#rom epic collection

[ultrameganicolaokay]

Rom Epic Collection Volume 1: ‘The Original Marvel Years’ by Bill Mantlo, Sal Buscema and more. Cover by Frank Miller and Joe Rubinstein. Out in April 2025.

"At last, the classic adventures of Rom in the Marvel Universe are collected in paperback!

Learn how Rom gave his life in service to his home planet, Galador, becoming a Spaceknight sworn to protect it from the evil Dire Wraiths! Rom tracks these vile creatures across the cosmos to Earth, where they have infiltrated the highest levels – including S.H.I.E.L.D. itself! Armed with his energy analyzer, only Rom can see the true form of the Dire Wraiths – and with his neutralizer, he can blast them to Limbo! But what will Earth make of this armored invader? Will his quest be aided or hindered by encounters with the X-Men and Jack of Hearts? And can he survive deadly clashes with super villains like the Mad Thinker and the Space Phantom? Collecting ROM (1979) #1-20."

[gothicashworld]

After 3 trailers its safe to say that the Venom movies are collectively the last 3 braincells dreaming up a monsterfucker rom-com set to epic music and an allegory for sex where Eddie literally rides a Venom horse

[keaneoncomics]

Bronze Age Marvel fans, take note: Rom, Spaceknight and the Micronauts are getting Epic Collections in 2025!

[anonymoushouseplantfan]

Episode 4

Royal wedding montage. No, Samantha Cohen didn’t tell you some weird Rainbow Fish story. That did not happen. 

Voices of journalists talking about how amazing she is and how she is going to change the family for the better. I guess the royal coverage is good…as long as they say nice things.

“I don’t know how I was so calm.” Drugs, Meghan. It was drugs. 

Wedding crowds montage. Same song as Four Weddings and a Funeral because these two think they are living a rom com. Celebrities attending the wedding. International coverage. Amal and George and the Beckhams. Will and Harry. No one mentions that it was Wallis Simpson’s car. She didn’t talk about the “real” wedding three days before.

There was no expectation, Harry. You were supposed to get married in Craithie Kirk because you were a man of the people. That was the first story that came out.

CWK talks about the dress. Doesn’t mention the Commonwealth flowers in the veil. No mention of the tiara drama or the egg debacle either. 

Bold choice going with the vampire bride shot. Yes, KC was important to you Meg. He single-handedly saved your train wreck wedding. Lots of discussion about the Kingdom Choir and no one mentions that they perform at all the Commonwealth events. 

They sold their wedding pics, just like Peter. They are soooooo tacky. They laugh about cutting the cake with the sword. That wedding cake was truly symbolic, a priceless collection of gold pedestals propping up a mediocre confection. Her mom ditched her for the celebs. That is hilarious. Of course she did.

Interesting that Meghan hasn’t looked happy once during this whole documentary, but she sounds truly joyful when talking about the wedding. That was the highlight of her life. 

Kate’s face in the wedding pictures is everything. Says it all. I wonder if Meghan sold a Kate pic. I haven’t seen one yet. Never mind, I just rewound and, sure enough, she did.

Interesting how they are appropriating narratives—she’s a hugger, writing in a new character, modernizing—that were created by the tabloids. Every single word this Archewell guy is saying was written by Camilla Tominey, Andrew Morton, or Valentine Low. He is parroting the royal experts Harry was mocking last episode.

Train trip with the Queen. Why does she wear a necklace in some shots, but not in others? They are splicing different interviews and using filters to make it look line one interview. This section was edited into incomprehensibility after the death of the Queen.

Grenfell. LOL, she makes it sound like she was in the UK when the tragedy happened. Wild. I like the Grenfell ladies but why are they spending time on this and not covering her current charities? 

Bitching about Nott Cott, which actually looks super cute. “I don’t know who lived here before.” Your brother, the heir, lived there before, Harry. You know that.

 That’s how she decorated it? Pottery Barn circa 2001? No wonder her domestic goddess career never took off. All of this just to upgrade from 2000s Pottery Barn to 2014 Restoration Hardware? But….they weren’t living in Nott Cott. They rented a Cotswolds farmhouse before the wedding and lived there until moving to Frog Cott. That’s why all these pics are of them getting dressed. They were just using Nott Cott to prep for London events. 

Wait, did they just bitch about their multi-million cottage in Kensington Palace being too small right after the Grenfell segment? Yes, they did. Wow.

Pregnancy. She sold her sonogram pictures. Australia. You weren’t showing already, Megs. There was no bump. Cue shots with no bump. This is epic gaslight. We can clearly see she’s not showing, but they flat out say she was.

Lol, she wasn’t that popular. Her polls peaked at 41% net approval after the wedding and dropped like rocks. And Australia wasn’t the turning point, Lucy. It was her dad talking to the media all summer long. Isn’t Lucy Harper a pr person? Shouldn’t she be able to interpret polling data? Headlines about how popular she was…including the 2018 Time’s Most Influential List, which is hilarious because they were sandwiched between Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia’s MSB. Yeah, the royals were really jealous of that. OMG, they show Meghan’s covers and its…Woman’s Day and Hello! Canada. One of the headlines is “Freddy Mercury’s Secret Wife.” 

