#spoiler: Santa isn't real

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60 Sec Rec: In The Flesh

"Four years after the Rising, the government starts to rehabilitate the Undead for reentry into society, including teenager Kieren Walker, who returns to his small Lancashire village to face a hostile reception as well as his own demons." [imdb]

First things first, I have to warn you that it was cancelled after just 2 seasons (9 episodes) on a bit of a cliffhanger/'oh I need to know more' moment. Believe me, I'm sorry. But it's still so worth watching! I'm far from the only one waiting for a revival, still, 10 years after it ended.

In The Flesh isn't about the rise of the undead, or about a post-apocalyptic future. It's a story that picks up after a treatment (not cure) has been found and is being put into use. The afflicted must follow said treatment, wear contact lenses and apply heavy make-up, all to pretend they are the same as they were while they're very, veeeery discreetly re-introduced into society and their old life. But... it's not that simple. Society has changed, and so have their families. The new normal that tries so hard to look like the old one... isn't. In very dangerous ways.

The show kinda does with zombies (sorry, 'Partially Deceased') what Buffy did with vampires and Gen V does with superpowers, but it's... harsher maybe, less glossy, and comments on different subjects like homophobia and xenophobia. Could have been a disaster, but I think they did very well.

The setting is so good, and the actors feel like real people. You'll really feel for Kieren and get invested in all his relationships and struggles trying to save what he can of his old life and build a new one. Can't say much more because it's all spoilers, just check it out!

Created by Dominic Mitchell. Written by Mitchell, Arthur T. Manderley (Polseres vermelles), Fintan Ryan (The Aliens, Hustle), and John Jackson (Grantchester, Being Human). Directed by Johnny Campbell (Doctor Who, Shameless), Jim O'Hanlon (Emma, Coronation Street), Damon Thomas (Killing Eve, Penny Dreadful), and Alice Troughton (Merlin). Starring Luke Newberry, Harriet Cains, Marie Critchley, Steve Cooper, Emmett J Scanlan, Emily Bevan, Stephen Thompson,...

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[atticsandwich]

(lesson 58 kinda-spoilers but also actual spoilers)

this slip up 🤭🤭🤭

anyways i'm kinda pissed that this season is shaping up to be my favorite off of nightbringer only for it to be the last one we'll get.... ourghhh when it first started i really didn't know how they were going to use the SF as a conduit for the major season issues, which, on lesson 41, we figured would be simeon's demonic transformation, only for them to ALSO tackle MC's rising power, a glimpse into faction that are against diavolo's ascension to power, raphael releasing his bottled up emotions and revisiting babel, which was an early plotpoint in the season (thanks asmo)....

no i'm not saying this is perfect writing or whatever, but it was enjoyable, decently paced (though yeah. could be better), allowed for character exposition and development, and also was a creative way to blend in the major plotpoints into one condensed point (SF finals)

yes i know that obey me technically isn't dead, but the fact that we aren't getting any new in-game content after the celestial box event is still very real and very sad. i know a lot of people are thinking maybe they'll get into radio dramas or maybe an animated series, but again, i'm in the group of people that feel like those expansions take away a lot of the immersion, especially since it takes away a lot of MC's agency that we had full control of in the game

sorry for transitioning what was initially just me posting about lesson 58 into. like. doompost adjacent again. but whatever!!

p.s. can someone tell me why thirteen doesn't have a seasonal card feature... she's literally nowhere to be seen on the dark santa cards?????? like i get solmare treats her weird sometimes where one day she gets all the side character fanservice while the next she gets dust but like. the seasonal celestial boxes (since nightbringer) have ALWAYS featured all the side characters, so.... what gives????????? i don't know whether to get pissed or just be confused

[jokertrap-ran]

[Gakuen K] Kusanagi Izumo Route: My feelings are real Translation

*Translator’s note : MC’s name shall remain as my normal (水嶋ラン) *Gakuen K Masterlist / Gakuen K Mobile Masterlist *Spoiler FREE : Translations under cut !

Red Club: MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Misaki: Hey, Kamamoto! How’d you like my special Christmas fried rice?!

Kamamoto: It’s delicious! But isn’t there way too much paprika and bell peppers in this?

Misaki: Don’t fret the small things, dumbass! It’s Christmas! Garnishing stuff with red or green is the norm!

Izumo: There's plenty of food here, Mikoto. Eat up before you head home.

Mikoto: Just eating doesn't make it any different from any other day…

Izumo: Oh? Wanna sing Jingle Bells then?

Mikoto: No thanks.

Ran: (Kusanagi-san’s going on with life as if nothing's happened…)

Ran: (What should I have done back then?)

Ran: (Do I really have to give up on my love for him…?)

Totsuka: You seem down. What's up? Food not to your taste?

Ran: Oh, no… I think it's plenty delicious.

Totsuka: Really? Then what’s with the glum look? Santa's gonna run and happiness is gonna flee if you keep that up.

Ran: Sorry…

Totsuka: Is it because of Kusanagi-san, by chance?

Ran: Wha-

Totsuka: Ahaha, bullseye.

Totsuka: I love you, you know.

Totsuka: Not just you. King, Kusanagi-san, Yata, and Kamamoto too. I love the members of the Red Club.

Totsuka: That's why I was happy for you two when I learned that you were both dating. Because the people I love have found love in each other, sharing in happiness and joy.

Totsuka: But, the truth in reality isn't as sweet. I can see that you're both hurting.

Totsuka: You guys got together because you loved each other, so what happened?

Ran: I… don't know. Kusanagi-san never told me the reason behind his decision.

Totsuka: And you're fine with that?

Ran: …

Totsuka: See, I'm the type of person who delves deep into things that have my attention. Once I jump, it's all in or nothing, and I won't leave till I'm satisfied and have all the cards.

Totsuka: I'd hate to have things that I'm being kept in the dark about remain out of reach forever.

Totsuka: The world is full of mysteries and wonders. And not even I or the Gods can unravel them all, but—

Totsuka: I believe that we can always reach out and unravel those closest to us.

Totsuka: If there's something you don't know, make it so that you are in the know. Don't give up on it till you do. Because giving up is equivalent to throwing away the future it presents.

Ran: (If there's something I don't know, make it so that I do, and don't give up on it…)

Ran: (But what would I even do once all the cards are laid out before me?)

Ran: (If I learn the reason why he hates me now…)

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Izumo: Ahh~ I'm beat… Really wasn't expectin’ clean up to take this long…

Ran: Kusanagi-san.

Izumo: Hmm? Oh, hey. It's you. What are you still doin’ here this late?

Ran: I was… waiting for you.

Izumo: Me?

Ran: You broke up with me when we went shopping last time. I'd like to know the reason why.

Ran: Because I still love you, and I can't accept it.

Ran: If it was something about me, or something I did wrong, then I'll try my best to change.

Ran: So, please. Tell me. Did I do something wrong?

Izumo: …

Izumo: You didn't do anythin’, it's me.

Izumo: I realized that I was startin’ to get too involved in the relationship.

