#<- POOR HUNTER BRO... HES JUST TRYING TO LIVE

[pickaphoneandgo]

*Hunter shivered a little. The sound of the Port Mafia didn't sound pleasant at all.*

"Jeeze, really mate? They sound horrible. I should probably warn my daughter about them as well. They don't hurt children do they?"

*He shivered again.*

*bumps into him.*

"Oh, pardon me."

@pickaphoneandgo

Jouno grips his cane tighter, his eyebrows furrowing. He turns to where the voice came from and forced a smile.

"It happens! Sometimes people can space out and not care about the passerby's around them."

If he sounded passive-aggressive, he probably was.

[dailylooneys]

Happy 90th B-B-Birthday, Porky Pig!

Yeap! Happy 90th Birthday to Warner Bros. first ever true cartoon star and the oldest continuing character in the Looney Tunes character.

After many (somewhat) failed attempts at creating a starring character for the very young Termite Terrace, many of them being Mickey Mouse-equse characters, such as Bosko, Foxy (most infamously and obviously) and Buddy....

.....there came a point in the mid-30s' where the directors, particularly Friz Freleng and Tex Avery, wanted to try and do something different, and that was to create a character who had a unique voice and embodied the soon-to-become irreverent style of humor of the WB cartoons.

First appeared in 1935's I Haven't Got a Hat, directed by Friz Freleng, part of the color one-shot series of Merrie Melodies shorts, was an attempt for Termite Terrace to see which character who appeared in the short could be there next star. Porky appeared in a somewhat supporting role in the film, voiced by Joe Dougherty, who had an actual stutter. The character's iconic stutter was inspired by a real-life pig guttering noise, according to Mel Blanc.

Well, I had trouble with, Porky, because he stuttered, and a lot of people said, "you can't do that". That's why I did it, because everybody was using falsetto voices, everything sounded the same. And I said, what can I do to make this character different? So I called up Warners' casting and said, do you got anybody who stutters? And they had this [Joe] Dougherty guy, who stuttered, and the guy could not just get through a line. And we were doing all of our sound on film then, there wasn’t any tape. If Jack Warner knew how much film I was using, I was through with animation. So I had to get somebody to mimic, and that was Mel. And of course, Mel can do anything. - Friz Freleng (”Friz on Film” documentary)

According to animation historian Jerry Beck, there was some thought that Beans would be the studio's next big cartoon star, as he would appear in a handful of shorts in the black-and-white Looney Tunes, while Ham and Ex were the only other characters of I Haven't Got a Hat to also make one more appearance, starring alongside Beans in The Fire Alarm (1936).

Goes without saying, nobody found Beans or Ham and Ex at all interesting, leading to Porky overshadowing them, and the rest is history.

From then on, Porky became the star of the Looney Tunes series, which were still in black-and-white up until '43. Like many classic cartoons character from the Golden Age of Animation, Porky's role varied from kid to adult character, to dealing with many everyday mundane things or having a specific position, including, but not limited to, farmer, hunter, waiter and zoologist, usually accompanied with other characters such as Porky's dad, Daffy Duck, Gabby Goat, or other one-offs.

The director who perhaps was responsible for giving Porky an even more distinguishing personality and design that we associated with today is Bob Clampett, as he was relegated to directing the main Looney Tune shorts up until the early '40s, which was possibly when Porky shorts were at their best.

(an image of the now-famous "blooper" (Breakdown of 1939) of Porky swearing, directed by Clampett, was made as part of a compilation of bloopers from live-action films, was screened during WB Christmas party reels, but was never released to theaters. This was made a year earlier before Gone with the Wind gained controversy for the use of the word "damn", as swearing was beyond prohibited in films up until the 1960s, when the Hays Code was starting die out.)

However, with the introduction of other, more colorful and quirky, mischievous characters such as Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny, the directors would have admitted to having gradually grown tired of Porky as a character, even as early as 1939, he would play a very minimal role in much of the shorts, such as Porky's Hotel, Porky's Poor Fish, Meet Joe Dougherty and The Chewin' Bruin to name a few. Frank Tashlin infamously stated that he straight up hated Porky, referring to him as "a terrible character", due to the fact that a majority of the shorts he directed always starred Porky, finding him to be very inflexible, compared to his favorite character, Daffy. As a result of Porky's lack of popularity with the directors, Porky would end up becoming more of a side character, often alongside Daffy, Sylvester, Charlie Dog and so on, worked to Porky's benefit as not only did he continue to have sustained popularity with movie theater audiences, but the humor often derived from Porky being the most fairly grounded character being caught in the center of the character's wacky, off-the-wall personalities, or that when he's pushed to his limits, Porky will too snap!

"Nobody liked to work with Porky, because he was too square of a character." - Friz Freleng

Thankfully, this resulted in Porky never losing his popularity as he continues to be as world-famous and recognizable as Bugs, Daffy, Road Runner, Foghorn Leghorn, ect. After over 30 years, Porky would make his last appearance in the original theatrical series' in 1965's Corn on the Cop starring Porky and Daffy as Keystone Kops-looking cops trying to capture a crook whose dressed as Granny.

This cartoon has many significance: it being the only latter-day WB short he ever appeared in. The only Porky short directed by Irv Spector. And the only time Porky appeared alongside Granny, having almost the longest-lasting appearance of any of the characters in the original Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, defeating only by Daffy Duck, who's last original appearance was in 1968 (31 years), near the ending of the original theatrical cartoon series and the closure of Warner Bros. animation department.

After the end of his movie career, Porky would continue to appear in many other Looney Tunes-related material, one of them being The Porky Pig Show (1964 - 1967) which is a compilation of various of the original shorts, an appearance on Tiny Toon Adventures as Hampton J. Pig's idol and mentor, and many more, especially more recently, one of the main stars of The Day The Earth Blew Up (2025) where we see him in his original Bob Clampett design.

So, despite not being considered the immediate favorite of either the creators (both the original and new) and/or casual viewers', we should not forget the importance of Porky Pig and the impact he left on the original Looney Tunes, and the franchise as a whole. I mean, we got a whole DVD set entirely dedicated to the pig himself:

[mediawhatwiveswatch]

The Wives Watch: Supernatural S2 E11-E13

Passing the halfway point! Things are heating up at the Winchesters!

E11 - Stop demolishing pretty buildings

The house is so pretty who cares about the ghosts

Haunted dolls!!

Everytime the boys talk emotions we gotta break the meme back out

Brits insulted, scooby doo mentioned, voodoo spotted, hotel trivago

So like everyone assumes their dating? It's like 2007 were people this chill about sharing beds?

"You look the type" - Gay or Antiquers? Basically the same thing. ('but antiquing is so fun!' 'we aren't breaking the stereotype')

Very pretty dress nailed to the wall. Thats not how decor works

Butler: "All my family has lived here and I'm very sad that I might have to leave" Dean: "I wonder who would want to do hoodoo to keep this place open"

Homophobe Dean vs Ally Sam. Who will win

The truest of sibling behaviour: Making up lies to embarrass your little bro

Who puts their grandma in the attic?? That is asking for evil spirits

On the ghost's side again, demolishing pretty house should be a crime

Every so often they swap Dean and Sam's opinions on whether dad is a dick. This time dean gets to right

Sam sleeping on his front is the most evil thing he's done

Do people not like hearing old people tell stories? It's fun!

"I've never had a home" DEAN STOP TRAUMADUMPING TO THE MAYBE EVIL BUTLER

We went from secret evil twin to secret evil fake sibling

If we had a nickel for every time there was a haunted evil car on this show we'd have two nickels. That's one each

You don't get to call the boys insane after witnessing the most stereotypical haunting ever

Maggie is a Little Freak (derogatory)

This pool is so pretty!!!

This house is really well built?? Very strong glass??

None of these morons know to do CPR on a newly drowned girl

Good to know this little girl can dress normally when not being haunted by her evil great aunt who just murdered attic grandma

E12 - Mandroids Play Among Us

Do we fear the FBI more than the demons? Yes

Dean says ACABATJ (All Cops Are Bad At Their Jobs)

Ronnie boy knows whats up

Cybermen!! Doctor Who Reference!!

MANDROIDS?? Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis are playing copyright games

Poor Ronnie getting his dreams crushed

Sam too good at being a cop. He was made for this. Pre Law babyy

"I like him, he says okie dokie"

This hostage is a snitch. Let the guy keep his knife

Locked in a safe with a girl who's got a crush on your brother is Sam's idea of Hell

Free Goop! Yum!

The boys once again run into amateur hunters and teaching them basics

The cops continue to be useless <3

Rip to Ronnie. He was built different

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Honestly feel bad for the Winchester assigned FBI agent. Must be a hard life

NGL telling the hostage takers that you don't wanna be released and will just vibe in the vault is a powermove even if its because your a shapeshifting murderer

Its even more of a powermove when you aren't a shapeshifting murderer!!

Mr FBI agent giving FHJY Agent Clark Energy

NGL telling the hostage takers that you don't wanna be released and will just vibe in the vault is a powermove even if its because your a shapeshifting murderer

Its even more of a powermove when you aren't a shapreshifting murderer!!

Mr FBI agent giving FHJY Agent Clark Energy. He's on the hunt for the most elusive german shepard and will never win

Sam and Dean said "Free disguises!"

E13 - Priests Fail To Understand Theology

Spent most of the time trying to guess if this is a Protestant thing or if they're just wrong

The Whole Episode:

Televangelism is scary and we're right for saying it

Sam you are not a medical professional PLEASE STOP GIVING THERAPY

ANGEL EPISODE?? IS IT TIME???

The brothers can't get mad at being considered gay when their booking rooms together at sex hotels. You can afford separate rooms please!

Insane bed. Are those real??

