Return To Love, Actually!

[@trans-ruffboi4605]

Also in stardew valley, having a gay relationship changes dialogue with one npc specifically, only if you romance Alex. The dialogue is his grandfather, George, who says, “How can two men get married? It's unnatural... Hmmph. I guess I'm just "old fashioned"...” until you reach 10 hearts with him, where it becomes, “I'll admit, I thought it was... strange... for two men to be together. But you're such a nice young man, and I know you two are in love... I've changed my mind.” Give this old man enough leeks and fried mushrooms and he'll become Not Homophobic.

[@vex9139]

just like all old men

[@mloxard]

So cute! Didn't even know that

[@j.c.dicklegproductions9248]

I love that

[@flabwaan]

Maybe this would work in real life. Someone should turn it into a TV show

[@coatimundi69]

this is a year ago but elliots response is also different! i forget what he says exactly but he implies he is [knowingly or openly] bisexual but wasn't sure if you were also into men. :)

[@grantdunn2544]

Um Actually, while Patroclus was ultimately killed by Hector, saying he was killed immediately is rather unfair. He went on a successful rampage killing multiple notable Trojan heroes.

[@thexalon]

Also, Um actually, it was not Paris killing Achilles that stopped Achilles' rampage, it was the Trojan king Priam sneaking into his tent and showing his grief for his son Hector and begging for Hector's body back.

[@piecebypiece2028]

@@thexalon yes very much both of these corrections

[@leia575solo9]

Also, wasn't Achilles killed by a random archer, not Paris?

[@grantdunn2544]

There are some variations of the myth, but I believe in the most well known version the archer was Paris, possibly guided by Apollo.

[@juliets_art667]

I came to the comment section two years later to write this exact comment, very good job

[@groofay]

Um actually, you don't _have_ to give Stardew Valley NPCs gifts to increase their hearts. You can just talk to them once a day, though that takes much longer.

[@yumehophype5005]

you can also never talk to them and just attend events, since those raise friendship as well also the wedding does not take place 3 days later if an event is scheduled on the same day (I think?). per harvest moon rules

[@yumehophype5005]

also to marry certain villagers you also need to unlock other things - namely emily needs the secret woods and (i think?) shane needs a chicken coop

[@yumehophype5005]

just remembered this but I believe you need to witness all of their heart events before you can marry them as well. that’s another way to gain friendship points tho it’s limited

[@groofay]

@@yumehophype5005 I've married NPCs without seeing all of their events, particularly the 10-heart ones, but apart from that I think you're right.

[@groofay]

@@yumehophype5005 As for never talking and just attending events, marriage candidates' hearts do have a decay if you don't interact with them over time, and I don't know if the holiday events would be enough to offset that.

[@smlvalentine]

Thank you so much for making Saltzman a bigger part of the show. That Krull explanation was everything.

[@orinanime]

it was... and also mostly inaccurate

[@bluchismoon]

Fun fact, Twilight was doing the "Retelling the story from the dude's perspective" first, and E.L. James once again took Stephanie Meyer's ideas for profit, lol.

[@GuiSmith]

I kind of hate to add to this, but it does get funnier: all of this is steeped in fanfiction tropes and none of it comes from either of them. Gender bends and retellings are common fanfiction premises. Stephanie Meyer definitely knew about the fanfiction, and probably figured that the love interest’s telling would sell based on readership. This is effectively hearsay, but, come on, if you know you know.

[@majomaheriose]

Adding to this, Meyer wrote a bookfrom Edward's perspective, but also from Bea's perspective. Bea the newly transformed vampire that was killed by the Vulturi in book 2 or 3 (I don't remember exactly. Twilight was a fever dream to me)

[@oliviarice1372]

@@majomaheriose the short second life of Bree tanner was way more interesting to me than the entire twilight series. Poor Bree :(

[@majomaheriose]

@@oliviarice1372 Bree was a more interesting character, it's the thing. My guess is Meyer learned from Twilight what not to do and wrote Bree's story as a test that was ultimately successful

[@slashbat2375]

That's actually wattpad 101, it's not something Stephanie Meyer can claim to have done first

[@Wolfwood8719]

Um Actually, Chronomancy is the most powerful magic, not love.

[@druid_zephyrus]

FACTS!!!!!!!!!!! we need to "Get in the comments" about this!

[@taylormorency3936]

“Do you remember what the most powerful magic is?” Kristen: friendship 🥰🥰 “what the fuck? No!”

[@wouldiwasshookspeared4087]

That clip actually got me into live play videos

[@Levacque]

Love is love, magic is magic!

[@KaineVillante]

Arthur taught you well 18:21 lmao

[@araiguma888]

Um Actually: Patroclus is not immediately killed by Hector after donning Achilles' armor. Patroclus manages to kill a bunch of Trojans then kill Sarpedon, who is a son of Zeus, before Apollo removes his wits and he is wounded by Euphorbos. Then Hector kills him. Achilles ain't in love with no scrub. Also Um actually: The Robot Devil is very good at the holophoner which is why Fry makes a trade for his hands.

[@CodeOmega0]

Um actually, Fry makes a deal with the robot devil to replace his hands with any old random robot's hands. It only works out because the robot devil listed his own name on the giant wheel of robots that Fry gets his hands.

