Elizabeth Weir/John Sheppard Appreciation/Ship/Discussion Thread

[Scary Kitty]

Good morning, Sparkies! Happy Pretty Friday!

Thank you Miss Kitty & Falcon for your answers. I know things take time to come to fruition, but all the more reason to concentrate on finishing one project (movie or on-going series) before starting something new.
Also I got spoiled watching Stargate with 21 episodes per season 1 to 7, and 20 episodes Season 8, 9 and 10.
Now they can't manage to get into double figures for a season.
Of course it means having to rewatch the whole thing from the beginning so you can understand the new episodes. So the streaming services get more traffic.

The shorter seasons also mean that the streaming services have more money to spread around among multiple series. It's a cost-saver, and it allows greater variety in programming for customers.

[Falcon Horus]

Now they can't manage to get into double figures for a season.

And ratings don't matter anymore either, as CBS has proven in April. They cancelled (without notice I might add) NCIS: Hawai'i which out of all their shows, held a top 10 viewer rating each week. They swapped a diverse cast out for an all-white male cast they designated as "fresh" for next year.

To which I'm saying "Stick your Origins show where the sun don't shine."

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Anywho... elections coming up Sunday and I can't wait for this sucky period to be over **. I've had it up to [...points to far above my head...] here with the attacks on the LGBTQIA+ community. Far right has been having fielddays in the past few weeks.

Federal, regional and European elections all in one, and we're doing it all again come october when it's provincial and communal.

** If predictions are accurate, the sucky period will not actually be over because as it stands right now, the far right and right parties are set to win big... which means a lot is on the line for a lot of people.

[JT-2]

Celtics won their first game of the NBA finals!

The shorter seasons also mean that the streaming services have more money to spread around among multiple series. It's a cost-saver, and it allows greater variety in programming for customers.

But I do miss a good filler episode with the shorter seasons. Shows now are all 100% plot all the time.

And ratings don't matter anymore either, as CBS has proven in April. They cancelled (without notice I might add) NCIS: Hawai'i which out of all their shows, held a top 10 viewer rating each week. They swapped a diverse cast out for an all-white male cast they designated as "fresh" for next year.

To which I'm saying "Stick your Origins show where the sun don't shine."

Yeah, that whole decision has a bad stink to it.

Anywho... elections coming up Sunday and I can't wait for this sucky period to be over **. I've had it up to [...points to far above my head...] here with the attacks on the LGBTQIA+ community. Far right has been having fielddays in the past few weeks.

Federal, regional and European elections all in one, and we're doing it all again come october when it's provincial and communal.

** If predictions are accurate, the sucky period will not actually be over because as it stands right now, the far right and right parties are set to win big... which means a lot is on the line for a lot of people.

Oh boy, good luck!! Our next big election is in November. Not looking forward to it.

[Scary Kitty]

Good morning, Sparkies! Happy Sparky!Family Saturday!

Celtics won their first game of the NBA finals!

Yay! Congrats to the Celtics!

But I do miss a good filler episode with the shorter seasons. Shows now are all 100% plot all the time.

That's very true. Some of my favorite episodes have been standalones with awesome character moments and wonderful bits of worldbuilding that have nothing to do with the latest story arc.

Oh boy, good luck!! Our next big election is in November. Not looking forward to it.

I am So. Done. With. Politics. I've had to block any number of keywords and tags and even temporarily mute some people across social media to stay away from it. My social media presence is strictly for fandom interests, and my fandom interests are, for me, a break from real life stupidity for the sake of my mental health. I don't want that sh!#e intruding on my safe space.

[Falcon Horus]

I have been coloring in my swear word coloring book for the past few days and I colored myself a blister on my finger. So ridiculous.

[JT-2]

Yay! Congrats to the Celtics!

And it was quite a decisive win too! Next game on Sunday night.

That's very true. Some of my favorite episodes have been standalones with awesome character moments and wonderful bits of worldbuilding that have nothing to do with the latest story arc.

Hell, SGA is like 80% filler.

I am So. Done. With. Politics. I've had to block any number of keywords and tags and even temporarily mute some people across social media to stay away from it. My social media presence is strictly for fandom interests, and my fandom interests are, for me, a break from real life stupidity for the sake of my mental health. I don't want that sh!#e intruding on my safe space.

I hear you. I always tag my politics stuff on Tumblr with "us politics" because I know not everyone wants to see that.

The second half of the Bridgerton series is coming out on Thursday, so my dash is about to be become 100% Bridgerton, 100% of the time. I've got complete brain rot.

[Scary Kitty]

Good morning, Sparkies! Happy Lazy Sunday!

I have been coloring in my swear word coloring book for the past few days and I colored myself a blister on my finger. So ridiculous.

Ridiculous but adorable!

And it was quite a decisive win too! Next game on Sunday night.

Whoo hoo!

Hell, SGA is like 80% filler.

Yep. Good times!

I hear you. I always tag my politics stuff on Tumblr with "us politics" because I know not everyone wants to see that.

And I greatly appreciate it.

The second half of the Bridgerton series is coming out on Thursday, so my dash is about to be become 100% Bridgerton, 100% of the time. I've got complete brain rot.

Awesome! Especially since I don't have Netflix, so I've got to live the Bridgerton life through the rest of you!

