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[booasaur]

Yeah I saw the ncis clip and was like “classic! The ol’ copaganda move of making a little joke out of violating a civilian’s privacy and rights - she did it for love nbd ;)” cbs procedurals (amongst others) are loaded with this stuff and i’m glad you don’t hesitate to just, like, point it out. Not ruining anyone’s fun here at all, but, yanno, doesn’t hurt to be aware of it :)

Yeah, it's wild how much cop shows can put in because their likable rootable protagonists are the good guys and we get so much interiority into them and inherent sympathy for them. Like, our poor main character's ex now has some douchey new bf, let's look him up, and no one in the audience can blame them because the bf IS douchey and probably DOES end up having something shady in his background. It's always framed as some funny or cute or protective little thing.

I did want to point out, though, that some people have offered another possibility, that Kate might have just looked her up on SM as a civilian. I suppose Facebook and IG would probably let you know where a person worked and lived and that they were a bit of a hipster? The problem is that since other shows have made law enforcement lookups such a common, casual practice, it's too believable in this case that she might have as well.

And yep, it's not a dealbreaker, but it is a thing to be vigilant of, given how much the world's proved we can't be lax about this stuff. Although, while I'm glad you're glad, I wouldn't take my mentioning of it as as indication that I'll always call out everything I don't like, sometimes I might not, for any number of reasons. And more importantly, other people may also be like hmmm but not really mention it because that's simply not their focus. Just wanted to keep that in mind too.

[booasaur]

I know you don't like that we say you give us recommendations, but is so nice to find new ships that I didn't knew before in your blog. I immediately go and check them.

Also, sorry for sending this ask, I know you are overwhelmed with asks but I just need to share this with you.

Oh, heh, no worries, I don't take the recommendation thing seriously for the most part, it's mostly so people can't be like, I watched this because of you and it sucked! :P

I prefer whatever I post to be seen more as an offer? Or simply for awareness, like, hey, this is a thing that I like. So I'm glad you're checking them out!

And don't worry about sending an ask! And thank you for being so considerate about it. Tbh, these kinds of conversational asks which don't require much thinking or diplomacy are a lot easier and quicker to answer than some of the rest. :o