Batel regenerated into the statue. Including glowy regeneration energy hands.

She’s the Doctor and the statue is a portal to another universe, on the other side of which Tecteun finds her. And then, MUCH later, she comes back to spend time with Pelia. That was her in the Tardis in The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail, trying to watch over Pike.

I’m going to stop headcanoning now.

Kirk-Spock interactions

I don’t know, it reminded me a BIT too much of how Supernatural handled (or didn’t really) two certain characters.

Hah! Did it 5 seconds before I saw you, Spidey.

Yeeeeh bruh

Took me 5 minutes.

I’d like this a lot more if they’d taken a cut out of his face and just pasted it over the original image, preferably very crudely.

Also, who says I can’t control it? Maybe if I keep worrying about it, I might find a solution! It’s happened before!

Okay but you said “this is normal” and “hostile or not”. Then you go on to list examples of nations with strained relations where, I think, it’s less surprising if they don’t fully trust each other’s diplomats - instead of an example where traditionally friendly nations do the same. I’m not sure what point you’re making.

Idk, your examples are the Korean/Japanese relationship and the Russia/non-Russia relationship. Those don’t seem to be good standards for international diplomatic practices.

You and I have VERY different ideas about what “saving the world and making it a better place” means but sure, you’re entitled to your opinion.

So… Did he press it then? Because I’m not seeing it.

Today’s Youth for ya smh

“Huhuh you use a thing that makes social interactions in an often stressful and tiring situation a bit easier. You weirdo.”

(…?)

I’m unclear on what this accomplishes, genuinely interested to understand though and possibly misunderstanding the entire setup. What’s the difference between this and just having the machine vent into the room as usual?

Just because they don’t do it doesn’t mean they don’t have to. Similarly, some shops will give you credit instead of a refund and will only return the money after you complain - they know they have to return the money (or at least ask if credit is okay) but too many people don’t know or don’t bother.

Wzf, it’s true. Brudi, I thought I was on top of my rights as a consumer.

Thinking about it, I think I’ve only ever returned partial shipments - which seems to be one of the cases where the law isn’t clear.

Super nice to know in any case!

I keep seeing people ask why people call Bluesky decentralised. I never see people call Bluesky decentralised.

(Okay, “never” isn’t quite correct, I’ve seen the term used in relation to Bluesky maybe a handful of times but you make it sound like that’s their main selling point)

Everything you said is a common storytelling trope you can find in other stories too.

Take the hero’s family being endangered - the difference is that Die Hard dude then jumps into action and does shit, like what you’d expect from an actual hero. Job does fuck all, doesn’t seem to mind too much (at best he’s like “oh bother”) and, worst of all, does NOT get his family back, it’s a new wife and kids and that’s perfectly fine by him.

The villains corresponding to the neighbours is far-fetched in my opinion but even then, common trope to have story elements trying to discourage the hero. You can find that “parallel” anywhere. They also have vastly different motivations: in Job, his neighbours are presumably worried for him, Die Hard dude’s villains are trying to save their own skin.

What did this man do to suffer? Die Hard dude is devoted to his job, his family doesn’t leave for no reason and isn’t endangered for no reason. It’s a moral dilemma that he struggles with, rooted in the hero’s personality and informing his character arc. Job is just there, changes nothing and learns nothing.

In general, there has to be some motivation for the hero to start his (we’re talking about classic tropes here) journey and people around him and his property (sometimes seen as the same thing…) being endangered is the most convenient one. The interesting part is how he reacts to this situation - which couldn’t be more different between Die Hard dude and Job, as I said above.

Person suffers, then gets happy end - that’s every classic story ever told by anyone (bad endings are a new-fangled modern thing).

Edit: it is 4am i cannot fucking believe i wrote a wall of text about this. i havent even watched any Die Hard in years and years, never mind read the fucking Bible. fuck.

Edit2: McClane. I knew the name was somewhere in my brain. Yes I have the world’s knowledge at my fingertips shut up I also have perfectionism and I only took 3 hours to remember so there.

You’ll have to explain that. Where Job refuses to have a character arc, staying completely passive, watching people around him die, until the very end (and even then only goes whining to his god), Die Hard dude is everything but passive and even willing to risk his own life for others. What do they have in common?

You can turn it off. Opt-out is still bullshit.

Perish the thought.