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I went on a small trip to Lithuania recently and came across someone's drawing on the Palanga Pier that brought a grin to my face.
Anyway, I wanted to share.
#good omens#aziraphale#crowley#ineffable husbands#palanga pier#lithuania#personal#otp: ineffable#terapsina rambles
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The Wheel of Time character types:
The Dumb Puppy - aka - Serial Imprinter - aka - Won't Get A Single Break From Now Until the Final Heat Death of the Universe... Or After.
Tiny and Angry - aka - The Sleeping Berserk Button - aka - The One They're Not Gonna See Coming Until She Rips Out All Their Throats.
'If my middle name wasn't Spite it would be Fuck You' - aka - The Duck Mother to the Very Dumb Baby Ducks - aka - Will Spend at Least an Episode a Season Inside a Tragic Romance B-Plot - aka - Had The Braincell, Temper Made Her Lose It (she contains multitudes).
The Violent Sunshine Character - aka - Would Sucker Punch a God for a Homie She Met Two Hours Ago.
If Evil, Why Hot?
The word 'Nap' isn't in her vocabulary but it should be - aka - Can't Have 'One Nice Thing' for More Than Two and a Half Minutes - aka - Allergic to Feelings.
'There's a big sign that says Don't Touch The Red Button... I'm gonna touch the Red Button.' - aka - Who is This... Self Esteem You Speak Of? Never Heard of Them.
Voted Most Likely to be Adopted by a Hundred Random Strangers - aka - The Wolves Would Like Him to Get the Braincell but it Fell on the Ground and the Ground is Lava.
Doesn't Get Paid Enough for this Shit - aka - Clinging to the Last Braincell With the Tips of His Fingernails - aka - 'I can't believe I of all people am willing to have a single goddamn conversation here.'
'Fine I'll Do the Babysitting But You Owe Me So Much Booze' - aka - The Aunt That Once Forgot You In the Mall - aka - The Aunt That Gave You All the Safe Sex Tips and Traumatized You For Life - aka - The Aunt That Would Absolutely Bury a Body No Questions Asked.
#rand al'thor#egwene al'vere#nynaeve al'meara#elayne trakand#lanfear#moiraine damodred#mat cauthon#perrin aybara#lan mandragoran#al'lan mandragoran#alanna mosvani#wheel of time#wot spoilers#terapsina rambles#terapsina's wot rambles
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Random Discworld Question!
#granny weatherwax#esme weatherwax#samuel vimes#captain vimes#discworld#terry pratchett#polls#my polls#terapsina rambles
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#tardis#asshole research transport#perihelion#lucy#moya#lovelace#justice of toren#hera#doctor who#the murderbot diaries#killjoys#farscape#wayfarer series#the long way to a small angry planet#ancillary justice#wolf 359#polls#terapsina rambles#this is fun i can see why everyone's getting obsessed with posting these
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Ask Game for us Self-proclaimed BOOK WORMS 📖🐛
Name the best book you've read so far this year.
Favorite fantasy book(s).
Favorite fantasy sub-genre(s). (high fantasy, urban fantasy, portal fantasy etc.)
Favorite science fiction book(s).
Favorite science fiction sub-genre(s). (dystopian, superhero, aliens etc.)
Favorite romance novel(s).
What kind of common romance tropes do you enjoy and what kind do you dislike?
Favorite queer fiction book(s).
Favorite detective novel(s).
Favorite classical literature.
Favorite historical fiction.
Favorite horror book(s).
Favorite thriller(s).
Favorite humor and satire book(s).
Which genre(s) are your favorite?
Favorite trilogy.
Favorite finished book series.
Favorite unfinished book series.
Do you read new and less known books or only the big bestsellers?
Where and how do you find new books to read?
The book(s) on your school reading list you actually enjoyed.
Favorite example of a Chosen One trope in a book.
Favorite heist story book(s).
Favorite Young Adult book(s).
Favorite Middle Grade book(s).
Favorite novella(s).
What was the first book you remember reading as a kid?
Goodreads or StoryGraph (or something else)?
How many books do you have on your 'to-be-read' list?
How many books do you have on your 'currently-reading' list?
Do you mostly read through e-reader; reading app on phone; on your laptop; a physical copy; or by audiobook?
Name your favorite author(s).
How often do you read by listening to audiobooks?
Favorite book narration voice actor(s).
Least favorite trope in your most favorite book genre.
Your absolute most favorite character(s) from any book you've ever read.
The only example of your least favorite trope being written in such a way that you enjoyed it.
How many books have you read this year?
Do you read reviews before picking up a book?
Did you ever want to be a writer?
