#nothing but random thoughts

[saucylittlesmile]

Well, that was the first event that I have been to since pre-pandemic. That meant a whole range of old news random things that surprised me like:

it was the first time I’ve seen coach Scott live (no real thoughts on this, he was far away and I tried to focus on the skating lol)

I’ve never seen Canadanes live since they became Canadanes (rather than just Danes)

I’ve never seen Lauriault/LeGac live or as representing Canada

I’ve never seen Lajoie/Lagha live

Some of my random thoughts (keeping in mind I was not even a little bit paying attention to technical execution)

I forgot Emmy Bronsard was skating with a new partner

Lanaghan/Razgulajevs were very precise looking, but at the expense of having any real connection with the piece or natural dance

and as such I did enjoy Hensen/Lickers and Makit/Gunara much more

Sales/Wamsteeker were a tide-turning performance- whether there were more people in the empty arena, or were old-school reacting to a name they remembered, or had gotten warmed up for louder cheering and enthusiastic clapping as time passed - in any case at the arena they gave a nice jolt of energy

Lauriault/Legac are so much tinier in person, rven though I knew they were short lol, still again got the audience going

S/F were really good for them (sorry lol) and there was some clapping along to the music which was surely nice for them; I feel like they tend to peak at Nats?

L/L had some extremely enthusiastic audience members - hooting and whistling a lot before and during the program. I think they really fed off that energy, and the audience was so receptive to clap clap clap clap our hands, it just kept them going. She’s a spitfire, but Zak was working it SO HARD. I had no idea he could emote/push out to the audience so well -he was ON. Best of the event for all around.

Canadanes were so good, lines and presence - but because they followed such a resoundingly well-received and high-energy program, it just felt a little quiet in comparison. The audience wanted to give, but there was just less opportunity. But still wonderful. Laurence could kill people with one flick of well-toned muscle or bobble ponytail. Didn’t even notice Nik’s cleavage until he was sitting in the K&C on the jumbotron. Their lift is insane.

oh, while the skaters were just off-ice waiting to be allowed on ice, I was distracted by a bright shine in my eye. It was Marjo, whose armour of gold mirror could blind a person with the right spotlight

[plesiosaurys]

getting emotional over footage of an amateur scuba diver interacting with a coelacanth. they are hunted by large deepwater predators, and here comes a large creature bearing the brightest lights it's ever seen, making strange noises, but it does not shy away. it hovers, calmly, as the diver reaches out and trails a hand down its back. im strongly against the anthropomorphizing of real life animals but the stupid emotional part of me loudly insists this is because it recognizes us, the alternating movements of its four paired limbs matching the diver's four paired limbs, & it is thinking, "hello, cousins, we missed you these 66 million years, it's so good to see you again. welcome back, welcome home."

[arttsuka]

Have I shown you this rock that looks (vaguely) like a star trek badge?

[bolithesenate]

can I get a 'wohoo' for our two underappreciated Disaster Lineage padawans? Komari and Nim walked so Ahsoka could run

[dol--blathanna]

I have mixed feelings about Zerxus in season 3 of TLOVM, but I’ve gotta say hearing him give a Totally Unbiased Account of EXU: Calamity with Definitely No Omissions Whatsoever was kind of funny. Like “ooh I thought I could count on my friends….they condemned our civilisation….” Ok Zerxus. Buddy. Last time I checked, Nydas was actually the only one trying to stop Laerryn from blighting the tree. You sat there like a chump and did not help whatsoever. And uh. “They condemned our civilisation with their hubris” ummm pal I think you’re missing an important detail there. Like yes the point of EXU: Calamity is that everyone played a role in the disaster, everyone was responsible in some ways for that ship crashing into the iceberg, but uh. Zerxus I think some people were maybe a little more responsible than others. Like, for example, the certain someone who pulled the Lord of the Hells into Exandria. I think that individual’s hubris is maaaaaybe a little bit more important than some of the other hubris on the table here.

