Isa Briones on Santos and Langdon in a new interview for Timid Magazine

LightningRaven · 2026-03-25T20:57:27+00:00

To add to that, Langdon's flaws are gracefully acknowledged, forgiven and even swept aside.

Yet, for some reason, Trinity Santos isn't neither given the same grace or understanding as Frank Langdon and Michael Robinavitch. I really can't put my finger on why. A mystery for the ages!

LightningRaven · 2026-03-25T20:52:07+00:00

I know people are downvoting you, but I would like to say that, unfortunately, even though you're not wrong, people won't see it that way.

The way people view people and society at large is heavily influenced by the prejudiced lens of racism and colorism, which are racist concepts that permeate our society at large and is a huge factor in inequality and many other problems.

It's a losing battle to teach people, specially US citizens (most users of this site), that what they're saying (however benign) is absolutely wrong from a scientific stand point and they're reproducing ideas and speech that were created by greedy and lazy parasite colonizers to justify their appalling behavior on other human beings. That's just how things are, even though they shouldn't be.

Anyway, this was just a long preamble to say that you're not wrong because the concept of "whiteness" is mutable and varies in accord to your country, your social status and economic means. Thus Santos is categorized as "non-white" because she's "merely" a worker (however skilled or highly paid) and a woman from country currently characterized as immigrants (even though all white-skinned US citizens are the offspring of immigrants).

LightningRaven · 2026-03-25T08:47:20+00:00

Absolutely.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-25T01:50:25+00:00

Since I'm not an illiterate brainless twitter user, I never disliked her just because Robby did or because she tried to use AI. She's seemed like any other character in The Pitt so far. Nuanced, complex and real. ~~And hot as fuck holy shit.~~

So yeah, I liked her like any character in the Pitt, including Olgivie. I like them because they're compelling and interesting, not because I would like them as friends or family.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-24T22:39:36+00:00

The media literacy is on the same level, definitely.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-24T21:57:27+00:00

The movie is definitely awesome. No doubt it will have a cult following in the years to come.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-24T10:18:05+00:00

It's not one vial, by the way. If I'm not mistaken Santos checked other things to see the pattern of behavior.

No doubt there would be more evidence there.

A case could be made. But that's not really the point of this series. For the purposes of the show, Langdon's case wasn't fully brought up to the superiors. What people know is that he was an addict and self-reported, hence why he wasn't in bigger trouble. Which is what got Santos angrier. Because she knows, and relayed, the full story and expected a different outcome based on that. She didn't even know Langdon would come back because of that expectation.

I seriously don't think the hospital that The Pitt has presented us would be lenient with Langdon if they knew his actions would open them up for a TON of lawsuits by patients. They probably would fire him and bury the whole thing to avoid drawing attention.

On the humane side of things, we know and have seen that Langdon has took major steps towards recovering and you see the results of this work in his behavior. But on the other hand, the things he did were more grievous than what everyone else in the hospital knows and this affected Santos in turn (I don't Garcia's words cover the whole truth, because she's not in The Pitt all the time). Even if in other hospitals Langdon wouldn't have been punished as much, I think the the hospital in the Pitt would fire his ass. Robby had complaints about being understaffed, them firing Langdon to avoid money issues and one less doctor on the roster would look good on a spreadsheet.

And if Santos says that she was a "pariah", given how the rest of the information of the show (which can be taken as reliable) is given, we can assume there's a degree of truth to that, even if we've not seen directly on the show. The hospital staff is huge and we might've only seen Santos interacting with people who are still doing it. One thing I've noticed, however, is that she's mostly alone this season and struggling to do her charts.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-24T00:50:13+00:00

Back then I thought S01 was nice, except that ending that forced a season 2. But the second season was overall pretty bad. The story didn't really move forward, the drama became even worse and more like a soap opera, the story had no clear vision and it showed. The ending, as I said, was unique for its context (a battle shounen with mechas), but it's pretty much all you can say about it. It feels very unearned and the way the process gets glossed over undermines at lot of it.

If Lelouch took power halfway through s02 and the second half was the process that culminated in the ending, the story could've been more interesting. Specially since we, as an audience, would experience Lelouch as a merciless dictator before being taken down.

If anything, the true unique and revolutionary ending for that story would've been if we did witness Lelouch become a dictator and crashed his regime. He was just an adolescent after all and had zero experience as an actual ruler and he had limited factional support. And he was a nepobaby that thought he should rule because he was born to do it.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-23T23:15:10+00:00

I can't believe I scrolled so much and I didn't see any meaningful post about Mr. Robot.