When you get ready for a week long trip to somewhere how many books do you download/pack inside the suitcase?
Do you buy hardcover book copies for previously purchased paperbacks and library books you enjoyed reading?
Title of a book you own that's in the worst physical condition you have. Explain what happened to it. Post a picture if you want.
The book(s) whose stories have become part of your very makeup.
What book(s) would you sell your soul to get a TV or movie adaptation of?
I like _____, recommend me a book to read, please (insert a book, or trope, or character, or... anything you like before asking for this one).
What are the last three books you read?
Do you leave reviews for the books you've read? How often?
Do you prefer hopeful, humorous, very emotional or darker books?
What kind of book have you never read but always hope to find at some point in the future?
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Here's a funny idea for you. The Clone Troopers figure out they have chips in their heads and splice their way into the orders, and instead of trying to deal with it politically (and accidentally revealing themselves to whoever ordered them put there), or doing an army wide medical brain surgery procedure (and accidentally revealing themselves to whoever ordered them put there), or asking for help (and having the people who are trying to help, accidentally revealing themselves to whoever ordered them put there)...
...they just kidnap all their Jedi, and go dark.
It's all very polite and efficient. Some of the Jedi do need to get shot with stunner bolts until there's time for silly things like explanations (Rex is kinda mad he lost that bet to Cody, maybe once Commander Skywalker wakes up it's time to finally follow Kix's increasingly more weighted hints about the need for therapists aboard their ships), but there are a lot more clones than there are Jedi and anyway most of them trust their men far too much to do all that much arguing.
This doomed them all in a different world. It saves them in this one.
(Somewhere on Coruscant Sheev Palpatine gets a bad feeling and orders someone to check out the Jedi temple, - someone who's not a trooper, because there seems to be a very large absence of clones suddenly, not even CC-1010 can be gotten a hold of.)
(This is because a tiny little Twilek youngling is chewing on Fox's vambrace at the moment somewhere in hyperspace. Also, he smashed his comlink 238 galactic standard minutes ago).
The Jedi Temple is empty.
The Force is not screaming with the sound of thousands of lights being extinguished all across the galaxy. And Fives deserves a well earned nap.
#the clone army#clone troopers#captain rex#commander fox#commander cody#fives#the jedi order#jedi#star wars#star wars fix it#clone wars#terapsina rambles#terapsina's star wars rambles
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I just realized that there's a Star Wars Time Loop concept with GREAT hilarity potential that I don't think I've seen anyone attempting in a fic.
PALPATINE BEING THE ONE STUCK IN A LOOP THAT WON'T END UNTIL HE LOSES.
I mean you know how eventually there's always that one point where the trapped person gets driven completely NUTS? Imagine how SATISFYING that part would be when it's dear old Sheev that keeps getting to the precipice of all he's ever wanted getting realized, only to get it snatched away again.
And again.
And again.
And again.
And ag-♾️
Imagine the impotent fury. The inevitable Rage Ranting. The eventual moments where his careful facade starts fraying around the edges and one of his carefully crafted spider-web strands... slips.
A time loop where instead of needing to win one time, he needs to win, and keep winning and the MOMENT he loses, just ONCE - the loop will end.
#sheev palpatine#darth sidious#chancellor palpatine#emperor palpatine#star wars#prequel trilogy#clone wars#time loop#fix it#star wars fix it#terapsina rambles#terapsina's star wars rambles#star wars crack
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Further list of SENTIENT SPACESHIPS as directed by comments from previous poll! The clear winners of this one will be put with the clear winners of that one after both polls close.
PREVIOUS POLL HERE!
#the heart of gold#aurora#mbot#the magic school bus#lexx#hal 9000#gideon#edi#rocket#andromeda#hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy#the mechanisms#skyward#2001 a space odyssey#legends of tomorrow#mass effect#little einsteins#sentient spaceships#polls#terapsina rambles
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My favorite thing about the new Leverage: Redemption s2 trailer is the way they're trying to hide how very muscular and in shape Aldis Hodge is right now (probably because of his role in Black Adam).
Thick coats and lots of scarves.
They're basically doing the cis male version of hiding the actor's pregnancy belly.
And. I mean is it working? Nah. Hardison just looks like a superhero. But then again Hardison looks like a superhero, where's the bad side in that?
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Now that the writers and actors strike is about to begin being felt (and as we wait for those greedy billion dollar companies who are refusing to negotiate fair pay and conditions to give up) here's 10 of my favorite (all around best) fully finished older series you should definitely check out if you haven't watched.
I mean it, these are the shows with continuously great writing and a satisfying endings that manage to actually deliver on their promises.
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1. Leverage - (containing 5 seasons, or 77 episodes) - trailer here.
