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My Emotions (Romance wise, as an alloromantic unfortunately)n

honestly speaking im lowkey feeling mad lonely romance wise. the issue is i know in theory that a romantic relationship requires commitment and effort and all of the ingredience to form a rs. what i know even clearer is that especially right now with all my commitments and with all my physical and mental issues i might not be able to make it out if its the wrong person for me. however, in practice its like the emotional side of me still wants (needs) certain things, things that everyone else seems to be getting now a year into uni. some part of me wants someone to tell me they find me genuinely fascinating romantically, but i can't shake off that friend vibe ive got going on with everyone. the worst part is i know im relatively ugly where i'm currently at and i can't help but wish i was fairer and had prettier features than what i do right now. even worse is the fact that any relationship i were to pursue right now would have an expiry date or the person would have to take on the insurmountable task of convincing my parents to marry me which will not happen and i am not someone brave enough to go against my parents' decisions. so rationally (and obviously) i am not in the dating pool, but can't help wanting someone to pull me into the waters and let me drown with them for a while till i crawl back to shore.

Headcannon #1 (Trobed shippers and non shippers alike this is up to you how you wanna interpret this)

Troy returns, experienced but not particularly more wise. He apparently has not travelled the world like Pierce wanted him to, realising halfway that perhaps it's no use running around giggling without someone to giggle with, no use searching for his place in the world if it means sacrificing his comfort and tearing away from where he had sunk roots in. In a way, Pierce's boon felt like a bane, and so he made his way back to home, to Greendale, to Abed. His return was an emotional one to most. Annie cried and embraced him, her sobs genuine this time, her clear voice wavering uncharacteristically. Shirley had just flown down to see everyone again, and Troy's appearance was a surprise that delighted her endlessly; the mother hen pecked at him with happy tears welling in her eyes as she enquired about his wellbeing. Britta was gleeful, but her enthusiastic greeting was quelled by a "Shut up Britta!" To be fair, she did just say some absurd things about Troy finally being there to help relieve the burden of being the funny one in the group. Jeff had dashed over once he had heard, but will not affirm it, choosing to step into the group study room with a smirk as he spouted off some cool tagline. Troy fistbumped him, telling him how cool that was, as the nostalgia began to flood his system. However, just one person was missing. Troy looked around, hiding his disappointment as he looked around the blue walls of the study room. Everything was as it was, just slightly different. The table had more scratches, the chairs were slightly different, the Dean was chuckling off to one side, a hand on Jeff's arm that Jeff has not swatted away yet. As he looks to Annie for more details, Annie winks at him and mouths "they're not together that way, but Jeff is.. bi." Troy's eyes widen as his jaw slacks. All that does not change the fact that Troy still was missing someone. Someone he had formed an inseperable bond with, who had yet been torn from him by everyone, from the Air-Con guys to Pierce. He gave up. After all, if Abed wasn't still here after Britta's obnoxious Twitter post, perhaps he did not know, or perhaps he did not care anymore. He decided to say his thank yous to his friends and embark on a journey to see just how much Greendale has been saved from ruin when- "TROY!" "ABED-" A thin frame stood in front of him, dressed in a comfortable long sleeved shirt and a sweater vest, his shoes seemingly new. Brown eyes met black, and an unspoken pattern arose. Four hands rose up in the air, and one of each thudded against each chest, whilst the other connected in the middle twice, a resounding echo each time the two met. The rest could only stare in unbridled wonder as the two continued to stare into each others eyes, appraising the other for any signs of distance. With none, arms wrapped around each other, Abed stood in silence as Troy's eyes finally gave way to the emotions that had been threatening to flood out of him. "I thought you'd have forgotten me." "Never. Not when the Dreamscape is there to remind me of what I had lost every single day." Together, their voice echoed as they sung. "Troy and Abed Back Together~"

me when i A+ my finance quizzes: is this what annie felt during high school

domestic bliss baby!!!!

