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ideologiesblog · 1 year

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The ANZAC spirit - Australia's defining myth

Every year, on the 25th of April, Australians commemorate ANZAC Day. This marks the start of Gallipoli, the first major military action by Australian and New Zealanders in World War One and has been extended to remember everyone who has served Australia in war. There are two services, a dawn service and one later in the morning. Wreaths are laid, the Last Post is performed and we all stand for the One Minute Silence. As a child, the most important thing about ANZAC Day was the ANZAC biscuits - a delicious wartime biscuit that has stood the test of time. Now my thoughts around this memorial day are quite different.

Part of the reason why the Great War left such a mark on Australia is that until that point, there were no real events that unified the country. Federation occurred in 1901, but it is often said that Australia was born on the battlefields of Gallipoli. While that was a weird sentence to write, it does make sense. During the war, Australian interests diverged from Britain, and pride in being Australian, a sense of Nationalism, was made. The whole country came together for the first time to get through this period.

We all know about Simpson and his donkey, the Englishmen John Simpson Kirkpatrick who fought with the Australian army, carrying injured people from the frontlines on his donkey. But we rarely talk about what happened when these war heroes came back home and many struggled with PTSD, alcoholism, depression and more. Nor do we talk about anything that the ANZACs' did wrong, there is no critical analysis of the supposed uniformly heroic nature of the ANZACs. This memorialisation implies that they were fighting for a just and worthy cause, something worth dying for. But is this simply glorifying war and giving meaning to their sacrifice in an imperialist struggle, far from the shores of Australia?

The legacy of ANZAC Day has had huge consequences on identity in Australia, especially masculinity. Whereas the role of women and Indigenous Australians in the war has only recently entered public discourse. Anti-war and anti-conscription movements are never talked about as it does not fit within the national story. Women were exceptionally active in the anti-war movements, challenging the male-dominated public sphere and the idea of defenders of the British Empire. This was a powerful movement, in 1914 there were 55,000 members of the Australian Freedom League, but it has been wholly disregarded.

Finally, by highlighting the First World War we are overlooking the Frontier Wars. Even the Australian War Memorial in Canberra does not acknowledge the Frontier Wars. With great shame, I must admit that I only learnt about these wars this year. It was not a part of my formal education or talked about in the mainstream media: it is never talked about. The Frontier Wars refer to all of the conflicts between Aborigines and colonists from 1788, when the British arrived, until the last known massacre in 1928. The massacres increased in intensity from 1860 onwards, during which 20,000 Indigenous Australians were murdered according to conservative estimates. I cannot emphasise enough how this part of Australian history has been dismissed, while the ANZACs has persisted in our national discourse.

The ANZACs have become increasingly mythologised, and the influence of this on the Australian identity is profound.

#anzac day #nationalism #australia

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butchbarneygumble · 1 year

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new pinned post wheee

hi! I'm Renée/Finch! 27 years old, he/they. Game graphics student, vegan, furry, cartoon aficionado, just kind of nerding around.

my url is Dutchflonk because I am Dutch and I really like Flonk from Mighty Magiswords, lol.

Some things I post about are Donkey Kong, the Simpsons, Mighty Magiswords, cartoons, animals, quirky games, and things I find funny or make me smile. I've been on Tumblr for a while so quite some things about tumblr history as well... I also post art tagged with #renee's art CONTENT WARNING: discussion of alcoholism is common considering the characters I like. I might talk about death and depression from time to time.

Feel free to ask me to tag things!

Currently hyperfixating on the Simpsons but I do a little bit of everything. My favourite characters are Barney, Smithers, and the Wiggum family, but I like all the characters!

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bunneis · 2 years

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im so happy that the latin american dubbed trailer dropped shortly after so I don’t have to listen to crisp rat’s voice....

anyway let’s see who was chosen for their voices! i know no one cares about latam dubs but hey if you wanna watch the mario movie but don’t wanna hear chris pratt, hey there are alternative options!

sadly, they didn’t bring back any old voice actors from the 1993 movie or the tv shows..... for now.... also this is just the trailer, there have been cases where the voice actors were changed from trailer to final movie

so surprisingly mario is not gonna be played by carlo vazquez but by raul anaya!

he doesnt sell me as mario..... he just sounds like a regular generic guy....

then again it was only like two lines. he’s been in the industry for 26 years. what’s funny is that he has previously dubbed over seth rogen’s voice in kung fu panda. he has mostly played smaller roles, with his biggest role being bender in later seasons of futurama. could have been better, could have been worst

we don’t know who luigi is yet

so i’ve never heard of hector estrada before, and that’s because he’s only been in the industry for 7 years. from what i heard, i think he could make a good browser, trying to match jack black’s energy while giving his own twist. maybe this will be his career changing role, so good luck hector!

miguel angel ruiz as toad, i did not saw that one coming. he’s been in the industry for 15 years. he plays panda from we bare bears

and honestly i just hear panda, like i immediately recognized that voice.....

thankfully even in the english version they seem to be straying away from toad’s scratchy voice so maybe his ‘nervous guy’ type of voice will be fitting for the character, we’ll see

roberto carrillo as kamek, now that’s a good choice! he’s been in the industry for over 42 years, he’s got a lot of experience. can’t even choose a single notable role, heffer from rocko, king candy from wreck it ralph, marty mcfly, he dubbed for robin williams and tom hanks, and so much more honestly. yeah he’s definitely a good choice for kamek. now im hoping kamek is a major character

and finally mau perez, btw i dont think the penguin king is gonna be a major character. still, they got someone pretty fitting for him. he’s been in the industry for 16 years. he does voices for the mcu, boxman from ok ko, some simpson voices in later seasons, skips from regular show, and most recently, el guason (joker) in guason 2019 (joker 2019). he probably was really expensive but still wanted to include him so they just gave him the penguin character lol or maybe he plays a bigger role, who knows

my final verdict for latam dub, how fitting the voices are: mario - no luigi - idk yet bowser - maybe toad - maybe kamek - yes rey pengüino - yes

i really thought they were just going to use voice actors that played the english actors in other roles, or maybe bring back the old voice actors, but they’re doing something new, which means the rest of the cast could be anyone really

so my prediction/wish for the rest of the character: princess peach - dulce guerrero or patricia acevedo (i fucking wished) cranky kong - arturo mercado donkey kong - ruben cerda (he has to be like come on) spike - if we go with the spike = waluigi theory, gerardo reyero possible charles martinet cameo - any previous mario va, so victor delgado or bernardo ezeta

so yeah those are my thoughts on the true mario movie voice cast lol wonder if they’re gonna change again princess peach and toads name to princesa seta and honguito respectively. i don’t think ‘princesa durazno o melocoton’ has the same ring

and rest assured that other countries are using actual voice actors with training and years of experience. the situation in the states is not looking good tbh, and i dont think there is much to change that at this point (other than killing).... oh well....

