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[thebaddexample]

FILM THEORY: DEATH RETURNS TO INANIMATE INSANITY!! BUT IT'S NOT TACO OR LIGHTBULB!!

Warning, spoilers and possibly cringey or bad writing, but it's 1am for me so eh

(First off, shout-out to my mom for coming up with this idea for me to make a theory on- You're the best :3)

(Second, thumbnail by me :])

(Thirdly, I might rewrite this during the day at some point because I'm really tired, but had to get this out before I slept bcs I'd forget to otherwise)

(Fourthly, I know that this isn't a completely original idea, and people have done it already, but I wanted an excuse to make a theory and there's evidence, so I thought "why not?" It'll make people upset with me if I'm right, and I get to pretend to be Film Theory for a bit. It's a win-win!)

(You are legally required to read this post as MatPat's voice /silly /j)

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With the horrifying tweet that Brian made last Saturday, there's a lot of people (including you, probably) worried about who will die in the finale, the harsh battle between whether we say "bye" to a bright light, or "so long" to our sour cream schemer. My answer? Neither!! Object show community, inanimate fandom... whatever we call ourselves! I'm about to present to you why our beloved (and somewhat recently hated) host is going to be the death of the season.

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First of all, the trailer (and @inanimateinsanityfan 's recent tumblr post "invitation") has somewhat implied that the focus of the movie, the A-Plot at least, will be around Cobs attempting to get to MePhone4 somehow, whether it be luring him up to Meeple Headquarters or trying to get down to him. We've seen from previous episodes that Cobs wants him dead, but it's hard to tell if he's changed his motive, since we haven't seen him since Episode 13 "Mine Your Own Business". However, he has been consistently sending his newer MePhones to eliminate MePhone4, as 5C clearly states in Episode 6. The newer models have features like tracking (much like MePad) and knife hands (NOT like MePad), which MePhone4 doesn't have, which should in theory have made him easier to kill.

Speaking of the abilities, the MeLife function is only ever used by MePhone4, or at least we only ever get to see him do it. Why? Well, I have an idea but that's a theory for another time. The point is; MePhone4 seems to be the only Meeple product with the ability to bring people to life, and has all of the contestants on there as far as we know. This means that, unless there's a creative solution to perma-kill one of the contestants, MePhone4 needs to die first for any perma-death to occur in the first place.

And hell, removing the regeneration ability as a whole would be a great way to cap off the season, to establish that there's no more retrying and that everything is now set in stone. And even if we do get that damn FOURTH season (bonus points to whoever gets the reference), it'll at least spice things up with having, say, MePad as a host instead, leaving the spot open for someone else to claim and have an interesting story arc of their own.

This shot already pulls up a parallel between MePhone4 and MePhone3GS, and though 3GS isn't really confirmed dead, they're definitely not gonna be alive any time soon. The parallels could imply that MePhone4 is destined to a fate similar to 3GS; no longer in service, probably broken, and maybe even killed of by Cobs himself.

In addition to this, all of the other MePhones we've seen have all died; MePhone4 technically died with 4S and 5 in the Season 1 finale "Journey Through Memory Lane", 5S and 5C were introduced and immediately killed in Season 2 Episode 6 "Let 'Er RIP", and MePhones 6 and 6+ were also immediately killed upon introduction in Season 2 Episode 8 "Theft and Battery". The MePhones all have something in common, and that is unavoidable and quick death, much like real iphones honestly.

Does this mean that MePhone4 will have to die as a result of MePhone's faulty creation? No, but there is a pre-established pattern with each of the MePhones that goes as a cycle, perpetuating Cobs' cruel style of doing things; he creates something, claims it's his favorite for a year, then makes something a little better and throws the pre-established bond away to die, and rinse and repeat.

But hey! That's just a theory!

An Object Theory!!

Uh- what's the opposite of "greetings and salutations"-?

"Goodbye and see-you-laters!!"

[calamarispiderart]

magical girls, generally, have something they fight against. this holds true in hms mg:ljga!.

heart, mind and soul fight 'Shadows', abstracted manifestations of consciousness and circumstance that have a tendency to mirror (or 'shadow') their individual and group situations. they often carry repetitive motifs or themes, functioning as tangible metaphors that must be 'resolved', much like any conflict.

the way in which a shadow is resolved varies. itd be wrong to say that there is ever one true or 'correct' resolution. rather, its a matter of what the group (or the individual,) sees as a proper ending to the matter. often, they default to violence.

it works well (or well enough...) for most shadows, as far as they can tell. its certainly easier than trying to talk it out...

