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deathbydarkelves · 3 years

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I decided to make playlists for Cathala and Tarinne plus explanations for why I chose each song because I entered one of those ADHD fugue states and if I didn't finish this task I would die

Anyway here are the two links (they're youtube playlists because I don't have spotify. I would obviously recommend using an adblocker if you're just gonna watch on youtube) and the explanations for each song are below the cut :) Each playlist is about an hour long.

For Tarinne’s:

1. Foggy Nights: I consider this her theme so putting it first as a sort of intro only makes sense.

2. Here’s a Health to the Company: I think this works as an example of her general disposition. She’s a people person, and always a fan of singing these sorts of songs in taverns, on ships, or what have you. It also kind of feels like a sendoff to soldiers, which I imagine symbolizes her joining the Sentinel Army and quickly thereafter fighting in the Third War.

3. Wartime Prayers: Somewhat self-explanatory, this is symbolizing her seeing war for the first time, but I also included it because the last line transitions SO WELL into the next song.

4. The Hollow: This song is an intro to an album I've never heard so I don't know the context, but I really love it because it sounds like someone praying to their deity and like I mean c'mon. Elune. Tarinne's praying to Elune to guide her through the war. Do I need to elabo-

5. Wave Walker: KILL DEATH MAIM AHAHAHAHA

6. Isil Elun’falo: Just a super rad fan-made night elf song that's basically "wow we sure do love Elune" said in twenty different ways for four and a half minutes. But it ROCKS and I LOVE it.

7. Chewing Cotton Wool: This song is about losing a loved one (I did have to check but yeah that's what it is) and I use it to symbolize Tarinne losing her mom during the war. The last line, which includes the song's title, I especially like. It's referring to how morticians (apparently) put cotton gauze in a corpse's throat and mouth to keep body fluids in and make the face look more natural. So there's a fun fact for you.

8. See U Soon (Song for Dad): Just a short lofi piece to rest a bit, and it was also chosen because the title's in reference to Tarinne growing closer to her dad after losing her mom. She still visits him at his leathers and furs shop in Stormwind fairly often, especially after dangerous adventures. She just wants to make sure he knows she's alright ;-;

9. No Lullaby: Right back into it with a song that I use to represent Tarinne's general feeling of not being able to go home because it's not there anymore. She's felt like this since the end of the Third War, but it's especially strong since the whole Teldrassil thing. But I like the ending, "who said you're on your own," because it contrasts the repeating of "alone" in the rest of the song. And it's kinda like "hey, listen, you're not the only one who feels like she can't go home." I mean that's probably how basically every single night elf feels right now skxnks

10. The Moss: This song juxtaposes classic fairy tales with scientific facts about the world and I love it to BITS. I'm using it here to represent both Tarinne's love for storytelling but also her sort of... part-time historian/archaeologist/conservator career.

11. Rasputin: I just associate this song with her for some reason and this was the best place to put it.

12. Electric Feel: Moving on to focus more on Tarinne's relationship with Cathala now. This is an extremely great and somewhat 😏 song that I also included because the electricity theme is appropriate because Cathala has lightning powers and y'know it's from Tarinne's perspective or whatever.

13. Bedroom Hymns: You know why this is here.

14. Movement: I can't talk about love songs without talking about Hozier, okay. This is just a nice, slower song to relax a bit with.

15. Never Let Me Go: I have an entire goddamn music video in my head with Cathala and Tarinne for this song and it’s very dramatic and emotional and I had to include this song or I’d die. Basically just listen to near the end of this song when she's repeating the title over and over, and imagine the two of them seeing each other at opposite ends of a battlefield after the dust settles and they rush towards each other and fall to their knees holding on as tightly as they can because they got separated early on and each thought the other was dead. Then you'll know how I feel when I listen to this song.

16. Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control: First of all I love the title, and second of all there's a big section in the middle (1:49 to 2:47) that I like to interpret as the two of them grappling with the fact that they're not really quite sure who or what they're fighting for anymore. Their people, yeah, but there's so many alliances and semi-permanent enemies and only-on-every-other-thursday-enemies all intertwined and the world is just so very confusing and they're trying to make the best of it. Elf school didn’t include international, interracial politics in its curriculum. It did however include how to properly plant trees, and AP calculus (this is a joke).

17. In Dreams: I like to imagine this song is something the two of them would say to each other, as a way of saying “even when everything we know is gone, even when the world ends, I will still be by your side. And if I’m not, don’t fear, for I will find you.” It makes a nice note to end on :)

For Cathala’s:

1. muse: Just a nice lofi intro to get us into things :) I don't see this song as her theme, like I do with Tarinne and the first song in her playlist, but I like it quite a bit. I don't actually really have a theme for Cathala yet, I'm currently going with a version of Way of the Monk from WoW's OST but I'm still looking for something better.

2. Frogs Singing: I included this because it's about just appreciating nature, which works because night elf and also mindfulness and meditation is a whole thing.

3. Tongues: This is a song about feeling distant from your peers which is like Cathala's whole existence! She's this weird mix of two cultures and ultimately she feels out of place regardless of where she is or who she's with. Also the theme with not understanding what people are saying works because the poor woman had to learn Pandaren from scratch and that shit ain't easy. I think blizz said somewhere probably that Common is just a language that EVERYONE knows inherently because Video Game but that's bullshit in my opinion. I'll allow spells that let you understand foreign languages to an extent (Comprehend Languages from D&D lets you understand the LITERAL meaning only, which I like), but every culture and species in the universe knowing Common is silly if you think about it for more than two seconds.

4. Kung Fu Fighting: I'm legally required to include this song. Also I prefer the Kung Fu Panda version, I'm sorry.

5. Harder Better Faster Stronger: I vicariously experience having a great work ethic through Cathala and that's why this song is here because she has 999 Determination and does Too Many push-ups every day or something idk. I was gonna say "every morning" but I have a headcanon that elves only need to sleep every couple of days (sort of a nod to "elves don't need to sleep at all" from D&D, and to explain why NIGHT elves are active at all hours of the day) so that doesn't work.

6. What's Up Danger: This song is Cathala's whole Vibe. Almost zero threat assessment skills in this woman's brain. If it can be punched, she will punch it.

