lines of returning geese

all of our knights are wearing chainmail bikinis but its kind of hard to tell on account of the gambeson, cuirass, surcoat, etc

As today is the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, it’s a great time to revisit Dinah from Devon’s memory of this historic event. And yes, still makes me laugh.

Today is the 54th anniversary of the moon landing, but Dinah’s diary entry is still absolutely magnificent.

56th anniversary of the finest moment in human history…..and some folks landing on the moon.

The average Noldor commits two kinslayings in their life factoid is a statistical error. The average Noldor commits zero kinslayings. Maedhros and Maglor Feanorion, who led four kinslayings are a statistical outlier adn should not have been counted.

whenever something bad happens in fallen london there's a 50/50 chance it's somehow mr fires' fault. this is true on a cosmic level. it's written into the fabric of the universe as a fact of existence. Mr Fires Is Always Up To Some Nonsense.

none of the judgements decreed this. it's so factual it predates the existence of god.

it has always been a dream of mine to relax

i got burnt too many times at the till realizing i left my money at home, so now i try to keep as many different modes of payment on me as i possibly can. i'm talking cards. i'm talking coins. i'm talking contactless. i'm talking collectibles. i'm talking favors. i'm talking precious minerals. i'm talking gemstones & jewelry. i'm talking scrip. i'm talking endangered species. i'm talking discontinued drugs. i'm talking priceless works of art. i'm talking moon rocks. i'm talking hot trading tips. i'm talking banned weaponry. i'm talking deeds to various plots of land. i'm talking treasure maps. i'm talking lost media. i'm talking fucked-up things in jars. i'm talking historical artifacts. i'm talking sacred relics. i'm talking state secrets. i'm talking passwords. i'm talking cursed statuettes. i'm talking private performances. i'm talking life-changing advice. i'm talking beanie babies. i'm talking first-born sons. i'm talking interesting seashells. i'm talking smooth stones with holes in them. and if all else fails i believe kindness and a smile can get you anything in life; & thievery

the irony of the betrayal scene is that grace has actually managed to have about half of his character arc by that point and the very fact that he's saying "no" demonstrates that he's getting closer to being the brave person stratt needs on her side, just not quite close enough. he's being firm to say he's not just gonna do whatever people ask of him and he's exhibiting vulnerability and trust in a personal relationship by believing that stratt will hear and respect his answer. let us not forget that this is the man who did Try to resist getting put in the argon death cube but ultimately rolled his eyes and went "ugh kinda bossy but whatever this is okay I guess" about it. his experiences on the petrova taskforce have made him an iota stronger, and I think that's part of what makes stratt so frustrated in that scene. the book "I don't want to die" and movie "you just can’t talk me into it" lines, representing taking ownership of his desires and an unwillingness to be passive to others' wants, are both breakthroughs for him and things he would have been too cowardly to say earlier in the timeline, and she definitely knows him well enough to be able to see that. I think there's a part of her that's thinking "if you'd only done this faster and been the person who learned how to say no two years ago then maybe by now you'd be the person who's learned how to say yes."

Purrentification.

So many ruthless/pragmatic characters get revealed as hypocrites when the sacrifice required is personal, and that's why it's really important to me that Stratt does genuinely care about Grace and also it doesn't make her hesitate for a second. That's her friend and she dragged him screaming to the sacrificial altar with clear eyes and no apology and she would do it again. What a woman.

i was going to make my own post about this, but i cannot overstate my love for eva stratt as a character. especially in grace’s story. grace loves earth, they make it so obvious throughout the film and in the book. but stratt loves humanity. she loves them enough that the one time she gets overtly emotional in the film it’s to rebuff grace saying “but i belong in a classroom”. as if it’s about other people and not because he doesn’t want to do it. stratt loves humanity enough that no, it’s not hard for her to send the original crew to their deaths because of the millions it could save. stratt loves grace, but she loves humanity more and is willing to do whatever it takes for a shot at their future. the blood is on her hands so it never has to touch anyone else’s, and not for one second does she hesitate to pull the trigger. no one could ever make me hate her