#the singing rambos

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

The Singing Rambos – Soul Classics - Heart Warming rec. - 1971 (cover design by Bob McConnell, photography by Grine aka Bill Grein) wilfred james 'bill' grine

[coupleofdays]

My favorite page from the Clone Wars Adventures comics:

[pizzaanatomy]

[incorrectbatfam]

It's movie night but they can't use the home cinema, what do they do?

[week 1]

Bruce: Thanks for letting us use your place for movie night while we fix that leak at home.

Dick: No problem. Besides, I have plenty of snacks and the director's cut of Dumbo.

Everyone: *gathers around*

Dick: *puts on the movie*

~ 10 minutes in ~

*beep* *beep* *beep* *beep*

Tim: My crime alert's going off.

Harper: Mine too.

Duke: Must be big.

Bruce: Suit up and rendezvous in three.

Dick: *sighs and pauses the movie*

Dick: Can't get one night in this damn city.

———————

[week 2]

Tim: Steph, why are we at a karaoke lounge?

Steph: I know the owner's cousin's hairdresser's dog walker's sister's girlfriend and I convinced them to let us use the party room. Don't worry, it's just like a TV screen.

Steph: *puts on Pitch Perfect*

Steph: Ooh, I love this part.

Steph: *grabs a mic and starts singing*

Everyone:

Damian: *stuffs napkins in his ears*

———————

[week 3]

Jason: Since we decided on Pride and Prejudice, I thought I could play it at my safehouse.

Dick: Sweet, thanks!

Jason: *unlocks the door*

Dick: *tries to step in*

Jason: *stops him*

Jason: I said I could play it. I never said you could come in. I don't want your you-ness all over my new stuff.

Bruce: Jason, be reasonable.

Harper: Yeah, you got this junk off the side of the road.

Jason: My junk, my rules.

Tim: Then what are we supposed to do?

Jason: Fire escape's around the back. You'll get a decent glance.

~ 20 minutes later ~

Dick: *leans his head in to hear better*

Jason: My air, my rules.

Jason: *closes the window*

———————

[week 4]

Bruce: Cass, it's your turn. Got the movie?

Cass: *nods and plays Rambo on her computer*

Barbara: Uh, why isn't there any sound?

Cass: Volume button broke. Just read lips.

Jason: Kinda hard to do that with the brightness at zero. Did that stop working too?

Duke: Looks fine to me.

Jason: Shut up, Flashlight.

———————

[week 5]

Tim: I brought my entire Star Wars collection.

Bruce, dodging a space laser: Not the time.

Tim: Okay.

Bruce: *punches an alien robot*

Tim: How about now?

———————

[week 6]

Barbara: Sorry I got a cold, but at least we can still have movie night on Zoom. I torrented a copy of The Matrix.

Barbara: *shares her screen*

*movie plays*

Barbara: *leaves herself unmuted*

Barbara: *starts crinkling Sun Chips*

———————

[week 7]

Everyone: *crowd around Damian's phone watching My Neighbor Totoro*

Bette: Why is your phone so small?

Damian: I have tiny hands.

———————

[week 8]

Harper: Because we're watching Cars this week, I thought I could put together an all-immersive experience.

Bruce: BY LOCKING US IN A RUNAWAY SEMI-TRUCK?!?

———————

[week 9]

Duke: I called this company and since we're heroes, they're letting us use their electronic billboard for this week's movie at a huge discount. Kill Bill should be coming on right about...

*movie starts playing*

Jason: Not bad, Narrows.

*billboard switches to an ad*

———————

[week 10]

Carrie: Since Steamboat Willie is now public domain, I thought we could do something different tonight.

Carrie: *pulls out a flipbook*

———————

[week 11]

Everyone: *watching Love, Simon in a dark living room*

*lights flick on*

Apollo and Midnighter: *standing there in date night outfits*

Steph: Um, Cullen, who are these guys?

Cullen: *laughs nervously*

Cullen: Everyone, meet Apollo and Midnighter. They're kinda-sorta my gay uncles and we're kinda-sorta in their apartment and I kinda-sorta didn't expect them to come back early.

Midnighter: Remind me why we gave you a spare key?

———————

[week 12]

Kate: *sets up a projector and plays Glass Onion*

Bruce: Kate, this is a crime scene.

Kate: The fun part's already done, let Gordon do cleanup this time.

———————

[week 13]

Alfred: Back in my day, we did not rely on scrupulous use of technology. Which is why I propose watching a classic Sherlock Holmes tale on a classic instrument.

Alfred: *pulls out a zoetrope*

Steph: Anyone know what that is?

Dick: Not a clue.

———————

[week 14]

Luke: Nothing like a good ol' drive-in movie. Great idea, Helena.

Helena: I know, and the Godfather is perfect for this.

*Batmobile crashes through the screen*

Steph: Sorry we're late.

Duke: I'm still figuring out the PRINDL.

———————

[week 15]

*TV playing the Aristocats*

Bruce, trying to flirt: I like what you've done with the curtains.

Selina: Thanks, but it was Snowball's after-dinner surprise.

*TV blinks off*

Tim: Hey, what gives?

Selina: *takes a chewed-up cord out of a cat's mouth*

Selina, sighing: This is why I married rich.

———————

[week 16]

Luke: May I present the ultimate Snakes On A Plane drone show!

*phone rings*

Luke: Hello? ... Yes, this is he. ... Mhm. ... Yep. ... Okay.

Luke: Never mind, the FAA says I can't.

———————

[week 17]

Everyone: *watching Legally Blonde at Bette's place*

*dogs barking*

*sirens*

*loud music*

*car honk*

*neighbors shouting*

Bette: Sorry, we have thin walls.

Bruce, shrugging: Eh, still not as bad as HOA.

———————

[week 18]

Damian: Where is movie night this time, Father?

Barbara: My money's on another crime scene.

Bruce: Actually, I rented out the theater just for us and they're playing a special edition of The Mark of Zorro. Everyone got their snacks?

Duke: Popcorn, check.

Cass: Licorice, check.

Steph: M&Ms are obviously the right answer by the way.

Dick: I got a slushee.

Jason: I got the slushee machine.

Bruce: Alright then, take your seats. The movie's about to begin.

*movie plays*

*Rogues break in, make a mess, and leave*

Bruce:

Bruce:

Bruce: I miss my parents.

[dean-winchester-is-a-warrior]

Shh! Pt. 2

Summary: The hangovers are very real for Dean and Y/N. Will they notice the artwork on the fridge?

Pairing/Characters: Dean Winchester x Y/N

Warnings: None. This second part is pretty much all fluff too.

Word Count: 2,693 (This part was a bit longer than the first. Sorry!)

A/C: Okay, so the first part of Shh! was actually just supposed to be a one shot, fic request. But I got a fair few requests for a sequel about the morning after, and I wanted to know what happened too. So, here it is. Lol! I had a lot of fun writing the two parts to this little story. Hope you have fun reading them. ❤️

It was requested that I tag @arcannaa if I made a second part. So, here ya go, lovely. Let me know if you'd like to be added to one of the tag lists linked below. ❤️

Part 1 is here || Main Master List || Tag Lists

The Next Morning:

Dean's groan was deep and long and ended in one word. “Fuck.”

“Shh…” Y/N held her head in her hands as she sat up. “Why are you so loud?” She asked, and her voice sounded as dry and cracked as the Sahara. 

“No, you're so loud.” Was Dean's witty rejoinder as he sat up beside her.

They both turned their heads to look at each other and groaned again. Y/N looked around the room and her brow creased with confusion.

“Why am I here?”

Dean grunted. “I'm a little too hungover for an existential crisis.”

Y/N pursed her lips, side eyeing him. “No, idiot. I mean why am I here in your bed? Why aren't I in my own bed?”

Dean rubbed his hand down his face. “Well, your bed is about 2 hours away, which probably explains the sleepover.”

Y/N hummed her agreement and pointed at him, conceding the point. “Yeah, I guess neither of us was in the best shape to drive.” She paused and then scowled. “We didn't, right? I mean, we didn’t drive home.”

She squinted at Dean who was shaking his head. “Nooo…” His tone said that was impossible, but then he tilted his head. “Right? There’s no way we would have been that stupid.”

Y/N shook her head and then stopped when the room started spinning. She rubbed her temples with her fingertips. “No, we must have taken a cab. We must have.”

It was silent while both of them tried desperately to remember something from the night before.

Dean sat up straight. “Rainbow Connection!” He said suddenly.

Y/N turned to look at him again and one eye brow was raised. “Are you stroking out?”

Dean waved at her. “No, the cab. I remember we took a cab cause I remember being in it and singing ‘Rainbow Connection’.”  He closed his eyes. “I really don’t remember why though.”

Y/N gasped softly, remembering something. “Rambeau.” 

Dean opened his eyes to look at her and his expression was all confusion. “Uh…Rocky II. We just naming Stallone movies?”

Y/N made a sound of disgust. “No, B - E - A - U, Rambeau, not Rambo.” When Dean still just stared at her blankly, she sighed and rolled her eyes. “It was the driver’s name, remember. But you thought he -”

“ - said Rainbow!” Dean finished, snapping his fingers. “Right! That’s when we started singing it.” He nodded, happy with their mental sleuthing, and then he shook his head.