Shirley and Jeff's friendship will always be the biggest missed opportunity on the show

jeff winger. that is all.

the funniest thing is chevy chase was also hated by the cast for similar reasons, to the point where joey mchale had repeatedly gotten into fisticuffs with him. the strangest thing is pierce as a character had so much space for growth in a good way but he keeps being used (and to be fair if his actor shared his views then i see why the views did not change). i wish they used another actor to play this mf so that at least we'd have gotten some character growth,,,, iirc him dying was the copout because chevy chase did something too egregious and everyone came together to say no thank you fuck off

i never really understood why pierce was there. like he was just there to be laughed at for being ignorant and creepy, then i guess he was meant to be a kind of villain. but then he supposedly redeemed himself at the end of season 2, but is still kinda just an asshole in seasons 3 and 4. it got to a point where he just wasn't funny (that point came very fast) and he just became a nuisance. to me it's a lot like how i view ren yamai in komi can't communicate, a character with no real meaning but being there for me to utterly despise and for me to hate reading any chapters that she appears in. back to pierce, why did he get so many chances for forgiveness? it started in episode 2, where he directly rejected the assignment given to him, to the point where jeff repeatedly telling him that they should be doing the assignment did nothing to sway him, then suddenly it's jeff's fault? and then that makes jeff get an F on the assignment?? and pierce is still not in the wrong??? literally made jeff fail and we still gotta forgive him. and why are we supposed to feel sorry for him in economics of marine biology? my guy you have been consistently a racist, a homophobe and all around an asshole throughout this entire show i do not feel sorry for you. when shirley said he died in basic intergluteal numismatics that was some of the biggest relief i've felt in my life istg.

Time’s Dividing Line, Spaces Altered: An Architectural Analysis of Opelucid City

Introduction

Pokémon Black and White are, in my own personal opinion, absolutely stunning games. A large part of that is due to the visual design of the environments - every city in the game is unique, with its own architecture and other fixtures that make these locations memorable. From skyscrapers to windmills, red brick warehouses to raised coastal boardwalks, a walk around Unova reveals buildings in every size and form. There is one location in particular, however, which is especially interesting in how the design of the city ties into the themes of the game, even beyond its significance in the plot; that place is Opelucid City.

The Site

Opelucid City is the location of the 8th Gym in BW, and the 7th in BW2. The local Gym Leader, Drayden, is the old and incredibly muscular mayor of the town, with the title of "Spartan Mayor". In White, the Gym Leader challenged, however, is Iris, an enthusiastic young girl who becomes Champion come the sequels.

The most notable aspect in the design of Opelucid City is that it differs significantly by game version, unlike most other locations. In Black, the city wholly follows a futuristic theme, while in White it follows a traditional theme. It is a city of two halves, past and future. What has been, and what can be. This design is meant to embody the themes of the games – the sole immutable truth, the one path which has already been taken, that which cannot be changed; and the evolving ideals, a world of countless possibilities, that no one can set in stone. The discussion in this analysis will hence focus on comparing the two versions with each other, as this contrast is the crux of the city’s theme.

This dichotomy is displayed in both the buildings and the urban layout of the cities; while, in practice, both cities have almost the exact same layout for gameplay and presumably convenience reasons – it is the same city, after all, and occupies the exact same place plot-wise – and the interactable buildings are very conveniently the exact same models but with different textures, the background elements tell a very different story for each city.

The Houses

As can be seen, the buildings only differ in texture between versions – from a purely technical viewpoint, that is. These textures however suggest differing architectural styles, with different materials used and potentially even different construction. As a whole, the materials used for the futuristic houses in Black seem to be steel (or some other undefined metal), glass, potentially plastic and reinforced concrete (RC), while the more traditional houses in White tend towards stone, specifically travertine (or marble), wood for the doors and glass only for the windows.

The first thing one might notice, common among all buildings, is that the doorways in Black are rounded, while those in White are very visibly rectangular. The doors appear to be portals in Black - obviously not an old style of door - and fairly traditional, wooden swinging ones in White. However, the shapes are reversed when it comes to the fenestration; houses in Black tend to have straight-edged windows, while those in White are implicitly arched, even those in the background.

There are 3 standard types of house models, as well as the unique mayor’s house, that are shared across both versions – namely, the cylindrical ‘towers’, Type A, the square buildings with a ‘floating’ top floor, Type B, and the non-interactable buildings in the background, Type C. Black has a 5th building type in addition to these few, Type D, though it is also non-interactable.