#s.txt #nintendo #mario movie #i know no one cares about this but its fine its like my own little dairy entry

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rhythmbastard · 1 year

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MARK MOTHERSBAUGH: DRAGON OF THE WEEK NOTES

From my Taste of Dragons Episode!

Mark Mothersbaugh was born in Akron Ohio on May 5th, 1950

Attended Kent State University with future fellow bandmates Gerard Casale and Bob Lewis, who came up with the idea for Devolution of society after their friends Allison Krause and Jeffery Miller was killed in the Kent State Shootings, where Ohio State National Guardsmen killed four students during a peace rally opposing the Vietnam War. Motherbaugh was intrigued by this concept, and used his interest in post-structuralism (where one studies the object and the system of knowledge that produced this object)to build upon the idea further.

They started playing as Devo properly in 1973. Their music has been featured in numerous video games: “Whip It” - Band Hero, Donkey Konga, Rock Band 3, Lips: I Love The 80s, DDR ULTRAMIX 3.

“Uncontrollable Urge” - Rock Band 2, Tony Hawk’s Shred,

“Girl U Want”- Fortnite, Rock Band DLC

“Through Being Cool”- NBA 2K8, Rock Band DLC

“Fresh”- Little Big Karting (most recent album, but that album slaps)

In 1989, Motherbaugh formed a music production company where he did a lot of composition work for: MOVIES: Frequent Collaborator with Wes Anderson and Lord/Miller

Wes Anderson movies (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic), Happy Gilmore, Jump Street movies, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, Thor: Ragnarok, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked and Roadchip, All Hotel Transylvania, All The Lego Movies,The Mitchells Vs. The Machines, America: The Motion Picture. Rugrats

TV: Frequent Collaborator with Klasky-Cuspo and JQ Quintel

Rugrats, Regular Show/Close Enough, Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Beakman’s World, Disenchantment, Our Flag Means Death, Rocket Power (under the project The Wipeouters) Dumb and Dumber: The Animated Series, Tiger King, Santo Bugito, a show no-one remembers, but he’s credited under Mark MothersBUG

VIDEO GAMES:

(w/ Josh Mancell) Crash Bandicoot 1-3 and Crash Team Racing, Jak and Daxter 1-3

Sims 2

MySims

The Simpsons Game Boom Blox - They brought him in to work on Back To The Future, and he thought he was going to work on the score, HOWEVER, Robert Zemeckis, after seeing Devo play wanted him to play Doc Brown

Ratchet And Clank: Rift Apart (w/ Wataru Hokoyama, who worked on Resident Evil 5 and Knack)

-contracted covid before set to orchestral stage

#mark mothersbaugh #devo #vgm #video game music #jak and daxter #crash bandicoot #composer #the sims

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cartoonmanic34 · 4 months

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SuperJail!: Jared’s Bad Day Fanfic

There’s going to be a few references in this fanfic and a few bad words so just a heads up👍⚠️

The Warden’s assistant Jared always gets all clumsy by every job he’s doing when his boss intended him to every single day. The Warden tends to get all pissed off and yells at Jared for every little thing he’s done. Sometimes he scolds him and he spanks Jared or does something more discipline like to him as well. When The Warden has had it, he sometimes takes away Jared’s alcohol collection and will not give it back to his assistant for a few weeks.

But in order for Jared to not get his head bitten off, he has to do a GREAT job on his job and not screw it up. One day when The Warden is watching over the inmates making sure they don’t watch any *ahem* pornography in their cells and doing anything stupid, he happens to hear loud banging noises in the vents. That’s Jared fell out of the vents. The Warden saw him lying on the floor unconscious. “Jared?! What the hell happened?!” The Warden exclaimed. Jared groaned as The Warden spots a bottle of Captain Morgan in his hand.

“What the-?! What is this?!” The Warden exclaimed once again. Jared frowned in tiredness once again in response. “I gave you one job and you have this in your hand?! Give me that!” The Warden shouted as he snatched the bottle of alcohol out of his assistant’s hand. He took a closer look and got very mad. “Captain Morgan?! While you were in the vents making sure nothing too bizarre is happening, you were drinking this?! What the hell?!” The Warden shouted as he threw the bottle to the floor to cause it to shatter. “I told you no alcohol on the job! And what did you do?! You got a bottle of god damn alcohol in your god damn hand! Get in my office! Now!” The Warden scolded Jared as he grabbed his assistant by the hand and dragged him to his office. In his office, The Warden is using a horse whip to lash his assistant on the back. Causing many apologies and promises from his begging assistant.

“Yeah you better be sorry! Because you deserved it! Now I’m going to get someone else to do your job! Because you’ve screwed up yet again! That’s the tenth screw up this month!” The Warden shouted at Jared as he showed him a calendar of how many screw ups his assistant did in the past few weeks. “I’ll… I’ll do better…!” Jared spoke up. “You better be! Because if you don’t, you’re dead to me!” The Warden darkly warned his assistant.

After lunch while The Warden was working in his office, Jared happened to burst in the office without knocking.

