#hedonistic cruise ship show

[firstresponderpigeon]

I hope Avery kisses one of the boys every episodes until the finale where the boys kiss each other and eventually all three kiss

[momowoah]

I could write an essay on Doctor Odyssey and how the fantastical aspect of the ship isn't due to it being the purgatory or a dream but rather linked to the metatextual plot of the show and how the Odyssey is meant to be an in-universe representation of what the show aims to be in our reality, a direct answer to the effects of the COVID pandemic on our world that aims to create an atmosphere of escapism in a medical environment to create hope and happiness while still acknowledging current events. The weekly themes, along with the very goal of the show, are the strongest indicator of a meta narrative, very clearly designed with the show's weekly nature in mind. They wouldn't work as well in a show designed for streaming. Captain Massey himself says the ship is carefully built to show itself as a heaven to its guests, explaining the unrealistic scenarios and vibe of the show, but by focusing on the emergencies that happen on board the show allows the viewers to explore the cracks in that illusion and creates a place in which both serious themes and mindless fun can be equally approached. We see that contrast in 1x06 when the screen cuts from a threesome straight to the suicidal hotline screen; the episode successfully indulges in the hedonism of the cruise ship established early on without detriment to its more serious storyline, which includes one of the best portrayals of panic attacks I've ever seen on tv. Although both concepts are more clearly separated throughout the episode, the cut-off from one to another at the end is jarring, reminding the viewer of how both concepts coexist both in the Odyssey and in real life. As silly as it might be at times, the show isn't mindless, but rather a well-executed reminder that there is light at the end of every tunnel, and that maybe that light comes in the form of a Ryan Murphy network tv show about a throuple solving medical emergencies on a cruise ship.

[saucyjothoughts]

I know the headcanon is that Jan has been around, but what if he hasn't? What if he was the different one, the only gay in the village, who didn't know what to do with girls or how to ask a boy to kiss him. What if he fell in love with Bojan, but nothing ever happened, because Jan wasn't sure if he was just flirting (and even if he wasn't he still wouldn't know what to do with him)?

What if it was Nace who's been around? Travelling on cruise ships, playing with different musicians, open-minded and experienced, and most importantly accepted himself. What if Nace was the one who actually saw Jan? What if he was the one who taught Jan how it feels to be manhandled and how to touch a man, and that's why Jan has these huge heart eyes for him?

I'd love to know what their first time was like.

Darling, I'm in love with this concept.

Jan's decade-long unrequited thing for Bojan because his little singer symbolises everything he thinks he wants but will never be brave enough to ask for. Jan burying himself in his music because it's the closest thing he thinks he deserves to intimacy. Jan trying to find himself alone because there has never been anyone else like him to show him who he could be.

Meeting Nace.

Nace who is quiet and wild in equal measure, hypersexual but never without respect and fun. Nace who is unashamedly queer and makes a point of never letting young people feel how he felt as not a normal kid. Nace who recognises that it's exactly because of all the brutality in the world that it's a moral obligation to be hedonistic at any available opportunity. Nace who sees exactly who Jan is the first time they meet, but it takes until the second meeting for Jan to realise he's been seen.

Nace who opened up whole new worlds for Jan (and even made him tea and pet his cat afterwards).

Jan who finally realises what happiness is supposed to feel like.

[odinsblog]

“Three Republican residents of the hedonistic Florida retirement haven The Villages have been charged with casting multiple votes in the 2020 presidential election, according to local reports.

Click Orlando identified the three as Jay Ketcik, 63, Joan Halstead, 71, and John Rider, 61. Each of them have reportedly been charged with casting more than one ballot in the election—a crime that could land them in prison for as long as five years. Ketcik allegedly voted by mail in Florida while also casting an absentee ballot in Michigan; Halstead is accused of voting in-person in Florida and as an absentee in New York; and Rider allegedly voted in Florida and an unspecified out-of-state location. Ketcik and Halstead reportedly turned themselves in to police, while Rider is said to have been arrested at a Royal Caribbean cruise-ship terminal in Port Canaveral. Click Orlando states that it’s not known who the trio voted for, but all three are reportedly registered as Republicans in Florida, and Facebook pages that seem to belong to Ketcik and Halstead show posts supporting Donald Trump.

Despite recent arrests in Sumter County, very few Central Floridians have been prosecuted for casting multiple ballots, a News 6 review of court records reveals.

Between 2000 and 2020, there were no prosecutions for that statute in Brevard, Lake, Marion and Sumter counties, court records show. [it bears noting these are all solidly Republican voting counties: source]

Prosecutors in Volusia and Orange counties have brought charges in just two cases during that same two-decade period.

