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my new student teacher is slowly realising that teaching the accelerated class does not mean you have it easier, it only means that you will have a significant increase in anti-capitalistic philosophical discussions
#accelerated classes say shit like#society is inherently altruistic on smaller scales but capitalism ruined it for everyone#and#hippity hoppity get the fuck off my property#in the same sentence without stuttering
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let my brain cells work properly and i'm writing a forced proximity fic. i think that's what it is, anyway.
it's simon who was on a solo mission but it's gone tits up and he needs to hide but there isn't any safe houses nearby.
that he knows of.
price is quick to tell him of a 'friend' he has that's got a quiet, remote place nearby. he gets there and simon swears he's at the wrong place because it's a cute little home, with a hanging plant and a doormat that says hippity hoppity get off of my property, or something.
but then you open the door. "LT. Riley?"
he puts the gun back in its holster.
"yeah. price told ya about me?" he bites down on his tongue to keep back a snarl. no reason to be telling you his name, of all things.
"yes. come in, please. make yourself at home."
he has to lower his head to avoid hitting it on the lintel as he steps inside.
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SOMEBODY ONCE TOLD ME-
I know it’s been a very long while since our last episode, but after dealing with other projects, along with real life getting in the way from time to time, we’re finally continuing our next part of the second road trip across the Maasrichtian. While it only has 5 segments like the last episode, and does borrow some of last season’s “Freshwater” thunder quite a bit, I still had a good time with Swamps. And the segments presented here do bring a few things to the table for PHP in general. You’ll see what I mean when we get into them.
Snacks on the wing
The episode starts with the wetlands of Asia, where baby azhdarchid pterosaurs are attempting to fly for the first time. Keeping up with this show’s record of baby animals meeting their end, the pterosaurs have to deal with the threat of getting eaten by a horde of Shamosuchus. Unlike the Simosuchus from earlier in the season, these relatives to today’s crocodiles and alligators comfort more to the shape that we’re used to seeing these reptiles in. While I don’t have much to say about this segment, I find it cool how it draws comparisons with how Freshwater crocodiles hunt flying foxes in Australia. Even when millions of years apart, some hunting strategies are just that good.
Gone fishin’
The episode then cuts to the forests of South America, where the focus is on a truly unique animal; Austroraptor. For those not aware, this was a species of raptor dinosaur that was not only huge for its family (Think 20 feet long), it also lived a life of hunting fish. These of these guys like what would happen if a grizzly bear and a heron had a baby together. The plot of this segment shows a young male trying to score some lunch of his own. Many of the larger adults can only only catch garfish like it’s not their problem (which is something that our male is new to), but they can be aggressive, often attacking each other if one of them disrupts the other’s hunt. Until he learns how to catch prey successfully, the best option that the main male has to take is to snatch someone else’s prey, and try not to lose at least a few feathers in the process.
“Hippity hoppity, get off my property”
We then cut back to Madagascar to see the return of another Season 1 veteran. Y’all must’ve loved Beelzebufo so much, you all wanted to see more of the bay dinosaur-eating frog (And I really wouldn’t blame any of y’all). And fortunately, Apple heard everyone’s pleas for the devil toad to return, so here we are! The segment has a male Beelzebufo trying to find a good place to attract a mate. Unfortunately for the frog, a herd of Rapetosaurus just happened to come back and waddle in the mud, making things even harder for the Beelzebufo. That must be frustrating.
The Beelzebufo then has to find a new place to set up his courtship display, away from the titanosaurs. After a bit of hopping around, and even doing this…
Keep on rollin’
Our champ eventually finds a good enough spot to try again, with the Rapetosaurus herd moving on. They even leave footprints in the mud that get filled with water. The only complaint that I have for this scene is the lack of the Beelzebufo raising his eventual tadpoles. The concept art for the devil toad that was made by Gaëlle Seguillon refers to it as “Beelzebufo adult”, so it could be possible that devil tadpoles were considered to be in the show. Either that, or we could see another Beelzebufo-themed segment in a possible Season 3, taking alot of inspiration from how African bullfrog males raise their young. I may or may not be planning to add that to my hypothetical Season 3 idea, so keep your eyes peeled.
Head Games
Despite the episode literally being called “Swamps”, we cut to a dusty plain in North America, where the area in question used to be a swamp that eventually dried up. It’s here where we see the second pachycephalosaur of the series in the form of Pachycephalosaurus itself. It’s no secret that the domed heads of these creatures were used for some sort of territorial display, so we see an older male fighting a younger and rowdy male, who has been causing trouble for the herd. After a long and hard duel, the old male is knocked down, and his younger rival bellows out in victory. This turns out to be a bad idea, as it gives the old male time to get back up and strike down his rival. With the battle lost, the young male is then exiled from the herd, where he has to fend for himself. I’m not gonna lie, he’s gonna need everything in his kit to survive. Y’know why?
