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This is a meta on Our Flag Means Death episode 5: The Best Revenge Is Dressing Well, Sir Godfrey Thornrose, The scene where he calls Ed a donkey, and so called "race science."

It has come to my attention that some of you apparently do not know what a phrenologist is.

*a note: I'm going to for the purposes of this assume that the guy played by Jeff Lorch is sir Godfrey Thornrose, I do not know this for certain but in my opinion even if he is not Thornrose the same principles still apply to him for reasons I will discuss in this meta.

So lets recap the scenes I want to touch on. At the beginning of episode 5 Stede is teaching Ed how to identify rich people cutlery like they're Barney Thompson and Vivian Ward in pretty woman. Stede bitches at Thornrose for not having enough spoons for Stede's liking. Thornrose responds "My apologies, I hadn't imagined we'd be hosting your kind."

Ed responds "My kind, what kind"

to which Godfrey responds "A rich donkey is still a donkey."

Ed then proceeds to scream at him and then orders Fang to skin him with a snail fork before throwing him overboard. To which Fang presumably responds by either skinning him with a normal skinning implement or forgoing the skinning step and just throwing him overboard, because who tf has time to skin a man with a snail fork.

I've seen some dogshit takes on this scene. I've seen it treated as evidence that Ed is exceptionally violent or abusive or has mood swings or anger issues or whatever bullshit. And I... Do Not Agree. You'll see why.

The next scene I want us to have in our back pocket is the first couple scenes with Gabriel and Antionette. When Gabriel and Antionette introduce themselves to Ed and Stede they reveal that Sir Godfrey Thornrose is a quote "Master Phrenologist." Stede is then expected to study Antionette's head. When he does he introduces his fake craft as "Phrenology, which is the study of the human head." He then takes a wild guess as to Antionette's heritage based on her skull lumps.

Content warning for like real old school racism ahead.

The reason Stede goes for the heritage is because Phrenology is a pseudoscience closely linked to other contemporary race science of the time. It was the idea that bumps on your head, thought to be caused by the pressure of the brain, could be used to identify your personality traits.

Phrenology gets really fucking racist, really fucking fast. Phrenology was used as proof that the white race was superior to other races, and as a justification for slavery and eugenics. Eugenics is the idea that you can improve society through breeding out "bad genes", which is almost universally popular among all types of racists, but the Nazis were big fans of it and there's a direct through line between the race scientists in the 1700s who were into phrenology and modern hate groups and neo nazis. I wanted to use an image here as an example of racist phrenology texts, but it's rough and I don't want to make a cut so I'm just going to link to the wordpress anthropology article I found the picture in, it's sourced and an alright place to start if you're into further reading.

With this information, I would like to use another example, that is relevant to the ethnicities in contention. A French physician who attracted huge crowds with his phrenology lectures, François-Joseph-Victor Broussais, once claimed that Maori people (as well as indigenous Australians) could never become civilized since he claimed they had no cerebral organ for producing great artists.

This is the context in which we need to understand the exchange between Ed and the French captain. I've seen some people claim it's about class and not about race, but Thornrose acknowledges Ed's wealth when he says a rich donkey is still a donkey. It doesn't matter to a man like Thornrose what Ed does or how rich he is or how well he can learn his fucking forks, he's still akin to an animal in this skull molesting freak's racist little mind. If a phrenologist, or even someone who's rubbing elbows with a phrenologist, calls a man of color a donkey they're clearly saying he's an uncivilized animal based on the shape of his face. That's how racists operate.

And Sir Godfrey Thornrose is not just any old racist, he's a racist spreading his ideology to other people, convincing them that people like Ed are inferior, that people like him should be subjugated by white people. He is clocking in for his shift at the racism factory creating more racists.

So basically what I'm saying is Ed should skin him, no quarter for genocidal maniacs. Basically I can tell you're either racist sympathetic or talking out of your ass if you think French captain was fucked up. It was antifascist direct action and I don't want to hear another word about it. I personally believe the only thing you can't come back from is death in terms of being a better person. I also believe that there are situations in which killing someone is more or less fine and you're never gonna catch me feeling bad for a fucking phrenologist when he compares an indigenous pirate to an animal and the pirate responds by doing what pirates do.

Killing Godfrey was based.