(God damn it, Jared!😡)

“Sir!” Jared shouted as The Warden happened to drop his coffee cup that caused it to shatter. “Jared! What the fudge?! Did you I tell you to knock first?!” The Warden shouted. Jared became very nervous with lots of sweat pouring down his huge forehead. “I’m sorry, sir! But I have to tell you something!” Jared responded. “What’s more important than you wanting to tell me something when I’m doing my work?!” The Warden exclaimed. “Well… there’s an issue in the cells and-!” Jared stammered. “An issue?! Did you screw up again?!” The Warden screeched.

(He’s going to lose his voice by so much screaming and shouting geez😮‍💨)

“N-no sir I-!” Jared stammered once again. “Show me where the issue is occurring at before I kick your ass!” The Warden warned him. Jared ran out of the office to show The Warden where the issue is happening. When they arrived at the scene, two prisoners were both choking each other like Homer Simpson choking Bart Simpson to death style while the other three prisoners were cheering them on.

(Simpsons reference wink wink😉)

“Hey! All of you! Knock it off!” The Warden barked as the prisoners all stopped. “Jaxon, let go of your friend now!” The Warden warned the inmate. The inmate lets his friend go. Having The Warden get all pissed and stomp off. “Look it worked!” Jared spoke up. “You ass donkey! You didn’t tell me that in the first place! Now I shall kick your ass!” The Warden shouted. “Wait sir no!!” Jared screamed. The Warden picked his assistant up by the shirt. “Too late now! It’s time for your hourly beating!” The Warden growled in deep anger.

(Dragon Ball Abridged reference😳)

After for what seemed to be one hour of hourly beating, Jared walked in the bar room of SuperJail all black eyed and bruised up. He sat by Alice who was drinking. “Hey shorty. What’s up?” Alice questioned in a rather chill way. Jared groaned in exhaustion. “Feeling low? Here have some of this to drown your sorrows. I’m not planning to drink that.” Alice asked as she gave Jared a mug of beer for him to keep his chin up from his very rough day. “Thanks Alice…” Jared tiredly thanked Alice as he drank a few gallons of beer down the hatch. “Got something new?” Alice questioned. “I’m such a failed person…” Jared responded gloomily. “Failed person? What did you do huh?” Alice questioned. Jared lets out a sad sigh. “You see…” Jared spoke up. After a few moments, Alice heard what Jared had said to her. “So you’re saying that you cannot seemed to do anything right and you occasionally screw things up?” Alice questioned. “It’s true.” Jared responded. Alice felt like she should help out her assistant and help him do things better during his jobs. She knew the only answer to that problem. She stretched her arms, cracking her knuckles at the same time, sat up straight, and looked at Jared in the eye.

“Alright shorty. You listen to the tough Alice here. Here’s some advice for you. Don’t f it up.” Alice told Jared. “If you manage to f it up then you’ll be in one helluva mess and you’ll end up to be The Warden’s next chew toy. If you don’t want to end up like that, all you have to do is to trust your gut and do the best you can. If you achieve that goal, you’ll get better each time. Just like I did when I was in high school. I keep going and keep getting better at it. If you want to be like me, don’t screw things up and you’ll get the heart of gold to keep you up.” Alice told Jared with a serious confident voice. Jared heard all of it and thought that advice might help him become successful on his job without any mess ups and punishments from The Warden. “I’ll do it.” Jared spoke up with pride.

The next day, The Warden took a closer look at the things that were all completed. Feeling all confused. “What the-?” The Warden spoke up with confusion as he walked into Jared’s office and sees him on his computer. “Jared, did you… did you did all this… by yourself…?” The Warden questioned. “I did. All thanks to the helpful advice I took from someone.” Jared responded with proudness. A few moments of silence. “I… I can’t believe it. You actually done it all by yourself. I must say well done for you. For your accomplishment, your alcohol collection is finally back.” The Warden proudly told Jared. Jared turned and looked at his alcohol collection finally put back into place where it was last time. Jared got so happy to have it all back because of what he has done. He happily hugged it all within his arms. “But in one condition, do not screw everything up. Understand?” The Warden told him. “I promise.” Jared responded. The next day while The Warden is doing his work, Jared happened to burst in his office without knocking again which caused The Warden to drop his coffee cup and caused it to shatter again. “God damn it, Jared!” The Warden shouted

(Jared didn’t promise again😓)

Well that’s it for the fanfic. What do you guys think? I’ve decided to change the title of the fanfic because I’m not very good at fast paced typing😓 But overall it turned out great👍 Hope y’all enjoy💖🫶🏻

#tw alchohol mention #tw torture #tw strong language #god damn it Jared #superjail #superjail the warden #superjail jared #superjail alice #fanfic #references #alice is so chill

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anthonysstupiddailyblog · 9 months

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Anthony's Stupid Daily Blog (484): Fri 14th Jul 2023

Re-watched a classic Halloween episode of The Simpsons today and I think I've settled on what costume I'm going to be wearing this year. Halloween costume. The episode I watched was the Hansel and Gretel parody from The Simpsons where a witch turns Homer into a creature with a fishes head, donkeys ears, brooms for arms and a chickens lower body. I mean could their be a more perfect costume. It won't be cheap because I'll have to buy four different costumes and stitch them together but you can't put a price on a niche costume that one person in the whole country might know what it's a reference to. At work today I had an idea for a movie. It's a spin on the movie Yesterday where someone finds himself the only person in the world who remembers The Beatles ever existed. In my movie it will be a guy who wakes up and he's Paul McCartney in the 1960's. At first he's elated because of all the adulation and being recognized as a song writing genius. But along the way he wonders if people actually do love his stuff or if they just say they do because they're fanatic Beatles fans. So one day he goes in to the recording studios to see the other Beatles and sings presents "Uncle John From Jamaica" by The Vengaboys as his own song. The song is released and becomes a huge success with many Beatles fans labelling it his best work which makes him realize that a large chunk of his fanbase just say that they love his new work because they loved his previous work and he's part of the biggest band on the planet. Although I love The Beatles a lot of their work is, let's be honest: fucking shit. A lot of people are aware of this too but they just pretend that the band could do no wrong so this movie would kind of be a fuck you to those fanboy bitches. I haven't figured out what would happen in the second half of the movie or indeed what the plot of the seven sequels I'm envisioning would be but I can worry about that at a later date.

