#seasonal pool

[huariqueje]

Vernal Pool - Dozier Bell , 2024.

American , b. 1957 -

Acrylic on linen , 40 x 32 in.

[egophiliac]

ENG PLAYERS I BESEECH YOU

I have been informed that you guys are getting part 4 of episode 7 tomorrow, which means we are FINALLY going to get the official romanization of Revaan's name, somebody please tell me because I need to know what it is.

like, yes, it's probably just Revan/Levan, but look, I'm sitting here with my finger over the button of all these Laverne and Shirley jokes and just waiting for the opportunity to deploy them --

[pixelvibes]

Functional Hippo Pool

You can find all my items by searching “ PV ” in game

Enjoy ☺  

PATREON

[ironworked]

911 8a

The good part is that the door remains wide open, with a second episode making clear how unfinished this situation is; the bad part is that the building is on fire, so by the time they think to use said door it might not matter.

Because 8a didn't wrap storylines started in s7, it just trashed them in favor of... what, Brad? It's not that Brad had more (time, story) than Tommy, it's that it could be said he had more than Bobby! Remember Bobby, whom we saw in the tail end of s7 being rather depressed (possibly suicidal), resign, rescue his wife from a fire, and die for a few minutes? we started s8 with an implication that the 118 hadn't talked to him (in months?), and I guess that was a sign of how the next episodes would go.

Now there's Buck spiraling again (making his best impression of a Hallmark movie heroine for some reason), Eddie leaves the 118 because of Chris again, Hen and Karen pretty much disappear until their kids are threatened once more I guess, Maddie will get kidnapped again, and who knows if they'll remember Chim exists.

I think we all expected some repetition from the weewoo show by now, suspension of disbelief too. Some rushing through storylines for sure. But I certainly didn't expect it to be so joyless.

[thornescratch]

Interviewer: Player on the Caps you'd most like to go fishing with? Nic Dowd: Uhhh… probably, uh, Dylan Strome. I don't think he knows his way around a boat too much, I'd like to maybe see him-- Interviewer: Teach him? Nic Dowd: --fall in or something, yeah. I wouldn't be teaching him. Interviewer: You want to see him fall in? ...Life vest, right? Nic Dowd: Yeah, yeah, we'd both have life vests on.

Nic Dowd deciding he wants to go fishing with Dylan Strome purely so he can shove him off a boat: very wholesome indeed.

[ryllen]

i thought / m a n / these girls are quite heartless 🤣 when i accepted the quest at /clearly/ inconvenient time to swim & dive

[deebrisbyfish]

I actually had this idea for a strip LAST year, but by the time it occurred to me, it was already well into the season, so I wrote it down and waited. YESTERDAY, we were driving to Erie and noticed that, indeed, the leaves were starting to change a smidge early this year. That, and it's gotten cold pretty quick up here in western PA, so I figured the time was right. :)

[themaybug]

Commander Poole

[watchyourbuck]

“I don’t know which pond to jump back into” baby boy it’s one singular pond 😭 my baby bisexual buck he’s so new,,,,,

[thinkmanythingsofit]

We would also suggest "Soyus-Apollo" as the name of the mission. For the sake of convenience.

[kujakumai]

if I had a lot of money I would commission a bunch of thief/citron/gem fanart where thief king is his canonical height of "nine centimeters shorter than marik and five centimeters shorter than bakura" for the sole purpose of flooding the zone and resetting the fanon overton window. Spread it subtly across multiple platforms as psychological warfare. I believe if I did this enough it would have sufficient influence to cause at least some people to course correct and eventually I would win. btw this is an insane post to make/thing to care about

[miss-may-i]

Miss May I: Season 5 Part 37

Noah: So that's it? Instead of talking to me about it, you just run and file for divorce?

Julian: We were supposed to talk, but then you stood me up to get sucked off by her. Why even wait this long to bring it up? You know what you did--what you've been doing.

Noah: Who's her?

Julian: That's what I want to know. Who is she? How long have you been cheating on me?

Noah: Julie, I don't know what you're talking about. You're the love of my life. We have a family together. You have to believe me.

Julian: The girl with the silver hair. Who is she?

Noah: ...

Noah: She's a co-worker.

Julian: So what? Another drug dealer? Another junky?

Noah: A friend.

Julian: A friend? Friends don't do that to friends. Why even marry me if this is how you're going to treat me?

Noah: Our marriage meant everything to me! You're the one giving up.

Julian: No, I don't give up on anything. I'm just flat out done. I was willing to support you if you got help for the drugs, but now cheating just makes me look stupid.

Noah: Cheating? I would never cheat on you. You and Jasper mean everything to me. You're the only one who never gave up on me.

Julian: You can't gaslight me about this. I saw it with my own two eyes. Everyone warned me about you and I'm an idiot for not listening. I can't believe I actually thought you changed.

Noah: Jules, I don't know what you saw--

Julian: But it's not what I think?

Noah: No, no ... I believe you saw what you saw. You're right, it's the drugs. I don't know who I am when I'm on them. It's just ... I don't always know what I'm doing, or even remember it.

Julian: The sad thing is that I believe you, too. Do you even remember what you did do Vivian's house? The house your son was living at. You need help, Noah.

Noah: Help me.

Julian: No. I've drawn my line. I don't want Jasper to see his father in prison or a body bag, but that's exactly where this is headed. And I don't want to see that either. I've seen enough.

