#just a silly little idea i had to compare all of their heights with one another 🥹

[the-alan-price-combo]

Know Your Animal Heights!! 🐾

[keisobe]

: 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 — (𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐦 + 𝐥𝐨’𝐚𝐤 𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲)

— from avatar 2 : way of the water (spoiler free!!)

contents. gn! reader, reader is a omoticayan on the shorter side, full on fluff, flirting + teasing, just teenagers in love, implied size difference, hints of mutual pining, mild profanity, reader is around 7ft + wc. 1.3k

notes. i got this idea from that one scene with tsireya and lo’ak then noticed how humongous na’vi hands are and the cogwheels started turning in my head. i had to look up their heights and do a comparison chart to make it accurate lolol. so i hope you guys enjoy this one ^^

NETEYAM・✶ ｡ﾟ

he was visibly confused when you asked to compare hand sizes, eyes flicking back and forth between his hands to yours. when it came to neteyam, he was a little more cautious, especially growing up around three troublesome siblings. there always has to be a catch when it comes to silly requests like these.

but after a few moments of awkward silence, he ends up obediently holding up his hand to you, earning a pleased smile from you.

“are you playing tricks on me right now?” neteyam had to make sure in case the situation calls for any medical attention. kiri and his grandmother weren’t that far off from you guys.

“no i’m not, swear,” you laughed, raising your own hand towards him.

the air felt weirdly tense as he felt your soft palms brush against his, a strange warmth enveloping inside his chest. for all the times you guys have physically touched each other, whether it be to tend each other’s wounds or when he mindlessly latched onto your waist whenever he feels like there’s a threat approaching, he has never felt that intimate towards your touches.

neteyam watched the pads of your fingers drag itself into the calluses of his palm, it made him slightly jolt from the ticklish sensation and you couldn’t help but quietly giggle at his reaction. he gave you a playful glare that silenced you, but there was still a smile on your face. finally, you laid your hand flat over his— mirroring his outstretched fingers. neteyam realized how much your hands were completely different from his.

he noticed how your fingers were a lot shorter compared to his. if he could close his hands into a fist right now, your hand would be completely engulfed by his slim fingers. this shouldn’t be a surprise to him, you were a lot more shorter than him by a whole foot— always having to crane your neck whenever the two of you talked or when he always teases you for being short. but somehow, neteyam felt like he just learned the secret to pandora. it made him melt inside a bit.

he couldn’t help but think your hands are adorable.

“you have baby hands,” neteyam teases, his fangs flashing in his smirk. “tiny and soft.”

there was blush that appeared on your cheeks, your eyebrows crinkled at his teasing, “they're not that small!” 

your mind couldn’t quite register the fact he also called your hands soft. it made you feel even more flustered.

his long fingers smoothly wrapped around your entire hand, restraining your hand completely. you tried to wiggle your fingers out of his firm grasp, but there was no use. you nodded in a defeated agreement, he was right— your hands are completely tiny. but with someone like neteyam, he needed to hear it from you verbally.

“say it,” neteyam can be such an ass sometimes. 

you rolled your eyes, tongue suddenly feeling heavy with denial. but you knew neteyam wouldn’t let go of your hand until you admitted it. childishly, you stomped your feet a couple of times before you spoke again.

“i have baby hands,” your voice slurred with anger.

neteyam smiled in satisfaction and slowly released your hand. you quickly snatched away and petted the delicate skin of your hand— comforting it after being restrained by his rough touch.

after that, neteyam would always hold onto your hand whenever you went anywhere together. it could be when you guys hunted in the depths of the forest or just out of comfort, but there was always one sly comment about the softness of your skin or how tiny your hands are. your hands are so cute, he would whisper teasing remarks until your ears grew red. the other sully’s caught on and started to tease you as well. now you have to deal with even more relentless teasing whenever you come to visit them. as a result, your new nickname became “baby hands.”

although he could tease you about your small hands, you could always get him back for liking them.

LO’AK ・✶ ｡ﾟ

he quietly watched you mindlessly trace circles on his blue palms, his other hand supporting his leaning form. you guys had ventured out into the lush forest, resting in a secluded area that you found together that one night lo’ak ran off to train by himself. lo’ak always had a swell of adoration towards you, there was no denying that.

whenever he got injured from flying his banshee too close to the floating mountains, he would come straight to you. sometimes he would even fake his own injuries, repeatedly slamming himself into a random tree— brash and completely mindless. at the end he would be groaning on the ground and clutching himself in pain. witnessing his weak form nearly gave you a heart attack, you quickly aided him back to health after that.

one thing he noticed from each interaction was how soft your hands were. they felt feathery to the touch, it was like you didn’t even touch him at all. the brush of your fingertips could put him under a permanent trance. kiri was always so rough with him when it came to healing, pressing so hard on him that it could add more bruises to his already-beaten body. but lo’ak came to the conclusion that kiri was purposely bad at healing him. lo’ak wasn’t really surprised.

“lo’ak, i need you to answer me honestly,” your gentle voice sent him back to reality, he had to blink a few times to focus on you again. 

you still traced your fingertips on his palm, but this time he felt you drawing little hearts and some words he couldn’t form together— maybe he could figure out what it means later.

he nodded at you.

“are you purposely hurting yourself?” 

oh shit he was caught.

lo’ak fidgeted a bit but didn’t dare to move, not wanting to disrupt your comforting traces on his palm. he knew that he shouldn’t lie to you, it would only make you worry even more. so lo’ak inhaled a deep breath and looked into your eyes.

“yes i have,” lo’ak sighed when he remembered how he would beat wooden sticks onto his calves and shoulders. “i just…wanted to be closer with you.”

your eyes flicked in worry as you stopped tracing his palm, instead you held his hand tightly, “you should’ve just asked lo’ak, you didn’t have to hurt yourself.”

lo’ak looked away in guilt, the images of your eyes prickling with tears and the worried cries from his own mother filled his thoughts. once again, lo’ak felt like a burden to the people he loved.

the chirps of the wild animals and the rustle of leaves played in the background, your sad gaze slowly moved onto his fourth finger— something lo’ak felt slightly insecure about. he was about to pull his hand away out of embarrassment but your three fingers slowly latched around his pinkie, they wrapped perfectly around it.

so small, he thought.

lo’ak stuttered a bit, none of his words could form cohesively. his heart was pumping faster at the foreign contact, but he tried to keep it cool.

“you better ‘pinkie’ promise me this lo’ak,” your voice was stern and powerful. “that you’ll never hurt yourself again.”

“i promise,” lo’ak gave you a reassuring smile, earning a relieved grin from you.

you guys both stood together, silently agreeing that it was time to retire for the night. your smaller hand was still latched onto his pinkie, the softness of your fingertips sent blood rushing to his face. there was also something that he really wanted to ask you.

“how do you know what a ‘pinkie’ is?” he wiggled his pinkie in your grasp, he saw you look away for a moment until you sighed softly.

“i asked your dad what it was,” you looked at your own hands, wiggling your three fingers in the humid air to avoid his gaze. “i was just curious.”

lo’ak couldn’t help but laugh out loud at your cuteness. he leans in closer to give you a heavy kiss on the cheek— rendering you completely flustered. he’s going to be teasing you for a while.

© 2022 keisobe – please do not copy any of my writing and repost or translate to other sites.

[isa-ghost]

Hey, do you have any Phil & Charlie hcs or perhaps Phil & Foolish?

I'm having such a struggle picking which fucking one to do bc on one hand Foolish probably has more material to work with but on the other I've seen Phil and Charlie interact so much (but like outside of qsmp) that I'd have a way better idea of their dynamic. Charlie Slimecicle log on qsmp more often you talented fuck.

Anyway we're gonna attempt some Phil/Foolish ones. I think they're called Immortals or some shit?? Idr.

qPhil headcanons masterlist

Phil had no fucking clue what Foolish's deal was prior to being paired with him on Bolas. He knew he was a goofy happy-go-lucky and talented guy that?? Maybe had allegiances with the Feds?? Hard to tell?? He thought it was a bit tbh. But Purgatory opened Phil's eyes up and he learned that yeah, he's kinda right to a degree. But there are still layers to Foolish despite how Just Vibing he is.

And holy shit can he TELL Foolish has the capacity to be terrifying. You're telling me an immortal shark-totem hybrid doesn't have the ability to kill a motherfucker violently??? NAH. Phil can tell if enough of the right buttons are pushed, Foolish would snap and tear a bitch to shreds. Likely for Leo.

Phil's not entirely sure he can trust Foolish bc he's so unclear about where his loyalties lie, but Phil CAN tell that Foolish keeps it that way for a reason, and Phil thinks it's smart. Despite not entirely trusting him, he believes Foolish wouldn't like. Sell out his friends for a corn chip, yknow?