Wait, now he’s happy because the media put Meghan on the front pages? They have a very strange relationship with the media. Hold on, he thinks Meghan outshone The Queen? Seriously?????? He thinks the frumpy brocade dress outshone The Queen? I remember calling that a hater cover because Meghan looked so terrible in it. No one thought she overshadowed The Queen. Literally, no one. 

Archewell guy speaking again.  He seems to think that the royals, who were desperately trying to cover up the epic disaster of the Australian tour—which included insulting the Australian government house, exaggerating an incident with a faulty heater, assaulting an embassy employee, walking out of a United Nations event, making a staffer cry in front of a reporter, wearing jewelry gifted by an allegedly murderous despot, and trolling her father by saying he hadn’t paid for her college—were jealous of how “well” she did in Australia. This is delusional.

Lol, now they are bitching about avocados. It wasn’t the avocados. It was her dad. They just jumped from blaming the royals for the bad press to blaming racism. First The Queen was jealous, then the staff were scared, then the media was racist and giving Kate better press…I’m getting whiplash. Pick a villain, guys! I can’t follow this argument at all. The Queen was upset because Meghan stole her Woman’s Day cover with Freddie Mercury’s secret wife so she leaked stories about Meghan’s favorite perishable fruit and the evil tabloids turned that into the racialized avocados of death? Whaaaaaat????? I love how Harry throws up his hands and says “well, if you can’t see it, I can’t do anything for you.” See what? None of this makes any sense.

BTW, they used the “Hurricane Meghan” headlines even though Meghan told Oprah she hadn’t heard about that. The Oprah interview also implied she never knew about the bump-holding headlines and they used those in the documentary too. Oprah read them to her and Meghan acted as if it was the first time she was hearing about it. The only headlines Meghan, according to their statements during the Oprah interview, was supposedly aware of were the “made Kate cry story” and the avocado story, and she laughed at the avocado story.

Walkabout in Liverpool. A member of the public scolded her about her dad. See? The problem was her dad. Harry and Meghan, however, blame family lies and the tabloids. Her dad was giving interviews right and left, and people were watching him in real time, complaining about how he was treated.  No one in the palace was leaking this. No one was lying about it. He was out there, giving interviews to anyone with a couple of bucks because he wanted to explain that he did actually pay for her school. Her sister was doing the same thing.

And here’s the Diana 2.0 stuff. Wait, she was going to kill herself…over the racialized avocados of death? I paused to re-read the transcript of the Oprah interview because I remembered the suicidal ideation story as being a lot more sympathetic than “the Kate story and the avocados made me want to end it all.” In that interview, they start with the tabloid stories, but then Oprah asks her whether she felt lonely and she talks about Harry working all the time and being all alone. She talks about not being able to leave the house and see her friends and also about the tours being exhausting and having to smile through it all. She also claims there were talks about Archie not being a prince and not getting security and how that was stressing her out. Then she talks about people being concerned about Archie’s skin color and then she talks about her suicidal ideation. That kind of emotional build-up is what Oprah brings to the table. That’s why she gets the big bucks. Here, they just jump from “our Australian tour was super successful” to “mean tabloid stories about Kate and avocados” to “I just didn’t want to live anymore,” and it’s not as powerful, particularly since the behind-the-scenes pictures they keep showing us are all happy pictures. 

Also, we skipped over the big show of support at Sandringham.  And Doria can also do the “one tear, left eye” trick. It must be genetic.

She wasn’t allowed to get help? Girl, they knew you were nuttier than a fruitcake. They would have sent you to a shrink in a hot minute. And they weren’t afraid about how it would make the institution look. Harry admitted to going to therapy and it went fantastic. James Middleton went to therapy too. They put up pics of Megs looking sad…and they are all from events that happened afterwards.

The households separated because of leaks? Bullying isn’t even going to get mentioned? No, it isn’t, and neither is the big social media campaign KP did to support Meghan.

I’m blown away by the fact that all this drama is about a story about bridesmaids’ dresses. The Oprah Winfrey interview was motivated by this one story about making Kate cry. The Archetypes podcast was about the story about making Kate cry. They made a six-hour Netflix documentary about a story about making Kate cry. There is now an entire subgenre of royal coverage based on Princess Charlotte’s bridesmaid attire. This one story has been living rent-free in Harry and Meghan’s heads since Fall 2018.

Harry keeps talking about trading stories and not playing the game. He totally planted the Rose Hanbury affair story as revenge for the “made Kate cry” story. Absolutely,

Happy Nott Cott Christmas.  She wasn’t allowed to text photos? Lol, you weren’t texting photos bc you were saving them for Netflix.

