I Haunt My Idiot Thoughts

21+ | real life kicking my rear (live) art tag #notecapn art but im mostly here to reblog things

[si-soya]

my take on Windla

[anemoyuri]

is this rayashiki lore

[arguablysomaya]

the genius of megamind (beyond the obvious genius ofc) is that it's superman parody actually presents a genuinely unsettling depiction of the "hero" that I like wayyy better than "what if superman was evil" or "what if superman was wrong"... it's "what if superman didn't care"

[jessilynallendilla]

I wouldn’t say he “didn’t care” more like he was burnt out

He played the role since he was a child and now is in his what 30s? 40s?

He knew there was never any real danger with Megamind in charge so decided to pursue something that’s a passion and doesn’t come naturally easy to him

but it was still a dick move

[roughentumble]

(via @uwugenides )

[lydiathespiderqueen]

One of the things that always jumped out to me about this reveal is that it implies that Metro Man was also the very first person to recognize that MegaMind wasn’t really evil. He knew his nemesis wouldn’t actually hurt anyone if he won, he knew that this universally reviled pariah never really had any more choice than he did.

The rest of Metro City treats MegaMind like a real, sincere, serious threat once he’s unopposed, and it takes them a while to learn otherwise. But Metro Man? He’s not surprised to see him and Roxanne working together, he doesn’t act like there’s any kind of threat beyond his cover being blown. He wastes no time in coming clean once the cat’s out of the bag. He’s been working with this guy all his life. Besides his own mental health, I get the impression that he also recognized that this would be good for MegaMind too.

I just really love how in a superhero pastiche that asks “Is the villain really so bad, and the hero really so good?” the answer is “no, but that’s okay”. It’s okay that Metro Man isn’t a paragon. It’s okay that he has to take care of himself. It’s okay for him to step down and live his own life. It wouldn’t be okay for him to leave people in danger, but it’s pretty clear he knew he wasn’t doing that.

And it carries to the end. MegaMind becomes the city’s new protector, but it’s clear that he’s still got some issues to work through, and he’s getting help working through them. He’s got a support network, he’s willing to put in the effort, but he’s not the shining paragon Metro Man was believed to be. And he doesn’t NEED to be that paragon. He’s still good. He’s still protecting people. And he’s not alone in it.

God, there’s just so many shitty “Superheroes would have character flaws too, and that’s why they’d actually suck” deconstructions floating around, it’s nice to see a story that acknowledges that no one can live up to that kind of role, but that’s okay!

[silver-tongues-blog]

megamind once again proving to be the best modern superhero movie

[agnesandhilda]

shoutout to the woman from my high school martial arts class who liked to get me in joint locks and then joke about how I was easy to catch. you cannot comprehend how psychosexually formative that was for me

[agnesandhilda]

imagine, if you will, having an adolescent half-crush on someone way older than you, which is also confusingly blurred up with admiration of them as a role model. now imagine that you and that person are in a social environment where it is acceptable to (platonically, consensually) choke someone. I think I was very normal about it considering the circumstances

[agnesandhilda]

she would demonstrate takedowns on her husband (also in the class, and who was not a small man) before we got to try them and the first time I saw her twist him around and down onto the floor like it was easy my entire abdomen clenched

[agnesandhilda]

I cannot stress enough how eager this guy was to be manhandled (womanhandled?) and flipped around by his wife. he was her de facto guinea pig whenever she got to teach and I never saw him unenthusiastic about it. he'd set himself up for a joint lock fully smiling. the other adults in the class occasionally teased him about it (being so quick to let your wife put you in a submission hold tends to raise a few eyebrows), and I always kind of wanted to defend him but what would I have said? like, don't worry. I won't judge you. I also like being pinned down by your wife

[draculaisagothwizzard-deactivat]

That last sentance really hits ya like a psychosexually formative takedown

[agnesandhilda]

[stsebastiens]

finding out there's a frankenstein ballet and that it was in october of last year…DEVASTATING

look at this. look at these. im foaming at the mouth

[kaijutegu]

It was stupid good. So good in fact that the bbc filmed a version and put it on dvd when it debuted. I bought that dvd after I saw the show and put it up on the Internet Archive. The audio is not great but the dancing is spectacular. Ever see a pas de deux around an anatomical dissection? You will.

[writing-prompt-s]

The CIA tries to kill Clark Kent, not because they know he’s Superman, but because he’s a really good journalist. They keep making it look like an accident, but every plan fails. It’s a comedy as the CIA can’t figure out why their attempts always go wrong.

