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3d-wifey · 3 years

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Like A Bad Habit

Pairing: Dabi x Reader

Synopsis: Dabi doesn't deserve you, but he needs you

Warnings: Shitty angst, sorta yandere vibes,co-dependency

Word Count: 990

A/N: Idk why I always write Dabi like he's a greaser from the outsiders 💀. Here's something fast and rushed since I haven't posted in a while 😌

These are the facts:

Fact #1.) Dabi's an asshole. He's a selfish, arrogant, unfeeling, son of a bitch who only cares about himself.

Fact #2.) That last fact was a bit of a lie. He wasn't entirely unfeeling. He felt all types of things: Animosity, envy, resentment. And he did care about someone other than himself.

Fact #3.) Despite all of his faults, you loved him. Through all his episodes where he would lash out at you when you didn't deserve it, through the many times he let you down (and God did he let you down), through the times where all he needed was for you to hold him and talk. Fill the air with your thoughts so he wouldn't think about his own.

Fact #4.) You loved him through it all and he let you go.

Fact #5.) He let you go as some kind of self-sacrifice, he supposed. You deserved better than him, better than what he could give you. So, after an argument, he gathered what little shit he had at your apartment, wrote you a note with a simple "I want you to be happy.", and got the hell out of dodge.

He let you go for your own good and he regretted it.

He watched as you rushed to clear the tables in the cafe. The cute little skirt of your work uniform swishing with every movement. It wasn't hard for him to get you alone. You used to take the night shift all the days you worked so it would be easier for Dabi to walk you home. You stuck to a loose schedule, a schedule he had intimate knowledge of. It was one of the small things he liked about your relationship.

You were a creature of habit, which meant if he wanted to spend any time with you, he'd have to adhere to your schedule too. Having a set of goals to accomplish each day gave him a sense of clarity; a feeling of normalcy that he more than needed with his lifestyle.

He absentmindedly brushed the cigarette ash off his fingers, the nerves in his hands too burnt out to light up his pain receptors. Time apart had allowed him to think clearly. It might sound kind of shitty, but Dabi wasn't a martyr.

It turns out self-sacrifice wasn't his thing.

He thought he could get away with actually being a half-decent guy and putting your happiness before his own. He thought he could stomach the idea of you settling down with some average Joe, popping out somebody else's brats, and living some cookie-cutter life. He thought he could stomach you moving on without him, but the idea of somebody else—somebody undeserving—getting to do all the things with you he should be doing made him queasy with regret and bitterness.

He flicked the cigarette bud to the floor, heavy boots grinding it into the ground as he walked towards your cafe.

So, yeah. Dabi was an asshole. He was a selfish prick. He didn't care. He'd be whatever he needed to be to get you back.

He couldn't say that your reaction was surprising. He presumes that your ex showing up at your job after four months warranted an extreme reaction. But the slap to the face was a bit unexpected.

"No! You can't do this to me now! I'm finally fucking happy—You said you wanted me to be happy!" You pushed against his chest weakly. He faltered for a second, holding your squirming body still. Eyes bloodshot with tears streaming down your face, he had never seen you like this before. You were always his strong girl. Level headed were he was impulsive; you never came across anything you couldn't solve and, yet, here you were. So helpless. So vulnerable because of what he did to you.

"Of course I want you to be happy, doll. But, I've come to a realization: What's the point of you being happy if it's not with me?" He smirked, going for cocky but he's sure it must have looked like a grimace. This was horrible, he was horrible. To completely uproot a person's life and then wait until they're finally stable again to try and burrow your way back in like a parasite. It was a messed up thing to do to the person you loved.

But it was because he loved you so much that he was doing this. So, no. He didn't care how messed up it was because the facts about him were true. He was a selfish asshole who only cared about himself. He felt for you so deeply, in a way he didn't feel for anyone else—could never feel for anyone else. You loved him before and you could love him again. He wanted you to be happy, but he needed you by his side.

"Y/n look at—look at me," he grabbed your face between his big hands, forcing you to look at him. Despite yourself, you melted into his hands like you used to, like you belonged there, like a bad habit. "I need you, doll. And I know the feeling's not mutual, but I couldn't give less of a shit. You aren't getting rid of me." It was the closest thing to an apology he could muster. A promise that he wouldn't leave you again.

And then you turned and hesitantly kissed his hand (like he was something precious, something deserving of your gentleness) and if his tear ducts weren't burned to hell, he would cry. Your lips brought some type of feeling to the otherwise dead skin. Only you could do that. Only you could give some type of meaning to a man made of scrap parts. Without you, he was just a walking corpse. Trash pieced back together and driven by one goal. But not with you. With you, he was more.

#mha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #dabi x reader #dabi #yandere dabi

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leweebdepoche · 2 years

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Thriller, action and philosophy in one anime (★‿★)

PARASYTE (Thriller/Science Fiction/Horror) 2014-2015 - 24 episodes

Kenichi Shimizu/Shoji Yonemura

Rating: 10/10

Have you often wondered what would happen if an enemy capable of endangering the human race appeared? How would humanity adapt? Would we be able to fight effectively, together, an enemy that challenges the reasons for our existence? This is what the animated Parasite asks. Leaning towards horror with a very bloody style that contributes to the originality and interest of the series, Parasite is unfortunately not for the general public. And yet, it raises many ethical and moral questions about the human condition that are as fascinating as they are disturbing.

One morning, Shin'ichi finds his right hand infected by what he discovers to be a parasite. But something is wrong: this parasite from outer space is capable of reasoning and discussing with him at the same level of intelligence. Another problem is that these parasites have no regard for human beings and take up residence in their bodies, killing them in the process. Shin'ichi only survived by a stroke of fate that made him, in an ultimate instinct of survival, make a tourniquet on his right arm, which will save him from the total contamination. But from that fateful day on, he will have to cohabit with what is the worst threat to humanity: Migi, the parasite on his right hand.

Under the air of a thriller leaning very frankly towards horror, Parasite is striking by the themes it tackles without detours. Indeed, this anime does not hesitate to go straight to the point by questioning the supremacy of human beings as intelligent species superior to other animals. Since the arrival of the parasites, humans quickly realize their mental and physical inferiority to the aliens. Their ability to adapt is put to the test and it is a psychological battle that is actually being played out against the parasites. And this is what Shin'ichi will discover throughout these 24 episodes since in addition to finding himself physically transformed, he will see his personality and his entire being changed internally by living with Migi.

Lovers of action, thrills, and philosophy, you will love Parasite for the intellectual journey it will take you on and the action that punctuates it. As well scripted as animated, you won't be able to stop until the end! Invite your friends, and spend a deliciously bloody evening questioning your human nature. But keep the lights on, or you'll be jumping at the slightest noise for a week. Friendly advice!

PS: this is a repost, I'm sorry for the previous one I posted, I'm so busy those days I didn't check enough to be sure there were no mistakes in it T.T I apologise for this

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precuredaily · 4 years

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Precure Day 169

Episode: Yes! Precure 5 21 - “Milk the Apprentice Caregiver Appears!” Date watched: 5 January 2020 Original air date: 1 July 2007 Screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/3Lt6N6V Transformation Gallery: https://imgur.com/a/6k6SzS0 Project info and master list of posts: http://tinyurl.com/PCDabout

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I just want you to know it took me a couple hours to cut out the faces and then another hour of video editing to figure out this program I’ve never used before in order to make that 10 second clip, so I hope you appreciate it. THESE ARE THE THINGS I DO FOR ART.

Anyway, what can I say. The bitch Milk is here.

The Plot

On her way to school, Nozomi picks up a mysterious alien fairy lying on the ground, thinking it’s a stuffed animal. The leech fairy proceeds to eat Nozomi’s lunch during first period, pausing when she hears Kokoda teaching the class, as it reminds her of the Coco she used to know.

Nozomi is devastated to find her lunchbox empty, and when she gets to Natts House after school she declares how hungry she is, so Nuts offers her some mamedifuku. She goes to get some, but in the moment that she has her back turned, her secret passenger eats them all. Nozomi turns back around and sees her, and screams.

One shudders to imagine what inhuman thoughts lie behind those eyes... what dreams of chronic and sustained cruelty?

When Coco and Nuts show up with the other girls, there is a moment of shared recognition between the three as residents of Palmier Kingdom. Then the pest, who introduces herself as Milk, gushes that the two of them are the Princes of the Kingdom, which they brush off as not being important enough to bring up to the girls (but this will become important next season). She declares herself their Apprentice Caregiver, whatever that means, and is upset that the others are treating them so casually and that they’re doing labor themselves. Through further conversation, the parasite Milk explains how she got by by conning meals from, as she calls them, suckers. Suddenly, Nozomi realizes where her lunch went.

she takes it reasonably well

After some fuss, Milk shoos the girls out and they agree, having had enough excitement for the day. Then she tells Coco and Nuts that she will go purchase ingredients for dinner and runs out the door. They chase after her, because they’re concerned for her safety and she doesn’t know this town or anything about Nightmare. The princes end up in a park with Girinma, who has been dispatched to find them specifically, and he nearly kills them but for the triumphant return of Milk, who latches on like a facehugger, buying some time. Nozomi and the other girls appear, because they saw Coco and Nuts run out of the shop not long after their own departure and thought it was odd. They exposit to Girinma and Milk about how they’re going to revive the Palmier Kingdom with the Dream Collet and then transform into Precures.

Seeing his opportunity for revenge, Girinma turns a bench into a Kowaina to fight the girls. Dream jumps in and saves Milk from Girinma and places her safely off to the side before getting back into the fray. The team beats up on the monster, and at one point Girinma goes in for a killing blow on the fairies again but Dream and Lemonade stop him dead in his tracks.

Dream declares that they won’t let them cause Milk any more sadness, and everybody else chips in that she worked so hard and was extremely brave in getting to where she is now, in an unfamiliar world with dangerous enemies. Nozomi performs Dream Attack on the monster as Girinma flees and the park returns to normal.

Milk is sincerely amazed that these five are the legendary warriors..... but quickly catches herself and says she expected them to be more upstanding people. Nozomi tries to argue with her but the others shush her, pointing out that Milk has fallen asleep after exhausting herself that day, and we close on the pink devil’s sleeping face

The Analysis

You may have noticed a hint of animosity towards Milk. I just want to state that it’s only a joke, I don’t dislike her.

I actively dislike her! She is insufferable, rude, ungrateful, smug, and downright mean. The bar for new fairies isn’t exactly high, considering the first impressions of Porun, Lulun, and Moop & Foop, but Milk is in a league of her own. Get used to me calling her a bitch, because she’s a bitch. She is all tsun, no dere (for now). Yes, she’ll get better as the show progresses, but she’s extremely difficult to tolerate in her early episodes. Porun and Lulun were just whiny, she is mean, and a source of trouble and conflict for everyone around her.

She isn’t swayed by them being the legendary warriors, and thinks they should be more impressive. She feels that Coco and Nuts should be placed on a pedestal and worshipped for the princes they are, not respecting their apparently lack of interest in their titles or their penchant for hard work. However, of all the girls, Nozomi in particular seems to be the target of most of Milk’s ire. Milk doesn’t see her positive aspects, only her clumsiness, gullibility, and other weaknesses. As the superior being, Milk takes it upon herself to remind Nozomi of her place as often as possible. It may be because she was the first one they met and Nozomi is upset at her for constantly stealing food and acting high and mighty. They certainly got off on the wrong foot, but despite attempts to ease the tension, Milk just isn’t interested.

