drrockso20

I'm a Rock-N-Roll Clown

[nonebinary-leftbeef]

NO WAY

[wizard-council-bureaucrat]

I’ve been doxxed 😨

[thetetra]

I once worked on a phone campaign to disallow the trees around your crater from being cut down...

[wizard-council-bureaucrat]

I am deeply deeply in love with you 💙 Thanks so much for your conservation effort!

It’s the small things we all do together that can make a big difference! 💙💙💙💙 And you’ve done it!!!

[pacificnorthwesterngothic]

People just gotta know what Crater Lake and Wizard Island looks like

[silent-calling]

What in the Skyrim

[jenroses]

been there several times. And yeah, Skyrim feels super duper Oregon in a lot of ways.

[fitzreiley]

We gonna talk about Crater Lake, and Wizard Island and not mention the Old Man of the Lake?

The Old Man of the Lake is a log that floats around the lake. It is somewhat strange in that it floats vertically. It's roughly 30 feet tall, with only about 5 or so feet sticking out above the surface of the water. It was first 'offically' recorded in the early 20th century, though there are oral reports of it as far back as 1896 (and likely earlier still given the cultural importance of Crater Lake to the Klamath tribe of that area.

The Old Man should have rotted away long ago or at the very least become waterlogged and sank into the water fully, but nope. Over a hundred years, and there is this log still in the water just floating.

So y'know how I said the fact that it floats vertically was 'somewhat strange'? Let's get into some actual strange territory regarding the Old Man. It moves. Against the wind. It has been recorded moving in paths that do not make sense, never getting stuck on the shore of Wizard Island, nor the area of shore around the lake. Now that's strange.

So now let's get freaky: The free-floating Old Man posed a hazard to boats since it moves, and only a small portion of it was above water. (though personal boats are no longer allowed on the lake) Anyway, in 1988 a team was using a small submersible to explore the lake. The scientist figured it'd be a good idea to moor the Old Man near the coast of Wizard Island out of their way, for safety. So they tied some rope to it, to move the Old Man. As soon as they did so, the clear blue skies of a warm August day turned dark. The wind kicked up, bad, and it started to rain, then hail, then snow in the span of a few minutes...again in August. Now snow in that area is common, but not in the summer months. It gets super warm in that area in summer (like 70 to 90 degrees on average) So the scientists decided to nope the fuck out of the water, because of this freak storm. They unmoored the Old Man, preparing to get the fuck out of dodge of this summer snowstorm. As soon as the rope loosened and was in the water, as quickly as the storm had come on them, the darkened skies cleared and it was once more a fine sunny summer day.

As a kid, I spent my summers with my family who lives like... 40 some odd miles from Crater Lake National Park so I had this knowledge just kinda buried in my head somewhere.

[bogleech]

I excitedly added a thing about the old man before I checked the notes so now I'm gonna reblog this great story instead but here is the old man!!!

"The Old Man floats vertically through the lake on a calm day"

"THE OLD MAN FLOATS. VERTICALLY. THROUGH THE LAKE ON A CALM DAY"

!!!!!!!!!!

[drrockso20]

worth mentioning that Crater Lake is one of those places where the local mythology/folklore claims some sort of evil deity is buried beneath;

also that the aforementioned Wizard Island is said deity's severed head...

[tyrantisterror]

I don't know why 2023 has decided to repeatedly remind me of the existence of 8 Crazy Nights, a movie I saw as a teenager to my immediate regret and subsequently tried to forget with all my might, but since it has I have to ask: why was the animation so good? What possessed the people working on this movie, this fucking Adam Sandler vehicle, to actually put in effort when everyone else involved was clearly phoning it in as much as possible?

[drrockso20]

Eight Crazy Nights is one of those movies I have a soft spot for because it's almost good, like all it really needs is to dial back on the more excessive toilet humor gags and commercialism(though the latter does make it an interesting period piece in some respects), maybe make Whitey and Elenore a touch less pathetic(cause yeah it services the plot about Davey and the rest of the town realizing they're being petty assholes to Whitey even thought he's a harmless goofy gnome but it just feels a bit much), and perhaps most importantly it's one of the few movies I've ever seen that actually needs a longer runtime, its pacing ends up suffering due to how tight of a runtime it has

[tyrantisterror]

After having so much fun with Utena I’m half-tempted to ask for anime recommendations, even though I’ve been secretly building a collection of anime DVDs and blu rays over the past three years and kinda have a bunch I need to watch already.