And like, this isn’t me bashing the writing, I think it is in-character for TLOVM!Zerxus to say this, since he’s been a jaded miserable devil for a thousand years. But omg when he had the CHEEK to be like “in the chaos I found myself face-to-face with the Lord of Torment himself” like EXCUSE ME??? Buddy you just happened to “find yourself” face-to-face with Asmodeus huh??? Just coincidentally, on accident??? You were just taking a stroll around Avalir and he ran into you without warning??

Zerxus. Please. Be serious for a moment. Would you like to explain to Pike the exact circumstances of HOW you found yourself face-to-face with Asmodeus, hmmmmm? A certain “pulling Asmodeus through the tree and unleashing him upon the world” situation?

Like, I know it was meant to be a serious moment with lots of Calamity-related hype but like, it was really giving “Girl what were YOU doing at the devil’s sacrament” energy. In the most literal way possible

[smilesrobotlover]

Heh

[starrynightsxo]

cardan seems like the kinda guy to boop jude on the nose and jude seems like the kinda girl to swat his hand away irritatedly but secretly smile to herself cos she thinks it's actually kinda cute

[paper-mario-wiki]

construction spiders be going to the Web Site

[fictionadventurer]

Maybe Jane Austen's real genius was that, unlike other authors at the time, she didn't have long sections where characters share their backstory. Or rather, when she did it, she set it up like a mystery so we'd want to know the backstory.

Instead of having a character be like, "Here's three chapters about my life," soon after showing up in the novel, she'd sprinkle little clues through the story that make us wonder, "What's Colonel Brandon's deal?" and then closer to the end of the story, Colonel Brandon would tell us what his deal was. We'd wonder "Why does Mr. Darcy do all those horrible things?" and then he'd give an explanation that includes a lot of backstory.

And these infodumps always come in response to significant moments of the story. She'd engage our minds and our emotions and then give us the infodump at a point when we care about the information it contains. Compared to some other authors (even some that came long after) it seems like a significant innovation.

[fabuloustrash05]

My favorite Broppy moment is when in the first movie Branch figures out their friend betrayed them and he start strangling the guy but then Poppy stops him, wanting the dude to explain himself and when he admits he is in fact betraying them, Poppy IMMEDIATELY goes in to strangling the guy as well XD

[dreamsy990]

some of the less nice thoughts about being aroace

extras below the cut

sketch

closeups on my favorite panels

bonus: adios

[katerinaaqu]

You know Odysseus is so fucked up by narrative when he literally compared Nausicaa to goddess Artemis (arguably one of the most vindictive goddesses) and Artemis didn't bat an eye. She probably was like "the dude was so fucked already that I feel sorry for him!" 😆

[boy-in-red-dress]

What

"it never once occurred to him what my real strategy was: letting him win. Because winning made him feel special. And good God, did he want to feel special"

Calls Ford a tool but sings praise of tools WOW

[bolithesenate]

Dooku and his youngest daughter padawan

she saw a tooka or smt

[aestariiwilderness]

Crosshair, every season: *providing critical information or context waaaaaaay past when it would have made a difference in the game* This is a hilarious facet of his personality. Utterly aggravating. I love it. Hunter: "CrossHAIR!" Crosshair: "what" Hunter: "THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD TO KNOW LAST YEAR" Crosshair: "You didn't ask" Hunter, voice pitching up into glass-shattering levels of utter indignation: YES I DID. YOU WERE THERE CROSSHAIR. TECH HAS IT ON VIDEO CROSSHAIR If anybody had taught Crosshair to use his words at any point in his development...canon would have gone a lot differently. Just sayin'. P.S. This means him and Tech are absolutely two sides of the same coin, except Tech genuinely doesn't get -- like a lot of smart people -- when to assume people have the background information they need and when to assume he needs to explain things. Crosshair's just a drama queen who hates having to justify his bat-crap crazy decisions to anyone :D :D Either way and either brother...Hunter can never win :D.

Tech: I thought it was obvious Crosshair: You didn't ask Hunter: I hate you both

[ace-and-the-rpg-horrors]

it actually irritates me so much when people bring up the TENMA parents when someone's discussing Mrs Asahina, Harumichi or even Shinei. if you think poor Mr and Mrs Tenma are remotely comparable to those three disgraces, i am going to assume you don't read