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like, that's the tragedy of MOTOE, that one bad person can ruin so many lives.

and how in The Residence, one of the problems in figuring out who killed Wynter is the fact that a ton of staff members have motives...

but not because Wynter was cruel and careless, he WASN'T. he was hard-working, dedicated, loyal, meticulous, professional, honorable, and above all motivated by a deep, deep love for the place he worked. every motive everyone has for killing him is, ultimately: he's a good man who wants to do a good job.

that's the tragedy in The Residence, that being very good can get you treated exactly the same way as being very bad.

I’ve watched this video so many times I swear I’ve memorized it.

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As with all military history, the actual answer is long and complicated, and this video is obviously a little comically glib. But the shortest explanation is:

The Royal Navy had not been very well maintained after WWI for a variety of reasons. The Brits started scrambling to catch up in military production after Hitler invaded Poland, but it took a lot time to roll out new ships

By the time the Brits finished the new classes of ships (and improved the old ones), the Germans had invented this fun little thing called a U-Boat

The German U-Boats decommissioned a large chunk of the Royal Navy in the early part of the war, shocking the world by essentially bringing the British naval force to its knees. This is the “do not get me started on the fucking navy” bit of the video.

(Though eventually they figured out how to track down U-Boats and the British Navy did okay in the latter part of the war)

U-Boats and German battleclass ships effectively blockaded most of the English Channel when the British and ally soldiers retreated to Dunkirk beach.

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the moment I heard elphaba's delivery of "there's a girl i know..." in i'm not that girl i knew i had to draw this comic, i strongly recommend listening to it while you read for the full experience!

this comic is a companion to this piece (which was inspired by glinda's delivery of the same line in the i'm not that girl reprise).

pages 1-4 are from elphie's pov, pages 5-8 are from glinda's.

digital pdf zine in higher quality available here.

prints of individual pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

flower meanings in order of appearance:

rip sheila birling you would have loved secretly junko posing in your mirror

rip gerald croft you would have loved defending charlie kirk

rip eric birling you would have loved vaping

rip sybil birling you would have loved judging people on facebook