“Man, I hope we gave him a big tip.”

Y/N chuckled and then took a big breath. “K, I need coffee, stat. Like a vat of coffee, like, this is a  hook-it-to-my-veins kinda situation.”

Dean grunted his agreement and they both pushed themselves up from the bed with a painful groan. Dean grabbed Y/N’s wrist as they were leaving the room. “Wait, do you remember…did we talk to Sam last night?”

Y/N just shrugged. “Dude, I have no idea.”

“Huh…I feel like we did.” Dean said quietly as he padded towards the kitchen with Y/N trailing just behind him.

When they got to the kitchen Y/N collapsed onto one of the seats at the table and cradled her head in her hands.

Dean walked to the coffee maker and his face lit up. 

“Oh, thank god for a little brother who gets up at the butt crack of dawn to go running to nowhere in particular. He made the coffee already!” He grabbed two cups and brought them and the pot to the table. 

Y/N inhaled deeply, pulling the aroma of the coffee into her lungs. “Do you have cream?”

Dean made a face. “Cream? God no; this is a black coffee household, Y/N. You should know this.”

Y/N rolled her eyes and smiled. “Yes, of course. Only manly black coffee for the Winchesters. How foolish of me.”

Dean shot her a grin and nodded in the direction of the fridge. “Might be some milk in the fridge.”

Y/N groaned again as she dragged herself up and stumbled blindly towards the fridge. She looked back at Dean as she pulled open the door. “I swear to God it feels like my muscles are about two minutes away from seizing up all together.”

Dean chuckled as Y/N looked into the fridge and shook her head. “There is nothing resembling milk in this fridge.”

“In the back?”

“Dean, there is no ‘back’ to this fridge. You’ve got three beers and leftover pizza that’s harder than the cardboard box it’s in.” She said as she peered inside. As Dean began rummaging around at the coffee station, she picked up a piece of the pizza and banged the crust against the box.

“That’s just sad.” She muttered.

“Score!” Dean called out just as Y/N closed the fridge door. “Found something called Coffee Whitener! Not CoffeeMate, it’s literally just called coffee whitener.”

“Uh…Dean?”

Dean’s face fell into a frown. “Actually, I don’t know how old this is.”

“Dean.”

“Might be from the fifties.” Dean mumbled. “Cause for the life of me I can’t remember Sam or I ever buying -”

“Dean!” Y/N yelled.

Dean grimaced as her shout made his head pound. “What? Jesus, why are you yelling?”

Y/N was pointing at the fridge door. “What the fuck is this?”

Dean set down the coffee whitener and walked over. “What the fuck is what?”

Y/N just kept pointing as Dean came up beside her to see two wrinkled up pieces of paper stuck to the fridge.

As he read the words he felt his heart clench. He read both letters twice.

He looked at Y/N slowly and couldn’t read what her expression was saying. He shook his head. “I - I mean, I dunno. Where did they come from?”

Y/N shrugged. “I don't know, but that’s my handwriting and…that’s yours. Do you…I mean, do you remember writing them?”

Dean shook his head. “No. I don’t remember. But, I mean…it must have…I mean, it had to be some kind of joke, right? Like we were messing around? Just some kind of drunken joke?”

Y/N was looking away from him, but he shrugged again. “I mean, don’t you think?”

She nodded and her face was scrunched up when she looked at him. “Had to be, right?”

He felt his heart plummet even as he nodded. “Right?”

“Yeah, we were just being stupid, fucking around.” She concluded quietly.

He nodded again. “Yeah.”

They were quiet for a minute before Y/N pointed towards the table. “So, did you say something about 1950’s coffee whitener?”

Dean forced a chuckle. “Yeah, come try it out, if you dare.”

They sat at the table and Dean poured them both coffee. In the end, Y/N just took a bit of sugar in hers, not willing to be a guinea pig for the decades old, mostly chemicals coffee whitener. 

Silence reigned between them, neither of them able to push aside the words in the letters. Finally, Y/N couldn’t take the awkwardness and, pushing her coffee cup aside, she stood up.

“I should probably get going. I gotta shower and change and, you know, try to feel like a human again.” She said with a stilted laugh.

Dean nodded. “Yeah for sure. I’ll drive you.”

Y/N waved him down as he started to stand. “No, no. Don’t worry about it. I’ll just take the bus. There’s one that comes at 11:00. I’ve taken it before.”

Dean frowned. “Why the hell would you take the bus when I can just drive you.”

Y/N tucked her hair behind her ears nervously. She knew she wouldn't survive a two hour car ride, sitting so close to him but knowing she was never going to get any closer.

...it had to be some kind of joke, right? Dean's dismissive voice echoed in her mind.

So, she shook her head at him. “No, it’s okay. This way you can just rest and feel better. I like the bus. You know, I just put my music on and chill the whole way.”

“Right.” Dean said sardonically, trying to keep the hurt out of his voice. “Cause you know, if I drove you, we’d definitely be listening to an audio book about the sixteenth century Christian Reformation. No music in my car.”

Y/N laughed nervously. “No, I know…but…”

Dean just nodded again. “Yeah, okay. Well, have a good two hour bus ride, I guess.”

Y/N smiled. “I will. I’ll uh…I’ll call you.”

“M’kay.”

Y/N cleared her throat. “See ya.” She said with another plastered-on-smile as she left the kitchen.

“Yeah, see ya.” Dean answered quietly.

About an hour later Dean was still sitting at the kitchen table nursing an ice cold black coffee when he heard the bunker door slam. A minute later Sam walked into the kitchen in his running clothes, sweating and still breathing deeply. 

He went to the sink to fill up his water bottle as he looked back at Dean with a smirk. “You look ill.” Dean just grunted and Sam chuckled as he took a sip of water. “Where’s Y/N?” He asked.

“Went home.” Dean answered shortly.

Sam frowned looking towards the fridge where the letters still hung.  “Didn’t you guys see the letters?”

Dean’s head came up quickly and he stared at Sam. “What do you mean? Why do you know about them?”

Sam rolled his eyes. “Who the hell do you think hung them up there?”

Dean shook his head, anger in his expression. “Why the fuck would you do something like that? Y/N saw them and freaked.”

“What?”

“I’m telling you. She saw what I wrote and couldn’t get out of here fast enough. Wouldn’t even take a ride home.” Dean said sullenly.

Sam set his water bottle down on the island, hard. “Oh my god!” He growled. “I might actually strangle you both.” When Dean just continued to frown at him, Sam shook his head. “Didn’t you each read the other’s letter? You guys wrote essentially the same thing to each other. Because you’re both so into each other. Jesus Christ.”

He pushed two hands through his damp hair. “I figured once you both saw it written out right in front of you, you’d realize that you’re both a couple of dumbasses!”

Dean shook his head. “No, she didn’t mean what she wrote. She thought it was some kind of drunken joke.”

Sam scowled. “She told you it was just a joke? She remembered writing her letter?”

“No, but I asked if she thought it was a joke and she said yeah, it had to be. Had to be because she has no interest in me like that.”

“Did she actually say that?” Sam asked, speaking over the end of Dean’s sentence, “Or did she just go along with you when you suggested it was a joke, because that’s what she thought you thought?” 

When Dean didn’t answer Sam growled again in frustration. “For fuck’s sake this is ridiculous. I’m just gonna spell it out for you.” He walked over to stand in front of Dean at the table. “Y/N is madly in love with you.”

Dean scoffed, but Sam sliced his hand through the air. “No, shut up. She is in love with you and you are in love with her, and if you asked one single other person who knows you both, they’ll tell you the exact same thing. Because it is glaringly, abundantly, stupidly obvious, you dumbass. Now go find her at the station, tell her the truth and watch how quickly she tells you she feels the same.”

Dean was frowning. “That's not gonna happen.” But he could feel a spark of hope at his brother’s certainty.

Sam just glared. 

He threw up his hands. “Okay, I’ll go.” He stood up and walked towards the door, stopping on the top step to look back at Sam. “But when she rips my heart out and I lose my best friend, you’re gonna be the one who has to deal with me.”

Sam rolled his eyes and pointed. “Go.”

All the way to the bus station, Dean was running through scenarios in his mind. As he parked outside, his watch said 10:50; was she already gonna be on the bus? Would it be like one of those horrible romcom things, where he had to chase her down through the crowd and then confess his love on a bus full of people. And if he did that, was Sam right? Would she love him back, or was it going to end up as - less funny romcom, more tragic farce? 

He had the scenario half imagined in his head, but when he walked through the doors he was reminded that the Lebanon bus station was actually quite small so, no running from terminal to terminal looking for her. There were only two bus stalls outside to begin with, but also, she was sitting calmly on a bench just across from the door.

He walked towards her and her eyes got wide.

Fuck, I can’t do this. Why the fuck am I doing this? Dean thought over and over.

He stopped in front of her and she looked up at him, her face puzzled. “Dean? What are you doing here?”

He jammed his hands into his jacket pockets and rocked up on to the balls of his feet; he shrugged. “I don’t know, I just thought…I really wanna give you a ride home.”

Y/N frowned and lifted a hand towards the small ticket office. “I already bought my ticket.”

