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mhsdatgo · 3 months

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Hotd writers choosing to adapt Mushroom's records out of everything they had in hand is the worst decision they could've ever come up with btw.

It's been stated time and time again that while F&B is purely built on records and gossip and morphed retelling of events out of bias and propaganda, Mushroom is the LEAST reliable of all the sources. He's a fool at Rhaenyra's court, his job is make people gasp and laugh, not retell historical events.

We're talking about the same guy who said that he had a penis large enough to match the size of his head, mind you. Also, he's obsessed with little girls giving BJs to Targaryen men somewhere in Flea Bottom. It's happened twice according to him.

The writers' reasoning for this choice is basically that F&B was written by Maesters and Septons, who were all greedy men, apart from being Green supporters. So anything they say is false, anything they say is written with sexist intent. Writer's intention was to do the exact opposite.

Then tell me, for the love of God, tell me, why is every woman apart from Rhaenyra, who is clearly whitewashed and I can go into heavy detail about that, basically shunned?

The Maesters claim Alicent left Viserys' body to rot and swell for days preparing and LEADING Rhaenyra's usurpation. She's the leader of the Greens, she and she alone. Not Otto. The Green Council answers only to her orders, they are loyal to HER.

I've seen people argue that since Alicent is what Maesters view as an "ideal" woman, then they would try anything to paint her in the best light possible. While I agree that this may be true, I don't think this is the case. In history books, even in real life, women are rarely painted as leaders or important figures.

For Queen Alicent to be written as THE face of the Greens, you know this mama wasn't playing around.

Now, how is this:

In ANY WAY, even comparable to THIS?:

At the end of ep.8 and quite literally the entirety of ep.9, Alicent is shown as a lost woman who doesn't even seem to know what she's doing, pushed by Viserys' last words about prophecy rather than SHEER DESIRE to get her hands dirty for her children's safety (which by the way will always be superior imo). The Green Council conspires behind her back, and on top of it all, she's yelled at by one of her own men and is made to take it like a beaten dog.

Moreover, we had Helaena's ROAST (yes it was a roast, my Queen inherited cunty lines from her cunty mother) against Aegon and her coronation, the latter being addressed as something quite wholesome, if you ask me. Alicent places her own crown upon her daughter's head and calls her "my Queen" after kissing her cheeks and kneeling. Afterwards, her and Alicent are literally written to be the only ones who could get through Aegon II's thick skull when he wanted to start the war right then and there as a result of Rhaenyra crowning herself on Dragonstone.

You hear me??? Aegon sat down and fucking listened to the two women in his life. Not the Council, them. These two were dogwalking him, the KING, on the daily, how is that sexist writing on the Maesters' part????

Yet these things are nowhere to be seen in Ryan Condal and Sara Hess' "progressive" show. We got beaten dog Alicent and Helaena being nothing but a walking spoiler machine other than yet another instrument to paint Aegon as the big bad wolf and usurper. Not a single scene of them counseling Aegon.

Baela and Rhaena have nearly no lines or scenes that don't show them in the presence of the Strongs. They are seemingly okay with anything Rhae throws their way because it's Rhae. The one and only scene about Baela openly speaking to her grandma about her wish to fight for Rhaenyra was deleted.

Meanwhile, Rhaenyra is stripped of her rage and thirst for vengeance, and instead made to negotiate for peace while in the books she was the one pushing to go to war first.

Can you tell me, again, how the fanfiction that is Hotd supposed to prove that they want to be "progressive" in contrast to the Maesters' "sexist" work, when literally all they do is whitewash Rhaenyra and sideline any woman who isn't her?

#anti hotd #team green #alicent hightower #helaena targaryen #queen helaena #hotd discourse #asoiaf discourse #queen alicent

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robertreich · 1 year

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We Need to Make Government Bigger (It’s Not What You Think)

We need to make the House of Representatives bigger!

Now I know what some might be thinking: “Make the government bigger?” Well, technically yes. But that's missing the point. We need to expand the House to make the government work better, and be more responsive to our needs.

Put simply: The House of Representatives does not have enough members to adequately represent all 334 million of us.

Now, the House hasn’t always had 435 members and it was never intended to stay the same size forever. For the first 140 years of America’s existence, a growing House of Reps was actually the norm.

It wasn’t until 1929 that Congress arbitrarily decided to cap the size of the House at 435 members. Back then, each House member represented roughly 200,000 people.

But since then, the population of the United States has more than tripled, bringing the average number of constituents up to roughly 760,000.

Compared to other democracies, we are one of the worst in terms of how many constituents a single legislator is supposed to represent. Only in India does the average representative have more constituents.

And as America continues to grow it's only going to get worse.

Think your representative doesn’t listen to you now? Just wait.

Not surprisingly, research shows that representatives from more populous House districts tend to be less accessible to their constituents, and less popular.

