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[ijoeymonster]

MP for USD?

Do people still visit this tag? And do people still sell MP for USD here? Been thinking of doing so.. What would be the normal rate?

[catchymemes]

[fenestravitae]

Praise be to the person with relative pitch who was just cleaning and realized “hey isn’t that the opening note to darude sandstorm?”

[kdinjenzen]

Why One Detail of Disney’s Robin Hood Bothers Me And Always Will

Hi, welcome to my Ted Talk, today we will be dealing with something that has bothered me about Disney’s Robin Hood since I was a kid and I still cannot get over to this very day.

And it all stems from THESE THREE PEOPLE:

Maid Marian, Prince John, and King Richard

I’m going to preface this entire thing by saying THIS version of Robin Hood is very very VERY different than the source material, much like all Disney animated films, but it wasn’t really DISNEY who did the big changes… those just came over time with making things more… I’m just going to say “normal for society”, which is ultra double lame.

BUT that’s not the point, because that stuff happens everywhere and with everything, and if I started to complain about THAT we’d be here all day, and I’m already going to take more of your time than needed to complain about something SUPER unimportant from a children’s animated movie made in 1973.

ANYWAY!

So, in the movie the titular character, Robin Hood, is a fox.  Makes total sense, foxes are crafty, hard to catch, cunning, and known for getting into and out of situations that other animals would have difficulty with.  Take that and turn it into an anthropomorphic character and you’d get someone who would easily be against the normal laws, not BAD, but would do BAD to do GOOD. Robin is a show off when he wants to be, and quiet when he has to be.

He’s a pretty perfect Robin Hood, especially in the case of animated kids movies, his characteristics just work SO WELL with his personification as a fox. GOOD STUFF, if I do say so myself!

Little John, meanwhile, is a bear. Not just any bear, but a big ol’ lovable brown bear. This plays on the idea of Little John being a cheeky nickname because Little John is a big, strong, and above all the calm, cool, and rationally smart one of the two. Robin may be clever, but John is the big picture guy. Pun intended.

These two designs and animal choices work SO well with each other, and it’s because these two are so different yet they get along and honestly NEED one another that makes the differences so perfect.

ALAN-A-DALE IS A ROOSTER. BRILLIANT. I don’t even have to go into this, do I? What a GREAT call by making Alan-A-Dale a rooster.  Though, I feel a bit of his characteristics were also borrowed from Will Scarlet for the Disney version, but even that still fits everything. And, honestly, I don’t mind the blending of Alan and Will, it kinda works? Especially with the movie being as short as it is.

ROOSTER BARD. ROOSTER. BARD. So good, I mean c’mon. It’s perfection.

The Sheriff of Nottingham being a wolf is… okay. It’s okay. I get it though, having the wolf hunt the fox. Haha. Cheeky. Cliche, but cheeky.

I really have nothing to say about him, he’s just…okay. Dude’s a cop, so whatever. Not a fan of bootlickers, and the fact that they’re dragging wolves in the mud by making a wolf into a cop is… whatever. /He’s A Wolf Cop/

Personally, I don’t like Friar Tuck as a badger. It really doesn’t make sense to me, and I lowkey hate it that they totally missed so many opportunities. DOVE OF PEACE? LAMB OF GOD? Like FOR REAL, you coulda done something super cute like that, but NOoOoOoOoOoO… he’s a badger. And they kinda pick on him for half the movie, for no reason, and I don’t like that.

Still, Friar Tuck is cute, and a really fun character and they do some clever animation stuff with his “badger”-ness. Still a bit of a missed opportunity.

OKAY NOW THAT WE’VE GOT THESE OTHER BIG ONES OUT OF THE WAY, IT’S TIME FOR MY ACTUAL PROBLEM!

MAID FRICKIN MARIAN IS A FOX.

WHAT THE FRICKEN FRICKITY FRACK?!

