#when i did that POINTING MEME

[fourcorpsmen]

So... when is Dial H getting a new comic?

#miguel montez #dial h for hero #tuesday spoilers #telegraph wire #when i did that POINTING MEME

[ride-a-dromedary]

Again I know it's supposed to be a haha reference to the turns into a bear when he's too aroused thing, but in again refusing to brush just over the surface of this character: "I must be careful or I'll lose run of myself again. An Archdruid should show *some* restraint." comes across to me as more melancholy than perhaps intended when a. You take it into consideration that several lines imply that Halsin has issues with self control and self servitude, and presenting an "acceptable" version of himself as an outwards facing authority figure, to the point where he brushes over his own feelings, or pushes things that he wants down in the effort to reflect better what others want from him.

And b. Remember that Halsin was essentially just an apprentice when he was forcibly situationally promoted to Archdruid - he wasn't taught *how* to be an Archdruid or trained for it, or mentored; he was thrust into it because they didn't have any other choice. But they needed someone, so he stepped up. Halsin has spent the last century studying and learning things on the fly or through trial and error, and in a position of leadership like that, he is aware that every failure to uphold that mask *counts* and others *are* very much affected. How many times has he muttered that same mantra? Or heard it thrown around? An Archdruid not having control over their own magic is a big deal. Even when he is no longer Archdruid, he still grumbles it to himself. He's been at it over a century and he *still* doesn't feel like he's gotten it right. Even when he is in a place of progression, of trying to gain hold of himself again, those wisps of failure and self doubt still creep into everything. And that's sad to me.

#BG3 Musing #Halsin Posting #haha funny line in response to saucy line that man is about to go feral ooh se- HEY TRAUMA #it's like a med student being promoted to the head of emergency #or an admin assistant suddenly being put in a ceo role #like i know it's a meme scene!! but halsin sounds *humilated* when he accidentally wildshapes during his romance scene #he sounds flustered and embarrassed and is so quickly launching off excuses with a tone that indicates *he thinks it's over* #like he fucked up he fucked this up just when he was *starting* to come into himself again and it never stops #i keep thinking of that one lyric from big thief 'i can't find surrender/and i can't keep control' #and again i'm reading too deep into it but halsin's struggle with failure really is embedded here you just have to...like listen to him #Even when he *says* that there's little point in denying oneself #he does it literally all the time - he did it for a *century* #and i'm not saying he doesn't have fun or not enjoy things but he cuts himself off so early at the root #or buries himself so thoroughly in a self indulgence until it wrecks him and neither of these things are healthy #note that he says as long as others aren't affected - he doesn't say as long as i'm not affecting *myself* #anyway i'm unwell #maybe i was never meant to be archdruid - you weren't! you were meant to protect nature's spirit and roam with the wilds #and yet he still did the best he could and people *admire* him and followed him but he may never come to see it that way #you ruined a perfectly good wood elf - look it's got trauma and anxiety (and larian turned him into a meme and i won't forgive them)

[better-call-mau1]

#credit to @jedimandalorian for that close-up screencap of Ezra #it’s a perfect shot honestly 🤣 #that’s his body language while saying something he and Sabine both know to be hilariously untrue???? #you know when they saw each other in the WBW Ezra should have asked Palpatine for tips on how to tell a convincing lie #golden opportunity right there! #but instead he did…this #that’s the Watsonian angle #but here’s the Doylistic take on all this: are we SUPPOSED to believe that Ezra means that????????? #is Dave trying to gaslight us because we all saw that crush back in S1 #and you’ve gotta pull off some incredible mental gymnastics to fool yourself into thinking Ezra’s fumble with Alrich… #…doesn’t mean he’s still crushing #(although it’s way more than a juvenile crush at that point) #anyway I guess we’re gonna find out what nasty tricks Cowboy Man has up his sleeve #sabezra #ezra bridger #sabine wren #kanan jarrus #ahsoka spoilers #ahsoka series #sabezra memes

[youve-doomed-us-all-jerk]

And now, my wrath will be reserved for you alone.

#rottmnt #rottmnt movie #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt spoilers #rottmnt movie spoilers #my gifs #flashing lights #really put his krangussy into some of those lines #idk the contrast of most of the series being comedic n then they suddenly go 100% for scary villains is real cool to me #really did that pointing guys meme when he blocked their combined attack with the force of his finger flick #i was like :OOOOOO

[uncanny-tranny]

I think that there should be a show where one of the principal actors transitions midway through and there's no explanation, they just act like they've Always Been That Gender, Actually

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #trans meme #also same for actors who get pregnant during a show. they should be pregnant on-screen and then they give birth irl and it's never addresse #or like doing the thing the umbrella academy show did when elliott came out and just transition the caracter when the actor transitions #but the point of this would be that it's not addressed in ANY meaningful way. i just think that would be iconic and funny #note that i haven't watched the umbrella academy show i just followed elliott for a little when he came out and heard about that

[kicktwine]

oh so alisaie’s exaggerated bully behavior is 80% fanon. saying this she casually picks up a large rock

#say one thing wrong to me and you will have a wonderful few days with the rock #if angry silly girls have 100 fans etc if they have 0 fans i have died #sorry i saw a YouTube meme i vehemently disliked on principle and got mad at the only child behavior- #kipspeak #she is just short tempered and uses anger to mask other more ‘shameful’ emotions!!! alphy did the same thing with just deciding not #to express them. which is still not good and I think why he breaks and ends up teary so often now #this shortness does not translate to actually being mean to people. she only uses being mean as a shield for herself and being snarky #Is just fun for her. it’s fun for Me. you have to inconsequentually tease people or they’ll never learn to laugh at themselves #the twins and thancred 🫵 do this thing where they have big emotions but they don’t want anyone to SEE they have big weird emotions #so alphy pretends he doesn’t have them under a veneer of dignity and alisaie pretends the emotions are Something Else. thancred is #just so emotionally constipated he has trouble expressing anything. he’s got enough baggage for a flatbed #anyways. alisaie is such a compassionate and kind girl and she learned how to make snarky jokes and went ham. and she hates appearing sad o #weak or vulnerable so she blocks it off with an unapproachable emotion so no one pities her and they maybe get on with the plot #it is in fact also great at getting ppl to move away from the sad or embarrassing topic. even if the tradeoff is being more offputting #she would never (grabs youtube meme) she would never seriously bully her brother. this is sibling ribbing only. Cain instinct #just leave her be she is learning how to snark humor and she loves it she loves being sharp. alphy has wit he just keeps it close #my brother didn’t learn how to tell or receive a joke until he was 14 he took everything so seriously. he can do it now though and he’s #HILARIOUS. Don’t tell him I said that. my man knows exactly where the funny points are even if he hasn’t learned when to stop yet #too many tags. Whatever. jokey snark alisaie who sometimes compliments is happy alisaie grouchy snappy angry alisaie is way too stressed #very easy way to tell between the two. even alphy can tell between the two I believe! He tends to rib back in protest if they’re having fun #and try to stop her if they’re not having fun. case in point ‘what is that supposed to mean?!’ vs ‘alisaie ryne was only trying to help.’ #I know they’re twins but that’s such an intensely older sibling thing to do that it reels me #LONG TAGS AND THREE EDITS TO ADD ON SHORT I resent this stereotype taken too far into ooc behavior. it happened with nya #It will happen again and as a postscript let me regale you with Things U Can Notice About Character Motivation and Actions— #I’m not done let me s #she and raha are friends now I decree. ‘haha you like me’ SPUTTERING PROTEST FROM BOTH

[moongothic]

Hey so also have Sir Crocodile brainrot and have recently reread Impel Down. This is probably nothing at all but it made me question the artistic choice made. Like we dont see Crocodiles full face until Luffy recognizes him. Before that tho he joins in on Jinbei & Ace's convo about Whitebeard and is shown to (non-)react to Boa Hancocks visit. But we only get his face in shadows or see the hook. Which. Why. Oda we know what he looks like and who the guy with the stitches on his face and the hook is. WHY OBSCURE HIM.

