SaraToons

animated life and times

[stay-human]

I remember when I first found out the truth about “Somali pirates” I got chills because of how horrific the truth was and how insanely creepily well the media had twisted the situation. Every single fucking article making it seem like these “pirates” were just after money or something holding innocent people hostage and I never gave it a second thought, why would I? There was no indication that people were trying to legitimately fight off disgusting imperialism that left nuclear waste in their waters, that over 300 people have died from radiation sickness, that Europeans have been stealing Somalia’s seafood because they overfished their own waters and the indigenous fisherman are starving and so these “pirates” emerged to deal with those stealing their country’s natural resources. The truth is enough to make anyone sick to their stomachs.

[thebicker]

This is a great article about the truth about Somali pirates, in case anyone wants a source.

[lady-feral]

holy fuck

[mysharona1987]

[neil-gaiman]

who even are you. like what did you write

I have no idea. Let me see if anyone else in this ask place knows.

[str0kethebigtree-deactivated202]

he was in arthur.

[telebisou]

you're thinking of Jill Eikenberry; I think this guy was an astronaut of some kind

[asingerofdreams]

that's Neil Armstrong, I thought this guy was in How I Met Your Mother

[neil-gaiman]

That's Neil Patrick Harris. I think this might have been the playwright who wrote The Odd Couple.

[merinnan]

That’s Neil Simon. I think this is the musician who wrote Sweet Caroline.

[hils79]

That’s Neil Diamond. I think this is an astrophysicist

[oneiriad]

That’s Neil deGrasse Tyson. I think this is a river in Egypt.

[omgpurplefattie]

That's the Nile; I think this is the Irish guy who made the movies "The Crying Game" and "Interview with the Vampire".

[stripedsweatergirl]

No no no, that’s Neil Jordan. I think this is the English author who helped write Good Omens.

[aphony-cree]

You’re right! This is Terry Prachet’s tumblr. Good job everyone

[cuddlydemons]

ok I love this meme but like

Neil Gaiman actually was in Arthur.

[neil-gaiman]

This is true.

[sosuperawesome]

Sophia Drescher on Instagram

[lucy-harker]

Sophia Di Martino as The Variant in Loki 1.02 | The Variant

[the-greentext-guy]

[roisheep]

[torpidgilliver]

here’s a transcript:

>walking home from a party late one evening >several guys were following me, as my drunk ass managed to piss them off by existing >try to walk faster, to no avail, as I’m drunk as shit >catch me in some random student neighbourhood >oh shit, my ass is about to be beaten >still in talking phase >lights flick on in a house >three guys in full musketeer garb walk out >leader is some blond guy with a beard, eyepatch, and some weird-ass accent >“What sort of ruffians would be accosting someone outside our residence? Stand and deliver!” >guys start yelling at them to fuck off, that I deserved to get my ass beaten >“Very well, then. Draw steel, you blackguard!” >all three of them draw rapiers on their belts >guys run >“I know not why those foul men sought your harm, but come and tell us the tale, stranger!” >spend remainder of evening drinking mulled wine with lunatics >bunch of Swedish re-enactors live there >blond guy is actually missing an eye; lost it in an machine shop accident >stagger home completely drunk with a hat

I had no idea people like that existed. Or had the money to rent a house.

in addition to two comments reading “FUCKING EPIC” and “THIS A THOUSAND TIMES THIS” op elaborated further in another post:

Holy shit, is this still being posted?

I figure I owe /tg/ a bit of an update on these guys.

Their leader, O he of one eye and little common sense, nearly had his visa revoked for these kinds of shenanigans. One too many arrests meant that his right to stay in the country was contested, and he had to go to court to defend himself and prevent his visa from being revoked.

I was his ride to court, and had to testify to the board that he shouldn’t be deported for lack of common sense or social normality.

His defense? A written speech, about three pages long, about the rights of man, the education he has received here, and the opportunities for a one-eyed machinist. The spirit of his crimes were all in defense of people who would otherwise suffer. For other witnesses, he had some of the random people he’d helped out, including one memorable point where a woman, nearly on the verge of tears, pointed out how he’d taken on a guy threatening to rape her and carrying a knife by whipping out a fencing saber, disarming him, and mocking him in his thick Swedish accent so that the girl could call the cops. Something like a dozen people all showed up, explaining how this dude, despite his eccentricities, made the country better.

He was not deported, and lives here to this very day, stalking the streets in musketeer garb, rescuing drunks, and dispensing his own brand of justice.

