Le Pancake

Hello! I’m Le Pancake! | Pronouns: They/Them https://lethepancake.carrd.co

[lethepancake]

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[pinkgrimwalker]

So apparently all of the characters in the Among Us cartoon use they/them pronouns. Every single one. Happy Pride Month.

[lethepancake]

Every single one also includes the fish. The fish is also non-binary. I wasn't expecting the fish to be non-binary but they are

[frizox]

the abuse and humiliation Greta Thunberg is going through at the hands of the Israelis needs to be put in context with the dehumanising torture Palestinian prisoners are put through on the daily: the fact that darling Greta can be blindfolded and forced to crawl and kiss the Israeli flags - despite her international popularity and the protection her own government should guarantee her - is only possible because Israelis are allowed to beat, humiliate, starve and rape Palestinians to literal death without anyone stopping them.

[burningcheese-merchant]

I know I'm probably late to the party with this observation, but I just really wanted to take the time to put my own thoughts about it into my own words, because I'm actually quite pleased that an idea I (and plenty of others) had about the Beasts, their relationships with mortalkind as Virtues, and what helped cause their corruption, has more or less been solidifed as canon to the narrative (not that it really needed that help, I don't think, but this update really drove the point home)

Basically, I always stood by the idea that what helped spell doom for the Virtues was their failure to form meaningful connections with people, whether that be mortals or even with each other. Not only did they stumble and ultimately collapse under the weight of responsibilities they did not choose to bear, such a fate was assured because no one was there to help prevent it. None of them had a support system of any kind anywhere.

Except for Silent Salt.

Silent Salt was the most insulated from threats of corruption right from the start, both because of his virtue being Solidarity and simply because of his own personal character/integrity. From the beginning, Salt preached unity, understanding, and friendship no matter anyone's differences. He allied himself with the poor, with the hungry, with the sick and injured, to such a degree that this devotion to society's outcasts is baked into the Kala Namak Knights' vows: "Embrace the downtrodden. Remember the tormented." Anyone and everyone was welcome to join the Knights of Kala Namak; the only true requirement was believing in and fighting for solidarity always. Salt's willingness to mingle with mortals, to embrace them as his friends and his comrades and his equals, is so exemplary that other characters actually notice and comment on it:

Salt was no one's king, he was no one's teacher, he was no one's master. He presented himself as a trusted equal to ALL people, everywhere, going out of his way to protect and serve even those that the world had long discarded. He was a god that stepped down from the heavens to stand side by side with mortals as though they were him and vice versa. Doing that drew people to him, earned him their trust and loyalty and unwavering friendship. People who loved and appreciated him for who he really was and what he really did, so much so that they were willing to fight and die not just for Salt himself (not that he would've wanted that, he'd rather die for them than the opposite), but for his ideals. He had a vision for the world that he wholeheartedly believed in and other people believed in it too, because they believed in him.

And that's what saved him in the end. That's what kept him from corrupting for as long as it did. When the other Virtues began to falter, he stood firm. While they succumbed to hatred and despair one by one, he continued his endless march across the world, searching for people in need of help. When the other Virtues vanished from the public and Salt was all that remained to continue fighting for the greater good, he did so. Even when he himself learned the touch of rage and misery after losing everything, he retained his lucidity and moral compass and immediately made his way to Elder Faerie so he could confess his sins, and beg Elder Faerie to kill him so he did not risk tainting mortalkind's good future with his presence. And in the end, Silent Salt made the ultimate sacrifice and sealed himself away inside the Silver Tree along with the other Beasts, in service of Elder Faerie, in service of his fallen knights, in service of his dream for a better tomorrow led by heroes better than he and his.

