“The Grim Reaper is a spectral entity that is said to be the sentient manifestation of Death itself. Since the 15th century, Death has commonly been perceived to be an animated human skeleton, draped in pitch black robes and carrying a scythe. With this scythe, the Reaper severs the soul's last ties to life and grants the soul safe passage to the afterlife.”
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Yautja:
“Yautjas are physically distinguished from Humans by their greater height, arthropod-like mandibles and long, hair-like appendages on their heads that are set into their skulls. Their bodies are resilient to damage, capable of recovering from multiple gunshot wounds and radiation doses which would be fatal to Humans. They are much stronger than Humans, being easily capable of outmatching a conditioned adult Human soldier and shattering solid concrete with their bare hands.” Alien Species Wiki
she is back!!! so before we can resume the actual competition, we have a small conundrum. In the last round, the Dark Denim Jacket tore down the rest of the competition in the Cardigan contest (and well deserved).
But uh.... that’s not a cardigan. It was a bonus option to fill slots. And I refuse for a non-cardigan to triumph in a CARDIGAN COMPETITION. so i am going to include the dark denim jacket AND a cardigan in the final ranking
so before we can start the final ranking, we gotta resolve this issue.
VOTE IN THIS BONUS POLL TO DECIDE ON THE ACTUAL BEST CARDIGAN: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemkqe1AdBlerXqCdxMbJFTpnsU0GMp3QH1qI_mQl3iQUNCKQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
Stats next time, but BONUS Qs below the cut:
Some Hot Takes! Bolded means I agree, italics means i DISAGREE, otherwise i am neutral. if i have commentary it will be at the end in {curly brackets}
uhhhhhhhh annie is a lesbian
I thought that the Epidemiology episode was legitimately scary and I still don’t like watching it even if I know how it ends! (Is that a hot take or am I just a baby?)
s6 of community is great actually frankie is a wonderful addition to the cast and some of my fave community moments ever are from that season!!!! plus the finale makes it all worth it
ppl that ship j/a fundamentally misunderstand their character arcs
I have none. Honestly I’m in the middle of moving and I spent 14 hours today driving through the middle of fucking nowhere and I think it melted my brain. I have no hot takes. I have no takes at all right now. {bruh moving is the WORST i literally still have shit all over my apartment bc i dont wanna move it}
they tried So Hard to keep pierce in the group in s1 but in s4 he literally doesnt appear in like 5 episodes and it doesnt change the group dynamic. they never needed pierce and the show wouldve been better without him
Best ship is troy abed and annie {y’all do u but uh.... i do not see trobedison sry}
vampires arent even sexy
abed and britta smoke together
Abed in his ghost story outfit is..very hot
Abed definitely slept with that Balkan genocide guy
troy and annie have adhd and the trobedison apartment is just Neurodivergent Solidarity Central
i don't think i have any community hot takes i'm very basic... i love troy and abed and annie and i know in my heart that jeff and britta are both bi.... idk
Annie lesbian :)
the dean is one of the best characters
people like to laugh at duncan/chang which i get objectively it is sorta funny but also its an incredibly big brained concept and i think we need to acknowledge the genuine chemistry the have, even if more in theory than in canon since duncan mostly disappears after s2/s3 {idk about this one my dude}
can't think of a hot take atm so i'm just gonna say "quiche is just pizza that went to private school" and maybe you'll get the reference lmao {i feel ashamed that i had to look it up bc i do in fact STAN chris fleming}
sorry haven't got any
Annie/Abed should have been endgame, they had the best romantic chemistry and her storyline with Jeff was uncomfortable
Can't think of one so I'm just say I love your blog! {thank uuuu}
hot chocolate fuckin sux
frankie is amazing and i love her and her actress so much (from what ive seen im only like halfway through season 6)
Hey everyone! While I’m doing some clean up around the blog (notice the new theme??) and prep for round 5, I’d love to see how everyone’s books turned out. So here’s a mini prompt!
Title and author:
How you thought it was going to end:
How it really went down:
Feel free to link to your original “currently reading” microreview or join in even if you didn’t make one in the first place–just don’t forget to tag @microreviews so I can see and reblog them all! - Melanie
Thanks to @virtualrose for the idea of this! And I’m going to go ahead and tag some of the frequent microreviewers/distribution squad to see if they’re interested. No pressure! @nightmare-in-the-stacks @anassarhenisch @shadowtearling @heretherebebooks @obviouslybooks @the-forest-library @youthbookreview @howlsmovinglibrary @bindings-and-beginnings @aheadfullofbooks @paperandvanilla @thevajunglebook @mlledevoltaire @darcsowers @dionysiacbooks
@microreviews tagged me to follow up on a book I’ve read. I’m not going with my previous book, because it turned out rather predictably. Instead, let’s talk about a fantastic Science Fiction novel!
Title and author: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
How you thought it was going to end: I thought the Mars settlement would achieve some sort of peace however tenuous. The original colonists should have been able to pull something together. I was hoping the story would end with meeting Hiroko and her run away settlement.
How it really went down: REVOLUTION! Everything went to heck, and almost all of the original colonists were assassinated. Also, Nadia is now really sad, which I DO NOT LIKE because she is the best.
