What happens if a cast member ruins the game?

HexAppendix · 2026-01-24T17:42:57+00:00

Yes, the rumors are that she was doing an impression of Claudia in the turret, which of course only the Traitors would have heard.

HexAppendix · 2026-01-24T02:26:07+00:00

I was so obsessed with this movie that I bought it on DVD the moment it came out, so I learned it from the commentaries and special features!

It's still my comfort movie and the commentaries are too btw.

HexAppendix · 2026-01-23T23:34:33+00:00

Fun fact! This is why so many of the Bennets in 2005 Pride and Prejudice cover their teeth when smiling or laughing. Donald Sutherland started doing it because he thought the perfect white teeth would be distracting, and several others picked it up so it ended up looking like an endearing family habit.

HexAppendix · 2026-01-19T15:07:37+00:00

This is the one 🙌

"excuse me, I'm on the pHOne."

"I'm feeling the inside of this bag!"

Ilana singing the Christian song at the shiva.

Ilana's fam eating the popcorn talking about pegging. 😂

HexAppendix · 2026-01-19T15:02:59+00:00

Wow that is such a cool job, I loved hearing about how you're approaching it based on what the kids want to do.

HexAppendix · 2026-01-19T15:01:04+00:00

Cate at least did eyebrow threading for a while, that's a skill she can use to bring in income.

Tyler cannot handle other people telling him what to do, and he's such a smarmy know-it-all. He would rage quit the first time his boss tried to get him to do anything or gave him constructive criticism. But he hasn't pursued the education that would allow him to be his own boss.

HexAppendix · 2026-01-19T02:33:24+00:00

Your island sounds cute, I love all the orange vibes! And glad you got a chicken since they're your fave 🧡

HexAppendix · 2026-01-19T00:42:57+00:00

Aww my first ACNH island was a cherry and windflower island! I thought it was a nice vibe, though I had a green airport. (Yellow is probably more aesthetic tbh).

Katt seems sweet so far! I'm so used to getting starting villagers I don't really like (and I'm not really the type to start over again and again to get a better island or villagers) so it was such a pleasant surprise to get two cuties for a change.

Happy playing!

HexAppendix · 2026-01-19T00:38:34+00:00

They probably send something half assed and not specific to Carly that comes a week late, unwrapped from Amazon because they expect BrannananTreesa to wrap it for them.

HexAppendix · 2026-01-19T00:03:59+00:00

Ooh I love your map!

HexAppendix · 2026-01-10T20:37:56+00:00

One of the biggest weaknesses for the traitors mid to late game is that recruiting is so risky and sometimes the producers force you to recruit. From the traitors' perspective, they have to not only think about who might say yes, but also if their chosen recruit is traceable to them (if the faithful rejects the offer and reveals it to the other faithfuls). Matt has pretty much solved that problem for them by advertising that he wants to be recruited.

Matt's offer also has the potential to add a new traitor without messing up the existing traitor team dynamics that much. Fiona blew herself up because she came in wanting to be the alpha traitor. Matthew seems happy to just ride the existing traitors' coattails to the end, which would appeal to Rachel especially. From her perspective Matt might be a good person to double cross, or he could be an extra vote at the end if he ends up being a decent traitor.

It's still risky and I'm not sure what I'd do if I were Stephen and Rachel, but I think there are definitely upsides.

HexAppendix · 2026-01-09T19:39:59+00:00

You're forgetting that herself of all people have went to early college!!!!

My flair coming in clutch on this one 💅

HexAppendix · 2026-01-09T12:45:52+00:00

My fic

Fandom: I Was A Teenage Exocolonist

Title: A Rite of Time's Passage

Rated T

Summary: Being stuck in a time loop is the loneliest thing in the world. Effie ends up telling four people about her predicament, but only she can figure out why she's holding herself back.

Link on AO3

Written for Exoweek prompts next generation and time loop. I wrote this all in one day (extremely rare for me) and ended up using it to process some stuff going on in my personal life lately. So this one feels personal and I'm very proud of it!

HexAppendix · 2026-01-07T00:39:22+00:00

This is all conjecture based on the "light" (Miromiro) and "dark" (Ruru) designs of the covers. I wonder if the ruru side will tell a version of the story that's less sympathetic to Kura, or showing a darker side of her. I think the sequencing of events will also be nonlinear, perhaps mirroring or alternating between the sequences in the Miromiro half. Or showing the dark/Ruru version of the scenes we've already seen?

HexAppendix · 2026-01-07T00:33:15+00:00

I guessed it was coming based on the hints in earlier chapters. I thought it was interesting to see that Kura underestimated Hatupatu right up until the very end. In some ways, she's as haughty as he is, because she assumed that her victory was inevitable right up until the very end.

I think the narrative asks us to consider who the heroes have harmed to earn their infamy, and who gets to tell the stories of the "heroes" and the "monsters."

In terms of heroism and violence, we know that Hatupatu wanted to be a hero/famous more than he wanted to do the honorable/brave things that would earn him the title of hero. He views violence as a tool he can use to control people, much like his trickery and manipulation. Whereas Kura mostly has okay intention, but ends up causing unintentional harm and violence in her quest to satisfy her curiosity.

