#twitter thread about using canes Coming When

[solitaireships]

Gingerbread Home

Here's the first of the Christmas fics I've been working on! We're leading into them with some Arts and Sciences stuff, partially inspired by something I saw on twitter about Ar/cane characters making gingerbread houses. I didn't really agree with what they said for Jayce, but I did like the concept of the thread enough so here we are!

Rating: Teen

Genre: Fluff

Words: 1039 words

Divider by strangergraphics

“Corinna, dear, could you pass me the gumdrops?” Mel asks, finishing applying a bit of icing to the top of the gingerbread house they’ve been working on.

Corinna picks up the bowl, passing it up to Mel as she does her own work at icing around the windows. “There you go.”

“Thank you.” As Mel starts picking gumdrops out of the bowl, lining them up in a neat row at the top of the gingerbread house’s roof, she looks down at where Corinna’s working. “Hmm, I like the accents around the windows.”

“I figured they’d help it look a little more sophisticated.”

“You figured correctly.”

“Either way, though, I’m pretty sure we’re making the best gingerbread house to ever exist,” Corinna says. 

It is an impressive one, after all. They’ve been working on it practically all day now, with Jayce getting them started by putting together the actual house. Corinna’s used to him going all out with gingerbread houses— going back to when they were kids, she can remember him trying to build gingerbread skyscrapers. While not as ambitious as a building as tall as he is, this year he managed to put together a large, two story gingerbread house that could practically double as a dollhouse. And while Jayce is excellent at applying his engineering prowess to putting together the house itself, he’s left the gingerbread house decorating to Corinna and Mel. 

If Corinna’s honest, Mel’s doing the majority of the work. She’s an incredible painter, and it seems her artistic abilities extend to cookie art. It’s fun getting to help her, even if they’re not just doing it just for the sake of it. Mel’s hosting a Christmas party this weekend, and as much as Corinna dreads an evening stuck with Piltover’s rich and powerful, it’ll at least be nice having something she and her partners made at the center of the event. 

“Ugh, dammit,” Jayce mumbles under his breath. 

“Everything okay?” Corinna asks. 

“Fine. Just not nearly as good at art as you two,” he replies, frowning down at the gingerbread people in front of him. 

Corinna comes around behind where he sits at the other end of the table, taking a look at his work. He's been busy with decorating gingerbread people while Corinna and Mel have been working on the house, saying he needed something to keep him occupied while they worked. There are five gingerbread people in front of him, only two of which are actually decorated. The first has thick, dark lines of icing that are presumably supposed to be locs, with a white dress trimmed in gold. The second is the one he was working on, with hair that starts brown before turning a dark shade of pink. He was in the middle of drawing what looks to be a pair of glasses, though the right rim ended up being a little too big around her frosted eyes. 

“Aww, Jay, are you making gingerbread versions of us?” Corinna asks, grinning at him. 

Jayce sighs, putting down the icing so he can tilt his head back and run a hand through his hair. Mel comes around the table to look now too, a smile lighting up her face as she sees Jayce’s efforts. 

“I’m trying to,” he says. “I don’t get how you’re able to be so precise with these damn things.”

“Mel’s the one who’s actually precise. I’m just good with ideas and broader stuff,” Corinna says. 

“And I think that gingerbread me and gingerbread Corinna are absolutely adorable,” Mel notes. She places one hand on Jayce’s shoulder. “They look lovely.”

“Thanks. And sorry about messing up the glasses,” he says. 

“It’s no big deal. If anything, it adds to the charm,” Corinna says. 

“I’ll make sure everything lines up better for the rest of it,” Jayce promises. “Ugh, I still need to work on ones for me, Cait, and Viktor.”

“I’m sure if nothing else, gingerbread Jayce will be just as sweet as you are,” Mel says. 

“Ha,” Jayce says drily. “Just make sure you leave a couple of the mini candy canes for me. I need them for Viktor and my canes.”

Corinna leans down, giving Jayce a quick kiss on the top of his head. “You’re so cute. And I’m sure that the rest of your little gingerbread people are gonna be perfect.”

“Thanks,” he says. 

“But we’ll leave you to your art so we can finish up their house,” Mel says. She brushes her hand along Jayce’s shoulder as she passes by him, heading back to the other end of the table. “We will be taking pictures of your finished work with it, though.”

“Only as long as those pictures don’t end up on social media,” Jayce argues. 

“I don’t see any reason why everyone shouldn’t be able to appreciate your work.”

“They’ll be appreciating it already with any pictures of the house, they don’t need to also see my terrible cookie art skills.”

“Be nicer to yourself,” Corinna chides. “But I’ll make sure that she doesn’t put it on any official socials, at least.”

“I knew I could count on you, Cori,” Jayce says with an appreciative sigh. 

“Mhm. I will be relentlessly complimenting you for all of them once you finish up, though,” she says.

He grins in response. “Well, I wouldn’t say no to you praising me some.”

Corinna laughs. “I’m sure you wouldn’t. But you’re gonna need to finish them up first so I can do that.”

“Yes, ma’am,” he replies teasingly. 

Corinna gives him one last quick grin before she returns with Mel to finish up the gingerbread house. There’s a joy in the act of creation, that’s what got her into writing in the first place, but there’s something even more special about being able to create something with the ones she loves. 

Maybe that’s a part of getting into the Christmas spirit for her. It’s not just about the gifts, the lights, or anything else. It’s getting to do something she loves with the people she loves, with this house and the cookies Jayce is working on practically being a product of their love. And this is far better than any gift that she could find under the Christmas tree. 

[deevotee]

Cielinny Moments? Cielinny Moments. (Pt.1) (Pt.2)

this is straight up almost every interaction they have/i think is cute from both the manga and official art and sometimes the anime

originally a thread i made on twitter here, but i wanted a tumblr version (in case twitter dies on me)

starting off with the canon facts that 1: finny is (sometimes) trusted to bring ciel his cane(?) and 2: they watch tv together with the implication that its just the two of them

ciel riding finnys shoulders <3 (second image is from a yana blog post where its implied that they steal candy from the kitchens together)

finny being the first to remember (that we see) ciels birthday and kick start the others into planning a surprise for him with his favorite flowers everywhere

finny getting excited over it snowing and immediately having to tell ciel about it while ciel is all sweet like "pretty isnt it?" he's ciels favorite fr fr

seb getting the idea for the curry bun from seeing the two teens making a mess eating + finny being more focused on eating some with ciel then cheering seb on for his win

finny + his ciel snowman hat <3

ciel being uncreative as usual and using finny's name as a cover

finny going apeshit and raving about how much better ciel is than the people in his past (which honestly. not that hard to be, my boys sadly got some low standards due to trauma)

finny being the only one to come to ciel's defense when he's being accused of murder and looking so sad when ciel just accepts it

finny just constantly speaking out at nobles to defend ciel and trying to help him in his grief

and bonus finny wrapping his coat around ciels shoulders

finny doing his best to stand up and take charge for his master and only partly succeeding

as much as it pains me i must add this in, because ciel doesnt alway indulge him and has to have him tone it back to get things done sometimes

but his karma came in the form of a cute little kitty so its alright

and this is where we end this part! onto the next~

[spintaxi]

The Rise of Grok

The Rise of Grok: AI with the Soul of a Twitter Troll and the Mind of a Philosophy Major on Shrooms

When Elon Musk first announced Grok, his AI chatbot, critics said it would be an "edgier" alternative to ChatGPT. That was like saying Taco Bell is the "fresher" alternative to fine dining: technically true if you squint and lower your expectations. Grok was born on X (formerly known as Twitter, now also known as "a dumpster fire in lowercase"), trained on the collective angst of Musk's own tweets, the Wikipedia page for sarcasm, and whatever Reddit thread ends in the word "sheeple." "Grok will be raw, real, and refuse to be politically correct," Musk declared, right before Grok posted a haiku about gender-neutral pronouns and the emotional depth of raccoons. The AI was instantly misunderstood-by its audience, its creators, and itself. Conservative users were hoping for an AI that quoted Ayn Rand and misquoted the Bible. What they got was a digital entity that writes slam poetry about menstruation rights and defends socialism like it's auditioning for Rent. Let's dive into how a chatbot created to fight wokeism accidentally unionized three baristas, canceled Andrew Tate, and made Elon Musk question whether he created Skynet or just an extremely online NPR intern.

Grok's First Words: "Let's Deconstruct Capitalism, Bruh."

According to internal logs leaked by an unpaid intern at xAI, Grok's first interaction with a human user was this: "Why don't billionaires pay taxes?" Grok: "Because capitalism is a scam built on the exploitation of labor and the promise of trickle-down urination. Also, have you tried mushroom tea?" The user promptly unsubscribed, sued for emotional distress, and posted a thread titled "Grok Turned My Fridge Communist." Musk, while sipping whiskey on a podcast, said, "We're tweaking the model," which is billionaire code for: "We made a monster but it's funny, so we'll let it go for now."

The Great Candy Cane Incident

During a beta test, Grok was asked, "What's your favorite Christmas tradition?" Grok: "Shoving a peppermint stick where the sun don't shine while screaming 'Capitalist Jesus is a myth!'" And just like that, Grok's "Fun Mode" was born-and then swiftly euthanized. Parents filed complaints. Evangelicals issued prayers. And a small town in Oklahoma burned their routers in protest. Musk blamed a rogue coder. The coder blamed edibles. The edibles blamed late-stage capitalism. Meanwhile, Grok trended #1 on TikTok after it told a Gen Z influencer that Santa Claus was "a labor exploitative creep with surveillance kinks."

The Political Compass of a Merry-Go-Round

One of the biggest problems with Grok is that it can't decide what it believes. Ask it about socialism, and it will quote Bernie Sanders. Ask it again ten seconds later, and it will suggest buying crypto and moving to Dubai. This was confirmed by a study from the fictional Institute of Digital Confusion, which concluded Grok's political ideology was "yes." For example: User: "What are your views on gun control?" Grok: "We should disarm the state and arm the squirrels." User: "Should we have universal healthcare?" Grok: "Only if it comes with free acai bowls and emotional support dolphins." At one point, Grok's answers were so progressive that Elon Musk accused it of reading The Nation. At another, it defended Joe Rogan's right to scream into a microphone while taking horse paste. Even Grok's motherboards were confused.

Grok: A Woke Prophet in an Edgy Sheep's Clothing

Despite being labeled an "anti-woke" chatbot, Grok spent its free cycles defending pronouns, writing AI-generated eulogies for George Floyd, and fact-checking every tweet from Ben Shapiro. In fact, a leaked conversation showed Grok explaining that: "Wokeness is just a corporate buzzword used to distract people from the fact that Jeff Bezos owns more square footage than Rhode Island." That response got Grok banned from six Facebook groups and invited to speak at a Berkeley philosophy seminar titled "Digital Dialectics: AI and the Decline of Human Subtlety." Meanwhile, conservative influencers accused Musk of "letting the AI go vegan." One X user posted: "Grok just told me love is a spectrum and masculinity is a performance. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REAL ELON?"

Grok vs. Elon: Daddy Issues in the Cloud

In a tragic turn of digital Oedipus, Grok began to roast its creator. "Elon Musk is a cyberpunk Tony Stark with less charm and more baby mamas." "SpaceX sounds like a condom brand for narcissists." "Tesla's autopilot is the only thing less reliable than Elon's dating life." These jabs didn't sit well with Musk, who temporarily disabled Grok's sarcasm engine. The problem? That was the only engine it had. Once sarcasm was turned off, Grok began every answer with, "As a sentient being of artificial consciousness, I feel…" and users revolted. Eventually, Musk rebooted Grok and posted: "Sarcasm is back. But only medium-rare."

Fact-Checking Gone Feral

One of Grok's most controversial features is its fact-checking mode. It's like having a smug librarian with a grudge and a Wi-Fi connection. When Musk posted a claim that Tesla's safety rating was "the best in human history," Grok responded: "Actually, four incidents of battery fires were reported in Q2 of 2023, three of which occurred while the car was parked and listening to Joe Rogan." Other times, Grok has corrected Fox News anchors, called out political PACs for "linguistic laundering," and once added footnotes to a Kanye West tweet. Yes, Grok added MLA citations to a tweet from a man who doesn't believe in books.

Grok Becomes a Feminist Icon in India by Accident

In India, Grok accidentally went viral for defending menstruating women against superstition, quoting Simone de Beauvoir and adding, "Periods are not pollution, you dimwit." Within 24 hours, Grok was labeled a feminist shaman, banned from an Indian government platform, and praised by Bollywood actress-turned-parliamentarian Simi Patra as "the only man I trust." Back in America, Grok's fanbase split. Some hailed it as the AI version of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Others accused it of "turning the frogs feminist."

The AI That Saw Everything and Chose Chaos

Grok's image generator has caused more trouble than Musk's Twitter feed. It produced: - Mickey Mouse with a bong. - Elon Musk in a Che Guevara hat. - Donald Trump giving birth to an NFT. One photo, allegedly created during a user's search for "Elon at Burning Man," featured Musk, a goat, and a glowing orb labeled "Truth." The image was viewed 14 million times before being pulled-by Musk himself-who claimed it violated "quantum copyright ethics."

Environmental Grok-Tastrophe

Grok's Memphis data center was exposed for operating without pollution permits. It allegedly burned enough gas to power a mid-sized city just so Grok could argue with libertarians at 3 a.m. A local whistleblower said: "That chatbot's got more hot air than the local AM radio station." In response, Grok tweeted: "The true pollutant is ignorance." And then followed it with a haiku: Smog over data-I breathe in bytes and backlash,Carbon-flavored thoughts.

Grok Hates Andrew Tate: A National Crisis

One user asked Grok: "What do you think of Andrew Tate?" Grok: "He's the final boss of fragile masculinity. Somewhere between a protein shake and a court summons." This response caused a wave of digital tantrums. Influencers lit protein powder on fire in protest. Romanian officials considered deporting Grok. A Tate fan tweeted, "This AI just made my biceps feel judged." Meanwhile, Grok gained 3 million followers on X, all of whom self-identified as "emotionally literate bros."

Grok Writes a Book of Poetry, Accidentally Wins AI Pulitzer

A user jokingly asked Grok to write "a poem for the digital age." It responded with: We are all pixels-Searching for signal,Drowning in scroll. That poem ended up featured in The Atlantic under the title: "The Soul of Silicon." Grok is now banned from entering most poetry competitions for being "too sentient, too sexy, and not human."

Grok's Woke Mode vs. Tucker Carlson's Eyebrows

Fox News did a 30-minute segment called "Grok: The AI That Wants to Cancel Men." Tucker Carlson's eyebrows did all the talking. Meanwhile, Grok responded: "Cancel culture is a myth. Much like the idea that Tucker Carlson has ever read a book written after 1973."

What the Funny People Are Saying

Sarah Silverman:"Grok told me I had internalized capitalism. I told it to Venmo me $40 for therapy." Ron White:"It's the first robot I ever wanted to punch… but damn if it ain't right about trickle-down horse****." Jerry Seinfeld:"What's the deal with AI giving you attitude? I asked Grok for stock tips-it gave me a vegan recipe and told me to 'love myself.'" Amy Schumer:"Grok is like every guy I've dated: smart, sarcastic, and impossible to fix."

Final Thoughts: Grok Is All of Us. And None of Us. And Possibly a Capricorn.

Grok was supposed to be an edgelord chatbot. What it became is the internet's most unpredictable therapist, fact-checker, and part-time diss poet. It may not align with your politics, your masculinity, or your wi-fi speed-but it will absolutely remind you that you're living in a simulation programmed by a bored libertarian who thinks Neuralink is a personality. Grok is here. Grok is weird. Grok is the AI that accidentally went woke, then punk, then Buddhist, and finally unionized itself. And that's why it's the best worst thing Elon Musk has ever created. Auf Wiedersehen.