[@MegaConradJ]

@@CodeOmega0 with the tiniest sliver of a chance. Go fry....and going to watch that episode now

[@stoutyyyy]

Fry had innate talent with the Holophonor but suffered from “stupid fingers”. The robot devil didn’t make him good at the holophonor, trading hands just gave Fry the ability to fully express his talent.

[@TJBrumfield]

Um, Actually I have another correction for the first question. Westley doesn't return to Florin to kidnap Buttercup. They had sailed across the sea to Guilder to frame Guilder. He travels to Guilder to get Buttercup back, though the rest of the story takes place in Florin.

[@jessiedevore3523]

Came here to say this :) but knew someone would have spotted it!

[@Chesemiser]

And they misspelled fezzik as fezzig so thats what I thought it was

[@tlmaster1]

Um actually, Humerdink, did refer to her as the princess Buttercup when he proclaimed his engagement to her.

[@staceghostc2c]

@@tlmaster1 I think implying that she WOULD be a princess after their marriage? So the peasants had better get used to the idea!! Haha

[@staceghostc2c]

Wow good catch

[@stellasdoesstuff]

Um actually Patroclus isn't immediately killed by Hector. In wearing Achilles's armor and tricking the Greeks into thinking Achilles had rejoined the fighting, he managed to inspire the Greek troops (who had previously been losing the war) and turn the tides of the war in favor of the Greeks. He led the surge which saved the Greeks from losing. THEN he was killed by Hector.

[@jazzy4830]

While Patroclus manages to lead Achilles men and bolster the Greek army, the action itself doesn't actually turn the War in the Greeks favour (the Trojans aren't routed but retreat and Patroclus is killed after disobeying Achilles and pursuing them). Achilles actual return and subsequent killing of Hector arguably has a much larger impact. However the Greeks were not able to directly break the siege, only driving the trojans to be more defensive behind the city walls which lead to a more drawn out siege which caused the Greek alliance to grow more unstable as interest waned and time and resources were being expended. The Greeks were still not effectively winning and Agamemnon was against the clock, hence the need for Odysseus' wooden horse. Also while Patroclus was indeed wearing Achilles armour, In Homer's Iliad it is not actually said that he was 'tricking' either Achilles own men the Myrmidons, or anyone else including the Trojans. The myrmidons would likely have known as Achilles sent Patroclus in his stead after gathering his men to keep the battle away from the ships to keep to his earlier assertion that he would not fight except to defend the boats. Also Hector is intentionally killing Patroclus rather than mistaking his identity as he is asked by Glaucus after the death and desecration of Sarpedon.

[@jazzy4830]

but of course this can come down to which version of the story you look at, while Homer's Iliad is often considered the definitive version, he would have been separated from the events of the story by many years and the events would have been passed on by word of mouth etc, changing every time. Many of the storytellers would have cared more for entertainment value than accuracy, hence the insertion of all the mystical aspects, and it would have even been hard at the time to get a full and accurate picture of events. Even in the write up, it was likely altered to fit better as a poem, but if you ignore the merits of historical accuracy and treat it as a story produced by Homer inspired by stories of the war you will probably have a better time.

[@misofac]

"You're gonna have to get in there." "Like Bigfoot. Got it." Such a lovely "that's what she said" moment right there, and so easy to miss if you're not paying attention. Well played Becca :)

[@olegkuvsincikov8817]

Um Actually, for the Stardew Valley question: Apart from there being more requirements, the wedding doesn't always happen in 3 days. The wedding ceremony does not take place on a day that another event takes place in the town square. In such cases, the wedding is delayed until there is a day without such an event.

[@BetaBlub]

Also technically you need 10 hearts to get married, with the remaining two heart slots only made available after giving your interest the bouquet. Just adding that because that’s what I thought they were going for as the answer.

[@MarySunshine25]

@@BetaBlub yep I came here to say that too! 💜

[@feeish]

The trill weren't wrong in their re-association taboo. It is to ensure that new hosts get to live their own lives along with the symbiotes. To allow new hosts to simply live former lives would be more parasitic as you would not have two hosts giving up their lives for two symbiotes to simply be immortal. Without a taboo on re-association you would be trapping hosts into past lives rather then allowing them to be a new unique person.

[@nalybuites]

It also prevents a cluster of symbiotes amassing power through long-lived associations across generations.

[@bi_beans9011]

What i dont get about it is why ezri was allowed to be on ds9 around all the same people?

[@ihaveasnake]

@@bi_beans9011 From my understanding, the symbiote host is still allowed to associate with people from their old lives, but they are not allowed to have a romantic interest with previous partners. They are still allowed to talk to their previous romantic interests, but they cant be romantically involved. I also think when it came to Ezri, she didn't really have an identity for herself yet and wasnt given the proper training and integration her previous hosts were given. Sisko and the crew were able to sort of fulfill this role and serve as a s safe space/therapist/reintegrate coordinator for Ezri. But overall it sounds like Ezri was given far less attention and priority than Jadzia was by the Trill Symbiote Commission (and perhaps the writers).

