Ramblings and Reblogs. Moreso reblogs.

(publishing because honestly we need the whole fandom in on these things)

It seems that way with the Heterodynes and it has something to do with generational loyalty that is also contagious. But it is very different. 

If a Heterodyne actually tries the “I AM YOUR CREATOR OBEY ME!” it doesn’t work for them!

See! it didn’t work. They work it by saying “IM THE HETERODYNE” because there is a good chance they arent the creator of the monster they are ordering around! A whole lot of monsters that each Heterodyne commanded were created by their predecessors! 

I can’t find the page but the Castle wanted to do something that Agatha didn’t approve of so Agatha just yelled “HETERODYNE” and it complied with her wishes. 

Gil was able to get the dingbot to work for him by saying it was helping its mistress (not creator)

The Heterodynes are not their monsters “creators” they are masters. 

Similar loyalty is found in the Muses as they were created to serve the Storm King, whoever that is. The Storm King being their master, whether the king created them or not!

(gotta get this out before the next page is up, in case Lu course-corrects and I get egg on my face)

When discussing the open-endedness of Lu's last order, I have seen people suggest that Klaus retrieve wine and cake from Mechanicsburg, England, and Paris.

I have NOT yet seen anyone offer the funniest suggestion:

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The culture has a specific defined term for that tragic span of time when a widow keeps accidentally referring to their spouse with living pronouns. New parents-to-be dropping the happy surprise news of a pregnancy by referring to their future child with the "is yet to be born" pronoun instead of a more ambiguous one and waiting for the "wait what did you just say?" reactions.

Someone jokingly referring to themselves with the dead person pronouns just to highlight how horrible their current hangover is. A notorious aspiring ladies' man who keeps trying to pursue women in their 20s despite of approaching middle age fails to notice the insult when someone asks him when he's planning to get married, and uses the pronoun that implies that his ideal future bride may not even be born yet.

@witchofanguish it is also used in poetry and plays, ghosts talk like that. Imagine being in a folk story, staying overnight in an abandoned cabin and in the middle of the night there's a knock on the door and a bellowing voice going

LET ME IN.

some background: the international code of signals is used as shorthand for communicating important information between vessels until this day. everyone carries a flag alphabet for this purpose and you can raise flags separately or together to indicate conditions and requests.

so when my crew mate informed me that the navy boat we were passing had two signal flags up i asked him to relay me the message because i was busy downstairs.

here is what he saw through the binoculars:

the flag on the left is Alpha (I have a diver down; keep well clear at slow speed) and the right one is Bravo (I am taking in or discharging or carrying dangerous goods.) the vessel most likely had clearance divers out to remove underwater explosives and wanted other's to steer clear.

however, my beloved crew mate only vaguely recalled that Alpha stands for divers and Bravo stands for dangerous. so imagine my surprise when they hesitantly relayed that

Porcelain figurine