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Antisemetic propaganda in the form of children’s books in the lead up to the holocaust that directly impacted and shaped people’s opinions of Jews and got actual real life people killed

Comic books since the dawn of comic books, particularly the Captain America comics, which were created to draw attention to the plight Jewish people were facing in Germany and which are credited with having had a major influence on convincing the US to join the Allies in the world war

The documented “Harry Potter effect,” which has influenced an entire generation of people in how we think and what we’re likely to accept/not accept

These are just examples off the top of my head that I thought of in a second while dealing with a headache, tiredness and hunger pains. There are countless more examples.

I don’t think I ever have made that list of Stargate SG-1 episodes, actually! I will do so now. :) I’ll rec episodes on the basis of which ones are kind of important to understanding what’s going on, and/or ones I personally found the most enjoyable. So you—and anyone else who finds this list—should certainly feel free to take this list with many grains of salt, and feel free to disagree with me.

Season 1:

Honestly, there aren’t many episodes in this season that don’t give you some background on the characters, or that do some major worldbuilding. So keep that in mind.

1.01-1.03 (Children of the Gods and The Enemy Within) introduce the main characters and set the foundation for the show. 

1.04 (Emancipation) is considered by many to be one of the weakest episodes of the series, so you could skip it. Also, it’s got a gross white Savior thing going on. (That said, I have a lot of affection for this episode anyway, because it’s kind of the one episode in which they address the fact that Samantha Carter is “the girl” on the team, and she refuses to be seen as only “the girl,” and then she kicks some bad-guy ass. After that, she’s never treated as anything less than the complete equal of anyone else at Stargate Command.)

1.05 (The Broca Divide) is entertaining but skippable.

1.06 & 1.07 (The First Commandment & Cold Lazarus) explain some of Sam’s and Jack’s backstory.

1.08 (The Nox), 1.09 (Brief Candle) and 1.10 (Thor’s Hammer) are probably all skippable. Characters or planets from all three of these episodes are mentioned later, I think, but in a pretty minor way that probably won’t confuse you too much.

1.11 (The Torment of Tantalus) has the backstory of the Stargate program.

1.12 (Bloodlines) explains some of Teal’c’s backstory and introduces an important recurring character.

1.13 (Fire and Water) introduces a recurring theme but it’s skippable.

1.14 (Hathor) is skippable. It’s one of those episodes that the show itself likes to pretend doesn’t exist, and they poke fun at it several times in later episodes. (It’s a pretty meh episode, but the plot does involve all the women at the SGC banding together to save the day. So, you know. YMMV.)

1.15 (Singularity) introduces a supporting character who will pop up again a few times.

1.16 (Cor-Ai) has some good team moments, but it’s probably not essential.

1.17 (Enigma) introduces some recurring characters, but it’s not one of my favorite episodes and I usually skip it on rewatch.

1.18 (Solitudes) is NOT one you should skip, I just wanted to point out that it’s my very favorite episode of the whole series, and it’s also the episode that really made me go “Okay, this show has GOT me, I’m IN.”

1.19 (Tin Man) is kind of existentially horrifying if you think about it too hard, but it’s also a really enjoyable episode, and introduces some characters who pop up again later.

1.20 (There But for the Grace of God) is a great episode and important to the show’s mythology.

1.21 (Politics) is basically a clips episode, but it introduces an important antagonist. And there’s a funny moment early on. So watch the first 5-10 minutes and then skip the rest.

1.22 (Within the Serpent’s Grasp) is the first part of a two-part cliffhanger. Definitely worth watching.

And that’s terrifying.

THE SHOW IS ABOUT BURNHAM, AND the bridge crew.

Not about one single crew member who isn’t the lead and gets more screen time than the main lead. No, no, no, no, not one of the bridge crew officers. Like a side character such as Transporter mechanic Fred  Jones listening over tot he character’s stories seen often or a nurse named Karl Steev overhearing what happened on a away mission eventually going on a away mission when she isn’t supposed to.

The men getting more scenes than Burnham, Burnham getting less scenes, unnecessary scenes that could just be mentioned when speaking with Burnham  AND ARE SUMMARIZED THAT WAY, dgljdfnld gm  oh my god. DO YOU REMEMBER HOW DUFF MADE RUSTY THE NEW MAIN CHARACTER EPISODE BY EPISODE BLATANTLY. OH MY GOD,  A HORRIFYINGIMAGERY AND SEQUENCE OF EVENTS,  OH MY GOD. I did enjoy the gay couple scenes that didn’t need to be summarized up when being told to another character and flowed well in the episodes just as a side story (or plot B for that matter).

They could have given Rusty a goddamn spin off.

Because it started to feel like Major Crimes was becoming HIS spin off.

As a writer, that just gets at me. Bothers me, really.

Stargate Command, on the new Goa’uld, Aset:

“As a species, the Goa’uld are ruthless and aggressive in their quest for power, but Aset is not like many of her kin. A renowned scientist and engineer, Aset is often too focused on modifying Goa’uld technologies and experimenting with biology to join the warmongering the rest of her kind so dearly love.”

i just found this predictive writing episode of TNG that some brilliant AI programmers put together from the scripts of all seven seasons, and it is the best thing ever made. 

Like it’s been out for a month so i’m sure people have seenit but *I* hadn’t seen it so 

Here you go, have a morsel of this DELIGHTFUL NONSENSE that’s had been laughing like an idiot for half hour. 

Water:

Earth: 

Fire:

 Air: