From now on I will only accept love triangles if they end in:
Polyamory
The main character rejecting both love interests and staying single
The two love interests giving up on the main character because how hard is it to make a damn choice?
4. The two love interests realizing they love each other more than the main character and the main character getting together with someone that wasn’t even part of the triangle proper.
I’m sorry anon. I realized belatedly that I basically just told you “turn to Jesus!” and walked away without explanation. I’m absolutely not kidding, though: Star Trek. Especially in times of difficulty and change: watch Star Trek.
I was sixteen in the 90s, which was a much more hopeful time than now in most ways, but was also a far more isolating time for anyone atypical. I had no idea where to go to get information about what was wrong with me, or reassurance that I wasn’t alone. Without the internet, alone is pretty damn lonely.
So I found myself turning to Star Trek captains to hear the messages I knew I needed to hear from an authority figure, but couldn’t find around me.Anon, I don’t know your situation or whether you’re among my Trek followers, so let me offer you a variety of options:
I want to talk for a moment about the infamous Trump Happy New Year tweet. We’re all familiar with it. It went like this:
“Happy New Year to all, including to my many enemies and those who have fought me and lost so badly they just don’t know what to do. Love!”
The general reaction could best be summed up as, “What an asshole!” But I’m glad he tweeted this, because it really clarifies things. Trump views everyone who didn’t and/or doesn’t support him as a conquered enemy. This ought to put to rest any talk of Trump “uniting the country” or “giving him a chance.” In fact, you know what, Donald?
If you are going to treat me like a conquered enemy, then I have to assume I am now living in an occupied country. And that means that from me, you get:
* no benefit of the doubt
* no cooperation
* no respect
and
* no legitimacy.
That tweet frees us all from any remaining scruples any of us might have had about rejecting his legitimacy and authority. You can’t be someone’s “enemy” and be their president at the same time.
WE SHOULD WRITE FANFIC FOR IT AND MAKE IT A NICE BIG JUICY TAG ON AO3. It actually already has two works already, we should have more. We should have, like, a Jer Keene Week.
*gasp* People could make GIF SETS AND EDITS. C’mon peeps, DC has been working her ass of for this, the least we can do is turn into the raving fans that we are!
(Jer Keene Week has to happen now. Who’s with me, huh? Let’s encourage a fellow fan creator taking the scary step into original work territory!)
(If you have ideas for what the week should consist of, let me know? I love planning stuff like this.)
My cats understand and will obey a number of verbal commands, one of which is “go away”. I don’t use it often, but if they’re bugging me and I’m trying to work or doing something that could be dangerous for cats, I can tell them to go away, and off they go – they’ll only keep pestering me if there’s a serious problem they need me to look at.
That said, their idea of a serious problem that requires my attention is somewhat eccentric. Previous instances have included:
There was an unfamiliar car parked across the street
Their water bowl was four inches to the left of its usual position
One of them had puked on the stairs and they didn’t want to walk past it
It was raining
One of them saw a weird bug
These are all very important things that required your attention. They’re doing a good job.
Dogs really aren’t much better. I teach all my dogs the command “show me”. How it works is if the dog needs something but I’m having trouble understanding what exactly they’re trying to tell me, I say “show me” and they lead me to whatever the problem is. Usually they lead me to a real problem (like a toy that got stuck under the couch, their water bowl is empty, etc). But sometimes they want me to fix things like this-
They pulled the covers off my bed and now they want me to put the covers back
They put their ball on top of the ottoman but the ottoman won’t throw it for them
The cat is sleeping and won’t chase them
A flower fell off the potted plant
The cat is sitting in a box and they don’t like it
One of them lost their bandana
The cat won’t take the toy they’re trying to give her
The cat DID take the toy they gave her and now they want it back
I just recalled something from Rogue One. This: (Sorry for the grainy quality, best I could find right now.)
The scene where they’re all running out of Saw’s base and towards Cassian’s ship and we see Bodhi from behind as he stops and watch the explosion coming towards him.
He must know that Jedha City is destroyed, his home and family along with it and that soon all of Jedha itself will be gone as well.
How guilty must he feel in that moment? Wondering if the Empire targeted Jedha because of him, because he dared stand up to it and now everyone he loves and all his past is being wiped out.
Of course he wants to fight later. Like Cassian, like Jyn, Bodhi just lost everything.
Bodhi is definitely headstrong and stubborn, and probably a little bit reckless too.
He wouldn’t have accepted Galen’s mission if he wasn’t a bit reckless, it is a very risky endeavor. Yes he has a conscious and it’s been bothering him with increasing frequency over the years, but here he’s going out on a complete limb.
He’s stubborn and headstrong or he wouldn’t have been able to complete the mission.
And he’s strong willed. He kept his mind despite Bor Gullet, he’s spaced out and traumatized, but he’s still him.
Finally, he has so much emotional fortitude. He has her moment of seeing his whole world destroyed and his reply? To fight back harder than ever. To not give in or give up, but push back as hard as he can.
But he’s also a quiet man, maybe even a bit reserved. You don’t see many of those qualities when you meet him, not at first anyway, because Bodhi doesn’t flaunt them. And if you praised him for them he’d likely blush and shake his head. He doesn’t think himself as anyone special, but anyone who spends even a little time with him realizes how special he is.
Inspired by a discussion with @barricadebakesale. I initially meant this as a reply to something they said, but I think it’s good enough that it deserves its own post.
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