Who coulda seen this one coming?! (everyone. absolutely everyone saw this coming)
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I'm not even joking beeb please let me make a full series comic for this guy. I would set off making a whole fanart series for free but I ain't got the physical strength... or time... sob... does anyone know how to send Mr. R.T. Davies fanmail?
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I feel like "trump wants to throw away literal dinosaur fossils" would really turn heads if we actually had a functional opposition party in this country to get messages out, but I guess I'll just have to get a paint pen and write it on my car. fine, I'll do it.
Trump and friends are trying to get rid of IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Science, USA Federal agency). Everyone is on leave/in admin limbo while the DOGE kids do whatever and lock people out of their emails. Already-awarded federal grants (that's how I get paid) for museums and libraries are now being terminated early via executive order. Museums are already closing (to be fair it has been bad for decades) and a lot of large and delicate fossil material will need new homes with space and funding, which almost no one has. It's bad. I don't know what to do except to keep working and occasionally scream into the internet.
Not trying to be a bummer, but this is pretty much the only thing anyone at my job can think about right now. I can only speak for museums, but specimens need periodical tending or they will decay or get lost. Grant funding is how we do everything: it's how temporary workers get paid, how we get access to subscription-based software, and it's how we buy new label paper for cripes' sake. We are still fighting, but everyone is honestly loopy with stress all the time now. People should know what they are destroying.
I cannot stop thinking about that fucking reveal on the website. There's no way Ford knew about that, right? Right?
Anyway, what could have happened if someone ACTUALLY bought Stan? Ford wouldn't fucking allow it, that's what
(Edit: Tumblr's eating posts with images so they don't show up in normal tags, but the DO show up on dashboards if I'm understanding that right. A reblog would be super helpful ^^)
Weāre going to hear a lot of stupid bullshit over the next few days/months/years about how Harris/the Democrats failed to win over men, or young people, or uneducated voters, or those worried about the economy, or whateverā¦.but the truth is this: this country hates women and minorities; its citizens understand fuck all about the economy; and the people are incredibly susceptible to outright lies, scams and fascist values
"ā¦.but the truth is this: this country hates women and minorities..."
No, it doesn't. Harris was a lousy candidate who ran a lousy campaign. She gave plenty of reasons to vote against Trump (most of which were lies), but no reason to vote for her besides NOT TRUMP.
"...its citizens understand fuck all about the economy..."
They understand that Biden's disastrous Admin cost them thousands of dollars per year more than what they were spending under Trump for basic living, and Harris was going to continue Biden's policies and enact even worse ones. Soviet-style price controls? Only a moron would think that's a good idea.
"...and the people are incredibly susceptible to outright lies, scams and fascist values"
...says the person who believed Biden was "sharp as a tack" up until the moment his senility was revealed nationally at the debate and his handlers simply couldn't hide it anymore. Then Harris was very undemocratically selected to be your candidate and you were told to support her, and all during the last 8 years you supported the fascistic attemps of the three-letter agencies to GET TRUMP by any means possible.
Now you have a wonderful opportunity to shut the fuck up.
Will you take it, @thebluestcowboy ? The smart money says no.
And you, @bogleech ...are you going to be personally eliminating any trash yourself, or are you just going to be a little bitch on the internet and hope someone does all the heavy lifting for you?
Rhetorical question. We both know you're going to remain a little bitch.
Both of you need to realize America repudiated Democrat bullshit, which is driven in large part by stupid, self-important morons like you who expect normal people to follow your orders.
We say NO. And there ain't shit you can do about it.
Bogleech hasn't been better than this in over a decade. He is absolutely the sort of person to say that undesirables need to be culled and then he'll whine and moan about needing more gun control. And look out, he'll probably either start screeching at you in DMs or sic his followers to harass you.
Truly astonishing that you think there's anything I could ever say or do that could ever be as ugly as modern american conservative ideology.
And no, as a single human with health problems there is nothing I can literally ever do in real life but vote or call phones or donate or community campaigning, which, as we've seen for years now, is not enough but it's still all the option anyone has seemingly built.
