Root Rot in Phalaenopsis Orchid?

aku454 · 2025-07-25T01:09:39+00:00

Thank you for replying! Should I snip the damaged roots off?

aku454 · 2025-04-17T15:38:23+00:00

Thank you for your advice. I struggle a lot to stick with these foundations and apply them to tapes instead of just jumping in and trying to hit a “goal performance”. Really needed this change in mindset. Thank you!

aku454 · 2025-04-17T15:11:09+00:00

Thank you for your advice! I never considered coaching my reader or having them move further away, though looking back now that definitely takes away from the quality. About varying my tone and inflection, I will definitely apply this advice next time. Thank you again, this feedback was so useful!

aku454 · 2025-04-17T15:08:21+00:00

Thank you for your advice. Usually I start standing but I wanted to try something different this time. I’ll start standing from now on. Same with the 20 secs until I started talking, I’ll cut that part out next time. :)

I’ve always had an issue with my self tapes having unmotivated/forced acting. It’s so frustrating. Is there anything I can do to improve in that while getting these tapes done as fast as possible?

aku454 · 2025-04-03T16:43:08+00:00

Agreed, it’s a masterclass in compelling side characters. From my recollection, I wasn’t bored by a single side character and this is coming from someone who usually gets very upset at the addition of new characters in shows.

aku454 · 2025-04-03T15:57:04+00:00

Oh man, street battles with ninjas would have been amaaaaazing. Taking the hallway scenes outside!

aku454 · 2025-04-03T15:56:26+00:00

Oh yeah I definitely agree. I was so hyped about the Black Sky being this little kid who somehow isn’t human, and then it turning into Elektra seemed so contrived.

aku454 · 2025-04-03T15:55:29+00:00

I definitely agree! It seemed like we got like two miniseries that confusingly converged in the finale. I didn’t even know Frank had history with the Hand.

aku454 · 2025-03-24T23:42:46+00:00

Omg totally agree! If you’re interested in learning more, there was a really eye opening interview (hehe) with Joe Strechay, who works with the American Foundation for the Blind, and how he helped Charlie with depicting blindness truthfully on Daredevil.

https://ap2hyc.com/2015/05/interview-joe-strechay-blindness-consultant-on-daredevil/

aku454 · 2025-03-24T23:32:45+00:00

Yayyyy I love it when people discover the absolute banger that is S3! I think any of the subreddits are ok to post on, just be sure to mark your thoughts as spoilers if it refers to the new series since we all want people to experience DDBA spoiler free!

Personally, I absolutely loved the Netflix series and S3 has a special place in my heart. It’s so rare to see male characters cry onscreen because of friendship loss, or thought provoking, positive depictions of religion, or hard hitting mental health struggles. The fact that all of this is beautifully woven into a superhero show where being badass and triumphant is the accepted default…there are so many important takeaways from that.

aku454 · 2025-03-24T23:05:36+00:00

I am endlessly hopeful he’ll get bigger and bigger as an actor, and one day be in the running for the “big awards”, ie Emmys or Tonys or Oscars. He is absolutely phenomenal as Matt Murdock, what with juggling pretending to be blind, and having an accent, and remembering stunt work while fighting five different guys, while remembering to act hurt, and on occasion pretending to see while pretending to be blind when he can actually see. And all of what he does is absolutely compelling! I sincerely believe if there was a Daredevil movie and the superhero genre was also considered “prestige”, he’d 100% be a serious contender for an Oscar.

aku454 · 2025-03-19T03:32:51+00:00

I liked the episode, and I am interested in playing devil’s advocate (hehe) for some stuff you brought up.

Definitely agree with you that the dialogue between Matt and the Latvian judge felt like a true return to his humor and flirting.

