Life Imitates Art???? CHAPPELL ROAN AT THE VMAS... DARE I SAY I AM PROPHETIC?!?

still thinking about @evilwizard 's concept so I, make a fake book cover about it I guess

the post:

character concept: hardboiled detective who uses a vast underground network of trained rats to solve mysteries and track down criminals

P.I. Ed Piper

im laughing so hard because no matter what song you listen to 

spiderman dances to the beat

no matter what song ive been testing it and lauing my ass off for an hour

pure speculation / hopes

I desperately need for "Cheers" to be the episode where Simon comes back to Ooo and finds the place a wreck because Marcy went to visit Simon at work and found a dead? Choose Goose, an altar to GOLB, and no Simon. She panics.

In true supportive GF fashion, Bubblegum activates DefCon 4. Everyone is interrogated - from the dog visitor to Dirt Beer Guy to Astrid who explains that Fionna and Cake was here. Fucking wizards are brought in because if GOLB is involved then shit could get real bad. King Man is there. Marcy makes a collect call to Hunson in case he knows how to get to GOLB.

Literally all hands on deck. Bubblegum is already lowkey preparing for an apocalypse and/or setting up funeral arrangements because if Simon went to GOLB, there's a good chance that he's not coming back. And if he does come back, there's a good chance that GOLB is with him. Neither are good endings.

Marcy is inconsolable. King Man has yet to leave, possibly eating popcorn. Finn feels guilty because he was so sure that Simon was okay. In a fit of panic, Marcy blames Finn for not telling her about this earlier. Huntress is de-escalating that situation.

And Simon... walks into the Candy Castle with a T-Shirt that says "I saw GOLB and LIVED" or some other tacky slogan. And it's the Community Pizza scene

So far:

Bella Hadid — Palestinian American model, said: "There have been so many brands that have stopped working with me. A lot of friends have also turned their backs on me," because of her support of Palestine and how she's talked about the genocide of her own people.

Nemahsis — Palestinian Canadian singer, got dropped by her label 11 Acres for her posts about Palestine and the genocide of her own people.

Melissa Barrera — Mexican actress, fired from American film franchise Scream because of her posts about Palestine and specifically for a pro-Palestine article she shared by a Jewish anti-Zionist journalist and professor in Holocaust and genocide studies. Spyglass Media Group called this journalist and his article anti-Semitic. Spyglass's CEO Gary Barber is a white South African who supports apartheid and Zionism.

Mia Khalifa — Lebanese American media personality, lost her podcast deal with Playboy because of her posts about Palestine. Playboy's CEO Ben Kohn is a Zionist who tweeted "I hope no one calls for Israel to show restraint today or in the future" on Oct 7.

Anwar El Ghazi — Moroccan Dutch football player, fired from German football team Mainz over his posts in support of Palestine. Other players for Mainz have posted in support of "Israel" and Zionism and have faced zero consequences.

Susan Sarandon — white American actress, dropped from her talent agency, United Talent, for her posts in support of Palestine. United Talent's CEO Jeremy Zimmer is a Zionist.

Guz Khan — Pakistani Punjabi British actor, fired from Our Fl*g Means Death specifically because of his support of Palestine. The show's executive producer Taika Waititi is a Zionist (And before any freaks show up in my mentions: he signed the letter in support of "Israel," saying NO to a ceasefire, and encouraging the US military to send more money and weapons to "Israel" + he liked posts about "Israel's" "military rights")

Maha Dakhil — Libyan American talent agent, was almost fired from CAA (one of the biggest talent agencies on the planet) over her posts in support of Palestine, but wasn't fired because some of her very famous clients (apparently including Tom Cruise?) stepped in and protected her. CAA's CEO Bryan Lourd is a Zionist.

Let me know if I missed any 🥴

Meanwhile, just a few examples:

Noah Schnapp — white American. Said "You either stand with Israel or you stand with terrorism." Has not faced any consequences.

Sarah Silverman — white American. Said that “Israel” has no reason to allow food or water into Gaza, and that Palestinians should be "grateful" they were ever “given” water from “Israel” in the past. Has not faced any consequences.

Jerry Seinfeld — white American. Went to the "Israeli" military base/"fantasy camp" nicknamed "Camp Shoot-a-Palestinian" and played target practice with the soldiers, where the targets are pictures of Palestinian human beings. Has not faced any consequences.

Con O'Neill — white British dude from Our Fl*g Means Death. Liked, replied complimenting, and shared an article by far-right racist Zionist terf Eve Barlow, all about how "coming out as a Zionist is harder than coming out as gay." Has not faced any consequences.

