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thoughtdump · 2 years ago

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My takeaway’s from Anna’s interview that nobody asked for or probably even wants:

- Explaining how she used to be so lively/energetic & loved attention as a kid but once she started figure skating she was able to put that energy into something “more productive” (figure skating) because of how now she’s not like that anymore. She never speaks up, she puts up with everything & bottles all her emotions inside. (And she says this like it’s a good thing). No babe you just lost your light & got the life sucked out of you!

- I appreciated her interrupting the interviewer when the interviewer was going down a path of trying to get Anna to talk about “controversial” topics because it was inappropriate but on the flip side Anna practically saying “if the news regarding the Russian ban isn’t good developments then I just don’t pay attention to any of the news “over there”” is incredibly tone deaf & beneath her. Didn’t expect that from her. I guess they ALL are full of themselves & brainwashed beyond repair.

- These girls have undiagnosed eating disorders. Every single one of them.

- Abused abused abused. She doesn’t even know it. It’s just downright sad.

- Alina seemed/seems to be the only one who truly supports her & always saw she was a gold medal contender even when everyone else thought she wasn’t. I also think it goes both ways, Alina doesn’t seem to have a lot of friends aside from Anna. Glad they have each other in this disturbing environment.

- Interviewer sprinkling Russian propaganda every 2 seconds by pretty much saying the Russians are the only good athletes in the entire world & without them, other athletes from other countries “know that competitions without Russians aren’t fair” (which isn’t true, it’s the complete opposite actually & tbh it’s been nice to watch figure skating knowing their demonic presence isn’t there) is not surprising but still incredibly blood boiling. These people are on another planet. Delusional is an understatement. Lost causes.

- Her explaining her emotions/mental state after winning gold is literal depression. As she mentioned, it was complete emotional burnout. The abuse isn’t worth it. At the height of her career & she feels absolutely nothing & it sends her into an existential crisis of essentially ‘this is it? This is what it feels like to win gold? Nothing?’ Just another example of how these girls are used as tools for the federations success. The life of a girl is worth nothing to them. A long, healthy career is nothing to them. The pressure of knowing that you have literally ONE chance to be perfect, that you will never come back to the Olympics because your body has been broken down by our methods… it’s too much & that’s what you get because of it. A 17 year old winning gold at the Olympics & feeling complete emptiness. Because winning isn’t everything.

- Overall, every time a Russian does an interview I wish I never read it :)

#figure skating #russian figure skating #anna shcherbakova

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kastlequill · 5 months ago

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i am chomping at the bit to know more about - nec spe, nec metu (keegan x deaf f!reader) for the wip roudup👀

so this fic takes place tens years after the ODIN strike, just like in the original campaign, and follows a reader who is deaf. her other senses are heightened as a result, making her a great candidate for overwatch—think similar to matt murdock being blind yet having developed somewhat of a “sonar” ability as daredevil. suspension of disbelief, folks 😁

the party she had been traveling with over the last seven years recently died in a failed attempt at raiding a Federation camp for supplies. her need for those resources has persisted, so, with no time to properly grieve her companions, she thus finds herself staking out Another camp. however, things quickly get derailed when she stumbles upon a man—Hesh—who seems eager to infiltrate this base as well, only far less stealthily. our dear reader decides she can’t let him screw this up for her and takes matters into her own hands; when that’s all said and done, she winds up meeting this mystery man’s friends, one of whom—Keegan—actually knows a bit of basic ASL

the above event marks the beginning of a new chapter in her life alongside several new faces; it sets the scene for two souls who rediscover the intimacy of language together, despite the barriers constructed by both the new and old worlds :)

#sorry for this being like six months late 😭#answered #smoggyfogbottom #fic: nec spe nec metu

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crows-father · 5 months ago

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The world has felt blurred for weeks. Months, maybe, he wasn’t sure anymore. Whenever Bad had left and the world began to shift, when the dark had begun to crawl in from every corner, that’s when he started losing track of it all. Moments in-between were heavy. He remembers cooking with Chayanne, brushing back Tallulah’s hair, he remembers holding one of them while they cried, nudging Missa out of the kitchen with a laugh, but nothing solid strikes. He remembers Kristin’s touch, her insistence on him laying down. He knows for a fact he has been seeing Pac and Mike. His body remembers it all too, it’s weighty, there was no sickness that clings from the absence of care. He has eaten and slept and washed. He’s fine.

Nothing sticks. Everything is heavy and blurry and– it’s not particularly miserable, it’s actually rather numb. He can’t remember anything for certain. He can’t recall how long it’s been, either. He drags a hand over Tallulah’s head as she rushes out for her mother’s house and– he can’t particularly recall Robin(?) being around lately, but the thought gets swallowed in the numb, blurry mess of life. Chayanne makes something he can’t remember eating. They go somewhere he doesn’t recall. Missa says something sweet that makes it only barely past deaf ears.