In the night, no one can hear you roar
The last segment of the episode shows us how basically terrifying T. Rex can be when hunting. After the last season shows how these giant predators can be doting parents or a loving couple, this segment serves as a reminder that this is still Tyrannosaurus Rex that we’re talking about. When night falls on the floodplains of Hell Creek, a couple of T. Rex brothers stalk around the forest, spying on a group of Edmontosaurus. The two split up, with one of them stepping on a fallen branch, intentionally causing the herd to get nervous. Thanks to their padded feet muffling any heavy footsteps that could be heard, along with their extremely good night vision, the predators spring into action. While one of them lunges for an Edmontosaurus, the latter is sent towards the other T. Rex. With both of them clamping their bone-crushing jaws into their hapless prey, the hunt is soon over, and the two get to enjoy their hard-earned meal. A funny thing to mention is how neither of the T. Rex crashed into the opening, roaring as they charged towards their prey. Large predators cannot afford to waste precious energy by running out and screaming like a mad man, so they need to be careful, often turning to ambush tactics to catch prey. If anything, this instance of averting usual pop-culture depictions of dinosaurs serves to make these beasts scarier than they already were. Unlike the mindless, perpetually roaring and shrinking movie monster that shakes the ground itself with every step, you’d never see or hear the real thing coming, until it’s too late…
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This takes the phrase “Bonehead” to a new level
The Uncovered segment of the episode takes a closer look at how pachycephalosaurs like Pachycephalosaurus used their domed heads in fighting. I don’t have alot to say about this part, but I can say that headaches must be a major pain when it comes to these guys.
And with that, we only have 2 episodes left. I apologize for pumping this review out late into the month. Being busy with other projects, along with dealing with real life stuff and being a lazy ass from time to time can do that to you. Nonetheless, the next review on our list covers one of my favorite episodes in the entire series so far, so that’ll be fun when we get to it. Get ready to “dive” in again next time, because we’re gonna be soaking up the thirst of the land.
…I hope you laughed at that joke.
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Lady bone demon deserved better
Like genuinely she did Like going by the special which I hate but hey let’s use it since it’s unfortunately canon: so all we know about LBD is that she watched humanity get screwed over and screw each other she legit says she’s watched civilizations rise and fall. And when she’s nearly had enough she does one last try with the emperor and as we all know that lad wasn’t shit so the mayor went “hippity hoppity your head is my property”. Then we don’t know what she did before wukong was there and beat her ass to the point when put in a situation where she was going to die SHE FLIPPED THE FUCK OUT,like the show proper suggests she did some awful shit which I’m all for but the special like she wouldn’t do that..like at all her personality shift is too much and even her actions aren’t that bad all she did was off actual dangerous demons and make the biggest dickhead parasite in the show heel(disclaimer I like macaque I’m just honest about who he is) Like she doesn’t do much that’s actually too harmful like at worst she’s a highly damaged old woman who’s seen some shit and tried to stop some shit and failed when she played nice so now she’s done playing nice. Now let’s talk about the box Tripitaka whatever the fuck he was(coughqssholecough) put her in a box where her body physically rotted away and she was at the LEAST! In there for a couple centuries like not even macaque got done like that hell LBD is the only one who actually made him get any comeuppance for the shit he does. Like seriously when you think about it LBD is just sad to think about She’s been through it she’s seen it and came up with a solution after witnessing suffering on a timescale we don’t know how to comprehend and take in properly and then rather then anyone attempting to actually give any help or do something that actually might change her mind they just kill her and she dies seeing our best naive boy possessing the potential to end up like her and she warns him! Like wtf! TLDR LBD is precious and she needs several hugs both show LBD and special LBD they both need hugs and appreciation from this fandom dammit she deserves better
#monkie kid#lego monkie kid lady bone demon#lmk lady bone demon#lady bone demon#monkie kid lbd#LBD#lmk lbd#lego monkie king#LBD deserved better#Macaque deserved worse#That’s basically having someone who suffered get fucked over by some asshole while the asshole gets a slap on the wrist at worst#Justice for LBD
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Jungkook: Aggressor 🔞 (9)
In which Jungkook doesn't care what needs to be done, or what bones need to be broken. He'll do anything, if it means he gets to put food on the table- and gets to keep you safe. He promised, after all.
Tags/warnings: violence, angst, blood and wounds, mentions of abandonment and homelessness, bounty hunter!Jungkook, guns, wanted!Reader, crimes, murder, reader canceled someone's life subscription in self defense oops, jungkook is a little cold but he's soft inside trust me, I know it doesn't seem like it, there is a little fluff if you squint, put your contacts in its there I promise, swearing, listen it's not a children's tale haha, smut, protected bc yes, we wrap it even as criminals, handjob in a bathroom oops², dark humor, Jeon Bam as the best bodyguard of all times
Additional Chapter Warnings: hippity hoppity oc is now jungkooks property, smut, cunnilingus, rip clothes, like Jesus kook the dress has a zipper for a reason but ok go off I guess
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You haven't said much after he'd told you about the whole deal he'd been proposed.
