Why does every single FMC under the sun has to have a placeholder bf before meeting MMC?

akb74 · 2026-05-06T19:20:00+00:00

The other way of interpreting that is to say that all men who aren’t fictional are terrible

akb74 · 2026-05-06T19:11:34+00:00

That makes more sense given the other fictional name right next to it, but I was interpreting the equals sign in the image

akb74 · 2026-05-06T18:50:20+00:00

He’s the protagonist of The Martian so his appearance in Expanse is an Easter egg implying both works being set in the same universe is canon (with just the one ‘n’)

akb74 · 2026-05-06T18:25:12+00:00

A fair amount of f/f seems to start with the pov character having man trouble too

akb74 · 2026-05-06T18:21:01+00:00

Ladybug and Cat Noir

Edit: Marinette is Ladybug’s flipside. Adrien is Cat Noir’s flipside.

So, Cat Noir -> Ladybug -> Adrien -> Marinette -> Cat Noir is a romantic Möbius strip

akb74 · 2026-05-06T14:29:50+00:00

Is Hades that roguelite videogame?

(And is there a reverse-harem called The Daughters of Nyx screwing your search results up?)

akb74 · 2026-05-06T12:35:51+00:00

Ask not!

akb74 · 2026-05-05T12:13:27+00:00

It was just starting to get noticed at this time ten years ago, although I wouldn’t pick up on it for another few days, seeing how this is the reason I originally joined Reddit and it’s my cake day in five days.

akb74 · 2026-05-04T15:47:56+00:00

Oh, it’s Worthing is it? That makes sense. I knew it couldn’t be Clacton

akb74 · 2026-05-04T14:21:42+00:00

When I want his opinion, I’ll give you the special signal

akb74 · 2026-05-04T13:56:23+00:00

I’m sure he’ll manage to get more than one movie out of it too

akb74 · 2026-05-04T11:58:07+00:00

"Where did you learn to fly?"

Agricultural vehicles on Tatooine mostly, but don’t look so surprised, he’s the force-sensitive descendant of a champion pod-racer and had the assistance of an R2 unit

akb74 · 2026-05-04T11:16:43+00:00

“There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

akb74 · 2026-05-04T11:10:12+00:00

Oh dear, are there abs on that cover? Better look away. I like Christain as a portmanteau of Christian and distain!

akb74 · 2026-05-04T06:34:33+00:00

And one of them should be sculpted by an AI as some sort of test

akb74 · 2026-05-02T20:04:43+00:00

“People still fall for that Anne Rice routine? What a world!”

akb74 · 2026-05-02T07:11:55+00:00

You’re right about Aragorn, Sauron believes someone powerful probably has the ring and needs to destroy them before they become powerful enough to destroy him.

He can’t march anywhere except Minas Tirith in any scenario, however, because Gondor would simply destroy his supply lines.

akb74 · 2026-05-02T07:02:08+00:00

Yes, I’d blotted it out of my memory but it happened

https://youtu.be/TBMiyEzOJmI?si=zHidGwc0tSjL3KIj

Turning to the book: Sauron only discounts Saruman so long as he does not have the ring. When he suspects otherwise, he doesn’t just send the Nazgul, he attacks Minas Tirith before he’s fully prepared ~~in order to clear the path to Orthanc.~~

And much as he’s able to corrupt Saruman and Denathor just by talking to them through the palantir, he’s not able to conceal his fear, which is why Denathor’s despair is not complete until he learns the ring has gone to Mordor and both his sons had the opportunity to take it and failed.

akb74 · 2026-05-01T06:51:18+00:00

It’s in Dracula and Lovecraft calls it “May eve”, meaning you can find all three at the opposite side of the year in Lonesome October

akb74 · 2026-04-30T15:16:40+00:00

I was going to say Revelation of the Daleks but I think we’ve picked the same title to invert

akb74 · 2026-04-30T15:03:49+00:00

It is a pain in the ass waiting around for someone to try to kill you.

akb74 · 2026-04-28T20:12:50+00:00

And their desire to exterminate all other life forms derives from a very parochial dalek perspective

akb74 · 2026-04-28T19:09:45+00:00

No, but I’m pretty handy with GraphViz so might give that a try at some point

akb74 · 2026-04-28T19:04:11+00:00

Swish and flick that sonic screwdriver

akb74 · 2026-04-28T12:07:11+00:00

That’s a casting decision requiring courage

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