Tashdacat

FF14 Addict/Terrible Stellaris Player/Amazing HFY Writer/Admin of way too many places
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[Funny Happy Studios (YT) @FunnyHappyStud1]

I like how despite moving in two days, Andy and his mom set up the new posters and bedsheets to mentally fuck with Woody

[Rewster @Rewster7]

No one here considers you a major rival FFS. You're not interested in rugby or cricket and we hardly meet in soccer because we're in separate confederations. The only rivalry we have with you is swimming.

[Legendary Drops @ALegendaryDrops]

"if we say no, they never talk to us again" is fucking wild.

Furthers my conspiracy that AI and memory companies are inflating prices to destroy consumer hardware and push everyone to the cloud.

One happy money hatting family milking people for subscription fees for eternity.

[🎃Big Gleb🎃 @GlebMelnikov8]

Ace Attorney ass situation

[gal౨ৎ @prtygal777]

the way the parents are mogging with that eyeliner lipstick and pose while their chopped baby is just there is killing me

[Beaver 🦁 @beaverd]

"you're absolutely right! I shouldn't have launched those nukes -- that's on me."

[🟦DanDee🟥 @FineNDanDee]

The window makes him look like he's complaining about Michael Scott

[The Mighty Dud Bolt @mightydudbolt]

A lot of people seem confused by the Mac character in Crystal Skull, but basically he's just Helena Shaw from Dial of Destiny--the main difference being that, unlike that film, Crystal Skull is self-aware enough to understand that Mac's greed and self-serving behavior are too ridiculous to be taken seriously. So he's mostly comic relief.

The joke is that he thinks he's secretly on the Russians' side when he's with Indy, but he thinks he's secretly on Indy's side when he's with the Russians. He fancies himself a shrewd operator who's playing both sides of the Cold War against each other so that he can reach Akator and become rich beyond his wildest dreams; he's the one character whose obsession is with the literal heaps of gold promised by the Akator legend.

But in the process he's just hopelessly confused himself, because now even he can't decide whose side he's really on at any given moment. The only moments of clarity seem to come when he shows flashes of genuine concern for Indy, whom he still seems to recognize as his best friend.

At the end, too weighed down by all the pilfered gold he's stuffed into his pockets, Mac is unable to escape the pull of the flying saucer's interdimensional vortex, despite Indy's efforts to save him. This is when Mac realizes he can let go of the whip and sacrifice himself to save Indy, even though it means he'll lose all his gold along with his life. This is why he winks at Indy and says, "I'm gonna be alright." It's because he isn't confused anymore, because he's realized what really matters to him.

As I've acknowledged in previous posts about this film, none of this is particularly deep. No Indiana Jones film is particularly deep in the grand scheme of things. But I think Ray Winstone is really funny as the character, and yet despite being a joke for most of the movie, I think his final moment of redemption is surprisingly effective. It's somehow more convincing than Helena's redemption in Dial of Destiny, even though that character arc is supposed to be part of the core of the movie.

This is just another piece of supporting evidence in my thesis that Dial of Destiny, when it isn't completely undermining characters, is simply retreading almost all the same thematic ground covered by Crystal Skull, but doing it in a way that isn't as effective or nearly as entertaining.

[The Green Kasey 🎃 @RawbertBeef]

Me when I smell a pie cooling on a nearby windowsill:

[w. @doublegee___]

the costuming in pirates of the caribbean was literally deranged. if they had made it rn the costume would look like shein slop

[curtis🇲🇽🇪🇬🇧🇪🇪🇸⚽️ @curtm81x]

genuinely what is the point of australia post when they don’t even knock on your door, just fucking take it to the post office and stop wasting my time

[galleotii @galleotii]

se o PewDiePie quisesse, ele poderia ter a vida do Dan Bilzerian em uma semana, pois encher a casa de puta e droga é muito fácil

já o Dan, mesmo que ele queira muito, nunca vai ter a vida do Pewdiepie

[ShreddedNerd @o_sneedy]

This is how cows look in those "4K Minecraft" texture packs

[Dylan 🥖 @SomeRandomDyl]

gaming becomes enjoyable again when you stop comparing yourself to others and i’m not even kidding

[itsD3lay🐧 @itsD3lay]

Increíble que hayan usado un muñeco en vez de un niño de verdad

[alex @ax_ferg]

wow the title of this playlist really comes across differently in australia

[Lee ♦️ on a little break @emirrart]

summoning my steam controller from the other side of my desk like a witch's familiar

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

One of the greatest line deliveries ever.

Tim Curry is clearly seconds away from breaking, which somehow makes the scene even funnier.

[Kumratte @KumratArt]

Ultramarine Captain, upset: how did they predict our troop movements?

The inconspicuous Alpha Legionnaire: