#pls come back jodie I miss u

[thetorturedlovergirl]

I think if Jodie Whittaker or Matt Smith returned to Doctor Who as The Master it would honestly change my life

[virgil-says-things]

Jimmy letting Fiona sleep in and taking care of the others for her <3

also Frank's missing and Debbie's been keeping count of the days - how many is 137 in like. months? around 4 months

Carl coming outside and dropping Debbie's backpack on the ground, saying 'lunch' and just walking away made me smile 😭

AGH. DEBBIE KISSING FRANK'S PICTURE THAT SHE STUCK TO THE FENCE 😭

Frank's in Mexico 😭

Jimmy and Fiona's first argument of the season is about popsicles <3

Lip and Ian stole smth. don't know what yet. but. damn. 😭 Lip trying to punch one of the cops and missing was funny

'get ur ass up u goddamn, pony-tailed, Fabio motherfucker' 😭 Sheila really didn't hold back there

not Jody managing to stop the baby from crying (I forgot what they named him) and then immediately setting him off again by starting to sing 😭

Frank doesn't have his passport with him. and he's also carrying an egg around for some reason

'u look like u need a course of penicillin and a lice comb' WOW. (said to Frank) 'not letting u into this country so u can add to Texas' homeless population' rip Frank

'Kev doesn't even know what a vacuum is' (Veronica) 'sure I do' outer space' (Kev) he's so stupid I love him 😭

'couple act. master and slave.' oh my GOD. stop. wait Kevin's using crutches to move around did I miss smth???

'Jimmy doesn't really do anything' FIONA?? what the fuck?? he's helping u take care of ur 5 siblings AND it just cut to him mopping the floor??

'when was the last time u were with a guy longer than three weeks?' (Veronica, to Fiona) 'never.' (Kevin) KEVIN. NO. 😭 Fiona seemed so offended

why is Jimmy stealing Liam's food AND drink?? pls at least get ur own drink

OH. Estefania's dad. came for Jimmy because he doesn't know where Estefania is? listen I know this isn't the point of this scene at all but Jimmy left the door partially open when he went outside to go check out what the cars were all about and Liam's alone inside.

Debbie getting home from school and excitedly running inside expecting Frank to be home 💔

'he's not here :-(' (Debbie) 'no cookies.' (Carl) well. Carl has his priorities straight and I respect that - 'Jimmy didn't make any cookies' (Carl) I forgot about that whole situation between Jimmy and Estefania's dad for a second

holy shit. well. Marco's dead.

Sheila looks so tired :-(

Frank tried calling Sheila for help and Sheila just hung up on him which. fair actually that was after he said the word money I think she assumed he was gonna ask for money

they're cutting up Marco's body and stuff while Estefania scream sobs - some fucking father???

Fiona got fired because the boss' nephew needed a job.

'u up for a threesome?' Ned/Lloyd is back and still as gross as ever!! for context he's still sleeping with Ian and Ian was talking about Mickey returning in a couple of weeks

man. Estefania's dad is gonna fuck up Jimmy and Fiona's relationship again why can't he just find someone else to be Estefania's husband 😭

Lip won the robot fight thing and I've never been more satisfied I love seeing assholes get their egos crushed

Fiona managed to get another job by paying a thousand pounds but what about the property tax bill??

Debbie shoving Ian away from the table when he was gonna sit at Frank's place and going 'that's still daddy's' spot is so me actually

Frank finally got back home and just silently stood there as everyone else continued talking until Ian noticed him and went quiet and stared. just. causing a chain reaction of them all turning to look at Frank and going silent 😭 Debbie being the only one to actually speak to him just. running to him and hugging him and everyone else just. continuing their conversations 😭

[delucadarling]

Zombies, Run! S9E1 Recap

Goddamn it’s been a while. Like. Two years. How the time doesn’t fucking fly at all.

Zombies Run Season 9 Mission 1 Spoilers

Zombies Run Season 9 Mission 1 Spoilers

Zombies Run Season 9 Mission 1 Spoilers

Okay. [cracks knuckles] Let’s do this.

Clip 1:

It’s been too damn long since I’ve done a re-run of ZR because I thought Bakari was fucking dead. Wasn’t he dead?? I wish he was dead.

Fucker

Clip 2:

I’m actually very intrigued by the use of a drone as a camera for the “operator” so to speak. I hope this means Sammy gets to use a fun new toy on a mission soon.

Can’t wait for him to give Five a concussion w it

Also how Dare you speak Janine and Tom’s names. Die, fucker.

