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[podcastgemist]

#294.2 - Reservaat voor rijke mensen? - JACK&JOZEF

Op 29 maart 2025 staan JACK&JOZEF in het Theater https://theateraandeschie.nl/voorstelling/jack-jozef

[thingsfromthehead]

[supersoftly]

you can simultaneously dislike your country and the CCP btw, you don't have to shill for one if you dislike the other js

[lainalit]

you know, you say we should feel like we're all one people, but whenever it rains, we're the ones that get wet. - Ekko from Arcane season 2 episode 3

A perfect summary of Rhysand's performative progressive reign over the Night Court, where he talks about unity and whatnot, but in the end, the Illyrians and Hewn City citizens are always the ones who have to sacrifice themselves for his utopian city 

[drewpicturesani]

The Traveller

So Chants of Sennaar is a good game-

[wishchip106]

that feeling when you find an old english pub in the exact location you need it

[girl4music]

Speaking of parallels between Powder/Jinx and Caitlyn, has anyone picked up on the inexperienced at parkour one yet? Not that it means very much. I just thought it was an obvious one. Showing Vi going full rough and tumble Assassin’s Creed leaping and acrobating over those rooftops and then just immediately cutting to Powder/Jinx and Caitlyn attempting to not fall and die.

[goddessofroyalty]

I've been rotating the omegaverse AGSZC pack idea I had recently where Genesis is the Head Omega and Sephiroth the Head Alpha but mated pairs are Genesis-Angeal and Sephiroth-Cloud. Specifically how Genesis and Cloud's relationship would have developed over time and I've decided Genesis' opinion about Cloud basically goes:

When Genesis is first introduced to Cloud and assumes Cloud is going to end up Zack's mate: What an adorable little omega Zack has found, so cute and naive, how fun.

When he realises that Cloud's actually going to end up Sephiroth's mate: That is a Threat to my position and I will get rid of him through whatever means if necessary.

After he actually gets to know Cloud: Unfortunately I like him and understand what Sephiroth sees in him. He can stick around.

[dea-thynote]

Death note au where L transfers to daikoku academy in undercover to catch kira, and light yagami is not one of his suspects. The reason being this kira is too reckless and relentless, there is no rhyme or reason why they kill, they just do. This also means they leave more trail to where they are, but also puts more pressure to the police since so many people are dying randomly, and the broadcast confrontation L did just solidified the theory this kira is in Japan. Since this kira doesn't really have any connections with the Japanese police they never knew that they've already narrowed it down to kira being a student. With this, they then narrowed it down to daikoku private academy in which L coincidentally becomes classmates with Light. And Light hates him.

(Don't mind this, I just need to draw it first to put it into words, but yeah, this is the idea?)

Light's first impression of him was that he was certainly unique (read: weird). This guy suddenly transfers to the academy when it's the last term of their third year. Sits crouching in his seat and his legs tucked to his chest and starts eating sweets in his table. He doesn't even talk to anyone unless it was to creep or interrogate them, and just looks at other people. He once saw him standing and observing an entirely different section. It was annoying, and he could barely suppress his annoyance to the whole situation. So he ignores the transfer and waits for the teachers to reprimand the transfer themselves. It doesn't take while for the teachers to notice the transfer doing these.

"RYUGA!" the teacher shouts. The transfer pauses with what he was doing. "Can you answer the question from the board?" The transfer barely glances to the board before saying the answer. This doesn't satisfy the teacher however, and asked him random mathematical questions, some which light knows haven't been taught, and the transfer, once again, answers them perfectly.

Light is surprised. And only caught himself staring when he saw ryuga is staring at him back. The teacher moves on and asks light to answer, which he answers correctly. The teacher started complimenting him, and how that's how a student should be. Light just sits down again, and sees ryuga's attention somewhere else. (He doesn't know why, but slightly pissed him off. But he ignores him, better not associate himself with him)..

Is what he would say, if the teachers didn't just unanimously agreed that the transfer needed to be seated near light so that ryuga could learn from him. (Read: let light deal with the transfer, and any to no improvement of his behaviour would be blamed to him instead). So he tries to talk to ryuga, only to be met with short or cut out answers and sarcasm.

But then the open debate happened. With the news about kira, a mass murderer with no morals or reason, the philosophy teacher decided it would be a great topic to debate on. Which L was on the side of kira and light against kira. (Idk, maybe they argue the world is too overpopulated and lacking resources to provide for basic needs, and something about programs and also murder shouldn't be the solution and the fact that lives are being killed for no reason) and after the debate (which lasted the whole time for the subject, the debate ended in a draw and none of the teams are happy) light became intrigued with ryuga. He made points he could barely argue with, without directing it to another topic, and how he manages to sometimes take over the conversation by twisting his words to something else. Light is annoyed. And intrigued. But before he could even congratulate him, he just ignores him and walks over to the other section!

(Lmao, I just imagine light fascinated but also hates L, but gets jealous because he seems more fascinated with the other people in other sections. While L ignores light because, although he is also as fascinated with him, he's not a priority considering he needs to catch kira).

[good-to-drive]

Sometimes I don't understand how people can not understand George and then I remember not everyone grew up Catholic

[gaytwirights]

I wonder if the people will hate me if I said my true opinion on Michelle

(I think she's like if Light Yagami never got a chance to live beyond sixteen)

[laurasimonsdaughter]

Ironically, I think one fairy tale antagonist (namely, the bad sister from Diamonds and Toads) could actually have benefitted from one of the Terrible Tales morals (specifically that of Rapunzel, which is, "If envy makes you a nasty thug, your only friend will be a slug.").

Hahaha, that is certainly more to the point than the (second) moral Perrault gave for The Fairies/Diamonds and Toads:

Though -- when otherwise inclined -- It's a trouble to be kind, Often it will bring you good When you least believed it could.

But then Perrault's fairy tales are a meant to be flowery, and so are his morals. I think if you tried to add a moral to some of the Grimms' more overtly moral tales, it would end up like:

"Do you understand?? The kind, hardworking girl was showered with GOLD and the mean, lazy girl was showered with TAR. This is symbolism. Those who are GOOD will be REWARDED and those who are BAD will be PUNISHED. What do you mean this has to rhyme? Rhyming would obfuscate the Important Lesson."

[ningningkittie]

[detweilerboy]

Im very uninterested in the question of is Philip Marlowe secretly gay and in denial because lets be real hes not that interesting as a character outside the fact that going back to the source to a lot of these male power fantasies does reveal more about masculinity than their copies, and are often slightly more tolerable and human than you'd assume. This whole "gay person in denial" thing is also fairly uninteresting to me & i feel like it buys into a type of gay power fantasy of homosexuality as the silent majority while ignoring how much men fuck and how situational homosexual desire is.

That being said, these books do trade in homosexual desire or revel in male beauty in a way that's pretty compelling ngl

[relic-seeker]

i wonder what quirrel's job actually was

we get some snippets in game that yes, he was an apprentice of sorts to monomon & knows many things about hallownest in general -- but overall, we have no idea what actual things he may have researched

most fan interpretations of this i see make him very culturally aware in mostly a socio-economic-political way. like he's done some sort of political science degree. it makes sense due to his wide knowledge of the kingdom's intertwined politics and society.

however, he still seems to have some sort of appreciation for the physical landscape of hallownest? take the blue lake for example, him wanting to see the source of the rain or his comments on the hot springs.

everything could simply just be seen as a thirst for knowledge, but then again i think quirrel is much of an observer as he is as someone who just wants to learn: it's also much about experience to him.

therefore, putting everything i have together, quirrel simply must be:

a geographer