look, I know I've talked about this essay (?) before but like,
If you ever needed a good demonstration of the quote "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic", have I got an exercise for you.
Somebody made a small article explaining the basics of atomic theory but it's written in Anglish. Anglish is basically a made-up version of English where they remove any elements (words, prefixes, etc) that were originally borrowed from romance languages like french and latin, as well as greek and other foreign loanwords, keeping only those of germanic origin.
What happens is an english which is for the most part intelligible, but since a lot everyday english, and especially the scientific vocabulary, has has heavy latin and greek influence, they have to make up new words from the existing germanic-english vocabulary. For me it kind of reads super viking-ey.
Anyway when you read this article on atomic theory, in Anglish called Uncleftish Beholding, you get this text which kind of reads like a fantasy novel. Like in my mind it feels like it recontextualizes advanced scientific concepts to explain it to a viking audience from ancient times.
Even though you're familiar with the scientific ideas, because it bypasses the normal language we use for these concepts, you get a chance to examine these ideas as if you were a visitor from another civilization - and guess what, it does feel like it's about magic. It has a mythical quality to it, like it feels like a book about magic written during viking times. For me this has the same vibe as reading deep magic lore from a Robert Jordan book.
They're really sending several planes and boats to find a handful of rich assholes stupid enough to get themselves in a scam submarine meanwhile Europe pushes hundreds and thousands of displaced people into the Mediterranean Sea to make them disappear. Drives me crazy.
one of like the top three goofiest ways for sure i deal with like. that weird little nagging voice of cisheteropatriarchy in the back of my brain telling me nobody will take me seriously as a butch if i keep collecting dolls and other cutesy shit is i imagine im posing on the cover of some fan translated cult classic yuri manga wearing like a graphic tee and board shorts and holding up a draculaura doll under a title thats like The Masculine Type Is A Secret Lover Of Cute Things ♀️⁉️
So i have a wild theory about why none of the leakers know who Shadow's VA is.
Like they had a planned actor/actors already and they are already doing voice work. Like it makes no logically sense for there NOT to be an actor already. Especially when we might be getting a trailer in a few months which by that point a chunk of animation including lip sync must be done.
Also Shadow is the main focus and they have a Maria actress so like... nothing makes sense?
But then i remember that nearly nothing significant of the movie set has leaked plus leakshave been getting dealt with swiftly and they've been tight lipped about the movie and then it kinda devolved into this theory.
What if Paramount has put an FBI level of security on the identity of Shadow's VA and an even stricter NDA regarding it?
Oh ho! That’s a cute idea!❤️✨ Little FBI agents protecting the Krabby Patty Secret Formula anything related to Sonic 3. The actor for Shadow has been chosen since 2022; no one and nothing can convince me that an actor hasn’t been in mind yet.
But, uh… let’s keep in mind that no one is allowed to talk about Sonic 3 from Paramount. It’s at the point where if anything is leaked, people might lose their jobs. Let’s do our best to be patient and compassionate to the crew!
Amazon resorting to deleting negative reviews of Rings of Power on IMDB just cause they own it is super fucking humiliating for them but also demonstrates the problem that if like 4 companies own most of the internet that means they own both the media and all the sites that critique said media and you can say goodbye to any reliable consumer reviews of products on the internet