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...Where did you get that muffin?
Muffin Button.
But I didn't install a muffin button.
...Then where did I get this muffin?
Where did you get that muffin?
Muffin Button.
and it continues in an infinite loop
(I'm eating a muffin)
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I was going to make an SU about the Pixar sequels we actually need but then checked the internet to find that Inside Out 2 is, in fact, in the works
so basically I have no further complaints
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i think dreamworks is more on the extremes
when they make good movies they make GREAT movies
but when they make meh movies they make meh movies
HTTYD beats every single pixar movie with the soundtrack alone
also fricken PRINCE OF EGYPTmost dreamworks movies though.......oof
good dreamworks entirely consists of httyd, kung fu panda, megamind, prince of egypt, and shrek. everything else.............pixar is more consistent. every movie is a pretty dang good movie, but they don't usually reach the highs of dreamworks.
at least thats how it used to be. ngl ever since the good dinosaur they've been getting worse and worse
obv still have bangers here and there like coco and onward, but imo they really gotta step up their game soon
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ok i know ive already made like 2 status updates about how good spiderverse is but this is SPECIFICALLY about how good the soundtrack is
self-love is quickly becoming maybe my favorite song of all time
mona lisa is just aaaagahgahgahgahgahgahgahaghaghaghaghahgaghaghagah
am i dreaming will always take me back to how i felt after seeing this movie for the first time
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ok i know ive already made like 2 status updates about how good spiderverse is but this is SPECIFICALLY about how good the soundtrack is
self-love is quickly becoming maybe my favorite song of all time
mona lisa is just aaaagahgahgahgahgahgahgahaghaghaghaghahgaghaghagah
am i dreaming will always take me back to how i felt after seeing this movie for the first time
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if i perhaps
made a fancy puzzle hunt arg type thing
with codes and story and whatnot
3755
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I been watching this video:
and unfortunately, I now have to add a bazillion layers of bio-engineering stuff to Space Dragons
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Idea: A character who really wants to swear but feels like they shouldn't, so they come up with clever ways to circumvent this barrier
- "Aw, bucket - I'll do it myself'
- "Sand of a witch!"
- "Buttersucker"
Feel free to add to this list
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I propose we form a secret society to refer to non-binary and all-pronoun folk simply as "y'all"
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Welp
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Siblings are weird. It's like "I'd give you my kidney for a life-saving surgery, but no, you can't have some of my potato chips"
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Siblings are weird. It's like "I'd give you my kidney for a life-saving surgery, but no, you can't have some of my potato chips"
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Favorite musical, go
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legitimately can't pick one
if i absolutely HAD to pick, gun against my head, i might have to say Les Miserables
it's just so classic
and its utterly TRAGIC, its rly very shakespearian
and the music and the characters and just
agh
its peak artistic content
Fiddler on the Roof and Come From Away and Hamilton and Tick Tick Boom are just as amazing though. all of these are S+ tier.
Fiddler and Les Mis are top of S+ tier though. just barely. maybe.followed very very very closely behind by Tuck Everlasting and Dear Evan Hansen and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Solid S tier.
nothing super underground here obv
but tbh most of the more obscure musicals i've listened to just weren't that good. the classics are the classics for a reason-
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https://youtube.com/@AllySheehan
disclaimer: I do not identify as a swiftie.
But if you do (or if you appreciate Taylor Swift at all (which everyone should)) this is a really good channel and I'm learning SO MUCH
Also Taylor has an unreleased song (that will remain unreleased
but it can be found on the internet if you look for it) called Drama Queen
Like, how many of y'all can say you share a name with a Taylor Swift song? That's what I thought, I win.
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I might be turning my attention to my Legend of Zelda TTRPG
so here's a Gen 1 Character Sheet
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ima say it
spirited away wasn't that good
finally watched it
and idk if it was just way overhyped for me
but it was just....alrighthowls moving castle was way better
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I will from now on see that horrific abbreviation for "laugh out loud" as someone holding their hands up in utter and complete surrender.
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Is it...
like...
weird to be a dude concerning himself with the toxic culture surrounding males and masculinity in a world where the patriarchy is still very blatantly in charge? Like I get to an extent that gender issues in general are kind of just everyone's problem (i.e. if guys didn't have so much pressure to be the 'alpha' or whatnot then there'd probably be a lot oless sexual harrassment in the world), but sometimes I feel like I'm the old white skinhead saying "nobody has it harder than the white male" in a world where literally any other demographic is trying to express themselves for the first bloody time.
