#Get blobular! Get blobular!

[critterishere]

can i just be a blob of goo? have the postal dudes slip on me like a puddle,,,,

Postal Dude found dead at Denny’s

[tavina-writes]

actually, the more I think about the amorphous blobs of just "disciples" of whatever sect in MDZS/CQL the more I'm just ????? about the sect organization and setup.

"jiang cheng's first disciple" okay yes this makes sense, I assume that's the first disciple he grabbed while he was dealing with shit at the sunshot campaign

"the lan sect's first disciple" the first disciple of WHO of HOW of WHAT

There do not actually appear to be established shifu-disciple lineages in the world of mdzs, like I do not get the vibe that JGS himself had disciples he was personally teaching shit so what does it even MEAN to be attached to a sect??? a disciple of a sect???? who is teaching the juniors????

Like, most large sects have multiple master disciple lineages yknow. like. having a shifu as part of a sect is not just an extra happy bonus perk it's essential to being in a sect and this ???? blobular sect structure in MDZS is driving me insane the longer I think about it.

[sluttyquarantinetheory]

I go by they/them. Those are my pronouns those are the accurate and correct ones but I also don't care that much if other pronouns get thrown my way. Like if someone she/he's me I'm not gonna waste my time worrying about it. I do not care enough. My gender is too blobular.

But I have had the same conversation multiple times with a coworker in which she says my pronouns are she/they/he and like no bitch they are they/them. Like typically if someone mispronouns me I'm assuming it's just a they didn't consider otherwise type situation and like 97% of the time I will not even notice. Won't even register in my brain.

But this conversation specifically drives me nuts. This bitch made this big performative deal about how sorry she was that she'd been using the wrong pronouns and she should've thought to ask. And yet because I do not care that much about pronouns as to correct people all the time, she's just out there saying shit like "well you're more of a she/he/they anyways." Ma'am that is incorrect.

If someone just continuously calls me by gendered pronouns or neos or whatever I can deal with that and be honestly ambivalent to the whole thing. But this bitch willfully refusing to understand the concept is driving me up the fucking wall. It can not possibly be this difficult to understand.

I have pronouns that are the accurate ones to use, but I also don't experience dysphoria when you use the wrong ones and am not gonna have a convo about it every time. I do not care enough. Whatever the fuck this is though pisses me off. Feel like I'm losing a battle of wits with a door.

[yourplasticpal]

YouTube is onto me by now, so I've keep getting recommended Good Omens clips and being reminded of all the details I'm forgetting.

Two things.

One, I think I rescind my theory that the scroll from Before the Beginning is the Book of Life, given that there's a book I forgot about RIGHT THERE that seems a better candidate. Sheesh. Still leaves interesting thoughts as to the significance of Crowley's crank (I giggle everytime, yes, I'm 12). Is it an actual object of power, or more an echo of one, that holding it helps with focus?

And two, when our precious little red-haired baby angel gets all worked up about the idiocy of it all, their wings get so PUFFY. I was just trying to see if I could pick up when their wings go gray, but then they got all ((ruffled)). *teakettle noises* I just want to keep them in my pocket and feed them cookies or frozen peas or whatever they want, is that really so much to ask!?

Agh, them and Aziraphale, helping each other preen their wings, and one of them gets worked up and goes *pwoof* and becomes blobular (borb) and the other is subsumed by floof.

[fernisfat]

Well fern you're really getting blobular and god knows you are goals, rocking that obese sea mammal look

literally me!!

[ska-normity]

>Now, normally it would be very easy to notice [Badkan] engaging in Size Changing Space Bullshit, and equally easy to stop such a thing. Just grab your nearby space player and Firmly Grasp Them. Though sadly, the star employee here missed such an easy perception check, due to being a slave to her own hunger. Enjoying the tang of the sauce; suckling away as she leans further back in her chair. Further, further, further- wait no she's laid out on the floor now. ...When did it go from tile to wood?

>oh yeah PM, all you need to stop a horny page of space from shenanigans is upper arm strength and grit, keep telling yourself that...

"Ha Ha Wow You Are Distracted Huh"

>the laugh is disconcertingly booming considering its owner was supposed to be six inches tall, and the edge of the table was disconcertingly *above* her instead, y'know, at table height...

