So my Beloved and I watched the Guardians of Ga'Hoole movie and really the movie’s saving grace is that it’s gorgeous to look at, but man am I more than a little annoyed at how they mucked up the lore
Like them mixing St. Aggies and the Pure ones makes sense from a story telling perspective I guess, but I dislike how they mixed in the War of the Ice Claws with the Pure Ones (edited)
Canonically the War of the Ice Claws was a civil war between the northern owl kingdoms and had nothing to do with the Guardians, who were not involved, the Pure Ones, or Metal Beak
And I think it’s important that those threads stay separate because having those conflicts being separate makes the world feel bigger (edited)
It also sort of screws with Ezylryb’s arc
because the point was that he was a soldier and then grew weary of war and joined the Guardians as a way to still do good but fight no more wars, but to teach and mentor
The movie would have you believe that Lyze of Kiel was already a Guardian and that he led them against Metal Beak in the Battle of the Ice Claws
Which really waters down the impact of him changing his name and reinventing himself because he effectively doesn’t change pre- and post-battle
And the movie makes it out that his identity is an open secret in the tree while in the books I believe only a very select few actually know, which is more impactful as it demonstrates just how little Ezylryb cares for his own legend or reputation
Also, the film added a random fortune-telling Echidna Which was weird So yeah lore bad, writing was meh, a lot of the characters didn’t feel quite right either.
i have $660 left to pay of the $2800 bill for my cat that died in early march (not including the amount that i put on my credit cards), and after that i have to take out another loan of 10k to pay for my top surgery. also i just got rejected for free health insurance because i make $150 over their limit since i’m married, and a divorce (which we’ve been putting off for over a year because of the cost) will cost around $600-900
so if anyone could commission me that would be great……
taking a forensics class and watching the professor explain one by one how criminal profiling, hair microscopy, and bite mark analysis are all pseudoscience responsible for ruining innocent lives, and how on top of that, fingerprint analysis, despite being significantly more reliable, is subjective and prone to contextual bias. and also bullet striation analysis has the same issues. and also bullet lead analysis doesn’t work. and also handwriting analysis has an error rate high enough to render it useless
damn i’m almost starting to think the entire criminal justice system only exists to provide the illusion of protection while justifying state violence idk
