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[tuxankhamun]

my liege we your council would not advise this course of action but we all agree it would be pretty funny regardless

[onceandfuturehighpriestess]

[alexvacice]

Oh how I love you modern Merlin as a medieval history professor. I can just imagine his students talking about him. "His lectures are great, he talks about it like he was actually there."

"Do NOT bring up Arthuriana he WILL go on an hour long rant and you WILL miss your last train home."

"He has this weird academic beef with Geoffrey Chaucer?!"

"His office reeks of herbs, lord knows what he puts in his morning tea."

"Dude's been teaching here for like 30 years and he still somehow looks 22."

"I swear to you, I saw his eyes turn gold one time during a lecture."

[professionalasker121]

There have been several times where students met him in the halls and assumed he was another student.

He also was probably friends with Tolkien and Lewis both. He greatly enjoyed his appearance in That Hideous Strength even if it was not accurate.

He either finds everyone depicting him as an old man with a long beard hilarious, or annoying. It might fluctuate depending on the decade.

Some wonder each year if he's actually the professor, or just a random student the professor has do his work for him. Only the faculty know it's the same guy and they have their suspicions. A few though have asked for his skin care routine as they got older.

[starcut-sand]

literally though what was the plan with the meet and greet. show up. annoy Rumi. whisper in her ear like a freak. leave?

no I know he was trying to get close to her or whatever but it's so funny because that scene is like... he is being at his most insufferable. the first thing he says is "I didn't think you liked sharing." immediately followed up by teasing her about not sharing her deep dark secret with her friends. and then he gets (I think?) genuinely offended when she says she's not gonna talk to someone who's working with Gwi-Ma. "I'm doing this for myself." so defensive. Then turns it back around on her and her patterns.

What I'm saying is. Normally Jinu comes across like he sort of has a strategy and a goal in mind when he's navigating social situations, especially ones that he initiated, like this one. He's very smooth and all, especially in public.

But I really suspect that he showed up with the goal to make Rumi like him, then actually saw her for the first time in (? a while) and his mind went totally blank. Not just in a crush type way, but I bet he's been thinking of her sooo much since their last conversation. Rumi is his potential salvation, and he knows it even though he hasn't admitted it to himself yet. He's fascinated and intrigued by her because she has patterns and she doesn't even have Gwi-Ma in her ear.

Anyway TL;DR I think Jinu was gonna try more intentionally to get Rumi to like/trust him in the meet and greet scene, but when he actually showed up he got so flustered and overwhelmed that he defaulted to annoying and arguing with her. Then she said one nice thing to him and he bluescreened and left. Normal "definitely not reconsidering everything you've known for 400 years" behavior

[professionalasker121]

I think it was also to increase the Saja Boys' popularity by having them show up at Huntrix's event.

His plan would be that they'd publically get signatures, thank Huntrix, and be praised for how respectful they are. Then Bobby made it a joint signing and he improvised.

Because he probably knew the signing was to draw the fans attention away from the Saja Boys back to Huntrix as Bobby said. But if they showed up, the Saja Boys would take attention back, allowing them to steal more fans.

[homunculus-argument]

Saying "with all due respect" before saying something rude is such a beautiful cherry on top. Like not only do I think you are a fucking idiot, but I'm also not reluctant to let you know that as far as I'm concerned, you rank so far beneath me that I have no obligation to pretend that you have dignity.

[professionalasker121]

Or it's saying the opposite.

"I get that you outrank me, and I don't want to disrespect you. It's just that what you're saying is so dumb that it simply cannot be left unstated."

[sunder-the-gold]

“Stop bringing politics into my fun.”

“Your fun was always political.”

You are talking to someone whose favorite fruit is tomatoes but they think it is a vegetable.

You are bringing pineapples to every potluck, and they hate pineapples for matters of taste and bad personal associations.

They are begging you to stop bringing fruit to their potluck, which is maybe not the most articulate protest but is sincerely heartfelt.