[Falcon Horus]

Election 1 is over and done with, and far-right didn't win... sort of anyway... they score high but it's the right/center-right who takes the highest score.

It's a tradition in the media to give nicknames according to the party colors and how they form alliances to form a government. We will most likely have a yellow/red/orange combo for the next 5 years (right/socialists/catholic-democratics) which also happen to be the colors of a very popular ice-lolly, namely a Rocket.... so they will be called the Rocket-Alliance.

At least something fun comes out of this ****show.

[JT-2]

Celtics won game 2!!!! *insert Kermit flailing gif here*

Awesome! Especially since I don't have Netflix, so I've got to live the Bridgerton life through the rest of you!

I will always tag that too, so you can always block it if I get too annoying.

Election 1 is over and done with, and far-right didn't win... sort of anyway... they score high but it's the right/center-right who takes the highest score.

It's a tradition in the media to give nicknames according to the party colors and how they form alliances to form a government. We will most likely have a yellow/red/orange combo for the next 5 years (right/socialists/catholic-democratics) which also happen to be the colors of a very popular ice-lolly, namely a Rocket.... so they will be called the Rocket-Alliance.

At least something fun comes out of this ****show.

Okay that's funny!!

***goes off to wonder how 3 groups who sound so fundamentally different could form a coalition together***

[Scary Kitty]

Good morning, Sparkies! Happy Canon Monday!

Celtics won game 2!!!! *insert Kermit flailing gif here*

Hooray!!!!

I will always tag that too, so you can always block it if I get too annoying.

***goes off to wonder how 3 groups who sound so fundamentally different could form a coalition together***

IKR? Coalition politics is WEIRD.

[Falcon Horus]

***goes off to wonder how 3 groups who sound so fundamentally different could form a coalition together***

Remember Belgium holds the dubious Guinness World Record of having no federal government formed for a period of 541 days after election day. Just saying...

Any other country would have fallen into chaos, we just carried on like nothing was wrong.

For those not in the know, Belgium has 5 (yes, 5) official governments: Federal, Flanders, Walloon, German speaking-area and Brussels Capital Region. They are made up of different parties which form a majority coalition to rule and the rest goes into the opposition. The party with the most votes gets to decide who they want to rule with, and who gets to be Prime Minister.

Voting for Federal, Regional and the European parliament** is mandatory from the age of 18. In October we have to go back to vote for representation in our localities and provinces -- the management of the cities and villages. This vote is no longer mandatory so if you don't want to go, you won't have to.

** As of this year, also mandatory for teens 16-17 years old.

[Scary Kitty]

Good morning, Sparkies! Happy Smutty Tuesday!

Voting for Federal, Regional and the European parliament** is mandatory from the age of 18. In October we have to go back to vote for representation in our localities and provinces -- the management of the cities and villages. This vote is no longer mandatory so if you don't want to go, you won't have to.

** As of this year, also mandatory for teens 16-17 years old.

Mandatory? Sometimes I think we should do that here, it would certainly solve the low voter turnout problem. Problem is, education on politics and civics has been severely lacking for the last few decades, so we'd have to fix that first.

[Falcon Horus]

Mandatory? Sometimes I think we should do that here, it would certainly solve the low voter turnout problem.

Indeed.

"Voting is compulsory in Belgium. This means that you are obliged to vote. The Constitution states that voting is compulsory and secret."

Obliged doesn't mean you have to vote on anyone. You can make your vote not count by drawing on the papers if you still have to color the checkboxes, or you can leave them blank. If you vote on a computer (like in our place) then you can't muck it up but you can leave your vote blank.

The local ones in October are the first elections which are not so that will be a sort of test to see what the percentage will be of people showing up.

Mind you, there were about a million people this time who didn't show up to vote which can result in a fine up to a 1000 euro. Generally speaking they are given a free pass, except for people who have been called up to sit in as witnesses to the count and the run of the lines. Usually, those presiding over the voting places are members of the legal community or notaries. Everyone else is usually picked from the 30 year old age range. It's basically a "rite of passage" for 30 year olds. Like being called up for jury duty

[Scary Kitty]

Good morning, Sparkies! Happy Screw the Angst Wednesday!

Indeed.

"Voting is compulsory in Belgium. This means that you are obliged to vote. The Constitution states that voting is compulsory and secret."

Obliged doesn't mean you have to vote on anyone. You can make your vote not count by drawing on the papers if you still have to color the checkboxes, or you can leave them blank. If you vote on a computer (like in our place) then you can't muck it up but you can leave your vote blank.

The local ones in October are the first elections which are not so that will be a sort of test to see what the percentage will be of people showing up.

Mind you, there were about a million people this time who didn't show up to vote which can result in a fine up to a 1000 euro. Generally speaking they are given a free pass, except for people who have been called up to sit in as witnesses to the count and the run of the lines. Usually, those presiding over the voting places are members of the legal community or notaries. Everyone else is usually picked from the 30 year old age range. It's basically a "rite of passage" for 30 year olds. Like being called up for jury duty

See? That's what we need here. More opportunities for people to participate in their civic duties, learn about how it works and why our system was designed the way that it was, and gain a greater appreciation for it. Kids these days.

[Falcon Horus]

Might even get more people to vote.