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“Seeing Christian in the make-up chair… There’s a three-year-old in me who’s like: That’s Batman!”

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it was only a matter of time, boyo    ;o))

(before we got the luv on tape)

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notmyhairitisapalm:

This is Tom’s Dr. Marten’s commercial x not in the commercial it was just a voice over xx HNNNNNNNG xx

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Tom Hardy's pudding

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(via whedonology-blog)

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Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock in Venom 01/??

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Digimon & Magical Witches

Bandai V-Pet Crossovers Part 2 (see Part 1 here)

With Tamagotchi's original launch in 1996, then Digital Monsters in 1997, Bandai and Wiz released Magical Witches in 1998!

While Tamagotchi were based on eggs, and Digital Monsters on cages, the Magical Witches v-pet is shaped like a book, cover and all!

Just like the original lines of Tamagotchi and Digimon, Kenji Watanabe was also the designer for the Magical Witches. Besides going through different stages, the Witches were also divided into four different clans each representing a different magical element. Which tribe of Witches you would raise depends on the version of the v-pet you have.

The clans and their respective magic are as follows:

Eneruge, who specialize in fire magic, Earthlin, who specialize in Earth magic, Baluluna, who specialize in wind magic, and Aquary, who specialize in water magic.

As your Witch grows, it can study other elements of magic! They cannot learn their opposite element until Gen 4 (and master it by Gen 5). So a Eneruge Witch has to learn Earthlin and/or Baluluna magic before they can learn Aquary magic.

[images from gotchi-garden]

Unfortunately this franchise never took off, and no further lines were created past the original line up. The toys are now quite the rare find and any online listings are super expensive.

But part of the franchise lives on within the Digimon franchise!

The Land of Witchelny is now portrayed as another dimension, so to speak, another layer to the Digital World we know. According to offcial DigimonWeb profiles, the land is ruled by elders of each clan and three sages that lead a council governing the clans.

Witchelny is split into four blocks for each cardinal direction, each occupied by a clan, and in the center lies Mount Brocken. On the top of Mount Brocken, the clans have established a joint magic school. Those who master magic (advanced programming language) at said magic school, move on to travel to the Digital World we know.

Here is a list of Digimon, who have been confirmed to have come from Witchelny: Wizardmon /X (master of fire and earth magic), FlareWizardmon (master of fire magic), Sorcerymon (master of light and ice magic), Witchmon (master of wind and water magic), Mistymon (master of various magics, of which fire is its forte), MedievalGallantmon (a legendary hero, who protected Witchelny in ancient times) and Wisemon (born in a magic-less region of Witchelny).

Furthermore, Hexeblaumon is a Digimon that came to Witchelny from the Digital World, and mastered ice magic there.

On the Option Card, Absolute Blast, which features HexeBlaumon, you can also see the symbol of Aquary!

Absolute Blast BT5-097 by Shin Sasaki from BT-05 Booster Battle of Omni

Comparing the original Magical Witches evolutionary charts to the what magic we know these Digimon to be proficient in, we can make some possible connections.

Wizardmon being a master of fire and earth magic, and Witchmon being a master of water and wind magic, these original Witches line up with their abilities.

[Wizardmon: Eneruge native master top, Earthlin native master bottom] [Witchmon: Aquary native master top, Baluluna native master bottom]

However with official artwork, such as the one below, portaying fire and water magic as their respective specialties, I believe the top sprites would be more likely.

With Mistymon being proficient in all magic, only the "Soul" type of Witch applies, which is the same in all clans.

I find this stuff super interesting! But wait... doesn't that one face look familiar...?

SATAN?!

If you are interested in Magical Witches, I recommend you check out gotchi-garden! They have a very detailed coverage on these. Also shoutout to @/MagicLad_Ty on twitter who first brought these to my attention!

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Digimon & Tamagotchi

Bandai V-Pet Crossovers Part 1 (Part 2)

In 1996 Bandai and WiZ inc. released the original Tamagotchi. To their surprise, the toy proved to be popular among boys as well, despite it being mostly marketed for girls. And in 1997, as a more targeted approach to this demographic, Digital Monsters was born!

A huge virtual pet boom followed and not only did Bandai and Wiz release new versions of Tamagotchi and Digital Monsters, and try multiple v-pets with a variety of styles within the next couple of years, but other companies also tried to bandwagon on the success of these virtual pets!

(Such as Nintendo in 1998 with the Pocket Pikachu-)

While the Tamagotchi was shaped like an egg (jap. tamago) with a crack in its shell where the screen is, the Digital Monster was shaped like a brick cage with bust-open bars! It also featured the ability to connect and battle! Otherwise they both use the same three button layout and similar menu icons. On the Tamagotchi, the toilet icon is portrayed by a duck themed potty, which is also used as the look for the Portable Potty items in many Digimon games.

Now with how closely these two franchises were developed, there's bound to be more that connects the two, right?

One such thing is Tamagotchimoji and Digimoji/DigiCode!

