#ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD

[sourdoughnoodles]

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Why.

[gratefulfrog]

[mceproductions]

What is this Game ?

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[springfield-tirefire]

Normalize eating Thanksgiving dinner in the living room instead of the dining room

[googlyeyesonmagiccards]

It's so cute! I just want to give it...a...lick......ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!

[pixelartarchive]

¡All Glory to the Hypnotoad! (Artist: @Cronosart99 - Diego Fung)

[theghostcaptain]

All glory to the Hypnotoad 😵‍💫

[conditionaljewel]

All glory to the Hypnotoad

[foxkairi]

Inktober 2023 - Day 8: ........ .... .... ..

All glory to the Hypnotoad!

[cogbreath]

all glory to the hypnotoad

[sourdoughnoodles]

I remembered this pic of my dogs, Selene and Louie, existed. It was taken about a week ago:

Zooming in on Louie, the pyrenees on the upper stair, his face is everything:

So I made it my lock screen:

This dog makes me laugh so often 🤣 he's just my big bubby guy

[sansan9]

ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!

[imgibbon]

art prompt for May 20th

ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD

[thenihilistofthevoid]

Kadabra?

ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD- I mean caught. Saburo loves Psychic Types and is keeping him.

[purplehanfu]

Desire Catcher: Episode 1

notes: Spoilers!  Master list of all recaps

In this episode: fake zombies, real murder, Chupa Chups, leather jackets and less hypnosis than I expected. Our two leads prove rather shippable.

Lu Fengping is a hypnotist with his own clinic called The Calm Studio which is decorated like the kind of hair salon where the minute you walk in, you know you are about to be charged way too much.

Luo Fei is a cop with the full wardrobe of leather jackets, the sensible haircut, the cool apartment and the spotlessly clean brand new sport ute.

Both men are interested in an unsolved case from 2008- a woman tried to stop an abduction in progress at an abandoned warehouse and was killed. The woman was Lu Fengping's mother and the little girl being abducted was Luo Fei's sister. At least these are my guesses based on the flashbacks we saw in this episode.

Other Characters

Ah, all the stock characters are here: the nerdy friend who is handily a pathologist with a poor understanding of HIPAA, the young lady officer with a bob, the protégé who spouts exposition like a fountain and the caring chief of police who probably has a plot twist or two hidden in his office.

We need to get our boys together!

The episode opens with a "zombie" getting his bite on in a crowded street. He is quickly dispatched by the police. We then time skip to a conference where this case is being discussed by academics and the police. 

Luo Fei is bored and falls asleep in his seat. Lu Fengping arrives late and out of breath from riding his bright yellow bike to the venue, Columbo style trench coat fluttering in the wind (so quirky!). 

Everyone agrees that hypnosis played a part in the zombie case. Lu Fengping posits that a specific noise was the trigger that set the assailant off (what, not a copy of Catcher in the Rye? I'm disappointed.) Luo Fei leaves when he gets a phone call telling him there has been a murder.

Lush bath bombs claim another victim

Luo Fei arrives at the murder scene- it was staged to look like a suicide.  The cops poke around the dead lady's belongings and go interrogate her therapist who is played by Zhao Yunlan's hot silver fox dad from Guardian.

 He has alibis which are a little too rehearsed. Seems sus.

Meanwhile back at the conference, we find out that Lu Fengping's mentor is old friends with the chief of police. Introductions are made. Asses are kissed.

The mentor recommends that Lu Fengping help out the police as a consultant.

Later at police HQ the pathologist and Luo Fei are having dinner. Lu Fengping calls Luo Fei offering his assistance with the murder/suicide case. They arrange to meet.

When our two leads finally meet face-to-face, Lu Fengping lays his cards out on the table: he used his mentor to gain access to the police and more specifically Luo Fei. 

Why? He wants to trade information about the 2008 case. 

Luo Fei does not appreciate being used this way and says nothing.

Lu Fengping neglects to mention a mysterious phone call he received earlier that informed him that new police cases would have clues to the 2008 case.

After dinner we see Lu Fengping brooding in his batcave of clues and Luo Fei brooding in his amazing apartment. Luo Fei receives a phone call from the pathologist who has shocking news- a hallucinogen was found in the murder victim's system. The same hallucinogen that was used in the unsolved 2008 case.

The Good

Reminds me of Under the Skin, which I enjoyed

Love the geometric shots of architecture in the sun. It must mean something- maybe a callback to the original crime scene in 2008?

The Bad

manages to be over lit and dim simultaneously which makes getting screenshots hell

stopped in the middle of the episode to watch Hypnotoad clips and then made this:

Bonus Round

Leather Jacket Count

Just two in this episode, but it’s early days yet.

Master list of all recaps

[nnschneider]

ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!