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@cartmanbrah so I heard you have a cat... you wouldn't happen to have any spare treats would you...?
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I just want to say 8 main products a year has been the normal number for Magic for ~15 years. The main difference is the size of the products. A decade ago preconstructed decks of reprints were the norm and now it's mostly all booster products. Even the standalone commander precons have as many new cards as small sets of the past. IMO it's less number of products and more cards we have to think about. We get over twice as many new cards a year vs just 4 years ago and that stress the system IMO.
Richard Garfield’s original vision for Magic was that players wouldn’t know all the cards. He liked the idea that it was through play that you would learn of cards’ existence.
To accomplish this, in the early days Wizards didn’t give any information about the cards. There weren’t published card lists, the cards didn’t have rarity symbols or collector numbering, and Wizards purposefully didn’t release deck lists from events.
The Internet, as we now know it today, showed up soon after Magic’s release, and there wasn’t really a way to hide information, so Wizards starting doing all the things it originally didn’t. We had a public database, and rarity symbols and collector information, and deck lists were shared.
As the years went by, we started making more cards per year, partially because there was a lot of demand for more cards, and partially because Wizards built up an infrastructure to be able to do so.
What this all means is current Magic is coming back around to Richard’s original vision. We make enough cards now that it’s hard, without a lot of effort, to know what all the cards are, so players do get to experience new cards from playing with other people.
Which brings up an interesting point. Is Magic a better game if the audience knows all the cards? Or is there something to the importance of discovery happening through play? How important was Richard’s original vision?
I’m curious to hear your thoughts.
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Posting this on main in hopes someone sees this and spreads the word, because I think it's important.
I just got an ad on Youtube, for what seems like a legitimate documentary, published by Epoch TV. It's a docudrama.
The ad topic? "Transgenderism". The trailer for this documentary presents the "Transgender Movement" as an agenda created by social media, corporations, the government, social media, etc. as a means to create a division between Parents and their Children.
This advertisement, EXPLICITLY says that. It says "They're turning our children against us [parents]". It says "'You should let your child transition. Or else their chance of suicide increases.' Therapists are trained to say that."
This so-called truth-revealing documentary presents the "Transgender Movement" as a war against Parents. It is FEAR MONGERING and MISINFORMATION. It is TRANSPHOBIA.
It's blatant lies if you're educated enough about trans people. It's not blatant lies if you're uneducated about trans people. It's an advertisement directed at anyone who isn't educated about trans people, who don't have the time, or energy, or education to look up real research studies.
It's an ADVERTISEMENT, directed at PARENTS. On YouTube. YOUTUBE. This is an advertisement I got on a video that was an anime song quiz. Anyone can get this ad.
Really YouTube? You're going to force everyone to stop using adblock, and then play this shit? This passed your advertisement standards?
This is what the website looks like. There is an embedded trailer if you scroll down.
Beneath the trailer, there are 14 featured guests. Most of them are labeled as anti-trans activists or "investigating the roots of the transgender movement", or something similar, on a quick google search. They have "patriotic", conservative, and/or religious beliefs.
Beneath that, there are three reviews.
All three of these reviewers are in the movie. And profiting from the movie.
Pamela Garfield is a known anti-vaccination, anti-trans activist. More information can be found at this link.
Walt Heyer is a detransitioner. I do not know much about him other than the fact that he is also an anti-trans activist. More information can be found at this link.
I'm fucking pissed about this. There is already a lack of media literacy. There is already a lack of critical thinking skills, fact checking, etc.. There is already enough hate towards trans people.
It should be ILLEGAL to present your propaganda as fact and scientific research. It should be ILLEGAL to intentionally spread misinformation, advertised not only as "the real truth" , but also using it as a means to make money. It costs you $5 to watch the documentary. That is evil, preying on people who are uneducated or who won't google a researched statistic, and then manipulating them to parrot your beliefs.
#transphobia#youtube#google#what the fuck#i am speechless fr#i just wanted to play an anime song intro quiz#also#it's insane that the trailer listed the AMERICAN GOVERNMENT as a source of the “transgender movement”#when literally hundreds of anti-trans and anti-queer laws have been passed in the past year
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an introduction to the marauders
for @gently-decaying-flowers
follow up posts will be made for the valkyries and skittles
james fleamont potter
also known as prongs
important canon information:
dead, died on october 31st 1981 defending his family from voldemort so lily could protect harry
his parents are fleamont 'monty' and euphemia 'effie' and we love both of them
his animagus is a stag
was head boy and a chaser on the gryffindor quidditch team
had a mutually antagonistic relationship with severus snape
fancast information:
original fancast was aaron taylor johnson
second fancast was reiky de valk
my personal fancast is gabriel.stewart
other fancasts include nickisnotgreen and thomas weatherall
common fanon traits:
is known as the sun and a golden retriever character, wears red converse, swiftie, quidditch obsessed, early morning riser who tries to force other people too (doesn't work), loyal, hero complex, hopeless romantic, mischievous and loves pranks, often is desi or latino, would take a bullet for anyone in his life, definitely strutted and is a therapist friend, has a hard time opening up
ships:
jily/sunflower/flowerpott: james and lily evans
jegulus/sunseeker/starchaser: james and regulus black
prongsfoot: james and sirius black
moonchaser: james and remus lupin
sirius orion black
also known as padfoot
