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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2015-11-19 06:36 pm

[ SECRET POST #3242 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3242 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Babylon 5]


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[Hamilton/Founding Fathers]


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[The Walking Dead]


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[Jack Davenport/Matthew Macfadyen/Colin Firth]


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[Air Master]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 010 secrets from Secret Submission Post #463.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
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Dissonance is back!

[personal profile] feotakahari 2015-11-20 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
A webcomic about two scientists studying a newly discovered animal that may or may not be natural, Dissonance is cute, funny, and actually cares about the scientific process. There are two ways I can gush over it, and I'm going to do both.

The first is that Dissonance is a joy to read, sometimes much more so than I expected. The scientists have a great dynamic I haven't seen since Phil and Dixie in the '90s, and the critter herself is both adorable and intriguingly alien. The comic knows when to get serious, but it also knows when to let off pressure and build the reader's attachment to this strange trio. (Also, it has the best April Fools jokes I've ever seen in a webcomic.)

The second is that Dissonance is the most I've enjoyed a "big ideas" comic since Indefensible Positions. It's clearly building towards an examination of both science and faith, but unlike most comics that discuss those subjects, it doesn't treat them as opposing binaries. It shows a lot of respect for how scientific research and progress actually works, but it acknowledges the biases individual scientists can bring in. Conversely, while it clearly wants to study mob psychology and the damage that blind faith can do, it's not ignorant to the supportive and reinforcing aspects of religion. A lot of webcomics have something they want to say, but Dissonance has something it wants to ask, and it never enforces a false dichotomy.

Apparently, the author was having more and more trouble wrangling with Comic Genesis, so updates have been inconsistent since 2012. She finally gave in and moved the whole thing over to Tumblr, and she's currently filling in the archives in preparation to post new comics. http://dissonanceonline.tumblr.com/post/128156765168/welcome-to-the-dissonance-tumblr-the-new-home-for