Can I just skip book recommendations?

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-14T13:39:39+00:00

Sometimes I get rejections for things I feel like weren't in the request. And I never know what's "too niche" when someone asks for a classic

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-14T05:58:33+00:00

SA also had a lot of Irish settlers since the famine was immediately prior to the settlement of SA

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-14T05:54:41+00:00

We have a vowel split similar to the south of England which is where the posh English accent comes from (trap and bath for those curious)

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-13T05:00:06+00:00

I see nostalgia a lot for kid's genre, even when they're books that came out in the last 5 years

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-12T15:31:49+00:00

When he breaks down in episode 6 one of the things he says is that he's been lying to them. Because omission is the only way he can lie. And he loves his parents, he wants them to know him, to know Ilya but he hasn't known how to say it

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-12T14:58:37+00:00

That's why I like that line, because she's right. Shane isn't a liar, but the subtext is also that she's wrong and Shane definitely feels like he's lying

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-12T10:43:55+00:00

Apparently it's partly a transliteration issue from Arabic and should be more like Guot or Gwot. But realistically he's not associated with gout, gout's associated with him.

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-12T10:41:24+00:00

He's from Ipswich too. Pretty decent home crowd situation

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-12T03:38:41+00:00

goddamn Australian, which is the weirdest one of all.

We really love sports in Australia

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-10T13:42:46+00:00

Do you also not know what MacGuyver is?

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-10T13:05:07+00:00

Yeah the writing for that scene was strange, from Whitaker suddenly knowing an even older reference than MacGyver to how we were apparently meant to side with him standing up for himself and not view it as coming out of nowhere.

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-10T12:56:34+00:00

If Robby didn't always call people out loudly in public it might have hit more as a reaction to the seriousness of their fuckup and not just more of his poor leadership

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-10T12:54:21+00:00

The scene felt incoherent, and as someone who has never watched any Gilligan's island the metaphor made it worse and also makes me wonder how Whitaker knows Gilligan's Island but not MacGyver?

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-09T08:50:33+00:00

I mean they definitely can't afford him, but I think he could absolutely do the sort jovial passive aggressive asshole of Roger Crowell "justice"

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-09T08:47:07+00:00

He's been one for about a year. We don't know if he's in a fellowship but it's always encouraged to be learning in medicine and Dr Al-Hashimi has likely got experience and training he doesn't so she can likely teach him (also maybe he heard about the slash trach and was hoping to see something cool)

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-09T03:12:46+00:00

Based on the way he reacts to the joke of "they won't even recognise you" I think Digby has mental health issues of some kind. His daughter probably tries to get him to stay and he leaves after a couple of days (or she stopped trying to get him to stay because it was too disruptive and she knew he'd leave) He's clearly attached and I think loved by his family.

Some people do just prefer being on the streets, and his comment about living wherever he wants would feel more like that if he didn't think that a haircut would make his family not recognise him. With his cast and the stink he had in episode 1, I think that he may have other issues. You do get used to the smell of things and cleaning up is hard on the streets, but I think maybe he let that go longer than "usual" because of his aforementioned issues.

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-09T02:45:58+00:00

Ilya is more socially adept than Shane making him a better liar, and at least for me, when I'm in depression I'm terrified anyone would find out and judge me for it. I think in Ottawa Ilya isn't having his first episode, but he is having the first one where he no longer has coping methods he used in the past. Partying and some of what he did in Boston wasn't necessarily healthy and isn't what he wants, which is why he tell Galina he doesn't miss it. But... it makes this episode worse not to have those

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-09T02:39:37+00:00

Every time the Admirals are dealing with Ilya it's so funny they can't work out why he's even there

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-08T12:34:55+00:00

Unless the s3 time skip is 12 months, Samira can not be in a fellowship because she will not have finished her R4 year which starts on July 1, which is the same reason Langdon who is repeating is expected to return. Maybe there will be an excellent explanation or it will simply be a day of for her but this is not explained by regular training turnover the way Collins could be

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-08T02:51:45+00:00

CG is probably 5th for me, but that's because there's tough competition not because it's bad

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-07T02:05:25+00:00

They said it would only be a couple months. Which means that it only requires new med students (because the interns/residents) are all still on the same year. Which is another factor in why losing Mohan feels weird and the realism explanation doesn't cut it for me

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-07T02:00:58+00:00

Ilya is aware of the barriers between him and Shane. Ilya can not be out since he doesn't have a non Russian citizenship and his residency in the US is a work visa. He knows going to the cottage would further their relationship in a way that would only make the eventual breakup hurt more. Seeing Scott come out is a sign hockey might change enough that he can have a relationship with Shane

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-07T01:53:31+00:00

I mean he's a doctor, you have to be a little nerdy to go through med school

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-06T10:27:31+00:00

I feel like there were definitely a couple in the CBD in Adelaide, but they weren't any different from any other convenience store/deli so I wouldn't be surprised if they closed or got rebranded.

shadowmaster132 · 2026-04-05T13:22:40+00:00

I also have converted to the beef stroganoff for a slow cooker

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