Marvel Comics Nightcrawler is the Winding Way – Abridged
When Nightcrawler was a child, his adopted mother – Margali Szardos - ripped his soul in half and used the magical portion as the source of her magic called the Winding Way. This is why practitioners in the Winding Way gain and lose their magical power in cycles – Nightcrawler’s magical soul is constantly fighting against them.
Amanda Sefton followed Nightcrawler back from Germany after Kurt joined the X-Men to figure out how to undo what her mother had done and put Kurt back together again. She eventually realized that she could accomplish this using Illyana’s Soul-Sword after Margali proved that it could influence the Winding Way during Excalibur’s Soul-Sword Trilogy (this would make sense with this theory as both the Soul-Sword and the Winding Way operate on the same magic – Soul Magic).
As a result of this, Amanda took over Limbo to further research the Soul-Sword and then fused the Soul-Sword with Nightcrawler’s being (3^(rd) Nightcrawler Solo series), hoping that by binding it to the non-magical portion of Nightcrawler’s soul would be able to bypass the Soul-Sword’s trait of harming magical entities and allow the Soul-Sword to act as a countercharm and allow the two parts of Nightcrawler to remerge together.
When the demonically possessed Pixie ripped the Soul-Sword out of Kurt during X-Infernus, she tore out a piece of Kurt’s soul with it – effectively making Nightcrawler and Magik Soul-mates and leaving behind the void that Margali used to form the Hopesword during Legion of X #10.
This whole series of events was orchestrated by Destiny giving Nightcrawler to Margali and telling her about a prophecy that “a” Soul-Sword would pass into both hers and then her daughter’s hands but would ultimately be the doom for both of them (Excalibur: Minus One). This prophecy caused Margali to try and steal Belasco’s Soul-Sword, sparking a feud between the two and drawing Belasco’s attention to Nightcrawler – the Source of Margali’s powers.
In response, Belasco had Nightcrawler (and the X-Men) kidnapped to steal that magical power for himself, but failed - resulting in the Soulless Nightcrawler in the Original Magik series. Giving up on Nightcrawler, Belasco turned his attention to Illyana which eventually resulted in the creation of the Soul-Sword as seen in the OG Magik series.
Destiny gave Nightcrawler to Margali in the first place - knowing Margali would make Nightcrawler into the Winding Way - to hide his true power from Enigma – the Nathaniel Essex that became a Dominion – and told Margali the prophecy of the Soul-Sword to bring about its creation and to create the means by which to restore Nightcrawler and create the Hopesword – a weapon needed in the defeat of Enigma.
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Five Nights at Freddy's where did Futime Chica come from? (um, spoilers...kinda?)
So, Funtime Chica is a weird animatronic in my opinion. She keeps returning despite not really being important at all and no one even knows where she came from. Normally, a Funtime animatronic would come from Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rental. Funtime Freddy, Funtime Foxy, Ballora and Circus Baby all come from there, but Funtime Chica is not even mentioned in Sister Location (that game takes place in circus baby's entertainment and rental) now there are multiple reasons on why she is absent in sister location. here is one reason. one of the minigames from FNaF 3 features Toy Chica in her own attraction. It has been theorized Henry Emily owned this place as a sort of rival location to Fredbear's, but soon it was shut down so Henry and William could join forces to create Fazbear entertainment. people believe Funtime Chica came from here, but I do not because obviously the minigame shows TOY CHICA as the mascot. another reason is that Funtime Chica is from Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rental but was bought by the people behind the Rare Finds Auction before sister location took place. that would explain it, and that is my head canon theory that I'm working with. but what do you think?
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disaster – causing him to turn to Illyana as a replacement.
\~Part 10 – the Big Picture… stopping Enigma\~
So, if Destiny was ultimately the cause behind all of this – from orchestrating Kurt’s birth, to handing him off to Margali, to telling Margali the prophecy about the Soul-Sword, what is it all ultimately for?
Well, what it is almost certainly not for is the given answer of defeating Azazel. Simply put, Azazel has never been so major of a threat that creating a super special prophecy child was needed. Heck, he was killed in Dark X-Men by the demonic version of Nightcrawler, so how difficult would it have been for Mystique and Destiny to do it? No, Azazel’s defeat was a bonus that Irene used to justify Kurt’s birth to Raven, not the focus.
Ultimately, there’s only one answer as to who Kurt was conceived to stop – Enigma. The original Nathaniel Essex who transcended space and time and who Irene knew to be an existential threat to all Mutantkind.
This answer even explains some of Irene’s other past actions, such as why she was involved with the Black Womb project – yes, she was keeping an eye on Sinister, but she was also learning as much about the mutant x-gene in preparation for Kurt’s birth.
It also explains why she handed Kurt over to Margali at all – the Winding Way is described in the datapages of Legion of X as being something akin to a No-Place – something that Enigma and other Dominions famously have trouble seeing into. Thus, by hiding Kurt’s magical half in the No-place until the time was right and creating the means by which to release him from that prison, Destiny ensures Enigma’s defeat.
Or does she? Because as far as the current X-Men comics have been going, there is nowhere near the development needed to have my theory take place. At this point, only the Hopesword is established which begs the question of whether the Winding Way is meant to be the thing to stop Enigma or if the Hopesword is. As of this point in X-Men Forever (2024) #4, the Hopesword is what was needed to stop Enigma… for some reason. So far, all that the sword has accomplished is being handed off from Kurt to Exodus to Hope… who was then killed by the Phoenix and sent the Hopesword back to Kurt. We’ll have to wait and see if anything else comes of it.
Personally though, I kind of like the idea that everything Destiny did in orchestrating the creation of the Hopesword and/or the Winding Way was kind of a pointless thing in the end. It’s kind of poignant for Destiny’s character – being the same woman who thought that killing Senator Kelly would prevent the Days of Future’s Past Timeline when she was in fact going to cause that very timeline to happen – to have all her manipulations and schemes to create this weapon against the existential threat that Enigma presented… only to have that threat be dealt with in some other way, leaving Irene to deal with the consequences of her own actions and question whether it was worth putting Kurt through all of that. Maybe that’s just me though.
Conclusion
So yeah, that’s most of the evidence supporting this theory. There are a few other things – such as Margali potentially being the reason why Kurt was killed during Second Coming and potentially causing his mental break down during the Extraordinary X-Men story, but those are more auxiliary to these major points.
But yeah, let me know what you guys think down below. Do you think this theory is onto something or is it way off base?
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attempt to steal the power of a demon beneath London, and Kurt and Margali rescuing Amanda from Belasco after Margali body-swapped with her daughter to save her own skin – Amanda ended up taking over Limbo, supposedly in the name of protecting earth.
