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HellDavid 2 @wallofyawn.bsky.social · 7m

Made a TikTok about how you should just watch Gundam 79 first instead of Origin, this is the result:

Screenshot of a TikTok comment section:
Ibi: what about Gundam the Origin manga?
Me: Origin is a retelling, it has several differences from the original anime which everything that follows is based on
Ibi: even though it's a retelling with some changes here and there it wouldn't be a bad starting point for Gundam let alone the UC

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♡ Kate's haunted emporium 👻 🎃 🇬🇹~ FREE 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 @katespeace.bsky.social · 4h

THIS IS MY HOLE.

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HellDavid 2 @wallofyawn.bsky.social · 4h

Hey bsky moderation what the fuck?

A post by mel (@mel.meangirls.online) that is hidden by bsky moderation for "Intolerance"

After clicking on it it turns out the intolerant post is "trans man trapped in a trans woman's body"

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HellDavid 2 @wallofyawn.bsky.social · 4h

"Communist clergy"

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HellDavid 2 @wallofyawn.bsky.social · 4h

Hell yeah

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HellDavid 2 @wallofyawn.bsky.social · 21h

🎵 Dead, I am the rat
Feast upon the cat
Tender is the fur
Dying as you purr 🎵

Hannah Pumpkins 🎃 🍂 @hannahposts.bsky.social · 21h

Richard Scarry: Fury Road

A Richard Scarry illustration of a skeleton-bone dragster being driven by a little mouse

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HellDavid 2 @wallofyawn.bsky.social · 21h

A page from Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun showing the difficulties of portraying a couple sharing a bike when you can't put one person riding on the back

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HellDavid 2 @wallofyawn.bsky.social · 22h

Deployment mustaches are never a good idea...

A Texas National Guard member with a moustache that does not look good because you can either have a good looking 'stache or one that meets regulations but not both

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HellDavid 2 @wallofyawn.bsky.social · 22h

MAKOTO YUKIMURA THE FUCKING MAN THAT YOU ARE

Anyway: Read/Watch Planetes (and Vinland Saga also but Planetes was my introduction to him)

Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 23h

Also, Makoto Yukimura said trans rights.

io9: Your portrayal of Indigenous and transgender characters—like the Lnu tribe and Cordelia—stands out in a media landscape where such representation is still rare outside of series like Golden Kamuy, Skip and Loafer, and Paradise Kiss, where they’re often mishandled. What impact do you hope these characters have on expanding the narrative terrain? How do you see your storytelling challenging the ethnocentric lens that dominates much of mainstream media when it comes to that representation?

Yukimura: I did have written characters in [Vinland Saga] from a marginalized ethnic group [and] who are LGBTQ featured here. I actually wanted to portray a character with a disability in the story, too. However, because of the setting, I really couldn’t find the right place to incorporate such a character into the story. One thing I really don’t understand, though, is why do people attack such folks? Is it because they’re different? Why do they just focus on bad things about these groups and generalize them? I truly don’t understand why people do such things. I plainly feel sad when it comes to the way people treat each other.

To me, it’s quite normal for people to have uniqueness. It’s almost needless to say that we all individually have a uniqueness that might be considered different than what is the majority. For example, I grew up in an era where higher education was considered to be the most important thing in society in Japan. You almost had no paths in life outside of that structure. I actually do live outside of that structure, and I’m living perfectly fine. I really want to say that uniqueness is okay. I don’t understand why people are making those judgments to say, “This is okay, but this is not okay.”

I haven’t really thought about what this type of storytelling or character would have an impact on society at all. I’m just writing, drawing, and portraying society as I see it and what I think is normal from my eyes in the manga. If people don’t agree with that version of what I think is a normal society, then oh well. (Laughs) That’s too bad. Those people don’t have to read my manga.

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HellDavid 2 @wallofyawn.bsky.social · 22h

Classic (not fucking Chris Barnes classic tho) Cannibal Corpse song I think about all the fucking time

youtu.be/nawJ2pJWDgQ?...

Disfigured

YouTube video by Cannibal Corpse - Topic

youtu.be

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HellDavid 2 @wallofyawn.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta love a clan mech, Timberwolf Prime with a few loadout tweaks in action in MechWarrior 5

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Yoda Nobunaga @yoda-nobunaga.bsky.social · 1d

Look if we’re all migrating again I’ll go where the posts go, but I’m not leaving here until I hit 1k I’ve never made it there before and I’m real close!

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HellDavid 2 @wallofyawn.bsky.social · 1d

I'm always terrified I'm gonna bust out a really big sneeze mid-stream

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HellDavid 2 @wallofyawn.bsky.social · 1d

Gundam Universal Century timeline in a nutshell

The "poor predictable Bart" Simpsons meme but Lisa is saying "poor predictable losers, always building a colony laser" and Bart is thinking "(good old colony laser. Nothing beats that)"

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HellDavid 2 @wallofyawn.bsky.social · 2d

Ah yes it's that magical time of year again when I'm forcibly reminded that a musical version of "Evil Dead" exists. Really can't recommend it enough if you've ever been watching the movies and thought to yourself "boy I wish this was a million times more obnoxious."