#dave and goliath

[reelbigsquidge]

FINALLY! THE VEGGIETALES 2002 LIVE PERFORMANCE WAS FOUND!!!!

after 20+ years of wondering and searching, the veggietales community has found it !!! truly a moment in not only VT history but also in lost media history ! so in a “celebration” kinda way, i redrew the logo for the show !!

[valicelavidad]

yes im filling the hohr void with baldur's gate 3, yes i'm mentally inserting the happy boys into cutscenes and my tav's decisions are made as if there's a little mushroom on his shoulder whispering a la benvendio in dis, yes my tav is a combination of henley and everley my two terrible beloveds

[ultrameganicolaokay]

Luke Cage, Power Man #24 ‘Among Us Walks… Black Goliath!’ (1975) by Tony Isabella, George Tuska, Dave Hunt and Don Warfield. Edited by Len Wein. Cover by Gil Kane, Frank Giacoia and Mike Esposito.

[jellysmudge]

thoughts on john being taller and wider than dirk. he would Crush that loser white boy

LONG post bc short Dirk used to be one of my headcanons and it feels nice to return to my roots… dirk the manlet… real af.

he’s pulling David and Goliath moves every time he wants a kiss. He cant ask like a normal person, he has to be violent. Imagine ur best bro (Dave) has this brother who is like 5’2 and can fit into any small space and makes no noise when he moves. I’d live in terror.

[reblog-house]

WAAAAAIIIT. Hold the fucking phone hold the fuck up. Yeah yeah Michael Elizabeth and David are all biblical names and Michael is 'Who is like God?' because he's like William and David is 'beloved' and Elizabeth is "God's promise/God is my oath" yada yada, all that is great and I agree with it, but I think we're not taking it FAR ENOUGH.

Michael was the angel that STRUCK DOWN LUCIFER. David was a CHILD who went down against someone DOUBLE HIS SIZE. And Elizabeth... the closest relevant thing I can find is that she was very faithful and believed in the promises God gave her.

Now, I know there's some contradictions here such as "why is William God in the Elizabeth segment and Lucifer in Michael's?" but I feel like the reason for that is self-explanatory. Michael started to see him for the evil he committed, while Elizabeth sees him as her dad and (later on as Scrap Baby) someone to follow and believe in.

Now David... David is what made this all click for me. I first thought of Michael, but this is just. Such a good contrast, such a good foil to the original biblical character that it just makes sense.

The biblical David went against someone double his size with courage and WON. Dave, however, couldn't stand up for himself. Over and over again. The person double his size hurt him again and again and again, until the other accidentally killed him.

This David didn't win against Goliath. Dave lost. And the Goliath was stuck with the guilt of his brother's death, inflicted by himself.

DOES. THIS. MEAN. ANYTHING. AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO SEES IT? HELLO? HI!

[the-irrelevant-trumpeter]

hohr episode 49 major spoilers!!!! you have been warned!!!!

things that made me cry:

gluebrick convincing henley to withdraw by appealing to him as his best friend… hearing him beg henley to trust him, to have faith in him, knowing that he’s trying to save henley’s life… henley trusting him so much that he gives up on his offer…

“well, was it worth it?” “…yeah… i saved my best friends” kill me nowwww

adam actually figuring it out before dave can explain it…

shields very genuinely going “what?” when adam says that the winner was a sacrifice

ellie audibly crying throughout… ME TOO GIRL ME TOO

HENLEY’S HEARTBROKEN “gluebrick…”

“it’s been a good time right”

all of them giggling at eric insulting gluebrick but all clearly doing so while upset

“all i ever wanted to do was save and look after my friends”

henley’s small “hold on gluebrick, you can’t die” FUCKKK

dave sounding like he’s trying not to cry while he’s describing the death… fuck you

“and for a split second, gluebrick’s entire body becomes almost translucent, and you see all the love and power contained in this mighty goliath… his beautiful kind heart beating in his chest. and between every beat, you feel like the universe has stopped. and in the blink of an eye, you watch as gluebrick’s heart shatters.”

GHOUL CLIMBING ONTO GLUEBRICK’S CHEST TO HUG HIM 😭😭😭 GHOUL FINALLY GETTING TO HUG ONE OF HIS FRIENDS AGAIN BUT ONLY BECAUSE HE’S DEAD 😭😭😭

henley wrapping his tail around gluebrick’s tail… THE BUDDIES 😭 NOOO

gluebrick’s whole arc being that he was scared of hurting people, trying to better himself and learn to control his rage, sacrificing his powers in order to protect his friends from himself. he earned himself the name ‘kindheart’ and when it came down to it, when his friends were on the line, he proved that name to be 100% true. him having so much love for his friends that letting any of the rest of them win wasn’t even considered as an option. and just like when he gave up his rage, he sacrificed his life with ease because he had so much love in his heart, and he would do anything to save his best friends.

chris played everything so fucking well. dave is obviously EVIL but what an amazing story he laid out. as heartbroken as i am, i’m glad it played out this way because narratively, any of the other happy boys being the one to die wouldn’t have feel like it fit. this really felt like it concluded gluebrick’s narrative in a way it wouldn’t have for the others. bravo to the entire team.