People Magazine article. I guess these were the friends working with the magazines. Wasn’t their privacy super important? Weren’t they in danger if their identities were revealed? That was the argument that was presented under oath to the court. Now it turns out she was just saving the reveal for the Netflix special. Baby shower. OMG, Amal Clooney making floral arrangements, wtf? Backlash because of course. 

They are gifted Frogmore Cottage. Archie’s birth. Vintage footage about royal births. She had a long-standing relationship with her UK doctor? How? Seriously, how? They couldn’t do the photocell at Portland Hospital? Didn’t Fergie do it at Portland? Twice?

Birth announcement drama. The problem wasn’t that you broke protocol, Meghan. The problem was that CBS got the exclusive and you lied to the press about the birth. They bring in academics to say it was about racism because of course.

Archie. They took a picture of the nanny with the baby in a mud cloth carrier, lol.

South Africa with Archie. They couldn’t do a hospital photocall with the baby, but now they are taking him on tour. Doria just said “it’s not the institution’s baby, it’s her baby,” but they are taking him on an official tour. They can’t be expected to serve their child on a silver platter for literally two minutes, but they can take him on a week-long tour. I had to double-back and check the dates because I felt this wasn’t nearly as jarring and contradictory when it happened, and it wasn’t. The tour was several months after the birth and they had already taken the baby (who was supposedly too young to fly to Balmoral for the summer) to Ibiza. They way they presented it in the documentary, however, sounded ridiculous.

BTW, no coverage of the Vogue magazine, Smartworks capsule collection, the summer vacations at Elton’s house, the private planes, etc…. All of these were roundly criticized (well, not the Smartworks capsule) and yet the only story that matters is the Kate story.

Lol, the Archewell guy just admitted the royals were afraid Meghan would cause an international row during this tour. Not afraid that she would embarrass the royal family with her activism, noooooo. Afraid she would cause an international row.

Tutu. Wasn’t this footage intrusive two episodes ago? Make up your minds, guys! Tom Bradby. Is she trying to spin the interview as an oopsie due to exhaustion? Is she saying Tom tricked her? She really thinks people are stupid. Also, she takes no responsibility for anything, not even the Uber-narcissistic “I trusted too much.” She’s not even capable of that.

{Edited: Apparently Harry is doing another interview with Bradby. Guess he didn’t really trick them then.]

Astroturfed supportive hashtag. Guess her huge investment in Twitter bots paid off. LOL, my kid squints at the screen and says “all the tweets have the same timestamp.” Yes, they do.

Oh, the Diana footage is a bad idea. You can tell she was trying to act like Diana during the Africa interview (so much eyeliner). They really do think she’s Diana though, and they planned their tours (Australia, Africa, big meeting with African leader, big tour with baby) to bolster that impression. It’s interesting that worthy projects (Smartworks capsule collection, Vogue, Morocco girls’ meetings Ireland tour, dog shelter) that would make Meghan look good, but don’t support the Diana narrative are simply not mentioned. The India hygiene project is not featured in the documentary, but the Diana-like pictures in traditional dress are. 

You Don’t Own Me for closing credits. Hahaha. Harley Quinn music. So appropriate. The music in the last three documentaries is better than the music in the first three. 

Husband and group chat both discuss the Diana 2.0 stuff. She really thinks she is Diana and the documentary is trying to present her as Diana. Everyone agrees that she is no Diana. The psychologist thinks she should have worn more eyeliner. The lawyer tells her that eyeliner wasn’t the problem. There isn’t enough eyeliner in the world to turn her into Diana. Everyone thinks the music is good. Much texting about how much the tiny cottage cost. Someone looks it up on Zillow and it’s an insane number. Many “but my palace was sooooo small” jokes. Many comments about a KP cottage, no matter how small, being much classier than a California McMansion. Many comments about the Archewell guy sounding slimy. 

On to the next episode.

[donnatroyprincessofthemyscira]

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[game-boy-pocket]

I've only played the tutorial and the first level, because it's late and I have work tomorrow, but Super Mario Bros 2 fans, the new Rugrats game is for you. The four babies all have the same properties as the SMB2 cast. And you lift and throw your enemies to defeat them, though you do have to stun them first so I guess there's also a bit of Wario Land DNA in there. Plus there is a ground pound, and each level has hidden Reptar coins to collect, so some Yoshi's Island DNA too.

I'm playing the NES version on my actual NES, via my everdrive, it should be in the files for the steam release. But I'd wait for a sale, because 24 bucks is a bit steep for this, it looks like a very short game. Well made though. It's Free on epic game store right now but the NES rom appears to not be included in the games files? Maybe an oversight, as the steam version needed a patch that put the NES rom in the game's folder.

[animefeminist]

Ai Yori Aoshi at 20: The harem anime that almost broke the mold

Content Warning: abuse, classism, biphobia, gender essentialism

Spoilers for Ai Yori Aoshi

Audiences return to certain genres because they’re drawn to something familiar and consistent. When audiences pick up a harem manga, whether it’s a realistic rom-com or an isekai epic, they expect something that fits the mold: one protagonist, usually male, surrounded by several possible love interests. Usually, it’s well-telegraphed who the “winner” will be early on, but each character brings their own quirks to the table.

