#lish rambles

[folklorefairyy]

hotch comes on screen and i do a little giggle and kick my feet in the air

#he’s so MWAH #aaron hotchner #aaron hotchner x reader #criminal minds #lish rambles #aaron <3

[spadesuite]

it’s a terrible thing to lose someone still alive. to go on day after day seeing him interacting with the world you once created together. shadows of the past cannot be ignored when they dapple the sunlight on your face.

#fluer de lish #poem #poetry #writing #ramble #rambling

[dalishdaisy]

very very unpopular and not meant for anyone but some friends, so i can send it for reference, but reading posts defending viv///ienne actually ended up making me dislike her more, because the dialogue examples just reminded me of things i forgot.

specifically some banters with se///ra and so///las, where theyre fighting, and yes, theyre not supposed to be nice to each other, the fighting is the point, but the kind of insult she resorts to does not sit right with me. she says to se//ra something like "what has your scattered mind conjured" which just reads like an ableist insult to a very neurodivergent coded character, and to sol//as "what kind of rustic elven curse is that" which just reads like a racist "you elves are savages" insult. shes not jabbing at them for being wrong, shes jabbing at them for having a neurodevelopmental condition and being an elf.

the thing that rubbed me wrong initially is her privileged view of the ci//rcles. then ive read people who tried to prove shes much more than that, giving as an example her after h/aven convo where she is oh so caringly asking whether the inqui//sitor is ok - and i realized i never had that. because having, like, one convo with her where i disagree with the circ//les is enough to tank her approval enough for her to start blaming the inqu//isitor for h/aven. and it worsened my opinion of her - if your care is that heavily conditional and requires me agreeing with you on every point and never voicing an opinion - then no thanks i dont want it. i say it as an abuse survivor, i lived this shit.

unfortunately, many ppl who like her tend to misinterpret why ppl who dont dont, in the worst faith possible.

edit: ah right, i also allied with the mages. the convo where vivi///enne confronts you about whether you think mages should be free is after that, so that nets me the disapproval. still.

#ramblings #unspecific #allen and miyani (neurodivergent da//lish elves): *look into the camera like in the office*

[selfshiplog]

Tiger’s eye and verdilite for scout

- @lish-self-ships

lish my ask game warrior 💪💪💪

Tiger’s Eye - jeremy is literally the number one hype man. he's pretty over the top and loud. he'll pat my back way too hard and excitedly babble praise and encouragement and only make teasingly mean comments after i do it if he knows it's really important.

Verdelite: HE'S A MENACE. he's obnoxious and irritating and everything he says makes my eyes roll so hard. i want to crush him into a little ball FREQUENTLY...... but he's my little bro. he's meant to be annoying and get on my nerves because he knows i'll love him regardless. he's such a sweetheart deep down and means well in all he does. he's so much smarter than he thinks and OK ILL STOP RAMBLING. I REALLY LOVE HIM. i see a lot of myself in him and i want to be there right at his side to help him grow into his best self

i got into tf2 yeeeaaars ago and scout was always my favorite because we were so similar. skinny whiteboy twinks from boston stick together etc. i also felt very annoying when i was younger and was always worried that people would hate me like people in the canon hate scout's antics. and as i grew older and found more confidence in myself he started to represent me when i was younger. and then it was kinda natural for him to fall into being a younger relative f/o for me :] i want to be there to help him and protect him but also tease him and have fun with him like an older bro should. give him the unplugged player 2 controller type beat but also obliterate anyone whos mean to him.

#⚾️🧢 #he is also canonically the youngedt of 8 unseen brothers so i was like hahaha YESSS me now. #my s/i is still only the 2nd youngest though lmao

[flames-tstuff]

I posted 664 times in 2022

57 posts created (9%)

607 posts reblogged (91%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@duckymcdoorknob

@intheticklecloset

@veryblushyswitch

@august-anon

@ticklishfanart

I tagged 572 of my posts in 2022

Only 14% of my posts had no tags

#bnha - 207 posts

#lee!bakugou - 48 posts

#kiribaku - 47 posts

#flame rambles - 43 posts

#ler!bakugou - 37 posts

#ler!kirishima - 34 posts

#lee!midoriya - 29 posts

#fma - 28 posts

#fmab - 27 posts

#encanto - 25 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#al having a happy ending is all i could ask for in this show and if i have to be the maker of all the post-promised day fluff then so be it

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Important question:

Do you guys pronounce it (either in your head or out loud) "tickle-ish" or "tick-lish"?

Same with "tickle-ing" vs "tick-ling"

Reblog with how you say it, I want to know!!

50 notes - Posted May 9, 2022

#4

Scene from A Coin For a Coin by @impulsively-made-tickle-blog !!

I've been wanting to draw some kiribaku lately so I went looking through my bnha fic recommendations list for inspiration (which is not very updated oops) and boom baby

Go read it if you haven't!