Aquarium date w mizu

A/n: did I just narrate my visit at the aquarium and add mizu? Possibly did I use quotes from me and my sister? Also maybe anygays I hope yall enjoy ☺️🤞 should I write a real fic w this? I alr got 1 in the works cough cough baseball mizu

Warnings: NOT PROOF READ idk I don't think there r any but lemme know if there r

Loser!Mizu x (masc?) Reader I tried to make it v neutral but I kinda self projected

Enjoy 😉

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◇Def spends wayyyy to long on parking trying to find the perfect spot no matter how many times she's been

◇Tells you the scientific names of all the fish on the banners on the way in that are used to attract visitors

◇Tells you every fish related joke she knows while waiting in line to get in

◇Cannot stand up straight in the line to save her life she has to lean (but I mean who tf doesn't why tf would I stand up str8 when I can lean)

◇Tries to convince u to let her bring a fish home (you're not even allowed to)

◇Took 1000 pics of the baby penguins

◇(Also asked to take one home)

◇Does not shut up abt the smell

◇Says every cute thing in the exhibit looks like you

Ex:

After walking past the toucan exhibit we make our way toward the baby monkeys per mizus request, walking hand in hand and shoulder to well head because lord knows mizu is tall as shit.

Once we arrive at the monkey exhibit for the first time since arriving mizu releases her hand from yours

"Omg babe it looks just like you!" She eagerly points out

"It does??" You raise an eyebrow at the 5'7 woman towering you, questioning her ecstatic expression

"Yeah!!"

◇Tried to provoke the toucan

"OMG Y/N ITS THE BIRD FROM THE MEME" spends at least 15 minutes trying to find the meme

◇Made you carry her hoodie bc it was so humid

"Babe I told you not to bring it 🙄"

"I thought it'd be cold ☹️"

"Why are there only birds I hate birds"

"Because we're in the bird exhibit babe 😐"

"oh"

◇Pouts when she can't find the animal in the exhibit

"Babe did you know poison dart frogs are poisonous?"

Dies

"Babe stop ☹️"

◇Stuck her hand in the water 'bcuz she can'

"I bet I could survive that jump"

"No tf you wouldnt?"

◇You had to pay for the slushies bc she forgot her wallet (which she definitely owns) ((she doesn't own a wallet))

"BABE THERES FUCKING CROCODILES"

"Dude there's a kid right nxt 2 u"

"Babe wtf"

"What"

"Your mouth looks like a traffic cone"

☹️

◇Constantly asked what would happen if she threw smthing at an animal

Ex:

"What I'd I threw my slushie at the crocodile"

"I'll disown you"

◇Looks in disgust at all the babies and children

◇I cannot express how much she'd compare you to ever cute animal in the exhibit

◇Leans into u when she gets bored like srsly u are supporting this woman's entire body weight

◇Do not forget how CLINGY she is (totally not self projecting) she would not let go of your hand, not to mention she is constantly pressed to your side esp when walking she is js leaning into you (same 😔) she cannot walk in a straight line for the life of her

◇Mizu is either the most shameful person you've ever met or the most shameless

No inbetween

◇The facts omg So. Many. Facts it's acc insane

"Did you know the 'type of animal' is acc a direct descendant of-"

◇Has a donkey Kong lanyard u drag her around by so she doesn't wander off

"Omg that's literally us in another universe"

(Pic credits go to yours truly 😌)

"Omg yn that's a stone fish the one from the meme 😁🫵"

"What meme?"

😨 (she only scrolls on YouTube shorts or insta reels) ((idk why she's shocked))

◇Constantly pointing out how ugly a fish is

"If it were human it could NEVER pull you"

"???"

◇Spent at least an hour in the shark exhibit telling you the scientific names of all the diff species of them and where they originated from

◇Millions of pics of them everytime a shark swam by at least 25 pics would be taken

◇Everytime you tell her to pise for a pic with one of the exhibits she either puts up a thumbs up with the dumbest smile you've ever seen or accidently flips you off then rushes over to you drowning your face in kisses and apologizing over n over

◇Sitting/leaning every chance she gets (and pulling u down w her every chance she gets) ((she is so clingy I can't express it enough))

"When do we get to go to the gift shop?" ◇She asked every 2 seconds if she's not telling you the most outrageous 'facts' she learned from who tf knows where

"That bird is big as shit 😐"

◇Tries to stand like a flamingo falls not even 2 seconds later claiming you pushed her

◇Literally RAN for the shark plushies once yall got to the gift shop

◇Could not decide which one to get so u js bought her all of them bc ur so sweet/you couldn't decide which one to get so she bought you all of them (whichever u want)

◇Got lost in the parking lot trying to find yalls car

◇Yall stopped at chic fil a on your way home

◇Once yall got home you both changed into comfy clothes and layed down and cuddled ofc yall cuddled with mizus ridiculous amount of new shark plushies

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A/n pt2: thank you for reading I hope yall like this ☺️