Kristin says all she can hope for is that Phil gets better. Soft hands grace against his back, new scars, tracing patterns of magic. For some reason, he isn’t quite sure what she’s referring to, because it wasn’t his wings.

He missed his wings. He missed a lot of things, but flying was the one that hurt the worst. So many worlds and so many places before this, a patchwork of memories and places, and all of them was something that felt so free. He was suffocating here. He missed the sky. He missed the world outside. It’s suffocating, even through the haze. He’s drowning in it.

When the world comes back, it’s with fury, it’s with anger, boiling rage. The message reads final warning. It’s stupid. That’s the day Phil leaves. Fit meets him at the bottom. His hand is warm, both of them, in Phil’s and against his shoulder, in feathers, and they grin, they laugh. There’s a moment where it finally feels like they were winning something. It finally feels like they have the upper hand– or, no. It feels like Phil finally does.

The light in the dark for the server came in the moments Phil wasn’t there. The break-in. Their grand moment of defiance was everything, and Fit recounts it with more or less detail, and that makes Phil’s jaw ache. He was happy for them. But despite that– despite everything they did, another force came to suppress them, to make new rules, to make new demands.

This was the moment to ruin that, too. This was the time, if there ever was any time to do it. A spit in the face of the federation, condemning them for the cage they’ve locked the residents in for so long. Phil wouldn’t bow to their wish for control. So all he has is here, cobblestone, lava, water, and an old friend a little too excited, and a petty, petty wish. A petty hurt to heal a petty desire to snub it to the big ones.

He raises his camera as the lava pours. It’s beautiful. And they cast it. It’s perfect. It’s clear. They laugh. The world feels clear, for just a moment. He sends a ‘fuck you’ as his response to the warnings, the calls to cut his boy’s wings, to deprive him of the last bit of freedom he has on an island he can’t escape. It never occurs to him that maybe Chayanne wouldn’t have wanted this, but he thinks his son would have loved the mess, the disrespect, the display of defiance. He raises his camera. He takes another picture.

He can’t wait to go home. He wants to tell Chayanne. Him and Fit bid their goodbyes and escape the crime scene with matching grins.

#standalone #yaoiverse #straightverse kind of #the bird house

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fancoloredglasses · 8 months ago

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Zorro (Get your swashes buckled, folks!)

[All images are owned by New World Television and Zorro Productions, Inc (really!) Please don’t sue me or ruin my clothing with Zs]

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(Thanks to megafan_12)

For those who are unaware, Zorro (“The Fox” in Spanish) is a masked swordsman who fights a corrupt government in the same vein as Robin Hood or the Scarlet Pimpernel, but in the town of Los Angeles during the time California was under Spanish/Mexican rule. Much like the aforementioned literary heroes, Zorro is a member of the local aristocracy (Don Diego de la Vega, son of one of the largest landowners in the region) who acts like a dandy and a coward to hide his masked activities.

He has been in literature since 1919 and has been in several movies and television shows (usually by a white man) In fact, it wasn’t until the 70s that a Latino (or Spanish) actor was cast in the role! Talk about injustice!

Most people know the Zorro films that starred Antonio Banderas as the title character (who inherited the mantle from Anthony Hopkins, yet ANOTHER white guy!) Many have seen Guy Ritchie as Zorro in the 50s (who didn’t need to worry about being white since the series was filmed in black & white and no one could tell his skin tone) The film I was first introduced to the character was Zorro, the Gay Blade (no, it wasn’t porn!) which starred Goerge Hamilton (yep, another while guy) as Don Diego and his twin brother Ramon (AKA “Bunny Wigglesworth” who was, shall we say, a bit flamboyant) The less said about that film, the better.

But the subject for this review was a forgotten gem from the 90s that aired on the cable network known as The Family Channel (I swear I saw it in the USA Network, but I couldn’t find any record in my research to prove this)

The series, naturally, follows Don Diego (played by Duncan Regehr yet ANOTHER white guy!)

…and his masked alter ego. (NOTE: Regehr was more muscular and fit than most previous actors in the role, meaning he could be a bit more physical. The character was also written as being a bit of a science buff)

Don Diego lives with his father Don Alejandro (played by Efrem Zimbalist Jr (yep, also white), who voiced Alfred in Batman: the Animated Series, in season 1…

…and Henry Darrow (FINALLY! A Latino actor, and one who actually played Zorro a few years earlier!) for the rest of the series)

…as well as his family’s mute servant Felipe (played by Juan Diego Botto), who also pretends to be deaf and is the only one who knows Don Diego’s secret (it’s not like he can tell anyone)

Don Diego’s love interest is Victoria Escalante (played by Patrice Martinez, who also played the love interest in The Three Amigos)

Zorro fights the corrupt Alcalde (governor) of the territory around Los Angeles Luis Ramone (played by Michael Tylo...yep, another one)

…but was replaced in season 3 by Ignacio de Soto (played by J.G. Hertzler (Seriously?!))