>even more disconcerting was the wood beneath her bony ass going from wood to nothing momentarily, followed by the courier finding herself falling further backwards and impacting a doughy expanse - a doughy grey expanse, with a fat, smug face a few... Feet? Away, visually framed between her own sprawled legs

"Welcome To The Buffet, Skinny. Nice Of You To Join Me Down Here!!"

>how big was PM? Well, that blobular face was getting bigger by the second- didn't seem to stop until the parcel woman probably felt *fairly* confident she could sprawl across it like a couch and not feel herself dangling off any edges...

[solisvidentis]

>He could make the obvious joke about how their planets blew up, so no duh, but he doesn't. Instead he affirms her sentiment, while also bringing up the fact that she was running multiple other jobs, such as nurse. So uh, kind of ran herself ragged for years there. Geez mayor, why don't you mention she rescued limbless orphaned kittens as well, bring the mood down some more. But Rose probably knows how most of this story goes: They did a little peace, did a little reformation, and well.

>Then she met PM.

>His thumb was dancing back and forth, deciding between an image and a nearby video file. A quick flick to the left for the image, and the seer's sight would go from watching a clipped angel, to a biblically accurate angel that stood hands on her utterly massive hips, grinning ear to ear as her latest masterpiece, some sort of moth symbol, stood behind her. One wonders what the weirdest part of this all was. The fact that she could move despite being wider than she is tall, having a gut that reaches her knees, and paint splattered breasts (guess she found a new pallete) that dwarf said gut and even her own head? The fact that despite her weight, she still carried several paint cans that were dangling from her hips, and the straps of her fairly damaged overalls continue to hold back that much tit flesh? Or the fact of how that dinky ladder in the background can apparently hold that much woman?

>Certainly not bus or home size, but god help the driver of any car she decides to park her ass in. Or rather on with that girth. The dersite side eyes to Rose and asks if she see what he means?

Despite her best efforts to maintain a cool facade at most times, the blobular seer couldnt help but suck in a breath at the drastic change- and not *just* because of the runaway boulders involved. Eyebrows raised, she tried to peer a little closer at the image to really get it all in.

"Goodness." Is all she can say for a moment, blinking

"Well, I suppose you're right that she's not the size of a house, but you also said someone else caused this... pm, I believe it was?"

For now she wanted to follow that thread- but She'd resolve to see if she could finesse this artist's number from him later.

[pixies-and-poets]

Good to see you!! I have some stuff to add/agree with some of your points.

I'm with you in wishing Beep-0 would learn from his mistakes and arrogance like, even once, lol. I love the little roomba squirt but I mean... how many times is he going to get away with being wrong and having no real realization or comeuppance, and still thinking of himself as the expert on everything? I guess this is an epic series now but still primarily a humorous one, and if Beeps never really learns his lesson, they can keep wringing amusement out of his tendency to make assumptions and be hypocritical, if we get another sequel. So I suppose they don't want to give him an arc with that much resolution, since he's one of the main mascots of the series.

Sometimes I think that all of us, as a fandom, read WAY too much into the "Phantom and Bea ruined their voices" thing. We know that Bea went on to put out albums where she had to resort to screamo OR she sounded terrible when attempting to sing, and eventually retired. Yet there was no evidence that it would be permanent for either of them. I think it was in Tower of Doooom that there was mention of her having a comeback tour. And Phantom either replaced his gramophone or simply healed over time as well. It's a lot more fun, dramatic and good for fan-theorizing (...and fanfics) to imagine they blew out their voices permanently (or at least seemed that way) and had to cope with it or find dramatic ways to solve the problem. But I wonder if the devs just glossed over it because it was never meant to be that big of a deal. Like yeah, maybe he just replaced his gramophone, sure, he can do that, moving on! They might never even have guessed that some of us cared and connected to that detail so much, lol.

