#second-handcars

[triangle-automart]

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[esteemcartraders]

What are the benefits of buying second hand cars?

If you are looking for second hand cars Avondale, you are in the right place. There are different aspects that you need to consider when purchasing a car. The main thing is whether you should buy a secondhand or new car. If you try to manage your finances wisely, going for a second-hand car would be wise.

The idea of purchasing a new car sound tempting. Considering the quick rate of depreciation and greater Insurance, that does not work in favor of a new car.

Considering there are many dealerships that sell reliable and good condition pre-owned cars.

It has a slow rate of depreciation.

A huge disadvantage of purchasing a new car is that the value depreciates the payment you can drive out of the showroom. The market value of the car decreases at a rapid pace in the early years of the car.

The value of the used car will depreciate, and you will lose money quickly.

It has higher inflation.

Given that the inflation of the car is increasing, consumers will bear the brunt as the high cost gets passed on to them. Automobile manufacturers will quote higher prices for a new model. It makes sense to go for second handcars for sale Avondale. If you want to stay protected against rising prices, Purchasing a used car is a safe option.

You need to borrow a low amount.

Used cars come with a lower price tag. Hence the amount you need to borrow will be lower. Many financial institutions offer used car loans with a higher amount and attractive interest rates.

The rate of Insurance is based on the age of the car.

It offers value for money.

used car loans West Auckland come with a lower price tag and offer a better value for the amount paid. You may compare models from various dealerships and select the model based on your needs.

While doing so, you need to compare the coated rate and choose the dealer offering the best rate for the car. If you are purchasing from a private seller, you can get a better price.

Considering that you don't need to pay a commission to the middleman, you can use a vehicle loan to drive home the car of your dreams.

[momochiikawa]

GENSHIN STREAMER AU X READER

includes: cyno, heizou, kaeya, scara, childe, ningguang, kazuha

content: fluff, kys jokes in scaras part

gn!reader ♡

cyno

pro gamer!!!

plays lots of different games but his favourites are "the witcher 3" and "Identity v"

takes part in tournaments!

probably streams at ungodly hours

great at roleplaying and getting into the lore

sometimes, he does "silly streams" where he, tighnari, kaveh, and alhaitham play uno.

lord they curse so loudly

once they woke you up from a nap and cyno ended the stream to cuddle you back to sleep, because he felt so bad :((

the chat knows you as "choo choo boo boo"

when you're beside him while he streams, he tries so hard to win so you can compliment him ♡

tells unfunny jokes on twitter

heizou

AHHH

mainly plays games like "ABZU" or "life is strange"

great at puzzles in games

probably has a youtube where he posts tutorials

if he can't solve something, he starts screaming into the mic (press f for the chat)

sometimes he just streams with you cuddled into his side, commenting whatever he's doing

kaeya

a variety streamer

he mainly plays horror games, loves the adrenaline .

makes you sit with him during the scariest moments, so you'll hug his arm when you're scared

(it ends up being him cuddling into your arm)

when you two are actually playing a multiplayer game, he makes you take his chair (super comfortable!!) and just sits on a stool (rip)

will play your favourite game on stream!!

did a cooking stream on valentines day, where he was making a cake for you ♡

scara

plays league of legends, and valorant

swears so much, you're scared he'll get banned

the chat loves you because you made him meow after a big donation once

also plays tournaments and won many

doesn't like playing lol or valorant with you, he prefers things like minecraft or stardew valley (you collect flowers, he fights for his life in the caves)

there's so many clips of him being soft for you, and then instantly telling tartaglia to kys

when you two first kissed on live the chat went insane, and it was trending on twitter

was canceled so many times on twitter

childe

plays w/ scara!

he often does cooking streams in that god awful apron with the text "kiss the cook"

doesn't swear as much, he keeps it family friendly when his brother is watching his stream

but his late night streams. LORD. the amount of dirty jokes...

plays roblox with you

likes having you on his lap while preparing for tournaments ♡

ningguang

ASMR!!

her voice is perfect for it ♡

you always appear in her skincare/handcare/haircare/makeup streams

you know those east asian channels where they just put so much expensive stuff on you?

yeah thats her

will give you a lil kiss afterwards the stream as a reward ♡

if you had problems falling asleep, now you feel completely relaxed while she gently messages your face ♡

kazuha

cozy!

plays minecraft, stardew valley, animal crossing and stray

has a very warm voice so his chat are either simps, or people who want to fall asleep.

you often bring him snacks and drinks while saying hello to the chat!

you consider the chat your kids basically. (kazuha is the mom btw)

always gifts you flowers in stardew/minecraft

you kissed you once on stream and chat watched him gradually get redder by each second.

he's scared of twitter (i dont blame him lmao)

[insert-the-4thwall-entity]

So, about Derek Smith's video on the long canceled 2010 ttte movie

Today I stumbled upon and watched mr. Smith's video on 'The adventures of Thomas' - the ttte movie that was canceled, but almost happened. In that video Derek reveled the first draft of the plot for TAOT with Josh Klausner's consent, witch reveled something that can be considered a 'relapse of TATMR' as TheUnluckyTug had put it. Almost all of the comments on the video were like 'We've dogged a bullet/nuclear bomb' or 'We own TATMR an apology', or 'We were robbed, but I'm secretly glad we didn't got it', or some forth thing.

Now, if you're gonna ask me, I may get hated for this - but I honestly love this concept and draft, but I also like to for it be more worked on, so it won't be a mess like how most fans see the draft plot. The plot, the ideas, albeit not faithful to Audrey's stories, were intriguing. The designs and new characters were actually good, even if the robot like faces look off putting. This could also work as something separate from ttte, but I honestly see the potential to be a different timeline from the one we're used to.

We could've had a pretty sick steampunk inspired ttte movie set in the second world war. We could've been introduced to the big and fearsome diesel Smoke. We could've gotten french rebellious coal carts. We could've had Squeak the handcar.

We were robbed of something truly incredible and I wish we've got it.

OH -

The lost POTENTIAL OF THIS FILM -

There are two hands of what we could've gotten :

This is my only reason to why i hate Mattel, for i don't mind All Engines Go.

[steampunkforever]

Killers of the Flower Moon was a film I saw a second ago but had to digest before writing on. The subject matter is heavy, addressing a facet of the genocide against American Indians previously unknown to the general public. It portrays a sensitive topic that requires finesse, and does so while also telling a complicated story of love and betrayal. There is no way to satisfactorily capture ever aspect of history in the length of a single film, even one 3 hours and 30 minutes long, but Killers of the Flower Moon does its best to do justice to the hidden tragedies this country is built on.

In the 1830s and 1840s, the American federal government forcibly exiled the indigenous inhabitants of the southeastern United States (and their African slaves) to a patch of frontier land known as Indian Territory. The Osage people got what the film describes as "bad land" and were forced to survive off much less fertile ground than tribes in other parts of the territory. After the end of the Civil War, a former Confederate soldier, tipped off to rich coal deposits in the eastern part of the area, married into Chickasaw citizenship in order to gain land and mineral rights to the deposits, kicking off a small mining boom in the area. This would not be the last time a white man would marry into the tribes with the intent to exploit the land rights of American Indians. The tribal government would find him guilty of betraying the Chickasaw nation and sentence him to death, a fate he only escaped by fleeing the territory via railroad handcar. He would later have a town named after him and become the newly minted state of Oklahoma's second Lt. Governor. The general store he operated for some time would also be the basis for the one featured in True Grit.

Killers of the Flower Moon is a film about a conspiracy carried out by white men to steal land and mineral rights by marrying full-blooded Osage and then murdering them. Not exactly the zany mafia movie melodrama expectations one went into Gangs of New York with.

The film centers around the internal struggle of the man central to pulling off the conspiracy: Leo DiCaprio's Ernest, a weak minded WWI vet who married an Osage woman that he deeply loves and yet follows his uncle's orders in arranging for the assassinations of her family and other targeted Osages. He's not an antihero, nor is he a classic villain as much as he's got no backbone and goes along with this genocide even as he cares for his Indian wife.

This focus on a non-native character in a film about native land rights has gotten Scorsese some critical pushback, which is something that the hypercritical nature of making films about "activist topics" was guaranteed to get him one way or another.

In defense of this film and Scorsese's creative decision, the movie is less about some heroic savior G-Man popping in to save those poor natives from the dastardly bandits and more about our own complicity with the injustices and genocides of the modern day.

It's a complicated story of complicity and cognitive dissonance, and by setting the main character as a sympathetic but evil man, it allows for a much more meaningful and sophisticated piece of art than if this were just a rote crime film set in a rootin tootin frontier town. There's even a segment where, shortly after a newsreel highlighting the Tulsa Race Massacre, the Osages march in a parade right next to the KKK and nobody bats an eye, capturing just how weird the politics of the 20s really were, furthering the themes of cognitive dissonance.

One thing the film gets especially right is the simmering resentment of the white population towards the Osage, capturing this interesting feeling of "if we wronged you so badly how come you guys are doing great and we're here barely getting by" that highlights the class and racial struggles of the conflict.

The film opens with narration over a montage of Osage wealth, stating that Oklahoma in the 20s was the state with the most Pierce Arrows in the nation, better known as the luxury auto brand chosen for the first presidential limousine. The Osages have jewels and big houses and (all white) live-in servants and chauffeurs, even as many of them find themselves at the mercy of a federal government that holds them to be legally incompetent. The whites in the film are there to catch the scraps, which is a narrative we don't often see when discussing injustices against the Tribes, emphasizing the power that comes with land ownership and the material motivations for the atrocities committed in the movie.

This was clearly a very important story for Scorsese, and you can see the love and care in every minute of the feature. The people look like people did back then, uniquely pretty even if they were weighed more than the 1970s-does-the-1920s cocaine-skinny flapper caricatures, grizzled in ways that spoke to the frontier past of the oil towns they lived in, and altogether human in order to clearly portray the film's dedication to telling the story in all its ugly truth.

Block off a day to watch it, but do watch it. One of the best films of the year, even if it was missing a badly needed intermission.

