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green5quirrel · 10 months ago
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TL;DR: I think Monroe's striking and chiming clocks were underutilized for truly hilarious interruptions when the hour strikes and 5 or so clocks announce it in sync.
I think we've all looked over a very important detail in Nick having stayed over at Monroe's for a time. I feel like I REALLY want someone to explore this in a fanfiction of some sort.
Monroe has several "striking" clocks in his house. A striking clock (or just clock for those who differentiate clocks as striking and timepieces as non-striking) makes sounds every hour, half hour, or can chime every quarter hour depending on the number of mechanisms.
Monroe obviously has a grandfather clock (or grandmother clock as I'm not sure the height of it) thanks to him telling Hap not to touch it. So that is definitely a striking and chime clock. Or has the potential to be as such if it's not silenced. He also has potentially more than one cuckoo clock.
Can you imagine the absolute terror of a person who has never been in a house with more than one striking clock as it hits the hour or half hour for the first time.
Now, ideally Monroe will have silenced most of his clocks. I don't know. I don't have any working clocks. I don't know how most horologists do things at their private homes. If they find the striking nostalgic or welcomed. But let's err on the side that Monroe has been living alone for a long time and actually does find a few chimes and striking nostalgic after growing up with it as his dad seemed to also be into clocks.
Let's layer this with the fact that Nick has very sensitive hearing (though I'm not sure when that happens. I could have my timelines wrong). Despite that, you're just getting to sleep at around 11pm or midnight and for some reason have been oblivious to or accepting of the chimes during the day. Or this is your first night in your friend, Monroe's, house and suddenly the first floor below you erupts in various chimes and tunes.
Can you imagine?!
I'm actually kind of astounded that this was never properly explored in the. In not one scene does any of Monroe's clocks strike despite how long everyone is at his house. I mean, if I had clocks I'd at least appreciate one of them striking.
The point is, I really want to either write or read a fanfiction where either Rosalee or Nick or Hank experiences the sound of an hour in the most unexpected way and grumpily complains to a completely and adorably oblivious Monroe.
(It would also have been a great gag if in the middle of a dramatic conversation it struck the top of the hour and Monroe patiently waits for his clocks to sound off before continuing. And Nick/whoever he's talking to is just like "Seriously dude?" And he's like, "What? ...fine! I'll silence them. Jeez! I didn't ask you to be here anyway, man!")
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cicada-candy · 13 days ago
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Gonna be gassed tonight, if we're never gassed no more.
Gpt ver w/ text vvv
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heph · 5 months ago
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It's so interesting how submissive House is to Wilson. In basically every scene where Wilson gives his 2 cents about a case, House without fail (for the most part) follows his opinion. Wilson gives him unsolicited advice and half the time he listens without saying anything, and the other half he argues but ends up listening to him anyway. House starts psychoanalysing Wilson and Wilson does it right back to him and House shuts the fuck up or gives a one line quip back at him (to have the last line) but knows deep down Wilson is right.
For a man of House's stature and how he interacts with Literally Everyone Else, the writers really hammer it into your soul that House only really listens to Wilson and no one else
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hyacinthsdiamonds · 2 months ago
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I just remembered Seb's bet with Sky Germany... I just know that 1 he is pissed as fuck with the FIA and 2 he had a blast watching Max
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skunkes · 6 months ago
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unsat-and-strange · 9 months ago
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headcanon when the mechs perform hnoc, during gunfight at dolorous guard, instead of them using a bell Brian just hits his arm or something with a hammer
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saym0-0 · 10 months ago
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grahh the little jingle that plays whenever the mechs bring up themselves in an album >>>
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rythyme · 1 month ago
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Hello ADHD haver. In front of you are two pills for your generic prescription. Your pharmacist says they are identical — the only difference is the manufacturer.
One pill will work perfectly. The other will kill you. Choose wisely.
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ieidolon · 1 month ago
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now that i'm playing dragon age: veilguard i understand hbomberguy so much better. think i could probably do a 3.5 hours long video called "dragon age: the veilguard is FINE and here's why"
#the writing in dragon age has Always been a bit clunky it's part of the charm#but yes there are sections in DAV that made me go “oh nooo”#but no it isn't as bad as people say#the mechanics are fun idc. it's bad that my new laptop can run all of BG3 fine but becomes laggy as hell in any city location in DAV tho#companions r generally charming and they're all professionals so it makes sense they're less prone to big fights than say DAO morrigan#but yes i do miss having a bit more tension in the party sometimes#the character creator is great for dudes but yea it would probably b cool if it were possible to have curvier bodies for those who want tha#but no it isn't literally impossible to make good-looking rooks. it's quite easy actually#and like yeah you can't have wildly out there body types but it's pretty cool that you can be a geralt type a twink or chubby as a dude#(i play male characters and have only done the female cc once for a custom f!inquisitor so i have more experience w that one)#the qunari also look. fine? the antaam don't look too soft or anything so far#the majority of complaints against this game were stupid and not rooted in anything real#BUT!!! i don't love it#solas continues to be a highlight#lucanis is great so far and i love neve#neve's voice acting is amazing#she manages to make some very disappointing lines sound good#but..... i can't pretend the writing *isn't* awkward in places#d'meta's crossing stands out to me as a pretty bad case of overly direct storytelling#(spoilers) talking to the mayor was deeply disappointing! he just TOLD rook what he did and why. it felt so anticlimactic#especially bc the imagery in the village was striking and grotesque#but there didn't feel like there was any payoff#other sections have been great#but DAV just feels like it completely lacks subtlety at times#the other DA games haven't always been masters of show dont tell but this section felt like a first draft#like someone was working out the story and didn't have time to polish the script at all before the voice actors were called in#idk it really stands out to me as bad#also yeah it's noticeable that you don't really get to do evil things. at least not yet
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ship-garbage-pile · 1 month ago
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A young wannabe Blitzball ace. Jecht at 17 years old was still as much of a braggart as he is later in life but it took a while for him to reach the height of stardom, i imagine he has a lot of Tidus mannerisms.
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iris-echos · 7 months ago
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"Fuck the ship"
"I do"
"Ew"
I LOVE THE MECHANISMS
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djuvlipen · 1 year ago
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(TRG Spoiler)
The funniest moment of The Running Grave was when Strike said "you're in therapy?" and Lucy replied "well yeah, aren't you?" and Strike was like "No???"
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cicada-candy · 11 days ago
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WORSTIES I cherish them. </33
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hyacinthsdiamonds · 2 months ago
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So... the drivers might be plotting action against the FIA? LET'S FUCKING GO
I hope this is the GPDA @ the FIA:
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majorshatterandhare · 1 year ago
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In the conversation Nastya and Jonny have in The Aurora Strikes, Nastya tells Jonny she is informing him out of curtesy and that she had already told Brian to lay in the coordinates, to which Jonny gets upset and complains that Brian is an “insubordinate piece of brass” and Nastya’s response is to *agree* with him. I know that she’s placating him, but her telling him “yes yes I know [he *is* an insubordinate piece of brass for doing what I told him to instead of bringing it up to you, whom we have all agreed are not the captain anyway]” is very funny to me.
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keepthedelta · 2 months ago
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fuck your f1 fantasy driver line ups and your f1 fantasy championship battles my f1 fantasy is proper unionisation leading to collective action that holds the powers that be to account!
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