one thing that's been talked about here and by creators and is obvious but still important to articulate (to me) is that oliver is not envious of the cattons because they are wealthier than him, necessarily. it's not about the money. or it is, but in a way that everything in life is about money: no matter how much you have, you kind of always want more, because want is a very strong driver. he's not coming from a place of poverty or any financial need at all, and he is not genuinely burning with the anger at the rich as a working-class guy constantly overpowered by them. there is no righteousness of the oppressed in his motives; sure, he "knows how to work", but to me—and this is, again, personal interpretation—the more important part is that the cattons "made it so easy" for him to take everything from them. it doesn't matter where oliver is coming from, ultimately (which is why he is so pointedly an upper middle class kid, quite comfortable, not a struggling genius he paints himself to be). for oliver, and for his audience, what matters is what he wants, not why he wants it; how badly he wants, how deep inside his own desire he is.
in short, it's not that the cattons had something he didn't have. it's just that they had something he wanted.
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one Warmup Gone Wrong later i finally have a full ref for the man, the myth, the legend, the minor annoyance, the thorn in the side of petty criminals and more successful heroes the world over, the one and only GOLDEN BOY (civilian name TBD. it's gotta be something super boring like, Jim or Something)
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Accurate Storytelling
This is a quick one, but it's something I thought was really fun about Dagur in "The Night and the Fury." When he was retelling the story about what happened on Berk during the treaty, he was VERY honest. He didn't try to retell it like the dragons showed up, he fought them, saved some people, and then left. Heck, the way he described it actually made him look worse than what happened😂. He made it sound like Hiccup told him to evacuate and he just immediately ran, but he did delay a bit as he thought over what he wanted to do and he definitely was trying to fight before then. It's just funny to me because I think of Snotlout and he 100% would have described everything like he'd been the hero the whole time. Meanwhile, Dagur's all, "You said run, so I did😶. It was super cool when you fought the Night Fury though 🤩🤩!"
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Max really embodies the just a guy persona huh? With his achievements, broken records and pure talent you might think hes divorced from reality, but well. Hes the happiest just spending time with his friends iracing. He is just Max, one of the best formula 1 drivers ever, but still just Max Verstappen. I love that for him.
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so anyway i refuse to accept that anyone in this world loves kickoff more than i do
-spinster anon 😞
aww thanks bb you’re so sweetttt :””) you def love it more than i do lmfao im feeling like gege rn
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the smell of plain pasta boiling is insanely good and i wont take criticism on this
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confession time: After sleeping on it, I actually think I miss the Joker Out guys a bit more than I miss Jere and crew atm. That might be because it has been longer since I've watched them live comparred to Käärijä ...
... but because of this I'm actually tempted to do something very scandalous *gasp - I know; how nonkääryle of me* and only go for Hamburg tomorrow in hopes that Joker Out will get some Europe dates this fall as well :'D
(and if they don't then I hope the Käärijä shows in germany won't sell out too quickly :'D)
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