And he never lost that heart because Elder Faerie, and the Knights of Kala Namak, and that little boy, and everyone who Salt came to know personally, never let him lose it. Because Salt allowed himself to experience life beyond his status as a deity sent to lord over the world, he was ultimately able to resist the evils that tempted his fellow Virtues, whom on the other hand did not and/or could not find joy and meaning in existence beyond their duties. Salt let a child ride around on his horse and accepted the flowers he gave him, not caring that they dried and turned brittle, because "petals might wither away, but the intention remains". Salt embraced every man and woman who came to him in need, and trained and fought alongside all the ones who chose to stand with him, because they loved and respected both Silent Salt the Virtue and Silent Salt the man. Salt forged an ironclad and lifelong friendship with Elder Faerie, who stood by him to the bitter end, accepting Silent Salt even when he came to him coated in jam and crumbs, the bright light of Solidarity having dimmed into a cold, dark Silence. Who paid that friendship forward by helping to plant and nurture the Silver Tree, and offering support and counsel to Silent Salt all throughout his ordeals, who mourned his self-imprisonment and honored his noble sacrifice by standing guard (and instructing the other faeries to stand guard as well, thus instilling in them the same duty to justice and the greater good that Silent Salt always championed) over the seal until Elder Faerie's own death. People loved Silent Salt because Silent Salt loved people, and Silent Salt loved people because he made an effort to, divinity and power be damned. And it was through him loving people, and in people loving him back, that he was able to hold on for so long.

...And Silent Salt's love for people and vice versa continues to be paid forward in the future. That kid was most likely Charcoal's ancestor, who went on to instruct his family to tend to the graves of the knights and the ruins of the Kala Namak stronghold, which they've done for generations out of gratitude for what Silent Salt and the Knights of Kala Namak did for their family (even if the true purpose lies forgotten in the current age, the sentiment remains). The tree that grew from Salt and Faerie's camaraderie and dedication created new Virtues, and those Virtues were inherited by worthy heroes who actually use their power for good and have resisted corruption time and time again. His own successor has come for him, and is likely to try to reason with him and urge him back to the light, because she empathizes with his plight and believes he can change. Silent Salt's support system was and is so strong that it even transcended lifetimes. While he may have finally fallen from grace, that does not make that fact any less apparent nor powerful. Grace remained with him far past the time it remained with the other Virtues because it was the warmth of all those people he embraced that kept the fire burning. A fire that, sadly, never had the chance to ignite within the other four.

Silent Salt actually letting himself live and feel and understand others not only helped him, but by eventual proxy, it helped countless others. In the end, it truly was and is Solidarity that saved the world

[trashcannie]

if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to live in the midwest, this is it. 

[jasperzilla]

You missed some of the best ones

[dragonastra]

the best part about it is that the art installation isn’t actually called the Bean. It’s called Cloud Gate, and artist Anish Kapoor (yes, THAT Anish Kapoor) hates that we call it the Bean.

But i mean, look at it. It’s a bean.

[vashthestampedee]

How could you forget this one though

[akamine-chan]

I HAD NO FUCKING IDEA THAT THE BEAN WAS CREATED BY ANISH KAPOOR.

[solongstarbird]

someone help me why is anish kapoor important what did he do?

[gay-jesus-probably]

Alright sit down for some Art World Drama bcause this is what I live for.

So, sometime last year (?) science invented Vantablack, which is the darkest possible shade of black. Art world got incredibly excited. But as it needs to be very carefully made in a lab, it’s hard to get a hold of, and is extremely expensive. Enter Anish Kapoor, aka FuckFace McGee. Anish Kapoor buys the rights to Vantablack. He is the only human being on the planet that can legally use it, and he’s kind of a prick about it.

Art world is not thrilled with that.

Enter Stuart Semple.

Stuart Semple is an artist, and also makes pigments to sell in his free time. Stuart Semple is astoundingly pissed about this Vantablack nonsense, and Anish Kapoor’s dickery. Stuart Semple makes a new pigment, the brightest shade of pink ever, called Pinkest Pink, and puts it for sale on the internet. To be bought by everybody except Anish Kapoor. Literally, to purchase, you need to confirm that you are not Anish Kapoor, do not associate with him, and will not sell or give the pigment to Anish Kapoor or his associates. Art world has a good laugh, everyone buys Pinkest Pink because it’s awesome, and damn it we deserve something.

Anish Kapoor however is a penis, and will not take this lying down, because HOW DARE he not have literally everything.

Anish Kapoor gets his London associates to buy him a thing of Pinkest Pink, and being such a classy human being, posts a picture to instagram of him with his middle finger covered in Pinkest Pink, captioned with “Up yours. #pink”

Everyone flips shit, because. Y’know. Fuck that guy. Especially Stuart Semple. For context here, Anish Kapoor is one of the richest artists on the planet, and has repeatedly been referred to as everything wrong with the art world, and the epitome of the art worlds elitism problem. He’s a giant douchebag. Meanwhile Stuart Semple makes pigments just to get them out there. He turns 0 profit from his now enourmously popular pigments.

Stuart Semple launches an investigation as to who the fuck leaked Pinkest Pink, and plans to strike back. He does so by releasing two new products. First is Diamond Dust, which is a glitter made from glass, so that a painting is still visible after it’s applied, but glitters like a mofo. It’s the most reflective glitter out there, and is available to everyone who isn’t Anish Kapoor. And it being made of glass, if you stick your finger in there, it’s going to hurt quite a bit, so that was Stuart Semple’s way of saying “shove your middle finger in this, asshole, see what happens”. Except without saying that, because he can get an insult across while still being fucking classy.

He also releases Black 2.0, created with the help of over a thousand artists worldwide.

Black 2.0 is the answer to Vantablack. Black 2.0 is a slightly less black black, but looks functionally the same to the human eye. It’s completely safe, smells like cherries, and costs four pounds. Vantablack is highly toxic, potentially explosive, needs to be applied in a special laboratory and sealed properly, can’t be moved across borders, can reach 300 degrees celsius if you’re not extremely careful, and costs thousands of dollars. Anish Kapoor is the only human being who can use Vantablack. He is the only human being who cannot use Black 2.0.

So I think we can guess who got the better deal.

And thus the feud ends, Kapoor defeated.

…But not quite.

Kapoor, in this entire afair, has made exactly two comments to the public. The first being his charming message about aquiring Pinkest Pink, the second being claiming to Buzzfeed that he and his small army of lawyers will be suing Semple, an extremely poor artist who cannot afford a lawyer.

No lawsuit has been made yet, fyi.

The point is, Kapoor is a prick, and doesn’t like talking to the lower classes. So one day in July 2017, he decides he needs another floor on his London studio apartment, and starts making arrangements to have it built. His neighbors are fucking pissed, because this will ruin the light of their apartments. They call to Semple to save them, or at the very least piss Kapoor off some more.

Semple answers to the call, and releases two new paints, Phaze and Shift, as always, banned to Kapoor. They change colours, Phaze with temperature, and Shift is just iridescent. Shift needs to be painted over Black 2.0 to work, and Phaze just works on its own.

So that’s been the art world for the last two years.

Basically, get fucked Anish Kapoor your bean sucks and so does your vantablack.

[todayiwrotenothing]

Stuart Semple is organising a bean-kissing event for Anish Kapoor’s birthday.

[secretsfromwholecloth]

Reblogging for “By attending this event you confirm that you are not Anish Kapoor, you are in no way affiliated with Anish Kapoor, you are not attending on behalf of Anish Kapoor or an associate of Anish Kapoor. To the best of your knowledge, information, and belief this event will not be attended by Anish Kapoor.”

[queen-of-heck]

ALSO HE JUST POSTED THIS!!!!!! LIGHTEST LIGHT!

[extremedistressorstellarblowjob]

I know this isn’t my art blog but this entire post gives me life

[galahadiant]

im sorry is that man holding a real actual miniature star in his hands

[cat-vee-deactivated20240417]

Y’all missed the best part about the lightest light, called aptly ‘Lit’. This is from their product page:

[claydart]

Two things:

1. “Anish Kapoor is however a penis” is the best line in this post.

2. I wish to be half as petty and half as awesome as Stuart Semple

[speckled-light]

I hope Stuart Semple is making a lot of money. What a good person.

[0-memento-mori-0]

Go support him the paint’s are pretty cheap and you get the added bonus of being one of many to help piss off Anish Kapoor

[theresagooseinthemainframe]

He is my fucking role model for pettiness oh my god

[politicalcdnmama]

It got better! I’m also excited because he just released biodegradable glitter in non plastic containers! How amazing is that?! Stuart Semple, good guy for the planet and artists, fighter against the rich elite artist like asshole Kapoor.

