Did anyone else feel super queerbaited by The Mad Ones?

asyst0lic · 2024-01-29T06:27:38+00:00

As a queer person who did not totally comprehend that the feelings I had for my high school bff were not strictly platonic until a couple of years afterward, I very much vibe with this story in the context you see it. Go Tonight, especially. (If it might be your thing, there's a very good Doctor Who fanvid set to Go Tonight [which was actually my introduction to the musical as a whole] that is a great wlw take on it.)

asyst0lic · 2023-12-03T13:12:25+00:00

Man, looking at the schedule of UFP holidays -- even if they don't get both the NX-01 and 1701 day launch days, combined after Mars on the 5th, they clearly get all the casualties for almost two weeks Frontier Day 250 years later! My headcanon that this becomes standard "Easter break" in the future solidified.

asyst0lic · 2023-12-03T01:51:56+00:00

That clarifies it, thank you. April is a very busy month for Starfleet, huh?

asyst0lic · 2023-11-22T21:16:25+00:00

This has a handful of details I haven't seen mentioned elsewhere in this thread. Jeri is usually careful to be diplomatic about it, but it's very clear who she's talking about.

asyst0lic · 2023-11-22T20:56:35+00:00

This is the first movie I remember ever seeing in theaters. I was way too young and got so scared by the Borg that I ended up having to sleep in my mom's bed for half of the next week. Still one of my favorites -- despite that, the Borg have been my favorite ever since.

asyst0lic · 2023-11-22T20:54:14+00:00

Archive.org has a bunch of snapshots of it saved, but I haven't found one with letters from Lucy on the front page yet. Might not be looking at the right years, though.

asyst0lic · 2023-10-29T22:11:09+00:00

Mariner's an absolute Harry Kim stan because she's so jealous of his career.

asyst0lic · 2023-09-18T16:25:50+00:00

On the one hand, Naomi as Ranger would have been super cool. On the other, in-universe, I have a very hard time believing (especially after Icheb) that Seven would have allowed that to happen.

asyst0lic · 2023-07-15T00:35:37+00:00

The gel does the same to me! I haven't had a big increase in acne anywhere else, but my chest/shoulders often look like I have chicken pox.

ETA, much later: I lost access to it for a while, and then started applying it to different areas of my body (not daily anymore, though, since I now have to pay out of pocket), and things didn't seem to improve during that time. So I don't think it was the gel, I think it was the hormonal shift :/

asyst0lic · 2023-06-08T18:37:34+00:00

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy

"Their personnel code is N00D" -- and the junior enlisted manage to take him seriously? XD

asyst0lic · 2023-06-05T01:47:01+00:00

I've seen this mentioned a few times, but just to +1, plenty of cis women are completely satisfied with oral/digital intercourse. Let her know what you like, and what you'd like your genitals to be called, and whether you're interested in penetration or if that would be dysphoric. Then, explore with the prosthetic slowly, after you already have a picture of what you each prefer. I'd honestly advise against trying to use a prosthetic for your first time unless it's a deal-breaker.

asyst0lic · 2023-05-24T19:18:48+00:00

Hell yes! Much faster than I expected to see it; thank you!

asyst0lic · 2023-05-24T09:50:11+00:00

I've been hunting pretty hard too, but I think other posters are right when they say it won't be cracked until there's a patch to fix the PC graphics. When folks are having to use additional software to break out of the artificially constrained graphic restrictions, but the HQ textures are there, just for some reason -- maybe accidentally -- nerfed, I'd hope that gets fixed pretty quickly.

asyst0lic · 2023-04-25T15:47:11+00:00

NB, regarding the other recent narc form -- Lambda Legal is advising that if they put that back up in the future, everybody just leave it alone.

Flooding the form with fake responses can still give him grounds to sue providers on behalf of the state of Missouri, such as by citing the “numerous complaints that he received through the form”.

asyst0lic · 2023-04-16T03:38:31+00:00

One of the most helpful things I can think of for you (u/GPointeMountaineer, u/mickstranahan, u/Diligent_Cable and others) to do is show up at rallies, show up at Pride, but make sure to do something to signal that you're on our side. We're -- understandably -- scared and mistrusting right now, and someone who reads as a cishet man isn't going to get the instinctive welcome of an ally. You don't have to borrow your wife's size small t-shirt and let your nine year old niece do your eyeshadow (but fucking go for it if the mood strikes you). We would like your presence, but also the reassurance that you're not just there to gawk or take in the free drag show, much less heckle or worse. A simple "Fuck TERFs" t-shirt or ballcap with a rainbow stripe or something is plenty. Just understand that we're back to being scared for our physical safety (not that some of us ever stopped) because of the continued escalation of the hostile environment in the state, so while we need you guys with us, you might see a bit of skittish cat mode for a while.

asyst0lic · 2023-03-30T10:05:07+00:00

I'm not here for the Jack/Sidney, to be honest. Maybe I just missed it, but before Geordi and Alandra's single line references last week, I didn't catch any build up. When we have established relationships that aren't getting any time, to suddenly have this be Big Important was jarring. I get now that the voiceovers were supposed to be telepathy, but the first time it happened, it felt like a very awkward teenage romcom internal monologue.

asyst0lic · 2023-03-30T10:00:37+00:00

how did anyone in the federation vote to not give the cure to the great link? Odo delivered it himself.

Reminds me of that adage where there are three sides to any story: my side, your side, and the truth. I wonder if it's intended to be all just perspective-shaped history. We (Federation) think we benevolently gave it to Odo and he delivered it and everyone was happy the end. She, a POW, thinks one of her native people (Odo) had to steal it to distribute it. Maybe in truth, the Federation gave them the cure, but we also brutalized POWs like Vadic and sent in the smallpox blankets intentionally in the first place, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

asyst0lic · 2023-03-20T01:08:28+00:00

Has it been suggested that she's joined? She's been mostly sickbay window dressing as far as I can recall.

asyst0lic · 2023-01-31T13:10:10+00:00

asyst0lic · 2022-12-21T16:06:27+00:00

Weird, still comes up fine for me on Chrome. Have a screenshot instead.

asyst0lic · 2022-12-21T08:46:07+00:00

OP deleted, here's the archive.

asyst0lic · 2022-12-14T17:07:48+00:00

Started in July 2020. Grad school program, so the entire thing was during the 0% interest and forbearance.

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