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        1 month ago

        You flatter me. I know they can be hit and miss at times. What matters is that it’s something that makes me laugh and I continue to have fun doing it. Glad you like my work… and thanks.

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          29 days ago

          I call it the shotgun approach … you fire buck shot everywhere and most of the time you miss … but given enough shots fired, eventually you hit your target.

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            26 days ago

            This is an accurate statement, but (running with the analogy) I like to think ummthatguy carries a benelli compared with the rest of us lol

            Btw, side note, sorry if this sounds random (I intended to comment yesterday but got busy and am now just remembering), but the two spirit story you tell is amazing and is a concept I think modern western society could really learn from. So thank you for dropping this knowledge on us from time to time, it’s really cool and much appreciated. There’s an alternate universe out there where a legit First Nation consultant was asked to advise on Chakotay’s back story and development on Voyager, and I imagine stories like this being woven into that show’s fabric. Wouldn’t that be something? Ok I’m done rambling haha, you have a good one. 🖖

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              26 days ago

              The Chakotay fiasco was pretty messed up.

              But as a teen growing up in the 90s and seeing the Chakotay character … it still had a big impact on me. When I first learned of his character, there was no internet (or the internet as we know it) and it was years later that I learned about the whole thing about the fake consultant. For a few years before I learned about the background, Chakotay had a major impact on me. I thought the whole character had a lot of cliches and stereotypes and I even knew that back then but still I felt really proud that they included any kind of indigenous character in there, even if it was a bit cheesy or goofy. And for a few years after, I really liked the character.

              Then I learned about the background and the whole game consultant. Then I liked the character less.

              But now I’m starting to appreciate the Chakotay character again. I think Beltran was performing in good faith, they just happened to have the wrong person as a guide and reference. So now I think of it all differently. I enjoy Chakotay’s character now just because he is one of the first, a flawed first but at least a first.

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      1 month ago

      Reach the stars

      Fly a Bird of Prey

      Dream a dream

      To be… or not to be

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    29 days ago

    Turn around
    Look at what you see
    In his face
    Violent bloody screams

    Make believe I’m everywhere
    My cloak is bending light
    Written in my foe’s blood
    Is the answer to my neverending glory
    Ah-ahhh-ahhh-ah-ahhhhhhhhh

    Reach the stars
    Flying at warp factor three
    A team of screams
    And what you stab will be

    Raids that spill their secrets
    Will unfurl from their bowels
    And there upon a bloodied corpse
    Is the answer to my neverending glory
    Ah-ahhh-ahhh-ah-ahhhhhhhhh

    Glory
    Ah-ahhh-ahhh-ah-ahhhhhhhhh

    Show no fear
    All they can do is pray
    At your command
    The death of some new prey

    Raids that spill their secrets
    Will unfurl from their bowels
    And there upon a bloodied corpse
    Is the answer to my neverending glory
    Ah-ahhh-ahhh-ah-ahhhhhhhhh

    Neverending glory
    Ah-ahhh-ahhh-ah-ahhhhhhhhh
    Neverending glory
    Ah-ahhh-ahhh-ah-ahhhhhhhhh
    Neverending glory
    Ah-ahhh-ahhh-ah-ahhhhhhhhh

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    30 days ago

    NEVER ENNNNNDDDDING GGGGGLOOOOOOORRRRRREEEEEEEEE UUUUUAAAAHHH UUUUUAAAAHHH!!!

    GGGGGLOOOOOOORRRRRREEEEEEEEE!!!