I like how you take "eliminate" to immediately mean I wannna shoot people. Its called harsh words. And they're harsh words leveled at people who DO want to go out and shoot whoever they don't like. You are being little baby language police.
Put maga fash in a big meat grinder. Hold them down and cut their livers out. Force feed them roundup through a garden hose. See? You can type any letters in any order. What a thing to get madder about than the fact that millions of americans want my family to die and arent just saying it.
Some of you really do care more about optics than human lives.
everyone always talkin bout who fumbled who but all i'm saying is that emma-may survived her husband trying to kill her with robot dinosaurs, and is i'm love her please emma call me please please please ple
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I understand the argument that while transformative and derivative works have always existed, "fanfiction" as a medium is inherently connected to the concept of IP law and thus is a specifically contemporary art/craft movement, I get it I really do, but also twenty years after the canterbury tales were finished an english monk wrote his own additional chapter and added himself as a character, and I'm sorry but that man should have been on wattpad
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Dating a digimon would be weird because maybe you met and fell in love when they were a cyborg ninja wolfman or a big booby goth demon but sometimes they lose a fight with a mechagodzilla or a cthulhu and now you have to raise your hot monster girlfriend/boyfriend back up from a small boneless chinchilla.
Today we took our little brother to the hospital because he suffers from an infection that affects his breathing and causes him pain. I hope that every living conscience will help us save our young sonās life and donate any amount you can.
Unfortunately, there is no treatment in the hospital for my little. Help us before it is too late.
Could you draw that "I trust you" scene with Mabel and Stan but with the relativity AU? (The stan twins and pine twins swap ages au)
OF COURSE, I WILL GLADLY DRAW THEM!!! š„š„š„
Iām gonna post a long winded thesis about my thoughts on this AU, my take on the AU, and two additional arts under the cut because ooooh boy itās a tad bit long lol. Also, please please forgive the formatting, Iām writing this all on the fly and itās extremely disjointed, sorry- š„
I know thereās the ācanonā Relativity AU designs and character dynamics, however I donāt really like them that much ngl. I feel like it mostly just ends up with āMabel and Dipper get switched with Stan and Ford with no nuances once so everā and that BLOWS!!! Thereās so much potential there and no one is playing with it!! YOU GUYS DONāT EVEN HAVE MABEL PRETENDING TO BE DIPPER, WHATS THE POINT????
Not only that but I feel like making Dipper and Mabelās dynamic just Ford and Stanās when theyāre adults is a HUGE simplification of their characters. Like, Mabel and Dipper fight, but they donāt fight like Stan and Ford, theyāre not as hard headed and stubborn. Mabel would commit some crimes yes, but I donāt believe she would get into some of the heavy shit Stan had in his past. I refuse to believe Mr. Dipper āUndiagnosed Anxiety Disorderā Pines would fall for Billās flattery as easily as Ford did.
The Pines Twins are very different from the Mystery Twins. Mabel and Dipper didnāt grow up with a father constantly comparing the two and pinning them against each other, outright telling one kid theyāll always be a failure while the other is going to have the burden of making their family rich. They never had that tension. They wouldnāt be walking on eggshells around eachother as adults.
I know that makes the concept sound boring to some, āWhereās the fun in the AU if you take away the sibling fightingā. You cowards, you can still have it, young Stan and Ford are RIGHT THERE. During the second half of the show when Dipper comes back through the portal, instead of having the older set of twins, something that doesnāt male sense with their characters, have a building tension thatās going to explode soon and keep it between Stan and Ford, donāt take it away from them. If anything, I think taking away the resentment and anger growing between the two and giving it to Mabel and Dipped is a butchering of all the characters.
Sure that means some of the episodes would have to change or be completely erased, but thatās fine!!! Make up some new ones!!! Get silly with it!!!
Mabel and Dipper talk about feelings, Stan and Ford donāt. Mabel and Dipper canāt stay mad at each other, Stan and Ford will try and stay mad for decades because being angry is easier than being upset.
In my idea of this AU that fight at the end of Weirdmageddon HAS to be between Stan and Ford, and Stan HAS to still be the one getting his memories erased.
š„ Post Not-What-He-Seems Relativity AU Rambling Below š„
Dipper is a paranoid man, fool him once youāre never going to fool him again. He would never in a million years ever work with Bill again. Ford however is an extremely lonely child, both he and his brother are desperate for any type of positive attention. I think Bill would see him as a potential protege, especially since Ford is a āfreakā like he is and the kid is extremely smart for his age. Heās malleable, Bill probably thinks he could shape him uo to be the perfect lackey.
Ford, being the lonely kid he is, probably does fall for the praise initially. He craves attention and Bill pushes all the right buttons and says all the right words, tries and gains his trust even if time has proven again and again that he shouldnāt be trusting the demon.
The tension between the Stan Twins would grow after Grunkle Dipper comes back because Ford is upset that Stan didnāt listen to him (even if it was for the best that he did) and that Grunkle Dipper forgave Graunty Mabel so easily because if Ford was in those shoes he wouldnāt have. It grows more and more as Ford becomes distant and Stan tries to connect with his brother to no avail. Which, of course, comes to a boiling point when Ford says heās going to stay in Gravity Falls and learn under Grunkle Dipper. Stan is rightfully upset. He canāt go back to New Jersey by himself. Itās always just been the two of them, he needed Ford, he couldnāt handle school or their father by himself. He canāt be alone.
Unlike Mabel who just wanted one more day of summer, Stan wishes that he wouldnāt be alone, which indirectly causes Weirdmaggendon.
Stanās prison bubble would probably be a fake New Jersey-esc town full of a bunch of little Stan running around. Town Oā Stan. A place where no Stan is left behind.
Ford says some nice words to Stan there to get him outta there but there is still this intense tension between the two.
During the Cipher Wheel Ford is the one who tackles Stan. The two fight, whining out hurtful words neither of them mean and only stop when Bill shows up and captures them. Graunty Mabel and Grunkle Dipper run off and distract Cipher in hopes that they can keep the attention on themselves long enough that their great nephews could come up with a plan to escape.
The younger twins donāt find a way out and instead, finally, have an actual talk about their feelings, one that definitely ends up in tears as the two talk about the pressure thatās put on them or how worthless they feel. After that the boys get a rush of determination to escape when Stanley has a plan. Ford immediately hates the plan but Stan insists that they do it, in his own words, āLet me prove I can do something right for once.ā
When Bill comes back and threatens to kill either Mabel or Dipper just for the hell of it, Ford calls out that heād like to make a deal.
He wants to work with Bill, let Bill into his mind willingly. Bill immediately jumps on that offer. Ford is a promising young kid, perfect henchmaniac potential, not to mention it would absolutely devastate Dipper is his great nephew willingly turned to Billās side.
He goes into Fordās head, revealing Stanley just in time to reveal that he was trapped, panicking as he was erased with a swift left-hook along with a kid who was happy to prove he was good for something after all.
Everyone was devastated after Weirdmaggedon of course, a child had his mind completely wiped. Stanford took it the worst, he just managed to finally break down those words that others built in his head, that he was too good for Stanley or that he didnāt need a knucklehead like him dumbing down his brain, and now his brother was gone. Just like that.
We all know what happens after this, Stan gets his memory back, everyone celebrates and the Stan twins are sent home, promising each other that theyāll never let anyone try and tear them apart ever again. Dipper and Mabel stay at the shack, after all, all they could ever want is there, where else could they possibly go?
Sorry this was⦠extremely rambly and long, I am extremely tired and canāt think straight I have a bunch more ideas and concepts so if anyoneās desperately wants to hear them just ask I guess, sorry you read this dumb of ass essay haha š„
F.L.U.D.D. was Mario's first ever Platforming Buddy! Unless you count the Lakitu Bros. from 64, but they just operate the camera and don't affect Mario's platforming moveset, so I do not. So really, F.L.U.D.D. is- hold on, I really don't want to write every individual period each time I write its name. I'm just going to leave all the periods at the end of the post and you can put them where they belong yourself, or anywhere else you think is funny. Or you can keep them, I don't mind. Put them on a bagel and tell a friend they're poppy seeds!