Now when you take all the serious out of these two though, THEN it gets interesting. Foolish is one of the islanders that has the easiest time getting Phil to let loose. It's just contagious, Foolish is too silly.

At the same time Phil looks at him and is just like ???? How the fuck does he smile through the horrors like that ???? Like clearly he's aware Situations suck and he's anxious like anyone else so how does he have the willpower to be silly and chill???? Phil envies it. He's too full of anxiety. Survivalist's curse.

Foolish's laugh is pure serotonin to Phil. And kryptonite, Foolish's laugh makes Phil laugh. He can't help it. Motherfucker sounds like a window washer squeegee thing when he's dying.

They have 2 very different flavors of immortality to me and while I don't know how a conversation about it would go bc Foolish is so casual and Phil is so? Not secretive but like. Not nonchalant about it? There's still something there that the ccs should cook on. I'm begging them to, in fact.

Also something about how one of them has deep ties to the air and the other technically has deep ties to the sea. Something about that. Especially when used in like, a serious situation. Like spying on the Federation or some shit. Do you see my vision. Using their inborn abilities to their advantage while in collaboration with each other for the sake of them and their friends. Do you see it.

Phil: Gifting shed feathers to trusted loved ones 🤝🏻 Foolish: Gifting lost shark teeth to trusted loved ones

I don't headcanon Phil as a short king like the entire rest of the fandom apparently does but obviously Foolish is fucking enormous compared to 99% of people, Phil included. If Phil could fly he'd spitefully hover just a little higher than Foolish's full height just to mess with him.

FUCKING. TALENTED BIG BUILDS DUO. SHAKING THEM BY THE SHOULDERS WHEN WILL THEY COLLAB. (The kids beg for this often)

Foolish has no idea if he's some kinda deity or if he's just immortal with some kinda weird totem roots and it drives Phil insane bc the hardcore deities have such a different energy than him yet you're telling him (maybe) both are divinity??

Speaking of the hardcore deities, Phil desperately wants to introduce Foolish to the Ocean Overlord bc they're (maybe) both himbo gods with some sort of tie to the ocean that are just vibing their asses off. (Oh my god wait I'm cooking on that idea. Doozers let's cook together on this).

Phil is jealous that Foolish can still swim, the thing he's deeply connected to (esp with those cosmetic fins he has) but he can't fly, the thing he's deeply connected to. But really it's just that Foolish is lucky bc the Federation would have to horrifically butcher him more or less in order to take away his ability to swim properly. Phil's easier to forcibly contain.

Believe it or not, if a situation arose where it was necessary, Phil would pick Foolish for his team (again) in a heartbeat. He may not be as passionate about fighting as Etoiles, or as ruthless as Fit, but hes powerful nonetheless, a trusted friend, has been in that situation with Phil before, and is a beacon of positivity; excellent for morale. Silly disposition and weird alliances aside, Foolish is an invaluable addition to a team from an objective perspective.

[kankuroplease]

hello! i must say, i adore your work! and how are you?? how would the uchiha brothers be as fathers? <3

Thank you! I’m doing alright, I hope you’re doing well 🖤

Disclaimer: I’ll reject canon events for fun and also because I strongly believe most of the canon Uchiha’s would be great papas

Sasuke

Starting controversial here

Him not seeing or spending time his child for years?? Nope. I reject the notion, IMMEDIATELY

Idk who that man is in Burrito, but Sasuke would be there for his kid while still “redeeming himself” not that he should have to but that’s another argument for another day that I don’t feel like having

He’s a damn UCHIHA that can basically TELEPORT like?? So you just want to do him that wrong for what? Whyyyy

Anyways, probably has a special stuffy he swaps places with in the kid’s nursery

It’s a whole magic trick to his child that never gets old

zip zap, daddy’s home and baby is giggling, reaching for him

Not saying he’d wake them up on purpose if he arrives and they’ve fallen asleep

But he’d definitely try to hold their hand and poke their cheek a little and would chuckle to himself when they furl their brows

Looking like him when they do that

This man has no clue what he’s doing at first tho

Babies are complicated and he’s never had to be delicate with someone like this, help?

He’s not going to actually ask for help, just look pleadingly at his partner or Itachi

He doesn’t baby talk his child and would discourage the others from doing it

Once the child is out of the baby baby phase. He’s got this

Will talk to them about their ‘so bad it’s cute’ art and want to hear about all their little ideas

Nearly cried when they said “your the best, dad ever” because he doesn’t agree but at the same time his kid doesn’t care about his flaws

Takes said artwork with him on missions along with his favorite photo of them

Will have beef with a 5 y.o. If he hears they’ve mistreated his kid. That little shit, Kabocha smh

Itachi

Gentle father

He takes to being a parent so naturally that you would swear he’s done it before

His kid will always come first, which might (will) be a problem for his any of his work

But assuming he’s left the Akatsuki, he’s raising his family in the countryside

Lots of family time and forehead pokes

Cuts their food up until they’re old enough to tell him to stop he’s crushed

If his child gets scared because of thunderstorms, he’d let them sleep in his bed. Might even give them a pleasant genjutsu filled with all their favorite activities to ease their worries and help them sleep

And speaking of his abilities; his sharingan? Yeah, he’s comparing their height to Sasuke’s when he was little

Will join them in their silly adventures. Lizard watching? Why not

Let’s them get away with almost anything

And that’s exactly how they would end up with a bunch of cats and chickens

He’d regret a lot of his actions in the past and that would make disciplining them tough

Hates being away from them because he feels he’s going to miss something important

Madara

All those brothers were training material, he’s beyond ready to meet his child and hold them

From day one he’s so proud of them

That first cry filled him with so much pride

His partner is definitely going to have to ask him to give them the baby

He’s going to brag about this child, his heir, future leader of the Uchiha no one can tell him otherwise

His partner will find him knocked out with their little one resting on his chest with a bunch of rolled blankets and pillows around them on nights they’re particularly fussy

They want ups, they’ll get ups and he’ll carry on with his conversation

Seriously the only man that can get his nose honked by his child in the middle of a conversation with Hashirama and act like nothing happened

Can’t help but prank his kid a bit. He can’t help himself

Definitely let the kid play with a blunt kunai before. “What? They like it.”

He takes taming their hair on skillfully if they inherited his fluffy mane

He’s not going to coddle them but if they get hurt running about, he’ll help them up and dust them off before ruffling their hair and giving them a small nod

They got this, they’re HIS child after all

Teaches them how to play shoji so they can hone their strategy skills

If they want to cry to him about their blues, he’ll listen, but he also wants them to think of how they can change what’s bothering them

Gives them exactly one warning before the kid gets to learn the hard way

Fully for letting kids be kids

But also a “did you win?” Father. Fights happen, but as the clan leader’s child, they shouldn’t be losing fights

Would snag and carry them like a sack home if they were causing problems around town

While loving parenthood, He secretly would hate them going on their first mission. He’s going to basically quiz them on different scenarios and push them in their training

If he thinks they’re not ready, he’ll tell them as much he’s also going to go to Hashirama to make sure they actually have a team that can make sure his child doesn’t die on their first mission. But shh

Kid gets a little sweetheart they’re stealing kisses around the village with? He’s disgusted

they’re still wet behind the ears wtf kid could be 18 and he’s still not going to like it

Izuna

This man was in denial that he was going to be a father until he was holding his child and was like “woah”

He’s nervous around the baby

Take it, QUICKLY

He’d warm up to them immediately once they look at them

Thinks they look hideous tho. Sorry, kid

He’ll watch as they’re changed and fed, wondering how tf these things survive when they’re so fragile

Sort of a worrywart and extremely selective of who gets to hold his kid

Smiles really warmly when his kid smiles at him

The excitement he feels when they take their first steps surprises even himself

He’s having to question who this excitable person he’s morphing into

They are the best dressed kid and he makes sure of it

Also makes sure they’re keeping up with Madara’s kids in their training

Brings them treats regularly as they grow up

Tells his kid that they are better than others

And DO NOT speak to his kid if you have a problem, speak to him directly. Unless you want a bigger problem

Don’t think for a second his child wouldn’t be his minion

They will collectively diss people over dinner and laugh about it💀

Tells them stories of when the Uchiha were rightfully leaders in their own rights before this whole Konoha BS

Uncle Madara is great, but he’s still not on board with this plan

He will coddle them a bit. It’s not that he’s trying to necessarily, he just cares too much and can’t bring himself to not protect them from everything

As long as he’s breathing he will personally insure that they’re safe at all cost

Inari

Also can’t believe he’s going be a father, but he’s excited

Very prepared for parenthood

He’s taken advice from clan elders and has a naturally warm relationship with his child

Makes them eat healthy all the time

Reads to them regularly

Loves taking them out for walks and beans with pride any time someone compliments his kid