Thankfully, the solution is simple: allow the House to grow.

Increasing the number of representatives should be a no brainer for at least four reasons:

First, logically, more representatives would mean fewer people in each congressional district — improving the quality of representation.

Second, a larger House would be more diverse. Despite recent progress, today’s House is still overwhelmingly male, white, and middle-aged. More representatives means more opportunities for young people, people of color, and women to run for office — and win.

Third, this reduces the power of Big Money. Running an election in a smaller district would be less expensive, increasing the likelihood that people elect representatives that respond to their interests rather than big corporations and the wealthy.

Fourth, this would help reduce the Electoral College’s bias toward small states in presidential elections. As more heavily populated states gain more representatives in Congress — they also gain more electoral votes.

Now, some might say that a larger House of Representatives would be unwieldy and unmanageable.

Well, Japan, Germany, France, and the UK — countries with smaller populations than us — all have larger legislatures — and they manage just fine.

Others might say that it would be too difficult — or expensive — to accommodate more representatives in the Capitol. “Are there even enough chairs???”

Seriously?

Look, we’ve done it before. The current Capitol has been expanded to accommodate more members several times — and it can be again. A building should not be an obstacle to a more representative democracy.

Increasing the size of the House is an achievable goal.

We don’t even need a constitutional amendment. Congress only needs to pass a law to expand the number of representatives, which it’s done numerous times.

And as it happens, there is a bill — two in fact!

Each would add more than 130 seats to the House and lower the number of constituents a typical representative serves from 761,000 to a little over 570,000. Plus, there is a mechanism for adding new members down the line.

These bills are our best chance to restore the tradition of a House that grows in representation as America grows.

It’s time for us to think big — and make the People’s House live up to its name.

#youtube #democracy #government #politics #democrats #republicans #donald trump #elections #videos #video

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sirsirgirl · 1 month

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Husband Thief will be out on April 4th. Let's dive into the prologue...

PS: The new novel might not be related to Men of the harem at all, but mostly everything I post and discuss about is, so please keep in mind that this analysis supports the theory that this work will be a spin-off, and take everything with a grain of salt. Sorry if I'm bias! 1. Why is the title relevant?

Husband thief or Husband stealer. Among all the words we can link Latil to, "husband", must be one of the most frequent ones. She ended having eight husbands after all.

But what about the title in itself? See, the term, reminds me a lot of another, "man stealer", which is sadly used to call a person -usually a woman- who takes a man away from his partner. Regardless of how awful that term sounds, it could have something to do with Latil. The question isn’t how, it’s who, who could claim Latil has taken away her man/ husband from her?

In fact, there are two women who come to my mind: Domis and Arital.

You know what's something that was never clear to me? Carlein and Girgol always acted like they were so sure that Latil was indeed the reincarnation of their past lovers, to the point that I became intrigued of what would happen if she wasn’t? 2. The secrets behind the cover.

A woman that looks very similar to Latil stands-out for her pale skin, with flowers in her hair, and a ring in her finger that connects her to someone by a thorny trail. What appears to be male hand is behind holding her shoulder. The eyes and the skin

The eyes look amber, and Latil's are dark brown. But it actually isn’t illogical to consider a change of tone in the midst of her slow awakening process. The pale skin and lips also give her a vampirical appareance, which could too be indicative of this transformation. The hair

Eight roses adorn her hair. Eight, just like the number of consorts Latil has. This wouldn’t be the first time they use roses to represent each one of her husbands. Remember that one panel for the second season promo? She’s in the throne and many hands are offering roses to her. If you look closely, you'll also notice how seven of these roses are turning white. This, I believe, is a way of representing a fading love. Roses turn white when they burn, just like ashes. Ashes of love.

The ring and the thorny trail

I believe these are the most evident symbols. The ring is strategically placed in the marriage finger, which is highly related to the nupcial theme. But the thorny trail reminds me of the red thread theory and the thread of fate.

This could be representing the painful fate that every Lord is submitted to in his or her life. It could also mean that whoever the red thread is connecting her to, that love will be full of challenging and hurtful steps. The hand

The hand behind her is the most confusing of all the elements. We can see a ring in the hand that could indicate that is one of her husbands, but I don't know if it's shown in a positive or negative light. So I'll save my opinions for later.

3. What are they showing us in the extracts?

At first sight, some might think the pre-release isn’t telling us much, but I disagree.

"Your marriage, it's ruined once again."

The opening line is so important. Not only is it hinted that this person's could have been married before, but we can also guess that marriage ended terribly for them at least once. I can see this being related to Latil, not primarily because of the harem, but because of her alleged past-lives... For instance, Arital warned her about having children since her marriage and family had been ruined by fate before.

I want to take a moment to point out that, in my opinion, Arital is the turning point of this theory. Where do I start?

"Can I tell you something for the last time? Do you know what was the worst thing that ever happened to me? Loving you."