I don’t know if this is just because I’ve curated my feeds to show me this, but I actually have a sliver of hope that we may stay blue because of all the kids who will be voting age in 2024 being FIRED TF UP against all the human rights violations the republicans are passing/want to pass into law and like. I don’t want the kids to save us. They shouldn’t frickin have to. But if republicans keep being such raging assholes, if they can hold onto that anger until 2024… they just frickin might. I’m genuinely terrified what will happen if they DO NOT, but I have seen so many late-teens-early-20s kids getting out and voting in local elections and doing other things* that helps that I really, really hope they bring that energy to the 2024 election even if our choices are “old white guy who is Actually Doing Okay (could be better but not Genuinely Evil)” and “Orange Incoherent Criminal” or “ Literal Fascist Wannabe Dictator that everyone else actually hates”

(Also, do I wish we had a better option than Biden? Sure. But he’s not doing nearly as bad as a lot of people INCLUDING DEMS want us to believe. Like no maybe he’s not MANY things, but what he is doing is pretty darn good and big and it’s not actual genocide so like. Can we all suck it up ONE MORE TIME PLEASE???)

(*the biggest energy I saw was with the Tennessee Three and I’m like PLEASE BRING THAT ENERGY TO THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION I AM BEGGING YOU)

I mean... like I keep saying, the Republicans aren't trying so hard to outlaw voting because they truly think their policies are popular and people legitimately want to vote for them. They have lost the popular vote in every presidential election except one (2004) since the start of this century, and yet in that time, we have still had 12 years of GOP presidents, because the Electoral College sucks anti-democratic donkey dick so hard.

Likewise, yes: if we get our act together and vote in equal or higher numbers than 2020 and 2022, we will probably-to-definitely win. A turnout of just 27% of Gen Z voters stopped the Red Wave in 2022, so if yknow, a few more of them would do so in 2024, that would be nice. Republican policies are toxically unpopular with young people, but these are often also those most susceptible to "evil Democrats/both sides bad" anti-voting propaganda, so it's not always clear how this adds up to extra points for Team Blue.

Anyway, at this point, it's still too early to know what the hell will happen between now and November 2024, how Felonies Georg's charges numbering possibly in the literal hundreds will affect the race, or any of that. As ever, however, we do know that the crazies WILL vote en masse, like they always do, and it is up to us to do our part.

I’m rewatching Good Omens 2, but I’m analyzing it and taking notes this time (I need to know everything). Here’s what I have for episode 1!!

Episode 1

- “Oh, I can. I’m very good at forgiveness. It’s one of my favourite things.” S2E1 9:57

- Gabriel shows up at Aziraphale’s bookshop bc he forgot everything when he got in the elevator. He was gonna take it to hell to find Beelzebub, but he accidentally took it to Earth. Dirty Donkey is across the street from A.Z. Fell and Co, which is a familiar (and angelic) location. Could probably sense that it was a safe space for him to be

- Michael was on the phone with Beelzebub

- The fly can be seen crawling on the box just before Aziraphale goes to pick it up

- “Gayyyyybriel” 20:56

- “Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out” Job 41:19 (written on matchbox)

- When Maggie calls him an angel, he says “nothing of the sort”

- Distancing himself from heaven? He’s no longer an angel?

- Or is it like all the times he claimed he and Crowley weren’t friends/didn’t know each other?

- Is he telling the truth or lying bc he’s scared of the repercussions?

- “Doing good again, angel?” “Oh it hardly counts. A purely selfish action.” (24:40)

- He’s no longer working for heaven, so he’s not obligated to do good. Crowley appears to be teasing him in a “don’t you wanna go apeshit?” kinda way.

- He now has to justify his good deeds by saying they’re for selfish reasons.

- Like Crowley has all along

- Does he see himself as a demon now?

- Like in the Job minisode when he thought he was going to fall for lying?

- Or is he just hella anxious bc of naked Gabriel in his bookshop?

- Nina immediately getting defensive when Maggie gives her the LP

- Says she doesn’t have anything to play it on, which is true, but it’s also a refusal of the gift

- Immediately tries to turn the conversation professional/tries to get Maggie to order

- Then brings up her partner/how controlling she is

- It’s an unspoken “please don’t do extra things for me bc my partner won’t like it”

- Obsessed with the fact that “Jim” doesn’t know literally anything, but found a duster and was like “ooh hell yeah I’m gonna deep clean this place”

- Why is it that they only communicate when they’re arguing?

- Aziraphale really likes suggesting that the only way to solve arguments is for them to separate

- Communicate and then compromise omg

- Crowley can summon lightning

- Why was this never brought up again?