I do have to commend her for her bravery at the end. Jumping in front of danger when she’s easily the least powerful of the group is commendable. She tried to stop Girinma the only way she knew how. She wanted to protect Nuts and Coco, and the future of the Palmier Kingdom. Her heart is in the right place, and this is the seed for her character arc over the next season and a half.

but she also has acid blood

The fight scene is intense, with lots of fun dynamic action shots as usual. It feels a bit abbreviated compared to some we’ve had, but the focus is on keeping Coco, Nuts, and Milk safe. There’s a sequence where Dream and Rouge are diving around the Kowaina’s arms which lends to some great stills:

And then at the climax of the fight as Girinma goes in for the kill, he’s drawn in exceptional detail:

Unfortunately the shot that immediately follows this is terribly-drawn, surprisingly one of the few examples of that in this episode. It’s the shot where Dream and Lemonade catch his arms, which I postd earlier. That rapid switch in quality was really jarring and disappointing for an otherwise strong episode.

I didn’t cover this in the plot summary but Girinma seems to be on his last ropes at Nightmare. Bunbee comments that despite being the champion of the raid on Palmier Kindom, he hasn’t managed to beat the Precures, and is likely to be terminated soon. He offers some advice, as old friends, to fight the fairies since that’s what he’s good at. If he had actually stuck to this advice, not engaging in the fight when the girls showed up, he may have won. But as we’ve seen, he’s very proud and lets his pride get in the way a lot, such as the time he was literally holding the Dream Collet but stopped to fight the girls. I’m going to recount his character more in episode 24, it’s a bit of a turning point for him.

Most of the humor in this episode again comes from the friction between Nozomi and Milk, and you can find plentiful examples in the gallery. There’s also some great facial expressions like such:

And last of all, I’m certain I mentioned this more than once when I was writing about FWPC, but Milk is at least the third example within this series alone of a voice actress for a main character previously playing a part in another season. Sendai Eri, who voices Milk, was previously Nagisa’s excitable friend Kubota Shiho in Futari wa Precure and Max Heart!

When the All Stars series begins, this also makes Shiho one of the few side characters to sometimes get speaking lines, because her actress is already on hand to record for a fairy, and you know they gotta have the fairies.

Next time, Milk struggles to find her role, and runs away! Look forward to it! Pink Precure catchphrase count: 0 kettei!

#Precure #Pretty Cure #Yes! Precure 5 #YPC521 #PCD169

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megadimension · 6 years

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Darling in the FranXX midseason thoughts.

I want to preface the rest of this with a disclaimer and promise that this isn’t an April Fools joke, because for any of you who (like me) caught a few episodes of this show, only to promptly drop it because it was hot garbage that was going nowhere fast, any praise I’m about to give it will seem like a joke. So, I assure you, I’m playing this all straight. Also, spoilers up to episode 12.

Darling in the FranXX was a show I was skeptical of from the day of it’s announcement. Trigger is my favorite anime studio of all time, but the mere presence of A1 could ruin it all very, very easily by injecting it with the same brainless pandering designed to sell merch to otakus. Once the show hit air, I began to see much more of the traditional A1 treatment, which makes sense, considering the staff. Even so, I found myself sorely disappointed, having seen so much Trigger in the concept (a dystopian world where humanity’s forced to live underground in cities that elicit the hell out of Neon Genesis Evangelion’s architectural stylings, with just a touch of Honnouji.) Though, as it turns out, the assumption that this show would forever be sex jokes in service of nothing and cool mech fights in service of nothing would be wrong. I find it interesting that they’d hide the real beginning of the show in the seventh episode--the dreaded beach episode. Initially, that was the point where I convinced myself it was over for this show, and it wasn’t interested in being good, something you’ll have to forgive me for, considering all six prior episodes almost solofocus on hammering home that the show’s all about sex. From the doggystyle mechs, to the girls changing in the locker-room, A1′s otaku-pandering hands dominate the first seven episodes, before it decides it’s had enough of that, and slowly begins to drop it’s facade, revealing the actually interesting stuff it’s had behind the curtain this whole time. As much as I hate to admit it, the effect worked. It was just subtle enough that you had to stop and make the connection that just a couple episodes ago, these kids were ogling the girls at the beach, like it was the start of a hentai. Like, seriously, this:

Is from the same show as this.

Given, tone shifts of this measure aren’t exactly atypical of anime, but for a show to start out this insepid, with mostly just fanservice and Trigger mech fights (To be fair, trigger mech fights are valid justification for watching a show.), it felt like I was watching brainless eye candy that wasn’t ever going anywhere. I brushed over this briefly, but surprisingly, the beach episode is where my perception of the show began to change, where I began to put all the puzzle pieces together and see the show for something beyond just mechs and tits. I’d been looking for a long time for the reason such obvious, constant allusion to sex would be included, hoping that it wasn’t just to please an undiscerning audience, and until that beach episode, I had no reason to believe this wasn’t the case. The beach parts of that episode in and of itself is nothing special, but towards the end, the characters find an old ruin--a run down Japanese town, and go into a building that resembled the kid’s shared housing, a ruined wood building that turned out to have been a nursery in the old world. One of the characters picks up a book on childbirth, and I begin to realize that it’s not all about sex, but about procreation. The presence of modern day Japan and the childbirth book felt a neon sign that assures anyone still doubtful that there’s a message here. Even with that idea in my head, it still took me a few more episodes to understand what exactly that message was, considering the show seriously has no clue what it wants to be. However, I do think it’s got a point to make about Japan’s birth rates.

Before I delve more into why, an understanding of why Japan’s birthrate is declining is requisite. There’s many theories, and certainly just as many factors, but the most commonly accepted theory is that the expectation of males to be the main moneymakers in the household, combined with the fact that most jobs in Japan can only provide enough money to support one person, making it not viable for a man to have one job that can cover for the cost of 2 or more extra people. Add the fact that women are typically discouraged from working, especially so if they’re married with children, and women with jobs are subject to serious inequal pay and treatment in almost all cases, and you have a serious problem. Now, Darling in the FranXX is a show that is very clearly about sex and procreation, and establishes a very clear dichotomy between the emotional, pubescent teenagers, and the faceless adults who are banned from enjoying life, who live the dystopian life the kids fight to protect. The dichotomy between males and females is also established, if less apparent, with the males having a big X on their uniform, and the females having a big Y on theirs, in addition to eating at separate dinner tables, and the like. The division between the male and female is established, much like it is in most societies. However, there’s one character who doesn’t seem to fit in to any of these dichotomies, and that’s the big posterchild of the whole show: Code 02, or Iota, as she’s later called. The show establishes she’s nonhuman, and she refuses completely to fit into any of these dichotomies. She has the knowledge an adult would possess, yet she’s considered a kid. She’s a female parasite, yet she doesn’t wear the standard ‘Y’ Uniform. She’s a member of Ichigo’s team, yet she’s never really around their gatherings. She’s rebellious, disinterested in the norm, and really only interested in “becoming human.” She’s a pretty obvious catalyst of change, and she has the power to save the show.