Believes education is important and reinforces a love of learning

Genuinely gets concerned about the friends they surround themselves with

Accepts that they are their own person quickly

Teaches them basics of making medicine and how to identify herbs

Tenko

He’s talking to his kid before his partner is even showing, he’s that excited

Will poke any foot or hand he sees pushing out from said baby bump because he thinks it so amazing and a little funny when they “fight” back

He would NOT sit outside and wait for the birth like most men of the time

Yes, he will argue with a midwife or two, his partner needs him and he needs to be their

tears of joy for their new baby

Love at first sight. his kid is perfect in his eyes no matter how they arrive

Lots of kisses to their sweet little temples, hands, and feet

Thanks them for choosing him as their father and promises he’ll make their life full of laughter and love

Definitely the dad that has to carry/wear his baby everywhere

Plays with them all the time

Definitely made friend with some Aburame and Nara to make sure they have butterflies access and fun shadow access

His get will get told all the fun fairytales and get a dramatic reenactment of them as he’d dress up as one of the characters

Let’s them splash their heart out in puddles

If his kid gets sick, he’ll probably get sick too from cuddling them to sleep

Gets a little emotional when they outgrow certain things and activities

This kid has the ultimate accomplice; Tenko is not going to tattle on his kid if they didn’t do anything wrong. Heck, he is more likely to help them get away with it

Cheers for them the loudest during their training with other kids

Kota

Having a kid brings out his softer side

But send help

He’s clueless and knows he’s clueless

He’s seen battlefields and those didn’t make him nearly as nauseous as blowouts and spit up do

Is genuinely afraid he’s going to mess this kid up, so seeks advice from his brothers

He’s not very interested in trying to hold them as a newborn, but will hover over his partners shoulder to look at them

Most likely to laugh if the kid snores because, what is that?

Takes pride in his kid

Dad jokes

Another one that will have beef with a child on his kid’s behalf

Takes his time to try and understand their POV on matters

But still might argue with them if he doesn’t agree. However he will always apologize

Can’t stand seeing his kid cry and will do just about anything to cheer them up

Wants his kid to be a bit more bold than he was as a child and encourages them to speak up for themselves

He leans on the tough love side of parenting as they reach their teens if they want to act out

[melanieph321]

Idea: Ruben and a really really shy reader. He wants to tell her that he is into her but because nobody has ever shown interest in her she doesnt beliebe him at first :)

Here you go babes! 🥰

Ruben Dias x Reader - Elevator Crush

Enjoy!

"Was he an intern like you?" You thought.

You knew that his name was Ruben somthing. You had a friend do a little snooping for you the day you first discovered your elevator crush. Every morning the two of you would share the intimate space with a bunch of other people on their way to work. You would look to Ruben between the arms and heads of strangers in the elevator. If only he knew that you existed, you thought. If only he knew that you had a huge crush on him.

"Hey."

It had been raining that morning. And there was a big traffic jam because of the flooding of the roads. Not alot of people had made it to work that day and so the elevator was empty when you got on it. That is, until Ruben step on to it as well.

"You talking to me?" You frowned, although there was only the two of you standing in the elevator.

"Well I wasn't talking to myself." He chuckled.

He wore his regular blue suit and carried a briefcase. His hair was wet like yours, perhaps he had just come from outside, in the rain.

"Oh. Hey." You said and gave a slight wave with your hand.

Usually people stood facing the door whenever they rode the elevator. To your surprise, Ruben leaned his side against the wall in a way that allowed him to look at you and you at him.

"I'm Ruben." He said.

"I know." You muttered.

Ruben wasn't just some silly crush you met in a elevator, turns out he was also the CEO of the sports management company that ha their offices above yours. Again, your friend had done some snooping. It would be the last time you'd ask her to. Turns out Ruben was so out of your leauge.

"Do you have a name?"

"Huh?" You looked up from your feet to see Rubens eyes still on you, indicating that this wasn't just a plain "Hello, goodbye" situation. He was really trying to have a conversation with you.

"Your name, do you know it?" He smiled.

"Oh, you wanna know my name?" You blushed. "It's Y/N."

"Y/N." He nodded approvingly. "I like it. It's beautiful."

"Thanks." You muttured, struggling with eye contact.

"I've always wondered what it was."

"My name?" You frowned.

He nodded.

But that must mean...You couldn't believe it, had he been checking you out too? All this time?

"I'm just an inter." You said, a slight need to astablish the fact that there was clear barrier between your job titles. He was a CEO, compared to you he was worth somthing to the people working within these walls.

"I was an intern too once." He said, almost dreamingly.

"You were?" You were in awe of how humble his personality was. He just seemed so friendly and so sure of himself.

"It's a good way to start." He said.

You nodded. "I guess we all have to start somewhere."

"I agree, how about dinner?"

"Come again?" You almost choked on your own spit. Ruben however did not budge.

"I'd like to start somthing with you, how about we start with dinner. Tonight? After work?"

B...but I'm drenched." You said, running a hand through your wet hair.

"So am I. We might have time to change if you come to my place and clean up."

"Your place?" You said, eyes widening in surprise. It was like a scene taken straight from one of your crazy imaginations, your Inappropriate imaginations. "Ruben I hardly know you and I..."

"That's what dinner is for. " He interrupted.  "To get to know each other."

"You want to get to know me? Why?" You were really unsure if you were hallucinating or not.

Ruben pushed away from the elevator walls, closing the already small gap between you. The height difference was insane.

"Y/N." He said, voice dark and horase.

"Yes?" You bit your lip and felt the need to match his height by weighing on your tippy toes. You had never stood so upclose to each other before. Rubens eyes searched your face and yours his.

"This is me asking you out. Just say yes." He whispered.

"Yes." You said, not exactly sure what you were agreeing to. But hey, like Ruben said, maybe it was the start of something and everyone has to start somewhere. You just never thought It would be in a stuffed elevator.

[vro0m]

Height fact checking - 2023 edition

Dear all, do you remember this?

Back in 2022, when the only good grill the grid video came out, I decided to factcheck the height the drivers claimed to be with this grid photo of them through complicated and absurd calculations.

The whole thing was kinda shit because they were walking and had fluffy hair in the wind and it was highly inaccurate.

Well.

It's time for round 2!

It took me hours to correct the perspective the best I could. Then I applied the same logic than last time which was fiding a px/cm ratio based on one of the drivers to infer the others' height. It got complicated. I had to do 2 series of measures because the ones on the platform are further away than the ones at the front. You also want to pick someone towards the middle of the photo as a benchmark because they're least subject to lense deformation but for the lower rank it meant not seeing their feet and in the upper rank, I saw on another photo angle that Guanyu was standing back compared to the others. In the end, I used Valtteri and Max as benchmarks. I used lines based on the platform and relative position of the drivers to get an idea of where their feet were and get a base to measure from.

Here's what I found :

You can tell I did not correct the perspective well enough because there are consistent error trends as you move further from the middle, although the green lines tell you that the platform measures pretty much the same thing from one side to the other. The results are way more accurate than last time but it's still just a silly little fun thing so don't take it too seriously!

Detailed comments under the cut :

Max was used as a benchmark so I have no comments about that. Sergio measures 173cm as he said. Last time I found him to be slightly taller than that. Once again, I argue that Seb is wrong, whatever he thinks, Charles is indeed 180cm.

On the platform, you can tell Guanyu was indeed standing back as I said, because he appears smaller than he is and what I found last time. In 2022, Lando seemed to be much shorter than he actually is but he had a weird position. It seems correct this time. Of course Piastri wasn't there last year. I found online he's listed as measuring 178cm. I found 177 which is not far off. Valtteri was the benchmark so no comments about that. In 2022 he was positioned on one of the side which means more probability of him being in a weird perspective which probably explains the off measurement.

Now that's were it starts to get tricky. On the ground rank, George and Lewis seem to have accurate heights. In 2022, Lewis was the benchmark which explains the neat 174cm. In 2023 he is ~174cm EVEN THOUGH he's standing on his tippy toes. Yep. He is. If you look carefully at his right foot, you can see his heel is not on the ground. Silly short king.

But on the upper rank, we start to see an error trend. Lance is the right height, he seemed way taller in 2022 but it might just be down to fluffy hair. Alonso is a weird case because he's 1cm taller than he claims AND that was also the case in 2022. He might just be wrong about how tall he is lol. And then we see both Alpha Tauri boys are pretty much 1cm taller than they claim. That's probably down to perspective issues. It's kinda weird that they only affect the top rank and not the bottom rank but then again, Nyck and Yuki are further left than George and Lewis so it might be because of that.

And here we have issues.

Bottom rank : Carlos +1.5 ; Pierre + 2.75, Este + 1.25. In the video, one of the tall drivers said the tall drivers have terrible posture. My bet is if Este was standing straight his measurement would be even more off and we could see a clear trend of people gaining cm the more to the right of the picture they are. That's down to me not correcting well enough despite my efforts rather than them lying. How do I know?