[bigsoftmarshmallow]

Anyone got any links to this? Anyone write this yet? Please?

[princessofwhiteshadows]

This basically happened in canon (superman #203 “Clark Kent’s biggest day”).

A gang tries to assassinate Kent and he has to pretend not to notice their attempts so he doesn’t draw attention to himself. @unpretty posted parts of the comic here on Tumblr.

Kitty Unpretty

there was a golden age superman comic where someone called a hit out on clark kent, and so a sniper tried to shoot him while he was out havi

Highlights include:

1. The assassins shooting a Torpedo at him whereupon he simply levitates the boat he’s on slightly so it can’t reach them.

2. A sniper shooting (at) him during lunch - in order to make sure his lunch date doesn’t notice anything he has no other choice than to EAT THE BULLET that bounced off him and dropped into his food.

[vale-gaai]

nothing personal but this kind of comment rlly exemplifies to me a disconnect between canon and popular fanon jmart characterization because they almost literally had this conversation in canon - except, their lines are swapped!

jon, for all his scared grouchiness, is a secret romantic, while martin, for all his forced optimism, is at his core a pragmatist

[actualarcanist]

Norse Symbolism in Reverse: 1999

Sorry, this post has nothing to do with Erick since I still hasn't even saw her anecdote. However, I did notice that the Insight symbol is a Valknut, which has several interesting implications. The symbol of three interlocked triangles is so ancient its name and meaning are lost to history, with the term "Valknut" ("knot of the slain") being a modern creation representing its connection to the Norse god Odin, which connects it linguistically to both his Valkyries ("choosers of the slain") and his Valhalla ("hall of the slain"). Now Odin as a deity is a lot more complex than what white supremacists would have you think.

When you max out a character in the game, they reach "the bottom of insight." Why bottom of Insight instead of the peak of insight or the perfection of insight? Is it because they're all bottoms? This may allude to the story of how Odin put one of his eyes at the bottom of the Well of Mimir for a drink from the spring of wisdom; henceforth, while the eye in his head looks down upon the happenstance of the phenomenal world from the height of Asgard, his eye at the bottom of the well looks up and see the essence of all things. In the words of the Apeiron School, his lost eye sees gnosis while his good eye sees pneuma. In fact, the root word of the name "Odin" means "breath, spirit, life force", which is equivalent to the Greek word pneuma.

The well at the bottom of the world tree Yggdrasil is the dwelling of the three Norns of fate: Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld. Originally they're described as gardeners who irrigate the root of the world tree with the water from the well, but with the introduction of Greco-Roman mythologies by ways of Christian missionaries, the figures of the Norns eventually became synthesized and conflated with the Greek Moirai, who are described as seamstresses who spin, weave, and cut the threads of fate for gods and mortals alike. The combination of these mythologies conjure the image of the Norns as seamstresses who spin the loom of destiny over the water at the bottom of the well, similar to the loom suspended over a lake in Vertin's suitcase.

One of Odin's most intriguing aspect is as the wanderer, who seems to be absent from Asgard and the company of the gods most of the time as he wanders the worlds in various disguises, testing the limits to the sanctity of hospitality - a necessary survival skill in the harsh cold of the North. As the wanderer, Odin is often depicted as wearing a wide-brimmed hat that occlude his missing eye, like how Vertin's pimp hat sometimes occlude one of her eyes. Odin is not actually that concerned with the disputes between mortals or even gods; for the most part, he has only one job: preparing for Ragnarok, the war between the gods and Jotnar that will see the world being remade. Jotnar, often translated as giants, are similar to the Greek Titans: living embodiment of outsize concepts such as fate, time, or storm.

[lonelymoonbeams]

Sophia lore (because no one talks about her enough)

Sophia is actually canonically Turkish! The grandma in Vertin's head spent a whole trace comparing her to a rug, specifically a kilim, which is a Turkish rug that's known for being very fine, lightweight, and having unique patterns due to being handmade. She's probably from Anatolia, aka Asia Minor.

Her mom was in the hospital for a long time when she was little, and Sophia and Hugh (her dad) would go visit her.

Whenever Sophia finished her studies as a kid, Hugh would give her a candy. She saved them in a jar in order to buy flowers for her mom, although I'm not exactly sure how candies pay for flowers. A trade, maybe?

Also as a kid, Sophia had a habit of calling people's names twice. No relevance. I just thought it was cute.

