• Riffraffintheroom [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    21 hours ago

    I kind of empathize because Animorphs, Star Trek, Simpsons and Beast Wars permanently imprinted on my brain in a similar way. The difference is that I know to compartmentalize my child-brain and not trivialize adult issues by publicly saying things like Steve Miller is the Skorponok to Trump’s Megatron, regardless of how true that statement is.

    • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      21 hours ago

      I feel the urge to disagree with you because I expected issues that concern adults in power to be morally gray and complicated but these people are cartoonishly evil. So is it even less correct to compare them to Swiper the Fox or the Hamburgler?

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      21 hours ago

      Steve Miller is the Skorponok to Trump’s Megatron

      I can’t wait for him to unceremoniously fall into a lava pit.

      edit: wow, how is that guy 39?

        • ryepunk [he/him]@hexbear.net
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          Alternatively, he’s waspinator and he never fucking goes away, he just continually becomes a third tier right hand man to those in power but is so ineffective at any job he’s given he probably should have been killed off immediately, if he wasn’t just a walking punchline and scapegoat for those in power.

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      19 hours ago

      I don’t remember much about Animorphs, but I do remember reading it. I can recall brainworms being the enemy, and there was one guy who got stuck as a bird because he remained in that form for too long. I also remember a girl turned into a fly and was getting pretty close to that limit, too.

      Oh, also sexy blue centaur people

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      20 hours ago

      Same but without animorphs. I gotta get my bins of childhood beastwarstoys from my folks to photograph and brag post. It’s like a solid 40 or so and I kept the box cards for em too

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        19 hours ago

        I’m so fucking jealous. My parents sold all my cool shit when I was visiting family for a summer, then had to gall to ask me where it all was when they found out some of it was worth money.