You are either being dumb or malicious when you keep bringing their most hated fruit into their home.

And then you have the audacity to act mad when they banned you from ever returning.

No, they didn’t have a problem with politics in general, they had a problem with YOUR politics, and YOU had a problem with leaving them alone.

“But that’s so petty!” You didn’t think it was petty when you kept shoving it in their face.

[witch-hattery]

It used to have gentle well-written political undertones, and be a good series overall. You're criticizing the audience for complaining when the reboot has TTG style degradation and/or a mary sue story about a pet victim and characters turning to the camera like Dora over the writer's pet political causes.

[emmaubler]

When shows wanted you to think, they would present an issue, sometimes straight up and sometimes through allegory, with both sides presented as legitimate, if in one case not correct, viewpoints. Star Trek characters could debate whether a drastic action in a battle was justifiable, with crew members both for and against, and let the audience come to the realization of which decision was right. Golden Girls could have Blanche uncomfortable with a gay relative getting married, present both sides, and have Blanche grow and come to acceptance without Dorothy calling her a homophobe and turning to the camera to tell us why she was evil.

Media now treats the audience like it's stupid, and half the audience in turn now demands to be spoonfed. Your good guys can't learn and change--they have to have all the right values and opinions from the jump or they're bad people, and you need to explain who is good and who is bad in detail to the audience in case otherwise you might be "sending the wrong message."

Politics and messages have always been in media, but it's better when they treat you like you have a brain and even better when they remember show, don't lecture.

[siluscrow]

“I’m here to be entertained, not preached at” is how I would summarize it, and a lotta these “everything is political” people can be more preachy than a fire and brimstone evangelical.

[siryouarebeingmocked]

I gotta wonder how many of these folks get mad if the apparent politics is something they don't like.

They only seem to acknowledge their own left-wing politics in works as an argument for adding more.

[professionalasker121]

Also a lot of the politics then was written in a way so that they focused on values that people who were not Hollywood liberals could see and agree. Because they knew they needed those people to watch and be entertained and that that would do more to convince them. (That is not to say they never lectured. They did. But those weren't good episodes)

Now Hollywood writers give painfully on the nose lectures, annoying shibboleths, and are on the whole just plain sloppy while still acting holier than thou toward the audience if they get mad.

And yet, for all the insistence that "X was always political" they never seem to notice the obvious question that raises: "Ok, then why do we like the older stuff, but not yours?"

[edgar-allan-possum]

Have you ever heard the Tale of Darth Vader the Gullible?

[professionalasker121]

I thought not, it's not a tale the Sith would have told you. It's a Jedi legend.

Darth Vader was a powerful Lord of the Sith. One who was able to defeat any enemy except...his own ability to be fooled.

He was so gullible and so easily led...that his Sith master could even manipulate him while admitting to doing so.

So, one day the Sith master revealed he'd been lying to him all along, plunging all of the galaxy into war, but claimed he could help Vader save his wife from death. That very day, Vader joined the Sith Master who admitted he did not even know how to accomplish that aim. And yet, he still convinced Vader to go out and slaughter his fellow Jedi.

Then, after Vader non-lethally strangled his wife for refusing to join the dark side (she later died of a supposed broken heart), he was dismembered by another Jedi. The Sith Master told him he'd killed his wife, and the fool didn't doubt it for a second.

Fortunately, Vader's son, who had once been just as gullible as him, later convinced Vader that there was still good in him. And, when Vader's master tried to torture the son, Vader threw him down a reactor shaft.

Ironic, his ability to be convinced both led him into the dark...and back into the light.

[making-friendos]

Local goat discovers joy of painting

[professionalasker121]

The reason people complain is usually because they can make something just as good as a museum piece, but they won't be paid for it.

[cheescheesy]

it’s so hot guys i feel like i’m melting…

[futatsunomidnight]

KPDH Text Posts #18/?

Rumi edition!

