#wrong cops

[onscreenfishes]

Wrong Cops (2013)

[rrrauschen]

Quentin Dupieux, {2013} Wrong Cops

[1day1movie]

Wrong Cops (2013) Quentin Dupieux.

[casscainmainly]

Okay gonna analyse some common Duke beliefs just for quick and easy reference. Some of these are up to interpretation (as indicated), but these are some common things I see that aren't quite accurate to Duke as a character.

Claim: Duke started We Are Robin

True or false: False. Alfred started We Are Robin, and the entire core cast of We Are Robin was already there before Duke.

Claim: We Are Robin is a gang

True or false: kind of tricky? They're technically a gang in the most general sense of the word, but 'gang' has racial implications that I think people gloss over (We Are Robin is primarily composed of kids of colour). Movement is a much better term, and We Are Robin doesn't self-identify as a gang to my knowledge.

Claim: Duke led We Are Robin

True or false: tricky. While Robin War has him as the leader, for the majority of Duke's time in We Are Robin he does not give orders or act like a leader at all. We Are Robin generally doesn't have a leader. Duke certainly has leadership abilities, but WAR is not the best showcase of them. Up to personal interpretation though.

Claim: Duke is a Wayne

True or false: False. Duke is not adopted.

Claim: Duke is intimidated/scared of any Batfamily member

True or false: FALSE!!! There is unfortunately some horrible comic writing, but for the VAST MAJORITY of Duke's appearances he is not scared of any Batfam member. He's certainly not afraid of Damian, Jason, or Cass.

Claim: Duke can emit light

True or false: probably?? His powers are constantly in flux and he develops new abilities all the time, so who knows. But he is much more likely to use light to turn invisible/manipulate his perception of light than attack with them (for which he can use his shadow powers). Up to personal interpretation/fun headcanons.

Claim: Duke jumped out of a cop car

True or false: True, but it's a Tom King comic and he's written horribly in it. If you want another example of him not being the 'sane one', I recommend using the time he got shot by a bullet and thought about how baller it was.

Claim: Duke is new to the Batfamily and doesn't know their dynamics

True or false: Please stop 😭 It's been like a decade since his introduction there's no need to make him the clueless newbie. Also he's a fiercely intelligent detective who makes references to Jason's daddy issues, there's no way he's still in the dark about most of their relationships.

Claim: Duke tends to obey Bruce's orders

True or false: FALSE. Duke sneaks out even during his training days, and for the most part operates independently. He generally has a grudge against authority of all kinds.

Claim: Duke is very sunshine-y, bright, and optimistic

True or false: False. I get where this one is coming from (sunshine boy is cute I love it), but while his powers are light-based, his personality is not. He's pragmatic, rude, skeptical, and often disillusioned. He is an optimist in the sense that he believes in community and change, but he's nowhere near a bright, bubbly kid.

Claim: He's the normal one AND/OR he's just as crazy as the other bats

True or false: Both of these are somewhat false. Duke is not the normal/sane one, he's literally a vigilante how would that make sense. But he also thinks of himself as more normal than the others (at least at one point). Duke discourse should move on from this debate, both these statements obscure what makes Duke unique and interesting.

Claim: Duke designed his Signal outfit

True or false: False. This isn't really a belief I just see people assuming he designed it, he didn't though, Bruce gave it to him. There's no indication he had a hand in the design. Bruce actually gave him TWO designs, I think Bruce just loves giving him outfits tbh.

Claim: Duke's parents are still under the Joker toxin

True or false: Technically false. His mom was healed in Urban Legends #19, but Duke's sporadic appearances mean this was never really followed up on. I have no clue what happened to Doug. Up to DC to SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!!

Claim: Anything to do with his portrayal in WFA

True or false: False. Literally everything. (The only, and I do mean only, thing to take from WFA is his interactions with Damian)

Okay that's all, I hope that was helpful to anyone out there!!! There are tons of things here that are my interpretation only of course, the best way to get to know Duke is to read his comics. We Are Robin and DC Rise of the Power Company is waiting for you <3333.