The Alcalde’s chief aide (and leader of the garrison) is Sgt. Mendoza (played by James Victor, the ONE Latino on the bad guys' side), who is the comic relief (of course...) for the series (which explains why they can never stop Zorro)

The plots generally revolve around the Alcalde’s latest plot to stop Zorro by trapping him while performing some form of injustice against the people of Los Angeles, only to be foiled. Note that while the series is very by-the-numbers, the action sequences are well done and there are a number of well-known (or soon-to-be-well-known) actors (as well as, for some reason, a handful of World Wrestling Federation wrestlers) who have guest starred.

As always, if you would like to see an episode reviewed, please let me know!

#zorro #Fan Colored Glasses

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darkfictionjude · 11 months ago

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I thought you & some of the readers might find this interesting, things that happened in 1994 (according to Wikipedia):

February 12: Edvard Munch's painting The Scream is stolen in Oslo

March 12: A photo by Marmaduke Wetherell, previously touted as "proof" of the Loch Ness Monster, is confirmed to be a hoax

April 5: Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of Nirvana, commits suicide at age 27 at his home in Seattle. His body was found three days later.

April 27: South Africa holds its first fully multiracial elections, marking the final end of the last vestiges of apartheid. Nelson Mandela wins the elections and is sworn in as the first democratically elected president the following month.

May 10: Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.

May 10: A solar eclipse occurs in The United States.

May 18: The Flavr Savr, a genetically modified tomato, is deemed safe for consumption by the FDA, becoming the first commercially grown genetically engineered food to be granted a license for human consumption.

June 12: Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman are murdered outside the Simpson home in Los Angeles. O. J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in a civil suit.

June 15: The Lion King, the highest-grossing hand-drawn animated film of all time, is released by Walt Disney Feature Animation.

June 17: NFL star O. J. Simpson and his friend Al Cowlings flee from police in a white Ford Bronco. The low-speed chase ends at Simpson's Brentwood, Los Angeles mansion, where he surrenders.

June 17: The 1994 FIFA World Cup starts in the United States.

July 12: The Allied occupation of Berlin ends with a casing of the colors ceremony attended by U.S. President Bill Clinton.

August 12: Woodstock '94 begins in Saugerties, New York. It is the 25-year anniversary of Woodstock in 1969.

August 12: All Major League Baseball players go on strike, beginning the longest work stoppage in the sport's history.

September 13: President Bill Clinton signs the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which bans the manufacture of new firearms with certain features for a period of 10 years.

September 14: The 1994 World Series is officially cancelled due to the ongoing work stoppage. It is the first time a World Series will not be played since 1904.

September 17: Heather Whitestone is crowned the first deaf Miss America; she is crowned Miss America 1995.

September 19: Andrew Wiles proves Fermat's Last Theorem, solving the 357-year-old mathematical theorem first proposed by Pierre de Fermat in 1637. He would publish it in 1995.

October 1: The World Wide Web Consortium is founded by Tim Berners-Lee, becoming the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web.

November 5: George Foreman wins the WBA and IBF World Heavyweight Championships by KO'ing Michael Moorer becoming the oldest heavyweight champion in history.

December 3: Sony releases the PlayStation video game system in Japan.

And that is why it’s such an interesting year to set the story in. So much happens in all areas of the world. I knew some of these but it’s nice to know how much the world began to change here. And yes I will pat myself on the back for picking 1994 as the set year for the story 🥳

Thank you nonnie this was very cool 💜 (rip to Kurt — I should add more nirvana to the game playlist).

#non asks #trivia #1994 #we wretched creatures

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xtruss · 1 year ago

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70 Years After WWII, Japan Brings New Disaster To The World

— Chen Yang | August 24, 2023

Illustration: Liu Rui/Global Times

Japan kick starts discharging the Nuclear-Contaminated Water Stored at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear ☢️ Power Plant into the sea on Thursday afternoon. This move, prioritizing Japanese government's own interests over the common interests of all humanity, will ultimately lead to Japan's isolation and leave another indelible permanent stain on human history.

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9 earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan, triggering a towering tsunami that caused a nuclear leak at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear ☢️ Power Plant. As of now, the amount of nuclear-contaminated wastewater stored in Japan has exceeded 1.3 million tons, and it is increasing by 100 tons per day. In April 2021, the Japanese government decided to dump the nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean, choosing the most convenient and irresponsible method among various methods of treating the contaminated water. Since the Japanese government plans to discharge the nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean over a period of 30 years, the impact on the global marine ecosystem and human health and well-being is not temporary, but long-term and enduring.

