I've started Master and Commander, and 2 hours in I have the following to report:
They're doing the fastest Enemies to Friends to Shipmate Speedrun.
Each of them infodumping in turn, then talking about music.
They have the following DELIGHTFUL exchange, about Castillan and Catalan (as best as I can remember it):"But they're quite similar? A putain, as they say in French? - Oh non, they're different languages. And a patois, if you please. - Oh ? I'm sure the other word exists, I think I've heard it."
A guy who Jack is talking to for the first time snitches on another by saying that he's gay. Then asks what Jack thinks of this "buggery business".
For the record, Jack is against it, but doesn't like to see a man hang for it. It turns out that Lt Snitch doesn't really have anything concrete, it's more of a vibe-based accusation.
I'm letting all nautical talk gently flow through me without making any impression. I think Maturin is doing the same.
I have some extra audible credits. Would you recommend using them on the Aubrey-Maturin serie?
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LE PEN EST MORT!!!
Update: I did a very chaotic run (not trying to be an asshole but also doing all the drugs all at once) and Kim is angelically patient. But you still get moments like these:
And it took all I had not to immediately turn this whole playthrough around. One day my little completionist heart might want to do the fascist vision vision quest but I don't know if I have it in me. I want to do Kim simp run now.
BUT I also put a lot of point in Physique which means I got to see more of Shivers and other dialogue options. Some of my favorites:
You get more occasions to see people comment on your different situationships.
I did the ultraliberal quest and it's darkly funny to me that I sometimes wondered which dialogue option was the ultraliberal and which one was the fascist.
I also wanted to see the ending if you finish the game with Cuno, so I didn't try to warn Kim at the tribunal. I feel like a traitor. Since I have finished the game with Kim before, I knew what he would have said and having Cuno not knowing what you're talking about (or not fucking caring, 'cause Cuno Doesn't Fucking Care) was TORTURE. Esprit de Corps also interjects with vision of what Kim is doing. Just to hurt me, I think. The worst one, in my opinion, is that you can't get a picture of the phasmid and get this instead.
But a legendary Half-light check let me convince Kim to wear the jacket, so I guess it was all worth it in the end.
Help I want to do a different playthrough of Disco Elysium but I am afraid of disappointing Kim.
However frustrating the recent drama on the left has been (and it has been very frustrating), let's all remember how much worse it is on the right (and how much funnier, since I don't have a sense of dread every time one of these far-right idiots trips on his own feet). The Red text says, in French: "Live, 2024 legislative elections: a third preliminary investigation targets Eric Ciotti".
Worked my way through the whole backlog of the critshow. Now the big question: should I make a Patreon account and go through Perilous Tides and Hero Salad?
My latest New Scientist cartoon.
This Carrington stuff is amazing. She's only been around for one episode and I LOVE it, I hope she comes back with them.
Chapters: 9/14 Fandom: Malevolent (Podcast) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Arthur Lester/John Doe, John Doe & Parker Yang Characters: Arthur Lester, John Doe, (Characters to be added as they appear) Additional Tags: longfic, Rescue Missions, Dark World, Spoilers Through Coda, Slow Burn, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, AU - Canon Divergence before Coda, Corporeal!John, John POV, Arthur POV, CW: Temporary Death of Several Characters (Most of Which Are Dead Before The Story Starts) Series: Part 2 of a universe that doesn’t care and people who do (Lighthouse) Summary:
After the events in Innsmouth, Arthur has been given a weighty sentence: Kayne, sending everyone he ever loved to the Dark World. Arthur flees Earth to do what he can. Though John is left behind, he vows to find him again. Arthur tries to save those he loves and a furious John tries to track him down, it becomes clear that fighting against an eldritch god is a game you’re destined to lose - and it might not just be Arthur’s loved ones who need saving.
Incredibly accurate
I should probably number these at some point