#a nerd rambles

[saftthefalsenerd]

I headcannon Scootaloo does her scooter stunts for attention, like not in a kinda RD way like "I'm so cool, you should totally notice me" kind and more of a "Did you see me? Please say you saw me, please say it was cool,"

Sure, Scoots has a knack for stunts because the love for thrill runs in her genes (cough cough Snap Shutter and Mane Allgood cough cough) because her parents are adventurers.

But, like, while her aunts try their best to raise her as the best they can as seen in Last Crusade and in one of the comics, they literally say she was their daughter they never had. But, in Parental Glideance, it's evident that their need to leave Ponyville time to time and not giving Scootaloo the ENOUGH attention she needs but it's still affecting her.

Even though we know she hates hugs and being sappy which I believe mellowed out in time but we're using it in here, she'd rather have RD's clingy, supportive, and attentive parents. She's like, "atleast they're present when you need them".

She'll do stunts, she'll do anything for a tinsy bit of attention as long it doesn't involve verbally saying she wants needs attention. She doesn't mind breaking a bone even if it hurts a bit or getting a small scar.

Although, she does less reckless stunts, albeit still dangerous, as she grows older. Since, Rainbow Dash is filling the empty gap of needing attention, I feel like it would be evident as the seasons progressed. But not by much.

Drops angsty Scootaloo headcannon and walks off

[myfanfictiongarden]

The weird nerd that I am, I actually listened to some of the dubs of Rings of Power s2 (my siblings and I used to do it with things we had on DVD) and… what’s up with the German dub? Like, I grew up on their dubs, they used to be on top of the game! There are movies/shows I can’t imagine listening in their English original, because the dub is just so good.

With this show though… idk, the voices are partly miscast, the acting kinda varies from mediocre to sorta bad, and the mixing is just distractingly bad, like, you are constantly aware that those people are just reading lines in a recording box.

The biggest surprise though? The Catalan and Czech dubs. Omg, these two are incredible, the voice cast, every intonation, every emotion, it’s all there! If I were a bit weirder then I already am, I would actually watch the whole s2 in Czech, that’s how good it is.

[twinkkisserrr]

Arkveld is really smart when you think about it design wise.

Ghosts don’t exist in Monster Hunter, so how would they make a ghost flagship (who recall, is titled “The White Wraith”)?

Obviously there’s the design, a wyvern whose wrists look shackled and bound by broken chains, a shaggy white coat of fur and cloaked wings… It’s chains burning with ghostly white flames before turning to a bloody, vengeful red.

Yeah yeah design is awesome… But lore! How does Arkveld lorewise connect to a ghost?

Simple… Arkveld is an ecological ghost.

Its species is dead, it is dead, the world has adapted and reshaped without it. Arkveld’s species is artificially revived, mankind’s machinations bringing something that should be dead back into the world of the living.

Something dead, dragged forcefully back onto the living world.

Pretty ghostly if you ask me

[frownyalfred]

Wally: “Wow you have Batman AND Superman as your dads? It must be so much fun hanging out with them as civilians!”

—

*cut to a rare non-patrol night at the Manor*

*Bruce is wearing glasses, an old Gotham Knights sweatshirt, Clark’s sweatpants, and is reading the Wall Street Journal from an iPad; his feet are tucked under Clark’s legs*

*Clark is wearing Bruce’s hoodie, pajama pants his Ma made him a decade ago, and is ALSO reading from an iPad; every now and then he looks up to try and solve Bruce’s crossword (abandoned in the other room after breakfast) before returning to his article*

—

Dick: “Yeah….they’re super fun…you guys are really missing out!”

[violettressedd]

well read women are so attractive. yes i do want to hear about the character that you've psychoanalyzed. and yes i want you to explain the entirety of the lore and setting of that book series you're reading right now

[chaosgoblinhours]

jaster mereel had to die young because the moment he ever had to meet palpatine on his home turf he'd take one look at the politician's eclectic collection and immediately go 'oh !! Is that a ceremonial sacrificial dagger of darth rabies???" and immediately go off on a tangent about old republic lore while palpatine gets bodied by at least five jedi in the background

[risibledeer]

happy christmas or merry holidays <3

i threw symbolism on this thing like glitter on a school diorama.

[peofun1]

Compiling Metaphor Refantazio humans and their Hieronymus Bosch inspirations

Enemy spoilers up through 7/17 on the in-game calendar

far from complete, since I'm nowhere near done with the game yet, but these are all the funny little guys I've managed to find the inspirations for! I've put the enemy's names and the names of the Bosch paintings in the alt text for each image.