[laresearchette]

Thursday, March 02, 2023 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: SPOONFUL OF SUGAR (Shudder) THE FLIPPING EL MOUSSAS (HGTV Canada) 9:00pm ALASKA DAILY (CTV) 10:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT DRAGONS: THE NINE REALMS (TBD - YTV) MY DIARY OF LIES (TBD - Lifetime Canada)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

AMAZON PRIME CANADA 30 GREATEST MOMENTS: ADELE

NETFLIX CANADA FRAMED! A SICILIAN MURDER MYSTERY (Season 2) KARATE SHEEP MASAMEER COUNTY (Season 2) MONIQUE OLIVIER: ACCESSORY TO EVIL SEX/LIFE (Season 2) SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY

MLB BASEBALL (TSN/TSN3) 12:00pm: Phillies vs. Red Sox (SN) 1:00pm: Pirates vs. Jays

NHL HOCKEY (SN) 7:00pm: Sabres vs. Bruins (TSN5) 7:00pm: Sens vs. Rangers (TSN4/SNWest) 9:00pm: Leafs vs. Flames (SNPacific) 10:00pm: Wild vs. Canucks (TSN2) 10:30pm: Habs vs. Kings

NBA BASKETBALL (SN1) 7:30pm: Raptors vs. Wizards (TSN/TSN5) 7:30pm: 76ers vs. Mavericks (SN1/SNEast/SNOntario) 10:00pm: Clippers vs. Warriors

CANADA'S ULTIMATE CHALLENGE (CBC) 8:00pm:  Pairs compete in the Handcar Hustle at Carcross Station; teams Bridge Build and Supply Carry above the Yukon River; and finally the solo Fat Tire Desert Bike Race. A Player Shuffle surprises everyone.

TRIGGER POINT (CBC) 9:00pm:  Lana struggles to cope with the dangers of her job, but finds support in her budding relationship with Karl.

THE GREAT POTTERY THROW DOWN (Makeful) 9:00pm: It’s Raku week and the potters are asked to make a Japanese-inspired tea set and then to take on a hand-pulling task. Ceramicist Florian Gadsby joins the judges to assess their efforts and eliminate a contestant.

LEGO MASTERS AUSTRALIA (Discovery Canada) 10:00pm: In the first challenge, teams must create an entirely new creature by blending the DNA of two existing animals. In the second, each team must fill a segment of a space shuttle with a minifigure scale build to survive elimination.

CANADIAN REFLECTIONS (CBC) 11:30pm: The Lost Seahorse / A Dinner Party

[iloveshippingkitty]

Manual Breathing

In

And Out

Think about it

In

And Out

Think about it

In

And Out

Think About It!

In

For FUCKS sake

I was tired 45 minutes ago

I was exhausted 15 minutes ago

I was parched the whole time

Still drowning in crude oil and popcorn lungs

Storm clouds on a red sky

Minute on minute will pass until i can stand

The thought of the siren that calls

Aches my head

Rolls my eyes

Steadies my step

I will drag along every second

Neanderthal hunting each

Unto shaking arms

Collecting enough buried/berried seconds

To paint the sunrise in translucent hands

And with translucent lips

Still counting, still saying

In

And Out

Think

In

And Out

... I Think?

Layer my chills with chillies

An arctic fever

A conch calls the siren

But I'm too busy to mind

Sitting still, yet

Pushing my lungs in a Sheffield Handcar

In

And

Oh, for fuck's sake!

[kimiricamarketing]

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[aplify]

Top Tips for buying an used bike and what to look for in a second hand bike? Buying a second hand product is certainly a great way to save some money, but it cannot be a viable option when the bike you're looking for isn't currently available.

[vaishnomotors]

You take some special care for your skin in winter, right? Just like your skin, your car also needs some care in the chilly season. Whether you have bought the vehicle from a budget-friendly second-hand car showroom in Kolkata or a dealer of brand new cars, winter care is a must for every make and model.

[cocoabubbelle]

Watching “Scooby Doo, Where Are You?” (1969-1970 CBS) + Thoughts

Episode 5: Decoy for a Dognapper

Episode doesn’t start with any mysterious being shenanigans.

One of the few episodes so far that shows the existence of daytime.

Anthropomorphic Dog tries to woo normal dog with flowers. This relationship was doomed from the start.

Buck Masters on my list of suspects because he seems less worried about his dog than he is about his rival getting an upper hand.

Freddy cutely nudging Daphne to get her to notice Scooby messing around as opposed to listening to Buck Masters.

Was the Mystery Van a reconfigured Surveillance Van???

Scooby gets a taste of his own medicine when Shaggy snatches his Scooby snack and eats it for himself.

Semi-Anthromorphic Pink Dog is actually interested in Scooby, but quickly turns into a woman scorned and overreacts from not being acknowledged.

Shaggy knows more people outside of Scooby Gang (Hi Charlie! We probably won’t ever see you again.).

Animation Goof: One second Freddie is driving the Mystery Van with Daphne as co-pilot, the next second the Mystery Van is driving itself.

Criminal dressed up as Native American in creepy mask is speciest against Scooby Doo (how dare you sir mutts/mixed breeds are as equally lovable as purebreds).

You know we’re still in the late 60s/early 70s when Indian = Native American.

Criminals in Scooby Doo don’t eliminate loose ends by shooting them; they pack them into crates with air holes and send them on a handcar on a railroad down a hill so that their friends can notice and save them while passing by on car.

Animation Goof: In the crate, Scooby only had his normal color on; when Shaggy is with him on the handcar, he is wearing the decoy collar again.

The old “oh-no-we’re-on-the-same-tracks-as-the-oncoming-train” gag.

Points on realism: Shaggy is understandably exhausted and out of breath after pumping that handcar’s lever to get him and Scooby away from the approaching train.

Freddy, Daphne, and Velma not nearly as fast or as strong as Shaggy was when making the handcar go.

I’m not saying it’s impossible to find things to find makeshift arrows in that habitat. I just don’t think it was possible to get that big of an arrow made those sizes of a straight shaft, well-shaped arrowhead, and feathers in such a short amount of time.