When Love Hina reigned as the most popular harem manga around, the anime adaptation of Ai Yori Aoshi debuted. The series, for many, was a breath of fresh air. There was only ever one core romance in the series. The “harem” is less a collection of potential romantic leads, and more of a found family who stumble into hijinks and melodrama.

Ai Yori Aoshi in many ways feels distinct from the tropes established in titles like Love Hina, despite being a contemporary of it. When revisiting it twenty years later, is this some diamond in the rough, or a relic of an era long past?

Read it at Anime Feminist!

[bcforedcwn]

open starter: M/F/NB

plot: Based off the song when it was me (yes i know its old I love it) Where our muses are exes (cheating/grew apart/fell in love with someone else/toxic/fighting) and Alexandra is still in love and they’re in the middle of a fight after she made a mean comment about their new partner.

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[movieboxpakistan]

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About Game: Dragon Ball Super: War of Gods PPSSPP Mod Game

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Game Information:

Game Name: Dragon Ball Super: War of Gods

Release Date: 2024

Genre: Action, Fighting

Developer: Fan-Made

Publisher: N/A

Languages: English, Japanese

Image Format: ISO

Console: PlayStation Portable (PSP)

Emulator: PPSSPP

Save Data: Included (Unlocks all characters and stages

Size: 256MB

Description: "Dragon Ball Super: War of Gods" is an exciting PSP game that brings the intense battles and thrilling storyline of the Dragon Ball Super series to life. The game features enhanced graphics and special effects, making the combat scenes even more dynamic. Players can enjoy epic fights with their favorite characters from the series, each with unique abilities and transformations.

Gameplay: The gameplay is action-packed, focusing on high-energy battles where players can unleash powerful combos and special moves. The game offers a variety of modes, including story mode, free battle, and multiplayer, allowing players to experience the storyline or battle against friends. With save data, players can unlock new characters, skills, and transformations, adding depth to the gameplay.

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Characters: The game features a diverse roster of characters from the Dragon Ball Super series, including Goku, Vegeta, Beerus, Whis, and many others. Each character has their own unique set of moves and transformations, providing players with a rich and varied experience.

What You Need To Play PSP Games

You'll need just two apps to play these highly compressed PPSSPP games: the PPSSPP emulator and ZArchiver, both available on the Play Store.

How to Install:

Scroll down and click the Download button to get the game.

Install ZArchiver from the Play Store after downloading the game.

Open ZArchiver and locate the game file.

Click the file and select the Extract option.

Paste the extracted PSP file into your internal storage.

Install the PPSSPP Emulator from the Play Store or download PPSSPP Emulator Gold from our website.

Open the PPSSPP emulator and find the game file you extracted.

Click the game and start playing!

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Collection of Under 100MB Highly Compressed PPSSPP Games: Don't forget to check out our collection of under 100MB highly compressed PPSSPP games that run smoothly on any device and PC using the PPSSPP emulator!

PPSSPP Emulator Configuration Guide: Visit our PPSSPP Emulator Configuration Page for expert tips on optimizing your gaming setup.

Using Cheats in PPSSPP Emulator: Learn how to use cheats in PPSSPP Emulator on Android and PC.

Dragon Ball Super: War of Gods PPSSPP Mod GameGameplay Screenshots:

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Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi PPSSPP Mod Game With Save Data For Android Download

Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi PPSSPP Mod Game With Save Data For Android Download

Welcome Gamers! Today I'm going to share a PPSSPP popular Fighting Action game, Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi. This game has been originally compressed in a zip file for gamers. Enjoy the full game experience without any issues!

Get your hands on the Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi PSP Game, perfect for PlayStation Portable (PSP) and PPSSPP emulators. This game has been tested and works seamlessly on various PSP emulators, including:

PPSSPP Gold

PSPlay PSP Emulator

Rapid PSP Emulator

PSP Emulator Pro

RetroArch

Rocket PSP Emulator

PSP Emulator – Ultra Emulator for PSP

Emulator PSP for Mobile Pro Version

Sunshine Emulator

PSP GAME: EMULATOR AND ROMS

Enjoy Emulator for PSP

Free PSP Emulator

Sunshine Emulator for Android

Emulator for PSP Games

Golden PSP Emulator

About Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi PPSSPP Game:

Game Name: Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi PPSSPP Mod Game

Region: USA

Release Date: N/A (Mod Version)

Genre: Fighting, Action

Developer: Bandai Namco Entertainment (Original)

Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment (Original)

Languages: English, Japanese

Image Format: ISO

Console: PlayStation Portable (PSP)

Emulator: PPSSPP Emulator

Save Data: Included (Unlocks all characters and stages)

Description: "Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi" is an action-packed fighting game that brings the epic battles of the Dragon Ball Z universe to life on the PSP. With its vibrant graphics and dynamic combat system, the game offers an immersive experience for fans of the series.