Ran: !!!

Izumo: Despite me bein’ the one who said that I'd stick around because I wanted you to gain some self-confidence.

Izumo: I was casual ‘bout it at first, wantin’ to just stick around till the fledgling chick became a swan. Although, now that I think about it that was quite uncouth of me.

Izumo: I'd intended to let you go once you found someone you loved.

Izumo: But you were so cute, only growin’ more lovable as time passed. And the way you acted… seemed as if you really did love me.

Izumo: Before I realized it myself, you were all that I could think about.

Izumo: But, these are all just my selfish thoughts. You don't have to concern yourself with them.

Ran: Kusanagi-san… But, I—

Izumo: I'm sure you grew attached to me ‘cause I was always around you.

Izumo: Don't worry ‘bout it. You're cute, and with an illustrious personality to boot. I'm sure you'll be able to find a guy much better than me in no time.

Ran: I—

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Ran: I'm not settling for anyone else other than you, Kusanagi-san!!!

Izumo: Ran-chan…

Ran: And I'm serious about it. I really do love you. It isn't just puppy love or anything like that!

Ran: Because I already loved you before you even brought up dating!

Izumo: Wha…

Ran: That's when I realized that you didn't really see me as a girl.

Ran: But that was fine with me, as long as we got to spend time together…

Ran: But, surely, you do see me as a girl now, right?

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Izumo: …Yeah. That's right.

Izumo: No more. I won't let you go. Not for anyone; not for anythin’.

Ran: Kusanagi-san…

Izumo: I can be serious about you now?

Ran: Of course!

Izumo: I see. I won't hold back anymore then. I've given up on gettin’ over you.

Izumo: I have my own faults, but if you're willin’ to accept me… then I'll gladly reciprocate. After all, these feelings of mine— Well, they're as real as they can get.

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Next Scene: Late Christmas Present

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My thoughts on episode 9

SPOILERS for season 3, episode 9 of the Animaniacs reboot

Finally moving on. I really liked this episode! I watched it yesterday for the first time, which was a mistake. I was still upset over the episode 8 review I had just written and I was trying to rush things so I could get this review out the same day. Both of those factors contributed to limiting my enjoyment of the episode the first time around. I watched it again today with fresher eyes and enjoyed it a lot more. It also would have helped if this season was released closer to the holidays so I was in the Christmas spirit when watching this, but oh well. Maybe I'll make a point of watching it again this December.

This episode gave me some of the heartiest laughs of the season, though I'm not sure if some of that humor was intentional. I'll start by covering the Warner segment.

Now THIS is more like it! Sleeping past one is far more relatable to me than waking up at 6 AM sharp. The explanation for the Warners sleeping to reach Christmas faster makes a lot of sense. I would suppose their sleep schedule is nonexistent and they just kind of sleep and wake up whenever.

I was happy to see Hello Nurse make kind of an on-screen appearance! I wish Yakko had given her just a little more reverence, though the joke was funny. It's nice to know that he still keeps posters of them stashed away in the tower. He's still the same old Yakko in some ways. (Say what you will about the sex pestiness of old Yakko, but it was an integral part of his character and made him feel like a real teenage boy, so I'm still fond of it. I don't care that the "Hello, Nurse!" thing is absent in the reboot, but I do care that Hello Nurse herself is absent from the reboot. Kind of sends the message that the attractive women themselves are the ones responsible for the verbal abuse they receive and that the solution to ending it is to take the women away- not just, you know, keeping them around but having the Warners be more respectful to them.)

I don't know how I didn't notice it the first time around, but on my second watch I noticed it immediately, and I went to the credits to confirm- John DiMaggio voices Santa. Now, it's extremely obvious, especially by the end when he starts yelling. All I can hear is Marcus Fenix as Santa.

It's not the first time a jaded and/or jacked Santa has been done in cartoons. I thought it was done as well here as in any other show.

This moment was SO cute to me, when little Wakko just automatically runs up to Santa and hops on his lap. It's always been a headcanon of mine that Wakko has a special love for Santa and Christmas.

I liked the banter between Santa and the Warners, especially when he informs Dot that one of those complaints were hers. These reviews are hard for me sometimes. I don't know if I should make a specific note of every joke that made me chuckle, but know that just because I didn't mention it doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it.

The song was just great. Super catchy and super clever, with both the concept and the lyrics. It points out the scientific impossibilities of what Santa does without spoiling the Christmas magic. It's really, really clever.

This HAD to be done on purpose. The more I look at it, the more I laugh, because you're definitely not supposed to notice it the first time, but when you do it's just so obviously ridiculous. Europe is just replaced by a giant UK. "Spain" is just Cornwall with a star on it. And Yakko clearly points to Cuba when he says Puerto Rico. Looking at how accurately everything else was drawn, I'm very confident this was intentional, and it's SO hilarious.

I loved to see another reference to Yakko's lactose intolerance, and for some reason it was sweet to me that Wakko sang that part and knows that milk would cause trouble for his brother.

You know, this segment is written by the same writers as WARnerGAMES. Isn't it funny that they know about Yakko's lactose intolerance, which was mentioned one time in a random end credits gag in the original, but they don't know how to-

Okay, okay, I'll stop.

The part immediately following this was what made me howl in laughter and fear. Because, look, sometimes I go on DeviantArt to find NORMAL Animaniacs art, but of course that also means I see the other stuff, too, and... I can't imagine what that Godforsaken place looks like right now. They must be feeling how I would feel if one of my fanfic plots was directly adapted into an episode, because this seriously looks identical to some of the horrors I've seen on that site. They even added an inflation sound in the background.

The ending of the song was great! Seeing Santa getting pelted with presents in silence as he stands in the wreckage of his shop was super funny.

Santa's yell at the end was seriously just Marcus Fenix. That exact voice line could be inserted into Gears of War and I wouldn't blink an eye.

Now, with "How the Brain Thieved Christmas", I feel really dumb. That's because, even with the blatantly obvious title, I didn't realize that Brain was supposed to be directly parodying The Grinch in this until the very end. I think I might've seen some people upset over how he's evil in this? I don't really have a problem with it. It's more of a "bah humbug" kind of thing than an "I want to cause misery to everyone" kind of thing, and he gets redeemed at the end like The Grinch.

Pinky's big ol' gremlin face silently rising in the background really got me!

Yes, when will we ever figure out what the fidget spinner is supposed to do? Will science ever find the answer?

At first I was skeptical that a Pinky toy would actually logically sell well, but then I realized how awesome it would be to have a basically sentient toy that responds with dumb, funny one-liners to everything you say. This future might not be too far-off in the real world...

It's really funny when the little girl starts singing, because you immediately know where the entire rest of the episode is going to go, and it's just a slow descent as Brain desperately tries to prevent what we all know is definitely going to happen.

This part through the end actually made me get a little watery-eyed. I know that wouldn't have happened if this hadn't been such a spectacularly emotional week for me already, but the emotional weight was well done here.