FLUDD is a big deal. A landmark for the series in terms of mechanics. Not that these specific mechanics returned, but the concept of a buddy granting Mario some new abilities has become a recurring thing. FLUDD even talks, and is fully voice acted! In a robot voice! Like mine! A cute and silly little robot buddy for Super Mario.
So then... why don't I absolutely LOVE it? I feel like I should! But I'm just not getting that urge to imagine it driving a kart or playing tennis like I do with far less important characters. Does it work so well as a Tool that I have a hard time viewing it as a Character? Let's See!
I think FLUDD's design is honestly kind of perfect. The two massive screws that evoke eyes are really clever, and especially great is that they give it + shaped "pupils"! Aside from that, the nozzle's funnel shape is an extremely funny shape for a mouth, and FLUDD does indeed speak out of there. Excellent head! Though I feel like the excitement fizzles out once you look past the head, because the rest is much more "equipment" than "character". That's fine, this IS a piece of equipment! It just makes it feel less like a character, when I'd like it to have a bit of a balance of both. Maybe if the handles also functioned as little feet that it could walk around on? I don't know. Maybe that would be stupid... but I do love when creature designs are stupid!
FLUDD was made by E. Gadd, but that's all the backstory we get. We never learn why it was just there on the Delfino Airstrip, and that's really weird! The perfect tool to combat the game's main conflict is just there immediately when Mario arrives. It could have been a cool little mystery, but I guess the reality is just that some Pianta ordered it when the Goop Incident happened and got express delivery. Or maybe someone already had it and was just waiting for a calamity like this to happen, to justify the purchase!
I don't need to go over everything FLUDD does, right? I'm not the Super Mario Wiki, it's not my job! I'm here for the Weird. And a weird thing is that FLUDD freaken dies.
During the final boss against Bowser's Hot Tub, FLUDD starts stuttering, as if breaking down. And then in the final cutscene... it Dies! Mario goes to it, it tells him it hopes it was of assistance, and it dies. And Mario is sad, because this was his friend. But then in the very next scene FLUDD is back! Some Toads fixed it and it's fine now. So this ends up having the emotional impact of Mario needing to change the battery on his TV remote.
Even though it's our and Mario's friend, FLUDD is still an object, a product. It's technically not just FLUDD, but A FLUDD, one of many, mass produced. I have to wonder if it actually formed any bond with Mario, or if it was a one-sided friendship. Is it even capable of friendship...?
Whatever the case, the others absolutely consider FLUDD a friend, and well, that's just so sweet. During the credits we get to see some extremely compressed pictures of Mario and friends enjoying their real vacation, and FLUDD is there with them! It's not even on Mario's back anymore, or always WITH Mario, for that matter. Sometimes it's hanging out with Peach and some Toads, sitting there independently. I think it is safe to say FLUDD is a real true friend, and likes to just Hang Out sometimes! Even better, maybe it wasn't originally sentient, but learned how to love over the course of the adventure. Such a wonderful robot thing to do!
As expected, thinking in depth about FLUDD has absolutely endeared me to it. Hooray! It's about time. Well, it's too late for FLUDD to be relevant again, probably. I'm not saying it should be a driver in Mario Kart, but I AM saying there should be a kart based on it, and I'm also saying that this kart should canonically be the FLUDD, now upgraded. This feels like something that should have happened long ago!
This has been a long post, but it is far from all FLUDD has had to discuss! So next time, I will post about FLUDD once more, and its various appearances during the GameCube days and beyond! There is milk involved at some point. Get excited to learn what milk has to do with any of this!
Here are all those periods you were promised! I hope you like them.