When I read this, I immediately thought about the concept of unrequited love, and in the beginning it seemed like the only two consorts who fit perfectly in my idea of it were Sonnaught and Guesta.

Sonnaught lost his feelings once and deeply regretted falling in love with Latil at the time. Guesta, on the other hand, isn't afraid to show his true colors in front her anymore, he allows himself to be angry when he is. So it wouldn't be surprising if any of them ever say this, right?

However, that's when the third paragraph called my attention.

"Her face was reflected in the pupils of those blue eyes."

The only consort we know who has blue eyes is Klein. If these lines are truly about the same person, then this one discards anyone who isn't him. Okay, I can't imagine him acting like this, but I guess it's not impossible. Unless... there's someone else.

Yup, I admit I didn't pay enough attention to the second paragraph, but having already reread it a few times, there's something I can't ignore.

Their hands, which were never close together before, were now desperate to push each other away.

Not even think about Latil's husbands. Imagine we aren't considering the spin-off option. Imagine we believe exactly what's apparent: There's a ML who has blue eyes, he's married to the FL and they're on the verge of dying together.

How come, I repeat, HOW COME a man who's been married to the FL never had his hands near hers? Yeah, definitely, this could be just a weird wording, but something there didn't sit quite right. So I put my memory to work... and yes there's someone: The chairman.

The Chairman, a beautiful blue-eyed elf who fall in love with his great friend, Arital. He witnessed her and Girgol's marriage fall, and not only that, he's tried to kill Latil in the past to free the soul of his lost love from the terrible course set by fate. Time is also very relevant to his character, because he's lived a long time, long enough that he's seen many Lords come and go.

For all of this, I believe the extract is showing us the Chairman's last attempt to kill Latil and get rid of the course.

Now, I can't help but remember how I couldn't really understand why the Chairman, Arital, Sell and Girgol were mentioned so much in the side stories. And maybe this was the reason, maybe Alphatart wanted to set the ground to have them shine in her next work.

Anyways. This, friends, is my theory. Enjoy!

Sincerely,

Gobi

#men of the harem #emperor latil #latrasil tarium #moth spoilers #husband thief #guesta rhodes

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maaarine · 1 year

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The Authority Gap: Why Women are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and what We Can Do about it (Mary Ann Sieghart, 2021)

“Both children and adults, male and female, from countries all over the world, also associated ‘brilliant’ much more with men when they took an Implicit Association Test, which seeks to measure unconscious bias.

In fact, ‘brilliant’ was second only to ‘strong’ in its association with male. No other psychological trait came near.

And it’s probably because of the way parents and teachers perceive children.

Here’s an example from a 20-year-old (female) American student: ‘In high school I had a 4.36 grade point average and was constantly praised for my “hard work”, “dedication”, “work ethic”, and worst of all, “grit”.

My high-achieving male friends were praised for “genius”, “brilliance”, and “talent”.

The catch is, I didn’t study, I didn’t do the assigned reading, I didn’t review the notes, I just showed up to class, and wrote down the answers later.

Yet my work was still held up by teachers as an example of what happens when you study hard and take notes and read all the extra textbook chapters.

Despite top scores in science, literally not one single adult ever suggested that I consider a STEM career.’

As Janet Yellen – who has a dazzlingly brilliant brain but would never admit it – told me, ‘You hear people talking about respecting people who are brilliant, and that tends to be something that people perceive much more to be true of men than women.

You rarely hear somebody say that a woman is brilliant; women are hardworking, whatever, but they tend not to be viewed as brilliant.

Yet I see no reason to think that there are fewer brilliant women than men.’

Not only does this association of male with brilliance put girls and women off subjects that are thought to need it, such as maths, physics, philosophy and economics, it also means that the few who brave the subjects nonetheless are often written off by men when they get there, however bright they are.

And that is bound to chip away at their intellectual confidence.”

#mary ann sieghart #book #the authority gap #weaker sex

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brf-rumortrackinganon · 1 year

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Hi Rumor tracking Anon I’m loving your tumblr blog, I have a question is there any truth to Markle super glueing a sorority pledge girls eyes during initiation/hell night ? I had someone on YouTube tell me this (I think it was book worm YouTube video) this woman claimed to be the head /dean sorority houses and she said that Tom sr. had to pay for emotional and physical damages in court and that it was sealed that’s why she didn’t graduate from Northwestern and why NO ONE from her sorority wished her well when she was engaged to Harold.

This is a tough one because it depends on what your confirmation bias is. If you think Meghan is the worst person to exist since Patrick Bateman (American Psycho), the facts support the rumor being true. If you can look at Meghan more objectively, you can argue either way. If you like Meghan or you think she's gotten a bad rap, the facts support the rumor being a lie.