Fred’s makeshift inventions work well when he’s not trying to convert them into traps.

“That Indian sure spoke good English considering he’s supposed to be a thousand years old.” 1) If you guys are still assuming this guy to be the “ghost” of Geronimo, technically he would be 139 years old since Geronimo died in 1909; 2) If you’re going by what the masked criminal said about Spanish Conquerors, it would still be around 279-476 years as opposed to 1000 years. I thought Velma was the smart one? #writerscan’tdomath

I believe this is the second episode where Velma is separated from her glasses before it becomes an official running gag (episode 1 was where she first misplaced them.)

Shaggy keeps mistaking anyone remotely dressed like a an Indian/Native American as Geronimo. 🫤

Daphne holding onto Fred’s arm. A Daphne x Fred shipping moment or a friend holding onto her other friend for comfort? You decide (I’m a Daphne x Fred shipper but I’m pretty sure it’s the latter reason.)

Day 3 of Daphne becoming a damsel in distress.

No explanation as to why Shaggy and Scooby split ways with Velma.

Shaggy puts his “knowledge” of food to use by realizing that they’re in the dognappers’ hideout because apparently modern day Pueblo Indians don’t eat salami, ham, canned sardines, and pudding. Hanna-Barbera unintentionally made Shaggy a low-key racist.

Dog in Distress winds up with the damsel in distress. Day 3 of Daphne being a damsel while not being helpless. Now, you may argue that she’s tied up and didn’t get herself untied before Scooby fell next to her but 1) what makes you think she wasn’t going to anyway? And 2) just because a girl needs and enlists the help of her male friend (who happens to be a dog in this case) to get her out of a bind doesn’t make her any less helpless; the fact that she was able to keep calm and instruct Scooby what to do, helped him free the kidnapped dogs from their cages, as well as immediately find Velma and Freddy afterwards says otherwise.

Male dog able to provide helpful information to Scooby while female dog is confused can be chalked up to her being recently kidnapped while the other dog was there longer. I mean, hopefully that’s what the intentions were when making the scene. 😅

Shaggy manages to eat the tall pile of food he prepared without it being eaten or spilled by Scooby. Good for you buddy.

Shaggy again confirmed to be the heaviest Scooby Gang member as while everyone effortlessly slides down a sloping ladder, he manages to break all of the steps on the way down.

I KNEW IT!!! No true loving dog owner would be less worried about his dog than he is about losing his spot to win Dog contests. Also, even if he was a very light-skinned Native American or has mixed heritage, would going so far to dye his hands/wear different skin toned gloves be a type of redface?

Daphne holding onto Fred again. Should I acknowledge this as a shipping moment?

“You blasted kids!! Why didn’t you mind your own business?!” Didn’t you hire them or put out the reward money in the first place, genius? Also, what happened to the other goons that were helping you? Bad moment to let them clock out of their shifts.

Day 5 of no “And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids.” (What the culprit said from the above bullet point doesn’t count.)

Sheriff : “Who would have suspected Masters of dognapping his own pet?” Me: “🖐🏻”

I call shenanigans on how they figured out how the Native American ghost was a project purely because I didn’t see the truck they claimed to find.

Shaggy mistaking Scooby goofing around with his shadow as Geronimo. Shaggy you racist.

[echo-of-sounds]

Hey!! I’ve seen a couple posts where people sent in quirk stuff about their ocs and I wanted to throw mine out there because it’s 6:31 am and I’m frantic. My oc and his older sister both have a quirk that makes their limbs extend from their wrists and ankles, basically dislocating these joints each time. BUT the joints are mutated so that this isn’t nearly as painful or difficult as it sounds. And i think it’d probably give them arthritis in those areas, right?

I typed all of this once then my webpage decided to refresh, deleting everything. FML. Also, I love anatomy, particularly bones, so thank you.

I don’t think they’d have to worry about arthritis. As you said, their joints are mutated, aiding in pain reduction and ease of motion. Though it makes me wonder, how exactly are their joints mutated? (You don’t need to know. I’m just wondering aloud.)

Arthritis causes inflammation and swelling of joints. There are many different forms and symptoms. Some are: Osteoarthritis causes cartilage (which doesn’t regrow) to break down, leading to the bones to grate together; Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease where the immune system attacks the joints, starting the lining of the joint’s capsule; Gout is when urate crystals amass in your joint, causing inflammation and intense pain; Psoriatic arthritis is a specific form of arthritis that affects some who have psoriasis.

Again, I don’t think arthritis is what they’d need to worry about. Their joints aren’t going through constant, same-motion wear and tear, leading to cartilage breakdown. And even if they are, their mutations possibly prevent that. One mutation possibility could be their body’s ability to rapidly regrow cartilage to protect the joints.

Something I think they’d have to watch out for is chronic wrist and ankle dislocation. Perilunate dislocations (a disruption of the normal relationship between the lunate and capitate) and lunate dislocations (the separation of the lunate from both the capitate and the radius) result when great force is applied to a hyperextended wrist. Think of when someone falls. They hold out their arm to protect themselves, but then their wrist takes the brunt of the weight, leading to a possible dislocation.

While I’m not insinuating they’d be putting that much pressure on their wrists all the time, I am saying that it’s quite reasonable that their wrist and ankle joints, after constantly growing, shrinking, then reforming into their natural formations, may not reform entirely correctly, causing a dislocation-type injury.

