Be Rad

another 30 years of asuka vs rei discourse for some reason

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOO

Almost out of the 5 on 3 and back into the 5 on 4. This feels like when the Dangerous Alliance not only had the numbers advantage but isolated Windhams broken hand on Stinger's Squadron in WrestleWar 92.

Heading into the third period of this game like...

i too have woken up at 8AM to watch 40 north american men i don't like beat the shit out of each other

Rooting for Team Canada because, as a wrestling fan, it's important to cheer the faces and boo the heels. #Olympics #Hockey

So it's fine that Kaneda is a shitty punk kid at the beginning. But he skips any and all growth he needs to be a better protagonist. So in the end, when Kei, the Colonel, and even Kaisuke and Joker have leveled up . . . Kaneda hasn't. #Akira #AkiraManga

I think I've realized what's wrong with manga Kaneda. There's a volume that he's straight-up not in, and it's the volume where everyone else gets the character growth to resolve the plot. #Akira #AkiraManga

Bad Religion's Into the Unknown is a pretty good album.

every shot-on-video, made-with-a-camcorder horror movie that's just some teenage friend group fucking around in the woods with some fake blood and a monster mask contains more artistic merit, human joy and creative light than anything AI has ever made or will ever, ever make

Chiyoko absolutely rules though. #Akira #AkiraManga

But as we get to the end, what is Kaneda contributing? He's not clever. He's not really noble. He's brave, I guess, but it's mostly arrogance. My biggest issue is that he should be super dead but keeps surviving through plot armor rather than by having any useful skills. #Akira #AkiraManga

I thought Kaneda's being an asshole was interesting at the beginning. He's a shitty kid who blows off the girl who tells him she's pregnant. #Akira #AkiraManga

My New Year's Resolution was to finally read the Akira manga. I'm one volume away from the end, and it absolutely rules. Kaneda kinda sucks though.

GILLIAN FUCKING ANDERSON IS STARRING IN THIS?? HELL YEAH THIS IS FOR ME

I'm counting this as one of my birthday presents.

Last four watched movies on Letterboxd. Foolish Heart. The Substance. The Innkeepers. House on Haunted Hill.

#letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched Last Drive-In. Substance rewatch. Making it through Hector Babenco movies on Criterion.

They’re playing Final Countdown during warmups at Nolie’s wrestling meet tonight.

He looked up at me while he had a kid cradled and yelled “I GOT TIL 5, REF!”.

I’ve created a tiny mega-nerd.

NO! TOUCH! DOWNS! NO! TOUCH! DOWNS!

Seeing your culture, music, unity, pride & identity being put on display for the world to see on such a grand stage is something no Boricua will ever take for granted.

¡Orgulloso de ser latino y Puertorriqueño!

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This year's pay review.

Boss:You are well above performance targets.

Me:Yes!

B:So we are giving you something really special.

M:YES!???

B:BEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!

Bees fly out from every desk draw and cupboard.

M:AGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

#aew #wrestlesky #aewcollision 🤼‍♂️

It's not all vaguely political metaphors. El Clon is a glitchy computer program, which makes him evil?, but he moves in ways human bodies shouldn't. And Konosuke Takeshita wrote a thesis on the German suplex? Also, Harley Cameron is an excellent ventriloquist. Something for everyone!

If you're considering AEW because of the "Fuck ICE" clip, there's a lot of fun stuff that can also be pretty cathartic! Like, Hangman and Swerve essentially beat up MJF over a microaggression last month.

Brody King, the guy in the "Fuck Ice" clip, first wore his Abolish ICE shirt at AEW's Mexico City show last June. His profits from the t-shirt of the moment went to immigrant charities. That show also opened with a Spanish-only Hangman Page promo about how working with immigrants made him better.

Did he say something more cringe than his promo in the build to his match with Anthony Ogogo?

Fun thing about AEW for those of you just learning about it through the "Fuck ICE" chants: "Protostar" Kyle Fletcher is not married but has a wife, Skye Blue, and a husband, Konosuke Takeshita (their tag team has a ship name: Potoshita), and his fans are called Fletchlights.

Those of you just discovering AEW because of the "Fuck ICE" chants: another cool thing is one of the biggest heels in the company, Don Callis, is this scummy guy who sinks his claws into promising, young bisexual men and rides their coattails to the top of wrestling. And it, like, keeps working.

Everyone who is learning that AEW tends to be a left-leaning wrestling company with talent that hates ICE and supports trans people and queer stories: another cool thing is that the Young Bucks and Willow Nightingale have said that rpf is fine!

Just realized the rascalz might be the kids Prince nana buys weed from in the parking lots
#aewcollision

aj styles addresses the gay community for the first time

aj styles entering the aew locker room