#rufus also knows hes a pathetic little meow meow

[the-midgar-blues]

The flashback scene in Case of Shinra where Rufus escapes death because his 5 year old self asked his dad a simple question. Plus a following scene that made me laugh.

[fullmetalbunny16]

Ok so I'm going to like rant for a minute here about my latest hyper fixation that's been going on for about a year AKA one of the best obscure 80s horror films of all the time

REANIMATOR 1985 directed by Stewart Gordon

AKA one the most goated if not THE most goated obscure 80`s horror film ever

-I'm not very good at writing essays so this is just a brief analysis of the dynamic between Dan and Herbert and how I think Herbert screwed Dan over narrative wise (it's not as simple as I'm putting it)

(Unrelated but also I wanted to mention how unnecessary SA scenes happen to be a common trope in the movies unfortunately)

Starting with this fucker right here

(that is PEAK pathetic meow meow he's so awesome I hate him I wanna put him in a microwave💖)

-one thing I wanted to note is how Herbert doomed Dan from the get-go, so if you let me explain basically Meg was doomed by the plot because due to her being a female side character in an 80s horror film and being seen as a nuisance by West soon that image being projected on to Dan but not as direct and only seeing it as a difficult situation to where she is being quote unquote "unreasonable" when it comes to the work up until inevitably it's too late for Dan to take it back cuz his fiance is killed Wests very creations,the very thing that he assisted in resurrecting being the very indirect cause of his fiance's death.

-now moving forward we can see a turn of events where the very moment that leads to Daniel Cain's downfall is when he allows Herbert to move in. Megan's off put by him and tries to voice her concerns to Dan but Dan just brushes it off believing that West is just a little strange but nothing to be concerned about, then Meg discovers rufuses dead carcass in wests room.

-any normal person would immediately kick Herbert out and notify the police but of course Dan shockingly gives him the benefit of the doubt AGAIN after Herbert tells him he didn't kill his cat and he found him like that.

(of course Herbert probably didn't kill Rufus but it's still creepy and weird to keep your roommates dead cat in your fridge)

-my point being Daniel is doomed narrative wise, the very moment of his downfall could have been was the day he met West but also whenever he allowed him to live as a roommate with him and his fiance.

-his true Fall from Grace is when West manages to convince him that he can reanimate dead parts and "needs" his assistance (maybe he did but let's not ignore the fact Herbert is openly manipulative to try to keep Dan from leaving the work and it works every single time because Dan is shockingly easy to manipulate)

(also but to be fair if I was in Dan's place I would be easily manipulated too because Herbert's freaking adorable while also being a conniving bastard)

-one funny thing I wanted to note is how Jeffrey Combs accidentally implied Herbert doesn't know what sex is just thought that was funny

-another thing is it's not just Herbert's work that also caused the death of Meg but also caused the death of Meg's father and indirect loss of dans scholarship leaving Dan no choice but to turn to West and assist him, and yes maybe Daniel could leave any moment he wanted to but due to the damage that's already been done he probably felt like he couldn't go back so he felt like he just had to double down on the work.

-also how Herbert convinced Dan saying how they could cure brain death which basically is unheard of and how Dan himself saw how Herbert's serum worked in front of his very eyes and how Dan also happens to be a very caring person who just wants to help people this gave Herbert a pretty solid opportunity, and boy did he take it!

-also quoting what Bruce said on the actors commentary Herbert's work to him is basically what sex is to anyone else, it's borderline erotic especially that one scene in Bride where Dan decides to take control when they're reanimating the bride and Herbert's look of absolute flabbergastation is hilarious.

-also I'm not justifying Dan staying with Herbert knowing openly what they're doing is kind of inhumane but "it's in the name of science of course!!"

-so basically yeah Dad is kind of doomed by The narrative basically since you know Herbert is the main character of reanimator, I mean Lovecraft literally wrote small separate stories dedicated to West so of course he's the main character I'm just saying that due to Herbert's influence it caused Dan to essentially lose everything.

And basically if Dan just slammed the door and Herbert's face none of this would have happened the end!!

(also I'm dog water at making essays and this wasn't even an essay it was just a small analysis of how I thought Herbert doomed Dan from the get-go and how I thought like the chain of events that happened when Herbert entered his life caused us downfall for him and I also have a deep head cannon that in the events of beyond reanimator Dad's life spiraled even further because West wasn't there he had no one to assist he had no one, Herbert was the last person he had left before he turned him in and sent him to prison and I doubt Francesca stayed with him after the incident with the bride so yeah that's basically what I think)

This is how I headcanon how Dan is during the events of beyond because I refuse to believe that man is living in peace

[clavi-crossing]

im not really sure for which fandoms youre in, but your scrunkly from your preferred fandom? 😭

HELLO 💖 I know you specifically asked for the skrunkly but I wanna do all because I like talking >:)

Hey remember when 6 months ago I said I'm not really "that much" into Ace Attorney? So that was a lie-

Blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most) CHECK OUT MY BIGGEST BLORBO COLLECTION FROM 1 FANDOM YET! These will absolutely fall into other categories too but we got: Mike Meekins, Colias Palaeno, Lay D. Furst and Paul Atishon.... gonna count Frank Sahwit. I have thought about any one of them very much at some point and keep roating them so they all gotta be here.

Skrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped) Mike.....🥺 He is absolutely shaped and a sweet little guy... he's 6'2 but still a little guy at heart! Nobody is allowed to be mean to him around me!! He's so adorable and always tries his best, but he's somehow really unpopular in the fandom??? An absolute tragedy. Meekins haters DNI.