But on the other hand, there's really not much I can do about the ladies and the enbies and... kinda just any other demographic. I'm very much a straight white male (technically 1/4 korean but that does not show through at all), and another massive problem surrounding various prejudicial issues is the idea of the white savior. Obviously it would be nice if every white guy ever sat down in a room and had a good long chat about how to stop being racist and mysognistic, but that's still really just the patriarchy taking charge and enforcing "equality" - which is, at its core, the same problem; even if it's well-meaning.
So I think my conclusion is that being supportive of other peoples' strengths is the best I can do for them. In the end I have my own problems to deal with, and in the end I'm just one guy who everyone else's problems means very little to. It's none of my beeswax and I have no right to assert myself in any of those situations unless prompted.
Meaning I think I can worry about stuff like toxic masculinity and such...?
idk
this has been Fadran's Thoughts at 1 AM - Part II
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random writing advice
empathy vs sympathy
empathy is when you are able to relate to what a person is going through
sympathy is when you feel sad for that person
you can be sympathetic without being empathetic, and you can be empathetic without being sympathetic
and now the writing advice
empathetic villains are hecking awesome
(clarifying: not villains for whom the reader feels empathy, but villains who feel empathy themselves)it makes them 100000x more evil
being able to relate to the suffering that they're causing.
conciously acknowledging that yes, they DO relate, and they KNOW the pain of their victims.
but they still lack the sympathy
they still do it anyways.
its
so
good
if you want your readers to vehemently HATE your villains, do this. i think its maybe the one bar that separates good villains from great villains.
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Gwen is the best character in Spiderverse 2 and this is why:
Spoilerspoilers btw
SpoilerSpoilerI ain't got the brain for an essay but basically:
Gwen really doesn't want to hurt anyone, but always seems to find herself inadvertently doing so. Of course this stems from her losing her bestie Peter way back in the backstory by literally killing him on accident.
But the way she goes about doing this always seems to hurt people in the long run. First of all (and perhaps most notably) with her dad, who would have likely been much more open to conversation about the Peter Murder Sitch had Gwen come out and told him the truth right away - and this should've been our first clue throughout the entire movie to the fact that she's lying to Miles.
Gwen is probably better than any of the Spiders at lying, deception, and pushing people away. That was pretty much her entire arc in Spiderverse 1, coming to an ultimate conclusion with her accepting a friendship with Miles (and, of course, subsequently kicking off the best teen romance ever written in cinema history). But what's really interesting to me is that nothing has changed in her when she returns home, despite the memories - she still doesn't make more friends, she still doesn't talk to her dad (yet), and she still keeps all of her feelings bottled up inside her.
Then when she tries being honest for once by revealing herself to her father (which, notably, was more out of desperation than anything), it only winds up with the most emotional gut-punch I've ever experienced in years as he tries to arrest her anyways. So of course she tries to run from her universe, and makes friends in the Spiderverse Elite Squad Force People - and they're good for her, but she's not solving any of those problems she's caused.
Enter Spot, re-enter Miles, and re-re-enter Gwen. She's jeapordized an entire mission to go see the one person who really understood her in the first place. "We're the same. In the important ways."
(Can you tell that I really need these two lovebirds to just... lovebird? I don't even need them to kiss. Just hold hands already dagnabit)
But then we get to the point of her whole arc: that she hurts Miles. The reason she's come to visit him is a lie, and she completely hides the reason she isn't supposed to visit him in the first place.
Why does she hide these things? Because she doesn't want to hurt him with the truth - and, of course, hurts him with the lie.
Spiderman is a tragic hero to be, and Gwen just... carries that grief. Losing your uncle or your girlfriend's captain is bad enough, but losing your best friend? I couldn't even imagine. Family members are more like constants of life, where losing them is akin to completely shifting a paradigm - friends are people you go out of your way to add to your story.
There's a reason why Bridge to Terabithia and The Book Thief just hit harder than... well, kinda just everything.
Gwen is sixteen - she's a kid. Motorcycle lady mentions to Edgy Boy that "she's doing this on her own." Gwen is a kid carrying the pain of having lost Peter, the accusation of being his murderer, the fate of her world, and the fact that she can't even go see her only real best friend anymore. She's been hurt more than anyone, and only wants to not let anyone else get hurt like she has.