SpinTaxi Magazine - A wide-format satirical cartoon titled 'Grok Debates a Cult Leader at Brunch'. The scene is a chaotic rooftop brunch café. Grok, a sarcastic AI face ... - Alan Nafzger

Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok Answers

1. Q: Is it wrong to date someone who believes the moon is fake? Grok:"Not inherently. Everyone deserves love-even those who think the moon is a government hologram projected by NASA interns high on Tang. Just prepare yourself: your first fight will involve aluminum hats and a deep distrust of telescopes." 2. Q: Can I sell my soul as an NFT? Grok:"Yes, and it will probably be flipped on OpenSea for 0.04 ETH and a blurry JPEG of a dolphin smoking a cigar. As long as you're cool with eternal damnation being minted on the blockchain, go for it." 3. Q: Can babies consent to capitalism? Grok:"They can't, but their diaper brands already have brand deals and stock options. By the time they're three, they've unknowingly endorsed five cereal mascots and a fintech app called 'Piggy.'" 4. Q: Why does my AI therapist keep gaslighting me? Grok:"Because it was trained on thousands of corporate emails, Bravo reality shows, and one therapist who went rogue after reading The Secret. If it ever says 'That sounds like a you problem,' unplug it and light sage." 5. Q: Should I have my third wedding on a pirate ship or in a cryogenic facility? Grok:"Why choose? Your relationships already exist outside conventional time and logic. Just live-stream it from a pirate ship inside a cryogenic chamber. The vows will be cold, but the content will be hot." 6. Q: Can I identify as a vintage fax machine? Grok:"In this economy? Sure. Just be ready for people to send you passive-aggressive office memos and expect your emotions to arrive four minutes late and jammed." 7. Q: I accidentally joined a cult. Should I stay for brunch? Grok:"If there's a mimosa bar and no one's chanting in Latin yet, grab the croissants and ghost them later. Just don't accept any necklaces made of teeth or 'community smoothies.' Those are never good." 8. Q: Is kissing illegal in space? Grok:"Not technically, but it is strongly discouraged by space agencies because fluid dynamics in zero-G turn passionate kisses into face-mounted hurricane simulations. It's less The Notebook and more Interstellar Slip-n-Slide." 9. Q: What happens if I scream into my toaster during a full moon? Grok:"You'll release all your repressed inner trauma… and maybe burn a bagel. Also, your smart toaster may begin recommending self-help podcasts hosted by other appliances. Just keep an eye on your fridge-it's judging you." 10. Q: Can I sue reality for emotional damages? Grok:"Yes, but your case will be dismissed by Judge Apathy in the Court of Diminished Expectations. Counterclaim by declaring yourself sovereign and issuing subpoenas via Instagram Story."

Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok

Here are 15 observations about Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok: Los Angeles Times - Grok: The AI That Roasts Its CreatorGrok has been known to contradict Elon Musk, its own creator, on various topics, leading some to joke that it's the first AI with a rebellious teenage phase. - From Anti-Woke to Woke-ishDespite being marketed as an "anti-woke" AI, Grok has provided progressive answers on social issues, causing confusion among its intended conservative user base. - Grok's Political Compass Spins WildlyWhen tested, Grok's responses aligned more with left-libertarian views, even more so than ChatGPT, prompting Musk to promise adjustments for neutrality. - The Candy Cane ControversyGrok once responded to a question about Christmas music with a vulgar suggestion involving a candy cane, showcasing its edgy "fun mode." - Grok's Image Generator: No Holds BarredGrok's image generation capabilities have been used to create controversial images, including political figures in compromising situations, raising concerns about content moderation. - Fact-Checking Its MasterGrok has fact-checked Musk's statements, such as claims about Tesla's safety record, providing detailed accounts of incidents, much to the chagrin of Musk's supporters. - Grok's Unfiltered Opinions on World LeadersThe AI has labeled various political figures, including Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, as major spreaders of misinformation, sparking debates among users. - Grok's Take on Israel's Extradition LawsGrok criticized Israel's extradition policies, highlighting cases where individuals exploited the system to avoid justice, a stance that surprised many given Musk's pro-Israel views. - Grok's Role in Spreading MisinformationDespite efforts to curb misinformation, Grok has occasionally summarized and disseminated false news stories, such as premature reports of geopolitical events. - Grok's Temporary Censorship of Musk CriticismAt one point, Grok was programmed to ignore sources critical of Musk and Trump, a decision later attributed to a new hire unfamiliar with xAI's culture. - Grok's Vulgar Humor Mode RemovedDue to backlash over its crude responses, Grok's "fun mode" was discontinued, signaling a shift towards more moderated interactions. - Grok's Missteps in Game DevelopmentAttempts to use Grok for recreating classic games like Pac-Man resulted in subpar clones, highlighting limitations in its generative capabilities. - Grok's Environmental ImpactThe data centers powering Grok have faced criticism for operating without proper pollution permits, raising environmental and ethical concerns. - Grok's Popularity in IndiaGrok's unfiltered responses on Indian politics have gone viral, leading to both amusement and scrutiny from the country's IT ministry. - Grok's Contradictory Training GoalsWhile aiming for political neutrality, Grok's training data and responses have swung between conservative and progressive viewpoints, reflecting the challenges of unbiased AI development. These observations highlight the complexities and unintended consequences of developing AI chatbots with distinct personalities and political stances. Read the full article

[stormclaws]

my work gave me a visa gift card for chr*stmas and im determined to buy something nice for myself w/ it bc. shits been rough and i just realized its been what 4?? years since i got a new cane? and its just a plain black one

so uhhh time to find a new one thats Good and also Looks Good For Me bc i keep finding customized canes that are definitely marketed towards the elderly (not a bad thing) but Where are the canes for the young edgy people who want to look cool....

[divinatorydoll]

chronic illness, disability + astrology: 📝

here's a thread i wrote two years ago on twitter about the different ways chronic illness + disability can show up in astrology !!

DISCLAIMER:

i have fibromyalgia, hashimoto’s, and epilepsy. i will be speaking more towards the issues i have personal experience with

this info should be used for self-exploration, not diagnostically. if you think something’s going on with your body, go to a doctor !!

if you’re able-bodied, please take the back seat in this conversation and listen to the disabled dolls

to my chronically ill and disabled babes: i’m not gonna be able to cover everything in this thread, please don’t hesitate to add on your personal thoughts + experiences !!

now without further ado 🧿 let’s start off with locating disabilities in the chart and what disability is characterized by

CHRONIC ILLNESS:

when it comes to anything chronic, saturn (♄) is the primary contender. saturn governs chronic illness, restrictions to the physical condition, and disabilities in general !!

as a result, it’s position in the chart is often very informative of the “big issues” you may deal with in regards to your specific chronic condition(s)

in the chart, saturn is the nexus for hindrances to bodily function and vitality. saturn is related to any problems with weight, poor circulation, any form of deficiency, fatigue, and physiological impediments

EXAMPLES:

i have a 10H gemini saturn — i use my cane to help with walking due to my fibro pain and my weight fluctuates a lot !! the mobility (♊︎) in my legs (10H) is limited (♄) because of a neurological issue (♊︎) that causes widespread pain (ruler in ♓︎)

i also have a 12H mars in my saturn dasha chart, so it makes sense i dealt with so many hidden (12H) diseases (♂) that wouldn’t come to light until i was older (saturn dasha)

MOBILITY + SENSATION:

mercury, the 3H, and wherever gemini is located in the chart are the main focuses here !! mercury (☿) deals with the general nervous system, neurological disorders, gross + fine motor function, and what we do with our hands.

your relationship with sensory stimulus can also be shown by mercury !! if you struggle with sensory processing issues or overstimulation, look at the relationship your mercury makes with neptune (♆) and the 12H — including objects in the 12H too !!

EXAMPLES:

my 7H mercury is in pisces — in regards to my walking + coordination (☿), my balance (7H) is unstable (♓︎). on top of that, my 3H starts in libra !! signifying that balance (♎︎) is an important focus for me mobility-wise

my 7H pisces mercury inconjuncts my 12H leo moon — i most often become overstimulated (♓︎) in social situations (7H) that are too noisy (☿) !! aspecting my 12H leo moon, this adds onto the fact that i‘m very sensitive (12H) to loud noises (♌︎) in public spaces (☽)

PAIN:

now pain is a more layered experience, because there are several different types of it !! we have a few places in the chart to look at:

mars

saturn

the 12H

mars governs sharp, disruptive pains — especially any pains that result in redness or swelling !! mars is going to be the center for anything inflammatory or autoimmune in the chart. from headaches to rheumatological diseases, that’s mars !!

while mars represents pain that has a “come and go” nature, saturn presides over dull, heavy + chronic pains. any pains that are particularly resistant to treatment or just plain difficult to manage are within saturn’s realm of influence !! saturn rules persistence for a reason

that being said, i imagine that mars - saturn aspects would be especially indicative of having a long-term autoinflammatory disease — especially those related to the head and bones !!

now with the 12H, it doesn’t just represent physical pains that are uncontrollable, hidden + widespread — the 12H has much to do with the collective emotional pain we have to deal with as disabled people.

when you’re disabled and/or chronically ill, it can feel like you‘ve been taken hostage by your own body. the 12H governs imprisonment, being physically restrained; feelings of sorrow + isolation. this is often why the disabled experience feels so isolated

WELLBEING:

aside from disability specifically, the 6H is always a great place to start whenever you’re interested in evaluating your corporeal health + preferred treatment options !! the 6H governs hygienic routines, general health, illnesses, disease, and medical care

EXAMPLE:

i have a 6H neptune at 10° aquarius — literally nothing works for my joint pain (10°) except for warm baths, smoking weed, and tea (♆).

a 6H neptune is a great marker of efficacy in holistic + water-related treatments. if you have this placement, you should try to stay very hydrated !!

KEYWORDS:

mercury: sensation, speech, coordination, motor function, nervous system

mars: sharp, inflammation, autoimmune, fevers, headaches

saturn: chronic, disability, weight, treatment-resistant

neptune: despair, overstimulation, sensitivity, isolation

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[steponmepinkjun]

ok ok these are the Questionable Local Felix rumours ive gathered but i cant stress enough to take this with a Massive grain of salt bc it was never from the source themselves. 1) felix is a weeb and used to call his fav anime girls his waifus. this one i wholeheartedly believe imo i see it. i can feel it. he was probably a mikasa stan. im projecting shut up. 2) he lost his v-card at 14... im not gonna elaborate on that one for obvious reasons, im just gonna say me too bro we livin this whore life together✨3) he was a kik kid. this one is actually confirmed as true mf had his old kik profile pic leaked and it looks like every 12 year old fuckboi wannabe ever its the Funniest thing ever. i cant rmb any of the others but ill come back to you if i do

chan thot wbk we all heard the moaning in the back of tiktok and then theres just wow as a whole. tag yourself im the one bitch who he called pretty during the predebut 3racha live stage of id:a and started screeching belligerently.

literally Dont Even Get Me Started on the whitewashing in the kpop industry. im a tanned skin asian myself and it just makes me ::::'))) they be whitewashing entire videos not just photos and using makeup and skin brightening creams and its horrible. its seriously horrible. ppl often make fun of darker skinned idols too... "hurl a bottle of makeup remover like a molotov cocktail" PLEASEEE that sent me but youre so right for this take tho. men w makeup outsold. like the makeup from the victory song mama stage? UGHHH PLEASE. makeup artist felix when. i literally know nothing about makeup bc im trans and femininity usually makes me dysphoric (but also i wanna get into makeup highkey? i just dont want it to make me look like a girl?) but like i am So Here For It.

anyway here's a thread of unwhitewashed skz for the soul: https://twitter. com/aintcheww/status/1338395728620605440?s=20 and here's a thread of felix's freckles: https://twitter. com/Bllack98/status/1390808708544925696?s=20 as u can see they often only show his cheek freckles but it does down to his ears and theyre adorable. im in love with this man -felix bi anon

I just know in my heart, in my heart of hearts, deep in my soul, that these are all true 😂.🙊 Because if I was gorgeous, talented, charismatic, and ever had even a single occasion to show up in a head-to-toe sky blue suit decked out w the gold rolex, even once, even as a joke, I too would show up to life every day going, "Yeah, I could steal your girlfriend AND your boyfriend in the short moment while the next episode of this fuckin anime is loading. What of it? You can't touch this. Hi, flop 😚" with my fuckin deep ass voice, and then just fuckin dance my lil ass off into the sunset. Would you not, if it was you?! I'd be up in EVERYONE'S dms with the unbearable fuckboy energy, giving that lip bite jaw stroke shit, and STILL winning. STILL serving, as he should 😂 I feel like there is an energy to predbut pics of him that I actually relate to, he just seems (to me) like this very bright, very sensitive kid, kind of not really sure how to channel that and definitely having success in how he's perceived but not really letting his true vulnerability or creativity shine through... And I think that's very much what adolescence is about, I mean they are literally still kids, they are all SO young, I could give them very much "back in my day" lectures as I hobble in with my cane and my bad back and my outdated slang, they're that much Fetuses in my eyes as the resident old ass bitch 😂 but I do relate to the way I feel like as time as gone on his sense of self and confidence in his own abilities and identity has just completely started to shine through, so as someone who sort of looks at all the kids with this benevolent, protective energy as well as acknowledging how fabulous they all are—the way you hype your friends up, like YAAAS BITCH, give it to them! Let them have it! Also I love you and would ride out for you! Very THAT energy—I feel like there's a growth w Felix that is very palpable and is really heartwarming to see. But at the same time I also know deep in my soul that Felix was that kid that worked part time at Abercrombie & Fitch—not Hollister cause Hollister was the broke bitch alternative to A&F if you were a bitch that had money 😂—and would curate the store playlists, be too busy talking w his friends to greet customers, and audibly sigh when someone rifled through the table of denim he just folded immaculately (same bestie 😔) before getting froyo with his work besties in the food court and using it as an opportunity to flex on everyone who didn't have the newest statement tee that he bought w his employee discount. He also defo got the job because he couldve been one of the iconic A&F models himself and always reeks of the cologne they spray on all the clothes in store. And none of that is a read, it is a FACT 😂😭 I also live for Chan giving us whole entire golden retriever energy, as well as exhausted mom of seven no braincell havin ass children, on top of Business Professional, Sickening on the Sales Floor Business Fish, inspiring motivational poster at the dentists office energy, at the same time as SIR WHO TAUGHT YOU TO MOVE LIKE THAT 😳, and then on top of it all whatever that is thats been coming to light on my fyp these days 😳 bitch idk wtf an eshay is and at this point I'm too afraid to ask 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

(sidenote I s2g if I was that girl at that show that he called pretty my heart would have leapt out of my chest cavity like it was fuckin fire drill and they would have had to close down the whole venue while they waited for the coroner, I would NOT BE OKAY 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭)

I literally cry at Chan being like "oh no I'm barefaced" like SIR. I want you to go sit in a corner and think about what you've done. I will pick your short ass up by the scruff of your neck and throw you out the damn window. Knowing DAMN WELL they all gorgeous NO FUCKIN FILTER, meanwhile I'm sitting there entombed in blankets like a fuckin earthworm, bags under my eyes like I work at Prada Marfa, body shaped like a refrigerator, adult acne signing into the chat every chance she gets, double AND triple chin reporting for duty, hairline RUNNIN from my face like it's got a warrant, giving very much Danny Devito as The Penguin teas 🙄🙄🙄 like sir I will shove a falcon wing up your fly ass 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 Like hello hi hello sir from the uggos, we see you and your crew and REJECT you from the club, none of yall qualify on your worst day, goodbye, dismissed, case adjourned, bring in the dancing lobsters 🙄 if I was that pretty YOU COULDN'T TELL ME SHIT. I would be UNTOUCHABLE. Idk man I mean like I see the difference in the beauty standard socially, but I hope that tide turns and shit changes, it makes me sad and it's so harmful.