Sophia used to get up early in order to collect sand from the beach. She used it to polish glass since she wanted to make her dad glasses. Oddly specific skill for a child to know, but hey.

Sophia was the one who introduced 37 to fruits in yoghurt. She learned it elsewhere before coming to Apeiron. She was also the one who gave 6 his metal crown- it was originally going to be a fabric hat until 37 got involved and they made it a metal triangle. Fortunately, 210 intervened and made it wearable.

Sophia worked with 37 on calculating for the return of their ship, likely in the position of Corrector. Both of them were on the shore waiting for it, and both saw their parents get reversed, only to wash up as geometric shapes.

Sophia's nervous habit has always been pulling her hair.

She can get very emotional when answering questions. However, she's always quick to backtrack as soon as she realizes.

Sophia is actually described as very smart. Despite being an outsider, she was faster than many of the others on Apeiron. However, it was never noticed because 37 would always be the one on top.

Girl has such self-esteem issues. Stop. Please. Why are you like this *head in hands*

Sonetto is someone she can relate to. They both are exceptional students and arcanists who will never be better than their childhood friend. They'd probably be friends, in another time.

The reason why she's the Corrector is because no one else wants to do it, since they see it as having to do with the world of matters.

Possibly the funniest- Hofmann has seen Sophia's baby/childhood picture, but they've never met each other.

[genshin-impact-updates]

Happy Birthday, Shikanoin Heizou!

Oh, you're here... Hmm? Want to try deducing why I'm here? Alright, I'm all ears.

—Mmhmm, a sound reasoning.

But in reality, people's motives aren't as complicated as in detective novels.

The truth is I'm here simply because I wanted to see you today. Quite straightforward, isn't it? Haha!

[tacc0yak1]

the new update was truly wholesome! :D

new update sketches ft. (my wife) lady dikke

[france-unofficial]

what do you call these things

[mspaghetti420-deactivated202408]

Knife

[mentally-unstable-bagel]

deadly weapon

[irishfry]

This reminds me of the fact that I accidentally joined a rebellion while at a weekend long camp by answering a simple question from a guy I never met before and never saw again with his army following him lmaooo

Foon tho. That's a foon. I don't wanna hear NONE OF YALL CALL IT A 'SpOrK'

Ugh. Even typing it out leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

[irishfry]

Reblogging this to remind y'all I'm technically in an actual rebellion irl, sooooooo

[ashes-onthewind]

omg a spork :)

[irishfry]

NOOOOOOOO!

FOON. SAY IT WITH ME, FOON.

I AM IN THE FOON REBELLION AND I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL.

I DONT WANT THAT WORD TO EVER COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH AGAIN.

[ashes-onthewind]

fook

:)

sporn

:)

[irishfry]

I don't like the last one...

But you're so close to saying foon! Just a little bit more! F-O-O-N, not F-O-O-K, so close tho!

[lampshade24]

That’s a fucking spork chat

[irishfry]

AMSGXJDBUWKABKSJDODKBXKDNNDKCBKDNFOONSHFZUSHGSJSVSUXBFOONMANSKXHSIKSHSKDNHDOSNFOONANSHIXHXGSKSBAYJWBFOONBACAHABSGXKBSISNFOONNWVYXJSGUABAGAISVUCNFOONQGARXUCTSBXGKSKBXCKMFBDOKFPLGFOON

[lampshade24]

spork spork spork spork spork spork spork spork spork spork spork spork s p o r k

[irishfry]

I ain't afraid to shove 57 foons up your ass mf.

[lampshade24]

What the spork do you think you’re doing

[irishfry]

I ain't afraid to shove 57 foons up MY ass in front of you mf.

[france-unofficial]

sorry what

[big-condiments-official]

Can we elaborate on the rebellion joined by misnaming a spork?

[the-haiku-bot]

Can we elaborate

on the rebellion joined by

misnaming a spork?

