I thought the babadook was an anime thing until like two weeks ago, I didn’t realize it was from like a recent movie I thought it was from like a mid-2000s anime
this guy on the right, that’s what I thought the babadook was, I don’t know what anime this is but when people reference the babadook that’s who I thought they were talking about
If you didn’t know what to search for then how did you find this picture?
I searched for “grinning anime demon” and scrolled for like a billion years until I found a drawing some kid did of this guy and then I did a Search By Image which told me his name, which I then searched again to find the image on this post. Are you happy you “exposed” how much energy went into my finding a picture of the guy I thought was the babadook? Has this in some way enriched your life?
it is so strange to me when people tell me they never had an ancient egyptian phase…like, what did you even do during your childhood?
this is oddly specific?? and over 3000 people relate???
Definitely had one when I was 11 or 12. And a few minor resurgences when I started watching Stargate SG-1 and when I was cast as the Pharaoh in a certain Andrew Lloyd Webber musical…
Mine started pretty early and I haven’t quite given it up yet; I got interested in it when I was like five or six. Got to see the Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibit when it was in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art back in 2005. I have so many books on ancient Egypt, including a few hieroglyphic dictionary volumes. My obsession has gotten me into trouble just a bit: one time there were statues of Anubis outside the Denver International Airport, I pointed them out and proceeded to inform everyone within earshot that Anubis was the god of mummification (though younger me probably simplified it as “god of death”). Needless to say, my parents gave me a quick lecture about not mentioning death in an airport.
A little girl and her mom were looking at me at the coffee shop this morning and I heard her mom say “go on, it’s ok!” and the little girl shuffled up to me and said “ex-cuse me please, do you have to put on your tattoos by yourself every DAY or does your mom help you?” I am d y i n g