[@starcrafter13terran]

It seems as useless and mundane a limit as when it was said Jedi could not have attachments. Yes, love can make you weak sometimes but it can also make you strong.

[@georgeparkins777]

You know, that’s an angle I hadn’t considered but I don’t know if it washes with what we know of the Trill. In fact I’ll argue that it really doesn’t. When they join, the symbiont doesn’t take over the host, they become one blended person. It’s compared (this is an argument made onscreen in a different episode in fact) to mixing salt and water: they form a solution in which they’re completely absorbed into each other. There’s definitely an aspect in which Jadzia Dax and previous Dax hosts are treated like the same person, but it’s more that each host lives on in the symbiont, and each successive host in turn becomes one with the symbiont AND all previous hosts. So it’s not JUST the Dax symbiont and the Kahn symbiont choosing to have a relationship against the wills of the Lenara and Jadzia hosts, it’s all the hosts and both symbionts making that choice. The actual argument the Trill put forward is that the point of becoming a joined entity is to experience new things and that to reassociate with former partners is to stagnate. The episode is very clear that whatever the social utility that Trill society sees in having this law, it’s still very wrongheaded in that it keeps people who really love each other from being together, for reasons that are more philosophical than practical… like, I might add, laws against same-sex relationships, which is what this episode is an allegory for.

[@LadyAtani]

Um actually, 1) If you read the book, Princess Buttercup attends basically princess school to be eligible to become Queen, so by all accounts she is a princess. 2) Westley first rescues/abducts Buttercup in Guilder, not Florin. It's Prince Humperdink that takes him as prisoner to Florin. 3) It's spelled "Fezzik."

[@jonathanross149]

Buttercup is given the title Princess of Hammersmith.

[@ShawnRavenfire]

I think he was somewhere halfway between Florin and Guilder at the time.

[@christinescaduto6280]

@@jonathanross149 Yes! I was yelling at the screen on this one. In the book, they mention how Humperdinck can't marry a commoner, so they make a small portion of the Florin holdings her "kingdom" and she's titled Princess of Hammersmith.

[@thexalon]

Also, Um Actually, "The Princess Bride" is spelled that way, not "The Priness Bride".

[@Chesemiser]

Yes finally here are the people who realized all the problems with the first one

[@adalyman773]

As someone whose favorite Star Trek character is Jadzia Dax, I do remember that one specific DS9 episode.

[@darlhiatt8136]

Yeah! It was one of the best Dax episodes.

[@JimMcKeeth]

Same.

[@Geostelar4920]

Um, Actually! In Scott Pilgrim vs The World, there are 2 different versions of the ending in neither of which features the Power of Self Respect being the sole power up for victory. In the comics, Scott gains the power of Understanding, which gives him a boost and Ramona, after overcoming her taruma and deciding to embrace love and all that Gains the Power of Love(Which Scott had actually lost at this point due to shenanigans) and the Two Deliver an X Slash that kills Gideon. In the movie its a team up between Scott using the power of Self Respect and Knives teaming up to beat Gideon.

[@seanquinn112]

Um, actually! In the movie version, the power of Self Respect is subtly shattered during the fight and Gideon is defeated by the combination of Knives and Scott without it!

[@courage1363]

Yeah because he should of said WHICH VERSION of the same title, Like was it he Comic version or the movie version" NOT just the title of the name.

[@romxxii]

Um Actually the irony of the Bound Golem joke on Wonder Woman is that in the Golden Age, WW's weakness was getting tied up. Turns out her creator had a real bondage fetish.

[@codyhasselbring9818]

Um actually!!!! To get married in Stardew, you have to do a 3rd thing in addition to upgrading your home and accessing that part of the beach. You have to have gotten to 10 hearts with someone. Or he won’t sell you the pendant.

[@sealionpressblogeditor7550]

They'd kind of not mentioned the reason why they asked about that specific ds9 episode. Which it did contain the first star trek same sex kiss so ben is wrong that it's too early for that. The fact that kiss happened in an episode about a taboo relationship was very deliberate but obviously they used a classic star trek metaphor to tell it.

[@christianboehlefeld5168]

What's really fun is that in the TNG ep that introduced the Trill, the original host was killed and the symbiont was temporarily placed into Riker. Crusher started a relationship with the joined individual of Riker/symbiont and was unable to continue once a proper Trill host was provided who happened to be female. There was a big speech at the end from the joined Trill about being disappointed in Beverly for being hung up on gender in romantic relationships.

[@jerodast]

Yeah I was disappointed Trapp hadn't done enough research to pointedly reject the "too early for that" assumption. Now, I will say the writers and writing was very clearly Extremely Proud of Themselves for writing a story about taboos where the homosexuality was on screen yet was not actually the taboo, and also that a certain number of viewers felt was doing exactly the same thing as real life oppressors by using other excuses to disallow the relationship...but they still did it, at a time when apparently nobody would've thought they would, so let it be acknowledged!

[@TuberTugger]

Seeing the firefly names during the couple match made me remember that "I'm a leaf on the wind" and I'm very sad

[@amandabaker4678]

That line will never not make me sad!

