#guys it was predominantly star wars

[kindlythevoid]

Which part of Lord of the Rings is your favourit?

Oh! Where do I begin!?

When I was young, really young, I’d have to say my favorite was reading about Sam defeating Shelob, as an elementary schooler who was deathly afraid of spiders.

Then I got a little bit older and my favorite part was Eowyn. I was too young to fully grasp her character arc, so at the time I just thought it was really cool seeing a woman swing a sword and win. (I dressed up as her for Halloween!)

Maybe a year after that, when I started writing my chapters a little longer, my characters a little darker, because I thought it was fun and interesting, my favorite chapter was the Scouring of the Shire. (Scourging? Scouring? Apparently I can never get it right, ha ha!)

Tom Bombadil was definitely my favorite at… some point? I mean, it’s Tom Bombadil!

But what is my favorite part in Lord of the Rings? Why do I read and read and read these books and watch the movies over and over? Well, I’m afraid I can’t say it succinctly.

My favorite part…

Every time I read Lord of the Rings I come across my new favorite part, my new favorite character. I forget the little nuances each year and discover something new every time, every time.

The Talking Fox that shows up for a thought and then is whisked away.

Beregond and Bergil, who take Pippin under their wing in Gondor when Faramir and Denethor and Gandalf are busy.

Boromir, poor Boromir, who I’ve finally come to understand after all these years.

I love the snark of Bilbo in his notes to relatives, I love Frodo's inability to leave the Shire and his friends' inability to leave him. I love meeting Strider, not Aragorn, I love the quietness of Rivendell, I love how the Fellowship grows and interacts with each other. I love Boromir's short arc, I love the Three Hunters, I love the slow, deep thoughtfulness of Treebeard. I love Frodo's strength and hopeless hope, I love Sam's grounded nature and determination, I love every single poem and song that is thrown in there just because it can be. I love Faramir's wit, I love Gollum's complaining.

And I haven't even gotten to Return of the King.

In short (TL;DR), I discover my new favorite part every time I open up the book. Perhaps I'll be able to give you a better answer when I finish it again next year. :)

#Side story: #I got this ask from my beloved mutual and as I was typing out a response I realized I didn’t have a name for my beloved mutual!! #However I am new and pretty self-contained and I knew that others have their names in their bios or their own mutuals will call them so #I decided to scroll thru mutual’s blog and #guys it was predominantly star wars #Of course that was why I had followed them way-back-when and there were some other posts as well that I loved #But it was Star Wars and I was a mutual who happened to be reading LotR and mutual sent an ask about my favorite part #(╥ ╥) #Do you see??? #Am I making things up?? #I don’t care I don’t care #My mutual my mutual I love you too <3 #I don’t know what to call you other than your user #But it brightens my day whenever I see you or any of my other mutuals liking my posts #Thank you thank you #i love you <3 #and I love your clones and your aesthetic #ask #the lord of the rings #kiki re-re-re-reads the lord of the rings

[eriexplosion]

I never let myself really believe they'd bring Tech back (because Occam's razor, or whatever). And I'm so used to weird/bad writing choices from other works that I'm mostly able to shrug my shoulders and go "aw rats, disappointment again :\" about TBB's ending.

... But I still feel kinda hollowed-out, post-finale. I'm not autistic (I think), but my sibling is, so it meant something to my old withered heart that a Star Wars show about family would have a confirmedly-ND character among their cast (though, somewhat tangentially, I agree with your post about all of the Bad Batch being arguably ND-coded). I was delighted that he was well-written, and that he'd eclipsed the stock "smart guy" trope he'd started out as in TCW.

And, I dunno. I feel like a sucker, having hoped for a brief moment that the writers wouldn't throw all that away. And for what? People on reddit were saying for months on end that "his sacrifice is meaningful and shouldn't be wasted", but I can't agree. I think it would've been more meaningful had he lived.

I feel disappointed with the trajectory the back half of S3 took, and I don't think that's unreasonable. Even beyond the disappointment of "dang, they really did that?", S3 after the first handful of eps (imo) felt kind of... rushed? Underexplored? Like there should've been a season 4 (for pacing/development's sake) and various changes to the plot, but there weren't.

Told myself several years ago that I'd reserve judgment for the writing until the series was over and done with. And now that it's all just wrapped up, I suppose I'm stewing with my thoughts, a little. The character arcs all feel like they fell short of their potential payoff, to me -- and maybe I'll change my mind in a few months, but right now? Eh.

Crosshair's got PTSD/trauma that makes his hand shake? Cut off the hand. Omega's got potential force sensitivity/a decision to make concerning what to do going forward? Who cares about that. Tech's getting a decent (and suspicious, in hindsight) amount of character development? Better kill him off so the audience really feels the sting. Cid, Phee, CX-2, Echo, Scorch? Who cares about them; they can show up when their skills are needed and fuck off without halfway-decent closure when they aren't. The familial/sibling themes that were open to being explored? Eh; let's focus predominantly on this one father-child bond. Omega doesn't even need to say goodbye to Crosshair and Wrecker, lol. Foreshadowing and setup? What foreshadowing and setup.

... I'm realizing that I'm actually Quite disappointed lmao. In a lackluster "I don't know what I expected" kind of way. Time to read so many fix-its

There's just a lot that was set up that never came to fruition and it's frustrating when the show has been so good up until that point. And the thing is that Tech being CX-2 would have resolved at least some of it! The CX-2 plot obviously but also, Crosshair's guilt and trauma being helped by being able to fix at least one of his mistakes? Omega's guilt over putting her family in danger being relieved because she finally has them all back?

It didn't even need to be fleshed out, I wouldn't have cared. The only thing I wanted this whole show was the family to be together and complete. And not only did we not get Tech back but yeah Echo was basically just not counted as part of that and Phee was ignored in the end.

This season feels like it needed another editing pass to work as a whole, even though I'd liked everything up to the finale it didn't really end up coming together for me. I'd even have accepted Tech being gone if they had put actual mourning in the first half, instead of stringing it along with little mentions and the CX-2 stuff. I'd be frustrated and mad, but at least it would have felt like they respected him as a character.

Really the only good things I have to say is I think Nala Se blowing up the databanks was a fantastic end to her character that didn't really redeem everything she's done but did bring her to an interesting stopping point. And I am glad everyone else made it out alive. I'm glad that Crosshair especially did after everything he's been through, he's still my boy after all this time even if the Tech stuff has overshadowed a lot of his growth in my head.