Because the same thing happened on the top rank : Hulkenberg +1 ; Magnussen +2 ; Alex +2 ; Sargeant +1.5. We find ourselves with a similar case of people gradually gaining centimetres the further right they are. Sargeant is a weird anomaly. Either

he's shorter than he claims to be and the difference is closer to 2 or 2.5,

he's standing closer to the camera than the others are, but it's difficult to say because we can't see Alex's feet although when I look at the Haas boys feet compared to his it doesn't really seem to be the case

something is really really weird with the perspective being warped like ⬇️ this even though the lines around them are straight? 🤔 Seems weird to me.

Anyway here's a summary of the errors trends :

Conclusion : the height claims are boringly mostly accurate.

The end ✨

[randybutternubber]

Heyyyyyyy do you have any funny head canons on the children :-9 if they squabble and stuff in your opinion. Give me the sillies !!!!! (I do too but I wanna hear urs)

YOU HAVE OPENED THE GATES OF HELL PREPARE FOR MY BORDERLINE SEVEN PAGE ESSAY ON THESE RANDOM FUCKING CHILDREN

I decided to do the ones that get less attention in general, especially since I have the most thoughts on them

HCs under cut because I may have gone overboard with the length

Ghost kid

Best friends with a batmin ball that had a very poorly drawn face on it from the age of six to eight.

Sebbo (spoon girl) buried the batmin ball using a spoon as a shovel after it got neutered by the barber (he thought it was a bug and shat his pants)

Not a native of the nowhere and was taken to the nowhere on Halloween, hence the ghost costume

Lost their arm pretty quickly after being taken to the Nowhere. he’s quite a friendly child and is very compassionate towards animals, but unfortunately, this has its downsides as not all animals in the Nowhere want help.

Friends with Sebbo

Has been squatting in houses since day 1 of living in the Nowhere and has no plans to stop

Would go CRAZY for squishmallows

Doesn’t have well formed empathy/sympathy for humans but is super compassionate towards animals

Zero concept of gender and doesn’t care what you call them, he just want to pet your dog

Nonverbal but has very expressive body language

Spoon girl

Her name is sebbo (based off of game files)

She sneezes like a middle aged divorced golf dad and due to her nose bleed these sneezes are NOT victimless

LEGENDARY rage tantrums

Literally only wants to watch gen 1 my little pony, Formula One, or a very specific documentary about some random Swedish sheep wool factory

Swedish

If you compare her to pippy longstockings you will end up needing to go to urgent care for a rabies shot

Calls ghost kid Ande (sounds like Andeh) which means spirit in Swedish. (His file name is actually spöke for anyone wondering, which also means ghost/spirit in Swedish. The only reason I’m not giving him the Sebbo naming treatment is that spöke absolutely does not sound like it’s spelled (sounds like Spurkeh) and Ande actually sounds like a name. I’m a quarter swedish and have a very Swedish family on my white side so I got the most incomprehensible Swedish lessons in the car ever, so please don’t roast me in the reblogs if I got this wrong, I remember like five words and this is one of them, same thing with Korean😭

Living embodiment of “ANDE WE’RE 10 NOW, WE SAY CRAP, NOT POOP”

Broke one of her legs at some point in the Nowhere and ended up in the hospital (HC based off of concept art where she was in a wheelchair and using crutches)

Has severe trauma revolving around doctors and medical stuff

Has never seen another ginger in her entire life but will fight to be the alpha

Warrior cats kid

Expert at digging and climbing out of holes, THE CHILDREN YEARN FOR THE MINES!!!

Rusty

Has a cleft lip

This isn’t a HC but something that not a lot of people realize; he has a lisp

Only reason I’m not drawing him as ginger because of his name is because I also designed Noone as ginger and he lost in a 1v1 to a rabid cabbage patch kid. He’s been through enough

He’s around 14

Very lithe

Despite being a trapeze and tightrope performer, he is TERRIFIED of heights, making his experience at the circus even worse

The dummy has been malding over Rusty for a ridiculously long period of timeand bro had no fucking idea and nobody even knows the reason why 💀

Also a warrior cats kid but kept in on the downlow. Yes he did name himself Rusty after firestar but if you tell anyone he will cry

Noone

A nice kid but will deadass ask some of the most insensitive questions and has NO idea. Also verbally cooked a middle aged man and spent like a whole episode sassing him so she can definitely be mean if she wants to

Also has really severe medical trauma along with trauma from being paraded around on TV because she was the first person to be cured of whatever the shit water sickness is

Her real name was Ruth, but once she started forgetting her parents (they basically ditched her anyways 😭) she started just using Noone as her real name

Master of inappropriately prolonged periods of intense eye contact

Really dislikes/is afraid of dolls/dummies because of what happened to Rusty/in JuJubee’s toyshop

Very untrusting of people post Nowhere abduction because of how Otto treated her and because of the ferryman. Plus basically every kid she met in TSON was met with a terrible fate (Goo kid is probably alive but she doesn’t know that)

Autism (all these children got some sort of neurodivergence though, I mean just look at them)

WORST BACKSEAT DRIVER EVER (ASKED TO LEAVE THE ROWBOAT)

Has a few scars on her face from her right before she had a seizure when getting clockwork oranged. She tried to take the mri suction thingies off her head but she ended up scratching up her face in her panic

[almea]

No one cares, but I cannot shut up about things I've been thinking about for Star Rail for months.

I think it's so funny that the idea of travelling through space on a train should be a little silly, but I just. Immediately bought into the idea of it being the most romantic thing ever. That loading screen of the Astral Express against a starry sky with that magical music playing really did a lot of heavy lifting lmao.

I'm so fascinated by the flashes of the future Stelle gets. Is it related to the Stellaron? Is it related to her artificial body? Is it related to the Aeon that blessed her? I just don't know and I am waiting for the day they get into it.

I really love Stelle's design. Her being the tallest female character is one of my favourite things. I assume it's because it makes things easier for cutscenes if she's not significantly shorter than Caelus (honestly they should have just made them the same height, even if it's just "the same height if we include Stelle's heels", and I could have been even happier) but god it's so cute and funny that the female characters who have so much more tall energy than her, like Kafka, Himeko and Acheron, are all shorter than her. Her hair being so fluffy and looking a little messy makes her look SO cute. I really love the art for her fourth Eidolon because her hair looks extra fluffy in it.

AND GOD HER VOICE. It's a tragedy that Stelle doesn't speak more because I love her voice so much. The fact that it's that low… I loved… Stelle getting possessed in 1.5's Trailblaze Continuance just to get to hear her voice… I know there's some speculation about whether or not the receptacle that wasn't chosen is going to be a character further down the line, and if it happens I'm going to be so sad because the people who didn't choose Stelle would probably get to hear her voice more than I do lmao.

I kind of wish we didn't get to name the Trailblazers because when Aventurine calls her "Miss Stellaron" in 2.0, for a brief second I lived in a world where the voice lines could call Stelle by her name instead of "you" or whatever other placeholder they used and it was so good. Ever since I played Three Houses, I've gone more and more in the direction of "the more voice acting there is in a game and the less you can customize the main character, the more pointless it is to let you name them."

There is nothing I love more than characters appearing in another character's splash art. Silver Wolf and Blade being in Kafka's splash art fucking took me out. There is genuinely nothing that can convince me that they're not Important to her. It's a tragedy that Sam isn't also on it too. I gasped out loud the first time I used Preservation Stelle's ultimate and saw Bronya, Seele, Serval, and Gepard in the splash art. It's SO cute, I'm going to be so sad if they don't do the same thing for all the other paths too. The Astral Express being in Destruction Stelle's splash art is a similar situation because it's where her journey started and to me it represents her bond with the rest of the crew. Baby Tingyun on Yukong's. The much more subtle case of Lynx having a picture of her with her siblings in her tent.

I just really love the platonic and familial relationships in this game. The Astral Express crew and the Stellaron Hunters both have me in a choke hold. Looking at each group on its own is already A Lot (Listen, I almost cried when I heard Himeko's voice line about how she asked Dan Heng to be the Express's guard because she felt he wouldn't have stayed if he was gonna be a freeloader), but comparing both groups and seeing how they contrast but they ultimately have their own bonds with each other... And Stelle travelled with both of them at one point.

The fact that the whole Astral Express crew has those express pass pins is such an amazing detail. I almost cried when I realized they're all matching!!!! I wish they had made a separate model for Stelle and Caelus where they don't have their pin yet and then had a scene of them being given the pin after they joined... It could have been so cute...

I read through Kafka's companion mission again the other day and oh my god, I can't believe I forgot that she plays the truth and lies game with Silver Wolf all the time. I need to go lie down on the ground over these two constantly playing a game that kind of inevitably leads to getting to know each other better.