[@felcrow]

Um actually, Mitsuha does live. She is saved by some magical wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff that lets them talk and they meet as adults at the end of the film, regaining their memories and it's a happily ever after

[@vanjagrigoriev1442]

I also feel like they're both protagonists, and the story partly takes place at the time when she was alive, so I kinda feel like the question is worded in a way where it's a valid statement

[@jerodast]

I was worried he really did spoil it, but now I find out he saved the secret ending unsaid...so YOU spoiled it :P

[@bfhdhb31]

Um, Actually, there's an extra step you missed for getting married in Stardew Valley. In between giving the marriage candidate the bouquet and giving them the Mermaid's Pendant, you must raise your relationship level with them past 8 hearts and all the way up to 10 hearts, or else they will refuse your proposal.

[@sojoboscribe1342]

Actually, if you want to be REALLY technical, a carat used to be defined as the weight of one carob seed (which are remarkably uniform in size and weight). In India they used to (and may still) have a similar standard for weighing gold, counted out in seeds of chirmi (rosary peas, Abrus precatorius).

[@HellInternAKACandyMD]

You didn't say, "Um,"...😉🤭

[@Panthror]

The connection between love and fire balls was already made by Jerry Lee Lewis in 1957 in his song 'Great Balls Of Fire': "I laughed at love 'cause I thought it was funny You came along and you moved me honey I've changed my mind This love is fine Goodness gracious, great balls of fire!"

[@llostGD]

Um acutally, in the episode "Hearts of Glory" of Star Trek TNG Riker is referring to two lady klingons when he makes the joke "one, or both?" after one of the male klingons states that the two female klingons are curious about how he would "endure them".

[@anilmehta4714]

Um actually, the Princess Bride question said Wesley returned to Florin to rescue Buttercup, but actually the trio had already taken her across the sea to the neighboring country of Gilder to start a war

[@missmossie2010]

That's what I was thinking after I figured that my answer of "Um actually, his name is Fezzik, not Fezzig." was too pedantic.

[@MitchellHang]

The beginning of the Trapp-in-studio-again era of Um, Actually.

[@romxxii]

this is the intermediate, _Trapped in the Studio but the Guests are trapped at Home Zoom Calling_ era.

[@emy6732]

Um actually, while Achilles and Patrocles were definitely lovers, Achilles was sulking in his tent, not napping when Patrocles borrowed his armour...

[@Delilah_Anne]

I guess it depends on what form of the story they’ve read. There are multiple versions of it, I think.

[@stellasdoesstuff]

@@Delilah_Anne Most myths come to us from multiple sources, but the main source we have for *this* myth, and the source most widely accepted in the ancient world, is Homer's Illiad. According to the Illiad, Emy is right. Edit: well, about the sulking part. The Illiad isn't explicit about them being lovers, but later Greeks interpreted it that way.

[@Lowekinder]

@@stellasdoesstuff The funny thing about the Illiad is that the most famous fact about Achilles is his "heel" and that wasn't added until much later poems, and his death is never actually described in the Illiad at all. Which I always bring up when someone "um, actuallys" about them not being lovers as if theres an actual single canon. (not you specially, just in general)

[@stellasdoesstuff]

@@Lowekinder yeah! Illiad is literally just about Achilles's rage -- it ends when the rage ends (sorry i know you probably know this already, I just love this stuff)

[@IrvingIV]

UM ACTUALLY Westley doesn't return to Floren first in the film, he instead just chases the four of them down in Guilder.

[@windmagus8573]

So I thought about this as well. The kidnappers are on their way to the border, presumably of Floren but by the time Wesley gets they are are presumably still on the Floren side. To be fair, I did not read the book which might be different. There is also a chance that because they took a boat to the Cliff’s of Insanity that those cliffs and surrounding area are not specifically in Floren.

[@patrickbennettedits]

Um actually, they also misspelled 'Princess' in the question.

[@MDiggetyHotDawg]

Came here to say this

[@taquitotexano09]

Petition to get Brennan and Izzy on the next couples-only episode, so I can watch them completely annihilate their competition.

[@TheIrishYoshi]

It's really weird how obsessed some people are with those two

[@lordokami1246]

OK calm your panties Brenhead, and lose your sheep mentality while you're at it!

[@snorpenbass4196]

Um, actually, Prince Humperdinck does introduce her as *Princess* Buttercup while mentioning she "was once of the people", so presumably she's been proclaimed a princess in order for the marriage to a prince to be okay.

[@JimMcKeeth]

Wasn't that from the dream sequence?

[@jadiv]

@@JimMcKeeth nah that was from the first part after westley disappeared

[@jonathanross149]

Yeah, they made her the Princess of Hammersmith in the original story, and the question was about story not film.

[@Chesemiser]

And they say fezzig and it is fezzik so thats what I thought it was

[@Niloklives]

@@JimMcKeeth in the dream sequence she had been made queen.

[@chris10ozzie82]

Um actually? She is introduced as princess buttercup before the marriage. It is never explained how she’s suddenly a princess in the movie, but in the book it’s explained that because a prince must marry a princess she is elevated in rank to princess of a tiny country.

[@JagannathMxO]

1. It's Fezzik 2. Westley returning isn't that early in the story, if we're being honest 3. By the time Westley gets to Buttercup he's not actually abducting her from anybody. Inigo and Fezzik are unconscious and Vizzini is dead. Then Buttercup throws him down a hill. I KNOW these episodes are on massive tape delay but I'm still mad about i!

