The mall closest to my place is still dying a slow death. When I visited yesterday, two more stores had closed--and they were major chains, not local retailers. Maybe Spencer's is single-handedly keeping this place alive.
Rue 21 had one new item: a single pair of sweatpants alone on a shelf.
One of the "nerdy" stores had a dice set featuring everyone's favorite pickle.
Spencer's had a single new mug. Now you can drink out of Rick's head!
The manager mentioned to me that new merchandise (in general, not specifically RM) was coming after they completed inventory on the 31st, so that might explain the lack of new products post-holiday season. We're also not getting season eight until next year, but that probably won't stop Adult Swim's marketing team.
Today, I decided to visit chain stores in an area that I don't normally visit. I walked into Five Below to see this near the doorway:
I've seen the monthly illustrations on another calendar, but that cover is new. And shiny ✨
Need a place to store your loose AirPods? Try this fashionable Rick and Morty case featuring Rick's boyish grin.
Time for a new store that I'd never visited, at least in adulthood: T. J. Maxx. I saw this hoodie ages ago in Journey's. Now it's back, in thrift store form! One of my favorite designs. 🌈
A visit from the Portal Boyz! Technically, Nick and Morty were the Portal Boyz, but I guess nobody wants Nick merchandise.
Afterward, I went to Target for the first time in a while. They had the Rick and Morty manga in stock. I actually didn't know it was a graphic novel--I thought it was just another issue of the comics.
Weirdly, they also had a shirt that Journey's used to carry. Pretty unusual for me to see the same item in two separate chains. Anyway, I guess nobody's tired of wearing a shirt that says, "I am in great pain, please help me."
Serendipitously, I spotted this on a car when I left. Fuck me for not buying anything, I guess.
One last stop: the nearby head shop. I have no idea what these things are, but Rick's trying out some new looks.
Roll some grass on this vinyl rolling tray.
Evil Morty finally gets his own pipe!
While you're at it, stock up on Rick and Morty vapes.
He's a happy Homer!
And they had no shortage of bootleg shirts and hoodies.
No season eight merchandising blitz this year, but smoke shops are always on it. It's never the wrong time to buy a T-shirt of Morty Smith getting blasted!
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Character, book, and author names under the cut
Shang Qinghua- Scum Villain's Self-Saving System/Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
Oliver Marks- If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio
Wallace Price- Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Evred "Sponge" Montrei-vayir- Inda (series) by Sherwood Smith
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pets
summary: how many pets my AU’s have (including the tyler duke au i have not published yet.)
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blake thomas:
blake has two cats, mars and stormy.
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riley hughes:
riley has a dog, wren
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jaylen vail:
jaylen has a dog, a cat, and two fish. his dog name is rex, his cat cookie, his fish goldie and merc
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reese porter:
reese has two ferrets named draco and harry
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avery owen:
avery has two dogs and two cats, her dogs are enzo and may, her cats are cooper and violet
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tj ryder:
tj had one cat, marty
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maddox hart:
maddox has three dogs, reid, wyatt, and rose
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flynn smith:
flynn has one dog, rory, and one cat, ollie
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The lighting in this bloody place....!
The CPS and barristers must be pulling their hair out if they need to use CCTV from the corridors of Sun Hill (!)
As an aside (it is related honestly because it happens in this episode (430)), it's weird that Smithy is not included at all in the Zain/Kristen stuff after how involved Zain was in the Smithy/Louise/Pete Larson stuff. Zain literally told Smithy repeatedly NOT to get involved with Pete's wife because he'd end up losing more than fingers. [he took him to St Hugh's to see what had happened to a victim of Pete after a he missed a payment (though Zain suspected that Pete thought he was a grass). Pete solved it by removing two of the kids fingers].
Zain was a key player in a lot of the Smithy stuff, including prison, and he really went above and beyond and stepped on toes (particularly MIT and Pete's himself) to force things through. You'd think Smithy would want to do the same - even if he didn't know about the initial 'official' operation he could have become aware of it or had Zain confide in him given their previous friendship! There's absolutely no reaction of Smithy to it other than generic brief sadness about Honey's death.
@everythingisdragons also pointed out that it would have made more sense for Smithy to be the Sergeant involved in Zain's return to Sun Hill later on rather than Callum who didn't even know him, had never met him and only had Will's brief explanation to go on. Callum had no skin in the game to let Will have a few moments alone with Zain in the men's loo's. Yes Callum had a side line in 'GETTING JUSTICE!' but it played out like a high potential loss for no gain for Callum - not even a 'moral' gain in Zain getting hurt for what he did for Honey. [Let's not even start on Will's weird reaction about Honey's death. Less actual pain for her loss and more guilt and shame about how he treated her for the brief few seconds that it was factored in until it was needed for the story.]
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