There are numerous little bones in the wrist, leading into all the hand bones. And all the little ankle and feet bones are uniformly put together to take our weight and help us keep balance while walking. It’s not that out there that their bones may not reform perfectly. 

Also, there’s the ‘true ankle joint’ then the subtalar joint (or the talocalcaneal joint). It helps us adjust the lateral positioning, pronation, and supination of our feet as we walk across uneven or shifting terrain. This joint, while not necessarily the ankle, may also become affected due to the proximity of the ankle joint.

But then again, the specifics of the mutation may prevent this from happening. In my opinion, how precisely uniform these joints and bones are, especially in the foot and ankle since how it supports our entire body, may reform incorrectly, forcing a dislocation, and lead to some unwanted wear and tear from this odd dislocation. Surgery may be needed to correct them as well and to assure they’re in proper positioning.

First picture: https://www.assh.org/handcare/blog/anatomy-101-wrist-joints

Second picture: https://www.hss.edu/conditions_common-conditions-foot-ankle-overview.asp

Third picture: https://ankleandfootcentre.com.au/subtalar-arthritis/

[honeyxmonkey]

Team Awesome: Journey to the Center of the Earth

Eugene Appreciation Week

"You need to let go, Varian!" Eugene looked up at the teen who was desperately trying to pull both of them up. "You need to let me go. You can't hold both of us!"

"No, Eugene don't!" Varian's arms trembled as he was slowly losing his grip. "Don't you dare let go!"

Eugene looked down at the threatening darkness below him. He slowly looked back up and found he was crying just as much as Varian. "I'm sorry kid."

With that he let his hand slip from Varian's grip and he fell.

"Eugene!"

Eugene hit the ground with a thud six feet below.

"Uh... I found the bottom."

He heard Varian drop down next to him and then he lit one of the torches in his backpack.

"Don't you ever do that again." Varian still had tears staining his cheeks and he looked angry.

"I'm sorry, Varian." Eugene rubbed his arm awkwardly as he watched Varian stalk angrily down one of the tunnels. "I just, I didn't want both of us to fall. I didn't know that the bottom was that close."

Varian whirled around, pointing an accusatory finger in his face. "And you expected me to go back to Rapunzel and told her you died in these tunnels? Eugene, if you'd actually died, I don't know what I would've done! I don't know what any of us would've done."

"I-I know."

"I'm just glad your idiocy was saved by your dumb luck."

He was silent for a few minutes to allow Varian's anger to subside while he followed him down the tunnel.

They'd decided to explore a cave a few miles from the capital city and then they'd found a gigantic hole going deeper down into the earth and decided to propel down it. When they got what they thought had been halfway down, their ropes had gotten tangled together and snapped which led to their current situation. Now they needed to find a way out.

"But just for the record, propelling down the hole was your idea."

"Shut up."

"Shutting up."

Eugene watched him. He looked like he was coming down from his anger and now looked a little bit closer to crying. He must have really scared him.

"Varian, I really am sorry."

"I know."

"Do you forgive me?"

"Maybe."

That was cryptic. Eugene knew he would come around eventually. He was just scared and probably high on adrenaline.

"Let's just focus on getting out of here."

Eugene nodded, not wanting to push him.

Eventually they found themselves at the base of a mineshaft, carts and railways going in every direction.

"Pick a cart, any cart." Varian muttered, running a hand over one of them. Something caught his eye and he walked over to it.

Eugene was inspecting the carts when Varian showed up with a handcar. He nodded his head to the cart in front of him.

"Get in."

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah."

Eugene thought for a moment. "You get in the cart then. I have better arm strength."

Varian rolled his eyes but hopped off the handcar. He jumped into the one he'd pointed to and Eugene started to pump the handcar.

They started picking up speed as the rails made sharp curves downward. Soon they were going alot faster than they'd meant to.

Varian looked ahead of them to see that part of the path they were on had come apart and they were headed right towards a break in the railing.

"Eugene slow down!"

Eugene saw what was about to happen and started to speed up.

"That is the exact opposite of what I said to do!"

"There's no time! We have to jump it!"

"Are you insane!" Varian looked back at him, eyes wide. "We'll never make it!"

"Not with that attitude we won't!"

Varian ducked down as they soared over the open chasm below. The few seconds they were in the air felt like hours but they finally connected with the tracks again. They made the jump.

As they slowed down and their adrenaline wore off, Varian released his hands from their death grip on the cart. His knuckles were probably white underneath his gloves.

The cart hit a roadblock and they stepped off their respective rides. Both were a little shaken from the adrenaline rush but they were unharmed.

"I can't believe that worked." Varian laughed shakily.

"Yeah," Eugene nodded, his own voice shaking. "That was..."

"Reckless? Idiotic?"

"I was going to say 'thrilling' but your definition works too."

Varian shook his head, suppressing a smile. "Let's agree to never do that again."

"Sure thing, kiddo."

They spent more time exploring the new cavern they found themselves in until they a smaller hole which led into another cavern that went up in a circle for what seemed forever.

"What is this?" Eugene asked, running his hand along the wall.

Varian did the same, inspecting the room a bit more carefully than his older brother.

"It looks like this used to be an active volcano. The tunnel up was carved by lava."

"Did you day 'volcano'?"

