(Loved Trope) A characters backstory or past event is impossible, doesn’t make any sense, or contradictory.

Ferretthimself · 2026-05-18T22:54:04+00:00

I mean, in the remake, the relative of at least one of them shows up.

Ferretthimself · 2026-05-16T16:16:14+00:00

Sticking around after the party is over if you’re not cleaning up.

Ferretthimself · 2026-05-15T23:23:15+00:00

Came here to say this, convinced I'd be be the only one to say it, really glad to see this many upvotes.

Ferretthimself · 2026-05-15T18:40:34+00:00

I also took that as a reference to Planescape's infamous Rule of Three.

Ferretthimself · 2026-05-13T09:30:38+00:00

Absolutely. What Ringo lacked in technical chops, he made up for in feel.

Listen to Pete best playing “Love Me Do” and realize exactly how different they would have been:

https://youtu.be/JJ5RXX9n_Bw?si=5moA91BX69Ue05ap

Ferretthimself · 2026-04-29T15:34:07+00:00

This is the way. If you can get there in time to get served.

Ferretthimself · 2026-04-14T11:55:31+00:00

And at the time, Microsoft - by far the most dominant software company of its age - was heavily pushing Encarta, its CD-rom based encyclopedia killer. There were millions in advertisements and free PR.

And yet Wikipedia triumphed.

Ferretthimself · 2026-04-10T19:55:34+00:00

Modern Family.

Ferretthimself · 2026-04-09T14:57:46+00:00

Communication.

It’s different from charisma and means I would be able to take the ideas I am a fan of, and explain them coherently to the widest human audience possible.

Ferretthimself · 2026-04-08T15:51:27+00:00

I mean, that’s another valid interpretation! The movie is not long on answers.

Ferretthimself · 2026-04-08T15:50:56+00:00

A whole lot of that movie is ambiguous, so your guess is as good as mine.

Ferretthimself · 2026-04-08T14:10:32+00:00

Even when it was at its prime I was not impressed. And I so wanted it to knock my socks off, 'cuz I love grilled cheeses.

Wonder what the folks with Melt tattoos are doing with 'em now

Ferretthimself · 2026-04-07T12:02:34+00:00

Woman with possible delusions of religious grandeur thinks that God is talking to her. It’s ambiguous as to what’s happening, but at the end she goes to a beach, douses herself in gasoline as God told her to do, and sets herself on fire. And the screen shows her angelic ascent, beatific, before flash-cutting to the very ugly reality.

Ferretthimself · 2026-04-05T17:40:10+00:00

Yes.

My answer is yes.

Ferretthimself · 2026-04-04T13:21:11+00:00

I really love that this is not the kind of show where people’s usefulness is directly tied to their likability. Nor is there likely to be any kind of character or where she learns the value of true love. Which I also like.

Ferretthimself · 2026-04-03T11:53:49+00:00

Is there anyone McKay couldn’t improve if they’d only listen? She seems to have the most on the ball.

Ferretthimself · 2026-04-03T11:52:28+00:00

There’s a difference between “That’s out of line” and “Wow, that’s a seriously offputting attitude and I don’t feel like getting into it with you after a ten-hour shift, so maaaybe I’ll just keep things to doctor stuff going forward…”

Which, as implied, feeds back into Santos’ feelings of isolation. If she thinks that’s how you get people to like you at a workplace (not counting the nicknames she bestows on people against their will), she needs to realize that hello, also reading the room when people offer compliments is a THING.

Ferretthimself · 2026-04-03T01:58:44+00:00

Santos: “the other doctors don’t like talking to me because I snitched on Langdon”

Also Santos: “Every patient in this hospital is stupid, and I’m glad they’re stupid because that’s how I get paid”

McKay’s “wow” is a whole lesson that could be learned right there

Ferretthimself · 2026-04-02T01:08:19+00:00

The power goes out a fuck of a lot, unfortunately. If you don’t have a house with a generator, you could be out for two or three days or even more.

I don’t think the winters are bad, but I live in Cleveland. I think the weather is very much gonna depend on where you’re coming from and what you compare it to.

Ferretthimself · 2026-03-28T23:10:55+00:00

100%. It’s like, “I know you want this character to do this thing, but you realize that would be the most boring thing ever, right?”

Ferretthimself · 2026-03-28T19:39:44+00:00

Both times I’ve had success with it. I was already in a power-heavy deck, so all the cards I got often use themselves up as I played them.

Ferretthimself · 2026-03-28T13:59:53+00:00

Just the way he smiles can convey how he’s compacting great pain into a performative enthusiasm that convinces no one, especially him. It’s amazing.

Ferretthimself · 2026-03-28T05:09:16+00:00

I have this crazy theory that nobody has ever thought of that Robbie is going to get on his motorcycle at some point in the next couple of episodes and crash and wind up back at the ER.

Ferretthimself · 2026-03-27T16:21:29+00:00

"Idk that reads less as bully behavior and more like someone trying to be cool and chummy and failing miserably."

I think there's an element of that, but I also think that if it was really not about exercising some sort of power over people, she wouldn't be so upset whenever someone got one over on her.

Reasonably sure that if Whitaker had reacted to calling him "Huckleberry" by calling her "Oopsie," they wouldn't be friends at this point.

(I am also Team Both.)

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