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Roasted chicken, ginger, daikon, shiitake mushroom soup with lime, cilantro, broccoli sprouts, and rice noodles
Okay, this made me pause and literally write out every letter that 'fell' in order (‘oomngouuhhrsrtutpntnue’), then make sure they were all contained in 'turntomushuponthergroun'.
They are, and it's very satisfying.
What on earth is going on in the Star Trek fandom today, it's like my dash exploded
lol 28 years ago today, the Star Trek Voyager episode "Threshold" aired. The premise of the episode was that humans cannot travel at or faster than warp 10, because if they do, they would be traveling at "infinite velocity" and would exist in all points of space time simultaneously. Tom Paris found a way to travel at this speed, and doing so accidentally hyper-evolved him and his captain (Janeway) into giant salamanders, whereupon they immediately reproduced and created 3 baby salamanders. They were then turned back into normal humans, and forced to leave their salamander babies on the planet they had escaped to.
The episode was long held as the worst star trek episode. Not just the worst Star Trek Voyager episode, but the worst episode, period, because it was extremely weird and people turning into salamanders greatly annoyed a lot of people who don't know what fun is. Tumblr, having discovered this episode like excavating an exciting fossil, has taken a shine to this episode and many people now produce art and memes and eat pepperoni pizza in celebration of its air date, mostly to annoy the episode's creator, as in a very Arthur Conan Doyle way, he hates this episode and wants it de-canonized.
Anyway, happy Threshold Day!
I had a very interesting discussion about theater and film the other day. My parents and I were talking about Little Shop of Horrors and, specifically, about the ending of the musical versus the ending of the (1986) movie. In the musical, the story ends with the main characters getting eaten by the plant and everybody dying. The movie was originally going to end the same way, but audience reactions were so negative that they were forced to shoot a happy ending where the plant is destroyed and the main characters survive. Frank Oz, who directed the movie, later said something I think is very interesting:
I learned a lesson: in a stage play, you kill the leads and they come out for a bow — in a movie, they don’t come out for a bow, they’re dead. They’re gone and so the audience lost the people they loved, as opposed to the theater audience where they knew the two people who played Audrey and Seymour were still alive. They loved those people, and they hated us for it.
That’s a real gem of a thought in and of itself, a really interesting consequence of the fact that theater is alive in a way that film isn’t. A stage play always ends with a tangible reminder that it’s all just fiction, just a performance, and this serves to gently return the audience to the real world. Movies don’t have that, which really changes the way you’re affected by the story’s conclusion. Neat!
But here’s what’s really cool: I asked my dad (who is a dramaturge) what he had to say about it, and he pointed out that there is actually an equivalent technique in film: the blooper reel. When a movie plays bloopers while the credits are rolling, it’s accomplishing the exact same thing: it reminds you that the characters are actually just played by actors, who are alive and well and probably having a lot of fun, even if the fictional characters suffered. How cool is that!?
Now I’m really fascinated by the possibility of using bloopers to lessen the impact of a tragic ending in a tragicomedy…
If we shadows have offended
Think but this and all is mended
Spirit: Stallion of The Cimarron & the Indian Boarding Schools/Residential Schools allegory
Holy shit!
Was this intentional?
Considering the rest of the film’s heavy anti-colonization messaging, the main antagonist being heavily modeled on & inspired by General Custer, the other main (human) protagonist being a Native man (& the fort is where Spirit meets Little Creek), yes, most likely
YES. It was 100% intentional. I highly recommend reading up on the making of this film. There was an incredible amount of care that went into the development.
They had Lakota consultants for the project, especially regarding the use of the Lakota language in the film (which is used sparsely, but when used is accurate).
It’s par for the course now to consult people belonging to a culture for projects representing it these days (i.e. Moana, Frozen 2, etc.) but it certainly wasn’t when Spirit came out in 2002.
This film is allegorical to its core.
Oh I see so it's not that the person who made it was cultivating the strangest vibe possible for the grimace birthday playlist it's that they put every song ever on it
The word "faggot" appears in the lyrics on this playlist multiple times. Dead Kennedy's are on here.
I cannot. Stress. Enough. It is on the grimace birthday playlist.
IT IS ON. THE GRIMACE. BIRTHDAY PLAYLIST.
I had an interesting night last night
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Have I told y’all about my husband’s Fork Theory? If I did already, pretend I didn’t, I’m an old.
So the Spoon Theory is a fundamental metaphor used often in the chronic pain/chronic illness communities to explain to non-spoonies why life is harder for them. It’s super useful and we use that all the time. But it has a corollary. You know the phrase, “Stick a fork in me, I’m done,” right? Well, Fork Theory is that one has a Fork Limit, that is, you can probably cope okay with one fork stuck in you, maybe two or three, but at some point you will lose your shit if one more fork happens. A fork could range from being hungry or having to pee to getting a new bill or a new diagnosis of illness. There are lots of different sizes of forks, and volume vs. quantity means that the fork limit is not absolute. I might be able to deal with 20 tiny little escargot fork annoyances, such as a hangnail or slightly suboptimal pants, but not even one “you poked my trigger on purpose because you think it’s fun to see me melt down” pitchfork.
This is super relevant for neurodivergent folk. Like, you might be able to deal with your feet being cold or a tag, but not both. Hubby describes the situation as “It may seem weird that I just get up and leave the conversation to go to the bathroom, but you just dumped a new financial burden on me and I already had to pee, and going to the bathroom is the fork I can get rid of the fastest.”
I like this and also I like the low key point that you may be able to cope with bigger forks by finding little ones you can remove quickly. A combination of time, focus, and reduction to small stressors that can allow you to focus on the larger stressor in a constructive way.
does this mean somewhere there is a knife theory?