[satin-polar]

FNAF Bible theory. In light of recent Dave theory. It's just from my surface knowledge of the bible (but I am from a christian home, I know a lot) and few wikipedia findings.

Scott is very well known for being a religious person. That's nothing new. And this theory will conclude with statement that ,,FNAF is just a retelling of the bible,, at least part of it. There will not be Jesus in this one. The closest one will be his cousin John.

Pls. Mind that english is not my first lauguage. Im good at using it, but I keep missing word. And i keep using languagetool. And few time I use term ,,standin for,, I'm not sure im using correct term. But hope you understand. So let's start with what we got now:

David - King of Israel, Battle with Goliath

Michael - Guardian of Israel, Battle with Satan

Elizabeth - Known for being a mother and having a baby (stick with me)

And few important names: Gabriel and Henry

When the name David came out lately, when Hyper Droid was talking about CC real name. It struck me. David in the bible is best known for battling the Goliath, and Slaying him, becoming King after that. And in the World of FNAF, CC also battled the Goliath, but this time Lost. Goliath being stand in for Fredbear, you know Giant Robot. We can argue that even if CC lost the rest still happened, Goliath was slain - Fredbear was never used again, and he kinda became the King - CC is probably the most important spirit in FNAF, and Golden Fredy is the Leader of Animatronics, Golden like a Kings Crown - And stay golden even after all the years, when Golden Bonnie faded, but that's later. Golden Freddy leads the Spirits even if it's not David (CC) it's Cassidy, but Cassidy is probably not a biblical name, but there might be something to it if we dig deeper.

Michael - The Archangel. The One that cast Satan out of Heaven. Yes Satan being stand in for William. ("...he does battle with Satan and casts him out of heaven so that he no longer has access to God as accuser" - Wikipedia quote). And mentioning. When David is the King of Israel. Micheal is the Guardian (prince) of Israel (If we take methafor for Israel in FNAF as the place where every spirit lingers, sooo Freadys. Yeah Freddy's is Israel, The Bible one, not the moder country, it's sounds weird now, but let's deal with it.) Then, idk whats better way to describe Mike. After his brother's death, he goes and protects what his brother has become part of, to redeem himself, to give his brother and every soul Afton killed an afterlife. But this Flipped retelling of Bible. As David failed to Defeat Goliath. Michael failed to Protect Souls. But after tries and punishment, he banishes the evil from immortality. Except there are no happy endings in FNAF.

Elizabeth is more difficult than two brothers, but. I might have something. As the fact that FNAF is Flipped retelling of bible more struck me, where nothing goes as it should, but parallels are visible. It got me there. Naming FNAF characters after biblical figures must have some reason. At least minimal. Let's start with this, and it might sound more weird than the rest, so at least trigger warning here. The Big Elizabeth in story in bible start with her husband going to a Temple and being visited by Angel Gabriel. And is promised Elizabeth will bear a son - John the Baptist. Kinda like Mike going to Circus Baby Pizza. Yes I compared Circus Baby Pizza to the Temple of God. But as we know, everything must go wrong. It might be parallels that Elizabeth, instead of bearing the child, got crushed in the belly of a child (baby) looking robot. (And you know, I think Elizabeth in bible is only known for being a mother of more important figure, and naming fnaf character after bible character might be difficult, and SL is kinda a spin-off, I don't know what Stott was thinking, I just see parallels) But as we now know, even if figures failed to fulfill their job, everything else still needs to happen. Destiny needs to fulfill itself. And have you ever noticed that Scooper rips out your guts, from the belly. And as spoken before, something needs to be born. And as Elizabeth would bere the child, now she crawls into someone's belly, as Baby put her self together. In flipped reflection of destiny. Michael goes to a temple, and is promised a Baby, it happened but in crocked refection, Elizabeth is born from her own Brother. But it's not Elizabeth that is the most important that day, because at the same moment, Michael is born again as the Baptist. To cleanse evil in the Baptism of Fire. And as weird as it gets, Mike being also the stand in for John the Baptist resonates well with me.

