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[hyper-alice]

since I made a different poll asking for the scariest LIB:

[multi-fandomdisaster]

Good news! Siren's Curse is a woman! Feminism win!!!

[miumiins]

a jester and their marionette 🎪

[caglica]

Hi gng

[hatigave]

new   muse   alert   :   raginhard   reynard   virtanen        ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯        a   dragon   shifter   original   character   based   in   original   lore.   ancient.   the   grey   death.   a   merchant   captain   who   can   grow   wings   (   available   both   in   historical   as   well   as   a   modern   time   period   )   oh,   did   i   mention   he's   a   big   bit-of-a-meanie-but-still-a-softie   ?

[andersam5]

I've only seen ts thing for like... two minutes

The tamariki are so shaped and I love them

[spiritsofprogress]

While I am happy cast members are getting much more breathable uniforms I am devastated that theming and like historical aspects went out the window SO FAST. Like mainstreet is no longer turn of the century everyone’s little bow tie boy from Glee but in Easter colors.

[babybat-22-shitposts]

FELLOW EFTELING FANS

My friend and I are thinking of starting a yt channel with videos about Efteling lore!

[fuffy-art]

I almost forgot about Th13teen's birthday... oh naur.... have a (sadly late) semi-rushed doodle of her :3

[multi-fandomdisaster]

One of the things at Kings Island from a potential lore perspective that has always somewhat intrigued me is the queue of The Beast.

I'll admit, if you've been in/seen The Beast's queue before, this may sound a little silly. The Beast's queue is seemingly pretty barren of theming props (especially when you have things like the posters in Mystic Timbers, the preshow video building of Orion, and the entire queue of Flight of Fear to compare it to), but there are a couple of (in my opinion) particularly interesting props that are there that could imply a more interesting story.

I'm talking about (what I've personally dubbed) "the barrel pit" (which notably has large chains in it too)...

(Image 1 taken May 13, 2023. Image 2 taken April 20, 2024. Image 3 taken July 1, 2024)

...and the signs on the ceiling of the queue itself.

(Images 1 & 2 taken May 13, 2023)

"Beast Containment Area 1" and "Beast Containment Area 2" is what the signs say, Area 1 being the extended queue and Area 2 being the main queue. That, paired with the massive chains in the barrel pit which is located in between these two "containment areas," paints a pretty clear picture to me: at one point, the workers of the Kings Crossroads Consolidated Mining Company (the fictional mining company in The Beast's theme, the name of which can be found on a sign on a building at the entrance of The Beast's queue) had once captured and kept The Beast here.

I mentioned in a previous post that when The Beast first opened, there was a massive sign somewhere by the entrance that looked like this:

[Alt Text: "PUBLIC NOTICE: Help is urgently solicited!

Due to the increasing occurrence of mysterious noises, inexplicable tremors, and vicious acts of vandalism within these premises, it has become necessary to suspend the normal operations of this company.

Although the case of this evil phenomena defies identification, authorities agree it is surely the work of some demonic creature of prodigious size, which for now can only be designated as: THE BEAST

LET THE FOOLHARDY BEWARE! This so-named Beast appears to be very much alive and intent upon conquering all who would oppose him. Nothing of the imagination would be able to inflict such terror upon the human soul.

IT IS WITH UTMOST URGENCY that the Management entreats all civic-spirit persons to assist its loyal employees in the ongoing effort to subdue this disruptive scourge and restore order to the community.

ALL VOLUNTEERS will kindly apply by entering through the employment office. At times it may be necessary to await recruitment at the observation area to the left of the office building. Thank you, and may the Lord have mercy!

CHARLES J. DINN President

The Little Miami Amalgamated Mining & Minerals Co.”]