…

So hey hit me up with your anime recommendations anyway

[tyrantisterror]

Ok so I feel this has reach some people our of my normal orbit, so here’s a list of anime series I have seen and enjoyed:

Sailor Moon (though I need to rewatch it)

Pokemon

Digimon

Dragon Ball (and Z and Super)

Gundam Wing

G Gundam

Tenchi Muyo (and Tenchi Universe, and also I’ve seen Tenchi in Tokyo but did not enjoy it)

Slayers (haven’t watched all of it though)

Excel Saga

Yu Yu Hakusho (though I need to rewatch it)

Cowboy Bebop

Outlaw Star

Big O

Trigun (though I need to rewatch it)

Fullmetal Alchemist (haven’t watched Brotherhood yet though)

FLCL

Samurai Champloo

Kill Me Baby

the gag dub of Ghost Stories (which hasn’t aged great humor-wise but a guilty pleasure nonetheless)

The first/only good season of One Punch Man

Pop Team Epic

Hellsing Ultimate

Neon Genesis Evangelion

The first season of Symphogear (need to watch the rest, at least to get to the Beef Stroganoff song)

Golden Boy

Black Lagoon (ok I’m actually not sure if I like this or if I just like Revy)

Spy X Family

Chainsaw Man

Cyberpunk Edgerunners

Revolutionary Girl Utena

And a list of anime I’ve collected on physical media and hoarded like a dragon but have not yet watched because my eyes are bigger than my spare time to watch things and also my dumb reptile brain lights up when I see something is heavily marked down on sale (and also also some of these were shows I remember wanting to see when my older sister took me to the local comic book shop and I saw them on VHS but it was like $60 for a tape containing like three episodes so I didn’t and now I can scratch that itch for like $20):

The first Ultraman anime

Dirty Pair

Bubblegum Crisis

Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water

Iria Zeiram (loved the live action movies it’s based on)

Vision of Escaflowne

El Hazard

Sakura Wars

Girls Bravo

Dragon Half

Sorcerer Hunters

Magic Knights Rayearth

Rosario Vampire

Gundam 00

My Monster Secret (I love the manga dearly so this felt obligatory)

Welcome to Demon School Iruma-Kun

Konosuba

Violet Evergarden

Zombieland Saga (ok I’ve seen the first episode and some clips but I really need to finish the whole thing)

SSSS Gridman

Mob Psycho 100

[drrockso20]

so of the ones you already own and/or have already seen, my recommendations would be;

rewatch G Gundam, Big O, Digimon(not sure which seasons you’ve seen though) and FLCL, those all seem like ones you’d have some fun commentary on in particular

of the ones you own and haven’t watched yet I’d say start with Vision of Escaflowne, Gundam 00, and SSSS Gridman

for shows you don’t own or have watched yet but are available on Streaming(and that you presumably have access to since I do recall you mentioning having Crunchyroll), I already recently recommended Gundam: The Witch From Mercury(and like I said now is a really good time to hop into it), beyond that some additional ones; Bananya, Blue Submarine #6, Cardcaptor Sakura, Cromartie High School, Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier, Digimon Ghost Game, Fuuto PI, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, Gargantia On The Verdurous Planet, GARO Vanishing Line, GARO: Crimson Moon, Gatchaman Crowds, Giant Gorg, Gunbuster 2/Diebuster, Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise(the first season of Build Divers isn’t really needed to watch this and isn’t as good), Gurren Lagann, Guyver: The Bio-Boosted Armor, Hells, HEROMAN, Inferno Cop, Isekai Izakaya: Japanese Food From Another World, Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Kagewani, Kill la Kill, Knight’s & Magic, Last Exile, Martian Successor Nadesico, Mazinger Edition Z, Mobile Suit Gundam(the original one), Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans, Night on the Galactic Railroad, Paranoia Agent, Parasyte The Maxim, Phoenix, Princess Knight, Record of Lodoss War, Robot Carnival, s-CRY-ed, Samurai Troopers, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199, Star Driver, Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar, Tetsujin 28, The World YAMIZUKAN, Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai

admittedly that’s a gigantic list(and that’s just from Crunchyroll), so I can narrow it down more if there’s anything more specific you might be looking for

[otherwindow]

Zombie setting where the undead are drawn towards unhygienic scents, so survivors constantly bathe to avoid being eaten.