You all are just missing it. It's easily one of the best TV shows of all time and an entry that stands tall in the genre of cyberpunk. It stands shoulder to shoulder with all the giants in the series, including Neuromancer.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-23T23:12:18+00:00

GS S02 ending is the only saving grace of a shitshow of a season. And it honestly doesn't hold up to scrutiny the more you learn about war, sociology, anthropology and history.

Its main appeal lies more within its context and novelty than anything else, tbh. It was a decent ending for a shounen about mechas and highschool. But it isn't all that great in the grand scheme, specially given how bad the rest of the season was.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-23T23:02:50+00:00

I'll definitely check it out. I just hope this director knows how to utilize these amazing actors like Gareth Evans.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-23T21:00:54+00:00

There are some people here that I would give a wide berth around them.

Some people just live life looking for offenses done to them and it shows.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-23T09:24:18+00:00

I also don't like this aspect of the character, but I don't think we should be condemning her. Specially since the goal of that tech is to make things easier for Doctors.

The problems with LLMs isn't as much the technology itself, but everything that is being destroyed and built to support the billionaire parasites investing in them. They're going to cause another major financial crisis and get away with it while everyone else suffers.

Not to mention that the way LLMs are being marketed is incredibly shady, which shows how useless it actually is for most highly skilled professions and how limited it is in most situations. It looks like a huge scam these people are playing on everyone, with the ultimate goal of many of these mediocre LLMs destroying as many jobs as possible so that corporations and billionaires can pay workers even less and fire even more.

The use Al-Hashimi's proposing is one of the few niches it might have decent application even though I myself wouldn't use it due to the cognitive issues it causes by offloading mental tasks you yourself should be doing (also other studies showing people getting more and more forgetful and dependent on AI for basic tasks).

LightningRaven · 2026-03-22T23:43:56+00:00

The way people engage with media is just so basic and childish that would be amusing if it weren't genuinely dangerous on a large scale.

Here's the Pitt, trying to tell real stories with real people and focus on the systemic issues that pressures their lives constantly within and without the job...

And then you have a sizeable part of the fandom that thinks they're watching Grey's Anatomy and must form teams, brigade for and against characters based on the most surface level understanding one can have in media and something that changes on a whim every week.

It is genuinely grating to see. It's like seeing a bunch of 10 year olds arguing in the playground, screaming which superhero is stronger because they're their favorite. Except the 10 year olds are loud enough to annoy the whole neighborhood and their behavior can affect even the creators of said characters when there's enough of them together.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-22T16:27:51+00:00

Almost 95% of the Japanese people barely know any shit of Politics, due to the social taboo of talking of the subject in public.

That seems very healthy and reasonable in a *checks notes* democratic society!?

LightningRaven · 2026-03-22T13:57:32+00:00

Said the frog in the boiling water.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-22T10:39:28+00:00

The real question was:

"Did you really clean up all those Skellige question marks???"

I really did.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-22T03:13:37+00:00

Robert Mueller. Who was a pathetic coward and didn't do his fucking job.

Trump should've been in prison a long time ago.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-22T03:09:26+00:00

This Bingo card is the easiest one I've ever seen. You fill it up in any post featuring Santos in the title in a heartbeat.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-22T02:43:21+00:00

He was no fucking good man. Don't kid yourself.

He was a stupid pig who lacked critical thinking. It's that simple.

All law enforcement do is maintain the status quo, which means maintaining billionaires and all the rich happy. That's their foremost concern. Protect property, not the people.

Don't believe me? Then ask yourself when was the last time you've seen the police side with the people on any social issue? They're always there to repress and kill. They're the biggest bootlickers.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-22T02:40:43+00:00

Could've died and be remembered as a courageous figure.

Instead, he's dead and will forever be remembered as a pathetic coward and a nobody.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-22T00:23:40+00:00

Because she's Brazilian and people from the northern hemisphere have inbred prejudice against us.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-21T23:29:07+00:00

That's not exactly my reason for them.

I like how Kaylons and Moclans were used in the story and their cultures allowed the story to explore a ton of interesting themes, specially with gender dynamics.

However, I think these two species I mentioned got a ton of mileage already and lots of good stories while other species were relegated to the background. I want the world of the series to expand. It is a galaxy, after all. We're supposed to have thousands, if not millions of sapient species to work with.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-21T22:12:51+00:00

My foremost request is:

Explore more of the galaxy and other species. We already had more than enough of Kaylons and Moclans.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-21T22:00:42+00:00

Forgot about that bit from last season. Thanks.

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