#GetTheToiletsOutOfTheJuulRoom

The statement — signed by myriad former career government employees as well as high-profile political appointees — offers a rebuttal to Attorney General William P. Barr’s determination that the evidence Mueller uncovered was “not sufficient” to establish that Trump committed a crime.

what they expect me to say: “well, no, actually, canon supports it, because if you look back as far as season three, she’s been training for–”

I dunno, these look pretty realistic to me. The key is they render the cartoony elements (like Majikarp’s eyes and the shape of his fins) pretty accurately so it doesn’t just look like a rat hauling a weird fish, you can tell that’s a Pikachu and a Majikarp.

They also did a good job keeping most of the cute Pokemon looking fairly cute,

although you can still get moments where Aipom and Jigglypuff appear legitimately creepy and threatening when angered.

Then there are Pokemon who are odd-looking because they were always meant to appear odd-looking

And the ‘scary’ Pokemon actually look like dangerous, powerful monsters!

What I like about these designs is that they’ve got a good balance of traits that make them instantly recognizable enough that any Pokemon fan can name them at a glance, but given just enough nuance and realistic elements that presumably wouldn’t render very well in a cartoon. (For example, the little hairs on the inner part of Jigglypuff’s ears, Pikachu’s fluffy fur, and Charizard’s rough, dinosaur-like scales).

You can tell the people behind the design choices are really passionate about Pokemon and wanted to create characters you could easily suspend your disbelief to accept and also fully enjoy with the original ‘flavor’ of Pokemon as a long-time fan.

I work at a public library and book culture there is nauseating. Not really among the other employees (though we’ve had a few come through over the years), but the patrons?

Oh god the patrons. Most of the people who check out books are just regular people who like reading. I even have patrons who L O V E to read, and who spend a majority of their free time reading or discussing books, they’re part of multiple book clubs, they always bring a big bag and leave with it full. They aren’t the Book Culture People.

Book Culture People loudly announce that they’re so surprised that there are children who know what books are!

They act affronted when I mention our ebook service, and scoff at the idea that anyone could enjoy reading from a screen instead of off the page!

They are personally offended that publishers hire actors to read the books for audio versions, because they feel that “audio books cheapen the experience of reading” and “audio books are cheating”!

They have to proclaim their fetish for ‘real’ books, whether through tacky tote bags, weird quote filled pinterest boards and social media posts, or awkwardly shoehorning unimpressive humblebrags about all the classics that they’re reading into unrelated conversations with tired library assistants.

Hating accessible books and shunning technology is basically the antithesis of modern librarianship.

I don’t get the ebook hate, ebooks are literally just books. You cite ebooks the same way, and depending on the format, you don’t even say they’re ebooks.

It’s a performative, self important approach to something that I genuinely enjoy, and I think it bothers me more than, say, fandom antics, just because it’s so much more common. People get offended when I tell them I don’t read a lot in my down time, that I genuinely prefer audio books, that I’ll skip their recommendations because I don’t share their tastes.

Incidentally this is why while it’s not always clear what to get an actual librarian for their birthday, The Book People are so easily wrangled by marketing, cheap slogans on a bag– because icons repeat the idea, and in turn advertise their form of perceived status. What use is being a Book Person if nobody else knows what’s Important to them (and, by result, what these people consider unimportant in others).

You can see this in art circles where people fuss over gallery showings and being seen with art they consider totemic for their status, when people suddenly become amateur film critics as if through their taste they, too, are an auteur. Music snob culture is related. These same people get really fussy over what “real” art is, or the access the general public have to art. When Book People behave condescendingly over kids “actually reading” or sneer down their nose that “ebooks/audiobooks are cheating” they are trying to protect Books ™ as a status symbol only they care about, prevent it from degrading in ‘value’ in the face of the reality that kids read, books on tape are good, not all books are great literature, or that some genres aren’t going to yield many Future Classics™. 

I think we’re closer to figuring out the cast for this weird AU! If you want details click the read more!

We know two things about Aizawa, okay? Two canon things. 

1) he confuses inanimate objects for human beings when he’s drunk and 

2) the next day, he will have forgotten everything that happened while he was in that state. 

That means! That it is not outside the realm of possibility that, while intoxicated, he got into a drunken brawl with one of THESE:

I can only picture him dodging and swinging at it while panting, “there’s no logic to his movements! I can’t predict them!” as his friends cackle maniacally in the background and record it on their phones. I like to think they were out drinking for Present Mic’s birthday and Mic can be heard screeching ‘Happy Birthday to me’ in the background of the video.

local bastard picks fight with inflatable tube man MUST SEE WATCH TILL END

also may i theorize about an aftermath