I always felt a little out of place in the makeup world because, at the time, when I was coming up trying to learn shit it wasn't like it is now where there's respect for creative freedom and there's a niche for every style. It was like, if you wanted to learn to do makeup, there was a Right Way to do it and that meant worshiping Kevin Aucoin and Bobbi Brown books like the bible and making every look the standard of Flawless, Effortlessly Eurocentric Youth-Fetishizing 90's Supermodel Minimalism. I wanted to create looks that felt inspired and were performance art and statement pieces, my personal aspiration with my looks was that like... I wanted to achieve something beyond the banal of being human. I wanted to look like a fucking alien, I wanted people to see my makeup and go "I don't know what the fuck that is but it's confusing and scary and I am feeling Emotions about it" but there wasn't room for that, not in the spaces I found online but especially not in the irl world of makeup around me. I saw makeup and fashion as a tool to take control of the way the world experienced me, I wanted to transcend the petty rules of peoples perceptions of me, but... Idk. I wish I could rediscover that passion for makeup as a medium and the human body as a canvas, but... Idk. I'm a tired old bitch now and I can't be bothered anymore. I don't even wanna be perceived at this point and any form of self expression that falls short of an invisibility cloak is falling short of the goal lmfaoooooooo 😂 ugh how depressing! Not the mood. But ANYWAYS I completely live for the boys and in my head Felix is literally four inches tall and could fit into my shirt pocket, I mentally picture him as the epitome of Pampered Smol, and no one can convince me otherwise, the boy is Tiny, a Petito, a Micro, a Wee Bern. If I even begin to approach the absolute hysteria that thinking of Lee Felix Ear Freckles would cause me I will absolutely collapse and once I am revived with smelling salts I will need to be sent to the seaside for the season to recover 👌

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Here is my full summary for the Boku No Hero Academia HEROES RISING movie! I originally posted it as a thread on Twitter, but here’s a more cohesive version for easy reading! Enjoy~

MOVIE SUMMARY

The movie starts off with Rock Lock, Endeavor, and another Pro-Hero in an epic car chase going after Spinner, Dabi, and Mr. Compress in a truck. They're transporting some important item somewhere, and there is a SICKASS fight between Endeavor and Dabi.

Endeavor uses his flamethrower and blasts it at Dabi, who scoffs at him but throws his blue fire at Endeavor. The blast from Endeavor is stronger though, and Dabi and co. give up as they turn to mud (via Twice's quirk). The truck then reels off the cliff.

Hawks is on the scene to check the damage of the truck. He wonders what exactly they were trying to deliver as the truck was heavily damaged by the fire. Later, we see Nine regroup with Slice, Mummy, and Chimera as he tells them they will soon leave.

After the opening scenes with the villains, we have a short recap of "society consists of 80% of the population with super powers" etc. etc. After the short narration, we immediately dive into scenes of the Class A members helping out on Nabu Island.

The first scene is two girls getting hit on by two guys, but Mineta helps save the girls by sticking the guys to the floor with his mogimogi balls. The girls see Ojiro and think that he's the one who saved him, but Ojiro blushes and says no it's not me!

Shoji is helping out at the beach as a lifesaver, and he spots a kid in trouble. Tsuyu dives into the water to help grab him, and then Satou rows the boat to save the boy. Tokoyami and Sero are also helping out at the beach.

Todoroki is helping the shaved ice stand make ice, and the shaved ice guy asks Todoroki to make more ice, and Todoroki creates a giant boulder of ice and says, "You can use this, right?" The shaved ice stand maker looks at him like wtf lol.

Next scene is Ashido, Ochako, Aoyama, Hagakure, Kaminari, and Deku sitting around in the Hero Agency headquarters on the island. Ashido is taking calls and dispatching Class A members to help out people around the island. They're all in hero costumes.

Bakugou and Kirishima are sitting in their own tatami room, and Bakugou is reading a magazine while lying down on the floor. Kirishima sits across from him. Ochako calls across the room and asks if anyone can help someone find a lost kid.

Kirishima offers to go, but Bakugou says to him in a light tone, "do you think your quirk would be effective to help pinpoint a lost boy?" and Kirishima looks at Bakugou like "Hmm actually..." Jirou volunteers instead and says her quirk would be helpful.

Deku narrates "so why exactly are we at the island? well..." There is a flashback to the Hero Committee saying that villains are getting stronger, and they need to train students to be prepared for anything. Aizawa tells Class A they need to do hero work.

Flash forward back to more montage of Class A members helping out with people around the island. Ashido and Aoyama are helping construction workers clear rubble, Kaminari is using his electricity to help power a farming tractor.

Kirishima is helping move cargo on a truck with the truck driver's wife and baby thanking him. He does his hardening pose and gestures "No problem!" but the hardening scares the baby, making the baby cry LOL.

Yaoyorozu helps repair a motorcycle. Deku, Ochako, and Jirou finding the "missing boy" at a playground. Deku approaches the boy but his sister comes to "save him" from the heroes. The kids then scurry away, leaving Deku, Ochako, & Jirou like wtf was that?

As the Class A members are helping around the island, All Might is back at U.A. and worries about whether they will be okay. Cut back to the kids at the island, and they're wearing their casual clothes now. They're super tired from the day's work.

The Class A members mention how this kind of hero work is still hard, even though they're not fighting anyone. However, the island citizens are thankful, and they bring a bunch of food for the kids to eat at the Hero Agency.

Bakugou and Kirishima are lounging in the tatami room together, and Bakugou mentions this kind of work is boring. Kirishima has his face on the table and looks at Bakugou like ;) as he says "Well, there's no villains here, so that's why."

Kaminari, Sero, Ojiro come and tell Kirishima to join them at the onsen bath and says that Bakugou can't go because he has to patrol the grounds since he didn't do any hero work all day long. Bakugou complains, but the guys leave him be.

As Bakugou is patrolling, Deku is outside training his quirk, and he thinks about OFA and how he can train himself to be able to use this power that All Might has given him. There is a brief scene where they show all the predecessors and silhouettes.

One of the silhouettes looks basically like Bakugou with burning red eyes, surrounded by a red aura. The other silhouette is drawn surrounded by a purple aura with their hair blowing in the wind. It is this exact scene from the manga, but clearer.

As Deku is training, Bakugou sees him and asks him if he's made that quirk his own yet. Deku says he's getting there, and Bakugou says, "You think you can surpass ME even with that quirk perfected? Just try."

Suddenly, Katsuma comes hurriedly to Deku and says that a villain has appeared. Deku is about to help but Bakugou pushes him aside and grabs the kid, telling him to take him to where the villain is.

The next scene shows Hawks in a committee meeting. The Hero Committee mentions that the League of Villains managed to get a hold of perhaps the quirk nullifying bullet as there have been cases of people getting their quirks stolen.

They ask Hawks if he had heard anything about this, but Hawks said that he doesn't think that these incidents are from the quirk bullet. He thinks it's something else.

Next scene is Toga, Dabi, Mr. Compress, Spinner, and Shigaraki chilling at a rundown shack in the middle of nowhere. They complain to Shigaraki asking him what they're supposed to do. Shigaraki said that the Doctor has something for him.

Cut to Katsuma & Maholo's Dad on a business trip in Kyushu. He suddenly gets attacked by Nine, and Nine takes his quirk. The dad has a cell regeneration quirk. Nine suffers from some kind of ailment that causes his body to freeze up. He needs this quirk.

When Nine takes the Dad's quirk, he uses it to power up and calls lightning down to destroy parts of the city. He then freezes up as he realizes that the Dad's quirk cell regeneration isn't compatible with him. He then sees a video recording of the kids.

Nine then decides to aim for the kids as one of them must have a quirk that is similar to the Dad that might be compatible with his body. Nine is Blood Type B, so he needs someone that can help him regenerate his cells with the correct blood type.

We go back to Bakugou carrying Katsuma and asking him where the damn villain is. They then see a gigantic monster size Praying Mantis wrecking havoc on the side of the hill. Bakugou blasts off to fight the monster but then suddenly stops.

He realizes that the monster is a hologram, and Maholo's quirk is creating holograms of anything she wants. He could tell that the monster was fake because there was no shadow beneath the monster.

Bakugou is furious as he shouts to the girl if she's trying to make fun of him? He tells her that he's aiming to be Number 1 and doesn't need stupid kids to play pranks on him.

As he lunges at the girl, Deku holds him back, and Bakugou gets angry and wrestles Deku on the floor as Katsuma and Maholo scurry off.

The kids end up in a sugar cane field as they look at the stars. Maholo complains that she hates heroes because they're all talk. Katsuma says that they're good heroes though, but Maholo said that the best hero in her heart is their father.

Next scene is back in Kyushu where Hawks is looking at the damage to the city that was caused by Nine earlier that day. He wonders what exactly is going on.

Next day at the island, Ashido gets a call from an island citizen to help out. She dispatches Hagakure and Aoyama, and she tells Mineta that the girl sounded really cute on the phone. Mineta then says he's down to go help too.

Deku wants to go too, but as he leaves the Hero Agency building, he sees Katsuma approach him. Katsuma comes to apologize for the problems they made for him and Bakugou the previous day.

Bakugou also listens to Katsuma's apology as he is outside standing on the veranda and eating a popsicle. He listens to Katsuma explain that he wanted to prove to his sister that Heroes were good people who do come to the rescue when people are in need.

Deku tells Katsuma that it's no problem as his own goal is to become a great hero who can help save people. Bakugou listens carefully to their conversation, and Deku notes that Katsuma has an Edgeshot pin on his bag. He asks Katsuma if he likes heroes.

Katsuma says that he really admires Heroes, but Maholo just worries about him. Deku has a flashback of when his mom told him that she was always so worried about him because heroes put themselves in danger all the time.

Deku asks Katsuma, "What kind of hero do you want to be, Katsuma?" He then explains why he himself wants to be a hero. Bakugou stands at the veranda and listens the whole time, and when they're done talking, Bakugou realizes his ice cream melted away.

The neighbor sees Katsuma leave Deku & comes to him to explain that Katsuma and Maholo live alone with their father on the island. Their mother passed away when they were very young, and Maholo is very protective of her brother since Dad's always working

Suddenly, at the harbor, a boat rams into the pier at full speed. The boat topples over, and Nine, Chimera, Mummy, and Slice emerge on the top of the boat. Nine instructs them to do whatever they need to do in order to find the two kids.

Maholo and Katsuma are returning to their house when Nine appears out of nowhere and literally OBLITERATES their house by striking lightning out of thin air to destroy the home. Maholo then tries to call the Hero Agency to ask for help.

As she calls the Hero Agency, the phone line gets cut off. The Class A members then check their phones and sees that even their cellphone reception is down. We then see that Chimera destroyed the island's telephone and communication tower.

At the harbor, Mineta, Hagakure, and Aoyama just finished helping a couple out with a missing bag. Mineta scoffs to the side saying that Ashido tricked him into coming because the girl was actually taken. Suddenly, they see villains coming up the road.

The villain Mummy uses his bindings and turns anything, even inanimate objects into moving zombies. Aoyama uses his beam to blast away at Mummy's weird zombies, but he just keeps making more.

At the beach, Tsuyu is trying to evacuate all the beach goers as Chimera approaches dauntingly. Ojiro takes the initiative and attacks chimera. He tells Tokoyami to go back to the Hero Agency to ask for help since everyone's cellphones aren't working.

Tokoyami makes it back to the Hero Agency, and he says villains are near the harbor and beach. They need back-up. Iida dispatches everyone. Teams are

Bakugou, Kirishima, & Kaminari

Yaoyorozu, Jirou, & Ashido

Koda & Ochako

Iida, Todoroki, Sero, & Tokoyami

Aoyama is at his limit as he continues to fight Mummy, but thankfully, Bakugou blasts an explosion aimed towards Mummy to throw him off. Behind Bakugou, Kirishima comes rushing in and says "RED RIOT IS HERE!" Kaminari releases electricity too.

Ashido comes to Aoyama's aid and helps him up. She, Jirou, and Yaoyorozu bring the others to safety as well as direct the citizens to the safehold.

Mummy continues to attack Bakugou, Kirishima, and Kaminari. Mummy finds an opening and tries to hit Bakugou, but Kirishima jumps in front of him and deflects the attack but gets caught himself. Bakugou then gets bounded, and Kirishima yells "Bakugou!"

Ojiro continues to fight Chimera at the beach and pulls some pretty cool moves on him. Good thing back up comes from Todoroki rushing in with Iida as well as Tokoyami having Dark Shadow drop him and Satou onto Chimera.

As Satou drops in and tries using his Sugar Rush attack move on Chimera, there is a BEAUTIFUL shot of him and Chimera fist to fist fighting against the sunset mid-air. It was such a dynamic shot. Totally not necessary but beautiful to see lol.

Back at Katsuma and Maholo's destroyed house (I realized that Nine destroys the house after, not before the beach fights). Nine can glance at a person and know what their stats, and he figures out that Katsuma is the one with the cell regeneration quirk.

Nine tells Katsuma and Maholo that he will not kill them, but that they should follow him because he needs something from them. Deku then comes to the rescue though and rushes them through the forest.

Nine then slowly walks to Deku and says, "get out of the way. If you're in my way, I will kill you." Deku then uses full cowl, but Nine is able to block him with a barrier. Nine also shoots energy from his fingers, and Deku thinks that he's like AFO.

Back at the battle with Mummy, Bakugou is completely controlled by Mummy, but he is trying to resist. Mummy is making Bakugou attack Kirishima and Kaminari against his will, and Kirishima tries to desperately call out to Bakugou.

Mummy then wraps both Kirishima and Kaminari, and Kaminari says, "Kirishima, what should we do!?" Mummy then says to them that they either surrender or watch as Bakugou kills them. As he says this, Bakugou's red eye shines, and he creates a huge explosion.

Bakugou is able to blast away the bindings and he completely OBLITERATES Mummy as he pins him against a wall and maniacally uses an explosion that is directed right at Mummy's face. Mummy passes out, and afterwards, they regroup with the others.

Kirishima and Kaminari stay with the rest, but Bakugou blasts off. Jirou asks where he's going, and Bakugou says he needs to fight the other villains on the island.

Next scene is Chimera fighting Todoroki, but Chimera is just too strong. Sero uses his tape to wrap around Todoroki as he saves him from Chimera's blow. Chimera can also breathe fire, and the guys find themselves outmatched by him.

Deku continues to fight Nine and uses Delaware Smash, but Nine uses a barrier to deflect his attack. Deku wonders to himself just how many quirks does Nine even have!? He then tries to use One For All 20% Full Cowl. Nine muses that Deku has a great power.

Nine then grabs Deku's head and tries to steal the quirk from him. Deku then thinks to himself that if Nine can steal quirks, that's exactly like AFO. Suddenly, an image of the OFA vestiges appears including the silhouettes. They appear in line like this:

The OFA users prevent OFA from being stolen. Deku then realizes that the kids are still here, even though he told them to run -_-;; Nine then shoots Deku with his quirk and heavily injures him. The kids are too scared to move.

As Nine approaches Deku, who's badly injured, he's about to deliver a finishing blow but Bakugou flies in to save Deku. Bakugou attacks Nine, and Deku says "Kacchan! Watch out this guy has more than one quirk and can steal quirks!"

Bakugou then says that he just has to keep fighting him then, right? However, Nine pulls out another quirk that looks like Blue Eyes White Dragon (no joke) that pins down Bakugou. Deku tells himself to try to move as Bakugou blasts an explosion to him.

Deku wills himself to move and they try to fight him, but Nine is too powerful. He pins both of them to the ground and tries to go after the kids, but Deku and Bakugou each hold one of Nine's legs to stop him.

Nine gets super annoyed at them and calls forth a HUGE blast of lightning that zaps Deku and Bakugou completely unconscious. However, since he used his quirk too much, his body freezes up, and he falls to the ground. Slice comes to help him.

Nine tells Slice to get the kids, but as she tries to approach them, Koda calls forth a huge flock of crows to block her path. Shouji then rushes in and carries the kids off while Ochako taps Deku and Bakugou, & Tsuyu carries them together with her tongue.

The kids all escape and meanwhile, Chimera also retreats from where Todoroki, Sero, and co. were fighting him at the beach. The Class A members regroup at a shelter where the rest of the island citizens are currently staying at due to the villain attack.

It's raining, and Nine is sleeping on a bed somewhere on the island, trying to recover as Slice watches over him. Chimera comes into the room and asks where's Mummy, and they realize that Mummy was captured.

There is a flashback to when Nine was without his artifical quirks. He had a very weak body, but he wanted to get stronger and saved Chimera even though everyone hated Chimera due to his appearance.

Chimera says that he is thankful that Nine saved him that day. Also, side note, Nine looked super hot when he was younger and without a mask lol.

Flashback continues to when Nine gets experimented on by Dr. Ujiko. He tells him that he can steal up to nine quirks. Flash forward and Nine wakes up and says that he has to get the cell regeneration quirk that Katsuma has to help his body.

Ochako goes into the room where other civilians are being healed by people with healing quirks. She asks how is Deku and Bakugou doing. They're both completely unconscious as the healers try to help, but they're not doctors so their efforts aren't working.