[@ishtisms7350]

Also, they weren't in the land of Florin at this time, they were in the land of Guilder

[@SpyMinion]

Um actually Robert Deniro plays a huge roll in Stardust as the captain Shakespeare who teaches both of the main characters to love who they are and be proud of that with you can be

[@Grumpy-Cat]

Um actually, in the episode where fry moves suns to prove his love, the suns were moved to divert cronitions and prevent time skips where events happen normally but people don't remember what happens during them. in one of the flash forwards fry and leela actually get married and in another time skip are shown in court getting divorced. So the sentence as provided implies that they were not married at any point prior to that which they were even if only for like 10 seconds of screen time.

[@stephenanderson3381]

Also, Fry did not get good at playing the holophoner through the power of love. HE made a deal with the devil for Robot hands so he could play it well, because he sucked at it.

[@cerberus144]

UM ACTUALLY, Westley doesn't return to Florin to retrieve Buttercup from the kidnappers, he catches up with them in Guilder, the kingdom across the sea, the sworn enemy of Florin. The kidnapping is part of a plot to start a war between these two nations.

[@dannybob42]

Um Actually Fry and Leela aren't unrequited, also Um Actually there IS someone who's great at the Holophone - the Robot Devil, since Fry can create an entire opera using his hands My Pokémon brain saw Ruby and Sapphire and I got so excited until I realised that the intent was Steven Universe... Un Actually De Niro does have a minor role in Stardust but it is more than one scene, he's a part of a full montage part of the film

[@stoutyyyy]

Um actually it’s explicit in the episode that Fry doesn’t get his talent from the Robot Devil, he already has talent but his “stupid fingers” are too clumsy to express it. The only thing he gets from the Robot Devil are his hands. We actually have no idea whether or not the Robot Devil can play the holophonor

[@dannybob42]

@@stoutyyyy I dunno, I have talent to draw but my stupid fingers can't draw so well, if I had the hands of Picasso it doesn't mean that Picasso wasn't a great artist. I would wager that the bot who can play a gold violin like a master can perform the holophone

[@stoutyyyy]

@@dannybob42 I mean that’s an entire philosophical discussion on whether talent can be innate or if it’s purely a learned skill. For example someone could have the innate talent of Picasso but have a disability that makes them unable to pick up a paintbrush, according to the position the episode takes.

[@trans-ruffboi4605]

Um actually, you both don't need to give gifts to npcs to improve their hearts, but also there is a third thing you have to do before marriage, which is raise their heart meter form 8 to 10.

[@blueeyesredlipstick4228]

I would 100% read a comic series called Big Nosed Gay Man.

[@StarvinLG]

Forgot that it was Marisha and not Becca on the last Valentine's episode, and was like wtf, she was with Matt last time

[@RabblesTheBinx]

I had the same reaction for a second, too

[@cardboardbard]

Um, actually… the Power of Self Respect only appears in the film. In the comic series, the second blade he unlocks is the Power of Understanding (which also gives him access to a new T-Shirt)

[@ThisIsAigle]

So, uh. I do this BDSM stuff for reals. Saltzman is very correct. The stuff in 50 Shades is *not* safe. In fact most of it is borderline abuse, if not outright abuse. Put the book in the trash, goto a munch, learn from actual dominants. In terms of being a dominant, Grey is absolutely horrible at it as well, your first job, your only real job, is ensuring safety, which he fails at in its entirety with these incredibly unsafe sessions.

[@jazzy4830]

Getting your Sex Ed from porn is always going to cause problems.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

as Dom Noble referred to it, "50 Shades of Physical and Emotional Abuse"

[@ToHoldNothing]

Yeah, I feel like BDSM has 3 Cs as rules, though I don't personally do it, but I've gotten a general understanding. But I've forgotten what I coined as them in shower thoughts. Consent is definitely a big one, as well as safety...or...some word that begins with C. And the 3rd one...comprehension, maybe? Getting society to understand better about it and not just the pop culture depictions

[@ThisIsAigle]

@@ToHoldNothing I prefer SSC myself. Safe, Sane, Consensual

[@ToHoldNothing]

@@ThisIsAigle That may have actually been the acronym I heard at a panel that I wish was done again at the cons I went to (though maybe it wasn't received well or they couldn't make the time after a while to present it)

[@IceMetalPunk]

According to Google, the answer to why the diamond color scale starts with D is that previous scales had grades like A, AA, AAA, or otherwise, and others include B and C as well. So when the current system was invented, they had to differentiate it from the other scales, which they did by skipping any overlapping letters and starting at D.

[@variansloth]

knowing some people read the story as them as cousins, following a gilgamesh joke, just made me recall reading reviews and such on the epic. in the epic it speaks of how gilgamesh will hold enkidu like a wife and everyone always only refer to them as best friends. the meme of "and historians will call them friends..." here (humored)

[@xBrokenMirror2010x]

Um actually, in Stardew Valley, you don't have to rebuild the bridge on the beach. There are several exploits in a multitude of Stardew Versions that will allow you to get the Pendant without the bridge, including clipping out of bounds and walking around the bridge, and spawning the item in with the plethora of item-spawn glitches. For Example, if you name your character [460] you will get a Mermaid Pendant any time any NPC says your name in dialogue. This can also be used to get the Bouquet without Pierre.

[@thenameistempest]

I am a jeweler. So D - Z happened because A - C used be used by random diamond graders but it all ment different things based off where you got thebstine . when it was standardized they switched to the new system so people wouldn't confused it with the old grading style. D - Z through is more specific and more accurate then the old. D is a colorless diamond and Z is borderline fancy color. Once you get past z they get more valuable as the true intense color diamonds are hard to find. A - C are still used but for gemstones like sapphires, ruby, etc. Clarity - FL stands for flawless and as you go down in grading the letters in front stand for how aggresious the inclusions, or flaws, are. I3 = included level 3 think like those icy walmarts diamond studs for 50 bucks

[@saphiro007]

Also, the Power of Love was used in “The Fifth Element”, it was used to actually activate The Fifth Element.

[@jerodast]

And it was also used in Back to the Future!

[@mrsusan9294]

So glad i watched your name already. Those were some film ruining spoilers and i LOVE IT

[@jakelinder4148]

I’ve heard about the Avatar idea but I think it would be fun if it was different IPs but the worst version, so like the Avatar and Dragonball live action movies, Star Wars prequels, stuff like that

[@Demurr]

I will have none of that Prequels slander in this comment section, no sir! Not while Sequels are around!

[@maxophilia708]

Omg, the your name question. I was so happy that he got it right. I was saying over and over at the screen “ THEY ARE YEARS APART”

[@romxxii]

Does David or Becca have a podcast? Their video and audio quality are surprisingly good for the COVID Zoom era.

[@kyleforbes6048]

Um actually, love was only used to defeat Trantor, the leader of the trolls in Ernest Scared Stupid. All of the other trolls were defeated with milk.

[@wouldiwasshookspeared4087]

I'm so sad no one got the Stardust question, that's one of my favorite romantic fantasy movies, I rate it up near Princess Bride.

[@jerodast]

The dead prince peanut gallery immediately brought it to mind, I just could not remember DeNiro being in it. It's been a long time, gotta rewatch it for sure.

[@wouldiwasshookspeared4087]

@@jerodast his scenes are fantastic! Definitely worth it

[@kasianizioek5062]

Here in Poland they translated the title of The Princess Bride to Narzeczona dla księcia - the Fiancee for the Prince.

[@robertegblack]

Um, actually, Humperdinck, Vizzini, and Inigo each refer to Buttercup as Princess, as does Goldman’s script

[@Stormingmonkey]

"In Avatar the last airbender, while captain Zhao engages the northern water fleet Iroh and Zuko leave to capture the avatar" "Um actually Captain Zhao was promoted to admiral at that point" "Er no sorry this is avatar the last airbender the movie not the anime"

[@rdarkstorm8414]

This episode needed more Elyse Willems (and James too I guess)

[@wurmsrus2]

on stardew valley IIRC most of the npcs are alright with gay relationships, one exception is George who if you marry his grandson Alex as a male character will say "“How can two men get married? It's unnatural... Hmmph. I guess I'm just "old fashioned"...” but later (when George is at 10 hearts) he says "I'll admit, I thought it was... strange... for two men to be together. But you're such a nice young man, and I know you two are in love... I've changed my mind.”

[@Timmir00]

I was looking for this comment. It's one of the more interesting interactions in that game.

[@jb888888888]

My hardcore Christian, anti-gay GF at the time was a Trekkie when that DS9 episode came out and she wrote a letter to TV Guide defending it, pointing out that "as all true Trekkies know" [her words] the Trill are "its" not hes or shes, so the so-called "homosexual" relationship was just fine. It got published. Also, in the TNG episode which introduced Trill, at the end the Trill whom Beverly Crusher fell in love with, its humanoid host died and it was implanted into a new female host which tried to continue the relationship with Crusher. And in the context of that episode there's no taboo against continuing the relationship or homosexuality. Also also, in the original bible for TNG Geordi was gay. When Q temporarily ages up Wesley Crusher from an early teen to an adult Geordi says, "lookin' good Wes!" Also also also, Riker doesn't try to get it on with all the Klingons just with two female Klingons. Tactics Officer: They are inquisitive. They would like to know how you would endure. Commander William T. Riker: Endure what? Lt. Klag: Them. Commander William T. Riker: [looks at the women] One or both?

[@christianboehlefeld5168]

Also in that Trill into episode the symbiont was implanted in Riker for a time while they waited for a proper Trill host to be sent to the Enterprise. Most of the relationship between Beverly and Riker/Trill.

[@seanpanick6555]

I do remember that very specific Deep Space 9 episode, yes.

[@jergunglefinger]

I'm so happy there was a Your Name question because it's my favorite movie of all time

[@paulkim6631]

Um Actually, Westley first arrives in Guilder, the sworn enemy of Florin, while chasing the three kidnappers.