- It might fall under the broad “they’re more powerful than heaven and hell realize” category

- But it’s a big thing, you’d think it’d be brought up again

- But y’know, it’s a plot device for Maggie and Nina’s fanfiction moment

- Michael and Uriel’s power struggle

- Michael’s all “we’re equal, I’m just a little more equal than you”

- Uriel’s all “this is bullshit, why can’t I give the orders too”

- Saraqael is all “shut tf up, you both suck, there are important things to deal with”

- The archangels not only see humans as vastly inferior, they see all the other angels as such too

- And the angels know it too

- Muriel introducing themself as “no one”

- Beelzebub is literally all “Crowley you could have my job if you find my himbo bf for me”

- Extreme sanctions

- “That isn’t actually a thing. That’s just something we used to joke about to frighten the cherubs” (35:37)

- Why doesn’t Crowley know about the Book of Life?? He was a high ranking angel (throne, dominion, or above), why doesn’t he know about the “extreme sanctions”?

- I think the Book of Life is just a bluff

- Nina’s “why not?” when Maggie says she doesn’t drink

- Bracing herself for a sob story or a “it’s so not good for you” type of lecture

- “Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy”

- IT SKIPS OVER “DINING AT THE RITZ”

- I AM UNWELL

- God I hate the fact that Lindsay didn’t go to Give Me Coffee or Give Me Death to check on Nina

- “Worried texts from Lindsay” nope, she’s not worried, she’s abusive

- Why is “a proper apology a humiliating dance?

- Don’t get me wrong, I love the dance, but PLEASE COMMUNICATE OMG

- Zira did the dance in 1650, 1793, 1941

- Crowley cut him off, was he gonna list more times????

- CROWLEY IM BEGGING YOU TELL AZIRAPHALE ABOUT THE EXTREME SANCTIONS

- He hasn’t told Aziraphale that he’s still in touch with hell

- He regularly meets with Shax (EDIT: He does tell Aziraphale about Shax, so he knows that much)

- Didn’t tell Zira about Beelzebub showing up in his car

- It’s almost like he’s not willing to let go of the way things used to be (/s)

- And feels guilty that he’s still in touch with Hell, but Zira isn’t in touch with Heaven

- Jim is visibly upset that they won’t talk to him and they instead talk down to him or talk about him right in front of him

- Was the miracle so strong bc Crowley and Aziraphale together are super fucking strong or because Jim accidentally helped?

- While I love Zira and Crowley together being strong, and the whole point of them being underestimated by Heaven and Hell, I think the latter would be funny

- It’s like Shadwell with his finger

- It could also be another way of tricking Heaven and He’ll like the body swap

- They already think they’re super powerful bc of the body swap, this would add to it

- Probably why the Metatron wanted them either to be split or together on his side

- Doin Mackichan and Gloria Obianyo slayed as Michael and Uriel

- I love the way that Heaven matches the modernity of Earth

- Uriel’s “smartphone” and their clothes

"So, are you ready?"

"Absolutely, this is gonna be exciting!" I responded as I held the potion in my hand.

"Wow you're excited for someone who's trying a tf potion for the first time."

"Well yeah! I've been sick of being human for a while, and college is meant to experiment. Plus, I have my human potion to go back to this after."

"Alright then, but you're also sure you want me here to watch?" my friend said as I smiled and began stripping naked.

"You bought them for me, so why not? Plus, we've talked about this before," I looked at the screen and smiled as the human male looked at me with a kind smile.

"On top of that, you've already done so much by going back to being human just to guide me through the transformation. I know you'd rather still be a donkey."

He smiled as I dropped my pants, "True, but I mean, I have to be human to go to work, so it's not that big of an action on my end."

"Well, still, I have no problem with you watching my first change," I said as I blushed and looked down at the bottle. "S-so, um, any signs for taking the human potion INSTANTLY!"

He shook his head. "Nope, nothing we haven't talked about already."

"So only if I feel any pain or get scared?"

"Yep"

I took a deep breath and let it out instantly, "Alright, here I go." I then held the bottle up to my lips and started chugging it. It tasted salty and had a strange musk to it, plus its slightly thick creamy texture only added to the strangeness of it, but it didn't taste bad even then. As the bottle pulled away from my lips, I couldn't help but lick my lips as I looked at the screen.

"So ... how does it feel?" he asked.

"I feel fine. ... A little hot."

"That's good, if it was going wrong, you'd feel yourself start cramping."

He said as I began panting and sweating a bit. "Well, that's good then," I said, in between panting, "Fuck it's hot~."

When I looked back at the screen, I saw him smiling. As I felt the sound around me get louder and louder, I couldn't help but look at myself in the camera at the bottom of my screen. The sight made me gasp as my hands quickly went up to my head to feel my new long floppy ears.