7. Eye for an Eye: Fairly self-explanatory, it's a song about wanting revenge so... yeah. Checked that box. It was this or The Vengeful One by Disturbed but ultimately The Vengeful One's religious symbolism probably makes it fit better as a Tyrande theme lol ("I'm the hand of god, I'm the dark messiah." Did you mean: the Night Warrior)

8. Survivor: Cathala's survived a lot of shit and this could kinda be her making fun of herself for it because "Gods, man! Don't I deserve a break!"

9. Ashes: Really the reason I include this song is the last chunk (2:42 to the end) because holy shit. Listen, if I was gonna include a song with fire motifs, it was gonna be a somber one like this.

10. Into the West: This can kinda represent Cathala just trying to fucking breathe and recover from Teldrassil. Also works because I dunno it has stuff to do with the elves in LotR, I haven't seen those movies in a while. It sounds nice and is melancholy so I included it.

11. Like Real People Do: Cathala loves Tarinne a lot you guys have I ever menti-

12. Into the Wild: Tarinne changed Cathala's world for the better and she's super fucking grateful she has her by her side. Kinda goes without saying but you know.

13. Chasing the Moon: I have a vague music video in my head for this of them falling in love and it's very cute so there's that. Also it's in this specific spot because hey she may be deeply traumatized but she's still got a fair number of things/people in her life that make her happy so :)

14. Follow My Girl: I've got a theme going in my head that while Tarinne is fairly certain of her place in the world, Cathala is still trying to find hers. She outlived all her connections on Pandaria because Elf Lifespans(tm) and the only members of her family still alive are distant relatives she never knew very well.

15. Wish That You Were Here: This works both to represent Cathala on Pandaria feeling super homesick, and for more recently after Teldrassil. Either way, it's a message to her parents and sister.

16. Mr. Fear: She does her damnedest to hide it but she's absolutely terrified something like Teldrassil's gonna happen again! That fear drives her to do everything in her power to protect who and what she can. As long as they're not Forsaken, cause she's still got her biases, that compassion even extends across faction lines. She never really got the whole Alliance/Horde thing anyway. Innocent people shouldn't have to die, regardless of who or what they are.

17. Ordinary Day: Not to get super out there but I think this song works as symbolizing Cathala really trying to hold on to her faith in Elune, but ultimately feeling pretty abandoned. I mean she can clearly see Elune's influence everywhere. But Elune sure ain't doing Cathala any favors as far as she can tell! It also ends the whole playlist on maybe a bit of an uncertain/open-ended note, because this "losing faith" aspect is a new thing with her and will definitely be something she continues to struggle with for a while. On a related note, I should say Tarinne is still very much devout but she gets what Cathala's feeling and doesn't force anything on her, and vice versa. And Cathala wouldn't become atheist, the night elves aren't monotheistic and she still worships all the other deities, it's just specifically Elune she's a little :/ on.

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bahamutgames · 3 years

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Afterthoughts S: Definitive Edition

Game: DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition (September 27, 2019)

Console: Xbox One (Via Xbox Game Pass)

Hey, it’s me again! It feels like it’s been forever since I last beat a big game with a lot of stuff to talk about. But the last time was actually only a month ago with New Super Lucky’s Tale. In the mean time I’ve been playing a couple of smaller games, tiny indie titles, a few fighting games. But nothing that I couldn’t summarize in a small twitter thread (which you can follow my twitter here if you want to see my art or just support me shilling my other accounts.)

Anyway! Just got done with another major RPG! After Nier Automata, I knew this was a game I really wanted to play before my Game Pass subscription expired. And after toiling away at it for the past month, I’m finally ready to give you all my thoughts on Dragon Quest 11! As always, this isn’t meant to be review. But just a general throw up of my thoughts and feelings after beating the game, because I love talking so much. As such, this shouldn’t be taken as a serious critique of the game, and shouldn’t be expected to be well written or thought out. Please do check out the game if it interests you at all!

SPOIL WARNING FOR DRAGON QUEST 11 AHEAD! GONNA TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE PACKAGE HERE, AS A FAIR WARNING

Opening

Prior to this, the only Dragon Quest game I had played was DQ 8: Journey of the Cursed King on Nintendo 3DS. I liked it, and thought it was pretty good. But wasn’t perfect and felt a little unnecessarily tedious to get through. But when 11 came out, I saw a ton of people saying it was an amazing RPG. People I followed who weren’t really into RPGs (as far as I knew) were raving about it. So I was really interested to give it a shot myself, but didn’t have the chance until I got game pass.

Stuff I liked

Where to begin? This is a 60 hour game so there’s a lot to talk about. I think first and foremost I just wanna gush about how pretty this game is! The graphics are amazing, I love how the environments are realistic but super brightly colored and saturated, making for ton of gorgeous areas that I couldn’t stop myself from taking pictures of. And Akira Toriyama’s just being placed in these beautiful worlds look so good and amazing. Without a doubt, especially considering its more on the realistic side, this is one of the nicest looking RPGs I’ve played.

Speaking of which, I really loved the character designs. Toriyama does fantastic work that I really like with pretty much everything, but his work on RPGs always tend to be my favorites. The designs for all the main teammates looked super good and all the monsters were really cool looking too. He really knows how to design cool looking dragons, this guy just gets it. On the same not of characters, the characters are fantastic. I really love everyone on the main team (my favorite was probably Serena.) They’re all super fun and I love the way they interact and really seem like a group of good friends. It was great to see how they all interact and work together. A scene that particularly sticks out is when they all forge a new sword of light together, which was fantastic.

I also thought the story and world was cool. Similar to my thoughts on DQ8, the story is pretty simple and easy to follow, but that doesn’t take away from it. It kind of feels like a fairy tale told on a grand scale. I love the idea of the Luminary, and Serenica being reborn into twins is awesome, Erdwin’s Lantern was a cool idea. And of course, Yggdrasil being a huge ass tree flying in the sky is absolutely the best thing ever, that’s so cool. ALSO, I have to give special shoutouts to Mordegon’s Sword of Darkness, coolest thing on the entire planet, I love swords with freaky giant eyes frantically looking around on them.