You're unsure what he thinks of you now; does he keep you around just for the money now? Or did his kisses mean something? You don't even notice how he watches you wash the dishes. He knows something is up- he noticed instantly.
He gets up with a sigh, reaching over your hand to turn off the water, your back against his front as you stay still. "Something's up." He mumbles, looking at you from over your shoulder. You can see his reflection a little in the metal spoon you're holding; upside down, and blurry, but its there.
"Do you.."you start, unsure how to phrase it. "Was what happened, you know, a few days ago.." you begin to explain, mumbling a little more than usual. But he understands you clearly, proximity to you making it easy to hear your voice. "Do you own me now?" You say, cringing at the sound of it. "Ugh no, I don't know how to explain-" you start, and he simply reaches to the kitchen towel, drying your hands for you before he turns you around to face him.
"Taehyung told me the deal the day we kissed- I took you in because I wanted to, if that's whats worrying you." He says, before he lifts your head at your chin. "The only one who owns you is yourself." He tells you, and you nod after a moment- before he looks down to your lips.
"What if I.." you softly say, "want you to own me though?" You ask, and he looks at you for a second, before he leans in.
"Then I'll gladly take it all." He tells you, before he hungrily kisses you yet again, hands on your thighs moving underneath the hem of your dress, before he picks you up, over his shoulder. "I'm not making that mistake twice." He mumbles to himself, as he carries you into his bedroom, door closing roughly as his boot kicks it shut.
You squeal a bit in surprise when he drops you onto the creaking mattress, as he crawls over you, impatiently trying to pull your dress higher- noticing how that won't work, he simply grabs both sides of the front, distinctive sound of fabric tearing filling the room. "You look better in my clothes anyways." He growls, as his hands brush over your skin, holding onto your hips while he can't stop kissing you. Biting your lower lip teasingly, he slowly sheds his own clothes- revealing his inked skin underneath, scars new and old decorating his skin together with the dark ink on his arm.
Your hand instantly traves the lines and edges of the designs on his arm, while he undoes your underwear, finally laying you bare beneath him. "Move over baby."He gently commands, as you nod, moving further onto the bed while he gets a condom from the bedside table.
He's surprisingly gentle as he even places the sheets over your bodies, before leaning down again capturing your lips and breath again. You're squirming underneath his hands, making him chuckle- a sound you haven't heard before from him. He looks a lot younger like this you notice, face relaxed and even a small smile on his lips as he watches you underneath him.
You're warm, and inviting, and he can't help but sigh out in bliss as he carefully enters you. You hold onto him as he fills you up, not used to the way he handles you- up until this point, you haven't experienced something slow and steady like this. You feel treasured and protected in a way, as if he's hiding you from the whole world in that moment- and maybe he is.
"Remember when I said I'll protect you?" He hums out, hips steady as he presses himself deep inside you. You nod.
"You said you won't keep it." You sigh out, growing a bit Impatient by his slow pace.
He chuckles, a hand pinning your hips down. "I take it back." He mumbles into your ear, kissing the crook of your neck before teasingly biting, hips snapping into you once, twice, begone he chuckles at your whining. "I promise I'll keep you safe from now on." He says.
"You mean it?" You wonder, looking at him as his gaze meets yours.
"I mean it." He reassures, before he pushes your legs more apart, pace quickening as he chases his high with you. He presses himself inside you as he cums, spilling into the condom inside you with a groan falling from his lips. You're already calming down, used to not having your own moment of high- but he suddenly slips out, begins to kiss down the valley of your breasts, over your lower stomach, before he places his mouth onto your sensitive core.
Your toes curl as he sucks and swallows hungrily, tongue expertly drawing patterns onto your pearl- breath quickening as you grab onto nothing- finding his hands you instantly hold onto, head thrown back unto the mattress below as usual reach your high.
He licks his lips almost teasingly with an impish smile on his face, making you hide behind your hands- leading to him pulling them away, before he kisses your cheeks playfully.
He really isn't the big bad dog you thought all men to be.
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PART 7: OUT OF CONTEXT FOOLISH QUOTES
[PART 1] [PART 8]
currently missing mr foolish underscore underscore gamers right now so have this extra long list of quotes :)
“I forget the context to everything.”
“That’s hot.”
Dono [referencing a Tiktok song]: “What you know about rolling down in the deep?”
Foolish: “As in Adele?”
“It ain’t much but it’s somethin’”
“I’m out like sliced butter on popcorn.”
"Do you guys know the average size of a walrus?"
“Anyone want my sacks?”
“Absolutely dab.”
Referring to the Doozer tee, “I’m wearing your guys’ merch.”
“Lesbian rights, hell yeah.”
“I was quick with the hippity hoppity steps outta there.”
“I’m just gonna get the bubonic plague now.”