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[cinnabutawesome]

[ just a small cw; i'm gonna be talking abt racist stereotypes, not very in depth but still ]

i said this on twitter but i'll say it here too: reverse1999 is NOT a perfect game and i think people should stop acting like it's "the exception" because of the devs doing the bare minimum when it comes to some of the representation.

like, it's okay to like these characters. hell, if you're part of the groups that they represent (indians, for example) then i'm not gonna tell you that you can't like them or find them decent representation. i also understand the feeling of "i take what i can get" when it comes to representation in media of marginalized groups.

but at the same time, i think it's important to acknowledge that there is genuinely criticisms to be had of this game and its way of handling non-east asian poc.

for one, there's only about 4 characters that have dark skin (i would not personally consider joe to be one of them but i'm counting him just bc i forgot to in my twt thread and also to just cover my bases.) kaalaa baunaa and kanjira do not have dark skin. has no one considered why this is???? at all???

and on the topic of kanjira, she also is a character full of orientalist stereotypes. i like kanjira, i think she's a sweet kid, but aside from that, she's written to be a thief, con artist and is illiterate and homeless. i'm not saying that that's not a reality for some kids, but the fact that she was deliberately written this way is kind of a red flag.

there's also some smaller things that people have pointed out like most of the representation in this game of those cultures being things like the characters naming off foods, or just saying small phrases (i.e. centurion talking about burritos and enchiladas, and leilani saying "aloha!") and not actually having many cultural references nor speaking a lot in their language

don't even get me STARTED on the lack of african or african american representation in this fuckin game.

again. i don't want to say that no one can like these characters. i don't want to say that people cannot relate to these characters, or that people can't think they're good representation. that's not my call especially not if you're part of the groups of ppl they're representing (i.e. latin americans, hawaiians, indians, etc.) but i think it is important to realize that like

well, for one, no group is a monolith. there are probably ppl who feel this way but either don't get heard or are too scared to say so.

and two, even if you're not a part of these groups, you can still recognize the flaws in something and acknowledge that, most likely, it's part of a bigger problem in society--colorism, orientalism, whatever. it's in many gacha games and will continue to be, and r1999 is not an exception that should be justified or ignored because "it's better than genshin impact"

[actualarcanist]

I think we should be honest about what R1999 does well and what it doesn't.

R1999 is very good at discussing disability, neurodivergence, and mental illness, both in obvious ways by having characters who live with these issues, and in subtle ways by interrogating the science, Rationalism, and human frame that define these labels.

It's decent at discussing misogyny, patriarchy, and queerness, both by having queer characters and relationships, and also by touching upon history that many people would prefer to forget about.

But in terms of race and especially indigenous people, "better than Genshin Impact" is damning by faint praise. The entire 1.5 is set around the sacred Ayers Rock, and yet the games are framed as basically Olympics, with no mention of natives or what they suffered at the hands of white colonizers whatsoever!

I like R1999 for what it is, but it's also incredibly obvious that the story isn't gonna stray from the "heavily Western-influenced East Asian anime" cultural frame that characterizes most popular gacha games, and frankly I already gave up on that point.

[bezzygom]

ive just wanted to doodle layla actually

original comic

[travalicious]

why is this the hottest thing i've ever seen

[travalicious]

HE SHOWED UP WITH A DUEL DISK TODAY?????

[schakira]

AND ALL FIVE EXODIA PIECES

[gay-jesus-probably]

I need everyone to know that I looked it up, and Noah Lyles is doing this as part of an ongoing bet he has with shotput competitor Chase Jackson. She's wearing Naruto accessories every day, and if Lyles whips out Yugioh cards at every race, then for the shotput finals Jackson will re-enact the scene of Rock Lee dropping his weights.

This is now the only part of the Olympics that I care about.

[houseofgeeks]

Update. Chase Jackson followed through. (And also secured her spot to the Olympics with a first place throw of 20.10 m).

[cachamcom]

started playing chap 6 im having a good time (lie)

[titaniumions]

on the "you're the cruelest of all" scene

the moment where kakania attempted to use hypnosis on isolde ... that broke me for real. it was at this moment that isolde felt utterly betrayed and hopeless. it should be noted that kakania had no ill intentions and only used hypnosis as a last resort, but in isolde's eyes, that only goes to reaffirm that she is in fact unfixable. if someone with such strong principles was willing to forsake said principles just so that there may be a hope of "saving" isolde ...

but what really gets me the most is the way isolde accepted it. out of her own volition? i can't say for sure, she's been through too much in such a short period of time. but her exact words were "i will embrace it with joy". whilst feeling betrayed by kakania, whose actions in that scene went against what she initially stood for, she still desperately clung onto salvation and the fact that kakania still cared for her. isolde doesn't want kakania to ostracize her for her condition the way the rest of society does, especially since kakania had shown her true compassion. and of course kakania never wanted to make her feel that way either, she's just at a loss of how to deal with isolde. no one is really to blame in a situation like this, and that's partly what makes it so tragic