#b) brainwashed uncle

[shih-coulda-had-it]

Think AFO would introduce Torino to his cool new son Tomura he found for free off the side of the road

this was AFO's initial plan in dad fails of the week, chapter 6. because CLEARLY the biggest issue lingering between them was the lack of a pitiable child to bandage the relationship, and considering his husband's attachment to the Shimura woman, doesn't Tomura fix both issues???

(and then Toshinori practically domed AFO, at which point AFO switched courses to bodysnatch Tomura instead. "it's not weird," AFO insists. "look, the body even has the Shimura woman's smile!")

[lifeofmarvvel]

It's so funny to me that comics used to be like "everyone comes back to life but Bucky Barnes, Jason Todd, and Uncle Ben" and now we've got Bucky and Jason running around, initially back as villains doing various canon things in their respective universes

How long is it gonna take before Marvel says "screw it" and brings Uncle Ben back as a Spider-Man villain who eventually reconciles with Peter

[aki16official]

“c. Riggy is the most trau-”

SHUT THE ACTUAL FUCK UP C.RIGGY ISNT THE ONLY ONE IN THIS ARG WHO HAS SUFFERED

“b-but he tries to be perfect b-”

ATLEAST HE DIDNT FAIL TO SAVE SOMEONE, GOT HIS ARM CUT OFF, BURNT OUT (GIFTED CHILDED), CRASHED BY A TRAIN WHILE SKATEBOARDING, PULLED AN ALL NIGHTER JUST TO GET KIDNAPPED BY HIS CLONE,GOT VERBALLY ABUSED BY HIS CLONE, WAS OVERLOOKED AND SUPER SICK,GOT CHEATED ON, HAS HIS UNCLE MISSING, GOT HIS KIDNEY STOLEN BY PENGUIN(S), PROB SCHIZOPHRENIC, WANTED A RAISE TO THE POINT HE WENT INSANE, GOT BRAINWASHED THEN EXPLODED TO DEATH.

(talking about bundun, c.bundun, royalpear, royalmelon, danno and riggy)

[the-suicidal-lizard]

Why Miguel O’Hara is not “Spider-Man” and why he might have collapsed the multiverse. Nerd Time.

SPOILERS FOR ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE! DUH!

First of all, let me say... if you like him, great. As a character, I like him as well and I can even see why he does some of the things he does. However, the way he treats Miles is wrong and inexcusable.

Now, why do I say he’s isn’t Spider-Man? Well, he is in a way, but not like the others. Miguel isn't bitten by a spider, he's seen injecting the venom in himself, and he seems to need to continue to inject himself with the venom to keep his powers stable, but he doesn’t have everything. For example, he doesn't seem to have a Spider Sense, (or at least this version of him), where’s my proof? When Renaissance Vulture is in Gwen’s dimension, and he tackles Miguel down, and he doesn’t sense it. Not to mention, his webs are different, they’re glowing while the others stuck to white webs, or are natural webs (again see the Renaissance Vulture scene). Peter B even said that Miguel is the only unfunny Spider-Man, and that's what Spider-People are known for, that’s their thing, they're funny. Miguel isn’t. He’s serious. He’s different.

He said to Miles, “you don’t deserve to be Spider-Man” and “you don’t belong”, and it’s projecting. ANYONE can wear the mask, even Miguel. Clearly, he doesn’t feel like Spider-Man, because he’s different... because he got his powers differently, he has different powers... however, the main thing that makes him not Spider-Man, is his treatment of Miles. He’s mean, he’s borderline cruel. He doesn’t believe in trying to save everyone but knowing you can’t yet you still, he believes in you save the bigger picture, no matter what, who cares if a few people die. He’s apart of the Big Boys, he is the Big Guy, he’s in charge, and when Spider-Man becomes apart of the Big Boys, he no longer has time for the Little Guy. He’s no longer Spider-Man...

Now canon... this belief I have is more personal, and more of a theory rather than a fact, I think canon is bullshit! Think about it, for Peter One it was his Aunt not Uncle Ben that said “with great power comes great responsibility”, Gwen became Spidey and now in this universe, her Dad is no longer Captain, he gives it up, in the Miles Morales game Peter Parker doesn't die, Jessica Drew (depending on which version) is brainwashed by Hydra, but in this version, she might not have been. You see what I mean? Canon changes all the time. For example, Peter Parker is Jewish... but MCU Peter doesn't seem to be Jewish. Matt Murdock is Daredevil, but in Gwen's dimension he's Kingpin, etc.

We know that the dimension Miguel entered to take over from his dead self collapsed... that’s why he believes in canon... however, for all we know, when Miguel entered that other dimension, replacing Gabriella's original dad, that caused the dimension to collapse, not the "canon event", but the fact he was in the wrong dimension for a prolonged period of time, and he keeps doing it. Taking Spider's out of their dimension, putting a stop to "canon events" in their dimension by accident or alternating "canon events" (Spider-Gwen's Dad no longer being Captain), and yet those dimensions haven't collapsed... Miles' Dimension hasn't collapsed... Gwen’s hasn’t...

But, what about Pavitr’s dimension? Well, The Spot was there... he was opening up portals to jump dimensions, and we saw what happens when a portal or beam is open for a long period of time to an alternate dimension, the world around the portal glitches. We saw that in Into The Spider-Verse. Yes, Pavitr dimensional string might look different, but that could be because... Pavitr’s canon has changed, and we haven’t seen another dimensional string with changed canon. We’ve just seen “perfect canon timelines”. And as far as we know... nobody else has seen a dimensional collapse, nobody knows exactly what causes it. It’s what Miguel has said, it’s Miguel’s word.

But, that bit is more of a theory! I know that, it’s just a theory! A spider theory! Aaaaand cut!

