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Nov. 6th, 2017 05:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwydion* Want to help the refugees on Manus Island?
"Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/
"RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate
* "Saudi arrests show crown prince is a risk-taker with a zeal for reform:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/05/saudi-arabia-arrests-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman
* "Miss Peru contestants accuse country of not measuring up on gender violence:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/nov/01/miss-peru-2017-contestants-accuse-country-of-failing-to-measure-up-gender-violence
* It’s really laugh, cry, or scream in existential horror, isn’t it? "Trump Reportedly Can’t Understand Why Japan Didn’t Shoot Down North Korea Missiles:" http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/11/05/trump_reportedly_can_t_understand_why_japan_didn_t_shoot_down_north_korea.html
* "Mueller Has Enough Evidence to Charge Mike Flynn, Trump's Former National Security Adviser:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mueller-trump-russia-probe-mike-flynn_us_59ff48b5e4b0c9652ffff7eb
* "Ohio Republicans create winnable electoral districts by siting nonvoting prisons near friendly voters:" https://boingboing.net/2017/10/31/prison-gerrymandering.html
* "Gothamist, DNAinfo, LAist, And Other Local News Sites Have Suddenly Shut Down:" https://www.buzzfeed.com/briannasacks/gothamist-dnainfo-laist-and-other-local-news-sites-have?utm_term=.wjq5byMap#.bqjeqMDdj
* "At least 26 people killed in shooting at Texas church:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/05/us/texas-church-shooting/index.html
* "Archaeologists discover rare remains of pregnant woman in King Solomon’s Mines:" http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Archaeologists-discover-rare-remains-of-pregnant-woman-in-King-Solomons-Mines-510965
* I still get chills and end in tears after all these years. "An inch:" https://lettersfromtitan.com/2017/11/05/an-inch/#comments
* "Why Winona Ryder Doesn't Regret Opening Up About Depression:" http://www.refinery29.com/2016/08/119488/winona-ryder-depression-the-cut?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=end&utm_campaign=h2
* Vote!!! "The Struggle:"
* "Sunday Sweets Welcomes A Slice Of Fall:" http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2017/11/5/sunday-sweets-welcomes-a-slice-of-fall.html
* The Exorcist: I am impressed that they actually surprised me this time. So few things do.
I'm going to spoiler the discussion of plotty stuff, though I think we are past the required wait.
I keep thinking about why this season is working so well for me. I think the secret was in the slow burn. They spent all that time in the first few episodes establishing why the group home was both important and fragile. They gave up time to invest in all the characters and really care about them. Even though it wasn't obvious how the stuff the priests (the old wolf and the young + the stuff in Europe) were going to fit together, it hasn't felt like filler. as it turns out the stuff in Washington had direct bearing and the European stuff was both world building and I think long arc set up, but all of it was interesting and worked on it's own before the pieces started fitting together.
I also just really find Verity relatable, with her intelligence and anger and her relatively adult understanding of the stresses Andy might be under (even without the demon she doesn't know about yet infesting their home) and understanding of the bigger picture even with the weight of all she is going through and has been through herself. It's really subtly done and rare to see a character so perfectly balanced between her own issues on the one hand and what is obviously a fundamental sense of what is fair. It captures remarkably well how i was at that age, for example. It would be easier to make her precociously adult or brattily teenaged. Instead both the writing and the acting is conveying something much more real.
While I'm speaking of the acting, I wanted to mention how good and naturalistic so much of it is. The horror elements work so much better because the acting of the ordinary is so good, if that makes sense. I was going to start singling people out and then realized the list would be too long. I do think the realism of Marcus' internal struggle makes Andy's struggle with his realistic mourning process and the more extreme supernatural element work better because of how similar they both look on the surface, for example.
I admit to being pleased at both spotting in advance the fairly subtle pick up attempt by the Fish and wildlife guy and that it does seem to be leading somewhere both romantically and plot wise.
This whole season just seems really well woven together, all the little parts working well with the whole.
