#animate mush

[thinkinginklingon]

Best Star Trek Film

Star Trek:The Motion Picture

The Final Frontier

Generations

Nemesis

Star Trek: Into Darkness

The Star Wars Holiday Special

Voting ended onFeb 9, 2023

[voyageofthenautilus]

Ishmael is unHINGED in the world's most relatable way and we love him for it

But yeah it's about philosophy or maybe philology rather than biology per se. What's important about whales is not that they have hair or give milk or birth their young it's that they are BIG. And FULL OF THINGS. And quite possibly GOD. And will KILL YOU. Did you know they put whale oil on KINGS? (they don't). Yeah - like a SALAD (also untrue).

He would give the Nautilus boys an apoplexy I love him so much.

The more I (Mod Blue) hear about this book, the more I regret not signing up for Whale Weekly

[thebibi]

#that's not all Sydney does

Oh no... that's all he's done so far! Oh dear.....

Hmmmm.....I think you will enjoy the next string of events

[incomingalbatross]

Re: Goa'uld worldbuilding like... it's very striking how atypically... family oriented? Apophis is. He rules side by side with a Queen, whom he evidently loves, rather than regarding as a subordinate OR rival. He is interested in having children, first Chlorel (sp) which is Weird, and then the Harsesis (downright transgressive). Between T'ealc's discussion here of their numbers being small, their endemic Chronic Backstabbing Disorder, and what we later see of the System Lords literally devouring unhosted Goa'uld, it makes Apophis and his dynasty building really REALLY strange

Oh this is TRUE this is WEIRD, yes. (I'd forgotten about the cannibalism bit—I was already thinking how they have no familial or even species-type attachment to their own young, sticking them in foot soldiers, but THAT is a whole new level and I'm glad you included it.)

Apophis... really is incredibly atypical. A further question re: Amaunet—is it likely or even possible for that symbiote to have had a previous host? Or is it a newly-matured one that he just... assigned as his Beloved Queen??

(after a quick Google) Amaunet is a mythological name, but it's an old goddess of one of the less-mainstream Egyptian pantheons—she's linked to Amun, who got folded into Amun-Ra. No links to mythological Apophis, so the Goa'uld isn't trying to recreate a preexisting role...

And yeah, Chlor-whatsit is even more confusing. My only theory is that choosing more "gods," and making them subservient to the existing ones, might have been an attempt to gain strength for the power vacuum opened by Ra's death? But you wouldn't think you'd need to create a human familial unit for that... and the flipside of making a "son" is the implication you're providing for the next generation, which is very odd. As somebody from another show once said, "When you're immortal, you have no need of an heir."

And yeah, the Harsesis was not just tactically useless but TABOO. Even weirder.

...What was UP with Apophis?? Is this some kind of Host Influence we don't know about??

[heroofthreefaces]

Cutting someone's head off to fake Ed's death seems a tad harsh, even if it's Izzy's... On the other hand it would turn the conversation about doing something similar to Stede into some excellent foreshadowing. Idk. The only two ways I can see it happening is either if Izzy dies by accident and they take advantage of it, or if Izzy gets drastically worse as a character. Ooh maybe it'll be a kill or be killed situation?! Still, I'm not sure they're gonna go for the severed head either way.

Anyways, did you happen to have any contact with Lia? I keep wondering if she has any clue what happened to tumblr in her absence xD She should be back at the end of the week, right?

In regards to this ask which was a response to this spoilery speculation.

I watch OFMD only on Tumblr so please feel free to take anything I say or speculate about it not at all seriously.

I don't have an off-Tumblr relationship with animate-mush though I certainly wouldn't mind one. I've known her in previous years to check in with Tumblr and even post very infrequently while having given it up for Lent. The most recent timestamp now on her blog is March 19, which was about two weeks after Ash Wednesday I think, suggesting she's been looking in without necessarily posting. In any case, you're right, she usually turns up again early Easter Sunday or late Holy Saturday.

[wordswithkittywitch]

"If only I could remove the comment" - yeah saaaame

It’s a great picture. I think I might collect some pictures from Tragical History Tour and make a photoset to host that one so I can have it on my blog without the unnecessary comment.

I’m not quite petty enough to repost a picture to get rid of the comment, but I am very petty indeed.

[reasonsmycompanionsarescreaming]

How you doin?

The transcriber is holding herself together as best as she can, and though it might sound ridiculous, the stress of the current situation is preventing her from maintaining this blog. She is currently on her third comfort relisten to The Adventure Zone, and rest assured she would not be able to do even that if she had to stop and make a note of it every time one of the McElroys said “fuck”.

While the transcriber fully intends to return to logging the new screams from the new series of Doctor Who on this blog, she will not be able to until at least the new year. For more candour and swearing, please visit the transcriber’s main blog @wordswithkittywitch

Have as best a holiday as you can manage.

[funforahermit]

animate-mush replied to your post:let me tell you a storybut oh god be warned in...

The marching band uniforms in the Truman Show belonged to might highschool (and the people wearing them were the world class band of the local community college).  The actual uniform Jim Carrey wears was the freshman uniform of the guy who was drum major my freshman year

OMG really??!! that’s amazing!!