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Check, Please! Update ☆ 4.3: “Presser”

Am I overthinking this? Because her accepting herself as one of the freaks is so important to her character development and they gave it to her because she made out with Todd????? When I honestly don’t feel any chemistry? And this happens right after Todd tells Dirk he literally changed his life?

Farah’s speech had no relation to Brotzly. That speech was about Farah’s character development. It’s not about Brotzly. Farah is a Black woman and, as much as I love her, she’s getting dangerously close to the Strong Black Woman trope, who takes care for her white friends but gets little in return. She’s not a “one-person Army”, she also needs someone who could cherish her. If that’s Todd then be it. If that’s Amanda or Tina, it’s great too. But fandom needs to stop making Farah’s words about her making out with Todd about Brotzly. 

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Autonomous Trap 001

“What you’re looking at is a salt circle, a traditional form of protection—from within or without—in magical practice. In this case it’s being used to arrest an autonomous vehicle—a self-driving car, which relies on machine vision and processing to guide it. By quickly deploying the expected form of road markings—in this case, a No Entry glyph—we can confuse the car’s vision system into believing it’s surrounded by no entry points, and entrap it.”

 was admitted to Julliard at 8.  

was performing in top venues by 16.  

pioneered “swinging the classics” and made the equivalent of a million dollars a year doing it.  

was the first person of color to have their own national TV show.  

went to Hollywood but refused to be cast as a “singing maid.”  Demanded and got control over her casting, her wardrobe, and how footage featuring her was cut.  

refused to perform in segregated venues and led charges for integration in several northern cities, notably Spokane.  

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Thank you all so much for reading Check, Please and following this story throughout the years. Thank you for connecting with the characters and believing in the world that I cobbled together. I’m forever thankful that you guys care about Bitty, Jack, Samwell hockey, pies, dibs, the Haus, and all of the crazy things this comic encompasses. You’re all fantastic.

I and some colleagues were talking about how we wish everyone could see the safety videos that our company was showing us, because I don’t think most people understand how traffic works in a truck. So here’s some things we wish everyone on the road knew.

- we’re not kidding about tailgating. If you’re right behind us on a straight highway? Chances are we have NO IDEA you’re there, which means we can’t anticipate any of your movements. Plus slowing down takes multiple downshifts, so we might start decreasing speed way earlier than you expect.

- We’re not kidding about any of our blind spots. WE CAN’T SEE YOU, GUYS.

- That bit about slowing down taking a while? The same goes for when you’re in front of us. Don’t cut off a truck. Oh god, PLEASE don’t cut off a truck. If you cut me off, I’m not irritated, I’m terrified. For YOU. It can take 7 to 9 seconds for us to stop. DON’T CUT OFF TRUCKS.

- Before you get mad about how slow we’re going on the highway, keep in mind that many companies govern their vehicles so they literally CAN’T go over 60 or 65. This is a good thing, I promise. Because…

- Do you know what happens when a car meets a truck in an accident? The car gets totaled and the truck needs a new coat of paint. You will not win this fight. I know nobody likes getting stuck behind a big dumb truck, but it’s not worth your life.