important canon information:
godfather to harry and best friends with james
left home at 16 to live with the potters
was wrongly accused for the betrayal of lily and james
served 12 years in azkaban before using his animagus form to escape
his animagus is a black dog
was killed by his cousin bellatrix lestrange
fancast information:
original fancast was ben barnes
second fancast was undecided
my personal fancast is conan gray
other fancasts include louis seriot and eren m güvercin
common fanon traits:
drama queen, massive david bowie fan, rides a motorcycle, experiments with makeup, genderfluid, compulsive and mischievous, gay, owns and wears a leather jacket, he thinks his initials stand for son of a bitch, short king, gets jealous easily, no concept of personal space, mommy issues, daddy issues, family issues, pretty crier, french, likes to paint his nails
ships:
wolfstar: sirius and remus lupin
blackinnon: sirius and marlene mckinnon (widely unaccepted now)
prongsfoot: sirius and james potter
remus john lupin
also known as moony
important canon information:
his nickname of moony came about due to his "furry little problem" (being a werewolf)
in prisoner of azkaban he taught d efense against the dark arts at hogwarts
has a child called teddy with nymphadora tonks
was killed in the battle of hogwarts
fancast information:
original fancast was andrew garfield
second fancast was undecided
my personal fancast is p4perback
other fancasts include paul ahrens and matthew hitt
common fanon traits:
always wears grandpa sweaters, craves academic validation, best friends with lily, grumpy around full moons, loves chocolate, the mastermind behind all the marauders pranks, goes to a study group, is a massive nerd, tall but it took ages for him to grow, self worth issues, raspy voice, swears a goddamn lot, welsh and no one can understand what he says
ships:
wolfstar: remus and sirius black
moonwater: remus and regulus black
moonchaser: remus and james potter
moonrosekiller: remus and barty crouch jr and evan rosier
peter pettigrew
also known as wormtail
important canon information:
traitor to the marauders
was james and lily's secret keeper but ratted them out to voldemort hence resulting in their death
his animagus form is a rat
hid in his rat form in the wealsey family as 'scabbers' until discovered by sirius and remus in the prisoner of azkaban
fancast information:
original fancast was dane dehaan
second fancast was undecided
my personal fancast is lewis capaldi
other fancasts include maxwell acee donovan and jacob batalon
common fanon traits:
friendly and sociable, plant dad, needs validation, great cook/baker, indecisive, cheeky, amazing at chess, not the smartest academically, childhood friends with james and marlene, quick thinker, unintentionally funny, wants nothing more than to fit in, sometimes forgotten, has a really healthy dating history, sometimes has the best pranks and suprises the others
ships:
pebill: peter and sybill trelawney
unknown ship name: peter and james potter (usually a one sided crush)
unknown ship name: peter and remus lupin
partyvan: peter and barty crouch jr and evan rosier (this is mostly made as a joke)
#rwtr.txt#marauders#marauders era#char tag 🐈#james potter#sirius black#remus lupin#peter pettigrew#wolfstar#the marauders#marauders headcanons
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Incorrect Quote Generator - The Boys
Homelander / John = Antony Starr
Shadow / Nick (OC) = Andrew Garfield
Soldier Boy / Ben = Jensen Ackles
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Nick X John (Romantic) (Situationship?)
John & Ben (Platonic) (Hate! Family Relationship)
Nick X Ben (Romantic) (Romantic Relationship)
Nick : Look, last night was a mistake.
John: A sexy mistake.
Nick : No, just a regular mistake
John: When you said 'Magic in Bed', I wasn't expecting this...
Nick : *pulls out card from deck* Now, was this your card?
John: Holy moly-
Nick : Go fuck yourself.
John, smugly: Sure, but only if you watch
Nick: John, you do remember when we agreed we were better off as friends, right?
John, naked in Nick's bed: No, I absolutely do not.
Nick, already taking off their clothes: Fuck… Me neither.
Nick: What’s your body count?
John: Do you mean sex or murder?
Ben : looks over John ’s shoulder at their laptop What the fuck?
John : slams screen shut It’s just research! For something I’m writing about! I swear that’s it!
Ben : Why the hell would that involve the breeding habits of frogs?
John : It’s not just “frogs”, it’s the Surinam Toad. And it’s not “breeding habits”, it’s how they raise their young. This is important information my audience needs to know!
Ben : That doesn’t change the fact this is for one line in a fanfiction.
John , offendedly: You don’t know that!
Ben : I hear no denial.
John : My life is a mess.
Ben : Son relax, go get a beer.
John : I don’t want a beer.
Ben : Who said it was for you?
John : There’s no “I” in team, but there is one in pizza.
Ben : So, you’re not going to share?
John : I’m not going to share.
John: Look, I know we don’t always see eye to eye but—
Ben : Thats because your too short to do so.
John: …Listen here you fucking—
John: I’m totally useless.
Ben : You’re not totally useless.
Ben : You can be used as a bad example.
Nick : Ben and I are no longer friends.
Ben : NICK THAT IS THE WORST WAY TO TELL PEOPLE THAT WE’RE DATING!
Ben : Do you want to explain the text you sent me last night?
Nick : It was autocorrect.
Ben : Autocorrect wrote "You're so hot. Please step on me."?
Nick : Yes.
Nick : I want to be with you for the rest of my life.
Ben : Damn, that sounds like a marriage proposal.
Nick , getting down on one knee: That's 'cause it is.
Ben : Fight me!
Nick : gets on one knee and pulls out a ring
Nick : Fight me for the rest of our lives.
Ben : I’m in love with you.
Nick : We called off the prank war last night at midnight, dork.
Ben : I know.
Nick : Ah. Okay. Um. Cool. Neat. Very cool. Cool. Cool. Coolcoolcool-
#soldier boy x male reader#soldier boy x reader#male reader#x male reader#jensen ackles x male reader#jensen ackles x male!reader#jensen ackles x reader#soldier boy#the boys#the boys x male reader#the boys tv#homelander#solider boy#homelander x male reader#soliderboy x male reader#john gillman#homelander imagine#homelander headcanon#homerlander x reader#john gillman imagine#john gillman headcanon#john gillman x male reader#john gillman x reader#the boys imagine#the boys headcanon#the boys x reader#top reader#supe reader#the boys x supe reader#homelander x supe reader
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Brain go brr on the Q&A
+Xander trying to hide his piercing from his school is so him, I love it.
