U Can Watch Star Wars So Many Times And It Doesn’t Prepare U For How Dumb Star Wars Is. For One Thing

@wispsofwhimsy’s post about a Fox + Alpha-17 fix-it came across my dash and has not left my brain since

I love the trope of like A character uses gloves all the time bc their hands are either sensitive/has powerful powers from their hands/has done bad things with their hands and wants NO ONE to touch them x that B character they allow to touch their hands/accidentally touched hands with and ended up allowing B character to touch A character's hands OR if B character is powerful enough to handle A character's power from their hands

Do you get what im talking about-

hes hearing colors

I tap the mic. “Most people don’t want to crawl down your chimney and steal your dog.”

the crowd murmurs uncertainly.

“If someone wants to steal your dog,” I continue, “there are easier ways to do that. They don’t have to crawl into a chimney.”

Murmuring intensifies. People stand in their seats and begin to boo.

“People disguising themselves as chimney sweepers and stealing dogs is not a rational fear,” I shout. “Literally anyone could steal your dog. Why make sweeping chimneys illegal?”

“I have a list of chimney sweeps who stole dogs from parks!” Someone yells, throwing a shoe.

“You seriously think no chimney sweepers could possibly ever steal from a home?” Another cries.

“Only a dog thief would even want to crawl into a chimney to begin with!” Says a third.

A single tear rolls down my cheek. They are all so fucking stupid

This is a metaphor

Oooooooooooh

finding a term that you’ve never heard before but it resonating with you so deeply is a really cool experience

and that is why research on queer identities, whether gender, sexuality, or romance, is so needed!

from Ace Voices by Eris Young

love that in Pathologic 3 it was daniil who corrects both platon and serafima about Kain's family name. He's very particular about getting the name right so I can only assume that the whole "Vorakh" business was him just flirting. like the man was in correspondence with burakh senior he would Not get it wrong

obi-wan and fox have bi-weekly meetings, either in person or by video call depending on availability and location. these meetings are titled the Politicians Are Assholes meetings and it's mainly like:

Obi-wan: *taking a long drag of straight vodka* force, this tastes like shit. i miss spotchka. Fox: *head on table, only hair visible to the screen* hound brewed some brandy. obi-wan: *raises brow* and how's that going fox: i feel like i just downed paint thinner obi-wan: so well, then fox: fuckin' awesome

intersperced with

Obi-wan: did you hear the idiot from Corellia? Saying that they didn't want any aid from our troops? she's just going to allow her people to be taxed within their lives by the separatists fox: oh, that's nothing. after the meeting she tried to talk up the chancellor in order to get some mineral grants. it was honestly disgusting obi-wan: not while I'm drinking, fox. ew.

Obi-wan: i caught the tail end of Senator . . . Fox: *already groaning* bonteri obi-wan: *nodding profousely* bonteri's speech. there was not a word of sense in the entire damn thing, was there? unless I missed something fox: you missed more bullshit obi-wan: hm. I thought so

but while it's mainly just them bitching, they accidentally uncover Palpatine this way.

Obi-wan: force, is that all paperwork? on your desk????? Fox: *glances at the paper and datapads almost covering his desk* don't make me say yes, Jetti. it's giving me the worst fucking headache. Obi-wan: *eyes narrowing* wait. what? you're not supposed to get headaches Fox: *shrugging* and I suppose I'm not supposed to get blood clots, either obi-wan: NO??? what???? fox: *raises arm and shows him what looks like oddly-shaped veins running up his arm* what's this fuckin' thing then Obi-wan: ARE THOSE LIGHTNING SCARS fox: *drunk off his ass* obviously not, we don't get lightning on coruscant Obi-wan: CODY, TURN THE NEGOTIATOR AROUND. WE'RE GOING BACK TO CORUSCANT

I always forget about the term rose (as in, the shortening of romantic-sexual) and it's such a good term. Allorose is such a good term to make it clear that you're talking about only people who are both alloromantic and allosexual, and not talking about other tertiary ways of being allo, and all the rose labels, like grayrose and demirose, are so cool and convenient too. And their flags are so good! I love the blue-green. Anyway. Just a reminder that rose exists and it's a cool word and we should use it even more.