“Well, get a refund.”

“Why do you want to drive me home so badly?” Y/N asked loudly, frustration tinting her words.

“Why don’t you want me to?” Dean answered even louder.

Y/N let out a huff of air. “I don’t want you to not…I don’t not want…I want not t -” She broke off with a cry of frustration. “Ugh!!”

She looked up at him and her gaze was confused and questioning. “Dean, what is going on here?”

Dean shuffled from foot to foot for a minute, until Y/N started to speak again and he cut her off.

“The letter was true.”

He spoke quietly and he wondered if she’d heard him. He wasn’t sure he’d have the courage to say it again; as it was, he was staring at the ground, his stomach in knots.

“What?”

He shook his head and finally just decided it was all or nothing.

“My letter. What I wrote. It was true. I mean, it was drunken idiocy, but…” He raised his head and looked at her. “It was true.”

“Really?” 

He wasn’t sure, but he thought he caught relief in her voice, so he smiled at her and gave a resigned nod. 

“Yep. You are my good day.” He said, paraphrasing his letter. “I want kisses from you.” He paused a beat. “And also sex.” He shrugged a shoulder. “Sorry.”

Y/N’s smile was bright and beautiful as she leapt up and wrapped her arms around his neck. “Thank god.” She bit her bottom lip and then quoted her letter. “I hope you will kiss me. All the time.”

Dean felt like his chest might actually burst from happiness as he grasped her waist and pulled her close. 

“I can do that.”

He pulled her tight against him, capturing her lips in a kiss that he’d waited for for a very long time. 

Y/N felt lightheaded with joy and with the headiness of Dean’s kiss. His lips were soft and searching as they pressed tightly to hers, and she opened to him immediately, reveling in the deep groan that tumbled out of him as he sank his tongue deep into her mouth. 

They clung to each other, endlessly kissing, sharing breath and stealing each other's moans. Neither of them were one hundred percent sure they weren’t just in a very vivid dream, but both of them were determined that if it was a dream, they didn’t want to wake up. 

The loudspeaker came on announcing that Y/N’s bus was boarding, but neither of them heard it, and neither of them cared. The ticket agent who’d sold her the ticket called out to her.

“Miss, your bus is leav-”

But her coworker interrupted her. “Shh! Are you crazy? Do you see the man kissing her? Trust me she does NOT want to be disturbed.”

She wasn't wrong.

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[critrolestats]

Media References and Puns of 3-072 Phantasmal Parley

Thanks to @triaelf9 for this art piece!

Media References

(0:01:43) Sam: I am Sub-Zero, not Captain Cold!

(0:01:53) Sam: Mokap, Creed Aventus, Jovan Musk, or Toy Boy?

(0:02:41) Sam: Nightwolf, Daegon, Afrojack. Meat.

(0:03:39) Sam: Omni-Man. Rambo. Shazam. Skeletor.

(0:04:17) Liam: It’s Skeletor, you boob!

(0:08:06) Laura: I’m talking out of my butt.  Ashley: Like Ace Ventura.

(0:14:40) Ashley: singing, to the tune of Hot Cross Buns Reef musk bombs.

(0:32:01) Travis: singing Back to death.  Ashley and Travis: singing Back to reality. (“Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)” by Soul II Soul)

(0:38:37) Sam: Is this Curb Your Enthusiasm?

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[sirmidezz]

Rambo head canons

Except it's just me projecting

-had a hippie faze himself up until he got drafted. After that his entire perspective changed on them.

-calling him a sad shelter dog is a understatement. He is a soggy wet rez dog that trautman found on the side of the road and gave a hot dog to.

-John's sad puppy dog eyes are not only used for looking at things, but also to secretly hypnotize any waiter lady to get free appetizers.

-he can sing he just doesn't want to. (Let this man sing a Johnny Cash song and be prepared to fall in love.)

-knows so many insults but doesn't use them mostly because he is genuinely a nice guy and doesn't like hurting peoples feelings unless the other person deserves a good word with him.

-he can be mean and not think twice about it, but he chooses not to.

-want to watch a movie with him? He will fall asleep as soon as he sits down on the couch.

-hides candy in his sock drawer to feel in control of himself. (Same)

-he buys candy he doesn't even like just to hide it. (Same)

-don't ever ask John for money. He doesn't have anything to provide and will only give you his thoughts n prayers.

-"ur transgener?" John will understand, he doesn't judge anyone. He grew up around 2 spirited people.

-John will never understand a "deez nuts" joke so please dont make them around him he will only look at you confused and stare at you after you make the joke.

-he has a pair of dad glasses he uses to read any letter sent to him. You want to show him a meme? Watch him pull out a pair of glasses and not laugh at the meme.

-he doesn't want a pet but if you get him a pet he will treat the pet like his own baby.

-when he was younger he learned how to hoop dance. He doesn't know how to dance now which is honestly very disappointing. (Same but with another dance😭)

-unironically goes "hehehe" when he gets what he wants like extra jam on his toast.

-has that generational trauma on BOTH sides. (Got hit with a double whammy)

-looks Lana Del Rey, but is actually mitski.

-almost never cries, but when he does someone probably died. Like nothing else but loss (and his talking about his past) can make this man break down nowadays.

-if he were a line in a song it would be, "cause now I'm scared that everyone I love will leave me," (family line by Conan grey)

-if someone sat john down looked him in the eyes, held his hands and said, "your soul needs peace, you need to releive your anger not with violence, but with a gentle breath, allow yourself to feel for one last time." Then he will cry. Like full on ugly cry into your shoulder and let out pained groans and whimpers typa shit.

-he has big parental issues only he distances himself away from everybody he ever gets attached to in fear of being hurt again.

-he craves physical touch, only he gets so uncomfortable when someone hugs him.

-this man can deadlift 300. maybe even more, he can go walking miles without stopping once. hell he is a whole unit, but he will not go to the kitchen to get you a cup of water no matter how much you ask him.

-hates mushrooms.

-had a pet crawdad he accidentally lost. (It's still alive somehow, he just doesn't know it.)

-thugs it out on a daily. 💯💯 (I will pay for his therapy)

[steampunkforever]

Red Dawn has been long cited as an 80s must-see classic, but frankly I don't get it. This, of course, is not a meaningful approach to film criticism so buckle up for multiple paragraphs on the subject instead.

The thematic kernel at the center of Red Dawn's script is actually interesting, belying the meatheaded jingoism of the film itself: What if the Soviets staged an imperialist invasion of the United States? Which isn't to say that nobody had thought of this one before, this anxiety slotted pretty close under "Thermonuclear war" back in the 50s, but that Red Dawn's approach to portrayals of North American freedom fighters as close to that of fighters in Socialist Revolutions across the third world was in fact interesting.

Too bad the rest of the movie blows it.

Red Dawn is in its final form raw, uncut Conservative wish fulfillment. What was, looking at the script's bones with a coroner's eye, an antiwar film with an artistic bent is transformed into the perfect fantasy: men you're allowed to shoot are literally parachuting into your back yard. You will live in the woods (this is fun) and loot weapons off the Spetsnaz commandos you kill because the might of the Soviet empire is no match for the American Dream *red tailed hawk scream they want you to pretend is a bald eagle* Cue the national anthem and roll credits.

The fact that Ukrainians spent the past 3 years referencing the film through spray painted "WOLVERINES!" on cratered Russian armor is telling. This is a film that makes you feel good about your chances of defeating Combloc invaders. Even today you'll see memes about UN/Chinese paratroopers (it's always paratroopers!) facing the might of the American Redneck and you can draw the line right back to Swayze and Sheen blowing up the commies in Calumet.

Frankly I'd have been a bigger fan of the film if it had done a line of coke off the script for Rambo II and put out a meatheaded action romp, but the film tries to keep the somberness of the original script. It's a gonzo premise that could pull off the raw conservative wish fulfillment were the production not tripping it up. The execution propaganda scene where the prisoners sing the national anthem moments before being gunned down could be absolute camp! Yet the movie makes us take it too seriously while abandoning the antiwar themes the script initially required, much to the detriment of the entire production.

It's a shame really, because the character of a Cuban revolutionary turned invader is an interesting exploration of how liberators become oppressors in their own right (a mirror to the US itself, a country originally founded on the rejection of tyranny) and the film just doesn't allow itself to get deep enough for that, while simultaneously wearing the corpse of the serious art movie the original script was meant to be.

Red Dawn is a film caught in the limbo between gonzo action and serious artfilm, between thematic exploration and outright propaganda film. I just wish it would pick one and stay with it, but unfortunately that's one wish this film will not fulfill.

