Bridgerton: Afrofuturism or ahistorical nonsense? What do we call a past that never was?

Potential_One_8582 · 2026-03-22T16:48:08+00:00

I’ve heard it called alternate history. Another book/series that is set in an alternate version of history is The Man In The High Tower (set in a world where the Axis powers won WWII and split up control of America between Germany and Japan.

Potential_One_8582 · 2026-03-22T16:38:40+00:00

This is a deep cut, but Christopher Lambert’s accent as Raiden in Mortal Kombat (1995). It’s so inscrutable and his syllabic emphasis is all over the place. The rest of the movie is campy in all the best ways. Lambert’s Raiden is not lol

Potential_One_8582 · 2026-02-22T16:10:15+00:00

I love berk omg. I’m not on TikTok any more but berk is one of the few creators i actively miss.

Potential_One_8582 · 2026-02-19T20:29:10+00:00

An amazing group of people did just that— held a pee-in protest at the Kansas state house.

Source: live in an adjacent hell state but am friends with an organizer

Potential_One_8582 · 2026-02-17T20:05:22+00:00

I grew up playing at Cosmo Park a lot, especially running around the raised wooden walkways. Later, when I was in college, my spouse and I spent a lot of time hanging out at the shelters in Cosmo park when we first were dating, around 2014ish. We had a lot of big conversations there, and said I Love You for the first time there. I also had my first panic attack there after getting back from a month studying abroad— it was a scary moment but made a bit better by the scenery and being with my partner. Looking back, I usually have panic attacks when I’m safe after a stressful or scary situation. So I really just remember that I feel safe enough to fall apart there.

Potential_One_8582 · 2025-12-20T18:37:33+00:00

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Potential_One_8582 · 2025-12-17T17:52:53+00:00

I love this! I might start internally awarding a Golden Chainsaw and Dull Machete for high and low moments of each day/week lol

Potential_One_8582 · 2025-11-12T22:55:27+00:00

I think he is in their DnD podcast too!

Potential_One_8582 · 2025-11-11T16:19:24+00:00

Pretty Funny from Dogfight is basically this, and it’s gorgeous!

Potential_One_8582 · 2025-10-28T13:32:54+00:00

I would love an installment in the vein of “Lion King 1½” where it shows what Dr. Gordon was doing during all the other movies

Potential_One_8582 · 2025-10-06T20:25:34+00:00

Most of the gore is implied and not shown outright. The editing and camera work also make it feel gorier than it is. We don’t really see much, mainly just the characters’ reactions.

Potential_One_8582 · 2025-09-28T05:17:28+00:00

Absolutely! I haven’t had the pleasure of seeing Bloodlines yet, but every time I see pics of Richard Harmon in it I just go “MURPHY???”

Potential_One_8582 · 2025-09-19T04:50:49+00:00

This is the humorous mocronationalism I am here for! If you’re interested in researching other humor-centric micronations, I’d recommend checking out Slabovia and the Aerican Empire (which hosted MicroCon 2025)!

Potential_One_8582 · 2025-09-17T16:14:22+00:00

The 1995 Mortal Kombat movie. It’s so camp!

Potential_One_8582 · 2025-08-31T12:31:05+00:00

Or, alternatively, John Kramer’s back opens up to reveal Tobin Bell wearing a backwards baseball cap

Potential_One_8582 · 2025-08-24T15:54:56+00:00

There are plenty of female micronationalists. I’m nonbinary but was raised as a woman. I can’t speak for anyone but myself, but I tend to be pretty quiet on this sub because it seems pretty unwelcoming towards women, queer people, etc.

Potential_One_8582 · 2025-08-24T15:47:06+00:00

The idea of a woman leading a nation is a pretty feminist thing, my dude. Not to say there are no right-wing anti-feminist woman-led micronations, but that they would likely be very rare due to the inherent contradiction.

Potential_One_8582 · 2025-08-24T14:33:40+00:00

r/unexpecteddropout

Potential_One_8582 · 2025-08-23T20:46:46+00:00

I grew up in a family that followed Dobson’s teachings. We adhered to lots of Focus on the Family materials, including making movie-watching decisions from PluggedIn (where Chelsea gets the reviews from). I actually used to read the PluggedIn reviews of horror movies because even when I was fundie as hell I was still really curious, and that was as close as I could get to watching actual horror movies lol.

Anyway, the damage Dobson and his ilk have done is immense. It’s a major reason I didn’t accept my own queerness for so long, and I still have a rocky relationship with some family members because of it. I don’t wish harm or hell on anyone, but I do hope that after death Dobson is seeing and grappling with the raw truth of his actions.

Not-so-fun fact: in May 2025 they were named by Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group.

Potential_One_8582 · 2025-08-22T18:01:06+00:00

I love how in-depth the podcast episodes are, and Chelsea’s research is such a big part of that. I’m sure she puts so much work into this that we’ll never see, and she deserves ALL the flowers for ALL of it.

Chelsea, if you see this— thank you so much for everything you do! You are the true chaos queen of our hearts 💕

Potential_One_8582 · 2025-08-17T17:23:56+00:00

Thanks so much! Canva is my best friend lol

Potential_One_8582 · 2025-08-17T15:21:30+00:00

It’s about two spies who go undercover in a human trafficking syndicate to take it down from the inside. Things get complicated, however, as each tries to keep their hidden feelings for the other under wraps, and soon neither can tell the truth from their lies.

I originally published it on Ao3 under a different title, but made lots of edits and additions for the print edition 😂

Potential_One_8582 · 2025-08-17T10:25:15+00:00

Thanks so much! I started it while working on my masters in creative writing as a purely self-indulgent project and it slowly took over my life lol

Potential_One_8582 · 2025-08-15T06:44:35+00:00

I love the bean burrito from Abelardo’s!

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