#i rest my case your honor

[risestarkiss]

"This Whole Situation"

Rise Ramblings #1

So as you guys know, one occurring phrase in the show between the boys and April is “This whole situation.” Although vague, and used in many other contexts, sometimes the family uses the phrase to refer to their mutations.  

However, once finishing the series it’s hard to miss that Donnie never says the phrase. Now, I could be wrong (and If I am, just comment and let me know!) but I have a theory as to why Donnie doesn’t say it… Donnie never says “this whole situation” because in his mind, there IS no situation.

The Evidence:

I started noticing something interesting about Donnie’s state of mind about himself.

He never really expresses that he’s different from other people, he’s just…him. Obviously, he knows that he’s a mutant, but it’s not something at the front of his mind. I associate it to if someone has a certain attribute, that person is just that, a person first. I believe it’s the same for Donnie. He’s a person, that just so happens to be a mutant turtle, and I live for it.

What made me solidify my theory was the use of disguises in Rise, specifically the use of disguises in April’s school.

All of the boys have visited April’s school, and all of them decided to wear disguises, except Donnie.

He just shows up in his regular clothing. One could argue that the hoodie is his disguise, but then why did the rest of the boys wear actual (silly) disguises while our boy Donnie is just like, “Hoodie? Check.” And not only that, but for the whole episode, all eyes are on him, and he just. Doesn’t. Care. It’s glorious!

Later, in the episode Donnie vs. Witch Town, we see that Donnie showing up all willy-nilly pell-mell at April’s school was not a one-time thing. It’s literally been happening for years!

Therefore, I believe that canonically Donnie doesn’t care about “this whole situation.” And if someone does, as far as he’s concerned that’s their problem, not his.

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Part Two: On His Own Terms

#I rest my case your honor #the boy is people #he is what he is take it or leave it #I love him for that #I love that for him #I am aware that he has worn a disguise before but I have my own theories about that as well #stay tuned #rise starkiss analysis #rottmnt analysis #character analysis #starkiss ramblings #rise starkiss ramblings #rise analysis #Donatello Ramblings #rise donnie #rise leo #rise raph #rise mikey #donatello #michelangelo #leonardo #raphael #rise disaster twins #rottmnt donatello #rottmnt michelangelo #rottmnt raphael #rottmnt leonardo #rottmnt #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles

[aveloka-draws]

Why do you make Heket so, respectfully, Hot?

And thats all I got to say about that

#i rest my case your honor

[violaobanion]

ANTHONY BOYLE + wearing hats (and little else)

ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE (2018) MASTERS OF THE AIR (2024)

#ordeal by innocence #masters of the air #motaedit #perioddramaedit #perioddrama #periodedit #pdedit #pdgifs #userperioddrama #weloveperioddrama #usershelby #romsparky #simizone #userlin #edits #myperiodgifs* #pdmulti* #i rest my case your honor #onlyperioddramas

[shitpostingkats]

My dealer: I got some straight gas. This strain is called “Crow is the youngest Satellite brother”, you’ll be zonked out of your gourd.

Me: Yeah whatever I don’t feel shit.

My buddy Crow, five minutes later: But if I’m younger that Yusei, who was an infant when zero reverse happened, how was it I was able to survive on the streets for years before being adopted by Martha?

Me, pacing: Canon is lying to us

#my ‘Crow is ABSOLUTELY the middle brother’ crusade CONTINUES #he HAD to have been old wnough to at least eat solid food. that’s. thats just how babies work #granted his odds of survival are still GRIM surviving on near apocolyptic streets as a two year old #but there is NO WAY he is younger than Yusei #i rest my case your honor #yugioh #yugioh 5ds #ygo 5ds #crow hogan #5ds #ygo

[counting-stars-gayly]

Bitches be like, “Wow!! Such a cute couple!!!!” And it’s literally a gay man and a lesbian.

*Mike hides El in his closet*

*El kisses Mike in front of Will’s closet*

*“one way” sign points to Mike’s open closet*

“Our son with a girl?”

“…I’m gonna send some to Max Mayfield. And they will stop him— ” “Her.”

“Good.” “It’s good?” “Really good.”

“That’s blasphemous! Putting fruit on pizza?”

“No, you’re right. It’s good.”