#the bad batch #the bad batch spoilers #tbb spoilers #fandom salt #If anyone wants me to add a different tag to block these out with let me know #I know that it's a lot of feelings all over the place and I don't want to bother anyone who did enjoy the finale

[worflesbian]

one of the things i was talking abt w that guy at the party was how there's nothing inherently wrong w the concept of the 11th hour star trek romances (worf/deanna, julian/ezri, seven/chakotay), but somehow the writers manage to fuck up the execution So badly they become terrible. like worf and deanna have such a compelling dynamic already established, but the writers ignore basically everything interesting about them. julian and ezri couldve utilised the implications of being two healers in the thick of a war, but instead the writers made it all about jadzia. i havent got to seven/chakotay yet in voyager but i've heard predominantly Bad Things despite the fact that there's plenty of interesting contrasts to be played upon there (im thinking about chakotay's serial jokester personality vs seven "humour is irrelevant" of nine). like i dont think any of these relationships Needed to be the out-of-nowhere disasters that they kind of were because there is actually compelling stuff there if you look hard enough

#ghitlhpu'wij

[sapphire-weapon]

I think the fact that so many people want to label Leon/Ashley as canonically "sibling- coded" is because they feel threatened in the way they view other of Leon's relationships, they can tell Leon and Ashley have chemistry and they try to convince themselves that they have a familial bond going on (like Ellie/Joel) so that they can justify not shipping them and making people who ship it feel bad/weird.

Because nowadays so many people can't just dislike something, they have to make up a reason why it's morally wrong and unacceptable so that way they can bully people that think differently and feel like their own personal opinions are objective and right while everyone else is wrong smh. This is mostly the case with younger fans (tho a lot of people older than me does this too lmao) so that's why I don't really find it frustrating bc it's most likely they have limited real life experience. Plus they might not be that good at interpreting canon from contextual clues yet.

In my case though I think a lot of these people are actually doing the opposite tbh because to me it just shows that they recognize that Ashley's relationship with Leon is real and they can't even concede that they're friends in the canon because they know it could lead to something else if followed through in the story, they admit there's potential there subconsciously with how hard they try to make it seem otherwise with nonsense claims. It's like when insecure guys feel uncomfortable but try to seem tough by buying big trucks and having guns on them all the time lmao.

So, I've talked about this before -- about how the "sibling coded" or "problematic age gap" discourse is just modern-day fandom's way of slutshaming and engaging in casual misogyny in a societally acceptable way.

I'm pretty confident in saying that anyone in my generation who slaps "siblings" on Leon and Ashley are probably people who have another ship and have had it for a while and don't want Ashley getting in the way of it, tbh LMAO

Like.... my generation has co-opted the current generation's vernacular, but make no mistake about the kind of bitches we are. We're ship war bitches. That's all we've ever been AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE OUR WAYS NOW fjdskfh

But if we're talking about the current generation...

Media illiteracy is a big factor in this. It's no secret to anyone that the US education system took a massive shit starting in the late aughts/early 2010s, and things like critical reading skills aren't being taught in schools anymore.

I graduated high school in 2007. Two years later, I went back to visit an old English teacher to get a letter of recommendation, and he was lamenting to me that he'd just given up. It wasn't worth trying to explain the deeper themes of Beowulf to kids who didn't care, because the only thing that mattered was getting them to pass standardized tests.

So, now, without an overt, explicit declaration of love or something visually concrete like a kiss, kids literally do not have the skills to parse through a text and pick out themes and tropes and use of symbolism and imagery. They were never taught how to do it.

But there's a more culture-based thing happening here, I think. It's this fucking mess of a cocktail of internalized misogyny paired with learned helplessness, social anxiety, intense sheltering possibly exacerbated by the pandemic shutdowns, peer pressure, and internet purity culture.

I think it's pretty safe to say that fandom is predominantly made up of women and teenage girls. That was true in the 60s in Star Trek fandom, it was true in my generation, and it's still true today. And what I've seen happening today is that young women are absolutely terrified of their own sexual agency -- because the internet keeps telling them that, if you're under 18, it is wrong and bad and unacceptable for you to engage with anything even remotely sexual and how dare you express your sexuality -- and you'd better not do it not just because it's wrong and bad, but also because you are GUARANTEED TO BE PREYED UPON IF YOU DO. SEX IS DANGEROUS ALL OF THE TIME AND YOU'RE LITERALLY TOO YOUNG AND TOO STUPID TO UNDERSTAND ANYTHING SO DON'T TRY TO EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. Because if you're 17 and he's 18, he's a pedophile!!!!!!!!

I just.

So, we've now basically turned an entire generation of young women into the same type of young women who created the BL genre in Japan. These are women who were too afraid to explore their sexuality on their own, and it felt safer to do it with two male characters, because it was always more "okay" for men to be sexual. This is happening here in the West, now.

Slash ships have always been a thing in the West, but not to the degree that they are today. In today's fandom, if you have an M/F ship at all, you are outnumbered by at least 3:1 -- because M/M just "feels" safer for a lot of the current generation.

So, I think young women look at the Remake portrayal of Ashley Graham, and they identify with her. A lot. They're probably around her age, and her personality is very relatable to the kind of girls who play video games. Ashley's clearly introverted, but she's a fast learner who just wants to help, and she's got a good heart and a weird, kind of awkward sense of humor.

And, not only do these girls identify with Ashley, they're probably thirsty as fuck for Leon.

But that's terrifying to them.

Because they have been taught to fear their own sexual agency. The idea that an attractive, traditionally masculine, older man would be romantically or sexually interested in them is immediately categorized in their brains as wrong and bad -- and they don't want to think of Leon in that way.

So... for them, it can't be romantic. It can't be sexual. But there's clearly something there, but Leon would never abuse or prey on anyone so... that bond must be a perfectly innocent familial affection. That's what it is. That's what it has to be, because anything else forces them to face the uncomfortable reality even young women like them go on dates and have sex -- and sometimes, it's with men like Leon.

So, they thirst over Leon at a safe distance through Luis, primarily. Or they self-indulge on reader fic, because that's so much easier to write off as "just a fantasy" and not a statement on who Leon actually is as a character.

And it's just kind of sad, man. It sucks to see this happen to an entire generation of young women.

That's why I don't really get mad when I see the "siblings" shit out in the wild. I just feel sad for those people -- because they can't just say "I don't like the ship." They're so insecure and neurotic that they have to think of a reason why the ship is literally impossible to ever happen so that they don't have to be worried about it.