64 notes - Posted August 13, 2022

#3

Love him or hate him, Dream has an incredible laugh and that's a fact

92 notes - Posted March 5, 2022

#2

Alright so I caved

Referencing this and this (@happyandticklish)

121 notes - Posted January 8, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

here is my addition to the incredible comission @skribblz​ did for me! They did the outlines and I added the color!! I really just wanted something that I could play around with and experiment with color/lighting without having to do my own outlines. And I could not be more happy with how it turned out!

in case you weren’t aware, this is a scene from my fic Sore Loser :)

310 notes - Posted June 25, 2022

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#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review #this is pretty cool #long post

[troglobite]

heardle got me reminiscing!!! (in case it’s unfamiliar to you, tw for blood towards the end after she gets up from the piano bench)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTo_5LRqBx4

still genuinely upsetting & baffling that there’s no HD version of this performance somewhere online, it’s a fucking ICONIC performance

caveat for:

Yikes That’s Not How Disability and Mobility Aids Should be Used and Repped!!! OOF!!! BIG OOF!!! YIKESSSSSS

but the rest of it is just like. FUCK, man. i know it’s rose colored glasses in a way, but genuinely looking back like....lady gaga was so much higher concept than pop culture was ready for. ~ahead of her time~ etc

that fucking performance is just fucking iconic. how SCARED and SHOCKED the audience was! like they fucking bought into it. &when they realized it was fake blood, the screams continued but it morphed into AHHH FUCK YEAH THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING!!!!

&now that i’m looking back &have been on occasion w lady gaga’s discography & body of work, legitimately the only reason i never got really into her when she was just coming onto the world stage? well, two reasons, i’ll be honest.

the first is annoying/silly, in that high energy music is A Lot for me to listen to, so i don’t often listen to it. even though i really enjoyed her music, i rarely sought it out for that reason.

but the BIGGEST reason that hit me upon reflection?

i was wayyyyy too in the closet to be openly a fan of her

like i was already being called slurs all the time (thank you for the dyke comments, though, childhood bullies, i AM, now that you mention it! lol) &ppl were Highly Suspicious of me Being A Queer (again, correct! lol) so it was like HA yeah not gonna do that. my only saving grace was being into the jonas brothers so it was like the [points aggressively] SEE???? I’M STRAIGHT AND NORMAL!!!! thing for me. lol

lady gaga would’ve IMMEDIATELY put me into “fucking weird creepy dyke loser” territory even further than i was.

&of course funny thing, my friend who is ALSO gay (lol kidding MOST of my friends back then ended up being some flavor of queer) was the one who introduced me to lady gaga. she was on the ~cutting edge~ w music & shit like that, still is--she listens CONSTANTLY. lol

but she was thin and cute and had a lot of friends & was normal and quiet enough that afaik, she could avoid most of the shit that i got on that front, so she was able to be WILDLY into the GAYEST WOMEN IN MUSIC and it was fine, afaik. 

now i’m just rambling and thinking abt it. lol bc she’s also of chinese descent etc. so i’m in NO universe saying she somehow had it fine--i specifically mean in that one regard at that point in our lives w the ppl we knew, &only afaik. 

bUT!!!! my point is, lady gaga kind of. took a while to really get her due. &i do still wonder if, in popular culture, ppl really get the art that she puts out, y’know? her talent has gotten recognition. she’s iconic, of course. she helped to shape the artistic landscape now (looking at you, fucking wannabe billie e*lish lol--to be clear i literally don’t care/know anything at all, i’m being irreverent). 

but yeah, looking back it’s just like. ppl thought she was “weird” and couldn’t figure her out & it’s like.

bro. her music, lyrics, &music videos WERE NOT SUBTLE. SHE WAS NOT SUBTLE. but just deliberately trying to ignore anything she was saying bc Yikes Uncomfortable. lol

ANYWAY just thinking & reminiscing. i’m extremely hungry rn and a little bit jazzed bc that performance just fucking GETS me, man. lol

[buckysbeloved]

i hâte coursework so much :(((

#lish rambles

[itistimeforusalltodecidewhoweare]

i love having stupid little ideas that i can turn into stupid little references for my own amusement

#nika rambles #lish knows what this is about

[milkiane]

so i am feeling incredibly emotional rn so, here’s an appreciation post for my favorite people. (this have been in my drafts for three weeks now) -- so why not post this along with my sleepover <3 sleepover bash

@chokemepansy

need i say more? no— but i will anyway. asteria, my mean cheerleader girlfriend, you are the first moot i’ve ever had, and honestly, i wouldn’t have it any other way. you're my favorite person in the entire world, and pls i am getting so emotional rn, i hate you >:-( i’ve told you everything at my previous letters but i just want you, and everyone else who’s about to read this, to know that you’re my platonic (and quite possibly romantic) soulmate, and my other-third, because pansy owns the shit out of us. love u lots, don’t say it back <3

@accioweaslcy

my favorite headcanon writer 😩 pls alyssa, i’ve had, and still do, have so much fun talking with you. i really, really, love your company, i love your writing, and most especially love you. you were one of my moots that talked to me with such ease and comfort despite being a tad bit younger than you, and it’s been fun ! you’re like one of those seniors who befriends juniors, but still have this amazing (and envying) friendship with each other. not only that, but you being my friend, and me being a dumbass, made our own version of the golden trio with @weasleyyy ! now, this is a story i’ll tell my kids. love u, even if you choose to chomp me <3

@weasleyyy

gHAZAL ! now, are you thankful for me being a half-asleep dumbass who thought you were rose because of your similar urls before, or what ? because i definitely am PFT SJSHSJSHSJN anyways, i’m so happy to have you in my life. i’m a sucker for your chaotic and impulsive energy, and your little thoughts about the hpu. just like rose, thank you for acting just as yourself around me, a smol bisexual mess, because i really do appreciate it, and now you made me a fanclub— which btw, i still cannot get over with. i wheeze everytime i remember it. i love u, madame gazelle, even if you’re a mean li’l fuck ! <3

@amrtxntias

AAAAAAAAH heather, you are officially my unofficial soft british best friend, and no, you do not have a say in this, because you’re stuck with me forever. thank you so much for helping me with terms i need for writing. you’ve been the best, you’ve supported me through every ups and downs with my writings ever since we’ve met. it wasn’t even too long ago ! but you’ve welcomed me like i was a long lost friend of yours. love u, h, the lily to my marlene <3