Clip 3:

SHUT UP ABOUT TOM!!!! SHUT UP ABOUT TOM! SHUT UP! SHUT YOUR FUCKING FACE.

TOOOOOOMMMMMM

Oh I was messaging Emma while I was walking and this was perhaps my favorite exchange.

Clip 4:

So I was pretty sure 555 was going to be betrayed by the end of this from the start because fuck Bakari.

However the point where Bakari has you blow up a staircase with a grenade is where I realized 555 was gonna fucking beef it.

Clip 5:

“Don’t worry Pal who I pressured into this via guilt over saying you and your squad from certain death. I have an extraction plan. Tee hee <3″

Janine.... my lovely wife, please do a knife murder.

pls

I miss u weh

Anyone else lowkey salty that we literally only get 1 mission per week like...

is that not what people not paying for zr get?

[grumbles]

WHERE is my FUCKING WIFE S2S

Clip 6:

Anyways I hate this man

Rip 555 we knew absolutely nothing about u

Has every person Janine loves been a fucking lying two faced bastard? Like hello?

Bakari, Simon, Sara?

Can she have a goddamn break?

Peter Lynne I swear to fuck if you hurt Janine even a little bit I will manifest in the game and strangle you

AND YOU WON’T ENJOY IT

Next Time On Zombies Run:

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

JANINE ON A HORSE WITH A SWOORRRRRDDDD AHHHHHHHHHH

I’M VERY FUCK IN GAY

Predictions:

Who GIVES A SHIT about the PLOT stuff?

JANINE ON A HORSE WITH A SWORD

MY WIFE

[breathes heavily]

Okay well actually, may as well

We got to hear Veronica a bit at the end of this mission though she sounded veeeery automated. I’m excited to see more of her this season but I am concerned about her mental state.

I’m also concerned about Jody. She’s toughened up a lot since season 1, but goddamn.

[cries abt Tom some more]

Honestly I have no idea where the plot is going from here, other than Bakari sucks. I don’t think he’ll be our Big Bad necessarily. In fact, I get the feeling he’s going to be more of a ‘motherfucker we HAVE to work with despite knowing he’s a motherfucker’ type.

It’s times like these I wish Ian had lived so we could’ve had those moments of teeth clenched teamwork that makes everyone feel very dirty after.

OH HEY I ALSO HOPE STEVE COMES BACK

If Bakari was a motherfuck, Steve was ALSO a motherfuck

maybe Steve Pissay will have to face some old comrades, but on opposing sides now.

[blacknovelist]

I myself am not deaf/hoh but I was thinking of hc’s for my reader character in pyre (who I hc deaf) and I realized I never shared them so here i am. sharing them.

(Imma put these under the readmore bc holy shit there’s alot I copy pasted but please by all means add more or correct me if you got em)

(extra note: I myself am not part of the hard of hearing community, tho i do have family and friends who are. if there’s anything wrong, or things that should be changed, pls let me know)

It’s fairly obvious that speech is important in the CW (that and probably pictures) bc of the literacy ban, so, I mean, they gotta have stuff for ppl who can’t hear shit since it’s unfair otherwise (it’s never fair but hey they’ve got an image to maintain)

There’s definitely sign language for Sahrian. SSL, if you will

However!! Bc of how many races there are, that may make SSL….. complicated. There’s probably (definitely) different “dialects” and ways of signing depending on race

Like. A wyrm doing one action means the same as the hand signs for a certain word. It means you gotta learn how to interpret cur signs and wyrm signs separately, and some races come up w/ other little things specific to their races as far as nonverbal communication go too, but, like, it’s still SS, so, theoretically, anyone can use/learn it. 

Not that people in the Commonwealth do tbh

Harps kind of can’t really learn it bc the signs are adapted to everything but feet and wing. Plus they’ve mostly got wings, so, I like to think hands r a weird thing for them, bc to them its like “you have a second pair of weirdly-shaped feet on ur arms instead of wings wtf how do u live like this”

On a relevant note, the military has a kind of, pidgin language? A conlang adaptation of SSL??

It’s more reliant on finger movements than the hand-wrist-fullbody movements of actual SSL, which makes it easy to hide (esp from Harp eyes)

Jodi knows common SSL along with the military version

She taught Hedwyn some regular SSL but most of his knowledge on it is the military conlang, so, in the beginning, communication is a little funny (not hugely tho, military SSL is similar to civilian SSL outside of all the finger movements)

Jodariel is the one who recognizes the Reader cannot hear after Hedwyn patches them up and brings them in.