[themightyglamazon]

Oh my God

[mckitterick]

not all heroes wear capes

but apparently some do, and eyepatches, and swords

[why-i-love-comics]

Superman: Red & Blue #1 - “Human Colors” (2021)

written by Dan Watters art by Dani

[damianwaynerocks]

ok but if bruce wayne somehow came upon zuko fresh out of banishment he would lose his mind.

black hair? check. bad parent(s)? check. trauma? double check.

bruce: how’d you get your scar?

zuko: my dad got mad at me for saying that killing people is wrong so he lit my face on fire and banished me.

bruce, vibrating with excitement, already pulling adoption papers from his utilility: that’s terrible. how do you feel about capes.

[explorerrowan]

Zuko: Do you mind if I wear this blue demon mask?

Bruce: *sniff, tear in his eye* Not at all.

[kitt-the-werefox]

*Zuko fighting the Joker*

J: “wan na kno w h ow i go t thes e sc ar s”

Z: *rips off mask* i don’t give a fuck

[fefeman]

I’m still stuck at the “batman has adoption papers in his utility belt”.

“Quick, it’s time to use the Bat-adoption papers!”

[silverscreenx]

Bat-option papers

[phantoms-lair]

Okay, but you’re missing the best part of this.

Alfred and Iroh complimenting each other on tea while they discuss their overly dramatic children.

[damianwaynerocks]

iroh: once, i told zuko that he needs to work on his inter turmoil. he screamed at me that he had no such inner turmoil, and then proceeded to go to a cliff during a thunderstorm to scream at God to strike him with lightning

alfred: master bruce and i have that interaction at least three times per week.

[coffeebuddha]

@absentlyabbie​

[animate-mush]

I see your “Alfred and Iroh as tea bros” and raise you “Alfred and Iroh as tea rivals”

Consider

Iroh: you too must learn patience. Boiling the water ruins the delicate flavor of the white jade

Alfred: oh I’m dreadfully sorry - for some reason I expected this tea to have TEA in it

(later)

Alfred: *aggressively laying out full tea service with milk, lemon, sugar, and, just to drive his point in, jam*

Iroh: *dying inside*

[damianwaynerocks]

excellent addition

[whetstonefires]

hey bruce spent a lot of his bat-study abroad in the far east and has kind of a weeb weapon collection so proposal, what if Bruce appreciates Iroh’s tea

while Zuko is enthusiastic about cream and sugar

further fueling their dad-figures’ passive-aggressive rivalry?

[nocek]

silly doodle in it’s rightfull placethanks @minamishimada835​ and @nightalp for pointing me in the right direction!

[monkey-network]

New Looney Tunes Crew done did it again

[roseycanvas]

It took me a few seconds to realize this is new! The art style and the animation style are so similar to the originals that the only tells I could find are the higher quality from the ones I grew up with and they were never in a sushi restaurant in any of the old shorts I remember.

[prismatic-bell]

This is so soothing to me. Call me an old fogey if you want, but I dislike how much of modern animation has become flat and jerky.

This shows it’s not a matter of talent, just budget. If we invest in our animation we will get an excellent product back.

[bluefactories]

They aren’t Looney Tunes although they are under the Warner Brothers umbrella - this is one of two shorts that came out to promote the live action/animated film, separate from the Tom and Jerry Show which is animated in flash. (I’ve caught a few episodes on tv, from what I’ve seen it just doesn’t have the same punch as this.)

Pedantry aside, this is the classic shit I wish there was more of- just wow.

[saratoons]

Thank you! My inner pedantic also wanted to correct the attribution; these were rival franchises back in the day.

But yes, this is an excellent example of modern-traditional animation. Classic style with newer technology. (Part of why I adore Looney Tunes Back in Action.)

[rudjedet]

Sorry if you've already answered this. Someone on Facebook posted this as a Middle Egyptian translation of OK Boomer. Is it accurate?

Well, it’s certainly got the spirit!

The transliteration is as follows: isT zi iAw

isT is a non-enclitic particle most often meaning “while, as, in the meantime”. It can also introduce a number of clauses, but I’ve never seen it used in a way that comes close to “OK”, unless it’s as the  compound isT-bw, “or not”. 

The particle you want to use here is tiw, “indeed”.

zi means “man”, nothing amiss on that end.

iAw can mean both “old man” or as the verb iAwi (which is hieroglyphically spelled the same), “to grow old”. Without indications of verbs, however, I’d take this as the forner.

So basically what this says is, “In the meantime, old man man”.