+Listen, I don't want to overthink the Q&A too much, but my brain won't let me be normal about some things. The birthday thing caught my eye. Supposedly, some of the dates are important, but the rest are meant to be spread out, right? But Veronika and David's birthdays are, like, two days apart, so does that mean they're important? Same with Ace and Arei (ike three days), but at least Ace's birthday is Halloween so it's not hard to figure out. I don't remember most of the other birthdays, so I don't know if there's more examples.
+Why is this the "new David"'s default sprite? Is he so smug it runs all the way to his default pose? What.
+David can cook, malewife status confirmed. Also, "how does he handle his feelings? Badly" That's hilarious.
+New info on the Spurlings! This is getting outta hand, now there's two of them! I'm really intrigued as to what the hell their deal is. And Duke could have been alive during the Tragedy? What are we implying here? So many questions!
+Ace is officially gay! Many people are happy with this development. Though I have to ask, did anyone ship him with any woman? Now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever seen that. Anyways, not like it matters now!
+Pan Veronika, pan Veronika, pan Veronika yes! I love it! New headcanon; she just dates/has sex with anyone she thinks will be entertaining to date/fuck. "Bit-sexual", as internet funnyman Alpharad would put it.
+I swear the David sexuality thing is an actual quote from somewhere. Hold on.
Found it! Not the exact wording, but Andrew Garfield said something like it once. I love it, it's perfect for David!
+So Charles' scar is a dog bite, but he doesn't remember and thinks it's a birthmark? Is it... related to his brother's death? Dev, what. You can't just say things like that and then not elaborate. /j
+Levi with a sweet tooth is fantastic. I think it was already implied in his profile, but it's still great!
+Alright, about favorite colors:
Teruko: red (reasoning: association)
So... Xander or Mai? I'm leaning towards Mai, frankly.
Charles: "Why would I assign emotional value to colors? That's a ridiculous waste of energy." (cerulean)
That quote is hilarious. And now I can't help but imagine Charles unironically writing "cerulean orbs" in a fanfic-
Whit: neon pink (reasoning: "Pink!!")
God, I love these characters.
J: black (reasoning: cool)
I wouldn't expect less.
Nico: none (reasoning: no interest)
I honestly kinda love this, but also what does it mean.
Ace: dark blue/purple (reasoning: refuses to provide reasoning)
Acevi shippers are eating today, holy.
Arei: azure (reasoning: "I'm blue, so clearly it's the best color!")
Why did you have to die?
Min: taupe (reasoning: comforting)
Min information: absorbed. Love it. Also her design has a lot of taupe (I think) so it's comforting to me too.
Veronika: white in conjunction with other colors (reasoning: brings out other colors well)
Huh.
Alright, now least favorite:
Whit: gray (reasoning: boring)
Alright, tone it down, Kamukura.
Rose: none (reasoning: all colors have their value in the right situations)
Fantastic, I adore this.
Eden: blue (reasoning: "Kind of a downer color...")
Areden shippers in shambles. How would you say this about your girlfriend's color, Eden?
J: pink (reasoning: obvious)
If you listen closely, you'll hear Whit's heart breaking in the distance. But this is expected.
Hu: blueish white (reasoning: sterile)
This is Arturo's fave. Are we setting up a foil thing here? I'd honestly love to see it, Arturo and Hu may be the characters I want to see the most of after maybe Veronika.
Nico: white (reasoning: unsettling)
Nico, what- what the hell are you talking about?
Ace: titian (reasoning: doesn't like himself)
Ouch.
Min: white and pink together (reasoning: annoying)
Dude, Whit cannot stop catching L's here, what is going on. Anyways, Min info absorbed.
Veronika: white in the absence of other colors (reasoning: soulless)
So, this is pretty interesting and all that... but she dislikes the same color as Nico? The Vero-Nico dynamic grows stronger! You love to see it. Or I love to see it, I adore them as friends/spiritual siblings.
+Ace has nine siblings?! That's a lot of kids!
+Nico cuts their own hair, and gets the cat ear things to stay up? Ultimate Hairdresser in the bulding!
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Veronika's single green earring is a 'good luck charm' given to her by her dearest friend.
Aafgsj- Who?! Okay, first, I didn't even realize she had that, so thanks for pointing it out. Second, you can't just say that! Because you know I'm gonna assume that's Mai, especially with it being a 'good luck' charm when Mai is (kinda) the antithesis of Teruko and thus (kinda) the antithesis of bad luck. Am I to assume Veronika will be plot relevant now? Because I sure hope she is! I wasn't supposed to overthink the Q&A, dev, but look at what you're doing to me!
+Now the ice cream flavors:
Charles - coffee
This is actually stated in his profile. You gotta admire the consistency.
Hu - rose
Honey, wake up, a new random ship based on one (1) detail just dropped. It's a pretty cute one, too.
Nico - "the flavor" (doesn't elaborate further)
What is Nico doing in this Q&A? What am I supposed to gather from this?
Min - lemon
Min info drop spotted. I'm very normal about this character.
Xander - sauerkraut???
Xander, what the fuck are you talking about.
Veronika - funfetti
Honestly love this. White with other colors, right? It's perfect!
+Rose's painting preferences are cool to know, and she does give off a bit of middle child vibes, idk why. And two moms? Pog.
+That concept art! DRDT would have ended a lot earlier if Arei simply had a gun.
+Smells! (which of you people-)
Veronika - Womanly perfume (heavy)
I... was not expecting that! But it's Veronika info, so I absorb it. I kinda like the idea.
Nico - Cat
The more I learn about Nico, the more I love them.
