ephemera

jaclcfrost: your icon shows who you are inside You’re not wrong.

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:57:40 -0400

your icon shows who you are inside

You’re not wrong.

"I also think the role of the assistant has changed since Steven Moffat started overseeing Doctor..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:54:32 -0400

“I also think the role of the assistant has changed since Steven Moffat started overseeing Doctor Who. Rose, Martha and Donna were chosen to travel with the Doctor because they showed in one way or another that they were smart and up to the challenge. Amy and Clara both come to the Doctor first and foremost as mysteries. Amy is the little girl who grew up with a rift in time in her bedroom wall, who doesn’t know why she doesn’t have parents. She spends many episodes being mystically both pregnant and not pregnant but doesn’t know a thing about it and all our information about it comes through the Doctor. What the fuck is that?
Some version of Clara dies on screen twice before she is taken on as the assistant, and it seems like the Doctor takes up with her to find out why. In both cases, the woman is not of interest for her character or her abilities, but for some fundamental mystery in her being. The mystery isn’t even a secret she’s keeping, something over which she has control- it’s something she does not know about, that the Doctor must puzzle out in his own mind. It’s not about her- it’s about what’s wrong with her. When Steven Moffat took over Doctor Who, women became a problem.”

- What is wrong with Doctor Who? (via zelda-fistgerald)

Things about New!Who that I couldn’t explain why felt wrong.

(via bloggingthetrench)

THANK. YOU.

BLESS THIS POST

(via bilbochan)

Wow. This is very well put.

derinthemadscientist: theweepyfox: geometricdeathtrap: So I needed a way to alert the class that...

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:53:26 -0400

derinthemadscientist:

theweepyfox:

geometricdeathtrap:

So I needed a way to alert the class that I was going to be showing graphic pictures of genitals on my presentation so I decided that putting this on the slide before would work

I want this on a shirt.

That on a shirt would make you seem like a flasher

The SexCo should probably adopt this.

wow i miss the 1340s. remember black death, holy roman empire, and byzantine civil war??? reblog if 1340s kid.

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:28:01 -0400

Still really want to run a D20 Past game set in that decade.

shutupmerlin: My grandmother grew up in this tiny village in Barbados, and she was the only kid in...

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:19:12 -0400

shutupmerlin:

My grandmother grew up in this tiny village in Barbados, and she was the only kid in the village to have a cricket bat. She used to play with all the boys, but then they started stealing the bat every time she bought it out of the house and saying that she couldn’t play because girls shouldn’t play sport. So one day she invited them to come play cricket, then set fire to the bat and made them watch it burn, so none of them could play cricket anymore. She was 11.

Current status. (No, I don’t know what status this is,...

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:09:11 -0400

Current status.

(No, I don’t know what status this is, either.)

So Continuum is a pretty good show. If the idea of a...

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:11:00 -0400

So Continuum is a pretty good show. If the idea of a timey-wimey, morally grey police procedural with plenty of cultural commentary headlined by a thoroughly badass lady appeals to you, you should definitely check this series out.

Now that I’ve watched the whole first season, Continuum reminds me a little bit of FlashForward, only less opaque and repetitive. If you habitually predict what’s going to happen in TV shows, you’ll find Continuum just predictable enough to be satisfying while keeping just enough back to be interesting and laying the groundwork for a solid seven seasons of intrigue.

(If you’re a gamer with an interest in GMing D20 Modern or D20 Future, I also recommend this series both as a primer on combining the two settings and as a great example of a corporation-dominated dystopian future.)

the-cat-is-called-hamish: … oh oh

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:02:55 -0400

the-cat-is-called-hamish:

…

oh

yeoldenews: A TV schedule listing for the first episode of Star...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:01:44 -0400

yeoldenews:

A TV schedule listing for the first episode of Star Trek.

(source: The Bridgeport Post, September 8, 1966.)

welp

feelingstrangelyalive: you’re on tumblr, there’s no one around and all your shows are on...