ABSOLUTELY NOT! Disney did this JUST because they wanted Maid Marian and Robin Hood to be THE SAME ANIMAL, and that’s ABSOLUTE BUNK!

WHY? Well there’s two BIG reasons that is irks me!

First, the idea that they HAD to be together because they were the same animal or they were made to be the same animal so it wouldn’t be “weird” that they were together.

LAME! UNINSPIRED! BULLSHI-

*ehem* Nonsense. Nonsense.

And it’s even MORE nonsense because of this little fact…

PRINCE JOHN AND KING RICHARD ARE HER RELATIVES!

MAID MARIAN THE NIECE OF PRINCE JOHN AND KING RICHARD!

Okay, you could argue that Maid Marian was adopted, or that King Richard married a lovely fox woman and the fox woman’s relative had a daughter and THAT was Maid Marian. And YES, that would make the situation plausible…

EXCEPT!

This is MEDIEVAL ENGLAND and they are ROYALTY and that kinda stuff wouldn’t fly even IF King Richard is the King.

WHAT I’M SAYING IS…

DISNEY ARE COWARDS FOR NOT HAVING A BIG LIONESS LADY DATE A TINY FOX MAN AND WE WERE ROBBED!

[astro-b-o-y-d]

[grifalinas]

#I cannot focus enough to read all of this but that last part is a GREAT POINT

I really recommend reading the rest, it’s gold

Also this post is a goddamn mood

[bardthulhu]

I couldn’t rest until I brought this lioness to life. I hope my humble Maid Marian does your imagination justice! @kdinjenzen​

[kdinjenzen]

YESSSSSSSS~

[sketchquill]

Redrew some scenes from the movie with Lioness Maid Marian ((Adgbbfg I tried to draw in the style of the movie, I’m sorry if it looks a bit weird QwQ))

[undergrounddweller89]

TAKE MY MONEY I NEED THIS VERSION OF THE MOVIE NOW

[wolveswolves]

By Pat and Tom Leeson

[depsidase]

[penicillium-pusher]

Asked my mom for a binder for Christmas

No, mom, that’s not….

Oh I see what you did there

[infinitysgrace]

alright, this is just too sweet not to reblog

[deadcatwithaflamethrower]

A+ Pun-Acceptable Parenting

[amethystsoda]

THE CHOCOLATE GUY HAS DONE IT AGAIN ☕️🥐

[aqueerkettleofish]

And now he's doing camera tricks.

[bioluminescently-unfolding]

His insta is absolutely off the chain... the giant strawberry! The giant Lego man!

[jeanjauthor]

Okay, this guy has been online for a few years now...and I want you all to know he has come full circle in how we view him.

At first he was The Chocolate Guy, because he was doing amazing things with chocolate, and we passed around his videos to everyone we knew.

And then he became That Fucking Chocolate Guy...because he was doing fucking impossibly fantastic things and we were mad about it because of envy and admiration but couldn't really stop watching at all ever, so we just cussed about him, and passed around even more of his videos to everyone we knew.

And now...we have reached the stage of Acceptance. He is The Chocolate Guy. No need to cuss, no need to growl or glare. He simply is...The Chocolate Guy.

And we watch with awe and reverence...and giggles.

[illymation]

OC’s are fun they’re just little dolls you play with by yourself. in your head.

[animentality]

[jessilynallendilla]

AO3 authors are a completely different breed than book authors

[ijoeymonster]

Now I'm curious. Links to these fics??

[and-corn]

are evil dragons really evil, or are they just vitamin D deficient?

[thememedaddy]

[miss-josc]

[wackyjacqs]

This is so precious!

[evilwizard]

the gimmick blogs are like tumblr’s rogue gallery. yes we’ve got some heroes, yes we’ve got some villains, but more importantly if you look over here you will see some freak who devotes all their time to counting the number of “t’s” in a post

[t-counter]

T Count: 15

Letter Count: 198

Your T Percentage: 7.58%

Average T Percentage: 6.95%

You used the letter T 1.09 times as much as average!