Min - Lavender/eucalyptus/lemons/whatever essential oil she decided to use that day
W-Why does she use essential oils? I guess they must help her relax, because there's no way she actually believes they have any other benefit. Unexpected, but it's neat.
Whit - Fruity fun shampoo (for kids)
Yeah, yeah.
+Interesting that the Spurling Foundation and XF-Ture Tech don't have any connection, I guess that post I made on Min's secret is slightly outdated. Still, XF-Ture Tech "seems to do a lot of other things", huh? Peculiar.
I loved this Q&A, it was so much fun! I hope something like this is done again in the future, it's great.
#drdt#danganronpa despair time#fanganronpa#drdt q&a#this is so much fun!#im not tagging the characters
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Pov: you've been raised to belive that the moment you become 16 your deemed f*able so you have to pretend your 12 and where a chastity bracelet all while simultaneously exploiting yourself on stage. Oh and there's this anoying dude with nice guy syndrome following you around and awkwardly fawning over you hes also your dad's apprentice (whos a drunken asswhole who hides important information from you) suddenly this cool and charismatic theatre kid with memory loss joins your theatre group and makes everything awsome! For some reason the nice guy played by Andrew Garfield hates him wonder why? Anyway turns out the reason why your dad is a weirdo is because hes selling you to the devil the moment you turn 16. So naturally you f*k the mystery man (whos age is conveniently conspicuous despite clearly being like 40 max) and find out that hes actually a really terrible person like the SCUM OF THE EARTH. So you pick the less of 2 evils and just give into the devil exept your dad made a deal with him AGAIN and now your free to be with Andrew Garfield i mean mediocre man number 2
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By: Pamela Garfield-Jaeger
Published: May 13, 2024
The following is an excerpt from my new book, "A Practical Response to Gender Distress, Tips and Tools for Families”, available on Amazon.
New personal pronouns can seem harmless and fun, and they are considered inclusive by many people, such as teachers and medical professionals. However, it can be dangerous to tell young children that they can use any pronoun they want. As a seasoned mental health professional, let me explain some reasons why the use of new personal pronouns is harmful for developing children.
1. It’s the first step of being pulled into an ideology that can lead to dangerous and irreversible medical interventions. If a child is given praise for identifying as a different gender and called by a different pronoun or name from an early age, it’s more difficult to reverse that course as the child gets older and deeper into the ideology. The stakes get higher.
2. Alternate pronouns instruct children not to accept who they are, but to seek attention for being something they aren’t. This message is the exact opposite of what traditional feminists have been trying to give to little girls for years, which is to love and embrace themselves as girls. This is a harmful message to all young people during an impressionable time while they are forming their sense of self.
3. This practice is harmful to the small percentage of children who struggle with genuine gender dysphoria and need appropriate attention. If large numbers of children are using alternative pronouns for fun, leverage, or power, how can we know who needs the appropriate support? Many of these dysphoric children have sexual or other trauma in their histories, and they need to be addressed.
4. The introduction of a new pronoun is the first step in dividing children from their families. Families who don’t agree, or who simply have questions, often get torn apart over this ideology. Even families who initially agree with the premise of different gender identities later learn that their children are being groomed to view their own family as an enemy.
In the Substack “Parents With Inconvenient Truths About Trans,” a mom drafted an essay titled “How it Started: How Gender Ideology Has Ruined Our Right to a Family Life.”
Specifically, the mother writes: “Don’t get me wrong, it started off fun and interesting. Pride marches, badges, posters, music, and flags. So many flags! Then the lockdown happened. I started intensely researching and I, a lifelong, radical, alternative woman and feminist did not like what I was learning. ... I am not denying anyone’s existence, we are still loving supportive parents, but I regret not realizing sooner what was going on. ... It became clear, despite all the support and information and discussions, that things were not improving, and we compromised and permitted them to use their new names at school.”
Using a new pronoun and new name divides children from their most important support system—their families—and aligns them instead with adults (such as teachers and therapists) who do not care about them in the same way.
5. Changing pronouns prevents children from forming authentic social connections. If they are pretending to be something they aren’t just to fit in or get attention, children can’t form healthy relationships.
6. Unchecked self-identification gives the message that anyone can enter private, vulnerable spaces. At best, allowing people to arbitrarily choose gender, or reinforce the concept that gender is fluid, makes many girls uncomfortable when they have to share their private spaces with people they wouldn’t otherwise. At worst, this opens a window for predatory boys and men who may take advantage. Unfortunately, these incidents have indeed happened. There was a publicized case in 2021 in Loudoun County, Virginia, where a high school boy who identified as a girl raped two girls in school bathrooms. The school attempted to cover up the incident.
7. Choosing new pronouns provides an incredible sense of power. Under these new rules, not only can the child not be questioned about their choice, but they can also then wield that power over anyone whom they choose. This is especially enticing for a child who has a trauma history and already feels very powerless. Unfortunately, this type of power is not good for a floundering teen who needs guidance and structure.
8. The notion of gender fluidity divorces children from reality, which is the goal in any “critical” theory. If a child can choose to be an obvious “wrong” gender, what reality do they have to accept? “Neopronouns” (or made-up words) are becoming more popular among young people and are blurring the lines between imagination and reality. The New York Times validated neopronouns in an article dated Aug. 12, 2023, titled “A Guide to Neopronouns, From ae to ze.” The article states that neopronouns include terms such as “xe” and “em,” and some of them even date back several centuries, when they were introduced by writers as a solution for referring to subjects without referring to gender. Other fictitious pronouns such as “frog/frog-self,” “peach/peach-self,” “ghost/ghost-self,” and other whimsical identities are being acknowledged as serious in certain circles.
9. Changing pronouns encourages narcissism. This gives a message to the child that the world revolves around them, that their perspective is more important than everyone else’s, and that the child can dictate their own terms.