“I’m gonna be the start of zombie apocalypse.”
“Listen, a zombie apocalypse would be terrible but it would be kinda fun... at the start.”
In a deeper voice, “... for those dirty, dirty diamonds.”
Chat: You’re like a 5 year old
Foolish: I wouldn’t say a 5 year old, more like 7
“I will not whip or naenae. You have to save those for special occasions.”
Dono: Can’t wait to see you in MCC tomorrow! Get that coin shark boy!
Foolish, sadly: Yeah. Go team.
“I don’t die, I’m kinda immortal.”
“There’s something therapeutic about absolutely mauling these squids.”
"Math isn't really my strong suit, I'm much more of a philanthropist.”
“Pain is temporary, but beauty is forever.
“The whole pyramid should be conduit-isized”
Getting shot with an arrow, over and over again, “I love the pain!!”
“A little blackmailing’s always healthy to build a relationship.”
“At least I’ve still got my little quartz maker, that’s right you little quartz maker, you.”
“Yeah like BBH! That little psychopath!”
“Penguins are one of those animals that I would want to slap me in the face.”
“Would a penguin actually hurt me if it slapped me?”
“I’m a respectable person, who only does it [meowing] from money.”
“Alright, I’m takin’ the glasses off and my dignity.”
Replying to a dono, “Yes you are, my little unhelpful doozers.”
“Your streamer’s a genius!!”
“I was gonna say a little swear here and there...”
"Meow with the glasses? No I only do it for money-" [50 subs are donated] “-Oh, you mother fucker!”
“I think I just successfully didn’t make any noise for like 8 seconds!”
“Everything I thought I had figured out is just out the window.”
“I feel like I could look British.”
“I gave one mouse a cookie, and before I knew it, there’s three properties back-to-back-to-back.”
“I never thought I needed a trampoline in my life, but here I am, trampolining.”
“What the hell’s a fish finger?”
“I’ve never eaten Teletubbies.”
“You pissed on my bed.”
“Never say never, that’s what I actually always say, and so did the Little Mermaid.”
“What happens in Vegas, stays in...Nevadas.”
“You say implausible, I say...snowflake.”
“I’m like a robo-cop.”
“I’m a scaffolding dispenser-er.”
“Either there was not sex or way too much sex.”
“These motherfuckers. This is my land. This is my land!”
“Is anyone’s last name Calcium?”
“No. I don’t eat sand. Too many calories.”
Eret: Gaslight gatekeep girlboss
Foolish: What about my elbows??
Eret, a few moments later: Fuck your elbows
“Settle down there, beacon boy.”
“I partook.”
“Am I colorblind?”
“My eyes don’t have color.”
“I never imagined I’d see this many balls at one time.”
“What’s a grape?”
“You know what rhymes with bear? Hair.”
“I don’t believe in Happy Feet.”
“I am bilingual, I am, and some times I might even meow.”
“I will attornize myself.”
“Please give us your money, and we’ll get you sand.”
“ ‘Milk the sand?’ That’s a really weird phrase-ology.”
“Sounds like you are conspiracizing right now.”
“Can I get high?”
Micheal: [talking about AO3, the fanfic website]
Foolish: Isn’t that a rootbeer?
“I don’t know if that’s fair, two for one head deal.”
“So what’s worse, Puffy, being colour blind or left handed?”
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@sweetgums
the worst sin was out of all the chages, yako's character suffered the worst.
Oh yes! Which I think is actually related to the fact they changed how her father's case went! And a lot of the other cases!
Also... This ended up turning into a little essay... Sorry bout that. You got me thinking about where the anime went wrong as an adaptation.
In the manga, her father's case is solved right away and, afterwards, Yako's like "huh! That was really interesting and I'm glad that happened. I just wish I'd been more useful!", then Neuro pops his head back in and goes "hippity hoppity, your time is now my property". The more mysteries she experiences, the greater drive she has to be involved. She's self-motivated... Kinda. I think the chapter just after she meets X (I just reread it, so it's fresh in my brain) for the first time shows the audience that, sure, Neuro is dragging her along, but she does actually want to be a part of this.
The writers for the anime, however, seemed to decide that Yako having a genuine interest after getting a taste wasn't a strong enough motivation to deal with Neuro. Which... I love Neuro, but I don't think I'd want to experience him. It's understandable, however, having her motivation for being involved rely on waiting for Neuro to solve her father's case does make her own characterization and growth suffer.
Besides changing the mystery of her father's death, I think pushing back the Aya Asia case was a big sign that the anime did not care for Yako's development. The two anime original mysteries following episode 1 were nothing but fluff. The Hime case in particular was a waste! If Matsui had written it, I'm sure he would have had things to say about parasocial relationships! It also could have been an easy way for Yako to get more involved in the cases rather than having her wave it off "oh, I'm not good at that sort of thing". The Comedy case... I don't know how you could really salvage that one to be narratively useful... Maybe use that one to tease X before officially introducing them?? But pushing Aya off until episode 10 was Not Good.
