#nonsensical rambling

[type-a-sentinull]

@top-quality-garbage i was immediately inspired

[christianpuppetshow]

This feels like dans nod to Phil in a way. I know it’s more than that but like this is sort of Dan’s sacrifice. I don’t know if I’m going to be able to articulate this well so bare with me

Phil had to make sacrifices for them, and it seems like he did so without burden or resentment, yes it would have been hard but he would’ve done whatever to have dan. He supported dan through everything and gave him the space and the grace and the support he needed. He fought for them. Dan wanted to stay quiet, so they did. For so long Phil put himself back in the closet and kept quiet about their relationship. Dan felt like calling it quits would be the ultimate self preservation but Phil, like an anchor in his life, so patient and sensible held onto him, did whatever he could to make sure they didn’t lose this beautiful, rare, special, fragile thing. I’m not saying this came easily or that it wasn’t tumultuous and difficult - the intricacies aren’t for us to know. Phil wanted to tell the world.

And now dan is doing just that. He’s publicly declaring their love and their relationship as sort of an ode to Phil and everything they have been through. You can see how thankful he is that Phil stayed, and that he held on. And that’s not to say dan didn’t do any of the work, that he was flippant and detached. He was so fucking scared but he knew that it was Phil, through everything it was him. So now he gets to say this is who we are, this is what we’ve done and what we’ve sacrificed. This is the man that supported me through it all. And we’re so secure in our relationship that we’re not afraid to tell you now.

He’s shouting his love for Phil from the rooftops because he can now. They’re free.

I don’t want this to seem like I’m saying Phil was this perfect angel and that I’m criticising dan in any way. It couldn’t be further from the truth. Dan is so fucking brave. He’s so strong. The shit he’s been through and to come out as he has is just astounding to me, and it’s just so beautiful that he had Phil. No one else would have made it. They did

Love is so beautiful

[scraftyisthebest]

Thinking about the implication that Liko's family is rich, not just from the appearance of her house but also that she's not just attending an international academy but said academy is implied to be the Pokémon world's equivalent of a private school, which is usually very expensive to attend and pay tuition for.

Indigo Academy is definitely a private school. Its name in Japanese is セキエイ学園, which when read aloud transliterates to "Sekiei Gakuen". The term "gakuen" carries the nuance of a private school. Everything from the way Liko enrolled into Indigo Academy to how the school is structured reads of similarities to private schools in IRL Japan, especially international boarding private schools which do have international students. She had to go through an interview process to enroll, and when she does, she's living in a dormitory during her school life, which is akin to real life gakuen academies. They also have a specialized curriculum based in battling and being a Trainer, and it's owned by the Indigo League, which ties into the idea of it being a private academy.

So yeah, Liko comes from money alright.

It's also a contrast from the school in Vermilion City that Goh and Chloe attend since that's the equivalent of real-life public schools in Japan. It's called "gakko" (学校), and the way things are there mirrors public schools as opposed to private schools. Most likely in Goh and Chloe's case they're in real life late shogakko (小学校), as fifth years (gonensei).

I would guess Vermilion City in Journeys that they have a chugakko (middle school) and kotogakko (high school) too that are nearby and students move from the shogakko seen in Journeys to the nearest associated chugakko then koko.

Rambling but yeah, modern Kanto in the anime seems to incorporate real world school systems and we see both public schools (gakko) and private schools (gakuen) and a depiction of them that mirrors IRL Japan, especially since Kanto is based in Japan's IRL Kanto region which is their modern urban region with the big cities like Tokyo being there.

Just before, we had a few characters enroll in something akin to real world public schools, then Horizons has Liko attend what is essentially a private boarding school, and she's kinda unique among Anipoke characters in that regard, especially since it points to her being pretty rich to be able to attend a private school internationally.

[redsharlow]

I love the thought of ocelot knowing bb smokes cigars so he just gives V a weed vape 😭 why doesn't V get cigars . Why does he get a vape. It's so cute

[hugsandchaos]

I find it hilarious when I find a TFP comic using a Starscream design from literally any other universe instead of the one in the show because then I imagine an AU where a second Starscream, the red and blue one, somehow ended up in the TFP universe and has little to no idea of how to get home, but he still wants Megatron dead and isn’t as quiet or cowardly about it as TFP Starscream.

Bonus points if Starscream #2 has his trinemates with him. Forget Double Trouble, we have THREE seekers on the run from both decepticons and autobots, just ditching the war all together, but get roped back into it against their will.

[glitter-stained]

Brain: and then Mia arrives in time to save Ollie, solo Batman and win!

Me: how

Brain: what do you mean how? She solos batman and wins! She's just that good!

Me: okay I understand we're having a lot big feelings about that, let's take a deep breath and reel in back in with a minimum of power-scaling okay? Batman isn't all that good, but we can't just write Green Arrow's sidekick giving him a one-sided beatdown right after he beat Green Arrow without explanation!

Brain: but I want tooo

Me: okay then what context leads to that situation being possible

Brain: hmpf. Uh, Batman is weakened by his fight with Green Arrow?

Me: okay how so?

Brain: uuuh slow acting poison dart? And twisted ankle?

Me: there we go, see that wasn't so hard!

Brain: I still don't like it. She should just be able to hit him with a chair.

Me, staring longingly into the horizon like a cow on the sea shore: I know...

[kanye-the-horseshoe-bat]

Allow me to introduce my new D&D 'sona

Nut Master: Master of Nut!