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:58:23 -0400

feelingstrangelyalive:

you’re on tumblr, there’s no one around and all your shows are on hiatus…

then… out of the corner of your eye you see them…

the hannibal fandom

aphoenixinlondon: Welcome to The City of London - Dragons greet...

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:28:45 -0400

aphoenixinlondon:

Welcome to The City of London - Dragons greet you on every street that goes into “The City of London”, it’s the easiest way to tell that you are in the city centre and the oldest part of London (all the way back to the Romans). There are many different kinds of Dragons - this one was definitely the coolest I’ve seen yet. Very ominous.

(Once upon a time I had a photo teacher who tore my photos apart for being “soft” and ruined my GPA over it one semester. Can I just say - not every photo needs to be perfectly crisp for it to be a great picture. This is my favorite photo I’ve taken of London so far, and it’s crazy blurry - but it captures the feel of the city in the rain so well. So to that old photo teacher - bite me.)

jamyriare replied to your post: So it turns out you...

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:29:30 -0400

jamyriare replied to your post: So it turns out you can just buy yourself a pocket watch.

I bought my ex one when we were still together, theyre great :)

I knew there was a reason I liked you. :-p

So it turns out you can just buy yourself a pocket watch.

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:05:00 -0400

I’d still like to receive a rather nicer one from someone close to me someday, but like the inexpensive stainless steel ring I bought a while back to sort out the “phantom ring” feeling on my right hand, this pocket watch will do nicely for the time being.

I’m starting to get dangerously low on phantom extensions-of-self. It feels great.

urocyon-littoralis: the moral of Game of Thrones: listen to your fucking mother #seriously #if...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:53:00 -0400

urocyon-littoralis:

the moral of Game of Thrones:

listen to your fucking mother

#seriously #if robb listened to catelyn #and if joffery listened to cersei #basically everything would be better #for everyone

And if Jon Snow listened to…

…oh.

Photo

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:42:57 -0400

Seriously considering inviting these folks back into my life. I...

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:12:00 -0400

Seriously considering inviting these folks back into my life. I have it on good authority that there’s an excellent new leading character in the new season, and I think I could just about handle this show now.

Main concerns:

I really only liked Kenzi, Trick, K.C., and sometimes Bo. Everyone else on the show can just go chase their tails.
I really hate how this show portrays the Morrigan.
I didn’t care at all about what I saw of season 2. What if I just skipped straight to the beginning of season 3? What. If.

Sergeant Accused of Secretly Filming Female Cadets

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:00 -0400

Sergeant Accused of Secretly Filming Female Cadets:

Thom Shanker for the New York Times:

The suspect, Sgt. First Class Michael McClendon, faces charges under four articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice for indecent acts, dereliction in the performance of duty, cruelty and maltreatment, and actions prejudicial to good order and discipline. Sergeant McClendon, who had been assigned to the school since 2009, was transferred to Fort Drum, N.Y., after charges were filed on May 14, Army officials said.

During his tenure at West Point, Sergeant McClendon served as a “tactical noncommissioned officer,” described in academy personnel documents as a staff adviser “responsible for the health, welfare and discipline” of a company of 125 cadets. The person in the position is expected to “assist each cadet in balancing and integrating the requirements of physical, military, academic and moral-ethical programs.”

I comfort myself with the idea that we’re hearing about it more not because it’s happening more, but because it’s becoming less acceptable and so it’s reported more. But I may be lying to myself.

Cruel but accurate.

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:12:22 -0400

Cruel but accurate.

kimpine: has someone done this joke already Nailed it.

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:08:45 -0400

kimpine:

has someone done this joke already

Nailed it.

mudkipasaurus: I’m not obligated to respect Moffat just because I like Doctor Who! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ I...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:27:34 -0400

mudkipasaurus:

I’m not obligated to respect Moffat just because I like Doctor Who!

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

I am allowed to say I think his writing is repetitive and full of plotholes with poor development of characters and relationships! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

I am allowed to say I think his writing is terribly sexist! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

It’s because I am a fan of Doctor Who that I am so upset about Moffat’s lazy, sexist writing! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