Gameplay: The gameplay of "Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi" revolves around intense one-on-one battles between iconic characters from the Dragon Ball Z series. Players can engage in fast-paced combat, using a variety of special moves, combos, and transformations to defeat their opponents. The game also features a story mode that allows players to relive key moments from the anime, as well as a multiplayer mode for challenging friends.

Characters: The game boasts a wide roster of characters, including fan favorites like Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, and many others. Each character comes with unique abilities and special attacks, providing a diverse and exciting combat experience.

What You Need To Play PSP Games

You'll need just two apps to play these highly compressed PPSSPP games: the PPSSPP emulator and ZArchiver, both available on the Play Store.

How to Install:

Scroll down and click the Download button to get the game.

Install ZArchiver from the Play Store after downloading the game.

Open ZArchiver and locate the game file.

Click the file and select the Extract option.

Paste the extracted PSP file into your internal storage.

Install the PPSSPP Emulator from the Play Store or download PPSSPP Emulator Gold from our website.

Open the PPSSPP emulator and find the game file you extracted.

Click the game and start playing!

Check Out Our Other Articles on the Gaming Industry:

Collection of Under 100MB Highly Compressed PPSSPP Games: Don't forget to check out our collection of under 100MB highly compressed PPSSPP games that run smoothly on any device and PC using the PPSSPP emulator!

PPSSPP Emulator Configuration Guide: Visit our PPSSPP Emulator Configuration Page for expert tips on optimizing your gaming setup.

Using Cheats in PPSSPP Emulator: Learn how to use cheats in PPSSPP Emulator on Android and PC.

Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi PPSSPP Mod Game With Save Data For AndroidGameplay Screenshots:

So friend, to download the highly compressed file of Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi PPSSPP Game, click on the link given below

[TYPE OF FILE: ARCHIVE.RAR SIZE-656MB](DOWNLOAD & EXTRACT USING ZARCHIVER APP TO GET PSP ISO FILE)

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When I picture Shovel Knight the one relating to the wordage torment, I can't help but picture the pseud bearded liberal in a hivemind, specifically in a hive mind Republican desires are all part sim', add the p and you get what they're actually came

6-29 There's one Spooky's game I didn't mention, and unlike that, this doesn't seem to have anything to do with controller if there's an enlightenment to the compendium by PHEN-228 they're just playing Doki Doki Literature Club

6/30 I don't know how to present this best, but not Missingno. but unown radio, the actual phenomenon in the released game 2nd gen pokemon, is the best way to let you know you have squirrels in your bloodstream by triggering their collective Ptsd

It's a new month - night An exe file seems SUS, but a convenient Rom file and I'll slap that in Most people have mechanisms that say it's going to be okay automatically In addition to creepy black, pokemon lost silver for kids with super dippity duper abandonment issues,

new month proper - in order to get the correct functionality on pokemon black, you have to get the patch on romhacking.net

7/02 - it's already too late

Wake Up Call keeps insisting that witches are pedophiles

In all honesty, while for some reason, the visage of the Hoodwinked rabbit keeps cropping up as, of course we didn't expand our minds and we hoodwinked the consumer (but what I really remember from that was the lumberjack doing the intro saying he brings viel gluck to the children implying he's insane and a pedophile - are you still alive

With that combination of mods

I tried to stave off the GBA mod of disturbing black but in reality going forward, the way it has Lavender Town music for just default traveling music

I had a dude who said the use of the thing I don't know of properly "your mother sucks cocks in hell" visage for the women's bathroom scrolling mirror in YTP Doom - which I just used to say this is how bad it is to enter

I don't think it's bad, but then block out when Lacey's Wardrobe

update

If you're the type to get the movie instantly for the ironic scenes, you probably think this guy https://www.youtube.com/@josephstalin6647 makes epic shitposts

"Putt Putt Travels Through Time

Update, still at night

The video Open your eyes and don't be a sheeple, skipping the part where the lady talks: the context is she farts in his general direction, and he's mad about it

Wake Up Call forgets to put the context about how Smart Meters and all that worked

When I think, I realize it makes a lot more sense to put it in the context of the global village [sic] being like the global computer, in my case, but fashioned, the global machine I lived a part of my life wondering how something like what the people of the 70's thought would happen would actually happen, but that's about this

Update Nietzsche had an equivalence to this about the barrier is what helps people sleep at night, but in reality 4chan's "Remember, you're here forever" is specifically *addressing* his blase-ness: you're not getting out of here with unsatisfactory responses

Update morning 7/02

What if what they meant by inbreeding is literally that barrier, our prevention from having intercourse

The south after all has a lot of Masons

And after all, where you get nothing but "next time you go down on her clit, tell me how my dick tastes" for rap, that's all because that's how easy it is when you're telling [and then let a Synthcool take it because every one who says a dissident thing [and then insert *coughed up* yeah *exactly

