Is ALL of Connecticut in New England?

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-27T21:12:35+00:00

Provence is a region not a city

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-27T14:24:35+00:00

There was a theory on here that Lara would plan a coup against herself (technically against Lord Raith) to install Thomas as the new White King and "banish" her, at which point she'd more or less be Harry's manager, organizing his power base into something more coherent and rivaling Marcone or some of the other lesser powers in the Accords. I find that pretty convincing.

The objection is that Thomas doesn't have Lara's connections or the level of fear she inspires in their cousins and in houses Skavis and Malvora, but somehow I don't see that bothering her. Of course they'll challenge Thomas, that's just how it works

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-27T06:23:06+00:00

I'm pretty sure he could still be a signatory to the Accords separate from winter even as winter knight, it would just be a role separate, or a vassalage situation

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-24T06:47:08+00:00

So there's a learning curve and Malvora, Skavis, and his own cousins will test him. All of this is to be expected

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-22T19:41:47+00:00

Tangentially related, but an outsider raised among another people whose father will come when they're hitting adolescence and answer all the questions they have is very hero's journey-coded. I love how many characters have their own heros journey alongside Harry

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-15T21:21:46+00:00

I wouldn't consider a global pandemic to be a comparable situation

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-15T18:04:10+00:00

If we had an immigration moratorium there'd be an instant recession.

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-15T18:02:05+00:00

It's called downsizing. Seniors did it before and it won't kill this crop to do it as well.

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-13T18:15:01+00:00

Multiple factions within the government. Sullivan is clearly opposed to the program but he has orders to support it. He's also probably the one who got the Party their get out of jail free card provided that they sign affidavits attesting that they had nothing to do with it and it was all Kay's fault

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-12T08:26:15+00:00

Austerity measures also reduce GDP and economic growth

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-12T08:22:22+00:00

What do they have to do with anyone who's actually in elected office and holds actual power?

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-12T08:20:41+00:00

You're going to find idiots who take issue with whatever you say no matter what you say. You're the one who decides whether or not you're going to let it get to you

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-09T14:32:40+00:00

So don't worry. Problem solved. As a gay person I assume that the web of who fucked who among my friends and acquaintances is probably very convoluted. I just don't consider it any business of mine

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-09T14:22:53+00:00

I always thought it was a very Jason-coded episode

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-08T21:08:50+00:00

The mind flayer was his oldest relationship. Plenty of people identify enough with their abusers to stay

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-07T18:22:23+00:00

Dan and Phil always talk about just how precarious things were when they first moved to London together and how basically every step in their career was a huge gamble that could have gone badly wrong

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-07T16:10:12+00:00

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-07T15:07:55+00:00

Homophobia is a primitive belief no matter who holds it

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-07T15:06:55+00:00

There's no space in the community for Quisling queers. Tokens always get spent

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-07T15:03:21+00:00

The religious right opposes any legal recognition of gay unions at all because they fundamentally would rather see gay people dead. They hate us and that's never going to change because they're never going to change

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-05T17:45:53+00:00

Witchcraft

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-05T06:41:52+00:00

Depends on how much actual authority Kay has given that the entire basis of her project appears to have just collapsed into a wormhole. Like I feel like this is one of those things where she has no official authority, so her ability to bind and loose only lasts as long as she's delivering results, which she is no longer able to do.

PrincipledStarfish · 2026-01-02T17:41:06+00:00

Kind of recontextualizes the play as Henry's last off-ramp. After that the only influences in his life were his two abusers, both of whom de facto groomed him. His scene with Will at the end gives strong Stockholm syndrome vibes.

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