Reader can read the lips of curs, humans, saps, and wyrms. They can’t read Bog-crone lips bc they’ve never met one, but Bertrude already knows sign anyway (although, the reader is a quick learner so they do pick up some reading lips regardless since crone mouths aren’t that different anyway.) Is this a capital R reader thing? A little bit!

Subsequently they can kind of read Harp lips because they’re the same as human lips lmao. This makes communicating w/ Pamitha easier (but not that easy) when they first meet, though it’s some time until Pam can communicate w the Reader without a proxy translating SSL back and forth. Pam does pick up understanding it at a good rate though!

(Sometimes its hit and miss bc yknow, some ppl talk too fast or mush their words together or talk funny but it’s better than nothing)

The Reader experiences the Voice primarily through impressions (and occasionally in like, mental writing if something can’t be conveyed properly through images + feelings), and so they never hear AJ “properly”. Good thing the AJ way of talking is through direct mental projection because things would questionably get complicated otherwise

The reason they feel it in impressions is because of the nature of the Voice and the rites tbh. I know deaf/hoh folks usually think in sign - however, the Voice speaks English and SSL is in, well, Sahrian. So it… kind of can’t come across in the usual way the Reader thinks cause there’s no english sign language cause english is forbidden (*insert spooky noises here*)

The triumvirate feels the Reader in impressions, images and ideas too! Sometimes it translates in their heads as words they hear, but only in their own minds.

The thoughts of the triumvirate, those do come across in mental SSL impressions for the Reader! That’s because the other Nightwings couldn’t think in English if they tried (except for Volfred)

AJ, who has never met a deaf/hoh person doing the rites, has no clue the Reader can’t hear and still wants them to be his successor until the Volfred stuff.

The closest thing the Reader gets to hearing is the vague feelings they get through their triumvirate

If the Reader really, really needs to get everyone’s attention when politely tapping or wildly flailing don’t work (or if they’re too excited to try and want everyone to see something right now immediately), they’re not afraid to just make the biggest goddamn racket on planet Earth. Not like they’re bothered by it anyway, so it gets the job done. 

The first rite (in the book) was an experience because they figured the three would be talking to each other once they appeared, except the conversation actually presented itself in their head out of nowhere despite their faces being covered and the Reader not knowing for sure that they were actually talking (aka the Reader knew it wasn’t their imagination and this was stuff coming from the trio). 

Hedwyn nearly forgets the Reader can’t hear when he’s doing his “we’ll get free and we trust you so work with us here” speech, but he gets the feeling the Reader will understand anyway.

Gilman’s knowledge of SSL is also mostly from his time as a Wyrm Knight, but unlike the human army, wyrm civilian SSL is the same as wyrm military SSL, so there’s no issue there and the Reader learned all the SSL forms bc it’s not really like they had much else to do other than read up there u know?

When Volfred speaks into the Reader’s mind, it manifests in SSL like the others’ thoughts do, but if he’s speaking English it manifests as impressions and letters in the same way the Voice does during the rites. 

The Reader insists on learning how to use their Reader Powers to communicate “in case of the most dire of circumstances” 

They stick with SSL ever after tho bc of course they do

The Nightwings all learn how to understand human SSL but not everyone can use it, since the Reader can’t really teach it to everyone (u try imitating a wyrm effectively with ur hand and get back to me man, they aren’t gonna try)

Ti’zo already knows a little about understanding SSL, and the Reader helps him learn the rest.

He turns out to be incredibly adept in Imp Charades and using facial expressions. Though unaccustomed to being able to communicate through chirps and other usual imp noises, he enjoys the challenge. 

Together with Mae, the three piece together a makeshift Imp SSL. Ti’zo loves it.

Volfred asks to teach it to the Messenger Inps and learn how to understand it, despite knowing already how to interpret Imp speech. They teach the Inps and Volfred anyway.

Even though the Reader can’t hear it, strumming Tariq’s white lute is incredibly soothing. Something about the vibrations. Tariq himself is quite sad the Reader will never hear his or Celeste’s music

“Fetch the Reader for Lunch/Dinner” is a task given to a randomly selected Nightwing (usually the first person to arrive after Hedwyn rings the bell for mealtime), and consists of poking/slapping/pulling at the Reader, who is blissfully unaware, so that they can join everyone to eat. This is important, because the Reader can and will miss meals if not alerted.

It only applies to lunch and dinner because the Reader loves sleeping and can therefore be woken up with everyone else instead of them having to be hunted down due to early morning wandering

Jodariel signs quickly and uses a lot of older formal gestures that the Reader knows of but has never seen before meeting Jodi. 

