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How does Marinette know the rules of fencing, calling out a foul with the correct term, and knowing it's enough to end the bout?
Sorry I didn’t say it in the comic, but in canon she said she spent the whole weekend studying. Given the brief amount of googling I did this is a very intricate sport so getting a head start is pretty smart of her.
Ten Things They Could’ve Done for the Shanghai Special‘s Opener Instead of What They Actually Did
note: this post does not welcome Marinette salt and is only presenting alternatives to the bad writing; Marinette salters do not interact
Marinette genuinely wanting to learn about her culture and deciding to ask her parents to go; she’s rewarded by the narrative by Adrien coincidentally being there too.
Marinette’s friends meddle in the matter and are the ones who lie to Marinette’s parents in Marinette’s place, talking over Marinette so she can’t get a word in (foreshadowing for the New York special where Alya will be meddling further and actually is there with Marinette to meddle further).
Marinette going to Shanghai for her great-uncle’s birthday (after being semi-guilted by her parents since she’s nervous about going to another country herself, but she does genuinely like her great-uncle) and coincidentally missing Adrien every single time. Neither have any idea the other is in Shanghai and the joke is that they keep almost seeing each other but never do. They’ll have a moment later after they get back like you were in Shanghai too??? I didn’t even see you!!
Marinette hears about Adrien leaving for Shanghai (because he told her since they’re supposed to be friends and he sent out a mass text to let everyone know) and he’s clearly going to be lonely, which gives Marinette an incentive to want to go to Shanghai for him as his friend.
Adrien doesn’t actually go to Shanghai - Gabriel does - and Marinette goes there alongside Sabine for fAmiLY bOnDinG purposes. Wanting Chat Noir to know, Ladybug texts him to tell her where she’s going and Adrien (thinking that something happened and Ladybug might need him) has to balance going back-and-forth between Paris and Shanghai to be ready to help but also make sure that Nathalie and Gorilla suspect nothing.
Marinette’s parents talking about her going to Shanghai for her great-uncle’s birthday and Marinette is understandably unsure (“I don’t even know Chinese!”) until she hears about Adrien going to Shanghai as well. The special ends up being a call out to the show itself her parents for never trying to invest her in Chinese culture, not even teaching her the Chinese language, and then expecting her to want to go with no other incentive.
Marinette venting to Master Fu (placing this special firmly between seasons 2 and 3 without being vague about it) that Adrien is going to Shanghai, which makes Fu realize that Chat Noir is MIA. He gives Marinette the horse miraculous and tells her to “go ahead and go” (without giving further details, pretending like he’s just giving her an offer to see Adrien) because he knows he can’t count on Adrien being able to fly back in time if there’s an akuma alert.
Marinette hears about Adrien leaving and, while having dinner with her parents, sighs to herself about how she “wishes she could go to Shanghai,” which her parents misunderstand and immediately overwhelm her with their shtick about how “they’ve been waiting for this moment” (same as in the original), meaning Marinette can’t get a word in and ultimately decides not to correct them since they’d feel bad. She’s mixed between looking for Adrien and spending time with her great-uncle, but ends up having the most fun experiencing Chinese culture in the end.
Marinette hears about Adrien being in Shanghai and decides to use her space power to go to Shanghai herself without her family knowing (Wang might very well see her while she’s there; cue Marinette sweating profusely when her parents explain that Wang saw someone who “looks just like her”; yeah, how about that?? weird, right???). Shenanigans ensue with her balancing being in Shanghai and going home to make her parents think she never left (probably having to make more space macarons at some point as well, showing that she knows the recipe). Bonus if the ending is her realizing that Adrien isn’t worth this much effort.
Not make a China special that wasn’t going to make anyone happy anyway because they clearly don’t know what they’re doing.
How do you feel about the show writers trying to do the “who is this man GASP she was a girl all along?!” With Kagami’s entrance? I noticed that you have Marinette using she pronouns when referring to Kagami already without her “reveal.” I remember when I first watched the original I thought “are they really trying to do that or was that a mess up? Either way it wasn’t pulled off well.” It felt like a forced way to try and introduce a new “love rival” honestly
I didn’t have an opinion because I never watched the episode in English and the French (subs at least) didn’t do that at all. Just seems really dumb and pointless, she’s very clearly a she and the reveal of being a she shouldn’t be a shock. Plus it detracts from the original intention was that Adrien was gobsmacked by how pretty she is, not that she’s female.
Marie Kondo is full of anecdotes about the weird ass shit that she not only lets people keep but encourages them to elevate in their lives. She says one of her clients ended the process with a bedroom full of vintage pinball machines because what sparks joy in that particular woman was basically sleeping in the middle of an arcade.