[hikaaa-bi]

(rant ahead, proceed at your own risk)

honestly though, i do not like it when a show has no problem putting characters through trauma but doesn't want to address it afterwards. especially worse when they keep dogpiling trauma onto one specific character and then just forgets all about it. oh yay, the world is saved and this character is alright now, i guess.

exhibit A: Marcy from Amphibia. she was already having issues with leaving her friends and trying to combat that with escapism. she got reasonably rejected by her friends when they realized she tricked them. she got backstabbed by the king, both metaphorically and literally. the stab scene literally needed a content warning. she gets put on life support for a while and then gets turned into a weapon. the VA did a really good job with the screaming that it really made us think Marcy was going to at least have scars later. if they went all out, she'd probably be paralyzed or disabled for a while. if not, the least they could do is have her being weak and unable to move too much or fight.

but guess what? her friends rescue her from the core and after a little bit of crying and apologizing, girlie is a-okay. no visible scars, no physical injuries, not even a little bodyache. she jumps up immediately and is fighting the enemy in her super saiyan form moments after.

and do we even have to talk about the emotional and psychological trauma? nope. Marcy is saved now, that's all that matters. apart from a little bit of character growth, this girl is not affected by what she went through one bit.

don't forget that right after seeing Marcy get stabbed and presumably killed, Anne goes back to earth, has exactly 1 second of crisis and then completely forgets about her friend. a lot of the viewers argued that Anne was just repressing her feelings and trying to act happy. if this is true, the writers should show it. just having her act happy and have fun at grocery stores and museums doesn't really send the point across. you start to wonder whether the character got amnesia or if the writers have it.

The Owl House temporarily succeeded in showing a happy-go-lucky character repressing their feelings a.k.a Luz in s2b. we clearly see Luz looking anxious or sad when she's alone or when no one is looking. you see her panicking and trying to overcompensate with jokes, when she's actually not feeling okay. it's done really well in both animation and voice acting.

exhibit B: Hunter from The Owl House. now TOH wasn't overall as bad at showing emotional impact and trauma as Amphibia was. it had its fair share of tears and panic attacks. we see multiple characters very clearly experiencing the aftereffects of traumatic events they went through - King, Eda, Luz, Amity, Hunter. the only problem is that these arcs aren't really resolved well.

Hunter being the most popular example. like Marcy, Hunter was someone who was just given trauma after trauma to deal with. he was a child soldier, raised by his abusive "uncle" who was also the emperor. he was brainwashed into doing whatever his uncle wants him to, with the golden child complex tacked onto him. he is already in a very fragile position at this point, accepting his death and digging his grave when he fears that he's about to disappoint his uncle. he later finds out that he was a clone of said uncle's brother and that there were thousands before him, disposed of easily when they turned against the emperor. he has to fight his uncle in the finale, where said uncle tries to manipulate him again. after getting stranded in the human realm, his uncle later possesses his body, almost killing him in the process. oh, and his best friend actually gets killed.

and the aftereffects? TOH wasn't as avoidant as Amphibia. they did show Hunter having multiple panic attacks, identity crises after leaving the emperor's coven and very obvious fear and negative impacts of abuse.

but the whole grimwalker thing seems to be not taken as seriously as it should have been. Hunter is worried about his friends knowing that he is a clone, rather than about being a clone. i mean, in a world where grimwalkers aren't implied to be a common thing, surely it must be very existentially shocking and confusing to suddenly learn that you're not you, right? i mean, if i learned that i was a clone of someone else, i know the first thing i would think of wouldn't be about how my friends would take it. because i havent had the time to process it myself.

like i get it, these are Hunter's first friends and he doesn't want to lose them, yada yada. but it's still a bit strange to address it this way.

the main problem i have with Hunter's arc is that he never gets his closure with Belos. after Belos possesses his body and kills Flapjack, Hunter tells the others that they have to find and defeat Belos in order to avenge Flapjack. he is clearly distressed and angry. but then the story suddenly seems to forget about his trauma and focuses on Willow's issues instead and just handwaves the whole revenge thing aside.

Hunter did not have to be part of the final fight against Belos. but he needed some closure after everything that had happened. i mentioned this in a previous post but remember when Zuko was able to confront his dad, call Ozai out on all the shit he did and loudly reclaim his destiny? Zuko was allowed to face Ozai and say "I'm not going to be who you want me to be. you are a horrible person who abused me all my life and I'm finally cutting myself free from your influence, and I'm going to right all the wrongs that you made." this was such a powerful moment and Hunter deserved something akin to it too.

but in the end, Hunter isn't even at the scene where Belos dies. Luz, King, Eda and Raine are. and sure, all of these characters were affected by Belos's actions one way or another, but Hunter was the one who was most deeply impacted by Belos. and he never got his closure, he just.. had to move on. it was just such a disappointing end to his arc because he was a character that had so much potential, but they pushed his entire arc and development aside, so that huntlow can happen. yes, i dislike huntlow, it's a very forced and poorly written ship that sabotages the personality of both these characters.

anyway, yeah. either take time to address your character's trauma or don't give them trauma at all. believe it or not, not everyone goes through absolute life-shattering trauma and pain. people deal with problems, sure, but if you can't write about trauma well, please don't.

[unohanabbygirl]

If we are talking vampire AUs for hotd/f&b then allow me to share my own headcanon. I always envision vampirism only being passed down through childbirth through a Valyrian mother. This is extremely spicy because it means that all of Rhaenyra’s children are vampires while Alicent’s are just normal blonde children. Women like Aemma and Jocelyn also need to marry Valyrian men elsewise the magic in the blood would be too weak to produce vampire children. While this lends Rhaenyra more legitimacy, lords who are strict followers of the Seven are more preferring of the targtowers. They want Targaryens and dragon riders, but without the vampirism. I just love this idea because it would mess so badly with Aemond’s sense of superiority. He would be so resentful of Alicent for not making him a true Targaryen, but also he would still be brainwashed into partially thinking vampires are a sin against the Seven and the gods want the Hightowers to cleanse the Valyrian blood of it. On the other hand, there’s no possible way that Rhaenyra’s boys aren’t confident in their own skin. No one would dare utter bastard rumors when they legit are snackin on people for three square meals a day. Vamp!Luke and Human!Aemond is something we need.

