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[sus]

 

[sus]

Guys guys check thsi out this is one of the most popular songs in USA Spotify 2021 it has a billion+ plays there half a bil EuTube

 

[luka]

that's more what i picture mvuent looking like. not screech, more like this guy.

 

[sus]

that's more what i picture mvuent looking like. not screech, more like this guy.

Yeah that's about what Mvuent looks like, but more princely... Great golden locks, well-coiffed, pale rosy cheeks in a princely, urbane way

 

[luka]

whats his body language like? how does he carry himself?

 

[sus]

Hmmmm he was guarded, composed.

 

[Clinamenic]

@suspended I'm two episodes into Farscape.

 

[luka]

coiled? high-tensile steel. like a panther?

 

[sus]

@suspended I'm two episodes into Farscape.

Keep going I'm close

 

[sus]

Here's the thing about this show: it's gonna feel really mediocre until it suddenly gets really great and you won't know how it happened or what changed, except that suddenly you care more about the characters than any other television show you've ever watched, and you realize there's an entire alternate universe of signifiers and themes at work, rival philosophies getting duked out in character conflicts, bizarro visions of loyalty and relationship that, through the looking glass, are suddenly beginning to make sense.

 

[sus]

I can't really wish you much in the way of guidance, except that if you make it through S2 you'll be starting to understand.

You get glimpses throughout Season 1—stay on the lookout for themes of: symbiosis, dependency, invasion, intelligence, co-dependence, diplomacy, dominance/submission, ecology.

As a treat—they (famously) say this is a show about the Australian BDSM scene, and what happens to you (as a normie) when you get sucked down inside of it. How it changes you.

 

[line b]

the barbarian horde have set fire to suspendeds other two threads and he's taking refuge in here

 

[sus]

You might peruse an Are.na channel I keep, of some of the interesting/smart things the extensive fandom's noticed about the show. Many of the text blocks, with block-quotes, will have interesting stuff in there.

Be warned, of course, of spoilers.

This is a show that loops back on itself in time constantly. Past episodes can and will be dredged up at a moment's notice, you can get sucked down the wormhole of history, of alternate history, so everything you learn, everything that's developed in the characters matters, it counts, narratively and in terms of the show's philosophy.

If you're feeling ambitious, I'd read along Jacob Clifton's recaps each night after you do an episode (or the day after, to give yourself processing space). I've backed them all up on Archive.org after his publisher's servers dropped out. They're what sold me on Farscape; watching the show through Jacob's eyes is one of the more transformative/instructive experiences I've had.

 

[sus]

A Tumblr called the Lookbook has what I think is basically the correct interpretation of the Peacekeeper logo, in terms of visual symbolism, which is: the triangle symbolizes dominance—penetration, swordpoint, the wedge which pries apart—and the circle intimacy, a planet, a crew, the bonds that hold people together. Which is also archetypally to say the masculine and the feminine. It's certainly a kinder spin than Jung or Paglia.

Or

"Here's what I don't understand," says John. "How could Moya do this without your permission?" Pilot shrugs it off, as always: "I'm here to serve her, she may do whatever she feels is necessary to for her survival..." And the "service" issue comes back around: speaking as Aeryn or Zhaan, it's a beast-of-burden issue. "Droid work." Moya and Pilot in service of their crew. But as usual, only Pilot actually gets it: it's us that service them. The reason I love "Look At The Princess," besides all the looove and angst and generally awesome story, is Zhaan's B-story: stewardship, not possession. In serving Moya, she realizes, she serves the Goddess; she sings back to the divine, in thanks and love. Not invasion or possession, but symbiosis.

 

[sus]

There's Bateson all over this show, FWIW.

 

[sus]

And it can be so beautiful. If you can live through the camp, it pays off ten-fold:

 

[Clinamenic]

My initiation into the Farscape fandom has commenced.

 

[sus]

You're always welcome in Spendo's Thread to come talk about an episode, ask about an episode, express doubts uncertainties criticisms observations analyses, if you just are curious the best Jacob recap bits for a given episode, I can throw you those too.

You just watched Exodus from Genesis, right?

 

[sus]

D'Argo chases John through Moya, trying to force-feed him something gross. In space, you see, they don't have toothbrushes -- they have "dentics," which are like Khan maggots that you put in your mouth and let them crawl around sucking all your plaque and bacteria off your teeth. "Get out of my face!" screams John, meaning it literally, and D'Argo calls him a coward, noting that dentics are vastly more efficient than toothbrushes. John whines and bitches and moans and wishes fervently he were on the Enterprise -- because you know that however they do it, you never even have to admit that you eat or shit or get stuff between your teeth -- and finally D'Argo just shoves the thing into his mouth and watches him feel it working. John finally gags, and D'Argo grabs him by the neck. "Never. Swallow. A dentic!" Which hygienically and scientifically makes sense, but also comments on symbiosis: the rudeness of the host in killing its parasite would here be punished by toxicity and death.

 

[line b]

come hang out in the lb lounge stan its much more inviting