I didn’t really want to focus too much on the bad aspects of this show, that wasn’t really the point of this post. I wanted to focus on the ways this show surprised me, but I don’t feel it fair to not mention it’s failings, because there are quite a few.

First and foremost, it is very confusing to watch, because all it really does is open plot threads it forgets about instantly and leaves you to wonder if it’ll ever get closed. It gives the feeling that it doesn’t know what it wants to be, which, isn’t really something I can argue with, it absolutely struggles with the point often, but I really can’t tell if it doesn’t know what it ultimately wants to be until the show’s run it’s course.

Second, are it’s extremely conflicting messages on sexuality. Piloting a FranXX is a metaphor for not a direct metaphor for sex, rather procreation (by piloting a FranXX, you defeat monsters, thus allowing humanity to continue existing, in much the same way as having a child allows humanity to continue existing.) While the show takes time to establish that two parasites of the same sex can’t pilot a FranXX together, it for some reason, leaves the possibility that it’s actually possible to do. It’s confusing and entirely undecipherable, and until the show ends or expands on this point, It’s likely that it will remain this way.

I don’t really want to recommend a show solely based on it’s potential to be good, and while it has it’s moments, I still think it’s a show you should hold off on until it gets a proper conclusion, because as it is now...it’s a lot of weird, and a lot of confusing.

#anime #darling in the franxx

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grahamparrish · 4 years

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25 Little Things Fans Completely Missed In The Big Bang Theory

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25 Little Things Fans Completely Missed In The Big Bang Theory

This year brings with it the end of an era. No , not Avengers: Endgame nor Star Wars: Episode IX. Come May, The Big Bang Theory will air its final episode ever, bringing the screen antics of Leonard, Penny, Sheldon, and company to a close.

While twelve seasons and 268 episodes might not quite rank Big Bang as the longest running sitcom of all time, the Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady generated series is up there. Over twenty million viewers watched the reveal at its peak in the US alone and its global fan base is huge.

For those who have expended the last twelve years under a boulder, The Big Bang Theory is a CBS comedy about a group of scientists, and their aspiring actress friend, who lives on Pasadena, revel in geek culture, and regularly get into hilarious misdemeanors. Each episode is excessively titled to resemble a pseudo-scientific principle and balances quick humour with genuine science.

Over the years, the cast has expanded from five to a ensemble of nine regulars, including Melissa Rauch’s Bernadette and Kevin Sussman’s Stuart, the hapless owner of the gang’s local comic book store. In the face of growing accusation that the show’s become repetitive and tired, it’s barreled on regardless.

References and Easter eggs , not to mention some mind-boggling starring cameos, have littered the present from day one but, with so many to catch, it’s all too easy to regularly miss the best of them.

With this in mind, we’ve scoured the show’s back catalogue to search where no fan has searched before and saw 293 25 Little Things Fans Entirely Missed In The Big Bang Theory.

25 Sheldon’s T-shirts Mirror His Emotions

Howard wears turtle necks, Raj prefers a cardigan and Leonard likes his polos topped with an unbuttoned shirt. When it comes to attire on The Big Bang Theory, consistency rules.

Sheldon, in this respect, is no different and can usually be found sporting a short-sleeved t-shirt over a long one with its sleeves rolled up.

There is, however, a fun theory that suggests the colourings of Sheldon’s top layer tee “re a long way from” random. The hypothesi states that Sheldon wears red when he’s angry, orange when he’s greedy, yellow when he’s afraid, blue when he’s hopeful, purple when he’s in love, indigo when being compassionate, and green when his willpower is strong.

Whilst this doesn’t always work, it’s a very convincing hypothesi in many an episode.

2 4 Amy’s Flat Number Was Math Famous

Now that Amy and Sheldon live together, it’s easy to forget that not so long ago Amy had an apartment of her own. It was there that the pair kissed for the first time- in’ The Agreement Dissection’- and there that Sheldon presented Amy with their first Relationship Agreement.

One little thing fans might not have noticed, however, is that Amy’s old apartment number was no coincidental digit. The number on Amy’s door qA 314, which are also the first three numbers in the mathematical constant’ Pi’. The full number is 3. 14592653589 7932384626 4338327950 2… and so on

2 3 Penny’s Fridge Dedicates The Game Away

Most TV displays do their best to hide the fact that they’re not actually real- give or take the odd in-joke and reference– but there’s one Easter Egg in The Big Bang Theory that gave the game away for any fan prepared to look close enough.

Back when Penny lived across the hall in apartment 4B, she covered her fridge in photo. It was a nice touch, but what you might not have realized is that in these photographs were members of the cast and crew of the show. Some of them moved with her to 4A too.

2 2 Sheldon’s Favorite Number

Sheldon truly loves the number 73. While he didn’t explain his reasoning until the show’s seventy-third episode-‘ The Alien Parasite Hypothesis’- the clues had been present for quite a long time. This was particularly clear in just how many t-shirts Sheldon owns with the number on it.

So, what’s so special about 73? In Sheldon’s own words: “7 3 is the 21 st prime number. Its mirror, 37, is the 12 th and its mirror, 21, is the product of multiplying 7 and 3”. In binary, 73 is a palindrome too and it’s also the year in which Jim Parsons was born! Neat, right?

2 1 Where’d Your Voice Go, Bernadette?

