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(Whispering) ...Are women bourgois?

If it's Gorka then my rookie card's value is gonna SURGE.

No real objection. It was meant to be sarcasm but upon re-reading the post I've realized it actually sounds pretty bad and not so different from a reactionary take. I am sorry about that.

Secret of Evermore is definitely an underrated title. It's got problems, but it includes some interesting mechanics, and it was developed in Square's US studio so its themes and tone are more accessible to Western players.

It was the first game for which Jeremy Soule composed the music. He later went on to compose music for Neverwinter Nights and multiple Elder Scrolls titles, including the Dragonborn theme.

Also I heard he's a sex pest.

They're an interesting villain from a sci-fi standpoint but I don't think they fundamentally represent anything, besides the classic concept of an emotionless enemy who can't be bargained or reasoned with and doesn't feel pity or remorse or fear.

They went through some revision during production - they were originally envisioned as a hive-minded insectoid race, but the budget wouldn't allow it. That's interesting, because a hive-minded race is simply existing in its natural state, whereas the Borg allow for the possibility that they began like any other species and had collective consciousness imposed upon them.

I think the threat represented by the Borg is ubiquitous enough that any viewer can impose their own political interpretation upon them.

I like Mass Effect even though I have moral objections to fucking aliens.

"Arguably." Dems even feel the need to compromise with themselves.

I think it will depend on who was writing, who was producing, and when the series was produced. The Klingons have served as stand-ins for China, which inspired their original appearance. In the 6th movie, they clearly meant to represent a post-Chernobyl USSR, though the strength of the analogy is questionable.

My theory is that when the Klingons were brought back for Deep Space Nine's 4th season, they were intended to represent the USA, whereas the Federation was now more analogous to the USSR. The Federation had largely eliminated class conflict, while the Klingons were still ruled by wealthy noble families. They Klingons couldn't take a shit without talking about how brave and honourable they were, but they snuck around in cloaked ships, and showed no hesitation in killing civilians. When the Cardassian fascist military government fell and was replaced by a democratic assembly, the Klingons immediately declared war on them. Feels pretty American to me.

Where's Cotton Eye Joe? I assumed he was a founding member.

Agreed. Especially considering that it was a bottle episode.

Talked with my partner last night and we've decided to start a podcast. I'm an Extremely Online theory-brain and she's a burnt-out former activist, and we both know lots of people in media and activism/organization.

Or perhaps a Taco Bell bean burrito.

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