Personally I am always skeptical of rumors that are essentially "someone said someone told them that someone said," especially when it comes from a gossip-style YouTube video or the comments of a video. I think these are great sources to learn rumors and see what kind of theories people have about the royals, but because these kind of videos never name names or show their receipts to let people follow up and verify their claims, I take what they say with a dose of salt and do my own research.

And my own research on this particular rumor is that isn't totally true. There's probably some truth to it, since all rumors are based on some kind of truth and the truth is usually somewhere in the middle. But I don't think the "whole" truth is this particular version of the rumor.

Since the truth is usually in the middle, what I think is more likely to have happened:

Meghan hated being in the sorority because she didn't fit in. (Bower talks about this.)

Meghan hazed the pledges, but it was probably by bullying them rather than assault (it's consistent with what has been verified about her bullying the KP staff). There were probably disciplinary actions involved due to her bullying.

The sorority doesn't celebrate her because she was a problematic member, if there were disciplinary actions. Meghan doesn't talk about the sorority because she hated them and if there were disciplinary actions for hazing, she would probably think it was unwarranted.

Holes in her time at Northwestern are similar to the experiences of people I know who had to leave college due to poor academic standing. Her present day behavior (flakey, no follow-through, no work ethic, can't write worth shit, plagiarizes everything, prioritizes social life) is stereotypically someone who squeaked through college classes.

Especially that Meghan couldn't pass the Foreign Service Officer Test and found the Living in the UK citizenship test difficult? For someone who prided herself on an international relations degree? It ain't mathing.

Especially since if she had straight As, she would've blasted it from the mountaintop because Kate's grades are public record and she would've killed to have hard evidence that she's the smartest royal.

Tom's substantial loss of money in the early 00s, which overlaps with Meghan's time at Northwestern, is either a bad investment or Meghan accrued a shit ton of debt from "free" credit cards or loans from predatory companies that prey on the financial ignorance of college kids. (And we know Meghan has terrible financial acumen still today.)

I give Meghan the benefit of the doubt on "gluing the eyelids shut" part. It's so bizarre and out there, yet it's also pretty specific too. I think someone was putting false eyelashes on and she gave them superglue as a silly prank (especially since people do sometimes use superglue for their falsies), didn't tell them it was superglue, and too much was applied. It's particularly plausible given how atrocious Meghan is at applying and gluing her own false eyelashes. Wimbledon Women's Finals 2018, need I say more?

That's the biggest thing that stands out to me and makes this rumor untrue. Of all the stories we know are true about Meghan, she has never been physically dangerous. She has always been emotionally and verbally abusive. The only instance of a physical assault that has been verified is the tea-throwing incident. Nothing else has been verified. There are plenty of other rumors but nothing's been verified.

If there's ever any verification of physical assault or a physical altercation, then I'll reconsider my position on this rumor. But for now, I don't believe it. I don't mind being wrong but I need more than "Ronald would like me to tell you that Seamus told him that Dean was told by Parvati that Hagrid is looking for you" to give a rumor plausibility.

But if you believe it, then you do you. It's cool. There's room for all of us here.

And also, Meghan graduated from Northwestern. Not with the degree she claims but she graduated. The school wouldn't be calling her a graduate or used her on their marketing materials if she didn't graduate. She wouldn't be printed in the 2003 Spring Commencement Program if she didn't graduate or finish courses. Northwestern wouldn't lie about that. They could get in pretty serious trouble from the collegiate accrediting authorities if it comes out that they graduated people who didn't finish their coursework. Trouble with their accreditation means issues with the NCAA/sports, rankings, and state legislature oversight. They'd lose a lot of money.

#i wrote too much #i need to work on this #tom bower #theories

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Stephanie Hsu was great in EEAAO but her performance was (IMHO) the weakest of the cast, and for an actress of her age, who has probably been denied opportunities to grow her craft because of her race, I think that is completely fair. I'm wary of the expectations placed on racialized women to always perform at an extremely high level in comparison to their white peers. And the pressure was really on Hsu to do that, in spite of all the barriers she faces.

With that said, the hackademy also gave 22 y/o Jennifer Lawrence the oscar for best actress for Silver Linings Playbook 10 years ago.

it's the racism, it's the bias, moreso than it's a nod to Jamie Lee Curtis' performance and that's to say very little of the snub to Angela Bassett, who in my not so humble opinion, deserved to win. It's the idea that Hsu can be told to wait for a turn that may never happen and she's expected to accept her lot in life and the film industry without complaint. This is what racialized girls and women are told every day of their lives.

"JLC only won because she's white" comes from a tradition of awarding white mediocrity and the denial of racialized women's right to exist in varied ways. It doesn't actually matter whether JLC gave the best or the worst performance of her life because merit isn't the only factor at play. That's overwhelmingly clear to me and it's true of other selection processes: the casting process, all hiring processes, academic acceptances processes, dating 'preferences', etc - these things are all affected by traits that people possess, whether they are mutable or not, and denying that just ensures we can never address it meaningfully.

