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Upload - Season 1 (2020) Review

“You may ask yourself, what is that beautiful house? You may ask yourself, where does that highway go to? And you may ask yourself, am I right? Am I wrong? And you may say to yourself: "My God! What have I done?"”

Plot: After a self-driving car crash, Nathan is uploaded to Lakeview, his girlfriend's family's digital after-life world, where he meets his customer service rep, Nora.

Greg Daniels, the man behind the hit series Parks and Recreation and The Office (US) has turned entirely to streaming services for his next few shows, that being Space Force with his The Office alumni Steve Carell for Netflix as well as Upload for Amazon Prime. The latter has now come out, so I gave it a watch, especially because I’ve recently been binge-watching The Office so was very much in the zone for some Greg Daniels humour. However to my surprise, Upload is a very different kind of show from what I was expecting. With both Parks & Rec and The Office, those shows were filled with over-the-top laugh out loud moments, and generally had a slapstick goofy nature to them. Upload, for one, has a much more bigger idea behind it, in some ways taking inspiration from The Good Place series and Alexander Payne’s 2017 Downsizing film, by leaning more towards profound philosophical and ethical issues, with some chuckle worthy moments throughout of course. I mean, this is Greg Daniels after all. But for a show with such a strong science-fiction presence to it, the whole thing feels much more grounded than any of Daniels’ previous projects.

Upload is an imaginative look at a hyper-consumerised near future in which even death can be avoided - for a price. Questions are asked such as what makes us human? What makes a good life? Do we affect anything in our actions when we intend good or bad? As my good pal William Shakespeare would say “to be or not to be?” There’s also an element of satire towards modern technology, business and social expectation. For example, nowadays it’s all about ratings. You can like or dislike a video on YouTube. You can post a positive or negative comment on Facebook or Instagram. You can swipe right or left on Tinder. You can write a review on a film and give it a high or low score........hmm, I wonder who might be guilty of that last one... Regardless, we all live in a world of classification, where people are constantly graded, largely through cyber means. In the futuristic world of Upload, people all live with a 5-star-system, with arbitrary goals and demerits designed to make sure that the most desperate can never succeed. So it’s like our world, only more stricter and truly affects people’s lives. In other words, human beings in Upload are like a nation of Uber drivers begging for the perfect rating. There is no real freedom. We are all puppets to the corporate businesses, and there’s nothing we can do about it. This and many other themes are touched upon in Upload, and I must say that even though its not always a smooth journey and at times the pacing was in question, this is very much a promising start to a series that has just been confirmed for a second season.

The cast is well-rounded with decent performances from all. Robbie Amell is very likeable as Nathan, though having seen him steal the show in Netflix’s horror comedy flick The Babysitter where he played a psychopath killer who refused to murder his victims before having not force-mentored them to stand up for themselves, that role was so extravagant and fun for him that I cannot really accept him properly in any other role from here on out. But he’s very much works for the lead role in this show. The two female leads, Andy Allo and Allegra Edwards, both bring different levels of charm, and Kevin Bigley rounds up the cast as the quirky side-kick. Look, there’s no stand-out scene-stealer like in other Daniels’ shows. There’s no Michael Scott nor Ron Swanson, but as I said, this show for its high concept is much more grounded, so the characters are not cartoons and are more realistic. So with that in minds, the cast here do their job fine.

Overall, Upload shows potential and promise for some high concepts to be explored, and this is Greg Daniels showing that he is trying to step away from him comfort zone and delve into something a bit more different for himself, whilst still managing to deliver quirky moments. This might not be everyone’s cup of tea, and I myself admit that in certain parts this show does drag a little, but generally I’d be very keen for another season. It’s one of the best Amazon Prime original series, that’s for sure. Then again, I forgot about American Gods.....but at the same time comparing the two would not make sense as they are of complete different genre! In any case, if you have Amazon Prime, give Upload a watch.

Overall score: 6/10

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tokyoghoulaspecs · 4 years

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Hi sorry, don’t want to come off as rude, but I’m not sure what all these ace flags are specific to? Pretty aeromantics are people who don’t feel “romantic” feelings towards someone. Wondering if you could explain the difference in aro flags?

Hello! There’s a lot of diversity in the community so there’s a lot to explain, but I’ll try to go over as much as I can! I know it can get pretty complicated, so feel free to ask for clarification or follow-up questions!

(If you want to learn more about aromanticism, I recommend aromanticism(dot)org which has a lot of resources, as well as searching the aromantic tag or tags of arospec identities here on tumblr!)

I also always tag the identities of the characters, so if you’re ever curious you could look at the tags and look up the orientation you see!