Since deciding to dump nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean, Japan has consistently faced strong opposition from domestic and international public opinion. On Tuesday, the chairman of the National Federation of Fisheries Co-operative Associations in Japan, Masanobu Sakamoto, reiterated during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, "Nothing will change in our opposition to the release of water into the ocean without the understanding of fishermen and the public."

On July 1, South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, held a rally in Seoul condemning the Japanese government's plan to dump nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean, urging the South Korean government to clearly oppose it.

Cooperation Needed to Minimize Economic Risk Brought by Fukushima Nuclear ☢️ Contaminated Water Dumping — Hu Weijia! August 23, 2023. Japan's reckless dumping of nuclear wastewater poses a grave danger to Earth. Cartoon: Carlos Latuff

Despite the continuous doubts and opposition to the discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean from Japan domestically and internationally, the Japanese government has turned a deaf ear and insisted on pushing forward with the discharge process. This fundamentally reflects that discharging nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean is a selfish act that sacrifices the public health and well-being of its own country and neighboring countries and regions in exchange for short-term benefits.

In fact, one of the main reasons why Japan has insisted on dumping nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean is the tacit approval and tolerance of the US, which has long claimed to be a "defender of human rights."

The US is Japan's ally and has had a wide range of influence on Japanese politics, diplomacy, culture and other aspects. It can even influence Japan's domestic and foreign policies to some extent. In theory, the US should exert its influence to prevent Japan from adopting irresponsible practices in dumping nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean. However, unfortunately, regarding this public issue that poses a threat to the global marine ecosystem and human health and well-being, the US did not criticize or condemn it, worse, it praised the Japanese government for its "transparent efforts" in dealing with the issue and considered Japan's dumpingplan to be "safe."

Fishers Against Fukushima Nuclear ☢️ Contaminated Water Dumping! Fishers of the South Korea's National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives hold a rally on August 16, 2023, in the coastal area of in Goheung county in South Jeolla Province, to protest against the dumping of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from Japan as Japanese government reportedly is eyeing dumping the contaminated water in late August. Photo: VCG

Perhaps it is precisely because of the support and "double standards" from the US that Japan has the confidence to push forward with the process of discharging nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean without any scruples until a specific date is determined and the discharge is implemented.

During World War II, Japan launched aggressive wars against neighboring countries, bringing great disasters to neighboring countries and regions. Today, the discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater can be said to be a new disaster that Japan, which has gone through defeat and surrender for more than 70 years, has brought to neighboring countries and regions.

The ocean is the common property of all humanity, not a dumping ground for Japan's arbitrary disposal. Regarding the issue of nuclear-contaminated wastewater, Japan should recognize its own responsibility, adopt a scientific attitude, fulfill its international obligations, and respond to the serious concerns of its own citizens, neighboring countries and the international community. If it simply ignores these concerns, it will ultimately leave an indelible permanent stain on Japan in human history.

— The Author is a Guest Research Fellow at the Centre for Japanese Studies, Liaoning University.

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rockislandadultreads · 1 year ago

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Disability Pride Month: More Nonfiction Recommendations

Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig

A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most.

Growing up as a paralyzed girl during the 90s and early 2000s, Rebekah Taussig only saw disability depicted as something monstrous (The Hunchback of Notre Dame), inspirational (Helen Keller), or angelic (Forrest Gump). None of this felt right; and as she got older, she longed for more stories that allowed disability to be complex and ordinary, uncomfortable and fine, painful and fulfilling.

Writing about the rhythms and textures of what it means to live in a body that doesn’t fit, Rebekah reflects on everything from the complications of kindness and charity, living both independently and dependently, experiencing intimacy, and how the pervasiveness of ableism in our everyday media directly translates to everyday life.

Disability affects all of us, directly or indirectly, at one point or another. By exploring this truth in poignant and lyrical essays, Taussig illustrates the need for more stories and more voices to understand the diversity of humanity. Sitting Pretty challenges us as a society to be patient and vigilant, practical and imaginative, kind and relentless, as we set to work to write an entirely different story.

The Pretty One by Keah Brown

From the disability rights advocate and creator of the #DisabledAndCute viral campaign, a thoughtful, inspiring, and charming collection of essays exploring what it means to be black and disabled in a mostly able-bodied white America.

Keah Brown loves herself, but that hadn’t always been the case. Born with cerebral palsy, her greatest desire used to be normalcy and refuge from the steady stream of self-hate society strengthened inside her. But after years of introspection and reaching out to others in her community, she has reclaimed herself and changed her perspective.