We're not doing any of this

7/03 Vampirism exists so that when you say "that's so jewish", you know it's your culture that wouldn't be loved by God

The reason it got so bad is because Americans' entire sense of retribution is occupied by WORLD'S POLICE

7/3 adult swim hours My controller started to go wonky, so both stick deadzones are set to 26

Quake II main campaign on easy - about a year ago I stopped runs at Last Station

Speaking in terms of going forward, I've already had a problem with the way the entire idea of doing Donkey Kong Country, with mutts has been limited to the fixation of the "Let's Go Brandon" mutt meme standing in front of the White House where fascistic flags can be added if you want any further emphasis as the association

But then it's the staple, dogs of the military If I walk right over it - Navy Seals - before you are all that, what are you? Slapping dogs in the machine

I was going to say, if you hate, really hate Quake II, you should just fail at Halo. We're allowing too many of these through

Update

The known powerful song in Donkey Kong Country, the only reason it isn't overtly trans

is because

being an underwater level, it has you hold your breath

On console, no Diddy Kong, because of the wonky and failure-prone nature of support I was going to say, back in Luigi's Mansion the first playthrough, the part where they start you saying wash your face, when are Americans going to wake up of [????]their naivete

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How did Yahweh Become God ? The Origins of Monotheism The rise of Monotheism has transformed the world and the helm of that transformation is the ancient Near East deity Yahweh. But, how did Yahweh, once only a god among gods, become simple God for billions of people? This episode explores the early rise of Yahwist monotheism in the Ancient Near East rom shifts in familial land relations, the rise of Imperial Assyrian Theology, monolatrous Yahwistic political concentration, the compression and mutation of the Bronze Age four-tiered Canaanite pantheon to Israelite Royal Theology, analysis of exilic-period Yahwistic theonyms on dozens of cuneiform tablets and even if monotheism emerges in Deutero-Isaiah or simply elaborate monotheistic rhetoric! This week's episode is going to an *hour* long exploration of the path from Canaanite polytheism to the first flickers of Yahwistic Monotheism before the Apocalyptic explosion. Consider Supporting Esoterica! Patreon - https://ift.tt/mNZxB42 Paypal Donation - https://ift.tt/f7CYbwS Merch - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/store New to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - https://ift.tt/MRgnsE7 Recommended Readings: The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel - https://amzn.to/4e6Bdo7 The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts - https://amzn.to/3KJuD9X Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic - https://amzn.to/4549Net Beyond the Texts: An Archaeological Portrait of Ancient Israel and Judah - https://amzn.to/3X68eek Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan - https://amzn.to/3x86I0p God: An Anatomy - https://amzn.to/3VoQRD5 The Origin and Character of God - https://amzn.to/3V2agcx The Religions of Ancient Israel: A Synthesis of Parallactic Approaches - https://amzn.to/4e0cLVB Documents of Judean Exiles and West Semites in Babylonia in the Collection of David Sofer - https://amzn.to/4e0v1Ox Judeans in Babylonia A Study of Deportees in the Sixth and Fifth Centuries BCE - https://amzn.to/3V6dSdv Yahweh before Israel - https://amzn.to/3X3mUuE No Other Gods: Emergent Monotheism in Israel - https://amzn.to/3wXfDSp via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGCqv37O2Dg

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Anime Giants Releases in 2024

Hold onto your cosplay wigs, anime faithful, because 2024 is a year poised to blow the doors off your watchlists. Forget lukewarm sequels and tired tropes — this season’s titans are fresh, ambitious, and ready to redefine the genre. So, clear your calendars, pre-order your ramen, and prepare to lose yourself in worlds wilder than your wildest daydreams.

Kaiju №8: Imagine Godzilla decided to become a sanitation worker. That’s the absurdly brilliant premise of Kaiju №8, a monster-battling spectacle dropping this spring. Kafka Hibino, our unlikely hero, stumbles upon a kaiju parasite and transforms into a human-monster hybrid. Now, he juggles trash duty with battling skyscraper-sized beasties in a chaotic dance of action and humor. Studio Production I.G., veterans of Ghost in the Shell, are at the helm, promising mind-blowing animation and enough adrenaline to fuel a mecha army.

Solo Leveling: Step into the shoes of Jin-Woo, the “weakest hunter” in his world. Except, there’s a twist. In Solo Leveling, hitting rock bottom unlocks a hidden power, propelling Jin-Woo on a meteoric rise to badass-dom. This long-awaited adaptation of the South Korean webtoon phenomenon brings its addictive RPG-esque progression and exhilarating battles to life. Dive into a world where leveling up isn’t just a statistic, it’s a heart-pounding adventure packed with epic boss fights and unexpected allies.

