#sonneillonv

Bruh he's just such a good lawyer, though, oh my God.

Also his wife is an environmental law attorney (basically a prosecutor against companies that flout environmental regulations), he has a garden intentionally designed to feel like Skyrim (including dragon skulls and a Viking shield just lying around), and owns two geckos and a "big chungus of a lizard."

But seriously, the dude is so good at what he does. And I don't think he's even 40 yet? But like, holy Jesus, the guy has such a fantastic understanding of the rules of evidence, he's got a fucking mental rolodex of citations to the rules of professional conduct that he can just pull out on the fly, apparently, and he does it all while also, like, subtly trolling?

Like, okay, the bit in the Perry Mason Moment where he asks Jones if he knows what perjury is? And he says it in this tone of voice that makes it seem like he's concerned about Jones possibly perjuring himself and is just trying to make sure Jones is aware of his options before lying on the stand?

I am 100% certain that that's actually a reference to when Dan Bidondi, Jone's "field reporter" who participated in the harassment of the families and is also incredibly racist, harassed one of the town officials by repeatedly yelling "do you know what perjury is?" and that he was "going to jail, criminal."

And the reason I think that is because he did something similar on the first day of trial:

That bit where he's like "will you talk to me?" The one part of the trial that wasn't filmed was jury selection, and apparently Reynal asked every single potential juror "will you talk to me?" before he asked any other questions. (I think it was supposed to build rapport? But apparently it came off as very odd) He's not actually asking Reynal "will you talk to me?" as a legitimate question, he's just making a reference to what had happened the day before, which is why Reynal flips him off.

Also his written motions are always hilarious to read. Even before I knew who he was, one of my coworkers at my old job (who got me in to Knowledge Fight) would show me his filings and they were always so wonderfully sarcastic. Seriously, look at this:

BECAUSE. HE DOES NOT. POSSESS. THE POWERS. OF PROPHECY. I AM CRYING.

asDFGHGS You know, I hadn't actually considered that, but you do raise a very good point. 🤣

In my version of the conversation-- or at least the one in my head (since I don't have it written out anywhere lmfao), I don't think SQH actually tells Liu Qingge about the assassination part at all? Partly because he assumes that Liu Qingge wouldn't actually be helpful and/or want to help.

Partly because it's much more fun (for Shang Qinghua) if Liu Qingge shows up unaware, because if LQG's already expecting folks to be violent... then where's the surprise when they start flirting with him? The permission to maim is worded more as an afterthought, ostensibly to entice and/or placate LQG into attending-- though SQH knows better~ :3

.......though, yeah, if it weren't for Liu Qingge's many suitors, he might've picked a fight with Mobei-Jun, too. Possibly. Yue Qingyuan warned him against it. Something-something about technically being allies, because MBJ's boss is Luo Binghe--who's still a Qing Jing disciple... while also being Shen Qingqiu's husband... and the Huan Hua Sect Leader... and, yes, a Demon Lord....

(their hierarchy is in shambles)

I may be an old fart, but I don't understand how people do it now. My current group of RP friends has mostly been my RP friends for 10+ years. So this whole scenario is kind of making my head hurt 😅

Yeah, i haven't rp-ed in like... over a decade 😅 so the landscape I'm sure has changed.

I feel like step one should be making an rp account (on whichever platform) because approaching people on anon makes it pretty much impossible to establish trust and rapport (very important in RP). If you don't want to associate it with you main blog (which i guess i get) making one to-purpose is a good way to go.

Zenik is married to Icheb because part of the reason he exists is that I refuse to accept Icheb's super-depressing canon **cough** and Icheb's adoptive mom is, of course, Seven of Nine. So, before popping the question, Zenik wanted to introduce Icheb and Seven to HIS mom, so he invited them to the monastery in the south of Gol where he grew up for shore leave. And trying to be all respectful, they did some research and figured out the breakfast thing. So the two ex-Borg get up before dawn and sneak down to the kitchen to try to make a good impression on this Vulcan priestess, only to discover their appliance technology is AT LEAST a century out of date and they can't make ANY of it work.

A bit later, sensing a disturbance in The Force, Zenik wakes up and follows his gut instincts downstairs. Where he finds his boyfriend and his boyfriend's adoptive mother sitting on his mother's kitchen floor covered in grease and soot and surrounded by parts of her stove/oven, which they had COMPLETELY dismantled. Because once they started 'fixing' it, they realized they could make it work the bare minimum.... or they could rebuild it and increase its operating efficiency by 247%, and they're Borg, so like, is that even really a CHOICE?

Anyway now that you've stuck with me for this entire story, ahem. IMAGINE JIM AND BONES TRYING TO BE POLITE GUESTS IN THE HOUSE OF SAREK. DISCOVERING THIS CULTURAL RULE. MAKING A PLAN. SNEAKING DOWNSTAIRS BEFORE DAWN. AND THEN THE OVEN. DOESN'T. WORK.

CHAOS.

GAJHASDH Jim freaking the fuck out like "what do we do what do we do i know only how to make pancakes and waffles but i have no idea how any of this vulcan kitchen stuff WORKS, i don't even READ Vulcan"

Bones rummaging all the cupboards trying to find anything resembling like........ fruits for breakfast because he's never really seen Vulcan fruits cuz they always have the whole damn meal done instantly via the replicators. Holding a blue fruit and a bowl of green raspberry looking mfs to Jim like "jim for the love of god are these fruits???????? are they edible raw???????? should i cook these??????"

I think you might be mixing up two separate posts there:

There’s one where a low-level quest goes off the rails when the party is hired to clear an infestation of giant rats from the basement of the village inn, only for the rats to claim to be the establishment’s true owners and present paperwork to prove it (link)

There’s one about a former evil empire turned anarcho-syndicalist federation whose human inhabitants coexist with a species of famously litigious spiders (link)

Hello! I personally watched it on viki’s website during a time period when I had a paid subscription, as it isn’t available on their website for non-paying viewers. They do offer free 7(?) day trials for first-time subscribers, however, so you could give that a try if you’ve never done it before.