I also love her mentioning that if she and Blade had been thrown into prison, Sam and Silver Wolf would have broken them out. Please, I'm in shambles. Yes, they would have broken them out just because they needed to, but also. I really do believe there's this deep trust they all have for each other. If I think about it, I don't know if I would say the Stellaron Hunters love each other, I certainly don't think any of them would say it except maybe Kafka in a teasing way, but I do think they all care about each other in their own way.

There is Something that really gets me about the fact that all the Stellaron Hunters, including presumably Elio, went to go pick up Silver Wolf from Punklorde. Like, Kafka and Sam both going to get Blade makes sense logistically because they needed Sam to restrain him and Kafka to calm him down, but Silver Wolf? Who Kafka specifically said wasn't chosen for being good at fieldwork? Why did they all go to get her? I don't know, it just makes me really emotional for some reason.

The Landaus have such a fun dynamic between the three of them. It's so cute how Serval and Gepard both worry about Lynx, Gepard more so than Serval, and it annoys her but she also loves them both. For most of Serval's companion mission I was just like "🥺 Gepard just doesn't want his big sister to leave." The light cone???? Of Serval and Gepard when they were kids??? Serval defending her brother because she knew he didn't do anything wrong???? Also, something about how it's a Preservation light cone, but Gepard, the Preservation character, is the one being defended. Gepard's idle animation where he's humming Serval's song????

The inherent tragedy of Jing Yuan's relationship with Yanqing because he's raising him to be strong enough to kill him one day…

Dan Heng's interactions with Bailu in his companion mission were sooooo good and I hope they expand on it more in the future. It was really sweet that Dan Heng was so concerned about Bailu and now he has a new little sister. I love that they have this bond with each other because they're the only ones who can even remotely understand the weight of the expectations everyone puts on them because of Dan Feng. The CG in that companion mission was Everything to me. Dan Heng's speculation that he inherited Dan Feng's destructive powers and Bailu inherited his healing powers is so interesting if it's true. When I read Bailu's character stories and it said they were waiting until her coming of age ceremony before giving her the title of Imbibitor Lunae, it really hit me like a truck. I'm so curious about whether years down the line, as the story on the Xianzhou continues, we'll eventually get a Bailu Inhibitor Lunae. I just think it would be so cute if Bailu and Dan Heng had units with matching titles…

I had zero thoughts about Sunday, good or bad, besides being like "excuse me?" about the shit he said at the end of 2.0, but they showed the light cone with baby Sunday and Robin in the 2.1 stream and I was just like, oh noooooo, it's so cute, he loves his little sister so much.

I'm obsessed with the "Elio is the cat" theory. Is the leader of the Stellaron Hunters being a cat absolutely ridiculous? Yes, but I love the idea of the leader of this group of space criminals being a cute black cat too much. Even if the cat (tragically) isn't Elio, I still think it's like, connected to him or meant to represent him whenever it shows up. Release more light cones so Silver Wolf and Blade also have art with the cat.

I love the text message system so much. It's such a fun way to give characters some extra characterization and make them feel more alive. The peak example of that will always be the fact that Blade's text messages are all sent by the other Stellaron Hunters. Blade not sending messages would have already been like. Yes, this lines up with his character, but the fact that not only does he not send messages, but literally everyone except Elio (and honestly if every character had four daily messages instead of three I would bet Elio would have sent one too) uses his phone to send messages gives a little extra insight into the dynamics between the Stellaron Hunters.

[anonymouspuzzler]

Hello hello!

This probably was already asked but...

How did you come up with your main ocs? (Davey, Buck and Minnie) by that i mean design, story, personalitu and all that, it's always fun to hear how a character is created and i would love to hear about those silly goobers of yours!

(Also i hope you are enjoyng the soup, i love soup)

-some tired duck

hello hello!

Buck, Davey, and Minnie are a funny case - in most cases me making a character is a longer and more thoughtful process; I'll be inspired by something I'm watching or playing, or I'll have a story that needs a certain type of character to play a certain role, or something like that - but in a lot of ways these three just... came into being fully formed!

they were very very VERY roughly inspired by Psychonauts and specifically Loboto and Oleander - I was sitting at work and rotating them in my mind at massive speeds and just had this moment of "wait I could make my own dynamic like this with original characters", which led to Buck and Davey and the initial idea of them being supervillains. From there I had this thought of "oh it would be funny to pair them with a real spitfire little girl" because I love some Family Of Choice Shit, and when I had the idea of "oh she's with them because Buck's her uncle" the idea of her - and by extension, Buck - coming from a superhero family and rebelling against them came super fast.

these are the very first concept sketches I did right then and there in my work notebook to put these ideas to paper! as you can see except for a few small details I really one and done'd their designs. so tl;dr: These Three Were Just Divine Inspiration I Guess

[Image ID: Two photos of ink drawings on lined notebook paper. The left photo shows several blue-ink concept sketches of Buck, Davey, and Minnie, including simple shape silhouettes, profiles, and experimenting with Davey's facial features. The right photo shows two sets of pink-ink sketches showing them in a lineup to compare heights, the top one showing them in their "usual" outfits while the bottom shows them in sleepwear. End ID.]

[minetteskvareninova]

Minette watches Medici, part 23 (Lost Souls)

-So, this is the culmination of Lorenzo's villain arch. He's fully the bad guy now. And I... Didn't hate that. The writing around that wasn't terrible, although it also wasn't exactly awe-inspiring either. My main problem with this episode is in the other half of this episode's emotional core - Lorenzo and Clarice's health complications, because the writing around that was an unmitigated dumpster fire.

-To start with, let's talk about the historical Lorenzo's health. The thing is, he has suffered from an array of chronic health issues since he was a young man, at the time thought to have been the result of gout, though I've seen modern research dispute this; Wikipedia links a paper that claims Lorenzo de' Medici suffered from acromegaly and his death might's been a result of complications from that.

-Either way, you'll notice that the IRL version is actually better written than the show one. Not only does Lorenzo launch the house of Medici into unprecedented heights despite his chronic health issues (the Handicapped Badass trope and all that), but his premature death is properly foreshadowed instead of Lorenzo suddenly starting to limp, causing doctor to announce he is dying of... Gout? Yeah, that's another thing. Gout ISN'T A DEADLY DISSEASE. You can't die from gout, you just can't. Now, it does contribute to kidney diseasses that can actually kill you, and also is a result of a garbage lifestyle (bad diet, lack of excersise, that sort of thing) that can cause other, more lethal complications. But it never kills you on its own. Like, you could maybe justify some of the inaccuracy by "well, the renessaince doctor wouldn't know any of THAT", but this still leaves us with how sudden the deterioration of Lorenzo's health is in the show and how mild his symptoms are compared to real life. Neither of which is a good change, to be honest.

-But at least he doesn't just drop dead of completely unexplained reasons like his poor wife! Like, if I were to hazard a guess, I'd say Clarice died of a miscarriage, except she doesn't even bleed??? She just collapses, at first seemingly in tears of guilt, but not in physical pain... And then Lucrezia D is carrying her home? And in a few minutes (and seemingly a couple of hours at most in-universe) of screentime, she is just dead?! Did she died of broken heart or some shit?! Look, real Clarice died of tuberculosis, and I know in the show it would probably just sound like a rethread of Simonetta's death. I get that changing it to miscarriage makes a lot of sense considering that was indeed something potentially lethal back then, also Clarice had several in her life, so it's not a bad idea in principle. I also get that the writers were trying to tie Lorenzo's personal tragedy to his professional downfall. But in so doing, they rendered a powerful scene of Clarice being overwhelmed by guilt and despair over her husband's actions kinda silly by almost implying guilt and despair killed her?

-And don't get me wrong, it is a very powerful scene! I actually liked it a lot! Even the previous scene of Clarice learning Lorenzo sold their little girl to pope's failson isn't bad, especially since it retroactively gives more narrative weight to Lorenzo's previous disgust at another very young girl, Caterina Sforza, marrying a papal failson (well, failnephew, but you know).

-I am a bit miffed at the show's inconsistency around just how corrupt the renessaince papacy is. Like, at first, it doesn't seem nearly as bad as it is in The Borgias, but then Lorenzo apparently considers asking the pope to name his 14-year old son a cardinal perfectly normal, or at least nothing that a strategic match cannot fix??? It also begs the question why the fuck would the pope even agree to that considering he should still be mad about Sarzano, but okay.

-The one and only thing that I liked, nay, loved about Clarice's death... We got one last Clarice x Lucrezia D moment out of it! I know I shouldn't celebrate my girl dying, but like. Look at the pathetic little breadcrumbs they feed us shippers this season. I can't let my obsession starve to death, you know!

-I am not sure whether what Lorenzo did to poor Anna the beggar counts as bribery or gaslighting, but I guess the grey area was the point. Either way, I liked it! And I liked her giving money to Savonarola, overcome with guilt! See, I can be fair to this show, even if I am tired of it and can't wait for the final episode!