[bisonaari]

Bison my friend! 💚🦆 Since you're studying Finnish, what is your favourite lyric from Käärijä's discography so far and why? 🥰

I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO ANSWER YOU I'M SO SORRY AAAAA I was at work and then like "I'll answer when I get home" AND THEN I NEVER DID AND I FORGOT Ok so hm omg not only I forgot but the answer isn't gonna be interesting because my finnish skills are still terrible I know like five words rip I'm gonna try my best tho, it might not be because of the meanings per se, but like musically, aesthetically, etc. Because to be fair I understand almost NOTHING so far lol

Ok so

I really like "tiettyyn pisteeseen" for a few reasons. OK I know it's just an expression and not a full lyric BUT I just really like the rythm of how he says it? It just sounds so good. Also I notice that so far I kinda tend to like words with y in them? (like kysymys my beloved) they look golden in my mind with synesthesia and they look very pleasing hahaha

If we go to Cha Cha Cha, I just love "Enkä pelkääkään tätä maailmaa" so so so much. The meaning of it, stopping being scared. Also the sound of it, it rolls off the tongue in a great way. Also I love that this is one of the first few lines of the song that I really understood something? The first word I learned in finnish was because of this line, it was "maa" <3 Then the second thing was the "en" part for the negation. It felt amazing finally understanding something on my own haha. (also unrelated to lyrics but HIS FACE when he sings that part omg he is so cute)

AQFSAQGAGQAHRS while looking up lyrics on genius for this answer I am understanding some new words from lyrics I hadn't looked at in a while that feels great

Going to Välikuolema, I really enjoy the first part of the chorus. Easy sentences to understand (feeling like a genius when you're just starting to learn and you get to "mä oon" and you're like omg i'm basically fluent i speak suomi très bien), discovering the word "loppu" and just using it on a day to day basis now, etc etc.

One that is 100% unrelated to the lyrics is this one from Mic Mac "Menin olohuoneeseen odottaa tuoretta pullaa uunista" I just love how it sounds so very much. It's soft and flowy and it pats my brain gently

BONUS : Not Käärijä at all, but lately I've been listening a lot to Turmion Kätilöt and one of the lines in Pyhä Maa cracks me up every single time LOL "Raskaan metallin Rambona juoksen"

For my followers who, like me, don't speak finnish, if the website that gave me the translation is right, it means

"I AM RUNNING AS THE RAMBO OF HEAVY METAL"

[macdennisofficial]

any big predictions for s16

Whole season analysis incoming!!! Big wrinkly brain predictions that WILL happen mark my fucking words below!

First episode: The Gang Does Edibles for the first time. "wait a minute macdennisofficial," you say, "they smoked weed before and also crack and sniff glue??" Exactly. They ain't done edibles before.

So you know Frank is like I did Columbian bam bam with Vietnamese sweatshop kids and Dee and Dennis are like "we were legit crackheads before" and Charlie is like "haha I do inhalants so much I built up a tolerance to mustard gas" and Mac is like I am a drug dealer hello ??? They are all like "we are not pussies when it comes to weed we have taken fat ass bong rips so many times" so they just. Dump. Like a whole gallon of weed in the brownie mix. And then between the five of them eat the whole fucking pan to prove how not pussy they are.

Anyway so two hours later Dee "these edibles ain't shit" Reynolds is screaming hysterically and shitting her pants while clinging to the rooftop and staring at the sky, Frank is furiously fucking a rotisserie chicken while listening to sixties war protest rock and seeing colours and having Rambo First Blood flashbacks, Charlie sees everything like a cartoon and is a Disney prince(ss?) who can control rats and pigeons with his singing voice and also hallucinates a musical with the Gang, Mac literally sees God and speaks to him and fucks him. He just fucks God. Full penetration. And God is gay btw and played by Ryan Reynolds. In real life Mac is actually just like lying on the pool table staring at the ceiling light. With this huge stoner boner. Dennis is like weeping in the bathroom because Rick Astley is playing on the jukebox and it's so fucking beautiful and decides he wants to become an artist because the yuck puddle is so beautiful and he wants to commemorate it and it is talking to him

They all manage to meet at some point and talk to each other and hallucinate Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-esque shit together. Oompa Loompas look like Frank's sweatshop children and they sing "oompa loompa doopity doo what the fuck is wrong with all of you"

Episode two: They are discussing Kanye and how they need to separate the art from the artist because they voted for him but they can't support him now that he says all this anti Semitic stuff lately because they might get cancelled for liking him so they just cut all the pictures of Kanye out of the albums and posters and stuff they own and replace it with pictures of Pepperjack. This is especially important they vocally distance themselves from Kanye because Wolf Cola has used him for promotional ads. So they also have to cut ties with him professionally. It's all very selfish because they're concerned about their image.

Episode three: They make fun of Dee for calling herself a feminist even though she never passes the Bechdel test and they argue about how to pronounce it properly. She says she will pass it by the end of the day and she fails constantly but at the end of the episode she finds the Waitress and they talk about something other than men. She is excited and then Charlie is like; "What's her name? It only counts if you know her name." She doesn't know her name. It is titled Dee Fails the Bechdel Test. It is a Chardee themed episode, but they don't kiss or anything.

Episode four: We see the Gang's exploits from someone else's perspective. It is their fucking stalker. They have a stalker and they dont even know it. I mean this is like Joe from You styled narration and everything. The stalker has like Pepe Sylvia style pics on their wall connecting them to various crimes and shit in Philly and it's all true btw but the stalker gets arrested for stalking and attempting assassination (yeah, like an actual attempt at murder) and the Gang is like; "Who the fuck even are you?" despite this stalker being in their bar every day for like years. It is a fun episode because we see them in many mid-scheme situations with like no context.

Episode five: They try to reboot The Nightman Cometh because the find out they have fans because Artemis posted it online and there is fanfic and meta. The reboot is complete and utter SHIT so the fans hate them now lmfao

Episode six: Someone approaches them to say "hey this bar should be a reality series" and they accept but they all agree they should be less problematic because they don't wanna piss off the producers and then the producers are like "actually Mac you're not gay you're bi because it's Not In to be monosexual anymore also uhm you can joke about being into men but you can only ever on screen be with a woman mmkay but lets queerbair you with Dennis." They like insist he hooks up with Dee lmfao and Mac and Dee are FURIOUS. This is like a total commentary on the way television and movies are produced now where the actual writers have little control and the company micromanages their entire lives all for ad revenue and product placement and tiktok soundbites. Anyway they try to go along with it and film thr Pilot just for the studio to say that it was all meant to be a tax write off so their show gets pulled before even being and blacklisted from Streaming Services despite all the work they did and there are jokes about shitty graphics and crap pay.

Episode seven is kind of a part two of the previous episode because Frank buys out the streaming service and calls it like Wolf Soda Streams. They can post all their shitty movies on it and their reality series and also The Nightman Cometh (the original and reboot). Frank accidentally uploads several sex tapes of him and Artemis instead so it crashes and burns and ends up being more lucrative as a tax write off. The employees of the company he bought out all lost their jobs and end up homeless in the alley with Cricket. They all say; "Those fuckers ruined my life!" and he just stares at them and goes; "First time?"

Episode eight: Dennis starts dating a woman who looks and acts exactly like Mac. And literally everybody sees it EXCEPT Mac and Dennis. She's even Mac's cousin. But Mac and Dennis are idiots. And just don't see it. And everybody is like wtf come on. In the end this woman leaves Dennis because she realizes she's a lesbian.

Episode nine: Finally Mac dates a man and Dennis is motherfucking livid. He assumes it's the envy of being single and being dumped a week prior but we all know the truth. Everyone knows the truth. Except Mac. This boyfriend is also played by Ryan Reynolds and as a callback to the season premiere someone says he has the body of God. Anyway the jealousy and envy is eating Dennis up inside until the episode ends with Dennis screaming like a psychopathic madman in the rain while staring at Mac and Ryan Reynolds through a window holding an axe.

Episode ten: This is shot like a horror movie a la The Maureen Ponderosa Wedding Massacre. It's like a typical slasher movie with Dennis as the bad guy and everyone hiding from him and he's going after Ryan Reynolds. It's terrifying and all that. Scary shit like wtf this might be too dark for an Always Sunny episode except they pull it off super well and there is humor and stuff. There are lots of Dennis screaming hilarious shit like I HAVE THE RAGE OF A THOUSAND SPURNED LOVERS SPILLING SEED OVER CIGARETTE BURNED PICTURES OF THEIR EXES! Just when he corners Ryan Reynolds and screams at him "MAC IS MINE" with the ax raised the scene cuts to them all still in the bar fucked up on edibles in the very first episode. They've finally sobered up and make a comment about how the past few hours seemed like weeks or whatever and how they hallucinated some crazy shit and then Dennis walks over to Mac and just fucking kisses him on the mouth, and Mac reciprocates and the rest of the gang make gagging noises and call them slurs. The end

[best-chaotic-neutral]

The Lyrics to The Night Joseph Went Crazy, a WIP

Down in the bunker, all the Peggies prepping guns

For the collapse to come, and this realm to end

When The Father busted in, nearly scared 'em half to death

Had a rifle in his hands and some Bliss on his breath

From his beard to his boots, he was covered with ammo

Like a hipster punk asshole kind of Rambo 

And he smiled as he said with a twinkle in his eye

"Merry Christmas to all, now you're all gonna die"

The night Joseph went crazy

The night The Father went insane

Realized he'd been gettin' a raw deal

Something finally must have snapped in his brain

Well, the bunker is gone now, he decided to bomb it

Everywhere you'll find pieces of Feeny and The Cook

And he tied up The Chosen and he held them all hostage

And he ground up poor Nancy into Peggie sausage

He got a chemist and baptist with an old German Luger

And he slashed up Judges just like Freddy Krueger

And he picked up a flamethrower and he barbequed the angels

And he said a big ol’ prayer to send ‘em straight up to heaven

The night Joseph went crazy

The night The Father went nuts

Now you can't hardly walk around the compound

Without steppin' in peggie guts

There's no National Guard and no FBI

There's no van from the Eyewitness News

No helicopters circlin' 'round in the sky

And the bullets are flyin', the body count's risin'

And everyone's dyin' to know, oh Joseph, why?

My my my my my my

You used to be such a decent guy

Yes, Deputy, now Joseph’s doing time

In a federal prison for his infamous crime

Hey little friend now, don't you cry no more tears

He'll be out with good behavior in seven hundred more years

But now Jacob’s in therapy and John is still nervous

And the cult all got jobs working for the Postal Service

And they say Miss Faith, she's on the phone every night

With her lawyer negotiating the movie rights

They're talkin' bout, the night Joseph went crazy

The night The Father done flipped

Broke his back for a voice in his head

Sounds to me like he was tired of gettin' gypped

Whoa oh, the night Joseph went crazy

The night The Father went insane

Realized he'd gettin' a raw deal

Something finally must have snapped in his brain

Whoa oh, something finally must have snapped in his brain

Tell ya, something finally must have snapped in his brain

it's obvious to me that it needs work, especially with the rhyming. I fucking suck at rhyming. But Tumblr, if we can polish this up and make it really good, I'll sing it for y'all.

[mrxcreepypastamadness]

Sugar Rush Madness Headcanons

Sugar Rush Kingdom:

• Princess Horror Vanellope aka Horror Vanellope or simply Genivive, is the current ruler and overlord of her nightmarish candycoated world as she is basically responsible for all the hellish looking creations and took over the entirety of Sugar Rush. In Sugar Rush Madness, Horror Vanellope was an expert in video game market and partnered with Mearest in the 90s. When Mearest made alot of money, she betrayed Horror Vanellope and let her jealous brother, Turbine Tastsic bio fuse her then she and locked her in the Sugar Rush Speedway arcade machine, After 30 years trapped, Horror Vanellope discovered the Mearest's family, especially with his daughter and son-in-law, and he went to get revenge on Mearest through them by locking them in her world of madness. While her original counterpart originates from the old Wreck-It-Ralph horror blog made by @candycoated-nightmares-blog, this one appears to be an amalgam of Genivive (from Wreck-It-Ralph real life), Serial Designation G, the aforementioned design, and Vanellope.EXE.

• Citrusella Flugpucker is a fallen angel of a racer who died by the hands of Horror Vanellope after death, just has she was about to make it to heaven after her final goodbyes, she was dragged back down here, her eye is missing after it was pulled out and her legs became permanently broken and her wings turn demonic as she is now the one that serves Horror Vanellope.

• Queen Horror Wanda is an undead overlord and mastermind of the revival of Ultra G's current victims after being killed by the hands over the overlord herself. First, she revived Taffyta, who became the executioner for her queen, Then Rancis is the next one to revive, came back as a demented ghost hunter, the last of a trio she revived is of course none other than Candlehead, who became known as Candlehead.0004 (Horror Candlehead) later on.

• In Sugar Rush Madness, Horror Wanda is one of the many creatures that inhabit the Horror Vanellope arcade machine. Along with Lollipup.EXE, she sabotaged and burned Horror Vanellope to take on BF and GF, both of whom were killed after a few turns of singing by Princess Horror Vanellope. Horror Wanda's soul was used to form Ultra G.

• Lollipup.EXE is a yoshi-dog like beast who prowls like a hungry wolf searching for nothing but meat ever since Ultra G not only took over the Kingdom, but took over Lollipup Island as well, the Lollipup's live to starve and squander as some of those species die from starvation. Which causes Lollipup to turn into a carnivorous beast who feasts upon the unfortunate souls who became their own meal. Lollipup.EXE is currently sided with Horror Wanda to overthrow Ultra G in order to turn the Kingdom back where it was before.

• In Sugar Rush Madness, Lollipup.EXE is one of the many creatures that inhabit the Horror Vanellope arcade machine. Lollipup.EXE, allied with Horror Wanda, betrayed Horror Vanellope by throwing him into the fire to confront Boyfriend, however, they were killed by Vanellope, Lollipup.EXE's soul was used to form Ultra G.

• It unknown how Lollipup.EXE became a carnivorous beast in the first place, but of what we do know is that before Lollipup became an EXE, she was killed/murdered by a Baby Vanellope.EXE after luring her in with her baby cries and whines, which is confirmed to be canon before Sugar Rush Madness. (Just like the same story of Skashi's Yoshi.EXE.). Lollipup is the protagonist of Lollipup.EXE, while the antagonist is a baby version of Vanellope.EXE.

• Rambo Fluggerbutter aka Alpha is considered to be the father of Rancis Fluggerbutter, despite his similar looking appearance to Rancis, he's actually quite different, especially since he's an adult, yet somehow look similar to Mario's appearance because of a same moustache style he has. He's not only the first racer in Sugar Rush for his hall of fame, but he's also a comedian and a ringmaster. He's silly and random similar to Caine from The Amazing Digital Circus, and he's actually quite a gentleman whenever you get to know him. However there is a slight chance he can have like an old man kind of personality, not too old, but a personality that is mature enough to understand what's been going on after his tragic death. He was reveived by Ultra G as her offshoot, nothing more, but yet he started to remember everything, the death of his own son, the tragedy outcome, even the arrival of BF and GF before all this madness eventually happened in All-Stars (Sugar Rush Mix), and yet he knows that vengeance is an idiots game, as it is fueled by shame, although he never asked for a fierce fight against Boyfriend, but he's just here to set it right, although he should've had warn them when he had a chance as he made his final farewell as he faded into black goo after his final performance as his minions are summoned.

• Alpha however is just an EXE based on the theme of Reese's products and is created by Ultra G to distract BF, however, some events are occured to change to decide his only fate for himself, he can either choose to become her slave forever, or be free from her shackles and move on to a brand new start, with, or without his son.

• TM, W1LL and LOLL1 are minor antagonists and the only minions of Rambo Fluggerbutter as they are represented by the deadly sins. TM represents "pride and envy", W1LL represents the "wrath" of the king and the "lust" for blood, LOLL1 is the representation of "greed and gluttony" as they distract Boyfriend while Ultra G killed Girlfriend.

• Super Horror Taffyta, aka Executioner T or simply T is one of the main Super Horror Trio of the group and the main leader of the Super Horror Racers. She is also Queen Horror Wanda's personal bodyguard/executioner as it is confirmed she is the first one that ever revived. She weilds a bloody medieval axe that can be only used for Princess Horror Vanellope's head "if" she was officially overthrown by the Queen, then the execution would truly begin as her act on revenge.

• Super Horror Rancis is the second racer of the Super Horror Trio. Super Horror Rancis appears as a demonic, twisted version of Rancis Fluggerbutter, he is the second one that is revived by Queen Horror Wanda. He is also a ghost/spirit hunter and he can hunt anything that breathes (for the most part). He weilds a one-handed battle axe with purple blood on it which is held on his left hand. His love for Princess Horror Vanellope was so strong it would officially cause an act of betrayal to the Queen and the Super Horror Racers.

• Super Horror Candlehead, aka Candlehead.0004 is the third racer of the Super Horror Trio. She is an inspiration of Coolrash Mario.EXE, Candlehead's life was similar to her original version until Horror Vanellope killed her, but then revived by Horror Wanda after bringing her back, then Satan became interested in her, the demon captured her and corrupted her, then gave her a torch to hold. Satan then sent his servant to destroy the Sugar Rush Kingdom and kill Princess Horror Vanellope and all of her inhabitants.

Irregularity Bakery Bypass:

• Irregularity Bakery Bypass's inspiration is Bakery Bypass

• Irregularity Bakery Bypass is based off of popular memes and cultures in the Wreck-It-Ralph fandom, specifically imitations of Vanellope (Sarah Silverman plays in the first and second Wreck-It-Ralph movie, while Grand Aunt and Sonitrusella are bootlegs).

• Sarah Kate Silverman, known as Sarah Silverman is the actress on so many films such as Star Trek, The School of Rock, Seinfeld, etc, and she also voice acted some sweet and cute animated characters such as Vanellope Von Schweetz for example, believe it or not I say she's a beautiful woman with such great acting and talent.

• Grand Aunt is a bootleg Fortnite title is a reskin of the Zoey skin from Fortnite Season 4 that replaces Zoey's head with Candlehead's head. It became a wildly popular rumor of a meme due to thought of being so similar and iconic to the character from Wreck-It-Ralph, as well as a character in the Fortnite lore, The Candlehead seen on said title screen (itself a reskin of a another bootleg Candlehead named Mintcake), often just called Grand Aunt.

• Sonitrusella is a combination of Citrusella Flugpucker and Sonic who starred in a infamously pretty good bootleg NES game of the same name. She takes on being fast just like Sonic himself very seriously. Don't expect her to go slow for so long, especially according to her based headcannon made by Minionstuart2 and the exact personality traits as the canon Sonic as well.