Vampirism only being passed down from a Valyrian mother is genius. It makes a lot of sense for a verity of reasons considering the instances of stillborn Targ children having various dragon like treats which leads us to believe there’s a connection between Valyrian magic and the growth of a child in the womb. It lowkey gives me twilight vibes in this scenario considering vampiric children (in this case halfbloods) needing to feed on their mothers to ensure survival along with them having the strength to break ribs! In order to survive carrying a Valyrian/vampire child the mother needs to be one herself. Hence the Targtower kids being normal everyday children with silver hair.

I also like the idea of women needing to marry other Targ men as to not weaken it as you said, but also so the magic within them isn’t too widespread. You know? Can’t have every house out here claiming that shit too, that’s when things get messy. However, houses who are dedicated to the fate think vampirism is much too evil. Something that will eventually bring about ruin and lead to a sort of armageddon if you will.

This fucks with Aemond bad! His dedication to the faith and belief that those who are true Valyrian’s/ closer to old Valyria carry this vampiric treat are constantly fighting against one another. On one hand he begins to see the truth in his Hightower side telling him he and his siblings are superior because they’re true dragon riders without all the demonic filth muddling their blood but on the other he cracks open one of those old Valyrian lore books and sees the ultimate celebration of Vampires. The celebrations and coming of age rituals those who’ve inherited Vampirism are gifted that he nor his siblings have ever been allowed to have by both his mother AND because it would be seen as disrespectful to the culture as a whole.

For this AU I imagine Luke taking Aemond’s eye actually being a situation that nearly killed him. Perhaps these vampires don’t only drink blood but eat flesh as well. Very ghoul like (Tokyo Ghoul anyone?)

Imagine, the twins throw the first punch after Aemond claims Vhagar and draw blood almost immediately which in turns sets the Velaryon boys off. The girls can hold back Jace but don’t have the man power to keep little Lucerys back from taking a chunk out of his uncle…boom no eye. The fact that Luke not only blinded him but ATE some of his flesh and blood too? Oh the obsession is 10x worse.

[landofzero-archive]

Absolute - The Pure Land 13

(Location: Absolute Stage)

Shaka: What—W-What is the meaning of this?

Ibara: “~……♪”

The plot is simple. Today, the world’s number one idol, Shaka-shi, shall mysteriously disappear.

Shaka: I- are you planning to kill me here……?

Ibara: Why? There’s no need to do that, since destroying evidence is troublesome.

Of course, you still have to put in the effort in order to succeed.

If you’re going to keep taking unnecessary actions, you’ll wind up overworking yourself without any benefits.

Shaka: ………

If I— if Shaka disappears, there’ll be a big uproar, won’t there?

Ibara: Is that what you think? Actually, there was an uproar this time, and we were all swung around quite a bit, weren’t we?

Please rest assured, no one is that interested in others.

Shaka: ………

Ibara: No, you are in the spotlight since you’re a huge star who’s won Absolute six times in a row.

If a replacement star were to shine in the night sky, you will eventually be forgotten as a person of the past.

Shaka: You all, will become “that”?

Ibara: How does that sound? We’ll work hard to achieve that goal, but we may not be able to reach it yet.

But. Even if it isn’t us, someone will always win. Someone will conquer this Absolute and become a new shining star.

You will become a legendary deity as the world’s number one idol who mysteriously disappeared, all while remaining undefeated—

The idols you worship are now a separate existence from you.

You should leave everything to those idols and fictional deities, and live freely as an unknown person.

Shaka: Th-That sort of thing—

That kind of thing, is fine? So, I can live the life I want?

Ibara: That’s right. It truly is simple. Later on, the Priest faction will also use Uncle Gatekeeper as a shield to threaten, no, negotiate—

Today, let's take the steps to make the new shining star, the winner of Absolute, their next “money tree.”

And with that, the story ends with everyone smiling and feeling very satisfied.

Shaka: ………

Ibara: In fact, it would have been better if you had asked this talented producer to fix the problem from the beginning.

Because you did unnecessary actions, there was a strange uproar.

Ibara: If we had met as planned from the beginning and you asked us honestly then and there, we could have easily resolved this matter without making it such a big deal.

If you had done that, I would have had to pay the price for it, but I would have done my job properly.

No. That’s what a fair and legitimate deal is, amateur-san♪

Shaka: ………

Nagisa: …… Fufu. Ibara has a cute smug look on his face for the first time in a while.

Hiyori: Cute, huuh? Looking at it makes me feel annoyed, though? What foul weather!

Nagisa: …… For the longest time, Hiyori-kun and I haven’t shared those kinds of tastes.

…… Hiyori-kun prefers obedient children like Jun, right?

Jun: “~……♪”

Haha. You usually get mad when I don’t listen to you, ri~ght, Ohiisan?

Hiyori: Rather, I don’t understand how it feels to be happy when I’m being snapped at, you know?

Shaka: ………

Jun: Hey. Ohiisan told you to “move away”, you’re not needed so you should probably get outta here, alright?

Go anywhere, wherever you like?

Ibara: Oya, is it really fine to let him go? That person is a criminal who kidnapped our own His Excellency.

Our subordinates are stationed at the wings of the stage, so if we wish to secure him at any time, we can do so, can’t we?

Hiyori: It would be a bother if he got away with it and became resentful. I don’t want to have to worry about him like this again.

Shaka: ………

Hiyori: Look, we said we would forgive you, so why don’t you run off somewhere before we change our minds?