Asexual VS Aromantic

So firstly, I see you used “ace” up there in your ask, when your question was about aro flags. It’s a common mistake, but asexual is not an umbrella word for aromantic.

Asexuality refers to sexual attraction, and aromantic refers to romantic attraction.

Although it’s possible to be both, aromanticism and asexuality are more of a venn diagram kind of deal. There are asexuals that are not aromantic, and there are aromantics that are not asexual, and some people are both asexual and aromantic.

Instead of “asexual”, the word that does include both aros and aces is “aspec.” Aspec can refer to one or both of the a-spectrums. Which is why my url is “tokyo ghoul aspecs” and not “tokyo ghoul aces”. All aces are aspec. All aros are aspec. But not all aros are asexual, and not all aces are aromantic. (It does get confusing with all the “a” words, though)

“Pretty [sure] aromantics are people who don’t feel “romantic” feelings toward someone.”

That’s a common definition of aromanticism, and it’s not wrong! Aromantics are indeed people who don’t experience romantic attraction.

However, aromanticism is actually a spectrum! A more inclusive definition is “people who experience little to no romantic attraction.” Basically, some aros actually do experience “romantic feelings”! But how much and to what degree varies on the aromantic person, which brings us to your last question!

(If you’re a bit confused, I like to think of it in less technical terms, by this definition: “a person whose experience of romance is disconnected from normative societal expectations”. Although we aromantics may vary in how much romantic attraction we feel, none of us seem to experience it in the way most people tend to, or how society says we should.)

“Wondering if you could explain the difference in aro flags?”

I can’t do them all, as there’s a lot (flags keep being made, redesigned, new terms keep being coined, etc) and tumblr unfortunately only allows 10 images at a time.

But I can show you some of the arospec flags I’ve used on this blog!

Aromantic

Similar to nonbinary, aromantic can be used as a stand-alone identity, as well as an umbrella term for the whole aromantic spectrum.

The green in the flag was chosen because it’s the opposite of red, and red is commonly known as a romantic color.

Greyromantic and Alloaro

Greyromantic is commonly defined as experiencing “rare romantic attraction”. There is no limit on how few crushes you’ve had to be considered “rare”. If someone feels like they’ve had rare crushes compared to their friends or other people and finds comfort in the arospec label, then they can use it.

Greyromantic can also be used as an umbrella word for all arospec identities in the grey area of the aro spectrum.

Allo-aro (or aro-allo) is the shortened form of aromantic allosexual. They are aromantics that are not asexual. They experience little to no romantic attraction, but do experience regular sexual attraction.

Because of a mix of arophobia and sex-shaming, alloaros are often demonized, dehumanized, ignored, and erased, and so one way of gaining recognition and bringing together the community was @/arotaro creating this flag.

Demiromantic

Demiromantic is defined as “only experiencing romantic attraction after a bond is established.”

(If you’re thinking “but isn’t that everyone?” you might want to think about crushes again. The typical alloromantic (alloromantic = not aromantic) experience is romantic attraction at first sight. Some people prefer to wait to date until they have a bond with their crush, but they still felt romantic attraction before they began dating. For demiromantics, they do not experience any romantic attraction to a person until they have a bond, and bonding with someone is not a guarantee to experience romantic attraction to them.)

Once again, there is no time limit on this “bond.” For some demiromantics, it may be months and for others it may be years.

The flag is a bit controversial (there’s claims that the triangle is appropriation, although the design seems to have been going for a prism effect and any relation was likely unintentional) so there’s a few redesigns out there. The original triangle flag is still being used and is still most common, but some demiromantics have switched to using other flags.

The second flag there is a redesign by @/crimsxnflxwerz, which is my personal favorite. When I make demiromantic edits, I usually use both the triangle and this diamond one, so I included both here.

Lithromantic and Aroflux

Lithromantic is defined as “romantic attraction that fades upon reciprocation”. So lithromantics will get crushes on people, but if their crush is reciprocated then it will fade away.

Aroflux is defined as “fluctuating romantic attraction”. Again, the definition is loose and there is no time limit. For some it may fluctuate over months or years. For others it may fluctuate by the days.

Some fluctuate between experiencing romantic attraction and not experiencing it, and others fluctuate along different arospec identities.

Recipromantic

Recipromantic is only experiencing romantic attraction to someone you know is romantically interested in you first. The first flag is shared by recipromantics and recipsexuals, and the second is only for recipromantics.

Aroace

Aroaces are aromantic asexuals. For the longest time, aroace didn’t exactly have a flag. People would use either split the aromantic and asexual flags, or mash them together into this many striped flag you see on the right.

@/aroaesflags felt that their aromanticism and asexuality were not two separate things, but one whole identity, and they wanted a flag to properly represent that.

