#this is just unexpected for me is all

[disfrutalaisla]

I miss when someone would do something illegal and chayanne would suddenly disappear and cucurucho would appear and point a gun at someone and we would all pretend like we canonically didn’t notice

[plushiebi]

i have started asking myself “how can i make this more fun?” in regards to the things i have to do and it is such a small difference but it brings me so much delight

[drawnfamiliarfaces]

Trying to be a little less A-N-X-I-O-U-S, but our world is filled with stress. We're A-N-X-I-O-U-S.

my new anxiety anthem 💃💃💃

[undertalethingems]

Unexpected Guests Chapter Ten, Act Two: Page 11

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Papyrus' special attack lives up to the 'attack' part of it's name, delivering an impressive 3 hit combo! But Gaster finally lands a solid hit of his own...

The long battle continues next time, on Feb. 1st!

[egophiliac]

new chapter 7 installment dropped how we feelin????

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND

THAT'S HIS DAD

[veinsfullofstars]

⭐ Protectors of Popstar ⭐

(ID: Kirby series DTIYS piece based on this post by @das-a-kirby-blog. Thoughts in the tags and more detailed description in Alt Text. END ID.)

Started 11/26/24, finished 12/09/24.

[abigmessofablog]

I'm sure I'm probably not the first person to note this but the reason so many works derivative of The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings fails to capture the magic of those works is the lack of the hobbityness

Tolkien was, obviously, entirely aware of he common fantasy and fairytale tropes he was playing off of and they're present in his work (placing the proper king on the throne, elves and dwarves, main character who's hesitant to start his heros journey, dragons, ext) but if need be, these elements will be sidelined to emphasize the Hobbitish philosophy about the importance of comfort and good food and so on and so forth. (Thorin's death speech, Frodo's "I can't recall the taste of food, nor the touch of grass" ext)

Warning; super long, barely readable meta rant written at 2AM below

I've seen people say in any other story, Aragorn would be the main character of LOTR and I can agree with that but I'd argue you can kinda say the same thing about Thorin. Aragorn has his whole "rightful king" plot not dissimilar to how Thorin has his "reclaim the homeland, fight the dragon" plot. In the movies our emotional involvement in Aragorn and Thorin gets beefed up a little as they get some more brooding to the both of them. Aragorn gets his angst over his ancestry, Thorin is taken more seriously (ie: his updated, much more dramatic introduction giving him an air of mystery vs his book introduction, movie Balin's speech about his loyalty to Thorin, the treatment of the whole "gold sickness" thing, Thorin's speeches being taken seriously rather than being lovingly made fun of by the narration, ext) You can easily see a version of these stories where these two kings are the main characters of the story but they aren't! but neither of these characters are our main characters. Frodo and Bilbo are, respectively. And Frodo and Bilbo are simple hobbits with simple likes and the desire to live their simple shire life before getting dragged into adventure by the narrative.

I do genuinely like that in the Hobbit movies Bilbo gets to decide to go on the adventure by himself instead of getting unceremoniously shoved out of the house by Gandalf. It gives him more agency and we get the fun adventure that is supposed to take Bilbo out of his shell. Thats the message most people took from the story (ie "the world is not in your books..." I love this message/interpretation as much as anyone to be clear. I'm very guilty of loving my "Bilbo stays in Erebor" fanworks) but it is worth noting that Bilbo returns back to the Shire after his adventure and he gets the big speech about how more people should value the simple things in life before Thorin dies. Bilbo positions himself as sort of an unconventional hero by modern standards. Bilbo gets out of his situations more often than not through his wit and cleverly talking his way out of it rather than any displays of strength. He talks his way around Smaug, he cheats at his game of riddles with Gollum, he stalls the trolls. Bilbo wasn't even awake for the big climatic battle that gets turned into a climax for one of the movies. Bilbo, while getting braver more capable and more accepting of the situation, is still a hobbit! He wants his home and hearth and if he is dragged on an adventure, he will very loudly let you know about it. Frodo is similar in the sense that his strength doesn't come from any physical strength but from his ability to shoulder the horrors™ and then accept help from the people around him (mainly Sam) because he shouldn't have to shoulder the horrors™ alone. Again, the entire time Frodo is going on his adventure he's thinking about how much he'd rather be home. Sam sort of acts like this beacon of what the home represents and he’s the only thing keeping him emotionally stable and tries to comfort him through keeping him tethered to those memories of home. There’s the obvious scenes where Sam straight up tells Frodo to imagine home but there’s also just things like Sam cooking and insisting on making sure Frodo is fed (please note that sharing food is basically the universal signal for closeness, domesticity and the idea of a family unit. Think Norman Rockwell) or them turning their traumatic events into stories that they (again mostly Sam) expect to tell to their family and friends in a very domestic setting and then have those stories be passed down in the “Samwise the brave”, “Frodo wouldn’t have made it far without Sam” scene