Shaka: B-But…… Even though Priest has died, there’s no way his subordinates would overlook me.

Hiyori: You poor thing. I suppose you’ve been brainwashed into thinking that way based on years of experience. Like an abused child.

Ibara: This is just a fact. The forces on the Priest side have thrown their hands into the fire called Uncle Gatekeeper and have been mostly annihilated.

I just checked with Uncle about that.

Nagisa: …… Fufu. This time, did Ibara use Monban(1)— Gatekeeper for that purpose?

…… For that reason, you stuck close to him, holding the reins and controlling him from beginning to end?

Ibara: It would have been cool to say something like “That’s right.” However, as expected, I’m not that well prepared either.

Hiyori: Ibara was so worried about Nagisa-kun that he couldn’t stay calm♪

Ibara: You’re saying that as the person who was the least calm.

In any case, the surviving members of the Priest faction are also paying attention to the Absolute stage.

This event is their lifeline in this region. In order to keep living, they have no choice but to stay here and watch over it.

In other words, there may not be any oversight now, so it will be as lenient as possible.

My subordinates will give them instructions so they can quickly follow them and defect abroad.

Shaka: ………

Ibara: That’s all. Your crime, no, all the strange things that have happened here will be settled.

What happens after that is our story, and has nothing to do with you.

Here, please take your things and leave.

I’m satisfied with the fine transaction this time.

It was a pleasure doing business with you, former world’s number one idol♪

Shaka: ………

TL Notes:

“門番” (monban), literally “gatekeeper,” is Nagisa’s unique way of referring to Gatekeeper. He uses this name throughout the SS Finals arc to refer to him.

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[forgotn1]

I think one of the best examples of "spoilers don't matter if the story is written well enough" is rewatching "City of Walls and Secrets" from ATLA. It's the episode where the Gaang arrive in Ba Sing Se to tell the King about the eclipse and get the run around from Joo Dee. The B-story is Iroh and Zuko settling into life in Ba Sing Se and working at the tea shop while Jet tails them to find evidence of their bending abilities.

Both of which are some of the best single stories in ATLA. And they play off each other so well, with the chaos of the Gaang contrasted by the calmer and more settled lives of Iroh & Zuko. Of particular note is how this gets inverted with the party and the fight. After all the chaos, it finally seems like things are going right for the Gaang while Jet's accusations threaten to uproot everything Zuko and his uncle have built.

Then it all comes to a head, with Zuko winning and Jet getting hauled off by the Dai Lee while the Gaang are corralled by Long Feng and kept from seeing the King. Which is when the other shoe drops: There is No War In Ba Sing Se. It's done in such a striking way too, with Long Feng's explanation interplayed over Jet's brainwashing. It's an absolutely incredible twist that was delivered masterfully.

But the true beauty of it is that the episode is so well written overall, that even with multiple rewatches the reveal still manages to have a serious impact. It's not quite the same huge shock, but you can still feel the weight of the moment. It's like you get caught up in how good the fight is that you temporarily forget what comes next, then it happens and you're like "Oh shit, right!"

[panlight]

I've sure others have said this before, but honestly, the only way everyone being okay with Nessie (like, in general, but esp the human blood part) is if she has some kind of wicked op mind control powers. They're okay with it because she's been brainwashing them since the womb to BE okay with it and they don't realize they should and would feel any differently (and I feel like Edward's instant 180 when he first heard Nessie's thoughts in the womb supports this)

Yep, that’s an idea that has been floating around the fandom for a long time. And, as usual, I don’t think SM intended this; I think she intended for Nessie to just be THAT adorable and endearing that everyone who got to know her even a little just absolutely went gaga over her and that Amun and Alistair are just Grumpy Jerks and that’s why they didn’t care about her. 

But . . . 

What gets me is that when Carlisle’s telling Bella about the Immortal Children (or, well, Bella remembers Carlisle telling her about them, because heaven forbid we actually get to see Bella’s ‘vampire preparation lessons’ so that her being instantly good at it makes sense), he talks about how enchanting they were, how to see them was to love them, how whole covens were destroyed trying to protect them . . . sound familiar? Nessie grows and learns so she’s not technically an Immortal Child but she is apparently immortal and she DOES have the same effect on people that the Immortal Children did. 

[and it seems very human-centric to think VAMPIRES would go all protective and doting over babies and toddlers. I just . . . they are not human, in many cases have not been human for a long time. It feels weird to me that they would have the same drive to love and protect children that humans do. Humans have a biological imperative to see children survive . . . vampires don’t, that’s not how they (generally . . . until Nessie, Nahuel and his sisters were sprung onto the vampire world) reproduce. I have a hard time believing most vampires would be all that impressed by babies/toddlers, even VAMPIRE babies/toddlers but . . . that’s the canon!]

So I think SM would say that it’s a little bit because she’s half-vampire and that makes her just extra pretty and cute (like Nahuel), but she’s ALSO the living symbol of E/B’s love and IS just so special that everyone loves her. But it’s SO EASY to read that Nessie just manipulated everyone. I’ve even seen people suggest the imprint isn’t “real” but something NESSIE forced to save her own life--the wolves can’t kill her if one of them imprints, and Jacob was right there. And that’s why the ones that wouldn’t let her touch them are less impressed with her, and those she did are just like “SHE’s SPECIAL, THAT LITTLE ONE, HARD TO RESIST” after literally being in her presence for two seconds. 

