#big ones

[classicbeautykingdom]

Anna Nicole Smith Playmate of the Year 1992.

[little-jacob]

padded and ready for bed 😊

[sigelfire]

[deebrisbyfish]

I have been working HARD to get over my knee-jerk fear of spiders. The fact that the spiders we have found the MOST in our home are tan jumping spiders has helped with this a LOT. They are unusually social and chill and... actually ARE pretty darn cute as far as spiders go. SO, since I don't really have a lot of supporting characters in the strip, I decided to kind of bunch up all the spider's we've found into one adorkable jumper.

[snoozingwell]

Crash Bunny!! @rivriderart

[vickyvicarious]

I love Arthur so much. It was so good to hear his voice at greater length... and today he is doing the two things he does so very well: see through the mask and provide resources.

Art doesn't get a ton of time on the page. And even when he's there, he isn't usually the focus of the scene. So I think a lot of people tend to underestimate just how important his actions are.

Because... look, everyone knows that Mina is the one who 'writes Dracula', so to speak. She collates the information, she's the first to share the information, she makes unique connections with every single member of the team and takes on a lot of the emotional labor for them. She's great at noticing important things and at connecting with people.

But Mina isn't the only one. Arthur and Mina actually share a fair bit in common I think, and Mina would never have been able to do her thing if he didn't act first now.

Like... yes, of course Lucy is a uniting force in this part of the novel. She's the one everyone wants to save, and her relationships with others are pretty central to bringing them all together. And after they fail, Mina is the one who takes up that role in a lot of ways. But Arthur's relationships are pretty central too. It seems apparent from the way they're first introduced that Art is the reason Lucy met the other suitors in the first place, and he seems to be the one who is closest to both the others/has known them longest. Quincey and Arthur especially spend a ton of time together and seem super close. Van Helsing starts to think of him as a son. He and Mina agree to be like siblings for the rest of their lives, and while he has the least direct connection with Jonathan, he still goes on a journey alone with him at the end and makes sure to look after his health. Everyone loves everyone else, and they all have multiple close relationships, but I think Arthur is probably the one who gets the most emphasis on each different one after Mina. (Even as he is more of a side character.) And while he goes through a ton of loss and isn't able to be a support for everyone for a good while, he always seems to want to try, and he does when he can. I think when he isn't completely lost in grief that's his default state. And he seems pretty good at it. Not just the noticing but also getting people to accept his help. He convinces Lucy to meet with Jack despite the awkwardness. He convinces Jonathan to go to sleep despite his intense drive to keep going without pause. That sort of thing.

Most importantly here is how Arthur sees through Lucy's pretence. (And others too, like when Jack and van Helsing try to pretend she isn't as bad as she is, and he figures it out multiple times. Also, it's not exactly the same thing, but he and Jonathan are the only two people to notice Dracula at Carfax, however briefly.) I've talked about this before, but in the proposal scenes he was the only suitor that was meeting Lucy on even terms. They were both emotionally honest, his proposal was unplanned, and both he and Lucy could read one another well. Through various hints it seems to me that Arthur is usually pretty open with Lucy about everything including his worries, while she talks to him about all sorts of things except her own worries. However, even when she isn't honest with him, Arthur is able to see through Lucy's pretense. For someone who always tries to act happy/well and care for other people first, who hides how poorly she is doing and can't easily ask for help, that's huge. It makes them very well suited. And honestly, he expresses himself a lot in this book in a way entirely devoid of ego. He cries, he admits when he doesn't know what to do, he asks for help, he's willing to follow orders, he forgives what seem like slights against him...

And that's part of what makes his ability to provide resources so useful. Because sure, he throws money at problems. And that's super helpful later on. But he doesn't just do that. He also tries to anticipate specific needs when he knows he has the ability (planning to get his horses, bringing his dogs since he'd heard that Dracula could command rats amongst other things), and offers up his resources for others who know better what to do to use (letting Jonathan use his name to deal with the other lawyers, and giving his blood to Lucy is a big one). And that extends to people too. Arthur knows he can't save Lucy here, so he reaches out to Jack. He uses his relationships to do three things here: convince Jack to come, convince Lucy to be open with him, and trick/distract Mrs. Westenra so she won't be alarmed. Later on, he reaches out to Quincey as well. He never hesitates to ask for help when he thinks it's necessary and not only is he always correct to ask but he gets the answer he wants.