In The Pretty One, Brown gives a contemporary and relatable voice to the disabled—so often portrayed as mute, weak, or isolated. With clear, fresh, and light-hearted prose, these essays explore everything from her relationship with her able-bodied identical twin (called “the pretty one” by friends) to navigating romance; her deep affinity for all things pop culture—and her disappointment with the media’s distorted view of disability; and her declaration of self-love with the viral hashtag #DisabledAndCute.

Helen Keller by Meredith Eliassen

This book provides new and exciting interpretations of Helen Keller's unparalleled life as "the most famous American woman in the world" during her time, celebrating the 141st anniversary of her birth.

Helen Keller: A Life in American History explores Keller's life, career as a lobbyist, and experiences as a deaf-blind woman within the context of her relationship with teacher-guardian-promoter Anne Sullivan Macy and overarching social history. The book tells the dual story of a pair struggling with respective disabilities and financial hardship and the oppressive societal expectations set for women during Keller's lifetime. This narrative is perhaps the most comprehensive study of Helen Keller's role in the development of support services specifically related to the deaf-blind, as delineated as different from the blind.

Readers will learn about Keller's challenges and choices as well as how her public image often eclipsed her personal desires to live independently. Keller's deaf-blindness and hard-earned but limited speech did not define her as a human being as she explored the world of ideas and wove those ideas into her writing, lobbying for funds for the American Federation for the Blind and working with disabled activists and supporters to bring about practical help during times of tremendous societal change.

The Underdogs by Melissa Fay Greene

The Underdogs tells the story of Karen Shirk, felled at age twenty-four by a neuromuscular disease and facing life as a ventilator-dependent, immobile patient, who was turned down by every service dog agency in the country because she was “too disabled.” Her nurse encouraged her to tone down the suicidal thoughts, find a puppy, and raise her own service dog. Karen did this, and Ben, a German shepherd, dragged her back into life. “How many people are stranded like I was,” she wondered, “who would lead productive lives if only they had a dog?”

A thousand state-of-the-art dogs later, Karen Shirk’s service dog academy, 4 Paws for Ability, is restoring broken children and their families to life. Long shunned by scientists as a man made, synthetic species, and oft- referred to as “Man’s Best Friend” almost patronizingly, dogs are finally paid respectful attention by a new generation of neuroscientists and animal behaviorists. Melissa Fay Greene weaves the latest scientific discoveries about our co-evolution with dogs with Karen’s story and a few exquisitely rendered stories of suffering children and their heartbroken families. Written with characteristic insight, humanity, humor, and irrepressible joy, what could have been merely touching is a penetrating, compassionate exploration of larger questions: about our attachment to dogs, what constitutes a productive life, and what can be accomplished with unconditional love.

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signlanguagesday · 1 year ago

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A world where deaf people everywhere can sign anywhere.

Today, we share the WFD’s vision of a world where deaf people everywhere can sign anywhere. A world where deaf people are seen as a part of the natural range of human diversity, and national sign languages are celebrated and used everywhere as part of national societies. The WFD calls upon all governments to take measures to ensure at least 50% of their children and youth know their national sign languages, as a step towards building societies in which deaf people everywhere can sign anywhere.

#23 september #international day of sign languages #deaf people #deaf community #national sign languages #sign language #panel discussion #world federation of the deaf

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mizkit · 1 year ago

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new blog post: Reading Roundup: The Starbridge series

new blog post on https://mizkit.com/reading-roundup-the-starbridge-series/

Reading Roundup: The Starbridge series

I decided in my re-read of AC Crispin’s Starbridge novels that aside from the first one, I wouldn’t do individual reviews, but rather cover all of them in one longer post. I may or may not regret this decision. :)

I’ve read all of the Starbridge novels at least once, most of them twice, and a few of them three+ times. Once upon a time I hoped to write one with Ann, and even now, re-reading them, I would dearly love to write in her world. It really holds a special place in my heart.

STARBRIDGE: SILENT DANCES, AC Crispin & Kathleen O’Malley – This, after STARBRIDGE itself, is my favorite of the series, and depending on the day, it might take the lead.

SILENT DANCES is the story of Tesa, a young, Deaf Native American woman whose Starbridge work brings her to a planet of crane-like people whose thunderous voices can destroy human hearing. She’s not at risk, although everyone around her wants her to return to Earth to have her hearing ‘fixed,’ a path she’s not at all sure she should take. Like all Starbridge novels, it’s a story of first contact, and the trials and tribulations therein.

I *love* her story. I love the Grus, the enormous, crane-like people who mostly speak through sign language themselves, and I love the world they inhabit. I love the truths that Tesa discovers in her time on Trinity, and the beauty of her path of self-determination. It’s by far my favorite Starbridge world.

