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Ok

I've chewed on it. Here's what came out:

the ghoul bois is my bois. I was dead cold when I heard they'd be deleting the backlog off of yt. that got mythbusted and I sighed in relief.

The prof.'ll still be there (thank fuck). Shane making baby noises on the walkie and ryan noping tf out will still be there for me. Thank. Fuck.

Am i sad that I'll not get to watch the stuff on yt anymore as it releases? Yes. Painfully so.

Will I be able to subscribe? Fuck if I know. Hopefully, but not for the forseeable future, unless I get real fucking lucky real fucking fast.

But (now that I was able to chew and digest through the big feels) I get it. I've been a "professional" translator for about 5 yrs. Freelancing. Dealing with big companies, paying us what they wanted when they wanted. If they really liked your work you'd get an email about an hour before the rest of the mailing list. Along the other hundred (min) others in that "shortlist". I was fighting against others for the peanuts I was offered, taking money from others, competing for the privilege to be underpayed whenever they decided to pay. And it rots your soul.

Point being I get it. And I'm not mad anymore. Not even disappointed. I'm a bit sad because i wont get the new stuff, and if I ever get to actually support my fave creators, it's a bit of a list, and I do have some priorities, but if and/or when I can, I will.

I wish Ryan, Shane, Steven, Matt, Lizzie, Annie.... The whole gang nothing but the best. They'll be in my thoughts, They'll be in my heart. I'll be unhealthily rewatching Puppet History. And maybe someday I'll manage to pay for the sub. And the longer it takes me, the vaster the backlog to catch up to will be.

I love them.

Un jour je serais de retour près de toi.

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Still thinking about the 1st time I saw this scene (7yrs old at the time).

And when Jack goes: "Are you sure that's wise boy? Crossing blades with a pirate?"

I am just giddy, thinking: "You don't know who that is! Legolas is going to kick your butt!"

See, I didn't quite understand the whole: actors can play different roles thing, yet, but (somehow) I understood the concept of immortality from LoTR.

And despite there being a whole ass prolong at the beginning of Pirates where we see Will Turner as a kid, I was convinced that since Legolas was immortal, this was just him a thousand years later after the events of Lord of The Rings with a different name to hide who he really is.

As the movie went on, I eventually understood, but still, I'll never forget that moment my 7yrs old brain concepted some dramatic irony of the prince of Mirkwood being warned against fighting some wobbly guy in a hat.

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You know, it's kinda funny how much of high fantasy centers around kings and nobility and courtly intrigue considering that the archetypal high fantasy, Lord of the Rings, had the rather explicit moral of "saving the world is up to this backwater hick and his gardener because no politician, least of all inherited nobility, would have the ability to see past their own ambition and throw away a weapon". Oh sure, Aragorn is a great king and all, but there's a reason he's over there running a distraction ring while the hobbits do the real work. Sauron loses because he gets distracted by kings and armies and great battles (i.e. typical high fantasy stuff) letting Frodo and Sam sneak through his back door and blow it all to hell.

Just saying, maybe old Jirt knew what he was saying when he said that the small folk doing their best and holding to each other was more powerful than a dozen alliances and superweapons and we should respect him for it.

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In every wood in every spring, there is a different green.

- J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of The Ring)

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"This fic was ai generated—" Cool, so lemme block you real quick

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Honestly though, mood.

Ecosocialist praxis

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"ai is making it so everyone can make art" Everyone can make art dipshit it came free with your fucking humanity

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As I like to say, my beef is not with any one group of people, just the governments of said countries (mine included).

"Let's talk about the reason propaganda isn't working on gen z" from the same people who casually say "oh it's amazing that this got published I thought Jewish people owned all of our media companies."

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like i can not stress enough despite my issues with some things how much i respect russell t davies for getting the opportunity to write an anniversary special for one of The british pieces of media ever now of all times and deciding that the importance of loving and caring for trans children would be integral to it. you can save millions of people all you need to do is love your trans daughter more than anything in the world.

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Rose: "You're assuming 'he' as a pronoun." Doctor: "True. Yes, sorry. Good point! Are you he, or she, or they?" Meep: "My chosen pronoun is the definite article. I am always the Meep." Doctor: "Oh, I do that!"

Donna + Doctor: "Because the Doctor's male... and female..." Rose: "And neither. And more!"

DOCTOR WHO SAID TRANS RIGHTS. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ TRANSPHOBES STAY MAD!!!! Doctor Who is not for you!! 😇😇

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I've been seeing so much hate from terfs crying about Rose Noble and it makes me smile...

Because a similar thing happened when Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura made history as one of the first interracial kisses on American television.

It means we're on the right track.

doctor who coming back in the year of 2023 when terfism and biological essentialism and transphobia are on the rise and making one of THE most hyped up episodes by bringing back fan favorites david tennant and catherine tate. all about being trans

showing rose being bullied and her grandma struggling to get it right but still being supportive. and shaun and donna being the greatest parents by being ready to burn the world down to protect their daughter. the doctor asking for the meep's pronouns AND IT'S NORMAL???

and all of that is brilliant to see rose as a trans character and it is important to the narrative. BUT THEN. ROSE BEING TRANS SAVES DONNA'S LIFE BY TAKING HALF OF THE METACRISIS. BECAUSE THE DOCTOR IS MALE AND FEMALE AND NEITHER AND MORE. AND THAT IS INTEGRAL TO DOCTOR WHO AS A WHOLE. and it saved donna's life

to see doctor who be so BLATANTLY trans and nonbinary at the core of the series. the multiple references to the fact that before fourteen, thirteen was a woman. so to see this? trans people stay winning. thank you doctor who for doubling down on the importance of the doctor being trans because oh my god I am so emotional about this

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neil gaiman and RTD are absolute legends for being the showrunners of 2 mainstream shows funded by large production companies in the year 2023, and proceeding to make the most queer positive episodes ever seen by man

meanwhile david tennant is just vibrating with joy because he gets more opportunities to wear his one-thousand-and-twenty-four pride pins