Lastly, I really liked the gameplay and combat of this game. I thought the way battles are set up as still being traditional turnbased combat but with the ability to freely walk around the field and look at the arenas was awesome. And getting to walk up to teammates to see their thoughts mid battle is super cool. Of course I loved all the different spells you can learn, and all the abilities you get through level ups. A new feature in this one (at least it’s new to me) is the Pep Up state, which is also cool. Particularly because it allows for Crossover Attacks between teammates, which is always the best thing an RPG can include, but most RPGs just choose not to. But DQ11 has it in spades and it ROCKS, there’s so much cool and genuinely useful crossover moves I didn’t even get to see all of them. And a final cool piece of the battle system was the ability to actually change equipment and teammates mid battle. I’m unsure if I’ve ever played a game that allowed for this (though I know they exist) but I thought it really made it feel like you could make use of your whole team and all your equipment. Being able to change teammates and what weapons they use for appropriate strategies was super fun.

Stuff I didn’t like

And, I did really like DQ11. I think I might even like it more than 8. There’s a ton of improvements. I feel like it’s less stingy with EXP, I feel like it was all around just easier to navigate and handle. But I still had a fair amount of issues with the game. Particularly in the- say it with me if you know what’s coming- post Yggdrasil content!! Prior to Yggdrasil, the game was buttery smooth. I flew through the whole thing and loved every second of it with minimal roadblocks (as opposed to DQ8 which roadblocked me at every boss.) And by the time I reached Yggdrasil, I realized I had been playing for 30 hours and didn’t even realize it! That’s awesome and pretty impressive considering I’ve played shorter games that felt like double that.

So, the game starts to crawl a little bit before Yggdrasil in my opinion. Once you have to start looking for the orbs, the game just kinda teeters for a bit there randomly. Like, the orbs are meant to be kind of a big deal, and yet the purple and whichever one you find in the bird dungeon thing (lol) basically get no fanfare. It felt like they were forgotten about and just had to be thrown in at the last second. Now, you could argue that the whole mural thing and the bird boss were those orbs’ fanfare. But it still felt so odd to me. Then, Yggdrasil falls.

I liked the post Yggdrasil stuff, I really did. I thought it was all pretty great from a story and character point of view. And getting to see the world that was so beautiful be corrupted and filled with powerful monsters was neat. I loved Sylvando’s whole parade thing, and every one else’s was cool too. But that’s kinda it. The whole section just drags along as you play with most of your team just gone and it goes so slow. And a lot of it really felt like it could have been condensed down a bit, I mean they don’t even show you what happened to Serena. Which I guess was because of what happened to Veronica but, still?

Again, it’s good story content and I don’t necessarily want any of it removed. But damn man, it really grinds to halt. And I also felt like it got really brutal during this part for no reason, kind of out of nowhere. The skeleton spectral sentinel, Gloomivore, and Booga were MASSIVE hurdles for me to get over randomly. And it got so bad I genuinely considered dropping the game because I just didn’t have the patience. It felt like an NES game again out of nowhere. Now, I do want to blame this on maybe not use the character builder right, or something. But still it was just so annoying out of nowhere. Thankfully I found the perfect strategy of Oomphle on Hendrick, Sap on the enemy, then have Hendrick spam Unbridled Blade, which was foolproof and beat every boss after that.

Thankfully once Serena joins your team again, and everyone is there (minus one aha) the game really picks up steam again. Everything after that was a breeze and went by without any issues. I think I hit one roadblock afterwards and it was pretty easy to just grind past. So I don’t know what happened there. The only other part I have a problem with is I do feel like the game ends rather abruptly. Like, not majorly. But I wouldn’t have minded seeing more about what happens between Eleven and Gemma or something. But that’s what the post game content is for I guess!

Some other nitpicks are that, I didn’t care about the music again. I think I liked more music in this one than DQ8, but still I’d be hard pressed to actually remember any songs from this game. I’m listening to the OST as we speak and other than the battle theme, I feel like I don’t remember what they sound like at all. And that’s probably cause I hate the composer but hey what can you do? I also wish it was easier to find Metal Slimes. I know they’re meant to be rare but I would’ve appreciated some appearing in the overworld just anywhere outside of the dragon chase scene? Weird to me you have randomly encounter them on the side of other enemeis.

Outside of that, uh. I think the Tockles were SUPER tick-tocked onto the game? It seemed like they were going to be massively important, but they just weren’t? I felt like you could’ve removed them and it would have made no change. I also thought there was gonna be WAY more time travel stuff. The scenes where you see the past are some of the best imo. Meeting Chalky from the past, playing as Rab in his kingdom, helping Eleven’s dad pass on. But these don’t feel enough to name the game “Echoes of an Illusive Age” if that makes sense? It just felt like there was supposed to be way more stuff with the Tockles and Time Travel stuff that just didn’t happen.

Now that I’m remembering it, it felt like there was TONS of stuff built up that just didn’t really go anywhere. Another big one is the whole deal with Erdwin’s lanter? Who was the guy who cut it in half? What was the deal with the lantern? Why did it fall? What was up with the dark Tockle? Wanna give any information on that? No? Okay. But if I had to guess, these all are explored heavily in the post game content, which is cool but sadly I did not have the time to play it. Maybe one day I’ll pick up a copy of the game and play through it fully.

Final Thoughts

Yeah it was good.

I am a huge fan of RPGs, but Dragon Quest just hadn’t fully clicked with me. I played 8 and liked it, but wasn’t blown away. I wouldn’t say I was blown away by this one either, but I am certainly very impressed and am eagerly anticipating whatever Dragon Quest 12 ends up being. This series is super founded in tradition (even if that tradition is detrimental to the gameplay imo?) but this game felt like a true evolution of that tradition while still holding onto it in the right ways. Are there ways to improve the game? Oh yeah, tons! But this is already a good step in the right direction. I will certainly be visiting the series more eventually (particularly 3, 4, and 5 are ones I’m curious about.) But I will probably emulate them to cheat when I run into roadblocks again.

After playing this, I also went back to play as Hero in Smash. They are still one of the best, if not my favorite character in the game. I think they are so fun and I love the randomness element that comes with them. Their stage is great too!

Also, seeing this gorgeous RPG with Akira Toriyama art in it made me REALLY want a new Blue Dragon. Like, REALLY bad. Please Microsoft if you’re listening PLEASE give us a new Blue Dragon. I don’t care what genre of RPG it is just give us a new one please I’m begging. Make it look like DQ11 and it will be the best game of all time.