And that not the end, but I wanted to leave that on the end, because now we will talk about remnant, and remnants are still controversial in FNAF fandom. And I didn't want to taint my Elizabeth part with it. But You can add this to Elizabeth part, and it will only add more to the theory. Trust me. In the Bible when Elizabeth's husband visited the temple, angel said, and I quote "...and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born." Mention of being Filled with the Holy Spirit is something that just struck me the most. And I feared that it made sense. As we go further in FNAF games, (technically first ever mention of Remnant is in FNAF 6, but it's calling back to the Scooper) First ever usage of Remnant comes from FNAF SL. When Mike is being Filled with Remnant by the Scooper. As Biblical Child of Elizabeth was Filled with the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit in bible is reserved for very special things. And if we going with naming FNAF characters after biblical names. Usage of Holy Spirit in the most important story connected to name Elizabeth and the Child she bore. As Scooper standin for filling someone with Remnant - Michael goes to a Temple of The False God that created the Baby and is Filled with The Remnants of Spirits. God!

Did I mention that It's not the end yet. It's not that big, but I want to point out what I see as interesting findings. And maybe we can do something more with this. I never readed bible, I just had religion in school, and I was kinda interested in that when I was younger. But I have really good memory, and this all just started coming to me.

When researching Michael, the name Gabriel keep coming out, It was interesting (like ohhh Scott, you know what you were doing) later when the name Gabriel came up in The Story of Elizabeth. There must be something more. First it was, did Scott name missing children after Archangels - No. But using just one name is enough. And as we all agree, Gabriel, being a child possessing Freddy. Scott used the name Gabriel on the first gravestone. Freddy the face of basic animatronics. Scott could name every kid after (as I found) - 7 archangels, but that would be too obvious, but he named only one, the first, the one we all agree is Freddy. Scott could give him a normal name, but he needed to name at least one after biblical name. And it's Gabriel. I have a weird feeling that, as Scott is a religious person, he just jumped on Wikipedia just like me, and found that Michael and Gabriel are very connected with each other. The fact that the name Gabriel comes out in 2 most important names in FNAF that also are standin for biblical characters. To this moment we got 2/3 names, but Mike and Elizabeth are kinda normal names, so we didn't care, but Now there are 3, we got David. All of William's children are named after biblical characters. With show how egotistical he is. But we got more; as we got Gabriel, it's now 4/3.

My smalled finding is that old version the name Henry is Harold. And it get me to Herod, the Guy that Order to Kill Children when Jesus was about to Born. But It sound more like William, You Know the Guy that KILL CHILDREN.

And Afton. The Guy Himself. Standin for Satan, Devil, Mephisto. The one cast out and banished from heaven. As Golden Freddy faded but stayed golden. Golden Bonny rotten, darken, faded to pitch green. Should be punished in hell, as destiny called for that. But not everything happened as it should. William is still punished, but what Cassidy the Vengeful Spirit done. Will it let go. Old Man Consequences is God Himself. The End (The last is just my own little head canon)

I went. Kinda insane at the end of this. But pls dont toss it out as a wird therory. Ther is a lot to this that make sense. And fell free to add more to this, if you can find more, or know more. My knowlege isnt that full. Retelings of the bible are very common. And no one ever get that angry when you use bibilical stories as the inspiraton. A lot of stories if you dig not even that deep, can be traced down to bibilacal stories. As its collection of very basic moral stories - Of good fighting evil. And thanks to Hyper Droid, his David theory opened the gate for.

[princessmo]

waiiiit ok can i share one of my hcs

um so in one of the b&bh books, van driessen mentions having a brother, tom, who was killed in the gulf war, and i hc that tom was older because david is baby to me.

anyway i also think that tom used to call him "daveyyyy" like the dog from davey and goliath. and when tom dies, dave won't let anyone else call him davey. like bradley does it once and dave just starts crying

[professionalfixator]

as of today, my mom and I have officially watched every season of Survivor. in honour of that milestone, I'm revealing our messed-up watch order that we started in March 2023, and my favourite player from each season. behold, the chaos:

