#r.o.u.s.

[griddleharkbrainrot]

Upon further consideration I'm unsure if Trash Panda should be classified as a dog or as a Rodent Of Unusual Size (R.O.U.S.)

Reasons why:

1. Appearance

A. It's not clear in the picture but he has bloodred eyelids and the vets don't know why

B. Oddly proportioned. His paws and chest are giant but his head and legs are oddly tiny

2. Behavior

A. Stole my cane

B. Likes to bite his brother Misha

C. Oddly obsessed with fire

D. We are not actually sure he's fully a dog. According to his paperwork he's a purebred standard poodle but he's built like a workhorse and triggers allergic reaction

E. Dogs aren't supposed to be able to open locked doors. We do not know how he does this.

F. Are dogs supposed to build nests???

In conclusion, there is a reason he's named Trash Panda and our vet is very confused every time she meets him

[bisexualbaker]

Bragging time! I got a new surprise podfic!

This is of a silly little ATLA x Princess Bride crossover (sorta), in which post-series Toph and Zuko hunt down Sokka's missing space sword in one of the Earth Kingdom's fire swamps.

There are now two podfic versions of this fic, so you can listen to both and pick your favorite, or decide which one to listen to depending on your mood, or listen to both every time, just to appreciate the nuance and differences in the performances!

[bruceandmary]

Princess Buttercup and Westley, "The Princess Bride"

Buttercup: Westley, what about the R.O.U.S.'s?

Westley: Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist.

(A Rodent of Unusual Size immediately attacks him)

[katrein05]

The ROUS is all like "I dare you to deny my existence now, BUDDY!"

The Princess Bride (1987) dir. Rob Reiner

[cachow-it]

I think it says a lot about the quality of the Princess Bride that in my 20th time watching it I just noticed that the r.o.u.s is just a man on all fours.

That is just a man. You can straight up see his legs human legs and arms.

[bloodsoakedogre]

Pyramid Head seems to have found his way into one Kazan storages and is currently helping himself to what's in it. It seems to be mostly fabrics and thankfully he's not ripping them.

Mostly anyway.

It was quiet.

Too quiet.

The kind of quiet that reminded Kazan of those early days when his son,(what was his name again? Genji? No! It was...) Akito, was toddling around. His home was a big wide whole world filled to the brim with nooks and crannies, places that was exciting to go to, despite the exasperation from Kazan. Even if he had family or servants to mind the child; Akito would always find a way to escape their watch. How could Kazan blame his son? But the silence that would follow always led to the most mischievous things.

Like what was occurring right within Kazan's earshot as he followed the slightest of noises that was contrary to the chilly eerie breeze and the falling of leaves.

Heavy breathing, the squeak of floorboards under a weighty thing that shifted in place, and the unmistakable shocking tear of fabric.

Kazan dashed to the door, throwing and knocking it off its rail to throw an admonishing accusing finger to the culprit.

"You! Take your filthy hands off that fabric, get your rags from somewhere else!"

[komakesthings]

My Muppet Princess Bride drawings found their way to Facebook and from that came a ton of good suggestions for scenes. Rizzo as a R.O.U.S. has been suggested by a lot of different folks for as long as I've been doing these drawings, but I was never quite sure how to handle the scene until a commenter suggested Rizzo's line. Maybe it resonated with me because I can kinda relate to Rizzo in this moment (especially so soon after Valentines Day!). Thanks to Paul Adams who provided Rizzo's line, and gave me permission to use it in this drawing.

And shout-out to movie-screencaps.com for providing the backgrounds, I like to edit shots from the movie for my backgrounds because it allows me to focus on the fun part of drawing Muppets. There's also just something fun about 'painting' the Muppets into the actual film.

[kakerutori]

Stranger Things and The Princess Bride Headcanons

So I just randomly thought about The Princess Bride in the shower then went on a spiral about it and this happened (BTW if you’ve not seen this movie PLEASE DO! Captivating, subversive, funny, heartfelt, goofy in all the right places, this is one of the only movies I think I’d recommend anyone to watch no matter what genre you prefer)!

Dustin and Lucas become obsessed with this movie after they watch it at 16 (the movie was released 1987)

They manage to reference it in every campaign that they DM for

Dustin and Lucas reference “inconceivable” on the daily

They also fight over who gets to be Inigo whenever they reenact the big ending duel

They seriously bicker about it for minutes on end in the middle of campaigns sometimes and Mike is just moaning to Will like why do they both want to be called Indigo Montana or whatever his name is

Mike is last to see it and he refuses to watch it because Dustin and Lucas are so annoying about it until Will tells him it’s good and then he gives in

A year after its release Dustin and Lucas have seen it 15-20 times

They don’t tell each other when they watch it until the next day and so it becomes a competition who’s seen it the most and it almost causes them to fail big exams because they’re so invested in rewatching the film

Max denies that she enjoys the movie because the romance is cheesy (she loves it)

Will accidentally caught her watching it and they’ve kept it a secret and inside joke ever since

El loves the movie because of the romance

El gets so worried over Buttercup too and gets so happy when she gets her happy ending :,)

Erica genuinely doesn’t like the film at first but she was just distracted making important friendship bracelets the first time

She liked it after a proper rewatch but doesn’t dare to reference it lest she set off her obsessed older brother

But she makes him an Inigo Montoya figurine for his birthday the same year

Inigo is Lucas’ favorite character and he loves the great line “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” (He annoys the life out of Erica repeating it to her when he wants to bother her)

Will is lowkey into Inigo and Mike is lowkey into Wesley (they deny their resemblances to each other)

Bob would’ve loved The Princess Bride :,((((

The Byers watch it together in his honor

On that note Joyce loves it too, especially the wholesome story of the grandfather and the grandson’s “as you wish”

Meanwhile The Party flirt with it like Wesley’s version all the time - Dustin to Suzie, Lucas to Max, and Mike to Will

Now Murray claims to not like the film, he doesn’t like how “the story goes all over the place”

But he does understand every reference and sometimes even accidentally speaks in them (he calls a demodog an R.O.U.S.)