Zombies are docile when adorned with flowers.

Settlements overgrown with herbs and flora.

Barely any banditry; everyone is focused on farming and gathering.

Different human factions and towns named after flowers like Lilies, Orchids, Roses, etc.

Instead of immediately killing an infected survivor, they’re given special funeral rites - the zombie is covered with flowers to keep them calm, and  allowed to walk out from the settlement to join the hordes.

[otherwindow]

#this makes me curiously sad #the idea of flowers covering the undead #that symbol of human love is what makes them docile

[bambitini]

me to zombies:

[otherwindow]

Thank you all for the responses!!!! I got a few more notes to share from folks asking me about this setting :D

It’s incredibly risky to attack zombies. The scent of the attacker’s aggressive intent coupled with spilled pungent rotten blood drives other zombies into a frenzy.

Zombies given funeral rites grow flowers within their bodies, eventually bursting from their chest and head area. These zombies are naturally gentle and their presence tames other zombies in the vicinity. Due to their helpfulness, it’s taboo to harm “blooming” undead:

Sweaty summers are the worst and everyone hopes they have enough dried flowers to last the winter. 

It’s a colourful apocalypse! An overabundance of flowers in the world leads to plenty of dyes and busy little honey bees!! Scented candles are a thriving export.

Survivors who help spread flowers, look after “blooming” undead, cull the hordes, and herd zombies away from safe areas are affectionately called Florists.

Regular weapons such as guns and knives are still used but everyone prefers perfumed water guns, spray bottles, and incense.

Zombies are so overwhelmed by the pleasant scent of rain that entire hordes cease movement until it’s gone.

[drrockso20]

@tyrantisterror

[drrockso20]

a great finale to an excellent year of Gorillaz content

@tyrantisterror

[prokopetz]

Look, I know facile trope inversion is for weenies, but I still really want to see a JRPG-style game where the shouty teenage boy who gives long speeches about the power of friendship is the fragile healer and the girl with the gentle piano-and-strings theme song and self-sacrificing “must save everyone” attitude is the melee tank. I don’t think I’m being unreasonable here.

[prokopetz]

I’m not even being ironic – I honestly think it would work better that way. Like, let’s put power-of-friendship boy in a position where he actually needs to rely on his friends to get anything done, rather than just talking about how they’ve inspired him while he solos the final boss. And as for Little Miss Messiah Complex, well, tell me you can’t perfectly picture how the standard tank protagonist move where you intercept a blow meant for a critically wounded party member, facetank a fucktillion points of damage, then get back up again with one hit point and a voice quip about how the baddies will have to do better than that would play out under her idiom. You can see it, right?

[drrockso20]

this overall hits pretty close to how Steven Universe and Connie Maheswaran play as characters in Steven Universe: Save The Light, Steven has some combat moves but is overall the primary healer and defensive supporter for the team, while Connie’s whole move set is around dealing some rather potent single target damage and blocking damage for other team members

[lullabyknell]

Reading The Princess Bride was a delightful experience for many reasons, but my absolute favorite part was the introductions of Inigo and Fezzik. Because, in the book, the kidnappers are not introduced as: Inigo, Fezzik, and Vizzini. They are instead called: the Spaniard, the Turk, and the Sicilian.

You don’t learn the Spaniard’s name, to my memory, until the Sicilian leaves him at the top of the cliffs to fight the man in black. While the Spaniard, whose name is Inigo, is waiting, the novel suddenly pauses to tell you the entire backstory of this Spaniard named Inigo Montoya.