JLC has had and likely will have ample opportunities to win future awards. Whereas, in a way that actually speaks directly to the themes of EEAAO and in addition to the blood, sweat and tears shed by whole generations of asian Artists (and the ongoing work of black artists who paved the way for racialized people to take up space in hollywood) the stars had to align just so for this to be a world where a movie by and for Asian people could win the highest honours offered by the film industry. We don't know if EEAAO is a replicable experiment.

When Lupita Nyong'o won best supporting actress for 12 Years a Slave, (saying in her acceptance speech, "No matter where you are from, your dreams are valid" - echoed by both Quan and Yeoh last night, retaining Nyong'o's meaning), amidst all the fanfare, her co-star Alfre Woodward said all too knowingly, "You know when we’ll know that things have changed? You know that brilliant, stunningly beautiful, and poised Lupita Nyong’o? 12 Years a Slave is an incredible launch of a career … ... We’ll see the trajectory of her path and what she’s offered after that. Then we’ll know whether things have changed or if Lupita is consigned to playing second banana."

I'd say the same of Hsu. We'll see how it goes.

Meanwhile, Angela Bassett is already being crucified for her reaction to her loss. Thus she is reliably cast in the role of the angry black woman as much in the real world as she and women who look like her are frequently cast in film. A win for her wouldn't even begin to put a dent in the problem, but at least it wouldn't double down on the same tired narrative for the billionth time.

There was a lot riding on how EEAAO performed at the Oscars last night, and it's important to keep the pressure on, because it's not really about the award, it's about taking up space in the collective consciousness and fighting unconscious bias. I'm sure there are racialized people who'd disagree with me on this, but I think this is worth noting.

For all my cynicism about Award Shows and the film industry, there's a reason why EEAAO makes such waves amongst Asian people and why, regardless of how you feel about the technical prowess of that movie and all the performances in it, it touches us. The movie, the people who made it, and the award acknowledges the asian experience and by extension, our existence.

#eeaao #re: eeaao #i had to write something about this

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jennawynn · 9 months

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Enterprise Season 3 Ep 19-finale

Episode 19

All that damage and hull breaches on at least 3 levels... and only 5 people are dead.

I feel like a lot of my opinions of this show are formed by my experience on a Navy ship. Almost every door can be sealed in case there's a hull breach. Redundant systems and personnel. And if your ship goes down in the ocean at least you might float a while before drowning but in SPACE? You'd think they'd be a lot more conservative about safety against hull breaches.

Oooh... now the number is 14 with 3 unaccounted for. Out of what, 84?

They said beam lol

This is a pretty understandable and even believable descent to the other side for Archer. T'Pol having secret troubles staying calm is interesting, too.

Really? Making T'Pol turn herself into a drug addict so she can push Trip's buttons? Why does she keep ending up getting the worst kind of plotlines?

I don't know why it didn't occur to me- I thought the training exercises were just so Malcolm could have beef with the Major... but turns out it's so they could justify still sending SENIOR BRIDGE OFFICERS INTO DIRECT COMBAT IN SMALL TEAMS INSTEAD OF THE MARINES THEY HAVE ON BOARD FOR EXACTLY THAT SITUATION.

Episode 20

Now we're up to 18 lost. How does the number keep going up? "For the 18" has a bit of a better ring to it than "For the 14" I guess.

They found two bodies in a damaged section... but somehow they didn't get blown out the holes with the atmosphere.

Why hasn't T'Pol washed her face? 😂

Fun Fact: The only time that I "had" to eat MREs was after a hurricane while my ship was in drydock. We didn't have shore power and I was on duty so they had some hot dogs on a grill and MREs for anyone who wanted them. We ate in our office by flashlight so it'd feel like camping. 😂 That said, I was - at the time - on a prepper/libertarian kick with my colleagues and we had some 'just in case' and tried them at least once. Surprisingly expensive from places like the Army/Navy Surplus Store, but not terrible. Plus the tech behind heating them was novel.

Goddammit Trip... at least take the flightsuit off before you get in bed. Gross. This isn't a cartoon where it's too much to design a second outfit and animate you under the covers so you leave your boots on in bed. We know you have your standard-issue blue underwear.

It is a nice touch that they automatically use Celsius when referencing temperature. They say things like 'his suit temperature is 44 degrees' without saying Celsius, but you know it can't be Fahrenheit.

And wasting resources by just letting the panel cover float away instead of saving it so they can be like 'look they're in zero g!'

"As Jane's Commanding Officer"- That is not correct. Commanding Officer is a specific title given to the highest ranking person of the base or vessel. Archer is the Commanding Officer. Just because Trip was her boss does not make him her CO.

Episode 21

I have to admit... it's growing on me. I found myself last night almost deciding to keep watching even though I was no longer working.