@buckysbeloved

aliciaaa !! you’re honestly like an older sister i’ve never had. i’ve never had anyone to rant about my marvel fangirlings with, but i am so glad that you were so open with my rants and conspiracy theories. you’ve never judged me or shown any disinterest with my rambles, you’ve been so supportive and you continue to give me the same energy as mine. it’s a very little thing to fuss about, but lish, you’ve got to know that it means so much to me. i’m tearing up— blame the hormones. but really, i’m so grateful for you and your company (and your maxibaby fics). love u to the moon and back ! <3

@acosmis-t

isa isa isa isa isaaaa, pls i love u so much. that’s all i want to say, but ofc, i need to say more. you have been one of my best friends— we clicked the moment we spoke to each other and i was incredibly happy to be your moot. i couldn’t even believe it at first because you’re this rly cool writer with tons of followers and i’m just another user in the crowd but like, everything i want to say is beyond the words that want to come out of my mouth, so i’ll leave it with a thank you for choosing me to be one of your mutuals. thank you for blessing me, and the others, with your lovely fics. never stop doing what you love, i’m here for you always. always was, and always will be. i mean, it should be with the jointed graves and all. love u <3

@reguluscore

SOOOORINNNN. sometimes i question what’s happening inside your head. like one second your posting angsty fics and thoughts, and next thing i know you’re posting a dancing prongs gif. i’ll never understand, i reckon, but that’s alright, i’ll love you just the way you are, even if you break my heart with your angst. tell me who hurt you and i’ll beat them up. i love u so much, i’m still listening to your playlist, because it’s astronomical. sending you some forehead kisses <3

@inks-and-jinx

vivian !! i’m still beyond grateful for you and your artistic and writing talents. you’re such an angel, and i’m so incredibly happy to have you in my life. you’re a sweetheart. you’re every sweet-soft-fluffy nickname there is, because honestly? i cannot speak well, or think straight because i don’t think words can describe how lucky i am to have you. well, i love u, and that’s all i could comprehend <3

@comfortwriting

karis ! you’re honestly one of my fave moots because you never fail to make me so appreciated and loved. your out of the blue messages always make me feel so happy because you’re so wholesome and nice. i’m very, very, glad to have you in my life. thank you for always being there to be my personal therapist and my human diary— who listens to all of my writing ideas, even if i have tons of wips to write. thank you for inspiring me to write again, without you, i would’ve never find my passion for writing again, so thank you, thank you for being the sweetest person there is, i love you ! <3

@krasivayadarling

ANYA ! darling, you are one of the very first mutuals i’ve ever talked to, you’ve welcomed me with open arms when i was new here and i wouldn’t change anything in the world. i’m so glad that you were the first person i’ve ever talked to because you are practically the human form of a squishmallow. don’t question me, you’re my squishmallow. anyways, you’re such a lovely person and i’m very happy to have you in my life, love you ! <3

@cursestothemoon

cHARLY-CHAR !! hehe you are like one of those nice, cool, senior students in school, you never fail to make me so giddy and loved. i’m so happy to have you in my life, and i’m wishing you all the happiness and love in the world because you truly do deserve it, especially when you’ve been nothing but so kind and friendly. pls i feel like crying because i don’t know what i did to deserve you. I BLAME U AND UR AMAZING WRITING SKILLS FOR MAKING ME SOFT >:-( i love you tho <3 — also thank you for that play fighting blurb with fred, i didn’t know that i needed to bite his cute butt until i read it.

@sunflowergirl522

ZOE ZOE ZOE ZOE ZOE ZOE ! I LOVE YOU. i feel so complete when i read your peter fics. i always look forward to them because it’s not everyday you find someone who actually writes him so good, and i know we don’t really interact much, but i feel like i got to know you more through reading your fics. u better trust me when i say that i’ll be your personal hype woman and maxibaby supporter, because i am, and i will forever be ! love u <3

@fives-cup-of-coffee

amelia, you bitch, i love you. to be honest, i've never really expected us to be friends, but ofc, here you are, simping for me and now we're besties. you've been, and still are, so fun to be around with-- only because i get to tease the shit out of you >:-) anyways, thank you for keeping up with my utter bullshit, i'm here for you always, i hope you know that. love ya ! <3

@moonvicake

wAHH-- sasha, hi. pFT JSADHJSAHDJH SORRY BUT PLEASE I LOVE YOU, DID YOU KNOW? it's been so painfully awkward at first because believe me, i'm the most gauche person you'll ever meet if we talk for the first time, but as soon as we grow accustomed to each other, you'd wish that you never spoke to me, because i'm this hot fucking mess, so thank you for keeping up with me. you're one of my favorite mutuals in here. i love you more than puppies and hello kitty pancakes <3

+ my mutuals who’ve been such amazing people, we haven’t talked as much as the tagged moots but i love you all just as equally, you lot mean the world to me, and i’m willing to go on the ends of the earth for all of you <3

@anchoeritic @babyjordy @frankenkyleluvr @ronsbadidea @kc-needs-coffee @nevilles-top @weasleyclaw @sweetnspicysimp @redbullchick @willowbleedsonpaper @weasleysandwheezes @daffodilmoons @incorrectpeterparker @dracosaccount @cedrics-grave @pad-foots @peepeepotter @oldschoolkiddo @spideyspixies @daltonacademia @eunoniaa @love-peachh @george-fabian-weasley @mayonnaise-and-anarchy @darthwheezely @thotbutpurple @l0ttadreamz @daisyyy2516 @prettywhitedoves @band--psycho @widowdays @loveboyhalo @gxtitobxby @fandomvariousness @nothinghcppens (i passed the 50 tags rule, eek— i’m sorry, i love all of you whom i didn’t get to tag, though 🥺)

#mutuals appreciation post ! <3 #amourtentiaa’s sleepover bash <3

[commander-coppercogg]

So under a cut because spoilers for the new End of Dragons stuff but the boyfriend and I did some wiki diving last night and found some stuff out:

So I originally thought this was gonna be the commander stand in for Cantha and I even saw some people speculate that this might be Zojja coming back into the story. But turns out this character was discussed during a guild chat episode and already had a wiki page!

