Funny Geek Pics

MOVIE REVIEW TIME.

Do you wish people would be punished for what they did on Epstein’s island? I have just the movie for you.

Watch reluctant hero Kara Zor-El (Supergirl) kick the asses of countless would-be child [redacted]ists in her quest to save her dog. Cheer as she grows from a despondent drunk to a glorious hero all girls can look up to.

Of all the reviews I’ve seen for this movie, the most scathing have consistently come from men in their 20s and 30s who are used to seeing superhero movies that are specifically aimed toward them. I do understand that it must have been surprising and disappointing to watch a superhero movie that wasn’t aimed at their demographic. However, I would like to remind everyone that “This movie doesn’t appeal to me” is not the same as “This movie is bad.”

Calling it now: Kujaku is the one who rescued Kuyō, and he's the one person other than Yasha who Kuyō revealed her prophecy to.

My previous post was written by my friend Liza. She and her husband, Igor, are refugees from Russia. They had to flee to the US because they were targeted for their anti-war activism. They have a baby daughter who's 8 months old.

I generally avoid politics of any sort on my blog, but Igor's life is in danger, and ICE decided to make it political for no good reason.

Our little community has been coming together to help Igor, Liza, and their baby daughter. Fundraising, babysitting (Liza is having to raise their daughter on her own while Igor's in detention), whatever support we can give. Liza is fighting tooth and nail to get him freed.

The whole situation is so crazy. I never thought I'd see my government do something like this…

Taken by ICE: Help A Father Separated From His Family

Donate here: https://gofund.me/3585811e9

Igor, an artist and a sole breadwinner for the family, who fled his country because of his anti-war activism, was suddenly detained in Texas when he came to a routine ICE check-in. He left behind his eight-month-old daughter whose first tooth has just erupted.

While waiting to prove his case, for roughly two years, Igor lived openly in Wimberley, TX, and fully complied with ICE supervision. He reported to ICE four times without any issues — on June 6, 2024; December 19, 2024; January 6, 2025; and February 3, 2025. During this time, he was the sole breadwinner for our family, creating amazing oil and watercolor portraits of pets and individuals, while his wife Liza pursued a master’s degree. After our daughter was born eight months ago, Igor also became a primary caregiver, helping care for her while continuing to support our family.

At his most recent routine check-in, Igor was suddenly detained, with officers citing “new policies,” while explicitly confirming that this decision was not caused by anything he did.

We need to urgently file a habeas corpus petition in federal court to challenge this detention (because every day the laws are getting stricter) and seek due process, so Igor can fight his case while being with his family, not from detention.

Detention has already taken a serious toll. Igor has documented PTSD and gastritis, both of which have worsened in custody due to stress and lack of access to care. His wife Liza also has scoliosis, which makes it physically difficult to lift and carry our daughter, who weighs over 20 pounds now, as well as ADHD and depression, making Igor’s sudden absence especially destabilizing for our family and our infant daughter.

Funds raised will be used for:

• Attorney fees (minimum $6,500) to file a federal habeas corpus petition

• Phone and communication costs, so Igor can stay in touch with his wife and human rights organizations

• Food and basic necessities beyond the minimum provided in detention

• if anything's left - gas and travel costs to visit Igor at the South Texas ICE Processing Center, which is over three hours away from where we live.

If you would like to contact Igor, you can send him physical mail or text messages through the GettingOut app or site (https://www.gettingout.com/.) this can really can cheer him up!

(Please message me for his A-number so that you are able to contact him.)

Visits are also possible, and if you are able to visit Igor to help support him during this extremely dark time, it would mean a great deal to our family.

If you are able to donate or share, we are deeply grateful.

Thank you for standing with our family!

Something that really surprised me about Ashura-ou is how expressive his face is! In Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, his alternate-universe counterpart has a face that's almost always serene, often unreadable.

Compared to him, RG!Ashura-ou wears his heart on his sleeve. It makes him seem younger than the other Ashura-ou. It's really interesting to see.

And thus a ship was born. Or at least, I assume I was. In my quest to avoid spoilers, I've had very little contact with the RG Veda fandom.

But I mean, c'mon. I don't even ship this and even I can see the potential.

Brand-new scanlation of the real chapter 3 of RG Veda! Read it right here!

This chapter does not exist in the official English translation of RG Veda. I honestly don't know why.

At first I thought my copy of the official translation was missing some pages, but no, they genuinely didn't bother to include this chapter.

In fact, chapter 3 of the official English translation is chapter 5 in the original Japanese. They skipped two chapters. Who even does that?

I'm just some nerdy scanlator, and I translate at a snail's pace, but damn, at least I'm trying to translate everything...

Here's the link if you want to read this chapter -- lovingly translated into English by yours truly:

RG Veda, Chapter 3: "The Flame of the Antithesis of Heaven and the Lightning of the Lord of Heaven" -- scanned and translated by setsukablossom on Wordpress, a.k.a. funnygeekpics on Tumblr

So this opens up a can of worms that, as far as I know, CLAMP has never fully explored.

We know from other parts of TRC that people with the same essence can have different "true" names.

We also know that interdimensional counterparts can have slightly different physical appearances; RGVeda!Ashura-ou and Celes!Ashura-ou are counterparts, but one has pointed ears, while the other has normal ears.

But this seems like a whole other level. Like, according to the Outo arc, there is a boy whose real name isn't Ryuu-ou and who looks nothing like Ryuu-ou, but who is still a counterpart to the other Ryuu-ous. The same goes for the other people we meet in Outo.

Just in case there's the slightest doubt in your mind, Outo!Ryuu-ou says this after everyone gets teleported to Edonis:

In the meantime, I've been trying (once again) to translate chapter 3. I plan on translating part of it, then running it by a native Japanese speaker to find out how accurate or inaccurate it is. If she deems it sufficiently accurate, I will translate the rest of the chapter and finally release it!

This song speaks of Ragnarok, but most of the lyrics fit very well with Kuyō's prophecy. Be sure that closed captioning is on so you can read the English subtitles!

If Nordic chanting isn't your thing, or you can't see the video, here's a sampling of the lyrics:

From the sky, the bright stars vanish.

At the most remote origins,

Heat licks at the sky itself.

The embers flare up with ancient life.

The fierce hound barks before Gnipahellir.

The chain is going to break

And the Wolf will run loose.

When I first read this, I was like, “Aww, bby!Ashura thinks Yasha named them.” But it occurs to me that bby!Ashura might be right. Bear with me here.

That’s alter!Ashura talking. Alter!Ashura says, “My name is Ashura.”

Yasha doesn’t know about the split personality yet, so when he meets bby!Ashura...

He just assumes. And we just assume. But no one ever actually tells Yasha what their name is. Yasha could have called them anything, and our precious baby would have 100% accepted it. He called them “Ashura”, so Ashura it is.

For all intents and purposes, Yasha did name bby!Ashura. He named them after their violent alter ego. By accident.