#He should have been canceled

[dinomcstabby]

Out of Context Quotes From My APES Teacher

Our class calls him Benny and he's a terrible teacher and we all hate him ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Everyone is inherently racist

Hard and dry and crusty

...Because it's really hard

She didn't go to collage. She just bred rats

And I was like oh man!

Ukraine equals bread

Dark, rich, and kinda black

Turd nuggets

Brrrrr it is frigid

You don't want to use this one because it's BLUE

We're not going to drink the dawn

It should only go up to your waist… unless you’re a midget

NO! REALLY?!

There was this PIT of DESPAIR

What if your kid fell down the hill and drowned? That would suck

*Response to a large paragraph explaining issues:* ok

Mental retardation, which probably isn’t the proper term anymore

You know what’s really fun? Throwing them in the dumpster and watching them explode

The only thing that was wrong was that the hot dogs were bloated

You’re going to kill a bunch of eagles

It’s always fun getting injected

Basically they pickled themselves

And then they come out of your butt at night and you get an itchy butt

Make sure you drink a lot of Windex

D for everyone’s favorite grade

Yay disease

You might have the ‘rrhea

I’ll tell you a story about my head

My head has a bunch of weird stuff on it

It’s full of nasty stuff I like, set on fire

I’m Pablo

Pablo’s Ark

You can go around and shoot them

Aw, look at the snakeheads! They’re so slimy, I wanna touch them

I’m a corndog! And we were like, you’re stupid

He’s probably on the spectrum

[damiel-of-real]

that fucking flower i hate

[l0ved-by-d3ath]

“Goodbye my friend, it’s hard to die.”

“Goodbye papa please pray for me.”

[moeblob]

What if I straight up didn't explain myself? What if I just said trust me on this? Would you?

[yurrrsssss-ghoul]

Just to spite those kinds of batfam 'fans' that say Damian is a gremlin child, I like to hc that Bruce was the gremlin child growing up.

Like in a public setting or something, someone has the mistake of saying that Damian was a gremlin child and immediately someone from Bruce's generation corrects them that actually that's tame. At least this youngest child of Brucie only snapped at them when annoyed, Brucie bit people when he was younger.

Alice couldn't help but to grumble her way as she stomped towards her group of friends— her supposed 'cliques,' as some would suggest— face red with anger and her hair, once pristine and well-kept, somewhat disheveled. Her heels clicked rather loudly, echoing the enormous room, but it was drowned with others' idle chatters.

How dare he! How truly dare he!

That baby Wayne!

All she did was say something about the boy. Sure, it might've come across as hurtful, but it was an honest thought! She didn't expect the boy to be so— so— outrageous by it, so much so that he said she looked like a baby the doctors know experienced fetal alcohol syndrome.

And he said with a completely monotonous voice, somehow being able to deadpan and sneer at her. Seriously, what a freak! Who does that?

"Alice! Alice darling!" A woman called out to her, probably because she saw how disgruntled she had looked as she hastily made her way towards the bathroom for a quick touch up. The woman was dressed rather boldly for her age, though she strides rather confidently towards the woman regardless. "My, don't you look stressed. What on Earth happened?".

Seizing the opportunity, Alice immediately opens her mouth and complains.

"It's the Wayne kid!" She cried out, her face contorted into fury as she gestured at the kid subtly; even with a few more feet added between them, Alice could still feel the kid glaring daggers into the back of her head. "He's so sure, don't you think?".

"Damian, wasn't it?" The old woman asked, before her voice booms and a chorus of rich-sounding laughter erupted from her mouth when Alice nodded, "Oh! Isn't that boy such a darling one?".

What?

"What—? No!" Alice shook her head, "He's a darling one? Please! He's nothing like Brucie!".

And suddenly the air went still.

The old woman, once so cheery and full of laughter, only stares at Alice with a silent fury. A kind of a thousand yard stare you'd give to someone so horrendously misinformed, it genuinely offended you.

"Dear girl," the woman spoke after what feels like eternity, "You do not want Damian to be anything like his father."

__________

I couldn't help myself lol.

People who genuinely believe that Damian would go around and bite have been completely fooled by WFA. That boy is an angel. Sure, he might have the tongue of a serpent, but God knows how better he is compared to Bruce by a wide margin.

I also do a lot of things to spite those BatFam fans who insisted that the BatFam are barely tolerating Damian/looking for many ways to 'humble' Damian/thinks that the BatFam are the best thing that has ever happened to him.

For example, that one discourse where 'Damian is the only one Bruce didn't choose to love/is stuck into loving' out of the virtue being his only biological son.

I would say that Damian could choose to leave. I would say that whenever Damian says anything about being the 'blood son' (he hasn't for years now, and only said it like twice) it's more or less to convince himself into staying because FUCK if these people are annoying. I would make Damian leave and stay with his mom because if these people don't want him around, fuck if he wanted to stay.

