Pet peeves: The return (Part 5)

[Vixí-argent-dawn (Vixí)]

Im so sorry to hear all the hugs to you

[Koralash-argent-dawn]

I will moof eternally in solidarity

[Lintian-argent-dawn (Lintian)]

Happy Tolkien’s birthday!

[Shauna-argent-dawn (Shauna)]

@Aelruil-argent-dawn

got my wife watching doctor who from the 2005 start

i forgot how cringe inducing it can be. but i love it

I’ve also been doing this, just finished Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways last night.

Surprised to see people rate the Slitheen episodes as the worst in the season. I can admit that they’re not stellar and the skinsuit CGI has aged pretty horridly but I’d much rather watch them over The Long Game/Father’s Day, personally.

@Vixí-argent-dawn

The Poison Sky(Worst)

I don’t remember if it was this one or the one before, but one of these has my favourite Who joke where 10 finds the teleporter.

“We have an intruder!”
“How did he get in? In-tru-da Window? Bye bye!”

I truly cannot express how unbelievably funny I find it. It’s stupid but it slays me every time.

Also obviously, anyone complaining about Nu-who being “now too woke” is just silly. Outside of the one time where Rose calls 9’s reaction to being slapped as “gay”. Aged like MILK and I get such whiplash from that scene.

[Desartin-argent-dawn (Desartin)]

@Croecell-argent-dawn

Leo’s apointment is booked for tomorrow. For those who want to know. He has not eaten in the last few days and he is limping badly, he’s in a lot of pain and this is probably the best course of action for him.

I’m sorry to hear that Croe. I know we talked about how it is when it’s a companion you grew up with and shared most of your life with

[Aelruil-argent-dawn]

@Shauna-argent-dawn

Father’s Day

I remember this episode being good. Interesting to see how I find it again after so many years then.

@Shauna-argent-dawn

Aged like MILK and I get such whiplash from that scene.

Weird that RTD let that kind of thing in to be honest.

[Distantpeak-argent-dawn (Distantpeak)]

Sending all my love x

[Elenthas-argent-dawn (Elenthas)]

@Shauna-argent-dawn

Outside of the one time where Rose calls 9’s reaction to being slapped as “gay”. Aged like MILK and I get such whiplash from that scene.

One of those things where the dialogue/reaction might have been realistic for the time - mid-2000s? Calling something ‘gay’ as a pejorative, especially for teens/young adults, was pretty normal.

But yeah, these days, doesn’t fly as high.

[Shauna-argent-dawn (Shauna)]

Oh yeah, it was absolutely accurate and realistic for the time, at least in my experience.

It’s just one of those things that had just passed me by until my rewatch, as a friend was like, “btw, let me know if you notice the homophobic bit”.

[Koralash-argent-dawn]

Persona 4 completed! It was very cute but some really big missteps coming from the fact that the writers did not account for queer people existing and a few characters suffer because of it - namely Chie/Yukiko who are clearly in lesbians, Kanji, who is clearly gay or at least bisexual, and Naoto who is The Most Transmasc Person In The World

which, considering the overarching themes are about facing one’s insecurities and accepting yourself, is very funny

Now to replay 5, and enjoy all the delightful upgrades it gave combat and the dungeons

[Aerilen-argent-dawn (Aerilen)]

Speaking of Tenant, i got my partner to watch Good Omens and she’s enjoying it. Honestly its been like 20 years since i read my first Pratchett novel and his humour still makes me smile.

[Croecell-argent-dawn (Croecell)]

[Album] Well, the last picture I will ever take of my cat.

[Cirelle-argent-dawn]

Pratchett is also responsible for one of my all-time-favorite quotes regarding elves.

"Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror.

The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.

No one ever said elves are nice.
Elves are bad.”

[Elenthas-argent-dawn (Elenthas)]

@Cirelle-argent-dawn

Elves are bad.”

Damn right they’re baddies.

[Lintian-argent-dawn (Lintian)]

To be fair, Pratchett’s elves are so different from the Tolkien archetype that I just regard them as an altogether different type of beings with the same name.

Like Tolkien orcs and Warcraft orcs.

[Kaytlinne-argent-dawn (Kaytlinne)]

Elves vs Fae, really.

[Koralash-argent-dawn]

Y’all know I love some dangerous elf-posting, like MTG’s As graceful as a deer leaping a stream and as deadly as the wolf waiting in ambush on the other side.

[Aelruil-argent-dawn]

got the whirlwind axe last night on classic, plus upgraded all of my gear which were quest greens from the late teens early twenties

i’ve gone from being a wet blanket that can only manage fighting one mob at a time to a god of destruction with the addition of sweeping strikes which just unlocked

insane power spike

[Atahalni-argent-dawn (Atahalni)]

STOP POSTING ABOUT ELVES!

I’M TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT THEM!

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[Zodeyak-argent-dawn]

Pratchett’s elves are described to look something akin to bush babies or grey aliens. They are so wonderfully evil and bizarre.

The Science of Discworld 2 has elves infiltrating 16th century England because they find mankind’s ability to fully immerse themselves in stories a great way to boost their own glamourous powers.