You can also use this theme to sort of track the change in tone between the two stories. Bilbo's craving for the simple comforts of a warm meal, his bookshelves and a comfortable are played for jokes a few times, it's ultimately validated by the narrative. Frodo's drive to get back home is ultimately very melancholic and downright heartwrenching and when he can finally go home, it's not the same. In Bilbos case this change is sort of implied through the way Bilbo is treated very differently and treated like the neighborhood crazy guy by his peers post-adventure and this is played for laughs mostly but with Frodo it's outright stated and it is played completely straight. He's been so traumatized, so changed by his journey that he's simply not the same person he was when he left and he struggles to enjoy the aspects of the home that were previously used as an attempt to comfort him. Hence, “the Shire has been saved, but not for me." And he ends up leaving the Shire for good. As much as we know Tolkien hated the war allegory, it does bring to mind a soldier coming back home with severe trauma.

I feel like so much of this is lost in works that try to emulate LOTR and The Hobbit because of the simple fact that action sells much better. I mean, that's why the third hobbit movie is called "The Battle of The Five Armies" isn't it? There's also the want for grimmer, darker stories, since so many people view those as more "realistic" Maybe it's just the result of more cynical creators and audiences who want to watch more of the killing the dragon and cool battles with the big armies and less of the writing about trees and the value of home. I dunno I'm tired

[pianokantzart]

Anybody else get the vibe that Princess Daisy is the mariner of the group?

The two Mariokart courses themed after her are a boat deck and a harbor, and a major part of Sarasaland– the Muda Kingdom– is almost entirely oceanic.

If she's accustomed to giving commands as a ship captain that would explain why her default volume is so darned loud. It would also explain why she's not available to adventure in most Mario games. If you send her an invitation ahead of time to play tennis or party she'll arrive right on schedule, but you can't exactly call her up spur of the moment to help stop Bowser's latest invasion if she's located in the middle of the ocean somewhere.

[egg2bones]

for my best friend

[mrs-gauche]

I beat Veilguard.

It's 4am. I'm a mess. I'm in tears.

[ywpd-translations]

Ride 804: Komari's question

Pag 1

3: Kobayashi!!

5: Ugh.....

Waaaaaaaa

Pag 3

2: A pressure that was.... like gigantic hand....!!

3: I was …. defeated... even before I started running....

Why is my body shaking like this!? Huh!?

5: This is....

Kishigami.... Komari....

6: This is.....

Kyoto Fushimi!

Pag 4

1: Now, please try to answer me, Sugimoto-san

If the one who had gotten a flat tire then hadn't been me....

3: but Sohoku's Onoda

4: “Sugimoto-kun, I got a flat tire, please help me”....

Pag 5

1: If he had asked you to cooperate...

3: I got a flat tire, I have to get back to the team

Sugimoto-kun!!

Pag 6

1: “You can't approach Sohoku during the race”

“That's your condition”

3: I know how hard Onoda is working

I know how hard he worked for the Inter High

(Wait-)

4: If it had been Onoda who had fallen behind...

5: But I...

Pag 7

2: The rules!!

4: I'd follow...

You'd follow the rules? Is that so?

Pag 8

1: Yeah... that's it

3: Wh... you asked such a heavy question, but now so casually....!?

4: Following the rules? Man? That's right

Midosuji-san did say you were a serious bug

5: The rules....

But

6: I had a “pause” when I answered

I ended up thinking I would help Onoda....!!

Pag 9

2: Komari-kun

Yes

3: Sohoku's seventh man is in this race...

4: He's not a worthy opponent, just a small fry

I see

He's just a serious insect...but he is a fine thread inside Sohoku

5: And by collecting all the tiny threads, they've been victorious until now....

6: If he's one of them...