[starcut-sand]

kpdh things of note that are too small to make their own post

The demons weren't just being stupid for trying to hijack Huntr/x's plane. The plan was probably to bring the hunters somewhere the honmoon couldn't reach, and then fight them while they can't draw on their weapons. Not a bad plan, honestly, except that they misunderstood how the honmoon works. Watch the way the demons' faces change when the honmoon comes to life on the plane: they hadn't expected it to be there.

It's likely that Healer Han did research on the girls beforehand, watching interviews and stuff, which is why he was able to read them so "accurately" by barely looking.

The Saja Boys' songs have a degrading undertone on purpose (Soda Pop being objectifying, Your Idol being manipulative and backhanded)--because the honmoon is strengthened by igniting the soul and giving people inspiration and hope. How do you weaken the honmoon, then? Make people feel bad about themselves, but do it subtly enough that they still bop along.

In the bathhouse scene, when Zoey says, "what's happening to the honmoon? It's getting worse!" --what's happening is that the news of Huntr/x endorsing the Saja Boys on Play Games With Us is spreading in real time, causing the Saja Boys' fanbase to grow rapidly. Overall, Huntr/x is one of the main reasons why the Saja Boys became famous so quickly, which is alluded to/mentioned at various parts of the movie (but I rarely see people in the fandom mention, which is why it's on this list).

It's likely that Jinu planned to get famous by using Huntr/x's support--because that would explain why they met in the alleyway, why Jinu made sure Rumi was watching before he announced that the Saja Boys were going on a variety show that night, and why Jinu noticed Huntr/x in the wings when no one else did: he was expecting them. It could all just be coincidences, but the alleyway meeting in particular would honestly be a very big coincidence, and it makes sense for Jinu to have planned it this way.

The opening instrumental of What It Sounds Like sounds very sonically similar to the opening instrumental of Free. Someone who knows more about music than I do could probably elaborate on that a bunch. They're not the same, but they sound like they're related somehow. I think it's the same (or nearly the same) progression but in a different key?

The sickle in Celine's hands when Rumi visits post-Idol Awards probably isn't a hint towards her hunter weapon. In the credits, we see her in chibi form dual-weilding two one-sided swords. It's likely that Celine was holding a sickle because she was just gardening before the honmoon started breaking down around her--it is, after all, a gardening tool first and foremost.

[professionalasker121]

It's likely that Jinu planned to get famous by using Huntr/x's support--because that would explain why they met in the alleyway, why Jinu made sure Rumi was watching before he announced that the Saja Boys were going on a variety show that night

Also why they briefly flashed their patterns when Huntrix was watching. There was no obvious reason for that to happen (none of them using magic, being particularly ashamed, etc.). Plus Jinu was noticeably smirking when they did that.

Therefore, it was probably a deliberate plan to get Huntrix to come after them that night, allowing Jinu to use them to further the Saja Boys' own fame.

[sabertoothwalrus]

for those who don’t remember, “mole interest” was an experiment I did 2 years ago because I wanted to test what causes tags to go trending on tumblr. My hypothesis was that all it takes is one (1) post blowing up in an established tag to make the entire tag trend.

I had randomly generated 2 words, which is where “mole interest” came from. I failed to consider that by generating a new tag, it wouldn’t have had enough posts already in it to prove what I now call “the mole interest effect”.

But now it does.

In 2023, we said “fuck it” a la mythbusters and ended up doing whatever it took to get #mole interest to trend. And it did. And it happened to be September 11th that day, and we managed to get #mole interest to trend ABOVE #9/11.

So, in the name of science, I ask you to reblog just this post. Let’s put the mole interest effect to the test.

[blignick]

[wordwizards]

You go into a creepy mansion and there's a cloaked figure learning how to play the organ from a YouTube tutorial on their phone. You leave them to it.

[bloggerihardlyknower]

I want this to be an Easter egg for speed runners in a video game. You normally find the boss playing the organ if you play for the normal like 20+ hours that you would be required in a standard playthrough, but if you horse tilt noclip through the castle in BK mode you find the boss taking a piano lesson.

