I know everyone is saying that Connie is wearing an outfit from DBZ, but…I don’t think so? I think she’s wearing a “Kalaripayattu“ outfit?
Kalaripayattu is a Martial art which originated as a style in Kerala, during the early 13th Century AD. It is considered to be one of the oldest fighting system in existence.It is now practiced in Kerala, in contiguous parts of Tamil Nadu. It was originally practiced in northern and central parts of Kerala and the Tulunadu region of Karnataka.Kalaripayattu includes strikes, kicks, grappling, preset forms, weaponry and healing methods. Northern kalaripayattu is based on elegant and flexible movements,
evasions, jumps and weapons training, while the southern “Adi Murai”
style primarily follows the hard impact based techniques with priority
on empty hand fighting and pressure point strikes. Both systems make use
of internal and external concepts. (Wiki) Normally,
kalaripayattu can be started at the age of seven, when the body is not
stiff, less chance to damage. But it can be practiced at any age under
the supervision of a well experienced master.
I think it would probably make more sense, considering Connie is Indian?? I mean, if you look at the sword Connie uses, it’s the same as the women in the picture I found via Google?? (Pearl’s sword is a rapier, btw. At least, so I believe) Also, it sorta looks like Connie is wielding a Khanda, or least a type of one?
Also Connie does a lot of Kalaripayattu type jumps and such?? Look, I’m not India, so I’m not a hundred percent sure and I could be way off, but it just seems more likely???
AND SIDE NOTE
In love with Connies hair! And that it’s actually a real hairstyle!
I LOVE CONNIE, I LOVE THIS EPISODE, I LOVE
SU staff is WAYYYY too nerdyawesome to make a mere pedestrian DBZ reference. LOVE.
Y’all, you need to watch this. If you enjoy musicals, watch this. If you appreciate good acting, watch this. If you have ever found yourself in a moment where you realized something existed that you didn’t quite know you wanted; more than existed, that it was suddenly, gloriously, possible… watch. this.
omg she looks exactly the way she did in the graphic novel!!! holy shit!!!
Ok, so of course I’ve already read all of the Hues online but my book came today and I read it all over again and it’s BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING AND I’M SO EXCITED FOR YOU AS;LDKAHS;DGJHAS;GKJH!
(when you get ready for volume 2 tell me cause I’mma back that one too!)
after years of being vaguely confused when I came across the measurement “a stick of butter” in recipes, today I learned that in the United States they sell butter in these skinny stick things:
it is literally a stick of butter. A STICK OF BUTTER.
i have literally never seen butter sold this way. each stick one only amounts to ½ a cup of butter AMERICANS PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT MY WHOLE LIFE WHEN I SAW THE PHRASE “A STICK OF BUTTER” IN RECIPES I WAS IMAGINING THIS:
THIS IS THE ONLY “STICK” I’D EVER SEEN BUTTER SOLD IN. I THOUGHT Y’ALL WERE THROWING FUCKIN’ POUNDS UPON POUNDS OF BUTTER INTO THINGS HOLY JESUS THE WORLD MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE NOW FUCKIN CHRIST.
…..they sell those here too, Em. :P
I have seen butter sold in 425g blocks and 250g blocks, but I’ve never seen little mini 113g sticks like that! Even if I imagined people adding the smaller blocks to recipes, that’s still two times as much butter as would be necessary according to the “stick” measurement. :O
In New Zealand butter is always sold in 500g and 250g blocks. I used to be baffled by the “stick” of butter too, especially because whenever I asked an American how much that was, they’d say, “I don’t know, one stick.” “But how much does that weigh?” I’d ask. “You can tell me in ounces, I’ll convert it.” And they’d repeat, “It’s just a stick of butter! You know, a regular-size stick!” And I would generally end up concluding that some cultural misunderstandings just aren’t meant to be addressed.
There are little tick marks on the paper wrapper that mark tablespoons! There are I think 8 tablespoons per stick of butter, and we just use a knife to cut the amount needed.
