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Mithos

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Autism. Passionate about reading, cosplay, writing, horror, history and the humanities. I survived Munchausen by Proxy, I'm not afraid of anything - and I hope to be an intellectual historian/horror writer. Christian. DMs open. I'm reachable. I think.

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Don't let this happen to you and your loved ones.

a goomba tower (bunch of goombas stacked on top of each other)

November 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM

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...Oh, I know whose post this is. I already know.

November 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM

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tvtropes entry for "Wham Line"

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"I think it can be pretty interesting how a single line in a story, even one that's seven words, can dramatically alter the perception of everything that just happened."
— Andrew Hussie, via their former FormspringThe line in question?
Whereas a Wham Episode is an episode that radically alters the Story Arc, a Wham Line is a line of dialogue that radically alters a scene.

A scene is headed in one direction, then the line is uttered. Afterwards, the scene is going somewhere very, very different. For it to be effective the audience must not see it coming — not just not knowing the exact information, but not expecting any kind of surprising, or even significant, line there at all. If there was background music playing beforehand, expect it to abruptly come to a stop after the line is said and/or switch to music that better reflects the scene's new mood.

This is strictly an audience trope. For a milder in-universe version, see Dropping the Bombshell. Often overlaps with Armor-Piercing Question or Armor-Piercing Response, where the line causes a character to seriously rethink their position. In a joke or comic story, a Punch Line functions very similarly. It may overlap with an Amusing Third-Party Interjection.

When something seen by the viewer or reader of visual media radically alters a scene, it's a Wham Shot.

Tends to come in the form of a reveal. Can fit into a Wham Episode. By the very nature of the trope, it is Spoilered Rotten. If we marked them all, the subpages would be 60% white space. Please don't use spoiler markup when adding examples.

Note: This is not just a line that happens during a Wham Episode. The line itself has to radically change the plot in itself. If the line is the result of events or conversations that are clearly shown on screen, or it's a Foregone Conclusion, then it is not a Wham Line.

November 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM

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tl;dr - this first post is just as bad as the second one. No, I'm not elaborating.

November 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM

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Apparently Memphis is a big fan of the stories of Thomas Ligotti, like me. I've raised her well.

Memphis loafing on a book of short stories by horror author Thomas Ligotti on a pillow

November 17, 2025 at 5:57 AM

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All this legitimate support, though!

November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM

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November 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM

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I remember seeing this about Epstein disclosures in the US, and...no, that's not going to happen, as this poster thinks.

November 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM

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Apartment inspection would normally be a massive PTSD thing, but it was smooth sailing. I did it. Hell yeah, I did it. Made progress and all.

The bad news is uh...I had to (see pic) do a bad thing per landlord's instructions. Please forgive me, sweet baby Memphy. Nothing's suffered more than you.

My cat is in a carrier. She looks miserable and sad. I'm sorry baby

November 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM

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Not really a fan of local media hyping "the test" as if it's a real thing lol

November 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM

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This fucker. Also: "colour?" This fucking lecturing any of us on the ACA, and bringing your kids into it...ugh

November 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM

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What.

November 6, 2025 at 5:35 AM

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Incredibly bad response.

When ABC 13 followed up and asked if she would support a bill that would allow transgender women into female bathrooms and sports, Spanberger further explained her position on hypothetical legislation, stating, "I would support a bill that would put clear provisions in place that provide a lot of local ability for input, based on the age of children, based on the type of sport, based on competitiveness. Because certainly I recognize, I absolutely recognize.

"I’m the mom of three daughters in Virginia public schools, and they participate in all activities across the board. I recognize the concern that families and community members might have about the safety of their own kids, about competitiveness, about fairness. And I think the process that was in place for 10 years was one that was working. It was one that took individual circumstances and individual communities into account, and I think that is the process that Virginia should continue to utilize."

from ABC 13 News, published sept. 23 2025, author Alexia Stanbridge

November 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM

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Derryl let the man rest LMAO

November 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM

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Absurd framing from New Statesmen - the problem with America isn't "political division," and the role of universities is not to "foster disagreement." This is the exact kind of framing that leads to normalizing the ideas and power that American oligarchs used to implement their iron rule. Trash.