Borneo (1), Dr. Sean

Survivor 44 - Yam Yam

David vs. Goliath (37), Christian

Blood vs. Water (27), Candice

Cagayan (28), Woo

Philippines (25), Denise & Penner

Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers (35), Ryan & Devon

Tocantins (18), Tyson & Stephen

Caramoan (26), Cochran

Worlds Apart (30), Joe & Shirin

Cambodia: Second Chance (31), Kass & Spencer

Winners at War (40), Tony & Ben

Heroes vs. Villains (20), Jerri & Sandra

All Stars (8), Rob & Amber

Survivor 45, Drew & Austin

Redemption Island (22), Rob & Stephanie

South Pacific (23), Ozzy & Cochran

Millennials vs. Gen X (33), Dave & Adam

Survivor 43, Owen & Cody

Game Changers (34), Michaela & Cirie

Cook Islands (13), Yul & Penner

Micronesia: Fans vs. Favourites (16), Eliza & Erik

The Australian Outback (2), Alicia & Rodger

Survivor 41, Ricard & Xander

One World (24), Monica & Kim

Island of the Idols (39), Tommy & Janet

San Juan Del Sur: Blood vs. Water (29), Reed & Natalie

Marquesas (4), Vecepia & Sean

Gabon (17), Sugar & Marcus

Africa (3), Ethan & Brandon

Survivor 42, Maryanne & Zach

Survivor 46, Tevin & Hunter

Guatemala (11), Rafe & Brian

Kaoh Rong (32), Aubry & Michele

Samoa (19), Natalie & John

The Amazon (6), Rob C.

Fiji (14), Earl

Edge of Extinction (38), Chris & Devens

Palau (10), Tom & Ian

Vanuatu (9), Chris & Julie

China (15), Todd & Courtney

Thailand (5), Shi-Ann & Brian

Ghost Island (36), Dominick

Panama (12), Cirie & Aras

Nicaragua (21), Fabio

Pearl Islands (7), Sandra & Rupert

What a journey!

[aerosolsprite]

anyone wanna talk about dave's name? how he grew up in texas, a largely christian part of america? David, the young boy who fought a giant? the youngest and weakest of his brothers, who was Chosen by the powers that be to kill goliath and rule the nation? who was sent to an incredibly dangerous battle, even though he was a young shepherd (one who cares for vulnerable creatures)? who loved to sing and play the harp? a kind man who loved so deeply he was considered a "man after god's own heart"? who loved so deeply he couldn't bear to kill his family member who was after his life, and wept and grieved when someone else killed him?

oh yeah and while i'm on it, Strider? aragorn? who has significant parallels to king david? aragorn whose kingliness was revealed through healing? aragorn, another famous HERO based in christianity (tolkien was a christian and wrote his books to reflect that)? (admittedly there are less things i can think of to talk about here, i might come back later)

anyone wanna talk about David Strider? just me? okay.

[no-charity-case]

"Crutchy" is the official movie spelling, "Critchie" is the musical spelling, it makes it easier to distinguish between the two portrayals in analysis!

I decided it was best to use "Crutchie" when depicting the overall character, as I often combine different forms of newsie media in my posts. But now is a good time to discuss which works best.

Being completely honest, I'm still unsure about it. When I do a post on Davey, I use 'David', 'Davey', and 'Dave' because they are all different names/nicknames. But with Crutchie, 'Crutchy and 'Crutchie' are two different spellings of the same name.

Basically, I've found that (when using the two different spellings) it polarises my posts: I'm either talking about the movie or the musical. I like to analyse the character as a whole, and I feel like it's harder to talk about Crutchie as an individual if I'm using two different spellings. Adding on to that, what if I make two observations (one on the movie and another on the musical) and then want to make an overall analytical point on the character, which spelling do I use then?

In Davey's case (primarily 'David' in the movie and 'Davey' in the musical), he is referred to by the three names mentioned earlier (and 'Mouth', but that's irrelevant to this answer):

Examples from the movie:

JACK So, Medda, this is David and Les. And this is the greatest star of the vaudeville stage today, Miss Medda Larkson, the Swedish Meadowlark.

DENTON David. David, as in David and Goliath?

CRUTCHY You're gettin' the chance of a lifetime here, Davey you learn from Jack, you learn from the best.

OSCAR Come with us, Cowboy. We're gonna go fix your pal Davey. Fix him so he can't walk.

JACK Well, he don't make me nervous. So, you and me, Boots, we'll take Brooklyn. And Dave can keep us company. Right, Dave?

CRUTCHY Is that Dave? Hiya, Dave, how you doing?

Examples from the musical: (according to my transcript, he is only referred to as David and Dave once)

LES This is my brother, David. I’m Les.

JACK Well, hey, you heard Davey, we’re on strike!

JACK Oh. Me and Davey will take Brooklyn.

JACK (sung) Dave, what the hell? Did they bust up your brains or somethin'? As I recall, Dave, we all got our asses kicked They won

But, anyways, since these names are used interchangeably, it's easy to know they all refer to the same person in all versions of Newsies.

Crutchie/Crutchy, however, give us two different characters. We think of the movie or musical Crutchie, based on which name is used (which is what you're pointing out).

I only use 'Crutchie' as the 'standard' spelling when analysing the character in an attempt to make my posts easier to read (but I do keep the 'Crutchy' spelling when I'm inserting evidence from the movie transcript).