"We don't have anything to worry about. Judging by the mineral build up we're standing on, this volcano has been dormant for a really long time. Probably even before Demanitus."

Eugene nodded, feeling alot more safe.

"There's actually a good chance there's running water below us too."

"Okay... how does that help us get out?"

"Are you serious?" Varian gave him one of his looks that basically said, 'you're an idiot'. "Where there's running water, there's a way out."

"Oh."

Varian snorted, shrugging off his backpack to rummage through it. "If we break the floor, we'll fall. There's theoretically a large lake below us that the river flows into. If we follow the river-"

"Wait, theoretically?"

"Look, I don't like it either but it's either we stay here and die of starvation or we take this chance. If it doesn't work, we'd have been dead anyway if we stayed up here."

Eugene sighed but nodded. Varian was right, as per usual. The best they could do was take this chance.

"Alright, let's do this."

Having gotten permission, Varian dropped one of his alchemy balls onto the mineral gather that made the floor which promptly dissolved it in a matter of seconds. They started to fall. It was not a fun feeling.

Eugene didn't know how long they'd been falling for when they hurt the water. It was far enough for it to sting but not crush them. He immediately layed still and let the water rush over him. He blew out a little air to see which way was up. It was to his right.

He kicked up, breaking the surface with a gasp. Varian broke the surface not a moment later. Both were gasping for air but they were alive.

They dragged themselves out of the water and layed on the 'beach' to catch their breath.

"I can't believe that worked."

Eugene laughed. "And you call me impulsive."

Varian weakly hit him on the shoulder light heartedly. "Ha ha."

"Hey," Eugene pushed himself up and ruffled Varian's hair. "Don't hit your captain."

"You're not my captain." Varian smiled and sat up too. "What you are is a pain in my side."

"Oh please, you know you love me."

Varian rolled his eyes. "Maybe just a little bit. You're still the most annoying older brother ever."

Eugene used him as a boost to get up which Varian objected loudly to.

"You're pretty annoying too, Shortstack."

"Thank you."

Eugene rolled his eyes and looked around. They'd found themselves in another cavern. The lake they'd fallen into was what the stream Varian had said would be there flowed into.

"Well, you were right Hairstripe." Eugene helped him up. "There's water."

"Right. And if we follow the stream, we find the way out."

"Sounds like a plan." Eugene led the way as they walked downstream.

They walked in silence for the most part, mainly focused on getting out. They walked for an hour straight before they had to stop to rest.

"I'm starting to think we're lost." Eugene leaned against the wall as Varian slid down it.

"We'll get out. We have to. There has to be a way the stream comes in."

Eugene sighed and joined him on the ground. "It's gonna be okay kid. We'll figure it out."

They were silent for a few minutes before Eugene decided to lighten the mood.

"So... I noticed Pete's nephew has taken a liking to you."

"W-what?" Varian sputtered awkwardly.

"Oh, please. Don't act like you didn't notice. Ethan has totally been flirting with you." Eugene poked his shoulder. "And you were being pretty flirtatious with him too."

Varian pushed him away. "You are completely stupid and very wrong."

"Wow, thank you." Eugene remarked sarcastically. "I may be stupid but I'm not wrong. He clearly likes you."

" 'Like' may be a bit strong of a word to use." Varian sighed and leaned his head back against the cave wall. "I'm going to be honest, I did like him until he decided to get a little too handsy last week."

Eugene stared at him. "He what?"

"Let's just say he got a really good slap to the face."

Eugene stared off into space. "When we get home, he's gonna get alot more than a slap to the face."

Varian laughed a little. "I appreciate that, thank you."

Eugene sighed and stood up, offering Varian a hand. "Let's get going. The sooner we get home, the sooner I deal with that brat."

-----

It took them another hour before they got to the end of the tunnel, and lo and behold there was the exit.

They ran the rest of the way until they were outside and in the forest.

They both laughed, a little euphoric at the prospect of finally having gotten out.

"We made it!" Varian smiled at Eugene. "Eugene, we got out!"

"I know kid." Eugene smiled too and put a hand on his shoulder. "I know. Now let's go home."

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136. porky’s pet (1936)

release date: july 11th, 1936

series: looney tunes

director: jack king

starring: joe dougherty (porky), billy bletcher (conductor)

the first of MANY, MANY cartoons to flaunt porky’s name in the title. this is also jack king’s second to last cartoon at warner bros—he headed back for disney as early as april 1936, leaving the rest of his films to run on. porky’s moving day, released in september, would be his last. for now: porky and his pet ostrich lulu are broadway bound, but trouble arises when the train forbids any animals to board. it’s up to porky to find a way to hide his extremely noticeable and indiscreet pet.

a telegram boy is pedaling along on his bicycle, determined to deliver his envelope, bumping all along the way. i didn’t include a photo thanks to the 10 photo limit, but you’ll notice some signs in the background, such as “malaria motel” and “buy burton’s burpo beer”, a reference to producer john burton. the scene runs a little long, yet it’s deliberate so as to show off the syncopation between the animation, music, and sound effects of intermittent bike horn honking.

nevertheless, the telegram boy arrives at his destination by crashing into the sidewalk. unscathed, he jauntily hops onto the porch and rings the doorbell a few times. out comes porky, who answers the door. a telegram just for him. he accepts the envelope and signs off. an amusing little detail as he tucks the envelope in the lip of his sweater, taking it out and tearing off the side.

the telegram reads:

