#reading the script for the first time

[fuerst-von-argot]

Just love how Valery describes his pure terror and panic after reading the report, how sick it makes him, and then sees Boris and it's priority number one to describe him as a barrel-chested bull of a man.

[thekittyokat]

you ever just have a lot, a LOT of feelings all at once about a character and not even remotely enough words or brainpower to FORM the words to describe everything you're feeling. so it feels like you may explode. yeah

[smimon]

Giant K series #24: aren't giants monsters?

This is a pretty dramatic and bittersweet episode, a kind of "doubt and reassurance" scenario. But it ends well 😊

Bonus epilogue

[bowserphobia]

mario movie (the good one) screenshot redraw

[puppyeared]

AND I MET THE CHANGE GOD TOO. OKAY. COOL OKAY

[skhardwarevers1]

if this post gets like…5000 notes I’ll actually start writing scripts/making storyboards for videos I’ve had ideas about for months

additionally if this gets to 10000 (which I highly doubt it will) I’ll actually work on my abandoned stories, book ideas, and poetry

[worldsfirstgayknife]

nothing to offer 📁

[transuncletaylor]

I think we're sleeping on the idea of Sokka getting to be a stage mom during the summers when they take Izumi to Ember Island where she auditions for the Ember Island Players' summer show

[sunforgrace]

no but the thing is the thing is orpheus turns and. you’re early. i missed you. he sacrifices his life to save his love and he still dies at 41

[specific-dreamer]

was listening to deaths at my door this summer and got emotional but

death is at his door in the sense that in the musical he blames himself for his parents death bc he was tasked with stopping by a bakery for darry’s birthday cake or wtv xcpt yk hes 13 at the time he frgt so his parents had to go to the bakery xcpt its across town so they had to cross train tracks which is how they die, they car gets hit by a train and pony blames himself bc if he hdnt frgttn his parents wldnt even have been on that side of town ! plus pair that with darry always gettin on to him abt needing to use his head and how he never thinks pony prolly thinks darry also blames him for they parents dying. ntm the night johnny and pony ran away bob sheldon damn near tried to drown ponyboy and he wldv succeeded if johnny hadn’t stabbed him in the back saving pony. pony escaped death but instead bob died. then the church fire, pony shldv gotten hurt by the falling wooden beam but johnny pushed him out the church and took the hit instead. which ultimately lead to his death. pony again escaping death. then ofc dally gets himself killed after johnny dies and pony prolly likely blames himself for that as well

[vynegar]

"Albie" (main story 11-21)

At the end of Episode 11 (Part 1), we find out that "Albie" is simply a name that Vyn made up on the spot when Rosa asked. He may have been inspired by his own birth name, Vilhelm Richard Albert de Haspran.

In Chinese, Vyn choose the name "阿明". "阿" is a prefix used to form nicknames, "明" can be a name but also means "bright, clear". In Vyn's Romantic Rail Getaway card "Food for Thought", he tells us the meaning of his name:

You can see the character 明 appear in the word 明亮 ("bright"), although 明 is such a common character that I wouldn't say that this Chinese text alone is enough is sufficient evidence to show the connection between the two names. It's the way that the "Albie" and "阿明" happen to coincide in the name "Albert", which made me take note of Vyn's "careless" choice in name.

If the Chinese name was intended to subtly reference "Albert", I can certainly imagine imagine this as one way to preserve that reference through translation, even if it becomes more obvious. We do have an example of the translation preserving plot-relevant wordplay in a name: Lowe Leare ("Lowly"), originally 萧仁 ("小人", both pronounced "xiao ren" but with different tones). However, there's also an incident of a plot-relevant name being missed through translation, though it was in an event (not the main story) that probably foreshadowed a distant plot point and had infamously bad translation issues.

Anyway, it remains possible that "Albie" is a coincidence. However, after Vyn and Rosa wrap up their conversation about Albie's name, the narration makes a comment on the importance of that moment:

It isn't until the whole case is settled that you are surprised to realize something... You had briefly touched on the key to cracking the case at this very moment.

...which at least gives me enough confidence to not feel silly writing up a whole post about it. We've only seen part of this case, and there's a lot of mystery still surrounding Vyn's behavior so I don't have any definitive hypotheses on why Vyn might have chosen his own name for Albie. Is there something that made Vyn seen himself in Albie? Did the delinquent's attitude remind Vyn of the cruel, stratified world that he was born in? Is he reminded of how people who have imperfections will be tossed aside and abandoned? I guess we'll see when part 2 of this episode is released.

[fuerst-von-argot]

Valery Legasov, there is no reason to be surprised or upset about this. Boris Shcherbina has known you for about ten minutes and you've done nothing but mess with the Soviet political leadership and put yourself in every line of fire you've found. No wonder the poor man has you guarded. He's probably more worried about you than he is about anything else.

[fullscoreshenanigans]

Owange... 🧡🍑🧡🍊🧡🥭

Had to complete my heart eyes set with the ones I had for Valentine's and Norman's birthday week.

When you're Ray and this is your canonical internal monologue about your two best friends:

(Chapter 93)

[hopinglylost3214]

Always remember it's the lee who's in control, not the ler. If the lee says they don't want to be touched in certain places, you respect that. If the lee says they only want certain kind of tickling, you respect that (Of course, lers can say no too. and that's 100% valid. But it should be obvious that lees control what happens to their body, not the lers).

The lee is letting the ler tickle them. They're giving the ler a privilege that they can take away at any moment for any reason.

In the end, just be nice, listen and communicate, and make each other happy, okay?

[emphasisonthehomo]

Every time Hot Ones has an "interview" with a fictional character, something entirely fabricated and therefore incapable of genuine reaction, a little bit of the world's soul dies.

[andy-clutterbuck]

Ricky Dicky Doo Dah Grimes™