#oh boy tagging

[disformer]

Just some silly guys and gals from around town

[scarecrow-carousel]

Maybe, we can live like Brady’s

[lesbperor]

more of these (part 1)

[grinning-reaper-black-pearl]

Sibling and I introduced our mother to Overly Sarcastic Production’s ‘Trope Talks’, and she will often wander over to talk about the episodes and try to match the tropes to characters she knows since often the examples given go over her head as a person who doesn’t watch cartoons. She does, however, occasionally watch videos her overly-excited children insist on showing her. 

Obviously. That’s kind of why she started watching these.

But after watching the “Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass” episode, she immediately identified Shawn Spencer from Psych as a detective edition of this trope and talked about how one of the ways they let Shawn be badass without compromising his clownery was to have his partner Gus also act as (a different variant of) comic relief, so they can also have individual characterization aside from being funny. It works well enough for her to willingly rewatch the show, which is rare because usually she finds comedy characters exhausting.

Then she turned to me and asked, 100% seriously, trying to make this a proper conversation instead of infodumping, “Is Etho also this since he doesn’t know why people are scared of him?”

I made a noise somewhere between “what?” and laughing, which did not help because she just repeated it, but she does actually have some scattered evidence from pure osmosis (read: all of her children like Etho). 

I’m still laughing, because she essentially went ‘the narrator talked about the kung fu panda and I thought it sounded like the ninja Etho’ but she does also know some things like “Etho can’t spell shenanigans, pranked everyone with free glass, and didn’t know why people ran from him when growled” vs “Etho is the best at Among Us, regularly makes complex redstone machines, everyone is terrified of his PVP ability.”

So I say something to the effect of “Mum this is very well thought out but he is a person. I feel like calling a person you don’t know a moron by implication is weird.” 

Before Mum can say more than “I meant that the way everyone treats him is like this,” my sibling - the other one who watches Trope Talk - pops up.

“Etho is a legendary Pokemon with the ability Oblivious.”

So I’ve been having a weird night.

[plumadot]

she laughed, and seemed almost surprised by it. he briefly wondered if maybe she hadn't laughed in a long time - if maybe she'd believed she'd forgotten how to.

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

so how about that update, huh

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[machinerot]

[charlietheepicwriter7]

Danny ends up a doctor like his parents, just not the type of doctor they were expecting.

Danny becomes an archeologist.

He couldn't help it! Most of his friends were dead people, some from as far back as ancient Mesopotamia! He automatically knew every dead language by virtue of being a ghost! The way his friends talked, he wanted to know more about their lives. So he goes looking and makes a name for himself.

He becomes a well known archeologist. As a grad student, he works for the Drakes, even babysitting their son, Tim. He goes to Janet's, and later Jack's, funeral, offering to take Tim in, which the boy is grateful for but declines in favor of a bio-uncle. Eventually, Danny discovers the remains of an ancient cult in the Middle East.

Ra's learns that the remains of the original League of Shadows has been uncovered by a group of archeologists. Originally visiting the dig site to ensure the group doesn't discover any traces of the modern-day League, he finds himself intrigued by the young Dr. Fenton leading the dig. He's smart and bright and the first person in 400 years that can speak Ra's birth language. He becomes fond of the good doctor, even more so when he discovers that Danny's a conservationist and is skilled with a Xiphos (all Pandora's doing). How strange that their spars often end up with them retreating to Danny's tent to be alone...

And then Danny invites Tim Drake to visit, worried about the boy being a teen CEO with no breaks. Tim agrees.

[egophiliac]

innocently logging in to look at the Twst schedule for May like

[wasabi-gumdrop]

Kabru has a secret admirer in the castle!

[dragon-spaghetti]

Omg Hazbin Hotel season 2 poster real?!

(Please click for better quality!!)

[seasicksilver]

reading the Iliad is an experience

[offkilterkeys]

I have been practicing getting better at doing poses that incorporate two people interacting, but it’s real difficult!!!!

[lycantropy14]

based off this:

[pianokantzart]

Mario's normally the last one to stress about visitors. But there are exceptions.