The anime only had 20-some episodes versus the manga's 202 chapters. They should have made every single episode count. However, there are at least 4 anime original mysteries (ugh, the lake one) plus the hot mess of an ending.
Also... I'm gonna throw it out there, the anime also cheated Neuro out of his character progression too. Not as badly as Yako, but yes... And I think Godai, too. As the arc with Mochizuki and the Hayasaka brothers was a pivotal moment for his character. Everyone was robbed! I don't think we even got to see how truly unhinged Sasazuka can be! But Yako did suffer the worst. Like, Matsui was out here doing the Lord's work in the mid-00s, giving us a female protagonist in Shonen Jump with amazing character growth and not sexualizing her or giving her a bad romance subplot (even if most of the fandom ships her and Neuro anyway) and the anime just has to go and mess that all up!
Madhouse! Please remake this series! It's been over 10 years and you can use the success of Assassination Classroom to advertise it!
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Techno Quotes I Have Saved
- He wins! The prize is death.
- I am about to plug my own channel while this man dies.
- We really said "how can we make this torture more convenient for you" and he just spit in our face. Honestly I'm feeling really underappreciated right now.
- No no, not torture... Just advanced interrogation techniques :)
- DIARY BROOOOOS let's write about our feelings!!
- I can't wait to take over the world so I can finally say hippity hoppity get off my property.
- He's drowning himself in a pond I don't think he's okay.
- Sometimes when my mother isn't home I go into the backyard, bury myself, and pretend I am a carrot.
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Can you share some more things from the sexist history you know about? :o
OMG yes
/// discussions of very real things that have happened to people in the past so be warned
Specifically what I read was in a Euro history class, one American history class, and specifically an Eastern European/Central Asian history class. And don't take this 100% detailed accuracy, I'm not a historian, I'm just saying this is what I was taught and read about when I took them.
Ok so like. Listen. The concept of what we call yandere has always existed, and it was like... Normal. Back in the day in some places it was just called... being male.
Like, you want to kidnap that girl you met once? Yeah that's a normal desire for a dude to have honestly, can't blame you. Like... If you look at historical literature and records, even in cultures where bride-snatching wasn't necessarily the *norm*, it's wild how frequently you can find accounts of some dude deciding he liked a girl from a village over yonder, who he'd never spoken to in his life, and decides to get some buddies together who are willing to help him rope her up and drag her back. On the condition, of course, that one day he'd help them do the same. And like, they didn't have to lie. They could just be like "yeah this is my wife that I stole" and people would be like ah ok.
And like they were well aware they were stealing some poor girl from her life and family. It's like "but consider... I wanted her." That's all the justification needed!
Granted this was mostly a thing a long while ago, like prehistory, mostly BC eras, but depending on the culture persisted a bit later. But at one point, the idea was generally kidnappers finders keepers when it came to girls. Generally the village/nomadic group/tribe/whatever the girl came from didn't see it as being worth the trouble to get her back, unless it was nobility or the rich, which was usually not the case. So if you got snatched that was kinda it, this guy's your husband now.
Some things persisted even later. You want your wife to stay inside at all times and never speak to another man without explicit permission? Yeah that's the way things should be. That's normal. Basically it just comes down to hippity hoppity women are property mindset. But really what is fascinating-but-creepy to me is how, in historical records I've read at least, so much of it is addressed as "the nature of a man" or "natural male behavior." Like, for them it wasn't seen as abnormal the way it was today, it was seen as a thing that was just. "Oh you're a guy yeah that makes sense."
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One idea that persisted in Western culture, particularly in the 1800s in the Anglosphere, was the general idea that a half or so of women couldn't like... Control themselves. They thought all women were either non-sexual entirely, OR, if they showed the slightest enjoyment of it, they were labelled as like, basically out-of-control nymphs. And that they had to be watched 24/7 or they'd hop on the first dick they saw. So it wasn't unheard of for some guys to like. Keep a wife under constant surveillance if they could afford to. Bc if they weren't, it was their "nature" to basically go find something to fuck. It's so wild to me how they saw horniness as if it were demonic possession or something.
But it was considered the husband's duty to "take care" of it. Like dude, you gotta be a good husband and make sure to breed your wife until she can't walk and cure the horny, you know how they can be! And likewise it was believed by some that deprivement could affect behaviors. Like, of course today you hear people say "get bent" or the like but it's more of an insult. Back then they often genuinely believed that if your wife was seriously mad about something you just needed to... Dick her down and then she'd feel better. And much like vibrators in later years, prior to that, getting dicked was seen as basically a cure if you had a "hysterical" wife who was nagging and easily upset. And again, this is still... Often believed by some rather sexist dudes.