One day, they'll finally suck a dick for themselves and learn that it's not that serious. It's really fuckin not. Dicks are stupid, and the boys that are attached to them are even dumber.

#resident evil 4 #resident evil #leon kennedy #ashley graham

[steampunkforever]

Looking back at the latest run of movies I've filmposted on, you might be tempted to think I'm only watching the good stuff these days. Let me dispel any thought that I've abandoned horrendous cinema as we tackle what I believe to be the reason George Lucas is the way he is: the Star Wars Holiday Special.

For the uninitiated (people who became Star Wars fans around the time the term "Reylo" was minted) let me set the stage. It's 1977, and the world has been changed by the arrival of Jedi to the silver screen. Lucas et al. can now afford more matte paintings than ever before, and are busy planning out the thrilling sequels to carry on the Star Wars saga ("Planning the Star Wars sequels" is a sentence that will not be uttered again in studio conference rooms until 2017, at which JJ Abrams will precede the sentence with the words "We will not be"). CBS approaches Lucas with a revolutionary concept: worldbuilding for the Star Wars universe by developing discrete self-contained stories through the medium of Television (the book of bobos, coming soon).

Lucas says yes, develops an allegedly solid script off his idea for an all-wookie movie, and then will not budge on his idea for a movie entirely focused on a species of alien that grunts with no subtitles. He's just put out one of the biggest movies to hit the screen ever, and furthermore is a man of great artistic vision. With Lucas at the helm this is set to be a hit.

Except Lucas needs to move studios to fit all the matte paintings he can now afford. So Lucas drops the story in the hands of the ever capable CBS and heads to the matte painting store, leaving them to find another director after the first guy quit after finishing the Jefferson Starship concert and "Bea Arthur sings at the Cantina" scenes.

Lucas' trust was, to be blunt, misplaced. CBS' finished cut was simply terrible (with the exception of a charming animated segment), and Lucas even offered to pay them to keep the abomination off air. They declined, but the Holiday Special was only aired once, at which point all copies were destroyed at Lucas' behest. At this point Lucas is at the top of his creative game and we haven't been subject to anything like Indiana Jones 4 yet, so you can imagine what a blow this is to the man who has yet to mastermind Jar Jar Binks.

Much like the preservation of HBO originals in the present day, the Holiday Special was only preserved and propagated through outright piracy, to the point that Holiday Special bootlegs became a known fandom trope. And so this week, for the second time in my life, I watched a rip of the Star Wars Holiday Special made somewhere around Baltimore on that fateful night in 1978, slotting in right before Wonder Woman. It was bad, yes, just not spectacularly so.

There is no question in my mind: The Star Wars Holiday Special killed George Lucas' directing career more so than the runaway success of the first movie.

In my writings on film, there runs a throughline (often utilizing Lucas as a prime example) that discourages sequels. I'll admit that this comes predominantly from my upbringing in a world of shared universes and IP sprawl, but it's a pretty agreed upon point that A) serialization only serves as a chance to tarnish an otherwise solid first film and B) new, discrete stories are more interesting. That said, sequels are not bad, and my analysis of Star Wars does not lay blame on the fact that we got to see what happened after the Yavin Award Ceremony.

You see, beyond being bad, The Holiday Special taught Lucas all the wrong things with its failure. Artistic control is paramount, yes, but what his experience with CBS taught Lucas was that in order to secure his legacy, he had to chain himself to the Carbonite slab that was Star Wars and micromanage it for the rest of his life to ensure the world he'd created would maintain the quality he intended for it.

Looking at the state of Star Wars in the years after Lucas cut the series loose, I don't think this was an incorrect statement, but a singular devotion to guiding his store-brand Flash Gordon empire is what led to a 22 year hiatus between directorial efforts. Even after this, as much as I personally find the prequels to be misunderstood, they lacked the same spark Lucas had, making me wonder what he could have put out in his most creatively charged years had he not lashed himself to the helm of a franchise that's abandoned most of the work he spent years tailoring to his vision in favor of Baby Yoda.

The Star Wars Holiday Special is truly what separates Lucas from Coppola. Without that harsh lesson in trusting Star Wars to someone else, Lucas might've focused on directing future projects of his own rather than managing those of people expanding his space wizard universe.

Or maybe if you'd swapped their places Coppola would have Don Corleone meet up with cheerful Gungan Jar Jar Binks.

Of course this is all conjecture. Lucas has put out some of his best work as a writer and story lead working on projects like Indiana Jones and Willow, but it's sad to see one of the most influential film workers in the world, whose work I truly admire, with only a half dozen directing credits despite having all the matte painting money he could ever desire to make passion project films. Coppola went broke, but at least 2/3rds of his filmography didn't get coopted to sell Disney streaming packages.

Then again if I'd just put out three revolutionary films in a row and then saw what CBS did with my high concept wookie script, maybe I wouldn't be seeing things so clearly.

We're about a dozen paragraphs too long for a filmpost on the Star Wars Holiday Special, so I'll wrap up now: I can't say I recommend it.

#filmposting #star wars #star wars holiday special #george lucas #film #listen to me this is a lot of words on a bad star wars TV movie I understand this #you must also understand that george lucas and his success is a puzzle thats haunted me for a long time #Hes such a visionary despite literally so many of his contributions to film being pretty bad #its an enigma

[guys-in-distress-database]

The GID Awards: Comic Book

Our next category is a certifiable classic and the origin of many a bondage kink, I imagine: the comic book.

I know a LOT of people in the community who developed bondage kinks because they grew up reading golden and silver age comics. For most people, it was American superhero comics, namely Batman, Captain Marvel and, for DID fans, Wonder Woman.

Not me though...

I grew up reading Franco-Belgian comics and they probably hold about 75% of the blame for me developing a bondage kink. I don't know (and would be really curious to learn) why predominantly children's media between roughly 1920-1980 was SO bondage-heavy. Like, were men with bondage kinks running the media industry or was there some sort of bizarre romanticization of kidnapping (that got upended by the public revelation of the domination of serial killers and kidnappers during the 60s and 70s) or was this all a wacky coincidence?

Aaaaaaaaanyways...

This one was hard to get personal bias out of the picture simply because I just don't read American comics that don't have anything to do with Star Wars. That being said, I did end up choosing one just because, how could I not?! My choice is:

Shazam/Captain Marvel

Now I'm cheating a bit with this one because I've never done an entry on it, though I can justify that as comics being difficult to make entries for owed to how many of them there are and just how confusing they are to categorize. And how can I not choose this one with the impact it's had on GID?

