shown the answer…oh, and let’s take a moment to appreciate that glorious solving animation! I recall two-person animations being a feature of the crossover that I really liked, and it only makes sense when the puzzle was solved by working together. Just seeing those two as a team again makes me so happy!!

This is more on the random side but…Eggmuffin? I mean, Eggmuffin? Is that really his name?? I had a hard time taking it seriously every time they said it. It sounds like one of those names that would be changed in localization—but then, if any series can get away with using something so silly until we just accept it and stop finding it weird, it’s probably this one. I have also heard it speculated that it may be an alias, though why he would want to be called this is beyond me.

All that aside, there’s just something about this game that already feels nostalgic to me, even while being so fresh and unexplored. I can only think that’s simply because it is a Layton game in every sense of the word. For a longtime fan who hasn’t experienced that anew in roughly ten years, it’s like coming home.

…and that is the only reason I can stand waiting until 2025! Oh dear, I hope they overestimated to play it safe, especially since reportedly the puzzles are all finished and production is moving smoothly. But, in the end, if it is truly the Laytonesque adventure it looks to be, it will be worth the wait—and I thank the development team for caring enough to not to rush it. I’ve waited this long.

(looks like I’ll be playing through the series again to help hold me over throughout next year! Layton fans, let’s hold fast! We’re in this together!)

[demonir]

No, there's nothing problematic. Just wondering because he's the evolution of the kid with the big hat Tommy.

name a more iconic duo you cant/j

Idk what it was abt him and kumamon but little child me was obsessed, I genuinely don't remember a lot about him but episodes with him made me the happiest

also he's got like???? ski boots????

child me saw this and was like HOLY CRAAAAAAAAAAP

anyways enough ramble, thank you for telling me the name of the hat guy and the digimon I will be storing these in my brain forever and ever 👍honestly tommy is such a fitting name like yeah that guy is totally a tommy

Just looked up the wiki and apparently his jp name is tomoki himi which is hilarious to me because it does weirdly sound like tommy, whoever made the choice for his dub name had a huge brain

[doctor-donnas]

your icon gives me serotonin (and i would die for your thoughts on 10 and donna PLEASE I AM STARVED)

ok i don't have a lot of time but i'm gonna start writing a reply

LISTEN

it's been already a few weeks (months?) since i finished DW but ALL THE TIME i was watching dw after season 4 i was just like "i miss donnaaaaa"

the Donna&Doctor dynamic is until my favorite doctor/companion combo EVERRRR and I cannot get over them

the 60s anniversary specials are gonna KILL me i just know it

anyways... my thoughts on them... where do I even begin?

First of all, they are idiots. I love them dearly, they complement each other fantastically <3

bc idk what exactly you want to know I'm just gonna go on a ramble of one of my fave moments (that i wanna explore in a fanfic one day mayhaps)

i suck at episode names so please forgive me but it's the episode where they are on the planet with the Ood and the Ood in captivity are singing their song and it is heartbreaking and beautiful. there is this moment where 10 shares with Donna what he hears, because she can't hear it. And she can bear it for maybe... five seconds? and then she asks him to make it stop. He does it without questioning. He is not angry or disappointed with her for not wanting to hear that. She has the choice to hear it and it's too much (so she knows her boundaries) and he respects that. I think she's crying at that point. Idk if that's in the show or if it's such a strong headcanon of mine but she asks him if he hears that all the time and he's like "yeah" and that just.

That whole scene. man...

Despite all the chaotic things they do, all the fun they have, it's funny that I chose *this* scene to talk about because I feel like it shows how deep their connection is.

First of all I think that David Tennant shows the pain that he constantly carries with him bc he's a timelord the best of all the doctors. baby is NOT okay. And I think in the scene I just described Donna really, *really* understands that. She understands how much he suffers, the gigantic burdens he constantly carries with him and that are only piling up. I think in that scene she sees it more clearly than ever and it changes perhaps the way she views him. She's still gonna annoy him, but idk man, I feel like that it's an important moment in their relationship.

And again, she usually doesn't hear the Ood, but in that moment she does, and all their pain SUDDENLY crashes down on her, that *must* have been unbearable. And 10 just taking the pain away with such grace and no judgement BREAKS me.

idk if what I'm saying actually makes sense but it's one of my favorite scenes and I wish we'd gotten a scene afterwards where they kinda talk about it. And Donna can't do much bc she *can't* stop 10 from haering the songs, she *can't* take his pain away, but she *can* be there with him, she *can* support him emotionally and if it's just for a second.

anyways, that was my very long ramble about one of my favorite DoctorDonna scenes and my favorite DW scenes in general I think (also because the music is just the most beautiful in the world)

if you have any more questions, more specific or not please send them my way, i could ramble about this chaotic duo for forever

p.s. thanks, i love my icon too, i wanted it to be donna and 10 first but i didn't find a photo that gave off the chaotic energy i wanted so it became much ado about nothing <3

[ghostsandmirrors]

LIAXEE X AGGRESSIVE POSITIVITY, NAME A MORE ICONIC DUO (aka, I want to ramble about the big loud man because he makes me happy)

In order to understand Liaxee's present, and presence, one must understand his past.

He was born in Zonfer, a frozen and mountainous place. The cold winds that blow through the valleys between the mountains are often only shielded against by the shoreiec during long journeys or rescue attempts. The shoreiec are a species of giant, scaled horses. Their name directly translates to 'ice horse', though the creatures are, perhaps, the warmest things in the entire area.

Besides the residents' attitudes, that is.

The residents of Zonfer hold community as a central requirement for their existences. A lot of people from the area will have very practical views in stressful situations; people who are disliked will be tolerated for as long as is necessary. It is not unusual to see mutually sworn enemies helping each other in an emergency, because no one is willing to lose a member of the community over dislike or hatred of another.

Growing up in Zonfer means growing up with an extended family. It means that even if you're an orphaned only child, you have parents and siblings in the form of your neighbours and friends. You may be alone in the mountains, cold and trying to evade a blizzard, but your people will always find you and drag you home. As such, Liaxee was born into a huge family. He was lucky; his grandparents were still alive, and his parents didn't die during his childhood. He lost friends, non-biological parents and grandparents, but that's considered 'lucky' in a place that seems to actively try to kill its residents.

That doesn't mean that Zonfer's history is free of hatred or bloodshed, nor that it's hidden from the children. Learning history is the only way to prevent it happening again. Learning the patterns and signs is a way to hinder repeats. He learned about the murder of leader Grosh, about the wars of the past, about the battles, about the unclaimed and bloodthirsty ruler Jibrummahi (yib-rum-mah-hee), and about the dangers of Zonfer, of silence, of stillness, of distractions.

As he got older, he learned that others may not have truly learned from the past. Fights were far from uncommon in Zonfer, in a communial area where alcohol tended to flow freely, or in the clearings after an avalanch, and wars have always been rare but not impossible on Verrirmores. The smaller ones were barely worth noticing, but Latri tearing up Equite? Killing over the imagined slights of her sister? Destroying peoples' homes, lives, and families after her sister disappeared?

Liaxee could never forget the refugees from Equite as they turned up in Dargene. He could never forget the tear stained cheeks of Baimba, the last survivor, as they sat in front of the portal that saved them but hadn't been able to save their family, the shock slowly fading.

He could never forget his friend, the leader of Dargene's army, talking about how they hadn't been allowed to help with anger in his usually calm and collected voice, professionalism gone and replaced with anything but hopelessness. He never found out if it was an act for the sake of others or a determination to avoid wallowing. He didn't have to; his friend was beloved, no matter what.

Knowing the harshness of the world around them, the ability for everything to be snatched out from under any of the residents despite the best attempts of everyone to help, was what made the positivity click. It started in his early adulthood, preceeded by the angst of growing up in a place that was hostile to life. If the mountains wanted to take? He would have to cherish what could be taken. If the blizzards wanted to bury? He would have to hold tightly to anything or anyone he could. If the world was cold? He would be warm. He would be a burning fire in the ice and snow of Zonfer. He would (literally) be a shield in the wars to follow. He would be a friendly face in a sea of strangers and enemies. He would do these for anyone.

Well, except Hargscoth, who he would happily throw over the bar in Dargene's inn again to force him to shut the fuck up.

He doesn't like Hargscoth.

I swear these aren't improvised names. They're all written in various documents. I made them up, but not tonight! I have so much written down about Verrirmores.

When demons started a war in Mor? He might have struggled to keep that warmth, that friendliness, that positivity. War changes everyone, some in subtle ways.

Baimba, now called Girnber by friends and The Bringer by everyone, gained a very different lesson from that war than Liaxee. They learned to stay aware, don't be cocky, and be more careful because the leader of the army and the ruler of Verrirmores may not be there to save them next time.

Liaxee learned that he had to be more positive. If he had to single handedly counter the pain and the nightmares and the trauma that people had? If he, alone, had to be a safe cave in a storm? So be it.

The world was already cruel and harsh. The world already treated everyone with hostility that hadn't been earned. The actions of others had already caused harm. How could he do the same? How could he believe that all anyone could have was harshness? Hurt? Grief and tears and trauma? Things could get better--they couldn't get much worse--and if things didn't get better by choice, then they would get better by force. Until that happened, he would be kindness. He would help whoever needed it and the world be damned.

Was it difficult to be good in a life that sometimes felt like it had only shown him the bad? Yes, some days more than others. Would he let it stop him, let it change him? No, because there was so much to cherish. There were sunrises and sunsets. There was the beauty of everything around him, of plants and of animals and of the world. There was a future to look forward to, to protect, and friends to go forward with. If people didn't agree? They could do so silently or be left behind; he was too busy to put up with or deal with them. He had others to focus on, his shoreiec to look after, and he didn't have the time nor the energy for those who refused to keep up, refused to do better, refused to be better.

The mountains and snows of Zonfer had tried to teach him to be solid and harsh to be unbreakable, so he became gentle and soft. The tides of life would take him somewhere, and his softness made it easier to adapt. That didn't mean he would ever take anything lying down--he likes a fight as much as anyone else in Zonfer--but it brought him to friends and places that he never thought he'd meet and see. It took him to Erestede, to Adkr, to Washdo, and, of course, to Dargene. It took him to the Lady, to the Bringer, to Renrait, to his beloved friend Nergale. It carried him through wars and death and destruction and hopelessness.

It led him to fighting Hargscoth, with the other mistaking him for someone who wouldn't punch him in the face.

He holds that memory with joy in his heart, because fuck Hargscoth.

[rouge-the-bat]

ruh roh i got big rambly too, ill use a read more to try sparing our followers 🙏

ough yeah, when i was going through gathering the names of everything, it was sooo annoying going from source to source to only find fragments of info, so i had to try to figure out some translations on my own- which im far from fluent in learning japanese, i barely have much of hiragana remembered, so i had to try to find accurate translations for individual words online, referencing multiple sites and crossing info with each other to figure out what would make most sense in the titles, and use what tiny bit i already knew to get everything.

yeah adhd has been kicking my ass for yeaaars. im hoping ill be getting a diagnosis within the next month once i get my testing results, then maybe i can finally get it wrangled and get back to creating stuff more 😓 and i actually only got into yyh a few years ago! i watched it i think in... 2020? or 2021? (i have no sense of time lol) bc my girlfriend recommended it to me- because she knew i would absolutely love hiei and kurama, especially hiei LMAO. she knows me too well. hiei is too much my type- as i said in my tags, hes literally just shadow. except way more of an asshole. and his sister is still alive JGKJDK. i actually have a whole post about how much theyre just The Same Damn Person, and i could probably still add plenty more to it. ill never get over duos that consist of edgy tsundere dorks and their pretty thieving partners that tease them endlessly <3 kurahi is just au shadouge to me LOL

so far the only yyh chars ive drawn have been hiei and kurama, surprise surprise lol. i havent done it too many times so far tho, but i have a million ideas in mind that i will get to EVENTUALLY. i have too many thoughts about them that i HAVE to get out someday.

