one of my favorite tropes is when your group of main characters has been split up for questioning and they’re all answering the same questions in a neatly-spliced montage
my favorite trope is when the stories blatantly and hilariously conflict
My favourite part is when it’s not a smooth montage and is a mishmash of crazy shit, like one person is talking about a gorilla on a unicycle and the next is talking about how they were almost sacrificed to a volcano god
So I learned my new favorite history fact in my AP US class today. It’s hilarious and goes a bit like this
In 1989, President Bush sent troops to Panama to capture the dictator and drug lord, Manuel Noriega. But Noriega had fled to (I had to look up the full name) the Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See. The troops couldn’t exactly get in, so they surrounded the place and has to wait him out, or somehow force him out.
And it’s crazy how they did it.
The literal United States Navy SEALs did this
And it is real history
They blasted rock and roll music for days until he gave up
Apparently, Noriega only liked opera, so this annoyed him.
But it gets better.
The playlist was not only obnoxiously loud and obnoxiously American, it had a sense of irony.
Here are some highlights:
Danger Zone
Freedom Fighter
Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
Give It Up
I Fought the Law and the Law Won
If I Had a Rocket Launcher
Nowhere to Run
Panama
Paranoid
Prisoner of Rock and Roll
Rock and a Hard Place
Stay Hungry
They’re Coming to Take Me Away
This Means War
Wanted Dead or Alive
And my personal favorite, and a thing that actually happened:
Never Gonna Give You Up
I just…
Imagine the board meeting
“Huh, how are we going to force this guy out of hiding?”
“Oh, I have an idea! Why don’t we blast loud rock music?”
“That just might work! And we should do it with a sense of irony, just to make it funnier!”
I’m gonna add something to this that I haven’t seen anyone talk about: The circles around the Diamonds are all the planets and moons they’ve colonized under their name. The score at the time the Moon Base was created seems to be: Yellow Diamond: 8 planets (2 in her hands) and 15 moons. White Diamond: 10 planets (11 assuming the one in her hands is a planet) and 4 moons. Blue Diamond: 4 planets and 3 moons. Pink Diamond: 1 planet and 1 moon, almost definitely Earth and Earth’s moon. So assuming the amount of planets one Diamond commands is indicative of her power/authority, White Diamond is at the top of the pecking order, followed by Yellow Diamond, then Blue Diamond, and lastly Pink Diamond.
That makes sense given the symbol:
My guess is, because of the emphasis on it, the planet in White Diamond’s hands is Homeworld itself. While all the diamonds rule it, it wouldn’t surprise me if White Diamond wanted a reminder that she was the one truly at the top.
Yep you read it right! I’m doing a flash sale and giveaway!
It’s been ages since I hosted a giveaway so I figured it was about due time, but I’ve decided to add a little extra with it too, so those of you who don’t win have a chance at some fun stuff too! (Plus, I’ve hit 800 followers)
The Giveaway
There will be 3 winners to this giveaway and they will be picked randomly from a list of all of you who enter!
There’s four ways to enter: Liking this post +1 Entry Reblogging this post +2 Entry Being in the Discord Server +1 Entry (MUST PM ME YOUR TUMBLR USERNAME) Placing an art order (including sale chibis) +1 Entry per purchase
First place will get a shaded picture or a flat color picture with a background or lighting effects. (Hips up - Fullbody)
Second place will get a fancy ass bust (shading and texture/different lines - hips/chest up) or a full body flat color
And last of the winners, but not least, 3rd place will get a pair of detailed chibis or a flat color bust (chest up)
The Sale
Interested in snagging some cheap commissions or wanting that extra entry? All chibis are upgraded to detailed status and only $1USD! That’s a whole 80% off their normal price of $5. While I prefer minimum purchases of $3-$5 you are free to buy a single chibi if you want!
Payment is taken via paypal at the TIME YOU PLACE YOUR ORDER. No refunds or backing out for such a low price. octolady@rocketmail.com
Please keep in mind I have a job and will have an influx or orders so your wait time may be quite a while. You may Pm me and ask on my current art status though!
Sale ends when the giveaway ends.
Giveaway ends tomorrow (8-10-2016) at 5pm (
Eastern Time Zone - UTC-05:00 ).
For all questions and orders please PM me on discord/tumblr or email me. Please refrain from using asks as they might get lost!
Please give me a few hours after the giveaway ends to compile all the entries.
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.