[lesbianaglaya]

i think all the reviews being like 'why would helly lie?!?' are funny. like idk if i was leading a resistance movement against a guy and i found out that i actually was that guy's willing collaborator/daughter. well. id be embarrassed at the very least.

[wellijustfinnihedoneofthebooks]

Problematic for a jason todd stan to say i know, but I think its kinda crazy when people demonize bruce for... believing in rehabilitation...

[shmorp-mcdurgen]

Half-Lives in Motion

Song: Houses in Motion - Talking Heads

Combine Hunter | [S2FM Half-Life] - BottledWehr

[S2FM] Someone Else: A Half-Life Music Video - Sepko

Literally me Soul Freeman - Soul Freeman

Lowlife - Faraway

[S2FM] MARTYR - Incase

[unpretty]

Kitty as someone in a government position whose division is currently in the middle of a multi-year project where we are migrating essential software from old and busted to new cloud version of same software I cannot express how seen your post made me feel. Especially as the youngest supervisor in the group I keep asking questions and just get “idk man that’s what we do” and I’m like “…shouldn’t you know why though? If you does someone know why this is done?” (The answer is no, no one knows why this is done)

yeah i left out the detail that i'm not corporate because of my concern that post would escape containment and context. but know that the details i changed were actually even more horrifying in their original form. like. realizing that this was what they'd been doing this whole time absolutely floored me with the implications.

the thing IS that this was just the upgrade from the old version of this company's software to the cloud software. we have another team helping us migrate from a different company onto theirs for actual financial software, which is taking longer.

BUT the migration team actually asks for our processes so they can map them better, and when we train they'll be doing it onsite from the ground up start to finish. with the upgrade team they started with the assumption that this would not be necessary because we already use their software. this was incorrect.

basically i think if any organization is using sufficiently dated software it's safe to assume that they have deviated significantly from best practices and even if you're 'just' doing an upgrade your training should start from zero instead of assuming any familiarity whatsoever. if they ask for feedback on the upgrade i will probably tell them this in as diplomatic terms as i can manage.

[nerdy-hyperfixations]

I can't help feeling like Kim has a martyr complex every time I think about

"ESPRIT DE CORPS: If an assault were launched on this building right now — if the windows came crashing down and the whole world descended upon you — this man would hurl himself in death's way to save you. You are sure of this —but why?

You: Hold on, who is he to me?

ESPRIT DE CORPS: He is your half-brother."

Because Its plainly obvious that not every cop would do this for Harry, despite the half-brother thing. This isn't a cop thing, its a Kim thing, and Kim *just* met him when you get this check, but he's already willing to die for you no matter what? You could be horrendous to him, and he's still willing to die for you.

Thats Not Mentally Well Behavior, right? Am I wrong for this? Am I doing that thing where I hyperfixate on a character so hard they morph into something else?

[onscreenfishes]

Wrong Cops (2013)

[vaguely-concerned]

tiny animation detail from this scene I really like: rook glances towards the locations of lucanis and bellara's rooms (and possibly where they're most likely to be found in this moment?) respectively when they deliver this line!

(honestly I expect that lucanis is hanging out somewhere other than the pantry during this to give everyone in this unfolding catastrophe some space, but consider: it's so much funnier if he IS sitting in the pantry hearing this all go down on the other side of the wall like

taash stomps in with thunder and trepidation in their eyes like 'hey. I need vegetables. can we make vegetables happen.' and lucanis already handing them a lettuce and tomato like i gotchu fam this is literally the only thing I know how to do for you in this situation go with the maker and these salad ingredients I resignedly already know you'll just put on a plate with no dressing no spices no nothing. just the most sleep deprived caffeinated to the point of vibrating gently in place awkward-yet-painfully-well-meaning man in the world standing there before his friend about to have one of the most difficult conversations of their life like '...can I offer you a turnip in these trying times' while rye desperately treads social water out in the dining room to buy time. amazing. our lives really all do touch each other. headcanon passionately embraced)

[sunriseabram]

I love how the biggest shock in tsc had nothing to do with Jean...it was that Jeremy has a past so bad that he avoids it in his OWN POINT OF VIEW. What are you hiding from us magic man?