Even though he's far from the most visible character, I think he's pretty important. And I'm deeply fond of him.

[1milf-nation]

[bokettochild]

Fable hijacked some shit

she's worse than her brother, help!

[thefutureiswhat]

Updated Season 5 Finale Theory

FX Networks just put up a YouTube featurette titled "How to Be Minnesota Nice," featuring interviews with Noah Hawley and the cast.

Most notably, however, the video contains a pretty major spoiler from the Season 5 finale in the form of behind-the-scenes footage.

SPOILERS BELOW THE CUT

Yes, that appears to be Lorraine and Indira visiting Roy in prison. Which would explain "Lorraine makes a visit" from the 5x10 episode description.

Aside from being shocked that FX would release such a huge plot point just days before the finale, this actually makes me kind of optimistic that my theory with @tdciago about three different endings will actually come true.

Because you're telling me that Roy goes from this...

...to prison?

We're going to see him shot or stabbed, running for his life, terrified and desperate, and then... actually, he's okay. He's just gonna go to prison instead.

I think this is just more proof that we're going to see three different endings in the finale. However, I think they will be presented to us in such a way that it will seem like one continuous story.

Maybe he'll be shot by Dot, and it will seem like he's dead. Dot gets rescued from the ranch and goes home to her family. But wait, Roy isn't dead. He's running through the fog, to the safety of the dugout... where he will be accidentally killed by Gator, who doesn't see him coming.

But wait, he actually survived that, too. And now Lorraine is visiting him in prison. I'm not saying this is exactly how it will go, but you get the idea. He seems dead, in two different ways, but then he's somehow alive.

At first glance, it will probably seem very confusing and extremely improbable. But there might be subtle clues that these are three different endings, rather than one far-fetched one.

One possibility, suggested by @tdciago, is that there will be subtle errors or inconsistencies in each ending that will call them into question. In one, for example, Dot might be making Bisquick, but the box has the brand name spelled incorrectly -- "Bisquik," like the episode title.

This will make viewers point and say, "Wait... that's not right. This must be the fake ending, and this other one is real!" But there will be details like that in each ending, making it impossible to tell which is the real one.

Something that might help us decide how to separate the endings is the music. There's an 8-minute piece on the Season 5 soundtrack called "Fargo Season 5 Main Theme (Secret Suite)." We haven't heard it yet this season.

It features three distinct versions of the Fargo TV series theme: a choral version, a twangy guitar version, and an electric guitar version. Maybe they will feature in each of three different endings, giving us an idea for how to separate them.

Or maybe none of this will come true, and the finale will totally surprise us. Either way, it's been a helluva ride.

[sigmamale-adventures]

It's a good day when you wake up to find this one laying next to you in bed.

[coline7373]

We're all twi'lek.

I want to thank @tookas-have-teeth for the discussion and @cacodaemonia for their incredible worldbuilding of Ryloth and twi'lek culture.

(Looks better clicked on.)

[classicbeautykingdom]

Playmate of the Month August 1987, Sharry Konopski

[little-jacob]

normal vs. little 🥰

[pixlokita]

Me: ;-;)

The Nutella restaurant every month for no reason other than the fact they’re doing god’s work:

Me: ;w;)✨💖

[theotherhappyplace]

all the evil people seem to be getting louder at once.

but 2 can play at that game

I'VE GOT A LOVERLY BUNCH OF COCONUTS

DIDDLYDEEDEE

HERE THEY ARE STANDING IN A ROW

BUM BUM BUM

[fuckingstupidbracket]

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AS WEAPONS

Drum:

- is a big fucking drum

- shield

- I feel like you could do a trojan horse kinda thing

Organ:

- there's pipes of various sizes (many options)

- power of Christ

- you can drop it like a piano

- play it super loud

- surprise factor (no one expects you to fight with an organ)