And honestly that would be way more interesting! But if SM did just want her to be literally that cute that everyone adored her like, SHOW HER BEING CUTE. She doesn’t really DO much. All I can remember is throwing Esme’s silverware around and laughing when Bella smashes rocks, but otherwise she’s just so alert and aware and adult that her cuteness factor plummets. Kids are cute, but you gotta let them be kids. There’s also very little evidence in canon she actually spends any time with or loves the extended Cullen family. Only Rosalie specifically says goodbye to Nessie when they leave to find witnesses! She doesn’t actually call them “grandma” or aunt/uncle in the book! They don’t! even! spend! Christmas! together! It’s like she’s supposed to be the child the Cullens have all longed for and then we get no development. And even less with the visiting vampires, so . . . yeah, it does feel artificial that everyone is so instantly enchanted with her. 

[krysanthemon]

PLOTS BASED ON THE ECLIPSE

Since I love The Eclipse so much I came with a few plot ideas based on the series.

Muse A is the predict who follows everything by the rules and does everthing in their power to have everyone act accordingly and follows the rules given by the school. You could say Muse A is in a way brainwashed by the school's headmaster. Que Muse B who freshly enrolled in the school. They are mysterious and rebellious much to the disliking of Muse A. They want to find out what Muse B's motives are for joining their school as Muse B moved from their rival school to theirs so he is constantly following them around. Little does he know Muse B is trying to uncover who is responsible for his uncle's suicide and take them down, his uncle being a former teacher at the school.

Muse A is good friends with Muse B. Muse A does everything in his powers to protect Muse B against bullies.Muse B is a soft and quiet guy seen as feminine and rumored to be gay so whenever they are together Muse A panics thinking others will think they are dating. When Muse C gets close to Muse B Muse A gets annoyed, but totally not jealous, because they totally do not like Muse B, right?

Give me the best friend dynamics between Muse A, Muse B and Muse C. Teasing each other with crushes they have, being goofy and playing around in their dormitory rooms, singing and dancing together, going on trips together etc.

[shiftycryptid]

Gotta tell y'all about this fucking insane dream I had last night.

My uncle (who is, as far as I know, completely heterosexual and happily married to my aunt) was married to chrisp ratt mario and I was going to go stay with them for the weekend. Mario wasn't a plumber in this, he owned an italian restaurant that used to be a humble little mom-and-pop place until he took over and turned it into this massive high-end dinner theatre type thing. So he's got a straight-up mansion, where each of the guest rooms is basically a fully fledged apartment. I, obviously, stayed in the pokemon-themed room.

Luigi shows up at somepoint during the night, because he also lives in mario's house and just likes to sleep in random guest rooms and I guess nobody told him I would be there. We get to talking and he tells me that he quit the restaurant recently because he wants to find his own purpose in life, seperate from his brother. He's pursuing a singing career which isn't going too bad, but he's insecure because people keep thinking he's spanish. In order to combat this, he's been trying to give himself the nickname 'the lightning sicilian' and I had to politely explain to him that while it is a very cool nickname, a) you can't just give yourself a nickname an expect it to stick, and b) it sounds like the nickname for a racecar driver or something.

With my advice, he decides to do an opera performance at the dinner theatre in italian. As it turns out, though, he doesn't actually know italian and started singing total gibberish. I don't know if that was supposed to be an intentional part of the dream or because I myself don't know italian, but it didn't seem to matter because the audience was completely enraptured by his performance. So enraptured, that they don't even realize that the cullen family (yes from twilight) are here to drink everyones blood.

I'm the only one who notices this, and I leave the theatre to do some investigating. Somehow, I find out that the cullens have secretly been funding marios restaurant in order to brainwash his patrons and drink their blood. Furthermore, I find out that there was actually a third, secret mario brother who was originally supposed to inherit the restaurant but mario burned him alive in a pizza oven. It was actually an accident that mario felt tremendous guilt over, but the cullens have been using it as blackmail material to keep him compliant with their scheme.

I find out about all this and confront mario in the restaurant kitchen, in front of the very same oven that his brother died in. Except that brother never died. He's standing in the room right now, determined to kill mario in revenge. He no longer bares his old name, instead choosing one reflective of his single-minded quest for vengeance: Wario.

So yeah, this is pretty much my prediction for the new mario movie.

[scarred-smiles]

Killing Harmony Boys

Name: Gonta Gokuhara

Talent: Ultimate Entomologist

Height: 6'6

Weight: 207 lbs

Birthday: July 23

Blood Type: A

Likes: Arthropods

Dislikes: Bananas

Crimes: Only showing care for Junko Enoshima, infesting peoples' homes with Monobugs, using these Monobugs to bite people and infect them with despair and/or Kaito Momota's illness, directly fighting against Future Foundation, gross abuse and mutilation of a corpse

Name: K1-B0 ("Kiibo")

Talent: Ultimate Hope Robot

Height: 5'3

Weight: 196 lbs

Birthday: October 29

Blood Type: None

Likes: 100-240 Volts

Dislikes: Vending Machines

Crimes: Receiving upgrades to enhance his killing abilities, allowing Junko's voice to replace the voices of Team Danganronpa and doing as she commands, flying and fighting against Future Foundation using his guns and lasers, killing Professor Idabashi to enhance his own despair, bombing important Future Foundation and government locations

Name: Kaito Momota

Talent: Ultimate Astronaut

Height: 6'0

Weight: 163 lbs

Birthday: April 12

Blood Type: O

Likes: Houseplants

Dislikes: The Occult

Crimes: Lashing out against Maki Harukawa, invading the Japanese space station, sending nuclear missiles to other countries and starting international wars, blowing up remaining missiles to kill his colleagues and fellow astronauts in the space station, using Gonta's Monobugs to spread his disease among innocents, gross abuse and mutilation of a corpse

Name: Kokichi Ouma

Talent: Ultimate Supreme Leader

Height: 5'1

Weight: 97 lbs

Birthday: June 21

Blood Type: A

Likes: Carbonated Beverages

Dislikes: Pig Feet

Crimes: Enslaving his organization and forcing members to murder their families, publicly executing those who oppose despair, vandalizing and destroying the city with his followers, killing law enforcement who attempt to stop him, leading Monokuma drones through the streets and commanding them to commit heinous acts alongside his organization, gross abuse and mutilation of a corpse

