Dr Ben Sayle (100/100)
@bensayle.bsky.social
Writer. PhD in International History. Other interests include TV, film, gaming, and literature. Playing Hundred Line (not spoiler free, endings 100/100).
Kurara and Takumi at the scene in Drive where Ryan Gosling says "I drive."
November 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Kurara and Takumi at the scene in Drive where Ryan Gosling says "I drive."
Donald Trump issuing an executive order reversing the McWexler divorce.
Vince Gilligan on what Saul Goodman is doing now post-‘BETTER CALL SAUL’:
“I think Trump pardoned him, I think he’s out that’s what I think, kinda tracks doesn’t it?”
#BetterCallSaul #VinceGilligan #SaulGoodman
“I think Trump pardoned him, I think he’s out that’s what I think, kinda tracks doesn’t it?”
#BetterCallSaul #VinceGilligan #SaulGoodman
November 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Donald Trump issuing an executive order reversing the McWexler divorce.
This is something you'd get in a Discworld book except it'd be a chocolate coin and, in the end, they restore the original motto over whatever grandiose or high-minded phrase replaced it.
And then in the afterword you'd get told the real-life inspiration like below.
And then in the afterword you'd get told the real-life inspiration like below.
The first official US coin was the Fugio cent, rumored to have been designed by Ben Franklin.
Instead of "In God We Trust" (which wasn't put on coins until the Civil War) it said Mind Your Business.
Instead of "In God We Trust" (which wasn't put on coins until the Civil War) it said Mind Your Business.
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This is something you'd get in a Discworld book except it'd be a chocolate coin and, in the end, they restore the original motto over whatever grandiose or high-minded phrase replaced it.
And then in the afterword you'd get told the real-life inspiration like below.
And then in the afterword you'd get told the real-life inspiration like below.
The Smiling Friends style is far from the artstyle I want to go for but it is nice to draw something from a reference and not end up feeling a little like Homer and the barbecue.
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The Smiling Friends style is far from the artstyle I want to go for but it is nice to draw something from a reference and not end up feeling a little like Homer and the barbecue.
One great bit of the Ed and Norma plotline in Twin Peaks is Ed stays with Nadine because of guilt about what happened to her but partly he knows she could rip him in half with one hand.
when my oafish husband steps on my completely silent drape runners, ruining weeks of hard work
Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo
November 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
One great bit of the Ed and Norma plotline in Twin Peaks is Ed stays with Nadine because of guilt about what happened to her but partly he knows she could rip him in half with one hand.
When the Navy Department's pie-chart guy uses a very inappropriate topic to show off the six months he spent as a propaganda cartoonist.
Pie charts usually have such low information density that they are worth avoiding, but these ones from a classified December 1945 report by the US Naval Technical Mission to Japan on the "medical effects" of the atomic bombings carry much more information than was perhaps intended... wow and yikes.
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
When the Navy Department's pie-chart guy uses a very inappropriate topic to show off the six months he spent as a propaganda cartoonist.
"The hair covers the ears," me when I keep drawing the ears weird and uneven so I go 3D chess-mode.
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"The hair covers the ears," me when I keep drawing the ears weird and uneven so I go 3D chess-mode.
Finished Dodger by Terry Pratchett. Has the usual Late Pratchett problems (at no point does the protagonist seem even inconvenienced in the slightest) but otherwise fun to read.
You can see Vimes & Vetinari in Pratchett's (for lack of a better word) adaptation of Robert Peel & Benjamin Disraeli.
You can see Vimes & Vetinari in Pratchett's (for lack of a better word) adaptation of Robert Peel & Benjamin Disraeli.
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Finished Dodger by Terry Pratchett. Has the usual Late Pratchett problems (at no point does the protagonist seem even inconvenienced in the slightest) but otherwise fun to read.
You can see Vimes & Vetinari in Pratchett's (for lack of a better word) adaptation of Robert Peel & Benjamin Disraeli.
You can see Vimes & Vetinari in Pratchett's (for lack of a better word) adaptation of Robert Peel & Benjamin Disraeli.
Never read that Marvel/DC crossover book, but love that apparently they visit each other's universe and the Avengers think the Justice League are fascists while the Justice League are like "wow, this world *sucks*! These guys must be terrible at their jobs."
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Never read that Marvel/DC crossover book, but love that apparently they visit each other's universe and the Avengers think the Justice League are fascists while the Justice League are like "wow, this world *sucks*! These guys must be terrible at their jobs."
"Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women," James Conant when asked what to do about communist teachers.
Although it does create some unintentional humor, such as James Conant, nerdy administrator, automagically morphing into Conan, barbarian.
November 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
"Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women," James Conant when asked what to do about communist teachers.
Little Shop of Horrors remake got me really bummed me out.
:(
November 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Little Shop of Horrors remake got me really bummed me out.
Rupert Pupkin's looking rough these days.
thinking about this disguise George C. Scott dons in Hardcore and cracking up
November 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Rupert Pupkin's looking rough these days.
I get in theory why they sanded Cersei's edges down in the show but the book version's reign/spiral is some of AFFC's best stuff.
"My Queen, is this you talking or the wine?"
"Qyburn...I *am* the wine."
"My Queen, is this you talking or the wine?"