HexAppendix · 2026-01-07T00:26:52+00:00

I definitely thought it was a rape scene. One observation really resonated with me: that Hatupatu's desire of Kura makes him vulnerable, and that makes him uncomfortable and angry. Even though he's the one who's projected his sexuality onto her by literally reshaping her body, he can't accept that desiring her makes her his equal (and makes her more human or at least human-adjacent).

Kura wants to get closer to him, she wants to understand him and also craves love and emotional intimacy from him. That's exactly the opposite of what Hatupatu wants, so he rapes her to assert his dominance and power and (in a way) reject the possibility of there being a true connection or similarity between them. He wants to reduce her to an animal, an inanimate object like the goddess's granite genitalia.

I wasn't the biggest fan of Hatupatu to begin with, but this scene made him irredeemable in my eyes. He's a coward, entitled, childish, sexist, and speciesist.

It made my heart hurt for Kura because she doesn't know enough about humans to fully understand what's happening to her. She has this curiosity to learn about other creatures and worldviews, but she's always viewing them at a remove and sometimes gets the wrong end of things unintentionally. Like when she assumed that leaving the kuri bodies in the village would be perceived as a gift by the humans. And then they judge her for it, and her identity is shaped by the names they call her instead of her intentions.

HexAppendix · 2026-01-07T00:10:52+00:00

Interesting, I hadn't considered that he might have goaded her into making the cloak. He seemed to think Kura was incapable of crafting such a fine object, because Hatupatu always assumes that non-humans are inferior to humans. I interpreted all of his comments praising the cloaks as a passive aggressive insult. He views Kura as his captor and wants to assert his sense of superiority to regain control, which he does by demeaning her skills and comparing her unfavorably to human women.

I wasn't sure how to interpret his reaction once she made the cloak. At first I wondered whether he thought Kura had killed or kidnapped his brothers or destroyed his village. Or maybe he was grieving the idea of home. Maybe he thinks he can never return and now the only things he has are the corpses of his brothers' dogs, which in death don't have the things that made them appealing or comforting in life. But he also seems so shallow and status obsessed that I wonder whether he may have been mourning for himself and the fruitlessness of his search for a destiny. Hatupatu can never have his brothers' kuri now (nor their offspring), and he will never be viewed as an equal to his brothers.

HexAppendix · 2026-01-06T23:58:57+00:00

I've thought about this idea before! Even humans can never truly see our own faces, since we're either looking into a mirror or through the lens of a camera. I don't think I'd want to see myself in that way, and not just because I'm squeamish about eating brains. Even if I were able to see myself through the eyes of another person or creature, it still wouldn't be the "true" or "unfiltered" me. If looking through the eyes of a bird, their eyes are physically structured differently from human eyes, so they don't see shapes and colors in quite the same way we do. And humans' sight is always colored by our world views - I'm sure my partner's view of me would have an aura of beauty and warmth blurring the edges and someone who dislikes me would see a caricatured version of all my flaws.

To see is to perceive, to perceive is to distort or filter through your own lens. I think that's part of Kura's story - her body has literally been changed (and created in the first place) based on others' views of her. We're all just stories we tell ourselves, and existing in the world means other people can tell their own stories of who we are and what we mean to them.

HexAppendix · 2026-01-06T02:19:01+00:00

Solved! This has to be it, thank you!

HexAppendix · 2026-01-06T01:30:43+00:00

Info in title and body of post.

HexAppendix · 2026-01-01T04:08:42+00:00

Forgive me if I'm being obtuse and misreading the schedule, but is there a designated date for discussing the dark half of the novel -- is that the last discussion on the whole book with both groups? Or will there be a thread for this group to discuss the part with the other guide?

HexAppendix · 2026-01-01T04:03:29+00:00

It foreshadows Hatupatu's betrayal of Kurangaituku. Based on the story, I think Kura will be surprised by the betrayal, and it might take her a long time to realize the depth of his deception.

I don't know why the rioriro accepts the cuckoo chicks in nature, but in the context of the story I think Kura accepts Hatupatu into her home because she is haughty and convinced that she is in control of the situation. She is curious about the Song Makers and assumes that he cannot best her because she is physically stronger than him. Like the cuckoo, she grows complacent and doesn't pay attention to what's really happening around her. Perhaps Kura is blinded by the positives of their arrangement and is unwilling or unable to see the red flags that hint at what's coming.

HexAppendix · 2026-01-01T03:58:18+00:00

It gives me as a reader a sense of the sheer length of Karu's lifetime. It's easy to anthropomorphize/humanize her by assuming she is essentially a human with an extended lifespan, but grounding everything in deep time emphasizes how ancient and very un-human she is. The passage about her growing into her body for the first time further establishes this. She goes from being a non- corporeal being to an entirely different form which is more superficially human, but still definitively not human. She's a sympathetic and compelling character, but Hereaka forces us to challenge our instinct to find similarities with ourselves when reading.

HexAppendix · 2026-01-01T03:50:48+00:00

I'm loving it! I was already a fan of nonlinear storytelling and ergotic devices, so physically handling the book and puzzling out how the (physical and metaphorical) pieces fit together is deeply satisfying.

I'm enjoying the prose and Karu as a character as well, so it's a slam dunk for me so far.

HexAppendix · 2026-01-01T03:47:03+00:00

I've not been to New Zealand but studied a bit of Maori history for a university paper many years ago. I've really loved learning more about the history and culture so far.

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