Scrimblo Bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave) To think any of my blorbos are not also scrimblo bimblos would be unrealistic hsgdssdh I'm going off of the status of any of my favs within my friend group who all have unusual blorbos... Colias. EVERYONE FORGETS ABOUT HIM I'M SO SAD!! SILLY BUTTERFLY MAN!!! He's just a little ambassador of a country who is just a little naive and obsessed with giving people coupons 🥺 They were really like "There are 2 butterfly themed people in AA :) *referring to Dahlia & Nahyuta*" and I had to lightheartedly bring Colias to the chat like AHEM!!!!! HELLO!! HDFGHDS

Glup Shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week) Hmmmmm who's my least existent guy... ... .. . Mr. Furst :( My friend played The great Ace Attorney Chronicles and in one of the first cases of the first game there's.. this absolutely adorable little hatter guy who's just like "Uhm, I make hats, sir :)" and I hold him gently.. 🤲 But he was just a one-off witness which is so SAD BECAUSE... HE'S SO CUTE??? The entire time I was like "omg what if he returns!!!" and then he never did... heartbroken. They bring the OTHER stupid guys back like..... SURE, I WANTED TO SEE FUCKING BEPPO AGAIN??? SAID NOONE EVER- Beppo fans I am so sorry, I should be nicer as a fellow unpopular blorbo haver. Me and my friend did hc the bowler hat juror as his brother and the grumpy tophat juror as their father!

Poor little Meow Meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave) I think Wesley Stickler might be the most "problematic" one I can think of here. He stole those bloomers for SCIENCE!! Still wasn't right but at least that's a better reason than what most people assume ;( Some might argue that Paul is problematic for the sole reason he's a politician and... yeah that's fair bjdjdshfkj Speaking of..

Horse Plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason) Mr. Atishon-Wimperson... he's so fun to draw and even more fun to write him getting his ass kicked. I'M HOLDING HIM LIKE AN ICE CREAM CONE!! He's the model politician in that he dodges questions like a mf and promotes his campaign whenever he can. You know I say I hate Rufus from Deponia for his massive ego but this guy might be worse and I love him. How? I don't know, I think Rufus lacks the pathetic vibe I love so much. Paul also won't ever shut up about his great family and how epic his grandfather is. Ngl I feel like he makes them sound all cool and stuff but they GOTTA be fucked up somehow, right?? Not to get off track but when he all confidently said "It's the art of ruling as a king. My father drilled it into my head from a young age." I was like..... .... 😶

Eeby Deeby (character I would send to superhell) Sal Manella. No question, I don't even wanna explain the character he's just gross, he sparks NO joy!! Together with two of the characters from Turnabout Bigtop and SADLY Terry Fawles... smh you could've been such cool characters but nooo!!! The trilogy had to be weird!!!

THIS IS SUCH A LONG POST THX FOR THE ASK ILY!!!

[billiewena]

supernatural horse plinko

but of course <3

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most): CASTIEL <333 BILLIE <333 ROWENA <333 plus sam for just quantity of thoughts thought about him

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is so shaped): also castiel <333 plus jack, eileen, lillith, and garth I think.

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave): ruby (both versions!!), billie, ANNA, amara, raphael, and kevin.

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week): RUFUS TURNER, LINDA TRAN, and any reaper. and so many one-episode faves, i.e. miriam the angel (13x01), casey the demon (3x04), sully (11x08), paul (5x17), the radio shed guy (15x12) and of course as you know virgil (6x15)

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave): ohhhhh naomi is my problematic fave for sure. and eve and dick roman (the gamble era villains served.) and apparently mary (tho mary haters are completely wrong and should feel bad.) and I guess dean is in a way my pathetic fave since I mostly enjoy when he’s sad & pathetic. metatron too, because he’s great at being sad & pathetic.

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason): DEAN YOU ARE GOING IN THE HORSE PLINKO (but only because I think it could fix you.) I also think it’d be fun to hunt ketch for sport, of all the characters I hate he’d be the most entertaining about it. maybe even with his own hellhounds.

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell): GOD. nick, cole, kfc demon, and ishim. and ofc john. a given.

blorbo ask game (send me a fandom!)

[verecunda]

Fandom nonsense-word characters for Sutcliff?

Nice! :D

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most)

A tough call, but I think it must be Alexios Flavius Aquila, darling of my heart. <3

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped)

Aw man, this is a hard one. They're all my babies, really. Marcus in EOTN is wholly friend-shaped. Then there's the Rufus and Typhon double act in Frontier Wolf. Wee!Flavian in The Lantern Bearers. Young Agricola (via his letters) in Song for a Dark Queen. So many! <3

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave)

Justin and Flavius from The Silver Branch, if only because I think the whole book is underrated in general.

I've also got a real soft spot for Drusillus at the beginning (and end) of EOTN, though think he's more underappreciated in-universe than anything else.

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week)

Helen from Sword at Sunset!! Brothel-madam-turned-Saxon-thrall-turned-resistance-leader. Shows up for like all of two paragraphs, but she's awesome!

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave)

Aquila from The Lantern Bearers. I love him, fight me. I've also got a vague notion that Bjarni from Sword Song isn't that well-liked, but I'm very fond of him.

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason)

Oh, I don't know. I think they all tend to suffer enough in canon as it is! Maybe Hilarion, if only to see that sardonic no-fucks-given front slip a bit. >:) I did have a vague (very vague) idea for an AU where he is the one to kill Connla in Alexios' place.

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell)

Fucking Praepositus Montanus from Frontier Wolf. And possibly a bit of a cheat, seeing as he was a real person, but Catus Decianus in Song for a Dark Queen - let's be real, Tacitus would probably send him to superhell if he could!