Okay but enough of that. Thanks for skimming through or just letting me talk for a bit. For some reason the longer I held this one off, the less and less I felt like talking about it? Which is strange cause it’s a big game and I felt like I had tons to say during it. The only reason I even finished this and decided to post it was cause I already started it. Basically what I’m saying is that don’t be surprised if I just start making REALLY teeny tiny posts here instead of big rambles like this one.

But until then, I have work to do. I played through the Ty 2 HD remake on Switch recently and loved it all over again. I will maybe talk about that later. At the moment I’m playing Tales of Vesperia. Thanks again for putting up with me ramble about games, see you next time! Play something you love that puts you in an adventurous mood!

#2021 #Thoughts

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sirplastik · 4 years

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DFW 3: My gentle request? I’ve got a list of non-negotiables…

Hi fam, this is the third of a series of letters I’m writing supposedly to that special one, whomever she actually turns out to be…in these letters, I hope to address certain issues concerning relationships and society which many probably overlook as well as issues that guys don’t usually have the guts to talk about…everything expressed in here is fully from my view of things and it is purposefully meant to get you laughing and thinking at the same time. It is also meant to raise questions in your mind concerning certain seemingly common practices and phenomena and I hope you do enjoy the read…I promise subsequent letters would be shorter…lol

DISCLAIMER: In light of recent happenings and events, and knowing full well the ability of my Ghanaian folk to misread and misappropriate things, I must clarify that this letter and its content was written in 2019 and today’s post was also scheduled then. Medaase:). Everything else is coincidental…lol

Hey you,

It’s me again. How are you? I hope life’s been treating you kindly — more than it has me. As I type this, I can’t help but wonder what you’re doing at this very moment, what you’ve been up to lately and what you’re probably thinking when it comes to me — I’m scared to even dare to know. Well, you know, Val’s day was just this Friday and the hullabaloo was extensive. Did you have fun? Good, honest fun ooo!!

I hope no son of Adam misbehaved or they’ll have me to deal with soon.

Soon is the key word here cos, as far as I know, you still have no clue as to my identity yet even though I’m pretty sure (am I?) we’ve finally met.

Yeah, also, great change! I no longer think you’re the one playing pilolo or “police-and-thief” or “hide-and-seek” with me. Lately, I’m starting to realise that, perhaps, the blame lies solely at my doorstep: I’m starting to think that, maybe, I’m the reason we’ve still not met nor introduced ourselves as we should; maybe you’re not being so elusive after all but, rather, I just suck at finding you!! That’s a huge thing to admit, especially for me but, sometimes, denial does a man no good. In my defence though, almost all my role models when it comes to “wife finding” didn’t struggle one bit; dudes either slept or stayed home and waited for their baes to be delivered at their doorstep — no sweat at all!!!

And their marriages were long lasting too!!!

See Adam; dude slept so soundly that anaesthesia wasn’t needed when his chest had to be opened for a bone to be removed to facilitate the undertaking and successful completion of a creation process. See the English describing that process alone ooo. Hmm. Dude slept through it all without blinking an eye. How???

See the pain of surgery ooo, he didn’t feel a thing!!

I mean, this dude was opened up, sawed through for his rib — rib paa ooo

when someone even hits your ribs koraa see how painful it is

— and resealed and he didn’t feel a thing! That’s the proper definition of sleep!! He woke up, saw his wife; knew what had transpired, started prophesying by-heart and just enjoyed life with her for hundreds of years, through each and every wahala. No stressful chasing and yobbing and toasting bia!!! Isn’t such a guy a good role model?

See senior man Isaac too; dude was dada-ba complete: with soft palms like mine and gentility like me pɛpɛɛpɛ.

If you want evidence, read his story. He dug wells saa cos he didn’t like confusion – just like me!!!

In fact, I’m not surprised I’m named after him cos character-wise, I identify with him waa more than any old testament biblical character; our mentality and way of living — it’s like I’m a photocopy but even him koraa, finding Rebecca was no wahala at all!! Popii AB just sent the ninja squad to their hometown to go find bae; all Ike had to do was go relax somewhere and wait — no stress, just d-bee tins. Even the ninja squad sent didn’t hustle; Rebecca was just unveiled and they came back home. Isn’t this one too another good role model?

So why is it that me pɛ diɛr, none of these methods are working for me? Huh, I’ve slept saa – no show, I’ve also relaxed and waited saa – still, no show…why??? Why aren’t you allowing God to speak to you and unveil you? Me diɛr, he has told me about you dadaada, I’m just waiting for you to show your face but you dey do long tins.

If I come and tell you tins too aaa, you’ll think I’m just trying to throw dust into your eyes…why???

I’ve blamed the economy, I’ve blamed Mahama, I’ve blamed Akufo-Addo, I’ve even blamed social media but madam, finally, enough is enough…woman, show thy face!! Ahba!!! If me koraa you’re not seeing me aaa, can’t you also come looking for me? Lol. Now see what you’ve caused; I’m sitting here blaming myself, doubting my roles models en tins…it’s not good! Show yourself la!!

You, lemme motivate you…if you show your face ASAP, I’ll give you alewa…oya! Hurry!! Lol.

On a more serious note, nowadays, I’m feeling more and more like Adam in the garden (before Eve) each passing day. I’m finding myself wondering who you are, where you are and what it’s gonna take to finally locate you. Maybe, indeed, it’s me but like I always say, it usually takes two to tango. I’m really hopeful however that time is up for us to meet. I feel it more and more each day and I can’t wait to put a face to the image I’ve been shown.

Anyhow, how have you found letters 1 and 2? Your friends have been enjoying them ooo; laughing all over left, right, centre. More importantly too, I’m deeply touched that most of them are finding the underlying messages worthy of consideration and wise – that surely gladdens my heart. I hope my cooking skills, or the lack thereof, haven’t contributed to the long wait for your unveiling.

Please I won’t burn the gari soakings wai – I promise. Eii. Lol.

Lately, my relationship with food has been topsy-turvy and your entrance might help resolve the dilemma. I apologise though that I didn’t write earlier as promised. There’s a lot I’ve been dealing with or struggling with; I’ll tell you more when you appear…no worries, but I’m here now so let’s get going…

To be frank, after letters 1 and 2, all I’ve wanted to write to you about, with no confusion or second thought, is the topic or theme of this letter. After putting you on the back foot (in letter 1) and then placing my head on the chop board (in letter 2) to even the score, it seemed appropriate to tackle this topic to set the ball rolling again without putting either of us under the gun. I felt this could serve as a unifying issue; one we both would agree needs addressing looking at the current state of affairs in our society. What am I talking about?