Knives are traumas that require help to fix. Take a fork out and stress is reduced. Take a knife out and you better be prepared to stop the bleeding.
self care is buying yourself a half dozen sunflowers
self care is opening your mouth to tell the florist not to bother adding greenery, not to wrap artfully it in dark brown paper, not to tie it off with a piece of rustic twine, not to give it to you like it’s something precious to hold, because you’re just buying them for yourself and you’re going to put them in vase as soon as you get home, and then, you know, closing your mouth instead of saying any of that and accepting the beautifully wrapped bouquet that you bought yourself
self care is coming home and taking the too tall drinking glass that you bought fifteen minutes from the mexican border, the one painted in blue and white floral patterns, like that expensive china except better for all the ways it’s uneven and clearly made by an unsteady hand, and putting it by the kitchen window next to the sink, filling it with water, and unwrapping your half dozen sunflowers to put them in your too tall glass next to your kitchen window
self care costs a dollar a sunflower and all the sunlight you can borrow or steal
One funny thing to me about across the spiderverse was that like. You KNOW Hobie doesn't fuck with cops. You KNOW he was standing there like chewing on the inside of his cheek Not saying anything really really insensitive about Miles' dad. Spider-punk went the whole film without oinking at anybody I think his restraint is commendable
Miles, 15 years old, likes his dad: we can't just let people die c'mon guys!
Everyone else: I understand but please listen it's part of the timeline we can't change it without destroying the universe--
Hobie standing over there fidgeting with a pin on his vest that says "ACAB" on it:
[ID: tags from @avengerphobic that read "#hobie brown #he has blue shoelaces which means hes killed a cop so im sure he was like screaming on the inside #spiderverse spoilers" /end ID]
Hobie, quietly: I'd kill your dad myself to be honest
Miles: what?
Hobie: nuffink
Important to note that in the comics he has not only killed cops (he lives in an ultrafascist universe where the cops have venom symbiotes) he also cut off the president’s head with his guitar
Extremely swag thank you
One note: "cut off" sounds like he's got a blade in his guitar, but he doesn't. It's a blunt instrument. He just swung it hard enough to overcome the strength of his neck and rock-em-sock-em'd him
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My new Spider-Sona
This post and its notes are the most blessed things in the world
This campaign defies censorship in social media to raise awareness for early detection of breast cancer
this is actually super fucking smartass of them
Reblogging as this is so important everyone! My mum had breast cancer and that shit is not nice so please check yourself ladies and gents! 💕💕💕
tbt to this PSA. Henry had amazing tits and no one at the time appreciated it enough.
critical role girlboss bracket FINAL ROUND
Laerryn Coramar-Seelie (EXU: Calamity)
Lady Vex'ahlia de Rolo (Campaign 1, TLOVM)
reminder: vote for the character who is the most girlboss, not who your favorite is (unless they are one in the same)
Okay, let’s talk. Mean stuff first.
Mechanically, Vex is a Ranger. That glorified Pokémon trainer isn’t even an interesting build until you slap a couple level of rogue onto her. And the coolest thing about her kit is her Vestige. Needing powerful magic items just to pop off on some dragons isn’t very girlboss of you, bb. And as a reminder, even though Brennan offered hella MI’s - Laerryn only had a +1 multitool and a Sending bracelet [which didn’t mechanically affect her build - it was just for flavor].
And yes, of course there’s a world where they’d be friends and talk about the care and feeding of white-haired anime boys but that’s not where we are. We’re comparing a *champion* of the Dawnfather with the broad that wanted to bend a leyline off the planet so she could call him a little bitch to his FACE.
This isn’t a fair fight. They’re not built for comparison. By my last count, Vex died what, 4 times? Laerryn dropped ONCE and took an entire continent with her just to make it stick.
Vex is a wonderful team player, and a captain of VM, but Girlbossing is a solo sport. Could you imagine Laerryn’s dad HURTING HER FEELINGS? Or letting the Matron of Ravens take her brother away? Pretty sure divinity is fucking pretend and that bitch is just a wizard in a Carnivale mask and can catch these goddamn HANDS. Laerryn may not remember the Matron’s name but she’ll damn sure make sure she never forgets Laerryn’s.
Let’s get personal. Bold of you to think that being cheap is a personality trait, girl. And don’t forget about all those “titles” you have just because your partner clocked your daddy issues and tried to bail you out. Laerryn is the Architect Arcane and Hierophant Abjura of the Hall of Symbols all on her own, thank you very much.
At the end of the day, the struggle here is that “girlboss” isn’t really a compliment. It’s something that, after hundreds of hours of play and character development, you outgrow. Vex had that. Vex did that. She was absolutely a girlboss in the beginning, but when we see her in her 60s in C3, she’s a good person. Stable. Content. A good leader and partner and parent. She’s outgrown the term, and truly good for her.
However it goes, I’m happy. The question you have to answer is, what’s more girlboss: saving the world for love, or breaking it?
Blight Queen 2023
This is what Rasputin would've wanted.
I feel like I'm being seduced like one of those fancy rainforest birds
is it working
Yes
Really good Twitter thread originally about Elon Musk and Twitter, but also applies to Netflix and a lot of other corporations.
Full thread. Text transcription under cut.
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i’ve watched this like 8 times in a row
Me and my dog post-apocalypse after we find a broken crate of canned peaches washed up on the beach
I want this video to be sent up into space on a Golden Record. nothing else but this video. truly thing it embodies the exuberance of the human spirit and also how funny would it be for aliens to try to figure out wtf is going on here