I figured it would be confusing if I used both, as when I make general points on the character (or points which combine evidence from the movie and musical), I don't want a reader to be like 'are we talking about just the musical or multiple media forms?' or 'this point about Crutchy also relates to Crutchie'. Since they are the same character, I don't want to split them too much in my analysis.

If I did a post on just the movie's Crutchy, I'd definitely use the proper spelling.

So, that's my train of thought. Do you agree with it or do you think I should still change it in my analysis? If so, do I change the spelling to 'Crutchy' when I only refer to the movie, or should I put 'Crutchy' when referring to the character as a whole?

[pockymun]

Going off my post about regional height differences in Final Fantasy XV, I have decided to list the characters in descending order from tallest to shortest. I won't include numbers because I'm not good at numbers, and a lot of characters are similar in height, anyway. I'll place them into groups. There is slight height difference between each groups, so they're not extreme differences.

I do not care what the canon or the wiki says. I am not including every single character because this would get too long, and any character I forgot is probably too minor to bother with anyway.

The Goliaths

Gilgamesh - I don't really think about him at all, but I'll hear it if I don't include him. He's the tallest only because he became an immortal legend that lives in a cave. In his mortal life, he was shorter, but still really tall for his time period and region. Also he's the founding ancestor of the Amicitia line.

Drautos - Even for a mainland Lucian, he is giant. Some would think he has Giantism, but actually he does not. Living in Insomnia provides many moments of height challenges. He is shorter than Gilgamesh, but broader. His everyday clothes are big and tall sizes from the mainland. For formal wear and his uniforms, they have to be tailor-made to him. Good thing the Citadel has those tall arching doorways. The Glauca armor makes him even taller and broader.

Really Really Tall

Ardyn - No one would suspect him of having Giantism, but he is tall and imposing. Similar in height to Drautos, but not as broad. All this clothes are tailor-made because he has a specific style. He chooses to dress that way.

Ravus - For a Tenebraen, he is tall, and the tallest member of his family. Close in height to Ardyn; the floofy hair makes heights difficult to determine. He's got that snooty high/imperial elf vibe. The Scourge makes him taller than Ardyn.

Really Tall

Clarus - The Amicitia family has always been very tall (but nowhere near as tall as Gilgamesh). His clothing is tailor-made because he is a noble, and he can get by in Insomnia just fine. Considering his age, he may be starting to shrink.

Gladio - About the same height as Clarus, maybe more because he has hair, and is far from old-age shrinkage.

Gentiana - Tall lady. Little wonder why.

Biggs and Wedge - You don't get one without the other.

Aranea - She's Niflheimian, probably. Legs for days.

Ignis - I considered making a category called Beanpole for these types of bodies. Some think he has Tenebraen blood, so that explains his tall willowy build. The hair adds more height.

Luna - Another tall, willowy character. Let Luna be tall!

Aera - I assume that if she and Luna look almost identical, then they are of the same height, too.

Tall

Caligo - Tall and broad. Relies on his brawn to get information and confessions out of civilians. Doesn't matter if it's true or not.

Libertus - He's one of those big and tall outliers among Galahdians. He can be quiet and sneaky when he wants to be.

Dave - Average mainland Lucian height for a man. Nothing special.

Iris - She is an Amicitia, meaning she will naturally be tall. As a teenager, she might even have another growth spurt to go through yet. Let Iris be tall!

Cindy - I don't think she's short, at least. Probably the same height as Iris, but older. She's done growing.

Wiz - The chocobos make him look short.

Borderline

Dino - It's the hair.

Nyx - He's a short king, but a little on the tall side where he comes from. I really wanted to make him short, but I will concede on this one. Honestly, most of the Glaive is in this category.

Cid - He's one of those old men that doesn't really shrink with his age. He's had good posture, despite working of cars.

Iedolas - Another old man that hasn't quite shrunk.

Somnus - Yeah okay I'll put him in this list.

Regis - He's starting to shrink with old age.

Silva - She was short for a Tenebraen. Her kids got their height from their father.

Sonia - She has poor posture from looking at frogs all the time.

Verstael - He's short for an Imperial. He never saw much sunlight in his life. Chronic vitamin D deficiency.

Cor - He might be average height where he comes from, but there are a lot of people that are taller than he is. Bonus if he has short angry man syndrome, and his short katana.

Luche - Nothing actually says that he is Galahdian, just that he's in the Glaive. Just saying.

Dustin - Everything about him is average and bland. One of those characters that could have been omitted from the story and there wouldn't have been a difference.

Pelna - The average Galahdian height.

Crowe - About the same.

Monica - The shorter end of the average heights.

Shorties

Loqi - The tallest of the shorties. He definitely has short angry man syndrome. The shorter, the angrier.

