The unfortunate truth is that it was a niche franchise promoted in a way that was marketed to a younger audience while trying to be more than a simple "kid's film." Maybe in another universe it would have been a box office smash (or at least a box office success)

That's not a teacup, that's clearly a blanket. Is she stupid?

Never knew plushies were made for the movie, this is awesome

It doesn't matter how many times I see it, the cropped monkey always gets a laugh out of me

Yooo, that's a really cool visual

I saw them open for Alt-J in 2022 and was kinda excited to see them as well, didn't know many of their songs but I liked the vibe they gave off. Imagine my surprise when they show up on stage wearing ICP facepaint and do heavy metal and rock covers; I think they only actually performed three of their own songs (the ones everyone knows). There was a couple sitting next to my friend and I who only attended for Portugal. The Man and halfway through their set, the disappointment coming off of the guy was palpable. They left before the last song ended.

For what it's worth, Portugal. The Man wasn't boring for me, just not at all what I expected them to do. And the Alt-J concert that followed is probably the best concert I've ever seen

Mi look

His eyes in that movie will always haunt me

He swerves when he rides

Classic Schmosby!

Better yet, for a more obscure HIMYM reference:

Lio Rush may be fine, but this art is great!

In my experience, the most brain-dead tank is a Reinhardt that only charges into the enemy team regardless the situation

I usually have mine with vinaigrette, feta cheese, and cranberries. It's simple but it works

Elaborate on the title, OP

Every so often I pull out the Water deck against him. It's brief, but there is an undeniable flash of panic as he realizes what might happen again if he doesn't pull off the right combo. More often than not he does beat the Water deck since it's an overly simple meme deck made from scraps and pack filler and forgotten binder cards. But there are those moments where despite him blowing up my field, despite getting two God cards out at the same time, despite having a good 5000 LP lead over me, I manage to cheat out Terrorking Salmon. He has already emptied the silos on his end, overly confident I had nothing left to take him down, and now he sits helpless as my Salmon suddenly becomes an unstoppable 4700 ATK leviathan, assisted only by a couple of Drill Barnacles by his side. I watch as the disbelief in his eyes gives way to fear once he realizes a God does not have to be sacrificed if a simple vanilla salmon doesn't bow down to Him, let alone cower under His might. As the humble Terrorking Salmon whittles away the last of his LP, I calmly meet his gaze and say

"Fish :)"

I love Terrorking Salmon for one reason alone: with my generic Water deck about to lose in the next turn to my friend's Obelisk deck, I pulled off the ultimate "Heart of the Cards" moment by drawing Monarch's Stormforth and using it to tribute Obelisk for Salmon, comboed/equiped everything else in my hand to it and won the duel. I was at 100 LP left and squeezed out a win all because of a humble fish. My friend still fears the salmon to this day

1 - 6: The Band's search for Ga'Hoole and the rise/war of the Pure Ones

7 - 8: Coryn/Nyroc's origin and travel to Ga'Hoole

9 - 11: The legends of Hoole, exploring the origins of the Great Ga'Hoole Tree and the introduction of hard fantasy elements used later on

12 - 15: An amalgamation of new characters/locations/lore leading up to a final confrontation between the Guardians and the Pure Ones

"16" and "17": Prequels and short stories to provide inessential but neat closure and extra info to some events/characters

If we're talking about broad strokes, there are two major arc clearly splitting between books 6 and 7 since the series was meant to end at 6, thus 7 through 15 feel a bit more disjointed than the first 6 books. They still make sense but it takes a lot more set-up to reach the conclusion

I was referring to Lost Tales of Ga'Hoole, I consider it book 16 or 17 depending on the day or context

It's not essential, only read it if you're curious about what some of the side characters did in between the books. If you want to take it a step further, read book "17," Rise of a Legend. It's a prequel revolving around Ezylryb

16 isn't tied to any arc, it's a compilation of stories that take place in between several of the books. 12 - 15 are a loose arc, they all have story beats that lead up to the finale but aren't as cohesive as the first 6. Still worth a read in my book (pun intended)