Ok but Phantom in general.... yeah. WOW, right? ❤️ I've said it before, but the funny thing about Tommy Boy is that I didn't like him THAT much just based on his original appearance. He was a fun character, but I didn't really fangirl over him or anything. It was only after becoming active here that I learned to appreciate him a lot more, and then I became super excited along with everyone else in anticipating his return. However- even if I hadn't experienced any of that fandom stuff, I feel like this DLC would have made me fall hard and fast in love with this doofus in a way the first game never did. His constant presence, the way he speaks and is animated, the funny bits of backstory we get, and of COURSE the finale- metal Phantom is super fun and I love him but like, swingin' Phantom is. SO PRETTY. I CAN'T DEAL. But yeah, Phantom is just adorable. ...andbeautifulohsobeautiful

His stone powers went the way of Rabbid Luigi's vamp powers, lol. And as for him just suddenly disappearing, I imagine he instantly went into hiding out of shame. I mean, this was supposed to be his big roast and triumphant revenge and he just... got his blobular ass kicked again XD BUT, the devs love him SO MUCH and they know we do too, so if there IS a third game, I'm willing to bet he'd show up again- even if he never gets this much spotlight again, he would get a cameo or something.

None of the DLCs really felt like they reached their full story potential. Unfortunately, as much as I adore Sparks of Hope with every fiber of my being, I believe the main game was somewhat rushed and the DLCs were doubtless even more so. The cynic in me has to wonder if Ubisoft saw that the main game's sales didn't reach their (perhaps unrealistic) expectations and so just told the team to get the DLCs out the door as soon as they could, so they could move on to something else. I mean, after all- wasn't the last DLC originally stated to come out in "late 2023" and I would HARDLY call the end of August "late" - I think it surprised us all to get it so soon. And I'm sure they did the best possible job, putting all the love into it that they could afford. Still, whether it's us only ever seeing precious little of Kanya, or things in RitPS seeming so abrupt, I think it's clear some ideas probably had to be cut. (Ironically I think the DLC that lives up to its potential the most thoroughly is ToD because... it's exactly what I wanted it to be, a randomized challenge mode, and it didn't NEED anything but a barebones story. And I have put a LOT of time into it lmao)

But yeah, even if things didn't live up to our wildest expectations and theories, I still enjoyed every step of the journey... and I can only hope it isn't the end!! Even if it is, I've been glad to be here among all those people you tagged, interpreting and spicing up this crazy wonderful bunny-filled galaxy!!!

I was going to make a Big Official Review Post about Rayman in the Phantom Show but I don't really have enough complete thoughts to make something comprehensive and organized, but I still want to share some points from my experience with it so uhhh without further ado, here's a bunch of thoughts on what dazzled me and what I thought could have been done better.

Here I go...

I'll start with the stuff that bugged me first because I don't like to end on a bad note:

I think the biggest issue is that giving the player the option to complete each set in any order diminishes the opportunity to have a linear story. Without a series of events building up to the finale, the actual climax doesn't feel as grand or substantial as it should be (it definitely feels like a few lines were cut from the moments before Phantom's first verse with how abruptly it starts). It would have felt more immersive to see actual scenes of the heroes trying to play their roles and have more varied quests based on puzzles or even characters and dialogue (like the search for Sweetlopek's stolen axe), all whilst gradually putting the pieces together that they were led into a trap.

Speaking of putting the pieces together, it would've paid off to have Beep-0 learn from his own arrogance in the past instead of repeating his assertion that he knew what Phantom was up to all along. That part made me kind of sad because I really like Beep-0 and it seemed like they were setting him up to eventually become less uptight and more open to admitting his mistakes, which would be more satisfying and obvious!

As we all know, Beep-0 isn't the only one who repeated himself. I remember an exchange I had with @randomrabbidramblings about our predictions for what would happen in the climax; they were hoping the final showdown with Phantom would not be redundant with his first encounter, having the same battle gimmick as before. Unfortunately that is, in fact, what they ended up doing. While framing it as Phantom being unoriginal or making a callback helps it a little bit, ultimately it made me feel let down (although I love Beep-0's delivery when he reiterates his line from Kingdom Battle. he means business).

As for the aftermath of the battle, I want to know where Phantom went. There doesn't seem to be any sign of him anywhere in the studio. It's really odd, given how this was supposed to be his grand comeback (alongside Rayman, of course), but we don't get even a simple explanation of what happened to him after he was defeated for the second time, unless I missed something. I presume this is his last major appearance in a game (unless they decide to do something completely different with him in the distant future??? wishful thinking but not ruling it out!), so it's a strangely underwhelming and mysterious send-off to our beloved ghostly diva. I would have been bummed that we didn't get lore paintings for him, but the memory entry summarizing his surprisingly short-lived career actually made me laugh and honestly, the thought of him only releasing one album and becoming so well-known just because he's notoriously a huge jerk and a producer of incredibly terrible films is so in-character for him.