SILENT DANCES, like STARBRIDGE, suffers the problem of an age-gap romance that didn’t bother me at all when I read it the first few times at an age much closer to the protagonist’s than I currently am, and upon re-reading in adulthood suffers even more from the fact that the romance is *completely* unnecessary and so quickly developed it’s actually unbelievable, whereas STARBRIDGE’s at least develops well. That’s a huge frustration to me as an adult reader, because I can now see how easy it would have been to just…not do that.

But the flaw is not fatal. I love the story, the world, and the characters too much to let that one aspect of the book–which is somewhere around tertiary or arguably even quad…quaternary (i had to look that up)–in plot importance wreck it for me. It’s such a good story. ♥

STARBRIDGE: SHADOW WORLD, AC Crispin & Jannean Elliot – I’ve read this one twice, but remember liking it less than the first two. In re-reading it, I understand why; it deals with death a lot, and has some really heartbreaking moments that are just beautifully written and really tremendously powerful. There was one point in the book where I gasped out loud and my husband was like “IS EVERYTHING OK–oh, you’re reading, okay.” :)

SHADOW WORLD follows our first male protagonist in the Starbridge series, Mark…who does not have a creepy age gap romance. Go figure. In the wake of his mother’s death, he’s about to give up on Starbridge Academy, but is drawn into a devastating First Contact in which a faction of the new alien race *violently* disagrees with becoming part of the, uh, Federation. (It’s actually the Collective League of Starfaring Worlds or something like that, but, you know: the Federation.) The aliens in SHADOW WORLD live only around fifteen years, and the internal struggle over whether they should allow the CLS to help them extend their lives is the central conflict of the book.

Coming at this from adulthood, it’s…god, it’s a beautifully written book in almost every aspect. It deals delicately with grief, anger, despair and healing, and I have a *much* greater appreciation for it as an adult than I did as a teen. They did a really good job here, and I’m really glad I re-read it.

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addictedtostorytelling · 2 years ago

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Hello, I have a question because you think that in the scene of the minced meat-hamburger 02x15 Sara wants to leave Las Vegas and go to the FBI but instead in s3 she sends her solo in the cases and rejects her 3x22 dinner continues with "hopes" in Las Vegas.

hi, anon!

i'm afraid i don't understand what your question is.

do you mean to ask if there is a link between sara requesting a leave of absence from the lab in episode 02x15 "burden of proof" and how grissom treats her in s3?

or are you asking why sara remains in vegas after asking for the leave of absence and then later, at the end of s3, being rejected by grissom?

or is your question something else?

if your question is the first one i've listed here, i don't think there is a link between her request and his subsequent treatment of her in s3, as that issue is one that is essentially "put to bed" by the end of the episode, when he sends her the green plant. rather, the way he treats her in s3 has to do with myriad other factors, including his jealousy over her relationship with hank peddigrew during the first half of the season and his own worsening deafness during the second half of the season. i outline his reasons for rejecting her dinner invitation here, if you're interested.

if your question is the second one i've listed here, then i think the truth is that sara remains in vegas in both instances (both after the events of episode 02x15 "burden of proof" and after the events of episode 03x22 "play with fire") essentially for the same reason: because even for as much as the lack of traction in her relationship with grissom frustrates her and at times even breaks her heart, she feels connected to him in a way she does nobody else, to the point where, at the end of the day, she would still prefer to have some of him rather than none of him.

with no other ties to anyone else in the world, he is, for better or worse, the closest thing she has to a "home."

sure, she could always find work elsewhere—though, as grissom points out to her in episode 02x15 "burden of proof," any job she would take outside of the las vegas crime lab would be a downgrade from the one she has there—but what she couldn't find would be that kind of human bond, that sense of belonging with someone.

after having been alone her whole life, she can't bring herself to walk away from the one person she's ever truly been bonded to, even if the nature of their relationship is not the way she might like it to be at present.

honestly, when she puts in the request for the leave of absence, it isn't even really that she wants to work for the fbi*; it's that she is upset by the current state of her and grissom's relationship.

* maybe at some point before she started working for the lvpd, she might have been interested in perhaps working in the federal system. but afterward, not really. she's just saying that she is because she doesn't know what else to do re: her impasse with grissom.

she moved to vegas with the expectation that they would be a couple, but after a year and a half living there and working under him, not only are they not in a romantic relationship but he is acting more aloof from her than ever.

as i talk about here,

for him, the hamburger is just hamburger, but for her, it’s more.

he’s looking at their conflict, thinking, “okay, so i’m working on an experiment involving raw hamburger, and sara comes in when i’m already mostly done with it. i don’t have time to slow down because the case is hot, so i ask her to handle the clean-up so that i can move on to the next thing, which is something that is 100% within my purview to do, as i am her supervisor, and she’s my subordinate. she gets upset about the assignment i’ve given her because it disagrees with her personal sensibilities, which—whatever. i don’t really get it, because to me science is science, but that’s her prerogative not to touch raw meat if she doesn’t want to, i guess, so i tell her she can have nick deal with the clean-up instead. to me, that’s the long and short of the matter, but to her, it must not be, because the next thing i know, she’s putting in a request for a leave of absence, accusing me of not respecting her. did the hamburger really offend her that badly? i don’t understand why she’s so upset.”