* I think there is a third reason for going back, but my attempt to put it into words have failed. The rest is pretty much where I am. http://granpappy-winchester.tumblr.com/post/167166926666/taking-a-little-break-from-all-the-screaming-ive
*****
* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/
* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate
* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0
* Resistance links for the tax cuts for the rich: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/166977878817/fullhalalalchemist-the-gop-is-aiming-for-a-65vc
* Republicans are trying to kill library funding. Help us save the libraries. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/fight-for-libraries
* Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
* This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/
* Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/
* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com
* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html
* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com
"Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/
"RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate
* "Saudi arrests show crown prince is a risk-taker with a zeal for reform:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/05/saudi-arabia-arrests-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman
* "Miss Peru contestants accuse country of not measuring up on gender violence:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/nov/01/miss-peru-2017-contestants-accuse-country-of-failing-to-measure-up-gender-violence
* It’s really laugh, cry, or scream in existential horror, isn’t it? "Trump Reportedly Can’t Understand Why Japan Didn’t Shoot Down North Korea Missiles:" http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/11/05/trump_reportedly_can_t_understand_why_japan_didn_t_shoot_down_north_korea.html
* "Mueller Has Enough Evidence to Charge Mike Flynn, Trump's Former National Security Adviser:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mueller-trump-russia-probe-mike-flynn_us_59ff48b5e4b0c9652ffff7eb
* "Ohio Republicans create winnable electoral districts by siting nonvoting prisons near friendly voters:" https://boingboing.net/2017/10/31/prison-gerrymandering.html
* "Gothamist, DNAinfo, LAist, And Other Local News Sites Have Suddenly Shut Down:" https://www.buzzfeed.com/briannasacks/gothamist-dnainfo-laist-and-other-local-news-sites-have?utm_term=.wjq5byMap#.bqjeqMDdj
* "At least 26 people killed in shooting at Texas church:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/05/us/texas-church-shooting/index.html
* "Archaeologists discover rare remains of pregnant woman in King Solomon’s Mines:" http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Archaeologists-discover-rare-remains-of-pregnant-woman-in-King-Solomons-Mines-510965
* I still get chills and end in tears after all these years. "An inch:" https://lettersfromtitan.com/2017/11/05/an-inch/#comments
* "Why Winona Ryder Doesn't Regret Opening Up About Depression:" http://www.refinery29.com/2016/08/119488/winona-ryder-depression-the-cut?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=end&utm_campaign=h2
* Vote!!! "The Struggle:"
* "Sunday Sweets Welcomes A Slice Of Fall:" http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2017/11/5/sunday-sweets-welcomes-a-slice-of-fall.html
* The Exorcist: I am impressed that they actually surprised me this time. So few things do.
I'm going to spoiler the discussion of plotty stuff, though I think we are past the required wait.
I keep thinking about why this season is working so well for me. I think the secret was in the slow burn. They spent all that time in the first few episodes establishing why the group home was both important and fragile. They gave up time to invest in all the characters and really care about them. Even though it wasn't obvious how the stuff the priests (the old wolf and the young + the stuff in Europe) were going to fit together, it hasn't felt like filler. as it turns out the stuff in Washington had direct bearing and the European stuff was both world building and I think long arc set up, but all of it was interesting and worked on it's own before the pieces started fitting together.
I also just really find Verity relatable, with her intelligence and anger and her relatively adult understanding of the stresses Andy might be under (even without the demon she doesn't know about yet infesting their home) and understanding of the bigger picture even with the weight of all she is going through and has been through herself. It's really subtly done and rare to see a character so perfectly balanced between her own issues on the one hand and what is obviously a fundamental sense of what is fair. It captures remarkably well how i was at that age, for example. It would be easier to make her precociously adult or brattily teenaged. Instead both the writing and the acting is conveying something much more real.
While I'm speaking of the acting, I wanted to mention how good and naturalistic so much of it is. The horror elements work so much better because the acting of the ordinary is so good, if that makes sense. I was going to start singling people out and then realized the list would be too long. I do think the realism of Marcus' internal struggle makes Andy's struggle with his realistic mourning process and the more extreme supernatural element work better because of how similar they both look on the surface, for example.
I admit to being pleased at both spotting in advance the fairly subtle pick up attempt by the Fish and wildlife guy and that it does seem to be leading somewhere both romantically and plot wise.
This whole season just seems really well woven together, all the little parts working well with the whole.
* I think there is a third reason for going back, but my attempt to put it into words have failed. The rest is pretty much where I am. http://granpappy-winchester.tumblr.com/post/167166926666/taking-a-little-break-from-all-the-screaming-ive
*****
* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/
* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate
* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0
* Resistance links for the tax cuts for the rich: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/166977878817/fullhalalalchemist-the-gop-is-aiming-for-a-65vc
* Republicans are trying to kill library funding. Help us save the libraries. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/fight-for-libraries
* Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
* This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/
* Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/
* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com
* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html
* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com