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yhwhrulz · 9 months

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Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for August 1

Tozer in the Morning The Open Secret

But the God we must see is not the utilitarian God who is having such a run of popularity today, whose chief claim to men's attention is His ability to bring them success in their various undertakings and who for that reason is being cajoled and flattered by everyone who wants a favor. The God we must learn to know is the Majesty in the heavens, God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, the only wise God our Savior. . . . The knowledge of the holy God is a free gift to men who are open to receive it.

First, we must forsake our sin. . . . "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God."

Second, there must be an utter committal of the whole life to Christ in faith. This is what it means to "believe in Christ." It involves a volitional and emotional attachment to Him accompanied by a firm purpose to obey Him in all things. . .

Third, there must be a reckoning of ourselves to have died unto sin and to be alive unto God in Christ Jesus, followed by a throwing open of the entire personality to the inflow of the Holy Spirit. Then we must practice whatever self-discipline is required to walk in the Spirit, and trample under our feet the lust of the flesh.

Fourth, we must boldly repudiate the cheap values of the fallen world. . . .

Fifth, we must practice the art of long and loving meditation upon the majesty of God. . . The focal point of man's interest is now himself. Humanism in its various forms has displaced theology as the key to the understanding of life. . . .

God is a Person and can be known in increasing degrees of intimate acquaintance as we prepare our hearts for the wonder. . . .

Sixth, as the knowledge of God becomes more wonderful, greater service to our fellow men will become for us imperative. This blessed knowledge is not given to be enjoyed selfishly. The more perfectly we know God the more we will feel the desire to translate the new-found knowledge into deeds of mercy toward suffering humanity. The God who gave all to us will continue to give all through us to know Him better (The Knowledge of the Holy, pp. 121-23).

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied (Matthew 5:6).

Tozer in the Evening Wakeful Walking

Of course, people resent any word reflecting on them, but every once in a while there appears an awakened soul. Some way or another this person got awake. Somehow God Almighty wakened him or her, whether by the crowing of the rooster or by the braying of Balaam's donkey. This person ceases to be mediocre and somnolent and becomes a blazing, shining light. And then the sleeping saints pay to have him or her come and do their work for them. They send people like this out to South Africa or the Far East to do their work for them. Meanwhile they stay home and sleep spiritually, and earn the money, because they are intellectually and physically awake to send them. When one of these people dies, they write the story of his or her life and may even go so far as to take up a collection to put up a little library in the person's memory. They could call it the "Awakened Saint Memorial." But they are very careful not to be awakened themselves. They are careful and perfect ly happy to talk about how wonderful Robert Jaffray was, but they will not pay Jaffray's price. They can talk endlessly about wonderful Dr. A. B. Simpson, but they will not go Simpson's way. They are careful not to follow the person whose life they write about and whose memorial they erect. But this is what Christianity is all about: the wakened soul, the morally and spiritually wakened. God, who seems so far away, suddenly becomes close. God who had been all out of focus, a blur, now is seen to be the Son of Righteousness in clear sight, with healing in His wings.

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phantomofthepairofdice · 1 year

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The 2023 Rosscars

Welcome to the third annual online publication for the Rosscars (hold for applause while the reader acknowledges the ceasless hilarity of the portmanteau of my name with “Oscars”). This year may not have been the easiest to get through, but there are only fond memories associated with the Rosscars - like when Joan Cusack took home a supporting actress Rosscar for her work in School of Rock and when Michelle Pfieffer won for Batman Returns. These are moments that we remember and cherish. Everyone. We all do.

A few caveats and guidelines: The rules and categories are a little different around here. In keeping with the Academy standard, there are five nominees in each category, except for Best Picture, Best Non-Fiction/Documentary Feature, Best International Film, and Best Ensemble which have up to ten. Every category except for those with 10 entries will have honorable mentions. I want to highlight some things that just barely missed the cut. The narrowing down of a lot of these categories is always tough, but I’m nothing if not a martyr for my medium *hold for rapturous applause*

Distribution continues to be more fractured and odd, so there’s only really one criterion for eligibility, and it seems self-evident: the nominees must have come out/become available between last year’s Rosscars and this year’s Oscar award nominations.

Nominees are listed alphabetically, and the winners are boldened.

Also, it’s important to keep in mind that I couldn’t see everything, and that these are just the opinions of one (self-described) “bozo on the internet.” If you’re a reader and have different picks, feel free to share!

The pre-show events were as rambunctious as ever. First was the longest held tradition of pre-show events at the Rosscars - the Vin Diesel look alike contest. Many bulky boiz showed up with bald heads and broad shoulders, but only one person went home victorious: from Italy, Vincenzo Dieselini. Rumors have started that it’s just Vin Diesel doing an impression of Super Mario. We’ve reached out to the folks at the Rosscars, but have yet to hear back from them.

There was also the Nepo Baby Career Raffle, where the children of A-C List celebrities gather to be selected at random for a middling career in an adjacent industry to their parents despite not having the experience or talent necessary to land the gig. Tonight’s big winners were the offspring of the donkeys used in the production of the Polish film EO (a film I have yet to see). The donkey from Banshees of Inisherin hee-hawed and stomped its way out of the theater.

Austin Butler is here, and yes, he is still talking in his Elvis voice. He keeps referring to people as “little mama” and it’s hilarious but also a bit uncomfortable.

O.J. Simpson is here. He wasn’t invited, but I certainly won’t be the one letting him know!

People are still reckoning with the fact that Ross has stepped in as tonight’s host. The identity of the original host for the evening is still under wraps, but our source, known to us and our readers as Cavernous Larynx, says they were once a “Fresh Prince” before becoming a “King Richard.” This reporter can only assume that means it’s a man who is a royal dick. Must’ve been a personality clash.

The first string of categories are about to be announced, and the crowd has a palpable sense of anticipation… that is until they see who the presenter is: Ross.