You learn about a swordmaker named Yeste and another swordmaker named Domingo, who were good friends. Yeste lived in the city and was a fine enough swordmaker, but every once and a while he would get a job he couldn’t do, and so he’d ride out and enlist the help of the more temperamental and talented Domingo, Inigo’s father. And you learn about the six-fingered man who came one day for a sword beyond all others, and how this ended in the six-fingered man killing Domingo, and how the orphaned Inigo disappeared on Yeste and went to travel the world to learn sword-fighting. And you learn about how Yeste accidentally became a very famous swordmaker, and how he kept on raising prices and increasing the wait time in the hopes of getting all these kings and princes to go away, because he was getting old and fat and too rich. And then Inigo comes back and they reunite. And then you learn about how, despite becoming a great swordsman, Inigo falls into despair and starts drinking simply because he can’t find the six-fingered man he’s sworn to kill. And how the Sicilian came along and hired him.

And then suddenly, the novel goes back to the cliff, and the Spaniard is supposed to duel the man in black. Only, the Spaniard is now known to be Inigo Montoya, with a tragic backstory and a very important quest! And you’re kinda like, “Oh, man, is Inigo going to die now?!”

And then, just a little later, the giant Turk is left behind by the Sicilian, to fight the man in black where Inigo failed to stop him. The reader is now told that the giant’s name is Fezzik. And, while the giant Turk named Fezzik has to wait around for the man in black to show up, the novel pauses again to tell you the entire backstory of this Turk named Fezzik.

You learn about Fezzik being born large and strong, and how this made his life very difficult, because people would make assumptions. And you learn about how Fezzik’s parents tried to help him stand up for himself a bit more. In the book, it’s Fezzik’s mother who declares, “Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something.” And you learn a lot about Fezzik’s pro-wrestling/fighting career and various tragedies, and so on and so forth, everything that led Fezzik to this one moment.

So, by the end of this, you’re back in the countryside and you know all about Fezzik, who’s had a rather difficult life. And you’re a lot more invested in the outcome of the fight between Fezzik and the man in black.

I think the movies absolutely made the right choice in removing these extended backstories, because they would have taken up too much time and they’re really not necessary in such elaborate detail. The point of these backstories, as I see them, is to get you to be invested in Inigo and Fezzik, who are both so much more than the Spaniard and the Turk, for when they come back later. The movie accomplishes this very efficiently through the charisma of the actors and through the dialogue during these two fight scenes, which actually simultaneously helps improve Inigo and Fezzik’s respective relationships to this man in black, and makes it easier to believe Inigo and Fezzik and the man in black would trust each other later in the movie. In the movie, you’re given just enough of Inigo’s backstory to set up his conflict with Count Rugen, and the actors’ performances sell the history there just fine!

But still, reading those backstories and getting swept away in Inigo and Fezzik’s pasts, only to dumped back just in time for a life-or-death fight was delightful. It’s definitely not a style that can be pulled off in every novel.

[drrockso20]

the original novel for The Godfather does this a lot for most of it’s characters of importance, even a fair few of the minor ones

[tyrantisterror]

We should retire the “evil social justice protest group” archetype forever.

[tyrantisterror]

Like, yes, sure, there have historically been social justice movements that turned into violent revolutionary ones and created new tyrannies just as horrible as the ones they protested.  But the vast majority of protest groups asking for equality have actually wanted equality, and in this day and age, we fucking need them.

[drrockso20]

agreed, well unless it’s a parody of PETA, cause PETA can go fuck themselves

[tyrantisterror]

Not gonna lie, the fan art in that post of Arthur and Hazel, the human version of the squirrel, was actually very sweet and cute

Yeah it was.  Not sure why they were fighting some weird Incan statue monster though.

[drrockso20]

from what I remember it tied into some ideas involving Arthur and Hazel having to go to the Wasteland from the Epic Mickey games, that statue monster was probably from the Kingdom of The Sun concept that eventually became The Emperor’s New Groove, from what I remember there were other pics involving other unmade Disney concepts, as well as a recurring threat by a Mordred from the original “No Hazel” timeline

[tyrantisterror]

I’m watching The Sword in the Stone for the first time in decades and I’ve gotten to the part where Merlin is trying to get Arthur to lose his virginity to a squirrel.

