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Game: Which Nightfall Are You?

It seems like a fast-paced video of "Which (insert character name) are you" is a thing in social media. And I come to notice that this concept can be applied on Nightfall's disguises throughout the series. Thus, I knew I had to do one for Nightfall!

The range of disguises include the manga and also extra outfits in the anime, so there will be considerable variety.

It's a screenshot-ing game so I hope that the video came out as intended. Now, let's give it a try! Which Nightfall disguise did you get?

I hope you had some fun 🧤🧥👢...

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Ahh it's like that trope. Thorn Princess, Hemlock, Gympie, Thistle, and... Matthew.

*SxF ch.115 manga spoilers*

Hmm, we now know that the other members of Garden have plants as their codename (Hemlock, Gympie and Thistle) so it’s even more interesting that Yor’s codename have the “Princess” title included. I wonder if Shopkeeper gave Yor this codename to show that she’s their best assassin or something? He seems to be a royalist (“loyal to a dead empire”) and really values the old empire’s legacy so I think there’s more to Yor’s relationship to the Shopkeeper than we know.

We also don’t know Matthew’s codename yet. Shopkeeper just calls him “Matthew”.

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Discworld x Tolkien crossover where Vimes arrests the One Ring for being an accessory to murder

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seeing straight men be disgusted by booktok smut recommenders has actually radicalized me to the side of booktok smut recommenders. girls your taste may be atrocious but i will never disparage you for exposing mainstream discourse to the concept of soaking through your underwear. spent my whole life listening to men talk about penises it’s about time they get jumpscared by women talking about pussy in crude detail on social media. go forth and goon my warriors

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My vote is going to Johnson for his great explanations in Check Please but I must say I really appreciate that propaganda for Mung Daal!

Fourth Wall Fight Round 1

John Johnson (Check, Please!) vs Mung Daal (Chowder)

Propaganda for each character below the cut. May include spoilers! (I also put John's picture down there again where the resolution is better and you can read the text)

John Johnson

Rarely seen in the comic itself, Johnson often talks directly to readers and fans via social media. Within the comic, he's mostly spoken about, or communicated with offscreen. The other characters think he's just really existential. Sometimes he makes decisions to move the plot forward, like giving the protagonist his room in the house at the end of his senior year. 

Mung Daal

The entire show is littered with 4th-wall-breaking jokes. His most famous one specifically is, "Look what you've done! Now the animators are gonna have to draw all this fire!" Another instance I like is, "No money means, no animation!" which leads to a segment of the cartoon featuring the actual voice actors.

At one point, because he spent all of the money his business had saved, they didn't have enough money for the animation. Thus, the voice actors (while still talking as the characters they voice) must put together a car wash to raise enough money to get the animation back.

Chowder doesn’t have a 4th wall in the first place, but shout outs to him managing to lose enough in universe money to that point the animation cuts out and the main character’s voice actors have raise money in a car wash to get the show back. Plus “Chowder! Look what you’ve done! Now the animators are going to have to draw all this fire!”

Well Chowder as a show in general breaks the fourth wall very often, but Mung does it the most so here he is Here's a chowder fourth wall break compilation 

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Nuuu, tough. I went for Fleabag but I don't think she's going to win this

Fourth Wall Fight Round 1

Kuzco (The Emperor's New Groove) vs Fleabag (Fleabag)

Propaganda for each character below the cut. May include spoilers!

Kuzco

Pauses' the movie to explain how the movie is about him and not Pacha

This whole movie flirts with the fourth wall, but this scene points to it the most. They have a map out of nowhere that depicts the very lines they made while running! That's not normal and they know it and don't ignore it. and when the plot requires the villains show up after falling so far behind, they don't even give an answer, because its a plot hole that often goes unaddressed the creators are laughing at.

Fleabag

constantly talks to the audience

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I don’t get how posting to Tumblr makes the color a bit gray but anyway

Pikmin decor request from Bsky and Twt!

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bodies should have crash logs. why the fuck did that just happen.

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btw you will miss this in 5 or 10 years. memory will smooth these circumstances down like a river stone, and you will find yourself longing for a shade of light or a moment of this particular innocence. you don't know about what happens next, and one day that will be the most alluring thing of all. don't leave it all for nostalgia. have a nice night now, whatever night it happens to be.

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why are their expressions so adorableee

this sound.. is so.. KAWAII!!! KYA ! >///<

yall know i had to hop on this trend 😍 i just forgor to make the drawings extra cringe frik :3

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I haven't seen it talked about (as there seems to be only a little discussion of it on here so far) but one of the things I love love love about The Residence is that she gives up on the investigation.

Cordelia Cupp, world's best detective, who solves the unsolvable, gives up... because she prioritizes the reputation and livelihood of a man she respects and who respects and supports her in turn. Chief Dokes knows that continuing to pursue the case will mean the end of his career, but he says nothing... until she asks. She asks. She knows that there are consequences to her dogged pursuit of the truth, she asks about them, and despite the fact that Chief Dokes is willing to accept those consequences, she says "I'm not."

In a genre that is often characterized by detectives who keep pursuing the case to the ends of the earth - consequences and fallout be damned - I am desperately in love with this character who is blunt and clever and justifiably arrogant and still shows such compassion to those who support her to say "I will not ask this price of you, even if you're willing to pay it, because what you built your life around is not more important than finding my answer."

We have multiple anecdotes through the series about her obsessiveness and indefatigable pursuit of her goals and unwillingness to give up until they're achieved, and yet she will not throw over Chief Dokes for the sake of seeing this thing through.

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Laughed out loud at Yuri

canon

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i love them

A non-exhaustive collection of times Yor made an impression on Twilight

(manga spoilers herein)

Mission 3:

Mission 10:

Mission 14

(I even have a whole meta about this one ;) Mission 15.1:

Mission 23:

Mission 24:

Mission 35:

Mission 46:

Mission 54:

Mission 56:

Mission 68:

Mission 86:

Mission 91:

(If you're wondering how Twilight saw this, here are photos from a bonus "file" in Volume 13 of the manga release here 😊)

Mission 103:

Mission 114:

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if any of you need me i’ll be at pricey restaurant

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I love chapters focusing on the Forgers as a family but I think it’s important to remember that they don’t live in a vacuum. It’s the relationships that each Forger member have with others that allows them to grow and have different perspectives on things. We see this with Anya and her classmates at Eden. Loid with Franky, the Authens, and his WISE colleagues. Yor with Yuri, her coworkers and Melinda. This is why I personally don’t mind getting chapters that focuses on supporting characters. Not only does these characters add a lot to the world-building, they also engage with the overall theme/message of the story (like Henry and Martha’s backstory).

You don’t have to enjoy every chapter or character but I think they all have something to offer in the story. It’s just a matter of perspective.

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Psyduck! I'm glad Psyduck got its chance to shine in the Detective Pikachu film (2019)

Little Cup Polls: Week #9 (Mascots)

Submitted by @bananaquilava

Everyone knows Pikachu, the beloved mascot of our favourite monster catching franchise! But what if Pikachu didn't exist? Or if it was never chosen as a mascot?

As far as we know, there were three other contenders to become the Pokémon series' mascot, and each of them could have been excellent mascots if given the chance! So for this week, we'll be celebrating the almost mascots- which is your favourite?

(Submit your own Little Cup Poll! Guidelines are in the pinned post!)