[tidalfoam]

you won, you kept the crown and your life, but at what cost?

[uncanny-tranny]

The funny thing about cis people is how many of them infodump about the trans person they know because like....... Why was my prof infodumping about her trans ex husband whom she divorced because they had Problems (not because he's trans, too!) 😭😭

[erophonemic]

Do you find men’s butts attractive?

Usually, but also depends on the context of the person as a whole. A good butt is a good butt regardless of gender, but for example lots of cishet guys don't do anything with their butt. You gotta work your ass(et). Put some pride in it. dress it up sexy. Wear lil booty shorts. Try bottoming.

[rasticore]

ngl they were kinda cooking with the Fortified Suit design it's like a more bulky semi-armored plugsuit with a soft front that becomes tearable when you trigger a thing so it can be cut open for first-aid.

It's horny on the female characters obviously (it WAS still technically an eroge series) but once you get past that it's honestly an interesting take on "thing you wear to pilot a mech" that isn't just a plugsuit/catsuit skintight thing.

it's also basically a wearable USB Drive that stores stuff and can have stuff uploaded to it AND displays shit directly on your retina

[hellaverse-critical-confessions]

Not a criticism or analysis but my interest in Alastor got me into jazz, electro swing and Lousiana (Black) history and I feel my life is richer for it. I've been having a great time since getting attached to this show!

That's great!! I'm happy for you, Anon ^^

[arlathen]

based on the extremely limited info we have on the veilguard companions. which one would your inquisitor romance.

[alyosita]

i need to talk about my spidersona/oc but i cant do that cos. the diseases. blehhhh x_x

[ladyjmontilyet]

screenshots of despair

[wikagirl]

Like it is PROBABLY a suit like you said but for some reason if I imagine Gabriel's skin as not looking like his suit it feels wrong??? But that's on me tbh. Also I've seen too much fanart where it's his skin U_U

gonna smack in a screeny of the tags on the other post for context

thing is I personally also see it as skin because it is simply funnier to me to imagine that this guy is running around in basicly full plate arms and thigh high boots combined with a battle skirt and that sad excuse of troso protection.

The thing with me hoping that it would be a body suit is really just a "if this guy is anything like humans I'd hope he'd be smart enough to wear one" type thing because, as a human, that would not fly at all but personally I like to believe that as an angel it doesn't really matter as much (I like to headcanon that angels can change their appearence to be more palatable to the beholder. Like that's just an angel headcanon I have for all angels in every franchise unless it is specifically stated to not be the case. In gabes case I think he just chose to look like that for the street cred and the fashion bc he's a dramatic bitch <- affectionately)

Blank metal on skin is a recepie for disaster and additionally his chest plate cuts off at such a weird spot that if he were to bow down just a little he'd kinda stab himself in the tummy with it (I'm looking at his official renders rn). Like it ends in a point at the bottom, considering that he's allready having his waistline all out and about it would have (from a a real life armor logic standpoint) at that point just been smarter to make it have an upwards curve at the bottom that kinda follows the line of the ribcage to allow for more articulation. Also I just noticed that, on his sides, almost all his ribs are exposed and the thing that goes under his armpits is not straps keeeping two plates together but SOLID METAL??? Gabriel baby girl what are you THINKING??? Just get one of these chainmail bikins in gild and silver by that point holy shit that is just asking to be stabbed and don't even get me started on the under arm chafing and the constant metal screeching of his upper arm plate rubbing against that torso piece.

[wingstobetorn]

Everybody should make their own TMNT Iterations, they're so fun to think about

[katisconfused]

Also I feel like pointing out wrt also the fact the "representation" of neurodivergence and queerness were also unintentional.

Dungeon Meshi is interesting wrt fan response because people projected themselves so hard onto it... because she just wrote people. She represented people in general, without putting thought into shit like representation, possibly instead trying to avoid devolving into tropes. So people saw themselves in the messy complex characters without aiming them at anyone in particular.

I think there's a lesson there, for the people tying themselves into knots over depicting representation.

Saw this on Twitter and I obligatory need to share it

[waspsinyouryard]

Whenever I attempt to talk about anything at length, I discover that I am completely unable to for whatever reason

[autistme]

the difference in like time of writing vs early touring vs recording vs current touring of both hole in my head and give me an inch is making me insane

[x-3mb3r-x]

me about my shape people