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it isn't Wednesday any more...
Apr. 15th, 2021 11:01 am...so I can talk about megafandoms.
I seem to have neglected to mention that we got Disney+ as my birthday present this year. So far we've watched both seasons of The Mandalorean (which was great, although kind of weird to encounter characters like Asoka and Bo Katan whom I otherwise know only through fanfic). And the whole thing was basically like accidental baby acquisition, which is a fanfic genre I am fond of anyway.
I have become much more relaxed about SW now that I've decided that the sequel trilogy just isn't canon to me. There's some stuff there I liked, and some interesting characters, but I can't really square it plotwise with literally everything else in the universe. One thing I did rather like was the worldbuilding, the sense of everyone living on in the wreckage of a universe which had seen better days, and The Mandalorean carried that on. Much of the SW universe post-Clone Wars seems really underpopulated and underdeveloped, which is presumably what happens when the government spends all its money building death stars and doesn't have anything left over for other parts of the economy.
Now we have seen WandaVision and are going to be caught up with Falcon & Winter Soldier by the time the next episode airs. I guess my comments about these are more spoilery ( so under the cut for talk about Wanda )
On the other hand I do like that both this and FatWS are playing around with what happens when half the earth's population disappears for 5 years and then suddenly reappears with no idea of what they missed. ( a few other comments )
So episode 4 tonight, and then episode 5 with everyone else!
I seem to have neglected to mention that we got Disney+ as my birthday present this year. So far we've watched both seasons of The Mandalorean (which was great, although kind of weird to encounter characters like Asoka and Bo Katan whom I otherwise know only through fanfic). And the whole thing was basically like accidental baby acquisition, which is a fanfic genre I am fond of anyway.
I have become much more relaxed about SW now that I've decided that the sequel trilogy just isn't canon to me. There's some stuff there I liked, and some interesting characters, but I can't really square it plotwise with literally everything else in the universe. One thing I did rather like was the worldbuilding, the sense of everyone living on in the wreckage of a universe which had seen better days, and The Mandalorean carried that on. Much of the SW universe post-Clone Wars seems really underpopulated and underdeveloped, which is presumably what happens when the government spends all its money building death stars and doesn't have anything left over for other parts of the economy.
Now we have seen WandaVision and are going to be caught up with Falcon & Winter Soldier by the time the next episode airs. I guess my comments about these are more spoilery ( so under the cut for talk about Wanda )
On the other hand I do like that both this and FatWS are playing around with what happens when half the earth's population disappears for 5 years and then suddenly reappears with no idea of what they missed. ( a few other comments )
So episode 4 tonight, and then episode 5 with everyone else!