[tyrantisterror]

Y’know, if Merlin turned that squirrel into a human it would save Camelot a significant amount of problems down the road.

[tyrantisterror]

“Squirrels mate for life Arthur, so the chances of her fucking your best friend and inadvertently causing a schism that leads to the downfall of an entire utopian kingdom are completely nil!”

[tyrantisterror]

Ok hopefully this is the last time I add onto this but Arthur marrying the squirrel would stop both of the events that destroyed Camelot - namely the aforementioned falling out with Lancelot AND the birth of Mordred.  Being with him since youth, Squirrel would keep Arthur from being seduced by his half-sister Morgause (or Morgan Le Fay in the versions of the myth that cut Morgause out) when he was young and foolish, as he’d already be in a committed relationship and thus wouldn’t be able to be tricked into starting one with said half-sister.  No incest means no Mordred.  Then, as mentioned above, Squirrel would be a faithful wife, which means Guenevere would be single, which means Lancelot and Guenevere could pork each other without causing a huge row that ends with Lancelot killing dozens of his fellow knights of the round and inspiring several others to turn against Arthur out of loyalty to him.

Camelot would have been saved if Arthur just. Fucked. That. Squirrel.

[duskargentum]

You say all that but all I hear is “here is how Merlin trying to convince Arthur to become a furry could have saved the world”

[tyrantisterror]

Look this was a journey for me ok?

It started as “I can’t believe Disney made a movie where Merlin tries to get a squirrel to take Arthur’s virginity” and slowly became “I can’t believe Disney’s weird bestiality subplot actually solves the two biggest problems that cause Camelot’s downfall.”

Because as baffling as the squirrel fucking plotline is just on its own, the fact that it’d actually be solution to the eventual problems Arthur faces - whether anyone at Disney was actually thinking about that or not (and I’m guessing not) - is even more so.  It is bizarre and unsettling to me that squirrel fucking could have saved Camelot, and that’s, uh, the point of this I guess.

[literatedead]

So, pointless fun fact. Around 2008, someone on 4chan actually made a ‘humanized’ version of the squirrel called ‘Hazel’ (i.e. one who had been changed to a human to be with Arthur). For a little while, there were a number of artists making pieces about her, and stories written suggesting alternate histories.

I know it’s a minor point, but I still love the notion that people are still finding ways to rewrite the story so Arthur can f*@# the squirrel.

Whole gallery of pics here, because some of this artwork gets downright amazing…

[strixmoonwing]

I REMEMBER THESE!!!!

[mousathe14]

Fascinating

[bugcthulhu]

@tyrantisterror  your legacy endures

[tyrantisterror]

To an ever widening group of people, I am “that guy who ranted about Arthur fucking a squirrel.”

Of all my legacies, this is certainly one of them.

[spankzilla85]

I think I’ve posted about this before buuuuuuut fuck it? This makes me deliriously happy and sad. The resolution of Arthur becoming human and having to try to explain himself to a sobbing squirrel is one of my strongest childhood memories about having to deal with heartbreak and I’m literally fucking tearing up right now GOD DAMN YOU TYRANTIS.

[noreasonisreasonenough]

This completely leaves out the reality of cheating. Like, Arthur still could’ve been capable of sleeping with his half-sister and fathering Mordred. Also, he still could’ve gone after Guenevere even if she was married to Lancelot, which still could’ve caused a huge kerfuffle among the knights of the round table.

But yeah, that poor squirrel cooing her tears in the tree will haunt me until the end of my days.

[tyrantisterror]

Please don’t take the Arthur Squirrel Fucking post seriously.

[feifiefofum]

Wait lancelot is already married. She dies of heartbreak because he fucked off to Camelot for too long leaving his son galahad an orphan. Oh yes, in some versions he fathered galahad. So even if Arthur avoids the adultery line, the sins of lancelot persist.

[tyrantisterror]

Please don’t take the Arthur Squirrel Fucking post seriously.

