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‘Legacies’ 2×06 Review: “That’s Nothing I Had to Remember”

Legacies Season 2 Episode 6 “That’s Nothing I Had to Remember” is yet another amazing episode for the show’s sophomore season. It has all of the things that drew fans to the TVD Universe in the first place, while also making sure Legacies stands on its own feet.

“That’s Nothing I Had to Remember” has so many great callbacks, character team-ups, and monster hi-jinx that it’s difficult to pick a favorite part. Whether it’s Lizzie and Landon’s brilliantly-paired comedic timing or Josie visiting a very familiar face for The Originals fans, this episode has it all.

A Pretty Little Liar

“That’s Nothing I Had to Remember” let viewers in on a bit of the very attractive and mysterious vampire Sebastian’s backstory. However, MG is a little too quick to understanding, especially since that leads him to reuniting Lizzie and Sebastian.

It is understandable that MG would want to give Sebastian the benefit of the doubt and believe the best, rather than the worst, but there should have been more resistance. Sebastian initially tells members of the Super Squad that he has killed multiple people, and it is known that he used Wade to revive his desiccated body, but none of those things set off alarm bells after Sebastian tells the story about him and Cassandra.

Yes, the story of Sebastian reeking bloody havoc on a town could be a reconstruction of his memories to account for missing Malivore monsters, but it seems suspicious that his memory would construct Sebastian as the monster of the tale. This posits that some part of Sebastian is capable of doing such a thing, if Sebastian is able to present that story to others with such conviction.

In that sense, Sebastian makes for a perfect foil for a character like MG. They live completely different lives and are products of completely different social standards and cultures. As interesting as it will be to see Lizzie interact with what she believed to be her literal dream guy, it will also be quite compelling to see the Sebastian and MG’s respective ideologies go head to head.

Always & Forever

This episode reunites Hope Mikaelson with her incredibly beautiful, powerful, and smart Aunt Freya (Riley Voelkel). There really aren’t enough compliments for Freya Mikaelson. She is truly a force to be reckoned with, and her few scenes in “That’s Nothing I Had to Remember” solidify that.

Fans of The Originals probably feel right at home at Rousseau’s, which is where Josie finds the infamous witch. Josie even sees the wall of Freya’s loved ones, some who have sadly passed away due to the events of The Originals. The recognition of those characters is the perfect reminder to fans that Legacies exists inside of such a rich universe with even richer stories.

This sentiment becomes even more obvious when Freya tells Josie that her wife, Keelin, is watching their son Nik that night. That’s right! Freya’s son is named after the legendary Klaus Mikaelson himself. Here’s to hoping that he doesn’t take after his mischievous uncle too much.

Though, the most emotional of Freya’s scenes comes near the episode’s end. Hope is all alone at the Commonwealth Day celebration, watching families and loved ones spend quality time with each other. Even after everyone’s memories are restored, Hope is still alone. At least, that’s what she thinks.

Freya appears just in time to give her niece the hug she so desperately needs. It gives Hope the chance to break and feel relief for once. Hope could crumble a bit in Freya’s arms and know everything would be okay.

The way Legacies seamlessly weaves Freya into this episode proves the strength of the TVD Universe. The Legacies characters have such strong bonds with so many different characters from The Vampire Diaries and The Originals that it is easy to let them interact. One can only imagine what will take place when Kai Parker pays Mystic Falls a visit in some way, shape, or form. Similar to Matt Donovan and Freya Mikaelson, these cameos only enriches the stories of everyone involved. They don’t feel self-serving; they’re organic, and that’s beautiful.

Self Love Isn’t Selfish

Josie goes through quite the journey in this episode, and a conclusion can be drawn from it. It’s not a new or remarkable one, as it has been relevant since Legacies’s series premiere. Josie needs to love herself before she can love anyone else. This is the same for a lot of the characters on the show, but for the purpose of this review, it is prevalent with Josie and Rafael in “That’s Nothing I Had to Remember.”

Josie doesn’t believe that Landon would ever choose her over Hope. This signifies that Josie doesn’t think she could be worth loving over Hope, that she wouldn’t measure up. While Hope and Landon have a sweeping romantic past, that does not erase what her and Landon had or even have.

Josie never gives herself the benefit of the doubt, and for her to truly be with someone, she needs to realize that she is a catch. Josie and Lizzie have been the most independent than they’ve ever been this season, and that has only influenced their individuality in good ways. Josie is clearly a girl with a giant heart who is too afraid of getting hurt to let herself fall too fast. This is only going to continue now that everyone’s Malivore’s memories are back.

If Landon does make the decision to break things off with Josie, it would only be beneficial for Josie to take the time that follows to get to know herself, to truly love herself.