Best Supporting Actor

Cliff Curtis for Murina

Anthony Hopkins for Armageddon Time

Ke Huy Quan for Everything Everywhere All At Once

Justin Long for Barbarian

Steven Yeun for Nope

Honorable Mentions:

Rayan Sarlak for Hit the Road

Michael Wincott for Nope

Judd Hirsch for The Fabelmans

Benny Safdie for Stars at Noon

This is Steven Yeun’s second Rosscar win, the first being for his revelatory performance in Burning. What a talented young man with a distinguished track record - and he still has an incredible career ahead of him. Thank god he was freed from the manacles of being on “The Walking Dead.”

Best Supporting Actress

Kerry Condon for Banshees of Inisherin

Dolly De Leon for Triangle of Sadness

Chloe East for The Fabelmans

Nina Hoss for TÁR

Kristen Stewart for Crimes of the Future

Honorable Mentions:

Stephanie Hsu for Everything Everywhere All At Once

Julia Butters for The Fabelmans

Angela Bassett for Wakanda Forever

Danica Ćurčić for Murina

Best Animated Film

Apollo 10 ½, dir. Richard Linklater

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe, dir. John Rice & Albert Calleros

Mad God, dir. Phil Tippet

Turning Red, dir. Domee Shi

Wendell & Wild, dir. Henry Selick

Honorable Mention:

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, dir. Dean Fleischer Camp

Turning Red is a joyful, specific, and rich story about the push and pull of culture and family in forming one’s identity. The fact that it was done with a new spin on the Pixar aesthetic and embraced kaiju and monster movie allegory to talk about puberty and coming into one’s self is brilliant. I was glowing the entire time while watching.

Best Cinematography

Matias Boucard for Athena

Greig Fraser for The Batman

Florian Hoffmeister for TÁR

Hoyte van Hoytema for Nope

Kim Ji-yong for Decision to Leave

Honorable Mentions:

Roberto De Angelis for Ambulance

Sayombhu Mukdeeprom for Thirteen Lives

Hélène Louvart for Murina

Claudio Miranda for Top Gun: Maverick

I truly don’t know how Kim was able to pull off some of the shots in Decision to Leave, and it’s almost like a magic trick - part of me wants to know how the crew was able to do things like the mirror shots in the first interrogation, but I’m also so amazed and satisfied that I want to keep it a mystery.

Best Trailer:

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - watch here

The Northman - watch here

TÁR (teaser) - watch here

Three Thousand Years of Longing - watch here

Top Gun: Maverick - watch here

Billy Crystal takes the stage to do a short little riff about some of the stars in the audience. So many middling, half-assed jokes, how can you choose which one you dislike the least? There’s the one about Uncle Vanya Taylor-Joy. Ana de Armas-geddon Time. Seth Rogaine. Pre Malone. It appears that just about every audience member has started chatting with their neighbor, and the producers are worried that due to the lack of audience engagement, Crystal may go rogue and try to hook them back in with his go-to Sammy Davis Jr. impression that he did as recently as the 2012 Oscars. For those that don’t remember - yes, he absolutely did it in blackface - yeesh!

Coming out to reign in the spectators like they were a group of cats and the mic was a laser pointer is the host, Ross. He delivers the prelude to introduce the next three categories.

Best Final Scene

Decision to Leave

The Fabelmans

Flux Gourmet

Murina

TÁR

This is a new category this year created by the sheer number of outstanding dismounts from some of the best films of the year. Endings are often the hardest part of any movie to pull off, but these 5 movies not only wrapped things up, but did so with thematic clarity and emotional resonance.

Best Score

Michael Abels for Nope

Michael Giacchino for The Batman

Jo Yeong-wook for Decision to Leave

Cliff Martinez for Kimi

Howard Shore for Crimes of the Future

Honorable Mentions:

Hildur Guðnadóttir for Women Talking

Aska Mastumiya for After Yang

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for Bones and All

Notable Needle Drops:

“Be My Baby” by The Ronettes in Barbarian

“Last Dance” by Donna Summer in Fire Island

“The Mist” by Jung Hoon Hee in Decision to Leave

“Sailing” by Christopher Cross in Ambulance

“Won’t be Fooled Again” by The Who in Top Gun: Maverick

Best Ensemble

After Yang

Crimes of the Future

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Fire Island

Nope

Scream

Thirteen Lives

Top Gun: Maverick

Triangle of Sadness

Women Talking

Best International Film

Decision to Leave, dir. Park Chan-wook, South Korea

Hit the Road, dir. Panah Panahi, Iran

Murina, dir. Antoneta Alamat Kisujanović, Greece

Neptune Frost, dir. Saul Williams & Anisia Uzeyman, Rwanda & USA

Petite Maman, dir. Céline Sciamma, France

RRR, dir. S.S. Rajamouli, India

This year’s Lifetime Achievement Rosscar goes to prolific and ever-dependable character actress Beth Grant. While you may not recognize the name, one Google (or Bing for the weirdos) search will make you go “ohhhhh” as you recognize the face of a performer who always delivers memorable turns. Congratulations, Beth Grant - you’ve entered the pantheon of award winners alongside makeup designers like Rob Bottin, Jack Pierce, and John Chambers, actors like George Kennedy and directors like George A. Romero.

Best Screenplay

David Cronenberg for Crimes of the Future

Todd Field for TÁR

Martin McDonagh for The Banshees of Inisherin

Jordan Peele for Nope

Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg for The Fabelmans

Honorable Mentions:

Panah Panahi for Hit the Road

Celine Sciama for Petitie Maman

Domee Shi and Julia Cho for Turning Red

Saul Williams for Neptune Frost

Nope is Peele’s best film yet, so it’s unsurprising that it took home a screenplay Rosscar tonight. It’s a true marvel for simultaneously overflowing with wit and complex ideas while still being a rich character piece and arguably an even better genre picture. Engaging with and interrogating spectacle while examining the cost it takes to create it and the disposability with which it’s received - the dude has his cake and eats it, too. In my opinion, that’s pretty neat!