Hedwyn, on the other hand, usually signs a bit slower than her, and his signs are mostly “modern” ones mixed with military SSL. 

Basically the way they sign matches the way they usually talk.

Rukey knows a bit of cur SSL and does his best to learn more, but he's… not great at it, especially since the Reader can’t really help him through all the motions as a human. He keeps at it, even though the Reader tells them he doesn’t have to because they know how to lip-read and he's got a very expressive face anyway. They’re very touched he’s going so far to try (and he gets it… eventually. He makes up a lot of abbreviations.)

Gilman signs like Jodi does (quickly and in a more “olden traditional” way), but with about twenty times the exuberance. And a lot more old signs and gestures, because no one’s bothered updating wyrm SSL in a while, I guess

Tariq doesn’t seem to know how to do SSL, but never has a problem communicating with the Reader. They keep forgetting to ask him about it.

The big heartfelt speech about freedom and stars and stuff (after the rites are said to be ending, u know the one) is told through a mix of SSL and the Reader’s abilities, because it helps them portray exactly what they wanted to say more directly, right when everyone needed it. 

Barker absolutely knows cur SSL and how to understand other SSL dialects, and is constantly broadcasting everything he shouts in cur SSL just in case (works well bc cur SSL heavily depends on body position and language), which actually helps bc otherwise the Reader would have 0 idea what he’s saying

Lendel knows the bare minimum of SSL (thru his time as a police dude or whatever they’re called) and definitely not enough to communicate fluently. 

Ignarius learned the military version but has long since forgotten. 

Dalbert knows how to understand it but doesn’t know how to sign himself, and his son only knows a little. 

Sir Deluge learned as a Wyrm Knight and forgot it fairly quickly. 

Manley doesn’t even know it exists, and it takes some time for him to realize the Reader isn’t ignoring him on purpose when his mask is on.

Witch Udmildhe has never cared for such mortal things, as there’s no way to convey the horror of the Astral-Born through mere hand signals anyway.

Tamitha has tried learning SSL as a way to get a leg-up on the CW (if harps could crack it, there’s a huge boon there bc on-the-field plans to could be disrupted before they happen) but hasn’t been able to get the resources for it.

As a side note, Pamitha does help form a Harp SSL following the Scribes’ Return (and before then, simply made sure to always face the Reader when she talked to them so they could read her lips or get someone to interpret)

Falcon Ron and his dad don’t know SSL as Downside natives, so someone always has to accompany the Reader when they go to the Slugmarket in order to interpret for them.

Actually, in general someone’s gotta be with the Reader all the time, because they can’t hear anything and therefore even a mcfreaking rockslide could sneak up on them. Howler nights mean nothing when you can't hear the howling. Even if it’s a Drive Imp, somebody’s gotta be there to be the Reader’s ears

It honestly doesn’t help the Reader is kind of an unintentional little shit like. They just wanna see the world and being deaf isn’t gonna stop them but they’re literally gonna die pls save them from themselves holy shit 

Oralech knows SSL, of course. As a doctor it was important for him to know military SSL at the least, but in order to communicate freely he learned civilian SSL as well

Sandra does not know it, as it wasn’t created in her time and no one’s spent enough time with the Beyonder Crystal to teach her. Since she projects in a similar manner to the Archjustice she doesn’t technically need to, as impressions and text do fine for communication between her and the Reader, the Reader teaches her anyway. She quite enjoys it.

The other Drive Imps learn to gather and move on hand-command via the Reader. It makes them feel powerful. (The imps are just happy to be getting the pets and snacks so w/e)

All of the Nightwings have their own sign, and there’s signs for the Nightwings as a whole too.

If the ‘wings are practicing with each other and want to refer to the Reader, they hold their closed hands to their heart and move it to their chest like an open book (or like they’re cradling something)

The SSL for “Nightwings” is the signs for “night” and “wings” together.

Technically they came up with signs for the other Triumvirates but im not coming up with all of those man

Ti’zo still complains abt what the Accusers sign is and thinks it should’ve been something less friendly

[eggoreviews]

10 Most Anticipated Releases for (the rest of) 2018

I’m excited about a lot of things. So are a lot of other people. So this list shoves all of the music, films, games and TV shows scheduled for release this year that I’m most excited about into one handy list. Enjoy some content and let me know if one of your faves is in here too!