ooo knitting!! ive never knitted before, but i got into crochet last year (i think?) and i love that. unfortunately my executive dysfunction is keeping me from getting back onto that tho OTL. designing patterns seems like itd be so cool tho :Oo id love to make some of my own patterns some day too!

yeah highkey i wanted to start ripping yyh frames just to admire hiei, get clean shots of kurama to make icons of, and for these yyh memes that i like making LOL. its also just very fun to look at how things were animated in the show and see the frames that are easy to miss. hiei is most defintely the absolute highlight for me though <3 once i get to ripping the frames for his episodes ill be taking so long just bc ill keep stopping to look at him LOL and yes HIS CLAWSSS i love his claws so much. also kurama is has such a natural grace to him, its always fun seeing his various movements!

i dont think tumblr would be very good for the way i want to format the transcript, would be very tedious and lacking if i tried. id probably just link to it on here, and try finding some sites meant for transcripts to put them on. id like to have it at the very least on 2 sites, in case one of the sites go down or some other issue happens. i just want it to be easily findable + readable! and im not familiar with making sites at all, but have been interested trying out neocities or somethin someday... so a potential option i suppose!

you can add credit to me for yu yu jukebox if you want to, but i dont mind either way! im just happy to see people enjoying my channel and mentioning it around :3 ALSO THE TRANSLATION....oh my god. its so nice to finally know wtf is going on with those chaotic dorks finally. hiei in particular adding so much chaos omg... fucking lil gremlin bastard. ranting and crashing shit in the background. AND HIS LAUGHS BRING ME SO MUCH JOY HES SO FUCKING CUTE.... AND HIS LIL NYA.... his voice makes me melt regardless of if its his sub or dub voice 😍

i also am losing my mind at him destroying a computer. another similarity he has with shadow LMAO theres a point in shadows game where other characters are trying to hack into a computer, and ask shadow for help, and shadows like hack? im good at hacking things [fucking chops it and destroys it] HCKZJJF but this bastard. i cant believe hiei put bread in his computer to toast it, and said its his so he can do what he wants with it. hes such a dumbass <3 and hiei challenging people on vocabulary... boy do you really think youre in a position to do that LOL kuramas the only one with a braincell in the group fr. tho i almost wonder if hiei was misinterpretting words or was fucking with everyone and confusing the hell out of them just bc he wants to be a bastard and fuck up the recordings LMAO. if its like that then itd look like he does have some sort of affinity for puns, which matches a headcanon of mine, but i moreso saw him as enjoying kuramas puns (but acting like he doesnt) than playing into them himself lol. love kurama piping in to ruin hieis challenge while also showing off his brains <3 SO him. also love that kurama is the main one trying to keep everyone on track. he knows immediately that this is going to be a disaster and is like ALRIGHT lets try to wrap this up as quickly as possible 😅

also yeah hiei and kurama are def BOTH to blame for my yyh hyperfixation, they are exactly the kind of characters and dynamic i fucking adore. they VERY quickly made it into my top favorite characters of all time along with shadow and rouge. im a huge kurama and rouge kinnie and am in love with hiei and shadow so im in DEEP with these bitches lmao

also a side note, idk if u had seen it already but i have a large ongoing yyh playlist linked on my pinned! i add more songs to it randomly whenever i find some that fit the yyh chars. tho tbh Most of the playlist is for kurahi, or individual kurama or hiei songs lmao. idk if fan playlists are ur kinda thing or not, but i always gotta plug it as much as i can bc [toots my horn] i think i have some very choice selections on there 😌 n i hope i can find people that enjoy it too hehe