Noah: Before you go, at least answer me this:

Noah: When were you going to tell me about the baby?

Julian: When it was safe.

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[lettersforbeatrice]

The Great Gatsby (2013) / A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Penultimate Peril (2019)

[pessimisticpigeonsworld]

D&D saying that one of their favorite plots from the books is the Boltons in Winterfell is a massive sign of their sexism. Now, for anyone one else, I'd probably not care, in fact, I'd agree it's a very interesting part. However, when it comes to the showrunners who needlessly wrote in excessive rape and violence against women, I see it as a red flag. That's compounded by the way they wrote it.

From the beginning of the show, D&D sabotaged the storyline by removing Jeyne Poole. Keep in mind, ADWD was released in 2008, while GOT premiered in 2011, meaning there was no possible way for D&D to not know everything necessary to bring about that specific plot. Add to that the fact that GRRM was heavily involved in season one, them blatantly ignoring Jeyne makes even less sense if they truly cared about adapting it properly.

Knowing this, that D&D themselves sabotaged their own story, the way it was handled makes a bit more sense, though not nearly enough. Without Jeyne there to play the part of fake Arya, a new bride for Ramsay was needed. Sansa was D&D's favorite character, they were unsatisfied with the story GRRM had written for her, they wanted more screen time and plot relevance for her. It seemed like making Sansa take Jeyne's place was a good solution to both these issues.

Except it wasn't. Littlefinger sending Sansa out of the Vale to marry Ramsay makes no sense. Not only is Sansa the object of Littlefinger's obsession, a replacement for Catelyn in his mind, she also was important to Littlefinger getting the Vale on his side (in the show). She was charming the lords and knights, balancing their intense dislike for him with their desire to help/protect her. Not to mention she was his only alibi to save him from accusations of Lysa's murder. Sending her away from the Vale harms Littlefinger's plans. She also would definitely not be "protected" from Cersei; after all the Boltons were loyal to the Lannisters and hated the Starks, what's to stop them from killing Sansa or handing her over once the Northern lords are more settled?

Speaking of the Northern lords, D&D removed the Northern Conspiracy. Throughout the book plot, the Northern lords are plotting to save Arya and depose the Boltons (in a nutshell, it's actually much more complex, but I'm not going into that rn). It's an excellent expression of how the Northerners loved the Starks and hate the Boltons. In the show, the lords are a bit disgruntled, sure, but they have no interest in deposing the Boltons and saving Sansa.

Another major part of the storyline minimized by the show is Theon/Reek. Theon's struggle with identity is a major part of his character throughout the series, and ADWD is no different. He's been stripped entirely of his identity by Ramsay's torture and Theon's own choices. Part of his arc in this book is discovering himself apart from the Starks and the Greyjoys.

That's definitely not what the show did. As I said earlier, Sansa is D&D's favorite character, so naturally she became the center focus of this arc, while Theon was pushed aside. He's essentially reduced to the method of Sansa's escape and goes on track to return to his pre-season one perception of himself: a Stark. This is a massive disservice to his character, Theon isn't a Stark; his life with them is important to his storyline and will definitely inform what he becomes, but it's not the true culmination of his arc. Basically, Theon was turned into a side character in his own story. It's through his pov we see this story, he's the character most tied to Ramsay. Obviously Jeyne is important and a main character in her own right for this arc, but she is not the central character we see the story through. So why is Sansa? She has no stake in this story, Jeyne is forced there after being sex trafficked and Theon is a captive.

So what does this leave for the show version of the plot? There's no conspiracy, Theon's pushed to the side, and politics and overall story are sacrificed. Well that leaves torture and violence against Ramsay's bride. Without the many moving parts of that storyline, it's just a story of a woman being abused horribly by her husband and eventually escaping. However, the escape isn't even the main aspect of the story focused on, that's always the abuse. It's also purely Sansa's abuse, not Theon's or the many people tortured and murdered by Ramsay, Sansa is the sole focus.

So basically, D&D took a plotline that's filled with the inner workings of Northern politics and the complexities of battling identity loss and reduced it to another excuse to show a woman be raped and abused on screen. The desire to turn this stroy into another way to make Sansa suffer is disturbing, and to make matters worse she fucking thanks Ramsay later on?? This whole storyline in the show is disgusting and yet another sign of how sexist D&D are.

[daisytrails]

hey aabria. aabria? hey. i've got some questions. yeah, what the fuck? what the fuck was that, aabria? aabria? what the fuck is happening?

[thoughtfulchaos773]

The first time we hear in the series of Carmy wanting something is when he tells Claire, with a push from her, that he wants her number.

Most of the time, we're watching a directionless Carmy try to give Sydney what she wants while we're confused about what Carmy wants. Does he want Claire? Does he still want to be in the restaurant business? If he wants it, why does Carmy want to do it?

Has Carmy ever wanted something for himself?

Yes, he wanted something before and was clear about it. In season 3, we learn that it was Carmy who wanted to open the restaurant.

So he did want something and the last time he wanted anything was when Mikey was alive.

Now, he is afraid to express his wants.

Maybe it starts with Carmy knowing what he does not want. The closest we get to hearing his deepest desires, from the bottom of Carmy's heart, is the table scene.

I wouldn't even want to do without you.