Also, yes the picture is just a switch, but this list does still contain stuff other than games. What else do you put as a picture here other than like a stock image of what year it is? Idk I like putting pictures here, it keeps up an aesthetic u feel

10. Super Mario Party (Release date: October 5th)

Okay so I’m pretty much a sucker for anything Nintendo based at the minute, especially since I only just got a Switch and I really have a lot of catching up to do (still haven’t played Zelda or Mario Odyssey) and the only Mario Party game I’ve ever played is the one where you’re in the car that everyone seems to hate. So while this isn’t the most hyped thing on my radar, or anyone’s radar really, I’m still pretty excited to see the newest addition of what is basically just a Mario board game.

Hey at least Waluigi is playable in this.

9. Hotel Artemis (Release date: July 20th)

This film looks fuckin great. I always talk about going to see a film on a whim because it looks kinda cool, but never do considering how far away my nearest cinema is. But for this one, I think I’ll make the effort. I mean, a film about a criminal hospital that has Dave Bautista, Jodie Foster and Jeff Goldblum in it? And also Gazelle from Kingsman? Big yes.

8. Doctor Who Series 11 (Release date: Probably the autumn or something)

I’ve been a fan of this show since I was basically a toddler and have loved to bits every one of the modern doctors so far. So now we’re finally getting a woman in the role, that’s something to be very, very excited about. And also three companions? Yeah this series will be good and I’m ready for it.

7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC (Release date: A day that isn’t today)

I was 100% sure that Nintendo weren’t doing any more content for MK considering it’s a port, but there was a reveal on a Nintendo Twitter account that there’s some content coming soon. This is actually one of two Switch games I own right now (pls send me games) so new content would be cool, hopefully in the form of some new characters and courses. Give me Funky Kong and the Waluigi Pinball course and I’ll be a very happy bean.

6. Ant-Man and the Wasp (Release date: August 3rd)

I know literally everyone in the world has already seen this but I’ve still got a couple of weeks before the new Marvel boi and I’m really excited to see where everything goes. As much as Antman was never my absolute fave, I’m hyped to see Hope take on a more central role this time. Plus that salt shaker fight from the trailer has got to be worth a watch.

5. The Walking Dead: The Final Season (Release date: August 14th)

As I mentioned in my Walking Dead themed post, I’ve been spending a lot of time catching up on missed seasons of this amazing set of game series and have now finally finished the Michonne miniseries. So I’m really excited to see how Clem’s story wraps up and whether or not any of the AWOL characters will return.

4. Life Is Strange 2 (Release date: September 27th)

Here’s another series of games that made me feel a lot of emotions back in the first game’s release in 2015. There was just something so powerful about the cheesily-written characters, hard hitting storylines and a perfect indie soundtrack that just struck every nerve for me. So after a slightly disappointing prequel in last year’s Before the Storm, I’m happy that Dontnod are taking the reins again for this one. Also, if you haven’t played the Captain Spirit prequel yet, it’s amazing and also it’s free. V much worth your time.

3. ‘Simulation Theory’ by Muse (Release date: November)

Muse were my favourite band for a long ass time and are still definitely one of my favourites so I’m very, very excited for our first album since 2015′s Drones, which feels like forever ago. I’ve loved all the singles from the album so far, especially Thought Contagion. The single Something Human, which literally came out today, continues this weird 80s dystopian vibe they’ve got going on with this and I’m here for it. It’s kind of shaping up to be one of their strongest efforts yet. (Also, Simulation Theory isn’t the confirmed title, it’s just what a lot of people deciphered and it makes the most sense so I’m running with it)

2. Bastille’s Third Album (Release date: Late summer?)

Another contender for favourite band status, Bastille’s debut quickly became one of my favourite albums and 2016′s Wild World only cemented their place as an all-time fave. We’ve already had some pretty great albums this year (Mania, Pray For The Wicked, The Now Now), but with Quarter Past Midnight being a certified bop, I am seriously excited to see what else they’ve come up with this time.

I promise u I’m definitely not a more biased Watchmojo clone in blog form but here’s some hONORABLE MENTIONS:

Spyro Reignited Trilogy (Release date: September 21st)

Fallout 76, even though I’m still a lil bit cautious of this one (Release date: November 14th)

Daredevil Season 3 (Release date: Whenever it comes out I guess)

1. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Release date: December 7th)

If you’ve seen a single one of my other blog posts, you’ll know how overly excited I am for this. I’m a more casual player so most of my excitement comes through potential newcomers, but even with the game as it stands, it’s looking to be pretty good. My hype for this game is basically endless (pls give us Rayman I will die happy if that happens)

What are you excited for that’s happenin’ in the rest of 2018? Send me a thing if u have any. Also, if the Walking Dead games are your thing I’ve got a post right here listing all the characters I want to see return. Have fun!

Thank for reading!