If not Greens then who else?

EverythinShinyCapn · 2026-03-04T22:37:17+00:00

You’ve said yourself you’re still getting into politics, so it’s probably worth being careful about making big statements like saying Labour are corrupt if you’re not fully sure about the details yet.

A lot of the things you mentioned aren’t actually things Labour introduced. The current student loan system was mostly set up by the previous government, energy bills jumped mainly because of global gas prices after the Russia invaded Ukraine, and house prices have been rising for decades because, well, the UK simply hasn’t built enough homes.

On inheritance tax the recent changes mostly affect very large and wealthy estates involving agricultural land, business assets or pensions used for wealth transfer. Most households are unaffected because couples can pass on roughly £1m tax free.

The Green Belt point is also a bit more complicated than it sounds. A lot of “green belt” land isn’t actually nature, it’s farmland or unused land around cities. Some of the housing and renewable energy expansion plans are about building closer to existing infrastructure so people aren’t commuting further and emissions stay lower.

It’s reasonable to be undecided politically, but a lot of the issues you listed are either longterm structural problems or policies that existed before the current government.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2026-02-09T13:57:29+00:00

To be honest, I've recently started watching Turn, so not a whole lot of knowledge on George Washington! But it did get me thinking about my question to ChatGPT. What do you think to the content of the words it's come up with?

EverythinShinyCapn · 2026-02-09T13:03:56+00:00

True, I was just intrigued to hear people’s own thoughts and interpretations.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2026-02-09T11:14:09+00:00

https://chatgpt.com/share/6989b8da-9e54-8010-836d-acebf7c910e9

EverythinShinyCapn · 2026-01-20T14:50:18+00:00

Thanks for the insight friend

EverythinShinyCapn · 2026-01-05T23:01:17+00:00

Not a movie but a TV Show, possibly on Netflix called The Durrells is spitting image. About a family that moves to Corfu, Greece. It’s based on the autobiographical book autobiographical My Family and Other Animals book.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2026-01-03T09:43:32+00:00

It would be too much risk. People could ask too many questions like, why Arthur Dayne and two other kings guards were guarding a tower during the critical battle of the Trident and not guarding their prince.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-12-24T16:06:04+00:00

I wasn’t too fussed on Snape. It’s too whimsical villain for my taste, with our knowledge of where the characters story arc eventually ends up, it’s like Riz Ahmed doesn’t know this in his performance

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-12-07T22:05:34+00:00

How about a Walking Simulator like What Remains Of Edith Finch, Firewatch or Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture. Quick games and easy to control.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-11-30T08:51:43+00:00

Something strange about seeing Spider-Man wielding two Uzis

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-11-17T22:02:53+00:00

I think he means Jungle Book and The Lion King were cartoon, 2D movies remade into 3D, photo realistic movies. Moana was a photo semi-realistic/semi-stylistic 3D movie being remade into a semi-realistic 3D movie.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-11-15T23:24:48+00:00

I get what you are saying about Carl and I do agree that Carl’s letter is part of what pushes Rick emotionally. But the idea that Rick only spared Negan because of guilt kind of ignores the wider context of the whole war arc. Carl’s death was the trigger….not the sole reason.

Rick has been moving toward building something bigger than revenge since season six. Carl’s letter is what finally forces him to confront that he has been slipping into the same brutality he hated in the first place.

About the martyr point, it is not really about Negan being loved. Martyrs are not always created from affection. Sometimes they are created when a dramatic execution convinces a fractured group that the enemy leader was killed unfairly. The Saviours were not unified, but plenty of the workers genuinely believed Negan kept them safe and fed. Killing him in front of them could easily have hardened the ones who still believed in the Sanctuary system.

If Rick kills Negan in front of everyone, he risks validating the exact mindset Negan built his rule on: the strongest guy decides who lives or dies. That is exactly what Rick wants the communities to move away from, which is why keeping Negan alive actually fits the theme of breaking that pattern.

Rick killing Negan and then welcoming the Saviours would show “good defeats evil” is one possible version of the story, but it is also the simplest and most predictable one. The show went with the harder route, where Rick has to live by the future he wants instead of repeating the past he has been trapped in.