In 2017, Alba Esperanza Fernandez [pictured below] was sentenced to four years of supervised probation after pleading no contest against the filing of false voter registration information and the casting of multiple ballots in Volusia County under two different names.

That same year, prosecutors dropped charges against a Orange County woman accused of voting in Florida and North Carolina after the defendant began a trial diversion program, court records show.”

Note: Despite the unprecedented number of modern day voter suppression laws being passed by Republican legislatures, voter fraud continues to be an exceedingly rare crime, but whenever someone is caught committing it, you can be nearly certain it’s a Republican voter who is breaking (and not being punished for) that particular law. According to the Brennan Center’s analysis: Five of the 10 states with the highest Black voter turnout in 2008 have passed restrictive voting laws. Seven of the 12 states that have seen the biggest growth in the Latino population in the last decade have passed restrictive voting laws. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-october-2021

👉🏿 https://www.swordian.com/top-stories/3-villages-residents-arrested-for-casting-multiple-votes-in-2020-elections/

[paper-whales-writes]

Descendants Taking You on Holiday - Part 2

Hades: Athens, Greece

Ah, how Hades has missed Greece. As soon as you are both freed from the Isle, Hades is magicking you both to Athens. Prepare yourself to gaze at the Acropolis, surrounded by swarms of tourists who - ironically - do not notice the Greek God standing next to them. Then, spending the rest of your days visiting sites from all those iconic myths and meeting all manners of magical creatures. Yet, your favourite part of your holiday is definitely the picnic under the stars within the now-deserted Acropolis. Of course, such a holiday could only have been so magical with a Greek God by your side.

Lonnie: Beijing, China

What could be better than exploring the beautiful expanse of China, with Lonnie? The fortnight you spend together, is waltzed away with visiting the Temple of Heaven, Forbidden City and even walking along the Great Wall of China. Not only is it breathtaking to see what Lonnie’s mother fought so hard to protect, it is amazing to experience it with the ever-smiling Lonnie: who is excited beyond belief to show it all to you. 

Chad: Monaco

Ever the one for extravagance, Chad is always talking about taking you to Monaco. Once he has the chance, he does. A blitz week filled with hedonistic partying: in the hotel’s penthouse suite, in nightclubs and even on the deck of his own private yacht! Then, drunkenly gambling in the cities eclectic casinos. But on the lone day that wasn’t fueled by alcohol, Chad drives you to a private beach (in his black Lamborghini, of course) where a luxurious picnic awaits. 

Audrey: New York City, USA

In need of a city break? You’ll get that with Audrey! From endless shopping, to seeing an amazing Broadway show and dining in expensive restaurants... the trip is a beautiful daze! Honestly, if it weren’t for the endless selfies of the pair of you by all the must-see monuments, you could have branded the holiday as a dream! Those memories, and these photos, are near and dear to your heart.. especially the photo of the pair of you wrapped in a loving embrace, Audrey kissing your cheek, in front of the Statue of Liberty.

Jane: Sydney, Australia 

The last stop of your cruise is Sydney -  a place Jane has always been excited to see. As soon as you can depart the cruise ship, you do; rushing to see Bondi Beach, the Sydney Opera House and so much more! Even though you haven’t explored the entirety of Sydney’s beautiful streets, the pair of you decide to take a quick trip through a small slither of the Outback; before returning to Sydney for a whale-watching experience. The best week of your life for sure! 

[corywilliams551-blog]

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[newstfionline]

Croatian Island Wants Tourists Who Don’t Behave Badly

By Rick Lyman, NY Times, Aug. 8, 2017

HVAR, Croatia--The bucolic island of Hvar has a new, slightly threatening message to welcome this year’s tourist throng: Behave, or else.

Men, keep your shirts on in town, warn posters on prominent public display around the sun-swept island’s main town--or risk a fine of 500 euros (nearly $600). No drinking, eating or sleeping in public spaces (700 euros, about $825). Similar messages are embedded in the informational video shown on the ferry from the mainland, and featured in leaflets distributed along the pier.

“We are genetically disposed to tourism,” said Riki Novak, mayor of the island’s main town, also called Hvar. “But this party tourism is not something that we asked for. It’s not something we wanted.”

The island, with a permanent population of about 11,000, was for decades a beloved watering hole for the summer yacht crowd and global celebrities. After abandoning the British throne for the woman he loved, King Edward VIII and his paramour stopped by for a swim in 1936. Jacqueline Onassis visited, shortly after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, as did Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Tom Cruise, Orson Welles, Bono and dozens of others over the years.