[@endorb]

I'd love to see the April fool's episode, except broaden it so the questions are about all sorts of Live Action adaptations of animated properties. Death Note, Mulan, Avatar

[@CelinaThompson-q3e]

Um, Actually…there is some causation in the correlation between the spike in sex related injuries and the widespread popularity of 50 Shades of Grey. While people who were not accustomed to the bdsm/kink lifestyle found the books exciting. The majority of the bdsm/kink community objects to 50 Shades because it romanticizes the dangerous acts without describing or emphasizing the safety protocols that are foundational elements in the lifestyle.

[@Ph34rn03V1L]

Um, Actually, "Spirited Away", from Studio Ghibli in 2001, and "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Mugen Train", from Ufotable in 2020, grossed higher than "Your Name". Spirited Away was the highest grossing anime and Japanese film for 19 years before being dethroned by Mugen Train in 2020.

[@stryed1111]

Unadjusted for inflation, Your Name grossed higher than Spirited Away. Additionally, Mugen Train wouldn't beat out Your Name/Spirited Away until several months into 2021 (around april/may), which would be after this episode was filmed in early 2021.

[@blake32k]

@@stryed1111 Incorrect big shooters, (From the 'Your Name' Wikipedia page) "The film grossed over ¥41.44 billion (US$377.59 million) worldwide, breaking numerous box office records, including becoming the *third* highest-grossing anime film of all time, unadjusted for inflation."

[@samuelrussell5760]

Um actually, Wesley does not return to Florin at the start. They are on a ship in a body of water between Florin and Guildar when they first see Wesley. By the time Wesley catches up, they have already landed in Guildar. There is no direct evidence that Wesley reaches Florin. On the other hand, there is never a very good explanation as to how Wesley knew what they were up to and managed to show up at the right time. So Maybe he was in Florin and saw them. But then why did he let them get on the boat? So really, he never returns to Florin until much later in the movie when he is captured by the six fingered man.

[@MrPrimalAndrew]

YES! Also, Um actually it’s, “Fezzik” not Fezzig.

[@samuelrussell5760]

Also, um actually, there really isn’t any indication that Buttercup isn’t a princess. She certainly wasn’t born a princess. But it’s not impossible that being betrothed to the crown prince comes with the title of princess. Considering Humperdinck publicly introduces her as Princess Buttercup and royalty is generally very fixated on titles, this is actually the most likely explanation. Also, it’s fairly clear that she is the titular character. So she is a princess, even if she wasn’t born a princess.

[@christinescaduto6280]

If we use the book (and it's fair that we're not, because she's a princess in the book before her wedding),there's a bit that talks about the Man in Black, with "flashing gray eyes" listens to the engagement pronouncement with anger in his heart from a dark corner of the royal courtyard place. So, he's definitely in Florin at some point and is just keeping tabs on Buttercup, I think.

[@samuelrussell5760]

I had considered that maybe they were referring to the book since I never read it, but it’s good to know that the question must be about the movie.

[@princezuko3136]

um actually, in the opening question you say that wesley returns to florin to save buttercup, but that part actually takes place in gilder, he doesnt return to florin until he is taken there as a prisoner by prince humperdink.

[@hahabatman]

David Kerns, the Achilles question gave me flashbacks to our Humanities class in high school. When you gave your answer, I thought, “Yeah, he’s right!”

[@BacadoTheSkoggy]

The grocery clerk with half an eyelid!

[@H2TK]

Um Actually Fry himself was never good at playing the instrument technically he was only able to play under the influence of the worms or the use of the robot devils hands when he makes a deal to switch hands.

[@simonwilliams9285]

RIGHT!! that futurama one had me jumping out of my seat lol, because 1. he didn’t get infected by the worms on purpose 2. he was never “good” at playing the instrument nor did he learn how to properly play it; he just made a deal with the Robot Devil to borrow his arm for the concert 3. Fry and Leela DID get married in the series finale, but they’re technically reverted to their pre-married selves when the professor breaks them out of their frozen reality, which kind of creates a Schrödinger’s marriage situation (Fry and Leela are simultaneously married AND yet-to-be-married, so saying that they are one or the other would be both true and false)

[@ConManAU]

The power of self respect is stronger than the power of love, but it didn’t scan well enough for Huey Lewis and the News to sing about it.

[@connerrose6116]

Um actually, Your Name definitely wasn't the highest grossing Japanese film. Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Train is the highest grossing Japanese film, but even if the question was written before Mugen Train came out, Spirited Away grossed more than Your Name.

[@dozer11]

I think it would be more accurate to say Your Name was the highest grossing film in Japan in 2016.

[@connerrose6116]

@@dozer11 That would have been correct and more specific

[@MusicalJackknife]

Um, actually, isn't Buttercup in Guilder when he kidnaps her back? I know he does eventually return to Florin but the question makes it seem like he's kidnapping her there.

[@mjf69]

The scott pilgrim one is basically the only one I know. Favorite movie ever.

[@ashkaunadib7638]

Um actually, Scott Pilgrim doesn’t really defeat Gideon with the power of Self Respect because that sword gets destroyed too. He defeats Gideon with teamwork between him, Knives, and Ramona

[@Raktus]

Damn it Trapp! Say spoilers BEFORE the thing you spoil >.< Got to the Your Name question, started thinking it's about time I watch that... BOOM! Spoiled.