Type A buildings are either hexagonal or circular depending on interpretation; given the precedent for both building styles, there is a stronger argument to be made for circular specifically for White, while honestly anything goes for Black (I prefer to interpret Type A as circular for both; the reasoning for Black will be discussed later along with Type D). 

Black features windows sealed with grilles on the second floor, as well as a glowing roof installed with lights (or, glass roof allowing light from within the building to shine out). The whole building seems to have a continuous plan between the two floors, though the windows on the second floor are set back slightly. Interestingly, there are no visible windows on the first floor, which is potentially a fire hazard, but this is the video game where you are forced to shoot out of a cannon straight into a wall and are completely fine afterward, so this is probably legally okay too. 

White, instead, has a more obvious setback on the second floor; the arched windows are shielded by the overhanging roof and framed by pillars. This is reminiscent of classical and neo-classical rotundas, such as Donato Bramante’s famous Tempietto. The suggestion of the classical style in White’s architecture is going to be a recurring theme.

Type B buildings are a bit more oddly shaped upon closer inspection; the roofs are regular, flat and square, but the floors tend towards a frustum shape slanting inwards. It looks fairly standard for the modern houses of Black – one might envision the top floor, with its large, ceiling-to-floor glass windows, as a viewing deck that offers a full view of the street while those on the street are at an angle which makes it harder to see back inside. This is perhaps unconventional, but modern houses can be much, much wilder than this. 

Meanwhile, in White, the arched window shape is further imitated by the series of arches supported by piers on the middle level, again another element associated with Roman architecture. This specific form is probably not something you would see in classical buildings, though, especially since the top floor’s cantilever seems to be too wide on all 4 sides to be structurally stable given the building materials and techniques available at the time. (Personally, I'm waiting for a remake with 3D models to confirm the intended shape of this house in both versions.)

Type C buildings, which are only found in the background, are fairly regularly shaped in both versions. Both window shapes are also consistent with the other buildings in their respective versions. Interestingly, however, the number of levels seems to differ between both based on the number of rows of (presumably) windows – Black has a 1 / 2 and 2 / 1 arrangement respectively, while White has a 2 / 3 and 3 / 2 arrangement.

Drayden’s house has a unique model, presumably because in both BW and BW2, the player has to visit it for plot reasons. (And, he’s the mayor.) It follows the typology of the rest of the buildings in the city. The square plan is altered by carving out pieces in the 4 cardinal directions on the ground floor, while the upper floors retain their regular shape but are arranged in tiers, culminating in a hipped roof. In Black, the top of the roof is flat, while in White, the roof is topped off with a dome. The White version of the house hence bears noticeable similarities to Andrea Palladio’s Villa Capra / Villa La Rotonda, a Renaissance villa built according to the architect’s own mathematical ideal and with heavy classical influence.

Buildings of Type D only appear in Black, as setpieces in place of the greenery in White. These buildings have a rounded form with windows on all sides. This could be influenced by retrofuturism, essentially “what people in the past hoped the future would look like”, which included rounded homes (as opposed to practical, regular ones). Alternatively, it could be referencing the somewhat-adjacent Streamline Moderne style of the 1930s, where designs for practically everything - cars, trains, appliances and especially buildings - were based around the idea of aerodynamics, which took the form of curves and smooth lines. Black’s variant of Type A buildings could also fall under this style; assuming a rounded shape, including the top, it bears some resemblance to a space shuttle.

The Urban Plan

As mentioned, Black uses Type D buildings where White uses greenery to fill the space. Because of the buildings, the place where Ghetsis makes his speech in BW appears much more cramped in Black than in White; the entire right side of the open space surrounding the central fountain in White is taken up by a building in Black (and the fountain is replaced with... something I can't quite tell from the pixels). The speech scene is admittedly less impressive in the latter game because of this.