Any character who activates their superpowers through speaking is just asking to get gagged over and over and over. And that's exactly what happened to Billy Batson. While they've definitely toned it down over time (likely due to changing attitudes around having underage characters in distress like this), back in the early days, the guy couldn't go a few issues without getting bound and gagged.

Every source of conflict in his early days seemed to be him getting captured and then finding some clever way to get his gag off. Hilt of a sword, flaming piece of wood, hook in the wall, you name it.

Although there's definitely been a reduction of scenes overtime, you do still see the modern Shazam suffering similar fates, especially in the Injustice comic and the Friends Like These comic, so it's nice to see his legacy being upheld.

So for its contributions to GID, I have chosen Captain Marvel as the winner for best GID comic!

Honourable Mentions

Some other comics I considered, but ultimately did not choose for this award:

Suske en Wiske (for directly influencing my bondage kink and sheer volume of scenes)

Attack on Titan Manga (for having a great scene that didn't make it into the anime)

#the GID awards #comics #captain marvel #shazam

[imichelle-l-rigby]

Reflections: Cillian Murphy’s Limited Edition

Season 3, episode 6

✨I think I’m sorta catching up 😊✨

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*I am a music prof (predominantly classical vocalist), and I LOVE listening to Cillian’s music choices! That being said, sometimes I won’t like a song simply because of a vocalist (it’s a professional hazard - sorry!) 👩‍🏫

** The following are my own observations/opinions. We may not agree, and that’s ok! That’s what makes music fun! 😊

*** I wouldn’t say I’m well-versed in Cillian’s music preferences, but I do enjoy them (for the most part). I always wind up adding to my own playlists after listening to Cillian’s recommendations.

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Let the show begin!

🎵Set 1 (Fading Stars II - Come And Play In The Milky Night)

Fading Stars II: sounds like film music. It uses the same motif over and over again, slowly filling out the texture

Come And Play In The Milky Night: this reminds me of 2010s pop music. It’s got that wistfulness that I associate with that decade! (Isn’t it horrifying to be talking about the 2010s as “old”? I just hurt my own feelings!)

🎤Talking Break:

Grand isn’t as good as tippety top. Noted.

Coltrane! ❤️

Wow! The last song is from the ‘90s!

“Sitting in cars that are moving”

“Scintillating observations”

🎵Set 2 (Over My Shoulder - Glass, Concrete & Stone)

Over My Shoulder: I am having so much fun with this one! 😎😆 I love the story of this song as well.

The Beggar: again, a very fun song! But so different from the other in this set. Rhythms are interesting.

Glass, Concrete & Stone: it’s cool that there are 3 predominant instruments, like the 3 materials mentioned in the title. Melody is strange and unexpected. I like it!

🎤Talking Break:

Cillian just wants a twin, specifically David Byrne. 😂

Every track on the album is in the same key, and it’s heard above the drone. I am intrigued.

🎵Set 3 (Ta Douleur - Hard-boiled Babe)

Ta Douleur: this is so urban, but I’ll be honest - some of the sound effects sound *ahem* rude? 😅 not offensive, just like someone ate something that didn’t agree 😂😂😂😂 and I’m afraid I’m not mature enough to move past that. 💨

Hard-boiled Babe: I didn’t expect the harmonica!

These French “girl pop” songs are a genre I didn’t expect him to be into! Goes to show you can’t pin this guy’s musical tastes down.

🎤Talking Break:

He’s forever better at French than me

🎵Set 4 (War Zone - Ethiopian Rock)

War Zone: another song featuring “sound effects” - I like how the war sounds get louder and louder, but also how the melody is just so “vacation vibe”. Good commentary!

Ethiopian Rock: melody is in the bass line. The echo is fun. It feels like a reinterpretation of protest rock, but I can’t explain why other than vague similarities.

🎤Talking Break:

Old Jamaican music! Cool!

🎵Set 5 (Hill & Gully Ride - Asa Branca)

Hill & Gully Ride: this is so fun! Had I not been told it’s Jamaican, I would’ve assumed Puerto Rico or Cuba. It reminds me of those dance rhythms that came to NYC in the ‘40s and ‘50s.

Ma Blonde Est Partie: this sounds so early country/country blues. Aka OLD American styles. And I find this amazing. This might honestly be my favorite song for this episode! I love the instrument mix (in ways it sounds Appalachian?), and the vocals are so fitting here!

Asa Branca: gorgeous! 😍 it’s got a little of everything to offer! The style keeps jumping around!

✨favorite set✨

🎤Talking Break:

Cajun! Now that makes sense why I’m hearing so many Appalachian sounds!

And a series about music in the US. I’m not going crazy for hearing all that! Phew! 😅

Ask a reasonable question - your question may not be reasonable or even adequately answered! But it’s not Brian Cox

Him trying to describe emojis is precious

“A mystery wrapped inside an anorak wrapped inside an enigma”

More Yorkshire Man

🎵Set 6 (See the Sky About to Rain - Big Pharma)

See the Sky About to Rain: Neil is a specific voice. It’s always jarring at the beginning, but then I settle in and can enjoy his vocals.

Your Name Is Snake Anthony: whoa! Talk about jarring - that segue was shocking! Quite atmospheric, and in some places the background is atonal or polytonal (no key or multiple keys).

Paralysed: so my autocorrect doesn’t like the way the title is spelled 😂😂😂😂 bless it’s American little heart. I suppose the bass line that plays the “short long” motif over and over is representing your heart beat. It also repeats notes over and over again, like it’s possibly paralyzed.

Big Pharma: interesting rhythms/punctuations. I don’t love it, but it definitely sticks with you. Will be honest, the “sniffing” sounds at the beginning was a little gross. Idk what it’s supposed to be, but it sounds like someone’s got a stuffy nose 🤧

🎤Talking Break:

Ah yes, the exclusive

A poetry reading!

🎵Set 7 (Geronimo Blues - Condition of Us)

Geronimo Blues: a pretty song (which I know is weird since the lyrics are pretty critical)! And Kae is good at this, but it always takes me a second to understand the lyrics. I guess my brain has a buffer with this accent 😅

Condition of Us: again- such a strong contrast! I love the vocals here! ❤️ I’m having fun!

🎤Talking Break:

I can’t even spell the verb for getting goosebumps. Dude. What even?! 😂

🎵Set 8 (I Walk on Guilded Splinters)

The archive footage - I have concerns about his speaking vocal quality.

I Walk On Guilded Splinters: honestly, this sounds like healthier vocal production than what I just heard. Yes - there’s a way to give a raspy sound without hurting yourself. ANYWAY. This is a cool song! I love the echos. 😎

🎤Talking Break:

Correct. No intro needed for Bill Withers

🎵Set 9 (Kissing My Love - Inside Straight)

Kissing My Love: 💃💃😍😍 ooh these vocals! The funk! The groove!

Inside Straight: gimme that jazz! 😎 and can we just talk about the subtle internal harmony changes in the piano chords? Like… that shouldn’t be that cool. BUT IT IS. And everything about this is fire! 🔥 although, the raspberry scat line was a little… special. Impressive, but … yeah. 😅

🎤Talking Break:

Miles played with everyone! He pioneered so many jazz styles it’s insane!

“Pugilistic kind of sound”

“He played with the Wombles!”

🎵Set 10 (Video Life)

Video Life: just getting flashbacks to the VHS era. 😅

🎤Talking Break:

Lots of pop

“One man Beatles” - I am intrigued!

🎵Set 11 (Somebody Made for Me - Every Night)

Somebody Made for Me: OMG HE DOES SOUND JUST LIKE PAUL MCCARTNEY!! 🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀 even the scoring sounds like Paul! Like… 🤯

Every Night: I AM SINGING ALONG WITH A PAUL COVER AND JUST LIVING MY BEST LIFE 💃😎😆

🎤Talking Break

You are correct, Cillian. All roads lead to the Beatles!

🎵Set 12 (Single Pigeon)

Single Pigeon: IT’S PAUL!!!! 😍😍😍 🙌 the vocal line is kinda all over the place (awkward?) and that reminds me of pigeons just wandering around 😂

🎤Talking Break:

“Doesn’t outstay its welcome”

🎵Set 13 (I Want You to Love Me - She Walks In Beauty)

I Want You to Love Me: I like the driving, powerful left hand bass in the piano against the right hand melody. And the vocal drone! That’s not heard often! The drone isn’t even always in the “right” key as she’s going through, so that’s also a fun quirk!

Must Be Tears: I love the “old school” production aesthetics!

She Walks In Beauty: gorgeous! So ethereal, which is what I get from the title alone. It’s hard to make synth and electronic instruments not sound cheesy, so I really like this. And more poetry!

🎤Talking Break:

Byron!

No it’s over already???

Yay covers! And jazz!

Coltrane!!! Finally.

“Mind yourselves”

🎵Set 14 (Wonderful World - Nature Boy)

Wonderful World: I do like the jazz, but I’m not enjoying the vocals that much. Strings are an interesting addition, though!

All I Need: more layering effects. I like this a lot! It’s got a swanky nightclub vibe to it. The piano solo is so satisfying.

Nature Boy: yes! 😎 the bebop is popping! I loooooove bebop/hard bop so much. It’s INSANE and I have so much respect for the art form. This is a great way to end the show!

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Thanks so much for reading! And dare I say it, I’m proud of myself for catching up - I think I’m only a week and a half late with this one! Woohoo! 😂

Tag list:

@iammrsrogers @deliciousnutcomputer @mariamoonie @brownskinsugarplum76 @look-at-the-soul @kj-davis @neverroad @teapothollow @thepurplearmyposts @possessedmarshmallow

#cillian murphy #Cillian Murphy’s limited edition #bbc 6 music

[felassan]

Article: 'Jennifer Hale and David Hayter Talk Morality-Based Dialogue in Games Like Mass Effect, SWTOR'

Jennifer Hale and David Hayter chat with Game Rant about how they approached voice roles in games like Mass Effect and Star Wars: The Old Republic. In anticipation of the PSVR2 exclusive Synapse, Game Rant spoke with actors Jennifer Hale and David Hayter, who both play roles in the upcoming title. They spent some time during the interview discussing how they approached voicing characters in games that feature branching dialogue trees with morality systems. Jennifer Hale memorably portrayed the female Commander Shepard in Mass Effect as well as the female Trooper in Star Wars: The Old Republic, whereas David Hayter brought life to the male Jedi Knight in Star Wars: The Old Republic. Jennifer Hale Sees Mass Effect's Paragon And Renegade Shepard As The Same Person Mass Effect is one of the most well-regarded RPGs in recent memory largely due to its dialogue and morality system that allows players to express themselves in a way that is impactful to both the story and Commander Shepard's interpersonal relationships. Dialogue choices are often split between the heroic and virtuous Paragon and the sardonic, occasionally ruthless Renegade. Jennifer Hale spoke about how she appreciates the character's ability to shift between these attitudes in a relatable way. "To everyone, I say “Look in the mirror.” Sometimes you get out of bed, and you're in a great mood. Other days, you get out of bed and you’re like “Don't talk to me for a couple hours, leave me alone,” but you're still the same person. You can get out of bed as one person and something can happen, and in a nanosecond, you're the other person. And so playing a character like that – It's the same character. They're just hopping from mood to mood and circumstance to circumstance. The throughline is there and it's very definite. You're not a wholly different character from line to line, it's just a different moment, and how you respond to it is with maybe tighter governors or looser governors." Hale's approach to Shepard's role is so successful because the "good" and "bad" options don't feel like completely different characters. One of the most highly recommended ways to play through the Mass Effect trilogy is by taking a "Paragade" approach in which players go for a mix of both, because Shepard, like any person, might not always be feeling optimistic or cynical. A predominantly Renegade Shepard may still choose to hug and comfort Tali during an emotional moment (a Paragon choice) and it doesn't at all feel inconsistent. David Hayter Views Star Wars: The Old Republic's Dialogue Choices As Different Journeys In Star Wars: The Old Republic, the moral extremes are somewhat more pronounced in the dialogue choices as players lean toward either the Light Side or the Dark Side of the Force. Even the Jedi Knight can be outright evil if the player chooses, which leads David Hayter to view these paths as essentially different journeys to take for the character. I almost use the same voice for all of them, but I kind of feel like they're different personalities. One of them is kind of a Han Solo, while the Light Side responses are heroic, but kind of bland – he'll never deviate from “May the Force be with You,” that sort of thing. The cynical guy is just like, “What is wrong with you?” which is so much more fun. The moments where I'm full-on Dark Side and I'm like, “I am going to destroy you!” is arguably more fun to do. I try to deliver it all through the same guy's vocal cords, but they are different. They're having different journeys, and some of them are more funny and exasperating than others. Naturally, Hayter found that it was more fun to embrace the Dark Side while acting, if only because the Light-Sided Jedi Knight is a tad bland due to the Jedi Order's insistence on emotional detachment. Either way, the presence of branching dialogue enables players to embark on the journey of their choice and explore the full range of David Hayter and Jennifer Hale's exceptional acting abilities upon repeat playthroughs.