Women only make up 1/3 of the crew? Why? In the illuminated future, we're still only 1/3??

Part of me thinks that they shouldn't know who they marry or have kids with but the other part of me remembers that I wish I could go back in time and tell myself I'm queer and shouldn't marry the guy I did. /shrug

Of course they'll probably erase this 'past-future' with whatever's about to happen anyway.

The convo between T'Pol acknowledges that it's not 'destiny' but a product of environment. That because the Enterprise wasn't sent back in time, the choices made can be different... but there's obviously going to be a bias for most people, reaching out to the people they know they had kids with before.

Episode 22

Ah American, sorry I mean HUMAN Exceptionalism at its finest. The existence of Earth changes the trajectory of history across the whole universe! Across dimensions, even!

ha disposable MAKO. why would he have climbed up to such a precarious position to fire anyway, though?

Episode 23

For one moment, just one moment I thought maybe the major taking a shot to the heart in transport would caus-- oh shit they did actually kill a crewmember who has been in multiple episodes. They might have actually turned this ship around.

To be clear, I don't condone deaths for shock value. However, thematic deaths are another thing. Plot important deaths. You can't have a war with dark themes and never kill anyone. It doesn't make sense.

Hayes says use McKenzie with his dying breath... and then he picks 3 volunteers that are not named that.

The moment where Reed asks for volunteers and all the MAKOs step forward was a nice touch, though, even if the actors couldn't figure out how to stand :joy:

Episode 24

I think it would be nice if just once the sliding scale of ally to enemy wasn't always just who looks most or least like you. That the arboreal and primate species are most human-like while the aquatic, lizard, and insects are not. I kinda hope that the humanoid lizard people are kept as the enemy and the manatee and insect like less human people stay allies. At least the lizards are recognizably human shaped.

Here we go! Finale time.

Personally, I'm not a fan of the Great Man theory which Enterprise seems to consider correct. Great Man theory, as I understand it and use it here, basically says that some people are born to change things. That they are 'integral to history'- that the names we grow up learning like Newton or Washington or Einstein or even Hitler are Special in some way and that they are responsible for the leaps and bounds we take in discovery and such. That if you time traveled back and killed one of them, say Hitler, then it would change everything about the future. Stop the Holocaust and WW2.

They've repeatedly said that without Archer at the helm, the Federation would never exist. That the Guardians will succeed and wipe out everything. Whatever it is now to try to give him a safety belt when he's so damn set on throwing himself out the window of a moving starship.

I don't agree. I think that discovery is built on waves. That if Newton hadn't put pen to paper and 'discovered' the theory of gravity, someone else would have with negligible difference in time. _Especially_ when it comes to things like science because science is built on collaboration and you build off other people's work constantly.

Maybe Archer did do all these things, but had Archer not been selected for the NX-1, the other guy would've done it. And if not them, maybe the Vulcans. Sure the details might change, but this, I think, is what time travel media refers to as the resilience of the timeline. There might be disruptions, but it typically course corrects.

Gotta love Archer's dramatic... casual jog away from the explosions.

Hah. I kinda love the reveal of T'Pol's age. She's been so coy about it.

"Captain didn't make it." Yeah... I'm not gonna believe that until at least the middle of the next episode.

lmao time travel shenanigans. As soon as they said no word from the orbital stations, I assumed it wasn't a matter of where but when. Oh and look... Archer's alive. Surprise. But he was found by the Nazi's? Who have an alien officer? Sure. Turn their famous obsession with the occult towards aliens instead of supernatural.

#chronotrek

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rhaenyrashightowers · 1 year

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Yes, hi, I need to scream at someone because screaming into a void isn't enough. I haven't read Fire and Blood but I know that in that book Alicent is much worst than how she is in the show and I know that this book is written as a history textbook by a fictional author with his own bias. And I don't know if this was what show creators had in mind but you can interpret the show as what really happened and the book as how people choose to remember those event. Which mean that evil Alicent from a book is who Westeros chose to remember. Real Alicent was far more complex and sympathetic. My heart broke when this was point out to me

Yeah from what I understand the show Alicent it what really happened. It's heartbreaking so see how she was used and abused by so many in her life, especially her father. It's so heartbreaking. History is a cruel judge and the got and hotd fandom are especially hard on women. They are far more forgiving of men in the show.

#replies #alicent hightower

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mermaidsirennikita · 1 year

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Same, I'm totally baffled by the positive reaction online and from critics. Even putting the racial issues asside, which were horribly handled. Like I am shocked people aren't talking about this more?? The show was just a nonsensical disjointed mess that was super boring as well. It's not the worst thing I've ever seen but holy shit did it took all the bad stuff from seasons 1&2 of the Bee show and made it even worse.

I'm kind of impressed by the show's ability to handle race, mental illness, and gay love badly. Only six episodes, and they hit all those markers. I mean, honestly, older women kinda got a bad hit too, though at least Violet got to be horny on main rather than just suffering and hating her kids like Lady D and Charlotte.

