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The meanest thing Sam ever did wasn't trapping people, or psychologically tormenting people, or continuously tricking people for the purpose of entertainment. No, the meanest thing he ever did was tear up Mike's, Ify's, and Siobhan's hand drawn pictures of ducks.

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i'm gonna be honest - between the glitches, the episode's premise, and roscoe the clown...i think that if i didn't already know grant had tested positive for covid (because of the bingo bts stuff), i would have assumed that getting zac to play grant was always sam's plan (in order to add to the surrealness of the episode)

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Deja Vu might be one of the best episodes of Game Changer yet.

The foreshadowing early in the game (no repeats?), unfinished and impossible games, inspection happening before The Noodle Incident. It's literally a perfect storm of excellent concept and execution. I don't think any other show could have committed to the bit required to pull it off. Some Zero Escape shit

Fucking watch it man its so good

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If I had to read this whole thing, then all of my mutuals do too.

the dynamic between heinz doofenschmirtz and perry the platypus would probably come off as v romantic and gay if they were two people in a similar age range rather than a dude and a platypus. no i dont ship them but think about it. villainous monologues are already a very romantic and gay thing in itself (don’t question me on this you know im right). listening to somebody ramble excitedly about something they’re proud of is even more romantic and cute af. also doofensmirtz is already gay anyway. the only thing preventing this from becoming Peak Gay is the fact that perry is strictly professional and also a platypus. thanks for coming to my ted talk

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Vaggie: If you want something bad, you have to fight for it. Step up your game, Angel. Break out the L-word.

Angel Dust: …Lesbian?

Vaggie: The other L-word.

Angel Dust: …Lesbians?

Vaggie: It's "love," Angel. I wasn't trying to trick you.

Original dialogue from Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

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I loved Guillermo Del Toro’s take on Pinocchio. Not only was Pinocchio acting like a genuine child, he immediately acted like a child who had just come to life (smashing things, misbehaving but not knowing what that even is, etc.). And while Pinocchio was let down by the authority figures in his life in this version, he wasn’t necessarily punished for it like in Disney’s version. The reason The Cricket isn’t with Pinocchio for the majority of the film is that Pinocchio chose to leave so that he could do right by his father, though even that has a glimmer of childhood naivety to it. But honestly, he should’ve been made a real boy immediately after he chose to roast Mussolini to his face.

Watching the original version of Disney’s Pinocchio after studying developmental psychology is a bad idea, because the whole film is just…so terrible in terms of how everything is presented to Pinocchio. Like, he’s brought to life late at night, and in the span of 24 hours, he gets kidnapped twice and gets constantly manipulated by literally everyone around him, and then he’s punished for being manipulated.

“Oh, but he should’ve listened to Jiminy and done what he was told!” - Listen here, you son of a bitch, that poor puppet was brought to life and then expected to just go to school without any socialization or time spent with his father. That boy had no business going to school in the first place since he knew literally nothing and should’ve been acclimated to listening to Jiminy in the safety of his own home. Not only that, but Pinocchio continued to be punished for making choices despite the fact that literally nobody warned him about the dangers of trusting people he doesn’t know. He was never taught stranger danger, yet he kept getting punished for trusting people he had never been told not to trust. Also, nobody gave him a good reason to go to school? He was just expected to go because he was told to?

Bottom line is that Pinocchio kept getting let down by the authority figures in his life and was punished for it, and I’ve had enough of that-

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It’s this time of the year again!

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Watching the original version of Disney’s Pinocchio after studying developmental psychology is a bad idea, because the whole film is just…so terrible in terms of how everything is presented to Pinocchio. Like, he’s brought to life late at night, and in the span of 24 hours, he gets kidnapped twice and gets constantly manipulated by literally everyone around him, and then he’s punished for being manipulated.

“Oh, but he should’ve listened to Jiminy and done what he was told!” - Listen here, you son of a bitch, that poor puppet was brought to life and then expected to just go to school without any socialization or time spent with his father. That boy had no business going to school in the first place since he knew literally nothing and should’ve been acclimated to listening to Jiminy in the safety of his own home. Not only that, but Pinocchio continued to be punished for making choices despite the fact that literally nobody warned him about the dangers of trusting people he doesn’t know. He was never taught stranger danger, yet he kept getting punished for trusting people he had never been told not to trust. Also, nobody gave him a good reason to go to school? He was just expected to go because he was told to?

Bottom line is that Pinocchio kept getting let down by the authority figures in his life and was punished for it, and I’ve had enough of that-

[ivandra-winters]

Watching the original version of Disney’s Pinocchio after studying developmental psychology is a bad idea, because the whole film is just…so terrible in terms of how everything is presented to Pinocchio. Like, he’s brought to life late at night, and in the span of 24 hours, he gets kidnapped twice and gets constantly manipulated by literally everyone around him, and then he’s punished for being manipulated.

“Oh, but he should’ve listened to Jiminy and done what he was told!” - Listen here, you son of a bitch, that poor puppet was brought to life and then expected to just go to school without any socialization or time spent with his father. That boy had no business going to school in the first place since he knew literally nothing and should’ve been acclimated to listening to Jiminy in the safety of his own home. Not only that, but Pinocchio continued to be punished for making choices despite the fact that literally nobody warned him about the dangers of trusting people he doesn’t know. He was never taught stranger danger, yet he kept getting punished for trusting people he had never been told not to trust. Also, nobody gave him a good reason to go to school? He was just expected to go because he was told to?

Bottom line is that Pinocchio kept getting let down by the authority figures in his life and was punished for it, and I’ve had enough of that-

#pinocchio #disney’s pinocchio #child psychology #developmental psychology #this movie makes me angry #the puppet was continually let down #and this poor boy had to fucking die to become human #he had to experience death in order to be considered worthy #yeah give the kid trauma #that won’t end terribly for anyone

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Like, I just wanna see one thing surprise him, y’know?

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BREAKING NEWS: Finally, Hades is just some guy.

#percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #percy pjo #percy jackson series #hades pjo #hades greek mythology #hades

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It’s getting harder and harder to not go to bed before midnight on New Year’s Eve every year-

#new year #new year’s eve #happy new year #here’s hoping escapism can be enough of a coping mechanism next year

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I will say this: if Missy and Fifteen somehow end up encountering each other in the next series, there would be some much flirting between them and the sass would be astronomical. A Dalek would show up, and get promptly eviscerated by their combined strength-

#doctor who spoilers #doctor who #fifteenth doctor #missy doctor who #rtd #ncuti gatwa #michelle gomez #the master #15th doctor #nobody would fucking survive if they were on the receiving end of their combined sass

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I love you, ‘time travel used as a tool in the narrative’. I love you, ‘using time travel to actively change the present whilst the characters are experiencing it’. I love you, ‘characters making snap decisions that they tell their future selves to remember so that it can benefit them in the present’.

#yes this is about the third act of bill and ted’s excellent adventure #and the ghost of christmas past segment of the doctor who christmas carol episode #and season 2 of loki (so far) #basically I love time travel done right #sci-fi writing #science fiction #time travel #narrative

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In honor of the changing seasons, it is now Hadestown on repeat.

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this is the only facial expression

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EPISODE 5 OF MENTOPOLIS SPOILERS UNDERNEATH THE CUT

WE WIN, GUYS!! BRENNAN MADE FLIGHT’S ALIAS STACY FAKENAME!!!!

#brennan lee mulligan #d20 mentopolis #dimension 20 #dropout #elias hodge #mentopolis #mentopolis spoilers #i’m so fucking happy #they did it guys!!! #they did the thing!!! #stacy fakename