Hitter, Hacker, Grifter, Thief and Mastermind. Heists and cons. Stealing from the rich and giving to their victims. They provide... leverage.
Meant for anyone who enjoys bad guys being the best good guys, who will burn down the lives of evil CEOs and then gloat in the background. Very satisfying.
Hands down the best example of a found family trope I've ever seen on screen. Barring none.
2. Killjoys - (containing 5 seasons, or 50 episodes) - trailer here.
Space Bounty Hunters. Another case of found family trope. Bisexual space princess assassin. Quippy sentient ship. Green alien goo. Evil lesbians (but like... in a good way). The warrant is all.
More seriously though, it's a story about three killjoys and the bounties they go after. Initially. And then they have to save the entire Quad from some very terrifying... stuff.
Contains one of the best friendships I've ever seen on television.
3. Orphan Black - (containing 5 seasons, or 50 episodes) - trailer here.
Found family trope but with clones.
Low level grifter sees a woman who looks exactly like her kill herself and plans to take over her identity long enough to cash out. Except then there's two other women who also look exactly like her. And apparently they're all clones and someone's killing them.
Enter a global conspiracy. Human experimentation. Lots of clone shenanigans. Some serial killings. And a few murders 💖.
4. Person of Interest - (containing 5 seasons, or 103 episodes) - trailer here.
Okay I'm beginning to see how I might have a found family trope issue.
Former CIA agent gets recruited by a reclusive billionaire computer programmer who developed a... machine that can predict acts of terror before they happen. But it also predicts 'irrelevant' acts of violence that will result in someone's death.
Unless someone interferes.
I'd really like to spoil some stuff to get you all to watch this one. But I'm going to maintain self control and just mention that early on they get a dog named Bear. Bear is a very good boy. Watch it for Bear.
Also for excellent commentary on rights of privacy, government surveillance and what does 'greater good' even mean? But mostly Bear.
5. 12 Monkeys - (containing 4 seasons, or 47 episodes) - trailer here.
The very best time travel show out there. What starts out as a confusing mess of causality basically exploding, by the end of the series all makes complete and total sense.
(when that final timey-whimey loop slid into place and revealed the entire pattern it was like a choir of angels started singing in the back of my head. It was freaking glorious).
Anyway, a man from a post apocalyptic future travels into the past to stop a plague from decimating nearly the entire world population.
He has the name of the man who released the virus and it's supposed to be a single trip. One trip. One bullet. Simple. Done.
Except then things keep escalating, and escalating until time begins eating its own tail and it might start looking like the end of the world might be a better ending than erasing all of time and space from reality.
Because when our guys screw it up, they screw it up GOOD.
And oh yeah... found family.
6. The Good Place - (containing 4 seasons, or 53 episodes) - trailer here.
A self-proclaimed Arizona dirtbag opens her eyes and finds out that she's dead and got accepted in the Good Place. Except that as soon as she arrives the Good Place starts glitching, and she really, REALLY needs to become a better person before she can be found out and kicked out to the Bad Place.
Luckily her assigned soulmate was a professor of ethics and moral philosophy.
One of the funniest, most thoughtful and clever comedies I've ever watched. Ever. The characters are delightful and by the time the final minute rolled around I had sobbed my heart out multiple times (which, as we all know, is a sign of the very best comedies out there).
As for the question of whether or not this too contains Found Fami- Yes! Obviously, yes.
7. Avatar: the Last Airbender - (containing 3 seasons, or 61 episodes) - intro here (couldn't locate the trailer but it's basically the same thing in this case).
The four nations lived in harmony. Until the Fire Nation attacked.
It's been a hundred years since the beginning of the war when two kids from the Southern Water Tribe find a boy frozen in ice and wake him up. A boy who's able to bend all four elements... though not very well.
Enter multi-nation flying road trip (thank you Appa, we love you most of all) as they try to find teachers for the Avatar and save the world.
Includes found family (shut up), amazing fight scenes, the most heartfelt and vivid characters ever, and the best example of a redemption arc actually done well.
8. Love Between Fairy and Devil - (containing 1 season, or 36 episodes) - trailer here.
This one gutted me. I'm saying this as a compliment. But it had to be said. Completely destroyed me. I just haven't been the same.
A love story between an Orchid Fairy and the leader of the Moon Tribe that starts out with her accidentally releasing him from millennia long imprisonment and then takes you through the caleidoscope of all possible human emotions (it's a body-swap comedy through the first part, then a romcom, then a dramatic romantic tale, and finally a tragic love story).
But it's such a satisfying slow burn.
And it carries this... humanity through the whole thing that makes it so visceral.