Can you have demons without angels? Does Dean consider demons non-religious?

Love finding some fingernails in the walls. A great thing to happen in a murdered guys cellar

Supernatural implying that demons are front line workers and angels are line managers

Good Omens crossover continues

Is the B plot going to be about the sex bed??

Hacker man Sam

All these guys went to church? How shocking!

In todays episode we learn about being innocent until proven guilty

Hard turn into religion from Closet Christian Sam!

They have implied that Spongebob is holy

Dean really said only one person gets to murder strangers

This priest didn't study. You ain't holy you just got shot. Men don't become angels, they get sainted, which you didn't

B Plot (C Plot?) of Dean getting to do a car chase!

Creep got final destinationed. Good.

In todays episode we learn about being innocent until proven guilty

Hard turn into religion from Closet Christian Sam!

They have implied that Spongebob is holy

Dean really said only one person gets to murder strangers

This priest didn't study. You ain't holy you just got shot. Men don't become angels, they get sainted, which you didn't

B Plot (C Plot?) of Dean getting to do a car chase!

Creep got final destinationed. Good.

{{11% through}}

Spent way too long making that among meme. Paint crashed and had to redo it all. Deserves more respect

Looking forward to the boys getting FBI'd again soon

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Thoughts on Transformers Animated Season 1

I just want you to know I’ve gone into this series completely blind and all I have are out of context spoilers. But anyway just sharing my thoughts now that I’ve made it to Season 2! (Spoilers below)

Originally wasn’t too keen on the designs, but they’ve grown on me. They’re fitting for each character’s personality. This is pretty much the first Transformers series I’m watching in full. I thought it was gonna be mainly a weekly villain thing with some wholesome slice of life, and then boom we got an episode about Ratchet’s PTSD from the war, plus a bounty hunter that collects literal parts from his targets like wtf and then he dies??? Actually I need to talk about that episode specifically for a second because you’re telling me Arcee had her own memory erased for the good of the war effort and Ratchet has to live with survivor’s guilt? That same bounty hunter nearly dismantles Optimus, and at the end of the episode at least Ratchet finally opens up. He’s literally a war vet with a bunch of kids. Go peepaw go Then a sweet Halloween special (Sari dressing up as Optimus was so cute oml my heart) and surprise! Op is reminded of the incident where he lost Elita (I’m so used to her being pink why was she yellow in this one?) and he gets a bit overprotective listening to his kids’ comms making sure they’re safe trick or treating. Love it. Then plot twist! Elita is actually Black Arachnia and an organic/robotic hybrid due to unintentionally being left for dead?! Absolutely wild.

Prowl lowkey reminds me of Tech from Bad Batch idk it’s the lack of emotion on the surface but deep underlying capacity to care. Him with the Dinobots was great they’re his buddies! He visits them! Bulkhead! My sweet guy! I can’t hear him without hearing Patrick from SpongeBob but he’s the best guy around. 10/10 would go to his art gallery.

Bumblebee in his rebellious teen phase. That’s it, and him being a big bro to Sari they’re so chaotic together.

Op being this young leader who’s still figuring things out and just trying to protect his team and make the right choices like pls give this guy a break.

I wasn’t too sure about Sari at first, but she really grew on me. It’s been like a mix of Lilo and Stitch, Steven Universe, and Bad Batch. Just a girl and her newfound alien family. She’s so op with her key like girl is keeping them alive they’ve almost died so many times (technically Prowl and Optimus did die in like the first two episodes so yeah)

Soundwave backstory was crazy I’m so used to him with his little cassette guys now he’s the cassette 😭

This went longer than I thought oop I watched the first episode for Season 2. Already love Jazz this guy passes the vibe check.

Sentinal does NOT pass the vibe check can he please leave Team Prime alone? The business people just kicking Sari out from her family company when her dad’s missing??? Vile. This poor girl’s eight years old. Tf Isaac doing you couldn’t have at least make a birth certificate for your daughter? There’s probably more thoughts on the way, but these are kind of my main ones. I meant to just have this series on in the background while I drew thinking it’d be casual, but nope lol I’m invested. Thanks for reading!

[carrotsnake]

Botw/Totk headcanon: Sheikah NPCs beyond Kakariko

after impa being the Last of Her Kind for nearly 20 years, we were kind of spoiled with the era of wilds sheikah. still, kakariko is known for it's older population and botw makes a point to let us know paya isn't used to seeing people her age. this post is about asking 'where are they?' and filling in the gaps. being a peaceful farming village it makes sense the younger gens would want to leave as soon as they can for some adventure.

sheikah typically have hair on the grey-to-white scale (granté proves this isn't a requirement), and unlike the past games they have a greater diversity in eye colour. below is a list of hylian npcs that look too young to have greying hair that i hc are either from kakariko, or have some sheikah ancestry.

from left to right: lecia, letty, mina, her brother mils by proxy, teli, juney, and baumar. i'll go into more detail about each under the cut, comparing them from the 2 games alongside some more headcanons. some of them i haven't found in totk yet, so i'll edit when i do.

pic on the left side is them in botw, totk on the right.

Mina is a treasure hunter looking for loot with her brother by the exchange ruins outside the great plateau. the siblings also show up in the dlc. they're trying to steal a sheikah heirloom back from the yiga hideout, though they don't know it's purpose - they just wanna sell it. in totk she walks on the path between lakeside stable and lurelin. she says that even treasure hunters deserve some fun once in a while, so we can assume she's takin' it easy. Mils, meanwhile...

...joined the zonai survey team, and moans about what tough work it is. he walks through pagos woods to the zonai ruins. he joined in the hopes it would lead him to treasure, but he hasn't had his lucky break yet. most hylians travel from stable to inn and can be assumed not to have a proper home due to the lasting effects of the calamity. this is my bias but i like to think he's talking about kakariko when he mentions home. let him grow some pumpkins and wrangle cuccos. he wishes to live a quiet life.

i find it sweet him and mina are both in faron. maybe they decided to split up and cover more ground? with mina off sunbathing and sipping mimosas in lurelin, mils got the short end of the stick again.

Baumar:

'i hope you die': lazy, cliché, unrealistic. 'i hope your favourite botw npc gets mushroomed and bowlcutted': it's scary, it's possible, it's happening to me right now. such was the fate of our poor resident shield-surfer bro from botw. known for many hit quotes such as 'let's go bamboo! yahoo!', 'shield surfing is like, totally radical, dude', and my favourite:

in botw he rides his horse on the path between serenne and snowfield stable. in totk he's part of the fashion tour-group that run around hateno village. maybe he went to hebra to show his 'wicked' surfing moves to selmie and she said 'kid, if i let you out on the slopes you'll die. sorry'. his world was completely shattered beneath him like a broken shield, so he turned to cravats and puffy short shorts to cope.

his name is similar to the hills of baumer above deya village ruins. maybe he's a descendent of the few survivors. i wonder what his ancestors are thinking now, watching what he does with the gift of life.

Teli walks between fort hateno and hateno village. He sells ancient guardian parts and even mentions he trades them with Robbie. he has a high opinion of himself and tells you he's known across hyrule for his 'roguish good looks.' in totk he's one of the men in the 'Gourmets gone missing' Penn quest that gave himself food-poisoning by riverside stable. after which he scares away some cuccos and makes you wrangle them for a sidequest. just L after L for this dashing rogue.

Juney, now famous for her rupee grinding sand seal minigame, i instantly recognised as the epic divorce woman from rito village. her attitude is just as surly as ever but they gave her a soft side. i like that every minigame location could not be further from hateno. you'll find that school someday queen.

she was a newly wed mad at her husband, jogo, for choosing a cold place for their honeymoon. he begs you to give him flint to cook some baked apples for her to save their already failing marriage.

in totk they're not together, jogo inhabits a cabin in tabantha village ruins with another woman. he didn't give her enough baked apples.

Letty walks along the path between lakeside stable and lurelin. she gives you cooking tips and that's pretty much it. In totk, she and a friend are investigating the ring ruins in Kakariko together.

Lecia is a new character in totk. she's with the research team and plays a part in the foothill stable Penn quest, the one with all the men in underpants. she kind of looks like a grown up Koko. maybe a distant relative? but maybe she's not sheikah. maybe the sight of all those pasty naked men traumatised her so bad she got marie-antoinette syndrome from the shock. i haven't seen her since.

thank you if you read to the end. to clarify i'm working on some fic stuff and that entails finding npcs across the overworld to give some more lore. it's a sheikah focused fic so i needed some characters other than the kakariko residents. it's also just fun fleshing out random npcs to make the world feel more lived in. again, i'm missing some details like what mina does before you save lurelin, so i'll edit this post in the future.