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#bioware #mass effect #sw:tor #video games #long post #longpost

[atombombkaytee]

I just want to introduce myself, I’m Kaytee - I’m brand new to Tumblr 👋

I’m a BPD princess/goblin (depending on the day) who has always been part of fandoms and find it easy to become hyperfixated on things - normally hot old men. However, I haven’t expressed it online for a few years due to being in the most beautiful and intense relationship I’ve ever had. Unfortunately though, due to some truly awful circumstances we’re unable to see each other a lot right now - despite still being very much in love - so, to completely distract myself, I’m back on tumblr after many years to both fangirl and share my writing 🥰

Mainly keeping this page Fallout/ghoul related but I also love Star Wars, Westworld, Marvel, DC, My Hero Academia, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, The US Office, Supernatural and probably loads more which I can’t remember right now lol.

I write fanfiction and I’d love it if you commented with feedback as it helps my praise kink - or if not, my degradation kink haha 😝 nah, but feedback is greatly appreciated - I love to improve. I also stream on Twitch at least once a week (again, it’s 99% various Fallout games) so if you have Twitch and want to follow me, I’d hugely appreciate it twitch.tv/infinitywhre ❤️

Thanks for having me and I can’t get over how talented you all are - also it’s well nice to be in a space which seems predominantly very feminine. All of my real life friends are guys and don’t understand my incessant screaming about Hancock or Coop 😂

#fallout #ghoul #ghoul fucker #monster fucker #fanfiction writer #fanfiction #fallout fanfic #fo4 #fallout amazon #fonv #new vegas #fo3 #ghouls #fandom #fallout fandom #introductory post #introduction #smut #radiation queen

[thecleverqueer]

I’ve decided to start ranking Star Wars characters on the Kinsey Scale…

I’m going to start with Ahsoka Tano.

Ahsoka is a 5 (which is Predominantly homosexual, only incidentally heterosexual) on the Kinsey Scale.

I’m ranking her this way because Ahsoka has chemistry with every woman she shares the screen with. She just does. Holy shit. I’ve got receipts all over my blog.

It was apparent to me that her and Barriss had something going on. The looks, the energy, the angst, the heartbreak… There is no heterosexual explanation for the Barriss and Ahsoka thing. Ahsoka rebounded from Barriss with Trace Martez in the walkabout arc. They go on a date. They’re clearly flirting throughout the story. Rafa Martez gives Ahsoka the shovel talk. It’s clearly coded. You also cannot convince me that she and Bo-Katan didn’t have something going on during the Siege of Mandalore, and may still. I mean, Bo does have Ahsoka on Life 360 or Find My Friends. Never mind Kaeden Larte from the novel (or whatever white Kaeden’s name is from Tales of the Jedi)… none of this screams “straight” to me. At all.

She did have that stupid bullshit moment with Lux Bonteri, so she’s definitely not a pure 6 (though, they never really dated or actually got together as it was just Filoni “experimenting a little bit” which turned out to be an epic, abject failure). All the other relationships that she has with men in canon feel familial in nature to me (these include Anakin, Rex, Ezra, Kanan and Obi-Wan).

IF Ahsoka ends up with a guy, it’ll strictly be because we live in a heteronormative society that likes to push heteronormativity for sake of pushing it for whatever reason (and they say that it is the LGBTQ community that has some stupid “agenda”… Yeah. Try again.).

#star wars #ahsoka tano #ahsoka being gay #trace martez #rafa martez #barriss offee #bo katan kryze #the clone wars #kinsey scale #bosoka #barrissoka #tracesoka

[fullmetalgirl98]

30 days Hypnosis Mic challenge

DAY 6: favorite All Stars song

🎤 「Summit of Divisions」

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This was a really hard choice, partly because I really like all the All Stars for different reasons, partly because some of them will be discussed in some of the later days of this challenge.

So...Summit of Division.

I chose this one because, compared to the other, so-called "classic", All Stars, such as Division Battle Anthem or Division Rap Battle, just to name two must-haves, this song has a vibe somewhere between the aggressive style of these ones and the lighter style of others such as Survival of the Illest or Hypnotic Summer, while still retaining in latency that sense of an impending epic battle, with all that "east, west, let's unite!!!" and quoting virtually every social category, from children to the elderly, calling on everyone to take part in this union.

Predominantly, this was the only All Stars that survived undefeated in my playlist for 3 years straight. So I couldn't help but choose it.

The thing I love the most? The chorus, absolutely. The hymn to the union of peoples that it launches (particularly if we take a look to what's happening in the world, these days... let's say a random someone would have a lot to learn from Hypnosis Mic...), a "NO WAR" tribute, and the music that in the last verse acquires that melody that I like so much.

It's beautiful how this sense of togetherness and connection the song wants to convey is constantly evinced.

Case in point: "Otsugi wa Shinjuku pass suru Mic" is the line Dice says to introduce the Matenrou. I, I-. AHHHH, I love it!!! It's wonderful to see with what cordial spirit Dice says this phrase, when he's always been ready to throw blades at that poor guy Doppo in other circumstances.

Also, how can we not mention the link between Sasara's last sentence, which ends with "Dotsuitare" and the beginning of Rosho's, which continues with "Honpo"? Simply brilliant.

And then I cannot fail to mention a verse that literally sends me into raptures: Samatoki's. I remember the first time I heard that "sore de ii" I started squeaking. Because, dammit man, what gives you the right to express yourself so sexily in such a song? UH?

#hypnosis mic #hypmic #day 6 #30 days hypnosis mic challenge #30 day challenge #anime #manga #summit of divisions #division all stars #buster bros #mad trigger crew #mtc #fling posse #matenrou #bad ass temple #dotsuitare hompo #dotsuitare honpo #japanese rap

[cosmiccinnabun]

Thought I’d make a pinned post for my blog so:

Howdy!

Welcome to my blog! I’m Storm (He/They) 21 🏳️‍🌈 and im just a kinky fic writer just throwing my silly little headcanons out into the void~ Also ADHD

This is predominantly a male weight gain-centric blog mostly talking about my favorite Star Wars rebels or clone wars men getting HEFTY. I’ll also occasionally post about some other stuff for more wholesome things but just know it’s MOSTLY GUYS GETTIN’ BIGGER (Fat Kallus forever~)

You can expect to read about weight gain (obviously), immobility, gay shit, and all around just some spicy themes that my brain hyper fixated on! If that’s not for you, than please dni! (I want ya to enjoy yourselves!)