If you're a romantic who's very tired of instalove and characters dropping all their morals because 'ooh, attractive person' then you've got to watch this. Because this story does NOT take the easy road there.
(my more extensive rec for this series can be found here)
9. Star Wars: The Clone Wars - (containing 7 seasons, or 133 episodes) - fanmade trailer here (it was better than any of the official ones).
This series did so much. Introduced Ahsoka Tano, and made us love her. Gave names and faces and souls to the Clone Troopers (okay, it's the same face but you know what I mean), to a point where their endings during Order 66 destroyed me just as much as the ending of the Jedi Order. And somehow made me both love Anakin AND be a million times more angry with him.
There are some arcs in this series that might be a bit weaker. But there were some... god, there's a reason I love Clone Wars more than any other series or trilogy in this universe. And I'm not even a little ashamed to say it.
Must watch for Disaster Lineage shenanigans; for the vod'e; AND for the Jedi (who did their best okay? They always did their best 😭💔).
(and on the subject of found family... do I even need to comment)
10. Nikita - (containing 4 seasons, or 73 episodes) - trailer here.
A rogue assassin that escaped Division - covert government agency that takes recruits out of prison, fakes their deaths and then forces them to become spies and assassins - has come back to take it down. Brick by brick if she has to. With guns and explosives too when that works better.
Contains soooo many cool fight scenes. Is full of incredible characters you'll fall in love with (and hate with) very quickly. And most of all has an incredibly complex relationship of mentorship and friendship between two women that holds both great admiration and betrayal, real care and love as well as rage and hatred, forgiveness, mutual respect and an unbreakable kind of bond that so very rarely involves even one female character on TV, let alone two.
(as usual, found family tropes up the wazzoo).
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In conclusion. We all know there's going to be a large space between seasons of our favorite shows now (and some shows that aren't going to survive it). Let's fill that space with some excellent TV we haven't had a chance to see yet.
And direct the blame for the wait towards the right place (i.e. the studios).
#leverage#killjoys#orphan black#person of interest#12 monkeys#the good place#avatar the last airbender#love between fairy and devil#the clone wars#star wars#clone wars#lbfad#atla#nikita#terapsina rambles#terapsina's tv rambles#tv recommendations#tv recs#tv rec#long post#sag aftra#it's possible i wrote out this whole thing just to talk myself into doing some rewatches#it seems to be working if yes#terapsina's leverage rambles#terapsina's killjoys rambles#terapsina's poi rambles#terapsina's the good place rambles#terapsina's atla rambles#terapsina's lbfad rambles
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My 5 Most Favorite Badass Middle Age & Older Ladies in various fandoms!
(because I realize they're a rare treasure that deserve some recognition)
Chrisjen Avasarala - The Expanse
The only politician I trust. Curses constantly and it's always glorious. Would have saved the solar system in five minutes if she wasn't surrounded by idiots and assholes. And a goddamn fashion icon.
Katarina Jones - 12 Monkeys
The best example of the duality of man. Like, Dr. Unethical Human Experimentation In Order to Create Time Travel and Save 7 Billion People but Actually Just One Person. Objectively The Worst. But also we all love her.
Toph Beifong - Legend of Korra
The Greatest Earthbender in the universe. Can still take upstart little dictators down a few pegs. Beats up the hero for training purposes... enjoys it a lot.
Mirror Universe Philippa Georgiou - Star Trek: Discovery
Evil. Genocidal dictator. No remorse. Unfortunately the alternate universe version of her dead adopted daughter is a goody two shoes. Typical.
Esme "Granny" Weatherwax - Discworld
I could try to describe her... or I could leave it to Sir Terry Pratchett himself:
"Witches are not by nature gregarious, at least with other witches, and they certainly don't have leaders. Granny Weatherwax was the most highly-regarded of the leaders they didn't have."
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"Granny Weatherwax was not a good loser. From her point of view, losing was something that happened to other people."
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Granny’s implicit belief that everything should get out of her way extended to other witches, very tall trees and, on occasion, mountains.
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We look to… the edges,' said Mistress Weatherwax. 'There’s a lot of edges, more than people know. Between life and death, this world and the next, night and day, right and wrong… an’ they need watchin’. We watch ‘em, we guard the sum of things. And we never ask for any reward. That’s important.
& finally
If anyone locked me in a dungeon, there'd be screams.
#chrisjen avasarala#katarina jones#toph beifong#philippa georgiou#granny weatherwax#the expanse#12 monkeys#atla#star trek#discovery#discworld#terapsina rambles
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So here's a Star Wars Crack Treated Seriously idea for you.
Obi-Wan Kenobi finds himself back in the past somewhere during the Clone Wars.