Candycane Forest of Lies

• Candycane Forest of Lies' inspiration is the Candy Cane Forest

• Candycane Forest of Lies has two themes. The first one is hoaxes and unused content in official Sugar Rush games (Beta Rancis, A is Real, and the King Willy Apparition), while the second is creepypastas based around Sugar Rush World (IHY Taffyta, King Turmoil, and Coronation Day Crumbilina)

• Beta Rancis is a 25 year old retired racer and appearance in the Game Over screen for the beta version of Rancis's Mansion, where he fails to save Candlehead and falls into a depressive episode.

• Beta Candlehead is a depiction of Candlehead after her fate was sealed by King Marshmallow Ghost. She is the figment of Beta Rancis's depressive imagination, being a dramatization of the peanut butter cup themed racer's misfortune caused by King Marshmallow Ghost.

• I HATE YOU Taffyta is a character originated from I HATE YOU Luigi, inspired by Slimebeast for the I HATE YOU creepypasta. In this version of a story, Taffyta is a 25 year old racer who developed hatred for Vanellope and joins Lord Licorice's side in order to kill her. However, Vanellope ends up killing Taffyta by knocking her into Diet Cola lava, turning her into a living corpse.

• A is Real is a secret character based on a long-standing urban legend surrounding Sugar Rush 64. The A is Real rumors center mainly around the text on the fountain in the Sugar Rush Central, which many interpreted as "Ande is Real 2402". This lead many to believe there was a way to unlock Ande DeMenthe in some fashion. With the rise of popularity of the "Sugar Rush 64 is Personalized" rumors, more horrific versions of the A is Real rumor were since created.

• The King Willy Apparition is a floating apparition of King Willy Warhead's head. It initially appeared during TobiKomi's "Tricks and Treats" segment in E3 1995 (the same year after Nintendo's "Focused For Fun" event dropped), preparing the audience for TobiKomi's main presentation. Many years later, it was popularized by the Sugar Rush 64 community due to a creepypasta based on the theory of every copy of the original Sugar Rush 64 is personalized, and that there exists a cursed beta version of the game from July 29, 1995 (the same year of the Beta version of Mario 64). Allegedly, the King Willy Apparition materialized in Sugar Rush 64 out of people's desires to see Willy in the game, and it caused horrific mental trauma upon those who saw it.

• King Turmoil is an EXE that is a retake of the Candibal King created by @candibalking . Based on his personality just like the Candibal King, he has two personalities; One that is nice and sweet, the other is evil and cruel. He used to be the normal King Candy until he accidentally ingested a meat candy containing Hannibal Lecter's code. He has since turned into a cannibalistic serial killer who feeds upon other racers but does rather have the taste of sweets and candy as well to keep him intact. He raised a daughter named Vanellope Von Schweetz, later named Vanellope Von Schnitzel who would soon become the cannibal princess. He loves his own daughter but has an evil personality that shows even in his good times. But, he is nice...sometimes. Sometimes he can be blind just like Turmoil in general, but that didn't stop him as he is prepared to wear his royal glasses.

• Coronation Day Crumbilina is the main antagonist of the popular ROM hack 'the, also known as "Sugar Rush: Coronation Day." One day, Crumbilina wandered into a candycane forest, where she either killed herself or was killed by a mysterious sentient zombie entity. She, or a zombie entity of the unknown origins of Sienna Contiello, now inhabits the Candycane Forest. Some evidence that suggests it isn't Crumbilina is when Coronation Day Crumbilina refers to herself as the "SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE CONTIELLOS!" She also refer to herself as the "Goddess of the Candycane Forest" prior to the chase.

Content Candy Cosmos:

• Content Candy Cosmos' inspiration is Star World

• Content Candy Cosmos contains levels inspired by fan animations on YouTube that portray Vanellope as evil or more jerkish, like Super Annoying Vanellope, Secret Histories, Fascist Vanellope, and Power Coin.

• Super Annoying Vanellope is a version of Vanellope based around Super Bad Mario from a YouTube series by Pastek, She may be cute and small but this little shit would be very annoying according to her various pranks which could be spotted in various fail videos to make it seem like she caused them. Aside from that, she can be very funny and know how to party.

• Ralph's Day Out Vanellope is one of the main characters based off the appearance from a video known as "Wreck-It-Ralph 2 - Vanellope Glow up Into Bad Boy, Bad Girl - Cartoon Art." and inspired by a 2014 YouTube animation "Luigi's Day Out" by hotdiggedydemon. In this story, Vanellope is a rebellious ansty teen who dresses and acts like a teenager and is forced by her mother to take her sister, Vanilla, to "Race on the racetrack to win." However, she instead decides to trick Vanilla into dying and crashing in various ways for her own amusement, only to get her comeuppance by falling down the road.

• Secret History Vanellope is a version of Vanellope originating from President Vanellope by @pillothestarplestian and inspired by the Mashed video "Secret History of Super Mario Bros." and the upcoming Mashed AU story; "Secret History of Wreck-It-Ralph." She is a cold-hearted dictator who rules over the Sugar Rush Kingdom with an iron fist, having killed thousands of innocents, enslaved millions, passed over the natural candy lands and ruined countless people's lives...Of course, TobiKomi's PR covers this all up. In Sugar Rush Madness, she presumably forced Boyfriend and Girlfriend to sabotage their own game's kickstarter to avoid competition for the Sugar Rush games, but captures them when she finds out the game still has merchandise.

• Fascist Vanellope is the titular villain based around the 2014 YouTube animation "Racist Mario" by Flashgitz, and the upcoming AU story: "Fascist Vanellope." In this story, she has grown sick of non-TobiKomi characters appearing in Sugar Rush, and tries to murder them (and eventually everybody else) out of irrational hatred comparable to fascism.

• Trojan Vanellope is a retake of Major Glitch by Gelly Arto on Twitter/X, and an inspiration of Devil Mario. She is the main antagonist of the Power Coin series for the upcoming Skullgirls AU, in which she is possessed by a zeus virus, leading her to become hungry for power, stopping at nothing to get the power coins and become the Skullgirl by receiving the Skull Heart, even if it means taking a bunch of lives along the way.

Hellish Hollows:

• Hellish Hollows' inspiration is likely Stardust Hollows

• Hellish Hollows is based on modern themed creepypastas, namely GV, BJ Harpyboo, King Virtual, Ms. L, and JB-BX, which most are from 8 bit Sugar Rush games. King Virtual is tied to the 32 bit Virtual Boy while BJ Harpyboo is tied to the DS.

• GV is an EXE that is inspired by Marco Antonio's EXE; GB. She is based off of the old appearance of Vanellope from the side of the game console of "Sugar Rush Speedway". She is specifically from a bootleg copy of Sugar Rush Land, but her true origins are unknown. She likes to play with her victims who dare to play her game. She can even manifest in her players' head and come to the real world. However, she mostly chooses not to, as she believes limiting herself makes things more fun. Her updated story will be for the upcoming rewrite of the creepypasta; "Wreck-It-Ralph: Black and White."

• BJ Harpyboo is the main antagonist of "Sugar Rush Party DS Anti-Piracy series." As normally an unseen host of Sugar Rush Party DS (and a strange offshoot of Peacock from Skullgirls.), she resides in pirated copies of the game as the secret impossible boss in order to teach pirates a painful lesson. Her creation and origin can be known to the Skullgirls AU, but are unknown in real life, but she is far too powerful to be a simple Anti-Piracy program.

• King Virtual or "King V" is a Candy Land horrorbrew inspired by Mr. Virtual created by Stupendous Snart, and the antagonist of the upcoming horror series "Curse of the Crimson King." Once a ruthless halocaust king simply known as Vlad the V, he was executed by King Thomas Ferdinand after his Judgement Day comes to pass eventually leading to the Crimson King's curse. His spirit now haunts the Virtual Boy his curse resides in; waiting for unsuspecting victims to play the console so he can mentally torture them and use their skin as a vessel with which to kill the modern day decendant of Thomas Ferdinand.

• Ms. L is the inspiration of Mr. L created by Mr. Pixel, and main antagonist of "Sugar Rush: Too Late." After Lolli Muttonfudge was accidentally killed by Molly Muttonfudge in the Diet Cola lava pit, she became a horrific, demented spirit and tormented her sister with strange and grotesque visions, eventually knocking her into the same lava pit Lolli Muttonfudge died in long ago. Later, she is adopted by Mr. L in which she rests in peace and reincarnated as a baby afterwards, but only this time, without her sister Molly.

• JB-BX is the new inspiration of MX by RazzleDazzleDoo and the main antagonist of Candy Hollow '85, a new take on the concept of Jubileena.EXE heavily inspired by Sonic (PC Port) and Mario '85. Sitting within an abandoned cartridge of Candy Hollow Speedway, JB-BX is a vengeful spirit of a cocky and competitive racer who takes spotlight who eventually died in an "accidental" car crash, but however the term of "accident" was not the case, it was confirmed to be a dirty move from a dirty racer, and "he" was arrested after the death of a female racer. JB-BX takes the souls of those who play the game so that she can "play" with them for all eternity. Her story will be rewritten on the upcoming full creepypasta.

