#or just plain goofy

[swedebeast]

Stargate SG-1, season 7, episode 3 goof

So, we all love Stargate in here, but some goofy things happen in it. I am not talking about space worms and viking god aliens, but I am talking about things that were not meant to be looked over by someone with a pause feature.

So, in this episode Colonel O'Neill gets age regressed by aliens, and Teal'c and Daniel search in their database for alien abductions of similar events. "Your people have had many encounters with beings from other worlds", says Teal'c - because we got all kinds of UFO abduction stories and hoaxes. Thing is, they need to search for situations and stories with similar events - with O'Neill have his age regressed to that of a teenager.

Teal'c and Daniel marvel at how many abduction cases match.

277 hits and... the search criteria are

"abduction, other world, bright lights, encounter"

Nothing about age regression, nothing even about stolen time, and you get a measly 277 hits? Like, holy shit, this counts as "a lot"?

I love you Stargate, but come on.

[strawberry-seal77]

d'ya think the fire in Yang's hair is purely visual, or if it gives off real heat? Could Yang get burned by it if she didn't have the near-instinctual aura use anyone gets from combat school?

[sciderman]

SCI, we know your opinions on the mcu and dp movies and that, what's your take on the venom movies?

they FUCK!!! stupidest movies i've ever seen. love them so fucking MUCH.

[chimerafeathers]

there's an essay jumbled up in my brain about dunmeshi's beginning and how clever and deceptive it is as a sleight-of-hand trick that distracts the audience from the depth and scope of the worldbuilding and foreshadowing that's being set up the entire time by dangling zany characters and wacky dishes and biology fun facts in front of us, and how that serves to catch invested viewers off guard when those elements come to the forefront, but also how it works against it with other viewers wanting "more" and not seeing it because the plot bait isn't laid out up front

how people getting frustrated with the characters "not taking things seriously" is mirrored and refuted in the confrontation between Laios and Shuro. how the characters' attitudes aren't just a result of shallow low-stakes "comedy rules" where nothing matters, but are an extension of their personalities (Laios's nonstandard expression of emotions being offputting even to people he knows) and the world and social environment (adventurers being desensitized to death and injury because resurrection magic is commonplace). the way the party refers to "saving Falin" instead of "retrieving Falin's corpse," indicating that they still see her with full personhood, and how that phrasing leads to some readers/viewers believing that Falin is alive in the dragon's stomach, conscious of being slowly digested while the party carelessly fucks around "wasting time." how the weird tonal dissonance makes sense in-universe and yet is deliberately challenged more and more the deeper the party goes

all the character building and pieces of lore slowly weaving together the shape of the larger world, laying the groundwork for the major themes that will surface later. so much is right there in the "low-stakes" early episodes if you know what you're looking for (or pass the perception checks).

it can be so satisfying to see new viewers/readers pick up on the clues even in the earliest "simple" episodes, or notice new things and make connections yourself....and it can also be frustrating to see people dismiss oddities and dissonance as shallow or bad writing because they don't expect a "cooking anime" to have depth like that. why try to question and understand and peel back the layers when you don't expect there to be any layers?

why can't laios take things seriously for once?

[probablyvampirerpgideas]

Make a Vampire character who just really sucks at hiding the fact that they're a vampire. Like it's really fucking obvious dude, no one is being fooled here, you look like one those feratu.

[shmorp-mcdurgen]

MandelaBioTech Staff, Dave Lee and Amanda Harlow (this aus preacher)

They’re. Funny (evil)

[fru1tt0ast]

I know I've kissed you before, but I didn't do it right

Can I try again, try again, try again?

[cleromancy]

war games 🤝 battle for the cowl;: yeah that was a big pivotal event but uh. it didn't happen like that. They told it wrong

[lucalicatteart]

-- Poorly Constructed Enchanted Tool --

A small tool carved from a fruit tree seed. Energy to power the enchantment has seemingly run-out long ago, and the method of recharging is unknown - but, based on the appearance, it's very likely that this was once used for detecting magic. Usually, looking through the glass center would highlight areas of higher magical energy concentration present in the viewer's environment, even if they were otherwise obscured to the naked eye. While this form of enchantment itself is highly advanced, the craftsmanship of the item is far less neat or complex than what might be typically seen in similar devices. It may have been made as part of training/practice, or as a hasty replacement for a previous tool that had broken.

[nemmet]

question: who is your favourite scooby doo character and why?

in a similar vein to my how did you get into scooby doo post from last month, i'm now interested in hearing who your favourite character from the franchise is! are they a member of the core gang or a side character? which iteration/version of theirs do you like best? do you have any specific memories associated with them? do they mean a lot to you personally, or do you just think they're neat? it's time to gush about them in the tags/replies!!

[eorzeanflowers]

Y’all, staring at your darlings is one of life’s greatest pleasures.

[shrublee]

chat its my birthday today, wheres everyone at?

you guys remembered right.....? 😀

[badnewswhatsleft]

"i'm indifferent to the difference 'tween tomorrow and today / less an indiscretion than a lesson i've been paid"

"all my friends go to bed dreaming up a reason they should weep, weep / and all my friends go to the ends of the earth for secrets they don't wanna keep"

"cryptozoology, you just might exist / call me in the morning if that misconception still persists"

the sibilance the rhythm the rhyme the wordplay.. these lines always scratch my brain so good patrick stump im kissing you on the mouth

[blujayonthewing]

I bought an amber necklace for nerd reasons (Aubree wears one-- she's superstitious; amber wards off illness) and I did not anticipate how 👀 wearing it would make me feel

[lesbiten]

almost done with The Book and im going to try my hardest to avoid this showing up in any main tags for my Safety but i dont see where people are coming out of this drawing super fluffy art of The Guy and The Shape theres like one page where The Guy is happy about the situation and then the rest of it is just The Shape verbally and physically abusing him