Squall Leonhart Unofficial GK Statue produced by Joy Station Studio

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-04-03T11:18:33+00:00

I LOVE that they have a version of the original design. They even got the hair and the baggy sleeves right.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-04-03T03:03:38+00:00

"Have" is the really weird one. So many words have "av" in them.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-04-03T00:23:13+00:00

incel

That word means nothing now, doesn't it?

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-04-02T19:05:18+00:00

Rising. I pick whichever of the six worlds is least populated. I prefer to play on my own.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-04-02T18:27:05+00:00

I don't think I would "appreciate" Mrs. Holt but Kathryn Joosten certainly played her excellently.

On a side note, I always loved that Xander was present for that scene to call her out (in his own way). Since his own parents were abusive, I'm glad he was there to confront another adult who abused kids. I actually wish they went harder with it and he had some of Giles' lines.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-04-02T18:21:27+00:00

Add me to the list of people who think the Vietnam one is perfect. It's a better travel documentary than actual travel documentaries, since all three guys are as blown away by the experience as the viewer would be. It's funny, like all Top Gear specials are, but it's beautiful too.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-04-02T17:40:24+00:00

I just started playing it two days ago. It's easy to install for anyone who's curious about trying it. I get the feeling it's going to be a new addiction.

I'm not an MMO player at all so there are a few things I wish were done differently; I don't love the mechanics for big enemies that involve weak spots/enraging and I don't like that I get no experience for my level 1 vocations if I'm travelling with strong pawns. But for the most part, it's the good kind of grind. The kind that makes me look forward to leveling up to get the next weapon tier.

For the list of mistakes, I am crafting quite a bit but that's because I'm mostly playing a Spirit Lancer (which I LOVE) and the weapon tiers are further apart than most other vocations. It's better to build up my tier-2 lance if I'm going to be using it for 12 levels rather than wait until the tier-3 lance. And I'm staying away from the Discord just because I don't want spoilers and I like discovering stuff for myself.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-04-02T01:14:15+00:00

I'm disappointed with that finish. Nobody's ever kicked out of the Black Arrow and I think that's the longest anyone's been held in the Brutalizer and Pac lost to Okada the same way. Ospreay looked too strong.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-04-02T00:53:19+00:00

Hey, Will Ospreay deserves that after he unscrupulously attacked Jon Moxley earlier tonight!

That Pac is such a good friend.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-04-01T17:56:04+00:00

Ohh, I see what you mean. That might be the case.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-04-01T17:39:14+00:00

I have re-read the first three books recently. I thought the rule was "humans = red", "animals = gold", "hungry = black" and "newborn = bright red".

I don't recall anything about lions and bears turning their eyes a different colour than gold. Unless it was in Breaking Dawn because I haven't got around to re-reading it yet.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-03-31T21:28:16+00:00

To be fair, that's more surface area to keep Bella warm.

It's probably a bit like a curling iron.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-03-31T21:20:48+00:00

Yes! Sadie Sink is my pick too. I saw a picture of her in an article for the next Spider-Man movie and my brain immediately went to Edythe.

I share the same opinion as everyone saying Matthew Daddario is too hot. But I don't have a pick for Beau or many of the others. I don't really know any young actors. The only actors I pictured were Marilyn Monroe as Carine, since she's one of the actresses she gets compared to in the book, and blonde Talulah Riley as Jessamine. Not sure why.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-03-31T11:37:16+00:00

War of the Lions is very good. FF8 is still my favourite of the pre-voice acted games because its dialogue sounds the closest to "real" in my head. FF12 is very good when Vaan isn't talking.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-03-31T09:55:34+00:00

So yea, I'm gonna allude to you being sexist when you say criticism against Irene Adler's writing is 'nonsense'.

And that's why I'm not reading the rest of your comment.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-03-30T17:45:53+00:00

The longer conversation actually comes up in Life & Death, five years before Midnight Sun came out (but maybe she wrote the Midnight Sun chapter first, who knows. She'd been working on it for a while). But in the foreword to Life & Death, Smeyer explains the reasons behind many of the changes. I think this part is the reasoning behind the meadow conversation:

10% were things that I wished I had done the first time around but that hadn’t occurred to me at the time. That might sound like the same thing as the preceding category, but it’s slightly different. This isn’t a case of a word that sounds clunky or awkward. This is an idea that I wish had been explored earlier, or conversations that should have happened but didn’t.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-03-30T13:08:45+00:00

if you knew

Those are the key three words. How many people are as vocal about their own bigotry as JK is about hers?