I question the logistics of returning hundreds of millions of presents in this manner, but whatever. I think this proves Brain always had a way to return the presents ready to go, so he wasn't entirely planning on destroying Christmas the whole time.

Again, would have hit harder if it was actually the holidays.

I thought it was a great episode. I don't really have any complaints. The longer, very clever song was desperately needed in a season that has been strangely devoid of them. I'm not sure if I like it more than Do It Yourself. I think DIY still edges it out for first place for me, but this episode's song was really great and will immediately join the upper echelon of Animaniacs songs in my mind.

This episode could go above episode 3 on the ranking. I'm not gonna put it there, though. It's a very solid third place for me.

Episode 6

Episode 3

Episode 9

Episode 7

Episode 4

Episode 2

Episode 1

Episode 5

Episode 8

Where we stand now, at least half of the episodes this season (down to position number 5) have been really good to me. Only one has been legitimately bad. Episode 10 has a lot riding on it, I think, as far as my final opinion of the season will go.

So, this is it. I'm approaching the end. One more new episode of Animaniacs to watch, probably ever. I can feel my chest tightening over the thought. You know, if I just decided to never watch it, I could always say there's still more new Animaniacs out there I've never seen. It would never end for me. Maybe I could watch one minute a year and keep the new content flowing for 25 more years.

I encourage you to add to the discussion of this episode if you want. Don't say anything about episode 10. I need to experience it for myself.

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Look at the molars on this guy

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after opening vlr i have opted to close <3 vlr. i will return to it either tonight or in a few days. notes!

not.. loving... the cgi. girl who looks like the Real Santa's Sister seems neat but im. not liking the cg sprites here. im reminded of ace attorney.

why isn't sigma voice acted. i hope it is for wild lore reasons coming later in the game and not something stupid or unrxplained

i. really really don't like the UI. like 999 felt like an Old game, but it felt like an old computer game, with some parts where i was like 'ah yes, this was for the ds originally.' (mainly just the ending though). vlr at least so far in terms of menu-ing feels like ds game ported to computers. thats bcs it is but like. u coulda made the menu a lil nicer come on now.

took a look in the menu mainly, hvaen't even finished opening narration

wow thats one hell of a flowchart.hoh boy

the. built in notes function. it scares me. i mean obviously its bcs the game was meant for the ds but its still fuckin here on the steam release so was it like. lazy porting work just shoot it over or is the game so dense you really need that notepad?? ill probably take notes by hand (i did for 999!)

steam trading card spoiled me for the existence of alice and clover??? dont tell me anything but im confusd

im glad we have multiple save files but at what cost (nice ui)

as much as i gripe, its mainly bcs i really really liked the aesthetic of 999, it hooked me in real well even if the enviroments weren't the sort of thing i usually gravitate to in the minute to minute, and enviroment is essential to me in games like this.

despite that, i think there's a good number of ppl who like VLR? idk if its gonna be nearly as good as 999 but we'll see. if u like zero escape weigh in! do u like VLR more equally or less than 999?

live blogging will continue unless i get bored <3 still using void nonary game as the tag so feel free to block it. ill try and tag major spoilers as VLR spoilers as well

wish me luck! i hope i end up really getting into it!

[gearlessjunkdogjoe]

A VERY DESCRIPTIVE PROFILE OF YOUR MUSE. Repost with the information of your muse, including headcanons, etc. if you fail to achieve some of the facts, add some other of your own!

Contains spoilers for seasons 1 and 2!

NAME: Joe (Real name unknown.), also goes by Junk Dog (JNK.DOG) as a ring name. Uses Nomad as a ring name in the second season.

NICKNAME: "Bottom Rank" (by Sachio and the other orphans when he was in Megalonia), "champ" and "that stubborn bastard" by his coach Nanbu, and some nicknames are verse and relationship dependent.

TITLE(S):  Champion. In verses where he's married, it's Mr.

AGE: 22 in season 1, 29 in season 2. His exact age is unknown, and 22 is an estimate, given it's the age on his fake ID.

SPECIES: Human

SEX: Male

NATIONALITY: Unknown.

INTERESTS: Riding around on his motorcycle, training, spending time with the orphans and Sachio, hanging out with his coach, boxing, dogs. In season 2 it's largely the same, but riding around in his truck instead of his motorcycle. Also visits The Casa when he has a chance, as they helped him in season 2.

PROFESSION: An illegal/underground turned professional boxer. In his other verses, it varies--a wizard in his Fairy Tail verse, for instance.

BODY TYPE: Muscular and toned from working out and boxing. Six pack abs, etc.

EYES: Light brown

HAIR: Black and curly. For the majority of season 2, he's got long hair that reaches his shoulder. He also has a beard for the majority of season 2. It's thick but isn't too long.

SKIN: Tan with darker scars on his face, arms, chest and back.

POSTURE: He maintains a pretty straight posture except for when he's relaxing, then he'll maybe slouch or lean over a little.

HEIGHT: 5’11"

VOICE: His voice is a baritone. It deepens sometimes depending on whether he's angry, intrigued, yelling, or otherwise emotional. He only yells when he's angry.

SIGNATURE OUTFIT: For the first season, he has white sweatpants on with white knee pads and an orange stripe down the sides. He wears the pants with a blue belt, the straps of a parachute around his thighs, and a red t shirt. He wears a green coat over his shirt and has brown boots on. He also has a white T shirt as well.

For the second season, he wears a white long sleeve shirt under a red short sleeve shirt. He wears a green button down shirt over the T shirt, and sometimes wears a brown coat with fur on the collar. He also has a pair of seemingly leather gloves that he also wears occasionally. In one of the later episodes, he wears a white short sleeve shirt with black rings on the sleeves. When he boxes, he mostly wears his black jeans, which have holes in the kneecaps and tape around his left thigh. He also wears black sweatpants with a white stripe going down the legs when he boxes in the last episode.

SIGNIFICANT OTHER: Verse dependent

COMPANIONS: In-universe: Sachio and the other orphans (Bonjiri, Santa, and Oicho), his coach Nanbu, his coach's first protege Aragaki, and his rival Yuri. His other companions are verse dependent.

ANTAGONISTS: In-universe, Yuri, his boxing rival. Other than that, his antagonists are verse dependent.

STRENGTHS: Warm, trusting, loyal, willing to help others, protective of those he cares about, has a charisma to him that encourages others to be better versions of themselves, also has a pure love for boxing, gives hope to people and in return is given hope back by those he's inspired, is more mature and aware of his actions in season 2, unlearns his pattern of self destructive behavior and toxic masculinity in season 2, makes friends out of his boxing rivals, is a gifted boxer, is kind to women and kids (though he was initially dismissive of Sachio when he first met him).

WEAKNESSES: Stubborn, can shut others out due to not wanting to hurt them more than he already has, is hardheaded in season 1, loves a good fight and will look for opportunities to throw down, won't hesitate to start something if he feels it'll challenge him, rides his bike too fast when he's angry and crashes frequently which causes him to fall off (pattern of self destructive behavior in sesaons 1 and 2), is initially wary of and doesn't trust/like the upper class in the beginning of season 1, but gets over it.

