Also, seeing as the Matrix Nemesis is sapient (by, uh, accident, it’s a long story you’ll find it out later) the inverse of like any other Decepticons trying to steal their Nemesis just results in a pissy Nemesis who would land and just sit there. Like. Stubborn.
Has Soundwave adopted the Nemesis as basically one of his symbiotes?
Sort of? Nemesis actually rather views the Decepticons as her own symbiotic life forms. Nemesis can be Soundwave’s mommy, and thus is the deployers’ grandma.
This is the best thing.
I bet Soundwave has a little blanket-lined nook somewhere that he can curl up in like a deployer in their host’s dock and just relax in when everyone else is being a moron.
Also, seeing as the Matrix Nemesis is sapient (by, uh, accident, it’s a long story you’ll find it out later) the inverse of like any other Decepticons trying to steal their Nemesis just results in a pissy Nemesis who would land and just sit there. Like. Stubborn.
Has Soundwave adopted the Nemesis as basically one of his symbiotes?
Soooo many pictures. Too many for the Twitters, so I’m dusting off the ol’ Tumblr.
In anticipation of next season’s American Gods, my girlfriend and I visited the House on the Rock. It’s a little hard to explain, but here’s the short version: an architect/engineer climbed up a rock and built Frank Lloyd Wright’s worst nightmare. It struck Neil Gaiman so deeply he included it as a critical location in American Gods, and it’ll be featured in season 2 of the Starz series.
So we went. Behold.
This was what greeted us when we pulled up: a ¾ full parking lot, and a big one at that. I was a little surprised; Gaiman’s descriptions of the place gave me a seedier, hole-in-the-wall vibe, but this looked like some mid-level theme park entrance. Hmm.
We started the tour and ventured around … and I was starting to think we came to the wrong place. Sure, the statue in front was kind of iffy, and some of the rooms looked a little retro, maybe gauche … but not the mindfuck I had anticipated.
Then … then we came to the Infinity Room.
… um. Okay. Hey, there’s a glass floor at the midway point, what’s under ther–
What are those, bushes? Wait … treetops?
HOLY FUCK YOU BATMAN IT’S AN UNSUPPORTED ROOM HANGING OUT OVER A FUCKING CLIFF YOU GO JUMP UP AN ASSHOLE
(It also creaks and sways. I thought it was just an old house, not a FUCK YOU CLIFF OF DOOM.)
Once back on solid ground, we found a door.
After that, shit got … weird.
I call this the Impractical Rejected Weapons from Fallout 3 collection.
Including a literal HAND CANNON. What the what?
Um.
This is getting unsettling.
The pooping dog piggy bank’s eyes won’t stop following me.
Ooohhhkay … hey, look! Another one of them doors!
I wonder what’s behind this–
… well, I would have never guessed “replica American Main Street inside a house.” You win this round.
“I wish I was BIG.”
And because why the hell not, he’s a goddamned carnival pipe organ.
Then we came to this sign.
What? Bullshit. Bullshit you have a whale in this house. I will *shit myself* if you have a whale in th–
OH FUCK YOU MATE.
NO FUCK YOU THAT IS A THREE STORY TALL WHALE.
THAT IS A THREE STORY TALL WHALE FIGHTING A GIANT SQUID IN YOUR HOUSE YOU HAVE TOO MANY DRUGS
YOU PUT A FUCKING MOTORBOAT IN ITS MOUTH WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU
THIS DUDE GETS IT.
“I have seen some shit.”
And after the whale was just menagerie after menagerie of random audacious bullshit.
“Hello, I’ll be waiting in your closet tonight.”
“YOUR SILENCE GIVES CONSENT.”
Okay, this made me smile.
Fun fact: Burma Shave ads were the precursor to WTFIWWY.
Wait, where is that noise coming fro–
Oh yeah! There’s a HUGE assortment of these weird mechanical music machines assembled from real instruments, electronics, pneumatics, and madness.
But it doesn’t stop there.
Then we stumbled on the “Abominations in the Sight of God” section.
And at the very end … this. If you’ve read American Gods, you know *exactly* what this is. If you’re only watching the show, consider this spoilers for season 2.
Then we went outside, and there was a kitty.
I petted the kitty.
The end.
Bonus: Here is a machine that perfectly replicates the sound of Steve Martin falling down a flight of stairs.
So I’ve been there. It lives up to this post so very much. See we went up to busy my brother who lived in Madison at the time. He decided we should go see a Frank Loyd Wright house. We… ended up here instead so that was a bizarre mistake.
On top of that the current owners collected Santas. And it was sorta winter time so all the Santas when on display. Thousand of them. On all surfaces. Those main living areas? Covered in Santas. Yeeep.
We all agreed an amazing mistake on my brother’s part.
I took my kids this summer, they are 4 and 6. I thought it would be fun for them to half remember when they are older and question if it was all just a dream.
One thing that’s missing is the exit from the carousel room is a demon’s mouth. The room beyond I like to refer to as the boss fight.
This appears to be the most accurate scale guide I’ve ever found.
The top image of Starscream standing next to MECH agents is the basis for these measurements. Assuming that Silas is 180cm (about 6ft) it extrapolates that Starscream is between 720cm (about 24ft) and 760cm (about 25ft.) For the sake of simplicity they seem to have gone with 750cm.
Okay guys, don’t know if it’s already been done but I broke this down even further for those of us who still use ft.
In descending order
Autobots:
Optimus: 31ft 2in
Bulkhead:24ft 7in
Ratchet:24ft 7in
Wheeljack:21ft 3in
Smokescreen:21ft 3in
Bumblebee:19ft 8in
Cliffjumper:19ft 8in
Arcee:16ft 4in
Decepticons:
Insecticon: 36ft 1in
Megatron:34ft 5in
Skyquake:32ft 9in
Dreadwing:31ft 2in ((I find it kind of funny that one of the twins is shorter than the other))
Shockwave:26ft 2in
Soundwave:26ft 2in
Breakdown:26ft 2in
Starscream:24ft 7in
Knockout:21ft 3in
Vehicon Trooper:19ft 8in
Arachnid:18ft
So there we go. I’m very grateful for this chart. It will certainly help with OC’s as well as writing fanfics or drawing to scale. You know, all that jazz.
Due to popular demand, I did “Pegasus” after all.
Pegasus is a genus closely related to Gryps (griffins and hippogriffs), which was once widespread across Europe and the Americas, but underwent a sharp decline following the last ice age. The most famous species, Pegasus olympius, is not actually found in Greece but in parts of Northern Europe and Russia, but was named for its resemblance to its mythical counterpart. It is about the size of a large deer and ranges in color from white to speckled grey or greyish-brown. “Pegasette” is the smallest species of Pegasus, and the only remaining in the Americas. It is a textbook case of Insular dwarfism.
Starscream: You know what? This is bullshit, and awful, and I’m bored. EVERYBODY RIOT!!!!!!
Orion: This is my new gun they can cut a car in half with a fusion laser and I love them.
Megatron: This is my human I hate them and they leave fingerprints on me all the goddamn time.
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