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So I wanna talk about Orla Maguire (TBoMT)

I've been re-watching the series along with @ayalaatreides (thanks to Teleparty!) and I'd forgotten a lot of the Season 1 stuff so I was somewhat unprepared for the Shit Gets Absolutely Real in S01E06 ("The Test").

Spoilers ensue, so I'm putting the rest under a Read More:

What I love about this episode is it digs into the very real challenges Kyra will face as a Tri-ing in the magical world she's only just begun to navigate via Professor Maxwell's school in River City, and the series personifies those challenges in the form of Orla Maguire, an elf:

Melanie Zanetti (Orla's actress) just nailed the menacingly benevolent way she approaches Kyra.

She's all smiles, but you can just tell she's ready to stab Kyra in the back at the slightest opportunity, and boy, does she get that chance this episode!

And she grabs the Shadow Cloud, after which she espies Peter across a park and chooses to let it out there:

And right here, this is where she crosses the Moral Event Horizon.

She purposely moves the cloud near Peter.

I believe this was deliberate, because doing this sets Kyra up for two equally bad alternatives:

She takes her mind off the Shadow Cloud threat and will have to rush and save Peter, failing the test, or

She fails to save Peter and ends up letting the Cloud go on to do further damage before containing it.

Kyra, luckily, knocks Peter out of the way and distracts him while Imogen manages to vacuum the cloud up using a magical artifact.

But regardless of the outcome, thanks to Orla Kyra was doomed to fail this test anyway, and we see that the reason for this is due to deep-seated prejudices that still exist within the magical world of TBoMT:

These prejudices play out in the relative socioeconomic positions of the Maxwell School students:

Imogen's and Darra's parents are hinted to be quite wealthy, given Orla's remarks about generous donations to the Department of Magical Intervention (also, noteworthy is that they're all full-blooded elves).

Lily's (a full-blooded fairy) father Sean Reegan (also a fairy) is at this point hinted to be a high official in the DMI (we later find out he's the Director of the DMI - effectively the Minister for Magic).

Ruksy's family situation isn't elaborated on by this point. However, given that she is treated the same as Lily, we can conclude that Ruksy's family is probably the equivalent of magical middle class.

But Kyra is a Tri-ling in a world where any mixed-ancestry magical people are regarded with suspicion at best, and her father is a policeman - good at his job, but hardly a rising star destined for fame and fortune.

So this firmly puts Kyra at the bottom of the socioeconomic hierarchy, a situation which Professor Maxwell sympathizes with, being a half-ling himself. He also remarks (anviliciously, perhaps, but some things need to be said) that it means Kyra will have to work twice as hard to be considered as good as the other students.

To bring this back to Orla, it's impressive how well this episode uses her character as a vehicle to show the extent of discrimination Kyra will face, and how prejudice against her can easily lead to abuses of magical power in ways that could hurt Kyra or her friends.

I'm purposely avoiding spoilers for Orla's later character arc, but feel free to bring those up if you've already seen the entire series and want to discuss! :)

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I actually played the original Pac-Man on the Atari 2600 and it was, hmm, how do we say, a pale shadow of any version you could play in an arcade.

First off: No.

Okay, I am adequately moved into the new place (not entirely done but to the point that I have Internet and my computer assembled), so I should be a bit more visible again. Thanks for your patience!

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“You were a radical, and then you were betrayed. Then you hid out with the Inners, and then you become a big hero. So why is Naomi Nagata here with us now?”

“I think this is our time - time for the Belt to stand up. If not now, maybe never.”

Naomi Nagata in episode 3x07 “Delta V”

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Various Slayers manga covers

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chuuni behavior. this fucking nerd.

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SYDNEY SWEENEY. Savage x Fenty Lingerie.

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I honestly think Trump is trying to justify putting a hit out on Pence (he baited his followers into trying to attack the VP if possible) and anyone else if he regains the office.

How did this Mussolini clone manage to so completely expose himself as some Al Capone mafia boss wannabe and yet still be considered a viable legitimate candidate in an election???

When Donald Trump said he could shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue I didn’t know it was a prophecy.

What the actual fuck is happening?

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I love how Vi and Caitlyn are always snarky with each other until they are scared for the others safety.

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Windows 3.0 Setup Part 2

Part 1

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Windows 3.0 Setup Part 1

Part 2

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[Shut off last version of this post to avoid possible continual spread of misinformation that was corrected by staff. Reposting clean with corrected info]

So I'm sure almost everyone knows about the porn bot problem by now, so here's a post detailing why it's a problem, and what we need to do about it.

First off, yes, always block the porn bots. Don't be mislead into thinking they're ok to keep around because they 'inflate your follower count.'

Firstly, no one cares about, nor can anyone even see, your follower count. Be free from the shackles that are the bullshit other socials told you was important. Don't let your ego be tied to a number. Having a lot of followers won't earn you any clout here.

Secondly, bots only follow blogs to try and legitimize their malware (and other dodgy) links. This post goes into more detail about that.

Now that that's out of the way, you'll need to know how to recognize a porn bot. This round the template seems to be:

A profile photo of a pretty lady or guy, usually in their underwear, with a similar header photo.

A bio with some combination of: [Age] // [Name] // [Location] // [Emoji] // [Top Bullshit% OnlyFans]

URL consisting of a name followed by a number (i.e: firstlast999)

Typically an empty blog, or if there is content, it's all dodgy links. Visible, but empty, Likes Tab, & occasionally a visible Following Tab.

You likely recognize the pattern.

So, what you want to do is, first, report the blog as spam On mobile it'll look like this:

On mobile you'll need to report spam first, and then go back to the menu again to block.

On desktop it will look like this, and unlike mobile, you'll be able to report spam and block in the same motion:

If I remember correctly,* be sure to "Report Spam", not "Report sexually explicit material" to feed the bots to the proper channels. Because the blog is empty, they haven't posted anything explicit that would violate TOS. However, staff can recognize a bot, and if you report the blog for spam (the actual problem) they'll take a look, more than likely find that the blog is posting or DMing dodgy links, and dispose of it.

And I think that's it. Here's wishing you all a happy and safe blogging experience!

[UPDATE: It was suggested on another post that the bots track your IP if you click on them to send more your way. However, someone from staff corrected and said this is incorrect. They also corrected the 'guilt by association' myth that bots following you can get your blog flagged by tumblr.

That said, that trail all led to another, easier, way to report/block the bots all from your Follower Tab instead of visiting each blog separately, unfortunately it only works on desktop:

(For newbies, click on the little person icon at the top right of your screen and scroll to find the Followers tab under the blog/sideblog you need to block a pornbot from.)

*I remember this information from a blog that used to be all about taking down the pornbots. Unfortunately I do not know if that blog is still active, nor can I remember the URL. If anyone knows what blog I'm referring to, and/or if they're still active, please feel free to tag them so others can follow them for more tips!

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I've heard that 90% of all bisexuals are actually 17 velociraptors in disguise. Is this true?

Whoever told you that has given you blatant misinformation.

Scientists believe that 90% of bisexuals are an average of 17 velociraptors in disguise. In reality, bisexuals can range from 12 to 22 velociraptors.

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Fuck Nintendo

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