#episode 107

[f1shd1sh]

Montresor just saved his ass by not going into the infirmary huh 💀

[chuckle-clips]

Schlatt: I am wasted. I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go.

Ted: Alright, man. I'll talk to you next week then, okay. Good to see you.

Schlatt: l've got some people to kill.

Ted: Yeah, honestly, Schlatt, I'll say, without the headphones on actually, this is kind of a look.

Schlatt: Huh?

Ted: It looked more intense with the headphones on but the glasses do look good without the headphones on. It's like a vibe. I'm vibing with it.

Schlatt: You think?

Ted: Yeah, no, you're looking good right now. I like this, I genuinely like this. This is a good— you’ve got a crisp cut. 

Schlatt: Do you think so?

Ted: Yeah.

Schlatt: Do you think I look hot?

Ted: Yeah, I'm proud of you.

Schlatt: Would you fuck me or would you marry me? Or would you—

Ted: I'd kill you.

Schlatt: Okay, well, I was gonna fuck you.

Schlatt: And marry Tucker.

Schlatt: And kill Charlie.

Schlatt: Which means I've got two to go.

[interstellarspacecadet]

Returning to Night Vale

So...I've been getting back into WTNV after a long time away.

And, by a long time, I mean the last episode that I remember listening to on release day was "Visitors".

With some binge listening while doing accounting work, I've finally reached episode 115!

The only thing is...I'm still mulling over "The Missing Sky" So very much of my heart was broken listening to Cecil...the one in the small city beneath lane 5.

I can't stop hurting for tiny Cecil, something in my heart demanding he have someone to hold him at night. To cradle him close, pet his hair, and let him know he's loved.

In Short: EVERY CECIL DESERVES A CARLOS

GIVE HIM HIS SCIENTIST.

...I mean even tiny Cecil and Giant!Carlos is perfectly viable.

[wbg-quotes]

BORIS: Hey, did you walk Bruno? MIKE: Boris, of course I walked Bruno. I traversed time and space to give that puppy a walk. And I’d do it again.

[quoththemaiden]

They're so cute when they're hanging out together at work, bonding by threatening old businessmen 🥹

[syvellsworld]

[inkblackorchid]

Nice magical girl transformation, Bruno!

[ifwebefriends]

Miniature city Cecil still thinks that Carlos is beautiful even as he’s invading their city

[coreyndanian]

Rewatching Naruto and...well...

So I decided this year to sit down and rewatch Naruto from the beginning and recently have decided to blast through it (mostly to reconnect with my OC but also to explore things I missed in the intervening years). Today (Mon 10th June 2024), I blew through six discs (Episodes 107 to 135) -- around 8 to 10 hours of watching.

And boy, was it intense.

I knew this arc would be hard. I just never realised how hard it really would be. To see Naruto and Sasuke come to blows, Sakura in the middle and Kakashi being pulled in too many directions due to the loss of so many Leaf ninja during the Sand/Sound attack, was hard to see. But to know that last glimmer of hope for Sasuke vanished because of the Sound Four ended up giving Team 7 three-four years of pain and misery that could've been prevented if things were different.

In the end, despite all those attempts by Naruto, Shikamaru, Choji, Neji, Kiba and Akamaru, Lee and the Sand Siblings, despite Kakashi ignoring Tsunade after finding out to get there as fast as he could...the outcome was inevitable.

Sasuke left.

Team 7 was broken.

And three to four years of misery ahead for all of them.

You can only imagine how much I, despite being male, was emotional and virtually in tears throughout this arc. We all know what's coming next but can we really hold back in Choji and Neji's fights, Gaara and Lee in fighting Kimimaro, Naruto and Sasuke in the Valley of the End.

Even Sasuke's own struggles to let go and be with his new family instead of pursuing Itachi to its end. But to know that Sasuke couldn't go through with it in killing Naruto in the end, the light that shone on the boy and fading made me think that perhaps if things had been different down the line, Sasuke would've come back to the Leaf. Because he knows that Naruto gave it his all to bring him home and he refused to kill him. They weren't just teammates or even friends. No, they were brothers. Sasuke lost Itachi but he had Naruto. And that was a bond he kept. And it was one that would save him.

It saddens me how much rewatching has hurt. Naruto, Sasuke, Gaara, Neji and Hinata. Their circumstances were out of their control.

Naruto: because of being the jinchuuriki of Kurama and misunderstood because the Third Hokage clearly didn't care enough about him.

Sasuke: because of Itachi making him a pawn in his own game to make his brother into a tool to end his own life (regardless of the reasons why Itachi did it, I show no sympathy for him. Mind-screwing your own brother and damaging him into Orochimaru's clutches didn't help).

Gaara: because Rasa is a d*ck.

Neji and Hinata: two young children caught in circumstances they couldn't fully comprehend because Hiashi had to be a harda** (though I wonder how much his own father, the unnamed elder, didn't help).

I'm glad, despite how emotional I feel (the tears burn my eyes right now), that I decided to do this. Rewatching and blasting through this arc (28 episodes in one day), makes me optimistic for the future as I continue to go through the series (even the fillers because I might as well since I'm being my OC in this as well). The image of young Naruto and young Sasuke using the arms they will lose in the future making that gesture of comradeship will guide me on the way.

I have a busy couple of months ahead since I planned out the remainder of Part I (136-220, plus the two movies) to go through then onward to Shippuden and the 8 movies over the Sundays through Tuesdays until Monday 26th August 2024 since those are my nights off work.

Thank you for reading.

[everyknuckle]

[everytsukauchi]

[heather-m-quigley]

many more gifs coming, look forward to it

for now, luffy in a cage

[chuckle-clips]

Ted: [Clears throat] Ready?

Schlatt: Yeah.

Ted: Tucker, you ready?

Schlatt: Go for it, go for it.

Tucker: Yes.

Ted: I think that marinara sauce reduces the quality and experience of a mozzarella stick.

Tucker: Yes, but it enhances the quality of a chicken parm.

Ted: Fair.

Schlatt: I don’t like Italians.

Ted: [Laughs]

Schlatt: So I’m gonna hold off on this discussion.

[deprecious]

I love the line "Can my greedy eyes tell what kind of metal it is?"

[wbg-quotes]

TY: It is more complicated than that, I’m afraid. Killing the person responsible wouldn’t have the intended effect. BORIS: Ah, because of time travel, yes? TY: Correct. Uh, Michael, how much does he know exactly? MICHAEL: Maybe he could just see the time travel in your eyes, pilgrim.

[dashielvlup]

I REGRETTED THIS IMMEDIATELY!!! [Super Mario Maker 2] [#107] (x)