Amy Schumer — white American. Made a post that said "Gazans are rapists" (not even Hamas, but all Gazans). Has not faced any consequences.

James Woods — white American (voice actor of Hades in D*sney's Hercules, executive producer of Oppenheimer). Said "Bomb the savages who did this back to the Stone Age. There are no grey areas. Kill them all. Every Hamas savage and every Hamas supporter on earth. Bury them with the entrails of pigs." Has not faced any consequences.

Mary Oliver, the moths in “dream work” published in 1986

Random things I wanna see in the next season of OFMD:

I want to see Izzy having fever dreams abt Stede. Gimme that repressed gay attraction pls. Bonus points if Stede duels Izzy in his dreams and sliced his shirt up like the second episode. Setup and payoff babyyy

Ed needs to have like three crying scenes over his breakup. Bbgirl needs to be properly traumatized.

Speaking of Ed, if we don’t get a full scene of him role playing with his dolls, with voices and everything, I will be supremely upset.

I want Lucius to be alive and on the ship and Ed knows abt it and he actually finds Lucius one day and forces him to write more sad poetry.

Can we please get a scene where someone’s hair gets braided? I don’t care who it is I just need to see that

Last but not least I need Black Pete to have even more lines. I want him being ridiculous and in love with Lucius. I want him to be a bigger part. He’s one of my favorite characters so far and I dearly love him

An intro to the historical Zheng Yi Sao

Ruibo Qian's character in Our Flag Means Death is based on a real person, though like all its real pirates, she is a loose interpretation. In particular, the real Zheng Yi Sao wasn't born until 57 years after the real Blackbeard died!

In real life, she lived from 1775 to 1844. She was known by a variety of names; her birth name is usually given as Shi Yang. Zheng Yi Sao is the name most often used, which literally means "the wife of Zheng Yi" (more on him later), and you may also see variations like Ching Shih or Madam Cheng, depending on transliteration. Calling her Zheng, as Oluwande does, is good, or ZYS in fandom chat, but if fic writers crave a more personal connotation for a scene, Yang is a good choice for a given name consistent with the real woman. It's like the difference between Mr. Buttons and Nathaniel.

She was born in the Guangdong province, and many bios of her claim she worked on one of the boat brothels there, but this is speculation only.

When she married Zheng Yi, he was a successful member of a pirating dynasty, working as a privateer for emperors of Vietnam. The couple collaborated to unite six different pirate fleets operating off the Guangdong coast into a confederation, sealed with an agreement signed by the captains of each. Zheng Yi was informally recognized as the overall leader of the confederation until his death in a storm two years after the signing.

Zheng Yi Sao had the respect of other key figures in the alliance, and her smooth assumption of leadership was followed by a period of huge success and expansion for the pirate confederation, driving the Chinese government to desperation. This is where her reputation as a pirate "queen" comes from in real life, though I'm excited to see where the show goes with her fictional conquest of China!

In 1810, Zheng Yi Sao recognized that the confederation faced internal fractures and additional opposition, as Portuguese and British military forces allied with Chinese ships, so she led the confederation to bow out on a high, and use their immense power to bargain for a peaceful retirement, surrendering ships and weapons for pardons, supplies, and money. Although it's fictional that her crew was predominantly women, when Zheng Yi Sao surrendered, she did so accompanied by a delegation wholly composed of women and children who belonged to the confederation. At that time, the confederation consisted of 226 ships, 24 of which personally reported to Zheng Yi Sao.

If you're doing the math, she was only in her mid-thirties, and was far from done with life. She remarried, to one of her former captains, Zhang Bao, and accompanied him to the Penghu Islands, where he commanded a garrison. After his death, she returned to Guangdong and had another career of twenty-odd years, becoming the owner of a casino until her death at age 68 or 69 (nice).

She was one of the most successful pirates in history, both because of her power and her ability to survive it. I think she's neat as hell, and so have a lot of fiction writers! You might have encountered versions of her, or characters inspired by her, before, in things like Pirates of the Caribbean, the Bloody Jack novels, Assassin's Creed, and Doctor Who. It's fun to see a form of her in this! We can expect her arc to progress differently, but I hope having some context will help.

The most helpful things to note for the rest of the season for ofmd fans will be that Zheng is her surname, she wasn't really a contemporary of the other historical figures, and that her connection to sex work should not be treated as a fact, whether you want to include it in this fictional interpretation or not.

1x6 the winter king

To give you some insight on just how absolutely insane this new Fionna and Cake episode is, Cake encourages this sexy alternate dimension Ice King (voiced by BRIAN DAVID GILBERT BY THE WAY) to commit interdimensional selfcest with Simon and he admits he THOUGHT ABOUT IT???? WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHOW???