Mixed-race non-binary queer, social justice hooligan, fannish elder and nerdy butch. Here there be intersectionality, fannish shenanigans, queerness, silliness, politics, and scribbling when I can manage it.
Season two was beautiful with three of the most heart-wrenching episodes of television I've ever watched. If season one rewired my brain, season two rewired my entire body. Season two took both of my hands, looked into my eyes, and told me that it loved me.
I think people often underestimate the potential educational value of senseless memes. For example, thanks to Spiders Georg, literally every teenager on Tumblr has a reasonable grasp of what a statistical outlier is and the sorts of problems that outliers can introduce into a naïve analysis. There are grown adults who don’t get that - I deal with them on a daily basis.
my cattourney in courte: Your honor, and ladies, theydies, and gentlemen of the jury, my client could NEVER have committed this brazen hams theft of which they have been unfairly and unjustly accused. And I can prove their innocence beyond a shadow of a doubt with Exhibit A: ... my client's stunning, breathtakingly soft and beautiful feet.
the jury: [gaspinge in shock and admiratione]
the judge: Order, order! Federal prosecutors, I am appalled that you would even attempt this obvious miscarriage of justice by bringing charges against such a virtuous citizen, a paragon of irreproachable grace. This cat is INNOCENT! [gavel thonke]