MR. PORKY PIG

CAN USE YOU AND LULU IN MY NEW SHOW $75 WEEK. STOP. (that’s how you ended a sentence, considering there was no morse code equivalent to a period) COME NEW YORK AT ONCE

J. BOTTS

PRODUCER

remember when i said porky would never say “WHOOPEEEEE!” again after gold diggers of ‘49? well, that’s one bet i lost. i totally forgot, but he says his famous “WHOOPEE!” here, too. i THINK this is the last time he says it, unless porky’s moving day has a surprise waiting for me. regardless, porky is ecstatic. he dashes upstairs, telegram in hand, skidding to a halt into his bedroom.

he approaches a birdcage, where we see the beginnings of a big bird head inside. porky shows off the letter to his pet, stuttering “look, lulu! look!” a clever pan reveals that lulu is, in fact, a giant pet ostrich with her head in the birdcage and the rest of her body perched in a rocking chair. lulu gives her approval by squawking hilariously and incomprehensibly. “we’re broadway bound, lulu! we’re gonna be big shots!”

porky hardly wastes any time tying a rope around lulu’s neck and freeing her from the confines of her arbitrary birdcage. with his hat on his head and a couple of oddly places train whistle imitations, porky declares “let’s go!” and together they fly down the staircase, lulu sliding down on the banister. good animation that’s easily mesmerizing. lulu hits the end of the banister while porky runs ahead, nearly choking her as he flies back towards her from the impact. nevertheless she gets down, and porky’s so excited he whips out the door, the door closing on lulu and hitting her right in the face. she chatters porky out furiously, but manages to recover.

some time later, porky and his prized lulu arrive at the train station, seeking out the nearest train. after hearing the sound of the all too familiar whistle, porky attempts to flag down the train, waving his hand and his hat to get it to stop. we then get a shot of the train, hurtling down the tracks at frightening speeds. so fast that the conductor doesn’t take note of porky and his very obvious bird companion. the train speeds by, spinning porky, lulu, and the entire station around like a top, a sequence that would be perfected and stronger in tex’s the village smithy.

both porky and lulu attempt to recover from the impact, porky stuttering “stop!” all too late while lulu has her head buried in a hole in the floorboards. nevertheless, they both recover quickly when the sound of another train approaches. this time, porky thinks ahead. he pulls a lever that flashes a stop sign, and the speeding train literally jolts to a stop on the middle of the tracks. good timing and amusingly stark visuals make the gag work. there’s an intriguing angle from inside the station as we view porky and lulu happily board from outside. silence... until a yokel train conductor yells “YOU CAN’T BRING NO BUZZARD ON THIS TRAIN!”

lulu and porky are promptly kicked out, landing right inside the station. (if you notice, one of the flyers posted advertises millar manor, a reference to story man tubby millar) porky signals for lulu to bend down low, and he whispers a plan in her ear. the plan: lulu wait by the tracks while porky boards, and he’ll pick her up as the train passes by. lulu gives her squawks of approval. porky signals for lulu to go to her post, and he himself boards the train.

sure enough, the train begins to chug, the wheels turning. lulu waits patiently, and just as porky promised, he sticks his hand out the window and grabs her by the neck. her neck is so long that the rest of her body lags behind, flopping in the wind, much to the surprise of one of the passengers looking out the window. porky wrestles her inside, and everything’s good to go.

here we have it, folks! the infamous “porky stuffing an ostrich up his ass” scene. porky realizes he didn’t quite think things through. an ostrich is a pretty damn noticeable bird. he signals under the seat, trying to stuff her in, ordering “hurry up, lulu! get under the seat before the conductor sees ya!” another push, and her head pops out of the crack in the seat, giving some happy squabbles. treg brown’s sound effects turn a puzzling scene into an amusing one with nonstop honking, porky wrestling with how to get both ends of her body under the seat. it’s still a relatively awkward scene, but the sound effects certainly add humor to it. eventually porky opts to sit on the seat himself, stuffing lulu’s body under and hoping he can conceal her head. but, as to be expected, lulu pecks him right in the butt and he jumps up in shock. another stuff beneath the seat, and she’s about as concealed as she’ll get. porky grins at the camera, clearly accomplished with his feat.

but, as birds will do, lulu hardly stays in one place long. she wrangles herself out from beneath the seat and swallows the toupee of a sleeping passenger’s from behind. ham or ex makes one final appearance! if only there was any indication as to how to tell them apart. the little pup turns the propeller of a toy plane and watches it whirl around in fascination. the plane makes its way towards lulu, who promptly swallows it. of course, the plane is still on, and works its way up from her throat all the way to her head, giving her “dog ears”. amusing animation as lulu’s neck loops around itself, the plane in her head directing her uncontrollably as she loops around her own body, flipping and flying around. she crashes right into a door, where the plane just... disappears. she doesn’t spit it out or anything of the sort, it literally just... melts away. nevertheless.

lulu now has her sights set on an accordion, which she also deems a delicious snack. and, predictably, her neck moves up and down and sounds like an accordion. a very predictable gag that isn’t all that hilarious, but porky’s look of pure horror as she strolls past his seat is totally priceless.