FRUITS: Apples mostly. He doesn't seem too picky about other fruits though.

DRINKS: Water and tea. He doesn't strike me as a soda kind of guy. (My headcanon is that he drank soda once and it didn't end well for him, so he avoids it.)

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Joe doesn't drink in season 1, but he drinks more in season 2. He only has a beer or two occasionally, and also used alcohol as a way to numb his pain in between seasons and in the beginning of season 2.

SMOKES: No

DRUGS: Has an addiction to painkillers in season 2. He recovers from it, though.

DRIVER'S LICENSE: He doesn't have a license but drives both his motorcycle and his coach's truck.

Tagged by: @chronicparagon

Tagging: Anyone who wants to do it!

[jess-the-jester]

Sense of Self AU Pt 2.

Hey chat to all 2 people (ilu) who read the other Sense of Self AU I wrote (which tldr is just "what if bird protag was a character and not silent protag"), I have recently done some writing and realized an additional adjustment I'd like to make. Feel free to tap to keep reading, spoilers for Slay the Princess ahead.

So in the og game one of the endings (and my favorite ending) is the one where Bird and the Princess decide to just continue this loop so they can be together (which I believe is achieved by taking the knife to your final encounter with her and then just not killing her - and it's only possible to whisk her away if you don't take the knife? idk not super important just a note). SO. Naturally. I was thinking that the whole idea hinges on the Princess being a creature of perception, and the way that Bird perceives her directly impacting her own abilities and personalities and so forth. Comma. I think it's entirely possible for things to actually change during this reset based off the caveat that it is essentially Bird just giving the current Princess at that moment the ability to reshape the world to how she remembers it starting. It's entirely possible, additionally, for the princess to never learn about the voices. So what if when she reset everything, that's what ends up with Bird losing the voices and thus becoming a "real person" per se. I just think that tying it into an actual ending and making it a continuation of the original not only makes it more well-grounded as a concept but also it permits for really cool scenes that I like a lot where because it's all the way the Princess registered the world her memory erasure isn't quite perfect and both of them have this persistent familiarity with another. Love Story Bonus, if you will. Anyway that's all just a little ramble as I develop this one in my head. All because I wrote some fanfic for a secret santa thing. Might post it to AO3 after they are distributed because I am very happy with it. That is all. Thank you ilu <3

[msshadows97]

Ok, episode 6 of season 2 spoilers below finally and overall thoughts on season 2 and the series of a whole

Hugo went to MIT no thoughts just pointing it out

Noel is still talking to the cut out, boy needs therapy

Betty being jealous of the cardboard then attacking it

Hugo is me on a mental level

Evil santa is a highlight along with Olga the only reason I liked this season

Why do I feel like evil santa getting a reaction arc

I Hate Scott's short beard it gets shorter each episode

Carol "IS HE DEAD" and being a momma bear I love her

Canoe kid was fluffy?

How did he recognize Mrs claus she look like a normal person not any depiction of what Mrs claus looks like. She's in a jacket with hair down.

Attack squirrel I wish we saw it attack Scott's beard

Noel starting a war without everyone what bro. You can't fight a war alone

Betty and Gary beef

Uncanny valley reindeer

Why bring fluffy? I love him, don't get me wrong, but civilian.

Eddie is in charge

Fluffy said crap and then swallowed a bug

Do the elfs mine coal since the gnomes used to?

Lemon easterbunny

Would he rot?

Oh my god Easter bunny is aware as a lemon!!

Sandra doesn't know how to do magic you are putting a lot of faith is someone who has no idea what to do

MAD SANTA THINKS THE EARTH IS FLAT

Why is Betty holding a damn toy sword

Cal needs to be a real boy

Again toy sword against an axe.

Men being OCD on where things go.

Ew, their bellies touch and made a sound.

Betty just "this is sparta"

They are fighting like children and not the centery old beings that they are

Mad santa hating on the beard and I agree

God, this is petty between two Santa's. It doesn't even feel like a fight more like a playground argument.

"Give me back, my son." Bro is way too calm, having his son in enemy hands. He could have destroyed him.

Noel making peace with the gnomes makes me happy. (I have a lot of gnome Christmas stuff)

Honestly, why didn't they make peace a while ago?

The amulet being a chalice lowkey bothers me. As an amulet, to me, tend to be a jeweled necklace. Like saying "the chalice" would still be cool

Hahaha, Scott being yeeted

I want an Olga redeption arc

I wish he says chalice

Befana is a mood

Olga exploring is cute. And making something useful and making a printer ink lol

Again, since mad santa isn't human, DO THEY JUST SPAWN IN?

Scott, i feel like still wasn't listening to Mad santa when he was talking about Cal not wanting to be santa

Befana is saying soup and (I forgot who) said chip and dale.

Cal loving being a Nutt cracker, then immediately had a stroke

Reception arc mad santa

Betty being able to make toys now? OK, was last season a wake-up call for her? Was she just sad about Christmas and couldn't make toys? Did she learn how to make them?

Gibberish is best to make toys

Olga REDEPTION ARC

OLGA TOASTER

mad santa putting himself in jail

GARY SAID DIVA

since mad santa is not human what does he do? Does he go to the yule verse? How does a santa go to the yule verse when they retire? Does mad santa need to die?

Fluffy in jail also is a mood

Again, I think Scott's beard is getting shorter every second

Prom is cute, and all that happened to the Easter bunny? Is he still a lemon?

Scott is thinking Cal is going to college while Carol knows better. Bro, not making it through college.

Mad santa needs therapy let's be honest

Olga breakup with mad santa lowkey sad as it was a cute father daughter relationship. Hateful relationship and cute

Fluffy, not going to lie, honestly added nothing to the show and him being a character felt really pushed. Expessually this last episode.

La befana being "no I don't want a job"

Easter Bunny isn't a lemon anymore. I wish we saw him yell and have a break down

Now there's troll drama. They aren't being racist but speciest? Is season 3 about trolls now?

Betty better not be leaving

Betty and Noel better not leave. I'm sad they are my otp. They are probably leaving as the actors might be getting too old now.

Curtis isn't dead! But then that begs the question, what in the willy wonka happened to unblueberry him?

Where the hell is curtis

"Santa claus is coming to town" as Santa claus is in literally in the crowd

Ew Scott is breaking the fourth wall.

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Final thoughts on this season and the characters:

Carol felt useless and needs a hobby other than telling Gary what to do. I'm honestly sad that her character is feeling flat. I don't exactly know how they CAN fix it as Mrs Claus is very in the background as a whole in the holiday.

Fluffy felt like an unneeded character. His jokes were bland for a comedian. Most of his jokes were about daddy issues, which his character did have, and it wasn't funny tbh. Idk I feel like mad santa could of done better without fluffy being there.

