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I'm so confused. I've gotten like 5 separate notifications of people upvoting the quoted post, but every time I come look at it, it only has one upvote. What is going on??

I love your silver-blue hair!

Ok, pardon my butting into the thread of a TV show I haven't watched, but I've been so confused every time I see people referring to The OA. Does it stand for something??

This may seem stupid and petty, but it bothers me when people pronounce the final G in words ending in "ing." My dad does this, so when he says words like "king" or "thing" they sound more like "kink" and "think."

One of my alligator photos from Florida was just asking to be memefied, so I give you Smug Gator and Skeptical Gator!

I heard about Carrie Fisher's heart attack. Here's hoping she makes a full recovery. I just saw Rogue One this afternoon, and I think it might be my new favorite Star Wars film. (Previously it was Return of the Jedi.) On the topic of Tarkin--I definitely noticed that some CG work had been done on his face, but I didn't realize until reading through this thread that the entire onscreen character was computer generated. I don't think it looked as bad as some of y'all do, but as Kaymyth said, different people have different levels of sensitivity to people's facial features. I didn't notice anything weird at all about Princess Leia's appearance. (Side note: I wonder if Tarkin might have looked more realistic if they'd used motion capture a la James Cameron's Avatar with someone who bears a resemblance to the late Peter Cushing and then applied the CG to make the character look more like the original Tarkin of Episode IV.) I'll admit the characterization in this film was a little lacking, but only a little. Although I liked Cassian, he could have been more developed. Same with the Imperial pilot defector, Bodhi. (Yes, I had to look up Bodhi's name, but mainly because I couldn't tell exactly what the other characters were calling him or guess how to spell it.) Chirrut (Blind Force Guy, as someone in this thread called him XD) was a totally AWESOME badchull IMO. His faith in the Force was inspiring to me, and of course I had to LOL when they put the bag over his head and he said, "Are you kidding? I'm blind!" Also, did his uncanny awareness of his surroundings remind anyone else of Toph from Avatar: The Last Airbender? K-2 reminded me a lot of a certain depressed robot, and a couple times I was expecting Cassian to respond to his dire warnings about their chances with the classic Han Solo line "Never tell me the odds!" or something similar. (I also loved the "I've got a bad feeling about this" nod to the other Star Wars movies.) I found Jyn's sudden investment in the Rebel cause highly believable, given that her father had just died in her arms with a plea to destroy the Death Star on his lips. I think Everyone Dies was a good choice--the only logical choice, really. I saw it coming about as soon as Jyn & Co. landed on Scarif and the shield-gate closed and I realized, "Oh... None of these characters are in Episode IV, and there's gotta be a really good reason for that, since this mission is the instigating plot event of Episode IV." It was very well done IMO. I was having all the feels during the last portion of the movie and even started crying in the theater. To respond to some of y'all's criticisms of the ending... I definitely agree with Kaymyth in feeling that the deaths of all the major characters felt more authentic than a miraculous escape would have, and it really hammered home that this is a war, so not all the heroes are going to make it home when the battle is over. Showing their individual deaths was a smart choice as well. If we'd just seen the base exploding and been expected to infer that the entire Rogue One team had perished in the blast, I would have been like, "What?? You make us care about these characters who are going on what's essentially a suicide mission to save the galaxy, and you're just going to write them off all at once in a Death Star holocaust?? NO. NOT COOL." I would have felt soooo cheated. I much prefer the ending that wrenched on my emotions and had me in tears. (Does that make me a masochist?) Anyway, I thought it was overall a fan-storming-tastic movie. Definitely one I will want to buy once it's available. Oh, just wanted to add a random side note: did anyone else notice that one of the guys on the rebel council was the same actor who plays Anderson on Sherlock? The actor's name is Jonathan Aris.

I'm jealous of your awesome socks! I love silly socks.

So... A week or so ago one of my Facebook friends made a request for a photoshopped "Apple Spider" after she had a slip of the tongue while trying to talk about apple cider. I had a lot of fun making these: And then, just because peacock spider photos are fun, I made a few unrelated memes of them:

Antagonist, not protagonist? Hmm... Probably Obliteration. Favorite knock-knock joke?

That sounds like you might be thinking of a book that Dan Wells released within the last year called Bluescreen. Here's a link to its GoodReads page: Bluescreen on GoodReads

Right now, it's one of these two that I took in Florida last week (spoilered for largeness): Favorite book-to-movie adaptation?

I read Extreme Makeover not too long ago and found it simultaneously hilarious and slightly horrifying. I should write a full review of it, in fact... In other news, I am the proud new owner of White Sand, Vol 1! Other things I'm very happy to have received for Christmas include a 2017 calendar full of excellent bird photography, the Doctor Strange movie soundtrack, Lindsey Stirling's album Brave Enough, a Kylo Ren T-shirt, a Christmas ornament of an alligator in beach attire (to remember my family's vacation to Florida this month), and the Piano Guys album Uncharted. But easily the best Christmas gift of all was having an hour-long Skype call with my brother Ryan, who is currently serving a Mormon religious mission in Serbia.

I like "lilliputian." It means "very very tiny." Favorite holiday?

Lilies. Favorite superhero?

@Silverblade5 The first dragon is my favorite. Also, merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, and happy every other December holiday! *group hugs*

@bleeder I'd probably choose the same combo as Wayne: gold Feruchemy and bendalloy Allomancy.

Feliz Navidad or Jingle Bell Rock. Favorite Disney movie?

@bleeder Glad you found a reason to use my Wafflestorm meme again. XD Also, I've become a Twinborn now

I'm sorry, @TwiLyghtSansSparkles. *hugs* Remember that no matter how your parents treat you, we love you and value you, and if your parents can't see what an amazing person you are, then they're majorly missing out on your awesomeness. You deserve better than passive-aggressive sighs and glares. Just hold out for a few more days. *more hugs*

You know you're a Sanderfan when you ask for a Reckoners T-shirt for Christmas and pack your Mistborn shirt to visit your parents over the break. Update: You know you're a Sanderfan when one of the two hardcover books you receive for Christmas is White Sand Vol. 1.

Drano poisoning. Favorite bizarre animal? (I'm thinking critters like a platypus or a naked mole rat or a blobfish or an axolotl... Anything weird.)

Um. I can't actually think of many Prince songs off the top of my head, so I'll just go with "Purple Rain." What is your favorite Star Wars movie?

No joke, I saw an armadillo shuffling along in the grass on the side of the highway while heading home from southern Florida today.

I like pyrite (fool's gold). Favorite reptile?