[ SECRET POST #4746 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4746 ⌋

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

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[Devil May Cry]


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05. [SPOILERS for Rise of the Skywalker]



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06. [SPOILERS for Rise of the Skywalker]

[Star Wars, Berserk]


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07. [WARNING for discussion of transphobia]

















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Comments

[fscom]

General comments:

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What did you do today, FS?

[(Anonymous)]

Tell us!

Re: What did you do today, FS?

[(Anonymous)]

Finally saw Star Wars

woof

Re: What did you do today, FS?

[(Anonymous)]

It was a very productive day for me. I'm on day 2 of 3 days off so I used today to do everything I needed to do: went for a 45-minute walk this morning, took down the Christmas stuff and put it all away, did laundry, and planted two jade tree cuttings. Leftover butternut gnocchi for dinner, yum! Tomorrow I'm seeing TROS for a second time, and going to dinner afterwards. :D Back to work on Sunday.

Re: What did you do today, FS?

[philstar22]

Today has been a long day. Let's see. This morning I went to the dry cleaner and the tailer and then to the post office. Then I got some coffee and went over to the courthouse. I had to talk to three different people, which involved walking around quite a bit.

Then I went to Bill Miller's for a late lunch. Then I went to the office to talk with my boss about some cases and things. Then I went to the pharmacy to pick up some prescriptions and a few other things (so couldn't do the drive through). Finally made it home about a half hour ago.

This was the most I've been on my foot since I've been back on it, and I only had a cane with me. Should have brought the walker as backup. I'm in a lot of pain now. Had to take a pain pill when I got home (thankfully, I picked that up at the pharmacy, not sure what I would have done otherwise).

Just vegging out now with ear plugs in because my dad is practicing piano. He's just started taking lessons, so he's not particularly good yet.

Re: What did you do today, FS?

[kaijinscendre]

I didn't have much to do at work. I ate some leftover pizza for lunch so now I feel awful.

Re: What did you do today, FS?

[dani_phantasma]

I finally deleted my Tumblr account. I had this message from someone I didn't know and Tumblr mobile wouldn't show the chat. I was afraid to open it on laptop for fear that someone had sent me something nasty.

I feel so free. I may make another just for sharing fic bits but I don't plan on getting involved in any discourse again. Never again.

Re: What did you do today, FS?

[(Anonymous)]

Worked, stopped at the store for a few things, stopped and got food, and am now home. Had a weird, not so great experience at the restaurant and was actually considering emailing them or saying something on their social media about how their employees behaved but I'm not sure it's worth wasting my time.

The good news is that work was significantly better than it has been lately, everyone seemed to be much calmer and past the drama so that was definitely a relief.

Re: What did you do today, FS?

[(Anonymous)]

Vacuumed my bedroom floor and cleaned all the mirrors.

Re: What did you do today, FS?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm sitting at home, fretting. There's a fire about 10 k away, but it's not big, but I live in a valley and the valley is now full of smoke, so it's not exactly a soothing environment

Re: What did you do today, FS?

[sparklywalls]

Tried to get out of the flat in preparation for being a functioning human on Monday when I go back to work!

My mother in law got us £50 of Waterstones vouchers each so we spent about an hour in the bookshop today choosing things to read. It was really nice. I tried not to rely too much on what's "cool" and just thought of things I'd like to read or read the jackets and picked things that sounded interesting.

Then we went to see Knives Out. I went by myself the day before Christmas Eve (husband was working) but really enjoyed watching it again knowing what happens. It definitely has a re-watch bonus when you notice little things. I also loved seeing my husband's reaction as this was his first watch of it. For a film that has been out in the UK the best part of a month now the screening we attended was fairly full as well.

We also watched the last part of BBC's Dracula tonight and all I can say to anyone thinking of streaming on Netflix is: maybe stop at episode 2. Episode 3 is AWFUL.

Re: What did you do today, FS?

[(Anonymous)]

I got a pair of rain boots that actually fit my feet and feel GOOD! My feet are horribly deformed and a downright silly size, so this is a Big Deal and a brand new experience. The boots are bright yellow and completely adorable. I'm kinda in love with them.

What hated TV/Movie/Game characters do you think didn't deserve it?

[(Anonymous)]

Which loved ones do you think should be hated?

Re: What hated TV/Movie/Game characters do you think didn't deserve it?

[kaijinscendre]

I always have a soft spot for kid characters.

Sam on The Walking Dead didn't deserve the hate or ending he got. He was a traumatized child ignored by his shitty mom. He was mentally tortured by an adult he should have been able to trust.

Ollie on Game of Thrones didn't deserve the hate he gets. He was manipulated by other adults and the man he trusted the most (Jon Snow) allowed the people who killed (and ate) his family into their home.

Dakota Fanning in World of the Wars acted just like a little kid would in that situation. It was incredibly realistic.

Re: What hated TV/Movie/Game characters do you think didn't deserve it?

[philstar22]

I will never understand why Bill Potts is hated by a good number of Who fans. Same goes for Martha Jones, Donna Noble, and actually really any Who companion. I don't hate any of them. Even the one I have issues with I more have issues with her continually coming back, and I like her character and her first season a lot.

Rey. Like, really? Sorry she's female and awesome and male Star Wars fans can't handle it.

And the comparisons of Kylo to Vader as if the point was making another Vader. Of course he's weaker than Vader. He was supposed to be. That doesn't make him a bad character. Don't like him, fine. But don't say he's bad because he's not Vader. That's just stupid. The whole point of him is that he fails at being what he wants to be, has these competing voices in his head, has no control over anything and lashes out because he can't even control himself.

