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Cats getting caught doing crimes

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idk if you've talked about this before but why didn't you like 'the promised neverland'?

warning, I watched this years ago, so the details are probably off.

The first episode sets expectations and stakes sky high via the gruesome death of a very cute, very small child. This is great! Child death is on the table and the setting is an orphanage! It's a story that builds off adolescent anxieties, the burgeoning notion that adults often lie to you, that adults don't always have your best interests in mind, and you - as a child - often have no respite. When you are a child, you realize you are at their mercy. And in this story, those some adults you rely on for survival are the same ones trying to kill you and your friends. They've already killed one.

So all of that is high-tier. Should be hard to ruin that kind of momentum, right? But they do. Promised Neverland takes all the thrilling goodwill of the first ep and crushes it into a fine, boring, dust. The stakes are dropped, the dangerous vibe ebbs, and worst of all, that threat of child death we see in episode one? Does not return! There comes a point in mid-season where you realize that was just a one-time thing. They're not killing anymore children. They're all gonna make it. Where did my blessed show from the edgelord god go??

The main character is the mary sue of all sues, cheerful, earnest, an alleged genius (at no point did I buy that) who faces the dark reveal with a kind of inflexible stubbornness that could have, should have bit her in the ass. She tells us "I won't let anybody else die no matter what." In a show that starts with the violent death of a kindergartner. But instead of taking the honorable route of edge, one that might punish or at least set back such an uncompromising mindset, she just...succeeds. Like I said, you're not even halfway through the season before it's obvious that no one else is going to die, and with that off the table, so is the suspense.

Sure, there could be tension should from the kids playing cat and mouse with worldly adults three times their age. How could a child parry the ones who actually know what's going on?

The answer is they couldn't. Or they shouldn't be able to. The kids kept winning in spite of themselves. The few times they let the kids lose, I was like, I mean yeah? It's pretty reasonable for an adult to out do a little kid for this kind of thing? Even if you're a shonen prodigy , you're still 10. I was never on edge, because the wins felt unearned and the losses were like, no shit you lost to an adult. They're an adult.

On a certain level, I blame that Mother's Basement guy for setting me up to think there could be more. Specifically he talked about Promised Neverland's tag scene with Krone and how he didn't want to spoil it but just know it was one of the most unsettling heart clenching cat and mouse chases he's seen in a long time. If only I'd seen his Kakegurui review...if only I'd known the extent of his bad taste...

Anyway, I sat through it all for the tag scene and it was. An adult woman winning at tag. Yeah they do the anime thing where she's a super sonic ninja moving through the trees snatching up kids but like... She's an adult. They're small children. Some are literal toddlers. If this was meant to reflect how little kids perceive adults, I don't feel it was executed well - even our genius boys (and MC) are baffled by her insane cosmic unreality abilities to. Run faster than a fifth grader.

And what's sad is Krone actually had her moment in the spotlight, a brief spark in a sea of grey. Her flashback was a hundred, a thousand times more thrilling, more unnerving, more suspenseful than every single episode of the Promised Neverland since the first combined.

And then she dies. Spoilers.

Oh and don't get me started on the smiley protective MC making the scawy "don't fuck with my family" face towards the end, as if she'd done anything to prove she could back that threat up, god that part still pisses me off. You didn't earn that psycho anime girl face. How dare you. How dare you.

tldr there is one good episode of the Promised Neverland that is likely coloring your memories of the rest. Happens to the best of us.

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just layers and layers to this thing, huh.

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HEROKILLER

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i think this is probably one of the best rat videos i've ever seen and you all need to see it. just look at that calm beast

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This one goes out to all the girls out there who are also beetles

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Seeing as how the Big Beautiful Bill just passed, here's are some websites that offer discounts on medications:

- GoodRx

- SingleCare

- Pharmacy Checker

- WellRx - this one compares prices across different pharmacies

- Cost Plus - thanks to @thedamnqueenofhell for suggesting!

-NeedyMeds - a nonprofit that helps pay for prescriptions. Thank you to @allitdoesispause for the suggestion! They also suggested checking the manufacturers website for a paitent assistance program, which can give you a coupon for free or cheaper meds.

- Scriptcycle - thank you to @teleomancer for the suggestion!

-Ask for a discount card - thank you to @cccshutdown for the reminder!

-Walmart - They have a $4 generic list! Thank you to @tristese !

- Nurx - is a Planned Parenthood alternative. You can get birth control and other medication here. Thanks to @tomhenks!

Stay safe, everyone. Things are about to get much, much worse in the US.

EDIT: if you're worried about doctor/therapy appointments, see if there's a sliding scale clinic near you (and ask your therapist if they offer sliding scale prices)

@scribblingandscrawling recommended Open Path, a service that offers sliding scale therapy

@Ilbertas had a great suggestion to check your community and colleges for free clinics.

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night shift

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why bother caring about the environment when 1. It’s so obviously a lost cause and 2. There’s definitely going to be a nuclear war?

And what are you doing about it Anon? Learn about ecological restoration or get out of my way.

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Satyre et Nymphe, 1914 by Antoine "Anto" Carte (Belgian, 1886–1954)