It was so boring? I didn't understand how it could do so little, knowing that there were only six episodes happening. I think there's some recency bias re: reviews, some Shonda bias (as this is the first show in the franchise that has been OFFICIALLY under her total control, even though... I'm gonna be real, she ain't as good as she once was and hasn't been for a loooong time) and I personally think the fact that this can be touted as "the serious show" that hits "real issues" (tell me exactly how George's mental health was "real issue" handled with care and finesse--QUICKLY; I was actually pretty offended by how little effort they put into that, tbh), while the other shows are "non serious" because romance.

Like, I should add--this is the SMALLEST issue, but I do find it kind of gross that the romance reading community was roped in with the first season and sold on this being a groundbreaking historical romance adaptation that embraced the genre without shame (and honestly, for all its faults s1 by and large did have more of that vibe)... when it's clear that Shonda doesn't understand genre romance, can't write it, and doesn't wish to. S2 broke down the genre romance trappings a good bit; and then QC just did away with them altogether. I remember how many romance bloggers, writers, and podcasters hyped the first season simply because it was a historical romance adaptation. I remember how a lot of that diiiiied down when season 2 came out. It's not surprising but it is disappointing, and is another example of how non-romance media entities use romance for the $ but are actually deeply ashamed of it and look down on it. Again, SMALLEST issue of the lot, in a big picture sense, but it's still frustrating. An adaptation of a mid (white) romance series that won't even own being romance anymore gets its author all the cash and boosted sales, but Beverly Jenkins doesn't get an adaptation? Okay!

#romance novel blogging #among other things

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skruffie · 2 years

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thoughts on big name defamation trial

I’m not going to use this to talk about whose side I’m on. I did a bit of talking about this on twitter but tumblr is better for a longer format thought dump.

The discussions I’ve been seeing online about Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are unhinged. I think a lot of people are forgetting that this isn’t a TV show, this isn’t a movie or anything, but it’s two people and all of their colleagues, friends, and family recounting the worst days of their lives.

(long rant ahead)

There’s a great scene in... (HEAVY SIGH) The Newsroom that perfectly illustrates the public’s reaction to this trial. There’s a whole lot of people who are not experts who are spending all of their time analyzing every single second of the trial and being very loud about their opinions about what’s happening. Listen. I’ve been hyperfocusing on it too and it would be dishonest for me to write this without mentioning that. What I’m frustrated by is that I’ve had a hard time accessing accurate and straightforward information about what is happening until I found Depp Dive.

Everyone has a bias here. These biases are contributing to my frustration.

You have AH supporters that range from standing by the evidence presented for her story during this trial to absolutely batshit “well if she is the abuser then we should still support her because she’s a woman” takes (LITERALLY, WHAT THE FUCK). You have JH supporters that are making photo edits involving the sharpie graffiti from the evidence photos and misogynists that believe everything about this is an example of “toxic femininity”. You have people suddenly saying “Well I support women and I support Me Too but I support JH” like they’re not mutually exclusive. Me Too should have been believe survivors and not just believe women because the exclusion of non-women survivors is very detrimental.

People are infantilizing JH from observing that he likes to doodle and eat gummy bears in court. People demonizing cluster B disorders (like they aren’t demonized enough). Discussion saying that domestic violence is gendered so if both parties had violent behavior toward one another then the one who is the man is automatically the abuser (which--for fuck’s sake I would love to see someone analyze the abuse that my own abuser put me through because neither of us are men!). Tiktok video edits, animations, acting out of allegations that don’t make sense, and straight-up fabrications about what people can easily watch with their own eyes from the testimonies.

This isn’t a football game. This also isn’t a trial that is trying to convict anyone of abuse, which I think we are all forgetting. This is a defamation trial.

The thing that really, really is getting to me at the end of the day are the people analyzing what “real” abuse victims do. Let me just... take AH as an example.

A photo recently just came to light of a split lip on AH where the metadata indicates the photo was taken in 2012. This photo was not submitted in the discovery process but it is being alleged this was at some point during the relationship and is proof of abuse. The narrative of AH as the abuser examines the photo and sees it as perjury, and earlier I saw someone asking the question of “What abuse victim forgets the year that the abuse happened?”

Me. I did. Because there was so much shit happening from 2011-2014 that for a long time I literally could not tell you which year certain events happened because it was chronic. AH as a victim could illustrate a narrative of being swamped with so much trauma that the years get muddled, which is a thing that can happen.

Earlier I watched a video of someone analyzing JD and AH’s body language during their testimonies. In the JD video the guy on youtube notes that JD is evasive when questioned about his drug use with signs that he is being deceptive when answering (well, not answering) the question. When we examine this with the narrative of JD being the abuser, it can point to being a liar and conclude that he is lying about being abused. When we examine it with the narrative of JD being the victim, we can see shame over his drug use.