WEDDINGS!!!

Bae, I must admit that whilst I LOVE and appreciate the whole concept, design and idea of marriage, the companionship and intimacy it presents, and the appeal of going through life with someone you know and trust will always have your back, no matter what, I HAVE NEVER REALLY LIKED THE IDEA OF WEDDINGS! At least, with how, we do them over here.

If you don’t know by now, I’m not really a people person nor very comfortable in crowds, I prefer intimacy and one-on-one situations cos that’s when I feel a bit of control over my environment so, weddings, by the nature of how we organise them here, have never really appealed to me.

I have always struggled to understand why there has to be so much pomp and pageantry for a journey that is only just beginning and why such a big deal has to be made of the event. Of course, I understand what a wedding stands for and I also understand the cultural connotations of most of these celebrations but with the current trend of things, I somewhat feel vindicated that, as a people, we’ve truly lost touch with what really matters in these things.

Lemme explain…

A couple of years ago, my friends and I (all guys) sat down to watch some wedding videos; Christian wedding videos. We started with our friends from the Western world…lemme clarify, WHITES and watched some beautiful ceremonies; intimate, meaningful and beautiful events. Each ceremony was different, had moderate crowds of clearly close friends and family and had unique elements differentiating them from the rest; elements which always had to do with the story of the bride and groom.

Intimate…

Everything at these ceremonies, from colours to décor to location to guests to arrangements had particular meaning to the bride and groom and finding out these things added more emotion and meaning to the event. Indeed, it was beautiful to watch. One couple hanged old picture frames (without the pictures) and shoes and other stuff on strings in a forest setting and explained why to the wedding party and in the video. Finding out why made watching the event more touching and intimate. For another couple, the groom wore an odd shirt of weird colours and my first inclination was to insult him for looking so shabby on such a day only to find out there was a deep reason behind the wearing of the shirt and even the colour scheme. My words got stuck in my mouth!

Every event was full of meaning and purpose and they fully knew why they were doing things the way they did. The style of shooting for the video also added to it. They focused on the relationships and not the décor and accessories.

For 3 or more grown ass guys to sit down and enjoy these videos should tell you a great deal about how awesome they were. More so, these events were colourful and lively but not showy. The couples looked happy — very happy and so did guests!! No one looked tired in them and no one seemed out of place in any of them. Everyone present was full of cheer and their joy was palpable even when caught off-guard by the cameras. They were there to share in the joy of the couple!

From there, we moved to Asia…still Christian weddings, theirs were a bit flashy and flamboyant but still everything held meaning and everything captured relationships.

you naa go confess…

Three hours later after loads of teary moments (yes, dudes cry too) and aww moments, I made the momentous mistake of asking us to switch to African and Ghanaian weddings.

In the words of Chinua Achebe (paraphrased), “THINGS FELL APART!!!”

Suddenly, we were no more watching intimate and meaningful events anymore but, rather, fashion galores and dancing competitions and silly activities all in the name of weddings. That drop in meaningfulness and relevance of this sacred event caught us all off-guard. Suddenly, all of us were annoyed, disappointed and feeling depressed at the same time. After a few videos, we could barely continue so we stopped but one thing hanged in the air WHERE DID WE GO WRONG?

African and Ghanaian wedding videos always began with a shot of the expensive accessories and wedding accoutrements and then to some fake acting by the 2 parties and then to the expensive cars and event venues and colourful dressings. It was full of pomp and pageantry (which in itself isn’t a bad thing if it can be afforded) yet very lacking of meaning, purpose, intimacy and relevance.

What’s worse? The couple always looked tired and sweaty, guests looked drained and unhappy and only smiled when they realised the camera was on them. Speeches were long, boring and repetitive and everything was about a show of wealth and status and all the events looked crowded. If it wasn’t old, unsmiling folks looking all glum and uninterested at the youthful exuberances occurring around them, it was some stressed folk clearly wondering why food hadn’t been served already. In a hindsight, it was hard to watch. Make-ups were the highlight of all the videos with everyone trying to show off one way or the other and yet again, all I could wonder was HOW DID WE GET IT SO WRONG?

How did we manage to put materialism above relationship in every facet of our society? And why did it not bother us that we were doing things so wrong? Well, dear, I still don’t have the answers to these but in all this, I had an epiphany, about our wedding, and as epiphanies go, this is it:

OUR WEDDING IS GOING TO BE ABOUT US:

about us waa…

about us thanking God for introducing us (as He finally will. Lol) and for Him gracing us to begin the journey of lifelong marital bliss, about us sharing this intimate moment with “chosen” friends and family who share in this joy and for whom this day would have great meaning, and about us controlling what gets to be portrayed whenever the story of our wedding gets told. How???

Firstly, as for me, this is non-negotiable ooo; our wedding is going to be STRICTLY BY INVITATION, even for family members. It is paramount that whomever gets to witness us tying the knot be someone who is considered either a dear friend or close family. After all, why would anyone who has made no contribution to our story be allowed to be there on that day simply because they know us or are relations? These are the same people who come and display no joy, fight over food, sneer at everything, make Shatta-Wale-like congratulatory faces and leave with all sorts of unflattering reports!! These are the same people who inflate wedding budgets without adding any value to the ceremony and make all the fuss!! Why should we allow just anybody to show up on our day? Nope!! I’m not following that trend!!! And I know you’ll agree. Even if this means 15 people or 5 are present on that day, I’ll still choose that over 200 people showing up for no reason at all. Don’t you think so?

Secondly, everything about our wedding; from location choice to date to colours to décor to arrangements to program line-up to music to food and so on must have special meaning for us. Anyone fortunate to be present that day should leave with that feeling of love and intimacy sharing in someone’s love story should bring. Guests must leave having a notion of why things were done the way they were and why trend was not followed. They must leave questioning the status quo and rejoicing with God for us. One major area especially is the music and reception program, everything must be meaningful to us and relevant whilst remaining intimate and impacting whomever is there with the consciousness of why they are there. No cheesy annoying trends bia will be allowed.

Thirdly, no Oluman nor Old lady is taking a microphone at any point in time to give a long speech about “awareɛ no kwan wa!!” especially when they have no clue who we are anyway.

Those folks are part of the uninvited ones koraa. Lol.