Melissa Rauch joined The Big Bang Theory back in the show’s third season. At that time, she worked at The Cheesecake Factory and was set up for a relationship with Howard by her colleague Penny. By the following season, Bernadette was a series regular and before long the two married.

One little thing fans may not have noticed, however, is that Bernadette’s voice wasn’t originally as high pitched as it is these days. As it transpires, Rauch was encouraged to change her voice when she became a regular to distinguish her with co-star Kaley Cuoco.

2 0 Penny’s Missing Something Important

What’s Penny’s last name? Wrack your brain and Google it as much as you like, but you won’t find the answer and for very good reason. In the show’s early days, it was just opportunity that no one ever mentioned Penny’s surname but, as the series ran on, government decisions became more significant.

Executive producer Steve Molaro has put it down to superstition, suggesting that the root of the show’s success may well be down to their never having revealed Penny’s name. Since marrying Leonard at the close of season eight, however, Penny has become a Hofstadter.

1 9 A lot Happens In The Laundry Room

The Laundry Room has been a staple of The Big Bang Theory since the first season. Whilst most of the characters in the show- and the human race, as it runs- do their laundry as and when they need to, Sheldon does his at 8.15 pm on Saturdays.

One little thing fans might not have noticed in the Laundry Room is the tiny note on the wall that is demonstrated that Sheldon isn’t the only resident in the building with eccentric habits. The note- which wasn’t there in the room’s first appearance- reads:’ Please keep your clothes on while doing laundry’. Interesting…

1 8 Amy Has Two Moms

Recent series of The Big Bang Theory have ensure Kathy Bates join the present as Amy’s mother with increasing regularity. As wonderful as Bates is in the dour role, one little thing fans of the present altogether missed is that Mrs. Fowler was originally played by a completely different actor.

Amy’s mother first appeared in the display during its fourth season, where she was played by Annie O’Donnell. After simply a handful of episodes, the character disappeared from the display until season ten- by which phase Bates had taken over.

1 7 Leonard And Sheldon Are Tribute Names

Now well-known throughout the world, Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper’s names were inspired by three key figures in the history of science and television. Robert Hofstadter was the winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering work in the field of electrons. Leon Cooper was a fellow Nobel Prize Laureate, known for detecting’ the Cooper pair.’

The character’s first name, meanwhile, were created in honor of American film and television producer, director, novelist, and actor Sheldon Leonard. In a quirky twisting, Johnny Galecki was originally top choice for the role of Sheldon but felt he was better are in accordance with Leonard.

1 6 The Props Got A Lot Geekier

From Doctor Who and The Flash to Star Trek and Batman, the characters in The Big Bang Theory love their film, television, and comic book memorabilia. As such, in any devoted episode of the show, it is usually possible to spot the odd posable action figure somewhere in the background.

What you may not realize, however, is that pop culture props weren’t always so prominent on the demonstrate. Sure, the first half of season one was full of references, but Leonard and Sheldon’s apartment was relatively sparse on Daleks and Norse hammers until ‘The Nerdvana Annihilation’. Originally, the flatmates opted scientific clutter.

1 5 Sheldon’s Mothers Are Related

All the best US sitcoms get spin-offs and The Big Bang Theory is no different. Unlike Joey and The Cleveland Show, Young Sheldon is actually good. One thing you might not have noticed in the sibling depicts is how well Young Sheldon did in casting a young version of Laurie Metcalf’s Mary Cooper.

In Young Sheldon, Sheldon’s mom is played by Zoe Perry, an actress remarkably similar to Metcalf. As it turns out, this isn’t actually a coincidence, with Perry being Metcalf’s real-life daughter.

Big Bang isn’t even the first time mom and daughter have played the same character at different ages. Perry’s very first acting role was as Metcalf junior in Roseanne.

1 4 The Laundry They Do Isn’t Random

While we’ve already established that The Big Bang Theory’s laundry room is home to unusual signage, there’s more than one Easter egg to be found down there. This one’s very easy to entirely miss though- especially if the series’ episodes are viewed out of order.

It might seem like the laundry we consider Sheldon, Leonard, and Penny doing is random- and usually to facilitate some hilarious dialogue- it actually transpires that the clothes the characters are cleaning match up to those worn in the previous episode. Now that’s dedication to continuity.

1 3 Leonard’s Glasses Come With A Twist

Hold onto your hats, this piece of Big Bang trivia will blow your mind – not even the most hard-core fans have spotted it! Ever since the show’s very first episode, Leonard has sported sights. It was actually Johnny Galecki who suggested that the character ought to.

The little thing fans wholly missed, in this case, is that those distinctive glasses of Leonard’s don’t actually have any glass. During a recent Build Series interview, Galecki revealed that the original lenses were found to reflect too much studio lighting glare; to solve the problem, they had to go.

1 2 Sheldon’s Referential Judge

In the same episode that the late Stan Lee made his Big Bang debut, the show’s novelists slipped in a sly reference that flew right over the heads of the average fan. While Lee is widely credited as the creator of some of the most iconic superheroes in comic book history, another name pops up often in the hero dormitory of fame.

Jack Kirby was key to the creation of Marvel’s Fantastic Four, X-Men, and the Hulk in his time with company. Having sadly passed away over a decade before the arrival of The Big Bang Theory there was no chance of Kirby making an appearance but that didn’t stop the display naming the magistrate who sent Sheldon to jail- for being in contempt of court- after him.

1 1 Stuart’s Comic Store Had A Real Website

You won’t find it online anymore, but earlier in The Big Bang Theory’s history the in-show comic book store, run by Kevin Sussman’s Stuart Bloom, had a real website. Officially named’ The Comic Center of Pasadena’, Stuart’s store didn’t appear in the show until towards the end of its second season. Five seasons afterwards, it burned down, but recent seasons have considered it rebuilt and flourishing thanks to a gift by Howard’s mom.

As a tie-in with the store’s increasing presence on the show, a real website was put in under the domain: thecomiccenter.com. On the site, fans could buy Big Bang props and just about everything the store might happen to sell.

Incidentally, did you know that the Comic Store was owned by an unseen character called Larry in the show’s first season?