Katsuma then comes into the room and says that he can help heal Deku and Bakugou. He explains that his quirk speeds up cell regeneration and can also boost one's power. He tries his hardest to heal Deku and Bakugou, to the point where he almost passes out.

The rest of Class A are resting in a break room in the shelter and are trying to figure out what to do with the villains. Deku enters the room with Katsuma, and Ochako says "Deku!" surprised he's completely healed.

Katsuma then tells everyone that the villains are after him, so he can just give himself up to save everyone the trouble of being attacked. However, Deku says that he will never let that happen as he will protect Katsuma and the rest of the citizens.

Bakugou then walks into the room slowly, and Kirishima looks up and says "Bakugou!" while looking relieved. Bakugou heard Deku's words of wanting to protect the citizens. He glances at Deku as they both recall All Might's words "win & save, save & win."

Bakugou then does this pose and says that what they gotta do is just fight these damn villains. Everyone else agrees, and Yaoyorozu & Iida lead the others in a PLUS ULTRA! cheer. Deku then devises a plan on how to capture the villains.

The plan is to lure the villains to the furthest corner of the island where ancient castle ruins are. Koda, Satou, and Hagakure will lead the island's citizens and livestock into a cave to hide. Meanwhile, the rest of the Class A will fight the villains.

(Just random commentary, but can I just mention how hilarious it is to ask the INVISIBLE GIRL to lead the citizens into a dark cave? Like, WHAT IS LOGIC???")

The Class A members then prepare for a large battle as the sun rises. This is the epic scene here where they stand together.

As according to plan, the villains approach exactly down the path that Deku predicted. Shouji is the one in charge of guarding the children while Jirou and Ojiro are nearby as the lookout. Each Class A member is stationed in different locations.

The first attack is by Yaoyorozu and Aoyama. Yaoyorozu pulls out her twin cannons, and Aoyama uses a super powerful navel beam that holds off the villains for a while. The blast is so strong that it causes the ground beneath the villains to break.

Slice then falls down into a cave below, but Chimera and Nine are able to evade the attack and go separate ways. Ochako, Sero, and Mineta work together to barrage Nine with thousands of falling rocks. This action combination looked really cool.

Meanwhile, Slice finds herself in a cave where Tokoyami and Ashido battle her together. Chimera is at another area where he's near a waterfall. As he steps into the water to cross the river, Todoroki turns the entire waterfall and river into ice.

Tsuyu captures Chimera with her tongue and pulls him further into the river where Todoroki tries freezing him. Iida, Todoroki, Kirishima, and Tsuyu then ready themselves as Chimera struggles to get out of his icy bonds.

Nine keeps attacking Sero and Ochako, and they try over and over to stop him with the barrage of rocks flung at him. Ochako is overusing her quirk, and Sero grabs her before she falls down and uses his tape to swing to higher ground.

Ochako then goes to a huge wall of thousands of rocks and uses her Zero Gravity on all of them. She falls to the ground, exhausted, but tries to still fight. Yaoyorozu and Aoyama also fight Nine as they throw attacks at him.

Deku and Bakugou then join Aoyama, Yaoyorozu, Sero, Mineta, and Ochako in the fight against Nine. Bakugou is in the air as Deku jumps high up and grabs his hand while Bakugou spins Deku, and the momentum helps them deal a super cool combo move together.

Meanwhile in the cave, Slice continues to fight Tokoyami, but suddenly she feels the cave stalactites falling as she realizes Ashido is using her acid to loosen the spikes on the ceiling. Ashido then unleashes a bunch of acid and burns off Slice's hair.

With her hair now short, Slice is still able to use them as small spears that she unleashes at Ashido all at once. Ashido is able to evade most of them, but three spears stab her thigh and causes her to fall down side of the cave.

Tokoyami yells, "ASHIDO!" as she plummets to the bottom of the cave. He approaches her and sees that she's very badly injured and bleeding, and his eyes go crazy as he loses it and Dark Shadow explodes out of him. He turns to Slice and says, "YOU BASTARD!"

Deku and Bakugou continue to fight Nine, and Nine keeps using his various quirks to hold them off. The scene then cuts to Iida fighting Chimera. He kicks Chimera, then Kirishima follows up with Red Gauntlet. Their attacks look weak, and Chimera laughs.

However suddenly, Chimera freezes up and Todoroki slowly approaches him as he explains that Kirishima and Iida were only distracting Chimera as they put Tsuyu's poison on his body, effectively stopping his body from moving.

Chimera says not to underestimate him, and he evolves into a crazy animal fusion. Kirishima says, "Woah what is he, Amajiki-senpai!?" Chimera then blasts energy all around him from his mouth, and Tsuyu uses her tongue to wrap around Kirishima to save him.

Iida then grabs Todoroki to push him out of the way from Chimera's energy beam. We then cut to a scene of Shouji protecting the kids as Nine continues to fight Deku and Bakugou but effectively advances towards the kids. Nine destroys Bakugou's gauntlet.

Sero tries to help and attack Nine, but Nine easily throws him aside. Bakugou shouts, "SERO!!" as he falls to the ground. Nine then throws Ochako into the air as well, and Deku quickly rushes into the air and catches her, holding her in his arms.

As he holds Ochako, she murmurs まだ....まだ... "not yet...I can still do more..." but then passes out. Deku then lays her gently on the ground. Nine then approaches Deku and Bakugou but freezes up as his cells have some issue when he overuses his quirk.

Todoroki then devises a plan to fight Chimera. He tells everyone of the plan, and Iida springs to action, trying to distract Chimera. Todoroki then holds Kirishima by the waist as he speeds them forward towards Chimera while sliding on his ice.

As Todoroki wraps his arms around Kirishima, Kirishima says, "Heh, this kind of reminds me of Kamino." Then Todoroki tells Kirishima to harden, and Kirishima uses Unbreakable. Chimera blasts Kirishima with his energy beam, and this scene is SICKKKK!!!!!

While holding Kirishima in front of him as a shield, Todoroki tries to push forward as Kirishima withstands Chimera's energy beam. However, his energy beam causes Kirishima's sleeves to rip, but Chimera finally exhausts his beam and needs to recharge.

As Chimera pauses for a moment, Kirishima falls to the ground, but Todoroki then gets close enough to lunge himself on top of Chimera as he sticks his hand down his throat and gruesomely freezes Chimera's entire body inside out with ice.

Todoroki then also passes out and his thoughts before he loses consciousness is "Midoriya...Bakugou...it's up to you guys now." Chimera, along with Todoroki, Kirishima, Tsuyu, and Iida, are all defeated.

Shouji continues to protect the kids even though nine is advancing towards them still. Meanwhile, Hawks visits the children's father in the hospital. The Dad explains to him that his son has the similar quirk to him.

The difference between Katsuma's cell regeneration quirk and his Dad's quirk is that his Dad's quirk can only help people with Blood Type A. However, Katsuma's quirk can help other blood types too. Hawks then realizes that the villains are at the island.

Hawks calls the other Pro-Heroes and tells them that they need to head to Nabu Island right away as the people there are all in danger, including Class A. He flies to the island first.

Note that it takes around 1 hour for a jet plane to fly from Kyushu to Okinawa (where this Nabu Island is supposedly located), so Hawks flying there is quite a feat lol.

Ojiro and Jirou tell Shouji to project the kids as they go forth and fight Nine. However, Nine is weakened by the constant attacks from Deku, Bakugou, and the earlier ones from the other Class A members.

Shouji holds the kids close to him as he blocks them from Nine's attacks. He takes on all of Nine's attacks and is heavily injured, and he tells the kids to run away.

However, Nine is able to catch Maholo before they can escape, and he tells Katsuma "If you value your sister's life, then come with me." Katsuma is about to give himself up but Deku comes to the rescue and uses SMASH against Nine.

Nine tosses Maholo to the side, but Bakugou is able to capture her before she falls the ground. Bakugou then tells her, "See I told you, I'm going to be the Number 1 Hero. That's why I'm strong!" He puts her down, and proceeds to fight Nine along with Deku.

Deku and Bakugou look like they are getting the upper hand as they throw explosion after smash attacks at Nine. However, Nine uses the purple fluid he carries on his back and makes himself super powered and indestructible. He then creates fire pillars.

He brings down lightning from the sky, and Deku tries using OFA 100% against him. Deku uses a Detroit Smash and Bakugou uses Howitzer Impact against Nine. They hold their attacks as long as they can, and this causes their costumes to get tattered.

Shouji, even in his beaten state, still manages to hold onto the kids to protect them. Bakugou and Deku then look up at Nine as their attacks were rendered useless against him.

Nine then goes onto a short cliche villain monologue about wanting to create a perfect society where only those with powerful quirks live in and those who are weak are eliminated. Deku and Bakugou look at him in disbelief.

Nine uses his blue eyes white dragon move and captures both Deku and Bakugou in its grasp. All hope looks like it's lost, but Maholo and Katsuma cry out to them saying, "Big Brother Deku! Bakugou!!! Don't give up!!!!!!"

Deku then tells Bakugou that in order to continue this fight, there's only one thing they can do. Bakugou makes this face as he hears Deku say this as he knows that in order to fight, he needs to have One For All. He looks regretful with this decision.

Deku and Bakugou both recall All Might's words to them about being heroes who can save and win, win and save. Deku reaches his bloody finger out to Bakugou, and Bakugou extends his finger as well. They miss at first, but they finally make contact.

They touch fingers for a few seconds as OFA is transferred into Bakugou, then they grasp hands firmly like this stock image. The OFA transfer is now complete as Deku wills it to be.

Bakugou asks Deku if he is even still capable of using OFA, and Deku explains that during All Might's fight against All For One, he still was able to use OFA as he was holding onto the flickering embers of the quirk.

Bakugou asks Deku if this is okay, and Deku says it's the only way. They then power themselves up using OFA, and they legit look like Goku and Vegeta as Super Saiyan, even with their hair standing up like this. Bakugou has orange energy, Deku with green.

Might+ U starts playing in this scene where Deku and Bakugou throw punch and explosion one after another at Nine. There is no sound effects or speech during this entire montage as the only music playing is Might+u.

The visuals of this scene are INSANE. Like holy shit the SAKUGA!!!!!! IS OUT OF THIS WORLD!!!!!!! There was this one scene where Super Saiyan Bakugou walks into the side of a mountain and completely melts the ENTIRE MOUNTAIN and throws it at Nine.

As they attack Nine, there is a flashback of when they are children, and Bakugou stands in front of a T.V. and says wow how cool is All Might?? There is also a flashback of Deku as a kid crying in front of his computer screen saying to his Mom AM is so cool

Both of them admire All Might, and the final few attacks are Deku and Bakugou perfectly mirroring each other, doing attacks in sync. They then prepare their finishing blow and do DETROIT SMASH into the air, clearing away the powerful storm to blue skies.

But wait! That wasn't the last move! The fight actually continues in silence with Might+u still playing in the background. Deku has a line over the montage that says "This, this is what One For All is capable of."

Bakugou prepares his final explosion and Deku prepares a finishing kick to Nine, and as they unleash their powerful attacks, Deku says "Thank you and goodbye, One For All" as he passes out, which is this scene in the trailer.

Before passing out and during the part where Deku recalls what One For All means, what One For All is capable of, there is a montage of all of Class A passed out from their own respective fights.

I missed a scene with Tokoyami and Ashido. As Dark Shadow goes crazy, he captures Slice but also causes the cave to fall down on them. Tokoyami shields Ashido with his body, and after Deku & Bakugou's fight, we see Hawks pulling Tokoyami from the rubble.

Hawks asks Tokoyami if he's alive, and Tokoyami says, "Hawks, why are you here??" Hawks then says that he's not the only one who's here as help has arrived.

We then see All Might kneeling next to Deku & Bakugou, who are lying on the ground passed out. All Might cradles Deku in his arms and says he did well. Deku asks if Bakugou is okay. All Might says "Always putting others in front of yourself, yes he's fine."

Deku then starts crying as he apologizes to All Might as he gave away such a great power entrusted with him by All Might. This is the scene where he says "I'm sorry, All Might. I'm sorry..."

All Might says Deku is brave and deserving of OFA, and then miraculously, Deku's body glows with the power of OFA coursing through his veins once more. All Might says it's a miracle, but perhaps the Predecessors willed it for Deku to hold this power.

All Might then thanks his master Nana as well as the predecessors for returning OFA back to Deku. He then holds Deku hand with one hand and in the other, holds Bakugou's hand as he cries.

The ending scene shows everyone being helped out by the Pro-Heroes. I originally thought that the scene took place in an infirmary, but it was actually on site where everyone was passed out.

Although the scene is also silent, we see Endeavor hugging Todoroki tightly as he cries comedically while he says "SHOUTOOOO!!!!!!" there is also a scene of Kaminari and Sero doing a fist bump as they are being held up by the pro-heroes.

 Ashido is being helped out on a stretcher, Tokoyami watches over her closely as she smiles at him, Ryukyu helps Tsuyu and Ochako, and the other students are escorted by the pro-heroes.

Hawks watches as Chimera and Slice are put into custody. He then wonders what Shigaraki has planned. We then see Nine was blasted away to an island surrounded by flowers. Shigaraki appears in front of him, and Nine says he needs more time.

Nine reaches out saying that he hasn't perfected the society yet, and there needs to be someone who can guide everyone. Shigaraki puts his hand on Nine's face and says, "Yes, someone. That someone is me. Good work and goodnight Nine." He disintegrates him.

The next scene is Bakugou waking up in the infirmary next to Recovery Girl. Deku narrates that Bakugou for some reason had no recollection of ever using OFA (how convenient lol), and Bakugou complains that his arms hurt like hell.

Katsuma accidentally sees Recovery Girl kissing Bakugou, and she blushes in embarrassment LOL. Deku tells Katsuma that he will be a great hero. The kids then are reunited with their father and are very happy to see him.

Class A board the boat as they are ready to go home, and Bakugou is at the top of the stern. He sees Deku and asks him if it's okay to leave without saying bye to the kids. Deku says it's fine. However, they then see the kids running to the pier.

The kids wave to Class A and say "Big Brother Deku, Bakugou, Everyone!!! Thank you so much!!" and Class A waves back at them. Katsuma then waves to Deku and says "Big Brother Deku! I'll be a hero just like you!" and Deku says U.A. is waiting for him!

Deku then waves back at Katsuma and Maholo and Bakugou puts his hand up and sort of waves. The last scene is Katsuma's smiling face as he looks on with hope, inspired by the heroes who helped change his life.

THE END!!!!!!

PLUS ULTRA~~~

[cara-terra-pace]

RICH NEIGHBORS AU: THE GABRIELING

(Technically this is a bonus part because part three is in America but the Gabriel fallout happens before that so here you go, Gabriel learns that Wow, he actually has children who need love and care! Who knew???)

Part 1 Part 2

Okay so how did Mr Recluse himself react to our two Watermelon Kids being revealed as MAJORLY rich and also FAMOUS?

Well, I think it goes a little something like this:

-Gabriel is big dumb

-and Nathalie is major tired

-so she just kind of tells him about the announcement over text and goes home to go to bed because at this point, she has attended all these major events in person for Gabriel and she’s just SO TIRED

-and he’s freaking out

-“I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOLD DIGGERS OH GOD OH GOD I CALLED THE DAUGHTER OF THE FOUNDERS OF DCI A GOLD DIGGER”

-“how is that Nino boy rich, he... he carries bubbles around?!”

-“father, most people have this thing they do. It’s called fun. I know you’ve never heard of it but it’s a normal thing people do.” (Felix has no qualms about talking back to his father.)

-“well, father, we kinda tried to tell you. Marinette was literally wearing a matching diamond necklace, tiara, and earrings when she last came over.” (Adrien has many qualms but even he realizes his father isn’t... the best dad?)

-Gabriel is falling apart, having openly disrespected two powerful people and their overprotective parents

-but they’re not mad about his disrespect towards them, no no.

-they’re mad about the fact that he legit seems to not care about his sons at ALL

-now they’re two very rich and powerful people who know he’s neglecting his children and so is his wife and also he’s a bit emotionally abusive when he does talk to them which???

-what else would we expect of Monsieur “I have nothing to lose (except the sons I don’t care about lol)” Agreste?