[atomic-darth]

This post will forever be a part of you legacy.

[whofan26-deactivated20210212]

“Please don’t take the Arthur Squirrel Fucking post seriously”

When you’re on to something, you’re on to something, dude

[callidafox]

Just gotta say that in Le Morte d’Arthur he does in fact sleep with Morgause after he is married to Guinivere. In fact, he sleeps with Morgause exactly one page after he marries Guinivere. Sooo… Sorry squirel girl.

Unless we are arguing here that disney Arthur is a totally different characterization than Malory’s Arthur

[fluffmugger]

MALLORY IS NOT A SOURCE

[lynati]

Arthur in the alt timeline’s personality might have shifted by the time he reached that age; he might have had concerns about Hazel, uh, relieving him of his nuts if he cheated.

[angry-cajun-lady]

Rabbits are known to castrate males, deliberately…. squirrels are too.

She’d totally uhh…keep his nuts in check.

[tyrantisterror]

[drrockso20]

embrace your legacy, and wield it like a weapon against all who would oppose you

[lbibliophile]

Just like Slughorn, Albus Dumbledore collects people. Only, instead of focusing on those with influence, he looks to the outcasts.

The expelled half-giant. The young werewolf. The repentant Death Eater.

He protects them and gives them a second chance. All he asks in return is their loyalty.

And, if on occasion he requests that they undertake a certain task, invoking their debt of gratitude - well, that is no more than he is owed.

He once thought to add a certain disowned Black to his collection, but quickly realised his mistake.

Sirius is not an outcast, but a rebel. He knowingly chose his path, and chooses what price he is willing to pay for it. He refuses to be used.

So Albus Dumbledore abandons him.

[wizardtowizard-blog]

Who gave you the RIGHT?

[bonnini]

Dumbledore knows Sirius’s loyalty lies with Harry instead of him, and he has no use for someone who is not willing to follow his orders without question. 

[marauders4evr]

Ooooohoo if there’s ever a post that fits my aesthetic…

[not-a-bit-good]

okay but then where does Harry himself fit into this collection? Is he an outcast because he is “the Boy Who Lived”?

[marauders4evr]

Nooonono, my friend, that’s what makes this post so beautiful. Because it fits the meta I’ve been trying to get people to accept for years. 

Harry was an outcast due to a childhood filled with abuse and neglect. 

Vernon made him an outcast by dismissing his claims of magic, berating him, locking him in a CLOSET and putting bars on his window, and let’s face it, even though her editor made her cut it out, Jo intended for there to be physical abuse. 

Petunia made him an outcast by enabling and contributing to this abuse, as well as making Harry do dozens of chores while doting on Dudley. 

Dudley made him an outcast by bullying him and threatening any students at school who wanted to be his friends. 

And the rest of the wizarding world made him an outcast when they bullied him for being an outsider.

Harry James Potter became an outcast the moment he was placed with The Dursleys.

And who put him there in the first place?

[theotheryongbok]

[my-sun-is-gone-deactivated20180]

I’m here for this Anti-Dumbledore discussion.

[gehayi]

This makes even more sense when you consider why Dumbledore deliberately made Harry an outcast.

Think about it What would Harry have been like if he had grown up in the wizarding world? Or, to put it another way, what would Harry have been like if he had grown up in a world where magic was the norm?

He would have taken magic for granted. He would have been less likely (especially as he got older) to view Dumbledore as a wise mentor and more likely to see him as flawed and capable of bad decisions. He would have seen both the world and Dumbledore as ordinary, with their good points and bad points.

But Dumbledore didn’t need a well-adjusted boy who took magic and the magical world for granted. He needed a child who would love the magical world unstintingly, even irrationally, because it was a haven from neglect and abuse. Even more, he needed a child who feared this world becoming evil and who therefore would not question someone that he saw as the ultimate authority, especially if he believed that obeying that authority would keep the world safe.

Even if obedience meant his own death.

Dumbledore wanted a martyr who would die for the wizarding world, because he believed that Voldemort could not die until Harry did. Which was why he left Harry with the Dursleys and let them neglect and emotionally abuse him for the next ten years.