However, then we have the smoking gun of Amanda’s meddling – during the 3^(rd) Nightcrawler solo series, it is revealed that Amanda fused the Soul-Sword with Nightcrawler without telling him. Her reason for doing so? “To protect the Soul-Sword from falling into the wrong hands.” This lie is so glaringly bad that not even Nightcrawler buys it and he calls Amanda out for not being honest with him.
\~Part 6 – Amanda’s Bad Lie and What it Means\~
And frankly why would anyone believe Amanda’s claim? Amanda is a sorceress – which means that she is infinitely more qualified than Nightcrawler to keep the Soul-Sword safe than he is. Even if she couldn’t do so, why didn’t she take the Soul-Sword to someone like Dr. Strange?
On top of that, Amanda took the Soul-Sword away from Kitty Pryde claiming that Kitty wasn’t qualified to keep the Soul-Sword safe due to her not being a trained sorceress. Well, guess who’s also not trained in sorcery and thus – by Amanda’s own logic - would not be able to keep the Soul-Sword safe? Nightcrawler.
Except, Kitty technically was able to keep the Soul-Sword out of the wrong hands – back during Excalibur #37 she phased the Soul-Sword into a rock which even Rachel Summers channeling the power of the Phoenix Force was not able to remove it from – it wasn’t removed until Doom came knocking and got Kitty to willingly remove it for him. So why couldn’t Amanda do something similar? Why fuse it with Kurt and endanger him?
And to top it all off, Amanda still needed the Soul-Sword. She was ruling over Limbo – a dangerous hell dimension full of power-hungry demons. Her magical powers are of the Winding Way – meaning that they wax and wane. So quite literally, Amanda needs the Soul-Sword – a weapon which every demon in Limbo fears – to keep herself in power; something which was proven in New X-Men #37 when Belasco walked back into Limbo and ousted her.
\~Part 7 – Amanda took over Limbo to learn about the Soul-Sword\~
So, what was Amanda really up to? Well, to understand Amanda’s actions in the 3^(rd) Nightcrawler series, we first need to go back to Amanda’s actions in previous series. What’s interesting is that Amanda’s interest in the Soul-Sword was first manifest through Margali – who reveals in Excalibur: Minus One that there is a prophecy that the Soul-Sword would pass first into Margali’s hands and then into Amanda’s hands but would result in both of their dooms.
However, Amanda doesn’t really demonstrate any sort of interest in the Soul-Sword until after Margali used it to obtain power in the Winding Way during Excalibur. While she didn’t get the opportunity to act after the events of Margali’s failed London project due to her mother mind-swapping with her, Amanda’s actions in taking over Limbo after X-Men: Unlimited #19 was more likely due to Amanda wanting to obtain and learn more about the Soul-Sword than about her trying to protect earth.
You see, as Limbo was in no position to even threaten earth until Belasco had obtained the Soul-Sword following Margali ending up there – meaning that if Amanda had simply obtained the Soul-Sword and left Limbo, Limbo would not have been able to endanger Earth. Instead, Amanda stayed. Why? Because if there was anywhere in the universe where you wanted to learn about a Soul-Sword and how it works, Limbo is the dimension to do so.
\~Part 8 – Nightcrawler and Magik are… Soulmates?\~
So, why did Amanda fuse the Soul-Sword with Nightcrawler? Well, ultimately because a major function of the Soul-Sword is that it can be used as a countercharm which can undo other spells – potentially meaning that Amanda could use it to undo the Winding Way and restore the two halves of Kurt’s soul back together again.
However, another aspect of the Soul-Sword is that it is dangerous to magical creatures and Kurt’s
of X #9 that outlines the basics of what the Winding Way is and how it operates.
According to the data page, the Winding Way is an exocentric magic system – that is to say a form of magic that is powered by an external source to the user – which its various wielders experience cycles of power and powerlessness. As far as characters like Strange are aware, it remains unclear if there is a physical “Way” or if that is simply metaphor.
The strange thing about the Winding Way is that there is no other magical system in Marvel where this cycle of users having powers and being powerless is even a thing. Whenever an exocentrically powered sorcerer loses their powers, it is always a form of punishment. This is true with Dr. Strange when he lost 99% of his powers back during the War of the Seven Spheres story. This is true with Juggernaut who loses his powers whenever he and Cyttorak – the entity that powers the crimson gem that Juggernaut uses for his powers. It’s even true for someone like Thor and his hammer. No where else in Marvel is there a system of magic where cycles of power is a thing.
All of this raises the question of whether the fluctuating cycles of power the Winding Way are actually a natural part of the Winding Way or whether they due to something else – like, say the power source of the Winding Way trying to continuously punish the various practitioners but being unable to due to their attention being split up.
Ultimately, the only truth that we can glean about the Winding Way is that nobody but the practitioners of the Winding Way ultimately know how it works and even then, characters like Margali and Amanda have proven time and again that their word cannot be trusted.
\~Part 3 – the Szardos Family, Cthon, & Wundagore Mountain\~
Interestingly, a different Sorcerer Supreme Sgt. Sebastian Szardos – the Sorcerer Supreme of World War II – has his own insights about the Winding Way, though they are rather vague. Firstly, in the 8^(th) series of Avengers #50, Sebastian claims that the Winding Way has ties with Mt. Wundagore – which was famously the tomb of Cthon before Scarlet Witch absorbed him. This seems to suggest that the Winding Way originates either via Cthon or his creation – the Darkhold.
What is more interesting is that the Winding Way doesn’t seem to be practiced during the time of the Second World War as Sgt. Szardos states that only his great grandmother on his mothers side even knew about the Winding Way – Sebastian himself clearly wasn’t a practicing member. This is peculiar as Margali Szardos demonstrates an unusual amount of familiarity with the position of Sorcerer Supreme in Uncanny X-Men Annual #4 when she stole the Eye of Agamotto off of Dr. Strange with a mere gesture. Given that Sebastian and Margali share the last name and Sebastian was a known former Sorcerer Supreme while Margali – as far as I can tell – has never been, this would seem to suggest that there is some sort of familial connection between Margali and Sebastian. This in turn seems to suggest that the Winding Way experienced some sort of revival with Margali.
My theory is that the Winding Way started out as a sort of ritual that originated with the Darkhold and was initially practiced by the Szardos family over the centuries to siphon power off of Cthon to keep him in check and imprisoned - hence why there are other Szardos clan members such as Theodosia as shown in that run of Avengers. This would mean that if my theory of Nightcrawler being the Winding Way is true, then it would mean that he is only the current source of the Winding Way.