Mad santa and Olga: I love the design and his sass. Olga and him really bounced off eachother well. I loved that Olga didn't put up with Mad Santa and would make fun of him. Olga and Mad Santa were honestly the reason is ticked this far into this reason as they were actually fun.

Cal is a golden retriever with two braincells, and both are thinking about girls. I hate Riley, but she's fits his lack of thought well as she is also head empty. I wish Cal was actually intelligent and not your stereotypical disney boy.

Sandra is the golden child. Sandra, I truly like and was worried she would be as flat as Carol. I'm glad she has magic, but I have no idea where they might go with her magic. Might be interesting if she becomes halloween as that's a legendary we haven't seen.

La befana, I have mixed feelings on this season. I liked her a lot, season 1, but now she just seems weak and not the powerful witch we thought she was in season 1.

Scott....... needs a longer beard. He needs to get his ass out of his head and actually listen and look at his children instead of what HE wants. I want to see him make toys like he did in the movies and actually be in the workshop.

Betty and Noel leaving makes me sad as they were my OTP and will be sad to see them go. I'm scared who the next head elf will be if they do decide not to return from Kribble Krabble. Because none of the elves we see currently are head elf material. Eddie should not be head elf.

Curtis isn't dead????? I need an explanation how he survived.

If season 3 does happen, I want to see more hands on Scott in the workshop. Cal gaining 5 more braincells. Carol having a hobby. Backstory on Gary's eye

[flyingmintbunny0]

Ok I'm liveblogging this whole ep in this post for my own amusement/detriment

BUDDY DADDIES LAST EPISODE 12 SPOILERS!

I am not ready hhhhhh

They're back in their apartment and its snowing awww :,)

Breakfast duo!!! They are precious

Rei's in his work suit, somethings gonna go down as soon as Miri is at daycare isn't it

Also Miri mentioning her mom 😭 this so sad, they're gonna run out of excuses eventually. This lil girl is gonna need so much therapy

the pinky promise 🥺 Reis face pfbfbfbf

(also I dislike only Rei gave the pinky promise, something better not happen to Kazuki, if I get Banana fish'ed I'm gonna cry and die hhhhh)

Kazuki: "They're genetically inclined to be bad with words, after all." PDHDBDBFHF THATS TOO FUNNY TO BE A REFERENCE TO REIS DAD PLEASE

YEAH KYU TELL EM OFF, YOU TWO HAVE TO GO TO HER XMAS PARTY

Omg we were right they are going to go after the organization, i didn't think that would come true omg

HOLY SHIT THESE TWO ARE INSANE I LOVE THEM "living weapon" DAMN RIGHT

KAZUKI WAS GOING TO DRIVE THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR THIS MAN IS FERAL

HEY

HEY YOU CANT CUT AWAY LIKE THAT Kazuki is in danger hhhhhhh

Miri is babey tho i love her

Ogino is a horror game/movie villain oh my god he's scary, pls die

holy shit

that fight was visceral what the fuck

Ogino mentioned Kazuki's wife, Kazuki's bluff, Rei's hair came undone (the symbolism aaaa), the sound direction for Ogino's death is so uncomfy like damn and then they eXPLODE HIM HELL YEAH

Also they're partners im gonna cry 😭😭😭

pinky promise is back 😭🥺😭

Rei's recap im done im ded ;v;

REI REI OH MY GOD BRO WHAT

This is insane, it makes sense to keep the boss alive so the others from the org dont go after them for revenge but omg

Glad Rei told off his dad completely tho haHA get fucked!!

Miss Anna deserves the world <3

they made it ;v; and the santa outfits ;v; hwhwhhhh

its so cutee aaaaaaa ;v;

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD THIS IS NOT A DRILL A TIMESKIP???????

COFFEE SHOP AU IS REAL???????? IM SOBBING

Theyyydre 😭 aa fammilyyyyyy hhhhhhwhbdhdjdhdb 😭😭😭😭

This was the best possible series finale i am never going to recover, my heart has melted onto the floor, im deceased

[tsuki-sennin]

Happy Holidays~!

Hate to uh... self-promote here, but I did a thing and apparently adding art to a custom tag retroactively doesn't work~!

If'n you couldn't tell, I'm really enjoying Gotchard. Spoilers, I guess...

-The Manabe fam~! ...and also the movie I have no means of watching yet~!

-Lots of dudes we've yet to gather.

-Oh! Since they were here for a sec, I absolutely love how disconnected Zyukumpire is from the rest of the Chemies artstyle-wise. It has the same energy as that one Webkinz that was literally just a realistic plush beaver.

-No rest for the Gotcha Squad.

-Help us Kudo

-You'll debut soon... I can feel it.

-Clotho's genuinely murderous now.

-Oh fuck, Geryon!

-Seems like eve Lachesis feels genuine terror in his presence.

-OH FUCK

-That is not your body, old timer.

-Yay, Chrimbus~!

-Ohhhhh... Hopper-chan...

-Oh!

-Oh I didn't realize she was already with The Sun and Unicon.

-Rinne-chan :)

-"That really fucked me up, man. Anyways, I'm Majade now :)"

-Y'know, I ain't even mad, she deserved that silver screen debut.

-Professor Kyouka...

-Oh!

-I see, you've got that in there, huh?

-"Real Kamen Rider power."

-Y'know, he made that system himself, he can hear you.

-24 hours, baby~!

-Kajiki, don't think Santa's usually heralded by red thunderclouds.

-OH FUCK THEY LEADED HIM

-"Hello, Kamen Rider."

-"This isn't a Chemy's doing alone, it's a Malgam, I just know it!"

-I'm gonna assume X Wizard as shown in the movie had a bit of Malgam going on with them so this statement holds water.

-Oh yeah, get 'im Spanner.

-"Do it, my dear pupil :3"

-Tekkou!

-Ooooogh, that's messing him up.

-Oh shit LightningJungle.

-You could stand to be a little nicer to

-"...Eh?"

-Oh....

-That poor kiddo..

-Santa believer Houtaro has discovered the villain's trick.

-Y'know, all high school heroines deserve a solar weapon.

-JyamtaNoOrochi's a very thicc boi.

-"No! I outrank you, you little-"

-FlayRose~!

-"Are you having fun, Kamen Rider? It's so delightfully interesting, is it not?"

-Dang....

-The drive to protect smashes through all pain.

-Enter.

-The second Kamen Rider.

-...not named Rinne, of course.

-Holy shit...

-He is burning.

-"Rise, my son."

-That's not our Gotchadriver as we know it.

-This bug is extra spicy.

-Burning Fever~!

-"Ichinose Hotaro!"

-Oh! Okay, he's legitimately helping us, gotcha.

-RISING FIGHTER SECOND VERSE FUCK YES

-Let's go, X-Rex!

-That boy's alright.

-"Oh no you don't!"

-Be free, thicc snek.

-And Lachesis-san too.

-Jyamaaaa...

-...Other Gotchard?

-Sorry, Kajiki. Santa only hangs around Wizards off duty.

-Present~!

-What is it? :3

-Ahhhhh~! A flower~! How cute~!