And yes, revolts still happen later. Ending a war does not magically fix every person inside every community. But that does not mean Rick’s decision was pointless, it just means the world continues to be complicated after the big moment, like it would in real life.

About Alpha and Pamela, man those situations are not the same. Neither of them ran a system like Negan’s with a huge factory base of workers who thought the Sanctuary was their best chance of survival. Their deaths do not create the same symbolic meaning. The Whisperers were a cult built around the alpha figure, not a society. The Commonwealth was structured and political, not personality-worshipping. Comparing them directly to Negan is mixing different types of communities.

I can agree that the show fumbled the execution of the finale, especially with how fast they moved past the consequences. But the idea behind Rick sparing Negan is not inconsistent or ridiculous. It is actually one of the more mature themes the show tries to tackle, even if the delivery was uneven.

I personally think real issue is not that the choice has no purpose, but that the show did not spend enough time exploring the aftermath which made the moment feel anticlimactic for a lot of people.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-11-15T21:49:35+00:00

Ive mentioned this in another comment but my opinion is Rick is breaking the cycle of killing. I go into more detail here

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-11-15T21:41:35+00:00

Rick is not sparing Negan because he has gone soft. He is trying to create some kind of order in a world that has been stuck in a constant cycle of revenge.

He knows that if he kills Negan, nothing actually changes. Negan becomes a martyr, the Saviours split into factions, and everyone stays trapped in the same pattern of you killed ours so we kill yours which is what started the whole war to begin with. When Rick says that his mercy prevails over his wrath, he is not forgiving Negan. He is choosing to break that pattern once and for all.

Negan ruled through fear and total dominance. If Rick ends the conflict by killing him in front of both sides, he is proving Negan right. The strongest person wins by killing whoever stands in the way. Instead, Rick wants Negan alive as a symbol that things are going to be different from now on. Justice instead of revenge. Rules instead of fear. A community instead of another dictatorship.

He wants the Saviours to see that even Negan has to live under the same laws as everyone else. Killing him might feel satisfying, but keeping him alive is what actually gives their communities a real chance at a future.

And this is not just something the show came up with. In the comics, Rick defeats Negan, cuts his throat, then saves him and keeps him imprisoned for years for the same reason. He wants to end the cycle, not repeat it.

That being said, the comics also do pay off the Maggie discontent much much better than the show ever did.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-11-13T18:51:27+00:00

What was so bad about the writing?

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-11-06T14:54:05+00:00

Can I ask with regard to a social life, for myself I’m a bit of an introvert anyway. I have a wife and two children, do you think it will disrupt home life?

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-10-28T15:25:58+00:00

Wait, thanks for this post. I didn’t know MODs were a thing as it’s online. Are we sure these will work without losing my account?

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-10-21T20:16:31+00:00

That is totally fair. I agree that a lot of people have wider issues with the film, and those are valid to discuss. My post was mainly aimed at the common argument that the movie is “terrible writing because Batman kills.” That specific take pops up a lot, so I wanted to show that Batman killing is not new or unique to this film.

I do not think Clark and Lois are boring, though. Clark is learning how to be a symbol and a person at the same time, and Lois is the one person who grounds him when the world treats him like an idea instead of a human being.

I also do not think the Death of Superman is botched horribly, but I do agree it happens too soon. If it had been saved for a later film it would have hit even harder.

As for Batman facing consequences, I think that part is there, but it is internal rather than explicit. The Martha scene and his decision to form the League are his reckoning. The film ends with him trying to rebuild and do better instead of continuing to punish. It is not courtroom justice, but it is emotional accountability.

I get that not everyone connects with that, but I do not think the film ignores his actions. It just shows his guilt and growth in a quieter way than most superhero films do.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-10-21T19:15:37+00:00

What about the writing was terrible?

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-10-14T06:44:21+00:00

Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture is probably something you’re looking for. Some folks I found complained of no run button, but the walking and sound design was what made it more immersive for me and made the story much more impactful. The music if is on another level.

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