Classified Candy Castle:

• Classified Candy Castle's inspiration is the King Candy castle, with its straight outline layout being reminiscent of Vanellope's Castle in Wreck-It-Ralph

• Classified Candy Castle is a tribute to the upcoming analog horror concept series SR64: CLASSIFIED connected along with Five Nights at Freddy's VHS tapes.

• Carrie Carrotcake, also known as Promtion Carrie, is the host of the supposedly cancelled show TobiKomi Mania in Sugar Rush 64: CLASSIFIED's universe.

• The artificial intelligence of CLASSIFIED, created under the name auto_advanced, also under the self-named Shelley, is the main anti-hero/anti-villian of Sugar Rush 64: CLASSIFIED series, a series of creepypastas based on "Every Copy of Sugar Rush 64 is Personalized."

• Classified Adorabeezle is from the Sugar Rush 64: CLASSIFIED horror web series. She only appears in the episode "09.01.97", where she is easily missed by a lot of people due to only appearing to only a split second. She appears in Frosty Rally in the abandoned "cabin village" area where she floats in front of the central plaza area.

• Toy Springtrap is an anomalous animatronic bunny with a mysterious backstory inspired by the story of the Five Nights at Sugar Rush series by jgjr1051. Just when Boyfriend and Girlfriend think they've reached the end, they take a small picture to celebrate! However...is that animatronic bunny moving on it's own?!

[myraelvira]

Glenn Rambo

Glenn Marshall Rambo was born on December 4th, 1970 in Alice, Jim Wells County, Texas. His father was Gary W Rambo, and mother, Rebecca Anne Roark. Though he had siblings on his mother’s side, I’m unsure if there are any on his father’s side.

There wasn’t a whole lot that I could find about Glenn’s life, other than some old forum posts that talked of him posthumously. On my death space, there was a post from the user “Puke”, who copied and pasted a letter/description about Glenn Rambo, and the life that he lived.

Glenn was raised by his mother and grandmother in Violet, Louisiana, St. Bernard Parish, the New Orleans area. He was “blessed/cursed’ with a unique appearance “which some found strange or evil”, and would lead him to be harassed on a daily basis, by closed-minded law enforcement and those who called him and his family “witches”. Others in St. Bernard would always see Glenn walking everywhere, with a big boombox on his shoulder, taking his time and listening to his music. He soon acquired the affectionate nickname “Lilac Ozzy”, finding a safe haven connecting with “freaks” like himself in the growing underground Hardcore/punk/metal scene in New Orleans.

Eventually starting a band called Nuclear Crucifixion in the mid 80’s with friends Donovan Punch, Brian Patton, Dave Moran, and Darren Shallenberg. This band would eventually morph into the early iterations of Soilent Green. Their shows would be memorable not only for their “ahead-of-their-time” fusion style, but also Glenn’s outrageous stage persona. He was a true performance artist, as recalled, and would eventually end up singing with bands like “Nun Molesters”, “GM Pussy Bitch”, and “Swarm”. Glenn is remembered as the guy that, “knew every lyric, every riff, and who had such an extensive knowledge (of) music in general, that you could talk for hours and hours with him, and he’d just keep recommending new bands, or pulling out obscure and arcane types of music you may not have heard of”.

Despite people thinking that he was sinister, he was actually “one of the most genuine, loving, intelligent people you’d ever meet.”. He’s remembered for his dark and piercing appearance, while also having an absolutely hypnotic speaking voice. Low, modulated, and subtle; a true Southern gentleman. Glenn loved reading, obtaining information, and devoured books. He was always thirsty for knowledge, and a deeper understanding of spirituality. “No garden variety Satanist”, Glenn was more interested in human nature and all its darkness. Wise beyond his years, he was also very sensitive. You could talk to him seriously about any number of topics. He also had a keen sense of humor, and a sense of absurdity. Glenn was a lover of animals, who he adopted a whole flock, and called them his babies. He’d walk around the French Quarter with his beloved ferrets stuffed in his pockets, sneaking up his jacket, curled around his neck.

Glenn had epilepsy, which caused him to be on meds his whole life; the condition gave him seizures, but he considered it a blessing in disguise, because it “gave him visions that other people couldn’t see.”. His mother had epilepsy too.

He would take something potentially tragic, and turn it into something unique and magical. When he’d see you, he’d come over to give you a hug and a kiss. Glenn is recalled as a healing presence, a truly enchanting soul.

Glenn stayed in Voilet, Louisiana because he and his mother didn’t have a car, his leg was broken, and he didn’t have anywhere to evacuate to. He thought that they could just bear down, and ride out the storm. They may not have wanted to leave the comfort of their home, when they didn’t have anywhere to go to. But, “when the levees broke, they didn’t stand a chance.”.

One of his favorite quotes was, “Invoke me under my stars! Love is the law, love under will. Nor let the fools mistake love; for there are love and love. There is the dove, and there is the serpent. Choose ye well! He, my prophet, hath chosen knowing the law of the fortress, and the great mystery of the house of God.” Liber al vel Legis 1:57, Aleister Crowley.

♦♦♦ [Music History] ♦♦♦

On the metal archives, Glenn’s musical history is still rather vague. It lists that he sang for the bands mentioned before, though the only ones with dates or links seems to be Soilent Green and Nuclear Crucifixion, as of June 2023. I’m not sure what the exact time frame was for the other bands.

Nuclear Crucifixion is listed as having been from New Orleans, Louisiana; one source states Metairie in particular. They formed in 1987, and lasted through 1988, though the archive also states 1989. I don’t know the info about that specifically. This iteration of the band had 2 demos, the first being “Killing Ourselves To Live”, in 1987, and the second, “Torture of Humanity”, in 1988. The former starts with a song titled, “Nuclear Vomit”, which was later reworked into some Soilent Green songs, like “Numb Around The Heart”. Both demo releases were on cassette, no label. The band was also listed as being spelled “Crucifixtion”, with a T, and at some point it was called “Seveth”.

The band’s music was very underground, with this general old school Death Metal feel, which is right on par with the nearby Florida Death Metal scene that exploded around that time period. Though it may be obvious to those my age and older, for the younger audience, it seems that the band’s name was inspired by the idea of nuclear fallout. During this time period in the US, with the cold war, many pieces of media reflect this fear; the first to come to mind for me, is ‘Retaliation’ by Carnivore.

The first NC demo was spelled “Nuclear Crucifixtion”. The band photo that is found on the metal archives was taken by Al Hodge of Tungsten, in what was Donovan Punch’s grandmother’s garage. The garage was where they practiced, the area previously having been used as a dance studio by his grandma. Soilent Green also practiced there when they formed, and in the early 90’s Jason Pizzolato’s band Apostasy would play shows with Soilent Green.

Sammy Duet, second to the left, wearing a ‘Nun Molesters’ shirt.

While “Nun Molesters” isn’t listed as its own page on the metal archives or discogs, a few videos from Jason Pizzalato dates the band at having played from 1989-1991. I assume that this was virtually a name change for the band Nuclear Crucifixion, since it had similar members. The band had a man named Joey Hall who was on vocals for the demos and shows, but it should be noted that the band would switch instruments, and invite friends and audience members to join them on stage. Glenn is actually listed as having played drums here.

Glenn would include their Nun Molester recordings at the end of some demo tapes for Soilent Green that he dubbed and sold. As Pizzolato said, “Classic Nun Molester songs include, ‘We Like Smoking Weed’ and ‘Big Pussy’.”. Joey Hall is listed as having later become a cop.

Nun Molesters seemed like a hilarious band to see live, as the demos were quite silly. Though musically great, the eloquence of “I like to eat vagina” cannot be understated. Or maybe that was Nuclear Crucifixion? :p

A video from the amazing ‘Acid Bath Archive’ actually shows a small snippet in time of Nuclear Crucifixion’s life, where Glenn Rambo and Brian Patton were interviewed. The interview was from Pagan Fest, July 22nd, 1988, which took place in Dallas, Texas.

A cassette of the first NC demo is shown, with some footage of the band playing. Glenn stated that they decided to play at Pagan Fest because they really like Dallas, and how the people would listen to music and “accept it for what it is, instead of denying it for it ain’t.”. When asked if he’d still help underground bands if they got famous, Glenn said that he absolutely would.

In 1988, Soilent Green was formed. Also having Rambo, of course, the band’s first iteration seemed to consist of him, Brian Patton, Donovan Punch, Marcel Trenchard, and Tommy Buckley. Some of the earliest demos, as posted by Jason Pizzolato, state that Soilent formed after the ashes of Nuclear Crucifixion. Once again, the time frame is a little confusing, and I don’t know if Nun Molesters was its own separate entity from Soilent. The metal archives states that Soilent was formed after Rambo, Punch, and Patton left Nuclear Crucifixion, though I am unsure what their reasons are, for why they left that band.

The early iteration of Soilent Green is vastly different from the records we know today. A 1989 demo provides a thrashy feel, and the ones from 1990 have that underground early Death Metal feel. The tracks posted by Pizzolato remind me a lot of Macabre’s album “Dahmer”, which actually came out 10 years after those! Early Soilent had this fantastic Death Metal feel which could have really turned them into a major forerunner of the genre, at least, in my eyes. Or ears. It feels like the sound that they achieved in 1990 seemed to be somewhere that Glenn wanted to achieve, as his vocals settled in the Death range, and to me, were great! I’m reminded a lot of bands like ‘Ripping Corpse’, ‘Death’, and ‘Baphomet’. It almost makes me sad that this iteration of the band didn’t continue on.