Marie Kondo would never make you throw away your weird shit! She wants you to pare down to just your weird shit.
It pisses me off that for YEARS tidying up shows were full of white neurotypicals shaming neurodivergent people for having more than an arbitrary number of possessions and forcing them to go through a traumatic process of throwing away so much of their stuff to fit other people’s standards of “this is how you should live your life” and everyone thought those were fine!
But then in comes this sweet little Japanese lady who says the only rule is how can we make the client’s life happier and less stressful? How can we help them prioritize the things they enjoy being around? Marie Kondo came up with a process that accommodates and respects obsessions and special interests. And people treat her like the devil incarnate.
It’s fucked up.
Okay fun story time:
I’m neurodivergent: ADHD, depression, autism, anxiety. And tidying/cleaning used to send me into panic attacks because the only way I knew how to do it was my mother’s way, which was very neurotypical “if you don’t use it throw it away and if it doesn’t serve an actual “purpose” it’s gone”. This resulted in shit that I loved getting tossed. I would BAWL if I had to tidy up, so my room was just. An unholy mess. Because if it was messy then mom couldn’t find shit to throw it away, and I didn’t have panic attacks over throwing away things I loved.
Fast forward to the birth of my kid. Guilt started to kick my ass, because I’m a bad parent I can’t keep things tidied up. Then, my partner (god I love them so much) told me about Marie Kondo and her method.
Y’all. I cleaned. I CLEANED cleaned. My room became organized for the first time in years because I realized it wasn’t about tossing everything, just the things that weren’t important to me/caused me stress. And that’s still how I clean literal years later.
Does my room still get messy? Yeah, I have fibro and brain fog and pain make it hard to clean. But when I DO clean, it’s much easier, I don’t cry anymore, and I’m surrounded by things that make me happy.
Fuck NT cleaning, Konmari is a life changer, keep what makes you happy and fuck anyone who says otherwise.
She also has organization tips that are basically boiled down to “make everything as easy to access as possible, no stacking things, no tossing things haphazardly into drawers use smaller containers in bigger containers to partition things off (they can be random cardboard packaging etc), you should be able to see everything when you open a drawer or cabinet or what have you, put things where you need them and if that means your shoes are in the kitchen then the shoes belong in the kitchen, if that means granola bars are on the night stand then the granola bars are on the night stand (preferably in their package or in a basket or jar that also sparks joy)”
Coincidentally a lot of these are also tips for people with adhd “everything needs to be visible or it doesn’t exist” (i can relate) and other neurodivergent brains (is that the right way to say it???? Genuinely asking, or is it neurodivergents, or neurodivergent ppl or neurodivergencies?) Her whole method is about respecting and caring for what you own and what makes you happy, reframing your perspective towards things you actually need but stress you out (watch her interview with colbert or minhaj to see what I mean), and most importantly respecting and working with the client by giving them a guide and then gently encouraging them to complete her method with very little interference on her part
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Lol, here's a fun one: if you had been born in the medieval era and without access to modern medicine, how long would you have lived? If I managed to survive being born (unlikely) I would have died at age 22 from appendicitis :) hbu?
The number of you absolutely convinced you would have been convicted of witchcraft and burned at the stake seems statistically unlikely.
i was a stillborn that was resuscitated afterwards, so i would have just been born dead and stayed dead lmao
LMAO, my heart stopped 3 times before my first birthday. I would b VERY dead rn.
the moon is a lesbian and she hates terfs
the moon told me personally that she thinks you’re obnoxious and hopes you never get a girlfriend
I have a theory that the moon IS a trans woman cause she’s always associated with feminine things but when we saw the craters that look like a face we called it “The Man In The Moon”. She’s a woman with a face that people may perceive as male. She’s a beautiful trans woman
the moon is a beautiful trans woman who hates terfs and shows her face every night to remind other trans women they are beautiful and strong and loved and important and wonderful and that terfs and their opinions dont matter
I wanna add to this if it’s ok?? In Hindu mythology, Chandra, the moon, was originally thought of as a male deity. However, as time went on, symbolism involving the moon and the name “Chandra” itself became identified with femininity, with beautiful girls being described as having “moon-like faces,” with their dark, long hair reminding lovers of the midnight sky, and names like “Nilaa” (”moon” in Tamil) and “Indu” (in Sanskrit) are now pretty much now completely girl names!
AlsO Chandra is married to 27 wives, who are all stars. The moon is a trans lesbian and is gay for all the stars in the sky.
Reblog if you’re gay for the trans lesbian poly moon who supports all woman.
