#what do all of these ppl have in common??

[lexosaurus]

Out of the kindness of my heart, I'm offering a translation of what Dash is saying below the cut. Warning, it's...a bit nerdy.

"You know, Fen-teeny-tiny, as far as hypertrophy's concerned, it's really all about the stretch you get when you do lat pulldowns."

Hypertrophy is a vocab word that simply means to increase the size of the muscle via strength training.

Stretch refers to the literal stretching, or lengthening of the muscle. There has been some research showing that focusing on training the muscle when it's in its lengthened position causes bigger muscle growth than its shortened position or even with full range of motion.

Lat pulldowns are an exercises that works the latissimus dorsi muscles in the back. They are the two large muscles that go down either side of your mid-back. You do lat pulldowns by sitting down, leaning back slightly, and pulling a bar attached to a cable down to your chest and back up.

So all together, Dash is saying that by focusing on the lengthened position of the lat muscles when doing the lat pulldown exercise, a person can achieve greater muscle growth.

"See, when most people do lats, they're using their arms too much. Not me. I get that full stretch on the lat when I do my pulldowns."

It's common for people who are doing lat pulldowns who maybe have incorrect form or are "ego lifting" aka using too much weight than they can probably handle, to have issues where the muscles in their arms take over the exercise. This would lead to someone perhaps not building nearly as much lat muscles as they thought they were. (I know, from experience, this is a VERY common beginner mistake!)

"It's how I get this dorito shape. Not that you'd know what a lat stretch feels like, Fen-twerp."

The lat muscles famously help bodybuilders to get that triangle shape that they so desperately work to build. When your lats get big enough, you can even do a "lat spread" which makes you seem even more like a triangle. If you think of a bodybuilder pose, this is what they're doing.

The dis to Danny I don't think needs any explanation lol.

"But it really is all about the stretch. When I work my triceps, for example, I always go overhead with my extensions because that's what gets you the best stretch on the long head. It's why my arms are so thick. Unlike yours, which are so thin I'm surprised this slight breeze isn't snapping them in half."

The triceps, which are located in the back of your arm opposite your biceps, are composed of three different sections of the muscle attached at different points to the bone called "heads": the long head, the lateral head, and the median head. Depending on which tricep exercise you choose to do, it can put emphasis on different heads. For example, the "cable pushdown" exercise that is extremely popular for building triceps at the gym puts emphasis on the lateral head, which is the biggest tricep muscle group. The overhead cable extension, which is when you face away from the cable machine with your arms over your head, seems to be the current rated best tricep exercise for hitting all three heads in their stretched, or lengthened, position. Which, as we've established, is great for maximum muscle growth.

"If you ever wanted to do a push or pull day with me, Fent-RPE-0, I could show you the ropes."

Push or pull day refers to the PPL or "bro split" which is an exercise routine that breaks your gym days into three categories: a push day where you focus on exercises that have a pushing motion to build muscles primarily in your chest, triceps, and shoulders (think dips and chest presses); a pull day which focuses on exercises that have a pulling motion to build muscles primarily in your back, biceps, and core (think pull-ups, lat pulldowns, and bicep curls); and a leg day where you do exercises to build muscle in the legs (like squats and deadlifts).

I don't think Dash does leg day so that's why he doesn't offer to do one with Danny.

RPE stands for your rate of perceived exertion, aka how hard on a scale from 1-10 you're pushing yourself. 1 means literally nothing, and 10 means you're pushing yourself to absolute muscle failure in your set. The dis here is that Danny has an RPE of zero, as in he doesn't do shit.

"My gym program is insane. Max failure on every set. You'd be so sore the next day. Not that I care, or anything, I'm just saying—"

A gym program is the routine that a someone will primarily follow to make sure that every gym session is efficient and that they cover all their muscle groups throughout their week.

Max failure refers to working the muscle till it gives out instead of hitting a specific number of reps—or amount of times you're doing that specific exercise before you can rest. A set is one round of doing that for x amount of reps (repetitions). So if I'm doing bicep curls for 3 sets of 8 reps, it means I'm going to do 8 bicep curls, rest for a few minutes so the muscle can recover, and then repeat that two more times. In Dash's case, he is going to do bicep curls until he can't lift his arm any more before he stops to rest.