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F.L.U.D.D. was Mario's first ever Platforming Buddy! Unless you count the Lakitu Bros. from 64, but they just operate the camera and don't affect Mario's platforming moveset, so I do not. So really, F.L.U.D.D. is- hold on, I really don't want to write every individual period each time I write its name. I'm just going to leave all the periods at the end of the post and you can put them where they belong yourself, or anywhere else you think is funny. Or you can keep them, I don't mind. Put them on a bagel and tell a friend they're poppy seeds!
FLUDD is a big deal. A landmark for the series in terms of mechanics. Not that these specific mechanics returned, but the concept of a buddy granting Mario some new abilities has become a recurring thing. FLUDD even talks, and is fully voice acted! In a robot voice! Like mine! A cute and silly little robot buddy for Super Mario.
So then... why don't I absolutely LOVE it? I feel like I should! But I'm just not getting that urge to imagine it driving a kart or playing tennis like I do with far less important characters. Does it work so well as a Tool that I have a hard time viewing it as a Character? Let's See!
I think FLUDD's design is honestly kind of perfect. The two massive screws that evoke eyes are really clever, and especially great is that they give it + shaped "pupils"! Aside from that, the nozzle's funnel shape is an extremely funny shape for a mouth, and FLUDD does indeed speak out of there. Excellent head! Though I feel like the excitement fizzles out once you look past the head, because the rest is much more "equipment" than "character". That's fine, this IS a piece of equipment! It just makes it feel less like a character, when I'd like it to have a bit of a balance of both. Maybe if the handles also functioned as little feet that it could walk around on? I don't know. Maybe that would be stupid... but I do love when creature designs are stupid!
FLUDD was made by E. Gadd, but that's all the backstory we get. We never learn why it was just there on the Delfino Airstrip, and that's really weird! The perfect tool to combat the game's main conflict is just there immediately when Mario arrives. It could have been a cool little mystery, but I guess the reality is just that some Pianta ordered it when the Goop Incident happened and got express delivery. Or maybe someone already had it and was just waiting for a calamity like this to happen, to justify the purchase!
I don't need to go over everything FLUDD does, right? I'm not the Super Mario Wiki, it's not my job! I'm here for the Weird. And a weird thing is that FLUDD freaken dies.
During the final boss against Bowser's Hot Tub, FLUDD starts stuttering, as if breaking down. And then in the final cutscene... it Dies! Mario goes to it, it tells him it hopes it was of assistance, and it dies. And Mario is sad, because this was his friend. But then in the very next scene FLUDD is back! Some Toads fixed it and it's fine now. So this ends up having the emotional impact of Mario needing to change the battery on his TV remote.
Even though it's our and Mario's friend, FLUDD is still an object, a product. It's technically not just FLUDD, but A FLUDD, one of many, mass produced. I have to wonder if it actually formed any bond with Mario, or if it was a one-sided friendship. Is it even capable of friendship...?
Whatever the case, the others absolutely consider FLUDD a friend, and well, that's just so sweet. During the credits we get to see some extremely compressed pictures of Mario and friends enjoying their real vacation, and FLUDD is there with them! It's not even on Mario's back anymore, or always WITH Mario, for that matter. Sometimes it's hanging out with Peach and some Toads, sitting there independently. I think it is safe to say FLUDD is a real true friend, and likes to just Hang Out sometimes! Even better, maybe it wasn't originally sentient, but learned how to love over the course of the adventure. Such a wonderful robot thing to do!
As expected, thinking in depth about FLUDD has absolutely endeared me to it. Hooray! It's about time. Well, it's too late for FLUDD to be relevant again, probably. I'm not saying it should be a driver in Mario Kart, but I AM saying there should be a kart based on it, and I'm also saying that this kart should canonically be the FLUDD, now upgraded. This feels like something that should have happened long ago!
This has been a long post, but it is far from all FLUDD has had to discuss! So tomorrow, I will post about FLUDD once more, and its various appearances during the GameCube days and beyond! There is milk involved at some point. Get excited to learn what milk has to do with any of this!
Here are all those periods you were promised! I hope you like them.