To get a martyr, he first had to create a victim.

[frostyemma]

well… well, shit

[a-fangirl-summary]

what

[mintedwitcher]

Oh shit. Its been updated.

[garrettauthor]

…I’ve been in the “Dumbledore was on the darker side of morally grey” camp for years but this…this. Holy shit. Oh no.

[drrockso20]

kinda funny that I ended up discovering this concept years ago in an extremely smutty yet rather well made Harry Potter Harem Fanfiction of all places

[unpretty]

The Outbursts of Everett True was a comic strip that ran in papers from 1905 to 1927, wherein the aforementioned Everett True regularly beat the everliving shit out of rude people as a warning to anyone else who might consider being rude. Men have not only been taking up too much room on public transport for about as long as public transport has existed, but the people around them have been irritated about it for at least a hundred years. The next time someone tries to claim that manspreading is a false phenomenon, please direct them to this strip so that Everett True can correct their misconceptions with an umbrella upside the head.

[guyalice]

I have never before heard of Everett True, but if he “regularly beat the everliving shit out of rude people as a warning to anyone else who might consider being rude,” I have a strong spiritual connection with him.

[froginakettle]

[hotcocoachia]

I fucking love him

[jaynavajasso]

i can imagine this guy’s voice very clearly in my head but i couldn’t put a name to it 

[iamtypinglike98madmen-deactivat]

He also jabs racists in the eye!

[tumblunni]

I love the justice grandpa of fists

[drrockso20]

Everett True is definitely wonderful overall, though I will give fair warning that since it is a comic strip published from 1905 through 1927 there are going to be some occasional awkward strips where some old-timey racism(at least once or twice Blackface is used) or sexism/homophobia*(let’s just say the author had some interesting thoughts regarding some of the fashion trends of the period) slips through, still a great comic overall but I had to give this warning(would love to see a modern version of Everett True though)

*I’m actually not sure what the right phrase to use here would be since the specific issue tended to revolve around men’s fashion and what the author considered to be appropriate for a man to wear or style their hair

[tyrantisterror]

A good Christmas haul, I think.

(the laptop and the sketchbook in the first image aren’t Christmas presents, I just needed to make some space to set stuff down)

[drrockso20]

can’t believe I almost forgot to share my Christmas haul with you, mine was also rather Kaiju and Toku filled;

Godzilla: The Showa Era Films

MegaBeast Investigator Juspion

Ultraseven

Ultraman Geed

Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life

American Barbarian

Dragons, Serpents, & Slayers in the Classical and Early Christian Worlds

V For Vendetta

The Electric State

@tyrantisterror

[tyrantisterror]

I know that as monster/horror blogger I’m expected to play Scrooge and go all “bah, humbug!” but, like, I genuinely love Christmas, because when you dig down into its history it’s basically Winter Halloween.  The Pagan celebrations that Christmas was cobbled together out of (Frankenstein style) were full of monsters and scary stories to go along with the candy and treats, and despite people trying to sanitize it over the last century or so the monsters remain, some of them in plain sight (give me your grinches, your snowmen, your ghosts of various time periods).

Like, I’m full on Jack Skellington about it.  The divide between Christmas and Halloween is a thin veil, one that is easily pierced by spirits from another world.  You can love both.  I love both.

[drrockso20]

this sums me up to a tee as well buddy(there’s a reason why I consider The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus to be the best Rankin Bass Christmas special)

[devnny]

(jhonen voice) what’s the point of making a stupid male protag if there isn’t a purple girl to beat his ass?

[devnny]

MY EVIDENCE:

[drrockso20]

so that’s why so many people like the ZAGR and DATR ships*...

*Zim And Gaz Romance and Dib And Tak Romance for those not familiar with Invader Zim fandom terminology

[tyrantisterror]

I HAVE A LOT OF MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THIS AND I DON’T KNOW HOW TO PARSE THEM

[tyrantisterror]

Ok so

GOOD:

- animation looks really expressive and good

- lots of weird Seuss style creatures and landscapes

- MICHAEL FUCKING DOUGLAS????