I’m so interested to meet her and learn about her and her earrings and her eyes and her design are super super cool and holy shit Gorrick used to work at Thaumanova???? Has this been mentioned before??? Maybe it has something to do with how Blish lost his body???

So I went and read the transcript for the podcast episode (cause listening to podcasts is very difficult for me). The transcript seems to be auto generated so there’s a lot of spelling mistakes but here’s the relevant bit:

Fans of Gorrick are in for a treat!!!! I wonder if she has ties to Inquest at all. Cause the Aetherblades and the Inquest had an alliance in Living World Season 1 right? Maybe we’ll get to find out how and why Gorrick and Lish joined the Inquest cause I’ve always wondered about that. I’m really really hoping for good asura content please anet all of the other races have had their moment in the spot light please.

This gets a bit more personal so uh yeah:

I will say my other immediate gut reaction is “oh god I hope they don’t try and cram a bad romance plot line in there.” Cause like on the one hand I’d love to see an autistic character get an in-depth romance story cause a lot of times autistic people (such as myself) are infantalized to the point where we are denied adult romantic and sexual relationships. But on the other hand I feel like it could really easily fall into some really bad tropes. ESPECIALLY if, god forbid, they try and make it a love triangle with Taimi. I remember Taimi saying something at the end of Icebrood Saga (I don’t have screen caps sorry) that made me go “are…are they trying to…no. No way.” And like nothing came of it so maybe I read it wrong. And Anet has always done an incredible job with Gorrick and his character. And I think that’s the reason I feel immediately so defensive and so nervous. Cause I don’t want it to be bad! I learned I was autistic while playing this game and Gorrick is honestly one of the only autistic character I’ve ever encountered and he really means a lot to me. And I can recognize that a lot of my gut reaction is personal projection and nervousness and I’m still really really excited to meet Ankka and got to Cantha. This turned out a lot more personal and depressing than I meant it to, I just wanted to ramble some feeling out.

#rambling #connor’s stuff #end of dragons spoilers #end of dragons #gw2 spoilers #eod spoilers #eod speculation #guild wars 2 eod

[folklorefairyy]

spencer reid is the ultimate boyfriend <3

#no one cares but he’s my top fictional character and crush of all time <3 #lish rambles #spencer <3 #spencer reid #spencer reid x reader

[spadesuite]

i worship at the altar of you when i hold open the door, when i grab the right size spoon, when i lend you a pen or buy you a treat. each token is in homage to you, a treaty signed in kisses and promise. oh, how i enjoy serving my deity; i worship your every breath, hiccuping sob, joyful shriek, languid purr — they are my hymns, my choral song. my devotion to you may as well be written on my skin for how much i am a sacrifice to you, a bible, a guide to proper tribute. use me, i am yours; you are my god.

#fluer de lish #poem #poetry #writing #ramble #rambling

[o-bella-cia0]

02·28·22

Had a lot of fun in my Korean class today playing 윷놀이 instead of studying lol

Monday, Feb. 28th ; Day 25/100

KOR 1 Read a news article and filled out an activity sheet

WGSS Weekly check-in Midterm activity sheet and weekly forum post Reviewed A LOT of chapters for Thursday’s exam

EALL Continued editing for my essay final draft

MISC Reviewed 어휘 Tried to read a bit Also maybe potentially got a job!

♫ : Без бою by Океан Ельзи 📖 : 고양이의 이중생활 (The Double Life of a Cat) by Kim Yeon-gyeong

@caffinateef-studyblr’s ♥ February Productivity Challenge ♥

Day 28/28 (last day!!) ; What's your favourite stationery that you own? I'm lame and do most of my work on a tablet, but I do like writing with my Frixion clicker erasable pens, they're pretty neat (also wow I can't believe I completed this challenge!! Thank you so much for this super fun challenge lish! I'll be sure to join the March challenge tomorrow!)

@tranquilstudy’s ✦ Study Challenge 2022 ✦

Day 13/31 ; Share a page from your journal! Here are some rambling insane notes from when I was panic studying for a Korean exam... this is why I don't post cute aesthetic pics of my notes

#100 dop #100 days of productivity #productivity challenge #obellaciaodiary #studyblr #korean studyblr #language study #korean langblr #korean language #serendistudy #myhoneststudyblr #problematicprocrastinator #february productivity challenge #tranquil2022buddies

[freakish-hazzard]

Ok so like midnight rambles and stuff but-

I never understood why people always disliked the gen 5 pokemon designs. Like for some reason ive always seen this distain for the designs just because they look like every day objects/animals. And i understand why that is but like,, this is pokemon were talking about there was never any rule abt it being "too" realistic. But also like,, gen 5 has in my opinion some of the best designs in the series, the only line of pokemon i don't like is the timburr line and only because the veins kinda scare me lol, but its still good design.

Ok so heres an example: the vanillite line. People complain about it being just an ice cream cone, and like, ok??? Voltorb is just a PokeBall with a face so like- its not that bad? Plus the vanillite line is kinda really cute in my opinion, their little goopy faces are adorable. And like,, they resemble the different sizes of ice cream cones. Vanilllite is a small, vanillish is a medium, and vanilluxe is a large!! Its even in their names, vanil "lite", vanil "lish" (ish as in its not small but its not big, its big-ish) and vanil "luxe" (as in deluxe, which can be used to describe the biggest size of something) its really cute.

Also cofagrigus is a fav like come on they are cool as all hell 👀

#pokemon black and white #pokemon #gen 5 #gen 5 pokemon #rambles #no but seriously i love gen 5 #i will die by gen 5 and pokepark 2 wonders beyond #:)

[pinkbarefacedbeauty]

NS Hokage Inaguration episode

Here are just some ramblings that I had on what the end of Naruto could have been like.

NS Hokage Inaguration episode/end scene (tbh doesn't even need to be a full episode, just be the end credits).

We can see Naruto studying and training to become Hokage, him taking the chuunin exam like a breeze, then cut to NS first date then cut to having fun with friends, hanging out with Sasuke, learning Karin's last name, etc. Then the wedding scene. ->does not need a whole wedding episode->we get glimpses through scenes in pictures ->(introducing scene is almost like "itazura na kiss" but in which Hanako/Hanami are running around the house while Sakura tries to dress them and cause minimal damage to the house). Shinachiku already dressed and finishing breakfast/snack.

->pictures around the house showing glimpses of their first official date ->another picture showing the bald spot in Naruto's head after Sakura grabbed too hard while delivering baby ->show them holdig shinachiku/twins right after birth ->family photo with Naruto,Sakura and kids ->Family photo with Naruto and parents when Sakura is found to be pregnant ->pictures of Sakura with her pregnant belly, pics of belly art (like drawing a kyuubi and bunny) ->picture of the arrival of Shinachiku then another picture of the arrival of the twins. ->Picture of all of konoha 12 (plus Temari who is with Shikamaru staring at clouds and Gaara who is next to Naruto and Sakura and talking). In this picture you can see HInata holding kiba's hand. Chouji is sharing chIps with Ino and Sai drawing Naruto. Team taka/hebi is a little further back but still in picture. Karin is laying on Sasuke's shoulder and Sugietsu and Juugo are laying down. Shino is trying to protect an ant hill from akamaru. Lee is doing handstands. Neji (free of the caged bird seal) and tenten are sitting and drinking pop/tea ->the infamous picture of team 7 (with the addition of the adult team 7 pic)

After the pics are done being glanced over as Sakura and the twins pass through the house (Sakura is chasing them), scene can cut to them finally being dressed, and Naruto comes down the stairs dressed, he sees his rambunctious family and smiles. Proceed to Inaguration. It is HIM who we see inagurated. Not Konohamaru or anyone disguised as him. But we see NARUTO inagurated. We end with Naruto wearing his Hokage hat.

Also, We could have some clip showing the big top villages helping small villages after the war. A war relief fund founded by top larger villages or something. 

If we do a slice of life thing, we can have the kids rwhen they’re older or graduating the academy and being on Naruto’s swing. Running through the village being all mischievious but not asshole-lish *cough*. 

Lastly, I do want to see grown Hokage Naruto on his swing one last time before he heads off with his family and friends who are smiling and waiting on him.

#naruto #narutoshippudden #antinaruhina #antinarutoending #antinaruhinafandom #antinarutothelast #NaruSaku #Sasukarin #kibahina #shikatema #Antinh #antinaruto #antihinata

[beautifulhigh]

Language of the Falls: Ep 36

I had one (1) vote for something to put at the top of this – a random fact.  I shall resist the urge to Google something and instead I shall include the most random piece of information that I know – but at the end.  Gotta get those views in.

Meanwhile, on with the show for my #TwitterFive and #DiscordThree who still read these.

And now for the standard disclaimer with the download link:

Everything in here that's recognisably @kingfallsam was, is now, and will forever belong to The Make Believe Picture Company.  The artistic fair use ramblings are mine.  Any words not mine are cited, linked, referenced, or from the good ol' dictionary by way of Google.  

Look, y'all know the deal. What's not mine isn't mine. What's mine under the transformative work rule is mine.  Be nice, like proper nice, and don't come yelling at me.

*presses play*

Episode 36 – "Polter-Heist"

Ah, word play.

Poltergeist (noun) a ghost or other supernatural being supposedly responsible for physical disturbances such as making loud noises and throwing objects about.

Also a pretty successful 1982 horror movie.

Fresh from the advert last episode about the new series of Mission Apparition we have the team on site at the library.  Which confuses me a little with the timeline: they previewed an episode in their advert that they hadn't filmed?  So was the voice clip an old one?  Or is there some serious timey-wimey stuff going on here?

Sammy is flying solo in the studio because that always goes well and there's no response to the initial attempts to contact Ben.  Whilst there's a "blue curtains" interpretation for the technology not working right the whole purpose of these posts is to go beyond the curtains.  So we have Sammy, in studio, trying to reach out to his co-host and friend and getting nothing back.  Not at all worrying for what might happen.

Chet is hanging "…and banging" with Sammy in the studio which again, always goes well.  Chet seems true to form with a "that's what she said" joke but it's not applied correctly to the lead in statement.  I'm willing to die on the hill of Chet not being misogynistic and he wasn't making a joke, just a reference to Miss Mini Macaroni from Sassy's.

Somehow I didn't think that this referred to a popular type of pasta and the internet provided some interesting equivocal interpretations:

1) a macaroni or maccaroni was a term for someone who in mid-18th-century England was a fashionable fellow who dressed and even spoke in an outlandishly affected and gender-neutral manner. The term pejoratively referred to a man who "exceeded the ordinary bounds of fashion" in terms of clothes, fastidious eating, and gambling

So… Chet himself?  Or Chet embraces all love – he likes the wine, not the label to steal a phrase from one of the best shows on TV at the moments.

2) Macaronic language is text that uses a mixture of languages

Usually referring to the combining of terms/words/phrases from two languages either within a single sentence (if you're not singing Despacito in your head you probably will be now) or into a new word (such as is found in Franglish or Spanglish or anything-lish because we're arrogant sods when it comes to our language).  The equivocation of language is the reason these posts exist but even I have to "blue curtain" this one because any comment about combined language being synonymous with belief and disbelief is a stretch for me.

For now.

Chet's been gettin' in on "From the window to the wall" and this is a lyric from 'Get Low': yes, it's about… that.  But there's also these lines which are very Chet:

She getting crunk in the club I mean she work Then I like to see the female twerking taking the clothes off BUCKEY naked ATL. Hoe don't disrespect it

I've said it before, I'll say it again.  Chet is hugely respectful of boundaries and a woman's autonomy over her life and her body.  He appreciates it and he will show that appreciation in a consensual manner.  "Don't disrespect it" might just become my phrase for Chet.

After having a moment over Chet's behaviour in the office – Lysol is a sanitising product for those of us not in America – Ben launches straight into his address to the audience. 

I will continue to love and appreciate the way that this show uses both the relationship between the characters to support and supplement the broadcast.  On the weekend of Beyond The Falls Live it's never been more evident to me, sitting at home by myself and not halfway 'round the world, that both on the show and off it there's all kinds of relationships that factor in to making this show what it is.  We are not just being talked at (like some podcasts with a direct address host), but we are also not just listening in and eavesdropping on the unfolding drama (like many others).  We are just as much a part of this show as Sammy and Ben and Chet and Kyle and Noah and Trent (and Eric but he's not in this little scene so… sorry?  Also we are a few minutes in to this episode and there's been no resolution for us on Troy's near-whatever experience at the end of the previous one.  But more on that later).

There's a link to the notebook (Ben's, not the book/film) but it's quickly subsumed by moving on to the Mission Apparition show.  Chet and the girls from the Red Rock are dismissive of the guys on the show and it opens up for the audience that Ben's derision towards Mission Apparition isn't personal or borne out of arrogance.  These "experts" are not seen as being experts by people who live in a town where this is their daily.  I've already talked about the curriculum at the school: the people of King Falls?  They know it and they get it.  They don't see it on Mission Apparition.

It's like when I watch shows set in schools.

But since we have a limited view of the town and the events and we are having everything presented to us though unreliable narrators it's just a nice way of confirming that this we can take at face value.

Chet calls the Mission Apparition guys "Nutterbutters": can I just say is him referring to them being nuts and not what the Urban Dictionary gives me?  Please?  Also I'm going to need a lot of Lysol myself.

It's 0255.  Even in weird date format America that's not a(n obvious) one so let's go with the number view:

Angel number 255 consists out of number 2 and number 55. Number two symbolizes duality in life, which means you have two forces that are pushing you forward in life. Number 55 symbolizes new places, new ideas and new people.

Frederick Osbourne is today's advert, talking about your "fallen" loved ones.  That's a very military way of looking at death and suggests a battle or a fight that they have not survived.  On one level life is a battle that none of us are going to survive but given the arc of the Shadows which kicked off in a major way last episode and the upcoming appearance of Rich McGuff's apparition and the fight in the library?  Might be something to this view.

This isn't quite an advert more of a PSA about disturbing graves.  Who are the "higher ups" in this situation?  And why are they digging up bones?  That's… more than just Hallowe'en kicks.  Rosenblum's appearance with digging tools might provide an answer for that.

"We're watching you."

That's… something.  Who exactly is the 'we'?  Watching implies observation and not action.  You don't just watch while someone "knocks boots" on a grave or knocks over headstones.  Watching is passive.  You sit, you observe, you note.

Sammy comments that it's an "unusually warm evening" – this episode aired 15 October 2016 so that's one hell of an Indian summer.  Global warming maybe, but things are not always as they seem here.  Obviously the weather is a big part of the plot point come December so at the very least it's a nice little hint in the "Chekov's Gun" style of drama.

(Chekov's Gun – if you want to fire a gun in Act Three the audience need to see it in Act One.  You want heat in December?  It's unseasonably warm in October.)

Sammy asks Chet if he's on Twitter.  He's not and he doesn't get all the "pound signs".  For the Brits, that's this à #  I don't know why it's called a pound sign so to the internet!

In the US it’s often called the pound key, because it has long been used to mark numbers related to weight, or for similar reasons the number sign (source)

There you go.  Analytical and educational.

Cynthia calls in on line 9:

Number 9 is the number of Universal love, eternity, faith, Universal Spiritual Laws, the concept of karma, spiritual enlightenment, spiritual awakening, service to humanity, humanitarianism and the humanitarian, lightworking and lightworkers, leading by positive example, philanthropy and the philanthropist, charity,…

Pause for laughter.

In the midst of all the horror talk of Chet's "full court" Cynthia makes a comment about Sammy not knowing what email is.  This is a running line and to date one of the ongoing mysteries that we will probably never get a definitive answer to.  That, or it's the most significant plot point ever.

"You are in a spin and harassment free zone, Cynthia."

The harassment bit, I get the reference.  The spin bit?  Well… that's a little different.  Yes, Chet will spin everything into a comment, but we tend to think of spin as something else and that speaks more about Shotgun Sammy than anything that Chet may (or may not) have said.

Spin (verb) give (a news story) a particular emphasis or bias.

That's Channel 13's purview.  That was possibly Shotgun Sammy.  As much as we love Sammy and Ben they are unreliable narrators but Sammy is very clear about his attempts to be as neutral as possible and Ben wants to be as famed a journalist as Cronkite and Brokaw.  While we may not be able to trust them being 100% neutral we can trust that they are trying to be as spin-free as possible where possible.

Grisham and Burt Gladstone aren't spin free.  And that seems to be where Cynthia is getting a lot of her rhetoric from.

Cynthia's obsession with Ben is out in full force – and while it may be legal it's just as creepy as the comments made about Chet with the younger ladies.  It speaks so clearly to the hypocrisy that we have in society that if a man hooks up with a younger woman it's creepy and weird and disgusting, but good on ya gal for landing the younger man.  Misogyny is alive and well in this episode and it's not coming from Chet.  Cynthia's attitude towards Ben is passed off as a joke, as weird, as something to laugh about.  But when Chet hits on Emily (and respects her knock back) it's creepy?

Nah.

But let me be clear.  No one is saying that Cynthia's behaviour towards Ben is OK.  I've seen it called out a lot on the Discord.  I just wish that there was a comment on air about this to the same level as what we hear about Chet.

I feel like I'm forming a one-woman Chet defense group.  I want a t-shirt with #TeamChet on.  Back to the episode.

Cynthia is head of "Moms for Mayor Grisham" as she says "who else is there to even vote for?".  Is she ignorant of who else is running (unlikely since she clearly listens to the show and apparently the 0200-0600 slot is prime time for running announcements), or is she so indoctrinated by Grisham that she doesn't see them as true opposition?  It's like when Lord Buckethead ran against Theresa May in her constituency: it was a safe seat for her but there needs to be opposition for a democratic election and so any other candidates know they are there almost for show.

Lord Buckethead for PM.

When asked outright Sammy confirms his political allegiance.  Cynthia's reasons for not voting for either Hershel or Ron are surface and illogical from a political standpoint… and her reasons for voting for Grisham are the same.  She loves him, references the "Best Small Town" awards, he's smart (yes), ethical (hah), dreamy (wut).

"Are you saying [Grisham's] not a catch?  How blind are you?" "I'm not blind at all!"

Sammy does see Grisham for who and what he is.  He always has.  As the outsider he's coming into this situation fully able to see the propaganda that has pervaded the town and slowly become the norm.

Cynthia invokes her version of Godwin's Law in her usual blunt manner – Sammy is off the fence and is defensive about the comments about Hershel.  He turns it back onto her in a 'those in glass houses' manner – "Chad and/or Brad" is still hilarious – and she deflects the blame onto someone else.  It's dangerous when someone won't, or can't, accept any responsibility for their (in)actions and the consequences of them.  As their mother Cynthia holds a degree of legal responsibility for her sons' actions as well as the moral responsibility you could argue in terms of teaching them right and wrong and punishing accordingly.  But she deflects to Fran Turtletaub and her similarly rhyming named twins.

Names do hold meaning:

In German (Austrian), the word turteltaub means literally turtledove. (source)

Turtle doves are a symbol of friendship and love.  A turtle dove is a type of light-brown dove which makes a soft pleasant sound and which is said to behave in a very affectionate way towards its sexual partner and its young.

Fran sounds like the better parent/person here, just in case you were in any doubt about Cynthia by comparison.  (Fran also means "free" which arguably Cynthia is not given her seemingly indoctrinated opinions on the election.)

"…worse [influence] than vaccines."

Sammy's little sigh and pained change of subject is all of us.  You can't argue with that.  Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon: no matter what you do they're just going to knock over all the pieces and probably sh*t on the board.  When Sammy tries to get Cynthia onto (any) topic she blames him for "rushing her" and losing her train of thought.  Apparently Merv can't afford a lawsuit – what proof do you have of that, Sammy?  Appearances are far too often deceptive in this.  In #31 Sammy comments about Merv having good insurance (which is needed in #75!).  He's "a name on a pay check" and so basically Merv and money are becoming somewhat synonymous.  He's resisted the Red Rum roses and I've talked about how the station seems immune to the influences of the triumvirate.  Also this one but I ran out of line to link.  You don't get that if you're not significantly financially and powerfully independent.

The hotline calls in and we finally get confirmation that Troy survived "the ghost house" thing.  Which they are never, ever, ever going to talk about again.  We are mid argument between Troy and Ben and the Mission Apparition boys.  Ben does some expository dialogue for us – they are there to steal the apparition and it takes Sammy prompting Ben with the "Cronkite, Brokaw, Ben Arnold" triple to get him to refocus.

Ben makes a Winona Rider reference (she was arrested for shoplifting) and Dan's comeback is about the new N-SYNC CD.  Larry confirms they are there to "dine and dash old Abe": these two feel like a low rent version of HFB3 and Pete Myers.  Dan calls Ben Joey Fatone who feels like he's more of a Justin Timberlake and calls Dan JC.  Sammy wants them to work out who is "Lance Bass and… you know, the other one" (Chris Kirkpatrick) before they call in.

Ben tries to get Sammy up to speed about the "plot against the President" and Sammy is worried about the NSA listening in.  It's the new take on the government agent always watching you but some things never changed.  When Dan comes over he mentions Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boys) and Ben namedrops 'the other one'.  The lyric and title battle is the best thing for this gal who grew up in the '90s:

Bye Bye Bye This I Promise You It's Gonna Be Me

Sammy gets in with "Tearin' Up My Heart"… and really?  That's his choice?