What a small 'net! I saw a reblog of your normalize post, & your avatar caught my eye. So I figured I'd peek at your blog in case you had more shiny stuff to see, & noticed you encourage folks tag you in Kurama & Hiei stuff. I pinned in the back of my head that, after checking out your stuff, I should ask if you want a link to skit translations from the Dance Mix CD—then saw YOU'RE the one who made the beautifully-organized Yu Yu Jukebox! That helped me figure out what CDs I wanted to buy! :D <3

yoo hell yeah!! im glad that helped you out!! its always nice to see the things i make can be useful :3 and nice that my kurama icon is catching the eye of fellow yyh fans hehe!

yu yu hakusho is a huuuge hyperfixation of mine, but my adhd has been making me struggle with focusing on doing the creative stuff i wanna do (like drawing and writing), so ive been instead doing a shit ton of other things revolving around yyh- like collecting the music and making the yu yu jukebox channel, ripping frames to post and organize them on my sideblog @reikai-records , and ive also been working on making a dialogue transcript for the dub (still unsure where to put it online when im done with that tho, atm i just have it on google docs, not too far on it)!

i cant remember if ive encountered translations for the skits of the dance mix cd though, id def love to see that!

[sereina-archive]

[ 👨‍🏫 ] how much does your muse care about image? how would they react if something personal got leaked about them?

headcanon meme | accepting

Even before Serena was born, she was thrust into the spotlight of the media. Grace was the most prominent and undefeated Rhyhorn Racing champion of the world, and the Kalosian media was especially ruthless about Grace's pregnancy. They would point blank ask her if she really did want to keep the child, if it would get in the way of her career, etc.

And it still continued when Serena was born. She was touted by them as a 'bastard child', as her father left long before Grace had even given birth. The abandonment and this scrutinization made Serena very self-conscious when she was young. She already was a child too perceptive for her own good, and though Grace tried to keep her away from the harmful words, Serena always knew when she was being talked about. It made her very self-aware, and she was very quiet for the most part around other adults. Everyone around her, save for Grace, seemed to be pushing her towards following her mother's footsteps and being a Rhyhorn Racer, and Serena instead excelled in Trainer's School, proving them all wrong.

To this day, Serena is still very conscientious about what she does and says, knowing full well her words can be taken out of context and spun to make her look bad. She wants to be a good influence and good role model, and that's the side she shows. As much as she wishes to tear into the media and expose them (especially after they suddenly turned around and treated her nicer, only after she helped save the world during the Flare incident), she holds her tongue.

As for the second part, it depends on what information leaked. If the knowledge of her connection to Yveltal was leaked, that would be absolutely world shattering to her. That information is something that could put both her and him in great danger. Frankly, she doesn't give a damn if people would likely think badly/differently of her about it, it's the fact that it could be used against her and him both that would send her into a paranoid spiral. Her bond with Yveltal is a highly kept secret, one that's reserved for the people she trusts the most.

The other secret that would ruin her is her ability to 'hear' and 'feel' Mega Stones nearby. That, too, is something that could put her in severe danger, and that power falling into the wrong hands could be very, very bad. This is also a secret that is reserved for the people she trusts the most in this world.

In general, Serena is not one to talk freely about her life. Many things are kept very quiet, and she instead focuses on talking about her passions instead, like Mega Evolution, pokemon rehabilitation/conservation, and modelling. Those things are absolutely no secret, and they do help shed a bit of light on her as a person without revealing everything about her.

[iristial]

The source of what can be called Eiji's ultimate power is going up against the villainous upgrade, when will I ever get this contrast in another Kamen Rider series again

[bernietaylors]

gonna post the gifsets tmrw because im sleepy n i wanna make them Not Shit x

[gresiniracing]

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[door]

Knives Out Reference Guide

hello it’s your friendly neighborhood obsessive murder mystery fan here. the knives out films are delightful for a number of reasons, one of which is that rian johnson is a huuuuuge movie nerd and loves to include references and hat tips in his films. i have had great fun recognizing those references, so here is a little guide! some of this is based on things johnson has said and some of it on my own observations. i’ll indicate which is which for the purists.

first off, if you’re not interested in having these pointed out to you but want a viewing list, here it is! i’ll put everything else under a cut (which will have glass onion spoilers, so beware). these are great movies for knives out reasons but also for normal film reasons, and i highly recommend them.