To sum it up, the president of the mining company (Charles J. Dinn, who fun fact: was named after the manufacturer of the ride, Charles Dinn!) is asking for volunteers to join the mining company employees on a Beast hunt so that normal mining operations can begin again. I believe it's implied that at this point in time, you as the rider were maybe going on one of these hunts, but I don't have any way of confirming that. As of now, us as the riders don't seem to have any specific story-based mission, with the official description on Kings Island's app and website talking about the ride's historical and personal significance to the park (I think I read somewhere something about the changed story having something to do with the old minecarts coming back to life and you checking it out, but I lost that source to the void that is the internet years ago so don't quote me on that lol).

Before, I assumed that the at-the-time Little Miami Amalgamated Mining and Minerals Company was unsuccessful on its Beast hunt (as we still presumably have The Beast roaming around the forest of Rivertown today), but upon taking another/a closer look at these two queue details...perhaps they weren't as unsuccessful in their mission as I once thought.

There's a couple of specific things I believe that these queue details could tell us:

1. The size of The Beast

If we're assuming that the miners did indeed catch The Beast at some point and that "Beast Containment Area 1" and "Beast Containment Area 2" were where they kept it, then that could give us a pretty clear idea of just how large this Beast is. I mean, if you look at the way "Beast Containment Area 2" specifically is built, it's like a large wooden cage. I'll admit, I don't think wood would hold a creature like The Beast for very long, but it's still worth noting.

(Additionally, there's a couple of other signs in "Beast Containment Area 2" that say "Warning" and "Beast Unchained," which begs the question...if they were keeping The Beast there...were they keeping it unchained? I mean, I know what I said before about wood probably not being the smartest of materials to build a cage out of if they actually want to keep it there, but...these guys didn't seem all that great at their jobs here. Maybe they should have stuck with mining /silly)

2. The origin of The Beast's chains

As you may know, the logo of The Beast features the wooden track topped by two massive orange paws that are adorned with sharp silver claws and manacles on the creature's wrists. We see clear as day in the barrel pit large chains, and even some tie-down spots the chains may have once been attached to. Could this have been where The Beast's chains came from? Perhaps it was originally chained down here, broke free of those chains, and ran back out into the forest.

That's all I've got for now. I'll might add more in a later post talking about all the signs in The Beast's station at a later date, but for now I hope you enjoyed my random Beast lore ramble! :D

(If you ever have any questions, feel free to ask me!)

[nemyzilla]

epic ride manifestation lore: their eyes glow in the dark

[caglica]

Depressing lore time 🤑🤑

Matt is basically dead, M@TT_ is his nearly perfect ai replica, every1 in the TPP at still thinks that Matt is alive but he isn't, they're just talking to an ai trying to act like him

Matt is chilling rn in heaven :3

I hope I explained it well hhh

[hananono]

i think probably the biggest problem with the legend of zelda as a series is that hyrule is very much a dnd-style medieval fantasy setting where its just baked into the world that theres a Good Righteous Kingdom and an Evil Wicked Invader, which is already overly simplistic but the series refuses to add any nuance to its lore even as it tries to tackle seemingly more mature storytelling. and then you combine that with the racial aspect that gets introduced concerning ganondorf and the end result is just uhhhhh not good, generally speaking. and as much as id love a game that actually has interest in exploring the fucked up little intricacies that have been sprinkled throughout the series (stuff like arbiters grounds, the shadow temple, etc.) i really doubt nintendos ever going to let one of their flagship series get totally recontextualized by actually acknowledging any of that, so i generally just try to meet the series where its at and focus on the stuff i do like, because at the end of the day this is not a series i actually expect to truly come to terms with its own worldbuilding because nuance doesn't make money

[windebris]

do you guys think SEA would change its logo on social media for pride month? kinda 50/50 on whether it's genuine because it's members are all either "evil old white guy" or "super cool explorer lesbian"

[spiritsofprogress]

Ok so I’ve been trying not to spoil myself but I think I’m past that by now. Tell me all the darkmoor and monsters unchained lore you got I am so sat

I know about the fountain and the steakhouse but that’s about it besides the base concepts.