Colonize Mars, Build Cathedrals on it

Brandon, 35, American, Roman Catholic Convert, SciFi/Fantasy Enjoyer

[space-catholic]

I love when a human character gets *desensitized* to Space Marines by working with one or more of them for a while and befriending one. Going from "oh, an angel of the Emperor, I must abase myself" to "okay, my friend Decius just has geneforging-induced autism about war and duty. He's just a guy under all that, it's all good."

[space-catholic]

“I AM” by Theocracy is unironically one of the greatest creedal articulations ever composed by Christendom. Unnecessarily long instrumental bit aside.

[fnordseer5]

oh the wifi password yeah it's the nicene creed in its entirety

[freebroccoli]

*spends 15 minutes painstakingly typing the creed in its entirety*

"password is incorrect"

*remembers that my host is Orthodox, rewrites entire creed but without the filioque*

[beardedmrbean]

[space-catholic]

There’s a lot of specific, characterization reasons Zaheer is a much better villain than Kuvira, but I think if I had to crystallize all of them I’d say that Kuvira and Zaheer are both, ultimately, strawmen, but Zaheer doesn’t *feel* like one. He maintains the audience’s suspension of disbelief better.

[space-catholic]

Tired: “Gene-seed has deteriorated over time due to random mutation.”

Wired: “Gene-seed has deteriorated over time because it’s been under evolutionary selective pressure to be recovered, cultured, and reimplanted, and not necessarily to create an effective Space Marine.”

[space-catholic]

Its often talked about how the Gundam series undercuts its own antiwar message by having the main characters solve a conflict by flying in with a Gundam and shooting people, but an even funnier and less talked about way they undercut their own message is that basically every time a new UC series starts, it begins with the Federation being caught flat-footed by some new threat because they were demilitarizing after the last conflict.

The lesson there appears to be “don’t ever skimp on defense spending” but that’s certainly not what they intended.

[fairycosmos]

you actually don't have to go on dating apps to find girlfriends. many beautiful women are waiting for you on rocks out at sea

[doing-90mph-in-central-london]

ⓘ This user is a malicious entity made of seafoam.

[space-catholic]

Just in general taking into account that UC Gundam characters have otherwise baffling changes of loyalty due to Newtype psychic resonance/magnetism/domination is important, but Bandai is so bad at explaining that in new UC releases.

Reccoa’s sudden switch to the Titans basically the minute she laid eyes on Sirrocco. Quess changing loyalties every 4 scenes. It seems so stupid if you don’t know what’s going on.

It’s still pretty stupid even when you do know what’s going on but at least it’s tolerable.

[space-catholic]

Broke: Quess was retarded.

Woke: Quess was a psychically vulnerable, untrained newtype.

Bespoke: Quess was a psychically vulnerable, untrained newtype AND retarded.

[space-catholic]

Next Newtype protagonist needs a Morpheus-like newtype mentor character to indirectly explain to the audience what’s happening with this nonsense.

[space-catholic]

Just in general taking into account that UC Gundam characters have otherwise baffling changes of loyalty due to Newtype psychic resonance/magnetism/domination is important, but Bandai is so bad at explaining that in new UC releases.

Reccoa’s sudden switch to the Titans basically the minute she laid eyes on Sirrocco. Quess changing loyalties every 4 scenes. It seems so stupid if you don’t know what’s going on.

It’s still pretty stupid even when you do know what’s going on but at least it’s tolerable.

[space-catholic]

Broke: Quess was retarded.

Woke: Quess was a psychically vulnerable, untrained newtype.

Bespoke: Quess was a psychically vulnerable, untrained newtype AND retarded.

[space-catholic]

Just in general taking into account that UC Gundam characters have otherwise baffling changes of loyalty due to Newtype psychic resonance/magnetism/domination is important, but Bandai is so bad at explaining that in new UC releases.

Reccoa’s sudden switch to the Titans basically the minute she laid eyes on Sirrocco. Quess changing loyalties every 4 scenes. It seems so stupid if you don’t know what’s going on.

It’s still pretty stupid even when you do know what’s going on but at least it’s tolerable.

[space-catholic]

Palafox truly is the Prime Meridian of Pensacola. “I’M LOST… wait there’s Palafox I know where I am.”

For when you need to drive through Pensacola but don’t need to do it fast. And you can stop for basically whatever kind of food you want, get coffee, get gas, get your tires changed, stop and see the Gulf, and even go to confession at St. Michael’s Basilica if you need to.

[space-catholic]

I arrive downtown at 11, park in free 2 hour parking, stroll leisurely down Palafox, get Ice Cream, arrive at De Luna Plaza, get a cold drink, walk around the water admiring the view, start walking back up Palafox, and arrive at St. Michael’s Basilica just in time for 12:10 daily mass and receive the Eucharist.

Culture.

[space-catholic]

Palafox truly is the Prime Meridian of Pensacola. “I’M LOST… wait there’s Palafox I know where I am.”

For when you need to drive through Pensacola but don’t need to do it fast. And you can stop for basically whatever kind of food you want, get coffee, get gas, get your tires changed, stop and see the Gulf, and even go to confession at St. Michael’s Basilica if you need to.

[space-catholic]

Poignant: the daughter of the Federation politician that’s convinced Char just wants peace gets radicalized by Char’s Newtype theology in 2.5 minutes and later unwittingly kills her own father.

[space-catholic]

Destiny (Shinn) and Blast Impulse (Lunamaria) are going to be so fun to run together in Gundam Assemble.

Shinn: “Yes, this is my Fire Support Girlfriend. My Extreme Armor Overmatch Girlfriend.”

Throw in a ZAKU Warrior for the least intrusive as possible 3rd wheel.

[space-catholic]

Ways Evangelicals have betrayed Christendom:

1. No fish sandwiches for Lent at Chick-Fil-A this year.

2. Dispensationalism

3. Some others.

[space-catholic]

My favorite stories of conversions from memorialist denominations to more sacramental ones are the ones where the prospective convert hears the plainly-spoken words of institution from the same pastor basically their entire life, but the one day that pastor claims that the sacraments are symbolic the future convert is immediately bothered by the disconnect.

Bonus points if they’re also charismatic (“you’re telling me you have miraculously healing powers, but the *sacraments* are only symbolic?”)