Sleuth (1972) Death on the Nile (1978) The Last of Sheila (1973) Evil Under the Sun (1982)

First off: Benoit Blanc himself.

Blanc is very clearly meant to be an homage to gentlemen sleuths of the past, and Johnson even gives us a clue as to which gentleman sleuth he was thinking of with Blanc, with his Southern gentleman amidst the Northerners aping Hercule Poirot’s Belgian-amongst-the-Brits. Johnson has also said that Peter Ustinov is his favourite portrayer of Poirot (fun fact: he was also Agatha Christie’s!--not that she lived to see David Suchet take on the role), and personally I think having Blanc direct the questioning from the piano in Knives Out was an echo of Poirot at the piano in a similar scene in Death on the Nile.

That said, I think there’s a lot of Miss Marple (and Jessica Fletcher, who is herself a modern Miss Marple) in Blanc. The way he has a tendency to observe while deputizing a younger assistant to do the actual snooping for him is very Jane Marple. And he weaponizes the lil-ol’-me Southern gentleman act in much the way Marple made use of the assumptions people in her day and age had about retiring spinsters.

now let’s get into the FILMS. the first one is easy, because it’s really just Sleuth. (1972. i cannot stress this enough--Sleuth 1972.) it does not share a plot, but Knives Out is clearly paying a lot of tribute. Sleuth is a film in which two men, one older and richer and laurence olivier and the other younger and poorer and michael caine, attempt to outwit one another in order to win the woman they both love but who we never see (and yes it’s very very homoerotic). (fun fact: Sleuth was originally a play by Anthony Schaffer--who also wrote the screenplay for Death on the Nile!--who based the elder character in part on Stephen Sondheim, who loved to play games.) it’s set entirely inside the rambling manor house belonging to olivier’s character, a mystery writer, and it’s full of figurines and automatons, and otherwise weird old shit. you seeing how this lines up?

there’s even a very direct tribute in the form of the sailor you see almost immediately in the film.

however, aside from the setting and the blueprint for harlan’s character, there aren’t a lot of similarities between Knives Out and Sleuth. Knives Out is much more a play on general mystery tropes than it is a specific mystery movie.

Glass Onion is very much the opposite.

(FROM THIS POINT ON, GLASS ONION SPOILERS ABOUND)

Glass Onion is playing very deliberately on The Last of Sheila. The Last of Sheila (written by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim name a more iconic duo i’ll wait) is about a wealthy and powerful man who invites a group of old friends onto his yacht (”Sheila”) in order to play a series of games (i see u Stephen) and perhaps solve a mystery? (the mystery is who killed his wife, Sheila.) The friends all come in spite of misgivings because they all need something from their host.

Glass Onion is about a wealthy and powerful man who invites a group of old friends onto his private island in order to play a game and solve a mystery (the mystery is who “killed” him). the friends all come in spite of misgivings because they all need something from their host.

so you see what’s he’s done there.

it’s a very loving tribute, and johnson has put his own distinctive spin on it, both with the addition of a detective who nobody expected to be there, as well as the inexperienced assistant whom he’s deputized. but unlike your typical watson and very like marta’s character in Knives Out, helen in Glass Onion has a huge personal stake in solving the mystery. also, of course, Miles is a very specific, recognizable piece of shit.

but door, you might be saying, because you have very closely read this post for some reason, what about Evil Under the Sun? oh, i am so glad you asked!

Evil Under the Sun is another Ustinov Poirot mystery, set in a resort on a private island. The trappings of Glass Onion owe much to it, from the luxury getaway setting (complete with swim fits), to the opportunity to have your characters dress for cocktails, to the “hourly dong” (based on Evil’s “hourly gun”). oh, and i know this was deliberate:

so! that’s what i’ve got! if you noticed other things i missed (i’ve only seen Glass Onion once at this point), please let me know!