- The rhyming introduction makes me hope some attempt to honor the poetry of Seuss’s stories may be made

- It’s just nice to see a Dr. Seuss cartoon where the characters look expressive and unique

BAD:

- The risque humor & slapstick jokes that are peppered throughout all feel really forced and contrary to the spirit of Seuss’s kids books

- Green Eggs and Ham is a story that takes like five minutes to read how the fuck are you turning it into an ENTIRE TV SERIES

- Like just make a Seuss anthology guys seriously people love anthology shit now

[highly-radioactive-nerd]

Dr. Seuss Shared Cinematic Universe

[tyrantisterror]

DAMMIT NETFLIX GIVE ME MONEY TO MAKE SEASONS OF THE GRINCH

[tyrantisterror]

Wait

?!?!?!?!

HOW THE - WHY THE - THIS IS THE CAST FOR THE GREEN EGGS AND HAM CARTOON SHOW?

[tyrantisterror]

I guess I’m not opposed to taking the core concept of Green Eggs and Ham - i.e. of a narrow-minded curmudgeon learning to try new things and enjoy the variety of experiences life offers - and expanding it into a road trip story.  God knows I love road trip stories (I wrote two and am writing a third), and a road trip IS a really good way to showcase the wonderfully weird world building of Dr. Seuss.

But still, this is strange and I’m not sure if it’ll be horrible or not.  I guess I’ll have to try it and see if I like it.

[drrockso20]

don’t forget the fact that apparently it’s supposed to be the most expensive animated series EVER, like apparently each episode has a minimum budget of like 5 million dollars or something crazy like that(when most cartoon series have per episode budgets of around 50 to 500,000 dollars from my recollection, and even shows like The Simpsons top out around 2 million per episode and that’s mostly because of VA costs)

[tyrantisterror]

Ok, that answers the “why is this animation so GOOD” question

[drrockso20]

it’s also why even though this show was initially announced in 2015, it’s only coming out now, that kind of animation takes a lot longer than most standard TV animation does, it’s basically only a couple steps down from theatrical animation after all

[tyrantisterror]

I HAVE A LOT OF MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THIS AND I DON’T KNOW HOW TO PARSE THEM

[tyrantisterror]

Ok so

GOOD:

- animation looks really expressive and good

- lots of weird Seuss style creatures and landscapes

- MICHAEL FUCKING DOUGLAS????

- The rhyming introduction makes me hope some attempt to honor the poetry of Seuss’s stories may be made

- It’s just nice to see a Dr. Seuss cartoon where the characters look expressive and unique

BAD:

- The risque humor & slapstick jokes that are peppered throughout all feel really forced and contrary to the spirit of Seuss’s kids books

- Green Eggs and Ham is a story that takes like five minutes to read how the fuck are you turning it into an ENTIRE TV SERIES

- Like just make a Seuss anthology guys seriously people love anthology shit now

[highly-radioactive-nerd]

Dr. Seuss Shared Cinematic Universe

[tyrantisterror]

DAMMIT NETFLIX GIVE ME MONEY TO MAKE SEASONS OF THE GRINCH

[tyrantisterror]

Wait

?!?!?!?!

HOW THE - WHY THE - THIS IS THE CAST FOR THE GREEN EGGS AND HAM CARTOON SHOW?

[tyrantisterror]

I guess I’m not opposed to taking the core concept of Green Eggs and Ham - i.e. of a narrow-minded curmudgeon learning to try new things and enjoy the variety of experiences life offers - and expanding it into a road trip story.  God knows I love road trip stories (I wrote two and am writing a third), and a road trip IS a really good way to showcase the wonderfully weird world building of Dr. Seuss.

But still, this is strange and I’m not sure if it’ll be horrible or not.  I guess I’ll have to try it and see if I like it.

[drrockso20]

don’t forget the fact that apparently it’s supposed to be the most expensive animated series EVER, like apparently each episode has a minimum budget of like 5 million dollars or something crazy like that(when most cartoon series have per episode budgets of around 50 to 500,000 dollars from my recollection, and even shows like The Simpsons top out around 2 million per episode and that’s mostly because of VA costs)