u/Metaphoricalsimile

So like, overall this was just not a great episode of TV. While I'm not going to say this was as bad as the GoT finale, it still brought the same energy of "we've gotta tie up plot threads as economically as possible, so just bring everyone to the same place" which just doesn't do great service to the characters involved.

However, I did find some elements of the episode to still be satisfying/enjoyable.

1. Seeing Homelander lose his powers and beg for his life was satisfying. I don't think it was necessarily *good* writing but I did want to see it really bad and the episode delivered.

2. I know it's cheating because dogs are an instant emotional hook, but seeing Terror dead did make me sad.

3. Butcher committing suicide-by-Hughie was actually a well-written ending for his character. The flashback to his brother's face and hesitation on the trigger made it clear it *was* in fact a suicide, the fact that killing Homelander did nothing to assuage a lifetime of built-up guilt made his motivations for killing himself believable, and abusing Hughie's desire to do good to traumatize his friend was stunningly selfish which is consistent for his character. Butcher is the character who doesn't learn anything or have an arc because his rage prevented any of that, and I think that's a strength of the writing: not everyone actually learns from their experiences.

IMO that's about it, but I'd love to see if anyone else actually brought anything good out of this trainwreck finale of a trainwreck of a season.

I don't take all the best racing lines, but this car is definitely a beast to drive and I'm happy with the result.

This metal flake magenta is my favorite car color in the game

All caked up

Sings like a two-pack-a-day opera star

It's got mooks you can either sneak past or annihilate depending on your preferences, a fun boss fight with unique mechanics, an actually good/useful iconic drop, and then the moral quandry at the end is a legitimately difficult question: how much additional danger is releasing the truth worth?

I think PL in general leveled up the mission design and story telling over the base game, but Spy in the Jungle shines especially bright.

Like two months ago I had a cold that developed into a sinus infection. Tested multiple times with RATs and a Plus Life machine, plus my symptoms were isolated to respiratory symptoms, so I'm like 95% sure I didn't have another covid infection.

However, since then my average fatigue level and inability to recover from mild exercise has been significantly worse. More daytime naps. More needing to sit down and do nothing after I walk my dog in the morning. Just generally being wiped out. More phantom cigarette smells. These have always been my primary symptoms, and they were very mild immediately before this sinus infection, but they're kind of back with a vengeance. Definitely not as bad as they were two years ago, but worse than they were 2 months ago.

Does this kind of resurgence after non-covid illness happen to other people? Is this kind of an expected thing? I mask in public, but my partner brought this back from work and we don't have a way to effectively isolate in our apartment.

Managed to finally pick up a bag today, and unlike 95% of "sour" candy released today these actually have a bit of a bite to 'em, I'd say a solid 7/10. However their flavor choices are very disappointing. I want sour lemon and orange, and in a perfect world lime, starburst so fucking bad.

Have you ever wanted to watch Tony Leung as a kung fu villain with an incredibly silly laugh?

This movie has an all star cast, a nonsense plot, and like 3 laughs per minute for the entire 100 minute length of the movie.

I also think the Toad style kung fu from Kung Fu Hustle was directly lifted from this movie? I've never seen it any where else but the weird moves were nearly identical here.

It's produced by Wong Kar Wai, directed by Jeffry Lau, with choreography by Sammo Hung and I just don't know why I've never heard of it before.

It's currently streaming on Criterion, and I highly recommend it if you want to see something that's even more looney tunes than Kung Fu Hustle.