Lexx Tidbit: Working to failure instead of just hitting a required number of reps can be a really great way to quickly build a lot of muscle. I personally train this way, where I'll choose my weight based on a range of reps I could realistically hit (say anywhere from 6-10 reps per set usually) and I'll work the exercise until the muscle it targets fails and I physically cannot do the exercise with proper form without resting for a couple minutes first. The downside to this is that your body is going to be VERY sore after, which is why I do not and never will recommend training this way to total beginners.

So....yeah. There you have it. A full translation of Dash's gymbro nonsense. I do not apologize for typing any of this or making your eyeballs read this. In addition to being a total Danny Phantom nerd, I am a fucking exercise nerd. And now you know exactly how much of a fucking exercise nerd I am.

every time i read more of your danny phantom themed gym bro nonsense i regret knowing how to read

*snorts a line of preworkout*

You know, Fen-teeny-tiny, as far as hypertrophy's concerned, it's really all about the stretch you get when you do lat pulldowns. See, when most people do lats, they're using their arms too much. Not me. I get that full stretch on the lat when I do my pulldowns. It's how I get this dorito shape. Not that you'd know what a lat stretch feels like, Fen-twerp. I don't even think you know what a lat is. But it really is all about the stretch. When I work my triceps, for example, I always go overhead with my extensions because that's what gets you the best stretch on the long head. It's why my arms are so thick. Unlike yours, which are so thin I'm surprised this slight breeze isn't snapping them in half. If you ever wanted to do a push or pull day with me, Fent-RPE-0, I could show you the ropes. My gym program is insane. Max failure on every set. You'd be so sore the next day. Not that I care, or anything, I'm just saying—

[brighteststarz]

HOT TAKE

Feel free to disagree with me, this is just my opinion..but hear me out till the end plz this is LONG

I’ve seen so much Jegulus hate since the rise of it.

I joined the marauders fandom literally the year Jegulus got popular so it was the first ship I saw and I connected to it. I started reading fanfics for it that were LIFE changingly good.

Yet when it was growing in popularity it was also gaining a lot of hate for not being canon or for being so random(which yeah, it was random. It started as a joke but who cares?? It’s amazing) since when has canon mattered to you guys?

Anyways with the rise of hate it’s like they knew they couldn’t hate on it just for it making James gay/bi because that would make them seem homophobic, so they brought Lily into it and HEARD ME OUT. Some people just can’t stand the idea of a character they want to see themselves with wanting someone who’s not like them and they relate to Lily so they don’t like regulus.

A lot of people bring up that Lily gets bashed in a lot of jegulus fics like saying it happens too much but that’s not completely true it’s not that common. A lot of “Lily bashing” tags aren’t attached to jegulus fics they’re attached to Jily fics or jeverus fics and prongsfoot yet the blame goes to ONLY jegulus fics bc yeah some do bash Lily I’m not denying that but it’s not that common. The tag is common, but not just in jegulus fics.

Misogyny is bad, yes. However this isn’t a Jegulus issue, it’s a whole marauders fandom issue they always avoid giving the girls characterisation or they make the girls seem like a roadblock for ships like wolfstar or jegulus, or drarry ANY ship.

The problem isn’t just Jegulus tho.

Which brings me to my next point. People say “jegulus fics sideline Lily” which… c’mon. If she’s not the main character that’s not a problem. Guess what, wolfstar fics also sideline Lily, they sideline James as well. Bc they aren’t the main character for that specific fic. Guess what? Jily fics also sideline wolfstar and regulus and Mary. Just because your fav character isn’t a main character in the fic doesn’t mean it’s bad or misogynistic or bashing. They’re just not the mains.

Also, almost every Jegulus edit I see or Jegulus related video I see has someone in the comments talking about “Lily💔” / “what about Lily” /“everyones forgetting Jily” / “I miss Jily” /

Which by the way, no one is stopping you from consuming Jily content or making it.

Whenever I see a Jily video, do you know what the comments are usually? Not about Jegulus that’s what. However occasionally the captions will say something against Jegulus like how they dislike it which is fair you don’t have to like it but what does that have to do with your edit?

Why do I see more Jegulus hate that Jily hate when all anyone ever talks about in this fandom is how toxic Jegulus shippers are and how we’re bashing Lily all the time. Every Jegulus fic I’ve ever read had Lily treated like a goddess which isn’t to say there are NO lily bashing fics I know they’re out there but they’re not a Jegulus problem.