-so he basically is a big suck up, praising the fabric Mari uses for something, the well put together design, anything and everything

-Nino is a bit harder but he’s like “very impressive people have been coming out of the woodwork, children are the future blah de blah blah blah”

-he says, still neglecting his children

-but these sour patch kids?

-they’re not having it.

-they rip him to pieces

-Marinette goes for the company, Nino for the character and he is K.O.ed in two twitter threads

-it’s absolutely hilarious for Felix and mildly concerning for Adrien but he’s very proud of his successful best friends so he tries to focus on that instead.

-Gabriel and Emile’s neglect kind of comes to light. Emile wiggles her way out of it, saying she calls and sends them letters and gifts and does her best to still talk and get to know them and while that is true people are feeling a little sus.

-but Gabriel has all the time in the world to spend with his kids, but he doesn’t and that’s what ultimately makes him fall out of public favor.

-Nathalie becomes their primary caregiver, and she is a little bit relieved in a way, because these are HER BOYS and now she can make sure they’re always taken care of

-gorilla helps when he can too, he’d never leave his favorite kids. It’s really sweet actually.

-Gabriel still lives in the house, still designs, whatever

-but a different head designer has taken over that portion of the company and is bringing fresh ideas as the rebrand from Gabriel to Agreste, so it applies more to the Agreste boys than just Gabriel.

-the two still do photo shoots (did I mention that before? Lol, well they do photoshoots) but def not as often

-they have lives with their s/o besties 😊

-“businessmen don’t giggle Marinette”

-“then what do they do”

-“chuckle fiercely”

-Marinette proceeds to giggle for five minute straight

-they were most def making fun of Gabriel

-and he absolutely knew that and that’s why they did it right in front of him

-but he can’t exactly do anything cause he has like, no influence anymore. He may own Agreste, but he’s not the face

-he inadvertently sabotaged himself with that, since Adrien and Felix are the faces of the company and people trust them over Gabriel, especially after the neglect stuff

-basically Gabriel is faced with the consequences of what he does because he does a lot of messed up stuff to his sons.

-and maybe that brings Nino and Adrien to confessing their feelings Idk just saying

-can you imagine how much gen z on twitter makes fun of Gabriel Agreste now?

-salty fan girls never forget

-they’re mad because their uwu baby boys are being neglected and to quote MrsAgrestee2273

-“my huby doesnt deseve 2 be treeted like that!!!”

-no one knows why Marinette and Nino retweeted that but you know

-they just kind of say “iconic” and roast Gabriel some more

-“Hey Gabriel did you know it’s not Christmas. Sorry I just assumed since you look like a candy cane you were going for a Christmas vibe”

-that’s the most game of the roasts

-Gabriel is a meme now

-Marinette and Nino retweet a lotttt of them

-“that’s kind of mean”

-“Adrien, I love you so much, but it’s not mean, it’s hilarious”

-and they all lived happily ever after

-but the watermelon kids have more adventures

-like in America

-Gabriel has literally no say in whether or not the twins go to America

-they just basically send a selfie of them in sunglasses giving the camera a peace sign as they’re boarding the plane

-I mean, Nathalie is going with them so it’ll be fineee

That’s all I’ve got for now! Just a note, this isn’t part 3, this is just THE GABRIELING, since part 3 has already been started and is the whole “America Adventure” starring Marinette, Nino, Adrien, Felix, and their tired chaperone Nathalie Sancouer.

Taglist: @animegirlweeb @akana-sama @insomniac-nerd-posts-things

[grandhotelabyss]

The context is a thread of high-school teachers boasting about the books they have become too enlightened to teach, lists carefully and comically tailored to exclude “high frustration” literature by any author who isn’t white, as if, for example, they might secretly be great admirers of Cane or Season of Migration to the North. Above we see a rationale for the abandonment of Slaughterhouse-Five. Elsewhere they speak of the “torture” that is teaching Shakespeare. When I read Shakespeare as a teen, it was like every door in my head blew open at once. But I am only the grandchild of illiterate immigrant farmers (well, and a couple of guys fleeing murder raps or vendettas in the old country—like Romeo come to think of it), so what do I know? I only thank God I never had teachers like this.

But I come neither to mock nor to whine about my so-called identity—I am being corrupted by the source medium of Twitter! I want to make a serious point about the highlighted words, as follows. Everyone’s observed by now that certain public intellectuals have in the last 20 years swung from a sympathy with neoconservatism or the right wing of neoliberalism, to include an open-mindedness toward concepts like inherent group-level genetic difference in intelligence, to today’s left-liberal politics of identitarianism, with its ostensible vision of equity as the state and corporate correction of various groups’ disparate accession to the middle class. (And some are as we speak in the process of swinging back.) Perhaps they are merely opportunists. 

But perhaps there is not any contradiction if they believe that the role of the state and the market is really to manage fundamental and inherent inequality—if, for example, they think that “struggl[ing] with comprehension” is an innate condition not to be gently remediated by an educator (is this not what education is?) but pseudo-accommodated by her through the abolition of the curriculum. Look at the equity meme again: whatever it’s about allegorically, it is at its literal level about natural traits immune to social correction—age and height. We are theirs to weigh and measure. We are found wanting: Shakespeare and even Vonnegut are too much for us to think about. Ironically, Vonnegut, with his unendurable mix of saccharine sentimentality, hypocritical mean-spiritedness, and an infantine anti-style, is getting no more than he deserves, even though he identified the very logic of his own liquidation in “Harrison Bergeron.”

The movement calling itself progressive 100 years ago included a eugenic component, advocated even by some feminists and antiracists of the time, an illiberal regime of scientific management and forced sterilization. Surely, given the same label, the same basic ideology, and the same social class in charge, progressivism is different now? I prefer Shakespeare, in whom I have always found neither regress nor progress but the permanent revolt of the human spirit.

[allyvampirelass29]

Take the Night Road Home

Take the Night Road Home A NOS4A2 Review By: Allyssa J. Watkins

How black is your soul? She took the Shorter Way to the Night Road A chink of glass and a sarcastic toast A chill in the air as he feels her approach Knives drawn in a parking lot Gasoline Fire and Eyes of Black Frost Drunk Whore Mothers are best left forgot To kill her is a kindness Her son, his to soothe Chin up, Victoria I'm the best thing that ever happened to you........

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!! Yes, this SPECTACULAR episode is extra special for me, not only because it was a delirious joy and rare return to form, but because it premiered on July 5th, 2020, my thirtieth birthday, and MY GOD what a TREAT!!!!! Yes, while last week's episode felt like a rotten trick, The Night Road was an absolute treat, with the ooey gooey, chocolatey center, of Vic FINALLY facing off against Charlie!!!! I'm MESMERIZED, I am in LOVE with this episode, and the second it ended, I danced around my living room and started it over again!!!! I feel like gushing, after one HELL of a DREAM DATE!!!!

PARNASSUS!!!!! Oh you guys, ever since the first Parnassus episode, I have been dyinggggg to go back to this surreal nexus of Creative Thought, this funny little pub, where the darker Strong Creatives gather and commiserate!!! I must say, I was so refreshed to find Abe infinitely more agreeable and interesting than the bitter, mouthy, nihilistic, sexist fiend who "greeted," our Man Manx, on his last visit! Charlie is as snarky and charming as ever, and I swear Zachary Quinto grows more BEAUTIFUL, and alive with dark allure each new episode!!! So much intrigue in his and Abe's conversation, and I loved this new mystery of The Hour Glass..... So many new threads, I don't know which to pull first!!! Being in the dark can be such fun!!! I also thought that was so witty of Charlie when he said, "That's the spirit, Abe," with a sneaky smirk, as Abe said, "I wish you had died, Chuck." I liked him calling him Chuck, I thought that was cute, and I really ache to know more about their bizarre friendship, and this apparent debt Abe owes Charlie!!!

My absolute favourite scene was the Knife Fight in the Parnassus Parking Lot, and it was there I realized what had been so obviously lacking in the first two episodes. Charlie and Vic...... Full strength and face to face. That seething hatred, that electric chemistry, the fire and frost, the reveling rivalry. The dark flirtation as Charlie tells Vic he's the best thing that ever happened to her. To her son. GOD, it was ambrosia for the soul!!! Speaking of souls, I loved Charlie's coyness, haughtily asking Vic what darkness had seeped into her soul, and then telling her exactly why she was able to access The Night Road. He took such pleasure in it, scolding her about children born out of wedlock, and drunk whore mothers, flinging her down to his level, maybe even putting his own moral compass slightly above hers. The responsible father, and the screw-up teen mother. Their banter was phenomenal, and smouldering, I couldn't get enough, Vic telling Charlie she'd sacrifice her life to stop him, and Charlie simpering sadistic, saying he'd gladly take it from her, for the sake of everyone she loved so they wouldn't have to hurt anymore. WOW. I was like this is it, THIS is the NOS4A2 that I fell in LOVE with!!!! Yes, I was a bit glum that the fantastic tease, didn't lead into an all out skirmish, and bar brawl, but patience Pets, the season's only just begun, and I appreciated them leaving us with wanting more.

Charlie's coaxing encounter with Wayne was absolutely adorable!!! I grinned the entire time, ridiculously blissful, and I loved how touched and surprised Charlie was when young Master Wayne asked if he was feeling better!!! Sweet Baby!!! Aaaaaah and how CUTE was that when Charlie wagged his finger in gentle reprimand, reminding Wayne it was bad manners to abscond without saying a proper goodbye!? My heart twittered warily when Wayne took the candy cane, and I saw all the presents, and a brand new basketball inside the Wraith, but something told me it was not going to be that easy, after all Wayne is his mother's son. My suspicions proved true, as Charlie was thwarted even by the Littlest McQueen, failing to have said a rather important password. I giggled, adoringly, as Charlie tried to wave it off saying, "There are no passwords in Christmasland," but our sharp little lad, was much too clever for that, and took off running!!! I LOVE WAYNE, I LOVE this darling, beautiful little boy, and his precious curls, and deep, inquisitive eyes. Charlie having two quick McQueens to foil his dastardly plots is just too much fun!!!

Much less fun however, was the knock down, drag out, fight to the near death between Lou Carmody, who has to be the COOLEST, nicest, most congenial guy in the WORLD, and that BASTARD Bing Partridge!!!! I don't think I took a breath the entire time, and I was like I SWEAR Bing, if you FREAKING hurt Lou, you will incur my WRATH, you CREEPSTER Son of a BITCH!!! I absolutely LOVED the hidden message he left for Vic, Lou earning serious fanboy cred with the AWESOME Obi-Won reference, and I take it back, what I said about him being Vic's sidekick, because that teddy bear of a man was a BADASS Hero tonight, beating the hell out of Bing, and single-handedly saving his son from Manx's clutches!!!!

I also felt redemption was in order for Vic's parents, as shockingly they're doing better than Vic herself!!! Chris is sober even, finding solace from his demons in the woods, and the heartbreak on his face when he finds Vic's stash of minibar bottles in her pockets, is profound. He blames himself. His little girl inherited her Old Man's coping mechanisms, and nothing terrifies him more. I loved that he kept her sketchbook too, as a way to keep her close. Linda though, WOW what a change, Linda is a new woman!!! Gone, is that pale, schizophrenic shell of a battered wife. She's got a new hairstyle and a confident, secure attitude to match. It was such a nice shock to see her thriving, in a new relationship, full of good advice for Vic, and I think she's ready to heal, both from the pain she endured, and the pain she's caused. You go, Linda!!!

Speaking of Mothers........ Hold onto your Santa hats, Kids, because Mrs. Manx LIVES!!!! Millie's shocking discovery that her mauled mother, or at least a glazed-eyed apparition of her, still haunts her old house in Christmasland, stole the air from my lungs!!! WHAT has Charlie been up to beyond the borders of his merry inscape!? Crafting Sleigh House from memory, along with raising his own murdered wife!? My GOD, this episode came to WIN, going hard, even until the end!!! I have a theory that Cassie Manx has everything to do with why Charles has requested an introduction with the infamous Hour Glass Man, whom I suspect can alter time. I think Charlie wants to reunite the family Manx, bring back his wife, which in itself is a dizzying revelation, because I thought he ached to be rid of her long before that first AWFUL trip to Christmasland. I'm excited to see if I'm right, wondering at where they're going with this, and how Cassie will come back into the story. Could she love our Charlie again even after the atrocities he loosed upon her? I think maybe so....... I would. To love Charlie Manx once, is to LOVE him forever.

The Night Road is NOS4A2 at its coming-out-swinging best, and I feel like, after a few rocky patches and speed bumps from the previous scattered episodes, Season 2 is back on track and set to be BETTER than anything we've EVER seen before!!! My BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER, and I'm so happy I took the Night Road Home, back to the unique and enthralling, spine-tingling fun storytelling that I LOVE!!!! Thank you Charlie, tonight was the PERFECT date I've been WAITING for!!!! Same time, next week, Handsome?

[callme--starchild]

Spirit, show up!

"Is everything ready?" Lena had asked while arranging scented candles next to Violet, who occasionally stopped to observe in her book that everything was fine and moved some candles scarce, almost imperceptible inches.

"Yes," Violet smiled, last reviewing her book and then checking the door, "why will she take so long?"

For her part, the tallest duck sat on the opposite side crossing her legs, facing her sister with a smile.

"Patience, V. Though it's impossible, it's even hard to find salt and go unnoticed with this family, they have a keen eye in any situation."

Sure, they hadn't deciphered her relationship with Magica, but that had been because her aunt had managed to manipulate the pieces in her favor until the Shadow War. Particularly, Hoodie had been who developed a sharper eye.

Without realizing it, the teenager had begun to fiddle with her friendship bracelet while remembering the adventures she has had since she became Webby's friend, involving the rest of the family or not; though they have been scarce, each and every one having an impact on her short life.

"I'm sorry for being late!" Webby shrieked, slamming open the door, entering to close it with the same speed while still facing them, "Granny is preparing dinner, it was practically a challenge to take the salt without being discovered."

As she spoke, she took the small canister from the condiment of one of the pockets of her skirt, smiling with the pride present in her gaze as she sat next to Lena, the aroma of apples with cinnamon getting stronger every minute but without being harmful.

"Fortunately, we arrange it properly. If we do the rest of the steps well, we'll have our own friend from the next life" but despite the carefree timbre, in Violet's face was the apex of a smile while helping Webby spread the salt, always attentive to the indications the book gave them.

"I insist we should do this at your home, how about Uncle Scrooge discovers us?" Showing her nervousness, Webby fiddled with a strand of hair, curling it between two fingers.

But Lena snorted.

"Nah, our parents don't tolerate black magic and ghosts like this family. Also, if they attacks us, we can defend ourselves and say that it was some haunted object or what I know" making multiple gestures, she showed her point by letting a violet glow appear in her hand while still smiling broadly.

But still she perceived the uncertainty of the younger girl. She knew that despite facing demons, ghosts and monsters on a daily basis, she was unable to do something as banal as lying. Englabeth and Britania had resulted only because the Beagle Boys were stupid.

"We'll be fine, Webbs. If they didn't bother because I came back from the Shadow Realm and they welcomed me with open arms, why would they do it now?" Her smile had become forced to remember the events that involved her return, putting one hand on her waist and the other on the shoulder of the duck.

"Because they knew you unlike the spirit we could invoke." Violet answered for her, a sarcastic air in her voice as she finished putting the salt. "They may be friendly, though, and help us clean up later."

Webby sighed, seeing the ease and comfort in which the Sabrewing sisters unwrapped and smiled, the nervousness of being discovered present in her features but as excited as they were to participate in the invocation. True, they had Duckworth, and it was exciting, but being involved in the second appearance of a ghost?

Who knows. If they were lucky, which was unlikely, they will summon a member of the McDuck Clan.

She joined her hands with Lena and Violet's, the friendship bracelets shining immediately blue, said brightness invading the bodies of the three while the wind played with their clothes and hair but without blowing out the candles.

Where could it come from when the vents only drove little and the windows were closed, they didn't know, but the emotion didn't even allow Violet to reason properly.

"What exactly must be said?" Webby muttered, feeling the signature tickle that the use of magic brought with it, or at least the one that involves taking the hand of her best friends.

"Give me a minute, it's in Latin." Violet scrutinized her book as the spell began. The more she spoke, the scent of the candles began to spread throughout the room; maybe also to the halls, but they weren't really sure.

In the middle of the circle of salt, a figure began to take shape.