We learned about this one American factory town where the women worked in textile mills, and the men in logging fields right? Back then you would have whole settlements more or less dedicated to a few select occupations. Well the textile mills had overseers to watch the girls, which is normal, but at the end of the day they would basically be herded like sheep back to the living area of the town in a mass group and each one dropped off at her house, or taken back to communal living where some women lived together. Bc they believed that like, if they didn't ensure they got back, your wife might just, I dunno, go walking out on the streets and find some random guy and fuck him? They were so wildly paranoid it's hilarious but sad. So yeah, imagine being herded around, your husband drops you off at work every day and then you're corralled like cattle back home at night bc they don't think you're capable of even walking to and from work without running off and sleeping with someone, ye olde creechur of lust. It's wild.
But yeah that's the lesson for today lmao I'm sure there's more I'll remember eventually but have these.
#lena's asks#tw: misogyny#but fr like oh man my wife is mad time to whip it out#that was their actual thought process smh
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Hippity Hoppity, this is no longer your Property (to manage)
After graduating college, my girlfriend and I moved to a new state where she was accepted into an engineering program. We found a lovely garden apartment style complex that advertised 100 Mbps internet speed included in the price among a few other amenities. When we met the property manager (PM), he seemed strict but well mannered, nothing out of the ordinary. Until we signed the lease...
The first problem:
Suddenly, walking into his office was not allowed without an appointment. I had come by to ask a question, saw him browsing social media, and figured he was as available as he made himself to us when we first came by, unannounced, to view a model apartment. Nope. He refused to answer my question and asked me to make an appointment via email.
The second problem:
The terms of our lease included an attachment to complete within 48 hours of accepting the keys that details all discrepancies within the unit. We submitted the attachment via email around the 40th hour. The PM responded that the terms recently changed from 48 to 24 hours and since we had passed 24 hours, we would be held liable for all found damages. When citing our copy of the lease which explicitly stated 48 hours, he informs us that we signed an outdated copy and would need to make an appointment to come by the office and sign a new lease.
The third problem:
The internet speed was not 100 Mbps as advertised. It was less than 15 Mbps off peak and about ~5 Mbps on peak. We again contacted the PM to complain but were referred to make an appointment.
The fourth problem:
We made an appointment to address the previous three problems. During this meeting and after I finished voicing our issues, the PM leans forward and says, "There are other communities in this neighborhood that may be more accepting of people like you and your girlfriend. You're welcome to break the lease and leave."
"people like you and your girlfriend"
I had thought he was referencing our no nonsense response to his nonsense (daily communication, scheduling multiple meetings to address these issues, etc) but my girlfriend believed he was speaking towards our skin colors. Her, a black woman, and myself, a white man. My girlfriend jokingly told me to check my privilege before getting serious and explaining to me that we were experiencing discrimination at the very least.
The solution:
I did some research and discovered the PM worked for a larger organization that owned several complexes throughout the country. I found their director of human resources on LinkedIn and made a connection. I then emailed her copies of all email correspondence, screenshots of the lease, pictures of the internet speed flags advertised by the road, and more screenshots of online speed tests. We further noted his comment and the implications behind it.
The HR director replied within a few hours and promised us she would look into the issue.
About two days later, the PM called and asked us to come by his office at our convenience. We showed up near the end of the day, and sat down across from him. He then proceeded to ask us if we would be willing to write a letter stating we accepted his apology (despite not yet offering said apology) and in return he would credit us a months rent, accept our damages attachment, and promise to have the ISP on site within a week to assess the internet issues. We declined. He got personal with us and revealed his job may be at stake and asked us to reconsider.
My girlfriend leaned forward and said, "There are other communities in this neighborhood that may be more accepting of people like you. You're welcome to leave."
The PM was replaced in a week with a super sweet older woman who not only gave us all the things the original PM had promised; the one month credit, accepting the damages attachment and then further scheduling maintenance to fix said damages, having the ISP assess and upgrade the internet to promised speeds, but she also made it clear her office was always open for anything we may need.
I looked up the old PM about a few months later on LinkedIn. Still unemployed.
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Oh yes!! I do love your thoughts on things - you really have a knack for coming up with really interesting things! I’ve just realised I haven’t asked for your thoughts or Gil-Galad, specifically his parentage - so, if you would like to, thoughts?
- Captain Anon
Hey thanks mate!!!
For Gil-Galad, can I call him Gil? Well I'm gonna.
The run down is I have no idea what the canon story is pre-Isle of Balar is so in my imagination, Gil was adopted as Maedhros and Fingon's kid, but then as various people had their kingdoms wrecked/got killed, he got transferred from house to house until just... only his house was left.
Note: ok I'm sure you've noticed by now, I sometimes say "middle earth" and I just mean not-valinor.
If I'm correct, at some point Morgoth attacks Hithlum about 100-200 years after they arrive in Beleriand. Anyways Gil is one of the very few Young kids around (having been born after arriving in middle earth), so when his parents are (unfortunately) killed, Fingon's like "so, Neylo I hear you like kids" and Maedhros is like "haha yeah I do" so Fingon's like "great, we have one. This is Gil-Galad. Sign here."
A brief interlude from time lines to discuss Adoption: there's no "hey this guy isn't actually related!" no. no. If the person is adopted they are not only thier parent's child. They are everyone's nephew/neice/grandchild/cousin/they trace family ties a bit too far sometimes but they mean well. The point is, Gil is ABSOLUTELY part of the shiny murder family now.
Anyways, Gil has 7 uncles/aunts he regularly hangs out with plus one who he's never met, and a slew of his fathers' cousins (Arafinwe's kids) so despite the rough start, has a pretty awesome childhood hopping between Fingon's and Maedhros' houses, and going to Finrod's house once a month because Finrod is the only other responsible babysitter. At the time of the Dagor Bragollach, he's fortunate enough to be with Fingon, and it's agreed he should stay there for Awhile. In that time, he grows into a solid military commander himself, gaining a reputation across Beleriand but also trust and respect from Fingon's people.
Ergo, even if he spent time swapping between Hithlum and Himring later on, it's only natural that in the Union of Maedhros he be with Fingon's army. Unfortunately, that means Gil's group gets screwed over. He ends up in the Isle of Balar because they don't know what's going on/who'd betrayed who and I'm fairly certain Cirdan and Fingon hung out (I think there was an attack Cirdan helped repel) so he goes there bc, lets be honest, Cirdan is pretty awesome. Plus his other options were: Turgon has a hidden city someplace, the Feanorians are kinda crazy and don't really have a base anyways (plus they were inexplicably late), and hippity hoppity get off my property Doriath.
Anyways, if he claims to be literally everyone's child, it's because there isn't a Finwean who wouldn't claim him as their own. But primarily he's Fingon and Maedhros' kid, with 198475019 overly enthusiastic "uncles."
#the real question: is celebrimbor gil's uncle or cousin?#like i know it's cousin but Age wise#also I think this makes gil too old to match with canon#do I care? no#not really#gil galad#anyways#thanks for the ask!!#Youre the absolute best!!#asks#captain anon#am i saying he is also parlty Cirdans kid? eh not really they're just family friends#also yall i Know this isn't canon compliant please dont come after me rip
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Ok like so I already told you about how I thought the entirety of chat for every streamer is just a bunch of shapeshifters since it's the only logical explanation. But like imagine the Egg seeing Techno but not seeing us since like were usually in some physical form or another wether it's a bunch of blobs or even birds and assuming it's safe for it to mess with Techno. And just the fear when upon entering Techno's head being met with thousands upon thousands of shapeshifters in the form of voices all saying shit like "Hippity hoppity get off my property."
jzskskla the egg tries to mind control techno and is met with silence until it looks up and there's a couple thousand beings chanting "rise emperor of the ice, blood for the blood god" and it just. *sweats*.
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Ballads of Panem - TBoSaS Ch5 thoughts
(I’m a week late, but:) There were a few throwbacks to the original series that popped out at me. Sejanus’ backpack of sandwiches and plums reminds me of Katniss’s life-saving backpack in the arena. Then we have a sunset picnic prior to the Games, which mirrors the basics of the rooftop scene in Catching Fire (though obviously the character dynamics are waaaaay different). I was so excited to think that Lucy’s song may be the Valley Song that Katniss sings on the first day of class! :D
I feel it goes without saying, but I love Sejanus (I really like Lucy, but she is still somewhat mysterious to me). I cling to every mention of him, I think I’m getting desperate for people to pull for. I’m rooting for all the tributes, but we know their odds... Sejanus just seems foolishly sweet though, like a bunny in a pit of vipers. Hippity Hoppity. :(
I noticed that Lucy Gray says, “for the record” twice, when frankly stating the terrible situation she has been put in. To me, it reads as both a way to seem less affected by the difficulties she’s describing, like a brave front, and also a way to soften her public acknowledgement of the abominable treatment of the tributes (since she is talking to Capitolites, and gainsaying could be potentially dangerous):
“But if she’s brave enough to be here, shouldn’t I be?”
“Oh, for the record, I didn’t have a choice,” said Lucy Gray” (Chapter 4)
“What’s he up to, bringing fancy sandwiches to the tributes? Surely, the Capitol feeds them,” said the reporter.
“Oh, for the record, I last ate the night before the reaping,” Lucy Gray announced. “So I guess it’s been three days.” (Chapter 5)
Kudos to Lucy Gray for telling it like it is. What really got me though, is that her language indicates her desire to leave a mark somewhere, on some record, when the Capitol is actively trying to erase her.
At the end of the chapter, we have a discussion between Sejanus and Coryo about switching tributes. It comes from Sejanus wanting to do best by Marcus, but it’s still disturbing to see him offer to “trade” human beings with Coryo. Even though Sejanus seems to be the moral touchstone at the Academy, it definitely feels like the Games are dragging everyone down fast.
