Big Fat Mareanie

My summary of the reptile expo is that I was not expecting to see coconut crabs. There is no way in hell I'd be able to support an adult, but having a baby right in my hands was tempting. There were also P. rufilata slings, an unsexed B. emilia, and baby spotted pythons. More centipedes and pokemon cards than I was anticipating. I'd like to think I was more social than usual. I shared a laugh with a woman at Hardcore Arachnids' table.

I didn't know that From Hedorium To Eternity was the season 8 premiere. What a weird fucking episode. Whole episode flashback with no bearing on the rest of the series, Ben and Gwen know Zs'Skayr's name, they have a wise-cracking cowardly black friend who's along for the ride, Kevin is there too and not antagonistic even though this took place before Servantis made him a sleeper agent, Zs'Skayr has his grim reaper appearance 5 years too early, And Zs'Skayr killed the guy he was using as a disguise by snapping his neck on-screen. But this is when we get those absolutely stellar character designs for civilian Ectonurites. On par with the Transylians in season 5.

Checking in on my tarantulas and my A. bicoloratum sling molted, my P. subfusca molted, and my G. rosea is on her back as we speak.

It turns out I wasn't just coping and the first act of Obsession actually splices together two different takes, one where Nikki is into Bear and one where she isn't, leaving her actual feelings ambiguous on purpose. Which fits with the recurring theme of the film where Nikki is essentially a blank slate for people to project their imagined versions of her onto. Her feelings towards Bear are kept open to interpretation because, for the purposes of the narrative, they do not matter. The only thing that matters within the film is how Bear feels and what he does to (regardless of intention) steal that kind of freedom and autonomy away from Nikki. The whole idea is that Nikki never gets to have a choice or a say in the matter.