Hopper thinks that Buttercup resembles his ex too much so he doesn’t ever watch the film fully

Steve and Robin watch it while working in Family Video and get pretty invested

Although Dustin talks about it nonstop to Steve after he sees it and Steve considers filing a cease and desist lmao

[spinachjuice]

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

Bonus R.O.U.S. + me being sick watching film

[overlords-au]

If alt!Mabel offered to knit each of the evil polycule a customised sweater, what colour and design would each of them request?

dee - something with some sort or creature

ronnie - one with a R.O.U.S on it

liam - logos of his favourite restaurants

any color works for them!

[pansexualkiba]

"Does anyone else have any life-altering secrets, or can we move on?" Iida asked.

Mineta raised his hand. "I'm actually blood-related to Fukidashi Manga. We're first cousins. My birth name was Fukidashi Eroge."

"Wh. Huh?" Iida's eyebrows shot into his hairline. His glasses cracked a little.

"Yeah, when I was like, a baby, I was abandoned in an alleyway after my parents died." Mineta shrugged. "I was then found by Mineta Hosaka, who lives in the middle of nowhere with her husband, Fusaku."

"Like. Like in Courage the Cowardly Dog?" Kaminari asked nervously.

"Exactly like in Courage the Cowardly Dog." Mineta nodded.

"Doesn't that like," Ashido pointed out, "Imply that your parents were ground into cat food?"

"I wish my father would be ground into cat food." Todoroki said, apropos of nothing.

"God, mood." Midoriya mumbled.

"Incidentally," Nedzu popped out of a vent. "I happen to love cat food."

The class stared as Nedzu got to his feet.

"Am I a rabbit, a jackal, or an R.O.U.S.?" Nedzu began. "I'm-"

"Principal Nedzu," Mineta began to cry, "Did you eat my parents?"

"And can you please eat mine?" Todoroki asked politely.

"That depends." Nedzu responded. "What's your offer?"

[icedteaandoldlace]

Okay, so you can pry the Kamisco Chewbacca T-shirt thing out of my cold, dead hands. I love that she's the only person allowed to wear it, I love that she mentions Chewbacca to let Cisco know that she's the real Kamilla when she gets back from the Mirrorverse, I love the inference that perhaps Chewbacca is the subject of many inside jokes between them because of that T-shirt, and I even have a Kamisco WIP where they have a fluffy brown cat named Chewie.

HOWEVER.

It just occurred to me that Iris "can't keep her action movies or nerd franchises straight" West-Allen was the first person to mention that T-shirt. So like. Just imagine for a moment, Iris trying desperately to prove to Kamilla that she is the real Iris. She lists a few facts about Kamilla and Cisco to try to help her case, but those don't necessarily prove anything. A mirror clone could've figured out where Kamilla used to work. She could've seen the way Cisco and Kamilla look at each other and deduced that he was the love of her life. Anyone could notice the things she's pointing out now. But then she remembers what Kamilla told her about the T-shirt that only she is allowed to wear. It had some nerd movie character on it. That big furry one. She can remember this. Yes! She knows what she needs to say now! She triumphantly brings up Cisco's Chewbacca shirt, proud she knew just the detail to bring up, and proud she knew which movie character was on it.

Kamilla sighs with relief and sets her weapon down. The Iris standing before her is definitely her friend and not a mirror copy. Only the real Iris can't remember shit about movies and would call an R.O.U.S. Chewbacca.

[diet-poison]

[icy-watch]

So, Okino experienced what I go thru on the weekly. Not fun, but he's becoming more... human? No, cognizant. That's the right word. I do think there's some sort of glitch in his programming, bc we've seen one other guide and he was very different from Okino.

We're def going to see Okino Go Thru It as he realizes just how much his life and everything he's ever believed it was all just... programmed into his backstory. How everything about him, is just a bunch of code.

Anyway.

The ninja are down to so few lives. There's going to be no negative repercussions to this for a few more episodes. 🙃

For them, the cliffs are next. I'm hoping BEGGING for a couple of Princess Bride references. Like, come on. Totally necessary, after they gave of R.O.U.S.'s this episode.

I really hope the writers remembered that Cole used to rock climb. He'll have a better understanding than the others. Plz don't let him fall. Again. We do not need that this early in the season.

Ok, so tomorrow night, I'll be watching my sister's dogs. They've been at her mother-in-law's house this whole time, but she'd going out of town tomorrow evening. Which means, someone needs to be with them for about 10 hours. Originally, my sister and her husband were going to come back tomorrow night, but they got cheaper tickets if they booked a red eye. So, I'll be over there until very early morning Saturday. Which means, I'll be the first one to see them after their honeymoon. Took them a couple of years, but they were finally able to go.

Basically, I'll be unable to liveblog tomorrow, BUT I can start earlier on Saturday. So, until then!

[sweets-system]

Upside of being a mouse: People think you're small and cute

Downside of being a mouse: People think you're not tough and strong

The solution is to become an R.O.U.S. I think

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

What about the R.O.U.S.'s? • Thundra • Rodent lair (They keep coming) • Coat for Winter • Witchcraft • A wild dog appears • Boat o' shoebox • Burnincage • Lizards • Ghost • Territory • Kindly witch • Us, the humans and their magic

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