You can see that the two scripts are basically identical, just stylized differently. While Tamagotchimoji got used sparsely until they stopped using it in 2004 (But had a surprising comeback in one social media post on April 10, 2023?!), Digimoji has been used, and still is being used everywhere in the Digimon franchise! There is also a separate set of characters for the Latin Alphabet.

[Tamagotchimoji on the left, Digimoji on the right, respective Hiragana above the character]

Just like we know it from the Digimon Franchise, the Tamagotchi also grow through evolutionary stages along a branching path, depending on how well you take care of them! The original line of Tamagotchi as well as Digimon owe their designs to Kenji Watanabe! Generally all Tamagotchi's names end in "-tchi" or "-chi", similar to how Digimon names end in "-mon".

In these evolution charts, the Tamagotchi and Digimon are arranged by how well they've been taken care of / how good they are, with the top line being the best, and the bottom being the worst.

But that Tamagotchi chart is actually just the international version, which had "Bill" (aka Gaijintchi/Ketotchi) as secret character past the adult stage. Instead the Japanese version featured "Oyajitchi" (jap. oyaji means "old man").

But wait, doesn't that face look familiar...?

According to the Digimon Reference Book, Nanimon's true identity is unknown and it in fact came from another dimension, where it was known under the title OYAJI. In order to survive in the new environment of the Digital World, Nanimon had to go through a lot of training and battling.

Nanimon's name is also a play on its bizarre nature. In Japanese, "nanimon" is a casual abbreviation of "nanimono" which means "what (thing)". So, with intonation indicating a question, "nanimonda" can mean both "What are you?" or "I am Nanimon".

This joke is even included directly in Digimon World when the player encounters Nanimon.

「ん？なにもんだ？！」 "N? Nanimon da?!" “Huh? What are you?!” 「ナニモンだァ！」 "Nanimon da!" “I’m Nanimon!”

Nanimon's nature as an alien to this World is also reflected in his trait in the Card Game being "Invader".

Nanimon BT6-058 by Kenji Watanabe from BT-06 Booster Double Diamond

So yeah, Nanimon is supposed to be Oyajitchi who came from the Tamagotchi World to the Digital World.

Stay tuned for next friday when we talk about another World connected to the Digital World!

Special thanks to: tamagotchi wiki, gotchi-garden and tamatalk for being great resources!

If you're interested in more Tamagotchi stuff, go check out @tamapalace !

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Tom Hardy as Harry Da Souza | MobLand 1x01

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Tom Hardy is Harry da Souza, MobLand 1x01 (2025—)

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𝗧𝗼𝗺, THE ONLY MAN WHO MAKES ME SIGH 😍💘

Oh, my gorgeous darling, I hope you know how happy it makes me to see you 🥰💖 I love you so much 🤍

In the end he did go to the 𝑴𝒐𝒃𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅 premiere! I wish I had been there today, I didn't try to go this time because they didn't notify he was going to go 😭 I'll wait for 𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒄 🤞🏻

I've missed days like these, since the 𝑽𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒎: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 premieres 💓

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𝗧𝗼𝗺, EL ÚNICO HOMBRE QUE ME HACE SUSPIRAR 😍💘

Ay, cariño mío guapísimo, espero que sepas lo feliz que me hace verte 🥰💖 Te quiero tanto 🤍

¡Al final sí fue a la premiere de 𝑻𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂 𝒅𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒇𝒊𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒔! QUÉ GUAPO ESTÁ, NO PUEDO RESPIRAR ❤️‍🔥 Ojalá haber estado allí hoy, no intenté ir esta vez porque no avisaron de que iba a ir 😭 Esperaré a 𝑬𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒔 🤞🏻

Echaba de menos días como estos, desde las premieres de 𝑽𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒎: 𝑬𝒍 Ú𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒐 𝑩𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒆 💓

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After Lawless opens, it’ll be a while until Tom’s next film will open, but Tom has a million projects going on at one time, so let’s see if I can break it down:

1. Mad Max - filming right now in Namibia, out next year, maybe.

2. Driven to Extremes - Discovery Channel documentary about driving in Siberia. Filmed but unknown when it’ll be aired.

3. Cicero - playing Al Capone, status unknown. Planned for 2013.

4. Biker in the 70’s film - status unknown (one of his Warner Brother deals).

5. Samarkand - film by Greg Williams about soldiers in Afghanistan. Status unknown. Research done in Afghanistan.

6. Congo adventure - Tom travelling down the Congo river. Status unknown (I don’t know what the deal was with ITV first posting the news and then retracting. But parts of DRC aren’t fit for tourism at this moment…).

7. Harold’s Harem - some kind of musical theatre - ‘Bollywood meets Taxi Driver’. Status unknown. (Please let him do this!)

8. The Long Red Road - just announced. No date set.

9. Animal poaching film - just announced. No timeline. With Leo Dicaprio & Tobey Maguire.

10. Not to mention the 4823648263 projects Tom talks about in this interview…

I’m happy if just a handful of these babies happen! And I wouldn’t mind a bit of live theatre. I can go to London, no problem, no problem at all. *g*