Name: Korekiyo Shinguji

Talent: Ultimate Anthropologist

Height: 6'2

Weight: 143 lbs

Birthday: July 31

Blood Type: O

Likes: Straw Ropes

Dislikes: Air Conditioning

Crimes: Sending "friends" to both his sister and Junko Enoshima via murder, murdering those who oppose despair, traveling and preaching to spread despair, gross abuse and mutilation of a corpse

Name: Rantaro Amami

Talent: Ultimate Adventurer

Height: 5'10

Weight: 137 lbs

Birthday: October 3

Blood Type: B

Likes: Extraterritorial Rights

Dislikes: Cars

Crimes: Sacrificing and violently mutilating all twelve of his sisters to Junko Enoshima, using his charming nature to recruit others onto the side of despair, seducing and killing men and women alike to watch the life fade from their eyes, traveling and spreading despair, earning a large following from his despair work, gross abuse and mutilation of a corpse

Name: Ryoma Hoshi

Talent: Ultimate Tennis Pro

Height: 3'5

Weight: 88 lbs

Birthday: July 1

Blood Type: B

Likes: Russian Blues

Dislikes: Whitetip Reef Sharks

Crimes: Killing mafia members, brainwashing surviving mafia members onto the side of despair, becoming a mob boss of those mafia members, commanding his mafia underlings to fight against Future Foundation, gross abuse and mutilation of a corpse

Name: Shuichi Saihara

Talent: Ultimate Detective

Height: 5'7

Weight: 128 lbs

Birthday: September 7

Blood Type: AB

Likes: Novels

Dislikes: Gossip

Crimes: Murdering his uncle and sacrificing him to Junko Enoshima, complicating the deaths and murders of others to make them unsolvable, killing prison guards, freeing violent inmates, destroying the country in the name of Junko Enoshima, encouraging his criminal followers to vandalize and murder, gross abuse and mutilation of a corpse

[realsaanvithoughts]

Colombian King Pin-

Slept with his girlfriends daughter

Molested her at 5 for the trade

Brainwashing into lesbianism

Tried to kill himself in his room

Not getting looked at in Colombia

Rockfellers King Pin

Is a pedophile

Sitting alone jerking off

Tried to kill himself

Caught for his trade

Cried in prison and got bitched

Got knocked out on the street and peed

Tried to fly out his step daughter snapchat kaylalisa_xo for oral

Got oral from his step daughter

Called kaylalisa_xo freak of the year

Got herpes from snapchat kaylalisa_xo after she slept with her puerto rican boyfriend

Thinks its funny to brainwash

Crops are dwindling

Cant afford his home

Facing jail time and tried to pay me to be gay

Lost drug sales and started crying

Lied to everyone about snapchat kaylalisa_xo about having to rape her from white supremacist for drug sales and slept with her cause he said her mother is a bitch and he wanted to try it

Is trying to kill me off from

Knows kaylalisa_xo had a crush on him and posted hes cute

In Colombia sitting alone

Shitted himself on the street

Cried about sitting alone

Stole the social

Just got an eviction notice

Drug trade ended

Knows cardi b sent the video to my phone becaus kaylalisa_xo wanted oral and cardi b wanted a connect

Owns john d rockefeller and rothschilds who work for a new trade

Is the most hated for brainwashing

Lied about being snapchat kaylalisa_xo Uncle

Bought a team of people so snapchat kaylalisa_xo (lilith reincarnated which is why black men dont date her) and LIED about being a Kali devotee and knew I was Kali and raped me

Fundd Colombia records

Farts in his room and then threw up drunk on the bed and slept in it.

[msclaritea]

ANYBODY ELSE TIRED OF HOLLYWOOD AND SILICON VALLEY BULLSHIT Beyonce Gets Publicly Humiliated By Disgusting Publicity Stunt Involving John Schneider and Tyler Perry.

John Schneider is a TOOL. He's worked directly in black film with very black writer/producer Perry. So, while he's pulling a fake ass stunt to garner Perry sympathy, THAT CAT released a false statement about immediately going AI using SORA.

IT'S NOT EVEN READY TO SCALE. Perry, The Billionaire, sitting in the middle of anti-union Atlanta is attempting to squeeze more Tax Breaks out of Georgia. The COS and BLM trolls helping run all of these scams also took another opportunity to show videos of Naked Black Men ALL OVER Elon Musk VERY VERY Queer platform.

Reception

Greg Braxton of the Los Angeles Times cited "Pause" as one of the sharpest public criticisms of [Tyler] Perry" and situated it alongside other critiques of Perry's work from African American filmmakers like Spike Lee.

Leonard Pierce of The A.V. Club graded the episode a B+, writing that although the episode felt at times "directionless" it nonetheless featured "a bunch of good laugh lines, a dynamite ending, and an increased role for some characters that have been neglected of late".

Tyler Perry was infuriated by "Pause", contacting Turner Broadcasting executives and threatening to re-evaluate his relationship with the company. When "Pause" aired, Perry had two series broadcast on Turner networks, Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Meet the Browns on TBS. Following an encore airing on June 26, 2010, the episode did not rerun again on Adult Swim until May 29, 2020, as a part of a marathon featuring the previously banned episodes "The Hunger Strike" and "The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show"..."

"Recently, a Twitter user reminded fans of one of the series’ most controversial episodes. “Pause,” the eighth episode in the third season, aired in June 2010 and parodied Tyler Perry and his style of filmmaking.The episode was ultimately pulled from TV and media reports began to circulate that Perry called Turner Broadcasting furious over it, leading to the episode being banned. However, Perry never admitted to doing so.

