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Musings and Observations

@pb-dot

He/Him, Bisexual. Writer, neurotic, involuntary philosopher. Neurodivergent in ways that baffle modern science. I will share whatever's going on in my melon, and the odds are good it's going to be longer than planned. Sorry in advance.

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Suppose I should introduce myself per the writeblr Very Friendly Suggestions. I'm PB, or peebs if you prefer. I publish my books under the pen name Victor S. Dale. I'm in my 30's, bisexual, dyspraxic, and as behooves a man of my standing I'm also grappling with considerable depression.

I like to write, like it a lot and I always have. My main WIPs are: a clockpunk love story titled The Clockwork Boy, a Lovecraftian Horror Romance titled His Impossible Brushstrokes and a 30s-punk portal fantasy serial titled Thereafter. I also dabble with fanfiction these days, DM me for a link if you're interested but I'll be real, it's mostly weird Tokusatsu stuff. Mostly coherent and concise synopses of The Clockwork Boy, His Impossible Brushstrokes, and Thereafter follow below.

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I know I've said it. I have. I'm pretty sure anyway. But can...can we look up words before we use them?

I am over here looking for body refs and all I find are gross misuses of the words 'thick', 'beefy' and 'dumptruck'.

Sweet wittle human what has only ever seen anime, I need you to look at people. Look at actual people.

'Thick' or 'thicc' is another fun word for 'voluptuous'. Whether referring to the feminine or masculine it means they have curves. Generous, soft and often jiggly curves. Ones which will make you question whatever sexuality you are in favor of this divine human figure.

'Beefy' does not mean 'defined musculature'. It means someone probably has trouble finding shirts that survive their arms flexing. Perhaps they enjoy buying thinner ones just to tear them up this way. It's probably fun, looks fun. Either way they have a lot of muscle. Take the thick definition and harden it. Definition isn't required but generally there. The idea is 'big'.

'Dumptruck', seriously. 'Phat' was what people said when I was a teenager (not to me, mind, I am of the pancakes). This is an ass so wide and round and delightful you might wish to park it in your living room and use it as a table.

Words.

They mean things.

And I swear on the thesaurus if I see one more 'bear' that looks like a retired male model who sells protein shakes and testosterone supplements to sad little ceos I am going to start biting. I may never stop.

It honestly feels a bit wild to say that a 50 episode show could've done with having one more episode, but honestly, BoonBoomger feels like that would have made it spectacular. The run-up to the final episode was so great at ratcheting up the stakes past any reasonable point you'd expect a Sentai to go to, and while I'd say they did a decent enough job of paying that off, I do have Some Notes.

My main problem is honestly that the show quietly shuffles past any and all details of the whole Taiya Ishiro Double Agent Gambit. Like I know we're on the clock here but SURELY a little montage or flashback or something would've made it hit much harder? I mean if it was intuitive what the plan was and who's responsible for what, it'd feel a bit better, but as it is I feel a little bit let down. Granted, I am the exact kind of bitch that would LOVE a full episode dedicated to What Happened There, so I might be biased.

Also, I would have loved if that whole "Anti-Ghyasoline" thing got a little bit longer to marinate. It's clear that there is some Monsters Inc thing going on, but the whole thing feels like it needed to either be elaborated upon (I mean if something needs to power the Rangers it could easily be that,) or made vaguer. Let it be a "clap if you want Tinkerbell to live" type thing, sure, why not. Show's earned it.

That said, there are some decisions I really liked. Like how closing the show with an (interrupted) forced wedding in the same way that it opened in ep 01 is solid stuff, and my only complaint is that Mira should be allowed to kick a little more ass in that bridal dress. It's enrichment, you understand. Also, I think Jou deciding to stop being a cop was a very good move for him, and Sakito got some real strong moments that really endeared me to the guy.

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I'm like 90% sure they're fighting on the bridge to Daybreak Town from Zero-One lol. It brings me such joy to recognize reused locations between Kamen Rider seasons

This reminds me when I noticed that the same bridge where Hanto almost (spoilers for Gavv) killed the Granute who killed his mom is the same place where Kamen Rider Bravo had his (I believe) debut fight. Or at least where he fought that acorn guy

THAT BRIDGE IS ALSO IN DEN-O!! At the very end of the first episode with Sieg!!

It is one of the joys of watching multiple Tokusatsu shows honestly. "Oh this is the warehouse from the final fight of Geats" "This is that quarry where Shinken Red kicked Shinken Blue's ass that one time" and, of course "Oh hey this is the plaza where they crucified Enji and Ankh"

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Right troops, need your interior decorating help, what order should these go in if placed vertically.

State your reasoning.

From top to bottom: Black, Green, Purple (No Snout Business -> One-Pronged Snout (admittedly with two tips) -> Two-Pronged Snout)

by the way. being educated/trained in linguistics does not automatically free you from having reactionary thoughts about the validity of different ways of languaging. it does give you the tools to recognize and counter those thoughts as being false. you still have to be an active participant in shaping your own linguistic worldview.

can also be phrased as:

you're still gonna think stupid shit sometimes about how other people do language. tell your brain to shut the fuck up and get over it, because you know better.

ok like kakapo are great and all, i love them dont get me wrong but takahē are by far the best endangered new zealand bird and quite possibly THE Best Bird?

you cant really get any better than this. criminally underrated 

Even better, we thought it was extinct for 50 years, and then we just found a whole bunch in a meadow. We lost a bright purple flightless bird the size of a large chicken for 50 years.

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