#Brain does not compute

[prettybirdgrayson]

I just realized something. Dick now has an older sibling. And I'm just imagining the moment that realization dawns on him:

Dick (who's been the eldest sibling for like ten years): I'm so proud of my little sister who's not even a vigilante but is still a total badass (ღ˘⌣˘ღ)

Melinda: Dick, I'm older than you.

Dick: ◉_◉ Waitaminute

Melinda:

Dick: I'm the... Little brother...?

[incoherentscreaming101]

"ivan has no one who would die for him"

wdym???? im literally right here?????

[itsame-a-mio]

So earlier today I called my older brother “McPapa”.

Context:

His cat is named Nugget, and the entire family loves calling him variations of Nugget, such as “McNugget”. My mom, in addition to this, loves referring to my brother as “Nuggets Father”, to which I sometimes call him “papa”.

While my brother was at work today, I noticed he was going to be home soon. I meant to say, “McNugget, Papa’s coming home soon”, but because I have a brain, I said this instead:

“McPapa’s coming ho-“

As I wondered wtf I just said, my little brother who was in the kitchen, started laughing so hard he fell on the floor. And then I started laughing too.

McPapa is now one of our favorite inside jokes.

[fictional-love-is-my-life]

Heavy brain fog today. It just does not want to work.

[tjerra14]

the internet is such an English place to me that whenever I encounter some unexpected German, especially spoken, it all sounds like gibberish at first

[marm3ladi]

Does anybody else’s brain just randomly come up with weird, out of context, ominous phrases? Like I’ll just be on my way to the bathroom and my brain will go “Ah yes, the gods require a sacrifice.” or “The blade beckons.” like wtf!?!?!?!?!????

[arielavader]

Anyone else's brain just not comprehend any headline that contains the words "Doctor who" as anything other than references to the show or the character?

Like my brain can not separate that as two words meaning an actual human physician did or said xyz.

[chappellland]

Oh, I... I wish I was with you. Lisa Frankenstein (2024) dir. Zelda Williams.

[toy-bonnie]

I'm back and I brought my favourite little creature with me

[friendodo]

how the first cat entered qing jing peak (a tale of wilful deception) ft. Yue Qingyuan taking an L to a cat

sequel to this :)

bonus:

[im-kinno-hello]

and if i made a comic about them making a blog for the weird demon dog they found in the woods just because they are being brainwashed by it and it told them they need to spread the word of what word they don’t even fucking know?

[niamhthefae]

guys. edwin canonically speaks multiple languages. george rextrew speaks multiple languages.

what if in season 2 they meet someone who only speaks like, french (for the sake of this scenario) or something. and none of them know what to do, and edwin just bursts out in PERFECT FRENCH and when the client has left he just goes "my french is a little rusty so it might be a bit wrong here and there but i think i got it :)" and everyone just dies because how on earth did that just happen

[charmac]

[sundial-bee-scribbles]

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[ceaselessims]

okay this may be an unpopular opinion but i really don't care bc im just very annoyed lmao

the one huge criticism of malevolent that i have is tied to the reason the show is so impressive and that's the fact that harlan does all the voices.. because he does all the voices, the female characters that aren't elderly or monstrous can only be alluded to

but there are still female characters that hold significant importance that can only be mentioned of in passing , and one of them is, of course, nurse Lilly who was the first person to show john human compassion while arthur was in a coma

john consistently references how Lilly's kindness was so transformative for him that it was the start of how he genuinely changes his perspective and identity once arthur awakens,, BUT WE DONT GET TO SEE HER OR HEAR HER and it's a little annoying for john to constantly mention this time period and this nurse as something So Important, but everything happened off screen in season one

and like ?! idk !! from an audience (read: my) perspective he has been through more important and difficult things with Arthur and other characters... to keep coming back to Lilly, whom we never saw as like THEEEEE moment he learned humanity is starting to really drive me a little crazy

i GET that narratively john needs something other than arthur as exposure to the kindness of humans. as a character he needs more motivation than just one very flawed person that he cannot be separated from. but to hear john say he loves lilly in today's episode was so jarring to me !!

and maybe i'm at a disadvantage here. maybe because i started like a few weeks ago and i haven't been here from the jump, im missing some greater context for her character and what she represents in the overall story that can only come from knowing a story front-to-back for a couple years but fuck

[wackywatchdotcom]

Seeing you be very normal about small details in the show got me thinking about Pomni, and I was wondering if you've thought about the possibility that Pomni probably hasn't eaten in several days. Like, we know they don't NEED to eat.. but it's probably not healthy for her mentally to skip the process of 'taking care of your body'. Ragatha, for example, says that participating in sleeping despite the fact they don't need to- helps keep them mentally steady. Idk just a thought..

ooooooooh.... its a good thought!!!!!

i DO think that like. theres definitely some psychological aspects to a lot of things like eating and sleeping that i feel like tadc characters would be at risk of neglecting... like with something like sleep, i think they can go without it for a LONG time without physical fatigue BUT at the same time like. psychologically sleep is IMPORTANT. i dont know all the science of it but iirc sleep isnt just a physical need but i get the feeling thats not smth that occurs to people in the circus often :[ ragatha seems aware enough of the benefit of the routine of sleeping and how the adventures can be helpful for that to BUT i imagine even she doesnt fully realize that sleep is still pretty important for them, just in a different way

on that note i could definitely see eating being similar!!!! its not something thatll physically harm a person in the circus if they dont eat but also eating is a deeply ingrained aspect of human life, and while i struggle to place a specific problem abstaining from it for too long in the circus couls cause, i COULD imagine it being like. at LEAST psychologically disorienting. especially with jax claiming he feels hungry??? it implies that its similar to the breathing thing that they may not phsyically need to , but their mind still assumes they do....

i DO get curious if they have like. regular meals?? i liek the hc that theres some sort of kitchen in the circus (seeing the weird little couch area was SOOO exciting for me, im super invested in finding out more about the layout of the circus!!!!! i like details like that theyre FUN) so imagine theres SOME way to access food just like how they have bedrooms (though, i get the feeling caine doesnt have a complete idea of what sleep IS but thats a diff thing). but also with them having a feast at the end of the pilot could imply they do, but with that 'reward' not being brought up at ALL in the next three eps (caine has the opportunity to mention it but noticably doesnt, especially in ep 2 where he just full on Leaves after the adventure- it seems more like he just sorta congratulates people on completing adventures and makes sure everyones accounted for and calls it a day) makes me think that communal meals are NOT super common, or at the very least them being coordinated by caine isnt...

all that to say that if shes only been part of the ep 1 feast (i cannot imagine she ate i feel like she was too out of it to do Anything😭) i am unsure if shed have gone out of her way to find a kitchen... if she wanted to know i think shed feel comfortable asking ragatha about it, but i wonder if its even crossed her mind???? and i imagine that would be jarring for her to realize, and also generally psychologically Not The Best for her...