meanwhile, she’s looking at it, thinking, “i moved to las vegas believing that when i got here, grissom and i would be a couple. obviously, that’s not how things have panned out, though. since i’m a big girl, i’ve tried to deal with the disappointment—to play by grissom’s rules and respect his boundaries, holding out hope that maybe someday he’ll change his mind, yes, but not pushing him into anything or giving voice to my heartache. i get why he has trepidations, of course. i get what’s at stake for him. and that’s why i don’t lobby for more than he’s willing to give. i feel like so far i’ve been pretty good about adapting to the reality of our situation. still. that’s not to say that it doesn’t hurt when he’s callous with me—when he treats me like there was never anything between us, even though we both know that’s not true. for a year and a half now, i’ve stood by, making the best of his mood swings. some days, he treats me like i annoy the hell out of him, to the point where i wonder why he even keeps me on the team. but other days, he’s back to being prince charming, giving me all sorts of reasons to hope. honestly, the whole runaround is exhausting, and i wish he would come down one way or the other all of the time. this raw hamburger debacle is just the latest and worst in a string of slaps in the face from him. we shared that night watching over the pig carcass together last year, and i thought it was a big deal, that it meant something to both of us. but now he can’t even be assed to remember it, and he can’t be assed to even respect me as a person. i memorize and analyze and overanalyze and pore over every little exchange that passes between us. i live and die by how he treats me, weathering the bad days, living for the good. but obviously that’s not how things are for him. obviously, i’m not that important. it’s probably time for me to recognize that discrepancy. i can’t keep waiting around for him to figure things out. i’ve got to do something to clear my head and get over him once and for all.”

and that’s the big difference between them:

at this point in his development, grissom is refusing to look at the bigger picture stuff because it scares him and complicates his project of trying to pretend that his and sara’s relationship is solely professional. for him, it’s much easier just to assume their individual interactions happen in a vacuum and ignore larger patterns. he doesn’t want to acknowledge the grander implications of what’s going on between them, so he doesn’t; he compartmentalizes.

him telling catherine that sara is “emotional” is part of that compartmentalization: it’s easier for him to pretend that sara is having an irrational response to the situation than it is for him to admit that he’s the one who’s making things weird by pretending that there aren’t any personal aspects to this interaction, even though there very clearly are.

but sara not only doesn’t want to take that approach; she literally can’t.

she can’t help but think about their every interaction in terms of what it means within the larger arc of their relationship. to her, overtones and implications are everywhere. it’s all big-picture. it all counts toward the whole.

and that’s what she tells him when she confronts him in his office: that she’s not just upset about the hamburger thing; that this incident of him being dismissive of her isn’t isolated. to her, his disrespect toward her has become chronic ever since she moved to vegas. he’s been so hot and cold with her, so inconsistent, and, after a year and a half, she can’t take it anymore.

what ultimately stops her from making good on her threat to move on to the fbi is that at the end of the episode, grissom takes action to show her that he does actually care about and notice her on a personal level; by sending her the plant, he proves that their relationship isn't solely professional and never has been.

once she has that assurance, she then is willing to settle back into their typical vegas modus operandi.

it doesn't hurt matters that grissom then spends the entire tail end of s2 being incredibly sweet to her.

as for why she doesn't leave town after grissom rejects her at the end of s3—even in the absence of some grand, affirming gesture from him—it's because, at that point, i think she's resigned to her lot in life.

after three years in vegas, she is fairly certain grissom is never going to come around to having a romantic relationship with her, despite what she had hoped for for so long.

so she has a choice: she can either stay in vegas where she cannot have his love but does have her dream job and at least can be in his presence OR she can go elsewhere, where she won't have his love but also won't have her dream job or be in his presence.

and so, despite how pathetic she realizes it is, she decides to stay in vegas, because even without having a romantic relationship with grissom, she would rather just be close to him and have the job he gave her than to go back to being totally alone.

going off to work at the fbi or some other crime lab (or even leaving the profession entirely) doesn't really appeal to her because to do so would require her to walk away from the one person she has any kind of ties to at all.

so even though remaining in his presence while feeling certain that she will never have him in the way she truly wants breaks her heart, she still considers doing so the best option she has.

thankfully for her, her choice to remain in vegas and continue working with grissom does eventually pay dividends, as in s5 he finally comes around, paving the way for them to finally have the kind of relationship she has always wanted.

anyway, sorry if i have completely failed to answer your question.

if you want to send another ask clarifying what you meant, please feel welcome to!

