im just saying that if i had been in charge of s6 of doctor who, i would have fully leaned into the horror of amy's pregnancy, the loss of her own agency in it, the way she was used as a vessel to create a child she would never hold again, amy pond who never indicated once that she even wanted a child and was made to have one anyway against her will, and once they were done using her, they even took away any choice she might make about it in the future.
and i would have had this be a factor in amy and river's relationship going forward. how do you interact with a child you never knew, never got to decide if you wanted to have, and she's also already your friend, you love her as this miraculous, insane woman who has saved your life more than once. she's always known more about you than you could about her, but now you know exactly how much she was keeping from you. it's not like she could have told you, could have stopped it, but all this time, she was your friend and she was your daughter, and how do you learn to live with her?
In honor of 2023 being the 40th anniversary of Tamora Pierce’s Song of the Lioness quartet, these are the beloved and much-read paperbacks I bought with my allowance money in 1992, when I was 13.
For my birthday last year, I purchased a particularly special item for myself as a treat; a Pro Killstreak Strange Phlog. A wretched artifact to be sure, and one that does not gain the approval of your peers when you become proficient with it. Because of this, I named her "The Stinker" as that's what you typically call a bad joke, and paired her with the most obnoxious cosmetic loadout I could muster. When I equip this loadout, I become evil, and I cannot be held accountable for my vicious deeds.
Here's the strange count on it 4 months in to having her (give or take a month and a half break from the game I took during late fall, plus the fact that I only use it about 50% of the time, the other 50% being the classic puff-and-sting, my favorite loadout), as well as 3 particularly satisfying rampages, two with uber, one without.
as a guitar player I am delighted by the choices in glass onion involving miles bron playing guitar. when you first meet him, he is playing "blackbird". the thing about this song is that it sounds complex and impressive but is actually really easy to play - it's just moving the same chord shape around with the same picking pattern. it is one of the first songs most people learn when they are first picking up the instrument. it's an excellent metaphor for who miles is as a person - a dipshit whose success is entirely based on convincing people he is a genius.