-"So uh... do you know how that orange guy is?"

-OH

-OHHHHHHHH HERE HE IS

-Oh, I know that guy, that' Kenta Kamakari, he's the voice of Itsuki in Air Gear and Edgeshot in My Hero.

-"Ohhhhhhh this is so bad..."

-Who are you, Daybreak-san?

-Geryon Real, Daybreak unclear, alchemical discovery of a lifetime inbound.

[scarevalue]

Santa Isn't Real review.

The odd choices are the highlights of this Santa slasher. Or maybe...Santa wearing a Santa mask?

[kudosmyhero]

Transformers (vol. 1) #8: Repeat Performance!

Read Date: February 18, 2023 Cover Date: September 1985 ● Writer: Bob Budiansky ● Penciler: William Johnson ● Inker: Kyle Baker ● Colorist: Nel Yomtov ● Letterer: Rick Parker ● Editor: Jim Owsley ◦ Keith Williams ●

**HERE BE SPOILERS: Skip ahead to the fan art/podcast to avoid spoilers

Reactions As I Read: ● Dinobots! ● in the opening splash, at a glance it looks like Ratchet has a Santa hat

● that's gotta be a big ass snake if it looks sizable in relation to Ratchet! ● "that tube-thing" 😂 ● I wondered what that big thing he's using as a vehicle is. M.A.R.B. = Mobile Autobot Repair Bay ● seeing Shockwave fly around as a giant gun is silly at first… but when I think about what it would actually be like for a giant sentient space gun to fly around all menacing and such, if I saw that in real life, I might shit my pants

● the Dinobots are submerged in a tar pit o_o ● Ratchet manages to dig up Slag (the triceratops) ● Ratchet accesses the still deactivated Slag's memories ● we get a replay of the Dinobots/Shockwave battle from 4,000,000 years ago. the fight is how everyone including Shockwave ends up trapped in tar or under rocks ● snerk we see the light return to Slagg's eye when Ratchet isn't looking, and in the next panel, Ratchet being tossed in the air by Slagg.

● wait--can Shockwave turn into a military helicopter, too? the panels are confusing. maybe he just swooped in in robot form and took the place of an actual military helicopter… ● I respect Blackrock for always worrying about the safety of his workers. he's been trying his best these past few issues, darn it ● inside, Soundwave is forcing human workers to aid in whatever it is they're doing with Optimus Prime's head (heh, reminds me of that soldier ant in the movie Antz) ● ok, they've moved Prime's head to the assembly plant. the plan is to use his Creation Matrix to make new Decepticons (I've already had it spoiled for me in one of the podcasts I listen to that the Creation Matrix is what Prime shifted into Buster Witwicky. Buster Prime, I guess?) ● damn, Josie has been busy in the hospital…

● back on The Ark, Megatron receives a transmission from Ratchet showing the Dinobots attacking Shockwave ● aww, Megatron is smiling! how cute ^_^ he admits to Ratchet that he had underestimated him ● (so much is happening in this issue, but it doesn't feel like too much. the pacing is superb) ● Ratchet, in ambulance form, heads to the top of a mountain where he is supposed to meet Megatron. along the way, he passes humans skiing and is intrigued by this activity ● he meets with Megatron, who obviously intends to do him harm: "…I do not want to appear ungrateful! Thank you for fulfilling your part of the bargain! Too bad I never had any intention of doing the same!" ● Ratchet, of course, never trusted Megatron not to Megatron ● …which is why he brought his little army of Dinobots to kick ass on his behalf ● ohhhhh, the images Ratchet had sent to Megatron were of the fight from 4 million years ago--which is what I assumed. Megatron, however, thought the fight happened only that day, so he thought Shockwave was already disposed of ● heheheh, the Dinobots had been lying in wait under the snow. I wonder how many people skied down them ● Megatron gets his shiny metal ass handed to him ● interesting for Megatron claims his power is without equal when he's had to pretend to be a simp for Shockwave lately. though to be fair, Megatron had just been poisoned by Sparkplug Witwicky's fuel, so he wasn't up to snuff when Shockwave returned ● (some of the Transformers' faces look more human than usual in this issue) ● Megatron is standing right at the edge of a cliff, so we the reader can see where this is going… ● …oooor not. Poor Ratchet runs into Megatron as hard as he can, but Megatron doesn't "budge a micron!" (nice try, Ratchet) Megatron's grin is… unsettling. But he is impressed that Ratchet was willing to throw them both over the edge in order to destroy Megatron ● ah, so the force of Ratchet's charge didn't affect Megatron, but it weakened the rocks that Megatron was standing on; it gives way and Megatron falls, transforming and shrinking into gun mode as he does ● transforming into gun mode… "in the desperate hope that in this smaller, light-weight--" (no! his overall mass did not change, so he would weigh the same) "--form he will better be able to survive he awesome impact of his body on the ground far below." ● oo, has Josie become a villain/hero called Circuit Breaker? because that's kind of an awesome name ● 👏👏👏👏👏

Synopsis: After making a deal with Megatron to destroy Shockwave in exchange for getting the Ark and deactivated Autobots back, Ratchet has traveled to the South Pole in a region of Antarctica called the Savage Land to revive the long lost Dinobots who disappeared four million years ago after fighting and defeating Shockwave. On his mobile medical unit, he travels through the Savage Land's rough terrain and blasts away a serpent that gets too close.

While back at the Ark, Megatron is visited by Shockwave who has come to collect the still-active head of Optimus Prime to Blackrock's Aerospace plant so that he can exploit the Creation Matrix within Prime to breath life into a new generation of Decepticons. Megatron plays the role of a subservient subordinate while secretly hoping that Ratchet's plan succeed and Shockwave is ultimately destroyed.

In the Savage Land, Ratchet manages to free Slag from the tar pits and begin probing his memories. He learns that the Dinobots were reactivated by the Ark's computers when it detected that Shockwave had arrived on Earth. Reconfiguring himself, Grimlock, Sludge, Snarl and Swoop to transform into the likeness of Earth's dinosaurs, they flew to the Savage Land where they attacked Shockwave. Shockwave would have the upper hand, knocking Swoop into a tar pit at the bottom of a cliff, and knocking the other Dinobots around it. However, before Shockwave could blast them to oblivion, Snarl would bash the side of the cliff causing an avalanche that would force the other Dinobots into the tar pits and bury Shockwave under tons of rock. In order to preserve themselves, they would all go into stasis.

When Slag suddenly comes to life, Ratchet is almost trampled by the Dinobot until he shows that he is an Autobot. As Slag helps Ratchet uncover the other Dinobots, Ratchet realizes that Shockwave must have been in stasis as well until the probe the other Autobots launched accidentally freed him.