[evilwizard]

YOU EXIST???

[t-counter]

Sometimes you create a guy and it turns out they already exist

[cerayanay]

Sometimes that guy has skills beyond your comprehension @identifying-cars-in-posts

[identifying-cars-in-posts]

1993-1997 Mazda 626

[hellsitegenetics]

String identified:

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T???

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Closest match: Napeogenes sylphis genome assembly, chromosome: 8

[screenshotsofdespair]

[radatav]

[elfstrogenized]

Hey not to derail this post or anything but how the fuck did you post that in the future

[radatav]

It’s simple; this website fucking sucks.

[catchymemes]

[luulapants]

things you should know about books and incarceration

I recently started working with a program that sends books to incarcerated people upon request. There are programs like this in many places throughout the US, under names like “Prison Books Project” or “Books to Prisoners.” Here’s some things you should know:

The most requested book, by far, is the English dictionary. The Spanish dictionary is also highly requested, as are GED prep materials, thesauruses, almanacs, and other reference books. If you have anything like that laying around unused, please consider donating.

Prisons are legally required to maintain libraries of legal resources (this falls under one’s right to counsel), but otherwise generally do not fund or maintain libraries, even for basic educational materials. The law libraries are also often filled with irrelevant law texts (e.g. real estate and civil procedures) instead of what prisoners actually need information about: appeals, civil rights, etc.

There are strict requirements on what books can and cannot be received, which vary from prison to prison and even depending on which staff member is processing the shipments. There are a thousand different reasons prison staff can pull a book from a shipment. Individuals, unfamiliar with the complex restrictions, are often unsuccessful at sending books to incarcerated loved ones.

Prison staff often don’t like prison book programs, despite the fact that they reduce recidivism and keep prisoners occupied and out of trouble. Why? Because it makes more work for them in the mail room. Yes, really.

Immigrants are the fastest growing prison population, so we get lots of requests for books in Spanish or English learning materials. Unfortunately, these are less frequently donated, so our selection is slim.

We also get requests for books about sign language, usually from people with Deaf cellmates who have no other way to communicate.

Books about starting businesses, trades, and reintroduction are extremely common from those planning their lives after release. It’s extremely difficult for convicted felons to find work after release.

We also get many requests about psychology or self-help books. A large percentage of our incarcerated population suffer from some mental illness or have loved ones who do.

Many prisoners were not properly supported in their education. We receive letters from low-literacy people who have severe learning disabilities, whose letters are difficult to read because they never learned to write properly. Comic books/manga are common requests from low-literacy people because they can look at the pictures.

Prison book programs are usually not well funded and must ration how often incarcerated people can write us and how often they can request certain types of high-demand books. Volunteers frequently find there are no suitable books to fill a request and buy books with their own money to make sure someone gets what they’ve asked for. Cash donations to prison book programs will go to buying high-demand books such as dictionaries, GED prep, and other basic education texts.

See if you have a program like this in your area, and consider volunteering or donating books or money. There are over 2 million people incarcerated in the US, and giving them access to books is the very least we can do.

[luulapants]

@only-book-lovers-left-alive

I wish it was that simple! The first hurdle is, of course, that many folks in prison don’t know their rights or, if they do, they don’t know the process to complain when they are violated.

The bigger complication for Deaf and HoH folks is that they cannot have an interpreter with them 24/7. They are guaranteed interpretation services during all official legal and disciplinary proceedings, TTY for phone calls, and reasonable accommodations to allow them access to prison programs, like educational programs.

But an interpreter can’t be with them throughout their day-to-day life. They can’t help with building social connections in prison, conflict resolution with other incarcerated folks, or guards barking instructions day in and day out. The vast majority of their life in prison will be spent without an interpreter or any good way to communicate with others unless someone else learns sign language.

[virgoasf]

[curlsandstems]

I need this.

[poni1kenobi-deactivated20250915]

Reblogged last year, hoping it comes this year