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Why was that crab Jamaican when they were in the water off the coast of Denmark?
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Mar 13, 2023 19:13
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Why was that crab Jamaican when they were in the water off the coast of Denmark? Tip-toeing awful close to "why are there black people in my medieval fantasy setting?"
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Mar 13, 2023 19:17
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TBF if Corlys Velarion came out and started speaking Westerosi with a Jamaican accent I would probably raise an eyebrow.
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Mar 13, 2023 19:28
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3 hour prequel about how Sebastian survived the harrowing journey clinging to a
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Mar 13, 2023 19:34
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Lib and let die posted:Tip-toeing awful close to "why are there black people in my medieval fantasy setting?" There are no black people in the Disney version of The Little Mermaid. Just one crab with a Jamaican accent, a bunch of merpeople with American accents, and some white people with English and American accents. The Merperson language can be excused away by saying that they never had significant contact with humans and ended up independently inventing the English language as their native tongue, but with a Merperson dialect due to the cultural/experiential differences between mer-society and human society. This is backed up by the use of words like "Dinglehopper" that would normally be picked up through context during intercultural exchanges between the under sea world and surface world. For the humans, we can only assume that the story takes place in an alt-history version of Northern Europe where the Norman conquest of England was successfully beaten back and a counteroffensive was launched that eventually resulted in settlers from Cornwall colonizing modern-day Copenhagen. The crab's accent and why Ursula has Octopus appendages despite being the sister of King Triton and a Merperson are both unexplained in the actual text or subtext of the movie.
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Mar 13, 2023 19:39
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They explain all of that, magic
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Mar 13, 2023 19:41
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No, let him dig up
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Mar 13, 2023 19:44
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Gumball Gumption posted:They explain all of that, magic Her magic is only used to transform citizens of Atlantica into polyps when they fail to fulfill their end of their bargains with her. She was banished from Atlantica by her brother (the now King) Triton shortly after their father died and Triton remarks that she had tentacles in her youth. The only polymorphing magic she uses on herself was a glamour to appear human under the alias "Vanessa" when she tried to seduce Prince Erik. Therefore, the tentacles could not have come from magic (unless there was an unmentioned curse on her parents that only impacted her and not her sibling). Ruling out magic, there is no explanation in the text or sub-text of the film that firmly establishes why she has tentacles. She is also the only Merperson with tentacles instead of fins. That could imply some sort of birth defect or possibly that she was not the biological sister of King Triton and was merely adopted from a previously unmentioned sub-species of Merpeople that resemble Octopi. Unfortunately, there is nothing in the text that supports this. I have not seen the animated TV series or direct to VHS sequels, so I'm not sure if they clear this up in either of those entries.
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Mar 13, 2023 19:49
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smdh that you are opining on Disney's The Little Mermaid without knowing the entire canon.  Lotta head shaking today, Leon.
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Mar 13, 2023 19:54
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Ruling out magic, All the Lovecraft that is included in your weird-rear end post, I think you have identified your problem
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Mar 13, 2023 19:57
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Unfortunately, there is nothing in the text that supports this. I have not seen the animated TV series or direct to VHS sequels, so I'm not sure if they clear this up in either of those entries. she's based on a real person who has tentacles, OP
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Mar 13, 2023 19:58
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i haven't watched eeaao because it seems reddit as hell
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Mar 13, 2023 19:58
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She used her magic to transform her own body, rejecting the fish tail. Please be familiar with the lore before you talk, it's not our job to educate you
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Mar 13, 2023 19:58
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Cease to Hope posted:she's based on a real person who has tentacles, OP This too, out of canon they're an homage to the six tentacles Divine has had her entire life
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Mar 13, 2023 20:00
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exmarx posted:i haven't watched eeaao because it seems reddit as hell have you ever had a good take, even by accident
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Mar 13, 2023 20:01
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Gumball Gumption posted:This too, out of canon they're an homage to the six tentacles Divine has had her entire life Apparently, she was supposed to have eight tentacles, but it was too expensive to animate. Lmao. quote:Clements finally decided to base the character on an octopus; her number of tentacles was reduced from eight to six for financial reasons.