[punkasshunter]

Pretty sure it was this (old af) ask meme

https://www.tumblr.com/punkasshunter/148124767301/reblog-and-tag-with-your-ocs-names

...You know what, sure, I'll answer this reblogged ask meme from 2016. These are all kinda brief and I could probably go in a bit further, but it's not totally in me rn so apologies

Full Name: Adrian Elizabeth Lamb

Gender and Sexuality: Pansexual trans male

Pronouns: He/him/his

Ethnicity/Species: Caucasian human. Uh. Mutated human

Birthplace and Birthdate: 02/19/1990, Waterbury CT, USA

Guilty Pleasures: I had to resist answering this one with "Bro take a fucking guess" /j, but the less obvious answer is that he was an early-era tumblr aesthetic blogger who felt like at 19 he might be still a little too invested in Pokemon

Phobias: Apart from the very reasonable fears about dying in various ways in the next hour which don't really count as phobias, dogs, being in moving cars post-infection

What They Would Be Famous For: Definitely not being upheld as more sentient and different than other infected, despite his own protest and to his horror, which is absolutely not true

What They Would Get Arrested For: Probably all the killing and cannibalism but it's debatable if you could get him on first degree

OC You Ship Them With: [REDACTED]

OC Most Likely To Murder Them: [REDACTED] :) Just kidding. It'd actually most likely be Cat. Nicole aka Miss Pink Hunter is a potential second but maybe not quite as much as you'd think

Favorite Movie/Book Genre: Horror which was absolutely not just me projecting at the time I was developing his interests

Least Favorite Movie/Book Cliche: God can I really say anything else but the horrible shocking transgender reveal, and this poor dude came out in like 2006

Talents and/or Powers: Obviously the fucked-up Hunter mutation green flu stuff. Muscular structure altered for being able to jump way farther than humanly possible and land from extreme heights, plus his response to pain or exertion (although not the actual sensation) being largely shut off. Fucked-up claws and teeth. Plus the fact that he's even still got an incredible read on people, to the point it can be unsettling, and is super determined which makes the state of hopelessness he was ground into kinda stand out more

Why Someone Might Love Them: From people reading him and in-fic the people around him, the top response seems to be "HE IS TRYING HIS BEST" lol. Uncommonly thoughtful and empathetic, not "for an infected" but just in general. Has the grit to keep going and try to pull those close to him through in horrible situations.

Why Someone Might Hate Them: As readers, probably just that everyone and their mother with infected characters has a Hunter OC, which man, let us live a little lol. In fic, uh, the whole murderous pseudo-zombie thing is a pretty big sticking point. It also can actually turn into a point of contention that he can often want to "save everyone" to the point of both self-destruction and not being able to effectively help anyone

How They Change:

Okay that's the kind of jokey answer, but also over the course of fic, reclaiming a lot of his agency and finding himself more able to engage with things besides bare survival, including connecting with other people

Why You Love Them: My boy. One of my two oldest still actively used OCs along with Skyler. You have grown so far with me over the past almost 14 years. And by GOD were you my egg OC. 😭 "Ohh, I wonder why it resonates with me so deeply exploring the conjunction between a transgender experience and sudden, involuntary changes that drastically shift your self-perception of your own body, self, and experience" Bro you are several years from excising your gender and naming yourself after rabies virus

[apocalypticavolition]

Let's (re)Read The Dragon Reborn! Chapter 2: Saidin

I am running out of pictures so rapidly it's alarming. It's as if I've moved beyond the territory of the show and the comic books and so all we've got left is text, which is apparently terrible for engagement. Also terrible for engagement is warning people about spoilers, which is why I won't tell anyone who doesn't already know that this post contains spoilers for the whole of The Wheel of Time series. Come right in and make lots of outraged replies about how I've ruined everything for you instead.

This chapter starts with the dragon's fang symbol, probably because it's literally called "Saidin" and Rand will be fucking things up with it.

All the women who came insisted on speaking to Moiraine immediately, and alone. The news that Moiraine chose to share with the rest of them did not always seem very important, but the women held the intensity of a hunter stalking the last rabbit in the world for his starving family.

It's almost like they're working for an Aes Sedai, and not just any Aes Sedai but one of the few left who tries to live up to the old standard. I'd think that pretty important too unless I was literally dyingn of thirst.

Or ever, he added to himself. Moiraine had kept them there all winter. The Shienarans did not think she gave the orders, not here, but Perrin knew that Aes Sedai somehow always seemed to get their way. Especially Moiraine.

I get that you're stir-crazy bro but do you really WANT to be wandering the wilderness in the middle of winter, fighting battles that you can avoid by staying still? What alternatives do you have other than "Don't do what Moiraine wants because she's Aes Sedai"?

“The Tinker woman is going to die,” she said softly, eyeing the others near the fires. None was close enough to hear.

It's times like this you can remember why Min doesn't particularly want her powers. She's probably seen quite a few people who were going to die soon by this point, just because when you walk by so many people in a city it's bound to happen sooner or later.

“Is that her name? I wish I didn’t know. It always makes it worse, knowing and not being able to. . . . Perrin, I saw her own face floating over her shoulder, covered in blood, eyes staring. It’s never any clearer than that.” She shivered and rubbed her hands together briskly.

I wonder if these omens she sees are realistic enough to be as traumatizing as seeing the actual thing.

He thought of the wolves. No! The scouts would find anyone or anything trying to approach the camp.

Good job helping fulfill Min's prophecy, Perrin. Things might have been different if you'd used your resources to your fullest advantage.

She had told him; she had tried warning people about bad things when, at six or seven, she had first realized not everyone could see what she saw. She would not say more, but he had the impression that her warnings had only made matters worse, when they were believed at all.

Poor Min.

It had made him cautious and careful, and regretful of his anger when he let it show. “I am sorry, Min. I shouldn’t have snapped at you. I did not mean to hurt you.” She gave him a surprised look.

Really I think my problem with Perrin is that it's very obvious that he has completely over-corrected for problems in the past to the point where he's now too afraid to do much of anything on his own.

“Strange,” she said softly, “how you seem to care so much about the Tuatha’an. They are utterly peaceful, and I always see violence around—” He turned his head away, and she cut off abruptly.

And again, it's other women tearing Perrin apart with words much more than him hurting them physically or emotionally. Perrin's problem is that at heart he absolutely agrees that violence is damaging even in self-defense but he exists in an Age where that self-defense is very necessary.

She rolled her eyes at Perrin, a wry twist to her mouth. “All I wanted was to live as I pleased, fall in love with a man I chose. . . .” Her cheeks reddened suddenly, and she cleared her throat.

1. Min, almost no one chooses who they fall in love with. 2. You're lucky you're blabbering in front of Perrin and Loial and not anyone with an understanding of love because for all your "don't like to talk about your visions" thing, you sure are signposting it for everyone.

The Ogier looked at them, suddenly shy, his ears twitching. “Promise you will not laugh? I think I might write a book about it. I have been taking notes.”

Really, you could argue that Loial has hardly been swept up into the ta'veren stuff at all yet. If he'd met anyone so interesting as Rand and crew, he might have chosen to go traveling with them anyway. After all, his choosing to leave the groves had nothing to do with them.

Uno, who could hardly say a sentence without a curse, spoke now with the deepest respect. The others echoed him. “Honor to serve.” Masema, who saw ill in everything, and whose eyes now shone with utter devotion; Ragan; all of them, awaiting a command if it were Rand’s pleasure to give one.

While Rand of course dislikes this treatment, I do think that having to deal with this for a few months is the start of his arrogance. You can't be treated like this by every normal person you spend time with without it starting to rub off on you.

And aside from Moiraine and Lan, there were only the three of them—Min, Loial, and him—who did not stare at Rand as if he stood above kings. And of the three only Perrin knew him from before.

It's rather unfortunate that Perrin instinctively understands why Rand needs him here and tosses that aside much later on in the story. All three of the boys seem to backslide a bit as a result of what happens to them.

A man—a thing!—everyone was taught to loathe and fear from childhood. Only . . . it was hard to stop seeing the boy he had grown up with. How do you just stop being somebody’s friend?

Prejudices - even really rational ones like "Don't trust the dudes who can and will melt you in their sleep" - tend to have a hard time sticking around in the face of empathy, which Perrin to his credit does have a lot of. It's why he's a little better at dealing with this stuff than Mat.

He began to laugh mirthlessly, his shoulders shaking. “I have the duty, because there isn’t anybody else, now is there?”

Rand's not going mad from the taint here, but rather from the reality of his position finally setting in. The weight of the world is on his shoulders so it's understandable that he's cracking under the strain. And that more than anything is why Moiraine is right to have him wait - if he did go out onto the Plain in this state he'd probably snap in battle instead of thrive like he has before.

Perrin almost laughed himself, in confusion. “If you agree with her, why in the Light do you argue all the time?” “Because I have to do something. Or I’ll . . . I’ll—burst like a rotted melon!”

Like Perrin, Rand's big problem in this sequence is that he doesn't have any viable alternatives and just whines a lot instead. There's a lot Rand could be doing (more training with Lan, trying to learn politics from Moiraine, studying with Loial, etc.) but instead of dedicating himself to his fate he just laments all the deaths that are happening in his name instead. This is naturally only going to lead to more problems down the line.

Rand shivered; despite the chill, there was sweat on his face. His eyes were still shut tight. “Oh, Light,” he groaned, “it pulls so.”

Nope, this isn't taint madness either (I will be doing my best to demonstrate to you why NONE of his craziness in this book can be chalked up to that specifically). Remember: Rand is a wilder and he's still in that awkward "could easily draw enough power to burn himself out because he doesn't even know the proper exercises for starting out with the power" phase.

Rand stood with his head thrown back, his eyes still shut tight. He did not seem to feel the thrashing of the ground that had him now at one angle, now at another. His balance never shifted, no matter how he was tossed. Perrin could not be certain, being shaken as he was, but he thought Rand wore a sad smile. The trees flailed about, and the leatherleaf suddenly cracked in two, the greater part of its trunk crashing down not three paces from Rand. He noticed it no more than he noticed any of the rest.

The land and Rand are one, so he externalizes his temper tantrum out onto the world to avoid having to acknowledge his actual feelings.

Rand looked around as if seeing things for the first time. The fallen leatherleaf, and the broken branches. There was, Perrin realized, surprisingly little damage. He had expected gaping rents in the earth. The wall of trees looked almost whole.

And of course, Rand hasn't really addressed any of his internal issues so while he's a little disheveled, nothing has actually changed.

“They’re always there, dreams,” Rand said, so softly Perrin barely heard. “Maybe they tell us things. True things.” He fell silent, brooding.

Rand is of course also snapping under the pressure of Ba'alsy's TAR campaign. The lack of good sleep is already catching up to him here and it's not going to be getting better anytime soon.

