Lovingly Ripping Stories Apart

I write a lot about fiction.

[noirandchocolate]

“‘I’m sure people here won’t object to copies being made for all the big museums. But don’t take this place away from them. It’s theirs.’ 'I think people will say it belongs to the world.’ 'And they will be thinking like thieves. We have no right to it at all. But if we don’t act like stupid bullies, I’m sure they will be gracious.’”

— Terry Pratchett, “Nation” (On the subject of finding amazing artifacts and treasures in foreign countries and NOT snapping them up as though you’re just allowed to because you’re white and think they’re neat.)

[chicoryandbananas]

"Holden. It's Drummer."

Understanding hit Jim Holden at 10G in that moment.

[chicoryandbananas]

I get that this is ridiculous but it only just clicked for me that Holden started a war by accident and Marco started a war on purpose.

That the war Holden started seems to have given Marco ideas about wars and celebrity and even Naomi's affections is also wild.

[sapphicambitions]

Me thinking about LGBT representation on screen and how you can see a huge difference just in the last ten years and when you go back and look at older LGBT rep you can specifically see how it opened the doors for the new LGBT rep and how it’s influenced this year’s LGBT rep specifically and how Pose and Schitt’s Creek and She-Ra and The Old Guard have opened the door even more because they had so many people behind the scenes on all fronts who geniunely cared about their LGBT audiences and the story they were telling and how maybe in another ten years things will be even better if people continue to care about the stories they’re telling and who they’re telling it to and continue to advocate for better representation and I’m just looking forward to what the next ten years of LGBT representation on screen has to offer the world and our community

[chicoryandbananas]

Representation matters so much. Pop culture is both the chicken and the egg when it comes to culture. Stories make us more human to each other.

[captain-noir]

MATCHING NECK TATTOOS. MATCHING NECK TATTOOS FOR A MOTHER AND HER SON!!! 

[chicoryandbananas]

I think in the book the tattoos are meant to reference the burns caused by helmets in first generation Belters.

[knightsickness]

thinkin about how moist von lipwig is the florida man of ankh-morpork, and how with the way ankh-morpork is that’s an achievement in itself

my boy appears from NOWHERE with vetinari’s full endorsement to revive a dead institution. they claim he used to be a dark clerk but anyone who talks to him for five seconds knows that that’s a lie. orders an all gold suit while hallucinating, wakes up and says no, I can make this work. casually shit-talks fantasy donald trump in the press and then forges his name on the check to take his date to an unbelievably expensive restaurant. rides a giant feral horse bareback across a desert because the owner implied that he was a pussy. gets an enormous sum of money apparently from the fucking gods and puts it all into public projects. that scene before the clacks race where he rips the coloured pages out of the book to taunt them with? *chef’s kiss* icon. wins the race with the help of some fucking ghosts this time and then fantasy donald trump mysteriously disappears, all incredibly public

takes up parkour because he’s bored and then breaks into his own office. takes over the bank and then immediately goes on record as saying FUCK the gold standard. breaks a guy out of jail having NEVER met the dude before just as an impulse choice after seeing his art. two fucks try to blackmail him about his criminal past and he just says bitch I might be what are you going to do about it vetinari likes me. the trial then gets crashed by a clown and no-one’s surprised. rides into town on a mythical kaiju elephant because ya boy doesn’t give a shit. you can’t tell me that the ankh-morporkians didn’t treat him as their shiny cryptid and a huge meme. when it all came out that he was an ex-con people were disappointed because that wasn’t half as wild as most of their theories. most of them thought he was summoned

[neurotypical-karen]

"I commend my soul to any god that can find it" is such a metal line I wish it didn't come from a character whose full cannonical name is Moist von Lipwig

[jackoshadows]

Just watched 5x08 and I would like to bring back this tweet from a year ago:

[chicoryandbananas]

The time Naomi used her brain and her famous boyfriend's name to MacGyver a distress call across space to him has honestly given me more affection for Holden than anything he has done himself. Good job being haphazardly famous, bud, if it means my space crush lives.

[anxietyproblem]

[chicoryandbananas]

Who gets it when I say Show Naomi and Book Holden are my dream power couple? Show Holden isn't bad. He's just....You know Show Avasarala's line last season about Don't stick your dick in this, Holden? That great line just didn't really make sense in context of Show Holden who is noble and caring and kind of humorless; not the stubborn, fallible, goofball he is in the books. Book Holden is the guy that line was aimed at, with Show Holden it seemed kind of unfair? How are you going to throw so much spicey wit at someone who can't fight back?

And I do love Book Naomi but, my god, Dominique Tipper grew Naomi miles beyond the page. She gorgeously fleshed out and enlivened a character whose motivations and emotions never quite lined up in print. Dominique Tipper can convey years of triumphs and tragedies in a few lines and expressions. Her Naomi makes you feel proud and breathless.

[hohslop]

Props to The Good Place for being consistent and well-written during its entire run while having a satisfying conclusion. It has been a long time since I’m felt 100% satisfied after a finale.

Godspeed, Team Cockroach.

[quipxotic]

Okay, before we (maybe) find out tonight/tomorrow, do we think the reason Holden is wearing armor in “Oyedeng” is because one of his new OPA crew members is a part of the Inaros faction and is going to try to kill him? And if that’s the functional plot reason, what’s the in-world reason? Nobody else has put on armor, they’re all just wearing their normal gear, so it’s not a requirement for the situation. I don’t mind the choice, it just seems an odd thing to do unless there’s a reason.

Also, do we think he read Naomi’s message or not? I’m thinking not, that maybe he’s holding off until there’s no hope of finding or saving her.

[chicoryandbananas]

In world...maybe his crew is gone and without them he feels the need to suit up.

[pinkapple-kombucha]

Dominique tipper decided to show up and show out even more for season 5.

[chicoryandbananas]

Seriously, all the roles for herbafter this, please.

[chicoryandbananas]

Riddle me this, friends. How did Holden go from being guarded with Monica Stewart to blabbing about Naomi giving Fred the protomolecule? WTF Most Righteous Guy in the Universe just rats his partner out like that?

[chicoryandbananas]

Holy Shit, Expanse. Even after everything we've been through, I was not prepared for Naomi and Marco in episode 7.

[chicoryandbananas]

That opening of episode 7...what a chillingly manipulative scene. Filip and Marco click into twisted place in about 90 seconds. Just killer script and acting.