#quote dump

"Sorry, I didn't realise you did syntax trees for breakfast. Why don't you add a prepositional phrase?" - my tutor after realising I'd finished the basic syntax tree in the time it had taken him to walk a few steps over to me

"You don't use dark Ls? What accent is that?" - in response to me failing to say 'milk' with a velarised 'l' (In higher registers I sometimes use them)

"[My name] would you please come up and say /spaɪ/ into the microphone?" - pretty self-explanatory really

After watching the Andor finale and hearing a portion of Nemik's manifesto, I really wanted to go back and record his other insightful dialogue from the show.

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1. Manifesto background.

Cassian is on Aldhani preparing for the heist with the rest of the crew, and he begins a conversation with Nemik about the strange milk and Nemik's navigational tool.

Nemik: "One of the best navigational tools ever built. Can't be jammed or intercepted. Something breaks, you can fix it yourself."

Andor: "Hard to learn."

Nemik: "Yes, but once you've mastered it, you're free. We've grown reliant on Imperial tech, and we've made ourselves vulnerable. There's a growing list of things we've known and forgotten, things they've pushed us to forget. Things like freedom."

Skeen: "Nemik sees oppression everywhere."

[...]

Nemik: "It’s so confusing, isn't it? So much going wrong, so much to say, and all of it happening so quickly. The pace of repression outstrips our ability to understand it. And that is the real trick of the Imperial thought machine. It’s easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than a single incident. But they have a fight on their hands, don't they? Our elemental rights are such a simple thing to hold, they will have to shake the galaxy hard to loosen our grip."

[...]

Nemik: "[The manifesto is] a work in progress, and I know that there's a great deal left to say. I mean, look. Right here. Fresh inspiration. Two seemingly random objects, and yet this charts an astral path, this maps the trail of political consciousness. Both systems based on truth, both navigating toward clear and achievable outcomes."

S1E5 "Aldhani" (11:08-12:35)

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2. Tie fighter inspiration

After practicing for the heist, a tie fighter on patrol does a low altitude flyby to instill fear in the group.

Nemik: "They'll soon see. Surprise from above is never as shocking as one from below."

S1E5 "Aldhani" (20:08)

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3. Mercenary role.

It’s morning on the day of the heist.

Nemik: "I couldn't sleep."

Andor: "It’s natural."

Nemik: "I need to be at my best."

Andor: "Don't worry. The excitement will kick in."

Nemik: "I'm struggling to understand why my faith doesn't calm me. I believe in something. Why am I so unsettled? I mean, you have nothing, you sleep like a stone. I write when I can't sleep. Wrote about you last night. Not you, specifically, not 'Clem.' Although I'm assuming that's not your real name, anyway. 'The Role of Mercenaries in The Galactic Struggle for Freedom.' My conclusion is simple. Weapons are tools. Those that use them are, by extension, assets that we must use to our best advantage. The Empire has no moral boundaries, why should we not take hold of every chance we can? Let them see how an insurgency adapts."

Andor: "Well, you're half-right. The Empire doesn't play by the rules."

Nemik: "And how am I wrong?"

Andor: "They don't care enough to learn. They don't have to. You mean nothing to them."

Nemik: "Perhaps they'll think differently tomorrow."

Andor: "Be careful what you wish for."

Nemik: "So you think it’s hopeless, do you? Freedom? Independence? Justice? We should just submit and be thankful? Just take what we’re given?"

Andor: "Do I look thankful to you?"

Nemik: "No. But I'm glad you're here. No matter what the reason."

S1E6 "The Eye" (2:53-4:36)

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4. Pathfinder.

The group (minus a few members) are attempting to escape Aldhani through the Eye.

Andor: "I'm flying blind!"

Nemik: "Climb!"

Andor: "Climb? Look out the window."

Nemik: "Climb. Full climb now!"

the raven boys // maggie stiefvater

thumbs // lucy dacus

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When Sigmund Freud said

“It is that we are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love, never so helplessly unhappy as when we have lost our loved object or its love.” (Source Civilization and Its Discontents)

When Elbert Hubbard said

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” (Source Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard)

When Aristotle said

“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” (Source Huffpost)

When Nina Simone Sang

I'm just a soul who's intentions are good Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood (Source Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood, Nina Simone)

When Oscar Wilde Said

“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.” (Source Picture of Dorian Gray)

When Neil Smith sang