I highly recommend checking out Bosch's paintings, for these guys and the many other fantastical and macabre creatures in his works. it's kind of like a game of I-spy, lol

enemies I was NOT able to find a 1-to-1 inspiration for under the cut. if anyone out there HAS spotted a better match for these ones, feel free to add on!

so I couldn't find a good match for the big terrible baby, unfortunately. best I can say is that Bosch tends to paint a lot of creatures that are just a human head on legs.

same goes for the giant sandworm; I couldn't find anything even remotely similar even after scouring through every Bosch painting (and some sketches!) I could find. it feels inspired by The Garden of Earthly Delights, but I didn't see anything that really resembled this thing.

but again, if anyone knows of a better match for either of these, I'd love to see it!

[morporkian-cryptid]

Welcome to the wonderful world of Arsène Lupin Copyright Shenanigans

Have I ever told y’all about the absolute madness that is the legal issues around the Lupin franchise ? Probably. Can I find the post in question ? No. Am I going to tell you again ? You fucking bet !

The year is 1905, and detective stories are all the rage. Maurice Leblanc, a young writer, is commissioned by the magazine Je Sais Tout to write a short story on the same model as Sherlock Holmes. Maurice Leblanc says « Screw this detective shit », and creates the character of Arsène Lopin, gentleman thief.

No, this is not a typo.

Arsène Lopin, a municipal advisor in Paris, hears about it and contacts Leblanc. « You are not fucking writing a story about a thief who shares my name. » To which Leblanc replied, « Lopin ? No no, you misunderstand, this is Arsène Lupin, completely different person. »

And he gets away with it.

Leblanc writes a bunch more stories about Arsène Lupin, they get popular, and he decides he wants to write a crossover with the famous British detective, Sherlock Holmes. A crossover in which, of course, Lupin will win and Holmes will be humiliated.

Arthur Conan Doyle hears about it, and is not thrilled. He contacts Maurice Leblanc with a message along the lines of « You are not fucking writing a story where my Amazing-Original-Character-Do-Not-Steal gets bested by a thief. » To which Leblanc replies, « Sherlock Holmes? No no, you misunderstand, this is Herlock Sholmes, completely different person. »

And he gets away with it.

The years pass, more Lupin stories are written, they’re translated and exported outside of France, and wouldn’t you know it, Japan takes a strong liking to the « gentleman thief » archetype in general and to Arsène Lupin in particular.

The years is 1967, and mangaka Kazuhiko Kato, best known by his pen name Monkey Punch, is commissioned by the magazine Weekly Manga Action to create a manga for their first issue. He reads 15 of Leblanc’s stories, and creates Lupin the Third, a character who is the grandson of the famous gentleman thief. He does not bother asking the Leblanc Estate for permission, as Japan doesn’t give much of a crap about French copyright laws.

(For the record, Weekly Manga Action was the first manga magazine for an adult audience (outside of erotica), and Lupin III was published in its first issue, effectively making it one if not the very first adult manga in the history of manga.)

The Lupin III manga gets popular, is adapted into an anime, the anime gets popular, it gets translated into other languages and exported to Europe…

And then the Leblanc estate rears its head. «You are not making an anime about our character without paying us fucking royalties, » they say to Monkey Punch. To which Monkey Punch, channeling the spirit of the deceased Maurice Leblanc into his very soul, replies : « Lupin ? No no, you misunderstand, this is Rupan, completely different person. »

And he fucking gets away with it.

(Arsène Lupin became public domain in France in 2012. Before that, Lupin the Third took many different names in European releases, among which Rupan, Wolf, and in France, Edgar de la Cambriole (Edgar of Burglary).)

Additional tomfuckery :

The year is 1982, and science-fiction animated series are getting extremely popular. TMS decides to try and get a slice of the cake, and begins the development of Lupin VIII, a sci-fi spinoff about Lupin III’s descendant. The anime is being produced in France, and the Leblanc Estate once again rears its head. « Sure, you can make that anime, » they say, « but pay us fucking royalties. » TMS, as previously established, does not want to pay the Leblanc Estate diddly squat, and so they scrap half of the project, recycle the other half, and go « Lupin VIII ? No no, you misunderstand, this is Inspector Gadget, completely different person. »

The year is 1930, and famous Japanese writer Tarō Hirai writes The Golden Mask, a novel in which his detective character Kogoro Akechi goes up against none other than Arsène Lupin. Hirai’s pen name was Edgar Allan Poe- wait, wait, no, sorry, it’s Edogawa Ranpo, completely different person.

(Later, Gosho Aoyama names his character, Detective Conan Edogawa, after Arthur Conan Doyle and Edogawa Rampo (and the anime is distributed by TMS).)

(More than fifty years later, the Lupin III anime makes a tribute to Ranpo’s Gold Mask with the double episode The Imperial City Dreams of Thieves.)

The year is 2021, and Capcom is releasing the video game The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, in which famous detective Sherlock Holmes plays a central role. Unfortunately for them, a few Sherlock Holmes stories are still under copyright, and the Conan Doyle Estate is about as stubborn and greedy as their French cousins. « Pay us fucking royalties, » they say.

In the English release of the game, Sherlock Holmes is renamed to, you guessed it...

...fucking Herlock Sholmes.

[jesncin]

blocking racist weirdos commenting on my Clois comic at twidder

[afantasyoffiction]

i love fanfics that are clearly just like...ppl having the excuse to nerd out. like wdym archaeology buddie au with an insane amount of spec knowledge???

i love it. i love you. i want to read every fic you've ever written. i want you to teach me everything you know. i'm just waiting till the academia is replaced with porn because this is ao3 so we all know the two things go together

[dollysilena]

I LOVE YOU, IT'S RUINING MY LIFE! ⭑

you’re the apple of everyone’s eye. kageyama sees right past it, and you.

PAIRING: pro-athlete!kageyama x celebrity!reader

NOTES: okok hi everyone i’m alive we won’t talk abt how i disappeared and came back AHAHA pls accept these humble crumbs while i try to ease back onto this blog. i’m hoping the vibes are noticeable to readers ?!?! i’m hoping y’all are getting what i’m putting down, if not!! walk w me here!! kageyama sees right past reader’s facade and he’s intrigued bc readers real persona is so much more interesting to him than her squeaky clean celeb appearance for the cameras but reader is like. bro is my no.1 hater bc she’s so blinded w hate and is truly convinced kageyama is praying on her downfall and maybe he is!!LMAO she does not see that kageyama is intrigued by her!! kageyama is just amused by her diff personas and likes to stoke the flames?? yk the vibes??? maybe he is out to get her. maybe he wants to solve the puzzle that is reader. maybe i’m crazy

[ventique18]

Geek 🌸 who has like, a million books and manga in their personal library. They sometimes share a picture of their collection progress. Naturally, some internet folks are curious.

Netizen: "Holy shit, isn't that like an ultra rare series? You can open a public library with these. Be honest OP, are you the child of a billionaire?!"

🌸: "No... My husband just brings in more than enough for us and tells me to use my personal income however I want."

Netizen: "What does your husband do?"

🌸: "He's a king."

Netizen: "Yeah. All men are kings!"

🌸: "Haha"

Netizen: "Seriously though, what? Need it for academic purposes. 👀"

🌸: "Manager."

Netizen: "Damn, hope I get into a company that pays a manager that much."

Yeah, just a guy who manages an entire kingdom.

[phoenixkaptain]

Reading the novelization of A New Hope already changed how I saw Luke as a character but Splinter of the Mind’s Eye is going one step further and making me question the very fundamentals thought to be obvious about Luke.

Like, Luke is, for lack of a better term, a nerd. He studied languages and cultures -

“”Yes,” Luke admitted modestly. “I used to study a lot about certain worlds, back on my uncle’s farm on Tatooine. It was my only escape, and educational as well. This,” and he indicated the creature resting a massive long arm on his head and shaking him in a friendly fashion, “is a Yuzzem.””

-he wants to study more languages and cultures-

“Empty doorways beckoned to him and he was tempted, very tempted, to enter one of the ruined structures to find out if its interior was as well preserved as the outside.

This was not, he reminded himself firmly, the time for playful exploration. Their first concern was to find a way out, not to go poking around this ancient metropolis. However wonderful it was.”

Luke wants to know about people. He wants to know about cultures and creatures and he wants to be able to communicate and…

He really just. Is a great Jedi. He jumps between Leia and danger and he befriends the Yuzzem the prison guards thought would kill him and he wants to explore the creepy abandoned ruins of a civilization long past and he uses Anakin’s lightsaber underwater to cut the stem of a lilypad they use as a boat and he comments that the rock formations are almost too beautiful to cut down and he knows how to work Imperial explosives and

He’s a Jedi, man. He’s a Jedi. He’s been a Jedi this whole time, before any of us even knew what that actually meant.

[lazylittledragon]

hi i'm unw el l

[kaiserouo]

Well someone has to give it its driver updates, Gabriel