Another thing I’d like to address is how some Jily shippers have told me before that since I like regulus I MUST be racist because regulus is racist in canon? First of all, he is a blood purist, at most he is probably incestous in canon not racist but the glory of fanfiction is you can take that away from his character and make him better. Blood purist has to do with keeping the bloodline pure, keeping magic alive and power, not race. I’m sure there were black pureblood families as well. Also, I’m black, so telling me that I must be racist for liking regulus is kinda… I’m not sure how the blood purist thing got translated into real world racism making ppl think I must be racist for relating to regulus, babes the thing I relate to is being the younger sibling left behind in a toxic household😳

Also, in the very end he sacrificed himself so that counts for something to me and I headcanon he didn’t share his parents beliefs or changed his mind. People act like regulus is so bad but none of the characters in marauders era are perfect. Sirius grew up the same way reg did. Sirius revealed Remus’s secret to Severus. James bullied Severus(even though I think that was more of a rivalry/mutual bullying)

Also for the people who say “Jegulus is just another version of Jeverus” I firmly believe it’s NOT for many different reasons but we are all entitled to our own opinions.

Jegulus: best friends brother trope, slight age gap(one year I think?), death eater/(whatever James was?), strict abusive family/perfect family, sunshine x grumpy, anti hero/hero, rivals to lovers/occasionaly enemies to lovers, quite and reserved slightly evil and highly mean character falls in love with the loud class clown, gay reg x bi James or sometimes ace/demi sexual reg x bisexual James, slytherin x griffindor AND MANY MORE REASONS BUT I CANT THINK OF THEM RN.

Jeverus: romantic rivals to lovers(competing for Lily), slytherin x griffindor, bully/victim?(idk I don’t read many jeverus fics), pureblood who doesn’t believe in blood supremacy x halfblood who’s also somehow a blood purist?

(There are big differences but because I don’t read jeverus I might not be the most qualified to talk about the differences but there are key ones if you take the time to actually read a good Jegulus fic before assuming)

Also people hating on Jegulus because it erases jily because Jily should be the main ship since it’s canon. I hate to remind you but you know Remus canonically married Sirius’s younger cousin yet yall don’t have a problem with wolfstar. If your issue with Jegulus is that it’s not canon, then I hope you also hate wolfstar and I hope you only read fanfics of Remus being straight since canonically he is and you care so much about canon 🌝

One last note, I’ve seen people say they HATE how people say drarry is Jegulus coded it should be that Jegulus is drarry coded because drarry came first… it’s not that deep. Timeline wise James and regulus are older, they were born first, however drarry was a ship before Jegulus was, but WHO CARES? why is this a reason to hate Jegulus? Just bc people say drarry is similar to Jegulus? They’re also mad that Jegulus stole ❤️💚 from drarry but why is that an issue? What’s the big deal? This part of the hate feels so unnecessary and forced plz find a better reason to hate this ship. The people saying that Jegulus is erasing Jily are more creative than the ones who are pissed off about two emojis representing different ships. Calm down.

Frankly I think the hate is fake and forced & some people think the only way Jegulus could work is if it’s hella toxic and leads to Jily because James could never choose regulus over his wife? Everyone has different opinions but don’t hate on others for liking Jegulus just because you don’t(this goes for any ethical ship in the fandom). If you don’t like it don’t read about it.

That’s all! If you took the time to read this full hot take thank you for hearing me out! I would be okay with having a peaceful debate in the comments if you disagree 🖤

[closetsof-backlogged-dreams]

the inexplicable fandom bond that the stranger things fandom, the marauders fandom, and dead poets society fandom all have is so fascinating to me

[sunnixsunshine]

AAAAAH SORA ATTACK

Three fun facts:

Her kimono is supposed to match with Sanji’s for the most part and her cute dress is what she wore while in wci arc—because yeah they kinda kidnapped her as further leverage over Sanji in this au :(…. (Of which I intend to write once I really catch up to wci and wano lol trying to read ahead is hard to do while working). Sora and the twins, Shinjiro(blond) and Takehiko(green), have a ten year age gap—also bonus fact, the twins are supposed to be premature, being born roughly around 35 weeks, which isnt even uncommon for twins in the first place, but I have nooooo idea how to really depict that because babies are hard to draw as isssssss lmao

[chirpsythismorning]

The way fans on the st sub are almost all in agreement Nancy ending up with neither Jon nor Steve wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world, and how they can even come up with a sleuth of reasons as to why, honestly pretty valid and fair reasons, but then are absolutely gobsmacked when fans merely speculate something along those lines for El is, quite something.