This is a multi ship blog! Ship a lot of men together lol: I also don’t care what you ship so yeah more power to ya!

PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL!!!!!

#personal

[dgcatanisiri]

I still say that the problem of Disney's portrayal of the Empire (and by extension the First Order) is that... They keep softening the edges of the fascism of the Imperials.

Sure, Andor has been showing the Empire BEING fascist, exerting control and crushing rebellion of the weak... But who really IS the "them" to the Empire's "us"? It's too... indistinct and nebulous. "Them" accounts for anyone the showrunners want to have as the good guys, but what has MADE them to be "them" in the Empire's eyes?

Like Legends!Star Wars always framed it as the Empire being a human male dominated environment, and that makes it all so obvious - aliens and their sympathizers are the reason we have the problems. Hell, the CIS helped justify this evolution, since that was an organization led by several aliens, while the good guys of the Clone Wars were predominantly human - so, in the aftermath of the Clone Wars, the Empire made non-humans the scapegoat for things. That became the grounds for a "High Human Culture" to grow in the halls of power of the Empire - humans were Imperial, aliens were the enemies (no matter how many non-humans were in the Senate).

And I feel like they're sort of dancing around this so far, with the higher echelons of Imperial society being shown as human-dominated in Andor, with Mon Mothma hobnobbing with the powerful of Coruscant who we only see as being human - there's a mention of Sly Moore, an incidental non-human character from the prequels, but she's still been seen with human Senators in pretty much all the scenes of her public life. But... That doesn't really fit with the other portrayals they have of Imperial worlds to this point. And while retcons are always a thing in Star Wars, it seems a little late in the game to try and retrofit this into it.

I've said it before, it feels like Disney is comfortable using the imagery of fascism for the Empire/First Order, sell those snazzy toys, but they don't really want to acknowledge that this group that they are making bank on and even having parade in their parks - Captain Phasma regularly marches the minions of the First Order through Tomorrowland. They have no problems taking the Empire, the First Order, the organization outright modeled after actual fascists, using them as a marketing gimmick, take the money of people who want the merch... But they don't want to acknowledge that they're making money off fascism. Fictional fascists, sure, but still fascists. That all these characters they want as "the face" of the franchise in terms of who is on all their marketing and posters and logos ARE FASCISTS. Y'know, Kylo Ren, Captain Phasma, Darth Vader... They all are the bad guys.

But these are the characters that Disney wants marching in their parks. And, in fairness, because I won't ascribe to malice what is easily attributable to convenience, a part of that almost certainly is also because they all wear face-concealing masks and are able to be played by multiple actors in multiple parks - much harder to make a mascot out of a character like Luke Skywalker or Han Solo or Obi-Wan Kenobi, characters who have a distinct face. So I can understand the reasoning in play here that aren't "let's indulge fascism" or anything like that.

But I still stand by that honestly just undercutting the stories being told, because it's trying to have characters fight fascism while refusing to really acknowledge the fascism.

#dg rambles #i have long since learned to leave my star wars thoughts untagged #i'm not here for that drama

[whimsicaldragonette]

Blog Tour: Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

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Publication Date: August 23, 2022

Welcome to the Love on the Brain book tour with Berkley Publishing Group. (This blog tour post is also posted on my Wordpress book review blog Whimsical Dragonette.)

Synopsis:

LOVE ON THE BRAIN introduces readers to neuroscientist Bee Königswasser, who lives her life by a simple motto: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the leading role on a neuroengineering project—a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academia—Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh! But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead alongside an engineer who also happens to be her archnemesis. Levi Ward made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad school – he hated her, plain and simple. But when Bee is faced with one career dilemma after the next, it seems the tables may be turning. Perhaps it’s her occipital cortex playing tricks on her, but Bee could swear she can see Levi softening into an ally… or maybe even something more?

Author Bio:

Hazelwood draws on her own experience as a professor of neuroscience to capture the cutthroat world of higher education, both “the agony and the ecstasy” of academia. Hazelwood’s stories are also heavily influenced by pop culture as The Love Hypothesis was originally conceived as Star Wars fanfiction. Her novels are perfect for readers who geek out over rom-coms, and for fans of Emily Henry and Helen Hoang.  

My Rating: ★★★★★

My Review and Favorite Quotes below the cut.

My Review:

What I love most about this book - as I did with the Love Hypothesis - is how faithfully Ali Hazelwood portrays academia and science; specifically, what it's like to be a woman in STEM. It's even more prominent in this book, and I immediately feel such a kinship with Bee and the other characters. It's almost visceral, this sense of belonging. Having attended a predominantly male STEM school it's all so, SO familiar. I loved the You've Got Mail -esque premise, and greatly enjoyed watching it play out. It is inevitable from the beginning what will happen, but it's the journey that's the important part in this story. In such a story, everything hangs on the characters. Her characters feel so real, so very human and alive. And the precision with which she skewers certain types of people in STEM is astonishing. I was wholly invested for every moment of the story. The sex scenes were decent, I think. Not the best I've ever read, perhaps, but then I'm not really a good judge of sex scenes, since I'd honestly prefer it if they all disappeared and tend to skim them. I have a feeling that a lot of people will really like them, and that's what matters. They were different than a lot of the ones I've read before which is something. It's clear that Ali Hazelwood is very keen on the small woman/hulking dude dynamic which... is not my thing. But again, I'm pretty sure a lot of people will really enjoy it. I personally appreciated Levi's sensitivity and wit and general decentness more. Contrary to Bee's initial impression of him, he's definitely the sort of guy I would want to get to know. Similarly, I really want to get to know Bee. And Rocio and Kaylee and Reike (even though she's only present through phone calls). And Lily and Penny... basically everyone. They're unique and chaotic and quirky and charming and just... the sort of people you would want to know and have in your life. Sometimes when I'm reading I find that the characters' struggles aren't really relevant to me, or sometimes not even plausible. Not the case here. I was with these characters every step of the way and firmly on their team through all their struggles and joys. And that is one of the things I love most about reading romance, and why this became an instant favorite. *Thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for providing an e-arc for review.

Favorite Quotes:

The real villain is love: an unstable isotope, constantly undergoing spontaneous nuclear decay.

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Levi became my sworn archenemy on a Tuesday in April, in my Ph.D. advisor’s office.