Ah well. Next time: News!

[aceofkings001]

From Class to Chaos: The Party Where Every Drink Had a Story.

The Nairobi skyline shimmered in the distance as Stephen leaned over the balcony, taking a deep breath before what he knew would be a night to test both his sanity and his furniture. His girlfriend, Winnie, was already in the kitchen, rearranging snacks and muttering about getting “real food” for everyone.

The first knock on the door came with a loud, “Brooo, let’s get lit!” Stephen chuckled, knowing exactly who that was.

Tusker Lager walked in, draped in a football jersey and clapping Stephen on the shoulder with a wide grin. “Tonight, you’ll see what we’re made of!” he declared, setting a bottle of himself on the table like he was about to bless the evening. He’d barely said hello when Four Cousins (wine) arrived, balancing a platter of cheese cubes and throwing a playful wink at Winnie. She leaned over to Stephen, whispering, “You know I’m only here because she invited me, right?”

Behind her came Jägermeister, leather jacket on, radiating the scent of poor decisions. He gave Stephen a fist bump, eyes darting around as if already scheming. “We’re going all out, yeah?” he smirked, scoping the drinks.

Savanna entered next, arm-in-arm with Hunters Gold. They shared a look that said, “We’re too classy for this crowd, but here we are anyway.” Hunters sized up the drinks, muttering to Savanna, “Is this a real party, or are we in for the usual?” She just smirked, eyeing Tusker Lager like she had a point to prove.

As the banter picked up, there was another knock. Stephen opened the door to find Jaba—arms crossed, grinning his smoothest grin. “Man, just let me make an appearance,” he pleaded with a wide smile.

Stephen held his ground. “Jaba, you and your leaves have caused enough problems here, bro. Not tonight.” With a disappointed sigh, Jaba walked away, muttering something about “people changing.”

No sooner had Jaba left than the group spotted Pizza walking in, loaded with more pizza boxes than seemed necessary. “I’m here!” he announced proudly. “Hope everyone’s hungry!” Four Cousins leaned over to Fanta, whispering, “Pizza could lose weight just by walking here.”

Fanta laughed, “Or he could start by eating less pizza. How about a salad?” Oblivious to the teasing, Pizza set down the boxes, exclaiming, “Dig in!” Everyone cheered politely and reached past him to grab their drinks.

Captain Morgan walked in, arms wide, calling, “Let’s get this ship sailing!” earning a few cheers from the guys. But his swagger faded as Tequila entered with a fiery grin, ignoring him completely as she headed for Absinth, who was clearly impressed.

Best Vodka, Best Whiskey, and Tanqueray strolled in together, laughing like they were the night’s real stars. Vodka grabbed a bowl of crisps, shaking his head. “This all the snacks? No meat?!” as though personally offended.

The place was buzzing. Guinness stood stoically in the corner, arms crossed, watching as Konyagi attempted jokes that were clearly failing. “Bro, stick to your strengths,” Guinness muttered. Konyagi just laughed louder, convinced he was hilarious.

Then, Sake entered, bowing politely at every guest, earning puzzled stares. Savanna shook her head, nudging Four Cousins. “Why’s she bowing every two seconds?” Sake, unfazed, continued her graceful bows.

Around 11 p.m., things got lively. Smirnoff Ice and Red Bull found a corner, clearly deep in flirtation. “They’re sizing each other up for an endurance challenge,” someone whispered, causing chuckles. Vodka threw a glance at Whiskey, shouting across the room, “Shots challenge? Or are you scared?”

A crowd gathered, and the two lined up for shots. Meanwhile, Tanqueray sidled up to Smirnoff Ice, trying to join the conversation, though she gave him a dismissive side-eye and leaned closer to Red Bull, sparking laughter.

Things heated up as Jack Daniels and Waragi decided it was time for music. “Let’s turn up the heat!” Jack announced, pulling Savanna into a dance circle. Savanna, usually too cool for this, cracked a smile, showing off her moves as Hunters watched, clearly impressed.

Then it happened. Best Vodka, fueled by too much confidence (and too many shots), stumbled right into Whiskey, spilling his drink on Jameson. “Oh, sorry!” he slurred, but Jameson wasn’t amused, glaring and muttering, “And they say I’m the troublemaker?”

Tusker Lager and Hunters stepped in to separate them. Jägermeister, entertained by the chaos, was ready to jump in. Captain Morgan, keeping his cool, pulled Tequila aside with a grin. “Maybe we should find our own spot, huh?” She laughed, glancing toward Absinth, who raised an eyebrow. “Morgan, you’ll need a life jacket for this one,” Absinth teased.

Meanwhile, Pizza tried to calm the crowd, awkwardly yelling, “Guys, food! Have some food, take it easy!” Four Cousins just laughed, nudging Fanta, who muttered, “Pizza should ‘take it easy’ on his carbs before he ends up the real party blooper.”

Around 3 a.m., Jack Daniels and Waragi poured shots, even getting Jägermeister to raise an eyebrow. “Who’s ready for a challenge?” Jack yelled, and the crowd roared.

Brandy finally made his grand entrance, smoothing back his hair with a grin. Tanqueray shot him a death stare as Brandy made his way to Smirnoff, who greeted him with a wide smile. The gossip had reached epic levels, and murmurs filled the room about Smirnoff’s flirtations.

As the night wore on, Stephen clapped his hands, “Party’s over, everyone out!” Just as he sighed in relief, a slow, dramatic knock echoed. “Now who could that be?” he muttered, opening the door to find Glenlivet, Glenfiddich, and Johnnie Walker Blue Label strolling in like they’d stepped out of a whisky ad.

“Did we miss the main event?” Glenlivet asked, eyeing the room as though assessing a contest. Glenfiddich chuckled, while Johnnie Blue Label set his bottle down with a loud thud, raising an eyebrow. “What a night, I see,” he smirked.

Tusker Lager leaned over to Hunters, whispering, “These are the types who show up late and act like the main attraction.” The two burst into laughter, earning a look from Glenfiddich.

Glenlivet surveyed Captain Morgan’s “crew,” who were in the middle of a debate over Malibu’s new reggae beats. Captain muttered to Malibu, “They’re looking at us like we just rolled in from the sea.”

Smirnoff Ice gave Red Bull a smirk, whispering, “Trying too hard to look classy,” nodding toward Glenlivet and Glenfiddich as they looked for seats.

After a few awkward exchanges, Johnnie Blue glanced at Jameson with a smirk, “It’s all about real class, right?” But Jameson, emboldened by Amarula’s flirty attention, shrugged. “What’s ‘class’ without a little fun?” he said, drawing laughs from Captain Morgan.

Just as Stephen was finally relaxing, there was another knock—this time louder and more insistent. Frowning, he approached, and as he got closer, he heard boisterous voices echoing through the hallway. He opened the door to find eight new arrivals, each grinning and dressed for a wild night out. With unmistakable glints of gold, silver, and neon labels, they stood there in all their glory: Patrón flashing a gleaming bottle, Don Julio with his smooth swagger, Jose Cuervo nodding like he owned the place, and Clase Azul standing tall with a polished ceramic bottle. Right beside them, Casamigos waved, all charm, while Herradura leaned casually, exuding full-bodied richness. 1800 Tequila was there, too, looking versatile and ready for anything, and Espolòn with his artful, bold style.

Stephen’s jaw dropped. Turning to where Tequila was casually mingling, he called out, “Tequila!” Tequila just grinned wider, clearly enjoying the spectacle.

“Stephen, meet my cousins! They live a few blocks over—figured it was time they joined the fun.”

Stephen looked back at the rowdy crowd spilling into his doorway and let out a quiet, “Oh, shit.”

[blueempty]

I cant see shit when I take pictures facing the sun, its a miracle theyre often in focus

Had another late rise today. I hope I find the strength to wake up at 11am again soon. Today was good because I was not at jury duty. Thats all I can really ask for

I'm gonna start trying to learn one kanji a day on top of practicing my kana and numbers, and first one I picked is probably more complicated than I should have chosen, but I have a history with chinese characters so the complexity of the particular kanji isnt really a concern for me

Today I went with 願 (ねが ne ga), because I was going through my lessons again and like the first thing they teach you is introduce yourself! Say "onegaishimasu" and then I look up to read the kana and it says お願いします, and I'm like come on bro. So I learned that one. Maybe thats how I'll choose, I'll just go by whatever pops up next in my lessons lol. Its 19 strokes but I sat there and did it over and over for like 10 minutes and I think i got it. I actually like learning stroke order and stuff. I always preferred writing chinese over speaking it

I really need to get back to streaming, which i say all the time, but speedrunning and goofy challenge runs would be good for streams. Im trying to beat Onimusha without upgrading weapons or using healing items right now. The trick with that is if you kill enemies with an issen strike they always drop health souls, but issen are very hard to pull off. It forces you to really learn every enemies attack animations well, which is something I love doing

A big point of contention with me and my friends rn is they dont get how I can just sit and play Monster Hunter for multiple hours at a time. My brother has admitted many times now thay he is never paying attention when we play, he just auto pilots fights because he doesnt find enjoyment in fighting them once hes basically seen everything they can do. But like thats the fun, is learning how kill things faster and more efficiently. I can play for hours on end because its fun to react to something a monster did and cause it to fall out of the air mid jump because you knew your weapons hitboxes well enough to hit it backwards while it was above you. And then he points out thats the fun of fighting games and asks why i dont wanna play those anymore, and I'm like because I fucking hate other humans and the way their minds work lol. I want to abuse a poor helpless CPU player that cant even stand on two legs. The lizard men in Onimusha raise their little cleaver and I go haha idiot, and I instant kill their ass. Thats what sparks joy for me. Thats also why I've been playing games alone for two months I guess hehe

