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30 years of gay times with the butler UwU (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 year ago by Mandarbmax@lemmy.world to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works

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[–] blackstampede@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think the term is "lampshades" or something like that, rather than "hanging a lantern".

[–] AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You're right, because hanging a lantern is something a character does to explain something seemingly contrived in the story.

[–] Quexotic@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe, that's what they called it in the episode 200 (IIRC) of Stargate, so that's what I call it.

They may be opposites.

I don't know. Lol.