#Raych Seldon

[larmegliamori]

Prelude to Foundation is fun actually. The protagonist is a mathematician. He regrets creating his theory more and more as the story progresses (even though, with each chapter, he gets closer to start developing it seriously). He's generally a meek person but manages to run into (or throw himself into) problems every time he steps outside. His companion is a historian trying to keep him safe. She was ready to end a man's whole career. She learns how to fight with knives and bests a man by cutting his mustache (and some skin). He tries to flirt with her in the most disastrous way ever. A street urchin gives them a couple favors and decides to adopt them as family. The Mayor of a powerful sector speaks the same lingo as said street urchin. The matematician witnesses a whole coup in his nightgown. Pulling the strings there's a savvy journalist trying to hide the mathematician from the Prime Minister. Those two are actually the same person. They're also a robot.

[yeastpanini]

Drawing for comfort 'cause I've been not feeling that well for a while

[daneelsolivaw]

my bf: Raych is from Billy Bob Bottom???

[brotherconstant]

Foundation 1x01 The Emperor's Peace "When I was a child, I told my mother I wanted to learn every planet in the Galactic Empire… beginning in the center and moving out to Star’s End. Each night, she told me stories. I traveled light-years… my mind expanding to hold more and more worlds. But I never reached Terminus. Straddling the farthest reaches of civilization, unsettled by man… it was the end. And its story remained dark to me until many years later. Until it became my story. Until it became… the only story."

[appletvdaily]

FOUNDATION (2021-) 1x02 Preparing To Live “Raych, you probably don’t remember the first meal that you and I had together, do you?” “No, I can’t say I do.”

[gaal-dornick]

But why am I surprised? We both know it wasn't the first time.

FOUNDATION | 2.05: The Sighted and the Seen

[cringe-but-freee]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY @yeastpanini!!! 🎉🎉

Drew the prequels gang bc they deserve to nap together and your designs always make me happy!

[daincrediblegg]

hari seldon took one look at the hot new favorite trope on tumblr dot com of "came back wrong" and decided immediately to uno-reverse that and "come back right" instead

[replicantapologist]

oh man oh man oh man the initial raych and hari scenes in the beginning of S02E05. I wasn't at all prepared for that. I love Raych ok? And yeah hari might have some good reasons for... everything (still holding judgement on that but I get that it's all super complex) BUT I think he deserves to have a few raych nightmares.

[see-fee]

What are you thoughts on Apple TVs Foundation version?

Ah. I never wanted to talk about that, but I guess my thoughts on the subject are as worth putting down as any, so here goes.

Boring, dumb, cringeworthy, badly written by hacks.

Bad showrunner/writers, bad cast (one or two exceptions). Bad everything except the visuals. I couldn’t be bothered to continue past the second or third episode, where I Raych-quit from the sheer stupidity.

Not because it strayed from Asimov’s work (though it can hardly be called an adaptation when it so flagrantly disregards its source material). I can assess and enjoy adaptations on their own merits. The show is simply not entertaining—a cardinal sin for entertainment. Things happened one after another and I just didn’t care. I wanted to, but I didn’t.

It wasn’t even enjoyable in a greasy burger/guilty pleasure way (e.g. Whedon’s Firefly or early JJ Abrams like Fringe). I’ve gotten far more discerning with age/maturity but I do still watch dumb popcorn fare (including the I, Robot summer blockbuster). And this show wasn’t that for me. Because it was sold as more than that, in a world where shows like Andor exist.

Because it pretends to be smart when it clearly isn’t, when its incompetent writers have never written anything of value in their lives. Very stupid people are behind it: Goyer and Friedman. Showrunner and writer David Goyer is a talentless hack whose own writing/producing portfolio is riddled with trashy bottom-of-the-barrel superhero mediocrity (rated as low as 3/10, 4/10, 5/10 on IMDb, and the way ratings work is that there are false positives but no false negatives), who somehow weaseled his way into successful franchises where other writers did the heavy lifting. Its other writer Josh Friedman has nothing remotely decent under his belt, either. These cheap hacks have obviously never read or understood their source material beyond a perfunctory skim (and if you believe anything they spew, I've got a waterfront property in Oklahoma to sell you. Two words: publicity & marketing.) The proof is in the pudding—Goyer and Friedman lack the brains to handle the material, let alone deviate from it.

I didn’t finish the season because I don’t think it gets better. The core problems I noted aren't going anywhere, and plenty of sensible people with good taste have shared the issues they have with it, and much of that is in line with my own experience or expectations of quality.

Season 2 reeks of jumping the shark. I’ve seen the trailer and laughed at its ridiculousness. It was a flurry of “we have Star Wars at home” scenes and also for some bizarre reason there were dragons? Or something? They’re not even pretending to be Asimov’s story any more—which is probably better for everyone involved.

Change My View: I sometimes wonder if I ought to give it another go, though I don’t have Apple TV anymore which adds to the friction. If anybody mature (I'm a full decade past my meme years) with decent taste (more Oppenheimer than Barbie, more modernist than postmodern internet shitposter, more level-headed than rabid fanatical addict) wants to tell me how this show has some merit despite its flaws and is worth my time, please do. I’m all ears.