-I liked other things too, like Lorenzo going full villain mode and Piero grieving Tomasso. Even if Piero's actor... Look, Tewkesbury from Enola Holmes was 16, it's a bit more understandable if he doesn't hit every note. He isn't completely terrible in this, just... Not good.

-I only noticed in this episode that Savonarola is played by an Italian and dubbed. And I noticed, because the dub of his speech at the beginning, while passionate, clearly did not go as hard as the actor's expressions suggest he did in the original audio.

-Okay, that was exhausting. Onto the final episode!

[guess-ill-dye]

I have a pretty big friend group and still have no idea how to socialize. I will just stand there and wait to be invited into the conversation ( thankfully one of my friends ig noticed it and trys to do it ) and then if you mention something I'll be like " I ONCE DID THAT WHEN *insert story*" and then feel bad because I am taking over the conversation but like HOW ELSE DO YOU SOCIALIZE THEN???? Also I am a very loud person if I get comfortable around you and scream a lot for minor stuff that no-one else bats and eye at. I am really short-tempered and like to kick people (I don't mean to hurt anyone, I mostly miss and I hit them with a small bag AND we all hit each other sooo) and I am filled with rage basically, and I wear some GIANT platforms everyday (no really, they are 10cm tall I NEED THE HEIGHT IM SORT OK) and those make me be always on the verge of falling and it is very comical yet very silly haha. I am very weird and have no idea how to express feeling into words and my friends are very good and always make me feel better about stuff, and there was a big period in wich I was feeling really bad and they just acted nice and included me and when I was just tired and acting really depressed and stuff they wouldn't let me and would make me do stuff but if they noticed that I really needed to be on my own or in silence for a while they would let me and I COULDN’T ASK FOR BETTER FRIENDS REALLY, BUT I STILL AM A WEIRDO WHO CANT DO ANYTHING there was this one time we're I had a relatively bad grade (compared to my previous ones) in science and they went to a little thing of the leader board of a science contest I won to remind me I WAS smart and BRO PLS STOP I DONT DESERVE THIS PEOPLE WHAT

I AM NOT JOKINH I NEVER EVEN MADE FRIENDS I WAS JUST ADOPTED INTO A FRIEND GROUP BY FORCE AFTER NOT TALKING TO ANYONE FOR MONTHS CAUSE I WAS NEW IN THE SCHOOL

AND THEN THESE GUYS STARTED TO MAKE FUN OF ME BCS I AM SHORT AND BOOM SOMEHOW WE ARE FRIENDS

I NEVER F-ING ACTUALLY SEEKED A FRINDSHIP WITH ANYONE

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[cookie-dog-69]

my running Bigfoot theory

for context: I've been a Bigfoot believer since I was a very young child, and I’m also a paleobiologist with an additional degree in primatology  I’ve been not sleeping well lately and don’t quite have enough caffeine in me to really make this as professional and fantastic as it could be, so just assume everything from here-on out is a rough amalgamation of my ideas, and that I frequently will use gross generalizations and the like throughout the writing of this piece.  I believe that the Bigfoots are closest related to the modern-day Pongo apes, ie Orangutans, and I believe this because of their behavior. They appear to be distinctly solitary (in contrast to all other great apes EXCEPT for Orangutans), they prefer densely forested areas (pretty common tbh), they appear to have no interest in hunting large(ish) game and/or hunting humans, though they sometimes bother us (in contrast to chimpanzees who have a habit of eating human children on occasion as well as comparatively large game), and they appear to travel rather often (in contrast to Gorillas and Chimpanzees, who appear to like to stay in specific territorial areas and just move within them, and these areas are usually smaller than those of Orangutans) But the descriptions of Bigfoot (the ones I trust, that is) don’t add up to be simply an Orangutan, not to mention their location (when I say Bigfoot, I mean the creature found in the American northwest, Appalachian mountains, and eastern American coast) Most of the sightings I've factored into this analysis, with the exception of my own encounter in the Appalachian mountains and the Skunk Apes of Florida, have the same similar characteristics: Darker fur, often dark brown or almost black, long arms, human-like proportions, tall height, very vocal. The very vocal does sound like Orangutans, but everything else doesn’t Here’s my theory: Around 11-12 million years ago, a curious little ape fellow, whose name means “woods spirit ape”, turned up in the fossil record. This little fellow, this silly boy, was named Dryopithecus. He lived in western and northwestern Europe and, for a long time, was thought to be the ancestor of apes and modern humans.  However, more recent research proves that he is just a little later than that - just after that, and is the earliest known semi-direct ancestor to the Orangutans and their cousins, such as Gigantopithecus, the often-referenced relative of the Orangutans who grew to enormous sizes (though these sizes are often exaggerated in media coverage to absurd scales).  Two possibilities come from this: one of them says that the Bigfoots are descendants of a unique, undiscovered line of Great Apes, starting with an offshoot from the line that would become Orangutans either with Dryopithecus or some other ape shortly thereafter as the starter, while the other points to another one of Dryopithecus’s relatives, Sivapithecus.  Sivapithecus showed up a few million years later, and showed a number of interesting features: a baboon-like face, an increased overall size, and a more orangutan-like design overall.  It is theorized that Sivapithecus, more so than Dryopithecus, is directly related to the following apes: Orangutans, Gigantopithecus, and other great apes I cannot recall the name of.  That 2nd option suggests that, instead of Sivapithecus splitting off into the two known species, Orangutans (still around today, though barely) and Gigantopithecus (discovered through a seldom few molar and finger bones that were saved from being used in Chinese traditional medicine, where most of the fossils had likely been destroyed), they split off into three - Orangutans, Gigantopithecus, and the Bigfoots.  There are differences to each theory, and which one I prefer changes depending on my mood and it will change even more as new evidence gets released.  It is possible that both are true in some way - the Appalachian Bigfoot (such as the one I had an encounter with, which appeared to be at least semi-arboreal, however I’ll have to dedicate a separate post to this topic) and Floridian Skunk Ape, alongside the possible Orang-Pendek, are the descendants of a 3rd line from Sivapithecus - similar to Orangutans and Gigantopithecus, but in-between the sizes of those individuals and inhabiting more southern/equatorial lands, now being found only in Indonesia and the southeastern United States. On top of this, the Northeastern and Northwestern Bigfoots, alongside the Canadian Sasquatches and the Himalayan Yeti, are descended from an ancient, previously undiscovered group of great apes descended from Dryopithecus.  Now, I know that all sounds preposterous - how could there be a whole undiscovered family/genus/etc of great apes and western science not know? let alone two??? Well remember how we only know of Gigantopithecus from some teeth and finger bones because, presumably, the others were destroyed in traditional, medicinal practices? It is almost certainly possible that other fossils were lost to this same fate - it is known that the Denisovan populations are most well documented in the human genome, especially compared to our fossil records. This is likely because of destruction in traditional medicine.  But what about the descendants of Sivapithecus and/or the American apes?? How have they not been found? As someone of Native American/Indigenous descent, I’m bittersweet in the soul to tell you that it is entirely possible that they haven’t been found only because our ancestral lands, where such sacred artifacts would have been preserved, were destroyed by the arrival of the colonists. Additionally, there are countless Indigenous legends speaking of human-like creatures off in the woods - the wendigo, skinwalkers, dogmen, they’re all interpretations of what could’ve been potentially the same creature, just put through the fantasy and cultural storytellings of the culture that interacted with it.  And listen, if one can believe that the story of the Minotaur referenced the labyrinthine halls in the Palace of Knossos, since lost to time after the end of the Minoan days, whose to say that the ancestral tales of Native American folklore didn’t and doesn’t referenced a great ape, roaming the forest lands, smart enough to know to hide from their biggest threat: us. 

[knickynoo]

Back to the Future: The Animated Series, s01ep10 "Dickens of a Christmas" Review and Commentary

Previous episodes linked HERE

In this episode: A family-togetherness trip leads to prison, pickpocketing, and other fun shenanigans in 1845 London.

We open with Doc doing some work on the DeLorean.

He's frustrated with all the repairs and admits that he sometimes wishes the car had never been invented but that without it, he wouldn't be able to travel back to times before it was invented. This leads him to reminisce about a trip he took with his family one very hot summer day...

Into the cartoon we go! I will point out that we do not see Doc's face at all during this opening live-action portion, which is a bummer. I hope we get to see him at the end.

(I don't think I've previously mentioned that I write these posts as I watch through the episodes—pausing every few minutes to type up anything notable—so you're getting the complete journey here as I take it all in. I did watch the first season a couple of years ago, but I do not remember any of it because my brain decided the experience wasn't worth holding onto and dumped it immediately.)