Best Adapted Screenplay

Kogonada for After Yang

David Cogeshall for Orphan: First Kill

Erin Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, & Christopher McQuarrie for Top Gun: Maverick

George Miller and Augusta Gore for Three Thousand Years of Longing

Sarah Polley for Women Talking

Honorable Mentions:

Henry Selick & Jordan Peele for Wendell & Wild

Lena Dunham for Catherine Called Birdy

In a performance that will hopefully remind people to check out the superlative third entry in the franchise, Channing Tatum and the Magical Michael boys are now taking the stage to perform. They start krumping, gyrating, and doing all sorts of lascivious contortions. Olivia Colman is cheering, Bradley Cooper is shedding a tear of joy, and Glenn Close is blaring sound from a vuvuzela she must have brought from home.

Sure to put out the fire of excitement is our next presenter, Ross.

Best Actress:

Cate Blanchett for TÁR

Rebecca Hall for Resurrection

Keke Palmer for Nope

Tang Wei for Decision to Leave

Tilda Swinton for Three Thousand Years of Longing (and The Eternal Daughter)

Honorable Mentions:

Mia Goth for Pearl

Gracija Filipović for Murina

Michelle Yeoh for Everything Everywhere All At Once

Michelle Williams for The Fabelmans

Blanchett’s win felt a bit like an inevitability, but it was nearly a split decision between her and Tang Wei who won as recently as 2007 for Lust, Caution. This is a decision (to leave) that has, embarrassingly, caused the voting board (read: Ross) to lose sleep.

Best Actor:

Tom Cruise for Top Gun: Maverick

Paul Dano for The Fabelmans

Idris Elba for Three Thousand Years of Longing

Colin Farrell for After Yang (and Banshees of Inisherin & Thirteen Lives & The Batman)

Hassan Madjooni for Hit the Road

Honorable Mentions:

Daniel Kaaluya for Nope

Gabriel LaBelle for The Fabelmans

Viggo Mortensen for Crimes of the Future

This was a strange category, honestly, and the last one that I settled on a winner. Elba, however, feels like the right choice considering how he’s able to walk the incredibly thin tonal tightrope of the movie he’s in, embodying a being beyond humanity while also simmering with operatic emotions that inevitably boil over.

Best Non-Fiction/Documentary Film

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, dir. Laura Poitras

Fire of Love, dir. Sara Dosa

Is that Black Enough For You?!?, dir. Elvis Mitchell

Jackass Forever, dir. Jeff Tremaine

Navalny, dir. Daniel Roher

Best Director:

Todd Field for TÁR

Kogonada for After Yang

Park Chan-wook for Decision to Leave

Jordan Peele for Nope

Steven Spielberg for The Fabelmans

Honorable Mentions:

David Cronenberg for Crimes of the Future

Daniels for Everything Everywhere All At Once

SS Rajamouli for RRR

Best Picture

After Yang, dir. Kogonada

Avatar: The Way of Water, dir. James Cameron

Crimes of the Future, dir. David Cronenberg

Decision to Leave, dir. Park Chan-wook

The Fablemans, dir. Steven Spielberg

Nope, dir. Jordan Peele

RRR, dir. S.S. Rajamouli

TÁR, dir. Todd Field

Top Gun: Maverick, dir. Joseph Kosinski

Turning Red, dir. Domee Shi

Cate Blanchett and Todd Field (wearing a ball cap, duh) take the stage to accept the award and deliver a perfectly pitched speech that is somehow humble, confident, funny, and moving. Those two rock. But it seems like they’re being played off stage by the orchestra - this never happens at the Rosscars, let alone during the biggest award of the night. The camera pans down to the orchestra pit and it seems that the conductor is… Lydia Tár?! Oh how the once mighty have fallen.

From the first moment I saw it, I knew that TÁR would be the one to take home the big prize. Eerie and ethereal, but also richly realized in its characters and environments, the film is a masterpiece. It’s propelled by the unease of crumbling foundations and hypnotic interrogations. No film from this year has lodged itself so securely in the firmament of my mind.

As always, these awards can be revoked and redistributed at will, so don’t start getting too confident with that statue, Idris - Paul Dano might go full Riddler mode and take it from ya.

For more thoughts on film, and a whole bunch of other junk, you can find me on Letterboxd here and on Twitter here. You can also find very sporadic pieces on this very same blog space: (that’s https://phantomofthepairofdice.tumblr.com/).

On behalf of the RAOGL (Rosscars Association of One Guy at a Laptop), thanks for reading. We’ll see you next year. Keep watching movies, and keep arbitrarily quantifying them in terms of subjective quality!

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grapesodadarkchocolate · 1 year

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North Shore Winter

COVID-19 this week: Eating with crooked forks (Part 5)

What stories do we carry, often unbeknownst to ourselves?

Would I treat you the way you treat me?

Defining “Neighbor” (Luke 10:25-37 The Message):

25 Just then a religion scholar stood up with a question to test Jesus. “Teacher, what do I need to do to get eternal life?”

26 He answered, “What’s written in God’s Law? How do you interpret it?”

27 He said, “That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence—and that you love your neighbor as well as you do yourself.”

28 “Good answer!” said Jesus. “Do it and you’ll live.”

29 Looking for a loophole, he asked, “And just how would you define ‘neighbor’?”

30-32 Jesus answered by telling a story. “There was once a man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the way he was attacked by robbers. They took his clothes, beat him up, and went off leaving him half-dead. Luckily, a priest was on his way down the same road, but when he saw him he angled across to the other side. Then a Levite religious man showed up; he also avoided the injured man.

33-35 “A Samaritan traveling the road came on him. When he saw the man’s condition, his heart went out to him. He gave him first aid, disinfecting and bandaging his wounds. Then he lifted him onto his donkey, led him to an inn, and made him comfortable. In the morning he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take good care of him. If it costs any more, put it on my bill—I’ll pay you on my way back.’

36 “What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbor to the man attacked by robbers?”

37 “The one who treated him kindly,” the religion scholar responded.

Jesus said, “Go and do the same.” +++

Would I treat you the way you treat me?