Snow actually has a heartfelt reason not to get rid of Lucy Gray. He just happens to have twice as many calculating, self-serving reasons not to, as well. As frustrating as that is, I appreciate Collins’ characterization - the teetering balance between empathy and self-interest in his actions, and the fact that his choices are motivated by a mixture of both, feels really realistic. Then we have this piece of work:
“Lucy Gray was one thing belonging to Coriolanus that he would never, ever get.
“Sorry, my friend,” he said mildly.
“But I think I’ll keep her.”
Where to even begin? So not only does Snow feel like he owns her, and is already behaving covetously, he qualifies her as a thing. This is getting worse and worse. We’ve seen indications that Snow feels ownership over Lucy practically every chapter since she’s been reaped. I keep wanting to tell Lucy to run, like I’m watching a horror movie. As if she could. And since yelling at books doesn’t really go anywhere, it’s starting to feel like I’m trapped in the most ominous drinking game ever - Snow refers to Lucy as his property and/or conducts a cost-benefit analysis of her existence - take a shot.
But that’s not even the most off-putting line:
“Here, in the relative privacy of the corner, he realized for the first time that she would be dead in a few days. Well, of course, he’d always known that. But he had thought about her more as his contender. His filly in a race, his dog in a fight. The more he had treated her as something special, the more she’d become human. As Sejanus had told the little girl, Lucy Gray was not really an animal, even if she was not Capitol.” (emphasis mine)
So this is a heavy paragraph to begin with. It’s repellent to see the tributes likened to animals to be used for sport, but I’m not even holding that against Snow here. The Gamemakers have introduced that framework, not Coryo. And he’s coming out of years of dehumanizing propaganda against the districts. Of course we hope for more enlightened thinking, and should expect and demand it in normal circumstances, but this is a Hunger Games prequel about Snow. The forecast is not sunny.
Still, the way Snow poses his revelation that she will die reveals that he did not even see her as human initially. Again, she is referred to as a thing, and we are told she has undergone a transformation into a human. Like she suddenly turned from a puppet into a person. And who is the good fairy that beneficently imbued lowly Lucy with the qualities of a Real Girl? Why, it was Snow, of course. That’s right. Even when recognizing her humanity, Snow manages to incorporate himself as the instigator who deigned to elevate her to personhood, casting himself, as always, in a role of superiority and power over others. And this is his humble moment of realization this chapter.
#balladsofpanem#TBoSaS spoilers#TBoSaS#The ballad of songbirds and snakes#the ballad of songbirds and snakes spoilers#ballad of songbirds and snakes#ballad of songbirds and snakes spoilers#chapter 5#week 5
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Fun Quotes
From “taking over the world - SMP Earth” (November 29th)
“My puny hypixel brain cannot understand”- Techno, at Ph1lza’s 0 tick sugarcane farm. 6:41
“I would like to have a connection to this server that I'm playing on, if that is at all possible”- Techno while having a really bad time flying a plane. 11:34
“People on this server report this bizarre phenomenon where whenever they go anywhere near our base their viewers go up by a hundred.”- Techno. 35:05
“This is part of the reason im taking over the world: to flex on the admins” -Techno 37:40
“There’s a Black Friday sale on the Earth, and it’s 100% off. Add to cart.”- Techno. 39:55
“I tried to connect to the server and suffocated to death, so im also contributing” -Techno, whilst being met with the fruits of Philza’s Grind™. 47:42
“I don’t need a sugar daddy” - Techno 16:47
“If you try and claim the whole world i will literally delete Frozen 2” - one of the admins, to Techno, not realizing that Techno highly disliked Frozen 2. 58:20
“I can’t wait to claim the whole world and tell everyone to hippity hoppity get off my property” -Techno. 1:04:22
“Was there a divorce? Was there BEEF?” - Techno after Phil’s friendship with Wilbur is described in the past tense. 1:37:49
“I’m actually the CEO of earth” - Techno 1:38:15
“Why are you doing this” - Wilbur Soot, owner of the server. 1:38:44
“Wuwu”- Pete, trying to say uwu. 1:53:38
“TechnoPog” - Pete. 2:01:54
“What many of you don’t realise, is that Techno used to work at NASA.” - Pete. 2:01:42
“You know, I ate food, I prayed to God… everything a normal Swedish man would do on Thanksgiving” - Arlus. 2:05:24
“Did someone just try to kill God?” -Techno 2:41:43
“Im comparing [Technoblade] to Nazi Germany, actually” -Wilbur. 2:43:53
“You're about to get a bro euthanization if you're not careful”- We actually have no clue who this is, if you see this, please let us know. 2:47:20
“I never make jokes” - Techno. 3:01:02
“It’s free real estate, i said looking at the dynmap” - Techno 3:09:00
Just saying, there are still plenty of fun quotes in the stream, if you have time to go watch it.
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