#but the laconia is just like being punched over and over and over again

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

me: okay im pretty tired so im just gonna find something light to watch

video about the rms laconia: exists

me: oh hey, i know that one pretty well, i wont end up angry crying about it this time. clicks on video

an hour later

me: is angry crying about it this time

#kai rambles #...listen #ive said like ten thousand times that im a ship person but not a warship person #but i know about a fairly decent amount of them #mostly because a lot of liners got requisitioned on ww1 or ww2 #or were secretly helping the war effort like lusitania #so like i know about lusitania or the captain or hood or sydney etc. #olympics dazzle paint for the war effort is actually a really cool topic #but like #obviously a lot of warship stories are very tragic like the uss indianapolis #and the laconia #but the laconia is just like being punched over and over and over again #because even before the disaster youve got italians pows on board who were being treated awfully and someone having to stand up and stop it #them youve alsl got her being unaccompanied on her route despite being a target and needing it because the navy just didnt have the boats #which led to some officers and civilian passengers feeling overconfident because ''we dont need an escort'' and oh yeah there were civilian #specifically the wives and CHILDREN of the sailors or soldiers #and to make it worse shes over 20 years old and needs new boilers and anywhere she goes a giant black cloud of smoke follows from her funne #so shes an easy target which led to her a u-boat torpedoing her and her sinking which also had this thing where they tried to trap the pows #in the ship so everyone else could get off which fuck that and also it was listing so not all the lifeboats could be launched and most were #overcrowded and also there were sharks atfacking them #and then the u-boat is coming nearer but when the captain realises who were on board HE STARTS A RESCUE EFFORT #and he lies to base and manages to organise a rescue with other u-boats (preventing an attack actually) but then hitler gets wind of it and #he cancels that and tells them to leave the survivors to their fates SO THIS GUY DISOBEYS HITLER AND MAKES A DESPERATE CALL IN ENGLISH TO #THE ALLIES ASKING FOR RESCUE PROMISING NOT TO ATTACK IF THEY DONT ATTACK AND GIVING HIS POSITION TO THEM #and they don't even believe it for two days straight but eventually a few more u-boats arrive to help with promises from italy france & #britain to help and like theyve got a 1000 people mostly in lifeboats tied to the u-boats flying the red cross. and in the night the u-boat #on scene get separated and an american bomber arrives on scene and the survivors think rescues coming but then the bomber gets orders #TO SINK THE U-BOAT SO THEY FIRE OFF THREE ATTACKS WITH ONE JUST LANDING WITHIN THE LIFEBOATS KILLING PEOPLE #and the u-boat guy ends up having to leave the scene because hes fearful for his crew now understandably and the survivors just have to wai #for rescue which does come. but wanna know what happened to the bomber and the guy who gave the order? NOTHING. NOT EVEN AN INVESTIGATION

[aion-rsa]

The Expanse Season 6 Episode 4 Review: Redoubt

https://ift.tt/3sQXLnI

This review of The Expanse contains spoilers.

The Expanse Season 6 Episode 4

It’s official: The Expanse is clearly treating its final season as though the story were continuing, leaving it up to the viewers to decide where everyone will end up. The emotional beats in “Redoubt” were wonderful and would have been right at home in a ten to thirteen episode season with hopes of renewal. It’s difficult to know how to feel about a story that’s delivering spot-on dialogue, flawless character development, and even a bit of action while simultaneously realizing that its audience will have to be satisfied with comeuppance for Marco Inaros and little else as a series resolution.

How else can The Expanse explain spending six minutes on Laconia introducing Admiral Duarte, who would have been the central adversary in hypothetical future seasons? As expected, it looks like the young girl in this side story will be taking her brother’s body to be “repaired” as the strange dogs did for the bird she killed. But learning that Duarte sacrificed Mars for a promise of something better and that Cortazar is close to awakening the orbital shipyards presents a preamble from the novels that will never make it to air.

Meanwhile, our central characters almost feel sidelined in this week’s The Expanse even though the scenes on the Rocinante were among the most authentic and emotionally satisfying. On the approach to Ceres, there’s a touching musical tribute to the fallen Alex, another classic confrontation on the hull between Amos and Holden, and one of the best explanations Naomi or the audience will ever hear about why the hero failed to take out the villain when he had the chance. As Peaches tells him: “Don’t ever feel bad about not killing someone.”

Read more

TV

The Expanse Season 6: The Redemption of Clarissa Mao

By Michael Ahr

TV

The Expanse Season 6 Trailer Reveals Unlikely Pairings

By Michael Ahr

The disarmed missile may also lead to a realization on Filip’s part as well, but the lessons he was beginning to learn from working on the hull repairs with his compassionate companion were interrupted by Drummer’s goading invitation for Marco to “live shamed and die empty.” Even so, Filip’s evolution as a character is many times more interesting than watching his father’s ego trip over itself, no matter what coaching Rosenfeld may provide.

And speaking of Drummer — what an amazing character! The raid on the supply depot had plenty of great action, but the best moments were when Drummer showed her strong leadership, even in small gestures like when she motioned Josep to back off when asking Michio to sweep the area again. And wow, did Michio ever come through in a pinch, saving Josep by field amputating his arm! The battle with Marco’s guards may have been a bit confused, but the resulting drama and Drummer’s final ultimatum were spectacular.

There was also plenty of emotional punch on Ceres, where Monica was documenting the suffering of the people Marco hung out to dry simply to frame the UN. Her news piece profiling the man with the cat was quite effective, and the reporter is right to blame Avasarala and her fellow Earthers for being just as guilty of dehumanizing the enemy. But this narrative is well-worn through earlier seasons of The Expanse, and it feels indulgent despite its effectiveness.

cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "106e33c0-3911-473c-b599-b1426db57530", }).render("0270c398a82f44f49c23c16122516796"); });

After all, how will it end? Will Drummer finish the job Holden couldn’t (and perhaps shouldn’t) complete? If so, what will the Rocinante achieve in the final two episodes, and what sort of resolution does The Expanse have in store for the larger story beyond Marco’s power play? Perhaps the show is focusing inward because the characters we care about might be able to achieve personal closure as a substitute for the unresolved protomolecule story. In that sense, this week’s episode (and season 6 in general) succeeds even where it disappoints.

The post The Expanse Season 6 Episode 4 Review: Redoubt appeared first on Den of Geek.

from Den of Geek https://ift.tt/34bkS2a

#aion-rsa #Den of Geek