What is the honest story that tramples all the rest? How do we Good Samaritan ourselves and others instead of just walking on by? For we all find ourselves in need at sometime. None of us seeks to be left on the ground, battered and bruised and passed by without an inkling of recognition of our humanity. It hits so close to home, we don’t seem to see it. A brother-in-law passes by as I say I am struggling with making a path to healthier engagements with the family. The one he married into. “It’s all about the children” his response in request for family contact information. He is not looking me in the eye. He is walking past my battered and bruised body on the way to the temple or off to serve meals to the needy or deliver Easter lilies to the shut ins. The more we do the “normal” arm length distance and walk right by the wounded on the road, the more, I believe, we distance ourselves from what is authentically present. The less we see and feel what is directly in front of us. For as he is doing it “for the children” he ignores giving credence to what is truly the pain. What is right in front of him. The dance must seem easier. It seems very Pharisee or pious, for all the “good” he is doing.

Would I treat you the way you treat me?

So Jesus tells a story in response to the self righteous lawyers question—Who is my neighbor? It probably isn’t anyone I disagree with. Or anyone who skips chapel services or avoids church altogether. They, of course, donate clothing for the poor and prep meals at Simpson Shelter. There are boxes we must all fit within. We must seek closure. Finding room for certainty, judgment, control, secrets, silence, play acting- and more must also fit and be placed up on that proverbial high closet shelf. There is not fullness of truth within those limits. Tidy is not the authentic deal. Too much is missed and ignored.

Would I treat you the way you treat me?

It is about being humbly present, overseen by an ever expansive and far reaching God. We seek small because that is what we know. Large is what is demanded of us. Ask for small and so much is missed. So much has no room for the breadth that awaits.+++

Grounding: “Samuel Pisar Dies at 86; Lawyer and Adviser Survived Nazi Camps” by Steven Erlanger, The New York Times: Read, July 28, 2015 📰

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brownslouchhat · 7 years

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202 Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick (who enlisted as John Simpson), of the 3rd Field Ambulance, he was known as 'The Man with the Donkey'. He is seen here working in Shrapnel Gully at Anzac Cove, with a wounded soldier on his donkey.

#WWI #Gallipoli #John Simpson #Simpson and his donkey #ANZAC Cove #Australian War Memorial #Accession Number A03114

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greeksorceress · 2 years

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the outsiders boys 80s-90s headcanons ✨

Darry

Owns a very large collection of Garbage Pail Kids sticker trading cards. His father bought Darry his first card pack one random Saturday evening after work and the look of pure joy in little Darry’s face was enough to make a tradition out of it. Every now and then, his dad would get Darry one pack without telling anybody else in the family and they would go over every sticker card together, laughing their asses off at some of the illustrations. Trading these stickers was Darry’s and Two-Bit’s first ever interaction. Years later, Darry still treasures all of his sticker cards and all the memories he has of his father and his freshly started friendship with Two-Bit.

Is Queen’s biggest fan. His heart broke when Freddie Mercury died.

Sodapop gets him a pair red and yellow Solar Shades as a joke, but Darry is hellbent on wearing them just to embarrass his younger brothers. Ponyboy refuses to be seen with him whenever he wears them.

Is the first one to own a mobile phone. He mostly purchased it so they boys can always locate him when he is away for work.

Always drinks a Zima on ice whenever they all gather together at the Curtis’.

Two-Bit

Can’t take care of a Tamagotchi for dear life. He tries a couple of times but always ends up forgetting about them. Eventually, he stops buying the toy for himself and starts gifting them to his little sister so she can always have company whenever he’s out with the boys and his mum in nowhere to be seen.

Uses a lot of slang. His favorite words are “bitchin’” and “gnarly”.

Owns a lot of graphic t-shirts. He has a soft spot for one that Darry got him one Christmas of Bart Simpson saying “eat my shorts”. He wore it a couple of times for school and almost got expelled because of it.

Gets really pumped as soon as he hears the intro to the X-Men cartoon series. They rest of the boys have learned to keep silent whenever it plays, so he can fully enjoy it.

Listens to Dirty Dancing’s soundtrack over and over whenever he’s in the car with his mother or sister.

He has a code nickname for every single member of the gang and the Shepards. He either uses the name of the Spice Girls or the Ninja Turtles. Has gotten into a fight with Tim once for calling him Posh Spice.

Steve

Owns every single album Michael Jackson has ever released.

His favorite hobby as a teen was going to the arcade. His favorite games to play were Donkey Kong and Street Fighter, and he was so competitive about them that he could spend as many hours as necessary playing them until he secured his spot as the highest scorer.

Admires David Bowie’s music and personality, which leads him to imitate his boldness in style without caring for his father’s complains. This started a very bizarre phase that consisted of Steve dressing and doing his hair like many famous artists until he found his own style. One of the artists he tried imitating was Rick Astley and he hasn’t heard the end of it yet.

Always brings batteries to play with his Game Boy whenever things are slow at work.

Drives a blue and black Ford Bronco that used to be his uncle’s. He loves driving the boys around, but the only person he trusts driving that car apart from himself is Dally.

Sodapop

Thinks Maddona is iconic. He once dragged Steve to one of her concerts and managed to get the “sickest” (in his opinion) snapshot ever with Johnny’s polaroid camera.

The Curtis family was the owner of the only Play Station of the neighborhood. All of them loved to invite people over to play with them, specially Soda. He would always invite his friends from school and would make sure that all of them got fair time playing with the game console. His favorite game was Tekken.

Has the most colorful wardrobe of the gang during the 80s. From leg warmers, to bike shorts, to neon prints, to spandex, etc. Two-Bit likes calling him “Cyndi Lauper” because of this. Over time, his style gets more discreet with denims and sweaters and flannels, and he always cringes over some of the outfits he used to wear back then.

Saw The Lion King in theaters with the whole gang and cried when Mufasa died.

Cracks Seinfield jokes whenever he gets the chance. He fondly remembers a younger version of himself watching the show with his mom religiously every week and he tries to keep the memory alive with each joke, even when people complain about the overuse of Seinfield bits.