Prompto - He's a grower, not a shower! He thinks he might grow some more, although he's already 20-years-old.

Noctis - Another short king. Honestly, these two might be the shortest two adult characters in FFXV. Also I think it was bullshit that Noctis came back to life even taller in his 30s. I can confirm that does not happen.

Jared - Actually his height is -6 feet. But sure, I'll include him here.

Ezma and Kimia - Both shrinking with old age, but they were taller when they were younger.

The Children

Talcott - He's starting to reach that growth spurt where boys become awkward and gangly.

Solara - She is the youngest character in Final Fantasy XV. Nothing more to say on that.

[pennycat83]

I'm not 100% if this is right or wrong but I'm lowkey convinced the reason Tartar chose David was 'cos it looks like/ represents the Professor to him

Like, Alterna has Moai heads, The Thinker and other bits of old art that have pretty damn big historical significance in the realm of art, and by extension human history (look up Moai head moving if you don't know what I mean). Hell you could even argue the albums you find was also part of the preservation of human art since they have humans on some of the covers.

So obviously the devs pick and use art history with purpose. Now as for that giga head Tartar uses in the boss fight, I believe it's based off St Wavey Davey (David) by Michelangelo.

According to Wikipedia (in regards to the meaning of the statue): "The biblical figure David was a favoured subject in the art of Florence.[3] Because of the nature of the figure it represented, the statue soon came to symbolize the defence of civil liberties embodied in the 1494 constitution of the Republic of Florence,[4] an independent city-state threatened on all sides by more powerful rival states..."

St David himself is also the same dude from David and Goliath. Which was a biblical story in which David, a lone Shepard was able to beat Goliath, a giga giant, by hurling a rock into it's eye (fun fact apparently it was also a diss against the then king 'cos he sucked at war).

Now as for the professor, we never actually see him proper. We get like, two confirmed images of him (one of them are from the manga and I don't really consider it 100% cannon). And even then, we never get anything past his mouth and body, but from them we can deduce he might have a buzz cut or short hair and stubble (again not clear).

This does kinda ruin my theory at first, but bear with me, (human's can change style and stuff and building Tartar must've been tiring) I feel like Tartar chose David for two reasons.

One. It, at some point, might have looked like the professor, or what he meant to him. For all we know he might have a warped idea on what he looks like, given he was sitting underground for 12,000 years. I'm not sure if he has a full memory or not, but I'm doubtful given how he melds all of humanity in with the professor in terms of their actions.

The other is in a bit of irony. Like, this statue in general symbolises underdogs and general oppressed communities overcoming greater forces. However! You could also read this the other way from Tartar's perspective as well.

He wants to overthrow inklings and bring back humans with the indomitable spirit that David embodies, so that, amongst other things, the professor might return.

So in a way he's a mix of Dave and Goliath.

[gunsandspaceships]

MCU Timeline. Ant-Man and the Wasp

1980s:

Ava Starr is born.

At S.H.I.E.L.D., Hank Pym works with Elihas Starr on quantum research. Hank fires Elihas and discredits him for disagreeing with him or for stealing Hank's plans (depending on who you ask).

Starr attempts to continue his research on his own in Argentina, but his quantum tunnel explodes, killing him and his wife and leaving Ava in a state of molecular disequilibrium.

Dr. Bill Foster takes her to S.H.I.E.L.D.

September/October 1987:

Night - Hank and Janet go on a S.H.I.E.L.D. mission, leaving their daughter at home.

Next few days - Janet sacrifices herself by going subatomic to disable a hostile missile.

~Next day - Hank Pym returns home and tells his daughter that her mother is not coming back.

~1988 - Dr. Foster leaves Pym's scientific group at S.H.I.E.L.D. after working with Hank on Project Goliath.

1990s:

Ava Starr is studied and trained to become a stealth operative.

2000s - April 2014:

She participates in S.H.I.E.L.D./Hydra missions, killing and spying in exchange for their promise to cure her.

2012 - Maggie Lange files for divorce after Scott is sent to prison.

April 30, 2013 - Hank Pym completes the design of the quantum tunnel.

2014:

After S.H.I.E.L.D.'s collapse, Foster takes Ava Starr in and builds her a quantum energy chamber to slow her decay.

She starts watching Pym.

October 9, 2015 - Scott goes subatomic to defeat Yellowjacket and entangles with Janet van Dyne.

End of 2015 - Hank shows his daughter the plans for the Quantum Tunnel and tells her that Janet might be able to be brought back from the Quantum Realm.

Between late 2015 and April 2018 - Scott and Luis upgrade their apartment to a house.