[professionalasker121]

Maybe the boss can even die of embarrassment, giving you an instant victory.

[grahamkennedy]

Adin Ross Claims Megan Thee Stallion’s Attorneys Used a Mariachi Band to Serve Him Legal Papers

Adin Ross claims Megan Thee Stallion's attorneys had a mariachi band playing outside of his driveway to serve him legal papers.

HELP THIS IS SO ICONIC

[professionalasker121]

That sounds like something Saul Goodman would do...

[the-one-who-lambs]

They should invent a being a writer that doesn't come with being isolated and diminishing returns on what you are given back compared to how much you give

[aughtpunk]

So there's this story I love about Paul Williams, right? Famous musician who has done a ton of super popular work over a very long career. Well one thing he really poured his heart and soul into was the movie Phantom of the Paradise which fucking BOMBED. Like, mere words cannot describe how bad this reimagining of Phantom of the Opera But At A Disco went. It absolutely crushed Paul Williams. Broke his heart. His biggest failure.

Except during a tour of his he met who described as a young, nerdy Mexican kid who brought him a copy of the Phantom of the Paradise for him to sign. The kid wouldn't stop talking about how much he loved the soundtrack, and how much it inspired him. This kid was literally one of the few people in the world that loved the movie

It wasn't until Paul Williams ran into the kid all grown up did he realize it was Guillermo del Toro.

And it happened again, too! He also met a pair of young French men who wouldn't stop raving about how much they loved Phantom of the Paradise and how much it inspired them and their own band, Daft Punk. The three of them ended up doing an album together. An album that I would listen to on repeat while writing the early drafts of my book.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that sometimes the creative process seems cruel, unforgiving, and thankless. You can pour your heart and soul into something only to make zero waves. But even a so-called-failure can inspire and lift up someone that needs it. So you gotta keep creating, if only to be the next link in the chain of creativity and art.

Also I don't know about you but I haven't seriously written in months and I honestly feel like I'm going to explode from too many words so like, you also gotta keep relating or else you might explode.

[ahallister]

I am reminded somewhat of this comic: link

[otsalezu]

My brain amps up wildly when I remember this. Without remembering this? One one shot in one day after weeks of no writing. When I do remember this? Several forty page documents written for a single person

[professionalasker121]

Also even if the work you didn't think much of is the one that takes off, that's nothing to be disappointed of.

It shows you successfully made something that people love and moved them. Sure it may not be your personal favorite, but that doesn't mean it didn't do something very right.

[maranello]

you DON’T need to know where your favorite celebrity/artist/athlete lives, who they’re dating, where they go grocery shopping, what they are doing at any given moment when they are off camera actually. just an fyi

[phinarei]

I miss when the general public opinion was that the paparazzi are parasites that should be restricted. Like, it didn’t stop anyone from consuming celebrity gossip, but the majority consensus was that it was bad and a sign of how intrusive society has become.

Now everyone is taking pictures of people they don’t fucking know and getting pissed when celebrities do things to avoid it.

At least in the 90s all of that gossip was mostly restricted to print media so you only got it once a month when new issues of magazines were printed. Now something that happened a week ago is old news and the demands on celebrities are even more constant.

[professionalasker121]

It's because back then you needed to get someone to publish it for any of that stuff to get out. Now, anyone with a phone can do the same with as much effort as telling their friends what they had for lunch that day.

[atarahderek]

"Hey, remember that one time..."

John and his old friend Ben the Baker reminisce about the feeding of the 5,000.

For the fan art contest being run by the folks behind Light of the World. I wanted to make my tribute a crossover with one of my childhood favorites. Who here remembers the Storykeepers?

Bit of a rush job (life got busy), and I'm making the argument that it's still June 1 in Alaska and Hawaii.

[professionalasker121]

Storykeepers! Someone else remembers that show!

(It would be neat if they snuck Ben into this movie in the background or something)