people have tagged this as life imitates art, and I need you to understand that no, I saw this picture of my friend falling off the got dang swing and thought it represented human hubris so well that i went into a made haze of acrylic paint and when I awoke I was holding this finished canvas.
had this dream where gamefreak introduced the new eeveelution but they ran out of time designing it so it was just a fucking huge version of eevee called Big Eevee
and to compensate for the lack of creativity they made it strong as fuck and all the competitive players hated it
I read an article about how Millennials don’t carry cash on them and got annoyed and literally yesterday I was out with a group of friends and NONE of us had cash
I mean if you get robbed you can cancel the card and transactions. if you get robbed for cash that’s it man
millennials are ruining the robbery industry.
Marcus Felson, a criminologist at Texas State University who has spent decades studying low-level crime, calls pickpocketing a “lost art.” Last year, a New York City subway detective told the Daily News that the only pickpockets left working the trains anymore were middle-aged or older, and even those are few and far between. “You don’t find young picks anymore,” the cop told the paper. “It’s going to die out.”
Yes. Always. Good lord. I never understand why people can turn this into a big serious discussion. Yes, One Punch Man would beat Thanos. He would beat Luke Skywalker, Superman, every single character from Dragon Ball Z, and every ninja from Naruto. He would beat Thor and Wolverine and the Hulk in a tag team match.
Because he plays by different rules. One Punch Man is a PARODY character. His skill set is defined by comedy, not power levels or physical strength. One Punch Man not Superman facing off against an ever-more powerful lineup of villains. He’s the Roadrunner against Wil E. Coyote’s ever more convoluted plans. Deadpool is the only other super hero type character who comes close to living in the same realm of parody, but frankly, Deadpool repeatedly getting the crap beat out of him would be funnier than Deadpool winning, so One Punch Man would win that fight too, even if he can’t actually kill Deadpool in one punch. Because parody.
If I see another Youtube video recommended to me like “Could One Punch Man beat-” really, truly, I do not care.
I saw somebody also make this point once in another great post, I’m paraphrasing from what I remember; how strong is Saitama? However strong he needs to be in order for it to be funny.
what about squirrel girl.
Squirrel Girl is 100% probably the ONLY character who could POSSIBLY beat Saitama, and only because she operates under the exact same rules and it would be enormously funny for One Punch Man to finally be defeated by a hyperactive girl in a squirrel costume
another absolutely fantastic trope is when a scifi/fantasy character calls the oblivious object of their affections a term of endearment in their fictional first language during an emotional moment which they refuse to translate, and their love interest assumes due to the unresolved sexual tension fuelled rivalry aspect of their relationship that it’s an insult, only to have their world absolutely rocked to its core when they finally manage to get a translation and realize that the other person has been pining for them the entire goddamn time
like,
character a: it’s just, i try so hard but i honestly think [character b] hates me. i mean, they called me a [untranslated word or phrase] a few weeks ago, and they’ve hardly looked, let alone spoken to me since then :(
person they’re talking to: “[untranslated word or phrase]”? are you sure?
character a: …i think so. why?
person they’re talking to: hmm. yeah. well that’s uh. well it’s not an insult. that’s a declaration of love.
I’ve been having so many thoughts about this post by @ineffableplan that eventually I decided not to hijack it and write my own essay instead.
The thing is, we love to joke about Aziraphale and Crowley being bad at communication, but I think that, at least when it comes to communication with each other, 99% of time they’re insanely good at it.
Because they know each other so well. Every single thing they do and say
carries more meaning than it seems at first. It’s like they speak their
own language, that only they understand. And in a way, that’s exactly
what it is. Aziraphale knows that if he keeps repeating that it has to
be Crowley who removes the stain, Crowley will do it. (And I think it
works both ways - I think Crowley knows he will be asked, too.) Crowley
knows that if he presents an issue from a different angle, Aziraphale
will agree to participate/help. (And again, Aziraphale knows that
Crowley will present an issue from a different angle if he says no at
first.) They speak each other’s language more fluently than anyone on Earth, in Heaven or in Hell.
And that’s why even in the show, which provided us with the extra 30-minute-long footage of pure repression and pining, they absolutely do have an established relationship. They know. Their story has never been a “two people obviously care about each other but are scared to confess because they’re not sure the other one feels the same way“ story. Guys. They have confessed. Multiple times.
“Out of the question. It would destroy you.“
“We can run away together - Alpha Centauri.“
“I can’t have you risking your life.“
“You can stay at my place, if you like.“
(Not to mention the entire body swap scene which is just one huge confession itself.)
And additionally, they both acknowledge that Something is going on (no matter how we as viewers decide to define this Something). Crowley acknowledges it by being offended when Aziraphale calls it fraternising. Aziraphale acknowledges it when he says, “You go too fast for me, Crowley,“ and “There is no our side, Crowley, not anymore“.
Because, as I’ve already said, their story is not about establishing a
relationship, it’s about breaking free from the fear of punishment for
being in that relationship.
Why would Aziraphale hide that he even knows Crowley personally if
nothing was established?
Why would Crowley need insurance if there was nothing going on?
Multiple plot points literally stop making sense if we don’t treat their
relationship as something that already exists and affects their lives
and jobs, and most importantly, themselves.
That’s why everything they do is never easy to read for other people (save for the wall slam which Sister Mary saw as an intimate moment, and the “I’m going home, angel” scene). That’s why the most important things stay between them, where no-one else can hear - in the Bentley, in St. James’s Park when nobody is listening, on the bandstand in an empty park, on a bus stop. That’s why Aziraphale says, “We don’t know each other,“ loudly, and “Hell won’t just be angry, they’ll destroy you,“ quietly. Because every interaction is a risk, to some extent. Because there’s a lot to lose.