And obviously he needs to make sure that Anakin doesn't Fall and go on his Grand Slaughter Adventure.
But Anakin is the most bantha-headed, stubborn, CONTRARY disaster in the galaxy. Obi-Wan just KNOWS that if he tries going at it straight on Anakin might Fall just out of sheer spite.
No. No. This requires some finesse.
Long story short, he gets his hands on some yellow contact lenses and begins playing the most intricate game of reverse psychology guerilla warfare in the history of the Republic.
(and would you look at that, "Sith" are allowed to make assassination attempts on Supreme Chancellors. How... convenient)
#obi wan kenobi#anakin skywalker#obi wan and anakin#star wars#clone wars#terapsina rambles#terapsina's star wars rambles#family: obi wan x anakin#possibly obi-wan night have some unresolved anger issues himself#he finds this act strangely... therapeutic
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Yeah, no. That was absolutely meant to be the real Anakin. And Ahsoka really and actually was pulled into the World Between Worlds (probably by Anakin's Force Ghost... or possibly by Anakin the Newest Mortis Force Avatar? (but that's a whole 'nother discussion)).
And all the proof one needs is in the fact that Jacen actually sensed Ahsoka lightsaber battle with her old Master.
And the fact that Hera's x-wing pilots couldn't locate any signs of Ahsoka until after she was done having her final lesson with Anakin, despite having done a throughout grid-search already.
And the fact that when she was found she was unconscious, and if she'd been in the physical world that entire time, she'd have drowned. Jedi aren't immortal. And togruta aren't aquatic.
It took hours between Ahsoka falling from that cliff (when it was dark outside) and Hera showing up and finding Huyang cradling Sabine's helmet (when it was light outside). If it had been a vision or a hallucination -> She. Would. Have. Drowned.
Essentially. It was ABSOLUTELY real.
#ahsoka tano#anakin skywalker#jacen syndulla#hera syndulla#ahsoka#ahsoka disney+#ahsoka spoilers#terapsina rambles#terapsina's star wars rambles
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Oooooh, you know what would be a fun AU for the malfunctioning Clone Chip storyline?
Instead of Tup's chip being the one that malfunctions, it's Fox's chip. But instead of randomly making Fox execute Order 66 early, his chip is actually degrading and turning OFF.
Because the thing about Fox is that he was placed so closely to the Chancellor, right? And Palpatine definitely, probably (nah, it's -> definitely) made use of the chip multiple times during the three years of the war.
And I can EASILY see it being the case that while in complete control of his mind, with the chip turned off but functioning normally Fox has no idea what he's been made to do or that Palpatine is Darth Sidious. HOWEVER with the chip degrading (maybe through being turned on and off too often during an extended period of time, when the chips were designed for being turned on once and staying on) maybe he starts remembering the Chancellor's disquieting habit of putting on a dark cloak and ordering around Count Dooku through the holo.
So Fox knows there's something in his brain; he knows that it's likely all the vod have that same thing in their brain; he knows they can be made to do terrible things if activated; - and unlike Fives would have, - HE KNOWS THAT ABOVE ALL ELSE PALPATINE CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
Enter... yet another Order 66 fix-it scenario, because there will NEVER be enough of those.
#CC 1010#commander fox#clone wars#order 66#star wars#order 66 fix it#terapsina rambles#terapsina's star wars rambles#terapsina's clone wars rambles#clone troopers#sheev palpatine#meta#star wars meta
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Other Jedi Force Ghosts: *no direct interference or action* *only talking* *maybe some light nudging and hinting*
Anakin the Force Ghost (?): *pulls his Padawan into a reality outside time so that she doesn't drown* "Now, how about we take this opportunity to finish your training, Snips?"
#snips and skyguy#anakin skywalker#ahsoka spoilers#ahsoka#ahsoka tano#ahsoka disney+#terapsina rambles#terapsina's star wars rambles#family: snips and skyguy
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I gotta mention something. How 'bout the fact Beelzebub was in fact the only one to recognize Gabriel while looking at him?
The miracle wasn't actually removed when Heaven and Hell descended/ascended on the bookshop. Shax was still blind to Gabriel. So were Michael and Uriel.
But Beelzebub knew exactly who they needed to give the vessel holding the memories to.
And I'm guessing it's for the same reasons that Gabriel kept humming Beelzebub's favorite song even without his memory of them (or anything else).
Who let them be so cute?
#beelzebub#archangel gabriel#beelzebub x gabriel#ineffable bureaucracy#gabriel x beelzebub#good omens#otp: beelzebub x gabriel#terapsina rambles#terapsina's good omens rambles
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