Another choice I found unusual was the lack of any explanation as to how he got his voice back, since it's been established that he screwed it up by overdoing it. Although, they must have dismissed it knowing that not everyone is going to find the mural containing the only source of that detail. His voice could have healed over time anyway, but it just doesn't entirely make sense that they don't acknowledge it at all (I did see @bramble-scramble 's post mentioning a detail @randomrabbidramblings pointed out where a gramophone can be seen in a box in the studio's control room and it is supposedly the one Phantom replaced with a new one when he messed it up, but even if that's true, it's still a bit easy to miss).

I understand that a lot of these issues were due to restraints since it's only a DLC and they could only fit so much in, but that goes to show that this concept is a little too big for a DLC, but not quite big enough for a full game.

Now, for the things I loved...

I must give massive props to the artists and animators for taking reference from multiple Rayman games and essentially making the pinnacle of his goofiness. Rayman was HIGHLY entertaining to see (and listen to, thanks to David Gasman) and very lovable in this! And the way his dynamic with Rabbid Peach and Rabbid Mario changes up until the end where he becomes friends with them and realizes that he can work with the Rabbids now instead of against them it's just 🥺 awgh... It feels cheesy to talk about it but it really does make me happy now that Rayman has a chance to be an equal to the Rabbids and have something resembling a mutual understanding.

I appreciate them bringing back characters from the main game and giving them their own sets. Fittingly enough, it's like a curtain call for the final installment of SoH.

The return of Beep-0's swearing. SERIOUSLY IT'S SUCH A SMALL THING BUT IT DELIGHTED ME

The studio's lobby is gorgeous. Absolutely STUNNING I love all the details and the music notation motifs on everything.

Honestly the rest of this is just going to be me gushing about Phantom hehehe...

First of all, I was completely awestruck at the decision to give him a swing/jazz sequence because I love the aesthetic of the whole sassy big band musical number kind of thing so when I saw that Phantom was going to do that I went INSANE. The animation in the song sequences is absolutely top tier. Phantom is ALL OVER THE PLACE, very charming, very energetic. The swing bit made me realize just how unbelievably coordinated he is. Like when he's zipping and spinning around the stage and it doesn't affect his singing at all? Holy crap. Then, I went even MORE insane when rock/metal Phantom showed up. I would have wanted a verse in that style too, but I get that it was cut because it would mess up the pacing of the battle.

I love Phantom's inability to contain his excitement at the start of the battle, his annoyed lines when you destroy the lights, his smug remarks even when he's taking damage. He's just so- I'm just gonna say it- so freaking cute in this! His line deliveries in general made me fall so hard for him, especially "were you EVER a thing, Rayman?". The way he drops his voice sounds so cool...

Regarding his abilities, I thought they were going to explain why he could turn people to stone in Kingdom Battle, but they simply took that detail away. I don't have a big problem with this, as the Stone Deaf ability could have been part of the Megabug's influence (and it makes him at least a bit less OP lol). I'm also satisfied to finally know that he can indeed phase through things like any other ghost and isn't limited to just teleporting.

His death acting has definitely improved since last time, in that it's silly and makes me smile instead of just making me feel embarrassed lol.

So uummmm yeah that's all the noteworthy stuff I can think of! Overall I thought the DLC was delightful during my playthrough, but after I finished it I felt kind of sad because it just didn't feel "thorough". However, given that Sparks of Hope generally improved on so many aspects from the last game, I'm confident that they'll keep adding and experimenting with more characterizations and scenarios and make something even better if they decide to continue with Mario + Rabbids. And even if they don't, we'll always have the amazing fans to continue the story and put even more wonder into this wild crossed-over universe!

Anyway, thank you for reading through this highly disorganized rant/gush! And while I'm at it, thank you to everybody in the Mario + Rabbids community for making such amazing art and just being here to share our love for the series. That means thank you to @randomrabbidramblings @bramble-scramble @salamifuposey @hostess-of-horror @phandrow @pastelprince18 @critterzone13 @hostdoozy @majorpepperidge and more! You guys are super cool and I appreciate you even though I've never directly interacted with all of you, hehe. I suppose all I have left to say is goodnight, so goodnight/day everyone! Until next time I decide to dump more nonsense onto your dashboard :D

[rock-swag-tournament]

Mineral Swag Quarterfinals: Shiny and Colorful

I'll never get over hematite beating bismuth. I love you all so much.

Hematite LITERALLY has hidden depths. It looks like a plain black or grey or red stone but SURPRISE! Its powder is red NO MATTER WHAT. It’s named for BLOOD, it's full of iron, and it oxidizes into fun colors!

It can also form these blobular (botryoidal) crystals.

Labradorite is a feldspar that has these iridescent flashes at certain angles. This iridescent property is sometimes called labradorescence after the mineral. Like opal, light diffracts off of microscopic surfaces within a labradorite crystal. These planes are all oriented in one direction in labradorite (while they go all different directions in opal).

Anorthite, the calcium-rich plagioclase feldspar, also has this iridescence, so there is a lot of debate about whether these are the same mineral or not. Either way, feldspar representation in the poll! Feldspars are the most abundant mineral on earth!

[lollytea]

Couldn’t get the idea of Hunter eating spaghetti with blood dripping down the walls out of my head so have a 12:30 am doodle. Complete with sauce on his face, a very blobular flap, and him scrolling through Luz’s phone probably over some new fandom she got him into. His ass does not know Gus is filming him until he looks up at the very end of the shot

This is so half-assed but I could not go to bed without drawing something lol

AGSVDHBFKNFK thank you I love it

[thisisjoel]

My blobfriend wants to wait until marriage

As it says in the title, my (M 2) blobfriend (Blob 51) wants to wait until marriage. We've been together for 6 Earth times. And I'm starting to grow impatient. Naturally, being a Metawarp-Salmon, I'm supposed to spread my genes and let myself dissolve into the Earth. But I'm concerned that my blobfriend expects more from our relationship than just having children and dying. This is hard for me to accept because I've spent so much time with blem, studying their genetic material, determining which of my gametes would perfectly match with bleirs to create the most powerful offspring.

And we all know how blobs are. Their genetics only shape and warp into complex strands as they get older. I don't know how much longer I can keep this up! Search bleir DNA, analyze it, determine which gametes would pair best, internally configure these supposed gametes, then repeat at a more blobular complex level!

Also, ble might not even have marital intentions at all. I know that bleir blob derivative doesn't approve of inter-material relationships. With me being a neo-carbon species, and blem being a general matter form, I would expect nothing different than bigotry from bleir elder form.

Is ble taking advantage of me? Or is ble just unclear about my relational/existential expectations? Is this relationship salvageable?

[heresmyfiddlestick]

And more...

From Episode 6 "Rogue" - a hologram of the Tenth Doctor's head is suspended next to 15, and it appears on the screens behind him. The Doctor looks like he's suspended in some sort of light cage or something. This is the same spot as the "Classiiiiiiiiiic" clip, and his extended hand makes me think he's just lost the sonic as the villains have gotten the better of him. These are time travellers or aliens or whatever who have caught The Doctor and have scanned him, going through old faces to compare. Or something. We've reached the wild speculation portion of this post

Smiley boy. This is a shot we've already seen (him snapping the doors open), but I wanted it in anyways.

Then we see the TARDIS dematerialising, to Mrs. Flood's surprise. The Doctor says "It's called a TARDIS. It's a time and space machine." Ruby, in a separate clip, asks "Is it safe?" (odds are this is before he snaps the doors open to reveal dinosaurs), and the Doctor seems to reply "No idea."

We get this great look from Ruby, another shot of the Doctor yanking on that TARDIS lever (without his coat), then...

"Woo!" - probably from early in Episode 1 judging by the outfit. Maybe this is on the trip back in time, or to the Space Babies' station?

Hijinx as the gravity goes off. I love this TARDIS lighting, especially the multicolour tunnels. Odds are this is also Episode 1 "Space Babies".

We then see the beautiful time vortex, then...

Pretty good view. This is what they're stepping out to look at at the start of the premiere date teaser, what Ruby is looking at in the "Just fun" clip from the christmas special teaser, and probably takes place early in Episode 1 as the Doctor is showing off.

Fair question, Ruby. I would ask more about the active volcano nearby, though.

Narrator voice: and then she did.

This is a good bit, especially silly with the Bowie in the background, but I cannot imagine how it fits into anything, at least following my theory about this all taking place as a "show off trip" early in their run. It does make me wonder about "mavity" though - seems like the concept of "changing history" is going to be pretty salient in this era, and I wonder if, driven to correct lizard-Ruby, the Doctor might feel drawn to correct mavity back to gravity...

To me, this smacks of "Space Babies" vibes. Big blobular nursery space station or something? Great stuff.

Another clip with the whistle and Ruby in her black tank top! Snow is falling, which it was doing in the Shorts clip about Episode 4 "72 Yards", but knowing nothing else about that episode I cannot comment. Ruby seems to be watching something on a little screen, while the Doctor is panicked? This looks present-day.

Spooky regency people from Episode 6 "Rogue", led by The Duchess (of Pemberton)

And they turn into birds! Doctor, you have seen things like this before. It happened to Peri.

Ruby is overwhelmed by the beautiful regency people. I hope she likes feathers. They're dancing together here and in the next clip.

And I don't see Jonathan Groff, but The Duchess is looking on in the top right of the frame.

Ruby calls some place completely mad, while a woman screams for her life. No idea of the placement here.

Jinkx is orchestrating some animated musical notation, and it looks good as hell.

Here's Ruby in the outfit we've seen her in for the "just babbling now" and the little cuddle - that'll presumably come at the end of this episode, then. Here she is shooting a lazer gun that looks like it's firing the same sort of thing as we saw in the Short segment for Episode 3 "Boom", and sure enough there's the Doctor in the background stood on a landmine.

Here is the scene for this line of dialogue. The place in question might be the Space Babies station, judging by Ruby's outfit.

Odds are this is from Episode 2 "The Devil's Chord". I just hope it isn't Ringo trapped in there...

Here's what looks like a modern-day lady spooked by a slug monster. Worth noting here that Kate's line over this is spliced: "Things seem to be turning[...] more and more supernatural"

The streetlight here is glitching out, a bit like we see in the episode title drop Short. It's not exactly the same, though, so I cannot tell if this is more likely Episode 5 "Dot and Bubble" or Episode 7 "The Legend of Ruby Sunday". Maybe the latter, as that could be the church in the background, but it's anyone's guess.

A glass shatters atop a messy mixing board. I see a Mirror headline "Khrushchev Threatens Finland", so I'm placing this episode in 1961, before the Vienna summit.

A hooded figure ("Ruby's mum" from the Christmas special) points menacingly to the camera. Is this when the Doctor runs after them and they turn around?

Then we see the TARDIS team spooked in the dank dark hallway presumably from Episode 1 "Space Babies"

Ruby asks "is that a monster?"

And the Doctor reassures her that monsters are just creatures you haven't met yet. A great line, especially followed by...

A spooky monster!

And a good run.

People abandon their cars in present-day London to escape some big calamity. Reminds me of the Mel on a moped chase scene. This gives me more "Empire of Death" vibes than anything else, though.

A big vault door opens at UNIT, revealing the Doctor (in awe), our first glimpse of Morris (played by Lenny Rush), and Rose (arms crossed). Ruby looks like she is there too, and Kate, to the left of Rose.

Continued...

i've been meaning to do a short-by-shot breakdown of the trailers for the upcoming season of Doctor Who, and with full-length trailer #2 out today it seems like a good time.

this will cover the teaser trailer (dropped after the christmas special), trailers #1 and #2 (dropped March 22 and today respectively), and the YouTube short they've released with all the episode titles. I've previously looked at the premiere date teaser released March 15.

Title Drop Short

I'll start with this because it is the shortest and gives some helpful hints to identifying other clips.

The accompanying audio here is some babies crying as the lights flicker, showing the monster's shadow. Is the monster hunting the babies? Is it supposed to be protecting them?

What this screencap doesn't convey is the music notes lifting off the page on the far right. When looking up "The Devil's Chord" (aka the tritone) I find on Wikipedia that "George Harrison uses tritones on the downbeats of the opening phrases of the Beatles songs "The Inner Light", "Blue Jay Way", and "Within You Without You" - I'm clearly not big up on my George songs, and I think it would be hilarious if the Beatles-centric episode of Doctor Who winds up being specifically George Harrison-centric.