In 1989, the band released their first demo, which was on cassette. According to videos of the demo by Pizzolato, the demo was recorded at Protech Productions, in Marrero, Louisiana.

In 1991, a demo was released called ‘Satanic Drug Fog’ which was recorded in 1990 in Baytown, Texas. This was recorded the same time as their other demo, ‘Squiggly’. Squiggly is also known as ‘Squiggly Demons’ and ‘Soilent Green’. Both were on cassette. Ten songs were recorded total, with 2 being left off the tapes. I am unsure why, let alone whatever happened to those songs.

In 1991, a 7” vinyl was released that had 4 songs, one being from Soilent Green. The song was “Circle of Death”, which was on side B. The other songs included were, “Waiting in Silence” by Slugs (also on Side B), “World View” by S.I.K., and “Brainwashed Society” by the Detrimentz. Interesting to note, Slugs was the band that Kirk Windstein and Todd Strange were in, before it turned into Crowbar.

In 1992, Soilent Green released a demo, though there is no official art or title for the project. An interesting note about this demo though, is that Donovan Punch had broken his arm the night before, at an Exhorder concert, and couldn’t play guitar. As such, he is only backing vocals. Pizzolato was friends with the guys, and he and his brother listened to a cassette that Punch brought of the recordings, so that they could record the guitar parts from him. This demo was to be released in 7” format by Relapse Records, but it never happened. Years later, the band ended up putting out a handful of releases on the label. This demo would be the last to feature Glenn Rambo, and as far as I know, might have been the last piece of music that he’d ever record.

I’m not sure why, or how, Glenn Rambo ended up leaving Soilent Green, but in 1993, he was replaced with Ben Falgoust. In an interview with Richard Metal Fan, in may of 2023, Ben stated that he’d help Soilent when they’d play shows in the Texas area. He said that there was some kind of situation with their singer at the time, and they parted ways; which later, Ben was offered to join the band.

But I’m not sure what that reason was, let alone what happened to Glenn after that. Between the years of 1992-2005, I have no idea what might have happened in his life, though it doesn’t seem like he created anything musically.

On August 29th, 2005, Glenn passed away, having been found dead in his mother’s home. His ex-girlfriend Stacy, and some National Guardsmen went to his mother’s house, because they hadn’t heard from them since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. The bodies of Glenn and his mother were still in the house. A friend named Melissa posted on the (now defunct, not archived site) nola underground:

“Glenn had a broken leg, and he and his Mom had no car to evacuate. If you know them, you probably know that his family didn’t have much money. I’m not sure where they are going to bury them, or if there are any next-of-kin that could help. Maybe we can all take up a collection to make sure that they are buried properly and have grave markers. I don’t even know how to go about doing something like that. It just makes me sad to think that after we have all lost so much, we are now finding out that we have lost good friends as well. Glenn was an important part of the NOLA scene, and a good friend to many of us. He will be dearly missed, and fondly remembered. -With Love and Sadness, Melissa October 2nd, 2005”

Glenn M. Rambo was buried at Saint Bernard Memorial Gardens, in Chalmette, Louisiana. He was 34.

His mother, Rebecca Anne Roark, was buried in the same location, she was 61 (June 8th, 1944-August 29, 2005). They were survived by family, as listed in their obituaries, which was published by the Time-Picayune, on January 3rd, 2006. Their funerals were on January 4th, 2006.

Glenn’s death was a shock to many, as there are still accounts online which have blogged, or commented about their sadness. One in particular is Paranoize, who was friends with Glenn, and played shows with him in the past.

While Glenn may not have spent that much time on Earth, I believe that it is still important to acknowledge his influence on the music scene. Going through the history of Soilent Green, and the music before that point, it’s clear that his musical endeavors helped form the eventual NOLA sludge scene, which grew to prominence in the ‘90’s. My heart goes out to his friends and family. I can only pay my respects, and say thank you, for everything he made.

Thank you Glenn, may you rest in peace.

My video on him:

♠♠♠ [Sources] ♠♠♠

This write up would not be possible without the Metal Archives, The Acid Bath Archive, and most importantly, Jason Pizzolato. Thank you so much.

[Web Sources]

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[elm-writes-stories]

Sing(My Version) Rewrite Author's Note

Author's note under the cut:

*Hey guys, I'm remaking my version of Sing 1. I've watched Sing again and began to appreciate the original while rereading my original version of Sing. There will be some changes in the rewrite such as making the villain appear earlier, write my own songs(though I'm a newbie at it), and make the ships more obvious.*

*Warning: There will be blood, bruises, guns, violence, implications of r4p3, and all other depressing stuff. There will be trigger warnings in the chapters where the dark subjects were written.*

*If any of these bother you, please, do not read this book. Your mental health is more important.*

*The characters in this story are not mine, it belonged to Illumination...that's including the character named Mizuki(she's from Sing World Tour in Japan).*

*The following characters are mine though: Babeesh, Roy Rambo, and Darren.*

*I think that's all of it! I hope you guys enjoy the story going forward! Have a blessed day!*

[imagoddamnonionmason]

Goose! 😁

If you get this, answer w/ three random facts about yourself and send it to the last seven blogs in your notifs. anon or not, doesn’t matter, let’s get to know the person behind the blog! (no pressure!🎀) 🌸

Hey Witch!!

I can sing! Mainly did musical theatre!

I had a hamster growing up. The second I left the pet shop with him, he nibble a hole in the box and bit my finger, drawing blood. From then on, he was named Rambo, after the film Rambo: First Blood.

Band of Brothers is my favourite series. I cry every time I watch those episode. I also have two versions of the boxset - one is just paper but then there was a special tin box that I had to get. Maybe some would see that as a waste of money, but I don't lol..

Yeah! Three more facts!! Thank you for the ask <3

[msweebyness]

DuPont School for Monstrous Youths- Headcanons

Here are some fun facts about the kids from the Monster Universe! As always, @imsparky2002 and @artzychic27! If you guys want to follow up with some of your own, I’d love that! Enjoy these little tidbits! Leave thoughts in the comments and reblogs!

The effects of Alix’s stone gaze varies based on her mood at the time and whether or not she did it on purpose. The time frame can vary anywhere from around half an hour to a full week, so watch yourself with this Gorgon!

She has eighteen snakes in all, named as follows: Corkscrew, Iggy, JuJu, Flicks, Nyssa, Twister, Fitz, Ripper, Duke, Marty, Dodger, Jazz, Kit, Babs, Turbo, Rambo, Glimmer, and Bastard (or Bas).

Ondine needs to douse her gills with water every twenty minutes or so, or else her skin will dry out. Her friends usually have spare bottles with them in case she forgets to bring her own.

Simon is frequently getting hit by things he didn’t see coming. In a literal and physical sense. Cyclopes have terrible peripheral vision.

Kim hates vegetables and anything sweet due to werewolves being carnivores. You will only find steak in this boy’s lunchbox!

His friends all keep treats and toys on hand to distract him when needed. His favorite toy is a squeaky bone that is rarely not kept in his backpack.

Ivan and Denise have a habit of engaging in random wrestling matches no matter the time of day. They could be sitting at lunch and one will grab the other in a headlock. Their friends and partners have accepted this as a Sasquatch/Yeti thing, and it’s not like anyone can stop them.

They also have a hype-up ritual of sorts that they perform when in competitive or battle-adjacent situations, consisting of punching each other in the stomach as hard as possible, letting out a loud scream/roar in each other’s faces, before finally violently cracking their heads together. It’s…frightening.

Waving any kind of fabric in Cosette’s face will enrage them and cause her to charge. Playing matador may seem like a funny idea at the time, but it’ll end with your ribs broken.

Aurore’s alien species can learn languages and read people’s minds and feelings by touching their foreheads. So if she asks for permission to do this, that’s why!

Mireille can contort and flatten her body to fit into the smallest and strangest spaces possible, and they often use this skill to find somewhere to hide when they need time to unwind.

Nathaniel is as heavy as being made of solid stone would suggest, only Ivan and Denise are capable of lifting him. For this reason, he never goes swimming.

The war between vampires and werewolves ended centuries ago with a peace treaty, but Juleka and Kim often pretend to be rivals, trading playful insults and mock-snarling at each other. (They’re actually good friends.)

Vampires have a special kind of industrial sunscreen that allows them to walk in daylight, so don’t worry about Juleka and Luka. They still don’t show up in photos though!

Marc is attracted to bright lights and can often stare at them for hours on end. Nathaniel often gives him lanterns, lamps and other light fixtures as gifts.

Nino’s charges last around a month before he needs to plug in again, and it takes a full day, so he has a pass from class and his friends take notes for him on those days.

Jean never sings opera because when phantoms do this, it makes people go completely mad. He suspects it has something to do with a certain ancestor.

Alya can only pick up solid, non-ghost objects if she’s focusing on doing so. The second she loses concentration, it phases right through her body.

Mylene’s vines have to be trimmed regularly due to growing very rapidly and in great numbers, and people are frequently tripping over them.