hate still having this stone age stress response brain. as soon as any higher stress level occurs it just goes "so I am hearing sabertooth tiger? let's respond to that!". like girl no it's just an exam. you are not helpful rn
So remember when Yoda lopped off Gree’s head on Kashyyk? Yeah me neither…
So Gree got a little lightsaber nick across his throat, just a small one mmmhmm from the battle of Kashyyk, and he got a bit knocked out, thus damaging his chip, and when he woke up the battle was over and everyone was gone
So he says “fuck this shit I’m out.” And then as he’s leaving he comes across a damaged but still functional B1 droid who’s also pretty disenfranchised with everything. So Gree fixes him up, they decide his name is Dee and anyways Dee and Gree spend the next X many years exploring the galaxy
longtime dc fan and i think a lot of people are angry because alex is obviously one of the most culturally relevant instances of misogyny in media. that being said being more culturally relevant doesn’t mean it’s the worst instance of misogyny and i think bumble definitely experiences more profound misogyny in the way the actual content is presented, if that makes sense
I get you, and that's a charitable way of looking at it.
I think what's rustling my jimmies is that like, there was a couple of WC fans being mildly dismissive of Alex in that note minefield, after dozens of comments of "fuck you how could you let the fridge woman lose" and "Bumble didn't deserve to win ANY rounds" and "how could A CAT experience misogyny." But then WE get blamed for the toxicity because THEY were butthurt that the Funny Cat People have the 'audacity' to win something they feel entitled to.
Like, we've gotta be endlessly charitable as we get openly insulted because they're upset about Alex losing, a very well-known and culturally relevant character with a legacy so massive we have a whole term named after her. But condemnations of "She's just a cat, letting WC into this poll was a mistake, Bumble can't even be a victim of misogyny" only started coming around once I started talking about it.
as if it's OUR fault people got passive-aggressive or even OPENLY aggressive towards us, and that we're "just as bad" for retaliating
But like you said, it's not a "Most Culturally Relevant Misogyny" tournament, it's a "Canon Misogyny Victims" tournament. And you're not even supposed to give a shit that Bumble died. The fat, woman abuse victim is beaten to death by a dictator, and your takeaway is meant to be, "It's so sad that Clear Sky is being blamed for murdering her, now they're all preparing for self-defense against a homicidal maniac, oh nooo :("
And I think that DOES make her deserve the win here! Alex is a MARTYR. Everyone with a brain agrees what happens to her is bad. It happened in her canon because it was bad. We talk about her and keep her memory alive. Bumble gets dismissed entirely out of hand because she's "just a cat in a kid's book" as if that doesn't make it worse, and as if the kid's book didn't treat a domestic abuse survivor like a moron for even asking for help.
Anyway, just to reiterate, I love DC fans. It's not all of you guys. Alex was done dirty and deserves justice-- and it's even kind of a shame that all she became is "The Fridge Woman." I haven't even heard people talk about how she was a wary, responsible person who was still ready to rock with Kyle's new weird glowstick powers, or that she was a journalist, or that she just got brought back in another edition as a Green Lantern only to be revealed as an illusion and re-absorbed back into Kyle's mind. Nope. Even her fans just remember her as The Fridge Woman.
I’m having SO MUCH FUN doing all of my funny little projects instead of the things I need to do. Just about a week ago, I put together THIS GUY
With files from Droid Division on Etsy, I 3D printed this tactical droid head and painted him (for which I have no pictures yet but I will keep updating). Now all that is left is to put in the guts of a Google Home (or similar device) and make him corporate spyware!
During the Pokemon video game showdown 2008, there seemed to be an arrangement of Cyrus's battle theme playing that's not been heard anywhere else. I've not seen many people talk about this but I think it's pretty cool, so I tried to get clips of where you could hear it most.
It doesn't seem like an exact one to one arrangement to the original from what I can make out. As unlikely as it is, I hope we'll somehow get to hear the full thing in high quality one day.
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A JEDI KNIGHT'S FALL AND UNNATURAL RISE TO POWER -- THE MAKINGS OF A DARK LORD OF THE SITH.
PIC(S) INFO: Part 2 of 2 for "Revenge of the Fifth" -- Spotlight on film stills from "STAR WARS: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith" (2005), depicting Anakin's gradual fall to the dark side of the Force and his reemergence as Sith apprentice Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith.
DARREN REA: "The final Star Wars film is called "Revenge of the Sith." Now most people know what a Jedi is, but won't have a clue what a Sith is. What is it?,
GEORGE LUCAS: "The Sith are people who are very self-centred and selfish. There used to be many Sith, but because they were corrupted by power and ambition, they killed each other off, so now there are only two -- a master and an apprentice.
Sith rely on their passion to get things done. They use their raw emotion, their hatred, their anger, their bitterness -- which is the dark side of the Force. The Force is what binds the galaxy together, and it has a good side and a bad side.
The Sith learned how to manipulate both sides of the Force, and then they fell into the trap of being corrupted by the dark side. The Jedi Knights are like marshals in the Wild West. It's their job to make sure everyone is protected, to bring peace. They are the enemy of the Sith, because the Sith want to dominate the galaxy, to control everything, and for a thousand years they have had a plot against the Jedi.
So, in this movie, it is time for them to seek revenge against the Jedi for perceived injustices and to carry out that plot."
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