10. Pronouns create social anxiety. Children feel pressured to choose a new pronoun, making them feel locked into an impulsive choice. In addition, with peers changing identities often, this is also a source of anxiety. The policing of the pronouns creates tremendous social pressure and division among youth.
Many people often think, “It’s just a pronoun.” But consider how chaotic and confusing it is for children who are growing up in a world where reality is being changed at every moment, teachers and friends are demanding speech, girls don’t feel safe, the people they care about are being divided, and they are being led to a path to a lifetime of medicalization.
As George Orwell said, “There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language.”
Children need structure, and they look to adults to provide that for them.
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"it's just a prayer. What could it hurt to participate?"
It's not rude or impolite to not participate in a ritual for a belief you don't hold. It is rude and impolite, not to mention authoritarian, to demand others participate in a ritual for a belief they don't hold.
And once again, you don't have pronouns. The language has pronouns for you. You don't get your own pronouns any more than you get your own verbs or your own conjugations.
#Pamela Garfield Jaeger#pronoun culture#pronouns#neo pronouns#indoctrination#child indoctrination#childhood indoctrination#gender ideology#gender identity ideology#queer theory#secularism#language games#corruption of language#religion is a mental illness
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The potential Spock two parter we could have gotten on Enterprise
Star Trek: Enterprise (or just Enterprise, as it was originally called) is an interesting series. A prequel set 100 years before TOS and 200 years before the TNG era of series, it had a very mixed at best reception when it first aired, and of course was cancelled due to low ratings during its fourth season, making it the first series since TOS to not end voluntarily. But it's been re-evaluated by a lot of fans in recent years and while it usually doesn't rank near the top of peoples lists, there's a general consensus now that the series wasn't "that bad" and even had some pretty good episodes, at least near the end. I'm personally a fan of the series, warts and all. But as good as I think the fourth season is, when it finally embraced the prequel concept it ran away from in its three previous seasons, it could have been even better if certain episode ideas had come to fruition, and I'm going to talk about one such episode(s).
A lot of fans know there was a shakeup in the fourth season, with co-creators Rick Berman and Brannon Braga effectively standing aside for a new showrunner, Manny Coto, who turned the direction of the show around from its weird half prequel/half sequel premise into a genuine prequel to all the series that came before it, but particularly TOS. While this did change reception somewhat with fans and critics at the time of its airing, it wasn't enough to change its ratings decline, so we never got even one more season with this new direction, which is a real shame.
There was an attempt to grab ratings though, by getting William Shatner himself to guest star in a two parter about Mirror Kirk and the creation of the Mirror Universe. Shatner pitched the story himself (written by Judith and Garfield Reeves Stevens, who worked with him on the Shatnerverse novels) and it was well received by Coto, Braga and Berman but apparently Paramount was not willing to pay the modest fee Shatner was asking for the appearance and thus the plans were cancelled. The story pitch, IMO, was quite good so it's a real shame we didn't get to see this two parter but I actually don't want to talk about that today, I'll leave that for another post. Instead I want to talk about another two parter suggestion, that almost no one talks about but would have made for, potentially anyway, an excellent two parter and perhaps even a far superior series finale than what we actually ended up getting.
Mike Sussman, one of the lead writers of ENT, pitched a possible two parter in the event Shatner couldn't be convinced to guest star on ENT involving Leonard Nimoy guest starring instead as Spock. The pitch was inspired by an episode (Mystery of the Blues) from The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles where Harrison Ford guest starred in a framing story about adventures in his youth. Leonard Nimoy would guest star in a similar capacity.
In this episode, Spock would be a distinguished and retired ambassador in the 24th Century, and he would be visited by a young Human/Vulcan hybrid in Starfleet who's seeking guidance for balancing his two alien halves. Spock would then retell a story about how, in the early 23rd Century he met T'Pol, who's a legend by the 24th Century and how he assisted her on a vitally important mission involving the retired NX-01 crew stealing the old NX Enterprise from the fleet museum for one last mission. During this mission, Spock would learn important lessons with the audience learning a lot of new information on Spock. Most importantly, Spock would learn during the course of the episodes to reconcile his desire to be a diplomat like his father and his desire for a career in Starfleet. Overall it would be something of a passing of the torch from ENT to TOS.
I don't know about you, but while this pitch isn't that detailed, and the story would have obviously needed a lot of ironing out from pitch to script, the idea is very strong and it could have potentially been one of the best Spock stories and definitely one of the best ENT episodes. It really is a missed opportunity, and what comes to mind is the Spock two parter in TNG "Unification" which served as a tie-in to Star Trek VI, which is one of my personal favorite TNG episodes and Spock stories. This potentially could have been ENT's version of that. While not pitched as a series finale, it also would have easily been far more suitable as that than "These Are The Voyages".
So what happened to this pitch? Obviously it was rejected, but I couldn't find any reason why. Presumably Leonard Nimoy either wasn't interested or wasn't even approached about it after Paramount rejected Shatner's modest pay demands to appear on ENT, and the only reason we even know about this is because Mike Sussman posted the memo pitching this to his twitter in 2016. I couldn't even find mentions of this pitch outside Memory Alpha. One wonders how many other great ideas were pitched and haven't been revealed.
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🎉 Bracket + Round 4 (quarterfinals) Matchups: Voting for Losers & Honorary Disasters Second chance concluded!
Round 1 Masterlist
Round 2 Masterlist
Round 3 Masterlist
Important update regarding Loser & Honorary Disasters second chance
Useful tags: #disasterbattles (polls), #other polls! (other polls), #propaganda (propaganda), #disasters colorized (tournament art), #updates! (updates)
ROUND 4: MATCHUPS & MASTERLIST
VOTING CONCLUDED
Matchup #4.1: Trexel Geistman (Stellar Firma) vs Pannacotta Fugo (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure) -> Fugo wins!