[ktlurksforsomereason]

A few new thoughts + theories about obxanon and Rudy's departure

I keep seeing the same angry, recycled theories on obxtwitter without a lot of critical thought, which like fine, people are mad, I get it. But I've been really trying to take my emotions out of the situation and just consider how this could realistically have happened, and I have a few theories that I want to put out there.

I think #obxanon is Lilah Pate, OR someone very very close to Lilah or the Pates. Why do I think this? For one, #obxanon mentions Lilah far too much. Like I'm sorry, she's just not that important lol. She's a nepotism baby riding on daddy's coattails, and she was not a major player in any of the bts drama until #obxanon mentioned her specifically in their first (now deleted) post. #Obxanon also seems to know a lot about the personal relationships between cast members, far more than a crew member or a producer might know (specifically in the way they describe Rudy and Madison's history/feelings towards each other). This tells me #obxanon is someone who personally spent time with the cast, especially in the s1 era. Finally, in a previous post, I've talked about how #obxanon is very bias against Rudy and for the Pates. I believe SOME of the facts they present (a lot of it is bullshit and opinions), but I think whoever is behind that account has personal anger towards Rudy and Elaine, especially Elaine. #Obxanon mentioned personal conflict between Elaine, the Pates, and LILAH. Why is that even important? Because Lilah thinks she's important, and Lilah is #obxanon.

2. In saying this, I think #obxanon's first post in August leaking JJ's death was an intentional move by the Pates (and maybe Netflix) to sus out how audiences would feel about JJ dying. I just can't believe that Netflix/HR wouldn't be cracking down on every single person who could know this information if they weren't already allowing it to be leaked. Like the first post? Huge leak of insider info. But ok, JJ death theory was gently leaked during Morocco filming so maybe not a drastic break of HR policy. But the second post after s4 part 2 dropped? And continuing to post answers to fan questions up until very recently? There's just no way. Someone would be getting sued. A crew member would be out of the job. The Pates would be putting a stop to it. Unless it was intentional. Unless it was Lilah. Who wanted to

a. gently prepare audiences for JJ's death,

b. get a feel for how angry people would be, so they could edit/prepare to launch their bullshit PR "he was always gonna die" statement,

c. know whether they should renew the show for 1 or 2 more seasons, depending on how much viewership would be lost,

d. maybe even try to convince/guilt-trip Rudy into changing his mind based off of fan response? And if that last ditch effort didn't work,

e. proactively shift the blame onto Rudy to redirect fan outrage, meaning the writers/showrunners could take slightly less heat.

The show getting renewed for a 5th and final season BEFORE part 2 dropped and all hell broke loose? This tells me that they had a solid idea of how bad it might be and opted out of the original 6 season plan. They probably didn't know it would be THIS bad lol, but clearly the writers have their heads up their own asses and don't know how shit they actually are, so they underestimated big time.

And before people start saying this is a conspiracy and couldn't be PR, I really wouldn't underestimate how involved marketing teams can be, especially for a high budget #1 show on Netflix. The Pates mention all the time how they read and monitor fan feedback. Like, if the obx twitter account can interact with fans the way they do? They can definitely be sneaky about leaking info on tumblr through an anonymous yet extremely, SUSPICIOUSLY informed source.

And finally,

3. I think the reasons for Rudy leaving (and I absolutely believe that he left) are far more complicated than simply "Elaine was jealous." I think the way he handled it was messy and shitty and immature, but I've tried to theorize WHY and I've come up with a few intersecting reasons. I want to preface this with I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW. But I like trying to understand people's decisions, it makes them more human to me and allows me to move forward with empathy rather than anger. So here's what I think:

a. He and Madison were previously FWB. I can't pretend to know the timeline or why it ended. But it happened sometime in 2019/2020 and Elaine was unaware of this (or at least how strong the feelings involved were) until later on in her and Rudy's relationship. Elaine not knowing about their fwb arrangement is alluded to in multiple Deuxmoi blinds over the years. Just feels too consistent to not have some truth to it. I can see how finding this out could blindside Elaine, make Rudy feel ashamed and uncomfortable, and contribute to growing jealousy and tension throughout years that finally hit a breaking point. I'm not saying jealousy is acceptable, especially because portraying a believable Jiara romance was Rudy and Madison's JOB. Obviously the healthiest decision is either break up or make peace with it. But I think this could at least explain why Jiara upset Elaine so much. She felt lied to. Also if Rudy actually cheated on Teo, that would increase Elaine's insecurity even more (once a cheater always a cheater). AND put pressure on Rudy to prove that he won't cheat on Elaine, making him all compliant and weird n shit towards Madison. The whole thing is just messy.

