Fun fact: In Barbatos's intimacy storyline in Nightbringer he ends up living with Solomon and MC at Cocytus Hall temporarily. Here's a highlight from his 40 intimacy call:
The way he makes Solomon sit in the corner. 😭 You cannot convince me he didn't raise this man.
It's been a full year since the Mighty Nein show announcement and I am honestly still laughing that we all inexplicably identified that the lines were re-recorded for the announcement in particular in .02 seconds flat. This is still my takeaway a year later.
really appreciate how for the 30th anniversary concert they gave meta knight a fake-out saxophone in the promo art only to reveal during the concert that his suite is composed of 99% electric guitar solos
Apparently invading other worlds, causing mass murder, and possessing a child's body is No Big Deal. But canceling The Owl House was enough to put Disney's 90 year beloved icon Mickey Mouse on the naughty list and made Darcy look like a saint fitting for the nice list.
After word that Neil's dog (who is the bestest boy) had heard some news, I went to bed with "There's Only One More Sleep Till Christmas" playing in my head.
This morning I woke up just after 6 (my alarm is set for 7:30) and ran to Tumblr because if there was any news, you all would surely tell me first.
And lo, the Omens were Good, and the not-a-wolf had spoken, and there was much wahooing and clinking of champagne flutes.
I wish I could hug all of you and jump up and down and cry about this together.
● It's so funny that half of the episode is about how they both hate a reboot of a show they loved so much. They basically tried to write their own fix-it fic
● Peridot is fueled by her hatred of the reboot but also having fun with Steven and doing something they could enjoy together
● Honestly, as both funny and sad this episode is, it's also the culmination of Peridot's development with Steven. Her willingness to do something fun with him but stop the moment it hurts him or causes conflict shows how far she's come and it's great
● Peridot can draw and storyboard and I love that fact
● Peridot without her visor! Peridot eyes reveal!!
● This is the last episode where Peridot gets at least half the focus, what with her and Steven being the only two characters actually featured in the episode. Yes she does show up in the remaining episodes and with a brief important moment in the last one, but to me this episode feels like a send-off to her character in a good and warm way. Idk it's special to me
I think a true sign you've managed to write a devastatingly soul-crushing story is the quality of the fandom memes. I've observed that the more existentially painful the story, the more unhinged the humour.
I have so far completely failed to impress Lae'zel due mostly to being too nice to children and asking too many questions about things she doesn't find important.
I somehow ended up impressing Astarion instead, tried to banter with him and accidentally flirted, then asked if he was okay, and now he's in like a permanently good mood around me. So guess that's my route now.
Assuming that Nobby has seen Edward in preservation (post 1963 rebuild) (I think it was '63), what are his opinions on Edward being rebuilt into something not-so-Furness?
tl;dr: Nobby's just glad Edward is still alive, thank you — though he knows he has to pretend to give a damn about this sort of thing
The Awdry’s explanation for Edward does not come down to a single rebuild but to numerous modifications over the past, erm (checks notes) century or so. Some of these rebuilds would have been more extensive than others but it’s not clear to me that the one after the crankpin failure would have been one where they made the biggest alterations to his design.
I am sure that some significant rebuilding took place between 1920 and 1941. So Nobby already saw the beginnings of the Edwardification of 34 before he left Barrow.
Life is change. Most of Nobby’s own working career was before Mr Pettigrew brought standardisation to the F.R., he knows how it goes.
And, like, look, Nobby knows that when visitors come and say anything along the lines of oh if only so-and-so was still in their original form (and they do mention the Edward case to him of course, quite a lot), his job is to make vague sympathetic noises and to be sure to sound genial rather than biting if he observes that the world already has a preserved Sharp and Stewart passenger engine, you can go visit him any time, oh yes, I’m told the Dutch take very good care of him...
Incidentally, Nobby was sceptical about the project to rebuild 20 to his original form. May have kinda definitely been polite, diplomatic conversations with earnest representatives of the newly-formed Furness Railway Trust that boiled down to Nobby being like ‘Ya can’t bring back the past, shit don’t work like that’ and the FRT blokes being like ‘lol wut, nah bro, if you throw enough money at it you totally can — relax, we’ll show you.’
(At the risk of spoilers… the attitude of both parties proved justified in the end.)
I am no artist, so this face was traced from an old manga, but I think it works for the joke? :D
Oh my god. No, no no, this is art. All it needs is some screentone/airbrush sparkles and flowers.
The eyes are killing me!! is it a Rose of Versailles manga you traced?? Because Go Nagai or that were definitely the styles that popped into my head after your comment. He's perfect lmao
So here're some wholesome animal gifs that I think represent each member of the Batch
Hunter: It's giving loving parent.
Wrecker: He's definitely a pull you into a hug whether you want it or not type of guy.
Tech: He's more of a subtle affection sorta guy. May not go for the hug but he's got his own way of showing he cares.
Echo: Man's a little touch starved and doesn't always know how to deal with hugs, but he strikes me as someone who likes to give out affectionate little head touches.
Omega: Full on, will hug you as tightly as possible.
Crosshair:
Ngl, this penguin gif was the entire reason I made this entire post. I know I said it was because the gibbons were cute, but I saw the penguins and just thought Crosshair.