Delicious in Dungeon: Craving a culinary thrill ride? Dig into Delicious in Dungeon, an anime that proves food is the ultimate weapon. Laios, a timid adventurer, discovers a magical dungeon stocked with ingredients that enhance his cooking skills. Now, he embarks on a delectable quest to conquer culinary challenges and master the art of “Dungeon Meshi” — dungeon-style cooking. Studio JC Staff, the team behind Food Wars!, promises a mouthwatering feast for the eyes and the soul, complete with drool-worthy animation and enough food puns to satisfy the punniest foodie.

Urusei Yatsura: Brace yourself for nostalgia (or a wild first encounter) with the return of a legend. Urusei Yatsura, Rumiko Takahashi’s sci-fi rom-com masterpiece, gets a modern make-over for a whole new generation. Ataru Moroboshi, our unlucky protagonist, accidentally proposes to Lum, a space princess with electric horns and a fiery temper. What follows is a whirlwind of alien hijinks, romantic blunders, and slapstick humor that’ll have you laughing until your sides ache.

These are just a taste of the anime titans clashing in 2024. From monstrous battles to gourmet quests, genre-bending narratives to classic revivals, this year promises a smorgasbord of animated excellence. So, grab your virtual tickets, fellow otaku, because 2024 is shaping up to be a year-long anime epic. Just remember, popcorn not included. That’s what dungeon ramen is for.

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DANIEL SIMMONS | Writer POP-COOLEDTURED SPECIALIST cooledtured.com | GROW YOUR COLLECTION

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Binge-Worth Bliss: Watch the Top Hindi TV Shows Online with Dangal Play 

In the era of digital streaming, the joy of binge-watching has become a cultural phenomenon. For enthusiasts of Hindi TV shows, Dangal Play emerges as the ultimate platform for indulging in this binge-worthy bliss. Offering a curated selection of top-notch Hindi TV shows, Dangal Play beckons viewers into a world where entertainment knows no bounds. In this blog, we will explore binge-worthy Top Hindi TV Shows Online. From diverse genres to a user-friendly interface, Dangal Play ensures your binge-watching experience is blissful.  

Ramayan: The Story of Promises and Ideals 

If you love mythology stories, then you should watch Ramayan. It’s an epic story of Ram and Sita. In Ramayan, King Ram must save his kidnapped wife, Sita. Along the way, this epic teaches Hindu life lessons. The love story between Ram and Sita is beautiful. It is one of the best Hindi TV shows. Watch this show on Dangal Play. It is one of the popular OTT platforms in India. 

Bandini: Drama about a Young Girl and Marriage 

It is a refreshing tale of a young girl forced into a marriage of convenience with an elderly man twice her age. This drama follows the life of Santu, the granddaughter of a poor villager, who ends up marrying a middle-aged widower, Dharamraj Mahiyavanshi, due to unforeseen circumstances. Engross yourself and your family in this family drama on Dangal Play. Watch this and more Hindi TV shows online on Dangal Play. 

Kitni Mohabbat Hai: A Must-Watch Rom-Com Series 

If romantic comedy is your favorite genre, this series is for you. Kitni Mohabbat Hai is a story about a guy named Arjun who has been in prison for the last two years and is telling his lawyer about his past being a misogynist and his love story with an aspiring singer called Arohi. It’s a story about how everything changed when they met and later destroyed. It’s a love story with comedy, drama, and many more. Watch this fantastic drama on Dangal Play. It is the best website to watch TV series online.  

Radha ki Betiyaan - Kuch Kar Ke Dikhayengi 

The story focuses on a mother, Radha, and her three daughters, Rohini, Ragini, and Ruchi. Family circumstances force them to move from their hometown, Meerut, to start a new life in Mumbai. They find life in Mumbai is more challenging than they had hoped. It is the drama of family, love, and struggle. Watch this beautiful family drama on Dangal Play. 

Conclusion 

In conclusion, Dangal Play is the best platform for those seeking binge-worthy bliss through the top Hindi TV shows online. As a popular online website for watching TV series, it goes beyond being a mere platform. It offers a curated collection that spans genres and provides an all-in-one entertainment hub for enthusiasts. Dangal Play’s commitment to convenience, diversity, and quality content places it among the popular OTT platforms in India. So, as you embark on your binge-watching journey, let Dangal Play guide you to a world where the best Hindi TV shows await, making every moment of your viewing experience a blissful escape. 

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Alex Recommends: September Books

I am writing this from the bedroom of a student flat that I have just moved into. I am really excited to be a student again and intrigued to see what is to come. Although I’m in a place that I love with many interesting possibilities before me, I’d be lying if I wasn’t also a bit anxious.

I know that I’m going to miss Mark so much. Luckily, we are used to having a week or so apart every now and then and we are planning on seeing each other every weekend, as he is only a couple of hours away. However, we are both going to be very busy, so we’ll see how that actually pans out. One thing I do know is that our relationship will be OK. Considering I’ve been in a very similar situation to this before which didn’t work out, the fact that I am confident that Mark and I will survive is a really big thing for me to able to say. I’m incredibly lucky to have a partner that makes me that secure.