Other places blocked off by signs or fences in Black also house extra trees in White; the intervals between Drayden's Gym and the two Type B houses in the north, the column in the east leading towards Route 10, et cetera. Drayden's Black house is missing the 2 side hedges compared to his White house. On the other hand, the area next to the Type A house in the northeast of the city, where the Youngster is standing, is technically free to walk on in Black and occupied by hedges in White.

Black has 1 more vending machine than White south of the Pokémon Center, which is further away and completely unnecessary, but it is a neat detail. Also notable is that Drayden's Gym, while retaining the exact same form in both versions, has the colours of the dragon heads reversed - the dragon matching the version's colour faces east, and the opposing dragon faces west.

Crucially, there is one quality in Black's favour in the circulation of the city, which is admittedly the main thing that inspired me to make this writeup. White Opelucid has varying ground levels connected by stairs, with the houses being generally raised and divided by areas of lower elevation. 

In Black Opelucid, however, there is nary a stair in sight. The entire city is flat. Black Opelucid is far easier for people with mobility issues to navigate than the other, where one needs to traverse multiple flights of stairs to access most of the houses. Want to go to the Pokémon Center to heal your injured party after getting beaten up in Shopping Mall Nine in the west? Do you require a mobility aid? Are you in the White timeline? If so, you're out of luck - the Pokémon Center is on the east side, past a tall flight of stairs. Better hope the residents are kind enough to help.

Of course, an alternative interpretation of the flatness of Black is the urban planners flattening out the natural topology and creating an unnatural landscape for convenience’s sake, as opposed to White where this topology is conserved along with more of the greenery and old architecture. 

Conclusion

White Opelucid represents a bygone age; the beauty of the past, with more nature untouched and buildings following a vaunted classical order. Yet, it has to be acknowledged that the so-called ‘golden age’ depicted was deeply unequal, and mostly served the white men who have been dominating discussions of architectural history in the anglosphere for centuries. Relatedly, Western fascists love their classical architecture, which does poison the entire water table when discussing the use of these elements in general (speaking as an extremely disgruntled Asian architecture student who loves history).

Black Opelucid represents a vision of the future – one possible future out of many, at least. The increased accessibility compared to White is a symbol of the shift of society towards a world where everyone, regardless of physical capability and anything else, is accounted for and accommodated. Even then, the heavy cost on the environment* has to be taken into account for these resources to be used by humans. Ironically, it is also the lack of trees that ends up dating this 'futuristic' city; greenery is known to be vital to mental health, and so many modern cities nowadays make it a point to have trees, rather than removing them. Not to mention that completely eradicating old buildings effectively erases a city's connection to its past; its culture and history are a vital part of a city's identity that should be acknowledged, though not necessarily honoured or glamorised, and it will be lost to time if newer generations grow up without any knowledge or proof of what came before.

Both versions of Opelucid City have their advantages and disadvantages. There is no version of Opelucid City that is perfect, only a 'better' or 'worse', and which one is which is completely subjective. Similarly, oftentimes there is no clear-cut 'good' or 'bad' side to a situation; things are not always clearly black and white, right or wrong - more often than not there are grey areas, nuances to the situation that cannot be dealt with in absolutes. This is the overarching theme of Pokémon Black and White.

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(Of course, the two versions of Opelucid City are extremes; were it a city in our modern world, more likely than not, there would be a balance between preservation and urban renewal, with some old buildings, but not all, torn down for new, modern ones to take their place. The past can coexist with the future, side by side; in our memory, then, these two times are connected spatially, both part and parcel of the present identity of the city. )

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*As a side note, the entire discussion on whether to conserve forests or not isn’t as black and white as simply Don’t Kill Trees; it has to be acknowledged that the main push for conservation comes from 1st-world countries who have already reached affluence through destroying their own environment – and in that same vein, the pushback against it comes from countries, usually those classified as 3rd-world, who have not reached that state yet. Telling them to stop mining their resources, i.e. stop developing, is essentially kicking down the ladder to prosperity that these 1st-world countries climbed along with a side serving of exploiting the people and preexisting natural resources in said countries previously. The way that conservation is being pushed especially heavily disadvantages those who have not had the chance to develop because of the exploitation of the colonial powers who lorded over them to develop themselves using their colonies’ resources. It’s a messy issue, not least because none of the most fervent Western proponents of sustainability care about anyone besides their own people and companies.