Nothing annoys me at weddings more than those long, boring, fruitless and recycled speeches. Anyone to speak at the event will be pre-selected and the pattern of speech given; emphasis of your relationship with us, knowledge of our relationship and its growth, the impact of it thereof, the lessons from it, brief meaningful and Godly counsel for the road ahead (NO RECYCLED MATERIALS ALLOWED) and blessings interspersed with humour and a bit of teasing, if necessary. Even our parents, if selected to speak, must follow this pattern and STRICTLY (of course, they are gladly allowed to embarrass us at will). The only soul permitted to lecture us about the length of marriage will be the officiating minister and even then, we’ll have a chat first. Lol. All speeches MUST BE FROM THE HEART and must focus on the relationship. This, for me, is also NON-NEGOTIABLE. The traditional event will be for the oldies to do their thing…no yawa but as for the “white” wedding and reception, NA LIE!!!

no oluman tins

Again, another essential non-negotiable is the usage of mobile phones at the wedding. In every video watched that fateful evening, no other culture had this issue but Ghana and Nigeria. Wedding guests in all the Western and Asian weddings conducted themselves with utmost reverence to the event and usage of phones were very minimal but coming down to our zone, oh no! Everyone at each wedding seemed to be a paparazzo; taking pictures and holding phones throughout, never truly partaking in the ceremony and making the hired photo and videographers basically useless. THAT WILL NOT BE OUR TESTIMONY!! Indeed, all invited guests will have their phones collected, catalogued and safely stored for the entirety of the ceremony. No temptations allowed. They will be allowed to actually be a part of the celebration and not be distracted. If they want selfies after the event, why not? Their phones will be with them by then anyway. I won’t pay any photographer to come and compete with any Kofi Wayo for space and best shots. Why??

waaa see!!

Bae, another thing which irks me about our events over here are the photoshoots; be it pre, during or post. Lately, I have resolved to personally greet couples who invite me to their events so they register my presence. This enables me to avoid that time wasting period of photoshoots which reminds me of my days in primary school. Smh. You see, whilst I get the importance of these pictures to the couple, I have grown to understand that our way of going about it is ridiculous, cumbersome and time-wise, wasteful. Why does everyone who shows up have to snap a picture? Even when they don’t want to. That is a not not in my book and I have figured a way round the issue I’m sure you would love (hwɛ! I’m not sharing all my secrets here wai…lol). As for pre-wedding shoots, for someone who plans to have a strictly by invitation ceremony, I’m sure and hopeful you won’t expect us to announce it to folks, when most won’t be able to attend. That would be downright cruel! So yeah, no pre-wedding shoot wahala – they annoy me pass.

warris this???

If we need one or 2 for the invites, well you’ll have a lot of convincing to do. Hehe. As for post, well, marriage is a long road, there will surely be a lotta pics.

I’m sure most people who know me will be surprised by what I’m about to write next but it is also a non-negotiable for me; I DO NOT INTEND TO HAVE MY WEDDING IN A CHURCH AUDITORIUM!! Mind you, I didn’t say I don’t want a Christian wedding — I will definitely have one, a Spirit-filled one but it will be an outdoor event or if even indoors, NOT A CHURCH AUDITORIUM! Like I wrote earlier, control of the ceremony is important and I’ve witnessed enough of these kinds of weddings to know I don’t want any of that. If it requires we do the legalities at the court or church earlier or later or even getting the chosen location registered for the event – fine, but exchange of vows before God won’t be in a church building. I hope this isn’t a deal breaker for you. Now with that cleared, obviously the above means there won’t be any collection or offertory whatsoever at the event. NO! if anyone or group or organisation invited, or otherwise, wishes to bless us with money or gifts freely and willingly, they will be encouraged to do so and a means of getting it to us safely will be provided to all guests before and on the day. There will be no collection time or fundraising during the ceremony. I don’t even know where we learnt that from, to be honest!!! If anything, I’ll wish we rather surprise our guests but we’ll talk more on that when we meet.J

Indeed, if I decide to list every little thing I’ll prefer we change, this letter might exceed legendary limits so I’ll add just one more critical no-no for me: NO KING AND QUEEN SIZED CHAIRS FOR US TO SIT ON AT THE RECEPTION!! I dunno who introduced that culture to our weddings and I dunno why it caught on like wildfire. Maybe, I’m weird but these chairs have always annoyed me. What happened to having one long table and simple chairs where the bride and groom, bridal party and some selected folks can sit together? I liked that setup better! Let’s do that please.

Loads of couples have looked awkward and uncomfortable in those isolated positions and the chair sizes made it worse. Weddings are about sharing joy so why isolate us from everyone else and in ridiculous chairs for that matter? I’ve never gotten that concept!!

I know it’s widely perceived that guys aren’t interested in the organisation of weddings and, in a way, this is true but you’ll be surprised it is largely due to some of these things I have outlined and the commotion they bring with them. You’ll be the boss of your organisation; I’ll be delighted to not interfere but my hope is that these non-negotiables won’t be a problem but will simply be incorporated in the planning.

Seriously though, lately, I have had great issue with how we organise weddings and the lack of purpose and meaning attached to them. Aside colours and attire issues, I dare you to ask any wedding couple in this country why a certain song or item or moment is part of their event and I bet you they wouldn’t know. We have become so generic and followers of trends that we do things without really understanding why we are doing them. I’ve attended weddings of supposed Christian and witnessed things which left me with many questions and doubts as to the authenticity of the faith being professed and this shouldn’t be so. I know people cite the wedding Jesus attended at Cana and the fact that wine was served as a defence mostly but the truth is CHRISTIANITY DIDN’T EXIST THEN. Yes, Christ had not yet died and resurrected. Judaism was the order of the day and that wedding, in question, followed the rules of Judaism to the latter. Read your bible well.

If we say Christianity is a way of life then, indeed, we must know it has a culture; one which, in all our activities, must be displayed. If there is, therefore, no orderliness, meaningfulness and purposefulness attached to your celebrations of marital union, if no one leaves with a conviction of how truly good your God is after your ceremony, then weytin you gain?

Christ bought us at a great cost thus our lives and everything we do must express our gratitude for this gift. Of course, at such events, culture must have its place but it is about time we showed the difference between a Christian wedding and a worldly one. Mind you, I said Christian wedding NOT CHURCH wedding.

