As Franklin Roosevelt once said: “The only thing we have to fear is goblins. What’s with all these goblins?”

You know your explanation is bad when LUFFY of all people is like "You're full of shit old man".

Aphrodite must have really calmed down in the last 10 years if Hades can say “most beautiful goddess in the realm” in the same city as her without an angry face ensuing.

Robin just popped up on the ship and has just been jiggling and chilling and breaking necks since. Good for her good for her

<[guy who spent so long in skypiea he forgot those bitches do indeed fight everytime they're in the room together] [I missed all them interacting w each other in Regular. Normal situations] [such a good show man]

Hi PS,

How are you? I have a question for you- Arnav heard Shyam make up his mind about applying gulal on Khushi first, on holi. Could this be the reason he was being extra protective about Khushi, even before the ‘bhaang’ kicked in? Your thoughts?

Have a lovely day :)

Hello!

Yep! I thought it was made pretty clear in the serial that Arnav’s behaviour was informed by what he overheard Shyam say. However, he wouldn’t have framed as protecting Khushi but rather denying Shyam a chance to claim haq over Khushi so publicly.

In some traditions, it is customary for a husband to be the first to apply gulaal to his wife (because of the whole Radha-Krishna thing), particularly on the first Holi after marriage. While I don’t see it referenced much in these modern times, I’m reminded of it every time I watch Shyam and Arnav duke it out in these episodes :)

Thanks for asking!

Dear Devon,

I’ve been writing a few letters like this tonight, but yours is the hardest. I’m addressing it to you, because we’ve talked before about the danger Maliah and I are walking into, that we’ve been building up to something bad, and you deserve my honesty and my trust. Loren and Jesson do too, but they’re young, and I’ve written a different letter to Loraine for her to share with all of you, before she gives you this one. You can share it with your siblings, now or in the future, but I want you to have it first.

I’m sorry, to begin. I know what it’s like to lose parents, and that right now you’ll be feeling everything and nothing, all at once. That probably, now or at some point soon, you’re going to be angry with us for leaving you. Please know that if we’d had the choice, we wouldn’t have. We’re so lucky—I’m so lucky—to know you, to hear about your annoyance with school and the latest experiments you’re helping with at the science outpost and what you and your siblings have been doing to have fun. Being your asar has been one of the best things about the last few years, however little time I’ve been able to spend with you.

There are a lot of things I find myself wanting to say to you: advice that will only half-fit the situation or that would make me a terrible hypocrite, given my own continued and complicated feelings about my own parents’ death. None of it, though, really matters. What you want, what you feel, and what you choose to do, that matters.

You know enough to know that if we’ve died, odds are we’ve failed at what we’re trying to do, and there’s still a great danger in the universe. And I know the way you take things on your shoulders, which is why I’m telling you that none of this is yours to deal with. We have friends who are going to hear about this, who will take on this task and hopefully learn from our failures, friends with plenty of power of resources of their own. You should stay safe, and keep Loren and Jesson safe while you’re at it. Unfair as it is, consider it my last wish.

I love all three of you, and I wish you all the best and brightest of futures. I know there’s going to be grief to wrestle through, I can’t pretend otherwise. I know it will be hard, and frightening, and that there are going to be days when it all overwhelms you. Times when you can’t stand thinking about us and times you think about us too much.

But I also know that you’re going to get through it. Not only because you’re strong, but because you aren’t alone. You have each other. You have Loraine. There’s a whole family on Sestrilles eager to know you, and I think my brother will be a very good help to you, I know I’ve told you about him. We’ve told so many friends about you, and if you ever want to reach out, to ask them about us or to ask them for help on your own paths, I can’t think of a single one of them who wouldn’t want to help. (Even without us there, I’m quite sure that Gaizka Zebari would be willing to sit down for a conversation, and delighted to have a bright young wizard in their program.)

The best tribute you could possibly give us, dearest saram-Devon, is living the bright future I know is out there for you—and the same goes for your siblings. Whatever you want to do, whether it’s wizardry or science or opening a restaurant or something totally different and new, you’re all going to do amazingly.

I’ve left you, as my children, a scroll my grandmother made me, detailing the lineage of my gnomish family. It’s the best I can offer, aside from what’s been set aside in trust for you, and I hope, in some small way, you consider my family to be part of yours. You all have been, from the very moment I met you, part of mine.

Love,

Elyn

Diablo IV Episode 207: Gift of The Swamp

Episode 207: The Deduction that was Too Good

While riding piggy-back on Ran’s shoulders one night, Mouri overhears an argument in a nearby apartment. They’re then interrupted by an old man and his dog, who tells them this happens every night….don’t worry about it. The next morning, Takoyaki is found dead, stabbed. The police think his roommate did it. The roommate wants Mouri to prove his innocence. He proceeds to point out where all the evidence can be found, explain how the crime could have been committed, and to top it off, identifies the perfect suspect – his apparently really creepy professor, who’s actually just a nice old man they were planning to kill. Conan is able to prove that the roommate did it. And Azusa, from the café downstairs, is the prime witness. 

“Also, did you remember to pick up paper towels yesterday?” this scientist, who wished to remain anonymous, concluded.

I said “of course I did” as I kissed the unnamed source on his cheek.

New ED is great, especially this shot of Zoro. Peak Zoro behavior is begrudgingly tolerating animals crawling all over him (And by animals I mean Chopper and Luffy).

kaneshiro really wants the readers to understand how madly in love with each other nagi and reo are and its honestly suicide inducing im being completely serious. IF THEY WOULD JUST TALK!!!! (i know they eventually did but at what cost).....

also, we finally know what reo wanted to say but didnt (bc he thought nagi wouldnt come back to him) when nagi declared he was going ahead on his own and its the most romantic, yet encouraging thing ever nobody touch me

crying watching The Bear ep 207, Forks. (so, spoilers ahead) like. fuck. what??? the second time was such a wild experience. I forgot why Richie thought he was there???? 😭 what a poor fuckin idiot baby, I love him. the hard cut to him singing in the car, and then yelling, and seamlessly weaving the singing and yelling and finally getting to get some speed and taking a bump too hard... holy shit. SO real!!! I have had experiences just like that. driving is so fucking essential to emotional processing. and they just did it sooo sososososo well, I love it so much. anyway. my god. fucking Hattie from parenthood... she's so amazing. The Smudge. and the deep dish!!!! my mom and I were SO scared the first time we watched this episode, when he asked if he could take the plate, and then swung it behind his back, and then was standing around joking a little bit too long.... it was so fucking stressful, dude. I had no idea where the episode was going, what's Richie's trajectory was going to be, you know?? I figured there was a 50/50 chance he'd nail it or drop the plate and fuck everything up, maybe set something on fire? and I was STILL soooooo nervous watching this second time!!! which makes me think you're supposed to be nervous? at first, one this second watch, I was kinda thinking, like, 'wow we were being so mean, we didn't believe in him at all' but like, was there any reason why we should have believed in him? that was his Moment. his Prove It moment. and he proved it!!! he did so well!!! the amazing, calm, beautiful, organized lady complimented him!! twice!! she said don't be a stranger!! when she really didn't need to say that!! like, it wasn't just a nicety. I think she likes him. he has no idea obviously, but that's just part of his charm and patheticness (complimentary). aaahhhh and the part where he cleans up his kitchen island is just so dear to my heart. and the faces he makes in the mirror, I think just before that. just... the progression throughout the week, all the ways he changes and feelings he goes through and the ways that that manifests. cleaning his space, waking up earlier... I've never staged or worked in a kitchen but I think it's a really common experience of doing something challenging, novel, scary, in a new environment, all alone, and then making connections, seeing patterns in the work and figuring out how it's done, struggling and persevering, getting over your own insecurities, seeing things from a different perspective, starting to believe in yourself, meeting people and they *like* you, say nice things about you, give you advice... going from the super sluggish first morning to getting up early and doing work (tidying the kitchen) before going to work... it's the opposite what you expect. you expect to be more tired as the week goes on, but those experiences can be SO INVIGORATING.