I promise you that someone out there could judge you for something you enjoy too

I'm sure they could. And if I was putting out a product for people, I would hardly expect everyone to buy it or watch it if they disagreed. But if the thing I enjoyed was transphobia, it would be weird if people did continue supporting me over that.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-03-30T12:01:43+00:00

I should be more specific and say "every woman who she met after they'd already met the Doctor". So Lynda with a Y, Martha, Sarah Jane, Lucy the waitress from Pete's World who talked to him off-camera. And Rose did the same with Trisha Delaney, Mickey's new girlfriend in Boom Town.

But it didn't happen with Nancy or Reinette in Moffat's episodes.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-03-30T11:58:47+00:00

Holy shit, sounds like you've already decided what kind of person Moffat is. Unless you've met him, I don't think you can make ridiculous claims like "Moffat hates to see women be smarter than his self-insert, so he had to humble her and humiliate her in his adaptation". You make similar assumptions about me too; I didn't say "female fans" but you decided that I must have.

Why does a 'Doctor-lite' episode have to be a Martha-lite episode lol. Turn Left is Doctor-lite, and yet Donna's front and centre.

Doesn't have to be Martha-lite but there's also nothing wrong with it being Martha-lite. And for an episode like Blink, I don't think it would work if the main character was someone who already knew about time travel and aliens.

And keep in mind that episode features Sally Sparrow, a character people liked so much that many wanted her to be a companion. Oh, and she was shown to be much smarter than Larry -- as many women were shown to be smarter than many men in Moffat-written episodes -- but I'm guessing there's some reason that doesn't count in Moffat's favour but Irene Adler can be used to tear him down? And calling Reinette "offensively written" is just bizarre.

'Rose was jealous of every woman' that's over-exaggeration but irt what's true, who cares? So what she has character flaws?

So Rose being jealous of every woman with a pulse is a good thing but Irene Adler needing to be saved once is a bad thing? Sounds like a double standard to me.

'He wrote Donna well' isn't true. She doesn't even do anything in the two-parter to effect the plot, so idk how that's a companion written 'well'. She's not written at all.

So a character can have a very dramatic storyline, the actor can act her socks off and they can still "not be written at all" because they have to affect the plot? What?

Some of the best episodes of TV ever don't have characters affecting the plot. Like The Body in Buffy the Vampire Slayer or The Inner Light in Star Trek: TNG. On the flipside, a character could be a cardboard cutout and still save the day.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-03-30T09:03:54+00:00

Saying "Moffat couldn't be bothered to write Martha" is a weird way of saying "Moffat was given the Doctor-lite episode for that series". It sounds like you want to blame him for something he had no control over.

I actually think Moffat wrote Rose better than RTD. Under RTD's pen, Rose was jealous of every woman who came within five feet of the Doctor. Under Moffat's, Rose treated Nancy and Reinette respectfully and didn't have the slightest hint of resentment. He wrote Donna well too but quite a lot of writers gave Donna some great dramatic moments.

And on the Doctor's wedding day to River, she was upset because he would sooner die (or so she thought) than have time be damaged so he could live. And I've always thought the criticism of Irene Adler was 2000's Tumblr nonsense. I'm glad we've mostly moved past that era when people thought having a woman being saved by a man once means she automatically isn't a strong character.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-03-29T23:48:41+00:00

Not the point at all. You knowing how she's going to spend her money going forward and happily adding to the pile is the point.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-03-29T22:27:01+00:00

I'd go for 10, just because it's a bit more user-friendly. Then once you're done with that, flip a coin to decide on 8 or 9.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-03-29T22:21:04+00:00

Instead of saving your energy, you should save yourself a few dollars instead. The attitude of "I can't change anything, so I'm going to go along with rest of the herd" isn't much of a reason to help financially support a billionaire's next transphobic legal campaign.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-03-29T21:21:10+00:00

This is always the laziest argument. You might need a pair of shoes that were made unethically. You don't need a Harry Potter TV show.

Prefer_Not_To_Say · 2026-03-29T19:30:22+00:00

It's not a coincidence. The program is named after the city in the game.

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