[cleromancy]

god ppl trying to claim jasons "we're the not so different you and i" villain speech to mia WASNT incredibly unsubtle subtext... that they went through the same trauma... like he says theyre alike. she says he knows nothing about her. he lists what he knows. and then he repeats that they're alike.

that's only barely subtext and not text itself, man. trying to argue that isn't the intention that jason was also a csa victim is just willful misreading at that point

[faaun]

critical thinking not being taught as a skill rly rly has its impact on cultures long term like cultures where the education is based more on memorisarion rather than genuine problem solving/thinking for urself tend to be so clearly different in the way they approach their outlooks towards politics and society etc etc

[transimailisa]

genuinely love that the loyal pin has an approach to how misogyny can be the root of homophobia especially lesbophobia in that case

[funkle420]

i love how so much of the stuff in delicious in dungeon that's not central to the main plot is left up to the reader/viewer's interpretations. it leaves a lot of space for fans to imagine what else happens outside of the plot, especially with how good the world building is. a sentiment ive seen more than a few times is that any character in dungeon meshi can be shipped with almost any other character, and because of how it ends you can even imagine characters who didn't interact much or at all eventually becoming friends and/or lovers, and there's so many ways for fans to imagine what else happens in this world after the story ends. there's little bits of interaction between characters that could easily be interpreted one way or another, but there's no malicious baiting or anything that's intentionally implied without being explicit.

That said, it is a little sad that there's no canon romance between Falin and Marcille, as far as I can tell, cause this type of thing happens so often in stories, where two characters of the same gender have romantic vibes but the writer didn't have the slightest intention of it being romantic. Also a little sad that, as far as I can tell, she didn't intend for Laios to be autistic either...

(to be clear, im NOT mad at ryoko kui here! this is JUST me being sad about the lack of good, intentional representation for queer and autistic people in media and how that conflicts with my appreciation for Kui's writing)

[ecrireverie]

okay lol mini rant in the tags sorry i just HAD to get this off my chest 😭 sorry if this is very incoherent and poorly worded or structured or whatever i'm just. pretty out of it and i cannot really think to write this properly. well, that or i am probably just illiterate actually. Yeah that's it lol

[aq2003]

Dropping in to say I watched the 2011 Much Ado About Nothing and I’m a changed person. New piece of favorite media unlocked. I’m gonna be insufferable about it to my friends. I loved the 2019 version clips you posted and I’m definitely going to try and find a full version of that as well. Also want to read Hamlet bc everything I read about it sounds insane. I liked Shakespeare as a kid until high school english made me absolutely hate it, so thanks for helping me get back into it lol.

YESSSSSSSSSSS 2011 MUCH ADO MY BELOVEDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!! also you can watch the 2019 version here on archive.org (absolutely fantastic benedick/beatrice and also my favorite rendition of hero!)

[hannahhasafact]

Scribbled this up because this is such a massive pet peeve of mine and I’ve been seeing it a lot more frequently lately

And I know, this is very broad in terms of what fat people/people with fat faces look like in profile BUT I am BEGGING artists to at least TRY to draw fat faces correctly in profile

And obviously my biggest suggestion is look at reference photos!!! Of different faces!!! In profile!!!! Ahhh!!!!

[dreamieparadise]

Oh yeah since Jojo exposed the Momina 8 children fiasco I should add that when Hayato realizes that his children don't have a tribe (its through your dad) that actually makes him distraught!!! Momina comforts him by reminding him they have their own...tribe...I'm gonna throw up. I'm gonna choke her with her own intestines!!!

I blacked out in anger and snapped in the tags but also this is so long (tags) so I'll add here...really considered them having 9 kids because I think it'd be very funny for the two oldest to look at their dad like he's a monster. :) they did when the twins were born when they were 16 and 15 but would it not be even funnier if they visit from college and it's love "surprise! Hooyo is pregnant (again)!!" :) unfortunately I said Momina would be 41 when the twins are born BUT IMAGINE? Maybe for Mafia hs au 🙄

[milkbreadtoast]

DUNMESHI EP 3 WAS SOOOO BEAUTIFUL OMG THE ANIMATION WAS SO GOOD😭😭😭 LAIOS IS SO CUTE I LOVE HIM... hes so smart... one of the most likeable male anime protags ive seen in a while... 1 of the most likeable protags period tbh anyway hes good🥺

[cryolyst]

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[imaginarypasta]

insane that people who have known me less than a month in my friend group w/i my year have a better grasp on who i am as a person than people who have known me for years