Trans lesbian poly moon 🥺
Are there stories about under-the-bed monsters versus housecats? I’ve seen some great stuff with teddy bears valiantly fighting off the nighttime terrors, but what about cats?
They have that habit of staring at nothing, then running all bonkers through the house. Widely accepted to See Things We Don’t. What if some of those things are monsters here to scare the kiddos?
I tell you, if I was crawling out of some otherworldly portal under a dusty bed, the last thing I’d want to come face-to-face with is a predator with fangs and claws right at eye level.
Something stirred under the bed. Something evil. Something dark and shadowy, with long skittery fingers, and eyes that glowed, and jaws that opened farther than they should, to bare more teeth than a human mind ever wanted to see.
The something moved out into the moonlight, twisting to wrap its long fingers over the edge of the bedframe, digging claws into the blanket, ready to heave itself up onto the bed.
But something else crouched there staring back at it.
Something else with claws and teeth, and a great love of using them. Something that was death to every small animal in a mile radius, and saw this interloper as nothing more than a challenge.
And housecats love a challenge.
When the cat leapt at the monster, it was with more speed and ferocity than the monster was prepared for. There was a chase for the ages: across the room, down the hall, waking every soul in the house.
By the time the humans in their nightgowns had lit candles and stumbled in to find the source of the ruckus, all they found was the cat, looking pleased. There was no monster to be found.
If the shadows in that room were a little darker than usual, and the dust clumps a little more numerous, that was neither here nor there. It certainly wasn’t the remains of a particularly foolish breed of monster. The last of its kind.
The others had met a similar fate in other homes across the world. When cats first decided that humanity offered a life that agreed with them, the monsters’ days were numbered.
This family of humans admonished their cat to be more quiet the next time she felt like chasing nothing. They put out their candles and went back to bed. One paused to stroke the cat and tell her she was a mighty hunter of shadows.
The cat smiled at this, in her quiet feline way. She followed the human back to the bedroom, where she curled up in her favorite place on the bed. She went to sleep with pride, the only defender against shadow monsters that the household would ever need.
I literally just cooed. This is wonderful!
The moral of knives out was entitled rich people are the same. There were various types of political leanings in the Thrombey family: leftist, liberal, conservative, alt-right. However, none of that mattered when their money was threatened, whatever political opinions they held went out the window if it meant saving their lifestyle.
What is going on with the world??
In a move that has sparked outcry from archaeologists, historians and locals, the Peruvian government has approved a multi-billion international airport near the famed site of Machu Picchu, Peru’s single most important tourist destination. Bulldozers have begun to clear millions of tons of earth for the project, which will be located in Chinchero, a picturesque Inca town.
Building the airport in this location will destroy an ancient landscape, one shaped by the Incan people with terraces and routes.
Critics also suggest that planes flying low over the nearby village of Ollantaytambo and its archaeological park filled with ruins and a massive Inca fortress with large stone terraces, would cause incalculable damage to fragile Inca ruins there and destroy the peace and beauty of the area.
The new airport will make access to the site much easier, and thus encourage greater numbers than ever before to visit.
But Machu Picchu is already overwhelmed by almost double the limit of tourists as recommended by UNESCO. [see also India’s Taj Mahal - an incredible site simply reeling under a relentless, ineffectively managed tourist, both domestic and international, onslaught]
It’s the constant battle between protecting the past and profiteering from it.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/may/15/archaeologists-outraged-over-plans-for-machu-picchu-airport-chinchero
What the actual fuck
how about NO
Opinions are divided in the agrarian town of Chinchero, where the airport is slated to open in 2025
Pike Trickfoot from Critical Role with her awesome new hair.
how we started, how its going pt 2
Warlock: I’m giving this to [Rogue] because she’s a responsible human being.
Rogue: I’m an elf, actually.
Warlock: oh
Warlock: she’s a responsible elf being
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Adrien's breathing is too fast and too shallow, his muscles too tense, and he's twisting the ring he always wears like it's the only thing he can feel that isn't fear.
—from an untitled Ladrien fic
A rare Australian native bee had not been sighted for nearly 100 years until one landed in front of the researcher looking for them.
Pharohylaeus lactiferus had not been spotted in around 100 years, and scientists were beginning to fear it might be extinct. It’s thought that this these bees might be habitat specialists, which would make them particularly vulnerable to extinction via habitat destruction.
However, in a stroke of incredible luck, a member of the species happened to land right beside a researcher who had come to the area specifically to search for this elusive bee.
Now that the species has been recorded, scientists can gather more data on its habitat preferences and population size, which will hopefully mean better protection and more research in the future.
Got a request a bit back for jm with kittens but it got me thinking about s3 Jon and the Admiral and then I couldn’t stop