\~Part 4 – Nightcrawler is still related to Azazel (and Azazel is a demon)\~
Now a major aspect in this is that Nightcrawler is where exactly would Nightcrawler’s magical powers come from? After all, he’s the son of Mystique and Destiny – two mutants with no sort of magical capabilities, right? Well, that’s… complicated.
Firstly, it’s important to note that the X-Men Origins: Blue retcon is… frankly, not very well thought out. There are a bunch of things that it just gets plain
Pokemon Games Kanto playable characters are just awful at filling their Pokédex.
Watching playthroughs lately of various Pokemon games, and it is kinda wild how bad characters are at filling the Pokédex. Sure, they may fill the Pokédex in a respective game, but that doesn’t mean much.
Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow - Even if you catch all 150 Pokemon, it took several years for players to discover how to find Mew legitimately (without a GameShark).
Then, in Gold/Silver/Crystal, we find out that a ton of the “new” Pokemon are running around Kanto. Houndour, for instance.
The remakes are even worse when they reveal there are 386 Pokemon running around in FireRed and LeafGreen.
Let’s Go Eevee/Pikachu isn’t as bad, with 153 Pokemon in the game, but there’s also variations to consider (Meowth and Grimer alternate forms).
Every single time Kanto is revisited, it’s basically going “all the hard work you did in Kanto actually sucked and was always incomplete even in a perfect game”. Sure, you as the player can’t control that, but the character you play probably could’ve done more.
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the Law of God. Most Protestants today have forsaken the Sabbath command and uphold the Catholic Sunday. Brian is also on the "wine of Babylon" and is seen drinking and distributing alcohol throughout the film. Protestant denominations now also believe in the Trinity, significantly compromising the strength of the Protest. Is this reflected in Brian's ride? Yes. Brian drives a 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse. The Mitsubishi symbol is a trinity of diamonds or rhombuses. At the heart of the Eclipse is a PentaStar 4G63 built by Chrysler. Chrysler secured a $75 million war contract to aid in producing J. Robert Oppenheimers "Little Boy"; the atomic bomb dropped on, of all places, Japan. The codename for the first atomic bomb test was "Trinity", named for the Catholic triune god. The American symbolism for Brian's car doesn't stop there. The American rebadged version of the Mitsubishi Eclipse, is the Eagle Talon. There is also an abstract blue and white eagle on the side of Brian's car; the eagle being a prominent symbol for America. Brian's surname "O'Connor" is of Irish origin. Catholics have slandered the name of St. Patrick claiming that he used the shamrock to preach the Trinity, but in reality he was vehemently against, or protested, the Catholic doctrine or the Trinity. Revelation 13:11 says that America sprang up like a Lamb (a symbol of Jesus Christ) but began to speak as a dragon (a symbol for Satan.) This denotes compromise. Brian is seen sitting with Dominic many times drinking alcohol, a sure fire way to lower your inhibitions and compromise your integrity. Brian has illicit relations with Mia, Dominic's sister [who openly displays her devotion to the Catholic Church in the film\], which seals his compromise. Brian then ends up lying to his superiors after sleeping with Dom's sister. Brian is an Apostate (Lawless) Protestant Church.
Brian loses his car to Dom in a street race, which transfers ownership of the American-powered Eclipse to Dominic. Eventually, America will be owned by the Roman Catholic Church and will "build an image to the beast" and issue the Mark of the Beast on their behalf. The Eclipse is destroyed. Is not America in such a a state of declension, that the calling of a moral leader seems like the only way to save this country? Remember, Pope Francis came to America in 2015 and addressed not only the nation from the White House, but also an active session of Congress. We are a constitutionally church and state separate nation. What was the Pope doing there? Dom and Brian start working on another car to replace the destroyed Eclipse; a 1994 Toyota Supra. Before 1990, there was no official symbol for Toyota. On October 2, 1989, the official logo was released. The symbol is a "T" comprised of a trinity of ellipses. The code name for a 1994-1998 Supra is the Mark IV(4). So the Toyota Supra contains as mark and a trinity.
So what is the Mark of the Beast? Sunday observance and worship enforced by law. Dominic's name associates him with Sunday and Brian, being a police officer, associates him with the law. When they united to build the Supra together, it symbolized a National Sunday Law aka The Mark of the Beast. Their union also is symbolic of the formation of church and state in America: the "image to the beast." By the way, all graphics for the cars in the film were supplied by "Modern Image." When this forms, we are in "Barney Rubble Trouble." We are a country built on ecclesiastical liberty, but when a Sunday Law is put into motion, those who accept the law, will lose their "Liberty of Conscience." No good. This is why when Pope Francis addressed an active session of Congress, where we pass laws, was not a good sign. In fact, Pope Francis chose a Fiat 500 to ride in when he came to America. The word "fiat" translates to "law." This was not a coincidence.
How does this movie end? After one final race, Dominic flips his car, receiving a "deadly wound" (Revelation 13:3). Dominic (the pope, the outlaw) is not captured and brought up on charges as he should. Instead, Brian (America, the law,
Cloak And Dagger Was Davy Jack's first imaginary friend relationship?
(Spoilers for Cloak And Dagger)
When Jack is fading away towards the end of the movie, he says to Davy....
"You're the best playmate I ever had. Tell you what,"
Does Jack fade out of existence for one kid and then appear in another child's life when the kid grows up?
What other media could Jack be linked to in that case?
Do you think he knows Drop Dead Fred?
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Lord of the rings Lotr retcon
How would you feel about the new Hunt for Gollum film featuring an evil version of Frodo in Gollum's dream? (There are pictures of this on the internet)
The Ring already knows who its next masters will be. Part of the reason Gollum may accompany Frodo on the journey to Mordor is because he believes he will be corrupted by the Ring, which is half true, only at the end of the journey. What the Ring does not count on is Sam's devotion.
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The Arrival Movie
So I watched the Arrival movie. It's beautiful and here's how I understand it.
Heptapods communicate in a language that is non-linear. It doesn't mean they know past, present and the future, but instead imagine you take a book and get each paragraph in the book and create a new book where each paragraph is randomly ordered.
In humans terms, what that means is that you may experience a flashback from a 10yo yourself, 15yo yourself, 23yo yourself and back again from 12yo yourself. As you progress with your life, you don't know what will happen in the future, you only know the parts that you already lived and the more pieces you have, the more you can understand.
Heptapods don't grant any gifts to anybody, including Louise. It's just happens that they somehow understand that humans have a different understanding of time and need our help to understand time as we do.
Louise is a master in language arts, with the exception of the very beginning of the movie and the very end, we progress time from her perspective, which becomes more non-linear the more she understands the language. But why is she the only one to "see the future"? well - she is a master in language arts and understands it better than others. Others may be able to decipher individual words or meanings, but they don't gain fluency. It's like an English speaker understanding a single German word without understanding the wider context/sentence.