During the episode, fictional iterations of Perry and his Madea character show up as Winston Jerome and Ma Dukes, respectively. Jerome is depicted as a cultish entertainment mogul who uses religious rhetoric and his film themes to seduce men behind the scenes and hide that he is gay.

Throughout the episode, Jerome is depicted as invoking Jesus and isolating his cast and crew from family and friends to brainwash them to bend to his will.

At one point, Huey and Riley are so concerned about their Granddad, they go on a rescue mission to save him.

Near the end of the episode, Jerome drops his polished accent and flat-out asks Granddad to have sex with him. “Look man, all bulls**t aside, can I please just have some a**?” the fictional version of Perry says.

Granddad replies, “Do you mean to tell me that this whole cross-dressing Christian cult crap is just so you can sleep with men?” To this, Jerome replies, “Uh, pretty much, yeah.”

Written by Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder and Rodney Barnes, the episode was expected to cause tension by insiders, according to a report the Los Angeles Times reprinted.

There was also speculation that Perry fired some of his staff and planned to sue ‘The Boondocks” over the episode, but he shot those reports down as false at the time.

“Just like the Spike Lee situation, I feel that ‘no response’ is the best response. I’m just gonna leave it at that,” Perry said, referring to separate criticism Lee lodged at him about his work.

“But I will tell you this … there is absolutely no truth to the rumor that I’m suing ‘The Boondocks.’ Those are all lies. I’m not suing anybody over that. And I haven’t fired anyone because of that show, either. I don’t know where all that came from,” Perry continued.

A reboot of ‘The Boondocks’ was announced in 2019, a month before the death of actor John Witherspoon, who played Granddad. In 2021, it was announced that Sony Pictures had “pulled the plug” on restarting the show."

The trolls are always bringing up Boondocks and it's supposedly, to go after Tyler Perry for getting the show cancelled but this has all the earmarks of a publicity stunt from The Hollywood Mafia. Practically all of Perry's promo consists of attacks but it's far too sophisticated. Clips of his new projects are always included and ALWAYS the most graphic scenes.

The episode was on the same channel as Perry's show, House of Payne

The Executive Producer was Reginald Hudlin, a close business friend of Perry's

The other producers were Sony Pictures, both directly and through a subsidiary; another company Perry has gone business with and they are firmly in the Mafia

The Creator, Aaron McGruder has done little else but they're still promoting him

The episode, like the rest of the show has promotional cultural references, such as mentioning Trump supporter, Ice Cube and a cult that sounds an awful lot like Scientology

"..Robert eventually passes the audition and meets Winston himself, who is revealed to be a devout, closeted evangelical Christian who claims Jesus Christ himself personally inspired him to write. Winston offers him the part of Ma Dukes' love interest and invites him to his compound and inner circle, on condition that he accept Jesus as his savior and renounce Ice Cube and all of his works. At the compound, Winston makes a grand entrance a la Rocky Horror Picture Show, descending on a golden elevator while singing "It's All Right to Cross-Dress for Christ"; from there, Robert quickly realizes Winston leads a cult-like organization, forbidding the compound residents from contacting their family..."

It was a publicity stunt and likely gave Tyler Perry a smooth out at TBS.

[stoptellinglieslois]

Principal of pleasure part 30

after the conversation at the diner the league is on a mission it's the end of the mission and Superman and Nightwing, talk at the watchtower as Batman watches them from a far.

Superman x Nightwing Pairing

Dick

It was a week after I saw Kal at the diner we spoke to each other only through texting, I didn't trust my voice by talking to him on the phone I just didn't want anyone to hear us so texting is safer.

Now we are done destroying an alien fleet trying to brainwash the planet by using sound waves it was brutal and rough.

The league needed all hands on deck and now we are done and we all made it to the watchtower.

I spotted Kal across the room as I purposely wanted attention.

He noticed me as he gave me a small signal for us to be alone.

I made my way out of the room and into the hall and outside, I waited for him under the night sky and the warm breeze I no this wasn't the time to talk but I wanted to talk in person.

I didn't even notice but he floated down in front of me and it startled me half to death.

"God I could never get used to that." I told him as I held my chest Kal reached out and place his hand on my chest.

"Your heart is going wild it sounds so..." I cut him off and I pulled his hand away from my chest. "Someone could see us please Kal." He seemed sad when I rejected his touch and I felt bad but we needed not to do that right now.

"Sorry but we need to be not like this right now." I told him.

"I think I want to tell Lois soon that I want to separate I don't think I want to continue lying to her." Kal said we walked away from the tower now not going too far.

"Then I think I need to do the same."

"We can't break up at the same time that would be too obvious." Kal exclaimed.

"No it wouldn't because no one knows about us."

"Yes but..."

"No Kal we need to come clean and break them loose the both of us we won't continue the lies and I don't want to carry on this way with Barbara." I wanted us to break out and run off we did enough damage to are lives as it is.

"Wow so that means we are both doing this."

"Yes Kal."

"I...Can't .. I don't believe this I'm actually going to have you, I never knew this would be like this with you." Kal said putting his hands on his head exhaling happily.

I was calm and quiet watching his expression I needed to revise now my next step.

"Maybe we will come out together."

"Kal let's just take it step by step we can't over do it here." I told him smiling as he was happy he felt free.

"We could live at the cabin for a while lay low you know."

"You want me to move in with you."

"Yeah of course I do."

"Wow Kal."

"I will not lie I'm scared but I could do this how I will tell her will be a whole other matter I have to approach the subject in my own way." I realise this was more and more real.

Kal freezes and stops in place. "He is watching us I could hear his heart beat he's close by he wasn't there long he's outside by the steps. Don't turn around do not look back." I stop and stood still as well but did not turn around.

"Who is it ?"

"Bruce."

"Where."

"Behind us we are too far away for him to hear us and we are not facing him so he does not know what we are talking about but he is watching us." Kal said nervous.

