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my love for plain white rice is intense and unhealthy AMA

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I have more things to say about this tremendous piece of shit. His recommendations disproportionately affected the north of England to an astounding degree. Many of the axed lines were run at a small cost to the national railway but provided transport for thousands of Britons in the north to travel to large centralised sites in the Midlands. Closing these lines saved the railway as little as £1000 a year but put thousands out of work by proxy and placed the burden of transport directly on the working class northerner. He is lucky he is dead because the thing I would have liked to do to his sorry hide do not bear mentioning. This kind of thoughtless penny pinching that ultimately incurred more costs that it saved would continue escalating until it peaked with Thatcher. The fact similar policies are still pursued by both parties in the UK today remains the greatest risk factor for my blood pressure. There is a mountain of evidence proving these policies to be outright detrimental and ineffective but it is still parroted by thoughtless morons who have never conceived of the nature and necessity of subsidized infrastructure. No bigger picture whatsoever. It will almost always be cutting off your own nose to spite your face.

Fun fact : I live just down the street from one of the axed rail lines and not far from one of the stations.

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For the unenlightened this is the criminal responsible for starting the dominoes fall of British rail. May worms devour him and spit his putrid remains back out. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Beeching

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knight who is constantly searching for a good and noble king to serve but cannot fucking find one for the life of him so he has to become the good and noble king himself.

and now all these other knights are coming around like "please let me serve you" and like obviously hes going to let them serve him thats the point of being a good and noble king but its also. very annoying. one of you become the good and noble king for once lets trade

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Reminder to all, having my trumpets of doom operated by skeletons is more impressive than using minions of any other kind because they don't have lungs. Awe at my arcane power, I can make skeletons blow!

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did trilobites walked among flowering plants

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as a fat person who's always clamoring for more interesting fat characters in media, I honestly think one of my all-time favorite depictions of a fat character is Jumba from the original Lilo and Stitch - both visually and personality wise

from a design perspective, even though he's an alien, he has so many little anatomy quirks that make him a more believable fat character than many fat human designs in other media. I love the realistic sag and layering of the fat on his arms, the lack of neck definition, the rim of chub around his face and upper back, the way his back is rounded. his clothes pull taut and pinch in anatomically accurate places (e.g. shoulders are firmer = smoother outlines, the sides and back are squishier = bumpier outlines).

and he's stylized so well! all these great details boiled down to some simple shapes and pen strokes. IMO the Lilo and Stitch art style is extremely appealing - it's warm and clean and visually pleasing, but every character is super unique. Jumba isn't supposed to be pretty, but even though he's a very large, very fat, bald older guy who spends most of the movie in crop tops, the way he's stylized and staged makes it clear the audience is supposed to find him interesting to look at, and variably intimidating/cool/powerful/capable. he's often funny, but the physical aspect of his comedy is derived from being so hefty the other characters struggle to prevent him from barreling ahead and doing whatever he wants; being fat makes him come off more in control of the funny situations he gets into, not less. also, because the art style is what it is, a lot of his character acting also just makes him look kind of cute ... though that's universal across the cast

I also really like the fact that his size clearly gives him both realistic advantages and realistic disadvantages. along with having a stronger sense of agency in the comedic scenes, his size in combination with his impulsivity also makes him a more intimidating antagonist. you never know what he's going to do, and his size makes it difficult for other characters to stop him when he's made up his mind. at the same time, it seems to take him longer to catch his breath, he sometimes grunts when moving around a lot to imply it takes more effort, and he clearly struggled to find clothes that fit him when putting together his disguise. I think it's awesome that the character's size impacts how he interacts with the world so much, and again, in relatable ways

and personality wise, it is ALWAYS great to see fat characters portrayed as intelligent - not only is Jumba an accomplished scientist, he's also crafty and witty! a few quiet scenes imply a philosophical side, as he ponders on Stitch's existence and feelings as a living weapon. with Stitch explicitly being made in his own image to an extent, I'd argue there's even room to interpret some of the things he says about Stitch being hints to how he sees himself; we never learn much about Jumba's past, but it's clear he's a social misfit and strongly defiant. I don't think it's a stretch to assume some of what he said to Stitch about being a monster who can never belong anywhere was intended to read as projection (which makes it all the more heartwarming when both of them find a place to belong on Earth)

it's also a nice twist that toward the end, Jumba is the one who is unexpectedly compassionate toward Nani, while Pleakley tries to urge him to ignore her. again alluding to a level of emotional depth and intelligence that is often missing from even well-intentioned depictions of fat people. his character isn't even fully explored, and yet he's one of the most dynamic and interesting supporting characters in a movie full of fantastic characters. the audience is expected to find him fascinating and even sort of mysterious, and he is!

the sequels and spinoffs were more merchandise-driven franchise fluff for kids than the artsy direction of the original movie, but even so, I remember Jumba went on to become Lilo's lovable, amoral uncle figure, which I also thought was so fun as a kid. I love that they committed to the fact that he was more caring and compassionate than he seemed. not only was he a cool evil mad scientist character, but he was also eventually ... a friend ...

and he was even gay

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There has been something itching at the back of my mind when thinking about Sam from look outside. I kept thinking his hair kind of reminded me of something and it finally came to me.

It's karate Joe from rhythm heaven. That clip art ass hair for some reason reads as Sam to me and I really don't know why.

If I was more of an artist I would draw Sam in that style, like the mirror scene or something.

Am I alone in this?

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This game is peak

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