A closer translation would be:

tiw iAw

“Indeed, old man.”

[ilivelikeimtrying]

*whispering* It's perfect

[lessthanagodmorethanaman]

[rumplefuckingstiltzkin]

I disagree. The original set of glyphs is closer because "Ok, boomer." isn't something you say when you agree woth someone, as 'indeed' would imply.

"Ok, Boomer." has the energy of abiding a disgrace. It is something you say to let the person know you are enduring their existence.

Therefore the first symbol used, the one referring to the concept of happening at the same time as, is better.

[rudjedet]

The meaning of "ok boomer" is dependent on intent; it's not, objectively or in itself, a phrase with words that only mean "I'm not really listening to you because what you say is irrelevant".

You very much use the word "ok" when you genuinely agree with someone. And yet, in "ok boomer", it gets a different load. You can imply the same thing with "indeed", actually. You just have to have the intent.

If you say "indeed, old man" in the same tone as "ok boomer", it has exactly the same "air of abiding a disgrace" because, again, "ok boomer" derives its meaning from its intent of use.

[thatlittleegyptologist]

Something they seem to misunderstand in their explanation how ‘old man’ is often a derogatory term, what the ‘tiw particle’ is doing in the sentence, and indeed how particles, particularly the use if isT, function in Middle Egyptian in the first place. 

isT (or as Rudjedet transcribed jsT - both are valid) is what’s known as an ‘initial particle’ or ‘non enclitic particle’ and is used in the construction of verbal clauses that require a temporal placement as a conjunction, and most commonly occurs after a previous verbal construction to give a sense ‘as it happened’ or ‘in fact’. It occurs so frequently that it is often not translated at all. If being used in an initial main clause it’s most often translated as ‘Now’ or ‘Although’ (eg, ‘now/although, the god has come’) and therefore wouldn’t be suitable for a translation of ‘Ok Boomer’. 

tiw (tjw) on the other hand, is an enclitic particle that is part of a group of particles known as ‘interjections’. In this case, tiw means ‘yes’ or ‘indeed’ and are used in speech rather than in verbal ‘literary’ sentences. It’s a vocative interjection that can be used alongside a noun to indicate an agreement. 

Since the translation is supposed to be ‘ok boomer’ and ‘ok’ is a synonym for ‘yes’, using the vocative interjectional enclitic particle ‘tiw’ in Middle Egyptian that translates as ‘yes/indeed’ isn’t incorrect. Using isT would be erroneous as the particle is used in verbal sentences to indicate an action that has already occurred. 

‘Abiding disgrace’ comes from, as Rudjedet correctly pointed out, the tone or inflection of speech. Though, I’d argue in this case that ‘boomer’ by itself is the derogatory term in this instance, rather than the word ‘ok’ but you do you boo. It would be the tone in which ‘yes/indeed, old man’ was said that would indicate whether or not ‘abiding disgrace’ would be conveyed. I can said ‘Ok, Mum!’ and ‘okkkkkkkkkk, muuuuuuuuum’  where one is in agreement and the other is sarcastic/disrespectful. Just because a word has a meaning like ‘yes’ does not mean that it will always be used thus. Every sentence we utter rests on the intent we use behind it. Still, even having said all that, I cannot for the life of me think of a particularly positive outcome from calling someone an ‘old man’. Even in Egypt calling someone an ‘old man’ is derogatory, for example in BM EA 10052 (Page 3, 15-17), Incense Preparer Shedsukhons recounts this:

‘But Amenkhau son of Mutemhab, said to him “Silly old man, whose old age is evil. If you are slain and thrown into the water who will look for you?”’

So ‘yes, old man’ in this case can absolutely be seen as derogatory. If Rudjedet wished to further emphasise it, she could add the ‘bin/bjn’ ‘bad bird’ to the end of ‘old man’, but the man bent over with a stick is already covering this nicely for us in the hieroglyphs. Therefore, no the ‘symbol’ isn’t incorrect, and no just translate the literal sense and proclaim it as the only meaning. Context and tone are important, and you erased both here.

[hazeldomain]

Me, understanding none of these words, reading the entire thing anyway

[gayvian]

[gayvian]

[waspinfested]

why are you calling him green shrek?? shrek is already green??

[indoraptorz]

[sulferandwater-deactivated20211]

No one is regular, everyone is extraordinary

[inthefallofasparrow]

[inthefallofasparrow]

Fixed

[inthefallofasparrow]

[678i0u]

Age of Ultron (2015) WandaVision (2021)

[disease-danger-darkness-silence]

[tronmike82]

I don’t mean to be rude; but I don’t think I’ve ever seen this, does anyone have any examples?

