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• On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife are assassinated. This is the match in the powder keg that ignites World War I.

• Soldiers living and dying in horrific conditions and in close proximity to one another means that diseases spread very quickly.

• One German soldier in particular contracts jaundice and is removed from the battlefield. This soldier is Conrad Veidt.

• Veidt is permitted to act in the army theatre until his condition improves and he is fit to return to battle.

• In 1917 he is deemed unfit to serve and is discharged from the German army.

• Conrad Veidt returns to the theatre and goes on to have an illustrious career on both stage and screen, gaining stardom by playing major roles in pictures such as Different From the Others (1919), the first pro-gay film known to exist, with Veidt as the lead; and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), widely regarded to be the first true horror film, with Veidt as a major antagonist under the villain’s control. He is one of few silent film stars whose careers last through the advent of sound.

• In the late 1920s, Veidt travels to the United States to star in a few films for Universal Pictures. One of these films is The Man Who Laughs (1928), in which he plays Gwynplaine, the titular Laughing Man, who was surgically disfigured as a child to set his mouth in a permanent grin. This film is adapted from Victor Hugo’s 1869 novel, L’Homme qui rit.

• On April 25, 1940, the Joker makes his first appearance in the debut issue of the comic book Batman. It is generally accepted that the visual design of the Joker is based directly on Conrad Veidt’s appearance as Gwynplaine in The Man Who Laughs (1928). This is supported by the Joker’s creators, although their accounts of the Joker’s creation differ.

• The Joker goes on to become one of the most popular characters of all time, joining the ranks of characters of myth, legend, literature, and modern media whose stories will likely be retold and remembered until the sands of time have buried the bones of humanity forever.

• Enter tumblr user @the-muppet-joker (aka Croaker), who not only kins (mainly) the Joker and Kermit the Frog, but is also in a relationship with both of them.

• Tumblr user and YouTuber @strange-aeons makes a video delving into the twisted mind (and blog) of the Croaker.

• Croaker is angered by this, and so they schedule a duel to the death at @dashcon-two.

• They duel. Strange emerges victorious and is knighted by the Ball Pit Queen. Croaker dies and the funeral process is speedrunned with a heartfelt rendition of “Man or Muppet” performed by The Musical InterDudes. The singers held signs with individual letters spelling “KUNG POW PENIS”.

TL,DR: The Croaker owes his existence to jaundice and the 1914 assassination of an Austro-Hungarian noble.

And also Victor Hugo.

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WHO WILL WIN

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yeah yeah prob wearing fx's hoodie yehh

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skibidi

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Hmm, I believe I recognise this word. If I recall correctly, Timothy was repeating it every time Sasha mentioned Elias.

"Skibidi boss man" was the exact phrasing used.

Of course, this was in the early days. Before Tim changed Elias' name to "Eldritch horror selfish bastard man".

Apples and oranges.

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reblogněte, pokud šíříte transpropagandu

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you know vatican city i’m actually jobsearching myself at the minute

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i'm actually so so sweet if you ignore the part of me that is a cunt

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Bonus:

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"it's all in your head" correct! unfortunately I am also in there

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Michael, you would fall and turn the white snow red as strawberries in the summertime.

Super inspired by @weevildead 's michael painting! I hesitate to post this bc it was super experimental, and i hate the hair and how unblended the edges are w the obvious layers and weird blurring and stray marks...but idc im posting it.

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i am never drawing gerry again

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Julia Montauk and Michael distortion bi4bi power couple. call that shit doordash

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V rámci obdivu slovenskej kultúry (a veľkej prokrastinácie na písaní bakalárky) prinášam to, po čom duša každého riadneho Slováka priahne: queer reading Hornej Dolnej.

Najjednoduchšie na začiatok: Erika Bednáriková a Tereza Pekná

V skorších sezónach môžeme medzi nimi vidieť veľký rozpor, ktorý spočíva v ich "boji" o priazeň postavy Ďura Brmbalíka. Tento spor však podľa mňa nespočíva v rivalita, ale ide skôr o pretrvávajúce pocity zášti. Erika a Tereza sa poznajú celý život. Je vidieť, že ak sa momentálne vzájomne nie sú v strede ďalšieho boja, tak spolupracujú veľmi dobre, velice dobre poznajú jedna druhú.

Bola to detská láska, dve nerozdeliteľné kamarátky už od škôlky. Keď boli na strednej tak si uvedomili, že to je viac ako jednoduché kamarátstvo, a chvíľu skúsili skutočný vzťah. Bol to najlepší čas ich života, ale Tereza začala pracovať v krčme. Je to nevďačná práca, vracať sa domov neskoro, prespať celý deň, ísť zas do práce. Pohltilo to celý jej život. Erika je človek, ktorý potrebuje pozornosť a veľa uistenia, že ju človek miluje, a keďže Tereza všetku pozornosť začala dávať do práce, Eriku to hlboko zranilo. Erika sa snažila zo všetkých síl aby im to vydržalo, aby ju Tereza zas milovala tak, ako kedysi, až do bodu, kedy celkovo zmenila celú svoju osobnosť, aby viac sedela s Tereziným životom. To však nevydržalo dlho. Terezine pocity k Erike vychladli, keďže Erika už nebola ten človek, do ktorého sa Tereza kedysi zamilovala. Začali sa postupne nenávidieť. Ich rozchod bol explozívny a ani jedna sa z toho nikdy naplno nepamätala. Erika sa dala dohromady s Ďurom o tri týždne po ich rozchode.

Druhí na rade : Stano Sojka a Ďuro Brmbalík

Bol to velice krátky letný úlet. Stanova celá osobnosť je založená na poriadku, pravidlách a rutine. Ďurova búrlivá a agresívna osobnosť ho priťahovala, keďže to bolo niečo nové a neznáme, no po pár mesiacoch si uvedomil, že v Ďurovi hľadá niečo, čo tam nie je, a obaja si zaslúžia niečo lepšie. Stano niekoho, kto ho bude chápať viac, ako len povrchne, o čo sa Ďuro nikdy nesnažil, a Ďuro niekoho, kto sa z neho nebude snažiť spraviť nového človeka.

Na záver : Stano Sojka a Lacko Frlajz

Lacko je velice mierumilovná duša, no ľudia si často mýlia jeho milosť za hlúposť alebo slabosť. Stano ho vidí takého, aký je, a na oplátku Lacko vidí v Stanovi viac, ako ostatní. Stano do neho bol roky jednostranne zamilovaný, no rešpektoval Lackovu okúrenosť Terezou. Keď Tereza Lacka zas odmietla, tak ho Stano pozval na utešovaciu večeru. Jedno videdlo k druhému a teraz slávia 10 výročie.

Bonus : Bystro, Kokos a Tunel

I know they did it but I just can't prove it.

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I'm dead serious ~ Gerard Keay