1 0 Sheldon’s Wedding Get-Up

Who’d have guessed Sheldon was ever going to wind up blithely married? Certainly not his family and friends. And yet, come’ The Bow Tie Asymmetry’ # Shamy eventually tied the knot and hearts melted the world over, proving that Sheldon had indeed grown-up over the course of the series.

But that didn’t mean Sheldon wasn’t still his unique self and there were some little touches hidden away in his bridal get up that many fans totally missed. For instance, did you spot Sheldon’s Flash-themed socks and cuff-links?

9 Did You Count The Images In The Title?

While every fan knows that The Big Bang Theory’s iconic topic music-‘ The History of Everything’- was written for the depict by Canadian boulder band Barenaked Ladies, there are one or two things about the opening scroll that you may not have noticed.

The track was written by the band’s co-lead singer Ed Robertson after producers spotted him free-styling a rap about the origins of the Universe at a concert in LA. 109 images appear in The Big Bang Theory’s opening, including snaps of the dinosaurs, pyramids, the Great Wall, and the space race.

8 Raiders Of The Lost Easter Egg

The Big Bang Theory is renowned for its science-talk and engagement with contemporary developments in physics. To make sure the characters get their facts right, the demonstrate has utilized UCLA professor David Saltzberg since day one. In recent years, he’s been helped too by bone fide neuroscientist Mayim Bialik.

This adherence to accuracy goes right down to the many whiteboards that appear on the depict. Indeed, the only hour The Big Bang Theory got its science wrong was in the episode’ The Raiders Minimization’, where real equations were swapped out in favor of ones used in Raiders of the Lost Ark. This was also the episode in which Amy ruined Indiana Jones forever…

7 Star Wars Is Never Far, Far Away…

A list of Star Wars references in The Big Bang Theory could probably fill a book. While some of these were hard to miss- like the Carrie Fisher and James Earl Jones’ roles in’ The Convention Conundrum’ or Sheldon’s LEGO Death Star in’ The Isolation Permutation’- others are hidden in plain sight.

Arguably the best secret Star Wars reference came in’ The Gasps Alternative’. This was the episode in which Sheldon overcame his fear of public speaking with the help of liquid courage. The next morning, Sheldon wakes up to discover a video of his inebriated antics on YouTube. In the top right corner of his screen, we learn that his username is ‘ob1’- in honor of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

6 Wil Wheaton Lives In A Reference

If you thought the number of Amy’s apartment was the geekiest numerical reference in The Big Bang Theory then you clearly missed the brilliant nod to Wil Wheaton’s past Star Trek renown on the door to his home on the show.

Wheaton has played himself in Big Bang ever since he was revealed to be among Sheldon’s adversaries in the third season. Prior to this, Wheaton was known for his role as Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: The New Generation. On that depict, he was a resident of the NCC-1 701 starship. His house number in Big Bang is … 1701 of course!

5 Howard’s Special Ringtone

A Billboard Hot 100 in 1982 for Thomas Dolby, the ballad’ She Blinded Me with Science’ was very nearly The Big Bang Theory’s topic tune. Instead of the fast-talking Barenaked Ladies tune fans know( off by heart) and love, the show’s unaired pilot episode featured Dolby’s electronic beat.

While the sung was ultimately fell, the showrunners would afterward pay tribute to Dolby by featuring it in a number of episodes – such as’ The Vegas Renormalization’ and’ The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary’ – as Howard’s ringtone.

4 The 4A Apartment Flag

Living with Sheldon comes with rules, regulations and, of course, a lengthy contract. There is one perk, though, the camaraderie of living under an apartment flag. First introduced in’ The Staircase Implementation’, the Apartment 4A insignia means so much to Sheldon that, when filming ‘Fun with Flags’, he flies it alongside the American flag.

What you may not have noticed is that the flag also appears in magnet form on the apartment’s fridge. Further still, whenever there’s an debate going on in the apartment, the flag magnet flips upset down.

3 Count The Blossom References

While it’s common knowledge that Mayim Bialik- who plays Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler in The Big Bang Theory- has a Ph.D. in neuroscience, she’s also been acting since 1987. Bialik’s longest-lasting role pre-Amy was as the title character NBC sitcom Blossom. It’s a part that’s been referenced many times in the second largest show.

Even before Bialik joined the indicate, Raj referenced’ the girl who played TV’s Blossom’. A few seasons afterwards, meanwhile, Sheldon and Amy are seen to list’ Blossom and Joey’ in their listing of potential Halloween couples concerts.

2 268 Big Bang Vanity Cards

“The Sibling Realignment” – Pictured: Sheldon Cooper( Jim Parsons ), Rajesh Koothrappali( Kunal Nayyar) and Leonard Hofstadter( Johnny Galecki ). When Sheldon learns that his mother won’t attend his bridal unless he invites his brother, Georgie( Jerry O’Connell ), he and Leonard travel to Texas to end a family feud. Also, the Wolowitz kids unwittingly infest Amy, Bernadette, Wolowitz and Koothrappali with pinkeye, on THE BIG BANG THEORY, Thursday, May 3 (8: 00 -8: 31 PM, ET/ PT ), on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Michael Yarish/ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. A

The Big Bang Theory is just one of many sitcoms to come from the mind of Chuck Lorre. Among Lorre’s other reaches are Roseanne, Mike& Molly, and Mom. The one thing that each has in common is the so-called’ vanity card’ that appears for one second at the end of every episode.

These are blink and you’ll miss’ em Easter eggs, but Big Bang has accumulated hundreds over the years. Merely eagle-eyed fans have spotted them but the rest of you are able to catch up on Lorre’s own website.

1 The Costumes Are Exclusively DC

While no corner of geekdom is left unreferenced by the writers of The Big Bang Theory, one little thing you are not able to have noticed is that the superhero dress on the reveal all lean one route. It’s often said that comic book fans are either Team Marvel or Team DC. If this applies, Leonard, Sheldon, Howard, and Raj are all Team DC.