[darkshrimpemotions]

Supernatural

Doctor Who (Steven Moffat specifically)

Sherlock (Steven Moffat specifically)

Actually Steven Moffat is basically just this sentiment given human form.

A version of this happened with The Magicians, tbh. Though instead of expectation: men, reality: women it was expectation: smug nihilists, reality: mentally ill queer folks.

Arguably Game of Thrones.

If we broaden it outside of television…I think Star Wars falls into this, at least the sequel trilogy. Maybe the MCU as well. And I can’t help but think of every band that’s ever complained that their fanbase is mostly women. 5 Seconds of Summer comes immediately to mind.

In general, most white male creators seem to have this massively entitled mindset where they want–and think they deserve–the time, attention, and enthusiasm that creative fandom (i.e. the side of fandom more dominated by women) is known for.

They want our eyes for ratings, our word-of-mouth for free publicity, our metas for social media buzz, and our spending power for merch and cons. But they don’t want us. And they don’t really want the responsibility of telling a story to a thoughtful, engaged audience, regardless of that audience’s demographic makeup. They just want to be praised for whatever schlock they cough up.

And like any other spoiled brat, they will break their toys before they share them.

[pessimisticfanboi]

It goes all the way to the top for kids shows. Toy sales will crash a show. Makes sense, but if those toys are gendered for boys instead of the female viewers, they won’t usually switch up the marketing and move them to the girl aisle. They cancel the show outright.

Mind you it is perfectly possible to make the switch in marketing, but execs would rather throw it all out than have something that doesn’t perform well with male viewers. For example the Rey merch was not expected to be popular, for some reason, there had to be public outcry to get merch of one of the main 3 protagonists. A PROTAGONIST. The fact that she wasn’t a huge part of the 1st launch says a lot already.

And what happened when female fans got too invested in the Sequel Trilogy? The entire writers room didn’t necessarily lash out, but they sure forgot how to behave.

Young Justice

Paul Dini: Superhero cartoon execs don’t want largely female audiences

#WhereIsRey (initial)

#WhereIsRey (ongoing)

'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' owes its box-office success to women

The older, male generation of 'Star Wars' fans may be losing interest in the franchise, but female fans are stepping up.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was designed to be the opposite of The Last Jedi

[drunkenhills]

You’re all sitting on the hot take of the decade tbh

[vbartilucci]

And yet when they fond out that boys were watching MLP:FIM in droves, they had NO PROBLEM with it.

[wilwheaton]

I’m tiny to the point of insignificance, compared to the creators mentioned in these posts. I don’t know if it matters, but I am pretty sure my audience is primarily women, and I love that. Men tend to be boring, violent, aggressive, and entitled. I’ve never encountered a single female gatekeeper in my life. I love the codification of women as the “creative side of fandom” because that reflects my experience. Women are just more interesting than men, in general, and I can’t imagine being upset about or trying to hurt them.

[lierdumoa]

[kurtwagnermorelikekurtwagnerd]

it's 2022. donald trump has died in disgrace days after being impeached and jailed. my chemical romance's new album is coming out the same day as the new spiderverse movie. the lizzo and janelle monaé collab song is blowing up the radio. lil nas x has a verse in it. you and your partner have time and energy for dates after work after jeff bezos' assets have been seized and distributed to the public in the wake of his arrest for keeping employees in unsafe working conditions.

[baconis42]

oh what a life

[dee-the-red-witch]

Like to charge, reblog to cast.

[jemariel]

Everyone has been vaccinated for free and the virus hasn’t caused a single death in months.

Those dates you go on with your partner? They’re in public. Unmasked. Your server smiles at you. Everyone feels safe.

You can hug your friends.

You can see a movie. The people in the movie are gay people of color and they kiss and live happily ever after.

And so will you.

[saratoons]

So mote it be.

[geminiwave]

[crazy-brioche-deactivated202310]

There you have it

[crazy-brioche-deactivated202310]

The whole deck.

[nationwidedornermoment]

[gaysofzaun]

tag urself im people who in many instances have absolutely no clue what they are doing

[sadisopodhours]

[headspace-hotel]

I think I may have woken up my sister laughing at this post

[bluelivesaintshit]

Goodnight too... The Marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters, and people who in many instances have no clue what they are doing.

[verminsblood]

[weaver-z]

[weaver-z]

For those wondering this is 100% real and I’m furious about how funny it is