Anyways, thats not really me complaining exactly, I'm trying to be aware of my negativity you see, thats all to say that I love the slop Capcom puts in my trough. It's good slop. I'm also so fucking excited for Splatoon 3 Side Order (i guess) but more importantly HYDLIDE 3 COMES OUT TODAY YAHOOOO

Heres my kanji for today cuz the night sky hasnt been very photogenic around here. With and without guides

Live Long and Prosper

[ask-idv-drakaina-dragonhunter]

[ The family dynamic in a nutshell: ]

[mediawhatwiveswatch]

The Wives Watch: Supernatural S3 E7-E11

The boys have emotions and finally get a dad

E7 - You either die a hunter or live long enough to become a vampire

It took a unsurprisingly short amount of time for Gordon to go full batshit

British girlie standing up for the boys (she claims its for the business but doubtful)

She is a Professional Smartass and we love her for it

One day the boys will learn basic first aid and where not to cut themselves

"He was old, like 30"

Imagine seeing some guy poor what is Obviously Blood into your drink and going "yum can't wait to get high"

We once again return to the moral quandaries of vampirism

Gordon and Willem Defoe Jesus Doppelganger (WDJD) really lack the human touch that is required for pretending to be a federal agent

Okay so Gordon kinda popped off with the term "fang-whores"

Sam is gaining the bloodlust gene

British Girl and the spirit having a mini tea session 💅

Once again the cinematographer is Going Off

Gordon has become his worst nightmare and still gains no sympathy

For a drug dealing, woman drugging, vampire... bros more sympathetic than Gordy Boy

This man looked Dean Winchester(tm) in the eye and asked about being reckless

WDJD can Act. also RIP

The boys have an actual emotion lets gooo

They are yet to think of walking next to each other and keeping watch

Gordon took less than a day to go from I Hate Vampires to I'm Gonna Turn Some Innocent Lady And Evil Villain Laugh

Damn Sammy's getting BRUTAL

The little days within incident sign in the back needs to be changed

Family bonding but with a sad and traumatic twist!

E8 - HE SEES YOU WHEN YOUR SLEEPING

you better watch out You Better Watch Out YOU BETTER WATCH OUT

COLD OPEN - Grandpa is so sweet rip to him getting evil santa'd

Evil Santa!

"What should I tell my daughter about this graphic death" "The FBI sends its regards"

Continuing the trend of Dean not having seen a Disney film

UNCLE BOBBY! WE LOVE HIM

The boys traumatic flashbacks episode but with a ❄️Holiday Spin❄️

Leather Santa is really putting this little 4 year old Through It

Evil Wreaths, Evil Trees, The Nature is Killing Christmas

Why does Sam have pictures of the Green Man like he's related to evil santa. He's just vibing at the rando renn fairres and promoting fertility

Sammy give Dean one last Christmas come on now

Who Gave 12 Year Old Dean A Gun (yet another reason to hate Dadchester)

Alternating between disliking the Christmas couple for being too Christmassy for their own good and respecting the bloke for having a pipe

Did the Ancient Pagan Gods like turn up on a boat? Did they hitch a ride with the Mayflower? Did they have to go through customs? Do the Ancient Pagan Gods have green cards?

They were very rude to that womans fruitcake.

Special Effects team went hard this episode

Baby Dean We Love You Please Stop Idolising Your Dad

A suprisingly wholesome episode considering 5 minutes ago they were getting tortured and murdering an old couple with trees

E9 - Lets Join A Bookclub!

Why use witchcraft to live the best life when you can use it to cheat at knitting competitions

"I need a few minutes to freshen up" *proceeds to fall victim to a pagan ritual in the bathroom*

This is what women are doing when they go to the bathroom together btw

When the "CDC" are asking if your wife had enemies you know your in trouble

Who hasn't sadly eaten a burger in their car after their wife got hexed to death via her teeth

So we apparently can do torture and beheadings just fine but draw the line at teeth and maggots

Girlie got wolverined. Hugh Jackman is a demon

At least this witch was an aesthetic note taker

Dean during all ritual investigations:

Honestly bookclub sounds fun as hell

The housewives using devil worship to participate in the most milquetoast activities

They're giving Desperate Housewives

You know what award winning crochet probably does need demon interference

These demons cant even wait a couple months to get Dean. Quit trying to kill him he's on a repayment plan

Asking a demon to lower your mortgage is real and relatable

Why do all the demons in this show end up with fuckass haircuts (not you Ruby your perfect <3)

"voted off island" Love Island: Coven Edition when??

Gay demons?? Please??

DEMON LORE: Humans turn to demons uh oh. So they aren't fallen angels? Or some are? Is there a hierarchy?? Can't wait for Dadchester to come back in season 38 as a demon

Big Demon Lady is real bad at controlling her Demon Kids

Final Bookclub girl was trying her best and we respect that

They keep describing Sam as "almost there" with being able to hunt by himself but buddy spends at least 10% of every episode pinned to a wall asking Dean to shoot someone

E10 - Bobby Our Beloved <3

Putting all our emotional stakes into a side character is bold considering this shows history

New Bobby lore??

If Bobby dies this is becoming a TinTin watchalong blog instead

Drunk Sam is saaadddd

Bobby being actually intelligent and hiding his insane conspiracy board somewhere else

Dean buddy your brother is becoming an alcoholic cuz you keep running off into danger. Please Stop

Shout out to this doctor for drugging up random students??

Bobby keeps fighting damn right that's our emotional support hunter

BRITISH GIRL IS CALLED BELE?? We have not been paying attention to her name

Even Brit loves Bobby

Cannot stress enough that the editors are killing it this season

Sammy dont split up. You are literally never fine when you go off by yourself

RIP Bobby's wife. Join the fridge club sweetie

Sam is having a chill garden walk while Dean watches Bobby have a breakdown

BOBBY YOURE A DAD IF YOU LIKE IT OR NOT

48 hours awake and Dean is still driving the car....

Mr Repression and Mr Emotional Wreck go spelunking in Deans psyche

Dreamon??

Dean vs Dean who will win

Sam once again getting got the moment he's alone

YES DEAN FINALLY SAID IT. JOHN SUCKS AND YOU'RE RIGHT TO HATE HIM

Sometimes beating yourself up is free therapy

Daddy issues meets daddier issues

E11 - When Tomorrow is This Morning Again

Time is a flat circle and some circles are smaller than others

Their toothpaste tube is genuinely rank

One of us had this episode spoiled by Tiktok. A time loop of ones own perhaps

In this episode the boys investigate the Mystery Shack

Owner dude is completely unbothered that he just killed a guy

Roll End Credits. It was a good run

Groundhog day but with slightly less creepy love story

Not a dingo ate my baby joke....

Immediate damage control from Dean about how cool his deaths must be

This show is slowly devolving into becoming the Loony Tunes

One day the boys will learn CPR and the Heimlich Manoeuvre and like 60% of their problems will be solved

Hey Doris. Learn How To Shoot Doris. You Have Bad Aim Doris

Dean immediately using the time loop to die and flirt

I too would pet the doggo

Trickster guy returns!

Wednesday must feel so good

Dean's been double death jeopardied

Sammy buddy you doing good?

Sam answer your father. He wishes to hear from his last living son

The Bloodlust gene is dormant until Dean leaves for more than 10 minutes

Bro trickster dude is just being mean at this point. Chill out bro imagine some hot women in an empty theatre again or something

{{17% through}}

[charizardstolemynickname]

SEASON 3 EPISODE 1 REACTION PART 2!!

I am a big ranter and don't shut up so I have had to make it a second part, sorry people, anyway, LETS GO

"You're family now" WELL DAMN, Hunter is just getting adopted left right and centre! As he should be, HUNTER BABY, NO DON'T CRY, god nobody has ever shown him kindness in his like, 16 years of life huh (me neither pal, me neither)

I will never get over how cute Gus and Hunter being nerds about this sci-fi book, like damn bro. BUT CAMILA, what are you hiding?! Either she wrote this book or it was her husband's

AHHH LUZ AND AMITY COSPLAYING THEIR FAVOURITE FICTIONAL GIRLFRIENDS, I am going feral, god someone be the Luz to my Amity. ALSO Azura's green hair is iconic, I will one day dye my hair that green, just you wait

THE COMPUTER WALLPAPER?! Fuckkkkkkk, they are so goals it literally hurts my soul, I am going to cry in a minute!

The costumes are so good!! However Amity's costume (I think the character's name was Hecate?) reminds me of Rosaline but with Daisy's hair colour (Mario characters if you get me) but also some other character but I have 0 idea who, I'll think about it

BUT HEY, GREEN GOOP DON'T BE ON HUNTER'S SKIN!

Oooo Belos lore! And his brother, who is barely mentioned so i am desperate to know more

THE BROTHER'S NAME WAS CALEB! FUCKING KNEW IT, but that means a lot..... Are "Grimwalkers" just a clone of Caleb? Philip's weird attempt to keep his brother? And maybe he died because of a palisman? God I don't know, BUT WAIT, BECAUSE FLAPJACK WAS AN ABANDONED PALISMAN BECAUSE OF THE BATQUEEN HAD HIM, MAYBE HE WAS CALEB'S!

OH FUCK YEAH I WAS RIGHT, however this was probably obvious considering we immediately find it out after I guessed it, damn

"Sounds like big bro got a hot witch girlfriend and little bro got upset. But, that's just me" Masha, I fucking love you

Hunter is sweating and stressing though, bless him

YEAH HUNTER WHAT THE HECK, poor flapjack, but also I get it, still feel bad for flapjack but Hunter be going through a lot, i get him

THE CUTTING THE HAIR WITH A SWORD IS SO RELATABLE, but also these video diaries being from when she was young and everything with her dad AND HER DAD LEAVING HER THE BOOK, AH

OH GOD I JUST REMEMBERED THE FIRST SCENE OF SEASON 1 WAS LUZ'S BOOK REPORT WHERE SHE BROUGHT IN A SNAKE! OHHHH God.

