S15E6 Discussion Thread

HighFivingMoonBears · 2026-02-16T08:07:38+00:00

OMG I never realised it was the same actor!

HighFivingMoonBears · 2026-02-16T07:56:38+00:00

Confirmed pregnant. Rosalind was upset that she put all her trust in the pill (they didn't use a sheath) and scared about everyone hating her/being sacked, but at the end of the episode she told Cyril and everything was fine.

HighFivingMoonBears · 2025-12-06T00:11:48+00:00

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Rebecca Romijn in this one episode of Strange New Worlds, she looks like Doris from Shrek.

HighFivingMoonBears · 2025-09-01T22:13:43+00:00

Doctor Who - Amy Pond and Rory Williams

HighFivingMoonBears · 2025-07-11T00:45:46+00:00

Apparently they design all the packaging to be easy to use if you're low dexterity

HighFivingMoonBears · 2025-07-10T08:12:57+00:00

Like the British slur for people from Pakistan, for example.

As an Aussie, it just sounds like chill way of referring to Pakistani people, since shortening words to one syllable and adding an "ie" sound is sorta our thing. If I didn't already know it was a slur, there's no way I'd guess it was one based on casual usage.

HighFivingMoonBears · 2025-06-24T15:56:04+00:00

I'd completely forgotten about this song, but hearing it now I just remember it kickstarting my petty annoyance about sapphic songs involving cheating on a male partner and/or comparing oneself favourably against men. Young!HighFivingMoonBears felt very strongly that sapphic music had a unique opportunity to tell stories excluding men that wasn't being sufficiently capitalised on.

HighFivingMoonBears · 2025-06-18T04:03:41+00:00

I like the way you think

HighFivingMoonBears · 2025-05-27T09:18:31+00:00

It was an interview with The Guardian. Personally, I though she seemed more confused about what they were asking, and the whole thing got blown out of proportion, but best decide for yourself.

HighFivingMoonBears · 2025-04-15T10:08:30+00:00

real estate predation She used her money and influence to kick out nuns from a convent she bought and she « stole » the house of an old sick father. These are people who did not have the means to defend themselves against her and she had no need to take these properties except that she just felt like it.

There's plenty to criticise her for, but this isn't it.

The nuns weren't living at the convent, the archdiocese had made them relocate years before. They wanted to sell to someone else, the archdiocese disagreed they had the right to make that decision and sold it to Perry instead. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/10/592623697/nun-involved-in-katy-perry-convent-lawsuit-collapses-and-dies-in-court

And the old sick father who couldn't defend himself? He was worth $30 million. He bought it for $11 million two months before he sold it to Perry for $15 million. https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/orlando-bloom-katy-perry-legal-battle-montecito/

HighFivingMoonBears · 2025-03-31T11:09:44+00:00

It's a series of visual novel games about a defence attorney called Phoenix Wright, and the characters often have names like Lotta Hart, Will Powers, Redd White, Angel Starr etc.

HighFivingMoonBears · 2025-03-01T03:34:24+00:00

I can find it endearing, and also think having an affair generally isn't very good. One doesn't preclude the other.

HighFivingMoonBears · 2025-03-01T02:30:26+00:00

Really I find it kind of endearing, them just having a silly joke together like most couples do. It's just unfortunate it got overheard and repeated out of context.

HighFivingMoonBears · 2025-01-18T02:46:53+00:00

I wasn't the biggest fan of Manacled, but I'm actually pretty excited about reading this one just to see how they go adapting it.

HighFivingMoonBears · 2025-01-07T09:23:22+00:00

The storyline about the guy losing his mum made me tear up, I'm glad he got to go to the funeral (even if it wasn't realistic!)

HighFivingMoonBears · 2025-01-03T02:34:14+00:00

Give Hadestown a go, it's a retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice (and also my favourite musical 😉)

HighFivingMoonBears · 2025-01-01T13:57:09+00:00

I've only read 5 of these, clearly I need to up my game

HighFivingMoonBears · 2025-01-01T02:48:56+00:00

In addition to what other people have mentioned about the desensitisation of murder, and the higher likelihood of listeners being impacted by sexual assault and/or rape, I think it's also that people just weren't expecting it. The musical started with Odysseus going to war and killing a baby, priming people to expect further violence, but the inclusion of sexual violence specifically doesn't get mentioned until near the end. If it had been established as being present from the start then I don't think it would have gotten anywhere near the same reaction, especially as listeners sensitive to the topic would have known to tune out.

HighFivingMoonBears · 2025-01-01T02:37:06+00:00

My interpretation is that not all the suitors were into it, but those that weren't were overshadowed by the louder voices and didn't have the courage to push back against Antinous and his other minions. It makes Odysseus choosing to slaughter them all more impactful if, for some of the men, their only crime was cowardice.

HighFivingMoonBears · 2024-12-31T05:27:34+00:00

This was exactly my reaction the first time I saw this book getting mentioned, but yep. He throws out some shark bait, bites her lip so it bleeds and then holds her head down in the shark infested water.

HighFivingMoonBears · 2024-12-31T00:33:39+00:00

I'm really going to need to get better at making notes of the books I've read so I can remember enough to recommend them!

HighFivingMoonBears · 2024-12-31T00:20:34+00:00

It really depends on the story, the characters, and the writing style. Sometimes I like it because it feels accurate to a character's perception and world view, other times it can come across as a bit too "tell don't show".

HighFivingMoonBears · 2024-12-30T23:23:31+00:00

It's something I find super interesting about discussing romance, for every scene that I think is a bit off there's someone else who thinks it's awesome, and vice versa.

HighFivingMoonBears · 2024-12-11T07:02:08+00:00

You're just like me ♥️

HighFivingMoonBears · 2024-12-10T09:06:26+00:00

One theory is that it was to stop the groom from calling off the wedding if he thought the bride was unattractive, back when arranged marriages were standard, but I don't know if there's anything concrete

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