do you ever read an article so bad that it makes you want to get a PhD so that you can publish a response and thinkshame the author’s opinions with authority
“thinkshame” is officially the greatest word we’ve come up with as a species.
I get the distinct impression that this level of spite is the primary thing that carries most PhD candidates all the way through their program.
1. Choose ONE writer. This will be the George Lucas of the new age. JJ Abrams, Dave Filoni, just choose someone you think will take care of the franchise the way George did. (I am not saying JJ or Filoni should have been the ones in this position, but they wouldn’t be the worst.)
2. Balance out Lucas’s successor with a different director or multiple different directors. The Kershners and Marquands of the new age.
3. Spend THREE YEARS on each episode the way it’s ALWAYS been done. Absolutely no cranking out saga installments.
4. Keep an animated show handy to tide people over. Ideally, this show could tie into the sequels, taking place between them the way the 2003 Clone Wars miniseries tied directly into Revenge of the Sith and got people hyped for it after Attack of the Clones. Or, better yet, devote a show explaining what happened between ROTJ and Episode VII. But under NO circumstances assume people will watch it and not have to have it explained in the film. Give enough exposition for people who only watch the movies.
5. The anthology films are a good idea, much like the TV show. Work on them at more or less the same time as the saga films with a different crew and release them between saga installments. Again, three year gaps provide a nice middle year for anthology films to be released. Lucasfilm could get away with cranking these out instead of devoting huge effort to them, but obviously they don’t want people losing interest in the franchise.
6. Make the film clear for the Internet™ and explain it to them, because they won’t understand. None of this “is Reylo going to happen” BS. People should know what Lucasfilm’s intentions are and what messages it’s promoting.
7. The mystery box approach isn’t really the best thing for Star Wars. No one walked out of A New Hope thinking, “I bet Vader is Luke’s father!” or “I bet Leia is Luke’s sister!” Those iconic reveals punched us in the gut instead of building anticipation (during which time, theorists would figure out the twist before it happened.) On the other hand, be sure to subtly set up the reveals so they don’t come off as butt-pulls (coughs at Rey Nobody.)
Oh shit, is the first thing Rey thinks when she see him. Because the ridiculously hot guy walking towards her with purpose, waving at her, just has to be the tutor that was assigned to her – Finn. And however thankful she is to see someone this beautiful in the flesh, she cannot, she repeats cannot, spend an hour face to face with this guy and survive. Who the hell thought it would be a good idea to let this guy be tutor? How many poor souls had to endure this blinding handsomeness up close? How is anyone expected to learn in the presence of this Adonis?
“Hey.” Finn, who might be the most attractive man in the world by Rey’s reckoning, says. Rey doesn’t know when he had got so close probably when she was gawking over him she guesses. “You’re Rey, right?” He asks smiling. She resists the urge to cover her eyes or look away. The sun is less radiant.
Marry me, is her next thought, because how, HOW, is she supposed to live her life without this man lighting it up for her every day. She has no idea how she hasn’t seen him on campus before because surely he glows like a goddamn beacon of light that no one could miss. She realizes she hasn’t said a word and has just been starring open mouthed for longer than is appropriate (though she would argue that propriety can be damned because HAVE YOU SEEN THIS GUY?).
“Hi.” She says dumbly. She winces at her own voice. Nice one, Rey. Really turned on the charm and wit with that one.
He sits down beside her and she can feel the warmth from his skin. Rey already feels like she’s melting – she’s that far gone from being cool.
“So what are you struggling with?”
FUCK IT, Rey thinks. There’s no way she’s learning shit with these thoughts swirling in her head. Might as well do something about it.
“Right now, I’m struggling with not asking you out.” Did she just say that? Yep, she totally did judging by the look on Finn’s face. It’s shocked, but it soon turns into a smile so that’s definitely a good sign.
“Oh?” He says, a mischievous glint in his eyes, and Rey desperately wants to jump him. “Well as your tutor I can help you with that. I’d recommend asking me to get wings at the campus pub, in about an hour when I’m free after my tutoring.” His grin is wide as he checks her out, and Rey’s heart is racing.
“Ok, do you wanna get wings after this?”
“I’d love too. But first, we’re gonna kick chemistry’s ass!” He says opening the book in front of him.
I think we already have, Rey thinks, and then says, getting a laugh out of Finn.
Petition to refer to TERFs as FARTs, which stands for Feminist Appropiating Reactionary Tranaphobe
“Trans-Exclusionary-Radical-Feminist,” when you think about it, is a VERY kind term. To be called a TERF is for the person to admit that they still consider you a feminist.
But what kind of feminist excludes so many women from their movement? If you hate so many women for what they are, you really don’t deserve to be called any kind of feminist, radical or otherwise.
Anti-trans people: Stop calling us terfs it’s insulting
Osaka’s biracial identity is inconvenient in a racist narrative that turns Williams into a stereotype. It’s more expedient to focus on all the things about her that aren’t stereotypically black: her light skin, her soft-spoken nature, her tear-filled apology after winning the match. In this way, Osaka is framed if not as a white woman, then as a more acceptable and palatable version of blackness ― as the type of black person that doesn’t make you acknowledge their blackness.
I SO noticed this on Twitter. White people were like, “Serena stole this nice girl’s moment with her bad behaviour!” while Black people were like “Naomi is a Black queen too, thank you very much! Black Girl Magic!! We ❤ you Naomi and also Serena was treated like shit, because we can support both our sisters!” It’s possible to support them both, but so many white people are so excited to be able to bash “angry Black woman” Serena that they’ll pretend Naomi isn’t proudly Black, too.
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