While outside Blackrock's Aerospace plant, G.B. Blackrock himself answers to the media and puts his full confidence that the military can force the robots who have invaded his plant out. However, this confidence is dashed when Shockwave returns with the head of Optimus Prime and easily blasts the military aside. Entering the base, Shockwave hooks Optimus Prime's head to the six new Decepticon memory components that he has already given life to with the Creation Matrix, Shockwave intends to continue exploiting Prime's Matrix in order to create a veritable army of Decepticons. While at the hospital, Josie Beller sheds a tear for the continued trouble caused by her boss. However, despite the fact that she is crippled she is hardly unproductive as she has created a circuitry mesh that fits over her arm to allow it full mobility.

Back at the Ark, Megatron gets a call from Ratchet confirming that Shockwave has been destroyed. However, knowing that Megatron likely intends to double cross him, Ratchet shows him the footage of Shockwave's defeat from four million years ago, passing it off as something that just happened. Impressed, Megatron agrees to meet with Ratchet at the ski-hill that they agreed to meet at not far from the Ark.

There, Megatron—as expected—reveals that he intended to betray Ratchet all along. Before Megatron can attack the Dinobots, sent ahead to the location by Ratchet, burst out of the snow and attack Megatron. Much to Ratchet's dismay the five Autobot warriors are easily knocked aside by Megatron who gloats over his strength. Noticing that Megatron is standing over the edge of a cliff, Ratchet attempts to knock the tyrant off the cliff, however, fails. As Ratchet bounces off Megatron's body, Megatron laughs but before he can destroy Ratchet his weight causes the edge of the cliff to snap off. As Megatron plummets to the ground below, he transforms into his gun mode to avoid any damage from the fall and is lost in the snow. With Megatron defeated, Ratchet and the Dinobots head to the Ark to repair their friends.

Back at Josie Beller's hotel room, Josie tests her new invention out by firing a bolt of energy across the room and destroying one of the computers set up for her. With the test a success she intends to check out of the hospital.

(https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Transformers_Vol_1_8)

Fan Art: Buster Witwicky VS Skyfire v2 by shumworld

Accompanying Podcasts: ● Transformers Chronicles - episode 08

● Transformers University - episode 17

[notallwonder]

Alright kiddos, let's see... Criminal Minds 16x08 "Forget Me Knots".

Spoilers and "thoughts" under the cut:

Okay, so the previouslies are JJ and Will heavy...ruh roh. We gonna find out Will's been lying about his health still?

LOL I'm still so excited. It's so funny that I'm still emotionally jazzed up by this silly show.

Hahahaaha Penelope "that's not how this works" finally

I guess it would be uniquely easy to kidnap real estate agents.

ZOMG THE KIDS ARE BACK. Henry you are SO FREAKIN TALL

I'm still laughing to myself about the...section of artful shag carpet?...hanging above the Jareau-Lamontagne fireplace.

Will I wish you had better taste in ties

aw no, Henry overhearing adult things. Hope you're ok bud.

it's so nice when a serial killer can share photos of his children to make himself seem disarming and safe.

there's that $400 of duct tape being put to good use!

oh no - is she supposed to be a surrogate for his wife? *grimace!*

yeah lady I also would be like WTF save you're fucking marriage? WTF???

EMILY VOICEOVER...hello hottie (voice)...

GOD. how are you so beautiful? every time. Every Time!!!

Aw, isn't it nice, law enforcement agencies working together to circumvent...rules and stuff

hot.

PG I really like this lil' jacket number

And Luke, welcome to the brown suede jacket club.

Oh HO. So Now we are calling PG out!! They know she is Getting Some. lol ok

Oh, Henry buddy. Budding investigator apparently (knows how to Google). He's sweet. Where....where where is this going? Is Will still going to die? This honestly feels more like...normal family stuff frankly. Maybe I am searching too hard for *meaning*. But usually...look, it's a TV show. It's usually going somewhere.

this poor woman is doin' her best, but she's gonna die.

damn, that's cold. she's tanking her marriage (ish) to make it through.

Luke and Tara partnered up! yay!

Tara, when is your turn in brown suede?

why would Indio police immediately contact FBI? Just on the 'strength' of the 2nd street connection? shenanigans. but ok.

"JJ and I will run interference with the AG" sounds....slightly promising. can't wait for no onscreen follow up on this idea!

awww. Sicarius is Murder Santa!

I should also learn how to stay off camera. But for fun and profit (not murder).

"Copy you"??? what.

murder elf picking up the package...

poor lady, she just wanted to sell some houses.

Extreme Home Makeover Ty Guy??!! Selling me gambling apps??

jeez. that's a huge fucking list of missed calls bud.

An ENTIRE SCENE with Emily and JJ in the same room all by themselves. what a gift. yes they are doing crime solving. of course they are!!! i love them.

yes they both look super fabulous, because of course they do!!!

just to reiterate for no one, i do not watch this show for the crime or the crime solving. nor the naturalistic dialogue lmao.

murder elf dead. lady hang on!!

Ramona I'm so proud of you. First, extremely fast resuscitation, A +. Second, you're alive babe! But you really should get your husband to change his hair/beard situation.

Yes, bazillion sounds about right. I do kind of miss CM depicting agents actually doing any kind of tedious investigative work.

EMILY. You are so gorgeous. Dear AJ Cook, thank you for this shot that is just Emily at her desk. I am not mad about it.

Yeah, so Henry. JJ is this going in the "I have to leave the FBI" column? Is that where this is going?

Henry you are my most favorite now of all. They are terrible liars. And this is a sweet through-line from the ol' "monsters" thing at Halloween five million years ago.

Oh! a real live timeline clue. "It's been 10 days since you walked out of this house."

uh oh crazy eyes time. he is gonna kill his wife. oh no. I really thought for a second the doorbell was going to be another murder elf. David Rossi!!!

I wonder if this will 'end' with Elias turning himself in to the FBI to try to salvage the remainder of his life. Hm.

Okay. As far as episodes go, this one again felt like filler - like connective tissue leading up to something(s) bigger. Ultimately not particularly interesting in its own right. But, bright spots? Not so little Henry Lamontagne. A nice bit of Tara & Luke camaraderie. Emily Prentiss looking fine as hell, as per usual. And some more Elias Voit time, if that's what you're into (I'm not, but it's not horrible).

Really missing...Rebecca, right about now. So Tara stopped freaking out about her phone and then.....nothing? Gimme a little something here, CM. An indication of some kind. Emily running into Rebecca in the hallway (oh wait, Rebecca got pulled back to DC, no longer at Quantico). Anyway, want more of that. I'm not mad there was no overt follow up on the Garcia/Tyler sitch. It's coming, I'm sure.

[catscraftsandcommentary]

I need to reread several of these, especially the newer ones, BUT here's a quick and dirty synopsis of each book -

The Colour of Magic/The Light Fantastic: a pair of novels about Rincewind, a truly TERRIBLE wizard but a world-class sprinter...at least when something nasty is chasing him (and so very many things fall under "something nasty" on the Disc). He's tasked with being a tour guide to the most clueless, naive, and rich foreigner in Discworld's most dangerous city, Ankh-Morpork.

