@Sciborg, I am waiting in the Grove for SHIELD talk? maybe?

Hello!! I don't know if you're awake, but I watched 11+12 and they were great :)

I didn't get a chance to pop on here until now, really sorry. I have been super busy lately and it's been a struggle making time.

Hope you had a good day!

Looks like you missed me by about 10 minutes... darn

The SHIELD academy was really funny, good episode. i loved when Fitz was supposed to be gathering intel but he was like "hang on can i help you build your cool inventions instead" :p

I have been absolutely slammed with life stuff but i was glad i got a chance to watch it

Hi Dmihawk!

'borg!

@Sciborg wouldn't you also want to build cool inventions?

I laughed because it was exactly what I would do in the situation :p

"Why do Plot when you could make fun computer stuff"

any details of the campus that stood out to you?

I thought it was interesting that they put Bucky on the wall of fallen heroes, is that implying that he was SHIELD-affiliated or did Cap ask for him to be put there?

He "died" when working with the SSR, which was the precursor to SHIELD

Ah, that makes sense

SSR = Strategic Scientific Reserve, or the science war people

I remember liking how the campus is so proper, and then the students made a "secret" nightclub that I'm completely sure all the professors know about

The Boiler Room was really funny

also, you need 2 PHDs to get into the Science program. who has 2 PHDs?

the kids are like "haha yup this thing is so top secret" and then every professor is like "oh yeah, you mean the secret nightclub in the basement"

I think it was only Science, not Operations (if I remember Ward's reaction correctly)

Yeah

The only guy i ever met who had two PhDs was a Nobel Prize Winner at NASA

Which division would you ant to be in?

ah, looked it up. you only need 1 PHD

oh god, Science, all the way

i'd sit down in a server room and never leave

how often would you go to the nightclub?

that would require Talking to Other Humans

ah yeah, and it's all flashy lights and loud noises

specially designed to be mick's sensory nightmare :p

> Every S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy student received a copy of the history book titled A History of S.H.I.E.L.D.

I would read that cover to cover many many times

I'm glad that the SHIELD universe just canonically has its own Hogwarts

giggles I'm sure nothing bad will happen to it when HYDRA takes over...

oh no

and all the students...

they are too young and cute to die

sure sure, baby bird can believe that

baby bird would like to believe

question: if Fitz and Simmons were coming to give a guest-talk and you were at SHIELD Academy, how early would you show up to reserve a seat?

It depends on if that would require being in a Large Area with Loud Noises and Crowds

say the one that was in the show

where it's just an auditorium with a moderately quiet audience

That would be fine, i'd go

would you want their autographs?

i would bribe one of my friends to go up for me, but yes

"excuse me my friend mick wants your autograph but they were too shy" me making frantic stop-it gestures in the background

"also they're like your biggest fan, have hand-drawn posters with your inventions and everything"

would 100% hide under a chair and wait for everyone to leave

what if the chairs aren't big enough to hide under?

hide in corner

what if the room is circular?

well, then i hope i have invisibility powers

i apologize for being spotty the past few days by the way, a combination of Real Life Things and kind of a continuous stress episode - i'm fine now :p

It's fine! I'm glad you're fine!

I checked the next episodes

13 has a very confusing timeline, so it will require your full attention

my friends wanted to game with me and then i had family stuff and i was having trouble sleeping and it was like arrrrgh

(no time-travel, but the episode unfolds non-linearly and I was confused my first time through)

is 13 the first hint of Big Twist, if i remember correctly?

hm, I think that would be 16

Ahh okay. I'll pay attention to 13

13 & 14 I put in the "eh plot" category - 13 is mostly a one-off, and 14 is picking up 13's pieces

15 is the one with non-consensual sexual stuff

Ohhhhh boyyyyy, i forgot about that. Maybe I'll have Partner watch it for me

If you want, I can describe the specifics of the non-consensual stuff (with as little plot spoilers as possible) to help prepare you

it's similar to when characters get into embarrassing situations or are being tortured - it makes me so secondhand uncomfortable that i have to leave the room if it happens

i'll have Partner give me timestamps and just watch around it

It's literally one short scene of implied non-consensual sex, but there is a mind-control throughline for the whole episode

I can just skip and watch around it then, that's no big

You're fine with general mind-control then? It's mostly used as a way for the episode's villian to get minions

That's fine

You're also inching closer to my two favorite episodes of the season, 19 & 20

Ooh :D

19 has some lovely classical music set over the Big Climatic Fight Scene

i love when shows/movies do classical music over fight scenes, it's hilarious and great

it also has

the cellist

she's the one playing the classical music

(wait do you know why the cellist is?)

The cellist?

Coulson's old flame, mentioned in The Avengers

Ah, okay

how dare you, you're obviously not a Real Fan (tm)

i have failed you!

the fandom must see fit to destroy me

pew pew

20 is titled "Nothing Personal" so it is, of course, the episode where everything gets very personal and there are All The Feelings

Of course, what did i expect :p

anyways, that's getting way ahead of where you are

I am still a Baby Bird

how are tics doing today?

very little, still in the honeymoon period after upping my dose

That's good :)

Hopefully it stays a nice long time

ooh, I found another great funny meta-rant (from Gaming) - you want to see?

Those are always a hoot

> man its so god damn simple.... I am obliged to follow the rules... show me on RULES were it says that and I will accept it.... i repeat, show a RULE not a simple guideline.... @badp still this is a guideline, show it to me on RULES page and I will accept it....

Oh my lord

the entire post and comment section is just a shitshow

It's even locked - I'm pretty sure that was purely to stop the OP from ranting more

I love how the mods are just quietly laughing at this user like "yeah sure buddy raging will help you"

> Congratulations on completely dismantling an argument I wasn't making, I guess?

Nothing better to go with dinner than some nice fresh schadenfreude

I always feel both bad for the mods and amused that they get to watch these shows

My favorite meta-rant was one on Skeptics which was accusing the mods of... being skeptical of poor evidence

That's incredible

i have trouble eating when i'm stressed out, so the last two days i haven't eaten anything - so today on my non-stressed day i'm currently vacuuming up pasta, pizza and hot chocolate like a crazy person :p

I have eating and sleeping on autopilot - as long as they happen at approximately the right times of day, I don't have trouble.

i never figured out why it happens, if i get too anxious every mouthfeel and taste is suddenly horrible

poor baby bird

but today i've eaten three meals and they were Good, so i was very proud of myself :D

i wanted to make salted ice cubes too, but i forgot

BUNNY

I was going to share that the day I took it, but you weren't there

anyways, two bunnies can't fit into the box

little bunny butt <3

so one is in and the other only has a face under cover

they are trying their best to share

bunny butt pictures are scientifically proven to decrease anxiety, by Very Serious Scientists in Lab Coats

my anxiety has decreased by seeing the Fluffers

i've been trying to find a good sashigane or other puzzle to do to help de-stress

Statue Parks?

either from the puzzle pack or I've been archive-diving Grandmaster Puzzles

Ooh, I could do a fresh Statue Park - i still have the PDF

shall we move to the grid-deduction chat?

will hop into [grid-deduction] chat