#and I have Questions

[zeldurz-art]

@wispsofwhimsy’s post about a Fox + Alpha-17 fix-it came across my dash and has not left my brain since

[swan2swan]

HELLO EVERYONE.

I am not caught up on Despicable Me lore.

Can anyone explain to me why the kids look the same as they did in the first movie? With an explanation that ISN'T marketing. That's what the minions are for.

He adopted them in the first one, had some shenanigans in the second, fell in love in the third, and between the third and fourth, they made a baby.

Was there an Instant-Baby Ray that put the kid out quickly after a shotgun wedding, and all of this has taken place over the span of one year? Did the kids get hit with a time-stop ray and get eternal youth? Are they kid clones? Did they get regressed in the third one?

The old one should be an upper teen by now, right? And the fluffy-loving one should be just about to become moody? Or an older kid?

You're telling me we don't get coming-of-age in these movies? That's a privilege! A joy! A new plot hook! It sets up dating plotlines! And "why don't you like kiddie stuff" plotlines! And eventually "going to college" plotlines!

Is it because they're cartoons?

Time passes!

What is the explanation???????

[icy-book]

Why are all Le'Garde's sprites in the Termina game files

[mistythedritten]

Okay, I have watched the trailer

…

Those mobs are wack and I feel like they could have chosen a better Steve, but it seems like it will be mediocre in a way that will be entertaining.

Those mobs though

They wack

[cevans-is-classic]

I've seen it all now

[yuttikkele]

hey gamers I’ve started watching star trek does anyone else see the romantic tension between captain kirk and mr. spock

[goldensunset]

if someone is talking about how much they love their parents do not jump in and start venting about your issues with your parents. if someone is venting about their issues with their parents do not jump in and start talking about how much you love your parents. peace and love amen swag city

[aroaceleovaldez]

i had a thought of "do people not know what AUs are anymore?" and then i remembered nobody explains fandom stuff to new people anymore so it is entirely plausible people genuinely don't know what AUs are and nobody has explained it to them, so for today's lucky 10,000:

"AU" stands for "Alternate Universe" or "Alternative Universe" (same difference) and is basically any thought scenario for a fandom that isn't canon and can't fit within the canon universe. If it takes place in the canon universe but something is notably different, that is typically what's known as a "Canon divergent AU," because it diverges from canon.

an AU can be absolutely anything. There's a couple of widespread pan-fandom au scenarios that often get thrown around, like coffee shop aus, genderbend aus, hanahaki aus (hanahaki is a whole thing in itself i'd recommend researching on your own), etc. One you might hear sometimes is "crossover AU" which is when you have characters from one fandom interacting with characters from another.

You can have as many aus as you want. They can be whatever you want and you can do whatever you want in them. It's a sandbox for you to play around in and explore how things would be different or how the characters would act in those circumstances or environments. Maybe they have different relationships with each other. Maybe they behave slightly differently. Or you can just say "Okay, [x] is true. How did they get here? How would things have to be different for this to occur?" which can also be fun.

If you are ever confused about why people ship something that seems completely out of the blue or doesn't make sense to you in the canon setting, there's a good chance they like it in an AU setting! Not everything everybody is interacting with is necessarily the canon! Not everybody wants things to exist in canon and just want to explore playing dolls in a different sandbox and that's okay. And their sandbox might look a lot different than yours, and that's also okay. You have the freedom to make your sandbox whatever you please. Do whatever you want forever. Get funky with it. AUs are fun.

Okay that's my schpeal. everybody go have fun and play nice now.

[babymorte]

Wait now I wanna know too. Why would you care what mutuals do?

i doubt i’ll an answer honestly but i am really confused as to what’s going on

[ennywey]

Has the rabbit's foot comic been done? Yes.

Did I also have to do it? Also yes.

[pangur-and-grim]

I never know how to respond to these emails

[sadclowncentral]

my friends held an intervention for me to "stop asking intimidately specific questions". i tried to explain that i am just a good listener but there is apparently "a line between follow-up questions during small talk and interrogation tactics that gets crossed sometimes". turns out my curious nature is "scaring the hoes"

[emil1863]

don't mind them they're dumb

[mismatchsocks]

still so insane to me that the term “murder husbands” was used in canon. freddie lounds was just straight up calling them gay in the newspaper.