Equal Rites: a dying wizard passes on his staff (and wizarding powers) to a newly born baby, who will the eighth son of an eighth son (guaranteed to be a wizard!) Except, uh, he didn't check the baby's gender first, and she's not a boy. Still determined to be a wizard, though.

Mort: Death (8 foot tall skeleton, carries a scythe, greets you when you die, THAT Death) takes an apprentice. He also has a teenage daughter (she's adopted). It goes horribly.

Sourcery: Everyone on the Disc learns why a wizard having eight sons is a TERRIBLE idea. Spoiler - wizards use existing magic. Sorcerors create NEW magic. In a world which owes its existence to magic, upsetting this balance is...unwise.

Wyrd Sisters: Macbeth on Discworld, with snarky witches, an excellent playwright, a very sad fool, and a usurping pair of dumbasses who get what they deserve.

Pyramids: Ancient Egypt, if those giant pointy stone tombs actually DID confer immortality. Remember, belief is a real thing on the Disc.

Guards! Guards!: Some idiots summon a giant dragon to Ankh-Morpork to help them find its destined king. It goes very, very poorly for everyone involved.

Faust Eric: You know all those stories about demons granting wishes that are technically accurate to what you wished for, but totally miss your intent? Yeah. Eric never heard those, or he thought he was smarter than all those chucklefucks.

Moving Pictures: Someone invents silent movies! Unfortunately, they do it in a particularly unstable (re: highly magical) area of geography. Guess what happens.

Reaper Man: The auditors of reality (who are massive assholes and we hate them) try to fire Death for being inefficient. And too human. He fights back.

Witches Abroad: The witches of Lancre take a vacation - and land in a place where fairy tales are horribly, distressingly REAL. Obviously, this just Won't Do.

Small Gods: Gods are powered by belief. What happens when people stop believing, and only go through the motions of religion? And what would happen if a god met its last true believer?

Lords and Ladies: Elves invade Lancre. They are not nice, friendly elves. They are the fae, who take everything, and some more, just because they can. The youngest and soppiest of the witches, soon to be the queen of Lancre, finds she has a spine of steel after all.

Men at Arms: This is a story about guns and kings. Pterry feels very strongly about both these things, and it is not a positive feeling.

Soul Music: A small town lad makes some new friends, buys a magical instrument in a sketchy pawn shop, and starts a band. It's going well...until it really, really isn't.

Interesting Times: There's an ancient proverb - well, it's more of a curse. "May you live in interesting times." Rincewind the terrible wizard finds out what his friend the foolish tourist did after he got home.

Maskerade: Small town witch girl goes to the big city and becomes the understudy to the Opera's leading soprano! And thus, Phantom of the Opera starts on Discworld...

Feet of Clay: The golems of Ankh-Morpork start dreaming of freedom! Of a life beyond exploitation! But their plan has a fatal flaw...

Hogfather: The auditors of reality (remember: we hate them) want to kill the Hogfather, Discworld's version of Santa Clause. This is very difficult and has unforeseen consequences.

Jingo: Remember what I said about Pterry hating guns and kings? That goes double for imperialism and warmongering. But he's very good at cutting the tension with humorous little scenes, so this has been one of my personal favorites for DECADES.

The Last Continent: Rincewind visits Australia and somehow saves the world. Again. He would very much like to stop doing that, please.

Carpe Jugulum: Vampires invade Lancre. Sorry, "were invited to." It goes about as well for them as it did the elves.

The Fifth Elephant: Sam Vimes, captain of the Ankh-Morpork city watch (for his sins), is sent on a diplomatic mission. He has no diplomatic skills, hates everyone he's supposed to be meeting, and then he finds out that they're covering up a crime. Well, he's a copper, first last and always.

The Truth: A delightful young man trips over some dwarves who have just invented the printing press, and accidentally invents the first newspaper.

Thief of Time: A young clockmaker is building the disc's first truly, perfectly accurate clock. As with all new technology, this will Cause Problems.

The Last Hero: The aging heroes of legend - Coen and the Silver Horde - are going to climb the mountain at the center of the Disc and return fire to the gods. Explosively.

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents: You've heard the tale of the Pied Piper? This is that, mashed up with, like, Trixie Belden.

Night Watch: Sam Vimes goes back in time and teaches himself everything he knows. He also saves - stops? diverts? - a civil revolution.

Wee Free Men: Having completely failed to steal a kingdom, the fae queen tries to steal a toddler. Unfortunately, the toddler's big sister is a fledgling witch and VERY PROTECTIVE OF HIM.

Monstrous Regiment: Pterry repeats the lesson "war is BAD" for the people who didn't get it in Jingo. He also adds "LGBTQ rights are human rights, fight me."

A Hat Full of Sky: Fledgling witch is back! Tiffany goes off to learn witchcraft from a rather unusual witch. She also makes some friends!

Going Postal: The patrician of Ankh-Morpork decides to resuscitate the post office by placing a condemned criminal (and professional conman) in charge.

Thud!: Trolls and dwarves have been fighting for generations, and a big anniversary of That Famous Battle is coming up, so of course every good troll and dwarf is planning to reenact it. But what if the history of the big battle...was wrong?

Where's My Cow: A children's storybook that Sam Vimes reads to his son in Thud. It's super cute.

Wintersmith: We all make mistakes as teenagers, right? But when you're a trainee witch, those mistakes can be a lot...bigger. "Everlasting winter" bigger.

Making Money: Having successfully revitalized the Post Office, ex-conman Moist von Lipvig is forced to take over the Royal Mint. He ends up creating an entire new economic system along the way.

Unseen Academicals: Wizards play football. Which also goes from wild, dangerous, unregulated street ball to an actual sport.

I Shall Wear Midnight: Tiffany Aching finds her way as a young witch pulled between the people she grew up with and the lessons the witches have taught her.

Snuff: Commander Sam Vimes is absolutely incapable of going on vacation without tripping over a giant criminal conspiracy and then aggressively solving it. Usually while pissing off every powerful person in a fifty mile radius.

Raising Steam: A young inventor creates the first steam locomotive. Horse carriages are the past, trains are the future!

The Shepherd's Crown: The fae literally. Never. Learn. But that's okay, Tiffany will be happy to TEACH them.

one o these days i will get around to reading more terry pratchett and the book u reccomended has been bumped to the top of the list ✨

I made this chart 5ever ago, to keep track of which novels center around (X) or include-in-passing (•) which (sets of) characters. Feel free to save it, share it, etc.

Maybe one day I'll get fancy and add a column for themes, literary parodies, summary, etc.

[haventacluewhatimdoing]

CAP IS KITTY'S FATHER THE XMAS EP JUST CONFIRMS IT EVEN MORE

[imyourbuddie]

OMG people who steal parking spots are FUCKING ASSHOLES. If you do this, I’m judging you. 

This poor woman, ffs, she just can’t catch a break omg. 

Okay, seriously, I can’t even blame her for freaking the fuck out. 

OH. MY. GOD. BUCK!!! BUCK YOU’RE KILLING IT BUCKAROO!!! “it’s just pretend” oh my god.