In season one episode’ The Middle-Earth Paradigm’, the group each opted the Flash as their go-to Halloween costume. Three seasons afterwards it was the Justice League , not The Avengers, that the casting dressed up as in’ The Justice League Recombination’.

There is motive behind the madness. Whilst Big Bang is broadcast on CBS, it’s a Warner Bros. production- just like the DCEU. It builds sense then that the reveal has DC rights but not Marvel.

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Girl Genius Liveblog #121

UPDATE 121: The Death of Something Big

Last time Gil and Tarvek had fought with everything they had, all for the sake of distracting the Castle. It was good to watch, even though there was no clear winner. Still, they did this right, the Castle was distracted while Agatha worked on the generators, I suppose. Let’s continue!

Well the Castle had found out it was a plan. He has turned rather irrational, having realized he had been fooled while Agatha disobeyed his orders and continued working towards something that’d kill her. Desperate, the Castle turns his attention to the suitors. You’re not Heterodynes so you can die, mkay?

I’m never going to stop being amazed at how many deadly tools the Castle can activate anytime. This whole building is an outstanding thing to behold. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Heterodynes managed to turn this into a non-euclidean space. Agatha’s not going to stand aside and let the Castle turn her two almost-boyfriends into mincemeat, she’s ready to counter!

...she activated what she was working on, and that...it led to the Castle’s demise. Agatha just killed her own Castle. I can’t believe Agatha killed the Castle. After everything that was done to get herself recognized by it and all, she killed the Castle. She...oh my god. I mean, I get this was a bad situation and sometimes drastic measures are needed, but I never imagined she’d kill the Castle. Damn it...I’m going to miss it. I liked it.

What a fantastic page. Perfect. Also I had completely forgotten about Agatha’s friends. I haven’t heard a word about them! I wonder what they’re doing...at least they’re okay. Good for them, I can rest easy knowing they’re okay. Othar, why are you on this page? Are you in the Castle already, doing your task for Wulfenbach?

Gil’s wrong, the Castle being a big threat was one of the two things keeping Wulfenbach away, the other being Gil’s presence. Are you sure about this, Agatha? I mean, what Wulfenbach doesn’t know won’t affect anyone, but we’re talking about the Baron here. There’s no way he’s not going to find out! I bet he’s already contacting his troops to give instructions. Gil, stay in this place no matter what or else Agatha is doomed.

Agatha’s not wrong, the Castle was an obstacle at this point. They need to cure themselves, and that can’t be done when you got the Castle throwing a dozen deadly things at you at once. Besides, it can be revived later, right? Hmmmm...I admit I’m a bit worried about his reaction once he’s revived. I don’t think he’d retaliate against Agatha in any way, but I do think he’s not going to be happy about this. Who knows, maybe he’d try what Moloch accidentally suggested, the part about locking Agatha in her bedroom.

Figures. At this point it’s like the universe hates Agatha trying to do any progress in anything. What’s it now? Did the river suddenly become sentient and now will try to drown everyone? Don’t pretend that’s not something that can’t happen, Foglios, because it can happen. I have read several volumes of this webcomic so far.

Will Agatha be able to do something without any distraction popping up? Will Gil get to knock Tarvek’s teeth out before the day ends? Will Tarvek metaphorically backstab anyone during the next hour? Find out in the next thrilling episode of Agatha Heterodyne – Girl Genius!

I do wonder what’s going to emerge from the depths of this place...some kind of monster, I’d guess. Just what did you bury down here, Heterodynes? Something able to talk, that much is obvious now. It could be anything.

Yeah, that was the end of the volume. Volume nine, cleared! Fantastic! I’m now past halfway of the available content, go team! And it was an eventful volume, yes. Agatha getting sick, Tarvek and Gil trying to deal with their disease, getting some background on Tarvek and Gil...I enjoyed the volume. Thanks, Foglios, you’re doing great! So that makes two volumes inside the Castle, could there be a third volume incoming? I imagine they’d stay in a place for a max of three volumes, any more than that and it’d be a tad excessive. Dealing with Zola and reviving the Castle, that should take one volume. I’m not counting the resplendent immolation disease, because I imagine that’s the very first thing to be solved in this new volume once this new distraction is dealt with.

So, Volume 10! Well, before that, there’s a page...Da Boyz are relaxing and Maxim has a classic Christmas hat, getting compliments from it. Hah! All kinds of hats are fair game for the Jagers!

Well he’s going a point there, the URL says this was posted on December 11th! There’s no time for a month-long intermission!

As said, Volume 10 is starting. Let’s get into it! As it has happened before, this doesn’t start inside the Castle. It’s with Vanamonde, hurrying to see his grandfather. I remember seeing that old man in the page when the Castle died...it makes sense he’d know. He’s the one whose skull was drilled for easy access.

I wouldn’t put it past the Castle. It’d make it easier for the Castle to take over the old man if there was some of it already inside his brain, right? That makes sense to me. Enjoy your brain parasite once you’re the new seneschal, Vanamonde.

Turns out the Castle’s death has affected far more than just the building it is. Many things in the town has stopped. Clocks, fountains, street lights...all that is now inactive. The Castle isn’t just the building, it’s like this big mechanism that’s all over Mechanisburg, then. It’s like part of its soul. This is going to be a problem, because there’s no way the Baron or someone in the Baron’s side won’t notice what’s happening in the town! Heck, the characters themselves here in the story are aware of that, and they’re wondering why the Baron hasn’t started an attack. I know the answer, it’s because of Gil. The moment Gil’s out will be the moment the Castle is destroyed...physically.

Okay, he definitely knows. Dr. Sun isn’t going to be pleased about the wanton destruction, buddy. At this rate Wulfenbach will have to be chained in the basement of the hospital, in a padded room, all so he doesn’t get out and finally gets the rest he needs. A reminder: it has been less than a day since Agatha entered the Castle and this man has refused several times to rest. It’s admirable.