"Qyburn...I *am* the wine."
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I get in theory why they sanded Cersei's edges down in the show but the book version's reign/spiral is some of AFFC's best stuff.
"My Queen, is this you talking or the wine?"
"Qyburn...I *am* the wine."
"My Queen, is this you talking or the wine?"
"Qyburn...I *am* the wine."
The four routes of Fire Emblem Three Houses,
-Bonapartist Pride Parade.
-I went to therapy & got a free copy of Edmund Burke's 'Reflections on the Revolution in France' with my prescription.
-Verdant Libs.
-Papal infallibility is valid if the Pope is pretty.
-Bonapartist Pride Parade.
-I went to therapy & got a free copy of Edmund Burke's 'Reflections on the Revolution in France' with my prescription.
-Verdant Libs.
-Papal infallibility is valid if the Pope is pretty.
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The four routes of Fire Emblem Three Houses,
-Bonapartist Pride Parade.
-I went to therapy & got a free copy of Edmund Burke's 'Reflections on the Revolution in France' with my prescription.
-Verdant Libs.
-Papal infallibility is valid if the Pope is pretty.
-Bonapartist Pride Parade.
-I went to therapy & got a free copy of Edmund Burke's 'Reflections on the Revolution in France' with my prescription.
-Verdant Libs.
-Papal infallibility is valid if the Pope is pretty.
Doing Killing Game route right after Retsnom was great because it meant getting two different styles of top-tier banter from Takumi and Darumi.
November 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Doing Killing Game route right after Retsnom was great because it meant getting two different styles of top-tier banter from Takumi and Darumi.
Just a trio who love the movies and have nothing else in common, especially not Mother Issues.
November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Just a trio who love the movies and have nothing else in common, especially not Mother Issues.
Reposted by Dr Ben Sayle (100/100)
"Three tickets to Only God Forgives please."
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
"Three tickets to Only God Forgives please."
"Three tickets to Only God Forgives please."
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
"Three tickets to Only God Forgives please."
Yoru to Sniper Devil when she sees a peace symbol flying in her America.
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Yoru to Sniper Devil when she sees a peace symbol flying in her America.
About a decade ago I briefly glimpsed over William Blake's mythology (along with Gnostic and other materials) for world-building, but came back to them recently with a much deeper understanding.
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
About a decade ago I briefly glimpsed over William Blake's mythology (along with Gnostic and other materials) for world-building, but came back to them recently with a much deeper understanding.
John Dickson Carr: If I leave even a single question less than wholly answered by the end of this mystery, I will be an irredeemable hack of an author.
Raymond Chandler: Did the chauffeur in The Big Sleep kill himself or was he murdered? Erm...damn, I've got no idea.
Raymond Chandler: Did the chauffeur in The Big Sleep kill himself or was he murdered? Erm...damn, I've got no idea.
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
John Dickson Carr: If I leave even a single question less than wholly answered by the end of this mystery, I will be an irredeemable hack of an author.
Raymond Chandler: Did the chauffeur in The Big Sleep kill himself or was he murdered? Erm...damn, I've got no idea.
Raymond Chandler: Did the chauffeur in The Big Sleep kill himself or was he murdered? Erm...damn, I've got no idea.
The Terra Cult really is LOGH's weakest part.
The themes they address are done better elsewhere in the story and their level of competence always felt tied to what the plot needed that moment.
The themes they address are done better elsewhere in the story and their level of competence always felt tied to what the plot needed that moment.
though probably a bad choice to adapt these days what with the raging problematic sirens of the illuminati church secretly running the country whose only personality trait is money. thats one of the parts of logh no one ever brings up
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The Terra Cult really is LOGH's weakest part.
The themes they address are done better elsewhere in the story and their level of competence always felt tied to what the plot needed that moment.
The themes they address are done better elsewhere in the story and their level of competence always felt tied to what the plot needed that moment.
The Prequels' 'politics' can get overegged into being far more thought-out and systematic than the vibes and instincts of a gearhead-hippie.
That said, while it's only built back on in RotS, I love the Trade Federation guys nervously asking Sidious if he's sure this is all legal.
That said, while it's only built back on in RotS, I love the Trade Federation guys nervously asking Sidious if he's sure this is all legal.
Alright to wade into this the problem with the trade war aspect of the Phantom Menace is it is never exactly clear what is going on. The taxation of trade routes are in dispute which leads the Trade Federation to blockade and occupy Naboo. Is the Naboo route in dispute? Is that a major trade market?
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The Prequels' 'politics' can get overegged into being far more thought-out and systematic than the vibes and instincts of a gearhead-hippie.
That said, while it's only built back on in RotS, I love the Trade Federation guys nervously asking Sidious if he's sure this is all legal.
That said, while it's only built back on in RotS, I love the Trade Federation guys nervously asking Sidious if he's sure this is all legal.
Underrated bit in Hundred Line is Shouma's dog actually being an even meaner Snoopy to his Charlie Brown.
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Underrated bit in Hundred Line is Shouma's dog actually being an even meaner Snoopy to his Charlie Brown.
This is probably what Richard III stans back then thought Henry VII was like.
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
This is probably what Richard III stans back then thought Henry VII was like.