Now, Heptapods need humans help in 3000 years, but how could we help them? As we learn their language, they learn ours. It's shown in the movie when Heptapods tap on the screen to warn Louise and Ian about the bomb.
Now, there's a scene when Louise asks Ian if he knew the future, would he still do it. You will notice that if she just knew Heptapods language, she wouldn't truly know the future. Luckily (or not), she also knows human languages which are linear, meaning she can understand and place events on the timeline. She doesn't initially realize this, because it's not obvious who the girl or what these memories are, but once the language clicks, she does.
Going back to Heptapods, by learning our language, they also gain that ability which instantly gives them ability to resolve their own problem. They don't need us to help them physically, they just needed to learn from us how to live their lives linearly.
I hope that makes sense and sorry if that is obvious. Happy to read your thoughts.
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I know, I know, another The Thing ending theory, BUT HEAR ME OUT!!
I loved this film. My theory about the ending of The Thing is that Childs' is the spooky alien thing and Mac knows it. I believe the alien must've mastered some social skills now through evolving and learning which leads me to believe that this absolutely can happen
I believe when 'Childs' sits down it's a candid moment for The Thing and Mac to talk. To talk about how things ended and about where the situation is headed.
C "Fires got that temperature up all over the camp, won't last long though"
The thing is stating the obvious right here (maybe that's just the style of writing when the movie was released)
M "Neither will we"
C "How will we make it?"
The Thing is blending in (poorly) while trying to learn Macs plan.
M "Maybe we shouldn't"
C "If you're worried about me"
I think Childs' is still trying to blend in.
M "If we got any surprises for each other i don't think we're in much shape to do anything about it"
I feel that this is Mac accusing him even stronger of being the thing while also stating the obvious about the situation they're in.
C "Well, what do we do?"
I think here The Thing accepts that Mac knows it's The Thing and either entertains him with a chat or accepts that it's out of energy too.
M "Why don't we just wait here for a little while, see what happens."
The thing drinks and Mac laughs about the absurdity of dying with an alien having its first drink.
Of course the point of it is to be interpreted in many ways which is why people are still talking about it, Love it, thanks for reading
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Heroes unafraid of death in BS Sailor Moon
When I see varying characters in different media, many are like us, with a rather strong fear of death. As Hamlet in Shakespeare points out: "To grunt and sweat under a weary life, but that the dread of something after death, the undiscovered country from whose bourn ho traveler returns, puzzles the will, and makes us rather bear those ills we have, than fly to others that we know not of?"
In the example I'll use, Sailor Moon and her companions, they fear pain and leaving others behind, but not death itself. They have already been through that more than once before in the story.
Most people are limited by some degree of self preservation, and hold back to account for this. The truly terrifying thing to face is someone who doesn't have any fears for themselves, which we see when we hear of a Viking Beserker, or a suicide attack, or in V for Vendetta where at the end he quickly dispatches Creedy and the rest while Adam Susan is a weeping shell of his former self knowing what Creedy is going to do to him.
While you can cheapen what death means by allowing things to come back from it, one of the things that makes Death Note an interesting story, if done well, they can provide people with resistance they would not have otherwise had. SM doesn't explore much of these ideas, but it has been a revanent (pun intended) in my head for a long time since I first read those books.
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Bowser is just a lovestruck guy with anger issues
Bowser is merely madly in love with Peach. But he's so love-blinded that he thinks that kidnapping her is the best way to get with her. When Mario comes along, Bowser thinks that he's trying to take her back, so Bowser's anger issues make him want to kill him.
Bowser, having being dunked in lava countless times, knows that death is not permanent in the Mushroom World - its merely an inconvenience - so he doesn't feel guilty for hurting Mario.
Or maybe he does, but he's trying to stay calm to impress Peach.
If Mario knows that Bowser has anger issues and is trying to cope, but sometime it fails, that explains why Mario is fine with recreational go-karting with him. Bowser shows up to crash the Mario Parties because he would rather have fun playing the role as the bad guy than actually try to get Stars.
In Super Mario Odyssey, Bowser definitely ate humble pie when Peach finally gained the courage to tell him he doesn't want to marry him. For whatever reason, that worked. Bowser hasn't kidnapped Peach in 7 years (not including New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe; that's a re-release). Bowser might have taken some therapy classes to help him tone down his anger.
Chronologically, this may also be when the Mario Kart, Sports, and Party games take place.
Overall, Bowser's a good gut, but had some anger issues. Since we see Bowser Jr. but not Bowser's Wife, perhaps this anger stemmed from Bowser's Wife death or divorce.
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amongst all the other animals, a human sticks out. So when the they need help, or have busywork that needs doing, they have someone they can very easily find who will be more than happy to take the time to do it for them out of kindness. As long as it makes them happy.
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Toshi secretly speaks English (American Dad)
He’s just so dedicated to keeping it a secret that he avoids speaking it even when he wants people to understand him and even keeps it a secret from his family.
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Theory: Cartman will do something so bad nobody will never forgive him again. SOUTH PARK
Whenever the show wants to demonstrate the wrong of society they use Cartman, he cycles between an apologetic truth to examples of extremes. So now that we're in this timeline post covid he's gonna do something so reprehensible that nobody will ever forgive him again. I think the specials made everyone rethink the rabbi Cartmans in their own lives and South Park's own cynicism.
Obesity Special might be it, the point in which Cartman is the worst possible version of himself and does something so horrible it makes the 20 years of Evil he's done seem like a joke.
That or Jewish Cartman is a Jesus Christ equivalent and he died for our sins... or maybe it's both somehow and we just don't see it yet.
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The Matrix series Starfield-type human race
So, my theory is that the humans of the Matrix series were able to successfully colonize space. Followed by those points:
1. Human technological advance:
The Second Renaissance occurs between the years 2090 and 2139, in which the machines are built and then banned/destroyed.
This means that in such a long time in the future we humans have currently developed several technologies capable of sustaining those Megacities that are showed in the short animation.
Those technologies would include nuclear fusion, advanced biometric and probably cured most of the known diseases. Plus we would probably use genetically modified aliments.
2. Human exploration:
Given the right technologies and necessity for the elites to always find a higher place to live in the social pyramid, the human race would already have started if not completed the construction of a self-sufficient lunar base and, moreover, lunar launchpad.
3. Human preservation:
During the first part of the war, lasting from 2139 to Operation Dark Storm, a large part of the Earth as the America's were untouched by the Machines (Source in basing this on: The Matrix: The Machine War - Every Year, from Eric von Schweetz).