Vader was able to us his self-loathing to ground himself because his hatred fed his power and his control. Kylo doesn't have that because he's not as powerful or as trained and while he certainly has self-loathing, that self-loathing only weakens him, it doesn't strengthen him the way Vader's did for him.

Honestly, people are always telling book authors to show, don't tell. But they expect the opposite from movie and tv. They want to be told everything in dialogue. That's not always how it works. Characterization can be found in dialogue but also in plot, in acting (and Adam certainly gave his all, IMHO), and in simply the way the director has the scene filmed.

It may take multiple views to get all the subtleties of a character. Honestly that's a big reason I love going into something spoiled. The overarching plot isn't as important to me as character is. I'm interested in who characters are, and that is something you you can't just learn from the plot.

Re: What hated TV/Movie/Game characters do you think didn't deserve it?

[(Anonymous)]

I only watched the first three seasons of Grey’s Anatomy, but I liked Meredith and have never felt she deserved the hate she got, even that early in the show.

I only watched the first two seasons of Orange Is The New Black but I (for the most part) liked Piper, and don’t feel she deserved the hate she got.

Also, which I can see why people criticize Lorelei and Rory Gilmore for how they were in the new season, throughout most of the show’s original run I think they were great characters, and don’t deserve it at all.

There’s probably a few other white female main characters from well-off backgrounds I could add to this list. I am white, but I’m not straight and I grew up poor af, and personally I still find these characters relatable, and often admirable, and I sympathize with their personal conflicts. Their privilege in certain areas doesn’t make the pain they feel or the difficulties they face any less legitimate or impactful to me.

Re: What hated TV/Movie/Game characters do you think didn't deserve it?

[nightscale]

Iris West and nu!Trek Uhura.

Part of the hate is fueled by both characters 'getting in the way' of a ship some fans would rather see happen, another part of it is simple racism: both are black women paired with a white-man and my god we can't have that(the actual actress for Iris has, and still to this day I believe, gets a shit-ton of racist hate spewed at her on twitter). The level of hate I would see them both get was so insane that even blocking the assholes did nothing because every day there'd be 20+ new posts complaining about them. So I gave up trying to even lurk in either of those fandoms, it was so fucking tiring.

Re: What hated TV/Movie/Game characters do you think didn't deserve it?

[(Anonymous)]

Sera, and Vivienne from Dragon Age: Inquisition. Cullen too for that matter.
With Sera she's basically harmless and really just blunt. It still makes me mad that she's the only party member who you can kick out. Like people like Iron Bull who is literally in your employ, and says you don't have to keep going with him when you first recruit him can't be kicked out, and he's way less ignorable.
Viv is just great. People get way too defensive about fictional oppression imo, and lay it on her because she supports mage's studying in the circles. It's terrible.
Cullen's been through a lot, and while he's had his ups and downs, some people just see him as irredeemable when he actual has redeemed himself.

Re: What hated TV/Movie/Game characters do you think didn't deserve it?

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think the boyfriend - or any of the other students who got horribly murdered - in 'Midsommar' deserved it. A) No-one deserves to be murdered by a village of creepy white cultists (and fuck yes I think them being white is relevant), B) not being up to emotionally supporting someone who's just lost a close relative is not a capital offence, C) he was drugged to the eyeballs when he had sex with that other woman so I wouldn't actually call that 'cheating' so much as 'being raped while drugged to the eyeballs'.
But oooh, everyone's just so fucking happy for the protagonist! Look, it's so nice that the blue-eyed blonde gets to spend the rest of her life with other blue-eyed blondes! Yay! This isn't terrible at all! :D

Re: What hated TV/Movie/Game characters do you think didn't deserve it?

[meredith44]

I say it all the time, but Bela on Supernatural. I still have a hard time understanding why she was hated so vitriolicly. She was hated even before she had her first appearance, even. She was far from perfect, but I love her.

Weekend Plans?

[kaijinscendre]

What is everyone doing?

Tomorrow I will just be shopping and relaxing. Sunday, I am going to attempt to install a garbage disposal. If I can do it, I will officially be able to call myself handy.

Re: Weekend Plans?

[philstar22]

Sounds like tomorrow will be fun, and I hope your installation goes well.

My weekend is the opposite. Tomorrow I'm planning on getting some work done. Then Sunday I can relax. Planning on going to one of the local theaters to watch the Doctor Who season premier with a fan group. Then I'll come home and probably watch either a Star Wars movie or Hellboy (the original adaption, not the more recent terrible one).

Re: Weekend Plans?

[(Anonymous)]

Good luck with the garbage disposal! Last year I replaced a part in my toilet and was so proud of myself lol.

This weekend will probably just be resting. I cut my finger pretty bad on New Years Eve and it's really getting in the way of using that hand, so even though I have some cleaning to do, it can wait a bit. So I'm probably just going to read, watch some shows and maybe a movie.

What have you lost interest in?

[(Anonymous)]

Hobbies, fandoms, whatever.

A vent

[(Anonymous)]

Feel free to add your own vents.

Last week at work I e-mailed someone at the corporate office that I would send them a document on Friday because I wouldn't be in Thursday. They said fine, they would expect it on Friday. I e-mailed back to clarify something else and they said again that they would expect the document on Friday. Then they e-mailed my boss and his boss first thing in the morning today throwing a fit because it was late and it should have been in on Thursday by noon. I forwarded the e-mail to my boss and his boss to prove what I said was true but I think his boss still thinks this is my fault. I'm so angry.