Pag 10

1: He must be cut off, that's what I'm thinking...

2: If you have the chance to get close to that insect

I want you to throw a “question” at him

Yeah

3: Yeah, doing that will be enough

4: “Would you help Onoda?”

5: Is the answer important?

6: A “question” only becomes a “question” when it's presented before your eyes

A sharp question penetrates deeper and deeper

And then, soon, it becomes a “chain”. You're always thinking about it, asking the question to yourself

Pag 11

1: What would he do if Onoda were in a pinch?

When Sohoku is in a pinch... can't I help them?

2: He'll involuntarily come up with the answer

Puku

3: “I can't help him”

“Don't help him”

4: That's enough to cut that little thread

5: If the seventh thread is cut, it becomes a powerless dead leaf

Just a small fry in the river, like an insect...!!

6: Understood

I just want to make sure of one thing....

Pag 12

1: If, when he answers, there's even a small “pause”

Then it's proof that it worked

2: I cut it

My flat tire ended up being useful

Now...

It will be a little difficult, but now I have to go alone

3: Should I joing a small scattered group along the way

4: while I aim to get to the lead?

Pag 13

2: After all the top quality meat it “ahead”!!

3: Anyway, he was really an insect, it was so easy leaving them behind

Well

Pag 14

1: It's the selected team after all

Pag 16

3: I'll pass from the right side

4: I'll pass from the right side

Hyeee

5: I'll pass from the right side!

Pag 17

2: They... passed me!?

That ragtag team!?

3: What's this... all of a sudden!?

So he came around!? How!?

4: On a downhill, the fastest group is the one who can control the air resistance

The one who put together this scattered team is....

Pag 18

1: The insect!!

The seventh thread that was cut

2: We ran into an obstacle, but our goal hasn't changed!! Hurry up!! Be careful while riding downhill!!

3: Yessir!!

Hyeee!!

Yessir!

Pag 19

1: Don't tell me that these guys.... are aiming to get to the lead from here!?

2: Sugimoto-san

Sugimoto-san

Sugimoto-san

When he asked you that question... you had a pause, but

3: You said you'd “follow the rules”!!

4: Sugimoto-san really is our leader!!

Pag 20

1: This is interesting, I'll follow!!

I want to see if that small-fry meat can really catch up!!

2: If he really does catch up then I want to touch it with my own hands!!

4: Be glad, everyone, these are good news

But the hard part starts now

5: Now, our 8 minutes distance with the lead.... we'll shorten it until a 4 minutes distance!!

Yeah!!

Hyee!!

[stormyoceans]

he's such a dumb ass trick ass pathetic raccoon of a man but with a face like that he might just get away with anything in my book

[puppppppppy]

Was nobody gonna warn me that I would fall a little bit in love with every character in Stardew

[help-im-a-medstudent]

Never trusting a "can I handover my patients to you, there's no jobs to do" ever again

"He's having a ct head I'm sure it's going to be fine, GP just needs to refer to memory clinic" the CT head was not fine, had to do a referral to neurosurgeons and tell a man and his wife he had brain metastases and probably some cancer somewhere else in his body

"Waiting for a troponin if it's normal they can go home" the troponin was not normal

"Just waiting for a bed on the ward, everything's done" continued vomiting, required discussion with surgeons, ct had to be arranged

"Ortho are on their way to review" ortho were not on their way, because the day team had not handed it over to the night team

[pawfulofwaffles]

[psink]

Psi battle fun fact #3

The scene from chapter 242, when Kusuo supports Teruhashi as she's falling, happens again in psi battle: (The context for this is that Saiko requested a 1:1 scale bronze statue of a tyrannosaurus, which Teruhashi manages to obtain)

Teruhashi: "(But, as expected, I'm a little tired. That said, I need to do my job as a maid perfectly...No, I'm about to collapse...Huh? Someone's supporting me? Saiki...?) Kuriko: "Are you okay? You've been preparing [the statue] without drinking or eating, weren't you? I brought some high-class freshly squeezed juice from the kitchen." Teruhashi: "Kuriko-chan...! I'm sorry for making you worry. Thank you, I'll take it. Saiki-kun also helps me just at the right time, like when I'm tired. Even though he usually doesn't seem interested in me at all. (And somehow, he's never said 'offu'. Wait, saying this makes it sound like I’m the one who's always paying attention to Saiki!)"