b. Rudy did not want to do Jiara in the first place. He didn't even sign up for it when he joined the show. Their "chemistry" in s1 was a literal representation of Rudy and Madison's chemistry in real life, likely due to their fwb arrangement. It wasn't JJ and Kiara liking each other. It wasn't planned. (I hate how Kiara asking John B "Did you tell JJ" is literally always used as proof against this, but I always saw that as Kiara not wanting to admit she actually did like John B and wanted to keep shit on the down low until they figured it out. That's totally how it's written. But the obx writers suck and don't elaborate on that ever again, so it gets misinterpreted). Regardless, fans saw their obvious chemistry and SCREAMED for JJ and Kiara to get together. They also screamed for Rudy and Madison to get together, which was probably fun until it was awkward. But Rudy literally NEVER actually liked it as a plotline. In interviews for S1 and S2, he talks about how JJ is not ready for a relationship, maaaaybe endgame could be them hinting at getting together but he just didn't think it made sense with the storyline. And Cleo was getting written in as JJ's actual love interest. And Kiara had already kissed John B AND Pope. It was not the writer's original plan, and Rudy has said that he thinks the show should not be swayed by fan desires. Except the writers are spineless and lack creativity, so instead they chose to listen to the fans and pivot their entire storyline to make Jiara happen. Which Rudy was contractually obligated to then do. Unwillingly. For 4 seasons.

c. Outside of Jiara, Rudy hated the writing on obx. And who can blame him? Everyone hated the writing on obx. The plotline has been getting more and more unrealistic and ridiculous since S1. If there was no bts drama and JJ lived and the show was renewed for 3 more seasons, season 4 would STILL be hot smelly garbage. Rudy has been getting increasingly more and more vocal in interviews about how he hates bad writing, he respects good writing, he wants to participate in art that moves people, means something, makes a difference. He basically calls out the obx writers in that Larry Moss interview for being trash. It is absolutely implied. The fan service of Jiara and the deterioration of the plot and the absolute destruction of his character JJ who he loved dearly and put so much effort into? God, that would piss me off too. Total opposition to his values. We all heard Rudy talk about JJ's storyline in S1 interviews as a nod to trauma survivors and how respectfully he tried to portray that. Only to have the writers not give 2 shits about any of that. I can totally see why he stopped giving a shit too. By s3 interviews, he literally repeats "my job is to do what the writers tell me" over and over. Dude was done long before asking to leave s4.

4. The final tipping point? The hate that Elaine gets. I'm not defending the girl. I think the whole conflict/tension/jealousy thing is wild. Hard to know what's actually true, but I think it's fair to say she doesn't make the healthiest choices (her launching her bikini line while Rudy is getting dragged by the media and fans?....wow.) However, the absolute visceral HATE Elaine has been getting for literal years, unwavering, unfiltered, unending? No one deserves that. Especially not for the petty shit she supposedly did (the girl posted some ignorant shit as a 17 year old on facebook in 2013. Like come on, she's not Kelly Osbourne saying Latinos only clean toilets on literal live TV). You can't make me believe that hate like that for 4 years straight on every possible social media platform wouldn't impact your mental health. You can't tell me it wouldn't make Rudy hate the fans, and hate the show, and hate social media. He would feel guilty, like it was his fault. He would want to protect her. They would both be so powerless to stop it from happening. Like, it literally killed her photography career before it could begin because her social media platforms were just bombarded with hate. And not just hate, but embarrassing, cancel culture accusations. If that was my partner getting treated like that because of my job? I think I'd leave too.

All of this combined = creates a total shitshow that Rudy probably couldn't wait to get away from. He's talented. He's passionate about acting. He likely wants to do other projects while he's still young and fit and eager. OBX contracts stopped the actors from doing any other work that conflicted with obx scheduling (filming and press). That reeeeally limits their other opportunities.

So I really can't blame the guy for leaving. I just think the way he did it was shitty. If he had just told them he wanted to leave before S4 was written and already filming, I think things could have been a lot more amicable. But I guess money complicates everything. Dude probably made a good mil a year with obx, that's hard to leave.

Soooo yea. Just my theories and thoughts. I could be totally off, a lot of it is hypothetical. But I haven't seen a lot of these theories fleshed out as people talk about everything, so thought I would add my 2 cents.

[free-luigi-mangione]

the feds are fucking assholes. they made a huge deal that Karen and Avi’s motion wasnt ripe enough because there was no indictment, meanwhile they knew it was days away. scumbag move. wonder tho if this might piss off the judge, considering much of the defences motion was surrounding the grand jury process and the judge hasnt ruled over the motion yet?