just in time for the conductor to ask for tickets. panic-stricken, porky snags a guitar case out from under the seat in front of him and stuffs lulu inside. her accordion neck blares loudly and noticeably, and he grabs her neck and wrings it out, sliding the accordion down to her body where it disappears. first a plane and now an accordion! maybe lulu’s act on broadway is “The Bottomless Ostrich”. she now fits in the guitar case... except for her feathers, which prominently stick out of the bottom. porky steals someone’s pair of scissors (what a thief!) and cuts off the fluff, and instead of returning the scissors hilariously throws them out the window instead, hiding the feathers under the seat. instead of just, you know, tossing them out instead.

the conductor approaches porky for his ticket, but lulu suddenly grows rowdy, giving herself away immediately as the guitar case begins to jolt around and squawk. she wrestles her legs free and barrels into the conductor, who now rides on top of the guitar case like some sort of twisted steed. lulu barrels into the end of the cabin, freeing herself from the case. porky goes to wrangle back his bird, but it’s too late. the conductor furiously throws her out the window, and then throws porky out himself. nice service!

they reconnect on the tracks, porky shrugging dubiously. fortune smiles upon them when they spot a handcar. they both board at opposite ends, preparing to push their way to broadway, yet a cow blocks their path. no matter! porky positions himself on the handles and grabs the cow’s tail like some reins, and they’re off. soon they even manage to pass the very train they were booted from, much to the bewilderment of the conductor, who passes out as porky tips his hat and lulu squawks her greetings. iris out.

with a lot of these rewatches of the jack king cartoons, i’ve softened my perception of them and appreciated them more, but they’re still relatively below average. nevertheless, this cartoon was, if anything, amusing. not particularly funny, but amusing to watch porky’s plight as he works so hard to hide his Very Obvious pet. lulu’s squawking is hilariously obnoxious, which works in her favor and against her at the same time. the animation was very smooth and fun to watch for sure, especially with lulu sliding down the banister and lulu swallowing the toy plane. lulu would make one more appearance in porky’s moving day, which is kinda funny. i wonder, if jack king stayed longer, how many more cartoons she would have popped up in. overall a decent cartoon but nothing to write home about. it wouldn’t kill you to watch it, but i think you’d be fine if you went without.

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[thatsparrow]

continued thoughts on scooby doo -- episode 5: decoy for a dognapper

- so the kidnapped dog isn’t scooby doo but is instead some fluffy poodle-looking gal named “princess” but honestly I don’t even care about that bc I’m still annoyed that the opening of this episode made me sit through an entire minute of pointless heterosexuality when scooby doo saw princess and immediately got the hots for her. because that’s a thing great danes do, i fucking guess

- this is our first shot at the inside of the mystery machine and i’m?? oh so very confused

what animator decided that the inside of the mystery machine was going to look like an fbi stakeout van? what are all those buttons and screens in the background even supposed to do?? you know that these kids usually stumble onto every clue they need while they’re out exploring and then piece the whole mystery together in about 20 minutes right?

- “who’s the decoy [dog]?” well gee shaggy that’s a great question I wonder WHO in your whole gang might be the best choice for impersonating some dude’s great dane

- if you don’t think about it too hard, this episode is basically miss congeniality (but, you know, with dogs)

- oh my GOD this is the second “scooby doo sees a lady dog and instantly falls in love” moment of the episode WHO thought this was good tv

- uh?? shaggy just got run off the road by what looks like the ghost of a native american what the actual FUCK scooby doo

- YIKES??? the villain is dressed up as a caricature of an “indian witch doctor” which is!! so very fucking bad!!! (maybe...you can say something about the fact that there’s some wealthy white dude under the mask who sees nothing wrong with playing a gross stereotype for the sake of his own personal advantage...but I really doubt that’s an intentional connection)

- “decoy for a dognapper” or “shaggy and scooby outrun a speeding train on a handcar because that’s a thing that’s possible, I guess” 

- fred’s rube goldberg-esque plan of the episode:

hey where’d you get the arrow fred? fred?? hey fred where’d the giant arrow come from, huh? did you just quickly fashion an arrow for this convoluted plan, fred??? keep a giant arrow in the back of the van, do you fred? hey fred???

- call me crazy but I don’t think fire works like that

- alright time for final thoughts of the episode:

look I know that this show is from 1969 and probably wasn’t too self-critical about some of these plot elements but guess what? that doesn’t mean that I’m not allowed to criticize the show when it gets racist 

and guess what? this episode was mad racist!!! it borrowed caricatured elements of native american culture to drive the last half of the plot and it’s fucking inexcusable!!! i would note that, within the internal narrative of the episode, there is something arguably fitting about the aforementioned wealthy white dude dressing up in a racist costume in order to pursue his own personal interests (in fact, part of the mystery is uncovered by velma noting the fraudulent elements of his whole native american charade) BUT putting a racist asshole in a racist costume and having him hauled off to the cops at the end of the episode is, at best, an unintended connection. the show at no point calls out or criticizes the villain for his racist choice of costume or his co-opting stereotypes of native americans in order to further his own aims -- in the end, he’s just arrested for kidnapping a bunch of dogs. further, you can’t make the argument that, well, the only person employing racist stereotypes or exploiting damaging caricatures of native americans is the villain, because mystery inc. exhibits those same moments of racism as well (shaggy calling every native american ghost ‘geronimo’, scooby dresing up in native american regalia, the not-so-subtle scalping jokes, or the final shot of the episode)

fucking sucks scooby doo!!!

tldr -- i don’t care that this is an old show, this was a racist episode. and just because the creators didn’t take much of a critical eye to what they were doing in 1969 doesn’t mean I’m going to ignore that racism now