Josie may even find some comfort in talking with Rafael, who once again subordinates his own feelings to benefit that of his best friend. Rafael always steps back when the situation can benefit Landon, and as admirable and lovely as that is, Rafael needs to put himself first every once in a while.

Rafael cannot continue acting as if his feelings don’t matter. It can’t be healthy for him to internalize all of that, especially as he grapples with being in his body again.

Let these two kids love themselves so they can love others, please and thank you.

Hypocritical Hero

Ric hasn’t been up to all that much this season, but what he does in “That’s Nothing I Had to Remember” doesn’t bode well for his character. Ric asks Kaleb to compel Sheriff Mac to forget that Ric told her about the supernatural world.

Ric has done this before to other characters over the course of the series, but it seems especially wrong now. This is not to say that Ric victimizing humans to compulsion without their consent at any point is a good thing. It just to say this the newest and most relevant case of this.

Ric was voted out of the position of Headmaster because the kids believed there needed to be change. That’s fine and fair. However, Ric has always stood by his beliefs and his rules. He is someone who has always believed in truth, knowledge, and justice. Those beliefs become flimsy when he manipulates them to benefit his situation.

Ric knows to keep his distance from Sheriff Mac even though he likes her and believes she would make a great partner in all of the supernatural-crime fighting, but he is honest with her. Then Ric compels that moment of honesty away in a deceitful action. He takes her agency from making a decision on the facts she knows and what he shared with her, because it is what Ric believes to be the best.

In a show that looks to tell supernatural stories with nuance and care, Ric’s journey this season looks to be telling quite an interesting story. Ric is someone audiences are meant to side with and root for as a hero. He is a renowned vampire hunter, historian, and general badass, but he also makes mistakes. He doesn’t always follow what he believes, and that is hypocritical.

This makes him an exciting character to watch this season. He’s blurring a lot of lines, which only proves there is still so much to learn about a character that has been on some fans’ TVs for a decade.

Other Spelltacular Moments

All of Lizzie’s nerdy references are perfectly delivered.

Hope saying, “Democracy isn’t what it used to be,” is a great moment of not-so-subtle shade.

How long had Lizzie been hiding under that table?

Sebastian better call everyone turnips forever.

Kym is an official member of the Super Squad now, right?

“I had a crush on Josie for a week when we were 14.” – Hope Mikaelson making the internet explode

MAYOR DONOVAN. It’s what Matt deserves. Although, it can’t be easy being Ric’s lawyer.

Legacies is new Thursdays at 9/8c on The CW.

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Platinum Q DAO Engineering – creators of real stablecoins USDQ, KRWQ, CNYQ, JPYQ – explains why Tether’s USDT is not the choice

Martin Saldamando is a Strategic Partnerships Manager in Platinum Q DAO Engineering. Having a bright experience in B2B marketing, writing about technological innovation and building customer-inspired products and services. He writes regularly for international publications on crypto, fintech, regulatory compliance, blockchain, cloud computing, machine learning, and other topics. The team is currently developing USDQ, a fully decentralized stablecoin that makes it easy to collateralize Bitcoin for margin trading and hedging.

Martin sees Q DAO, an ecosystem for USDQ, as a potential driver for tremendous growth. He’s convinced that the team’s plans to launch other stablecoins pegged to fiat currencies, such as JPYQ, KRWQ, SGDQ, HKDQ, CNYQ, RUBQ, will attract attention from wider trading community.

Over the last quarter, the crypto market has had its fair share of fluctuation. But the USDQ stable coin is looking to hold its peg against its $1 price per coin. Moreover, KRWQ – a stablecoin pegged to Korean Won will be attached to Q DAO family. This will not only make a huge impact on the local Korean market but also to the whole Asian region

The stable asset known as USDQ is a cryptocurrency backed Bitcoin and top 10 cryptocurrencies in future. It is different from other stable coins which are referred to as legally-backed crypto. Unlike scandal and failed Tether (USDT), the USDQ stable coin does not rely on having US dollars in a bank account to back every single token. The USDQ coin uses ETH and BTC collaterals to back its price and maintain its peg in relation to the US dollar.

How the USDQ Stable Coin Works

First, the concept of pooling cryptocurrencies, in this case, BTC, is the first step towards understanding how the Q DAO ecosystem works. Users that want to have USDQ stablecoins will first have to pool and reserve their cryptocurrencies first so that USDQ are issued. So, by definition, no USDQ can be issued without it being collateralized and backed against existing crypto.

The entire Q DAO ecosystem is run by a smart contract. The contract determines if at any point is necessary to liquidate BTC reserves it will do it to stabilize the USDQ token at exactly $1 always. The actions taken by the smart contract system are also determined by the community of Q DAO token holders. The main governance token for the Q DAO and the USDQ frameworks.

USDQ is an ERC20 token and can be stored on any ERC20-compatible wallet, like MyEtherWallet or Mist. Users can now trade USDQ and Q DAO on BTCNext.io, a popular crypto exchange. It’s convenient that all trading pairs at BTCNext.io will be listed with USDQ as the basis currency.

USDQ Performance Against Crypto Volatility

The following scenarios have been run and analyzed to predict the performance of USDQ and how it would react along with its entire framework and security protections. Can the USDQ hold its peg? Let’s find out.

Let’s assume how USDQ would act if it was around before. For this, we will analyze the price of BTC which had a reduction in price towards the last quarter of 2018 and beginning of 2019.

Looking at the beginning of November through mid-December we first find the BTC price dropping from approximately $6300 to around $3200 or lower in some exchanges.

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Q DAO token holders can use their stake to raise more cryptos to create USDQ stable coins and recover the supply. The token holders could perform a vote to change something called the stabilization fee which is the interest charged to the CDCs. In short, this would be an attempt to make it cheaper to create CDCs and more USDQ.

And voila! The price of USDQ would return to its $1 peg.

Why this works.

First, you have to consider USDQ supply increases along with demand for CDCs. The governance framework for Q DAO token holders can use incentives such as changing the stabilization fee to motivate more demand for CDCs. The relation between the demand for USDQ stable coins and demand for CDCs results in a user surge, as Q DAO token holders are restrained by market forces from charging excessive fees.

The USDQ stable coin and the Q DAO framework is a legitimate system based on transparency that allows a different more trustworthy stable asset to coexist in a completely decentralized ecosystem.

Key Conclusions

USDQ supply is meant to always scale along with demand for CDCs.

Also the Q DAO voting system to change the stabilization fund is a highly effective system to stabilize the price of USDQ however it is important to have a healthy rate of participants per each vote. The percentage may vary but it should be around 10% or more of the circulating supply of Q DAO tokens.

Can Negative Rates Help USDQ?

If USDQ would ever trade at less than $1 for a long period of time it would make the price of CDCs to go down. This could be beneficial for some parties but it would compromise the brand of USDQ and future growth, so, therefore, it is important for its peg to maintain and not allow negative rates.

The interaction between the demand for USDQ and for CDCs results in an excedent of users, for example, Q DAO token holders will be plenty and they would be restrained from charging excessive fees.

Additional challenges for the future could be including Oracles, on-chain governance that would not require its smart contract and finding better collateral options.

USDQ is not the only stable coin

According to data from the Blockchain company, there are a total of 34 stable coins available to the public. While USDQ is not the only option available it certainly is the most transparent one, by far.

Afterword

Maybe you heard about the project MAKER DAO and their DAI?

I want to praise these guys – they are first to create a decentralized stable coin.

We occupy an honorable second place at this race, and basically, we were inspired by the technologies of MAKER`s DAI.

Some Q DAO functionality is similar to MAKER DAO, so we decided to use Maker`s terminology because we do believe – their technologies should be a reference for creating any decentralized stable coins.

Why we are using BTC as collateral? 1) Bitcoin is a most liquid digital asset 2) we have many friends who are big Bitcoin holders (BTC whales) or Bitcoin OTC traders.

We hope even so big guys like Brothers Winklevoss (Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss) will start to use Q DAO. They have a lot of Bitcoins, but they don’t want to sell it. So if they need money – they can pawn their bitcoins to Q DAO and immediately get USDQ.

Why we built Q DAO based on Ether smart contracts, but not Tron (by Justin Sun) and not EOS ( by Daniel Larimer)?

Our genius engineers are love ETHEREUM because of mass adoption of this blockchain, also we respect the approach of Vitalik Buterin (we met him a few times). Maybe in the future, we will consider using TRON or EOS, in case their foundations can provide enough funds to proceed with development.

USDQ is decentralized stablecoin, which uses smart algorithms to offer higher stability and reliability. Fully on-chain and monitored by high-speed AI robots, ecosystem offers reliable defences against malicious acts and attacks. First run in line of fiat-pegs, USDQ is brought by Platinum Q DAO Engineering team, looking to edge together innovative solutions in collateralization, using stabilizing mechanisms and neural networks for high-endurance stablecoins. Soon there will be even more fully backed stable coins: JPYQ, KRWQ, SGDQ, HKDQ, CNYQ, RUBQ under USDQ brand. Fully anonymous, USDQ breaks limits out of this legacy world.

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The Platinum Q DAO Engineering team strives to help budding startups figure out their options for blockchain architecture, fundraising options and marketing strategies. Connect with the team right now in Telegram or Facebook. Blockchain up your business.

This overview may not be fully exhaustive and does not assess the viability of any project, nor its team legitimacy. Readers should conduct their own due diligence before using or investing in any of the listed Stablecoins. This article represents the author’s opinions only and should not be considered investment advice. All described functionality in the article is still under development, it can be changed/processed. Please follow the updates.

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