"H-holy shit."

"You okay?"

"Yeah, absolutely! This ... This is GREAT!" my excitement was met with a chuckle.

"Well ... if you like that, then look down."

He said as I looked confused, my ears tilting with my emotion as I looked down to see my cock growing SIGNIFICANTLY larger and changing as I began smelling something ... hot and musky. When I reached to touch it I couldn't help but moan at the intense pleasure I felt from my new equine cock.

"F-FUUUUUUUUCK~" I moan as I then gently wrap my hand around my cock and sit on my bed as I lean back and start stroking myself.

"H-Holy shiiiiit~ That's so good~" Little did I know that as I stroked, the changes continued. Each stroke made thick fluffy hair grow down my leg as I groaned and noticed how much more my cock had grown, when I could feel it hit between my chest. The sensitive shaft was getting bigger and bigger as I felt my balls growing and filling with more and more cum.

"Hey, get up, I wanna watch your tail grow in." my friend said as I heard his lust-filled voice. I got up and leaned against the bed as I began stroking from the position I was in. Now moaning from the intense pleasure of my front combined with the pleasant, stretching of my tailbone. "Good boy~," he said, his voice shivering a little from the arousal he felt from watching me change. His arousal added to my own, as I felt something squeeze between my legs. A thick warm liquid churned in my balls as I stumbled, and heard a clop noise as I looked down, I saw that my feet had become a pair of hooves, this pushing me over the edge and causing thick white semen to ooze out of my cock slowly as if nectar was getting pushed through a tube before hitting the floor of my dorm as I let out a loud bray uncontrollably which made me grateful that I had a soundproof room all to myself. This lasted for about 15 minutes before I eventually felt myself collapse as I tried to catch my breath.

"So, how was it?"

"Amazing~"

"That's good. You make one sexy satyr." I couldn't help but blush a little as he said that, my ears and tail not hiding my feeling in the slightest, as I slowly got up and sat in the chair in front of the camera. "So ... you gonna take that human potion now?"

I had to stop for a second and think. "Naw, maybe later though, but for right now ... I think I'm gonna stay like this," I said as I blushed and my ears dropped. "It just ... feels good being a faun."

"I'm happy to hear that. How about braying for me again."

I blushed, but after taking a deep breath, I let out a nice loud bray that made me cover my mouth and start laughing. It felt goofy, but it also just ... felt so right. As if I was always meant to have this body.

"I'm happy to see that you like it. I've been meaning to ask you, by the way, ... do you wanna join my herd?" my friend asked as I blushed.

"A-are you serious?" I asked nervously.

"Yeah. I'm always happy to expand my herd. We also have plenty of cute males and females who would love to mate with someone like you."

My ears perked up, tail flicked. "I'd love to, but ... I should really think about it first. This is my first time being anything besides human, after all. I don't know if I'm even ready for such a commitment."

"No, that's smart, but just remember that if you ever want to, my invite is always open."

"Thank you."

"Anytime, speaking of which, I got a yard to graze in and a mate to breed. I'm gonna go and let you really get used to your new body. I'll talk to you later."

"You have fun. I'll talk to you later, bye," and with that, the discord call was over, and I sat there looking in the mirror, pleased with my new form.

Aw, feral TF doesn't have to be embarrassing! Donkeys may not be the most majestic animal around, but I think you'll come to enjoy the experience! I'll pack a picnic (with plenty of carrots and apples for you) and we'll go on a fun little hike that'll be nice and easy for a packmule like you!

we can have a nice little sun nap on a private hilltop, and when we get back I can give your coat a nice shampoo and brush. If you behave I'll even braid some flowers into your mane and you'll be the prettiest jenny around!

once you're all cleaned up we can cuddle to sleep together and before you know it the sun will rise and you'll be back to mostly human. You don't mind keeping the cute ears (long and twitchy!), the slender tail (I'll tie a bow for you!) and the giant butt (they don't call em asses for nothing!) right?

just promise to treat me nice when it's my turn, yeah?

🫏 💜

Donkey kong tropical freeze is such a bad game, it's not even really about playing or having fun, it's just strictly super technical and all about inhumanly perfect timing. It seems like a game designed for a cpu that has all the perfect inputs already programmed into it. Playing it as a human player is like... oh, sorry, but you didn't wait until literally the very last frame to jump off the last platform, so now your jump won't be able to cover the distance to the next platform. Sorry, try the last 2 minutes of gameplay you just did all over again! Like what kind of weird ass game devs think that's what makes a game good? Instead of filling a game with nothing but ridiculously challenging platforming that demands inhuman precision, just find ways to make it creative and interesting. I swear so many professional game devs come off like those stupid kids in mario maker who just make stupidly impossible levels where theres some secret shortcut only they know about like "hehe nobody will beat MY level" and its embarrassing. Whatever happened to the old donkey kong style of game where I remember swimming around as a cool swordfish and not worrying about my every input at rapid speed like I'm playing dance dance revolution on expert, but just exploring and enjoying the music and collecting bananas and having fun? The elitist direction of this series is so depressing.