Dally

Loves Ghostbusters. He knows all the names, all the ghosts, all the facts and all the details about any of the movies and cartoon series. His favorite character is Egon Spengler. When Pony says that they all should go to see the second movie in theaters, he tries to play it cool and say “he will go if that’s what the gang wants.”

Is very into going to concerts, specially if the band playing is Rancid, Rage Against the Machine or Pearl Jam. He has gone to many of these with Darry and Steve.

One of the reasons he loves going to concerts is because he adores venturing into mosh pits, specially if he’s wearing his pair of thrifted Dr. Martens.

He once took Johnny and Pony to one of Nine Inch Nails’ concert behind Soda’s and Dally’s backs and almost got cut by the two oldest Curtis brothers when they made it back home at 3 am. None of them regret going, though, and always end up talking about the memories from the concert whenever the three of them are alone.

Quotes Wednesday Addams everyday, specially during the most inappropriate moments. Johnny’s startled laughter whenever he does this are the fuel to this habit of his.

Johnny

Has seen Clueless more times that he cares to admit. He uses Pony’s card to rent it at least once every two weeks.

His aunt from California sent him a walkman once and he has used it every single day since he got it. He specially loves listening to music while he walks by himself back home after school the days Pony has to stay for track.

He loves making mixtapes. Ponyboy and him like exchanging mixtapes from time to time and showing each other new music through them.

Years later, he finds a Sony Discman in a thrift store and becomes obsessed with it. Dally gets him most of the CD’s he owns, and Johnny is not sure if Dally buys them for him or steals the, but he’s very grateful nonetheless.

Is the only member of the gang apart from Soda who knows how to use rollerblades. He uses them all the time, specially when he keeps Pony company whenever the younger boy needs to test and time his running for track.

Ponyboy

Is the proud owner of a Blockbuster card. Therefore, he’s the one in charge of bringing home the newest movie releases when the gang decides to have a movie night. Also, Ponyboy loves renting movies for his own enjoyment, and his Sundays are almost always spent on movie marathons by himself or accompanied by Johnny.

Has been collecting the Goosebump books for the longest time. He doesn’t let anybody touch them, and stores them safely inside a box under his bed. Soda and him used to read them before going to sleep, until Darry forbid them after a very particularly vivid nightmare Pony had when he was eleven.

Can’t hear anybody saying “he can't see without his glasses!” without getting sad. He has only admitted this to Johnny.

Saw Friends’ first episode when it aired and has been keeping up with the series since then. He has a soft spot for Chandler and even feels like he can relate to some of the character’s personality aspects.

Is really good with Rubik’s Cube. He has practiced a lot, and at first he wan’t very good at it, but he now has a personal record of solving it in 2 minutes.

as requested by @mjmacchio1991, there you have some 80s-90s mixed headcanons for the boys. thank you so much for your lovely ideas! 💕

#I know I'm leaving out many important things about the 80s-90s but there were so many things I wanted to include that I got very hdjgsajhdsj #the outsiders #headcanons #my headcanons #the outsiders headcanons #darry curtis #sodapop curtis #two-bit mathews #ponyboy curtis #johnny cade #dallas winston #steve randle #movie: the outsiders #book: the outsiders #80s-90s headcanons

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zippy-goosemeyer · 2 years

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Often when I dream it's like interdimensional television. Like, I'm not present in the dream and instead it's something I'm watching. Last night I had one that was so vivid I have to record it here.

It was called Mara: Where the Games Live. It was about a college freshman named Mara who gets the opportunity to visit a town where video game characters live. Epsides were 15 minutes long and uploaded online. It was kinda like Drawn Together, except I've never seen that. The cast was:

Mara: Mara wasn't from anything. She was a short brunette who won a lottery to live a semester in the town of Video Game characters. She was shy in the presence of so many famous characters and saw this as an opportunity to work on her confidence and get laid. She was always looking for a reason to stay in the town.

Chie, from Persona 4: I should stress my knowledge of P4 only comes from Cross Tag Battle, where I play Chie a lot. Here she was grown up and made a living writing smut on the internet. She hosted Mara's transfer and was the emotionally intelligent one of the group. She was in an open relationship with CJ from GTA San Andreas.

Mario: Mario was both the jock stereotype and the wealthy elite stereotype. It was said that due to his fame he was constantly trying to push the boundaries of what he could get away with, including being a cannibal. But he was staunchly not a pedophile and one episode involved him dismantling the town's child sex trafficking ring with a fire flower.

Afro Thunder from Ready 2 Rumble Round 2: this was a pull from my childhood. Afro Thunder acted exactly like Donkey from Shrek and did a musical number about his motorcycle.

Link, specifically the four Links from Four Swords: a boyband in this world and one of the reasons Mara transfers to the town. She's hoping to make one her boyfriend, but it turns out they are a hivemind so she dates all of them. I don't remember them having s single line of dialogue but they seemed chill.

Homer, from the Simpsons: Yeah, I can't explain why he was there in a town for video game characters. He lived with Chie and Mara. It was implied that he and Marge were divorced and that Lisa was a sophomore in college. It was well-meaning bumbling Homer, not aggressive jerk Homer.

Tom Nook from Animal Crossing; Never played an Animal Crossing, but Tom Nook was there as the George Costanza of the group. Small, angry, and put upon. He also wore glasses. At one point he was dressed as a smurf for reasons I can't explain.

Chrom, from Fire Emblem: this was another weird one, because I have played FE: Awakening. I've played it a lot. But here Chrom took on the persona of Wayne from Letterkenny, right down to the outfit. He was often putting Mario in his place

Princess Daisy: Daisy was Chie's best friend and was regrettably a ditzy cheerleader stereotype. She told Mara that the Links were terrible in bed because none could find the g-spot and at one point she won a wet t-shirt contest "in one splash" she was also dressed in a red dress the entire time?

That's it. That's all I remember.

#dreams #mario #princess daisy #chie satanoka #persona 4 #chrom #fire emblem #four swords #tom nook #animal crossing #interdimensional television #Homer Simpson #Drawn Together #CJ #Ready 2 Rumble #Afro Thunder

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