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[jewishdragon]

Y'now what really fascinates me about the Heterodynes~?~ It's a running joke that telling a monster "I AM YOUR CREATOR OBEY ME!" never works, but with the Heterodynes it does work mostly. I don't know if it's their extra strong sparks or just treating their creations with respect but Heterodyne monsters are loyal and the same goes for their minions. This is why I can like and root for all of the Heterodynes, even the old evil ones. I just have a soft spot for loyalty like that.

(publishing because honestly we need the whole fandom in on these things)

It seems that way with the Heterodynes and it has something to do with generational loyalty that is also contagious. But it is very different. 

If a Heterodyne actually tries the “I AM YOUR CREATOR OBEY ME!” it doesn’t work for them!

See! it didn’t work. They work it by saying “IM THE HETERODYNE” because there is a good chance they arent the creator of the monster they are ordering around! A whole lot of monsters that each Heterodyne commanded were created by their predecessors! 

I can’t find the page but the Castle wanted to do something that Agatha didn’t approve of so Agatha just yelled “HETERODYNE” and it complied with her wishes. 

Gil was able to get the dingbot to work for him by saying it was helping its mistress (not creator)

The Heterodynes are not their monsters “creators” they are masters. 

Similar loyalty is found in the Muses as they were created to serve the Storm King, whoever that is. The Storm King being their master, whether the king created them or not!

Tarvek’s not the original storm king, he didn’t build the muses, but they are completely loyal to him!

[beans-shadow]

[jewishdragon]

THANK YOU SIS

and look it calls Agatha “mistress” not “creator” (because she didn’t create the castle) 

[smolviolin]

There is a part where Agatha screeches at a monster that she’s not its creator and that it should not obey her and it works.

[vonboomslang]

...shortly followed, I must remind, by the monster's creator demanding it obey him, and, well.

[fishbonesart]

Care for a drink?

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[grandpuppyalpaca]

OKAY, SO

(gotta get this out before the next page is up, in case Lu course-corrects and I get egg on my face)

When discussing the open-endedness of Lu's last order, I have seen people suggest that Klaus retrieve wine and cake from Mechanicsburg, England, and Paris.

I have NOT yet seen anyone offer the funniest suggestion:

Queen Zantabraxus of Skifander: *opens door to the Royal Family Wine Cellar*

Ex-Baron Klaus Wulfenbach, in the middle of the stupidest and most drawn-out burglary he could come up with: Hello!

Zanta: ...Hello.

Klaus, who's totally not trying to get himself arrested in a foreign country, why would you even think that: So it's been a while, can you point me in the direction of that one really fancy vintage that you said we'd open on our...fifth anniversary? Tenth? It was one of those, I think.

Zanta: *narrows eyes* *silently foreboding*

Klaus, who is delightedly aware that is would take something miraculously clever to get out of this situation: Is this your way of saying you already drank it?

[gvalesdraws]

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.”

[smolderingcorpsebar]

(yes, that @gallusrostromegalus )

[gallusrostromegalus]

The timestamp really adds to this tbh

[brakken]

Path is blocked, but for how long?

[moldrata]

Annual NITW piece. Bea and Bea's mom

[vertyd]

collection of fallout faction propaganda posters BY ME!

[homunculus-argument]

Random linguistic worldbuilding: A language with six sets of pronouns, which are set by one's current state of existence. There's a separate pronoun for people who are alive, people who are dead, and potential future people who are yet to be born, and the ambiguous ones of "may or may not be alive or aleady dead", "may or may not have even been born yet", and the ultimate general/ambiguous all-covering one that covers all ambiguous states.

The culture has a specific defined term for that tragic span of time when a widow keeps accidentally referring to their spouse with living pronouns. New parents-to-be dropping the happy surprise news of a pregnancy by referring to their future child with the "is yet to be born" pronoun instead of a more ambiguous one and waiting for the "wait what did you just say?" reactions.

Someone jokingly referring to themselves with the dead person pronouns just to highlight how horrible their current hangover is. A notorious aspiring ladies' man who keeps trying to pursue women in their 20s despite of approaching middle age fails to notice the insult when someone asks him when he's planning to get married, and uses the pronoun that implies that his ideal future bride may not even be born yet.

A mother whose young adult child just moved away from home for the first time, who continues to dramatically refer to their child with "may or may not be already dead" until the aforementioned child replies to her on facebook like "ma stop telling people I'm dead" and having her respond with "well how could I possibly know that when you don't even write to us? >:,C"

[homunculus-argument]

@witchofanguish it is also used in poetry and plays, ghosts talk like that. Imagine being in a folk story, staying overnight in an abandoned cabin and in the middle of the night there's a knock on the door and a bellowing voice going

LET ME IN.

and from the "me" alone you know that whoever is out there is not one among the living.

[whereifindsanity]

Hotel California on Guzheng by Moyun.

[sadclowncentral]

we had a true lost in translation moment with flag signalling today

some background: the international code of signals is used as shorthand for communicating important information between vessels until this day. everyone carries a flag alphabet for this purpose and you can raise flags separately or together to indicate conditions and requests.

so when my crew mate informed me that the navy boat we were passing had two signal flags up i asked him to relay me the message because i was busy downstairs.

here is what he saw through the binoculars:

the flag on the left is Alpha (I have a diver down; keep well clear at slow speed) and the right one is Bravo (I am taking in or discharging or carrying dangerous goods.) the vessel most likely had clearance divers out to remove underwater explosives and wanted other's to steer clear.

however, my beloved crew mate only vaguely recalled that Alpha stands for divers and Bravo stands for dangerous. so imagine my surprise when they hesitantly relayed that

"the navy...wants us to know that their divers know how to fight?"

[alternate42]

My most recent piece, which I'm nearly certain came from a Tumblr post in the first place, someone called "omnybus"

[spiribia]

guild wars 2 map meta boss fights are a 'you are an ant and pheromones were generated signaling the whole colony to attack a much larger stronger insect' simulator. in the thick of it you may be thinking 'i have no idea what's going on and can't see through all the special effects.' thats not your job. your job is to keep swarming and biting with your mandibles no matter what

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

[bleat-boi]

Off the beaten path

[kness]

A crocodile mom and her little ones

Porcelain figurine