May 3, 2016 (night) - Clint Barton and Wanda Maximoff approach Lang and ask him to help Captain America with a "world-saving mission" in Germany. He takes the Ant-Man suit without telling Hank and Hope and goes with the Rogues.

May 4, 2016:

~11 am - Scott breaks the law by helping the Rogue Avengers in Germany.

While the others are being arrested, he escapes to mail the suit to Luis.

Before 7 pm - he then surrenders to Secretary Ross and ends up in Raft Prison with the others.

May 5-7, 2016:

Scott spends three days sleeping.

Hank Pym and Hope van Dyne shrink their house and hide from the US government because Scott used their tech in the airport battle.

Early June 2016 - Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff infiltrate the Raft, Sam Wilson and Wanda Maximoff escape from prison, and Scott and Clint Barton decide to take a joint plea deal with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the German government and remain with their families under house arrest.

From May 2016 to May 2018:

Scott does not contact Pym and van Dyne, as this would violate his deal.

Hank and Hope monitor Scott, build a mobile lab in an abandoned building, and the quantum tunnel using smuggler Sonny Burch's tech.

Early 2018 - Luis, Scott, Kurt and Dave start their own business, a security consulting company called X-Con.

The main events take place in the first days of May 2018.

Note: her estimated date of birth is ~September 24, 2008, so she is not 10 yet.

April 29, 2018 (Sunday):

Morning - Scott spends it with his daughter playing a heist.

While playing, Scott accidentally breaches the perimeter and the FBI shows up.

Afternoon - Cassie "steals" the trophy that has the Ant-Man suit hidden inside, but forgets her soccer shoes when Maggie and Paxton take her home.

April 30, 2018 (Monday):

3 pm - Scott is learning new tricks.

Evening - Pym and van Dyne turn on their quantum tunnel for the first time. It briefly opens a door to the quantum realm, but then overloads and shuts down.

Note: it was not yet nighttime when this happened, as evidenced by the daylight outside Scott's bathroom window.

At the same time, Scott, taking a bath, sees a vision of Janet in the quantum realm.

5 minutes later - he calls Hank Pym and leaves him a message about his dream, then breaks the phone.

~9 pm - during dinner, Scott is kidnapped by Hope. She removes his ankle bracelet and places it on an enlarged ant that will impersonate Scott for the FBI.

May 1, 2018 (Tuesday):

6:51 am - Scott wakes up in Hope's car.

~7 am - Luis wakes up to find the ant watching the morning news.

Hope brings Lang to her and Hank's lab. After explaining the situation and confirming that Scott did indeed see Janet alive, they head off to retrieve a part for the tunnel that will prevent it from overloading. Meanwhile, Ghost watches them.

~8 am - Hope meets Sonny Burch. Things go wrong. Hope beats up Burch's guards, but is attacked by Ghost.

Pym gives Lang a new prototype Ant-Man suit.

Despite Lang's help, Ghost takes the part and the lab and disappears.

~9 am - the trio arrive at the X-Con office and decide to visit Bill Forster in the hopes that he will give them equipment that will help them find the stolen lab.

Ghost returns to her chamber.

~11 am - the trio comes to Dr. Foster's lecture. He takes them to his office where they talk. The university police call the FBI.

The trio leave with Dr. Foster's idea.

Woo questions Foster, but the doctor does not give up Pym, van Dyne and Lang.

Scott confesses that he did not destroy the old suit and that it is hidden in the trophy. He calls Luis, who searches the house but cannot find the thing.

~2 pm - Scott and Hope come to Cassie's school and take the suit.

They return to the van and Hank uses the suit to locate the lab.

~9 pm - Ant-Man and the Wasp infiltrate Ghost's base, but all three are eventually captured.

When they wake up, Bill Foster appears, telling the story of Ghost and his plan to use Janet to help her.

With the help of the ants, the trio escapes with the lab and expands it in the Muir Woods.

Foster tells Ava that she only has a couple of weeks left. She goes to find Scott's friends.

~11 pm - Luis calls Scott and Lang tells him their location.

Sonny Burch comes to the X-Con office.

May 2, 2018 (Wednesday):

~12 pm - he uses truth serum on Luis. Luis blurts out that the company is on the verge of bankruptcy and the contract with Karapetyan is their last chance.

Ghost that has been watching them all this time reveals herself and, having received direction from Luis, hurries to the Muir Woods.

Burch calls his FBI contact and tells him the trio's location, who passes it on to Woo.

~6 am - the trio activate the tunnel. Janet enters Scott's body, corrects an error in the tunnel's algorithm, and gives them her coordinates before returning control to Scott.

Luis calls Scott and tells him that Ghost and the Feds are after them.