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SNW: "Lost and Found" - Chapter 12

Title: Lost and Found Rating: G Fandom: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Summary: Spock is the sole survivor of two Enterprise teams, who were sent down to meet a civilization interested in joining the Federation and on the surface when tragedy strikes.

Joseph M'Benga

"You're pushing again."

"I'm not."

"You just stocked–"

He'd had a long discussion with Nurse Chapel about her not pushing herself and not being so quick to come back to Sickbay, yet he felt like that had fallen on deaf ears. Though it had seemed like she'd taken more time and slowed down and only been in for a bit here and there the last couple of days, she seemed completely distracted today. He didn't know if it was just too fast or too much or if there was something else going on, but he knew that it needed to be sorted out before they were dispatched anywhere. He, of course, had other nurses, but normally Chapel was good in all situations which made this whole thing a bit confusing.

"Oh!" Chapel exclaimed as she corrected her mistake.

It wasn't like her to make mistakes like she was right now. It was just an inventory stocking mistake, but that could be disastrous when it came to an emergency situation. "What's wrong?" he asked gently.

"I–I guess I wasn't thinking–err, I wasn't here, if that makes sense," Christine tried to explain.

#star trek strange new worlds #lost and found #fanfic #spock #christine chapel #captain christopher pike #joseph m'benga #una chin riley #la'an noonien singh #erica ortegas #enterprise

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Pile O Bones Brewing's Quark Strangeness Charm takes the Canada Beer Cup 2024 at this year's Canadian Craft Brewers Association (CCBA)

https://bit.ly/3NAalAR image sourced from Canadian Craft Brewers Association (CCBA) Canada … Quark, Strangeness, Charm from Regina’s Pile O’ Bones Brewing won the prestigious Canada Beer Cup 2024 best of show award at yesterday’s awards presentation in New Westminster, BC. The Canada Beer Cup is Canada’s only not-for-profit national craft beer competition run by the industry for the industry, with proceeds supporting the Canadian Craft Brewers Association’s federal advocacy and member benefit efforts. Brewed in collaboration with Nokomis Craft Ales, Quark, Strangeness, Charm is a classic Witbier with coriander, sweet orange peel and a little bit of oats. The can label features artwork by deaf, two-spirited Nakota artist, Torrie Ironstar. Pile O’ Bones Brewing is partially Métis-owned and is a Verified Saskatchewan Métis Business. Pile O’ Bones will display the coveted hand-blown glass Canada Beer Cup trophy in their taproom for the upcoming year and will also be awarded a free entry into the 2025 World Beer Cup® competition. Over 1500 entries were received from more than 250 breweries across Canada. Beer submissions were blind tasted in mid-September by a highly acclaimed judging panel at Blackburn Brew House in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The judging panel included 32 high-calibre judges from Italy, the Netherlands, Mexico, the United States and across Canada. They were hand-picked by Head Judges Lauren Richard from Toronto, ON, Dave Cole from Winnipeg, MB and Joe Wiebe from Victoria, BC. The Canada Beer Cup also introduced new packaging awards in 2024, led by acclaimed graphic designer and Packaging Head Judge, Amber Olsen of Winnipeg, MB. She hand-picked 15 qualified graphic designers from across Canada to evaluate and select the winners from the wide range of packaging entries. The Canada Beer Cup awarded gold, silver and bronze trophies in 56 unique beer categories and four packaging categories at a gala in New Westminster, BC with attendees from across Canada. “We were proud to welcome craft brewers from across Canada to New Westminster, BC and celebrate craft beer from across the country that is truly second to none,” says Joe Wiebe, one of the Canada Beer Cup Head Judges who emceed the gala. A full list of winners can be found here: https://canadabeercup.com/results/. “2024 was our biggest and best competition yet,” says competition manager Hilary Hoogsteen. “With submissions from every province and territory, we were proud to showcase the quality of craft beer available in Canada to top judges from around the world,” she continues. The Canada Beer Cup supports the advocacy efforts of the Canadian Craft Brewers Association, enabling it to represent the nearly 1,200 Canadian craft brewers on federal issues impacting Canada’s craft brewing industry. “The Canada Beer Cup stands as a testament to our commitment to supporting and promoting the craft beer industry in Canada and beyond,” says CCBA Executive Director Christine Comeau. 30 - About the CCBA The Canadian Craft Brewers Association (CCBA) is the national voice of Canadian craft beer. They represent the interests of a growing industry of nearly 1,200 small and independent breweries, brewpubs and their supplier partners in every province and territory in Canada. Canadian independent craft brewers represent over 60% of all jobs in the industry. from Northwest Beer Guide - News - The Northwest Beer Guide https://bit.ly/3NAbqbW

#Craft Beer #Beer #News

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