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Idk how likely it is for Ryoko Kui to do another full epilogue chapter specifically for having some sort of resolution to Laios' and Falin's parent issues, but GOD it is an absolute shame we have yet to see their dad- who for all intents and purposes is probably just living in the reality of a regular medieval guy- at some point getting the message that his estranged son is now the ruler of an ancient lost magical kingdom that literally rose up from the sea. Like. How do you respond to that. His previous biggest problem five minutes ago was probably grain tariffs.
now if he wants to ask him out there's paperwork and courting rituals and stuff
Hc that any Cybertronian with a car, truck, or ship alt mode can voluntarily beep or honk in robot mode๏ฟผ
And that some of them with really loud ones would sneak up on others from behind and HONK to spook em
Just thinking about what if Ratchet needs to get the attention of the entire room and goes WEEWOOWEEWOOWEEWOO
Wait just had another idea:
"i could fix him" "i could make him worse" well i could turn him into a flea. a harmless little flea. then i'd put that flea inside of a box๐ฆ. and then i'd put that box inside of another box๐. and then i'd maaaaiiiilllllll that box to myself!!!!!!!!11!!!!! ๐ฌ
ANDWHENITARRIVESAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I'D SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER!!!!!!!!! ๐จ๐ฅ
I can change him.. into a llama.
A llama?! He's supposed to be dead!
If you're on Windows 11 like I am for my "main" computer (in my case for school purposes and because I can't get Baldur's Gate 3 to play on Linux), then you might've seen this annoying piece of AI shit show up on your taskbar:
This is Windows Copilot, and it's fulled by the same shit ChatGPT is fuelled by. There is currently no way to uninstall it, but there is a way to deactivate it completely, which I've linked below. It's very easy, and it took me like, 2 minutes to do.
College friendship is sending one of your friends who's graduating soon a giant list of monster theory and gothic horror academic reading recs so they can download as many PDFs as possible before they lose their university database access
Got a request for some of the recs here, so here's a short-ish list of some of the reading recs -- I've made an effort to link open source and/or at least slightly more accessible databases like JSTOR wherever possible, but some of these are, admittedly behind various paywalls that I wish everyone luck with circumventing in whatever manner you deem fit
- Monster Theory - Really great anthology to start with, especially the first reading, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen's famous "Monster Culture (Seven Theses)" which is a personal favorite
- The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts - A general SF/F journal, but there are definitely a lot of great monster theory and gothic horror readings sprinkled throughout. Consider taking a look at Veronica Hollinger's "The Vampire and/as Alien," the special issue on Dracula, and Faye J. Ringel's "Genetic Experimentation: Mad Scientists and the Beast," among others
- Werewolf Histories edited by Willem Blรฉcourt - Phenomenal anthology on werewolf scholarship, especially if you're interested in the connections between werewolves and witchcraft and/or witch trials in Early Modern Europe
- Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters by Jack Halberstam - Of interest to those who are interested in the connection between the gothic and gender (among other topics). Halberstam has written extensively on both
- The Journal of Dracula Studies - Exactly what it sounds like.
- Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural - Another journal, which focuses on the connections between witchcraft and occultism, monsters, demonology, and the like.
- Susan Stryker's "My Words to Victor Frankenstein Above the Village of Chamounix" - An absolutely landmark piece of writing on Frankenstein and the transgender (and in particular the transfeminine) experience; one of my favorite pieces of academic writing of all time.
- Speaking of Monsters: A Teratological Anthology - Another solid monster theory anthology
- Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene - A really, really good anthology about the ecological gothic that I cannot recommend enough. As a known werewolf guy I especially like the piece "Wolf, or Homo homini lupus" by Carla Freccero
- The Vampire Lectures by Lawrence Rickels - So many vampires
- Monster Culture in the 21st Century: A Reader - Another anthology, I in particular recommend Rosalind Sibielski's "Gendering the Monster Within: Biological Essentialism, Sexual Difference, and Changing Symbolic Functions of the Monster in Popular Werewolf Texts" in this one.
- "The Trans Legacy of Frankenstein" by Jolene Zigarovich - Definitely a good read if you enjoyed the Stryker piece earlier; it's a more general survey of the idea but might give you some ideas for further reading
- TransGothic in Literature and Culture - A whole anthology of works on transgender identity and the gothic!
- Twenty-First Century Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion - Not to be confused with the other similarly named anthology earlier, this one is on various modern perspectives on the gothic.
- "Christians and Jews in the Twelfth Century Werewolf Renaissance" by David A. Shyovitz - Stand-alone article but really really interesting
- Wonders and the Order of Nature: 1150-1750 by Lorraine Daston & Katherine Park - Incredible volume that gets into several different subjects surrounding the fantastical in the medieval and early modern eras, monsters among them. The same authors have written some other fantastic work, such as "Unnatural Conceptions: The Study of Monsters in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century France and England" and I honestly would recommend any of their work.
- Monster Anthropology: Ethnographic Explorations of Transforming Social Worlds Through Monsters - A more anthropology focused volume, I particularly like Rozanna Lilley's "Drawing in the Margins: My Son's Arsenal of Monstersโ(Autistic) Imagination and the Cultural Capital of Childhood"
- Marvels, Monsters, and Miracles: Studies in the Medieval and Early Modern Imaginations - Another anthology, this time with a historical perspective
This isn't even everything I've dug into on the subject, but I hope it's enough to get folks started on some reading!
Personally I think that Azula should have been redeemed simply so that she can become Zuko's horrible little advisor who whispers evil little plans to him so that he can do the exact opposite
#the only reason she gets this job is bc he doesnt trust her anywhere else in the palace#its like enrichment for manipulative girls#also so that he can set her on asshole deligates like a rabid little lapdog#she just has mean fuckin pomeranian energy that thing bites then lights you on fire w flames so hot theyre cold#i think their sibling dynamic could be sooo fucking funny its insane (@madscientistenthusiast)
Zuko doesn't like instilling fear in people as the Fire Lord because it makes him feel too much like Ozai but sometimes motherfuckers NEED to be rattled so they don't try anything. Which is where Azula comes in. It's a win/win for everyone except for the poor sucker Azula has set her sights on
I wanted to draw marcille getting some hugs ๐ซ
Senshi Dunmeshi ๐ค Samwise LOTR Cooking meals for loved ones
I recently started watching Dungeon Meshi and somehow came up with this crossover and I just had to draw it haha
laios in ep 15
Rodimus prime or whatever ๐ฅ
Falin belongs to Dungeon Meshi