With two continents being relatively untouched by the Machines, the humans would probably direct resources to the space program and the colonization of the Moon, founding domes on the Moon surface and constructing whatever necessity for life to... Well, live.
4. Human Exodus.
Before the beginning of Operation Dark Storm most of the top scientists, researchers, biologists and engineers, along with heads of states and the wealthiest, would departure to establish a constant presence on the Moon, probably transporting weapons of mass destruction and part of the so vast employed nanites.
5. Human settlements:
Once the first colony is set the humans would probably keep exploring the space, colonizing it.
Now here's how would the humans live on the Moon Settlement:
Nuclear fusion reactors would be deployed to grant illimitate, secure and clean energy, this is already a big step for self-sufficiency.
Domes made for crops and animals would be built with the help of genetic manipulation.
About the water I'm thinking about using the asteroids full of it, with rockets capable of redirect the trajectory to crash on the Moon surface importing water and materials.
Speaking about rockets, the low gravity of the satellite combined with reusable rockets would be an enormous advantage for colonization efforts and logistics.
The last remaining problem is the impact it would have on the human mind. But I have the solution: We have to stop thinking as we are. Let's make an example, a human of the modern times is completely different by the human of the Victorian Era, and the more the time advance the less the similarities between the humans of different Era's are.
With the implement of virtual reality and bioengineering probably the future human mind wouldn't be impacted as it would be for the current one.
So probably during the events of The Matrix the humans on outer space would live in a state similar to the one from Starfield, if not even more united by the fact that the humans weren't extradited from Earth thanks to a natural disaster, but thanks to the entities, The Machines.
This means that probably, during the events of the Matrix, the humans could be, after centuries, preparing themselves to take back the planet.
How the invasion would work isn't on my interests, but it would be a more equal war thinking that since the end of the Human-Machine war The Machines stopped transforming.
So this was all, feel free to prove I'm right or wrong, I'm curious to hear your opinion.
P.S.: Sorry for the bad grammar, English isn't my native-language.
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magical soul would already be weakened after years of being separated. Amanda must have figured that if she bonded the non-magical half of Kurt’s soul to the Soul-Sword would allow for her to bypass the more dangerous aspects of the Soul-Sword and allow her to restore Kurt.
And as a result of Amanda’s meddling, when a demonically possessed Pixie ripped the Soul-Sword out of Nightcrawler during X-Infernus, it left behind a void in Kurt’s Soul as established in Legion of X #10, which allowed for the Hopesword to later form. This also seemingly gave Illyana’s Soul-Sword a new ability to damage Techno-Organic beings which it did not possess before. This also means that Nightcrawler and Magik are… soul-mates(?) for the lack of a better term, as they are both bound together through the Soul-Sword after Amanda undid Illyana’s bond with Kitty, though this fact has never been established or confirmed in the comics.
\~Part 9 – Destiny caused Magik to be kidnapped by Belasco\~
Now, I noted in an earlier section that Margali’s fascination with the Soul-Sword was as a result of a prophecy – one that has at least partially come true. The prophecy as laid out during a flashback in Exalibur: Minus One was that the Soul-Sword would pass from into Margali’s hands and then Amanda’s but would result in both of their dooms. Illyana’s Soul-Sword was indeed obtained by Margali back in Excalibur #85 before she lost it to Belasco after falling to Limbo and the Soul-Sword was obtained again by Amanda after taking Limbo over in X-Men: Unlimited #19.
Now, this whole situation is peculiar as Margali herself is not a precog – outside of this one time, we never even hear her do anything similar ever again. However, we know that Destiny is a precog and we also know that she was the one who gave Kurt to Margali, as per the X-Men Origins: Blue retcon, meaning that this prophecy more than likely originates with Destiny. And really, this shouldn’t be a surprise – Mystique hinted at having some sort of a connection with Margali as far back as UXM #142 when she first met Nightcrawler, it was just never clarified what that connection was.
However, this prophecy would have been given to Margali before the Soul-Sword was ever made and before Illyana was even born, which means that either Destiny could predict Illyana being kidnapped by Belasco and creating the Soul-Sword as a result… or she caused Belasco to kidnap Illyana and create the Soul-Sword as a result.
Now, you may question how that’s even possible? After all, how could Destiny cause someone like Belasco to do something when the two haven’t even canonically met?
Well, for this, I would like to point out the unexplained animosity going on between Margali Szardos and Belasco. This is a rivalry that has been mentioned quite a few times – such as back in Excalibur: Minus One, X-Men: Unlimited #19, and the 3^(rd) Nightcrawler series. For some unexplained reason, Margali Szardos and Belasco have a lot of enmity for one another.
So, what’s the cause of this rivalry? Well, during the Dark Web event, Mary Jane Watson and Black Cat were captured by Belasco and sent to retrieve his Soul-Sword – which, as it is explained in the story is something that Belasco could not potentially use up until the events of Dark Web.
So here’s an idea – what if Destiny didn’t specify which Soul-Sword would end up in Margali’s hands, causing Margali to immediately assume that she was talking about Belasco’s (as that would have been the only one in existence at that point) and try to steal it from him.
This then drew Belasco’s attention and caused him to realize that Nightcrawler was somehow the source of Margali’s powers. This would be why Belasco even had his eyes on the X-Men to begin with and why there was a soulless Nightcrawler back in the original Magik series – Kurt was Belasco’s original target. However, the soulless Nightcrawler and Belasco’s obvious shift in attention to Illyana clearly points to the idea that whatever experiments Belasco tried to use to obtain that magical power from Kurt, it only ended in
wrong and contradict a bunch of previously established X-Men lore – everything from the fact that Destiny would have been too old to give birth to Nightcrawler, to Rogue’s age being way too young (she was adopted by D&M when she was 13 not 5), to the fact that Mystique canonically cannot mimic mutant x-genes - meaning Nightcrawler shouldn’t have teleportation with this retcon, and much, much more. On top of all that, the fact that the only evidence supporting the idea that it ever even happened is from Mystique and Destiny – two of Marvel’s most notorious liars – and you got yourself an extremely messy and rather dubious retcon.
Putting all that aside, going based on what the retcon has established there are a few ways in which Kurt might have inherited some sort of magical power.
Primarily, Kurt is still technically related to Azazel – yes, Mystique “mimicked” Azazel’s DNA in Kurt’s conception but given that in genetics it is the sequence of DNA that matters and not the source of that sequence, Mystique’s “Mimicked” DNA is still ostensibly Azazel’s DNA. Azazel is an established master of dark magic – specifically soul magic – and used to rule over a legit Hell Dimension during the time of Kurt’s birth – making him a legit hell lord similar to Mephisto or Dormammu. Given that Hell Lords are also considered the Sorcerer Supremes (as in the strongest) of their respective dimension, this would suggest that Azazel once held some major power, regardless of if he’s a demon or not. And as it has been established, magic is inheritable as shown with Clea (the daughter of Umar), Daimon Hellstrom (son of Marduk Kurios), and at least half the cast of Strange Academy, it would stand to reason that Nightcrawler could also inherit magical power from him.