I can find no info on who Timothy Drake might be (besides Robin, but that feels like a long shot). There is a piece credited to Beethoven behind the book.

"Boom" - clearly The Moff trying to bring back the spooky one-word title steez of Blink and Hide and Listen and so on. This clip has falling rubble and a bit of lazer fire, and above the door we have written "Entrance 3"

We have a cawing corvid behind this one, as snow rushes past what looks like a sign for a pub. Pretty creepy sign!

The words appear in sequence with some electronic chimes here, before the whole thing glitches out. Social media episode?

Here we have the title for the episode that was provisionally known as "Regency", written by Kate Herron and Briony Redman. We have reference to "The Duchess of Pemberton", who is presumably "The Duchess" played by Indira Varma. 8 May 1813 is in fact in the Regency period, but I can't find any other historical significance to that date.

The multiple screens and tech set up here gives me the vibes of a television studio. Will Ruby turn out to be a Sam Jones situation, a companion orchestrated perfectly for the Doctor? I'd say that's unlikely but I'm not ruling it out.

Now THIS is a Doctor Who episode title. Go off king give us nothing!

Alright bearing those aesthetics in mind, let's move on to the teaser trailer that premiered after the Christmas special

Season Teaser

This trailer introduced us to the great, kinda creepy music that recurs throughout the rest of them. And a powerful gaze from Dr. Who themself.

I think I can connect this shot to a scene we'll see later.

We then pop to another stare, in a shirt we've already seen in the Christmas special - so this is probably Episode 1 ("Space Babies").

Lots of good stares this episode, as we also see him looking through a window in the premiere date teaser. Who is that behind him with Ruby?

Then he's running down a corridor, and I'm so glad they've chosen to give him loads of different outfits because that makes this job much easier.

This is undoubtedly in Episode 2. Is he racing to stop "The Devil's Chord" from being played? Or maybe he's going to find Ruby ensnared somewhere. More on that later.

Why is he wearing a whistle? Why are the lights so low?

Were they working out? I love it.

A TARDIS design has to have some good levers for yanking on. This one has that and a jukebox AND mood lighting. good for her!

"I have the whole universe at my fingertips" - this is only part of a quote, which we'll get more of in a later trailer. I like this spot on a cliff's edge that they end up on, and I've just noticed the silly little tree near the TARDIS. The Doctor fell deeply in love with Dingle's Door when they regenerated from 13 and now their go-to spot is gonna be precarious rocks overlooking the sea. Just my prediction. This is likely Episode 1 "Space Babies", given other clips we've seen of them popping out here in their Christmas special outfits.

A door opens, casting a shadow on Ruby as she looks somewhat dumbfounded at what lies on the other side. Judging by the costume, this is probably Space Babies too, and yeah it looks like there might be babies in jars behind Ruby there...

It really looks like he has fangs in this screencap. Again, probably Space Babies given the costume. But who knows!

He's slamming on a button. Possibly to "Reset Port B"?

Here is the Doctor dancing with Jonathan Groff in Episode 6 "Rogue", and nobody seems too interested in them, but then:

The Duchess (and those around her) have taken note of something.

Mr Groff glancing at the Doctor's lips lmao

I love his wig! Everyone has taken notice now, and there's clearly something that has interrupted their dance.

Here we've got the pair strutting along the TARDIS walkway, probably having just changed into these sweet outfits before heading to:

"Abbey Road Studios" in Episode 2 "The Devil's Chord"

They're freaking out I love them. This is a great second-trip in the TARDIS historical. The Doctor has fallen back on their old tricks, but at least they didn't end up in Cardiff again. They're in the recording booth here during a Beatles studio session.

Where is Ringo?!!!

There he is (:

The Doctor has stepped on something he shouldn't. This is presumably is "gonna be a minute!" in the other teaser I've looked at. Shot in the dark, this is from Episode 3 "Boom". Because of land mines. (And the rubble and lazer blasts in the Short seem to match the "warzone" vibe)

"I've really stepped in it now". This looks like similar lighting to the very first "intense stare" shot from the start of this trailer.

Continued in reblogs...

[skinnyiswhatistrivefor]

every time i think ive finally figured it out i gain the weight back and hate myself even more than when i started. i got super lean and felt so good for the first time in my life then i had to ruin it binging for a whole month straight and adding straight up fat on top of it, now i feel disgusting and absolutely blobular. im trying to get back into it but it seems harder than ever and i just can’t make myself say no like i used to.

[wild-ditto-appeared]

What is the weirdest thing that's ever happened to Ditto so far?

Going from the world of Pokemon to Card GamesTM suddenly. It's mostly the world itself that's strange to Ditto. The people, as much as they're less pleasant (with the exception of the protagonists and focus characters--most of them, at least), aren't that "strange" to Ditto at all.

That being said, being thrust into a world where Ditto writing "PKMN" on a piece of paper is NOT immediately understood is problematic. Especially with Ditto's muteness. Not to mention that the world doesn't provide well for a blobular herbivore, so it has to either rely on theft or other people. Ditto was never the best at taking good care of itself before--mostly it could rely on others to do it for Ditto--but now Ditto's been forced to learn some real survival skills.

Thankfully Fancy Friend and Dice Friend feed Ditto and take good care of it, though. Whenever it isn't hiding in Kaiba's vents, Ditto usually goes to Dice Man, who's typically nearby, to ask for some berries.

Whenever I think of Ditto staying with Pegasus, however, in my mind it sort of sorts itself into "before/during Duelist Kingdom era," even though there's no concrete time for that here on Tumblr. Ditto's just sorta... magically staying with Pegasus sometimes, and others it somehow teleports to wherever the RP needs it to be.

Strange is good, though. I don't think Ditto regrets coming here, even if it often gets homesick.

[manillalu]

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[tresity]

Marichat May day 1:No powers There was a suspicious trail of rupees along a path leading to a clearing. The one at the end of the trail had been a blue rupee, which should have been a clue, but Marinette was low on potions, and she relied heavily on them, to her shame. So Marinette eagerly followed the trail, collecting each rupee along the way. Chat was a little ways behind, leading Felix on foot by his reins. The forest was pleasantly quiet this morning, and the roads weren't commonly used at this hour. Chat watched his partner alter course and follow what looked like a sparkling trail. Before he could advise caution, Marinette was already in the clearing, moving to scoop up her last find when the ground seemed to rise and swallow her. "Mari!" Chat dropped his grip on Felix and rushed to where Marinette vanished. In her place stood a towering, fleshy mass. A Like-like. Chat pulled out his staff, ready to beat the monster into a pulp when it constricted and spat out a distraught Marinette. "Mari! Are you alright?" Chat scrambled back to his partner, who was now lying in a pool of goo, stunned silent. "Princess, talk to me." Chat tried again, cupping Marinette's chin and turning her to look at him. Marinette blinked the slime out of her eyes, which seemed to bring her back to focus. "I was eaten." Was all she managed. The like-like was still standing there, undulating. "Yes, and you lived." Chat sighed, and pulled her up to stand. "Did it steal anything?" Marinette looked herself over, not really finding anything amiss. "I think I'm g--" She then brushed one hand over the opposite arm. "My bracer." she gasped. "Both of them! He took my bracers!" Marinette was overcome with a newfound rage. She huffed and stomped towards the beast, looking about as intimidating as an irate kitten, and Chat couldn't help but laugh a little. Chat was joined by Tikki, who sighed. "Honestly Marinette can have such a temper sometimes." "It's cute when she's mad, though." Chat replied as they both watched the girl in question scold a blobular creature about how rude it's being. "I should probably help her get those bracers back." Chat managed to pull Marinette aside and gain her attention. "Yelling at it isn't going to solve anything, Princess." "I don't have anything to kill it with." Marinette pouted, still covered in slime. "And I'm all sticky and gross now." Chat laughed again and patted her head. "We'll take care of that after. For now, let's see what you sill have." Marinette inspected her pouch on her belt. "Deku nuts."

The solution was simple enough. Marinette stunned the like-like with a deku nut while Chat pushed a boulder from the high point of the clearing into it. The impact from the boulder paired with the paralyzing effect of the nut did the job nicely. Marinette made it her next priority to find a pond to wash off the whole experience.