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oldmanstillborn

feminism lost in 2012 when certified woke dog, Molly Sullivan got replaced by Bark Lee for the silver screen

axemetaphor

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the only drawback of being the largest guy in the polycule is that you never get to wear your shirts

nardacci-does-art

Solving the following riddle will reveal the awful secret behind the universe...

heartproof

this is about john dies at the end

ghost-orion

something we don't talk about enough is john's handwriting in the first book. we are introduced to john as a messy person with self-destructive tendencies, who does insane shit for the fun of it not giving a shit about consequences. before we ever meet him sober, david describes his handwriting, and it's small and neat and orderly, the exact opposite of what you'd expect. i think that's so fascinating, isn't it? this tiny little detail reframes your thinking from "i know this person because i know this stereotype" to "oh, this is a Person." it also shows us a little way that david knows john, because how often do you look at someone's handwriting? it shows us their shared history going through school together and the years of friendship. it's just so neat yknow

oldmanstillborn

not a BAT, not a MAN, not a MANTIS???? but a secret fourth thing

oldmanstillborn

taking my anti-depressants with an extra strong beer i NOT me being a slob. it's me david wong maxxing

renmorris

Todd Brinkmeyer is such a haunting figure because like the one memory Dave has of him implies a level of closeness that we don’t have him share with anyone else but John (and later, Amy.)

That on top of all his trauma with intimacy theres entire holes missing from his past…that the Dave who existed before Todd was vanished could've been happier, healthier. It’s an underrated part of his identity fragmentation. There’s nothing to linger on, because now Todd never existed. Now Dave is the Dave without Todd. He’s always been the Dave without Todd. We'll never get to know the Dave who was working on a car with his friend.

wigmonster

do you think dave still gets calls from john that night

#yes 😞

stromcuzewon

here we fucking go people!

#yessssssssssssss

encodedincommotion-deactivated2

the book version of john dies at the end is so much better than the movie. i only read it once years ago because there's always a mile-long wait-list for it at the library, but i finally found it again and it's really great. so far my favorite detail that didn't make it into the movie was that the cop questioning john said he wasn't leaving the interview room until he explained what was happening or died of old age and john was like "ok fine." and then immediately fell over dead. next-level maneuver.