[pande-monty-um]

Something about Jacob lounging like a Jarl on a throne with his warprize hanging off his shoulder has me a lil feral ngl

[tvfangirladdict]

Alert: Missing Persons Unit literally said, let's give Danny Williams his own show in Philadelphia. I caaaaan't. They literally took Scott Caan, gave him a new shield, combined Danny and Steve's personalities, and threw him into another gay as hell partnership with another hot af boss/partner. He even called his partner babe, like whaaat? It's like seeing what happened to Danny if the mellow au version of him from Steve's dream ended up in PA with the ex-wife and daughter instead of Hawaii and called himself Jason 💀💀

So, yeah, if you miss McDanno I suggest trying Alert: Missing Person's Unit. It's basically the same thing💀 but Scott is playing a mix of both Danny AND McGarrett.

I seriously think they're trying to out-McDanno Hawaii Five-O. Cause wdym they're coparenting their daughter in between bickering through their case?💀

[localvillagecryptid]

Can someone please explain to me what the enforcers Do. Like I was under the impression that they were the police force. So why the hell were they fighting in the war? Does Piltover not have an army? Are their police force and their military the same thing? Are you telling me each individual enforcer is trained both in police/investigative procedure AS WELL AS military tactics and strategy? 1) how the fuck do they have the time to invest THAT MUCH into each enforcer. 2) how fucking long is the training, especially considering how quickly Caitlyn joined the force 3) are you telling me the chief of police and the army general are the same thing? Are you telling me MARCUS was a trained tactician? A GENERAL?

Even if you argue they're all incompetent- are you telling me the Councilors were willingly paying what was probably exorbitant amounts of money to have a WEAK and ILL-TRAINED MILITARY? it's one thing for them to poorly train a bunch of cops, and maybe even carelessly allow a bunch of barely trained, "mindless gruntwork" soldiers- but eventually, the more they rise into the ranks, the more they'll have to scrutinize their skill. Are you saying their enforcers are structured like a standing army? Are you saying those pompous fucks wouldn't care if their military was actually capable of protecting them or not? How have they never been invaded before? How are they still around?!

[leupagus]

One thing I love

is the very, very limited way that the Pitt uses music. Aside from the cheeky way that "Baby" goes from non-diegetic to diegetic in the first episode (and then from diegetic to non-diegetic in the last) and the music that plays in the outros, there are very few noticeable musical cues throughout the show.

My favorite example, though, is the end of episode 12, and every time I watch those last few minutes I get chills. Because up until then everything in this episode been just the sounds of the ER and the people in it— right up until the cop car comes screeching to a halt in the ambulance bay.

At that moment, a low sort humming sound, just one note with a slight vibration, can be heard very faintly. As Robby triages the cop and gets him out of the car, another note is played just a bit higher; then another in quick succession.

Then Ellis notices the extra SWAT, and we start getting... almost a tune. It's still too slow and steady to really be called a melody, but the notes are modulating as the danger ratchets up — the shooter may be heading for the hospital, the ambulance bay may be a target. As Robby tells Ellis and Shen to focus on the patients, focus on the patients, the music changes again; this is probably the moment you first eve notice it at all, when you first watched the episode.

And as Shen says, "Jesus, when's this going to end," and entirely new sound comes in — a whispery wailing noise, almost siren-like, that keeps climbing up the scale as Robby looks around, frantic about Jake, and the screen goes to black as the sounds all taper off with a slight echo. It's incredibly unsettling, incredibly subtle, and I'd like to kiss their whole sound production team on the mouth.