But the mayor and other residents say those glittering guests have recently been nudged aside by party boats, all-night clubs and hostels full of wobbly backpackers, changing the character of the island.

Tourists were responsible for an estimated 700,000 overnight stays on Hvar last year, plus another 200,000 day trips, putting millions into the local economy on a wave of tourism that has been growing from 7 to 10 percent each of the last five years. The first seven months of 2017 showed a 20 percent increase in visitor arrivals over the same period last year and a 10 percent increase in overnight stays.

“We have a problem that a lot of our longtime guests, who came with their yachts and rented the big villas, don’t see themselves here anymore,” Mr. Novak said. “They are finding other versions of Hvar elsewhere.”

While still fairly serene during the day, the town can become a swarm of public drunkenness, partial nudity and endless din late into the night. Eight years ago, there were no youth hostels on the island, said Paul Bradbury, a British expat who founded Total Croatia News, an English-language news site. Today, there are more than 30.

“There used to be art galleries along the pier,” Mr. Bradbury said. “Now, it’s all bars.”

There is still high-end tourism as well. In the next year, three hotels are scheduled to open on Hvar--all five-star resorts, the island’s first. Events like Ultra Europe, a music festival in nearby Split that holds its “after parties” on Hvar, keep the archipelago teeming through the hot months.

Hoping to keep it that way, the mayor and local business owners came up with this summer’s campaign to alert visitors that the town would be taking a harder line on enforcing its public behavior statutes than in the past.

Mr. Novak, 47, said the campaign, which was rolled out slowly in late June, would focus at first on spreading the word about the renewed enforcement, with only egregious violators who refuse to heed police warnings being fined. So far, the police have been able to maintain order with the warnings, said George Buj, a member of the Hvar Tourism Board, and no one has been fined.

“The police say they’re making fewer interventions and seeing fewer incidents during the day,” Mr. Buj said. “There are still individuals, especially in the evening and night time, but over all there’s a noticeable difference.”

Hvar is not the only European vacation mecca to be having second thoughts about the huge wave of hedonistic revelers unleashed by bargain airlines. Venice has limited the number of cruise ships. In Barcelona, the mayor has allowed La Boqueria, the city’s famous food market, to forbid large tour groups, which clog its narrow aisles.

But the crowds continue to grow, perhaps in part because terrorist attacks have made some vacationers shy away from formerly popular resorts in North Africa or the Middle East. Recent waves of refugees have also made some European travelers wary of resorts in Greece and Italy.

“Because of our neighbors’ troubles, tourists are coming here instead,” said Eduard Andric, 66, president of the Tourism and Services Union of Croatia. “Last year was a record-breaker, and this year promises to be one, too.”

Croatia’s national economy has become overwhelmingly dependent on tourism. Too dependent, some believe.

Ljubo Jurcic, president of the Croatian Association of Economists, said that, ideally, tourism should account for about 10 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product. Instead, recent estimates put it around 18 percent, which Mr. Jurcic said is a sign of the weakness of other segments of the economy, like manufacturing.

In the modern competition for tourists, Croatia started out behind its Mediterranean neighbors, because of the collapse of communism and the violent dissolution of the former Yugoslavia. But by the 1999 opening of Carpe Diem, Hvar’s first upscale night spot with its own private beach, tourism was already beginning to assume a dominant role in the country’s economy.

Carpe Diem was “initially high class,” Mr. Bradbury said. But as other clubs opened, spreading into the town and transforming once-peaceful cafes into techno-thumping nuisances, the crowds became increasingly younger and rowdier.

Instead of Jackie O casting an elegant shadow across the deck of her yacht, there was Yacht Week, in which several hundred visitors, mostly young people, drink their way down the Dalmatian Coast, putting into Hvar three times a week.

“They arrive at 5 p.m., 300 or 400 people who have already been drinking all day,” Mr. Bradbury lamented. “They drink some more in Hvar and then wander around the village. There are bodies just everywhere. And then, at midnight, they get on the boat and go to Carpe Diem or one of the other nightclubs.”

Katia Zaninovic Dawnay, 57, works for a real estate firm and said it had become unpleasant in the summer to wander the old town and step over the recumbent bodies.

“Nobody wants to wake up and find that your doorway has been pissed on, excuse my English,” Ms. Dawnay said. “Or even worse.”

[firstresponderpigeon]

Their throple energy is so strong that when a new bombshell arrives we just stay rooting for a quad

[firstresponderpigeon]

How am I supposed to tune into critical role after this insane episode of the hedonistic cruise ship show????