historical fiction taking place in ancient rome:
us writers: bad people mistreat their slaves, but good people, who are coincidentally my protagonist(s) and all my favorite historical figures, treat their slaves well
uk writers: is slavery is bad
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despite being more often than not a "rules as written" fan over "rule of cool", i really do love me a good "rules be damned, i'll give you this awesome moment" call. like matt giving fcg the otohan kill despite what her hp was at or brennan giving cerrit an extra mage slayer reaction attack at the end of calamity. honestly, if anything, i think the fact they mostly play by the book makes these moments even better because it really has that extra weight towards those decisions to put the rules aside.
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maybe this is just my frustration with being forced to watch mitchless hockey but last year's push to the playoffs felt genuine - there were multiple trades made for players that clearly added value and kicked the end of the season into high gear (we got ror and had that electric game against buffalo when anything felt possible). this year has just felt so bleh bc we've known about the glaring gaps in depth scoring and the blue line since the beginning of the season and then it just got worse throughout the season and now we haven't had anything to address it - it's hard to see genuine hope for this team and it feels like a slog of hot streaks and disconnected play in between. i watch them bc the core does incredible record-breaking things almost every game but it's hard to belive in a team that's really not that exciting or can barely hold their own in some cases, other than the core.
i agree to an extent!! maybe it's bc last year was my first full year really paying attention to hockey too and everything was shiny and new, but i had a really good time and then. kyle leaving hit and a lot of the old room guys left and it just....... idk. i needed last summer for a reset and i went into this year hopeful but. it's been a disappointment in a lot of ways.
as for the playoffs part... i mean, i just convince myself the leafs are gonna win the cup until they don't so lfksdjlf it's easy for me to be like go leafs ! ! ! but i'm definitely not having as much fun or putting as much stake in the overall team success as i was last year. the fact that they won their first playoff series in decades last year was SO special and cannot be replicated or outdone or relived unless they win a cup now, which is a tall ask esp with this lineup. i definitely care less about this team on the whole and have less belief in them than i did which is... fine. they also feel less like a team. maybe every year i'll just care less and less or maybe brad will do something over the summer that's exciting or, idk. the fandom in general has really detracted from it for me too this year, and i just care less/feel actively annoyed by more and maybe that's a me thing or maybe the average age of ppl everywhere is staying put pretty low and i'm just getting too old for some of this but. can't wait to get a break this year, that's all lol
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my stem roommates helping me w/ my discrete math hw: ok so draw 8 boxes and then tell me how many choices you have for each box. then add them up. what do you get.
me helping them w/ their writing hw: NO that word does NOT fit the vibe. change it right now. oh my god stop. why did you use a comma to separate the subject from the verb. ok what word would you put here? wrong! try again
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finishing watching Damsel (netflix) and hmmm... i have a LOT of things to say, but you know what ? i don't want to spend 20mn writing all of this.
so basically. the premise is quite good. the first part is different than what i expected and not my kind, but it's quite entertaining. there is one thing that to my tastes was VERY VERY GOOD (victoria&all.... <3).
and then it all became garbage lol
ok not garbage, but just disappointing in how it' sooo heavy handed. like girl power fantasy ok we get it but if it still somehow ends male fantasy visually speaking... and it increases exponentially to the end. the actress is quite good in the first bit (it feels like the line directive of the first part flew out of the window in the second) but in the second everything is just sooo caricatural it ruins everything. ideas good, execution bad.
this is my own opinion based on my tastes and needs and i understand i can feel empowering or freeing for other peeps. it certainly did not for me.
anyways. it's entertaining i guess !
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