-🧪

this alone infuriates me so so much. the federal state kept postponing indictments for so long and acted as though Karen's motion to preclude the death penalty was premature and unwarranted because they hadn't even been able to indict him, all while the Attorney General herself was making statements about seeking the death penalty, seemingly unaware of legal procedures and the fact that Luigi was still unindicted at that time. and when the judge presiding over the case ordered the defense to reply before the deadline when the prosecution had to seek an indictment, the prosecution suddenly took a U-turn and got an indictment out of nowhere, preventing the judge from taking any action against the grand jury proceedings, as was requested by the defense. this should be wholly illegal and it probably is, altho i'm not sure of it. but the current administration seems to not care about what's legal and what's not, so i don't think it would matter much anyways.

[petercushingscheekbones]

Idk but it really fucking angers me that people are more angry at n*** g***** and his actions because it’s resulted in good omens 3 being a single 90 minute episode instead of a full series than they were at him for sexually assaulting and coercing multiple women. Would you rather have a rapist face no repercussions and benefit from making a new full series or have him fired and get a shorter ending to a story and characters you loved?

[guideaus]

I finished Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus and I think i'd give it a solid 7. It clearly did as much as it could with the animation, which is kinda funny considering that's what originally got it cancelled in the first place, but i wasn't really a fan of the art style change and the colors.

The movie was just a tad too saturated I think for me, when i definitely remember the show having this crude, and honestly offputting (affectionately said) vibe. And it kinda ditched it's kinda ugly vibes, lol. It reminds me a bit of those PBS cartoons.

Anyways, i don't think the plot was for me, unfortunately. The two part special episodes where Zim comes close to destroying the world, but always fails, was old to me by the time i finished the show, so the movie, which came out 15 years later, wasn't exactly something I would be interested in. It was also basically a Dib pov, too, which i'm not a fan of, and they didn't even go hard on his relationship w/his dad, either.

The movie was described like this:

which kinda happens, but it's bait for Dib to drop his guard, and Zim basically does the same thing he's always done. It's not bad, but it feels like a plot for a movie we would have gotten in 2007, a year after the show was cancelled, not a plot for one more than a decade later. Idk if this is too much to ask, but i remember kinda feeling bad for how dumb zim was in the show with how much he tried to get the Tallests' attention, so I was hoping something would eventually change, and this description got my hopes up, but no, it was just a joke 😭 I even kept hoping maybe in the last quarter of the movie, it'd change, and it'd focus on Zim disengaging from the tallest somehow.

The movie also noticeably recycled a lot of jokes from the show in a way that felt like way more than a simple call back or reference, and more like they couldnt think of a new joke for zim, gir, or gaz to say.

Time passed irl, and the movie references that, too, yet Dib immediately fixes himself, zim's inability to change isnt really acknowledged, and Professor Membrane, who seemingly is set up to finally acknowledge Dib's goals, in the end doesn't really change, either. It also made use of Tak's ship, which felt frustrating since she seemed to be teased a lot in the end of the series, without ever showing up, so her actually showing up here would have been interesting. I think basically the only thing that changes in this movie is the Tallest (and the irken empire?) dying in the end.

So... I feel like it's nice it exists, but it definitely cut the original show's gritty aesthetic, and nothing really definitive came from this. It feels like more of the same, specifically the parts i liked the least about the series, so I didn't exactly feel like I gained too much after seeing this. I loved Gir, but even he reused old jokes, which felt frustrating after it was noticeable.

[royharperlargenaturals]

read the final issue of Hellblazer Dead in America and confidently say this is the worst fucking slop since milligan's run. oh my god.

[littleplantfreak]

thinking abt wind breaker boys and their customer service/phone voices because I know how different mine was when i was a secretary

[infinifi]

But did mans look happy? Was mans being silly? Did mans smile a lot?

[fruitless-vain]

Today was scary

[zahri-melitor]

Look, one of the fundamental things I keep an eye on for DC writers these days is "is this person plotting a story arc that has sufficient escape valves in case of cancellation".

Because, realistically, even if you've been handed a headline title and an ongoing run, any writer should be tying off their story every 12 months and immediately before every major company-wide event. They shouldn't need to yank that cord, but you can always tell the difference between someone who has figured out how to exit their arc in advance and has just had to compress the story, and someone who's been caught on the hop (for active examples of this, go read literally any comic leading in to either Infinite Crisis or Flashpoint, as everyone got shuffled on their titles after both. You can see when teams were informed they were about to lose their books and when books were needed for the event in terms of how the stories all suddenly pivot to Getting Stuff Done ASAP).

There is also the evil cousin, 'run extended beyond expected plotting and ideas' which can show up but obviously is a rarer beast to spot.

[charmwasjess]

Typing the words "the thing about the Acolyte being canceled..." into my drafts and then closing the window so hard it slams on my fingers, crushing them, finally ending my wretched takes

[comradecowplant]

so Ivanova is nearly killed off, saved by actually killing off sweet baby space legolas, and now she's left anyway? AND my boy lennier is going off to "find himself" too? mkay.