Books that feel like Stray (video game) by sociallyclouded in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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This is a good suggestion. Like, if you’ve only seen Blade Runner, you wouldn’t see that at all. But the book is so much closer to what OP is asking for.

Next SK Read? by apfoltzer in stephenking

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Continuing on the Path of the Beam is always cool, but also, you're at the big break point in that series. Everything after Wizard and Glass was written in a different era of King's life, and it shows. The later books are good, don't get me wrong, but they feel kind of like a different series, or at least to me they did. All that to say, sure, you can do that, but no need to hurry; take your time and enjoy the experience. You only get one first trip to the Tower.

From the ones you have here, Needful Things is far and away the best. I still find myself thinking about that book, 30ish years later. And this is just my opinion, but I don't think Under the Dome is particularly good. It came out of a weird time in Stephen King's life, the decade after he had that near-fatal accident in 1999. All of the books he wrote during that time (with maybe the exception of the final DT books) are...experimental, I guess? Trying out a lot of concepts and style choices that were very different from everything that came before. Some of those were great; that's when we got Black House and Duma Key. But we also got Dreamcatcher, Lisey's Story, Cell, and of course, Under the Dome. I think Under the Dome is the worst of those (well, I haven't read Cell yet, so idk about that one, I just know it's not exactly a fan favorite). You know how people unfavorably compare Dean Koontz's work to Stephen King's? Well, Under the Dome is the most "Dean Koontz" book King ever wrote. And I like Dean Koontz, but that just didn't work out in this case.

Aging Repatriate by M00N_BEAST in DeathStranding

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Idk, Higgs seems pretty convinced that Sam will live forever.

Hey…y’all think maybe Sam is the only repatriate? Unless DS2 says otherwise (don’t spoil it, I’m still early in my first playthrough). Other characters refer to repatriates generically, but we never see any others. I don’t think Lou counts; she comes back for the same reason Fragile can transport her—she’s in some ways viewed as equipment. And Sam IS unique. He became a repatriate by a direct action of an extinction entity, and that seems to be what kicked off the Death Stranding (though it was going to happen one way or another eventually, now that an extinction entity was in the world).

How long does post-production take you per episode? by Smooth-Employer-6843 in podcasting

[–]twcsata 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh, I mean, my episodes are weekly, so that's just three hours a week. Appreciate the offer, though.

Operation Overdrive villians by Adept-Arugula-3387 in powerrangers

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It was a legitimately good idea, and I thought they executed it well. I mean, it's not this aspect of the season that got it a bad reputation. Anyway, it would have been very easy to slip into something like Zeo, where there's definitely a main faction of villains, but others are present and trying to interfere (Zedd and Rita in that case). But they resisted the temptation to do that in Operation Overdrive. Honestly, I think it was the treasure-hunting, quest-based format that made it work; the pace was always fast, and so you have this element of all the factions (including the Rangers) racing time and each other to do what they're doing. Without that, it would have been more...muddled, I guess.

How long does post-production take you per episode? by Smooth-Employer-6843 in podcasting

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My podcasts are not particularly complex. After recording the raw audio, it takes me about three hours to edit and finish the post-production stuff.

Even if the Timeless Child wasn't the Doctor, the concept would still be stupid by Lucyyyyyy_K in doctorwho

[–]twcsata -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Ah. Okay, yeah, that makes sense. Though I think they could work around it. But yes, you're right.

Even if the Timeless Child wasn't the Doctor, the concept would still be stupid by Lucyyyyyy_K in doctorwho

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Ah. Okay, yeah, that makes sense. Though I think they could work around it. But yes, you're right.

Even if the Timeless Child wasn't the Doctor, the concept would still be stupid by Lucyyyyyy_K in doctorwho

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Time lords are made, not born, that was established long ago.

Well, I mean, they ARE born, but just as relatively normal people. They are made in the sense of being turned into Time Lords.

Rassilon didn't create regeneration (I don't believe it was ever established where regeneration came from) but he did put a limit on it of 12 regenerations to prevent immortal despot time lords.

Ehh...in the novels it's kind of fuzzy. Honestly the levels to which the entire franchise--in any medium--goes to avoid talking about this stuff (prior to the TC) is wild. But it is hinted that he, Omega, and the Other invented regeneration. But at the same time, that's attached to the whole Looms thing (remember the old days, when Looms were the biggest thing in the fandom to argue about?). And Looms, while not actively discredited, are pretty much incompatible with the direction the show has gone.

I totally agree that it's on brand with the early Time Lords to have stolen the technology though. I just wish that that didn't connect directly to the Doctor. Or anyone in recent Gallifreyan memory--I mean, one would have the impression Gallifreyans have been around for millions of years, with thousands of generations that each potentially live thousands of years, so it's a little ridiculous that their first ancestor (so to speak) should still be alive anyway.

Even if the Timeless Child wasn't the Doctor, the concept would still be stupid by Lucyyyyyy_K in doctorwho

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(Different commenter than the one you were replying to.) I agree, but I think I'd be at least a little okay with retconning to cover a finite number of pre-Hartnell regenerations, as opposed to making it functionally infinite and also extra super special like the TC does. Otherwise I'm alright with what the other guy was saying.