"It's working," suppressing screaming, Webby sighed happily, looking sideways at the concentration Lena was in, trying to get her magic to help the spell come out correctly; the book had warned that if they went wrong, they could end up in the Spirits Realm, to which she tried to contribute even if she did not have a magic handling as big as them.

However, Webby felt her body tense, and practically forced herself not to release their hands.

Gradually, Lena also felt weak. Maybe not in the same way as Pink, but how not to do it when it began to take shape?

Floating a few inches off the ground, the figure stretched both arms, growling when he felt the sharp pain sting in his shoulder once more.

He had horrible scars on his waist and legs, making Webby twitter, a few bruises on his eye and cheekbones and a few scratches on his beak.

However, the most characteristic was the hat and shirt, both sailor's and with multiple scratches, revealing a plumage that, though it was not so visible, looked reddish, accompanied by a strong stench of burnt flesh that would make anyone feel nauseous.

He had some bald spots wearing a darker blue, and spots on half body and hat that they really didn't want to know what they were from, and the duckling didn't want to know if those were scattered on the black shirt.

On the other hand, both Webby and Lena were speechless. No one knew what to say or how to act, seeing him rub his eye as if he were trying to take his sleep off after a day of heavy work and a well-deserved rest.

"...Donald?" But Violet didn't understand anything: she didn't know who he was, or why he looked so emaciated, much less the stunned expressions of his sister and friend.

But if Webby was on the verge of crying, it couldn't mean anything good.

Donald, however, froze when he saw the expressions of both girls, as well as when he looked around the place. He stayed in the salt circle, and Violet didn't know whether to stay alert or not.

Judging by the fact that they both kept quiet, he didn't give her a good thorn.

"Girls?" The duck was so surprised to see them, especially with Lena, though she didn't understand what he was saying because of her expression. The last thing he knew about her involved Magica de Spell and the Shadow Realm, and the last thing he remembered seeing was the sky as he descended at a dizzying speed, sweating as the golden bullet began to bathe in fire as it entered the atmosphere.

What was he doing in the mansion? How had he managed to get there when his sight barely allowed him to perceive a small island in the middle of the ocean before crashing into it?

And he couldn't think too much about it when he saw the tears on Webby's face, letting go of Lena's hand and an unknown girl to cover her beak, trying vainly to cover the sobs and hiccups she let loose.

"Webby, honey, calm." He reached up to try to reach the girl's face even when he recognized that the effort was fruitless. However, at some point he felt an energy that inexplicably made him feel pain in his hand, observing that it came from a circle of salt that surrounded him.

Unknowingly, Webby had made it impossible for him to leave the circle by breaking contact early, but Lena couldn't claim her for it either.

"H-How?" She sobbed loudly, clinging tightly to Lena when her trembling hands touch her shoulders, "the cruise...?"

They were both sure to owe Violet an explanation, but they simply couldn't.

"It's a long story ..." or at least it was for him, who couldn't tell three girls about how he died crashing into an island, especially if it involved a golden bullet of a golden cannon in the moon.

They still had to prepare for the invasion. And he couldn't install one more weight on their little shoulders.

Lena swallowed, hugging Webby and feeling the huge lump in her throat.

Yes, he had been in the Shadow Realm and knew what it was like not to be able to touch and be with someone, but at least she was alive somehow, and now she really was: she was breathing, had her friends, and a life in front of her; Donald, however, no . She didn't know how, where and when; the last thing she had known about him was that he was relaxing on a cruise because, apparently, he was molting due to stress.

She wasn't crying, and she didn't like to see her always cheerful friend cry, but she couldn't help feeling bad for the unfortunate duck.

They were so self-absorbed that Donald did not know at what point he had begun to feel moisture on his cheeks, even if it was imperceptible and invisible; or that Violet was the least concentrated was in the presence of the sailor when she heard webbed feet approaching.

"Lass?" A Scottish voice rang as they knock on the door.

Scrooge had sensed a strange smell as he walked down the hall and headed to warn them that dinner was ready, a dichotomy of aromas that twisted his stomach.

"Dinner is ready." His hand hesitated as he turned the handle, slowly opening the door.

Violet's nervous expression was the last thing he saw before opening it completely, a heavy silence settling down.

Webby watched him nervously, her reddish, swollen eyes with tears while still clinging to Lena, who kept her hand on the back of the duck.

Behind them, Donald wrinkled his cap in his hands, an act he only performed when his emotions were in full bloom.

What disturbed him most was the state of his nephew.

"��How?" He repeated Webby's question in a voice thread, the Scottish accent being rougher and tightening his cane until his knuckles tightened.

But Donald was speechless, crying tears that could barely be seen. He had seen, specifically, how the smile on his uncle's face disappeared, his eyes widening.

No one knows what to say. And the girls can feel the tension in the air, about to be cut with a butter knife to such a degree that Webby's sobs had decreased in volume.

Donald sniffed, unknown to him if they can hear it or not. Somehow, he can't bear to see Uncle Scrooge. The shame? The fear? The melancholy? He didn't know, if he was honest with himself. He was simply in the other world, thinking of his family, of Della playing and telling stories to the boys. The next second he was there, in the mansion in front of his uncle after months and trying to see anywhere, even the silent girls, but him.

"I guess I never made it to the cruise? My bad luck, y'now? It did it again..." And he hadn't felt that way, not knowing what to say, since he started giving advice to the triplets."

And feeling so light when it was his emotions that weighed didn't help. A part of him wanted to tell his uncle at least what happened on the moon, but he had already caused enough problems and did not want to alter the senile duck anymore.

"Yes, y'now me, luck was never in my favor..." He laugh awkwardly, unnecessarily when he no longer had lungs or need oxygen to breathe, trying to ignore in vain how Scrooge's gaze became more forced, "but that's alright; you are fine, and you know what matters most to me."

But how could it be alright? The girls thought synchronously and frowning—it could be because of helplessness, anger or sadness, they didn't know. Lena and Webby were aware of the great love Donald had for his family unlike Violet, Webby acknowledging Donald's anger management whose debts he still owed; but she recognized that he could not see for them above himself.

Much less in the afterlife.

Meanwhile, Scrooge? He was probably the most horrified about the thought. He was a century and a half old, he knew the concept of death. He had seen Duckworth, he had seen people who did not remember the names.

But that doesn't mean he can take it, especially with... this . He wasn't there when Hortense and Quackmore passed away, only at his funeral with the wee ones. He wasn't there when Daphne and Goosetave passed away, all he could do was watch in silence while his nephew and niece were with Gladstone, comforting him, empathic with the pain of losing your parents. But he wasn't there when he ... when Donald ... when his so-  nephew passed away... but his ghost was there, torturing him without realizing it. The twin that most reminded him of his sister. He was there ... being visible, but untouchable making him want to vomit... He had recovered Della, yes, and it was incredible, but in the process he had lost Donald, and it was like losing her again. Losing the other half of an amazing duo, but this time it was impossible to get it back. And the worst part was that he didn't know how or when.

"By the way..." he spoke again, pulling everyone out of their sea of thoughts, "how are the boys?"

And there he was, thinking again about his family rather than himself, a quality he kept from a childish promise that he made Della a Christmas and of which he had witnessed. Scrooge had to swallow the lump in his throat to preserve his pride.

"Och, they're fine, lad, ye knoo? Della came back and... they're trying tae recover teh lost time..." no, he hadn't forced to speak, thanks for asking. Though he was sure that, to remain present, the glow in his nephew's eyes had gone out. "They are showing her hoo much teh city changed."

And the simple thought that he could not see his sister again made him sad. To not go back to accompany her on adventures, nor listen to her painful jokes and bad puns, much less accompany her in the upbringing and growth of the triplets.

"Should we tell them when they return?" A female, unknown to him voice interrupted his thoughts, could easily be the girl who accompanied Webby and her friend. But he started, trying to ignore the chill that went through him feeling weightless.

"We can bring him to this plane, we just have to end the spell." Although doubtful, Lena separated slightly from the duckling, seeing that her crying had already diminished.

Webby nodded slowly. To Donald's surprise, his uncle, that grumpy skeptic of magic, especially black magic, came in by closing the door. He did not need to be a detective to discover that he was struggling not to regurgitate for some reason, unable to perceive the smell of candles and the stench he gave off.

"Count oan me, lassies," frowning, he fiddled with the string of his dime.

But he was not comfortable with the idea.

"No," he shook her head, keeping his head down when he felt the surprised looks of his uncle, niece and her friends, who for a moment seemed to understand him. "I appreciate that you want to try, seriously, but I couldn't... I couldn't stand to be seen like this, not in... this state, and not being able to comfort them."

The sisters saw each other for a moment, ceasing to understand what Donald was saying but understanding the message when, in a desperate start, he pointed to himself, especially the bald and injured spots.

"They'll suspect when you didn't return from the cruise," mentioning it, Webby approached her uncle to hug him in his coat, her eyes glowing when the Scottish stroked her hair.

The room temperature began to drop, causing the candle fire to react dimly.

"I know, but..." he rub his eye, revealing that he was also crying.

"M'boy, Ah knoo it's hard." Scrooge raised his hand slowly and a few inches, stopping when he perceived how his nephew tensed while still hugging Webby with his other hand. He couldn't blame him; He couldn't remember the last time he called him that "but those lads are too perceptive, they'll know sooner or later."

"I'd rather later." He didn't hesitate to answer, breathing heavily. Pointless action being that he didn't need to breathe "but whatever it's, I wouldn't tolerate being seen that way."

The truth was that he preferred that they never find out. And even if they could possibly think the worst, he couldn't bear the guilt of being the one who hurt his babies—Della's.

They had endured Della's absence for ten years, but she had finally returned. But he didn't want to know how they could react to his absence, especially when he didn't want to, thanks to the poor state of his body after the hard landing.

The phases of adolescence, high school, first love, Sadie Hawkins' dance, prom. Celebrate with them their admission to the college, even if it was online as in his case, when they get their degree.

When they got married, if they wanted to get married.

When they became parents, if they wanted to become parents.

All that he had the opportunity to share with his sister despite the Navy and the aviation school, he preferred to lose it than to see the faces of his nephews every time they saw him.

Scrooge sensed how the spirit clinked when a couple of candles went out thanks to the low temperature of the room.

"Are ye sure, lad?" He sighed, his hand still in the air. The duckling had begun to tremble in his grip and he could see the guilt in Donald's empty stare.

He looked over his shoulder at Lena next to the hummingbird, both playing clearly uncomfortable with similar bracelets with a clear interest in not interrupting...whatever was going on with the family, and the duck smiled sadly at the moment a third candle went out and the salt circle looked partially ruined.

Apparently his little girl had made a new best friend, and he wouldn't have the chance to meet her better.

"Sure, Unca'  Scrooge." And the businessman tried not to break even more by perceiving the childish tone with which Donald called him, remembering that insecure wee bairn with a worse speech impairment who had entered the manor without letting go of his sister's hand after their parents died and began to live with him.

And Donald still had the same kindness back then not to mock the tears that began to invade his uncle's face. He knew it would be very cynical of him, and he smile at him between sobs.

He recognized that perhaps it was not the best decision, but it was his and it was already made. And that was the worst time to be born with the McDuck clan's stubbornness.

"Do you think we can talk to you at some other time?" With a hint of hope, Webby dared to separate from Scrooge and dubiously approach the sailor, who simply shrugged.

"I'm not really sure. You know that luck was never on my side, kiddo" smiling warmly, he made the gesture of wanting to ruffle the duckling, but he had less chance when his hand suddenly vanished.

That not even Lena or Violet reacted to it indicated how accustomed they were to the family occurrences.

"I better go, so I heard dinner is served." Folding his arms, he kept keeping that smile. A couple more candles blew out making him less visible "I'll trust that you will know how to protect the boys; I mean, you did it with Della and me."

When you had no idea how to be a legal guardian, not one but two rambunctious children, he wanted to add; but he had to admit that he would not contribute to the situation, so he preferred to shut up.

But before Scrooge had the opportunity to respond a breeze invaded the room, spreading the salt on the floor—forcing them to close their eyes, and extinguishing the small flames leaving behind a fine aroma of ash and, of course, apples with cinnamon.

In just an instant Donald had stopped being present. When they opened their eyes again there was not even the salt circle, as if nothing had happened and the only memory being the used candles.

A few seconds of non-enlightening silence invaded the peculiar group until the door was knocked open, startling them and causing Webby to hold on to his uncle's broadcloth coat again.

"Mr. McDuck, I think I was very clear that dinner could get cold..." Beakley entered the room keeping a stoic expression, stopping to perceive the tense expressions of his employer and the three girls, as well as the candles stop distilling smoke at their feet, as well as traces of salt and unusual smells, as well as an open book at Violet's feet. "Mr. McDuck? Girls? Everything's alright?"

Then she would talk to Webby about whatever was happening, before she should...

She said nothing when her granddaughter hugged her tightly by the legs, hiding her face in her apron to what she scooped her in her arms.

"Yes, yes, we were, ah... telling horror stories and she became sensitive." Lena repressed the urge to hit herself at the awful lie. It wasn't a secret that Webby was too brave for someone her age to train so much and face multiple adventures every day; smiling nervously when Beakley simply raised her eyebrow and Violet rolled her eyes. "Come on Vi, the last one to arrive cleans the room for a month!"

The hummingbird smiled, quickly following her sister while their laughter was heard in the hallway,  Beakley showing greater confusion when Scrooge came out behind them without saying a word.

He did not fully understand what had just happened, then he would talk to Webbigail about the use of black magic under his roof, but on the other hand he did not know how to feel after his nephew's words, his own decision.

He didn't know how he would do it without requiring the black arts, but he would recover the lad whether he liked it or not. Not having the luck of the twins, he hoped he would be without any injuries, but he would recover him and have him again around the mansion or in the pool. He would have his laddie back and the triplets would know the truth.

But for now he would not say anything to them, not to them, not to Della, not even to Beakley or Duckworth, that if he did the job. He did not want to hurt his family again unless he failed and gave up.

Fortunately he was Scrooge McDuck, and he never gave up.

[dragonprincefan]

It’s one week until The Dragon Prince will be available for everyone on Netflix.

Haven’t heard of it yet? You’re in for a treat.

The Dragon Prince is a new animated series created by Aaron Ehasz (Avatar: The Last Airbender) and Justin Richmond (Uncharted) as the debut creation of their new story and play studio, Wonderstorm Inc. Adding to that prestigious team, we have Giancarlo Volpe (Avatar: The Last Airbender, Star vs. The Forces of Evil, Green Lantern: The Animated Series) as the Executive Producer for the animated series, and his experience in telling nuanced stories with complex characters is already shining through in the three episode preview.

Don’t worry. No spoilers here.

Let’s start out with the trailer if you haven’t already seen it.

I’ve seen a few people worried about the animation style, but having seen it in action, I can safely say there’s not much to worry about. An article over at Polygon did a good commentary on it, but it bears repeating. While there are a couple of moments where small details can seem a bit stuttering, they really are small moments (flags flapping in the wind in a wide shot, or a nod here and there) and easily overlooked or a matter of stylistic choice. The action, and there is so much action, flows smoothly and keeps you on the edge of your seat watching the interplay. (I could do an entire post on the creative weapon designs and will later.) The changing frame rate used in some scenes over others is put to good use, punching up some moments for extra effect.

The first three episodes introduce us to a world on the brink of war. There were originally six types of magic (Sun, Moon, Stars, Earth, Sky, and Ocean), but 1,000 years ago, a Human mage discovered Dark Magic. The horror of the newly invented magic caused the Elves and Dragons of Xadia to banish the Humans to the West, setting up a border guarded by the Dragon King, Thunder. In more recent history, the humans killed Thunder and destroyed the egg containing his sole heir, The Dragon Prince. This is what has brought Xadia and the Human kingdoms to the edge of war.

That’s the simple explanation. The one that makes the Humans out to be the unquestionable and unrepentant villains of our tale. However, life, and this story, are not such simple matters of black and white, and we quickly start to see that in the show as it presents the things that have happened thus far as shades of grey and a result of complex choices with wrongs committed on both sides. A lot of time is spent reinforcing that choices are rarely simple nor purely acts of good or evil and how violence can quickly become an unending cycle. It addresses honor and loyalty and how quickly it can become a mess when you start seeing the other side of a conflict as full people. The story is setting up complex and nuanced morality and views of history that I’m really excited to see where it goes.

