May as well post this here I guess

the recent resurgence in episode 6 talk has led me to reminiscing about Rook's absolutely buckwild backstory. man tries on a nice jacket exactly once and immediately re-evaluates his entire life.

(this has actually been sitting around for a few days because I keep second-guessing it, so uhhh sorry if it's weird! I can't tell anymore!)

iwtv is insanity inducing bc every time you google some reference in it you find out theyre doing some 4d chess with the symbolism… like okay playing roosevelt's speech about the us joining ww2 in the background as claudia tells louis shes gonna kill lestat is pretty straightforward, and of course the chess game theyre playing foreshadows how she beats him in the next episode but doesn't "finish the game" ie burn him. and bc claudia later compares lestat to the nazis/hitler, that obviously makes lestat germany and thus claudia is poland and louis is the us/roosevelt in the speech we hear: "I had hoped against hope that some miracle would prevent a devastating war in Europe and bring to an end the invasion of Poland by Germany" etc. BUT THEN you get nerdy and google some of the chess terms lestat uses like the dutch defense and stonewalling which is pretty interesting and then you vaguely remember one of the writers said the scene was based on some famous chess game, and you realize it must be glücksberg vs miguel najdorf which turns out to be literally called the POLISH IMMORTAL. najdorf was polish and glücksberg is some unknown but based on the name likely german. this was najdorf's first famous game, at the beginning of his career when he was only like 19 or something although we dont know the exact details of the game (and ofc you watch a few videos on the polish immortal and they all heavily criticize glücksberg's moves which makes lestat's arrogance even funnier) and ALSO, in 1939 (literally at the same time as the chess scene takes place) najdorf was participating in a chess tournament in buenos aires and since he was not only polish but also jewish, he stayed there rather than return home. his whole family was killed in the holocaust but he lived a long life in argentina. why is this relevant? because BUENOS AIRES which btw lestat also calls "la reina del plata" so you google that and find the 1930 song by carlos gardel and the lyrics are literally— anyway so buenos aires is where lestat planned for them to move to in ep7. perhaps if they had indeed gone to argentina instead of europe… well… perhaps… perhaps…

Just finished the first part. No idea how much I can do before burning myself out but fingers crossed I can finish this.

Do you think that they should wear their 30th anniversary suits or just normal ones?

Anyways, enjoy Conan dancing!

it's all fun and games until your goofy ass kinnie jokes actually start to bring some interesting similarities to light.

Puts the “plates” in “Fellplates” (Patreon)

Soooo…. How early do we think the Bad Batch were sent out into the war? Because it’s very sad to think about, and I’ve also seen this explored with some other clones as well (Tup and Dogma), but I also can’t erase the somewhat funny mental image of some high-ranking members of the GAR having this elite, special force team coming to help them on an impossible mission, the group succeeding, and when its time to finally meet and thank them it’s literally just some guys whose voices haven’t fully changed and haven’t even lost all the baby fat in their faces yet.

On today’s episode of "posts from PJO fans with absolutely no media literacy that made me want to pull my hair out":

I just saw someone on TikTok say "ok but why is he (Percy) always getting compared to Luke? It’s like they (the fandom) want him to be Luke."

Like… tell me you read the books with your eyes closed without saying it. It’s not just the fandom who has made up this "trend" of comparing them to one another, it’s literally something that happens in the books! It’s a main plot point to their character development! They are two sides of the same coin. Their lives are pretty much running in a parallel line next to each other!

Just… how can you have the answer right there and still manage to get the question wrong? I just…

I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed 😭💔

What makes you think this program of the Monitor’s is going to work, Doctor? Oh, I don’t know...

MORE CONFUCIUS crawls around my enclosure at a rapid speed 

Also JFK & Confucius romance (NO clue what their ship name is) bc I’ve been thinking abt them literally all day 

SAME VOICE ACTOR???????

gibve mmoresubconites...

pls...

i wamma squish em and bite em affectionatwly

You know what yea I love these funky guys... since you asked so nicely have a whole batch :D

the persona 3 protagonist 25th anniversary nui in food appliances!

a taste

Everytime someone draws Sebastian without the purple tint in his hair and eyes, an angel dies

John Lennon, singing Just Because on his 1975 Rock’n’Roll album.

Needless to say, this verse was not in the original Lloyd Price version