But she does: over and over and over again. One of the core aspects of being Spiderman is that you can't always save everyone, so time and time again Gwen can't save her friends by being hurt by her actions.
I rewatched the movie just today (as of writing this, anyways - it might be yesterday by the time I finish), and while some of it was slightly less impactful due to the lack of surprise or suspense (though it was still decidedly surprising in many ways and suspensful in many others), but more than anything I was just painfully aware of just how much Gwen was hiding the entire time. And too just how effortless it was. Dishonesty has been ultimately ingrained into her personality out of necessity and it is tragic.
What I love most about her character, though, is the fact that she barely even hesitates to go after Miles after he even snaps at her during the (for lack of a better term) Intervention scene. For Peterbee it's like a child snapping at their parent - difficult, but effectively just one challenge among many in mentoring. For Gwen it's her actions directly leading to Miles taking out his anger and frustration on her.
But then she's sent back to her father, and she finally opens up of her own volition about everything that she's had bottled up for years now (notably in the best scene in the movie) - and she finally reconciles with him, and is then capable of going after Miles to fix her mistake.
(She's my favorite character)
also spoil the things you have to say on this matter if they're... well, spoiler-y
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HAPPY PRIDE MONTH (yes I'm a tad late BUT I HAVE A NEW PFP NOW :))
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ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
i feel so lucky to live in the era where these films are being created
Here's one of my big theories (massive spoilers jsyk)
Spoilerok i think that Miguel is actually the prowler of his world. think ab it: 1. he doesn't actually have spider powers, he has to inject stuff into himself to be spidery. 2. he isn't spidery at all, his actual powers are, like, claws and teeth and stuff. prowler vibes? 3. he has a similar theme to uncle aron's. less "AHH RUN" and more "i am going to get you and there's nothing you can do about it." but similar nontheless. 4. he is similarly wrapped up in good and bad, like the other prowlers we know. uncle aron is a villain, but he's not evil. he wouldn't hurt miles, and he really loved him and helped him be himself. 42 Miles prowler- he is a villain, but he's miles. we know what a good person he is, despite whatever circumstances drove him to villainy. Miguel is a bit the inverse but still similar (and the inverse-ness fits with his faked spider powers). he thinks he is trying to keep the spider-verse world from falling apart, which is good, but he's also violent and angry and maybe not so good after all?
anyway that's just my little theory that i think would be fun if it was true :)))
i've had this on repeat all afternoon
also if anyone makes a thread in entertainment to discuss across the spidy verse, tag me pls :3
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I’ve now completed 51 TotK shrines! That’s the number of cards in a deck, and the number of states in the U.S.!
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Give me ideas of things to draw.
I usually draw people and animals, but other suggestions are welcome.
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In the realm where worlds converged, a rift in the Cosmere had unexpectedly linked with the land of Hyrule. The Hero of Winds, Link, found himself in a foreign landscape, filled with strange magic and unfathomable powers. As he explored the new world, he encountered a figure clad in Shardplate and wielding a Shardblade—Kaladin Stormblessed, a Knight Radiant from Roshar.
Kaladin, burdened with his own duty to protect, sensed Link's confusion and took him under his wing. Link's courage and unwavering determination reminded Kaladin of the ideals he held dear. Together, they embarked on a perilous quest, fusing their skills to vanquish evil.
Link's Master Sword clashed against foes from the Cosmere, its sacred blade humming with divine energy. Meanwhile, Kaladin's Surgebinding abilities soared through the skies, manipulating the very Stormlight that fueled his powers.
Throughout their journey, the two heroes formed a deep bond, exchanging tales of their homelands and teaching one another the ways of their respective worlds. Link's Triforce resonated with the ideals of the Knights Radiant, reinforcing their purpose and granting them strength beyond measure.
As they stood side by side in the final battle, facing an ancient and malevolent force, the power of the Triforce merged with the Stormlight. Link's sword shimmered with newfound radiance as Kaladin's Shardblade blazed with azure flames. Together, they unleashed a cataclysmic surge of energy, restoring balance and harmony to both realms.
In the end, as the rift between worlds closed, Link and Kaladin bid each other farewell, knowing that their paths might never cross again. But the memory of their shared adventure, their bond as warriors of light, would forever echo through the annals of Hyrule and the Cosmere alike.
- Chat GPT
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Isn’t it weird when you get a rep notification for a really old post? Like, you wonder how the upvoted stumbled across it in the first place, let alone what compelled them to do such a thing.
Anyway, hi, Fadran.