I’m tired of attending meaningless events, generic ceremonies and occasions where nothing holds any relevant meaning — funerals are even worse — and I hope you are too, my dearly beloved.

I am determined to be a symbol of God’s LOVE and TRUTH wherever I am and in whatever I do and I know that is your desire too so I’m not worried. Together, we will break barriers and myths, massacre wrong and devilish trends, create better ones and show the world what truly should be done. Hopefully, by our faithfulness and boldness to stand for what we believe in, we will inspire a new generation of believers to break through trends and have purposeful and meaningful weddings and events.

Let’s get our society back on track!!!

In ending, babe, remember, EVERYTHING IS PERMISSIBLE, BUT NOT EVERYTHING IS HELPFUL. EVERYTHING IS PERMISSIBLE, BUT NOT EVERYTHING BUILDS UP (1 Corinthians 10:23, ISV).

Beautiful…

Also, the most important character to build towards a fruitful marriage is one of LOVE, FORGIVENESS and UNDERSTANDING. I know they sound cliché but the Holy Spirit has taken time to school me on these 3 and opened my eyes to see things in a way that is very different to the patterns out there, even in church. I plan to teach you all I know and to learn also from you, for the journey ahead is much more possible and plausible together. Get ready to get your mind blown by some of these revelations and yeah, don’t let my folks get in your head when you arrive wai. Lol.

Also, never forget, you’re beautiful just the way you are, and I won’t go a day without telling you. I do know you will be amazing because I’m the apple of God’s eye and he only has the best in store for me. He’s my guide so I know I’m safe.

As always, stay safe and remain in Him (AND SHOW YOUR FACE)…

Meet you soonest…

Yours truly,

A crazy Ghanaian lad.

(Written by; Agostino.)

Ok…so now that you’re done laughing or scowling…lol…hurry up and harass the SHARE buttons…COMMENT and LIKE first though…I’m watching!!!…lol

Glossary:

La/ahba/eii/hwɛ/diɛr/wai/paa/paa ooo/koraa/bia/saa/waa/aaa/ooo; a local expression to indicate exasperation/surprise/emphasis.

Pilolo; a local children’s game

Wahala; trouble

Yobbing; winning a girl’s heart by excessive flattery

Dada-ba/d-bee; born with a silver spoon in your mouth/rich kid/pampered kid

Pɛpɛɛpɛ; exactly

Cos; because

Popii; affectionate form of Father/Dad

Tins; things

Pɛ; alone

Dadaada; already/long ago

Dey; can mean a lot of things depending on context; in letter context, are

En; and

Lemme; let me

Mahama, Akufo-Addo; surnames of the immediate ex and current presidents of Ghana. They are to blame for a lot!

Shatta-Wale; Stonebwoy’s ex-nemesis (refer to VGMA 20 for context…lol); Beyoncé’s friend

Oluman; old man

Awareɛ no kwan wa; a local adage literally meaning marriage is a long road

NA LIE; it’s a lie!

Kofi Wayo; where is that man???

Lotta; lot of

Dunno; don’t know

Weytin; contextually, what have?

Bae; Babe/Baby

DEAR FUTURE WIFE (letter 3; the humble request)… DFW 3: My gentle request? I’ve got a list of non-negotiables… Hi fam, this is the third of a series of letters I’m writing…

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#45: Season 2, Episode 13 - “A Very Scary Story”

Annnnd, we’re back! Let the countdown resume. I know y’all remember this one. How could you not?! It’s THE ICONIC HALLOWEEN EPISODE!!! Lawrence Jr. High is holding free eye examinations on Halloween. But, instead of being legit eye exams, students are getting their eyes BURNED OUT OF THEIR SOCKETS?!

It opens with Ren seemingly home alone the night before Halloween watching some knock off of “Psycho.” I like this bit. She yells at the TV, “Honey, you’re getting chased by 6 mutants and you’re just deciding to take a shower?!” — Seriously, though. People in horror films make the dumbest decisions. I think the fake movie footage is hilarious.

Just then, the phone rings. Naturally. And now we get a knock off of “Scream” lol. Whoever’s calling distorts their voice and says “Do you like penguins, Ren? MAHAHAH!” and hangs up. I wonder who that could be. (Sarcasm) Ren is walking around holding a skillet as a weapon which is kinda funny. She looks so uncoordinated with it. Turns out it was just Louis calling from inside the house. Shocking. He comes jumping out at her making what’s supposed to be a “penguin” noise, I guess. I really don’t know. He kinda sounds like Doodlebob, honestly. Obviously, Ren screams and Louis has the audacity to ask “Ren, why are you so jumpy?!?!" I love this line and the way Shia says it. I use it a lot, lol. He claims he just wanted to show her his penguin jockey costume. The costume itself is a true a stroke of genius. But, I’m sure there was a less serial killer way to go about the reveal, lol. This episode definitely gets iconic points for that costume, though. People have gone as penguin jockeys because of Louis: x / x ...Incredible.

Ren is seriously a wet blanket here. She refers to Halloween as “childish dress up games.” What da heck?! Lighten up. You’re like, 14. I embarrassingly went as Hannah Montana for Halloween freshman year of high school, 2007. Bad idea. But just because I have tan skin and wore a blonde wig, everyone thought I was supposed to be Beyoncé. I constantly had to correct people. I WAS HANNAH MONTANA, DANG FLABBIT!!! The struggle.

Ren tells Louis that his costume isn’t going to scare anyone. I never thought it was intended to be scary in the first place??? Either way, Donnie comes walking in and Louis makes some more Doodlebob noises at him and Donnie runs away screaming “AHHH! PENGUIN!” Wow. I’m only mentioning this because I read a little trivia that Donnie originally walks in holding a basketball, but when they cut back to him he’s suddenly holding what looks like an inflatable toucan or something?! What?! How do you forget that Donnie was holding a basketball one second and then hand him an inflatable toucan the next?! I do not understand.

“Wait, what was Donnie the Sports Jock just holding?! It was probably a basketball or something because that makes sense. But, I can’t remember. HERE! Take this INFLATABLE TOUCAN!” ?!?! - Probably the actual thought process that resulted in this ridiculousness.

At school the next day, we see that LJH takes Halloween VERY SERIOUSLY. Stuff like this gave me unrealistic expectations. If you wore a costume to school growing up, you were a weirdo and people judged you. Not here! They have some intense decorations and the entire school is dressed up! Well, everyone except for Ren — who’s in a freaking pencil skirt and blazer, walking around making sure everyone gets an eye exam.