Now, I know what you are saying – “But, Azazel isn’t a demon! Chuck Austen said so!” And while, yes, Chuck Austen has clearly gone on record to say that Azazel is only a demonic looking mutant instead of an actual demon, it’s been kind of invalidated by the thing that every other writer for Azazel – including the likes of Chris Claremont – have referred to Azazel as a demon at least once either on-panel or in interviews. And frankly, there’s nothing in the lore that says that Azazel cannot be both a demon and a mutant – after all, Magik is both a demon and a mutant at the same time. And let’s be real here, Chuck Austen doesn’t deserve nice things when it comes to the X-Men.
However, Azazel is not the only DNA that Mystique apparently mimicked – Baron Christian Wagner was also added onto that list for some reason. This is odd as why would Destiny and Mystique feel the need to include Baron Wagner at all in the genetic makeup of Nightcrawler unless there was something special about the Baron. However, the only uniquely genetic thing we learn about him is that he’s seemingly infertile – which may suggest that there is some sort of genetic anomaly going on with him, such as maybe a repressed X-gene.
\~Part 5 – Amanda Sefton/Jimaine Szardos history in Marvel Comics\~
Another aspect of this theory is that – if it is true – it suddenly explains a lot of what Kurt’s ex, Amanda Sefton has been doing in comics since she was first introduced in 1976. You see, Amanda Sefton followed Kurt back from Germany and began dating him under a different name – which Kurt was not aware of. She only reveals the truth after the events of Uncanny X-Men Annual #4. This unfortunately supports Kurt’s accusation in Uncanny X-Men #206 that Amanda used a spell to make Kurt fall in love with her to begin with – an accusation which Amanda has never confirmed nor denied.
Amanda’s peculiar behavior continued into Excalibur where she was manipulated by Margali into obtaining Illyana’s Soul-Sword from Kitty Pryde – who had previously given the Soul-Sword to Dr. Doom and then Darkoth, with it returning to her both times. Upon obtaining the Soul-Sword, Margali then used it to go on a killing spree against the other members of the Winding Way to obtain their power for herself. Following this, Margali’s failed
Marvel Comics Nightcrawler is the Winding Way - Revised
So, I posted this theory a while back but it seems that most people didn’t read through it due to it being too long. So here I am back again with my best to briefly summarize the theory with the major points of evidence from the comics that I have found. It’s still going to be a lot but, hopefully, this will help get the broad idea across. Then if you have any specific points you can hopefully find them answered in the sections beneath it.
For context, you only need to read the Basic Premise section to get the basic gist of the theory, all the remaining sections are where I outline the evidence to support it.
\~Basics of the Theory\~
>Nightcrawler is the Winding Way is basically the idea that X-Men’s Nightcrawler got his soul ripped in half when he was a child by his adopted mother – Margali Szardos – who used the magical half of Kurt’s soul to form the source of her power, the Winding Way.
>Nightcrawler would have inherited this magical power from Azazel, who he is still technically biologically related to, as well as potentially the combination of genes from Mystique, Destiny, and Baron Wagner.
>Amanda Sefton – after seeing Margali use Illyana’s Soul-Sword to obtain power in the Winding Way, took over Limbo to study it before fusing it with Kurt’s soul in the hopes of being able to use the Soul-Sword to undo her mother’s work and restore Kurt to being whole again.
>Ultimately, Destiny gave the baby Kurt to Margali knowing full well she would do this to him to hide his true power from Enigma (the Nathaniel Essex that became a Dominion), who she had Kurt concieved in order to defeat.
>Additionally, she told Margali of a prophecy about a Soul-Sword falling into Margali’s hands knowing that Margali would attempt to steal Belasco’s Soul-Sword, that Belasco would turn his attention to Nightcrawler to steal that magical power for herself which would result in Illyana being kidnapped by Belasco after he gave up trying to steal the power from Kurt and thus create said Soul-Sword as well as – eventually – the Hope-sword.
\~Part 1 – Margali Szardos is the Worst Adoptive Mother of All Time\~
Margali Szardos is a powerful witch in Marvel comics who has shown being particularly hungry for magical power – doing everything from manipulating her daughter, Amanda Sefton, into getting her Illyana’s Soul-Sword so that she could use it in a killing spree to obtain magical power from her victims (Excalibur #85), to attempting to steal the power of a demon living under London nearly destroying it in the process (Excalibur #100), to forcibly mind-swapping with her daughter to save herself leaving Amanda to be tortured by Belasco (revealed X-Men: Unlimited #19), opening a magical rift to the World Beyond to obtain its power which forced her daughter to sacrifice herself to close it (4^(th) Nightcrawler series #1-4), to finally selling Nightcrawler out to ORCHIS to obtain the Hope-sword that was lodged in Kurt’s chest (Legion of X #7-10).
All of these villainous actions raise an important question – why did Margali adopt Nightcrawler? After all, it’s not like Margali went around adopting children – only Nightcrawler. In fact, outside of Kurt, the only other child that Margali has ever displayed an interest in obtaining was a young Scarlet Witch (Mystic Arcanum: Scarlet Witch) which is concerning given just how magically powerful Scarlet Witch is.
This all points to the idea that Margali only took Kurt in because she got something out of it – very likely magical power. This wouldn’t be nearly so concerning if Margali Szardos wasn’t also the Sorceress Supreme of one of the most mysterious and unexplained magical systems in all of Marvel.
\~Part 2 – The Winding Way is WIERD\~
So, I’m just going to come out and say it - the Winding Way makes no sense in the current understanding of magic in Marvel Comics. Even characters like Dr. Strange – one of Marvel’s masters of magic – has basically no idea how the Winding Way actually operates. There is a data page in Legion
the Image to the Beast) hands over the keys to the Supra, giving Dominic complete power and ownership. Scripture says that the Roman Catholic Church will come to an end and that God's true people need to "come out of her...lest ye be partakers of her plagues..."
The promotion of Sunday, the exaltation of the Trinity, the apocalyptic formation of the Image of the Beast (Church and State) and the fraudulent retelling of prophecy is all contained in a little movie about street racing released almost 23 years ago. The sequels, attractions, and merchandise have never ceased to roll off the assembly line. Sequels that point to Dominic as a Catholic Champion. Even in "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift", the first song to play is "Six Days" by DJ Shadow. [Refer to Exodus -11\] This song puts Monday as the first day of the week making Sunday the Seventh Day, giving Sunday the appearance that it is the Sabbath of the Lord. Yes. The Fast and the Furious is arrayed against the Law of God. The sobering fact is, Revelation 13 is already being played out right in front of our eyes. This film, which could arguably be called "The Last Great Film Before 9/11", portrayed the various steps and phases that America, nay the world, was about to go through, with the audience unaware. Sadly, Paul Walker has passed, but the message lives on today, with the OG Fast and Furious still being the greatest effort in the series.
Thank you for your time and consideration. 🙏🏾🙏🏽
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The Fast and the Furious - Dom and Brian's Relationship Was A Prophetic Allegory
The original "The Fast and the Furious" released in 2001, contains a biblical subplot. This isn't as farfetched as it seems, considering that this film was re-written before its release by David Ayer, who is considered "...one of the five most prominent Christians in Hollywood." The original screenplay was written by Gary Scott Thompson. His vision for the film was for an all Italian cast racing through the streets of New York City. David Ayer, rendered some rewrites that made the film what has become these 20-something years later. One of his changes sets the film in Los Angeles instead of New York. Scripturally, angels are messengers and there surely is a message in this film, which is a re-telling of Revelation 13 using the analogy of cars and street racing.
To sum up the message of Revelation 13 is this: The Roman Catholic Church represented by "the sea beast" (Revelation 13:1) unites with America represented by "the earth beast" (Revelation 13:11) to issue the Mark of the Beast (Revelation 13:16-18). Scripture supplies the most in-depth literature known to man and this film has become a pop-culture gem because of it. Let's look at some of the symbolism.
Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) is an allegory of the Roman Catholic Church. The name Dominic is derived from the Latin Dominicus and is a name given to boys born on Sunday. It is the root word for "Domingo" which is Spanish for Sunday. Contrary to the 7th Day Sabbath of the 4th commandment (Exodus 20:8), Catholics instituted their own day of worship, which is Sunday. Priest Brady, in an address, reported in the Elizabeth, NJ ‘News’ on March 18, 1903, stated, "It is well to remind the Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, and all other Christians, that the Bible does not support them anywhere in their observance of Sunday. Sunday is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church, and those who observe the day observe a commandment of the Catholic Church." Their are many pontifical orders in the Catholic Church and one of them is the "Dom-inican" Order. Pope Pius V was of the Dominican Order and he instituted the Inquisition. The Dominican monks are known for brewing beer and in the movie, Dom is constantly advertising "Corona Beer." Dominic Toretto drives a 1993 Mazda RX-7 FD. At the core of this car is a turbocharged Wankel motor, driven by rotors instead of pistons. The rotors are Releaux triangles and were prominent features on gothic style Catholic Churches. The Releaux triangle is also the basic shape for the triquetra which a symbol for the Trinity. The Trinity is never mentioned in Scripture as a name for God which is important. The Trinity is a Catholic invention. The Roman Catholic Church is named as such because it absorbed practices and traditions from the Roman Empire. It was Constantine that issued the first Sunday Law; an attempt to make Sunday holy. They used to hold races in the Coliseum to honor the Roman trinity known as the Captoline Triad or the Archaic Triad. The name Trinity was coined by Tertullian, a staunch Romanist. This is why Dominic uses three Honda Civics to pull of the heists, because Trinitarians believe the Holy Spirit is another being form that sits on the Throne of God; three on the throne. In reality, there are only two being forms, the Father and the Son, on the throne, with their Spirit being inherently there. Dominic's RX-7 has a Veilside body kit. The "veil" (Hebrews 10:20) is symbolic of Jesus Christ and the pope believes that He is an additional incarnation of Christ. In the beginning of Fast X, Dominic is portrayed as a defender of the Vatican and St. Peters. Dominic Toretto is the Roman Catholic Church.
Brian Spilner [O'Conner\] (Paul Walker) is an allegory of American Protestantism. The name Brian means "noble" and nobility is defined as having "high morals standards and ideals." Brian is also a police officer or a keeper of the law. America was established as a Protestant Christian nation with the intent of upholding
"The Loop Must Join Ends" OR Why I think there are two "artifacts" in "Donnie Darko"
It's not just the jet engine falling on Donnie Darko's house that triggers the switch from the Primary Universe to the Tangent Universe; it is the horrific, giant bunny rabbit suit as well.
When Donnie finds "The Principles of Time Travel" written by Mother Death, he learns about "Artifacts" that trigger the switch between these parallel universes. The most obvious artifact, once both Donnie and the audience learn about it through reading the passages provided from the book, is the jet engine. The trajectory of the jet engine determines whether Donnie dies in the Primary Universe or survives thereby traveling to the Tangent Universe.
But this switch cannot happen on its own. What's to say that Donnie will never wake up to get out of bed and avoid the engine? For the Tangent Universe to exist in the first place, there needs to be something some other kind of trigger specifically for Donnie.
This is where the rabbit costume becomes a tricky symbol throughout the movie. It can be hard to determine when the first switch takes place. Has it already happened once the rabbit, Jake, successfully leads Donnie out to the golf green? Or is it simply when the engine touches down in his room?
This is why I believe in the fact that there is a short period of time between the fabric of both of these worlds. Specifically for two reasons. The first being that at the end of the film, we see Donnie's mother and younger sister in the airplane as Donnie makes the jet engine detach and fall onto his house. Second, there would need to be some time for the first artifact, the bunny outfit containing the already dead Jake, to lure Donnie outside. In this short window of time, Jake must appear.
In the short epilogue scenes at the end of the movie, we see the Jake from the Primary Universe has started to become haunted by the rabbit costume. He draws it from different angles and seems to have created or at least has a recreation of the rabbit mask in his bedroom. These things are there to start the loop all over again.
The images of the rabbit in Jake's bedroom could be evidence of two connecting points to the loop that continues to pass Donnie through these two universes. Jake's manifestation of his own fear of the rabbit costume leads to Donnie's first warning of all that will occur at the beginning of the movie.
The rabbit costume is not merely a symbol representing the thin line between Donnie's insanity and reality, but it is, in fact, the very first artifact that sets off the series of events which is the Tangent Universe.
The simple shot of Jake at the end of the film indicates that the cycle is about to start all over again.
Let me get your thoughts on this one. Was it all too obvious? I just love this movie...(:
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Scooby-Doo Velma has super strength.
Evidence:
1. She’s able to carry the whole gang in her arms while running in many episodes of the original series.
2. She’s able to throw two female wrestlers (one with each hand) who are larger than her across a wrestling ring at the same time (What’s New Scooby Doo episode “Wrestle Maniacs”).