My friend, this is what we call a "cocktease"

Okay jokes aside, yes it was an artistic choise. More specifically, a storytelling technique Oda masterfully used to build up hype and excitement to Crocodile's eventual reveal and re-introduction into the story.

So thanks to Ms Goldenweek's cover story (which ran back during Water 7/Enies Lobby) we already knew Crocodile along with Daz, Bon-chan and Galdino had all been sent to Impel Down, when we also learned about Impel Down, Marineford and the Gates of Justice (+ the giant whirlpool between the three locations) to some extent. ((Now of course, if you were an anime-only then you would've had no idea about the former BW members being in Impel Down. And even if you had read the manga you still would've had to actually pay attention to the cover story and its lore, and not forgotten all about it))

So even before Luffy decides he's going to head to Impel Down to save Ace, we know Crocodile's going to be somewhere down there. The second Luffy arrives there, we are immidiately reminded of the fact when Domino mentions Crocodile taking the traditional "bath" new inmates take at the entrance. And as we descend deeper and deeper into Impel Down, with those cuts to what's happening down at Level 6 every now and then, as well as with the Baroque Works Countdown, Oda time and time again keeps on reminding of us of Crocodile's looming presence in the background. This is all absolutely deliberate. Crocodile was arguably the most iconic (maybe not most popular but iconic) One Piece villian at the time, if given an opportunity of course the readers wanted to see him again. But just letting us see him right away would be anti-climactic, and distracting from what's actually important (Ace, and Luffy getting to him as fast as possible). So keeping him hidden could serve multiple purposes:

For one, Crocodile doesn't get to steal the spotlight from the other characters (at least not too early). We can focus on Luffy, Ace, all the new Impel Down characters and the other returning characters in peace, while Crocodile waits for his turn. Another thing is that Crocodile's presence being downplayed gives off the impression that perhaps him being there isn't that important to the story. Thus, him teaming up with Luffy to break out isn't such an obvious twist (and so when that happens, it's ever more hype as a result)

But indeed, the most important part is that by teasing us constantly through out Impel Down, Oda creates hype. He makes us the readers excited if/when we might get to see the bastard, even if it was just a quick little cameo. So when Luffy finally reaches Level 6 and we finally do get that reveal, everyone loses their fucking marbles over the HISASHIBURI DANA MUGIWARA when we finally get to see The Motherfucker Himself. (And indeed, then getting to see him fight alongside Luffy is cool as fucking hell, completely unexpected and absolutely delightful)

But there's also another thing building up to Crocodile's reveal does. Compare his original introduction to the re-introduction

Compare Crocodile at the height of his power and influence, to the absolute rock bottom he has hit. No longer happily laughing while looking down on people (literally), he's filthy, he has given up on life, with sunken eyes and a hollow look on his face, only moved by a thirst for petty revenge (/an opportunity to go out with a bang). He doesn't even get the whole page for his grand reveal anymore, he's been shuffled to the side so the plot can progress on the same page.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

And to some degree, this is kind of meant to be a shocking realization to the readers. That this is not the same Crocodile we remember from Alabasta, that Crocodile died when Luffy defeated him. This is just the husk that remains, a shadow of what was once there. It's a sad sight, and probably not what the readers who loved Crocodile The Villian wanted to see. It's not the epic Return of the (Evil) King they wanted. And that juxtaposition helps, because Crocodile doesn't return into the story as a villian, but as a frenemy/ally-on-thin-ice. And that idea is easier to signal to the readers in a lowkey manner when you do his re-introduction like this.