"I could fly off and leave or I could turn around and walk to the steps but I do not want you to talk to him."

"Fuck that Kal."

"No Dick we need to act like I'm your uncle Clark and not your lover and that you are not angry that he is in love with me don't show any jealousy or be upset." Kal explained we can't stay frozen forever.

"Is he still there Kal."

"Yes."

"Fly go Kal go."

"No I need to face him."

"Go Kal."

Superman looked at me one last time and lifted off he didn't want to argue I walked back I didn't see where B was it was dark and the night cast shadows the full moon illuminated one area of the steps and Bruce was standing there, Looking at me cowl in place I knew he was looking at me under that cowl.

"B what are you doing out here." I was closer to him now where he stood by the steps.

"I saw you and Clark come out here I wonder what he was saying to you." Bruce sounded so calm he turned off his robotic voice as he spoke.

"He was just giving me advice."

"Oh ... I want him and you to come to a ball I am putting together this weekend."

"B you know I hate those things."

"Come please I want my son to be there."

I went quiet I didn't want to push anything so I agreed. "Ok I'll go well I should go in." He put one hand on my shoulder firmly and rubbed it.

"I know I can't have Clark but I can't shake him off." His hand is still on my shoulder.

"Look why don't we go inside."

"No I want to talk out here."

"But Bruce.." He cut me off now putting both hands on my shoulder.

"Do you know how hard it is for me to cope with seeing him every day and not have him in my arms." I took an involuntary deep breath as Bruce confessed his soul to me.

"Come on let's not stay here let's go inside B." I needed to get him inside right now.

I could feel the heavy weight on my shoulders as his hands are still on my shoulder. "Come on B." I urged us to leave.

"Alright let's go." We walked back inside as I needed to make a note to myself that Bruce was not only watching but I hoped and pray he didn't know about us because now I'm starting to suspect that Kal is right when in love he would be watching every detail in volumes.

End of part 30 next is part 31

Thank you for reading

[gameminds]

one of the hardest long lessons for the greater sociopolitical progressive movement (basically all human-rights struggles against entrenched authority since ~1600) is that the basic things that make someone into a bigot or a fascist or a willing sycophant to the status quo, are actually shared pretty intimately by all human beings.

some of us have a degree of skepticism towards certain forms of disenfranchisement (but not all forms- most people still agree on carceral justice), and it leads us naturally to question the status quo when it causes harm for us or others.

but even that basic questioning instinct is vastly insufficient to address global issues with race, gender, etc. To rely on people's basic skepticism would be, and has been, a huge fallacy that ignores how easy it is to brainwash even (and often especially) morally upstanding, decent people. It's painfully simple to convince your well-meaning, progressive, gay aunt that there is a rising political group that hates her and wants her dead, and the logical next step for that existential fear is to take drastic steps to protect yourself, personally and politically.

It's plainly demonstrable and widely agreed that even people with liberal sentiments can be agitated to unreasoned hate, which places their enemies in the role of Unholy Instigator, and justifies any and all means to defeat them. Joe Rogan, for all his faults, is not a cult leader- not even close. but he serves an intimate purpose FOR cult leaders unintentionally. The first step in comprehensive brainwashing is to convince people that the reality they experience is an illusion.

That's the basis for his entire show.

So, then, fundamentally, the long lesson is that attacking issues of moral standing or righteousness is a losing game against a team whose primary mechanism of action is blurring the lines of justice and lying openly about the righteousness of their cause, the "science" backing it, and the nature of the voting populace as supporters. The larger population is vulnerable to these ruses for precisely the reason that they have been continuously primed by media (and, let's face it, geopolitical events) to believe there are great Cabals running the planet and every major political movement.

While there are, in fact, great Cabals running the planet (you know, governments and corporations), the "Lie All The Time" movement depends on Aunt Geraldine believing that Uncle Bradley is a vested and willing member of their *intentional conspiracy*. this lie serves miraculously as blanket cover for the wrongs of governments and businesses; they can both blame the cabal for their failures and shortcomings, hide behind it as a constant talking point to avoid making real changes to issues that actually affect people, weaponize it to threaten the safety of their enemies, and use it as a cudgel against their opponents rhetorically.

The way you attack these systems of belief in a way that neither compromises your ability to clearly see the difference between subjective "wrong" and objective "incorrect/inefficient", nor allows the kind of leeway in the interpretation of your statements condemning reprehensible actions taken by bad actors, is to attack the fallacy, contradictions, and circular logic that these systems depend on to keep people trapped.

Not attack them rhetorically, we've seen repeatedly that calling a political movement "deplorable" just hardens the worst offenders and tends to serve as a rallying cry for self-victimization. Instead, we need to attack the systems these movements use to A) spread misinformation that serves a hateful purpose, B) trap people in political in-groups with xenophobia and "already apocalyptic" descriptions of out-group societies, and C) confront the basic failures of the state and our culture generally to educate people about the nature of hate, its ability to twist our mind unwittingly, and the ways it is subtly weaponized as a brainwashing tool, even on the left.

the biggest road block remains, of course, that all major political movements of the 21st century depend on 'Big Lie' tactics to drive engagement and voting turnout. Liberals have been feeding The Beast of our Misinformation Culture for 75 years, at the same pace and with the same food as the fascists. The larger political bodies depend on a sizeable chunk of the population having precisely zero critical thoughts about the government. The easiest way to accomplish that is by pointing Aunt Geraldine at Uncle Bradley and telling her that he is, personally, the reason abortion is banned. Our brains are designed around seeing patterns that may or may not be there. Assigning blame to a known individual is easier and more satisfying than assigning it to a greater entity that you would have to spend time and energy thinking about if you were to fight it.

Auntie G won't ever question her political leaders if the only reason they fail is the Great Conspiracy.

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