Matchup #4.2: Cecil Gershwin Palmer (Welcome to Night Vale) vs Wiggle Wigglebottom (Bugsnax) -> Cecil wins!
Matchup #4.3: Teru Hanazawa (Mob Psycho 100) vs Harper Finkle (Wizards of Waverly Place) -> Teru wins!
Matchup #4.4: Miuccia Miuller (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure) vs Ghetsis Harmonia (Pokémon Black and White) -> Miu Miu wins!
LOSERS & HONORARY DISASTERS SECOND CHANCE
VOTING CONCLUDED
Losers & Honorary Disasters Google Form
Google Form RESULTS
Matchup #4 ½.1: Trexel Geistman (Stellar Firma) vs Jon Arbuckle (Garfield) -> Trexel wins!
Matchup #4 ½.2: Gabriel Agreste (Miraculous Ladybug) vs Carlos the Scientist (Welcome to Night Vale) -> Gabriel wins!
(positioned on the opposite sides of the bracket to avoid potentially having Trexel vs Fugo or Gabriel vs Teru again!)
Questions? Concerns? Complaints? Please check the FAQ under read-more for answers!
And as always... may the Worst Dressed win!
FAQ
~"How is [x] character a fashion disaster? I like their look/ they're iconic/ they look alright/ etc. etc."
First of all, this is a very lighthearted competition that doesn't mean to be negative or judgmental! A Fashion Disaster can sometimes be (affectionate): in some cases there's nothing more iconic than a bit of this pizazz. I like quite a few of the looks on this list (and sometimes dress much worse) but if they have been included, this means that either:
1) they have been nominated multiple times
2) they have been nominated at least once and whoever nominated them provided a very convincing or funny explanation of why they were a Fashion Disaster (for example by pointing out one particularly bad outfit - not necessarily their main outfit!)
3) they have been nominated at least once and upon looking them up, I noticed that they tick many of the boxes that were described repeatedly in other people's explanations of what they consider disastrous: e.g. clashing patterns, excessive accessories, crocs, bad haircuts, etc. etc.
In any case, every poll comes with a brief explanation of why people have been nominating a certain character! To make sure that people vote informed ❤️
~"Why are you randomizing matchups instead of seeding?"
I totally see the value of seeding for most competitions, but this one here is largely unpredictable - a lot of characters got the same amount of nominations, and how Disastrous they are is entirely subjective. The competition is also quite visual-based - it's about looks rather than knowing a character, so it's more likely that people will vote for an unknown character than in other competitions, which risk becoming popularity polls quite quickly. Basically: I'd simply have no idea how to determine the ranking of most contestants here for proper seeding! That's why I opt for randomized matches - but I did make sure to put the two most nominated characters on the opposing sides of the bracket.
~"Why is [x] character not included?"
There was a total of 174 unique characters nominated to this tournament! If the one you were rooting for did not make it, I'm sorry! One or more of the following was likely the cause:
1) they have not been nominated more than once
2) they have not ticked as many boxes for what other people considered disastrous as some other characters with a single nomination did
3) a lot of characters have been submitted from the same source. After choosing 3 most nominated ones, I couldn't include more! The rule is max. 3 characters per source.
~"Is propaganda encouraged?"
More than encouraged! Please tag me if you make any posters/posts/try to support your faves in another way throughout the tournament, I'd love to see and reblog it! ❤️
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Just had a donut and a glass of milk
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The Adventures of Robin Lloyd(Robin Lloyd no Bouken) is a 3D PS1 action adventure game with some puzzle elements developed by Gust and released in Japan on January 6th, 2000.
You play the as the titular Robin Lloyd, a young detective who is hired by a woman named Alicea Garfield to find her missing fiancé, Ryile Rockwood, an archeologist who disappeared while looking for a crown jewel called the Rose of Awakening, which had vanished from the crown. A criminal by the name of Colonel Doil is also searching for the jewel.
Gameplay consists of investigating by examining objects in the environment, gathering information and solving puzzles. Objects and people can be examined in 3D by rotating them around(think like the 3D examination parts of Case 5 of Ace Attorney 1) and checking various parts of each by hitting O/Circle. Items can also be used on some while examining.
There's also some parts with combat that has Robin using his gun to fire at enemies or roll to dodge, and some battles have him using his car, which also has a gun attached to it.
The game seems to be very short, however, only having two Chapters/Cases, based on what I've seen, and feels like it should have been longer. There also doesn't seem to be a fan translation at the moment, either.
I think the game might be available on the Japanese PSN.
Here's the video from 'Import Gaming FTW' I watched that detailed the game, for those interested.
I'd found out about this game from that YTer, and wanted to talk about it for anyone who could be interested in taking a look at it.
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𝚁𝙾𝙻𝙴𝙿𝙻𝙰𝚈 𝙱𝙻𝙾𝙶.
Oh? Hello, I guess. I didn't expect to see anyone here.. Do you like video games? How about movies? Did you know I'm actually a screenwriter? Well not actually.. I mean I kinda am, or I think I am? I did help in a muscial though, they used the script I wrote. I thought it was pretty cool! What did you think?
𝙾𝚄𝚃 𝙾𝙵 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙴𝚁, 𝙾𝙾𝙲.
Yello, Yello! I'm Lore, or well that's what you can call me. I guess that's weird to use as a name or nickname, but yeah you can call me that or Rory! Welcome to my roleplay blog for Young Neil, I have not seen any other roleplay blogs for him yet so I decided to make one plus I wanted to join in on the fun!
𝙸𝙽𝙵𝙾 𝙰𝙱𝙾𝚄𝚃 𝙼𝙴 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝙼𝙾𝚁𝙴
★ I'm in my early twenties, so do understand I have a job and life to worry about, I also can be quite busy but I'll do my best to keep everyone updated and things of the sort.
★ I have a terrible habit of forgetting things or getting sidetracked, so please bare with me. I may get things confused and if so feel free to correct me!
★ I have a lot of brain rot going on for certain things currently, that specifically being Scott Pilgrim Takes off/vs the world. Kieran Culkin, succession, and Lymelife which I obsess over every single day. Oh, I'm also a huge Garfield and Pink panther lover.
★ I'm a rambler, sometimes I get excited and start talking too much. So my apologies if I post too much, I also might be a bit extra with trying to make everything look nice or good.
Anyways, let's get to the more important information as well as some rules and basics.
☕ I've watched both the show and movie, but have not read the comics yet. Although I have read up a few of the characters wiki and have been spoiled so I know something's but not a lot.
👾 Everyone is welcome to ask or even just pop in, you can also claim emoji's, just let me know and I'll add them to the anon list! Ooc, Non-canon, Canon are allowed. Shipping as well, as long as it's nothing illegal or wrong. Examples being Neil X Knives, or trying to ship a character who is lesbian like Roxy with Neil which I doubt would happen but better to say something cause you never know honestly with how the internet is.
☕ Nsfw is not allowed, you could perhaps make a few light jokes or something just nothing to vulgar and keep it vague please. Politics, Problematic asks, or anything along the lines are not allowed.
There's also what's been happening with Palestine and Israel, I am Pro-Palestine. Hopefully I'm wording that correctly, if not my apologies. I have an ooc account where I will spread awareness for that, reblogs and likes of the sort. My likes for this blog will most likely be full of stuff for support of Palestine as well, if you do not like that do block me. It's not that hard.
👾 I will not tolerate hate torwards anyone's gender, sexuality, race, or anything of the sort. Pro-Shippers and Com-Shippers, do not interact.
☕ Other than that please be respectful, and let's have fun!
𝙾𝚄𝚁 𝙻𝙾𝙲𝙰𝙻 𝙰𝙽𝙾𝙽𝚂
Make sure to let me know if you want to claim an emoji, you're welcome to pick anyone you'd like or some type of combination of emojis as well! ^^
#young neil#neil nordegraf#scott pilgram takes off#scott pilgram vs the world#roleplay blog#scott pilgrim roleplay blog#Spotify
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hello may I request some Jason and raven at a gala/ball event
Hello,
So, not a true gala, but I just found out the devestating fact the Queen, Nichelle Nicholas, the beautiful, stunning and amazing Lt. Nyota Uhura passed, and I have been through my tumblr about 7 times collecting all my oneshots and AUs and somehow I do not have a Star Trek AU. A travesty to my Trekky self; so I'm fixing that.
Lt. Todd...
Humans are weird, that was her only conclusion; even her own vernacular did not have words to describe the peculiarities of humans, but alas, humans had many words to describe their peculiarities. Azarathians were different from humans, and she was continuously surprised. Particularly by the human need to nickname everyone and everything all the time; for example, her name Lieutenant Raven Rachel Roth, her aliases were: little bird, love, sunshine, sweetheart, love, and Rae. The infuriating Rae, which she could never get her fellow Lieutenant to cease calling her. She wanted to be furious by it, but he had never ceased since their time in the Academy.
Lieutenant Jason Peter Todd, xenolinguist, prized member of the bridge upon USS Enterprise, her infuriating rival and persistent human of nicknames and odd human vernacular.
If it were not for the fact she was Azarathian she would’ve throttled the human, but alas, she could not throttle the human. No, that would be very bad. She wanted to, but it would be bad, and not the proper Azarathian thing to do. So she refrained, even now as she stood amongst all these humans, watching as he flittered about, at least he was not as persistently sociable as the other humans he was related to. His brothers were rather intolerable at times, especially the eldest who was a strain on Raven’s nerves. Thankfully, Lt. Todd’s siblings were not commissioned to the USS Enterprise, if they were, she truly might go mad.
She stiffened when she saw Garfield Logan making his way towards her, he was a human actor, and important to the American Hollywood, and she did not like him. Looking around frantically for a more suitable human to converse with to evade the socialite, she saw Lt. Todd, and scurried over to him. For as irritating as Lt. Todd was, he could be respectful, and was not handsy with her.
“Little bird?” Lt. Todd saw her approaching him, and she grimaced.
“I do not like it when you call me little bird, for I am not the strange feathered creature you claim I am named for,” she informed him crisply.
“Naturally, what brings you over here, Rae?”
“I do not like being called Rae.”
“Work with me here, sunshine.”
“Very well, humans are tactile, and I am Azarathian,” she reminded him. “There is a particularly ‘handsy’ human who has pursued me every time we dock in California.”
“I see,” he muttered sourly. Azarathians were empaths by nature, and though she learnt to filter and regulate her own emotions and those around her, it was almost unbearable when someone persisted on contact with her. She was an engineer, she did not work with humans who needed to touch her, and touch to most Azarathians was as intimate and precious as human kisses or human sex, it was… very personal and intimate.
“I do not wish to have him near me, and you are tolerable,” she explained.
“Really boosting my ego here, little bird,” he chuckled.
“Your ego is gargantuian Lt. Todd,” she primly stated.
“Sarcasm! Did you…!?” he sputtered in delighted glee.
“Captain Stone persists human sarcasm and dark humor will have me connecting better with my human peers,” she explained.
“I’m so proud!” he laughed. “And yes, Rae, you can hang with me. Completely clothed arm here, so… my grandfather would kill me if I do not offer,” he held out his elbow then. She blinked a few times, but spotted the human women looping their arms with their selected mates, so she hesitated before her hands rested on his arm.
“I… thank you,” she said softly.
“Of course, little bird,” he chuckled.
“I am Lt. Roth,” she reminded him.
“And I’m Jason,” he countered. “We don’t need to have so much formality, sunshine, we are friends.”
“We are?”
“Is that so strange?”
“No, but I had not thought to classify our interactions,” she shrugged as he guided her through the crowd.
“Well, we’re friends, and human bonding tendencies mean we are friends for life,” he dramatically informed her.
“Your species is not monogamous, merely practicing in monogamy,” she quipped.
“Where as Azarathians select partners for life,” Lt. Todd countered. She was stunned. “Don’t look so surprised, little bird, part of xenolinguistics is speaking the languages, the other parts are understanding the cultures and species,” he explained.
“I see… not many humans know that about my species,” she murmured softly.
“I know, I also know you have a second pair of eyes, shape shifting capabilities in skin and hair color, and an uncanny telekinetic ability. Azarath also partakes in magic and sorcery practices, which are very secret and private, and your main deity is Trigon, which is a god of war, but your people are rooted in peace practices, which are highly formal, and almost Buddhist in nature for an analogy to Earth’s understanding,” he informed her.
“You have studied my people,” she said softly.
“Of course, I like studying what interests me,” he quipped. “Also, your people, and your species as a whole is a rather reclusive lot, so I was very curious about you since meeting you.”
“We are not… adventurous,” she said carefully. “As a people who worship a war god, you should be thankful, we were once an empire to rival Tamaran, and were their enemy for many milleniums.”
“Thankfully, you guys like Earth, and agreed to join the Federation,” he mused.
“Tamaran attacked you first, and the enemy of our enemy is our friend, I do believe your people say this,” she mused.
“We do, but admittedly Azarath and Earth are one of the best alliances alive in the Federation,” he cackled.
“Lt. Roth, I thought that was you,” Garfield Logan got near her, she cringed when he reached for her. Lt. Todd moved himself between her and the other human.
“And we were just leaving,” Lt. Todd said as he herded her along. For the first time in all her time knowing the human she was thankful to be in his presence. “I have to show you my literature collection, little bird!”
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Caius Cosades Is Stressed
Cause Cosades is sitting on his bed in his Balmora home, reading through new reports from his subordinates in the Blades. The imperial spy master considers his new mission. Emperor Uriel Septim VII himself has tasked Caius with mentoring a chaotic khajiit, a convict from the imperial city, to suit a local dunmer prophecy. The preasure of attempting to manage a chaotic new underling is compounded by the preasure of knowing that the emperor believes this person to be a Hero, prophecied tonsave the world.
As he often does in times of stress, Caius chooses to indulge his bad habit. Without taking eyes off the coded documents, he reaches down tonthe floor to grab his skopma pipe. What started as part of his cover identity has become a bit of a crutch for him as he gets older. He tries his best to be moderate and not indulge overmuch, but today he is particularly stressed. It turns out his prospective Nerevarine has sticky fingers, and has already landed themselves jail time in Ald'ruhn. Thankfull they hadn't stolen from anyone of importance, but it was an annoyance to be sure. A supposed prophecied Hero in jail for stealing pies of all things. Terrrible. What the Nerevarine intended to do with forty of the dawn things Caius had no clue. Seems any hope of them getting in the good graces of House Redoran is dashed for now.
Grasping for his pipe, Caius startles when he realizes it isn't there. He always leaves it on the floor peeking out from under his bed. A position in which it is visible to the attentive, but looks as if he had tried to hide it and done a poor job. An excellent reinforcement for his false identity of a jobless old sugar-tooth. Perhaps last time he indulged he put it somewhere else. Caius sets his papers down and stands from his bed. Where could his pipe be? His home was small, only a single room, but he had a few secret comparments for hiding sensitive material. Perhaps last time he partook he hid it a little more seriously. Caius searches the likely spots finding a few old documents that he really ought to burn, some mementos of absent friends, even a spare bottle of skooma, but the pipe is nowhere to be found. He considers a moment, thinking back to exactly when he last saw it.
He had been going over the history of Morrowind with the Nerevarine, trying to impart knowledge critical to the mission. That khajiit had a tendency to go off topic or waste time on banter when they should be memorizing the information. Caius remembers giving his sooma pipe a longing look as the khajiit kept distracting him from his planning. That's when the realization hits him. The Nerevarine, he must have stolen it after Caius got him to finally shut up! The banter was a diatraction to get him riled and throw him off! The filthy little fetcher couldn't even hold himself back from stealing from his superior officer. The stress and anger finally break his composure, and Caius angrily shouts the khajiit's name.
"GARFIELD!"
In a jail cell in Ald'ruhn, an orange khajiit sneezes. Someone must be talking about him.
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unfortunately since the one time i dreamt blog is not accepting submissions rn i have to tell yall myself like a big boy
today i had a dream where mr burns was running a sims 4 wizard of oz emerald city tower and had like 50 people locked in there and i was one of them but i was rlly good friends w smithers so he distracted me burns just long enought for me to go down a floor but the floor had a classroom in it and so i had to sit down and take the lesson but was informed by ronald dahl that i was late so like big bummer man so i did my work on building bombs on the computer apparently when i turned to me and jim davis turned to me and said "dont tell anyone, but the reason theres so many fucked up pictures of garfield everywhere is because when i was a kid i would paint on my homework. surprisingly nobody notices when youre painting in class" i know he said not to tell but its really important because he kept showing me little plastic sheets with fucked up paintings of garfield with like ballpoint pen on top and i was like wtf but then mr burns came back and was like "SMIIITHEHEERRSSS THROW HIM IN THE LAZY BOY" and so he did but its okay because i had a drink but the lazy boy was actually a lazy boy washing machine so while i was drinking my drink it would spill a little because i kept getting rotated and the only thing i could see was mr burns in a wheelchair sitting in the doorway w smithers while i turned
#one time i dreamt#i just woke up#a dream#sims 4#mr burns#smithers#the simpsons#garfield#garfield meme#jim davis#idk what to tag
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