• neptune@dmv.social
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    5 months ago

    Me watching The Expanse: this is Elon Musks favorite show? Doesn’t he know he’s the old lady who wants to run the UN?

    Also me watching the Expanse: he probably hasn’t thought the allegories and symbolism all the way through, bless him.

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      5 months ago

      There’s a distressing number of Sci fi and fantasy fans that don’t seem to actually understand the messages they try to convey, and then decry modern creators as going “woke” as if the genres weren’t woke to start with.

      I’ll even throw comics fans into that. It’s amazing how many people will say they loved X-Men growing up and not realize they grew up to be Robert Kelley, William Stryker, or Graydon Creed.

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      5 months ago

      Nah Elon is more Errinwright. Avasarala is competent and badass, even if misguided at times. I see Elon as more of a spineless mouth breather.

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    I’m listening to the Hugos There podcast (only for the books I’ve read) and social commentary by the authors is central to several of their discussions

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    Counterpoint: What if media was instead strong man directs violence at the right people thereby solving society’s problems 🤔

    God how I hate how fashy most superhero media is.