most iconic things shane madej has said in buzzfeed unsolved
“yeah, that rings a bell or two, that shakes a tambourine.”
“let me spin you a yarn, that you shan’t soon forget. I’m being eaten alive by crabs right now.”
“I’M STRAAAANGE, AND OFF-PUTTING !”
“I’m disrespectful, but I’m talking to dust and cobwebs.”
“HOW DARE YOU DISPOSE OF MY BODY”
“Cops in the 70s were like, oh you just killed someone ? You got 20 bucks ?”
Everything he said on Goatman’s Bridge.
*imitating a man claiming to be D.B Cooper on his deathbed* “I have something to tell you…… I’m the phantom of the skyyyyyyy”
*laying down on a pentagram* “ROCK N ROLL, BUCKAROO”
“Look I’m not here as a doctor. I just wanna see some of this crazy shit.”
“You better watch out or Yankee Jim will give you some taffy. Some folks say they hear him playing a jolly little kazoo tune in the middle of the night.”
I think one of my absolute favourite things about TAZ is that Griffin got to write a campaign in which the three free agents, the three moving parts that he relied on to make his story work, were the three people he knows best in the whole universe. People talk about Griffin’s story being ‘on rails’ but it’s not. It’s just that – unlike most DMs – Griffin can predict his family’s behaviour in advance in a way most people couldn’t hope to do. If he were playing with a different group, the story never would have turned out the way it did, but because he knows his family, he could fairly accurately predict the big decisions.
He writes a voidfish into the story, because he knows his brother is kind to animals, knows he’d never leave a sentient baby jellyfish on a planet about to get eaten, not even narratively. He’s not writing Travis into a corner, Travis would never consider doing anything else. He writes Taako a sister – a best friend, a twin, a soul mate – because he knows that Justin is a big brother to his very core, knows that his instincts will always fall in line with sibling loyalty and devotion, even when he’s playing an aloof elf who doesn’t care about anyone. He writes his dad into the trickiest position of them all – facing true horror, sitting across the table from the end of the world – and he knows that his father will respond with compromise and understanding, with love and joy and compassion, because he’s seen that grace in his father his whole life. Griffin was betting on those qualities that he already knew his family possessed, and it was the safest bet he ever made! Because they were amazing, and he always knew they would be.
Ookay so just, for the reference, the French text* has a very interesting different nuance here.
*(which, for the record, is absolutely amazing, I’ve no idea how close a translation it might be but it throws in puns and quirks and beautiful turns of phrases and is generally a joy to read, a lot of work and love has clearly been put into it.)
“J’ai fini par lui demander pourquoi il était toujours tellement silencieux, et j’ai bien vu que la réponse lui coûtait.”
“I finally asked him why he’s always so quiet, and it was obvious that answering took a great effort from him.” (~almost “it pained him to answer”)
“Le royaume a toujours beaucoup attendu de lui, et c’est la crainte de décevoir qui l’a finalement enfermé dans le mutisme.”
“The kingdom has always expected a lot from him, and it it’s the fear of disappointing that ended up locking him into mutism.”
“Quelle surprise ! Moi qui pensais qu’avec son talent naturel, il n’avait jamais dû connaître l’angoisse de l’échec…”
“What a surprise! Here I thought that with his natural skill, he must have never known the fear/anxiety of failure…”
please note FEAR and DISAPPOINTING and LOCKING HIM and MUTISM and FAILURE
It sounds a lot less like it was a conscious decision for Link, and much more like… selective mutism caused by stress and anxiety.
Which is why Zelda goes on to basically go “!! SAME DISORDER!!” — it’s not just the fact of being under a lot of expectations that means you’ve gotta appear strong / focus on your task: this wording sounds more like it’s literally Link’s coping mechanism in response to the stress and pressure.
“En réalité, nous avons tous nos soucis. J’étais tellement centrée sur les miens que je ne voyais rien autour de moi.”
“In truth/It turns out we all have our own issues. I was so focused on mine that I didn’t see anything around me.”
Idk if/how this is worded in the English version, but this sounds very much like she feels Link is also miserable (perhaps as much as her).
Basically, the French version goes beyond “Link is constantly dissociating” to “anxious and depressed children find each other and proceed to realize it’s ok to feel like they do and they’re not alone”.
“40 is good, 50 is great, 60 is fab, and 70 is fucking awesome!” ~ Helen Mirren 💪🏻
missed some greats!
I can’t believe Julie Andrews is not on this list guys.
“It’s fucking outrageous. It’s ridiculous. And ’twas ever thus. We all watched James Bond as he got more and more geriatric, and his girlfriends got younger and younger. It’s so annoying.” – Helen Mirren on the bullshit that is (sexist) ageism (source)
Whenever you need a positive role model to help you remember that aging is NATURAL, aging is BEAUTIFUL, there is NOTHING WRONG with aging, and if you’re LUCKY will you live long enough to experience it – look long and hard at every single one of these these Queens.
LOOK. AT. THEM.
Go ladies!
Might I add
Rekha
Hema Malini
Shabana Azmi
Asha Parekh
Rita Moreno
So many gorgeous gals on this post in a rainbow of beautiful colors!