Bangladesh is working hard on stopping Wulfenbach from ‘not resting’ any longer. Hey, she can finally talk! Good for her! Drastic measures are needed, they pretty much fired a rocket at Wulfenbach’s mechanical vehicle, making it fall to the ground. Hah! As if that’ll stop the Baron.

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...damn it, Foglios, you just had to go and make me sad. Here I was, having fun, and then you do this. Of course Wulfenbach was going to save his son. I mean, what else would he want to do? It’s not like he can rely on Othar’s help alone, the Baron isn’t going to leave Gil’s fate up in the air like that. And since the Other could get to Gil...yeah. I had already guessed Wulfenbach was going to get his son and then destroy the Castle, but I never thought I’d see it stated in such a tragic way. Welp.

Dr. Sun demands more bed rest, and knocks Wulfenbach out. It’s done, he’s down again. This may be a good place to stop, so I will stop here.

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Food Poisoning is NOT Romantic on Valentine’s Day

Love was in the air here at our house on Valentine’s Day, and we had celebrated literally all day. I felt like such a Pinterest Mom. You know the ones that cut the sandwiches into shapes, make homemade cake, arts and crafts with the kids, movies, etc. I had no idea that upon putting our boys to bed that I would encounter something that I at first had no idea what was happening, but soon learned exactly what was going on. Here is the story of my Valentine’s Day food poisoning fiasco.

We completed dinner with some cookies and chocolate covered strawberries. I thought this was the absolute perfect ending to our day of love. I even got flowers from my boys both big and little!

The kids bedtime is usually a strict 7:30, but on Valentine’s Day we stretched it to 8. The oldest had a fever and a slight cold, so he was taking some Ibuprofen and doing steamy showers as usual when he is congested. I sat up and chatted with my husband, we talked about our day as usual and I opened up my computer to get some work done. Shortly after I find myself taking care of our oldest because he just couldn’t breathe and wanted extra cuddles.

11 PM is when “IT” happened. By “it” I mean a wave of dizziness struck me as if I was almost car sick without being in a car. This immediately followed with waves of nausea worse than any I had since needing to have my gallbladder removed.

Several ideas came into my mind; the first being the flu. Our area has been wrecked with flu and other gastro illnesses including the dreaded norovirus. I didn’t think much beyond these ideas at first because we had been in public places and obviously germs are everywhere this time of year.

By 1 AM, I was not wanting to leave the bathroom for very long. Around 2, the oldest finally drifted off to sleep, but there was no sleep in my future. I saw every hour of the night on the clock and at one point I was so nauseous and sweaty that I actually went outside and sat on our porch for a bit. Anyone who knows Virginia in February you know how chilly it is. I was just that hot.

By sunrise I had experienced every possible symptom of a stomach virus that I could possibly name and without going into a lot of details I felt like I was going to have to somehow contact an underground toilet paper dealer and barter for more.

When time came for my husband to go into work he tried to get the day off but alas duty called, and he had to go into work. I contacted LiveHealthOnline.com who was a blessing in disguise. While I do not recommend this for anything serious, I needed relief from the severe nausea that I was still dealing with and the fact that I was so dizzy that I felt I could barely stand up straight. 24 hour medical care is something that a lot of people are not used to unless you are heading to an emergency room, so this was a plus for me as I could see someone when I needed several hours before our doctor’s office opened.

I was happy to speak with a nice doctor who started to ask questions about things I had eaten and then a lightbulb moment clicked for me. I realized that I had in fact eaten those chocolate covered strawberries and maybe something was seriously wrong. That was the only different thing that had been eaten by me and no one else in the house. Honestly, I panicked but was relieved that this was not something that I could pass on to my boys like the flu or norovirus.

A call in for some Zofran, not much sleep until that evening and some very bland foods for several days I found myself still feeling very tired, but I survived. Other people who purchased local strawberries found that they were “rotten” and more soggy than normal.

I didn’t find my berries to be out of the ordinary but obviously something was up, and I can’t say that I want to have anymore berries anytime soon.

Food Poisoning Facts:

According to Mayo Clinic Contamination of food can happen at any point of production: growing, harvesting, processing, storing, shipping or preparing. Cross-contamination — the transfer of harmful organisms from one surface to another — is often the cause. This is especially troublesome for raw, ready-to-eat foods, such as salads or other produce. Because these foods aren’t cooked, harmful organisms aren’t destroyed before eating and can cause food poisoning.

Many bacterial, viral or parasitic agents cause food poisoning. The following table shows some of the possible contaminants, when you might start to feel symptoms and common ways the organism is spread.

Food poisoning symptoms vary with the source of contamination. Most types of food poisoning cause one or more of the following signs and symptoms:

Nausea

Vomiting

Watery or bloody diarrhea

Abdominal pain and cramps

Fever

Signs and symptoms may start within hours after eating the contaminated food, or they may begin days or even weeks later. Sickness caused by food poisoning generally lasts from a few hours to several days.

When to see a doctor

If you experience any of the following signs or symptoms, seek medical attention.

Frequent episodes of vomiting and inability to keep liquids down

Bloody vomit or stools

Diarrhea for more than three days

Extreme pain or severe abdominal cramping

An oral temperature higher than 100.4 F (38 C)

Signs or symptoms of dehydration — excessive thirst, dry mouth, little or no urination, severe weakness, dizziness, or lightheadedness

Neurological symptoms such as blurry vision, muscle weakness and tingling in the arms

Risk Factors

Whether you become ill after eating contaminated food depends on the organism, the amount of exposure, your age and your health. High-risk groups include:

Older adults. As you get older, your immune system may not respond as quickly and as effectively to infectious organisms as when you were younger.

Pregnant women. During pregnancy, changes in metabolism and circulation may increase the risk of food poisoning. Your reaction may be more severe during pregnancy. Rarely, your baby may get sick, too.

Infants and young children. Their immune systems haven’t fully developed.

People with chronic disease. Having a chronic condition — such as diabetes, liver disease or AIDS — or receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy for cancer reduces your immune response.

As for me, I am doing much better now, just a few pounds lighter.

By: Samantha Cooper, Contributing Writer (Non-Lawyer)

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