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Mar 13, 2023 20:07
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exmarx posted:i haven't watched eeaao because it seems reddit as hell it sounds like the white hair guy cartoon meme
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Mar 13, 2023 20:30
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Where in the Little Mermaid canon does it state that it takes place in Denmark? The knock-off version from 1860 or whatever was there, but I don't recall the original Disney movie being in Denmark or anywhere cold, given how plunging Prince Eric's v-neck shirt is.
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Mar 13, 2023 22:10
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Zachack posted:Where in the Little Mermaid canon does it state that it takes place in Denmark? The knock-off version from 1860 or whatever was there, but I don't recall the original Disney movie being in Denmark or anywhere cold, given how plunging Prince Eric's v-neck shirt is. The bad books take place there but the real poo poo by Disney never specifies. We do know that Atlantica is located within the Atlantic ocean and based on images of the castle, the lagoon scene, and the spelling of Eric's name I think it takes place in the American South East, maybe Florida.
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Mar 13, 2023 22:20
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Gumball Gumption posted:The bad books take place there but the real poo poo by Disney never specifies. We do know that Atlantica is located within the Atlantic ocean and based on images of the castle, the lagoon scene, and the spelling of Eric's name I think it takes place in the American South East, maybe Florida. That would help explain a Jamaican crab and the line "Darling it's better, down where it's wetter".
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Mar 13, 2023 22:42
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:I'm going to be the old man and say that watching someone else play video games for 5 hours is a weird way to spend your limited time on earth. This is the site that invented Let's Plays and still has an entire subforum dedicated to them It shouldn't be that surprising that there's a lot of people out there who get a kick out of watching someone else play videogames
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Mar 13, 2023 22:49
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tech nightmares thread is really upsetting atm, turns out salvatore was a massive clown who thought that wulfgar was the character to write books about
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Mar 13, 2023 22:51
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Main Paineframe posted:This is the site that invented Let's Plays and still has an entire subforum dedicated to them The saga of Worf and Rinoa will forever be one of my favorite SA memories
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Mar 13, 2023 22:56
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:For some reason, the Oscars decided to start doing "fun facts" about winners instead of just mentioning their other Oscar nominations/wins when they go up to the podium this year. you trying to tell me she was putting on some kind of act?
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Mar 14, 2023 00:33
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i'm going to assume the last 100+ post in the last 12 hours were all humdrum
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Mar 14, 2023 00:34
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:i'm going to assume the last 100+ post in the last 12 hours were all humdrum A strange fowl is evidently a prophet of some kind.
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Mar 14, 2023 00:39
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oh is ariel back? it's been a while since he had anything to say
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Mar 14, 2023 00:45
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Well now I’m going to need to read the other scriptural accounts of Ariel
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Mar 14, 2023 00:51
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https://twitter.com/notbourgeois/status/1635021940363767808
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Mar 14, 2023 00:53
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lmao someone should give Leon a mercy name change
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Mar 14, 2023 00:56
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:oh is ariel back? it's been a while since he had anything to say
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Mar 14, 2023 01:17
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a strange fowl posted:sadly no, it's been so long now that i think he's moved on. where he's gone, is not for me to say And Leonard?
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Mar 14, 2023 02:23
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Furnaceface posted:And Leonard? 
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Mar 14, 2023 02:23
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:oh is ariel back? it's been a while since he had anything to say What.
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Mar 14, 2023 02:52
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DeadlyMuffin posted:What.
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Mar 14, 2023 02:54
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DeadlyMuffin posted:What. one sous vide lurk to this table
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Mar 14, 2023 03:20
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DeadlyMuffin posted:What. Following his departure from the post of Prime Minister and subsequently from the land of the living, Ariel Sharon formed a coalition government with elements of Avs’s brain and soul
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Mar 14, 2023 05:03
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That explains what he was doing the entire time he was in that coma.
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Mar 14, 2023 05:07
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:That explains what he was doing the entire time he was in that coma.
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Mar 14, 2023 05:11
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comedy option, yasser arafat was haunting his dreams for eight long and terrible years
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Mar 14, 2023 05:13
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