veni veni veni posted:

Sue was my waifu and I'm not sure how I feel about her being a tree now.

Harton posted:

I’m not happy about it either

GABA ghoul posted:

Have they actually confirmed the existence of modern English on ancient Kepler this episode? Grandma is fluent in it and Sue sings an English lullaby that opens the seed box.

https://guyanachronicle.com/2012/04/07/in-the-green-corner-48/ posted:

The ghostly python
One gigantic Baobab in Zambia is said to be haunted by a ghostly python. Legend has it that before the White Man came, a large python lived in the hollow trunk and was worshipped by the local natives. When they prayed for rain, fine crops and good hunting, the python answered their prayers. The first white hunter that came shot the python, and this event led to disastrous consequences. On still nights, the natives claim to hear a continuous hissing sound emanating from the old tree.

Eater of maidens
One of the largest Baobabs in the Kafue National Park in Zambia is known as ‘Kondanamwali’ – the tree that eats maidens. Legend has it that this enormous tree fell in love with four beautiful girls who lived in its shade, but when they reached puberty, they sought husbands and made the tree jealous. One night, during a raging thunderstorm, the tree opened its trunk and took the maidens into a rest house that had been built in the branches of the tree. On stormy nights, it is the crying of those imprisoned maidens that make people inside tremble – not the sounds of the wild animals.

Befriend the tree
Some people believe that if you pick a flower from a Baobab tree, you will be eaten by a lion; but if you drink water in which a Baobab’s seeds have been soaked, you will be safe from crocodile attack. Certain tribes in the Transvaal wash baby boys in water soaked in the bark of a Baobab in order to make them grow up mighty and strong, like the Baobab.

Exceptional in life and death
Many references have made mention of the exceptional vitality of the Baobab tree, noting that even after the entire tree has been cut down, it simply re-sprouts from the root, and continues to grow. The same is noted of those trees that have been blown over in storms.
Despite its remarkable vitality, when the Baobab dies, it collapses into a heap of soggy, fibrous pulp. Stories exist of how such quickly decomposing trees spontaneously combust and get completely burnt up, the sure sign of magic to the people nearby.

ruddiger posted:

Why is sue on that poster twice?

Mr. Smile Face Hat posted:

There's nothing in the show implying this is actually English, English is just the language that it's presented in for our viewing convenience. The only thing that's implied about the language in-universe is that it's not Mithraic.

No Pants posted:

Yeah, other than the ancient aliens stuff, it's supposed to be our Earth with the rise of the Mithraics sometime in our near future.

Xealot posted:

Is that last part something they've confirmed on the show? My question last season was if Mithraism in the timeframe of the show is a recent phenomenon, or it's an alternate history where Mithraism proliferated under the late Roman period instead of Christianity (e.g. history from ~300 AD to present looks slightly different.) I know there are in-universe comics and things speaking to the lore, but I forget if this season has validated any of that.

Gonz posted:

Hover Snake is going to eat the tree and turn into THREE Hover Snakes.

Gonz posted:

sootikins posted:

I think it's just a "what if" applied to future fashions

I can totally see mullets, undercuts, and terribangs making another round. Campions is just...lack of upkeep. I don't think mother/father have hairdresser protocols installed because creator Campion had a buzz cut and wouldn't have considered it

wooger posted:

Mullets are in right now among the young and hip, what are you talking about?

Gonz posted:

CANNIBALISM