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...is Good, Actually. It's a lot of fun, and I love the tweaks and changes they're making from the comic book and movie stories we already know. (And yes, that includes the alteration of the supporting cast and the ethnicity/gender swaps.)

Listen, I love the standard Spidey supporting cast. But this an alternate version, not a replacement. I haven't lost anything--and neither have you.

And this is coming from someone who really, really wants to see Spider-Man stories leave high school well and truly behind. So for me to be so fond of the first two episodes of a show set in Peter's freshman year should tell you something. 

 I will be muting or unfriending people who downplay the danger and evil of the new administration and the next few years (at least).

But I will also be muting or unfriending people who have given up, who say that we're fucked and fighting can't/won't accomplish anything.

Nothing is foreordained, and even slowing their agenda is a victory. We might be screwed even if we fight, but we're definitely screwed if we don't.

...telling George that I need to shower because "I smell like a fisted seal" is objectionable for some reason. 

I am a bit concerned--not making assumptions, not writing the show off, not casting aspersions, but a bit concerned--about some of the implications of the new Daredevil trailer.

It appears that we are getting yet another "Matt tries to stop being Daredevil for a while but gets drawn back into it" story, and I'm frankly not here for it.

We've seen that. We've seen it multiple times. And I wasn't that big a fan of the idea the first time around.

If it's only an episode or two, I'll live with it and it won't even impact my enjoyment of the show much. But if we're looking at a good chunk of the season, I don't know if I'll be on board for the whole thing, no matter how good it otherwise might be.

Hopefully--as has been the case on some of the other Marvel shows--the trailer's focusing on stuff from the early episodes only, and my concerns will prove unfounded. 

I am not calling anyone out specifically. I am not looking for anyone to chastise anyone else on my behalf.
But I want to be clear...

If I say something like "Please no advice" or "Please no suggestions" in one of my posts?

THAT IS NOT OPTIONAL. IT IS NOT A REQUEST.

I know people want to be helpful, but offering "help" when I don't require it and/or am not in a place to receive it, and especially when I have actually said as much, ISN'T help. It in fact makes things markedly harder.

Sometimes I explicitly post in search of advice, and ask for it. Sometimes I don't say either way, in which case it's up to your discretion.

But when I'm specifically posting to vent or make a statement and I actively don't want suggestions--and again, have said so--I expect anyone with enough respect for me to even be on my friends list to respect that boundary as well.

"You bastards are all so eager to deal with the otherworldly, but you have no idea what that means. Mine is the blood of the Colorless Waste. We stand between the Ninefold Citadel and the Bottomless Abyss, at the raging heart of the Blood War, and we thrive. Let me show you how..."

---Xolomon bel Apkos, chthonic tiefling

Mind you, I immediately borked both my attacks that turn, and later in the encounter spent three full rounds of combat mind-controlled into inactivity.

But dammit, the boast was cool. 😝

 Full circle, I guess.

I mean, not a true circle, since twenty years ago was LJ, not DW, but... Sort of the same thing.

I don't know how much I'll be using this place. I don't particularly want a new social media. But with the increasing (and deliberate) enshittification of Facebook, I also don't know how much longer I can justify using that platform, and I need somewhere I can post stuff that is longer--and has more privacy control--than BlueSky.

So this is me establishing a beachhead on DreamWidth. Or a foothold. Or maybe a foothead. Whatever.