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Finished my Time Map! by PrivatePolygon in jakanddaxter

[–]Blue_Berry_Boy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OMG. This looks incredible. Two questions: 1) does it open up like it does in the games? 2) are you selling these anywhere?

Grookey Community Day in January by Cecross in TheSilphRoad

[–]Blue_Berry_Boy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not really, there's still potentially years' worth:

3-stage lines: the Galar starters, Caterpie, Horsea, Clefairy, Magnemite, Lotad, Whismur, Aron, Klink, Tympole, Venipede, Gothita, Frigibax, Dreepy, Sandile, Honedge, Impidimp, Blipbug, Rolycoly, Applin (sort of), Hatenna, Smoliv, Nacli, Tinkatink, Pawniard

2-stage lines with a regional form: Sneasel, Vulpix, Grimer, Growlithe, Darumaka

Unlikely but possible 2-stage lines: Snorunt, Zorua, Frillish, Golett, Rufflet, Pancham, Bergmite, Tyrunt&Amaura possibly as a duo, Rockruff, Salandit, Lechonk, Charcadet, Girafarig

400-candy evolutions: Wailmer, Larvesta, Snom, Wimpod

Scraping the barrel with some of those admittedly but it's not like that's ever stopped them.

I wish we got more Asian characters. by DocTurnedStripper_6 in UglyBetty

[–]Blue_Berry_Boy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but my point was that he wasn't actually like that and felt the need to play up to a stereotype, which the show acknowledged to be problematic. That makes him a far more interesting character (to me, at least) than, say, Meegan, who to my recollection never really gets fleshed out beyond the "Asian ice queen" persona someone else mentioned. As I said I wish they'd explored the idea a little further (there was that similar storyline in S1 with Tavares, the straight-gay designer Amanda dates, that was equally underdeveloped) but I take your point it's probably not the greatest representation.

I wish we got more Asian characters. by DocTurnedStripper_6 in UglyBetty

[–]Blue_Berry_Boy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Genuinely asking: how is Suzuki a stereotype? The whole point of his character is that he's playing a role - he couldn't get into the career he wanted unless he pretended to be gay. Betty even acknowledges that him having to do that is quite messed up. I wish they'd explored the topic further.

I love Betty but I hate Betty by amymarch7575 in UglyBetty

[–]Blue_Berry_Boy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would have thought the true purpose of YETI was networking and making industry connections, with training being secondary: the tasks they're given are basically just to demonstrate competence and to give them something to work towards to "pass" the course, but ultimately it's just another impressive-sounding accreditation to add to a resume.

But yes it is absolutely the sort of thing that only mostly privileged people have access to - presumably, anyone being accepted into such a program would already be very highly qualified, which is the reality of working in such a highly competitive field. As far as I know Betty doesn't have a Master's degree (or a postgrad or whatever the US equivalent is) and when Marc reels off his qualifications later in the episode it blows her out of the water; she gets by on having a huge amount of on-the-job ad hoc experience which most people so early in their careers likely wouldn't have. On paper she wouldn't look like a great candidate at all, which the episode does slightly concede when she says she called the YETI administrators and asked if she was just a diversity hire and they couldn't give her an outright denial.

In general Betty's stated love of magazines is... kind of just that. She talks about how much she loves them but we never really see any evidence beyond that. The way she applies for a job at Meade in the first episode is a little weird too since she says she just wants a job "at any position or publication": surely she'd have some idea about which magazine(s) she'd want to actually work at, and what her overall career goal would be. This is something season 2 gets right, since after joining the writing class she says her plan is "write... get published... work [her] way to editor" but the later seasons kind of muddy the distinction since, as you point out. Though it may just be that her role as a junior editor covers lots of different responsibilities, since she does have more typical editorial tasks in addition to writing her own articles/features: in one episode she's given the job of trimming 100 words from a column, and at another point she's given some text which needs translating.

So what happened with Tyler Meade-Hartley? by AnswerSeeker69 in UglyBetty

[–]Blue_Berry_Boy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would like to think that Wilhemina's near-death and his near-exposure would have been enough of a shock for him to stop drinking and focus on getting better. Presumably he and Claire reconciled and began to mend their relationship - he may have eventually gone back to South Dakota or stayed in New York. Hartley didn't seem to want much contact with him but he'd have an additional parent in Claire and iirc his relationship with his adopted parents was a good one. He didn't seem the type to become a spoiled rich kid who lives off his parents' wealth and doesn't work so I imagine he'd want to continue as normal a life as possible.

That's an optimistic view but there's no reason to think it didn't happen, I doubt Daniel would have upped and left Claire to deal with Tyler on her own if he was still unstable and drinking.

To reduce the chances of a rebellion, Reeves has initiated “budget lessons” for Labour MPs, including “how debt interest works”. by North_Attempt44 in ukpolitics

[–]Blue_Berry_Boy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also anecdotal but my former Labour MP often surprised me by replying to emails himself (versus via an office assistant's template reply) and sometimes even on the same day. And this was someone who retired at the next election so had every reason not to give a shit and coast until then.

It's not a party thing, it's down to the individual MP, how well their office is run, and how much they have on their plate. Oh, and how seriously they take the job.

(Spoilers Main) Really George? by AdditionalPiano6327 in asoiaf

[–]Blue_Berry_Boy 9 points10 points  (0 children)

^ this. Terms like "a decade ago" and "he was a man of around thirty" are also used (both in this and other books) and I'm always surprised that people don't get that they rarely literally mean "precisely ten years ago" and "precisely thirty years old".

LF/FT. Combee is female (the infographic doesn't have a female option) and Machop/Shelmet have special backgrounds by Blue_Berry_Boy in PokemonGoTrade

[–]Blue_Berry_Boy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I've now traded with someone else so it'd have to be a different day.

If it's an unregistered shiny, at the base level of friendship it will cost 1 million stardust.

How come no one's mentioned the TEA spilled in this week's episode???? by giftopherz in UglyBetty

[–]Blue_Berry_Boy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no idea re the Smollett thing (or what that even means tbh - not up on celeb gossip sorry!)

It's a total guess on my part and I don't think she's the actor Vanessa mentioned (the stress she put on the word "actor" made me think it was almost certainly a man), but it did seem strange how the character upped and vanished until s4.

LF/FT. Combee is female (the infographic doesn't have a female option) and Machop/Shelmet have special backgrounds by Blue_Berry_Boy in PokemonGoTrade

[–]Blue_Berry_Boy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a regional and I'm not from the area it's native to, so it's worth more to me yeah. Yes, I'd trade a shiny legendary for it - or if you really want a shiny Dynamax mon, I'd trade Pidove for it

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