Happy pride month!!🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ It's Klein Moretti with a nonbinary flag!!
And a lazy asexual version👇
It was so joyful to draw him!! I really wanted to draw him happy too :) Because although being queer is often scary the amount of happiness i have when am being myself or when i see other people like me is undeniable!!🌟
I finally watched the phm movie and I loved it. It's like a fanfic of the book. The book is a tragedy and the film turned it into a happy ending while sticking to the original plot. Spoilers.
Although it also jumped over my favorite part Grace searching for Rocky in the dark. But I can understand its for the timing and the flow. It actually also just happens to removed parts I don't like in the book. Doing high school science to find out your in space personally I think it's cringe but I get the book is trying to introduce backstory and his character. Making chains in the hall inside of building something outside and make it retractable instead of pulling it by hand. Biologist feeling disgusted by very normal Alian biology that is also the same as a lot of earth life.
Tons of little missing scenes added, they get to hug (twice), enjoy "earth" through the big screen, wear party hats made by Grace, get all the cute outfits. And of course, the film it self. The amount of film language packed in from start to end. The lighting, the camera movements, the sound, the music, the shot angel, the composition, the colours, the fox, the instant ramen, the sea. It's the best retelling in film language. It is all done in a very classic and very obvious way like its speaking in the most easily clearly understandable way. Like how Grace and Rocky communicate. I found that kinda beautiful.
The Stratt as love interest is a bit weird. But I get it it's necessary for it to be classic style. But then again the Rainbows. I know rainbow symbolise hope. But it appeared when he remembered he was captured and forced to go on the mission. Forced to be brave I think that is what that Rainbow symbolize. Being forced to go on the journey forced to be brave but then getting to meet his best friend and see beautiful things he would never see otherwise. That sound familiar to me. Maybe I'm over thinking this but I love to interpret it this way. And he didn't go home at the end of the journey that's also queer if you ask me.
been writing gender bend fic. Then I think oh I'm also the gender bend version of myself then I feel happy for a sec. But really I'm supposed to be smth that can't be gender bended at all.
So you know how in EP 179 Basira says to Jon, "You apologize too much", to which he replies, "Martin says the same thing", and then Basira says, "Like he's any better"?
So yeah, this little interaction inspired me to crunch some numbers. And believe it or not, but Martin is, in fact, better!
Statistically speaking.
Over 5 seasons, Jon apologizes 122 times, while Martin apologizes 91 times.
The main difference between these two is that Jon apologizes more frequently and for everything (especially in S5), whereas Martin piles up multiple 'sorry's per apology.
Nothing illustrates that better than this little tidbit, which coincidentally comes from EP 179, as well!
EP 179 is *also* The Most Sorry Episode™: it sits at 9-4 with Martin in the lead!
Impressive work all around! (I'm incredibly concerned. These two need help.)
edit with a few notes under cut:
Since this post was (is?) getting a lot more traction than I expected (not gonna lie, a bit spooked), I should probably add a few notes regarding the data.
Most importantly, I only counted the regretful kind of "sorry", and so dismissed the instances where "sorry" was used as a substitute for "come again?", "huh?" or "my condolences", or was said in a sarcastic manner. There were a few cases which kind of blurred the line, but I ultimately decided to add them to the count, as well.
For obvious reasons, the 'sorry's read out from Statements weren't counted.
Also, Martin's total for Season 1 *technically* comes up to 7 total apologies. The additional 2 come from EP 161, specifically the birthday tape, – but I think it makes more sense to attribute them to Season 1 Martin.
Here's a fun little tidbit: Martin's first apology appears in EP 23, and Jon's – in EP 32. Because why *wouldn't* they mirror each other in something inconsequential?
Now, to the folks asking for the density stats I'd like to say: first, thank you for supporting independent research – second, I'll have to disappoint you. I have no idea what that implies or how to make that happen. I'm not a math person :(
Also, and this is just my opinion, but I don't really see the need for that sort of thing (but I'm not a stat nerd /affectionate, so maybe I just don't get the hype). The graph above, to me, perfectly illustrates the evolution of Jon and Martin's "apology tendencies".
Anywho, while I'd love to plunge even deeper into this particular research hole, I sadly do not have the time at the moment!
I would've loved to analyze what exactly these two apologize for, especially in S5. (Where they're on an even playing field, y'know? I feel like their "apology tendencies" are the most prevalent there). But alas.
Maybe some other time. Or perhaps someone else is willing to pick up the mantle...
Maybe not exactly today's promt, but it reminded me of my old AU, where Georgie ends up as an Archivist, and Jon makes the What The Ghost? podcast. Martin, Tim and Sasha are the hosts of Ghost Hunt UK.
So maybe it's a little more fitting for AU day, but they're hunting ghosts! Or at least they're trying to...