aziraphalesbian:

branfiesta:

aziraphalesbian:

god i love history

What the actual fuck? I need this story

once upon a time in 1400s-1500s germany there was a guy named Georgius Sabellicus who described himself as “Master Georgius Sabellicus, Faustus Junior, Fountainhead of Necromancers.” this pretentious fucker got himself a doctorate and was referred to as “Doctor Faustus” or “Doctor Faustus, that eminent necromancer” whenever he came up in civil records of his time. he became world famous–or whatever was considered ‘world famous’ in 1510–for his ability to foretell the future. after he died, rumours sprang up that he had gained his powers from satan. eventually, those myths gave rise to the “Faust Chapbook,” a deeply christian story about a man, Johann Faust, who turned from god to satan and was served in his life by a demon named Mephistopheles. this legend was beautifully dramatised by Christopher Marlowe circa 1592 with his play “The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus,” and again by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1808 with his play “Faust.” both versions preserved and expanded upon the character Mephistopheles, resulting in the name entering popular culture in association with magic and tricks. 

in 1939, famed poet T.S. Eliot wrote “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.” one of his poems opened with this banger of a line: “You ought to know Mr. Mistoffelees! The Original Conjuring Cat.” 

in 1977, Andrew Lloyd Webber began writing a musical adaptation of Eliot’s book. this musical, “Cats,” hit broadway in 1882. The Jellicle cat Mr. Mistoffelees, still a powerful magician, featured prominently.

in 2019, well, the movie adaptation of “Cats” was released.

Thus:

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thattallsummonerguy:

aximili-esgarrouth-isthil:

exigetspersonal:

Okay but if I’m gonna reblog this I need to tell you guys the story of this legendary pachirisu

So in the competitive Pokemon scene, there’s what’s called a ‘metagame’, which is what’s generally used and what is/isn’t allowed in competitive battling. Certain pokemon are banned from the ‘meta’ because of being too powerful. Others aren’t generally used because there are better alternatives, or they’re simply too weak. People base their entire strategies around the expectation that they’ll be facing certain pokemon, and attempt to counter them with certain pokemon.

But the problem with this meta is, during the 2014 World Championships, there were a small number of pokemon choices that everybody had. Gardevoir, Kangeskhan, Salamence, Tyranitar, Talonflame, Garchomp… the same pokemon coming up again and again. Things weren’t really all that interesting.

And then came the Double Battle World Championship. And this guy.

Park Se Jun. One of the best players in the world. He used a Pachirisu with Nuzzle (a move with 100% paralysis chance), Super Fang (cuts target’s HP in half) and Follow Me (a move that redirects attacks AWAY from allied pokemon), and equipped with a recently-buffed Sitrus Berry. And he turned the metagame on its head, because nobody in the championships had prepared for anything outside their incredibly restrictive expectations.

Their strategies and planning were completely tripped up by an electric squirrel. Battling his Pachirisu in incredibly tight synergy with the rest of his team, Park Se Jun swept the finals and became World Champion of 2014 Doubles.

And that is the story of the #BASED GOD PACHIRISU.

there’s more to it than this; it’s not just that people weren’t prepared for things they weren’t expecting, it’s that pachirisu’s stats were perfectly suited for countering major players in the meta. it’s special defense in particular, because in combination with sitrus berry its SpD (in combination with the SpA reduction on draco meteor) allowed it to survive two choice specs draco meteors from salamence in a row, something few pokemon could do. so what really happened was Park Se Jun was analyzing the meta on a level far above the rest of the field, considering pokemon others weren’t even looking at to find counters for the most common and powerful pokemon

I remember when this happened lol

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petalpetal:

petalpetal:

why is he everywhere?

a bonus

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samuelyounart:

My piece for the Akira 30th anniversary QPop Gallery show. Go check this and other awesome pieces at @qpopshop in Little Tokyo!

thebestoftumbling:

Chrissy didn’t sign up for this.

ladygolem:

flatdrpepper:

if you drink this and hot dr pepper at the same time you’ll reach thermodynamic equilibrium and also die and this is a promise

i actually want to try this

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