*“In the closet (at rink o mania)” plays*

*“In the closet (at rink o mania)” plays*

#i rest my case your honor #actually I have more proof but I don’t feel like writing a whole analysis #really though they had no reason to have Owens get Max’s gender wrong and El correct him if it wasn’t for queercoding #the dialogue would have actually flowed better if they’d not included that #(I don’t really ship elmax tbh #but I do also think El has a crush on Max) #stranger things #eleven hopper #el hopper #eleven is a lesbian #el is a lesbian #mike wheeler #mike wheeler is gay #mike wheeler i know what you are #platonic mileven #elmike #platonic elmike #elmax #byler #stranger things s1 #st s1 #st3 #st s3 #st4 #st4 vol2 #stranger things 4 #byler proof #byler endgame #in the closet (at rink o mania) #stranger things score

[randomfoggytiger]

Mulder's Dichotomy in Three Words

Mulder spends Three Words trying to hide his trauma from Scully, scraping together the only smiles he can manage for her benefit.

It's after the Doggett mention that Mulder springs from adrift to vehemently territorial, catching Scully accidentally in the crossfire (her "Mulder will you listen?" and his "No!" from E.B.E. serving as a definite precursor for this episode.)

Mulder's actions leading up to the finale become a blend of both emotions; but he still whips out a smile or soft glance for his Alien Baby Baby Mama (and his Three Stooges.)

There was even an almost light-hearted, bantery moment about his and Scully's baby (a shade of Empedocles to come):

...until Mulder divined that his old friends wanted to side with Scully's caution over his need to know the Truth (a backslide into his behavior in One Son.) It's only then that he directs some of that anger her way.

When Scully walks back in her apartment later, Mulder knows something is wrong immediately (because he is still paying attention), getting up ASAP when she doesn't respond.

The second and last time Mulder gets sharp with his partner is when she admits to wanting to withhold some information from him (his scolding an ode to Elegy's "Why can't you be honest with me?")

There is no onscreen resolution between himself and Scully that bridges into Empedocles; but we do see Mulder nearly tear up (and duck his head to hide it) as he defends his actions to a roundly chastising Doggett.

It's safe to conclude that after this debacle Mulder had time to reflect and confront what he'd been unable to fight (his PTSD), prompting him to open up and reconnect with Scully.

His PTSD doesn't go away (...right?) but Mulder does attach himself firmly to Scully's side again. And, really, isn't that what it's all about?

Thank you for reading this Bernie Knopp's slideshow~

Enjoy!

#txf #Mulder #Three Words #S8 #screenshots #analysis #mine #PROOF #x-files #xfiles #the xfiles #xf meta #meta #I rest my case Your Honor #E.B.E. #One Son #Empedocles

[bottombaron]

all im saying is that Laszlo loudly declares himself the King of Bottoms and then immediately takes Guillermo under his wing

#wwdits #what we do in the shadows #guillermo de la cruz #laszlo cravensworth #bitch knows whats up #wwdits characters ranked by how well they speak bottom: #laszlo: can speak 15 different languages as long as they’re all bottom #guillermo: speaks almost exclusively in bottom but knows a few swears in switch #colin robinson: fluent but will only speak it with a dutch accent #nandor: tries his best but his pronunciation is shit. can never finish a conversation w/ it. and will go decades forgetting how to speak it #nadja: has very little patience with the language but knows all the curses and how to ask for directions #actually precious watching an old bottom see a fresh baby gay come into his own and is like: #“ima teach him how to catch dick” #liKe laszlo's whole deal was to backtrack guillermo's turning and convince nandor to do it #so you literally cannot convince me his whole plan was in truth to get guillermo absolutely railed #i rest my case your honor

[invinciblerodent]

This morning's mood is very much wanting to grab Gale Dekarios of Waterdeep by the sides of his face, yanking him in, and sternly telling him, right into his pretty face, "magic exists to serve man; and never to rule over him".

Then kissing him on the mouth, flipping off Mystra, and cartwheeling off

#baldur's gate 3 #gale dekarios #i woke up with that quote in my head #it's understandable that it's burned into my brain; chantry sisters have been telling me for the past ten years #over and over again #mystra is a CHUMP and not only do I have BETTER MUSCLES I'm also NOT A CHUMP #i rest my case your honor #squirrel plays bg3

[sinsydia]

Seiji reading shizuku's cheesy lyrics but secretly liking them

#seiji amasawa #whisper of the heart #studio ghilibi #fanart #more to come i promise #what i be on these days #seiji is my fave ghibli boy #he's best boi #i rest my case your honor

[luckybyler]

See? This is what I'm talking about. If you think Byler is platonic, imagine Mike saying this:

To Lucas

#byler #will byers #mike wheeler #i rest my case your honor #feel free to put your own tags

[midnightmah07]

I have yet to spread the Gidel/Gideon is daiggie's accidental adoptive child agenda huh

Maybe if I have time tomorrow

#💙! mah rambles #im joking ofc #but like #look at gidel #LOOK AT HIM #TELL ME U DON'T SEE RUGGIE WHEN U LOOK AT HIM #in my sick delusional mind he would be very attached to daisy #and since Ruggie is a schemer like Gidel and Fellow #+ he's good with kids #i think Gidel would like him as well #therefore: #he is daiggie's adoptive child #i rest my case your honor

[seawitches26]

Where'd Ed get that lovely post-coitus robe from huh? HUH???