The orange and blue flag has taken off, and quite a lot of aroaces use it now, although some do use and prefer the green and purple flag, and there’s quite a few other redesigns out there.

Oriented Aroace & Angled Aroace

Oriented aroaces are aroaces who do not experience romantic or sexual attraction, but they experience a tertiary attraction that they feel affects their orientation and they want to label it alongside being aroace. For example, an oriented aroace lesbian is not romantically or sexually attracted to girls, but maybe she finds girls very pretty aesthetically and wants to be in a committed relationship with a girl instead of a boy.

There was a bit of gatekeeping with this term. I believe the coiner wanted it to only be used by aroaces who experience zero romantic or sexual attraction and tried to gatekeep it from aroaces in the grey areas on either/both a-spectrums. So Angled Aroace was coined by @/black-aros to be the term for those in the grey areas.

Quoiromantic and Nebularomantic

Quoiromantic is defined as someone who cannot differentiate romantic and platonic attraction, and is uncertain which they experience. It’s taken from the French word “quoi” which means “what”.

Nebularomantic is defined as someone who cannot differentiate romantic attraction from platonic attraction due to neurodivergency.

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thesignsofjohnlock · 5 years

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Magical Realism - part 2

Finding John (Inscriptions series) by IronicNarwhal (orphan account) – Everyone is born with a name on their finger of their soulmate. Sherlock has met 24 Johns, and none of them are his.

Sic Gorgiamos Allos Subjectatos Nunc by etothepii 5 k, teen. (Sherlock/The Addams Family) Wonderful backstory on John and his unusual family. (1st in series)

The Dying of The Bees by wordstrings, 17 k, explicit. John doesn’t take to Irene. He doesn’t take to Irene at all.

Cycles by Remy_Writes5, 3 k, mature. Sherlock Holmes and John Watson have lived several times over. As best as they can tell, they’ll continue to do so until Baker Street no longer stands.

Fingers Trace Your Every Outline by Remy_Writes5, 2 k, mature. Whenever Sherlock feels angry or Frustrated or lonely, he paints a blond haired man that is a figment of his imagination.

These Lines of Lightning by Handful_of_Silence, 8 k, gen. Ever since he was born, John has been able to perceive people’s auras. So he can see straight away that there’s something special about Sherlock Holmes.

Within His Walls by HollowBliss, 4 k, gen. John Watson is a telepath. He’s never really advertised it, and prefers it to stay that way. When he meets Sherlock Holmes, he finds that he cannot resist the mind of the brilliant detective and his “mind palace”.

Winter of Life by You_Light_The_Sky, 5 k, teen. It was an experiment, really. On Christmas, Sherlock wrote to Santa asking for a friend. He got a broken toy soldier instead. This is the story of how he finds him again and again.

Point of Divergence by suitesamba, 8 k, teen. After leaving the wedding, Sherlock opens the door to 221B and realizes he’s stepped into the other Sherlock’s world.

The Paper Of His Skin by teahigh (orphan_account), 4 k, teen. The first time John paints him, it’s almost three in the morning and he’s drunk on red wine.

Love Is The Rhythm by eyeus, 4 k, teen. Love is a dangerous disadvantage for the Holmes family, immortals until they’ve given their heart to someone else. Nevertheless, it’s not like Sherlock planned to lose his to John.

Mausoleum Skin by MerKat, 8 k, explicit. Even the haze of an omega’s heat isn’t enough to distract alphas from tattoos that don’t move like they should, something John learns the hard way, courtesy of the bullet wound in his shoulder.

Second Waltz by Atiki, 6 k, teen. “The night I died, you wished I could wait for you.”

Anachronisms by GoldenUsagi, 3 k, teen. “Do you ever wonder if there’s something wrong with us?”“We’re gods created by an age that had no use for them. I would be surprised if something weren’t. We were never welcomed by the others, nor adored by humanity. We should have withered long ago.”

The Horse and his Doctor by khorazir, 129 k, teen. Invalided after a run in with a poacher in Siberia, veterinary surgeon John Watson finds it difficult to acclimatise to the mundanity of London life. Things change when a friend invites him along to a local animal shelter and he meets their latest acquisition, a trouble-making Frisian with the strangest eyes.

we can go wherever we please by stitchy, 13 k, teen. John is invalided home from Afghanistan, but instead of developing a limp- he becomes invisible.

Dust and Ashes by Atiki, 10 k, mature. John becomes used to it. If he’s perfectly honest with himself, he’s become used to it a long time ago. In the dark, the bones whisper. And sometimes John whispers back.