This doesn’t touch on the many (many, MANY) abuse survivor commentaries I’ve seen in this whole case, where people share how they react when they think about their own traumas, and I can’t fully digest the professional testimonies in this post + their own examinations... I really just want people to exercise more care when talking about this. It’s not just the testimonies that are having a negative impact on survivors who are watching, but the surrounding discussion of how a survivor is supposed to act.

#abuse tw

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strapskinkstories · 2 years

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Put your dick down, pick up the keyboard and FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS!

The nobleman does not fight his war with a gun.

The nobleman fights his war in an office.

The nobleman fights his war with a pen, a phone, and a keyboard.

Put your dick down, stop jerking off, and start fighting back.

It’s time to talk some sense into these senseless idiots and it’s time to tell them the real TRUTH OF GOD.

GOD said nothing about the LGBT.

GOD said nothing about abortion

Anyone who uses the Bible to make it sound like he did blasphemes GOD.

If you have a daytime Twitter account, use it. If you don’t then get one, or use your AD account if you can’t handle having two Twitters (You will need a second telephone number and email to handle two twitter accounts, it isn’t exactly the easiest, but it is pretty easy)

If you have ability to work with the LGBT and pro women rights activists on the Truth Social DEMFORCE INVASION then join up, hammer their servers, and show them what their website really means.

You can’t create a website and desire it to be free of political discrimination if you’re only going to support traitors.

Good news is they actually support everyone who attends. Trump founded it, DWAC took it over, DWAC could eventually get as sick as Twitter got of trump and kick him off. Especially if democrats become the driving force of the network. End of the day $ is what drives these companies, and shareholders. And their shares are worthless and they’re hemorrhagic loss of cash will be either their downfall or opportunity for us to steer the ship to a better place. A lot of people hate Twitter, especially around politics. Twitter has a right wing bias, they banned me for calling Lauren Boebert white trash. Ironically on Truth Social I called her White Trash a dozen times and not one thing happened aside from a few angry little trolls replying which I swiftly dropped my block hammer on.

I haven’t heard a word from their staff about being a democrat, and that’s because they don’t care. But at the end of the day if we flood the site and storm them with 50,000+ accounts the worst of the red men will leave just like they left Twitter.

It’s time that we pushed these tinfoil hat wearing thugs back where they belong, into their basements without a computer “preparing for the lizard people”

Get on, have fun, and remember to use the block button judiciously.

Our goal is to swing people hard enough that they realize what they are doing isnt Christian.

Righteous Anger is RIGHT. Preserving human rights is RIGHT. Decimating womens rights, forcing them to become baby dispensers? DEAD WRONG!

Wake up you scumbags. The orange man has put you all in a spiritual coma, some of you have even called him god. If you worship a fleshly man who is not truly the lamb of God JESUS CHRIST then you have blasphemed Jesus’s spirit and the Holy Spirit. Nobody can save you except yourself. You must rebuke the false prophet, you must rebuke the nations that strip away at human freedom. For we were created sovereign over our bodies and minds by GOD. And GOD himself spoke “Love Everyone Always”

“I Don’t care if you’re loving another man, a woman, or you’re a pair of men or a pair of women, as long as there is love in your soul, it is good!” “black white asian, rich or poor, you are colorless to God. To God you are but a strand of code. For GOD is a scientist who wrote you into life.”

For every code out there is a code in for the DNA code is what we are.

Christ is within all but some have killed his spirit off or have placed it into a deep coma.

There is a time for entertainment and there is a time for righteous anger.

Now is not a time to entertain. Now is a time to rise up and be loud.

Remember Stonewall?

LETS STONEWALL THESE MOTHERFUCKERS AGAIN!

GET LOUD AND GET PROUD! (I unfortunately cannot do a daytime Twitter account so I fight through Truth Social. My NSFW After Dark account predates my vanilla account, so they left it alone. I cannot talk much politics on it because I respect separation of sexuality & state.)

#lgbtq issues #LGBTQ #Stonewall #abortion is a human right #her body her choice #my life my choices #my life my rules #i am who i am

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truck-fump · 1 year

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We Need to Make Government Bigger (It’s Not What You Think) We...

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We Need to Make Government Bigger (It’s Not What You Think)

We need to make the House of Representatives bigger!

Now I know what some might be thinking: “Make the government bigger?” Well, technically yes. But that’s missing the point. We need to expand the House to make the government work better, and be more responsive to our needs.

Put simply: The House of Representatives does not have enough members to adequately represent all 334 million of us.

It wasn’t until 1929 that Congress arbitrarily decided to cap the size of the House at 435 members. Back then, each House member represented roughly 200,000 people.

But since then, the population of the United States has more than tripled, bringing the average number of constituents up to roughly 760,000.

And as America continues to grow it’s only going to get worse.