Let's get back on track. It is a blistering hot day in Hill Valley. The flowers are all wilting, the thermometer on the wall explodes because it's hotter than the device can even register, and everyone is growing cranky. Doc is attempting to install a high-tech air conditioner-type thing he's invented in order to make it more bearable.

Outside, Marty is making his way down the street to the Brown farm. He's ditched the jeans and letterman jacket in favor of more "summery" attire, and is already making poor decisions by not only once again riding his hoverboard in public but projecting a movie in front of him as well.

For someone as prone to falling and who is as easily distracted as Marty is, I don't think this particular decision is a wise one. But that's cartoon Marty for ya.

He does end up crashing, by the way. He fails to see Einstein in the yard, runs into him (Einie is fine) and the two of them smash straight through the front door of the house. He wrecks the kitchen and knocks everybody over. With everyone's nerves already on edge due to the extreme heat, Marty's violent entrance proves to be the last straw, and they all start angrily shouting at each other.

Listen. I don't like to see them all screaming at each other, but. I kind of don't blame them? It's a million degrees outside and also Marty literally broke their kitchen table in half. I think Doc can shout at him a little bit for that. As a treat.

Bonus side-tangent! Can I point out how tiny Marty and Clara look in this shot?? First of all, Clara is not as short as Marty is, so that's automatically off. But also, compare them to Doc. He's actually wearing shoes with like...springs on them or something? That adds to his height, BUT he's also leaning forward a lot, so it mostly evens out. Without the shoes and while standing with better posture, Clara would come up to what—Doc's shoulder, just about? (I'm not factoring in her poofy hair) Something is very off proportions-wise. Take a look, then, at a shot from the very next scene.

I dunno. Someone dropped the ball here. Side tangent over. Can you tell I'm having fun watching this silly show?

Once Doc calms them all down, Clara notes that it's the heat making them so irritable, saying, "Maybe if it wasn't hot as the Dickens..."

This gives Doc an idea, and he decides that a family vacation to somewhere cooler is in order. Doc, Clara, Jules, Verne, Marty, and Einie all manage to pile into the DeLorean somehow and travel to 1845 London just before Christmas. Upon arriving, Doc entrusts Jules to hold onto the DeLorean's key, which means it will get stolen or go missing like immediately.

While admiring the view with Doc and Clara, Marty falls off of a building because he gets distracted staring at a girl.

There he goes. I guess he didn't learn his lesson about flirting with other girls after the whole thing with Mercy Tannen and being tried for witchcraft. Marty's brain does not retain those valuable life lessons for very long.

After safely landing in a pile of snow, Marty follows the girl into a nearby toy store to chat her up and gets promptly slapped across the face. Doc and Clara also go into the store because Doc is enamored with figurines of Dr. Frankenstein and the monster, which he evidently had a toy similar to as a child. While Jules and Verne wait outside, a pickpocket comes by and steals the key to the DeLorean. Jules and Verne take off after the thief, and Doc, Marty, and Einie see the commotion and go after the boys. Clara is left at the store, and Ebiffnezer Tannen soon enters. He's angry that the shopkeepers are late on their mortgage payment (by one whole hour) and throws them into debtor's prison. Clara is also thrown into prison after she rebuffs Ebiffnezer's advances.

Side note: this is the second time so far in the series that a Tannen descendant has flirted with and tried to win Clara's heart—through very unsavory means. The prior instance also took place in England (Lord Biffingham, who had captured both Clara and Lady Jennivere).

After unsuccessfully trying to locate the boys and discovering that Clara has been arrested, Doc and Marty decide to split up. This shows just how desperate Doc is because he should know by now that nothing good has ever come from leaving Marty to his own devices. We go then to the prison, which has a whole gigantic wing built onto it just for all the people Ebiffnezer has thrown in there.

After being tossed into a room with like 40 other people, Clara asks an elderly man if he's been there long. The man replies, "When I first come to this prison, I was wrinkled, I had no teeth and drooled a lot. I was a baby!" As you may imagine, Clara is not encouraged by this response. I however, think this is one of the funniest lines of the episode so far. This man was put into prison when he was a BABY because he somehow wronged a member of the Tannen family.

Here are all the people crammed into one of the cells in the Tannen wing of the prison.

Meanwhile, at the town square, Jules and Verne have been captured by the pickpocket leader and are being forced to learn how to steal things. While they're trying to go along with it until they can get the keys back, Marty is off having his own little adventure trying to get Clara sprung from prison.

Using the hoverboard, he makes a visit outside Ebiffnezer's window, posing as the Ghost of Christmas.

Ebiffnezer's terror abates just long enough to ask, "Past, present, or future?" to which Marty replies, "Uh, all of the above." He tells Ebiffnezer that he's there to save his soul and yanks him out the window and into the night. Their first stop is a workhouse, where children are slaving away. Ebiffnezer starts crying, and Marty is hopeful that he's already having a change of heart. But it turns out that Ebiffnezer is just upset because it reminds him that there's an 8-year-old who owes him money.

Jules and Verne, however, are having more success in their mission after having gained the trust of the young pickpocket who had stolen the keys in the first place. They tell him that if he can help get the keys back from Murdock, they can help him escape and find a better life. They get the keys and all make a break for it (along with Doc who had caught up to the boys).

Marty's next stop on his journey is to show Ebiffnezer another sad sight—a homeless family roasting their Christmas dinner of a few chestnuts over a fire. Instead of being moved by compassion for the family, Ebiffnezer attacks them because he's hungry and wants their food.

Marty angrily flies himself and Ebiffnezer back to the house, declaring that he gives up. As he's complaining, his projector device from earlier in the episode falls out of his pocket and starts playing a Godzilla movie. Ebiffnezer is horrified by the images, and Marty takes the opportunity to tell him that the destruction he sees is the result of people living wicked lives. Ebiffnezer immediately promises that he'll change and free everybody from the prison. The next morning, he's found singing and dancing in the street with a Christmas wreath around his neck.

And I can't help but wonder what the implications would be, if any, to the Tannen lineage, given that Ebiffnezer has such a drastic change of character and goes from wicked and cruel to kind and generous. But alas, the cartoon doesn't care about these things.

Okay, wait, hang on. In the scene that immediately follows, Ebiffnezer sees Marty in the toy shop and recognizes him as the "ghost," which makes him enraged and mean again, so...I guess that whole change of heart is undone pretty much right away. At least he's already freed all the prisoners by that point. Anyway, Clara is reunited with her family, and everything turns out okay.

Also, here is a screenshot of them all crammed into the DeLorean on the way home, which I still do not think would be possible.

End of cartoon portion! Back to Real Doc, who is still under the car and doing repairs. At one point, he reaches for a donut with his grimy, disgustingly dirty hand, which upsets me.

He also ends up dipping the donut into the can of motor oil instead of his coffee. Serves you right, Doc.

And that's basically it for this episode. It's a fun one, but I think there was too much going on. There was the plot with the pickpockets, the Clara in prison plot, and the Marty and Ebiffnezer one. It just felt disjointed and made it hard to write about. But Thomas Wilson's voice-acting as Ebiffnezer makes the whole thing worth it.

Join me next week as we travel to 1926 and meet FOUR-YEAR-OLD DOC!!

[juniperhillpatient]

it's 4 am & I'm so passionate about blue mountain state & how good it is & how much I love mary jo. screaming crying rambling below the cut

k I talk about this a lot & no one cares because blue mountain state has no fandom but I'm feeling inspired by my love for my girl mary jo & this blog is my tv show thots diary so. the thing is. the THING is. this is why I like mary jo. she's not the "reasonable" character. & the bar is on the floor, but every show about depraved men living partyboy fuckboi lifestyles IF (if) they're gonna have a female main character, she's gonna be the reasonable one. but mary jo? in the very episode she's introduced she's shown to be off-the-wall batshit depraved by taking a sick "dare" from the other cheerleaders meant to intimidate her to an entirely new level shocking everyone.

from then on out she's established as a main character completely shaking up the group dynamics with her off the wall shenanigans involving drinking drugs partying & sex. like. the thing is. I realize that's like "so?" but also. it's NOT. not in shows of this genre where the girl is always the "voice of reason"or the "shrieking nag" or the butt of the joke. like. No. mary jo is very much "one of the guys." & I'm not claiming this silly little raunchy football sit com is the height of feminism. it's very katie perry early 2000s "one of the boys" rep. but like. still. I can't think of a single other show with a female main character that I'd compare to mary jo. she's completely unique among sitcoms

& then the show shoehorns her in as a love interest for the protagonist. & it's all very formulaic & expected, but still cute. when I watched BMS for the first time, I was like "aww cute" & totally down for alex/mary jo, as I think just about everyone watching was. it made SENSE. of course the main character should get the girl main character. of course. like it was all very rom com "this is what's supposed to happen."