Copy That by maybemalapert (laconicisms), 18 k, explicit. Afghanistan changes a man, some more than others. In which John develops the ability to transform into any animate being he sees.

Studied, in Blue by worldaccordingtofangirls, 15 k, mature. In a world where feelings show up as colors on people’s skin, it is an empirical reality that John Watson is depressed (pale) beyond recovery, and Sherlock Holmes is incapable of feeling anything (blank) at all. That’s the thing about empiricism, though. It never quite tells the whole story.

Upon Waking by 2bee, 3 k, explicit. (Locked to AO3.) It sets on slow: John can only be awake while Sherlock sleeps, and vice versa. Their lives are codependent, but never meeting. Like a set of scales.

Strange Neighbours by jinglebell, 8 k, explicit. (Locked to AO3.) When Sherlock Holmes finds himself stranded in the English countryside at a struggling bed and breakfast, the last thing he expects is for a much more intimate mystery to fall into his lap. (John is under a curse from the Fae, living as a statue in a maze.)

A Touch Too Much by Mianmaru, 8 k, explicit. John learns very early that skin on skin contact with another person can change his whole perception of life. (Locked to AO3.)

To Feel Without Touch by cleflink, 5 k, teen. John lost his career as a surgeon, his life in the army and his empathy in one fell swoop. He never thought he’d miss the last one so much. (Magical Realism)

Alchemy by bigblueboxat221b, 4 k, gen. It is well known that a Born Soapman can, by instinct, create a soap that will combine with your natural chemistry to give you comfort and confidence. It’s been a long time since John Watson had seen a Soapman, and he is sceptical at best, but Mike is insistent that Sherlock is remarkable.

In Words, Like Weeds by You_Light_The_Sky, 4 k, teen. John decides to name the man (the character, the person in his head) Sherlock.

Dead Man Walking by positivelymeteoric, 4 k, teen. Everyone had a gift. Some could run exceptionally fast or kick a football incredibly well. Some could paint or dance or sing. Others still had brilliant minds that cut through the mundane of everyday life to expose the wonder underneath. John Watson could wake the dead.

Second Intention by fiorinda_chancellor, 29 k, teen. John Watson is a soulsurgeon damaged by war and by caring too much – if there issuch a thing. Sherlock Holmes is struggling with the effects of a curse that bids fair to end his days as the world’s only consulting detective unless a way is found to lift it.

Whole and Unbroken by lotherington, 2 k, teen. Something dictates that John and Sherlock can only exist together every leap day, but the connection their hearts have wants otherwise. Magical realism.

Giving In To Contradictions by GoldenUsagi, 4 k, teen. The first thing that John learned about Sherlock was that he hated being hit on. That was odd for an incubus.

Riddles In the Dark by WayWorseThanScottish, 10 k, teen. In a world of Gifted people, John appears to be quite ordinary. Maybe he has a bit of a Gift with healing, but nothing extraordinary. Afghanistan changed him, though, and Sherlock intends to find out just what makes his flatmate so special.

Bring Me a Dream by lotherington, 6 k, teen. After the fall, Sherlock, through some unknown magic, becomes a sandman. He crafts dreams for John and tries to find his way back home.

Music on the Wind by adventureofthedancinggirl, 3 k, teen. Where Sherlock comes from everyone makes music that controls the elements. But instead of calming storms or powering machinery, the soft breeze that flows from his violin seems to disappear into thin air. Somehow Sherlock’s music moves between the worlds so that John can hear it on the wind.

The Still World by esplanade, 4 k, teen. The first time Sherlock Holmes stopped the world, he was seventeen…And while some days he relished in the solitude, others the emptiness of the world was so staggering that he despised it. Then one day, the world stopped at someone else’s hands.

When The Sky Goes Dark by ina_j, 24 k, teen. John meets a friend when he was small, but he didn’t know that his friend was one dangerous being that would haunt him for a long time.

Softly, It Sings by You_Light_The_Sky, 2 k, teen. John can hear music in everything, from the dishes in 221B to the instruments that he touches. Then the Fall happens. Then there is silence.

and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart by holograms, 3 k, teen. The first time that John meets Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock figures out what John’s Ability is in less than two minutes, and Sherlock says it aloud as a statement, not a question.

Moon and Mirror by suitesamba, 1 k, teen. In a world where one’s eye colour defines the direction of their life, Sherlock is born.

Little Shop of Hamish by cherielynn503, 10 k, teen. John Watson and his son Hamish discover a genuine magic shop in downtown London. Sherlock, the shop’s owner, takes an unusual interest in both John and Hamish. John begins to remember repressed memories of visiting Sherlock’s shop as a boy. Now that he has them, will Sherlock let them leave?

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