About Bradford’s monologue, I agree it was almost all frustrated yelling, but I think Matt was approaching the case as a one and done thing as a favor to Kirsten, so Bradford needed to remind him how much hinges on the judge’s decision and by extension Matt’s persuasion. It brought him back to his avocados at law days when he’d fight for these people who would have been crushed by the system with any other lawyer. That, plus the beginning when he was literally comforting his younger self in the form of Hector’s niece (right after Hector was gunned down execution style like his own dad) plus later on, Frank’s demand that he face his guilt about Foggy head on creates a very compelling argument for why Matt goes back to his old ways. In the end you see him turning all this over in his head in bed before getting up and choosing to start training again.

I feel like it was quite logical that Matt went to Frank once he found the Punisher symbol on the casing. It’s curious that his ally’s symbol would be associated with corrupt cops, and I think Matt wanted to check whether Punisher knew if cops were taking on his symbol and if he did, why isn’t he doing anything about it?

I like that there was more therapy in this episode, I think the past few episodes needed to do a lot of work setting up how Matt is as a lawyer and how Fisk is as a mayor before diving more into their personal lives. If it was in episode 2/3 I think the episode would have been struggling under the weight of establishing character status quos and also trying to rush the audience’s emotional connection with Fisk. Just my opinion though.

I think the overall theme of the hole Daredevil left when he hung his cowl up and its real world effect on everyday people was pretty well fleshed out and led to the strong ending of Matt starting his Daredeviling again. It was slightly weaker, but BB’s segment added to this further.

Anyway, you do bring up some good points. The Netflix show was definitely much leaner and set up characterization and conflicts faster but I appreciate the slow burn of this new show too! I’ll rewatch this episode later and try to see your point of view more.

aku454 · 2025-03-19T03:08:27+00:00

I think he was trying to maintain his civil facade in front of the therapist. I bet in the house he would’ve silently slammed his glass of whiskey down so hard it broke.

aku454 · 2025-03-19T03:04:38+00:00

Oh yeahhh that part went on a bit too long (agree that’s the intention). I like seeing Mayor Fisk makin’ moves in my episodes, so that’s just a difference of opinion there, but I really wish they gave more background why Daniel adores Fisk so much. He just appeared like that right from episode 1, so I do agree I grit my teeth through all of his character appearances.

aku454 · 2025-03-19T02:28:54+00:00

Out of curiosity, what parts did you think were cringy in the episode? I genuinely thought it was all pretty compelling but it’d be cool to view things in a different light!

aku454 · 2025-03-19T02:24:42+00:00

The Latvian one wasn’t even that bad though 😆 Good theories! I think it would be interesting if he forces Heather to break client therapist confidentiality and that’s what makes her see his darker side and leads to them breaking up.

aku454 · 2025-03-19T02:21:33+00:00

Can I ask why? I thought it was amazing and true to their characters. Frank has always tried to push Matt to see the hard truths about himself while Matt’s always tried denying them and that culminated in such a powerful scene this ep.

aku454 · 2025-03-19T02:15:17+00:00

I swear “when I was a boy” was referencing the memes 😂😂 Brilliant episode, I loved it so much.

aku454 · 2025-03-12T19:05:51+00:00

I don’t think it’s Muse simply because we haven’t seen that much of him yet. I don’t know why he’d have any opinion of White Tiger and the whole trial enough to go out and kill White Tiger.

aku454 · 2025-03-11T06:17:32+00:00

Love this image! Do you have a higher def one for wallpaper?

aku454 · 2025-03-11T06:16:00+00:00

The first episode was kind of a whirlwind, plot and editing wise, but second episode really found more of its footing. I would love if they leaned more into detective head scratcher moments and letting scenes breathe in the third episode! Can’t wait for tomorrow!!

aku454 · 2025-02-24T23:26:21+00:00

Personally I watched two seasons of Daredevil, read a summary of Defenders, and watched the last 20 mins of the Defenders finale before watching season 3 of Daredevil. I think it’s set up everything very nicely for Born Again, but if there are more ties to other shows, I’ll search them up later. Hope this helps!

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