The past month has been a build up for this big life change, so I have been a little stressed but very thoughtful. I still have pieces of paid writing work coming in and I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to carry on doing those alongside my uni work. It doesn’t pay much but nowadays, every penny you can make is very useful and I’m sure I’ll be very grateful for any supplement to my not enormous student loan!

I’ve been reading a lot recently and I know you’re going to love the selection this month. As the evenings get darker, I am craving the spooky, mysterious reads. Is it weird that I feel that many books belong to certain ‘seasons’? I really feel that thrillers, mysteries, historical fiction and epic fantasies are autumn/winter books while rom-coms, contemporaries and literary fiction are more for spring/summer. It’s not even the season that the books are set in, I just get specific seasonal vibes from them. If you feel the same, please let me know, so that I know that’s not another quirk of my brain!

Anyway, here are five amazing reads for you. Enjoy!

-Love, Alex x

FICTION: Killers Of A Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn.

Billie, Natalie, Mary Alice and Helen have worked as elite assassins for the Museum for 40 years and they’re at the very top of their game. Now in their sixties, the network sends the team on a special holiday to mark their collective retirement, they’re each thinking about what the future holds. But it appears that someone is hunting them and it appears that it’s someone from inside the Museum. Only a Museum top dog can call off a hit, so it seems that the women will have to work together to turn against the organisation they’ve served for decades in order to survive. This witty, unique novel is a cosy crime story with characters that you really want to come out on top. There are some wonderful friendships to explore and an incredibly page-turning plot, finished off with plenty of quirky humour. I’d love to read of these ladies’ adventures!

LITERARY FICTION: Junie by Chelene Knight.

Set within a thriving Black community in the East End of Vancouver during the 1930s, Junie grows up with her jazz singing mother Maddie. Maddie’s alcohol dependency is becoming a problem while Junie is exploring a close friendship with her classmate Estelle. As an adult, Junie is grappling with forging a career as an artist and figuring out her sexuality while her mother sinks further into addiction and the community that once felt so warm and promising changes. One thing that really struck me while reading Junie was how strong the sense of time and place were. I’ve never been to Vancouver and certainly wasn’t around in the 1930s but I could see, hear and smell everything about the setting, which I thought was amazing. It’s a very moving story about more than one strained mother-daughter relationship and it’s also a tale of friendship, race and queerness. It’s a very quiet, insular book which makes it quite an intimate reading experience that is perfect for curling up with.

MIDDLE-GRADE: Alice Éclair Spy Extraordinaire! A Recipe For Trouble by Sarah Todd Taylor.

By day, Alice Éclair helps her mother in a bakery but by night, she’s a spy. When she receives a message from her uncle that an enemy secret agent is up to no good, she must board a fancy train ride to stop them. But it seems that every passenger has a secret! This fun mystery adventure definitely has some Christie vibes and will be the perfect fit, if you have a Wells & Wong-shaped hole in your life. There were definitely some twists that I didn’t foresee and a pace that just keeps running. Alice is a very loveable heroine, who I can’t wait to meet again. I just hope she brings more of her delicious baked goods!

FANTASY: The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas.

Every decade, a Sunbearer must ensure that Reino del Sol is safe from the evil Obsidian gods. The winner of the trials brings light to each of the temples but the loser is sacrificed to the gods to keep them at bay and fuel the protective Sun Stones for the next ten years. This year, semidiós Teo is eligible for The Sunbearer Trials but as a Jade, he’s not expected to be picked. He hasn’t spent his life training for them like the Golds have. However, this time it seems that the gods have other plans. Not one but two Jades are picked to compete. What chance do they have against a group of highly skilled warriors? The Sunbearer Trials is a very high-stakes, mythological fantasy with a fantastic diverse cast of characters and trans-masc hero in Teo. It does contain the deadly trial trope but it’s far from another Hunger Games. I loved so much of the imagery in this book. Thomas does an amazing job at writing a world that is so beautiful with some very interesting magic. It ends with a crazy twist that I don’t think any reader could have expected. I’m excited for the sequel!

THRILLER: Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney.

They haven’t seen each other for years but the Darker family are reuniting to celebrate Nana’s 80th birthday, each with a closely-guarded secret of their own. Gathered together at Seaglass, Nana’s strange Gothic mansion on a tiny Cornish island, a horrendous storm and the tides mean that the family are trapped together for a whole night. But at midnight, Nana is found dead at the bottom of the stairs and an hour later, another family member is dead. Someone is picking the Darkers off one by one and they won’t stop until the past has been dealt with. I am obsessed with isolated thrillers and despite having read many of them, they still manage to put the chills into me. Daisy Darker was such a deliciously riveting, pitch-black read. It’s very claustrophobic, very twisty and pays excellent homage to And Then There Were None, while still being its own story. It features plenty of toxic family relationships and some horrific secrets with some truly abhorrent characters. Alice Feeney is fast becoming one of my favourite thriller writers because I can never put her books down.