** I would not consider myself qualified to talk about race in the USA, especially considering I'm not from there, but I wonder if having Black represent the future and White represent the (heavily glorified) past, along with having one leader be a visibly POC young girl and the other a fair-skinned old man, was intentional (albeit, both gym leaders are fought in the opposite versions). These games were developed in Japan, however, so it's a bit less of a given that they would touch on this idea as compared to an American developer. Still a neat detail adding to the contrast between versions.

every house episode:

house: it’s NOTHING!!! let me sleep and take vicodin

cuddy/wilson: do the case pretty pleaseee

house: ok team do the tests

team: we did the tests

house: all your ideas are stupid put them on the stupid drug and do the illegal treatments

team: ok

team: the PAITIENT IS DYING

house: lol oops

house: (saves patient at last moment using autism magic after causing them, their family, his team, cuddy, and wilson emotional distress)

house: see you all are stupid i am the smartest in the world and i have a motorcycle nananaboonoo

wilson: my wife hates me and i cheat on her

h... housune miku. she's here to do medical malpractice.

blame @stuffydollband for this

Been waiting for this movie FOREVER of i don't get some PEAK troy and abed content out of it I'm going to start biting people

late to the convo but i've got dark chocolate, milk and green tea!!! can't bring guns cuz its banned where i'm from but if anyone is open to any sports bat that can bash a head in i would be amenable (to play sports obviously, like @thesaddestjoysandthesmallestlies said NO DEATHS) also don't take hot sauce and chocolate together unless ur tongue is ready to have a programme reset

Bro's, I feel like such a malewife today.

Kill me. uwu

This. This was houses love confession.

Throughout the whole show there have been themes of characters reflecting their problems onto patients and talking about the patient when they're actually talking about themselves.

House - the one uncomfortable with human emotions like love - making a conversation that was heading to talking about Wilsons feelings, into a joke that is even more steered towards love and whatnot.

Maybe, house just randomly decided to make a gay joke in a very tender moment before starting a treatment that might kill his best friend, you know, a moment where you might... confess something.

Or he finally said i love you without actually having to. In this essay i will-

Community would've been one of the greatest shows in existence for their ABBA-scored costumed halloween party zombie apocalypse episode alone and YET it's almost directly followed by perhaps the best bottle episode to have ever been made

wish there were more chicken finger mafia fics i need that early season 1 trobed fluff

umm i need reassurance that my presence is wanted but i can’t ask for reassurance because that’s really Embarrassing and it wouldn’t feel genuine if i asked for it

look as a law student (not in the USA thank the random probability of the universe) this is completely, utterly, disgustingly, factually correct. Every time I have to learn something new about why a license differs from a lease I want to squeeze vodka straight out of a potato into my mouth, and I don't even Like alcohol (I've only ever drink a shochu soda that was like 5% to help me through a law module that was basically how to sue a guy 101).

jeff winger

Unironically I play this every now and then whenever I am in a musical rut just because the dynamics!!! are!!! so !!!! good!!!!!!! like from the composition to the fricken transition to the straight up unintelligible abed verse I LOVE THIS SONG

this song goes so unbelievably hard its not even funny

Troy Appreciation Post <3

I made stew. It was awesome. I love potatoes.

SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO PUT FULL COMMUNITY EPISODES ON YOUTUBE YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST

Hey. Minors following me. Internet safety is key!! NEVER include these in your bio/byf:

Medical diagnoses - this is nobody's business but yours. You don't owe anyone an explanation for why you are the way that you are

Trauma - same reason as above

Triggers - people can use these against you! Don't give people tools to hurt you. No one has to know what tags you block. Just block tags to stay safe!

Age - age is okay for adults to include but is iffy when you're a teen. Predators want this information, don't give people more than they need. Just state that you're a minor, that's all that anyone needs to know.

In general: stay safe. If you're not comfortable with every stranger out there having access to this information, you shouldn't post it on the internet.

Play devil's advocate and ask yourself about what would happen if someone searched for your information with intent to hurt you. You do NOT owe anyone an explanation!

britta perry !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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