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alexandrarosa · 2 months
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The Big Bang Theory plot holes and inconsistencies that annoy me:
(don’t get me wrong: I love that show, I must’ve watched it a thousand times, I’m even watching it right now, writing this post—but because I watched it so many times I had to notice some things):
Sheldon swears at the beginning of the show. Then he claims he doesn’t swear ever and you can bet your sweet “b” on it, because he wouldn’t even say “a”
Sheldon has asthma that gets magically transferred into Leonard.
Raj states randomly that he’s dating a “deaf chick”, so that’s no problem he can’t talk to women. When later Penny introduces him to her friend Emily he has no idea how to react and behave and can’t even communicate with her.
Amy starts as a sex and romance negative person and a season later she’s suddenly hyper sexual.
Howard’s dad abandoned him and his mother some time ago—yet in the first season Howard states that never talking and staying drunk during the relationship “worked for his parents”.
Stuart’s name and Penny’s dad name change through the show—Wyatt was a Bob before and the comic book store was Larry’s.
Leonard had a girlfriend/girl he dated that’s mentioned once and never again—while talking to Penny, Sheldon says that Leonard dated a french woman who had a PhD in french literature, and yet she never comes up when Leonard’s love life is discussed.
Penny gets a job as a pharmaceuticals sales person and even gets promoted even though she hasn’t even graduated from community college—she takes some classes but there is no mention of her graduating, she only got the job because the interviewer was afraid of Bernadette.
Amy and Howard have things in common and have fun together in one episode and don’t have anything to talk about and behave awkwardly towards each other in the next one.
Doctor Gablehauser suddenly disappears and gets transformed into President Siebert.
Howard doesn’t know why the elevator is broken and tries to fix it even though we later find out that he was present when the elevator broke down.
Neither Beverly Hofstadter nor Sheldon’s Meemaw attend Shamy’s wedding and nobody bothers to explain why.
Penny has a sister who doesn’t attend her fake wedding with Leonard. Leonard’s siblings and their families do not attend either.
Sheldon is really happy for Raj after he finally slept with Emily and congratulates him even though just an episode earlier he told him to “stick to his guns, because there’ll be a lot of pressure [to have intercourse].
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alexandrarosa · 4 months
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Who’s the worst character in the Ancient Greek literature?
10. You
9. Can’t
8. Choose
7. The worst one
6. They are all
5. Nuanced
4. And complicated
3. They face difficulties
2. And have to make hard choices
1. F***ing Agamemnon
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alexandrarosa · 4 months
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I reentered my Ancient Greek phase and just got reminded why I aggressively hate Agamemnon
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alexandrarosa · 5 months
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My top three high fantasy authors:
J. R. R. Tolkien
Andrzej Sapkowski
George R. R. Martin
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alexandrarosa · 5 months
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My blogs:
@alexandrarosa – my main one, mostly fandoms
@just-being-aroace – a blog about my aroace experiences
@japanese-korean-lit-lover – Japanese and Korean literature, movies and shows
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alexandrarosa · 7 months
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constantly
do you ever think about your hyperfixiation and just
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alexandrarosa · 8 months
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So apparently I do have a type and it’s the weirdest thing ever because it’s Matt Flamhaff from 13 going on 30 and Ted Mosby from HIMYM
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alexandrarosa · 8 months
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Something that absolutely baffles me is people correcting others in really inappropriate situations.
I’m an editor and a teacher. So yes, I do correct people for a living. But what’s really crucial is that me correcting them is consensual. Someone is asking me to help them get rid of their mistakes.
What I can’t seem to grasp is why do people think it’s okay to correct somebody in social situations – commenting under a flawed post or even worse correcting somebody who’s actually speaking.
And I did actually experience situations like this. A person thought that, for whatever reason, it was appropriate to correct me while I was speaking (I was asking for help at work and the person I was asking pointed out that I should have used a different world when I’m referring to one’s name without a surname). I was also corrected via text message during a chat.
I really can’t understand the reason behind all that. People are naturally flawed. And they express themselves in the real time. They can’t stop in the middle of conversation to think about the most appropriate sentence structure. That’s why they ask their teachers to help them get rid of most of the mistakes they make. And they ask editors to help them with their written work – because they had something important to say about the world and may have forgotten about some language rules along the way.
Correcting others publicly is mostly humiliating. Next time when you feel the urge to correct somebody think about why you’re doing this.
If it’s only for the sake of correcting and feeling superior that you wouldn’t have made such a mistake —> don’t say anything
If somebody is speaking and you hear them make a mistake —> don’t say anything
If you are texting a friend and they make a mistake —> don’t say anything
If you see a post that many other people will see —> message the author privately, let them correct themselves without making a fuss in the comments
Please, be kind to others.
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alexandrarosa · 8 months
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If I had a nickel for every book I own that’s titled “Babel” I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice
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alexandrarosa · 9 months
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“[NERVOUS SWEATING]“  — Romeo, probably
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alexandrarosa · 9 months
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The Diana and Actaeon reference on the cover of The Secret History is honestly some galaxy brain design
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alexandrarosa · 9 months
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OR BOTH
[looking at you, Henry Winter]
girls be like "this is my comfort character" and then they're either dead or a murderer
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alexandrarosa · 9 months
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What happened after Goethe’s “The Sorrows of Young Werther” and Donna Tartt’s “The Secret History” has literally the same energy but a slightly different vibe
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alexandrarosa · 9 months
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And I’m not going to study classical philology because I’ve read that book and I didn’t buy a coat just because Francis had one [sweating intensifies]
what? no haha I totally understood the point of the secret history. no yeah I totally get that doing things just for the aesthetic is bad and that being willing to do anything for acceptance is dangerous. I for sure didn’t just want to be part of the greek class and kiss henry winter [sweating]
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alexandrarosa · 9 months
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THE
SECRET
HISTORY
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I’m Henry Winter and he is me.
I’ve started reading this book again, the original version this time, and I’m astonished how many details I skipped the first time. I love it with all my heart.
I reentered my TSH phase
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alexandrarosa · 9 months
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Yes
do you want to be a bookstore owner, cafe owner or a flower shop owner
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alexandrarosa · 9 months
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Me *proceeds to eat garbage*
Me *eats a salad one (1) time*: Oh, I feel so healthy now
My horrified internal organs: What… what is she doing? What is she talking about?
My brain:
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