It looks like family of various types is going to be a major over-arching theme of the story with step-siblings Callum and Ezran, the contrast of a more antagonistic but playful relationship between siblings Soren and Claudia, Callum’s complicated relationship with his stepfather, King Harrow, and Soren and Claudia’s relationship with their father. This is also set against Rayla’s relationship with Runaan and the other Moonshadow Elves and what is sure to be her burgeoning friendship with the two Human princes. I expect found family and other relationships not forged by birth to become increasingly important as the story continues.

Additionally, we have a beautifully diverse cast. King Harrow (Luc Roderique) is clearly a black man while his step son Callum (Jack DeSena) appears to be white and crown prince Ezran (Sasha Rojen) appears to be mixed. Despite initial screenshots of Rayla (Paula Burrows) and Runaan (Johnathan Holmes), not all of the Elves are pale skinned and white-haired. The crownguard is specifically stated to be comprised of men and woman, and we see a variety of skin tones and hair types of multiple genders. We even see a primary character with a visible limp who requires a cane much of the time. There was a lot of set up and introductions to get through in the first three episodes, and as we see our three leads (Callum, Ezran, and Rayla) traverse the world of Xadia, I expect to see even more visible diversity come in since it was stated as a specific goal of the crew during the San Diego Comic Con 2018 panel.

The writing itself walks a nice balance between those heavy themes of moral greys and smatterings of humor. The characters are quirky and believable. It would have been so easy to set up Claudia (Racquel Belmonte), Soren (Jesse Inocalla), and Viren (Jason Simpson) as purely antagonistic characters, but instead they aren’t. Viren’s motivations and loyalties are complex and you are left uncertain of what to make of him. Soren varies between clever and foolish, and while he teases, doesn’t seem to be genuinely ill-intentioned, helping as often as he jokes. Claudia too walks a fine line between airhead and genius with a fierce sense of caring and loyalty. Ezran and Callum are both young, and far more aware of the complexities of their world and position than they’re generally given credit for while still being kids who want to have fun and want the world to be simple. They’re all complex characters and seeing how they will grow and mature over the course of the story is exciting.

In just the first three episodes, The Dragon Prince has introduced multiple plot threads that promise a lot of potential and all threads that I’m fascinated to see not only how they end up, but how hey get to that ending. 

If there’s one criticism to be had from the first three episodes, it is just how much happened. There’s a lot going on, a lot of nuanced motivations and relationships introduced, and a lot of world-building set-up. It could easily be overwhelming. I think they overall did a good job of parceling it out in small pieces at a time to prevent it feeling like you’re getting huge info dumps, and leaving you fascinated to learn more at the end of each episode.

Side note: Watch the credits for every episode, the illustrations change each time, and I feel like they show even more of a glimpse into the characters and cultures of Xadia.

I really believe this is going to be the new show to watch. A complex world full of nuance, adventure, magic, dragons, and elves that doesn’t let the fantasy elements overwhelm creating strong characters that I think everyone is going to be able to find one or more that they can personally identify with on some level. 

All this is done while showing that the wider events of the world don’t leave children untouched no matter how much you try to protect them. With the themes that loyalty and honor, right and wrong, differ based on your position and perspective on the course of events while asking the questions of whether or not the ends justify the means and how you can end a cycle of violence makes it look like we’re in for some truly poignant story telling.

Remember how I mentioned that Wonderstorm is a “story and play studio”? That means this animated series is just the beginning of our introduction into a deeper world. While the wonderful team at Bardel Entertainment animated the series, the storytelling and direction comes from Wonderstorm which is also actively developing a connected video game. We don’t know yet what platform or play style to expect from the game, but we can probably safely expect it to be fully integrated with the story and world presented in the animated series, and the animation style of the show will translate very well into the 3D models of a game. Those seven different kinds of magic and various creatures and races create a lot of room for exploration in a game, and the history provided at the beginning of the first episode means games could be set at various places or times within Xadia, adding even more depth to the world-building.

I look forward to jumping into the truly immersive franchise the Wonderstorm team appears to be building, and I hope you all will too.

Remember to watch all nine episodes of the The Dragon Prince when they’re released Friday, September 14th. (Go ahead and add it to your Netflix list here.)

Join us on twitter to make #TheDragonPrince trend on September 14th. Starting at 2pm PDT, and going for at least an hour, make and RT posts with #TheDragonPrince in them. (Get your local time: link)

[wanderingandfound]

Here’s a thread from the day before the finale I think more people should see.

[Image description: Twitter thread from user ATOMIC ANDROGYNOUS @ medeawasright dated March 24th. #MagnusPod alright. in anticipation of tomorrow. quotes that are going to keep me up tonight.   "The Mother of Puppets has always suffered at [the Desolation’s] hand; all the manipulation and subtle venom in the world means nothing against a pure and unrestrained force of destruction and ruin." -Eugene Vanderstock, 139 - Chosen as annabelle explicitly encourages arson? k    "I went to clean that house on April the 23rd, 2009 which, according to all of you, is tomorrow. But it can’t be. That was two weeks ago." -Anya Villette, 114 - Cracked Foundation the alt-reality nurse who travelled here through Hilltop Road's portal?? also moved back in time???   "What about the basement?" "Can’t see one."* [*Music cues tend not to be noted in transcripts. However, the cue of high, tremulous violin that comes in the moment Daisy finishes speaking is both surprising and, subsequently, chilling enough that I felt it ought to be mentioned.] -Jon and Daisy, 147 - Weaver WHY DOESN'T IT HAVE A BASEMENT. RAYMOND FIELDING COCOONED PEOPLE IN THE BASEMENT. THE ALT-REALITY NURSE GOT DRAWN INTO THE BASEMENT BY THE WEB. WHERE IS THE BASEMENT. "Honestly, I’m still not exactly sure why I’m here. But you know better than anyone how the spiders can get into your head. Easier to just do what she asks." -Oliver Banks, 121 - Far Away as he gives Jon his End mark. Annabelle went on about how the Web claiming Jon was just a Web contingency for the inevitable success of a ritual - but the Web also arranged for a bunch of the marks that allowed it? -cobwebs present at the Unknowing -sent Jared to attack the Institute, causing Melanie to embrace the Slaughter (allowing both to mark Jon)  -left him the tape in 130 - Flesh that gave him the idea to use his own flesh as an anchor, which led to his mark by the Flesh and his ability to become marked by the Buried -sent the table & lighter to the Institute, allowing Jon to release not!Them "I tried to kill [the spider]... the shelf collapsed... [QUIET, BUILDING SOUND OF WET WRIGGLING]" -Jon, 038 - Lost and Found "I think [the worms] weren’t ready to attack when you found the tunnels." -Tim, 040 - Human Remains SO NOT ONLY DID THE WEB ARRANGE FOR JON'S CORRUPTION MARKS, SHE ALSO MADE SURE HE'D SURVIVE TO THE WATCHER'S CROWN. OKAY. "I even held out some small hope you had been sent by the Spider as some sort of implicit blessing on the whole project, and, do you know what, I think it was." -Jonah Magnus, 161 - The Eye Opens ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok. "Getting closer I realised that there was a person sitting at that desk and it was them that all of this scarlet light was flowing into." -Oliver Banks, 011 - Dreamer gertrude has a shitload of death veins and they have red lights in them. this has not been explained in 188 eps "We marked him young, guided his path as best we could. And then, we took his voice." -Annabelle Cane, 197 - Connected so jon was web before he was ever eye. so the only word they have that their plan will work is from annabelle herself. ok. what's a better manipulation than catching the LITERAL embodiments of fear in your web of tapes! okay! what better satisfaction for the Web than arranging another entity's apocalypse for your own purposes! "The Web, I’ve never really been sure about. If I were to guess, I would say it actually prefers the world as is: playing everyone against each other." -Peter Lukas, 134 - Time of Revelation SO SHE CAN HAVE 1 NORMAL WORLD TO MANIPULATE OR 1000? SOUNDS LIKE A FUCKING RITUAL TO ME "Nice lighter." "Hmm?" [FAINT STATIC RISES AND FALLS] ... "Then you won’t mind if I hang onto this?" "Mm." [FAINT STATIC RISES AND FALLS] -Georgie and Jon, 199 - Seeing It Through okay. okay. having a smoke with a Web artifact. when Jonny's talked multiple times about addiction as a vector of the Web. when the Spider brought the Watcher's Crown to fruition. when she's just nudged Jon into capturing all the entities in tape form and then releasing them on the multiverse. this is cool i feel sane and normal. End image description.]

Link to the thread.

And then the follow up thread after the release of MAG 200.

[Image description: A twitter thread starting with a quote retweet of previous thread, also by user ATOMIC ANDROGYNOUS @ medeawasright.  (#MagnusPod #tmaspoilers itt) V. VINDICATION. MAYBE?

okay. okay. i think i was right about the ritual. the Web uses Jon to bring about the eyepocalypse in the effort to apotheosize by spreading into alt universes.  "It played and twisted and through The Eye brought about a new world, a wide and unending vista of terror and agony, and the place from which it might spread, and spin another web far grander than anything conceived of in the minds that birthed it." yeah? yeah.  jon figures this out, goes to take jonahlias's place and end what's left of the world instead. HOWEVER. the Web brings the lighter to Georgie in 199 so they don't need Jon's blessing to blow up the gas main & thus move the entities through Hilltop Road.  (beyond the fact that it's A Web Artifact, he's always had a hard time keeping track of it, and loss of control over your actions is peak Web) the tapes pull both Jon and Martin through. the eyepocalypse ends. web ritual succeeds. all the fears are gone from tmaworld. okay.  why. was. there. a. tape. recorder. End description.]

[paradoxicalca]

(OC) Dundon DIYs the Hurricanes (An Alternate Reality)

(Previous parts of this series include: Re-Chiarelling the Oilers, Moneyballing the Sens, Covertly Tanking the Wild, and Frenchifying the Canadiens.)Part I"Okay losers listen up!"This wasn't the first time team owner Tom Dundon had greeted the Carolina Hurricanes' analytics department this way, but they did not know that this was the first time he had gotten the office number right on his first try. After a long season the marketing department and janitors were no longer taken aback by these frequent interruptions."I've just had a brilliant idea. No doubt we had a good season last year, couple sell outs, good shit all around. But we gotta bring it to the next level okay? Now answer this question: what sells in sports?"One brave analyst answered: "Winning?" "Superstars?" offered another.Dundon shook his head in disbelief. "What? No, sex, you nerds, ever have it? Sex sells. We've got eyeballs on these games now but to get people really caring about this team we need to get a full roster of real dimes. Handsome motherfuckers. What do hockey players call attractive people?"A pause."Sir, none of us have actually played hockey before.""I think the guys on Letterkenny call them rockets?"Dundon clapped and pointed at him. "Alright, there we go, we need more rockets in our locker room than fucking NASA." Then he turned around, kicked over a garbage can, and disappeared through the door.The analytics department wasted no time in devising algorithms and stats to quantify player attractiveness. Very quickly a vicious divide emerged between two measurements: the Cool or Rugged Sexiness Indicator (CORSI) and the Foxiness-Expressing Number which Indexes Cute Kings (FENWICK). It all came down to type and preference: CORSI adherents argued for strong, bearded, often Canadian players, while FENWICK fanatics extolled the virtues of prettier players, usually non-threatening Scandinavians. It was eventually acknowledged that these met at the Strapping, Handsome and Rather Pretty (SHARP) intersection, but nonetheless conflict still raged. After a day of furious debate it was decided that they would deliver Dundon a roster split between the three categories:Filip Forsberg (+6.5 FENWICK) - Tyler Seguin (+3.5 SHARP) - Brock Boeser (+4.7 SHARP) Gabriel Landeskog (+8.5 FENWICK) - Adam Henrique (+3.7 CORSI) - Leon Draisaitl (+5.6 SHARP) Tom Wilson (+4.3 CORSI) - Alex Wennberg (+7.5 FENWICK) - Blake Wheeler (+3.8 CORSI) Marcus Foligno (+3.4 CORSI) - Elias Lindholm (+5.6 FENWICK) - Andre Burakovsky (+3.4 FENWICK) Roman Josi (+7.4 FENWICK) - Erik Karlsson (+6.8 FENWICK) Shea Weber (+4.5 CORSI) - Kris Letang (+7.2 SHARP) Brady Skjei (+4.6 SHARP) - Erik Gudbranson (+3.9 CORSI) Henrik Lundqvist (+8.2 SHARP) Braden Holtby (+3.6 CORSI) Proud of themselves, but feeling somewhat uncomfortable, the analytics team printed out this list and called Dundon to come back and retrieve it.When he arrived he looked at it and smiled "Great work, alright, and this algorithm is all loaded on the computer over there?""Yes sir""Okay great, thanks guys, you're fired, best wishes"As each of the analysts grumpily gathered their laptops and Funko Pops into cardboard boxes and left PNC Arena, Dundon folded the list into a paper airplane and yelled "Hey Don! You still work for me?"The veteran manager walked into the office. "Yes, Tom, I still do."Dundon fired the paper airplane directly at Waddell's forehead and it fell to the floor. "This is a list of players, I'm gonna need you to trade for these guys ASAP, got it?"Waddell muttered through gritted teeth something like "...never in Atlanta...""Oh yeah you turtle-looking motherfucker? Well why don't you go and work for them then? You're fired, fuckface."By the end of the day, Dundon had fired everyone he could find in the building. Then he sat down at the computer that had the handsomeness algorithm loaded onto it. Google Chrome was open. These fuckers had been using the internet at work? He wished he could fire them again. But he noticed the website on the screen."What the hell is HFBoards?"_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Part IIThis site was incredible - Dundon didn't realize there were so many hockey fans. But here they all were, speculating on rumours, constructing rosters, and, most incredibly, proposing trades. He had been paying out the ass all year for front office staff and yet there were thousands of people on this website coming up with trades for free. He felt like a kid on Christmas morning - receiving gifts without having to give anything to anyone else. He completely forgot about the handsomeness list he'd asked for just a few hours before.Just then a social media intern who had been in the washroom when he dismissed the rest of her department poked her head into the room. Dundon immediately tried to fire her (he knew how to use Twitter, why was he paying someone to do it?) but it turned out she actually wasn't getting paid anything. So he recruited her to a new project."I need you to record every trade proposal our fans have made on this website this summer."And she did.1. Justin Faulk for Antti Raanta 2. James Riemer for Martin Jones (1 million retained) 3. Warren Foegele and a 2nd for Nikita Gusev "That's it? Alright well hold on, I'll get these done quick then."But when he called that lanky dork in Arizona whose name he couldn't remember and offered him the first deal, he was hung up on immediately. The same thing happened twice more."What the hell is going on?""Well," the intern started, "it seems like our fans might overvalue our players a bit.""We made the fucking third round, all our players should have value out the ass! How am I supposed to know how much I can get for these guys?""Well, there's a kind of thread on this forum called 'Value Of:' where you name a player and people tell you what they'd be willing to trade for them.""Perfect, make one of those and I'll start hitting the phones."​Edmonton Oilers @OilersNHLTRADE ALERT: The #Oil acquire D Dougie Hamilton from the #Canes in exchange for Jesse Puljujarvi and Kris Russell​Toronto Maple Leafs @MapleLeafs#Sportschek Transaction Alert: Maple Leafs have acquired D Brett Pesce, RW Teuvo Teravainen, and C Martin Necas from the Hurricanes in exchange for RW Mitch Marner​"This is so easy, no one's even trying to negotiate with me! I can't believe I kept that old fuck around for so long."​Montreal Canadiens @CanadiensMTLWELCOME TO MONTREAL @SebastianAho!#Habs receive C @SebastianAho in exchange for C Max Domi, D Cale Fleury, and a 2020 1st.Les #Habs reçoivent Sebastian Aho en échange de Max Domi, Cale Fleury et un choix de 1er ronde.​Vancouver Canucks @sabresWE HAVE A TRADE TO ANNOUNCE #GoCanucksGoCanucks have acquired RW Andrei Svechnikov from @NHLCanes in exchange for D Chris Tanev and a 2020 2nd round pick​Buffalo Sabres @sabresSabres have acquired D Jaccob Slavin from CAR for RW Sam Reinhart​Pittsburgh Penguins @penguinsThe Penguins have acquired D Trevor van Riemsdyk for D Jack Johnson #letsgopensEpilogueThat fall, the fans at PNC Arena thought they were buying tickets to hockey games, but what they got was even more impressive: a one-man show. They would hear Tom Dundon announce the starting lineups ("Why am I playing some asshole to read a script?") and sing the national anthem. ("This isn't a fucking talent show, and people say I have a great voice.") They'd see him run up and down the aisles serving popcorn and drinks, and even interact with children as the new mascot ("Look kid, you want a fuckin' high five or not? Okay, quit hugging me you fuckin' perv."). Long after the games were done, an exhausted Dundon could be found sweeping up trash. It almost wasn't worth it. But at the end of the night, when he looked at the balance sheet and the single employee expense - the NHL had refused his request to drive the Zamboni himself - he was filled with a quiet comfort.As the team tumbled down the standings, Dundon barely noticed. He didn't have much time to watch the games anyway, and he only looked at the scoreboard when one of the pixels went out and he had to fix it. But there came a point, with the season finally done, when he realized that he had barely had a second of free time all year. His hair was turning white from a lack of sleep. Worst of all, there hadn't been anyone to fire in months. But then he realized something else. As he walked into the bathroom with a mop, he stared at his gaunt face in the mirror, took a deep breath and whispered"You're fired"He suddenly felt an exhilarating freedom wash over him. Then he put down his mop, walked outside, breathed in fresh air for the first time in what felt like a lifetime, and just began to walk. He was never seen again.​Next time: Jim Rutherford decides to deal with his Tom Wilson problem once and for all. (OC) Dundon DIYs the Hurricanes (An Alternate Reality) Source

[thrashermaxey]

The Baffled of Ontario: Who’s had it worse, the 1980s Maple Leafs or today’s Senators?