[mysticalalleycat]

An older project, but he also did this:

(x)

[addakax]

oh dude hes metal as fuck 

[lethepancake]

[quotidianish]

CONGRATULATIONS TO CHILCHUCK TIMS FOR COMING OUT AS CHINESE!!! To celebrate I offer you all chilshi and a comp of my past Chinese chilchuck artwork… I called it.. I’m a prophet…

[dunmeshistash]

Dungeon Meshi - Daydream Hour Cover Illustrations + close ups

[lethepancake]

Every time I get a new fandom interest I always come back here... Hrmmmmm....

[lunawolf237-is-gay]

So we agree this is just straight up them yeah?

[sabertoothwalrus]

lets hear it for the lesbians woo

[sabertoothwalrus]

perfect normal nuclear family

update: this is on INPRNT now. you could have this beautiful family in your house

[niyarest]

Falin has everyone in the dungeon's period.......

full

[neo--queen--serenity]

Marcille is actually one of the biggest reasons it took so long to pinpoint which Chilchuck was the imposter in today’s episode.

The Senshi and Marcille imposters had their own reasons for being hard to decipher, but that was a joint effort on the party’s part. Chilchuck was the only example where a single member’s bias actually swayed the others so strongly that it made them all doubt themselves.

Ryouko Kui did an excellent job of giving us a rich background on how different races interact, and how they may descriminate against each other. Each of the races in this series struggles with these prejudices. Our main characters are not exempt from this, and we see it clearly in the way the shapeshifter manifested as each party member, showing us how the others percieve them.

Marcille knows Chilchuck well, and cares deeply for him as a friend. But she’s not immune to assumptions and biases that come from her elven background. The Chilchuck imposter we are faced with, when it’s down to two of them left, is Marcille’s memory of Chilchuck, Marcille’s perception of how he behaves.

One of the first manifestations of this bias occurs when shapeshifter Chilchuck can’t get a jar open.

The real Chilchuck knows that this would never happen—at least not in this way. Chilchuck is proud, yes, but he asks for Laios’ help all the time. Laios is actually one of the party members he is the most likely to ask help from, given how long they’ve known each other, and how much mutual trust exists between them.

However, the whole scenario isn’t right. Chilchuck wouldn’t give up so easily on opening something; his whole job is opening and unlocking things. He would never quit an attempt like this within 5 seconds, then run to Laios so that “big strong adult tall-man” can open it for him.

Marcille is the one who asks, “Huh? Why do you say that?” because Marcille is partially right. Chilchuck does rely on Laios, and Marcille knows this to be true. But she fails to realize how he relies on Laios.

Chilchuck respects many of Laios’ talents, but the most important ones are his combat skills, his emotional fortitude, and his quick thinking when delegating tasks. He trusts Laios as someone he is comfortable following (he literally said to him and Shuro in the last episode: “Laios!! Tell us what do!! Give us orders!!” when chimera Falin was quickly overpowering them).

So while Marcille almost understands Chilchuck’s confidence in Laios, she tends to accidentally infantilize him in the process.

She immediately believes that Chilchuck B (the imposter, who is specifically using her own memory as its base for Chilchuck’s personality) is the real one, and says so, because she’s blinded by her perception of him as being childlike and adorable because of the very common racial prejudices that half-foots deal with all the time.

She dotes on the imposter, and is open with her affections, as usual (again, her care for him is clear), but doubles down on that bias, on her own assumptions of Chilchuck’s behavior shown through her own lens.

And ultimately, Laios was able to tell the difference, but only because he watched how the Chilchucks handled other minute tasks. Marcille’s stance on which Chilchuck was real truly did throw the others for a loop, at least until the threat passed. And honestly, that’s part of what makes the shapeshifter so terrifying. Its strategy almost worked.

[marlindotzip]

Wow did you see this unreleased official dungeon meshi comic???

[son-flower]

ooh ahh dripchuck

[ciderjacks]

contracts written in blood

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