Was it mayhaps from some... secret closet??

#ofmd #Secret closet comeback when? #I rest my case your honor

[withywhump]

if whumper is threatening whumpee with a knife, they are LEGALLY. REQUIRED. to stab whumpee with it.

and if they don't then the whumper should get stabbed with the knife idk maybe it'd be sexy but somebody needs to be stabbed with the damned knife.

#who hurt me? every show with useless knives #it's not a decorative piece #it wasn't dutifully sharpened to perfection to be a shiny prop #it was made for stabbing pretty whumpees #i rest my case your honor #whump #stabbed #or lack thereof #tch

[undercooked-spaghetti]

EVERYONE BEAR WITH ME. I HAD A REALLY! IMPORTANT! THOUGHT ABOUT JUDGMENT!

Okay, so, I stupidly love the Charles Clerk. He's basically the Higashi to Kaito in terms of Charles staff once Kaito was expelled from the Matsugane Family and Higashi got run of the place.

SO NOTICE IN EXHIBIT A HOW ONE YEAR PRIOR, HIGASHI HAD NO CHAIN NECKLACE.

BUT IN EXHIBIT B, A YEAR LATER, HE HAS HIS CHAIN NECKLACE!

In Exhibit C, we see Charles Clerk ALSO has a matching chain necklace!

As far as I can remember, none of Higashi's OTHER guys wear a chain necklace.

SO WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?

In the year since Kaito's expulsion, Higashi became the man running the arcade and Charles Clerk became the new... clerk. Which meant they got closer as now they'd be working together for hours daily if Higashi had no business with the Family.

SO THEY CLEARLY GOT THE NECKLACES TOGETHER OR HIGASHI GOT THEM EACH ONE. For Higashi, it makes sense; he's moved up in the family, got his own little group, and he changed up his looks to match. But Clerk doesn't NEED the chain, but he has one anyway. Either because, as mentioned above, Higashi got it for him, or he looks up to his aniki so much, he wants to dress a little like him.

EITHER WAY, it's just really sweet. It's such a small little detail that I'm probably reading too much into, but I don't care. I pray if Takuya Kimura gets out of agency hell and we get a third Judgment game, RGG hears my prayers and Charles Clerk finally gets a name.

#judgment #judge eyes #lost judgment #higashi toru #charles clerk #it's the small details for me #it could mean nothing or it could mean EVERYTHING #i rest my case your honor

[cyborgpulsebooks]

idk if it’s just me but thancred waters really is like. The Most Blorbo. this man has watched multiple apocalypses, had a fucked up relationship with his surrogate sister/daughter, is a functioning alcoholic, has sex to Forget tm, was possessed by basically a demon at one point and nearly killed, got fucking STRANDED IN AN UNFAMILIAR WILDERNESS with no magic after watching everyone he’s ever loved potentially die or be arrested, and all of that’s only like, the first half of the entire story. my man is mentally disabled (you cannot tell me he doesnt have cptsd, he actively canonically struggles with suicidal ideation in endwalker) and had his eye fucked up for a while too so tack physical disability on to that. this man is suffering and i want to wrap him in a warm blanket and leave him somewhere safe with his daughter and (potential) partner but also he’s fun to poke where it hurts 

#cyborg rambles #I Love Him #i love him. #i rest my case your honor #thancred

[hayaku14]

need a kaishin zootopia au PRONTO

#kudou shinichi #kuroba kaito #detective conan #dcmk #magic kaito #ofc bunny shinichi is less naive as judy tho lol #and fox kaito is literally written in the bible yes it was by design that kaito is a fox 🤧 #okay but alshouruzen's bunny shinichi and fox kaito fic thoooooooo #but thats different!!!!!!! (but i still absolutely adore it dont get me wrong lol) #real thief kaito turned policeman is kinda funny to think about tho lol #ALSO SHINICHI WITH BUNNY EARS AND A FLOOFY TAIL?? #i rest my case your honor #dc prattles