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Science doesn’t give a shit. Science is reliable in its variability. Science does whatever the fuck it wants. God, I love science.

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I take off my sandals and push my legs against the dashboard, hoping Levi won’t take offense at my bright yellow nail polish and my incredibly ugly pinkies. I call them the Quasimotoes.

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I now know more about body decomposition and makeup palettes than I thought I ever would, but I regret nothing. This is almost nice.

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Rocio rummages in her jeans pocket and offers him an unwrapped, slightly squished red gumball. “Thank you. This is…” He looks at the gum. “A thing that I now have.”

#love on the brain #ali hazelwood #love hypothesis #blog tour #netgalley #berkley romance #shilo reads #arc review #best books of 2022 #romance #women in STEM

[ramblings-of-a-mad-cat]

you know what i’m getting a little sick of seeing ppl complaining about this game pretty much all the time. like yeah it has a lot of flaws both in the storylines and sometimes design/graphics wise but it’s getting annoying seeing ppl be so negative

Oh god, this is reminding me of a post that I saw and ending up liking to "anchor" it so I could reblog it later. (Still need to do that.) That talked about this exact concept. About how, even if the criticisms of popular media are valid and constructive, and even if I actually agree with them...the endless bashing of the "bad" parts drowns out any other attempt to have a conversation about the good parts. HPHM is a pretty good example of this. Sure, it has it's problems, but the characters in this game are still phenomenal, and I think we shouldn't take it for granted that this game has a diverse cast of characters who are, by logic of the dating options, predominantly LGBT.

HPHM isn't the only example of this, though. Some of my top fandoms have become like this is in the last five years or so.

Doctor Who fans, you out there? I know, I know, you didn't like the Chibnall Era. But that's literally all anyone talks about. Some of us do like this era, and *insert Joker meme here* we're tired of pretending we don't. Especially since Jodie is the first woman Doctor. I'm not saying the criticisms are exclusively sexist, I'm saying I can't tell the sexist ones from the genuine complaints about the era and it's starting to exhaust me. In general, (and I've talked about this before) I think some of you are way too loyal to some imaginary legacy that you think was "ruined" by The Timeless Children...but this is Doctor Who, people. That same season completely un-wrote Gallifrey's return. The canon has always been at the whim of the current head writer. The Timeless Child is no different. It may or may not even last.

Game of Thrones fans...I mean this in the nicest way possible...but please, oh please, shut up about Season 8. I get it, no one liked the end of the show. That's understandable, that's valid. But the complaints are becoming overpowering, and this doesn't just impact discussion of S8. Most of the compliments toward the earlier seasons have now shifted focus to act as a comparison. If you're just talking about Season 4 to show me how good the show "used" to be, that's still being negative and that's equally draining. I can talk about what I don't like from S8, I can even go to town on it. But I acknowledge the good in that season as well. And even if you don't see the good, that's fine, but...there's only so many ways to say this before you're just repeating yourselves. You should also try to enjoy the earlier seasons without making it all about the show's "golden age." Just...every rewrite of this show that I see online gives is a happy ending, which it was never going to have. Ramsay even told us as much. This show's ending was always going to devastate us one way or the other.

I actually left the Star Wars fandom for this exact issue. I won't generalize, I know not everyone is this way, but it seems like damn near every single Star Wars fan with a voice has a hyper-specific interpretation of the Galaxy Far Far Away, and they get angry whenever anyone (official media and other fans alike) propose something that conflicts with their vision of this 'verse. Please, stop demonizing the sequels. I know they aren't perfect, but that point has been made. And stop trashing Rey, especially if you're romanticizing Luke and Anakin at the same time. I know I'll probably ignite a fire by saying this, but some of you treat Luke like he's a gift from God, and treat Rey as nothing more than a contemptible pretender. Star Wars protagonists have always been overpowered, guys. Again, I'm not saying everyone who does this is motivated by misogyny, but I can't tell the misogynists from the regular fans. Star Wars is a wonderful universe, and it achieved such a cult following that any follow-up was never going to please everyone. The prequels had the same problem when they first aired.

I was gonna talk about Harry Potter, but like...Rowling completely abandoned us and is now doing actual harm, so like...go ahead and trash her, I'm right here with you. Still, I think the same mindset applies here. Crimes of Grindelwald is not the "worst movie of all time," guys. Chill out. I have to admit that I kind of roll my eyes at the idea that the books were "always" terrible, and we just didn't see it until now. At the risk of being rude, my instinctive response to that is - grow up. Transphobic pieces of shit can also be really good writers. Admitting this doesn't mean I endorse Rowling as a person. Others have claimed that her bigotry is evident in the books, and I'm not knowledgeable enough about the various points that have been made to really critique them, but...I just don't see it. If anything, I think Rowling's past writing is proof that, at least at one time, she was on the right side. Which makes it all the more heartbreaking that she turned on us.

I love these stories and their fandoms, just...sometimes, being part of them is exhausting. Y'all should go watch CinemaWins. (Seriously, go watch Cinemawins, he's lovely.) If you feel this motivated to discuss the flaws of these particular stories...I've got news for ya. That means you're emotionally invested. So on some level, you're still enjoying yourself, right?

#Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery #Doctor Who #Chibnall Era #Chris Chibnall #The Thirteenth Doctor #Game of Thrones #Game of Thrones Season 8 #Game of Thrones S8 #Star Wars #Star Wars Sequel Trilogy #Star Wars Disney #Luke Skywalker #Rey from Nowhere #Harry Potter #J.K. Rowling #Was also going to bring up Pokemon #Buuuuut honestly those games HAVE been on a decline #Which feels as though it's motivated by greed so #Still #Legends is amazing and SwSh have their moments #Fandom Culture #Fandom Problems

[limey-self-inserts]

Can I know more about Ajax's upbringing and how he fits into the world of Star wars? He's very cool!

not 100% sure on what upbringing means in this context but I can certainly try!

Ajax doesn't have much of a memory before they crashed on Kamino, mostly bits and pieces of how they escaped the starship they were on shortly before it was blown apart. so their upbringing was predominantly their training and brief time on the frontlines. that was about as much preparation they could get before going AWOL and having to rapidly learn about living in the rest of the galaxy.

they're not meant to be a main character, they're very much a returning support. a little bit like Hondo Ohnaka, but in the case of The Bad Batch arc they do stick around with the main characters a lot more. they're just supposed to be a funky lil guy who helps provide a new perspective on what the Force is capable of doing and interacting with the galaxy as a whole.

#answered #anon #world: star wars