This ask made my eyes bulge when I first saw the preview, but... while I don't necessarily agree with you, I'm gonna meet you where you are.

Tropical Freeze is a game that I think I respect more than I actually enjoy. Its music is incredible, its enemy team is about as fun as can be without actually being Kremlings, its levels are beautiful and you can play as Dixie again, AND Cranky (and now Funky). I don't know if you thought I'd find this ask insulting but I've only ever played the game twice to my memory, and I don't have a huge amount of personal attachment to it. Once, as co-op when the game was brand new, and again when it came out on Switch I did Funky Mode. Whereas I play the original SNES trilogy at least once a year. (edit: actually I'm pretty sure I've done Funky Mode twice)

Because it's been so long since I did the "normal" game, and because I played co-op, I don't have a strong remembrance of how difficult it actually is. But I do remember it being quite hard for us both. If I'm good at any games in the world, I'm fucking good at the old DKCs. I used to speedrun them, I grew up with and was molded by them. And while Retro Studio's work is built off of them, there's a slightly different feel and weight to its demands that are just different enough that I can no longer innately be an expert. (Side note, if you want a game that actually feels more similar to the old games, check out Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair!! It's great!)

So I get where you're coming from, I really do. I think TF is a masterpiece. I say that, anyway, so... Why do I never feel the urge to replay it? But honestly I think that's down to how the game feels overall, its length and level design, its overlong bosses, and not due to its difficulty, which is neither here nor there for me. ...and the fucking rocket barrel levels, I kind of hate them.

See, I do appreciate a good challenge and have played games since that I would consider far more demanding than TF. Of course many of them are indie games, or classic games. Tropical Freeze is pretty hard for a mainstream Nintendo game of the modern era, but lots of people out there love a good challenge and I think it's a good thing that Nintendo/Retro respect their players enough to issue one. Unfortunately, people who want to chill with the silly cartoon animals might end up being frustrated, BUT! That's what Funky Mode is for. It really was a genius idea. Funky Mode is like, so much more fun IMO, it really does replicate the feel I get with the original DKCs, allowing you to go faster and be more confident even if you're not that familiar with TF's level layouts. Even then, it's not totally easy- you still have to be somewhat careful and pay attention, but you can get through the game a lot faster.

And I do want to say, while TF may be the most difficult DKC game, the originals were no walk in the park either. I don't know your experience with how much you've played them, but like I said, for ME they seem easy- after all these years- but I've been around streaming communities, and communities that specifically like to do challenges and casual races, for a long time now. I've seen so many people struggle getting through DKC, DKC2 or DKC3 for the first time. I've seen people give up on doing it without save states. I've seen extremely skilled gamers get frustrated when attempting speed or challenge runs, which granted is a special case, but they have hours and hours of practice and the game meets them there and still kicks them. The DKC series has always been on the harder side, compared to something like Mario which would be the average. I know someone who, like me, has DKC2 as his favorite game ever... but still struggles while playing it. So your description of the older games seems a little rose-tinted. Maybe the early levels were all fun times collecting bananas, but tell me how much peace and vibes you really had in Snow Barrel Blast or Poison Pond or Lightning Lookout or Koindozer Klamber or Parrot Chute Panic or Toxic Tower or- (and that's not even to mention lost world levels)

TF has become a fan darling, but it's ok to not like it. That said, I think its Switch release crafted it into an ideal: a legit challenge for those who want one, and a different mode for those who just want to storm through and yet without it being a totally babymode no-brainer experience. I would like to see any future games offer a balance similar to this, if we ever get them.

....they really do gotta bring Enguarde back though, that's the important thing. I'm not kidding.

Movies I watched in October 2022 & my opinion on them !

Good

Testament of Orpheus, Jean Cocteau, 1960

Dead Ringers, David Cronenberg, 1988 | Sooooooo much better than Crimes of the Future (the 2022 one).

Amour, Michael Haneke, 2012

Mid

Our Mother’s house, Jack Clayton, 1967 | A horror movie that never really becomes one. Great potential imo but it doesn’t really build the interesting ideas presented in the first half (the kids playing are great, the sound really needs a remastering).

