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Soon there will be children of furries in elementary school.
i hope the future waits up for the rest of us to catch up. a lot of my friends (myself included) are aspiring artists and writers. unfortunately, AI is encroaching on our creative space before we even have time to bloom…
This is why my mom is telling me to study as a nurse and head to the states. Not exactly against it but man am I afraid of medschool-
Here's a good new Kindle Book on The Future of Driverless Vehicles to read. "Life As A Passenger: How Driverless Cars Will Change the World" by David Kerrigan
TV Shoutout: Continuum
Another underrated series of recent years, Continuum.
What it is about: A cop (Rachel Nichols) from the year 2077 gets stranded in present time--making her the only one who can stop future terrorist group Liber8, with no way to go back home.
Why you should watch it:
Kiera, and basically every other supporting characters
We have Rachel Nichols in cat suit. Need I say more??? Actually, yes, because Kiera Cameron (Nichols) herself is a very interesting character. She’s a very skilled and determined policewoman, but born in a time a lot different than ourselves so she does have different values. She’s also a mother and a wife, and that makes temporal separation from her original time a little problematic, to say the least. She’s not perfect, but she’s perfectly relatable no matter what crazy situation she’s in.
But the rest of the characters are incredible too--both in terms of the actors, or the way the characters’ stories are handled. Throughout its 4 seasons, all of the characters changes and grows a lot, and it’s a beautiful thing to watch. Alec Sadler (Erik Knudsen), the tech-wiz kid who helps Kiera out with her gadgets, has the single most interesting character trajectory ever written, but that’s like picking your favorite child. All of the characters are worth watching for.
No one’s a “good” guy
We thought we knew who the bad guys are, but we actually don’t. I don’t mean it in a doom and gloom sort of way, or in the “anti hero” sort of way--it’s just with Continuum, nothing has an easy answer.
Curveball, curveball, curveball Oh boy, those curveballs. Continuum has this amazing ability to give us twists that NOBODY SAW COMING. Repeatedly. They’re the kind of twists that don’t cheapen the story at all, instead enrich them. It’s damn good storytelling.
Those sweet, sweet tech Obviously, with Kiera and Liber8 coming from the future, we get to see some cool gadgets. Bulletproof suit? Cloaking device? Continuum got it all. We also get to see the future quite a bit, and learn why 2077 isn’t all fun and games.
But in the end, it’s all about humanity I might be a broken record, but I always say that the best science fiction are the ones that are, in its core, about humanity. This is one of those stories. Continuum never stray from the characters, never stray from how our decisions shape us, and never stray from the repercussions of time travel.
Who should watch it: Unfortunately, this is one of a few shows that I could only confidently recommend to those who are familiar with genre or science fiction. Not because it isn’t “good” enough for anyone else, but because it does necessitate the viewers to have a high level suspension of disbelief, a tolerance for timey-wimey plot, and willingness to be challenged about characters, plot, and even politics. I never want to be limiting about genre, it’s just that sci-fi fans are the ones I reliably know would love those qualities in their entertainment, but if it sounds interesting to you, definitely go for it.
Where you should start: It started out as a procedural, so I think anywhere in season 1 is okay. If you start too far into season 2 you’d miss a lot of its worldbuilding so I wouldn’t recommend that. But as with any show worth watching, I’d definitely recommend starting from the very beginning although the second season, for me, is when the show started to gel a lot better.
Status: Just ended last season. It had 4 seasons total, with the final season being a shortened season (only 6 episodes).
Dear Genevieve
I want you to know that you’re on my mind. You are loved, cared about, worried about, and cried over. I want you. I need you. I desire you.
You are not even a being that I can hold in my arms, and I ache for you. I ache for you because I want to be your mother. The ache in my heart for you may not be enough to make you real, and that breaks my heart.
You need to know that I’m fighting for you, my love. I’m fighting so hard that I feel this tightness of urgency. I want you to be real, but I realize that I can’t force you into being of this world. Your father is scared, and I don’t know how to comfort him. I don’t know how to protect him from his valid fears.
Know that you are wanted, but fears can push you back and make you evaluate what you want for your future. I want you so damn much that I’m forgetting your father has feelings, and I need to respect them. I want him to want you like I want you.
I’m praying to God that if you are to be real, then to please put the desire of you in his heart. Or if you are not to be, then take the desire from mine.
You will always be wanted, you will always be loved, you will always be on my mind.
Mom
I NEED SOME BISMUTH X PEARL CLOSURE
No that I am complaning I’m just emotional I can’t believe is actually over jdjdbdjsjdudb
I honestly don’t know how to handle that it literally will never have anything like can’t we like cry out another movie or something?!