It's tearin' up my heart when I'm with you But when we are apart, I feel it too And no matter what I do, I feel the pain With or without you

*cough*Jack*cough*

Also Emily for Ben.  But Google tells me that the song was originally pitched to the BSB but then given to N-SYNC so bonus points for Sammy trying to unite the warring boy bands.

Ben breaks with tradition and says that the Mission Apparition guys are planning to steal "President Lincoln's ghost" which is their language, not his.  Which they just want to borrow for a White House Special.  (Side note – can you imagine what the great emancipator would think of the Cheeto in Chief?)  Not only do we hear about the episode we heard recorded back in #14 but we learn that it aired and Sammy watched it.  Despite having visual evidence to go with what he heard he's still a skeptic and when he starts with the assumption of there being ghosts he's corrected to apparitions.  Because this is Ben talking now.

Sammy is trying to hold on to rational thought and reason but he's fighting all three: Ben and Dan who both believe in this, and Larry who's created a "doodah" that will box up any "class one to five apparition, spirit, or vapour".

Dan starts filming and mentions Emily which gets Ben involved leading him to be called a "paranormal apprentice".  Our self-confessed expert doesn't challenge this because he knows he's still learning.  That kind of humility is why we love Ben.

Our attention shifts to a hearse watching them from across the lot.  Leaving aside the death metaphor we already know what's going on and so it's no surprise that Pete Myers, I mean, Zeke Mitchell is there.  Zeke Mitchell is an action adventure author with a love of motorcycles, Ezekiel Mitchell is a professional bull rider.

Pete wishes.

Pete Zeke leaves the flowers on Ben's car and so continues the aim of trying to get the boys to come around and be part of whatever the King Falls Illuminati are doing.  Little things like this reminding us that Sammy and Ben aren't just being left alone in the wake of their continued defiance.  Their 'no' is definitely not being respected.

Ben goes to check on what's going with Pete Zeke, Troy can't stop them from going into the library and talks to Sammy while there's some kind of explosion.  He doesn't want to be alone and asks Sammy to stay on the line.  We might not be talking about what happened two weeks ago but it's clear that whatever didn't happen has had a significant effect on Troy.

John Wilkes Booth has Dan by the leg and all Dan wants to do is keep on filming.  When he pleads with JWB directly we hear that voice and we discover that it's actually Rich McGuff.  There is definitely a "wheee" as Rich throws Dan across the library and you have to wonder if Rich has regressed since his murder or if he was always this petty and ridiculous and childish.

And all Dan wants to know is that Larry got it on film.

"Who dares disturb my slumber?"

The Cave of Wonders, otherwise known as Lincoln, gets involved.  He and Rich team up and take on the "intruders in our humble abode".  The fact that these apparitions have taken a library, some place not connected with either of their lives, as their home is an interesting matter.  There have been two references to learning in this episode when talking about the library.  Despite everything that has happened over the previous 35 episodes (and in the ones that follow) there is still so much we don't know.  The library becomes the hub for that learning, for that exploration.  Either the apparitions are drawn to it or they choose it.  Either way there is more to that place than we know and as the keeper of that place Emily holds a greater significance than I think anyone realises.

"A house divided cannot stand."

This is a slight misquote from Lincoln's speech:

A house divided against itself, cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free.

The absence of the word 'itself' is interesting as it changes the meaning of the statement.  "A house divided" means that you're not pulling together against a common enemy.  "A house divided against itself" means you're fighting amongst yourself.

For a speech about slavery in an episode where we hear Cynthia's indoctrinated ignorance about politics it holds some heavy weighted meaning.  The town is divided in the election; the arguments between Sammy and Ben about Emily and the notebook have divided them (and will further do so); we don't have them pulling against the common/bigger enemy but right now they're all fighting and dealing with their own demons.

That quote has Biblical origins:

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto him, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand (Matthew, 12:25)

By saying that a house divided cannot stand, Jesus is illustrating the fact that success relies on congruency. This is something we see in daily life all the time. Whether it is a machine, a sports team, a government party, or one’s own mind, things have to work together if anything is to be accomplished. The Bible says that a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways (James 1:8) (source)

At this stage of the arcs we don't quite have them working together.  Ben is still being secretive over everything notebook related, we still don't know who Sammy Stevens is, and Sammy is still pushing back against all the weird supernatural lore of the town.  Our radio station is divided.

But so is the town.  With the election being a true contest for once the vote is split.  The town of King Falls is not united at the moment but this is actually a good thing.  When it was united behind Grisham then he could turn that will to his own.  Now we have breaks in the ranks and people uniting away from that control.  Whether unity or division is the better thing depends on the aim and the intention.  Grisham's aim and intention is clearly not in everyone's best interest and so the division serves the social need.  But the division within the radio station?  Not so much right now.

It's OK.  It'll come.

Rich still has his ghost cough.  Another little character nod without explanation.  But turns out that Rich isn't the only childish apparition as they want to go and put Wilkes Booth's hand in warm water to make him wet the children's section.

Today, 9 June, is Discord mod Jen's birthday.  My random fact is that you just need 23 people in a room to have a greater than 50% chance of having two people share a birthday.

Riddle me this: I have two (English) coins which total 52p.  One of the coins is not a 50 pence piece.  What are the two coins?

If you've made it this far, thanks.  Sorry about the wait.

Be well, fandom.

Jen

Twitter: @jennyreyn

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