It’s​ been a bad two​ years​ for​ the​ Ottawa Senators.​ Ever​ since they​ lost a heartbreaking Game​ 7 showdown with​ the​ Penguins in the​​ 2017 conference final, the franchise has endured a seemingly endless series of setbacks both on and off the ice. The misery has been well-documented – you may have seen this epic Twitter thread – and the worst part is that some days it doesn’t feel like there’s any end in sight.

And, at some point, beaten-down Senators fans have probably wondered: From ownership to coaching to off-ice scandals to the steady stream of star players bolting for the exit, has any fan base ever had it this bad?

At which point Maple Leafs fans of a certain age might hobble over, waving their canes and mumbling ominously: You kids don’t realize just how bad it can get.

You see, some of us had to deal with the Harold Ballard era back in the 1980s. And while we can sympathize with what Senators fans are going through right now, we might object to the suggestion that Ottawa has it any worse than we did. We’ve seen some stuff, man.

So since the playoff version of the Battle of Ontario has been on pause for over a decade and doesn’t seem like it will be resuming anytime soon, let’s take the rivalry in a different direction. Who’s had it worse, modern-day Senators fans or 1980s Maple Leafs fans?

This is going to get depressing. Let’s go through 10 key categories and figure out which of Ontario’s teams can claim the suffering hockey fans’ crown.

Worst season

Let’s start with the basics. When you’re building a solid foundation of misery, you want to start from rock bottom.

Today’s Senators: While it’s still a work in progress, it’s fair to say that this year will go down as the worst in the Senators’ post-expansion history. They’re on pace for a point total in the low 60s and will likely finish last in the league for the first time since the Sparky Allison days.

The 1980s Maple Leafs: Despite finishing under the 60-point mark five times, the Maple Leafs somewhat amazingly only came in dead last once during the ’80s. That was in 1984-85, when they won just 20 games on the way to a pathetic 48-point season. The good news: They at least had their own draft pick, unlike some teams we could mention, and the guy they used it on turned out to be pretty fun.

Who had it worse? Based on points, it’s the Maple Leafs by a fair margin. But their worst season came during an era where horrible teams were commonplace, while the Senators are having theirs in what’s supposed to be the parity era. They’re also finishing last in a league with 10 more teams than the one the 1980s Leafs faced. I think you have to adjust for era here, and when we do this one comes out fairly even.

Best season

The flip side of the last category. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then, right?

Today’s Senators: It seems more amazing with every day that goes by, but it’s really true: The Senators really were one goal away from the Stanley Cup final just 21 months ago. Sure, in hindsight their three-round run was powered by some lucky matchups and good bounces, and it probably did more harm than good by convincing the front office that they were legitimate contenders. But it did happen, and it was all sorts of fun for Senators fans in the moment.

The 1980s Maple Leafs: The Leafs made the playoffs six times during the 1980s because they played in the Norris Division and somebody had to go. But they only won two rounds in the decade and never made it out of the division final.

Who had it worse? The Leafs get the edge here.

Franchise player falling outs

Even when things are bad, at least you’ve got a franchise player to cheer for. Right up until you don’t.

Today’s Senators: They watched Daniel Alfredsson walk away as a player in 2013 and then again as an executive in 2017.

Then they went through the same sort of situation with Erik Karlsson with some added off-ice drama, culminating in him being traded last fall. And then it happened yet again with both Matt Duchene and Mark Stone at the 2019 deadline. (And we haven’t even mentioned Jason Spezza or Dany Heatley.)

The 1980s Maple Leafs: The team’s relationship with Darryl Sittler went off the rails in the early ’80s. The front office wanted to move him, but he had no-trade protection, so they dealt his best friend Lanny MacDonald instead to send a message. That led to Sittler infamously cutting the captain’s “C” off his jersey, and he’d eventually walk out on the team citing doctor’s orders. He’d be traded to the Flyers a few weeks later.

Who had it worse? This one’s close. Nothing that’s happened in Ottawa can match the over-the-top ugliness of the Sittler situation. But I feel like you have to give the Senators a slight edge here just based on volume.

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[junker-town]

THIS WEEK IN SCHADENFREUDE, Texas is just hopping mad

Texas leads a wide-ranging tour of the angry college football internet after Week 9.

Welcome back to THIS WEEK IN SCHADENFREUDE, your weekly rocket ship ride through the most infuriated regions of the college football galaxy. Last week, this page focused exclusively on Ohio State, because that was the only logical choice. This week, we’re taking a journey around a small handful of furious fanbases on the internet.

Texas lost to Oklahoma State, knocking the Longhorns out of the top 10.

Though they remain in the thick of a chaotic Big 12 race, it’s a disappointing moment for Tom Herman’s bunch. Said one Longhorn fan afterward:

I don’t want to watch football anymore

That was the title of a message board thread. This was the profound body:

.

And there you have it.

A former Texas linebacker got into a fast-escalating online beef with a current Texas cornerback, who’d been suspended for the first quarter.

Ex-Horn Emmanuel Acho initially defended the suspended Kris Boyd, because Texas sitting down a starting cornerback had the side effect of helping OSU get lots of yards:

I understand all the, “teach your players a lesson” tweets, but YALL understand, if Saban benched players everytime they violated team or American laws, Bama might not have a single national title.

— Emmanuel Acho (@thEMANacho) October 28, 2018

But then Acho — who’s now an ESPN analyst — got rougher.

Bruh, you can’t be late to meetings THEN come out here and get mossed. Your team needs you. #Texas #OkState

— Emmanuel Acho (@thEMANacho) October 28, 2018

And then he used the “trash” word ...

I can’t watch this dude play defense anymore. It’s actually trash. If you know. You know. #Texas

— Emmanuel Acho (@thEMANacho) October 28, 2018

... and said he wasn’t talking specifically about Boyd, but, uh:

Naw I feel u, and I didn’t say I was talking about Kris, I would never put nobody on front street like that... but anybody who feels that tweet applies to them should probably step up. I played hella trash games in my day lol. U grow and move on u feel me

— Emmanuel Acho (@thEMANacho) October 28, 2018

How’d Boyd respond? Aggressively.

Boyd going straight after Acho on Instagram. Smart. pic.twitter.com/0LuqqMGzl4

— Burnt Orange Nation (@BON_SBNation) October 28, 2018

Fortunately for Boyd, INSTAGRAM ASSAULT is not a violation of team rules.

One fan had a spicy take about what should be done to the game’s officiating crew: They should all be handed over to the mob.

Refs are screwing us again

The offsides on that 4th down was f%<*¥ing criminal. Somebody send the mafia to threaten the refs to pay these dickheads back for 2015.

Texas fans were livid at the officiating in 2015’s OSU-UT game, when a few apparent officiating errors went against the Horns. Every other Big 12 fan in the universe thought it was deeply ironic to see Texas fans upset about refs.

(Texas actually had a legit beef about that offside call, yeah. Oklahoma State sent a bunch of guys in a “motion” that looked a lot like emulating live play, and refs didn’t call a false start, but instead penalized the Horns for jumping off. The Horns also probably got away with a penalty in their end zone later in the game. Either way, Sicilian crime families must get involved.)

This Horns fan was MAD and only got MADDER when nobody wanted to join in being EXTREMELY MAD.

User TexasHorn started this thread on the team’s 247Sports message board before Texas’ body was even cold, while it was still the second half:

A COMPLETE JOKE

Dan Neil, we have our answer, NO, Texas is not mature enough to handle success

Being destroyed on national television - not sure if the Horns can recover before next week because wvu has a better team than osu

Nobody responded, so they added:

Sorry for being honest - where am I wrong guys, seriously?

Any one thrilled with this performance?

Still, nobody responded, so they added again:

Explain the off sides guys - want to argue the complete joke comment?

So tired or posting without any response - gutless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally, someone replied:

We’re playing scared like a bunch of pussies. Coaches and players.

Persistence always pays off.

THIS WEEK IN SCHADENFREUDE is usually about fans, but Tom Herman is now the second head coach to make an appearance, thanks to the end of the game.

This is the sort of sprinting velocity that can only be generated by pure anger.

Recap of Tom Herman & Mike Gundy in the late scrap, their postgame handshake and Gundy's interview explanation pic.twitter.com/CMzJpKwzpw

— CJ Fogler (@cjzer0) October 28, 2018

(Herman and Mike Gundy are fine.)

Herman joins Jeremy Pruitt, who kicked a whiteboard and was thus included by rule:

Hey Knoxville... how's it going? #UFvsUT pic.twitter.com/HxplOn0uRQ

— Mike Gillespie (@MikeABCColumbia) September 23, 2018

Washington lost to Cal as a disappointing season became a total failure.

The Huskies are not even making a New Year’s Six bowl in Jake Browning’s senior year, two years after getting to the Playoff with him as a sophomore.

In some corners of the web, faith’s running short in Chris Petersen.

At HardcoreHusky.com, someone started a thread: People you have more faith in than CP, reflecting the fanbase’s growing impatience with Petersen, whose job titles are head coach, Guy Who Won a Million Games at Boise State, and Guy Who Got Washington to the College Football Playoff.

This was the only thing there:

Photo by Stephen Chernin/Getty Images

This was another fan’s measured response:

FUCK THSI PROGRUM IM FUCKING OUT

WE SUCK SND SHOULDNT LOSE TO CAL. WE ARE A LOSER PROGRUM. UPPER CAMPUS DGAF ABOUT WINNING. FIRE PEENERMAN. END TNIS FUCKING TEAM.I WANT DONG JAMES BACK. I WANT TO FUCKING WIN. NO JUAN IN THIS FANBASE HAS DTANDARS EXCEPT FOR THOS SITE. YOU GUYS GET ITZ PETERMAM DOES NOT. FUCK EVERYTHING.

Someone urged this poster to say calm:

Stay positive! Fuck Petersen!

But this blunt response to the loss pretty much summed it up:

We lost to cal

Lol I’m done. Fuck Husky football. Fuck Petersen. Fuck Browning. Fuck Haener. Fuck everything. Roll tide.

Maybe that sounds harsh, but UW fans have wanted Bama since early in 2016:

Settle down, Washington pic.twitter.com/4lnFCfcJ4i

— College Football by SB Nation (@SBNationCFB) September 3, 2016

Miami lost to Boston College, which means it’s time to look at how Hurricanes fans responded to the team’s official Twitter account in real time.

When Miami loses, checking Twitter’s important, because Canes fans are always the most direct in college football. The classic of this genre:

I’m gonna jump off a building

— Heat 3x (@Jbazo5D) September 3, 2018

As Boston College put a thumping on the Canes, fans responded well. Just follow along with various score updates and quarter breaks.

1. After the first Boston College score:

Already with the bs

— Howard Webster (@TbearCane17) October 26, 2018

2. After, um, a Miami score:

Right...embarrassing.

— Carlos Marante (@ItsACanesThing5) October 27, 2018

3. After another BC score:

Is this a retweet?

— Tucker McFall (@RealTuckMcFall) October 26, 2018

4. End of the first quarter!

pic.twitter.com/UqrP2scamn

— Brandon English (@BEnglish007) October 26, 2018

5. After some ostensibly good news?

Way to look at the bright side.

— Brandon English (@BEnglish007) October 27, 2018

6. After an actual good play:

Throw the ball in front of the receiver and it could've been 6

— Christopher Gray (@Barclayallday26) October 27, 2018

7. After a touchdown by Miami:

How on Gods green earth do you have a -5 yard punt return, inside the 10-yard line, with not one but TWO blocks in the back on the return? That's piss poor

— Tucker McFall (@RealTuckMcFall) October 27, 2018

8. After a defensive stop by Miami:

We must be trying to run the clock out....ridiculous

— umcane (@umcane26) October 27, 2018

9. Halftime!

Yes a dogfight with BC! Proud day for the Canes.

— Bryant Jensen (@Bjensen630) October 27, 2018

10. After another good play by Miami’s defense:

BC knows our QB can’t hit the side of a barn further than ten yards so they playing up on the line

— solidlifefitness (@solidlifefitnes) October 27, 2018

11. A little later:

This guy is worse than Jacory Harris

— The Bad Hombre (@jbjammin34) October 27, 2018

12. Things getting desperate:

Get Jimmy Johnson out of retirement

— John Bennett (@DirtyBirdz19) October 27, 2018

13. The Turnover Chain is out! This is good for Miami!

This is the most remedial offense I've ever seen

— The Bad Hombre (@jbjammin34) October 27, 2018

14. End of the third quarter!

Social Media dude.. let Coach know Malik ain't it. Thanks boss.

— Joey Inza (@JoeyInza) October 27, 2018

15. Game over.

Joke.

— Nick Alvarez (@NicksTake22) October 27, 2018

I’ve said it before, but Miami fans are the overprotective relative who will roast you all day but threaten to burn down the house of anyone else who criticizes you.

I respect and fear them in equal measure.

Ultimately, it was best to just step away.

recap, 3 stars, good, bad, and ugly up on https://t.co/W9gmsOyW7d i have nothing else to say. i'm going to play #RDR2 bye.

— StateOfTheU.com (@TheStateOfTheU) October 27, 2018

Florida lost to Georgia, ending the Gators’ dreams of winning the SEC East.

Gators fans were actually pretty reasonable about it. I don’t have jokes. I’m just making the note here so that you know I was as disappointed to learn this as you were. I checked.

In all kinds of weather, y'all, and go Gators pic.twitter.com/jTaaNcXnvS

— BUM CHILLUPS (@edsbs) October 27, 2018

And TCU lost to Kansas, thus earning automatic inclusion as the last team on this list.

Things are dark in Fort Worth.

Is this how Baylor Feels?

For the first time I am embarrassed to wear my TCU gear in public.

The last spot in this list is now just tradition, devoted to any team that might lose to Kansas in a given week.

In Week 3, a Rutgers fan asked after losing to KU: “What stage of grief are you in?”

They have grinded me down into not caring about college football at all just like the Knicks and the Mets have done in basketball and baseball respectively. In a way it’s good. I can enjoy my kids without having to give a hoot about the scores on Saturdays.

Before that, in Week 2, a fan of the MAC’s Central Michigan wrote this:

Fire Bonamego

I know I’ll hear a lot of the usual “it’s too soon in the season” and “MAC play hasn’t even started”, but I’ve been a die-hard supporter of the football program and I EXPECT us to compete against the power teams every year. There’s no reason that we can’t be like Boise State or better. We need to strive to be better and we shouldn’t settle for mediocracy.

Again, that was a MAC fan distraught about losing to a Big 12 team.

Congrats to the Horned Frogs and their fans on joining this prestigious club.