#ud parts

[chirpsythismorning]

S5 opener REAL

[midnightdemonhunter]

when i go, bury me six feet in snow.

[theonekierce]

"Yet it was whispered in the school that he was in the habit of parading the town at night in loud checks and a false beard. It was whispered, and disbelieved. I alone knew it for a fact; for night after night had I pulled the rope up after him when the rest of the dormitory were asleep, and kept awake by the hour to let it down again on a given signal." -The Ides of March

[shirtlessanimeboy]

Hikaru fights Fist with everything he and Alma have got at their disposal, from episode 12 of Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms.

[wheelercore]

Thought about it too hard and realized brenner does have crazy healing. Behind the curve but I got there.

[pavlovianpanic]

"Shit, Shit, Shit —" Not another moment was spared as the brunette hauls herself at the door, trying to squash any attempt of something following them inside before she flicks the lock with a heavy sigh. Jovie sinks against the rough wood until she feels the planks beneath her & exhales once more. Emerald irises flicker towards Josh, the same concern & edge remaining as it colors her voice: "Did that . . . Did it get you?" Not an ounce of hesitation seen as she crawls over to him, inspecting every inch of visible skin with a hawk-like gaze; Fingers wrapping around the excess fabric of her shirt as she begins to rip it apart. "It got on me . . . On my side, I think." She can feel the warmth against ice cold skin & yet, seems far more concerned with her company. "Does anything hurt?"

(For josh :') im not that familiar with until dawn but i think there are creatures as well?? so i thought this might work <3 or maybe josh could visit golden peaks? im 100% down for either <3)

— @goldcnpeaks (moved from @grievedifferent!)

it had been damn good timing — a mountain, a shed, a monster, a chance of hope.

she came for me. josh had been left behind by chris first at mike's discretion, then by mike directly, so he's assumed it's for dead were anyone to bother asking. they left me ... but she came for me. he can ask questions later. he can ask her what it means — was it on purpose? or just pure, dumb luck? does it matter? well, it does. it does to me.

in their escape, hasty as it was, they had been blindsided. she had gotten bit, it seems, hurt, but he had remained unscathed by anything other than the environment. scrapes, bruises, and a welting mark that's swelling where mike pistol-whipped him good.

in the midst of the confusion, the fighting and struggling, they frantically booked it back towards the lodge. the creature had been hot on their heels, seemingly subverting expectations of the narrative, narrowly bypassing chris, the boy who had come back for his friend with the stranger.

by the time they got there, josh was gone, no trace of him, no blood, nothing, and the air was silent for them, and they trudged back begrudgingly. this is where the story should come together, the gang reunites with josh and jovie in tow, even the stranger subverting fate.

but their path gets twisted, having to take unnecessary turns, getting lost, and finding the old trap house that josh had laid out for chris and ashley just hours earlier. it's their safest option, right? leading them to where they are now. here, alone, and seeming to have taken the creature off the path to follow another noise, a stray deer that added to the monster's confusion and the good luck of josh and jovie.

❝ it got you? ❞ he croaks, and she is so close to him now. he can feel her. his eyes are having trouble focusing, while his lungs are unable to gasp for successful breaths the way he usually is, all of the wind taken out of him from running for his literal life. his muscles feel absolutely sapped, as heavy as sedation, and he wearily peers at the closest window, though does not approach. an instinct tells him that could be a terrible idea (the worst!). ❝ ... d-does it hurt? ❞

he's almost completely out of it, yet a small string of clarity keeps him grounded: her face. it's the presence of a person that allows josh to engage / to be engaged with. her reaction tells him that what they saw is very, very real. it's not a hallucination, a trick of the eye, a foolish glance twice ... something fucking chased us here!

and it's real, and that is the most frightening thing of all. he cannot simply declare it false; there is no telling it to go away, to leave him alone.

time is running out for josh.

❝ if it b-bit you ... if it bit you, that means ... ❞ his mind swells with information of mixed media he's encountered — zombies, werewolves & lycans, vampires, and more! all bitten! and never shy!! — so that must mean ...

❝ you could be infected with ... with whatever that thing is. it didn't get me ... but it got you. oh fuck, oh no, ❞ he wails, all but whining, and grabs at his head to retain focus. focus. focus. what fixes a bite? better: what reverts a bite? ... if it even means anything. i've never seen anything like that in a movie or comic before, never read about it in a book. i-i dunno ... i dunno what that thing is, so i don't know ... how to save her ... i can't save you. i can't kill that thing. none of us can ... if the others are even still alive. he has to imagine they are, right? but what could survive that?

that deer will only distract them for so long, joshua, a familiar voice seems to call to him.

come on, brother. you know better than that. deer are prey animals. you told me that. remember? you're the only wolf up here, the other resounds, identical, yet knowingly different.

he can tell the difference. he could always tell them apart.

you're wrong, he says. there's something worse than me up here, and you're not real. you're dead. but that thing is real, and so is she, and so am i ... and ... and ...