3. She can kick over tombstones (Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated episode “The Legend of Alice May).
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The Batman (finale to Battinson)
That first scene where the kid is playing as a ninja. I think that will be the concept of the Battinson conclusion, it could be The Court of Owls or Deathstroke or even Ra's Al Ghul type story🙏🍿 if theres one thing prevalent in The Batman, its the foreshadowing 🔥
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Unfrosted Stan uses the Fudge Stripes as a template to create a frosted version of Pop-Tarts.
Stan (played by Melissa McCarthy) is the chief food scientist at Kellogg. Hired away from NASA to reverse engineer Post's morning breakfast pastry she is involved at nearly every facet of production.
A meeting of the Five Cereal Families is called and none other than Ernie Keebler provides complimentary snacks. Fudge Stripes as a matter of fact. Bob Cabana (played by Jerry Seinfeld) and Stan are somehow also allowed to attend this exclusive meeting. Stan is intrigued by the thought of fudge on top of a cookie and she takes some by throwing them in her purse. Now this could be seen as a rather thoughtless fat joke. But it is in fact a subtle hint that Stan is always looking out for new ideas and ways to improve food.
By the time the movie ends we see the culmination of all the hard work that Stan, Bob and the Taste Pilots put in when the Pop-Tart is introduced, in its unfrosted form (hey, that's the name of the movie).
Pop-Tarts were introduced in 1964 (in real life). It took until 1967 for the frosted Pop-Tarts to get to market. With sprinkles added the following year. It's all because Stan continued developing the Pop-Tart with inspiration from a room temperature fudge stripe that didn't immediately melt that she developed a frosting that could withstand temperatures of a toaster.
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35me female 45 male husband
We have been married 4 year but together 7 years ,Sooooo lately I have been wanting to have sex with a female ,me being a female as well but I only want to have sex with her or I think of wanting to have sex with the girl I used to have sex with but she and I were never girlfriends we just had sex on the weekends when we stayed over at each other houses or sleep over and I mean back in the day like middle school till like maybe after high school I can actually say I enjoyed another girls touch on me , I don’t want my husband involved or at least I just want him to watch us but idk how to tell him I just want to have sex with a girl and not have him involved. I only had intimacy with one girl ever but that’s because we both just wanted to have or explore with one another and I can honestly say I just want that touch again by another woman but idk how to go about this or even approach this at all . Should I ask my husband yes or no? How can I even see if any one is willing to or how can I get advice my husband is in his 40’s and myself I’m in my 30’s we have talked about having a 3 some but I myself don’t want to have him involved due to that it won’t be his first time but it will be mine .
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Theory about the Alien franchise
The Space Jockey and the Engineers are not the same species, the engineers adored the Space Jockeys and were inspired by them to create their suits and ships. The Space Jockey is a biomechanical creature attached to its own ship. The ship and the pilot are the same being, there was no one else on the ship. The Space Jockey laid the Xenomorphs eggs and was infected by his own eggs. David created his own Xenomorphs, inspired by the creatures that engineers adored.
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In Animal Crossing, you play as a spiritual being
There's plenty of theories out there that try to explain the reasoning as to why, in Animal Crossing, there doesn't seem to be many humans other than you, the player character. Most of these are, quite frankly, either completely ridiculous, or take huge leaps in logic in order to get thier point across.
However, I recently came up with my own take on this theory, and one that seems pretty believable. You see, we're not actually human, per se. We're actually a spiritual being known as "marebito".
Marebito are creatures from Japanese folklore, and are essentially the equivalent of angels in Christian mythology. To quote Wikipedia, they are "supernatural beings who come from afar bringing gifts of wisdom, spiritual knowledge and happiness."
First off, in Japanese, the official name for your character, as confirmed by Super Smash Bros., is "Murabito". That sounds very similar to "Marebito", now doesn't it? Of course, you can apply wordplay to anything, and it still wouldn't prove anything. Don't worry, I have plenty more evidence to support this.
Notice that you're the only one who actually has any effect on your town/island. You're the only one who's able to do stuff like plant trees, cut them down, or even provide for the local economy. Do any of the other residents help pick up weeds? No. Do they catch and donate anything to the local museum? No. In "New Horizons", do they so much as lift a finger to help clean up the island when you first arrive? No. In "New Leaf", do they help raise money for the all Public Works Projects you place across town? Sort of, but they're only able to put in what amounts to meer pocket change; it would take a ton of deliberate ignorance on your part until they'd manage to pay it off on their own. Most if not all of that is coming from your own pocket. Hell, do they even buy and sell stuff? Again, sort of. In "Wild World" and "City Folk", every few weekends there's "Flea Markets", where you can buy furniture from thier homes. But guess who's the only one who's actually able to buy anything. You. Or if you're in your own house, you can sell your stuff to them. In "New Leaf", there's instead a "Re-Tail" store, where everyone can sell their stuff secondhand. However, your neighbors will only consider buying things here. They never will unless you influence them to.
Sure, you can occasionally see your neighbors holding the various tools throughout the game, but if you follow them around, you'll see that they're never actually capable of using them. With the exception of the watering can, they'll eventually just put it right back. In "New Horizons", you can see them attempt to use the fishing rod and net, but they'll never actually catch anything. They come close to catching bugs with the net, but they'll eventually just miss, and the bug flies away. And with the fishing rod, you can see them cast their line out even if there's no shadow in the water. And on the off chance that there is, the fish never nibble at their lines.
See, since you're a marebito, you've arrived at your town/island, sent here with the mission of making all its residents happy. Creating relationships with them, helping thier little wherever it is grow and expand, and even be a sort of sugar daddy and buy things from and for them just so the economy is nice and steady. You can donate specimens of the local wildlife to the failing museum just so the residents have somewhere fun to go to in their free time. And since most of the animal villagers are herbivores, you're providing them with a source of food, since you're the only one who can plant trees that grow fruit for them to eat.
Okay, that's all fine and good, but why a human in particular? Why not some kind of animal that blends in more? Well first, in the original game, your character always wears a hat with fake bull horns on them presumably for this reason (in later games prior to "New Horizons", these hats are instead the design that the male villager wears when wearing one with a custom design). Secondly,
Super Mario The mushroom kingdom might be a mislabeled princedom.
Self-explanatory, there has been no mention of the Mushroom King since (checking notes) the 1990s. This leads me to believe that the “Kingdom” part is an artifact of that, something which has indeed happened in other works.
Therefore, if I am correct, it would more accurately be called the Mushroom Princedom, seeing as Peach is shown to be the ruler time and time again (Examples can be found from SM64 to the present).
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