WOAH, Hunter is being controlled by this green goop! I swear if he turns into the Belos creature and Hunter becomes the villain I will have to sob

WOAH IS BELOS CONTROLLING HUNTER! HELL NAH DAMN IT, WE HAVE TO WATCH HUNTER BECOME THE MAYBE VILLAIN, this is horrible

WHY ARE YOU CALLING LUZ/FLAPJACK EVELYN! WASN'T THAT THE WITCH!?! FUCK

DO NOT KILL FLAPJACK YOU PIECE OF SHIT! NOOOOOOOOOO

WAIT NO HE IS ALIVE, I swear if flapjack dies I will sue the studio

CAMILA TO THE RESCUE! Woah, cool portal, but that shouldn't be what I focus on

I am not kidding, if Flapjack and/or Hunter dies, I will go insane and nobody will see me for the next 100 days

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO DON'T TURN INTO PARTICLES FLAPJACK, YOU CAN STILL LIVE, please, i swear

"Is everyone else okay?" YES YOU SELFISH PRICK, OF COURSE BUT STOP ASKING ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE

.................................... YOU MUST BE KIDDING, they wouldn't kill off flapjack right!? He comes back, I know he does. You'll see. This isn't "delusional" or "denial" IT WILL HAPPEN

"TOOK YOUR MOTHER TO THE DEMON REALM!" Again, Camila to the rescue, fucking love her, CAN'T WAIT FOR CAMILA AND EDA TO MEET

VEE MY ICON, good luck trying to be everything sweetie, I BELIEVE IN YOU!

OKAY! Episode 1 done people! That was, scary, damn. But we survived the first episode! AND nobody died! FLAPJACK DIDN'T DIE OKAY, I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL, HE SHOWS UP LATER IN THIS SEASON, I CAN TELL

[its-kall-the-clown]

finally getting around to writing something for this!!! sorry for the delay Pixel Anon!! it was just a cute idea I wanted to write something quick for it. it's not very good and ends awkwardly but I hope you like it!

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Rating: G

"You sure you won't freak out?"

The Monkie kid and His best friend sunk further back into the river demons sofa both letting out a chorus of groans.

"Yes!" Mei runs her hands down her face slowly and dramatically "we have been saying that for the last five minutes bro."

"Okay. you're right" Sandy turns to head down the hallways of the living quarters of his ship, except he pauses again and turns on his heel.

"Are you suuuure?

MK and Mei groan loudly, throwing their hands up in the air.

"Big guy. If you don't show us what you are so worried about in the next ten seconds I might fall asleep." MK complained and tossed a pillow at the blue chest of the demon where it bounces off comically.

"Okay, you're right."

Sandy finally left down the hallway to where it was known where his room was located, the two teens wait with bated breath before the gentle padding of feet alerts them of Sandy's return.

"Come on out. It's okay." Sandy whispers gently just out of view of MK and Mei crane their heads trying to see what he's talking to. Another cat?

Instead of a cat Sandy comes around with his hand hanging low enough for a small toddler to hold it.

MK let out a gasp and it startled the toddler hiding behind Sandy.

"Is that…"

"Huntsman?!"

The small boy is no doubt one of the spider queen's right-hand man, or right-hand demon. The features, although much younger, were unmistakably the same spider demon.

He had the same purple hair, although shorter was pulled back into a small ponytail, he wore a black toddler-sized t-shirt and black jogger pants that were scented with green athletic stripes down the side.

He looked like a normal toddler, with small hands and oversized blinking eyes that peeked shyly from behind Sandy's leg.

"What happened? " MK breathes out his eyes flitting over the smaller frame of the once-mighty spider demon.

Sany rubs the back of his neck “A spell as far as I can tell.” He reaches down gently to pick up the bitty huntsman who goes easily into the larger demons' arm who holds them on his hip like they weigh nothing.

“And why is he here of all places?” Mei asked rubbing her chin suspiciously which makes the toddler duck their head into Sandy’s chest.

Sandy rubs their back gently as if trying to keep them calm under the glare of the dragon girl. “I found him wandering the streets when I went out for cat food. Poor thing was just as confused as I was.” Sany chuckles lightly setting the spider demon back down onto the floor who is greeted by a few cats that eagerly clamor for the boy.

They surrounded the child as if they were excited that they are set back on their level, all rubbing up against the biy and begging for attention. This was extremely weird because MK always pictured the demon to NOT be a cat person or an animal person in general.

And yet here the demon was, petting the cats while cooing “kitties!” and scratching them behind the ears gently while a wide smile spread across the demon's face. Honestly, it was such a 180 from how MK knew the demon.

Huntsman was normally a vicious, deadly hunter, he fought against the Monkie kid and gang on several occasions by the spider queen's side. MK had the displeasure of facing off against him when he was trying to save the city from being crushed by the giant dumpling with Tang.

And yet here they were. Chubby arms and big eyes as they gently pet the soft ears of a tabby cat with the tenderness of someone who gently enjoyed the company of small furry creatures and probably could be knocked on their butt by the force of one rubbing against his leg.

“He seems to have regressed his memory as well as his age.” Sandy explains kneeling to the floor, joining the toddler in petting a few therapy cats. “So he is no threat, but he's lost and confused, the spell is weak, I can sense the magic waning. Its likely it will fade in a day or two and he will be back to normal” Sandy looks up at both Mei and MK with pleading eyes.

Now the two understand why he was so nervous, Sandy had intentions of keeping Huntsman in his care until the spell wore off. He was in a way, asking for permission from them to keep the bitsy spider demon under his care until the spell was gone.

unfortunately...MK was weak. He was weak for the big puppy dog eyes from his favorite water demon and to top it all off bitty huntsman was looking at him with big waiting eyes, either Sandy taught him that, or being a small child just made you naturally more adorable.

In a way, MK was deeply worried this was some sort of elaborate trap weaved together by the spider queen to try and take over the city again.

But at the same time when he looked at the small spider demon that was a complete personality change who was completely helpless and at the mercy of their ‘enemy’ well...MK wasn’t heartless.

“Okay….so you are looking after him?” MK asked with a small smile that makes Sandy’s shoulders relax

“Yeah. if that is okay?” Sandy Asks again this time directly. MK nods and sticks his hands into the pockets of his jacket with a firm nod. He trusted Sandy, and more importantly, he trusted their judgment.

Plus if the shoe was on the other foot and MK was the one with an age regression curse he hoped someone would be there to look after him. Underneath Sandy’s bushy beard he can see a small smile returned.

Huntsman tugs at Sandy’s side, the water demon leans down automatically and the boy shyly whispers something into his ear. The blue gentle giant nods gently before rising back up to address the two teenagers.

“He wants to know if you want to see his room.”

MK and Mei look at each other a little hesitantly and the dragon girl shrugs.

"Sure. Why not." She also shoves her hands into her jacket pocket mirroring MK. It seemed to be the right thing to say because bitty Huntsman bounds forward grabbing either of their hand into his.

“I'll make some snacks” Sandy promises with a little wink allowing the two teens to be tugged along while sandy no doubt finds a kettle to make some tea in.

MK makes a mental note about how soft their hands were like there were tiny hairs across their whole hand and arms.

MK also made a mental note to NOT think about how he was holding a spider's hand because omg so gross ahhh so scary.

Once he suppressed his phobia long enough both he and Mei were tugged down the hallway of Sandy's living space to what WAS known as the guest room but seemed to be outfitted for the temporary guest.

A small step stool was placed by the guest bed so Huntsman could actually get into it with his small stature. A mental image that was absolutely hilarious to think about.

There were also a few stuffed animals and a cat bed that was sitting in the corner with a sleeping MO. Clearly, the cat was put on babysitting duty when Sandy was busy.

Huntsman pulls them over to a small circular carpet where he sits down and hands each of them a stuffed animal, silently requesting they play with him.

It was like having a younger brother, or maybe a shy cousin that thought you were cool but was too reserved to actually speak to them.

Mei was handed a dragon plushie, and MK was given a monkey. Mei snorted, holding up the plush shaking it lightly.

"At least he knows what suits us best." She teases with a wiggle of her eyebrows and MK can't help but throw his head back and laugh.

Huntsman's cheeks puff out clearly upset they hadn't begun playing with him yet. It was quite adorable actually. Sure Huntsman was their enemy technically, but for now, it was okay to look after the smaller younger version of the spider demon.

Sandy joins them later, bringing tea and cookies for the three, making this a weird house game they were playing so much more surreal. MK tries not to dwell on it too much when Huntsman crawls into his lap to enjoy his cookies.

Yeah...best not to think about it too hard.

[diazpatcher]

s15 let's go.

I'm.not ready to end the show but fuck I wanna see how it ends

I forgot that Cas still has his powers so that caught me off guard lol

what the fuck?????????????????????

"he didn't deserve this" a minute ago you were ready to kill him 😐

"I wouldn't starve 😐" CAS I LOVE YOU

Cas just doing this 🧍‍♂️ while Dean and an injured sam try to find a way out of the mausoleum 💀

JACK????????????? HELP WHAT 💀

"I'd do the whole eyes thing but uh, no eyes" lmao bestie go off 💅

"with that stupid dumb trenchcoat"💀

s15 is starting off strong 💪

"were twinsies" the gen z slang is finally there

loving that Demon already

oh those poor girls

so, it's s1 but 10 times worse.

Crowley Jr.😞😭

"big bag of salt" "and a human heart."🧍‍♂️

"Sam" WHY IS HIS HAND SO.CLOSE TO HIS CROTCH.

"move your exquisite ass, please."

DEANS HELL.MENTIONED "it was art." BRO

"You shoot me.😐"

Rowena wanting to fuck Ketch slay

DEAN RECOGNIZING CAS FOOTSTEPS 🫠

Mom come pick me up the angel and the hunter are fighting help

"We'd call it live." BABES "we ran our own moves"

Why is it giving divorce era 😔

"That we actually had a choice" Just fuck already.

"Whag about all of this is real. We are." AHGGGAGGG

Ketch wanting to fuck Rowena is also such a mood

KEVIN???????? what is this season 💀

Chuck is so embarrassing help. and Amara smelling his bs and knowing he wants something big sister go off

Dean knowing that fake Jack is behind him is so !!!!! baby you're so smart

THAT WHAT

"typically minellial" lmao

"souls go down to hell, heaven can't take em." BESTIE YOU CANT JUST SAY THAT

s15 is so weird 🤨

WHAT IS THIS FLIRTINT EMBARASSING HELP why is ketch grunting like that 😣

ofcourae Rowena knows Jack the ripper 🫠

KETCH NO he died cause he was horny

"Mr. Ketch." 👀

Kevin the soul catcher 😭

Are they sacrificing Keving once again, Ah no. okay.

The demon is so funny I love him <3

Cas not being able to heal ketch, did did Dean use God's gun.....

Belthagor I keep forgetting his name. 😔

Amara being done with Chuck is so funny. Amara go off queen 💅

But what I don't get is if Chuck can do anything why can't he just make another Amara... like a different Amara

Episode 3

Rowenas plan sounds nice but idk it can't be that easy..

Belthagor constantly yawning cause hes bored I love that for him

Rowenas pretty eyes <3

Oh no. no no Rowena????????????

Rowena being scared is so scary cause she is immortal 😔

Dean acting like he doesn't have a flask on him lmao

tbh atp I would kill myself if i was in spn

Wait, don't ghosts turn into demons after a while in hell.....

Rowena and Sam <3 MY SWEET BABIES 😭😭😭😭

Dean's gun <3

Dean being a soldier through and through SOMEBODY SEDATE ME I BEG

Ghostpacolypse LMAO "glorified fanboy" DEAN 😭 💀💀

"You don't have eyes" 😡

Liliths WHAT

ARE THEY GOING TO HELL OMG

Healing spell <3 babes I lovey youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

"DIBS ON SAMUEL" WITH THAT LOOK 🫣🫣🫣

oh it's gonna be Dean again isn't it....

"Yeah Cas will go, you've been to hell before" news flash Dean, all of you have

Is, is belthagor evil? ....

KETCH NO.

Cas going to hell not knowing if he's gonna come back....

ARE WE FINALLY GONNA SEE HELL

Cas and Bel DEAN YOU PETNAME LOVER

FINALLY HELL OMG

"I wanted your company" 🥹 Kill me now.

"Sam and Dean are using you, don't mistake that for caring about you." KILL ME NOW

CAS????????????????????????????????

enochian in hell???????? omg

Belthagor is giving major evil guy

"It's not working🧎‍♀️" lmao "their verses Cas I think they need to be sung😃"

AND WE DONT GET TO HEAR IT ARE YOU SHITTING ME RN

"You're voice is like an angel" 😃

CAS BABY NO.

I KNEW IT I KNEW HE WAS EVIL.

"heard there was a vacancy" lmaoooooo

Dean actually getting away unscathed is this real?????

SAMWENA HOLDING HANDS KILL ME

Cas you have to go please. please please. NO. NO no

QAIT NO. No IS THIS.

JACK?????????? WHAT WHAT WHAT. omg. Cas having to kill his son KILL ME NOW.

anytime anyone on this show cries all I hear is "pretty when you cry."

ROWENA No. NO NO No. PLEASE NO. PLEASE BABY NO. "death is an infinite vessel."

"Because dear," KILL ME NOW

I BEG PLEASE. "AND IT HAS TO BE YOU THAT KILLS ME."

"I don't care about anything enough to take my own life." HELP ME.PLS

Why WHY GOD WHY. Oh no. ROWENA NO.

I CANT EVEN TBINK WHAY FBE FUCK.

Also Dean parenting Sam once again im.gonma chew off my arm

Destiel Divorce era 😞

"Why is that something always seem to be you " I DISNT WANT TO BREATH ANYWAY "you used to trust me." KILL.ME

"my powers are failing and you don't even care. I'm.dead to you." KILL ME WHILW YOUR AT IT WHAYVTHE FUCK

IM PHYSICALLT UNWEL THIS IS THW WORST

lowkey Dean looks so good in thay last shot omg

i caved and started watching supernatural and Jesus fucking christ why are they so funny

[denialcity]

i think you haven't talked about this yet (at least, i can't find it if you have) but what is kunimi and izuna's relationship like?

i imagined they'd be close since 1. they're twins and 2. iirc izuna and hako are the ones who release those who fall into kunimi's nightmare genjutsu but then apparently izuna feels neglected by all his bros except madara. poor kid.

Complicated!

 As young kids they were really close, as you'd expect from twins. Kunimi's nightmare thing is a sharingan anomaly SPECIFICALLY developed bc he wanted to protect Izuna when they were both captured by bloodline hunters so he cares for Izuna very intensely. They know they’re on each other’s side on a subconscious level, when Kunimi manifests his nightmare, Izuna always appears right next to Kunimi whereas other people fight from outside in. 

But a point of tension is that Kunimi refuses to rely on Izuna, since Kunimi is the older twin and therefore theoretically supposed to be Izuna's protective older brother. Izuna can only get Kunimi out of his nightmares sometimes, and other times just gets trapped in as well (vs Hako and their mother, who can get Kunimi out every time bc his subconscious views them as safe and invincible). 

Also, Kunimi ends up trying to avoid Izuna for Izuna's own protection more and more as they get older. Izuna knows why Kunimi is doing it, but he's still upset that A: Kunimi is avoiding him at all, and B: Kunimi doesn't listen when Izuna says he wants to be there even if he does get trapped too.

So Izuna knows that Kunimi would like to be close to him (which is better than Taka and Hako, who Izuna thinks don't even want that, and to be fair he's right about Taka) but they still rarely spend time together, especially once Kunimi comes of age and moves out to live away from the rest of the Uchiha so that he stops randomly disabling a bunch of the clan with no warning.

Once Kunimi has medicine they start hanging out and rebuilding their relationship, but there's still a lot of angst for both of them around what they could have had if things had been different.

[guerilla935]

My Favorite Fishing in Video Games Where Fishing is Not Core Game Play

A really awesome surprise for me is always to boot up a game that is full of action and suspense to be introduced to a fishing side activity. I have toiled away at fishing in games for hundreds of hours at least. It has gotten so bad in some instances that my friends have asked me why I haven’t just taken the plunge into real fishing. It’s definitely because that is a lot of work and in real life I don’t catch a fish every 30 seconds. They have also wondered why I don’t just play a fishing simulator like Planet Fishing (Shout out to Planet Fishing that’s a great game). And that’s where I have to think for a while. Fishing while you have better things to do like save the world is very special. You aren’t fishing because it’s the objective of the game or because that’s why you are there, you are fishing because it’s fun and maybe you need a break to swing a fishing rod instead of a sword. And then you can stop, and get back to fighting or whatever the rest of the game entails. Below are games that have fishing in them for mostly no reason at all. I have shamelessly spent way to long with my bait in these waters and absolutely loved every second of it and I hope that you (the reader) can find a lot of relaxation in these waters as well.

Pokemon Series

Since the very first Pokemon game there has been fishing. You get the old rod from some guy and then you are free to fish up as many goldfishes that you want hoping that one of them will grow up to be a 21 foot tall dragon. Pokemon has combined their fishing with their main game play and makes you at least start a battle with the fish you drag onto shore. Now fishing in Pokemon is pretty subpar mainly because a single Pokemon game hasn’t really been known to have more than a handful of Pokemon that you can fish for. Also if you are looking for a strong water type Pokemon you could do a lot better than fishing for it. Typically a Pokemon player will fish about 5-10 times total. And although fishing for Pokemon isn’t all that great it has been in every game for over 20 years and that is pretty impressive. It’s a small detail that makes the world of Pokemon feel like a real world of wild creatures.

Sonic Adventure DX

In Sonic Adventure DX you are given the choice to play as a lot of different characters, one of which is named Big the Cat. Most of the characters are combat characters that rely on speed and attacks to get through levels, some even wielding rocket launchers and extremely oversized hammers. However when you start the story of Big the Cat you are thrown in a completely opposite direction. Big the Cat is a giant purple cat who lives in the jungle with his best friend Froggy. Froggy accidentally swallows one of the most powerful objects in the Sonic universe and Big the Cat must chase him all over the world trying to fish him out of where he is hiding so that he can eject the Chaos Emerald out of him and they can return to their life in the jungle. The fishing mechanics in this game actually are really good and this is probably because Sega had just put out a series of mildly successful Bass fishing games before releasing this game. Either way its absolutely hilarious that Big the Cat gets to defeat Chaos 6 right before Super Sonic has his showdown with Chaos Perfect.