This school is more ~lit~ than most actual Halloween parties.

We find out that Louis and the gang are planning a prank for the cafeteria: Putting fake eyeballs in the turkey gravy. Yum. Louis shows them the fake eyeballs he bought and says he just got them in overnight from Chico. It’s a small detail but I like that he mentions Chico. The city is also brought up in an earlier episode. I always laugh when Tom tells Louis “I need to get my eyes examined.” Louis says “YOUR EYES EXAMI— Tom, how many fingers am I holding up?!” And Tom has to squint at the fingers RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS FACE in order to give the correct answer.

“.......Two.” // “Exactly. Your eyes are fine.”

Okay, long story short: Basically, anyone who goes in for an eye exam comes out acting like a robot. Students are walking around with sunglasses on and are suddenly obsessed with drinking milk and following the rules. Tom is the first victim of Louis’ crew. He says “I suddenly got quite a hankering for the Moo Juice. It’s an excellent source of calcium for overall skeletal health.” I FEEL LIKE THAT LINE IS ENGRAINED INTO MY MIND FOREVER! Tom bails on the cafe prank and says “If something like this were to go on our permanent records, it would follow us for the rest of our lives.” THIS LINE NEVER LEFT MY BRAIN EITHER. I feel like this episode was actually Disney propaganda or something, brainwashing us into drinking milk and being good students. Not even gonna lie, when I was young this episode made me crave milk... and I hated milk. *X-Files theme song plays in the distance.*

Tawny and Twitty both get their eyes checked and start saying the same robotic nonsense Tom did. Louis is having none of it, though. He yells “TAKE OFF THE STUPID GLASSES!” and we get one of the most terrifying moments of our childhood...

This is still so disturbing. Show producers Sean McNamara and David Brookwell wrote this episode. I seriously want to track them down and make them explain what gave them the bright idea to traumatize children in this way?!

The classic Louis Scream kicks into full gear here. (see first image of the post) I’m laughing because I just noticed that as he runs away, he whips the butt of the penguin like “giddy up!” as if he’s actually racing on it… Oh my god. As he’s running he shouts “NO ONE’S TAKIN’ MY PEEPERS!” which I always kinda liked, haha.

Louis ends up spying on one of the “eye exams” and the process is revealed! Wexler and Tugnut zap the kids’ eyes and do in fact brainwash them with the milk and permanent record mumbo jumbo. Great.

Louis is now the only student who hasn’t had an eye exam. Wexler, Tugnut and the whole school are going after him. He calls home in a panic asking for Steve and Eileen to come pick him up before conveniently hiding out in the Penguin bathroom.

His family shows up within like, 10 seconds. Teleportation is the only explanation for this. Louis goes to get his stuff before leaving... but OH NO! Wexler and Tugnut greet Donnie, Steve and Eileen and make them go in for eye exams. This always made me soooo angry as a kid. I felt Louis’ sheer horror and helplessness here tbh. Just then, Ren pops out of nowhere and Louis explains the whole situation to her. She acts like she has no idea what he’s talking about, but all of the robot students start chasing them so she helps him find a place to hide.

“Safe?! For how long, Ren? How long before those eyeless, sunglass-wearing, milk-slurping zombies get in here?!” - ALL I CAN THINK OF IS THE WALKING DEAD. “DON’T OPEN. DEAD INSIDE.”

Ren leaves Louis alone to see if the coast is clear. WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?! Does she not see the horde of zombie students through the windows?! Regardless, Wexler and Tugnut appear and take Louis down to the school’s newly renovated torture-chic basement. (Louis: “When did the school get a dungeon?” Wexler: “Actually it’s an evil lair.”)

Ren was the ringleader this whole time. She comes walking out looking like THIS and Wexler and Tugnut refer to her as “mistress.” Okay, this is a little creepy now...

Louis looks at the wall and says “R.E.N.....? That’s gotta stand for something.” - I clearly remember laughing at this line when I was little for some reason omg.

Ren explains that they’re going to turn everyone into “Renplicates” (actual Ren clones) because the world would be a better place if everyone just followed the rules. Okay, maybe that’s true. But, you don’t need to morph everyone into cloNES OF YOURSELF PHYSICALLY!!! Seriously... whaaaa?! lol. Around here Ren says “Tugnut! Turn on the juice!” which Jim Wise recently admitted was an innuendo line that the crew laughed at off camera. Adult jokes on kids shows sort of creep me out though, ngl.

Anyway, everyone -- including their parents, step into the Renplicator and transform into Ren.

Everyone except... Louis.

HONESTLY WHAT THE HELL?!?! I never liked thisssssss.

That’s where the story ends. THANK GOD! Turns out it was just Louis telling Beans a scary story. “Beans, you wanted to know what happened last Halloween. So, I told you!” To which Beans responds:

One of the only Beans lines I like. (x)

And that’s it! There’s a bit at the very end where Beans tries to get away with trick-or-treating at the Stevens house several times by wearing a bunch of different costumes. Donnie answers the door every time and says things like “That’s cute, kid!” and “Haven’t I see you here before already?” IT’S CLEARLY FREAKING BEANS!

I never understood this. I know Donnie’s dumb but he knows who Beans is. They should’ve just had a random kid do this scene. Using Beans makes NO SENSE. Also, he already raids their kitchen all the time as it is. He doesn’t need to go “undercover” to get candy from the Stevens house, lol.

That’s the Halloween episode guys! Strangely, not as funny as I remember. Still a classic, though... obviously. I was originally going to rank it in the #30s, solely for the iconic value.. but, when I was deciding on what to put for #45 I just had to put this one here. It’s a “special” episode. So it’s difficult to rank it any higher than this since it’s just a fun one-off, silly, seasonally appropriate episode. Nothing furthers the overall arc of the series here, lol. That’s not the case for all “special” episodes... But, this one sticks out like a sore thumb in comparison to the other 64.

Did it scar you for life as a kid?! I have to say that this episode and “Don’t Look Under The Bed” (which Larry Beale/Ty Hodges starred in!!!) literally scared the living crap out of me. Apparently DLUTB has actually been banned?! Whoa. To this day, I’m still afraid of some demon boogyman hand grabbing at my ankle...

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