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I believe that DARKEST TIMELINE originates from the greatest live-action sitcom ever created, Community. It’s from the episode Remedial Chaos Theory, where the study group decides who’ll get the pizza based on a die roll. Abed warns that this will result in six new timelines being created, each differing greatly and diverging from this moment, only for Jeff to say it’s ridiculous to think that. The episode’s all about seeing how each timeline differs, with the same setup of what everyone has on their person and what’s in the room. Timeline six, where Troy gets the pizza, is the aforementioned DARKEST TIMELINE. Everything that can possibly go wrong does go wrong, with Troy innocently walking into the room excited for the pizza only to see the room on fire, Pierce bleeding out, and everyone in full panic mode. You’ve probably seen the GIF of that moment, and now you know where it comes from. If you’ve ever spent hours reading TVTropes, you owe it to yourself to watch Community, because it’s the only sitcom written with the site open at all times so they can subvert the tropes.
Someone made a typo when linking to this page. I had a real hard time getting here.
As a furry, finding FURSONA in the word list felt like seeing your teacher at a concert. It’s cool to see, though!
BUTTHURT is a spanking thing? That’s news to me! I thought it was kinda messed up and just another poorly aged relic of the golden age of the internet.
@Heidi You’d be surprised, actually! The furry community is massive and just keeps getting bigger. Fursonas are basically characters you use to represent yourself in the community. Mine’s a panda.
I’d judge you for knowing LOSDOS from “Why don’t we have both?”, but the sad part is that I do too! I’m not even American!
Happy birthday, Adrian’s dad! This was a tough one. Gaming is my medium of choice and field of study, so I was ashamed of myself for finally being stumped by a game clue. It made me feel better when I saw the wordplay.
@sue Squee is a term for something cute. It’s onomatopoeia, which is pretty relevant to this puzzle. You basically make a sound like “squee!” when you see something cute.
ASH BIN might’ve been clued by the use of “rubbish” which seems out of place in an American crossword. This theme is incredible. I thought I was gonna have to say the book each quote was from, but I’m a lot better at puns.
@Weak The Japanese one wasn’t that bad to me, especially because I’m currently playing through Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and that game’s in Japanese by default with English subtitles to make it more immersive as a shinobi ninja game. Probably one of the hardest games ever, but it’s super rewarding.
This is a deeply impressive puzzle, even if it’s blasphemy to the AFOL community. Actually, AFOL might be a good answer! Just needs a clue like “Elder bricklayer?” or something.
This theme is exceptionally cool!
@Barry Ancona It isn’t, actually. A lot of people deep fry in woks. They’re huge, deep vessels, so they can hold enough oil to deep fry things like chicken and fries. You’re not gonna be frying turkeys in there, though!
@Weak The Japanese one wasn’t that bad to me, especially because I’m currently playing through Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and that game’s in Japanese by default with English subtitles to make it more immersive as a shinobi ninja game. Probably one of the hardest games ever, but it’s super rewarding.
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