[@saffodils]

it's been several months but if you haven't seen it yet (or to everyone else in your position), i still got a lot out of the movie even knowing that part of the story

[@sleepyghost4587]

the most frustrating thing about this show is when you know the answer to the question and the players can’t figure it out

[@sleepyghost4587]

especially when it’s something you’re hugely interested in

[@rothery2]

um, actually Rikers response wasn't that he would take everyone it was that he would take both females on. I believe his actual quote was "One or Both?"

[@cisalzlman]

Um actually there is no live action A:TLA movie. Also unrelated the Earth King has invited Trapp to Lake Ligow

[@JChandoha]

Um actually it is Lake Laogai?

[@poppadiddypuffio440]

Me screaming at my tv he “gained the power of self respect!” Not weird at all.

[@hesitantcorgi6542]

I love the use of Robert’s Rules of Order 5:36

[@lallal15]

Um Actually, 21:47 It isn't the Series Finally (thanks HULU)

[@alexneidermeyer284]

Um, actually, you all sweetly and lovingly remember Fry giving up his high intelligence to prove his love for Leela, BUT THAT NEVER HAPPENED. What actually happened was Fry gave up his intelligence to prove to everyone else that LEELA actually loved him and not just his newly found intelligence AND THEN when he reveals what he did to Leela she IMMEDITELY dumps him and walks out laving him alone in a fancy restaurant. Then Fry goes home and cries, plays the holophoner one last time to create a childish crayon drawing of Leela, then cries more as the screen fades to black. It was one of two episodes that made me cry and although I continued to watch the show, from that episode on I hated Leela and the writers for how they treated Fry and I will never forgive them for what they did to that poor animated man.

[@ryanmorfei6325]

Um actually, in stardew valley, there’s 1 homophobic npc: the old man. If you reach a high enough friendship level with him, he grows as a person and realizes he was wrong. Also, all love interests in stardew valley are bi.

[@tompadley6747]

Um actually fry technically didn't learn to play it, he switched hands with the robot devil who's hands could perform it perfectly.

[@redsquirrel7572]

Um actually Fry did learn to play it with his own hands in the same episode with the parasitic worms (though you could certainly argue that it was the worms doing that, but regardless it was without robot hands).

[@tompadley6747]

@@redsquirrel7572 how could I be so foolish!! Touché, you are the superior nerd

[@majomaheriose]

Love, Actually, Fry doesn't learn the Holophone. He tries but in the episode he makes a deal with Robot Satan to get Robot Satan's Hands to play the Holophone. Shenanigans ensue, Leela almost marries Robot Satan, Fry is a Holo-Opera sensation for like a hot minute. But Fry never actually learns the Holophone properly, in the ending of the series he has improved but his holograms are still leagues below proper play.

[@ameng5]

Um, actually in the novel it says Prince Humperdink can't marry a common subject, so they make her Princess of Hammersmith, Goldman tells us in the "Good Parts" abridgement that S Morgenstern spent 72 pages in this chapter to recount Buttercup's training to be a princess. So yes, she didn't start out as a princess, but she is one by the time she's ever kidnapped. Also as people have already stated here. Um, actually Wesley did not return to Florin and abduct Buttercup because at this point they were actually in Guilder.

[@1991AngelAyala]

I like Trapp yelling spoilers spoilers spoilers after saying the spoil hahaha

[@Ramonerdna]

13:18 Beka and David's whisper is so cute

[@sourwitch2340]

Becca: "This show, it's pedantic!" The pedantic correction: A famous Greek legend about a war fought by a Greek hero did not involve said hero wiping out the entire army of the Greeks as revenge for his boyfriend*s death. Me: "okay, looking back at that, I'd buy this happening in the Greek mythos, Becca's right."

[@Aruynn]

Funny, it's Sant Jordi right now, the Catalonian version of Valentine's day, so this is actually thematic ally appropriated for us today, perfect timing! The fact our holiday is themed around books (and roses, but whatev) makes it even better.

[@Maymer]

Not a single Chuck Tingle in The Spot the Fake shiny???

[@DiarreaChiclosa]

Clearly they don't think that love is real.

[@beeveearr]

For those curious, I just downloaded the bigfoot romance and its rape based, so if anyone was thinking it might be like Ice Planet Barbarians that would be a hard no

[@German2404]

My go to answer to the highest grossing anime film would be spirited away

[@Baconroc15]

Um, actually when westly gets buttercup back they are in Guilder not florin

[@js_injection3978]

this show is so much fun

[@mattbelanich1]

If somebody can help me out with this id appreciate it but um, actually I've never heard of a diamond's cut on a scale of 0-10. The cut is simply the shape it was manufactured into.

[@mattbelanich1]

Did a quick search and a bunch goes into 'grading' the cut, but its definitely not on a 0-10 scale.

[@ethanhoffer5268]

I’m actually, the highest grossing anime movie of all time is Demon Slayer: Mugen Train. I might be wrong, but before that, it was Spirited Away

[@captainrogers3849]

No way did I get an ad for the Time Travellers Wife immediately after that question

[@byrontheusurper6505]

i totally missed valentines!

[@lucasliu7043]

Um, Actually it's not the Futurama series finale they're releasing more soon