Criticism on writing + cast below 👇

Characters, dialogue, plot are badly written/designed.

They do stupid things for stupid reasons (mostly: the plot requires it). Reciting prime numbers beCaUsE mAtH. (Cube did it better.)

That early swimming pool sex scene—whereas it was plausible for the characters in Game of Thrones or the Expanse, here in the hands of dumb writers it’s a girl thirsting over a guy she just met because The Plot Requires It, so that this guy can randomly stab Seldon later in a truly idiotic turn.

Machiavellian characters like Salvor Hardin get downgraded into some basic military chad guarding the Ethereum logo, for some pathetically trite Chosen One storyline and a lame what’s-in-the-vault mystery with a hilariously awful payoff. (I laughed so hard when I found out what it was. That you-know-who was literally in the vault.)

The two decent cast members are surrounded by a pack of Z-rate bargain bin actors whose previous credits hover in the 2/10–5/10 range.

Lee Pace is recycling his Joe MacMillan from Halt and Catch Fire but with a chest-baring wardrobe, since he’s the designated eye candy. Jared Harris is phoning it in, also recycling the same role he’s cornered a niche on: whistleblower-guy-who-gets-ignored-then-dies, a la Chernobyl and The Terror.

Laura Birn is doing a passable job with what she’s given to work with, but, in an utterly inexplicable design choice, the poor woman must stand in an asinine arms-akimbo pose all the damned time because we need to remember iT’s a rObOt. Who can cry and have sex but not stand normally. Or something. (Humans did it better.)

Terrence Mann was a forgettable snooze-fest—so was Lou Llobell.

Leah Harvey and the rest I saw were laughably awful.

[larmegliamori]

Absolutely do not think about Raych and Daneel getting involved into Hari and Dors' wedding

[la-stelle]

Foundation University AU

Brother Constant is getting a masters degree in religious studies. She’s a GRA. Hober doesn’t actually GO to FU, but he somehow manages to sneak in and attend classes, to the extent that the professors think he’s a major student. They’re at a party 🤠

Other AU Stuff under the cut:

Gaal is attending on a full ride after solving the Abraxas Conundrum. She was supposed to be a TA for the famed Hari Seldon, but he got fired after their first class (but why is Raych always lurking around the old, Campbell building? What’s going on in there?)

Day is President of the university. Demerzel is the VP. If you ACTUALLY want stuff done, she’s the one you email

Dawn wants to study photography/technology but Day is making him get a master’s degree in business

Professor Poly is teaching a class on how group think dynamics and sociology affects religion. Hober and Constant meet in that class

Bel is campus head of security

Salvor studies criminal Justice and political science. Everything’s going fine, but there’s something… off about that one math major chick halfway across the lecture hall. Just a feeling, a vibe.

[daneelsolivaw]

obsessed w the idea of raychs first holiday (not necessarily christmas because its like the far future but just a gift giving holiday)…. and hari and dors decorating their tiny little apartment and making it feel so warm. raych never asking for anything but hummin arranging a trip to go shopping with hari and dors to get him absolutely everything with his imperial bank account. Raych being grateful for all the stuff and his weird gay uncle but appreciating just being with a loving family and well-fed on the holiday because it’s his first time he’s ever celebrated.

[brotherconstant]

FOUNDATION ◆ Season 2 as Horror VHS tapes created by David S. Goyer and Josh Friedman in/sp | template

[lalinna]

Foundation Watchalong

S01E01 - The Emperor's Peace

Welcome to my Foundation watchalong. I plan to post every other day a list of my random thoughts during each episode. By the end of it, I'll give three random awards. Categories may (and will) vary.

⚠️ spoilers under the gif ⚠️

1 - The water planet is gorgeous. Imagine swimming under that sky!

2 - The classic sci-fi cover art style of the murals was a great touch.

3 - Lee Pace peacocking while he serves roasted peacock to his clones. That's it, I'm won, best show ever.

4 - What's with the parchment? WTF happened to humanity that at some point in the future it went back to writing studies in parchment? I think I need to read these novels.

5 - That said, this storyline is awfully close to a story I am currently writing and that annoys me deeply. I've been ripping off stuff I never read/watched? That's not fair!

6 - The little clone kid creeps me out.

7 - I can't say I feel too sorry for Gaal. Sure, Hari appears to be a manipulative **** and to be using her with zero regards to her well-being, but what was the alternative? Seems to me like she didn't fit her home planet anyway. Plus, Raych is hot.

8 - Can we take a minute to appreciate the sheer awesomeness of Jared Harris? He's perfect in the role. I like how his Hari can be arrogant, irritating, charming and the most lucid person onscreen while he moves along with what seems to be a crazy hypercomplex plan.

9 - Oh, I like Gaal and her understated positive energy. Yeah, girl! Go build things.

And now...

🏆 The Linna S01E01 Awards 🏆

MVP - Hari Seldon

Cockiest Peacock - Brother Day

Best (so far only?) Ship - Gaal/Raych

[gaal-dornick]

sometimes i remember the dynamic between gaal, raych and hari the very first episode brought and i'm left like