Final Fantasy XV

In Final Fantasy XV you play as Noctis and his favorite hobby is fishing. When I first played this game I sped through it and never fished once and reached the end of the game never indulging Noctis in his hobby. When I replayed Final Fantasy XV I fished for 50 hours and then ejected the disc from my console. The fishing in Final Fantasy XV is surprisingly deep with a lot of the vendors supporting what you could call a fishing road trip. In the game it is extremely dangerous to be out at night so I would plan day trips to lakes to maximize the amount of fishing I would get to do. I would prepare days in advance to make sure I could afford the trip and that I had enough supplies to both protect myself at the lake and have enough supplies to last the whole day. Final Fantasy XV really is a game about getting really distracted and fishing is probably its best distraction. My days on the lake were the perfect balance of peaceful and rewarding, this game offers an awesome reward of well planned trips and a good haul of fish.

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Final Fantasy XIV is the only game I have ever played where the fishing played exactly like its combat. When you are fighting enemies in a dungeon in FFXIV you are constantly adding buffs, landing hits, using consumables, and managing resource bars. When you are fishing in FFXIV you are constantly adding buffs, landing hits, using consumables, and managing resource bars. Note you are doing so at a much more leisurely and less life threatening pace but you are still doing it. I never maxed out the fisher class but I got it into the expansion content which was a really long and relaxing experience. Yet another Final Fantasy title where the real meat of the game is in getting distracted. When you fish you also sell on a player market that fluctuates based on market price just like real fish. You get the relaxing fishing side of the game and also an aggressive economic number crunching side as well. I spent way too long with a real pen and paper deciding how much I should sell for on any particular day and bossing around my two cat girl employees.The MMO aspect of the game adds so much to what you would expect to be a very solitary experience.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Have you ever gone fishing for hours to receive an empty bottle? That is exactly what kick started my addiction to fishing in Twilight Princess. An empty bottle in Twilight Princess means another way to heal yourself, another way to add oil to a lantern, another way to carry useless water around. The only way to get the 4th bottle in the game is to go to a dedicated fishing spot and fish until you pulled it out of the pond. The actual fishing is pretty weird, it involves motion controls which I still am not entirely sure what they do or how to properly use them but it is really fun to hold the pole in gyroscope and set the lure in the water waiting for fish to come get a nibble. Although the physics with the water make it difficult to see if you have actually gotten a bite or not it still is enjoyable the other 85% of the time it works.

Stardew Valley

So this one is at the top of every other “fishing in games” list and there is a big reason for that. It’s really good. I think in my first Stardew Valley farm I gave up farming entirely and fished all day every day and stopped to buy food to replenish my energy and go back at it. I really didn’t care about getting rich or making enough money to expand the farm or get to know everyone I actually spent about 50 hours just fishing. The fishing takes some skill and a pretty keen eye but the random jerks of the fish and the rhythm of the game play are so fun to try to master. It’s a part of Stardew Valley that I felt like I was continuously improving on as time went on and it was really fun. I mean I don’t recommend it because you’ll end up moderately poor but it was really fun.

Fantasy Life

Fantasy Life offers you 12 potential jobs, you could be a brilliant blacksmith or a devious potions maker, a lumberjack or a knight, a hunter or a seamstress. However your inner dad is calling and you decide you want to play through a fantasy RPG as a fisherman, hell yeah. the story is relatively short so you can quickly unlock a lot of locales to fish at and there is a manageable economy system that lets you deal in fish in advantageous ways. You can even pick up cooking on the side and make fancy dinners and sell the fish for higher you can do that as well. Fantasy Life is like a clever mix between Animal Crossing and Final Fantasy XIV and it kind of succeeds and falls short of it. The fishing also takes a good amount of skill and rhythmic approach to master so it doesn’t get boring almost at all until you have cleared the game.

Maple Story 2

Maple Story 2 is one of the most expressive and cutest games that I have ever played. And the fishing is no different, its all about style. The fishing in Maple Story 2 is monotonous and can get old but you do it for the chibi clout. Because much like the rest of the game you can look however you want and do whatever you want and sometimes you just feel like kicking back and throwing lure in the water at the beach. I never got super into the fishing in this game but it won me over with its adorable design and stylish atmosphere.

Animal Crossing Series

Of course I had to include the most popular game right now. Animal Crossing has become something of a connection between people when we can’t leave the house. A thing we all have in common on social media and with our friends. My first experience with Animal Crossing really starts with New Horizons and I was completely blown away. The fishing isn’t super complex or difficult but the range of what you can pull out of the water and what you can do with it is absolutely breathtaking. For a game about cartoon people living with humanoid cartoon animals the fish looking photo realistic. And the museum where they can be kept is stunning. The museum looks like it was designed to capture the feel of being in a museum and matches the design of all the great real life aquariums and observatories. Although it is a bit frustrating when your rod breaks it is easy enough to make one (or worst case buy one) to get your bait back in the water.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Tell me I’m wrong, you can’t. Isabelle getting added to Smash brought a very powerful fishing move that isn’t practical all the time but is really funny. Wouldn’t recommend this game if you are looking to relax and fish but I do recommend hooking your friend with a fish hook and send them flying off screen if you had to.

Minecraft

I have a very special role in Minecraft when I join a friends server. A role that I assign to myself. While everyone is off getting awesome swords, spelunking for diamonds, and exploring the infinite landscape, I build a small wooden shack and I set up a farm with an irrigation canal and start fishing. A steady supply of food is necessary and while I’m hanging out with my friends in a server I’m happy to be the one to provide it. The fishing in this game is probably the slowest of all the ones on this list but is the most useful. just throwing the fish in the oven creates food that can help keep you and your companions alive for a long time. I think I definitely have my limits with Minecraft fishing and I couldn’t do it for hours on end it is rewarding to set up shop and find a nice place to settle down for a few hours to fish.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

This is the only Tactical RPG in this post. Fire Emblem: Three Houses has sections between combat where you can go and talk to your students and do other activities. We aren’t here to discuss other activities though we are here for the fishing. The fishing allows you to catch fish for some reason that I’m sure is good but never intrigued me enough to learn. All I know about the fishing in Fire Emblem: Three Houses is that it’s fun. I started to bust through combat just so that I could get back to fishing. The funniest part about this one is that the fish has a health bar. Pressing the A button at the exact moment finds a way to become easier and still find ways to mess you up. Either way, I’m not that interested in tactical RPGs but I heard there was fishing in this game so I had to play it and it was worth it.

Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

In Jak & Daxter, Daxter gets turned into a small animal by dark eco while exploring a dangerous island off the shore of his home with his best friend Jak. To get back to the island to investigate, the pair have to borrow a boat owned by a fisherman who is troubled by an invasive species of poisonous eel that is ruining his haul. He asks Jak to catch fish for him without catching any eels. This fishing mini game can only be done once but it is going to either be something you think is very unique or a huge waste of time. All I’ll say is that the sound that the fish makes when it goes into the net is absolutely a reward in itself it is so satisfying. But anyways, more intense than some other options here but get it done so you can get back to absorbing eco powers and jumping on stuff.

Shovel Knight

Shovel Knight is a 2D action platformer but you can also fish. And you fish for the best kind of fish, money. You can get some other stuff too like health pickups and magic replenishers but we know what you want. You see that little glint and you pop out the fishing rod and pull out those money bags. If you are devoted enough you can even get a surprise from the Troupple King (long live his highness) if you fish out the right stuff. I don’t even know if I fished all that much when I played Shovel Knight but it’s hilarious that you can.

NieR: Automata

I did not play a lot of NieR and that’s because I was fishing. I don’t know why all I did was fish but you throw your little robot in the pond and you lean on a magical stool so honestly it was good enough for me.

Club Penguin

If you know then you know. In hind sight there really wasn’t a whole lot to do in Club Penguin but this mini game really messed me up. You basically get to move up and down, catching fish and avoiding trash and other hazards. Basically trying to do this and catch as much fish as possible to avoid having to ask your parents for real money to pay for snacks to feed a virtual ball of fluff with eyeballs. I don’t really remember how challenging it really was but I remember getting decently high scores to about like 100 fish per round so I guess it was pretty easy if I could do that at age 10.

Rune Factory 4

I’m gonna be very honest about this one and say that the fishing in Rune Factory 4 is basically just Animal Crossing fishing but more anime. The fish react to the pole the same, the fish almost look the same, and the buttons to respond are the same. What makes this one special is where you can take it. You can fish in the little moat in town, in the lake, in a dungeon full of monsters, in a lake that is eternally the season fall, anywhere. You are constricted by the boundaries of Stardew Valley and that is how much energy you have and how much time you have in the day. It’s still fun to fish but I wish that they had used their fun fantasy setting to give the ability to fish up some cool made up fish instead of strictly things that exist in real life.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Ok, diving, fishing, same thing. Diving in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is just fishing with your whole body. It works a lot in the same way as Pokemon where you fish up monsters to fight and get the rewards from them. It is a completely optional activity however if you decide to undertake the grind of scavenging in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 then you will never hurt for money ever again. It makes my wonder why Rex stopped being a salvager to do odd jobs because this was PROFITABLE. The main incentive is that there are spots that spawn a certain enemy that drop cores. Cores are like gacha or loot boxes that contain new anime girl partners that deal huge damage in fights. They even have their own side quests and story lines. I spent maybe 30 hours grinding before giving up on this game and while it does become tiresome I really enjoyed the random rewards of possibly getting a new companion or a really cool weapon.

It’s been tossed around that every great RPG has fishing in it. I won’t argue that point but a lot of great RPGs certainly do have fishing in them. Everyone needs a break sometimes and fishing is the perfect activity to remind us to stop and take that break. Even games can get long and without these distractions it might be so much harder to complete these harrowing tasks. Don’t forget to take breaks and just enjoy the sound of the water every once in a while because there’s no rush playing video games.

Honorable Mentions:

Kingdom Hearts: Sora fishing with his bare hands on Destiny Island

Persona 4: Weird aqueduct fishing

Persona 5: Marina fishing life

Sea of Thieves: A pirates life for me