#i am restraining myself so very much i have like a five page rant

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Ok so like. Just to be clear, saying you know "loneliness you don't" to someone who has also experienced loneliness, but in a different context, and then apologizing the next day: bad. infuriating. terrible. unforgiveable.

Asking someone repeatedly, in a group and then alone, if perhaps the people who murdered them in the street solely because of their connection to you might be in the right: totally cool. not even worth remarking upon. not a red flag.

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The Clone Wars Subtitles: Season Two Part Two

So, funny story, after resolving to return to my previous format of maybe four or five subtitles per episode…I started the next episode and they say the name “Rush Clovis”.

I tried, I really did, but almost 1 ½ pages, a grocery run, and 2/3 of a bag of sweets later…

Episode 2x04: Senate Spy

Oop. Here we go. It’s the Rush Clovis episode. Let’s get this over with. (I feel like I summoned it, since its featured so much in the conversations I’ve participated in today.)

The one where Threepio doesn’t get that the married couple who haven’t seen each other in ages might not want him chaperoning.

The one where Anakin calls 500 Republica and Padmé home.

The one where Anakin doesn’t answer his comm “all night” and Obi-Wan can’t imagine why.

The one where Anakin’s immediate assumption on being told they suspect someone of working with the Seperatists is that the Council wants him to interrogate them. I do not like the implications of this. At all.

The one where Windu and Yoda have to have decided on this mess to try and break some of Anakin’s “attachments.”

The one where I am barely four minutes in and already severely irritated.

I actually haven’t minded Yoda too much in TCW up to this point, R2’s MIA arc aside. But…”Trust you, she does, Young Skywalker” I want to strangle him right now and bash his smug little face in.

(The one where I took a break five minutes in to go grocery shopping so that I could handle it.)

(You think I’m joking. It has been 42 minutes since I typed the line above and I am now sitting down with a bag of Squashies to get me through this torment. This episode has already cost me a pound. And I’m talking actual currency here.)

(It’s entirely possible I may not have the best attitude coming into this one. And here I’d resolved to get back to short subtitles. Such is life.)

(I can’t make it 30 seconds without having to pause and wrestle with second hand embarrassment and frustration. This is why I don’t watch dramas.)

(I just want to take a moment and apologize for how terrible the subtitles for this episode are going to be. It’s going to be 99% my reactions and stream-of-conciousness-as-I-avoid-actually-watching-it-in-favor-of-writing-about-it.)

(I’m restraining myself from a meta-rant about all the ways this is out of character and how it is in-character. Be proud of me.)

OH MY FREAKING GOSH! YODA!!! SHUT UP!

The one where Yoda and Windu are going out of their way to rub Clovis and Padmé’s past in Anakin’s face.

The one with Padmé’s creepy ex-boyfriend with an Australian accent. (Ironic, considering that Anakin is the one from Space Australia.

The one where Anakin gets to fly the ship for his wife and her date.

At least Captain Typho and Anakin are likely on the same page for this.

That outfit is something Padmé would never wear in a professional capacity.

Padmé is, quite literally, on-planet with three men who love her. Threatening her is dumb. Very dumb.

The one where Artoo tries to feed Anakin. Because someone needs to take care of him.

“It’s the climate change” wow. Should she drape herself over the fainting couch too? And talk about her nerves?

The one where Creepy Ex uses her name as a passcode. He got creepier.

The one where Anakin looks good in the Naboo security gear. (Really good, actually.)

The least believable part of this is Anakin thinking rationally and calmly while Padmé is dying.

The one where the Nemoidians just handed over the antidote after one threat.

The one where everything is hunky-dory with Anakin and Padmé at the end? After all that?

The one where they really wasted an opportunity having Captain Typho there too.

If anyone wants to dialogue about this episode I am 100% up for it. I am very, very salty.

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Good morning everybody!!

The Sunday Summary is a post I like to put together every week to let you guys know what I have been doing behind the scenes. It’s also surprisingly effective at keeping myself organised when it comes to books I have added to the TBR in making sure they have been added to all the right lists etc.

So without further adieu, here is how my week has gone:-

Books Read

This week really feels like it has been a productive one when it comes to the books read. I finished reading “The Way of Kings” by Brandon Sanderson finally and OH MY GOD!! It’s a series I could very easily binge read but I am going to restrain myself… otherwise, this will be yet another series I am caught up with and waiting for the next release. Patience is a virtue, so they say?

The next book I picked up this week was The Weight of Shadows by Karl Holton. I managed to struggle on to about a third of the way through the book before I put it down again. It wasn’t for me. The book is about 300 pages long so why the author thinks it needs 50 chapters, I’ll never know. It quite literally does change perspective every five minutes and rather than integrating important information, it is just periodically dumped on you.

To my mind, there are some epic crime stories in books and TV at the moment so if it isn’t done exceptionally, I don’t think it compares to everything else out there. This wasn’t cutting it for me, so I decided I wasn’t going to force myself through it.

Lastly, I read Zero Debt by Neeraj Deginal. This is a short account of how one man fought his way back from the brink of financial collapse and how he now plans for the future. I figured this would be an interesting read as I am of the age where I am just setting myself up in life. Everyone makes mistakes, but if we can learn from others, that’s better.

  Books Discovered

This is the only book I have added this week as it follows on from The Way of Kings and so far it is AMAZING!!! Ahem. I really need to calm down, haha!

  Coming Up…

I have some fun posts lined up for you this week!! I have another Top Ten Tuesday (no prizes for guessing when that will be posted) and I am also taking part in my first Blog Tour!! Look out for that on Wednesday!

On Friday, I’m going to rant at you just how much I loved the first book of the Stormlight Archives series and why I am glad I persevered even though I didn’t finish it when I intended to!

On Sunday, well, I think you know the drill by now…

  Check out how I have been getting on this week, including what's coming up... #bookblog #books Good morning everybody!! The Sunday Summary is a post I like to put together every week to let you guys know what I have been doing behind the scenes.