So yes, Oda refusing to show Crocodile's face until Luffy found him was 100% a deliberate artistic choise. This is fantastic storytelling

#Moon posting #OP Meta #Sir Crocodile #Also yes part of the reason Crocodile's re-introduction doesn't take up the whole page is just how Oda has changed as an artist #And how his paneling/page layout had evolved over the years #ALSO ALSO back in Alabasta Crocodile's Grand Reveal taking up as much space as it did made sense 'cause he was The Final Boss of The Level #Where as in Summit War he's just one of the MANY players in the up-coming chaos. He wasn't as important #AND it was a re-introduction of an old character. Compare to like Iva-chan who got a much more Grand Reveal as a brand new character #But my key points still stand #(Yes that line was anime-only but to be fair HISASHIBURI DANA MUGIWARA is an iconic line so let me have this) #(I was laughing quite hard when a while back on Twitter there was a meme of people sharing anime quotes that live in their heads rent free) #(And a considderable amount of people responded with THAT QUOTE SPECIFICALLY) #((Personally the OP quotes that live in my head rent free are all pretty much Luffy quotes)) #((''I will surpass you'' and Luffy SCREAMING ''OF COURSE'' at Usopp when getting the energy to beat Lucci are just. Yeah)) #((I love Mayumi Tanaka so much its unreal))

[ghost-of-you]

5sos meme: 1/8 favorite outfits.

That damn green flannel.

#5sos #5sos meme #5sosedit #my edit #calum hood #ch #i wanna say i got carried away but that would be a lie oskaoskaoksoask #i knew exactly what i was doing oaksoaksokas #also i hate the coloring of the podcast gifs but honestly #everything i did was too green or too purple or too blue #i swear i turned him into a smurf at some point #this has like 3 layers of cold filters to try and cancel that amount of orange in that without washing out the color off of him completely #also that fucking hat #jesus christ to work around the shadow that thing creates is HELL #also would it kill them to light a good big white light when recording something every once in a while?????? #like help a girl out PLEASE #anyway im doing 2 of these for each boy yeah

[dyingbuck]

the tragedy of the downes

#fay draws #red dead redemption #rdr #rdr2 #thomas downes #edith downes #archie downes #i love arthur as much as the next person but err i hate when ppl genuinely act like he did nothing wrong not in a meme way #like the whole point of the game is that he gets redemption for what he did #so to get redemption he had to do bad stuff #and what happened with thomas' death is the biggest thing he try to get redemption on imo #idk if im making myself clear or not im not good with words but the downes story like many stories in rdr make me sad #his last name is mispelled on the grave as its actually mispelled in the game 🤷‍♀️ #it was just a quick drawing bc ive been thinking about the downes

[junimo-hexed]

i just finished Denny O’Neil’s run of Azrael and oh my god… it was a ride. sometimes it falls into so bad it’s good, other’s it’s just what the fuck is this, and every so rarely i would even call it good. it is a flaming pile of wasted potential and no wonder DC tried to cover up/barely acknowledge Jean-Paul Valley for like 13 years.

might make a longer review, but here’s a little meme for now

#jpv #jean paul valley #dc comics #denny o'neil #dennis o'neil #batman #batfamily #azrael #what did i just read #this is fine #sometimes it’s hilariously bad #oh azrael gets mad at babs for rejecting him when he didn’t ever want to be with her #az was also paired with talia at one point ew #comic memes #dc memes

[talesfromthecrypts]

I think about when my gf, who knows nothing about DND and who i have forcibly pushed the movie and bg3 upon, went "well I think that Rege's character and Astarion would make a lovely couple" seemingly out of nowhere a lot

#xenk minding his own business and we are forcibly pushing him into vampire fucking i guess #another funny anecdote about this is my gf did NOT know bg3 was dnd at the time #and we watched the movie and she was like LEO POINTING MEME when they mentioned the gate

[lord-squiggletits]

IDW1 must take place on an alternate Earth where no one has ever heard of ACAB and everyone wears "thin blue line" merchandise because there's literally no other way that a single Autobot killing a USAmerican cop in self defense would be such worldwide news that even Mexican journalists would go "OMG???? You like, killed a cop?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?" and it wasn't even framed as like, "you killed a human," the phrasing every time any character talked about it was very specifically "he killed a cop".

The cop was also threatening to shoot a group of surrendering/not-attacking/injured Autobots btw which is just the icing on the cake honestly lmao

#yeah i still think about how that plot point's handling in phase 2 was fucking dumb #you can't convince me that if a usamerican cop got shot by an alien people wouldn't be making memes about it #ppl would be making memes like 'you know a pig is a pig because he'll even shoot alien robots when they're surrendering' #i'm also mad bc the gun that that cop had was a replica of cybertronian guns that meg spread among earth's populace #and what's worse is spike and this other guy literally HEARD M EXPLAIN HIS EVIL PLAN ABOUT THIS #but somehow in phase 2 literally no one ever brings it up ever again #like not even spike brings up the whole 'yeah M had mind controlling guns that he did specifically to destabilize the population' #he was just like 'nah that autobot shot a cop the autobots are evil now' #but like. i wanna make the earth ac/ab memes so badly lmao #you know that ppl would be making 'officer down' jokes about some cop getting killed by an alien robot #don't try to tell me that it's bc they're alien robots people would suddenly support the US #ppl literally make 9/11 jokes bc they hate the US that much don't even try to tell me earth would suddenly unite over a usamerican cop #getting shot on the job no less #and this is also a story written by barber who's literally the ac/ab writer that gave OP shit for being a cop so like #it's honestly so baffling. like was he trying to make a point about police brutality #bc jazz is black coded and he killed a cop so that's why barber wrote everyone hating jazz for it? #idek it's just another one of those stupid plot contrivances i hate and make me unable to take the rest of the story seriously

[div-divington]

Oceanview Motel and Casino

#was real excited when i saw the Oceanview in AW2 #especially when i saw The Doors #i did the lep decaprio meme point when i saw the inverted pyramid #“look look look it's the door to the Oldest House!” #much to my brother's minor irritation #federal bureau of control #remedy control #control 2019 #control remedy #control #oceanview #oceanview motel #phoyo mode #screenshots #there's absolutely no intentional symbolism or anything with the mirrored shot #i just thought it looked cool #jesse faden control #jesse faden

[spvrkvoid]

#LITERALLY MY BRAIN WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS #my first reaction literally was 'aaaaaah how hot she is' #PS: I ABSOLUTELY LOVE HOW THIS TURNED OUT... in every sense #transformers #transformers cyberverse #tf cyberverse #cyberverse #maccadam #bumblebee #shadowstriker #cyberverse bumblebee #cyberverse shadow striker #shadowbee #bumblestriker #spvrk memes #spvrkvoid #wasn’t sure if add ship tags bc this meme points at viewer's reaction AND very much possible Bee's reaction #(i'm 100% sure it is actually) #just like shadowstriker speaks to bumblebee and also the viewer bc we see this moment from bee's point of view #AND I JUST LOVE WHAT THE CREATORS DID HERE #the whole thing about the characters' match and what their relationships are is the best decision ever #and how this scene speaks to the viewers. i literally figured out my kinks due to this. THAT WAS SUCH FUNNY JOURNEY. priceless

[sanyu-thewitch05]

Black women and girls: *speaking in our natural AAVE* *doing our hairstyles* *doing “ghetto” fashion & makeup trends* *literally having a natural big butt*

Lgbt+ and cishet yts:

#yes I did use the og culture vulture as a gif #yt ppl #yt people #i swear if black people started adding new vocabulary to aave you’d hear it again on the white side of lgbt twt within minutes #you’d also hear it on kpop stan twt as well #like can y’all just be yourselves #go do your white people fashion trends #embrace the rich white preppy girl fashion y’all had #it certainly looked better than the lip fillers and bbl to the point I look like a self hating white person aesthetic #black girls of tumblr #cultural appropriation #black memes #racism #i liked yt ppl better when they weren’t actively trying to be me #appreciate your natural features #i beg of you #black ppl start gatekeeping in 2023

[legobiwan]

The parallels...

#kenobi spoilers #i did the leonardo dicaprio pointing meme when this happened i swear #obi wan kenobi #this episode is the gift that keeps on giving #how am i supposed to sleep tonight???????