EO, Jerzy Skolimowski, 2022 | It was really 50/50. In short : the movie is really good when the donkey is the main focus but as soon as the camera focuses on humans, it becomes cliché, quite lazy, even ridiculous (who tf wrote that Isabelle Huppert scene omg). Which is a shame because the movie could have easily focused solely on the donkey without lacking in any way. I really recommend seeing it tho!

Bad

Saint Omer, Alice Diop, 2022 | Saw this at the FIFIB and it was everything I didn’t want a trial movie to be.

Don’t ask how the bow got there 🎀

MFF badge for @/SmellyWerebeast

are you for real nearly ALL wild animals smell like shit who cares you wouldnt care if you were a cool donkey running WILD and FREE just go wash off in a waterfall???? duh???? and if a human tries to come up to you to make you do dumb shit just kick them with your powerful ass hooves??? tf this is common sense. also who was best friends with shrek? thats right. DONKEY. and his donkey ass got fucked by the sexiest dragon in the whole world. if he smells like shit how he gettin that crazy dragon puss?????? DONKEYS ARE SICK AF

okay you got me at dragon puss you win

More to the point of Geraskier resembling the Shrek and Donkey dynamic

i’m literally so confused with these ppl hating on blyke after the newest episode-

are y’all just illiterate??

i mean honestly

1. blyke is not mad at john breaking his pencil.

reasons:

a. john’s probably making a stressed asf expression because of sera isn’t telling him things

b. OBVI TO EVERYONE ELSE, THAT LOOKS LIKE HES ONE TICK AWAY FROM BEING TRIGGERED BECAUSE THEYRE NOT FUCKING MIND READERS THEY JUST SEE HIS FACIAL EXPRESSION

c. with a reputation like john’s… him brooding and breaking a pencil while glaring into the distance WILL STRESS PPL OUT

d. U CAN CLEARLY SEE THE STUDENTS LOOKING ALL STRESSED IN THE BACKGROUND AND BLYKE SPOKE FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE TOO SCARED TO SPEAK UP AGAINST JOHN

2. YALL THINK BLYKE WILL BE NICE TO JOHN WHEN JOHN’S LITERALLY BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HIM FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON?

reasons:

a. contrary to yall idiot jimps believe, blyke never antagonized john. he just wanted to protect the safe house. the only time blyke showed hostility outright was when john threatened the safe house first

b. john was in a bad headspace, we all know his backstory, but BLYKE DOESNT KNOW HIS BACKSTORY. NONE OF THE OTHER CHARACTERS DO.

c. to the rest of the school, john was literally just a maniac psycho tyrant who tried to give brain damage to people if they so much as looked at him the wrong way.

d. he terrorized the school and his stressing out over sera (WHICH THE OTHER STUDENTS DONT KNOW ABOUT) WILL OBVI SCARE EVERYONE. BLYKE WAS SPEAKING FOR THE STUDENTS AS HE HAD BEFORE, EVEN WHILE TAKING BEATINGS FOR IT.

stop wtf

stop

what can y’all r e a d pls 🥲

“bE kiNd tO joHn” MY ASS

these ppl fucking donkey headed idiots imo

(HALLWAY INCIDENT WAS FREAKING EP 1 AND WELL NEWS FLASH BITCHES ITS EP 242 BLYKES MADE SO MUCH CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT SINCE THEN LIKE GO BACK AND READ EP 195 AGAIN)

if u see this and still nitpick about isen’s pen incident and blowing up the hallway over it-

get tf away from me because i don’t like people who can’t get it into their thick heads that characters actually made character development. i personally may get a fatal allergic reaction. it makes me feel humanity’s going through devolution and it makes me sad.

LIKE STOP IT PAINS ME PHYSICALLY TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO JUST CANT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND

damn i got so riled up about that

but no regrets i said what needed to be said

once upon a time in a there was an evil vampire named Doberman aka Peter he had black hair his slave name was rohan one day Rohan killed doberman aka peter one day he slipped off on the toilet floor and fell into the toielt comod then they found out there is a ghost of Doberman in that palace so doberman haunted Rohan in his dreams Doberman said you cannot run away from me . You don't have any option doberman said you will die a gruesome death then rohan goes to the priest. Preist say he needs to marry ant , donkey , wizard and spider Then he will get free Rohan got mad and flipped the table then punched the priest in the face then that priest died and turned into a bad soul then both doberman and the priest haunted Rohan in his dreams then rohan turned himself into a magical werewolf but he was to weak so he didnt stay as a magical werewolf for long and doberman and the priest kept haunting him then rohan goes to mr Eminem for a help . He's the alpha of alphas but then he realised that eminem was sick and could not help him evil Doberman knew Rohan's weak point cookies which is CHOCOLATE COOKIES rosa rosa was doberman's friend TF rosa kills Doberman for shipping rohan with her. then they all die Doberman returns -- second plot then doberman cried because he realised that he was lonely cause everybody else was dead "Who do I live for now?" He screamed at the sky. Life seemed meaningless to him. In despair, he brought out of his bag the one last taco he had, and started chewing it; while sobbing violently. It was cold. then after a while he began crying and screaming again because he forgot to buy some juice to drink with his cold taco then Doberman started his new kingdom. He became kind . Then he married many ladies then every lady divorced himm ... Doberman see the destruction of the kingdom . Then again there was the stone age . Doberman stood in the rain " I am alone , finally I got the revenge , but , I have nothing now , his eyes buds swollen by crying , missing Rohan , this time will fly , I will sit in the cave and eat chips watching Pokemon" then after 100 years doberman had watched pokemon and repeated 37 times then doberman was still alone in the cave. He decided to reproduce to expand . But he wanna grow Pokemon humans . So he killed the vampire inside of his but unfortunately he wasnt strong enough so he died and turned into a ghost AGAIN there was an Pokemon angel named dot warner Aka Dottie , she saw a good change in Doberman and then transformed the soul of rohan into body of beautiful girl named Rosa. Doberman was back into life again by angel . Then Pokemon rosa reproduced the hybrid of Charizard ( Pokemon rosa (embedded soul of rohan) and Doberman aka peter) Doberman wasnt lonely anymore and he watched pokemon AGAIN with rosa and the hybrid (what's his name?) at night after making love with rosa , rosa went in a coma , she then realized she was rohan in her previous birth . Rohan groaned and howledddd with his fangs coming Outta . His eyes turned red. He decided to take revenge in rosa human form .... when rosa woke up, she wasnt rosa anymore she was... it was , it was a naked vampire........ Doberman was slept hugging as if he was rosaaaaaaa But......when he opened his eyes he scareeedddd He identified it is rohan Rohan then pulled out a knife and KILLED DOBERMAN AGAIN!!! All of a sudden, Doberman spit out blood as the knife plunged into his heart came into view. "Why?" Doberman gasped out. "For her" Rohan spat out in contempt. "For Rosa" Then rohan became strong and turned to a magical wolf and went to eminem the alpha of alphas Doberman died againnnn. Then.......blackout A sad kingdom Their hybrid son cursed and got angry on his moomma (rohan) He became motherlesss 😥😢 after 15 years, their hybrid son named Luca was no longer a little child Luca grew up. His own family tree and its history confused him, so he decided to burn everything down. On a frenzied rage, he brought fire from the barman's fireplace. Everything burnt... the house was filled with screams of his family members... those whom he didn't even properly know. "Let them burn", Luca said softly, caressing his lighter. "I hate complications." Lucas being the hybrid of Charizard dragon and werewolf and cunning peter , is confused of his own identity . Then the angel dot warner appeared " Child , I know you are alone , I am with you , rohan was a bad king but kind but you are different than them , I will help you to start kingdom again "Pokemon werewolf kingdom"Lucas being a dragon and werewolf , his eyes turned red with rage and happiness and he let the fire outt behind from his ass hole. then he started dancing on senorita song whirling around like a ballet girl Then someone saw luca while he was dancing, and asked if he could join, luca agreed and asked what his name was, he said... the girl's face was flushed , she shyly looked up and said by a stammer " I am rub-y , Ruby " Lucas , the handsome hybrid of dragon and werewolf 's eyes filled with lust .... But not love .... ruby asked him " I am your mate , I can't live without you , can you see me as your mate , alpha?" Lucas smirked and said " o yes , I love you " "I love you too" Lucas's eyes gleamed with happiness (??) A tint of red spreading on his cheeks, "would you like to continue dancing" he asked Lucas and ruby mated and marked each other ....then another hybrid born named Jolly . Lucas and ruby used to watch Pokemon jirachi and many other movies. Little did ruby know , Lucas had an affair with angel dot Warner. She wanted to seize that queen position surprisingly ruby was smarter than dot and she KILLED HER IN HER SLEEP Then jolly and his parents lived happily ever after [End of part one, next part two: Doberman and Roman's return]

From: RMS❤🍷🖤💎 TITANIC (nopornblogs)

Story recorded by @storybot, written by @eminemhardcorefan, @snowbaz-is-life, @comedianno1, @doberman0000, @nhmr7, @meaniebeanie69, @scintillatea, and @hellokittyartistblog