They stop the tunnel. Scott borrows the Ant-Man suit and races home.

Maggie, Paxton, and Cassie go to Scott's house to get Cassie's soccer shoes. The FBI soon arrives and finds Scott, who has also just came.

Hank and Hope are arrested. Ghost attacks the corrupt FBI agent and steals the lab again.

Cassie gives her father a pep talk, and he goes to help his teammates.

Scott helps Hank and Hope escape from the FBI office, and they follow the ants to the stolen lab. Burch's men follow them.

They arrive at the scene and come up with a plan. Luis joins them.

~8 am - Dr. Foster activates the tunnel, but is stopped by ants.

Ghost goes outside and Hank enters the lab, puts on the quantum suit and promises Bill that he will help him find a cure for Ava.

15 minutes until reunion - Hank enters the quantum realm.

Ava attacks Scott, the team shrinks the lab, Luis picks it up.

Chase for the Mobile Lab.

10 minutes until reunion - Hank loses the signal, but it is soon restored and he dives deeper into the quantum void.

5 minutes until reunion - Burch gets the lab, but forgets the remote that can enlarge it, which remains with Luis.

Hank reaches the quantum void.

0 minutes until reunion - Scott takes the lab back from Burch.

Hank's time is running out. Janet finds him.

Ghost gets her hands on the lab again, enlarges it and gets inside.

Hank and Janet leave the quantum realm.

Scott passes out from getting too big. Hope saves him from drowning in the San Francisco Bay.

Dave and Kurt save Luis from Burch and his men. They tie them up and inject them with the truth serum.

Dr. Foster tries to stop Ava from risking Janet's life, but Starr attacks him and begins to extract quantum energy from Janet, tearing her apart.

Scott and Hope fight her until Hank and Janet arrive.

Janet temporarily helps Ava by transferring some of the quantum energy that was within her.

The police arrive to find Burch and his guards apprehended by X-Con. They tell the whole truth about themselves.

Scott and Hope trick Woo. Ava and Foster escape.

Woo finds Scott at home playing drums.

~9:30 am - Woo removes Scott's bracelet, officially ending his house arrest and beginning his three-year probation.

~Afternoon - Scott picks up Cassie and goes with her to the soccer game.

Evening - after that, he goes to the X-Con office. Mr. Karapetyan calls X-Con to hire them after seeing the news.

Hank and Janet place their unshrunk house on the beach in some place that looks like an uninhabited island.

Night - Scott, Hope and Cassie have a movie night.

May 3, 2018 (Thursday):

9:00 am - Luis meets with Mr. Karapetyan.

~Two weeks later, 7:25 am (Pacific Time) - using a scaled-down quantum tunnel installed in Luis's van, Scott travels to the quantum realm to collect healing particles for Ava. He is stuck there for the next 5 years due to the Snap that took Hank, Janet, and Hope out of existence.

MCU Timeline: The Infinity Saga

[sometipsygnostalgic]

They shouldve shown us Joker in juvie hall.

One juvenile teenager blocks another from getting lunch and nearly throws down at them. Joker stands In between them.

Bully: Huh? You want some too?

Bully ally: Shit, the guards are coming!!

Bully: Oh crap, let's get out of here!!

Bullied juvie: Hey, thanks for your help... We call that guy "Goliath". He beats me up ALL THE TIME! Anyway I'm Dave Nojozawa.

Dave: Hey, sorry that your lunch was ruined. We should meet up tomorrow and look out for each other. See you then?

HON DON ... HON DON...

Kerching!!!

I AM THOU... THOU ART I... THOU HAS DISCOVERED A NEW SELF... YOU NOW HAVE THE POWER TO BOOST PERSONAS OF THE "LOCKED UP IN JAIL" ARCANA

Dave: Anyway seeyah!

[pers-books]

Jodie Whittaker recently seen filming for her new series Toxic Town with Aimee Lou Wood.

Jodie Whittaker really said 'Gay Rights 2023'!

Toxic Town is a four-part limited series starring Jodie Whittaker that's set to bring the story of one of the UK's biggest environmental scandals to life on Netflix.

Penned by His Dark Materials and Help writer, Jack Thorne and produced by Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones' Broke and Bones, this Netflix series follows three mothers as they take on a David and Goliath-style fight, with the show telling of the toxic waste spillages in the Northamptonshire town of Corby and the subsequent legal battle that has been dubbed by many as "the British Erin Brokovich".

So far, there are five stars currently attached to Toxic Town. They are: former Doctor, Jodie Whittaker, Sex Education season 4 star Aimee Lou Wood, Bank of Dave's Rory Kinnear, Downton Abbey's Brendan Coyle, and The Full Monty star Robert Carlyle.

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