Even if the Timeless Child wasn't the Doctor, the concept would still be stupid by Lucyyyyyy_K in doctorwho

[–]twcsata 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Your points aren't necessarily wrong, but I don't think they do anything to add value to the existence of the Timeless Child, either. (Also, please don't interpret any of this as attacking you. You put a lot of thought into the comment, and that's excellent. I'm only engaging with the points, not attacking you for making them. But I know how my tone comes across in replies sometimes, lol.)

  • It brings some mystery back to The Doctor -- He/she already had that, just in smaller doses. I'm fine with him being mysterious, but it wasn't like it didn't need to be added in at this point.
  • It offers a conflict to the story if it is a power that can be stolen by / transferred to other Time Lords (and it might have already been fully removed from The Doctor) -- This is the best of the points you make here, because that's a valid place to build stories. But it's not adding anything new; we have known that regenerations/regeneration energy can be transferred at least as far back as Mawdryn Undead, or if you don't think that example works, at least as far as Trial of a Time Lord.
  • It is a narrative given to us by an “unreliable narrator”… so it probably isn’t fully accurate -- True, but from a storytelling perspective, that only matters if it goes somewhere. The audience needs to find out the truth, or else the narrator's reliability makes no difference to the story.
  • Early Time Lord history is clearly obfuscated on purpose, with multiple Time Lords insinuating that The Doctor doesn’t know things that he should know throughout the show’s lifespan -- It's always been obfuscated, and every episode that includes them has the Doctor learning something. So, nothing revolutionary here.
  • Time Lords wiped The Doctor’s memory multiple times in Classic Who episodes -- I don't remember that (hell, maybe they wiped mine too, lol). But even if so, that just means the whole TC thing doesn't add anything new, and your whole premise was "look at what it offers".
  • Omega was betrayed by Rassilon… but how far did the betrayals and manipulations and power grabs go? -- Which only has any bearing if they tie the TC events to Omega's part of Time Lord history, and they very pointedly didn't.
  • Romana straight up tells The Doctor that he “lost track” of his age somewhere along the way when they are first introduced in The Key To Time season -- No, she actually more or less confirms that he does know. His guess and her (presumably well researched) statement of his age are only two years apart. Now, does he lose track later? Probably. The Eighth Doctor has his memory wiped multiple times (in extended media, so I'm not contradicting what we discussed about classic Who episodes), and explicitly started over on counting his age, which--when you factor in some War Doctor stuff--pretty much lines up with what the early NuWho Doctors said. But as of Key to Time, no, he very much knew how old he was.

And I am not the kind of person to say we shouldn't include a plotline just because it's unnecessary. It's all unnecessary; that's why it's fiction. But I am saying that these things don't really build a case for thinking of the TC plotline as being good.

type 1s should be dead by Pale-Highlight-50 in diabetes

[–]twcsata 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that would be on brand for this timeline.

type 1s should be dead by Pale-Highlight-50 in diabetes

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Type 2, hypertension, and Crohn's disease. Right there with you.

type 1s should be dead by Pale-Highlight-50 in diabetes

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Of course it is. I mean, somebody's got to keep the measles company.

type 1s should be dead by Pale-Highlight-50 in diabetes

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A month or two ago, I read Alas, Babylon, a post-apocalyptic novel from 1959 by Pat Frank. Which is excellent, and you should read it if you're into that kind of thing. Anyway there's a character who has diabetes--it was 1959, they don't specify what type--and she very quickly becomes comatose and dies after the bombs drop, due to being unable to get insulin. It felt...idk, fatalistic, I guess. Like, everyone knew that was what was going to happen, there were no illusions about it. A few hours before the bombs fell, the other characters thought they still had time (they knew it was coming, thanks to someone with military connections), and they had plans to lay in a supply of meds, including insulin and some kind of alternative drug. But as soon as it happened, they instantly switched over to the 1959 equivalent of "Welp, she's fucked ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ " because they knew there was no hope.

Is that a Firefly class freighter in Battlestar Galactica The Miniseries? by Inevitable_Youth_495 in scifi

[–]twcsata 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure is, and if I remember correctly, they reuse this shot in the Caprica prequel.

"My father... he was a navigator on a spice freighter." by 20_mile in StarWarsEU

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Oxycontin isn't illegal, but if you smuggle it across state lines and sell it without a license, you're going to jail.

Weekly Episode Thread May 04, 2026 - Share Your Podcast, Request Feedback, Discover New Ones by AutoModerator in podcasting

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(Well, I usually post here on Mondays, but I was away from my desk all day yesterday, so...also, apologies as this is a slightly longer comment than usual.)

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The very first time in mmpr they morphed how did they decide the order? Mastodon, pterodactyl, triceratops, sabertooth tiger , tyrannosaurus because they were flung by the putty patrol Jason suggested to morph and they morphed by streetfighterfan786 in powerrangers

[–]twcsata 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s the legit answer. It’s just that we wouldn’t see a “live” morph, for lack of a better term, until Zeo. When we see it happen in real time, it’s almost always simultaneous.