& when mary jo came out as a lesbian it shook up the show but also...it didn't? alex & mary jo's dynamic hardly had to change. they still hung out & drank & smoked weed together, just now they also occasionally helped each other get girls. like it was all so CASUAL

& like. beyond that even. it was SO well written actually??? I've been re-watching the show all the way through & like. this was planned. do I think that the writers were feminist lesbian advocate icons? absolutely the fuck not, I've seen the movie, which the same people are behind as far as I'm aware. also just. the way the show is written to me feels like they had NO idea how revolutionary they were being, which made it SO much better 'cause if they knew it would've gotten all awkwardly woke or else backpedaled, & it would've sucked

but any way - there's foreshadowing. mary jo getting so upset at the idea of alex fucking the other cheerleaders makes more sense when you realize she's into them & not him. mary jo's fixation with cheerleading & pleasing the other cheerleaders. her substance abuse issues. her obsession with sticking by her brother & alex, men she deems "safe," but not really venturing outside them except with a specific purpose. like. her fling with radon is all about getting alex. getting alex is all about meeting a goal & reaching this arbitrary standard she's set for herself.

the comphet in blue mountain state is actually some of the most nuanced comedic writing about comphet I've ever seen in my life, & mary jo is one of the best written most engaging lesbian characters on tv

yet no one ever wants to talk about this show!!! & it's so!!! fucking!!! good!!!

& like. again. can't establish enough. I'm not saying "uwu blue mountain state is wholesome lesbian rep" I'm SAYING that it's a well written & hilarious sitcom-like any other that accidentally has an amazingly written lesbian main ch

[georgekirrin]

I am seeking your headcanons for Jim from OFMD! I feel like you have Good Takes on them

Okay I am sitting here eating my silly little bowl of pasta and smiling like a goofball about my silly little blorbo so let's go!

Uhh I guess first of all the way they say "yeah... I guess. I dunno" while looking more uncomfortable than they do over the rest of the series when asked if they're a woman is so relatable so like. clearly they have a history of being told they're a girl and being asked was so unusual they defaulted to what they'd been told was the "correct" answer and then actually had to think about it

So yeah I think they probably expressed confusion or even outright distress as a child, maybe comparing themself to their brother? And asking what the difference was? Idk, but they got told over and over "this is the way things are, shut up and accept it

And I think that ties in with their relationship to Nana, being told that they have to dedicate their whole life to the concept of revenge and not given opportunity to form their own opinion, it's very much the same situation, and whichever happened first, or as they happened concurrently, kind of cemented the idea in their head that they just have to shut up and take what they're handed

(I'm no longer smiling and my pasta is finished 😭 lets carry on)

So ya Olu is clearly very good for them, not just because he's a wonderful sweetheart, but because he wants to hear their opinions and talk things through (as a crew!) and he might weigh in but ultimately he's supportive of what they choose

Okay getting more lighthearted, Jim is so clearly That Bitch, they're such a dramatic little fucker I love them. Did they have to spend their whole time on The Revenge in disguise? No! They could have just had a disguise in the Republic of Pirates and chilled on the ship but as I said. They're That Bitch. Future fuckeries Jim is gonna be so involved and they're gonna upstage Stede and it'll be glorious

And I think to some extent they're going to bring that 110% dedication and energy to their relationship with Olu, he's A Thing They Have Decided To Care About, and while it may not be obvious to anyone else, they're gonna be so flirty and in love and every time they elbow him in the side or smth he'll be blushing because he knows it's a declaration of love

(I have plenty of n/s/f/w headcanons but I won't derail your ask Emmett)

Ahem, moving on, as much as I love the Jim Izzy friendship, I think that he has begrudging respect for their knife skills but they find him baffling and therefore unsettling, because if they can't be sure what the angry shrimp of a man will do next, how can they be safe?

With regards to sailing, I think they'd be really good at scrambling around in the rigging. I love heights and also Jim so I'm gonna project that onto them. Okay next topic.

Lucius and Jim I have some thoughts about, but the one I'll say is that I think they overheard Lucius' "wouldn't it be crazy if I was suddenly like, into jim" and that contributed to their gender musings in some way because they liked that the gay dude found them hot despite having just found out their whole situation and oop actually maybe there's something to explore here?

And it's time to jump to another train of thought (I'm so sorry this is so disjointed I'm literally just throwing thoughts at the screen in the order they appear in my head) Jim is the proud owner of one of the few brain cells on The Revenge but, and this is key, they can put it down whenever they want. They give it to Oluwande for safekeeping and he has to chase them across the ship to make them stop competing with the ship's cat to see who can catch more mice or whatever daft situation they've got into

This is very long and I have no idea if any of these are good takes, I simply have many thoughts about Jim Jim okay thank you goodbye

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@fandomsandshipping1

For Sugu. Also, you don't need to answer all of these, I'm just giving you options. (Maybe too many of them.)

PRE-RELATIONSHIP

5. Did either of them try to resist their feelings?

6. If you had told one of them that the other would be their soulmate, what would they think?

7. What would their lives be like if they had never met?

GENERAL

3. What was their first kiss like?

4. Were they each other’s first anything (kiss, relationship, etc.)?

5. What’s their height difference? Age difference?

8. Who whispers inappropriate things in the other’s ear?

LOVE

Who said “I love you” first?

3. Who uses cheesy pick-up lines?

6. Who’s the big and little spoon?

DOMESTIC LIFE

If they get married, who proposes?

2. What’s the wedding like? Who attends?

7. Who kills the bugs in the house?

Oh, I have no reason NOT to answer all of them ^3^

Did either of them try to resist their feelings?

Evelyn was a little hesitant at first, but not really resistant. She just needed a little more time to feel comfortable and understand her feelings. Sugu went ahead and just followed his heart.

If you had told one of them that the other would be their soulmate, what would they think?

Evelyn would be highly skeptical, especially since she had a lot of difficulty making really close connections before meeting him, but she's a romantic at heart. And thus, would be hopeful.

Suguru, if he was told this and had not seen her yet, would have raised a brow at it. He already had someone he really loved (*cough cough Gojo*) and that didn't end up working, so the idea that he actually had a soulmate seemed rather silly. But, he actually did feel like there was something special when he first saw her. He could end up believing in soulmates

What would their lives be like if they had never met?

Suguru's would have been pretty much the same, though a little more empty. He'd still have the rest of his found family, his daughters, he still would have died when and where he did (unless this is the AU where Evelyn can save him, in which he obviously would not have been saved without her). Things would have been harder, but he would have lived with it.

Evelyn's life would have been far more empty. No husband, no daughters, no found family. She would have continued being alone, not getting particularly close to anyone. But she wouldn't have had her heart broken by his death and murdered a year after so brutally. As far as the AU would be concerned, she wouldn't have ever had her son, Harue.

Alternatively, perhaps she would have made friends with other sorcerers, met and worked at Jujutsu High. Unlikely though.

What was their first kiss like?

It was very sweet and gentle. They had been on only a few dates so far and things were going very well. Suguru initiated the kiss as a goodbye and goodnight before leaving her at her apartment. Despite how light the kiss was, it left them both breathless.

Were they each other’s first anything (kiss, relationship, etc.)?

Suguru was Evelyn's first kiss and relationship. And they were each other's first... intimate night.

What’s their height difference? Age difference?

Suguru is 10 inches taller than her, him being 6'3" and her being 5'5". Evelyn is also a little younger than Suguru, about a year or so (I honestly don't remember completely, but I pretty sure Sugu was 19 and she 18 when they met?)

Who whispers inappropriate things in the other’s ear?

They're both guilty of doing this and trying to flustered the other. It's a little game for the both of them, especially when there are other people around.

Who said “I love you” first?

It was Suguru who said it first, but Evelyn was quick to respond in kind.

Who uses cheesy pick-up lines?

They're both guilty of this, but Evelyn says these cheesy lines for fun more often. Anything to make her Suguru smile or chuckle.

Who’s the big and little spoon?

Suguru is the big spoon for sure! He loves curling up around her and holding her close. She's just so small compared to him, he can't help it...

If they get married, who proposes?

They do get married after a few years, after Evelyn is already living with him and they're sharing a bed, and Nanako and Mimiko treat her like a mom. They kinda lived like they were already married ^^. Neither officially proposed, but Evelyn did bring it up, and Sugu suggested, "Why not now then?"

What’s the wedding like? Who attends?

They didn't have a "normal" wedding, actually, instead exchanging vows one night to one another in bed. Just the two of them, promising themselves to each other. The next day, they went and took care of the annoying paperwork that they'd rather just didn't exist.

Who kills the bugs in the house?

Suguru kills the bugs, especially if they're up high, where his little wife can't reach. Evelyn prefers to release the bugs, actually.

And even if it's up on the ceiling, Suguru is not allowed to kill the spiders. They get put outside no matter what. (He never told her about the spider he squished after it scared the girls, though. He reacted too quickly because he loves his daughters).