❝ we have to do something, right? that thing will come back for us, won't it? ❞ one hand detaches from the side of his head, patting at the many pockets of his tearing overalls. that's right. i have the — ❝ — the keys to the cable car ... if we can get there, maybe we can ... ❞

get help for the others, but more importantly: help themselves first. if she turns on him, then he's done for ... and so is everyone else, either by her change or the thing that will inevitably make her that way.

if only they could see the narrative for what it is, they would know these bites mean nothing. the diary of the stranger would confirm it, but they are detached from the main plot now, acting on their own, making their own decisions.

two people placed on the same mountain in a seemingly random, yet intricately concocted through many branches and threads, dreams woven of prophecy, and warnings over years of a promised curse that's come true (it has been all along! existing beside a lovely young family, festering under their floorboards, seeping into their skin, rotting their flesh).

❝ s-should i go ... by myself? no, we should go together, right? w-what about ... the others? ❞

he looks to her for some sort of clarity and confirmation, yet he is required for her salvation (so it seems!). lack of evidence and assurance leaves them stranded for answers, trying to make decisions with half the knowledge required to survive.

❝ no. no. we go together. ❞ he seems to relax, becoming more silently resolved as he allows himself to fold to her. women make me uncomfortable, his mind argues. that was my choice, wasn't it? but he is beyond comprehensible choices of symbolic meaning and subconscious sway. no, this is about survival. their survival. i want to live! ❝ i ... i trust you. i trust you. ❞

[cringengl]

Just thinking about Jonathan and Will's lies and what it means for s5....

[crehador]

brother crab's fall 2024 parting thoughts: mecha-ude

so i went into this expecting nothing and knowing nothing, and wound up absolutely loving it. mecha-ude is easily the most fun i've had all season, maybe even all year

my first thought about it was that it looked like the sort of thing that would have had 50+ episodes and a 4kids dub back in the early 2000s. the character designs have a look that i feel some might consider simple or even juvenile

but honestly this was visually phenomenal to me. the animation was so smooth and consistent in quality, the character (and especially mech) designs were almost ridiculously cool, and the fight scenes were hype

this is definitely a show that plays by the rule of cool, but in a good way. it leans so hard into the cool factor of its designs and its fights that it more than makes up for a... i wouldn't say bad or even lackluster, but unrevolutionary plot

like no i wouldn't say the story here is especially outstanding. it was perfectly fine, i in no way disliked it, but it's all made up of familiar tropes and plot beats. there's nothing to blow you away from a story standpoint, yet it still wound up being one of my favorites of the season by far

and that, again, just boils down to fun. it was just so fun to watch this every week. it's unpretentious and unashamed, it know exactly what it wanted to be and what story it set out to tell, and it accomplished that beautifully. that's something i'll always respect in a show

i'll be hoping to see a lot more from okamoto sae in the future, she's going straight onto my list of directors to watch for

speaking of which she also directed the full mv for the show's op, vortex, which i didn't watch until after finishing the last episode. glad i waited because the hidden lore here is! delicious!! i've already spotlighted the op as my favorite of the season but this full mv is worth a mention too

i'm four or five episodes behind on ao no hako but unless something major changes, i still expect that to take anime of the season for me. however...

mecha-ude became a way closer contender than i expected. easy top three for me

[butchrobin]

“will gets trapped in the upside down in s5” “byler get trapped in the upside down together in s5” i hear you but what about just mike trapped in the upside down in s5, like a direct parallel of s1 except this time it's will going insane looking for him. and they realize they really are lost without each other and can't stand the thought of losing each other that way ever again

[gifti3]

Im in such an obey me mood today haha

other than "pls dont tell asmo about that",,,, i have questions about these freaking vegetables (im putting under the cut since im talking about food and bad eating habits/diet related stuff)

im assuming they would have to be mixed with other regular ingredients to prevent the hunger but it sounds like ppl would use them as the main component in a dish or just eat them by themselves

So does all of it get digested? No leftovers (waste) comes out the other end im guessing? is it like a magic type thing?? it has to be right? Cause if not...ur body will take the calories needed to replace the ones burnt, take the nutrients, and the rest will just get tossed out

And since it doesnt make you full, like wouldnt it be way too easy to overeat this type of thing? so you could accidentally end up making urself go to the restroom more often :/

Ig if it gives u the nutrients u need that itll be useful then. So maybe its a 'heres ur macros for the day' type dealo? but u still have to go eat an actual meal or make sure u mix it with other stuff tho

[jackienautism]

ok. ok . WAIT . whatg if i said. misty quigley and hannah washington and-[is taken down immediately]

[sudaca-swag]

en toda esa debacle de twitter de la empleada doméstica que se hizo un capuccino en la máquina sin pedirle permiso a la jefa solo vi dos comentarios coherentes, pero después de ver que una vieja le sirvió agua en una tapa de RAID a su empleada no sé si ustedes quieren tener esclavos o empleados la verdad

[harapeveco]

Ngl this is fr how reinochi’s dynamic is in my mind (and fics)

[flovverworks]

haha u should read promise of wizard its a rlyyyyyyy good story

[heavencasteel420]

So I’ve written one AU where Nancy is provided no explanation for Barb’s disappearance, keeps going out with Steve and being a popular girl, and is emotionally numb with a collection of self-destructive habits. And another one where she’s provided with a bogus but convincing explanation for her death, dumps Steve and his friends abruptly, and retreats into being a self-denying “good girl.” Which is more a function of plot needs than anything else—the latter is a one-shot that doesn’t need the complication of Steve—but I think the uncertainty of the first scenario creates a lot more inertia.

[thetipsybison]

Ellie: I swear to god I get you out of this you're so singing for me

Joel: *chuckles in impalement* you wish