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All caught up. I was sort-of hoping that after the downer that ended S2, they would end on a higher note at the end of S3. Nope. But I think my DVR missed some things over the season. I checked wikipedia, I don't THINK the DVR missed any episodes... and when watching the DVR, I always had opening and closing credits. But I seem to have completely missed a couple huge plot points. Right from the beginning. I was completely confused when the fairies were in charge at Whitespire, in S3E1. They were established in the castle and were vexxing Margot and it seems liked I'm missed a bunch... I looked it up, and I hadn't missed an episode. I better double check that. Was it just some brief thing way back at the end of S2 that I'd forgotten? I don't do drugs. I can't blame that. And I missed how Josh found the one key, in the throne room. One episode ended with them setting up light to be reflected through the room... it doesn't work... and he says, "Guys, I know where the key is" and the episode ended, and the next episode began with the funny recap of Josh explaining things to Penny. Fill me in.
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GORDON posted:All caught up. I was sort-of hoping that after the downer that ended S2, they would end on a higher note at the end of S3. Nope. There was indeed a brief thing at the end of S2 where Fen stumbles into the throne room saying that the fairies are coming to invade Fillory, and then a cut to outside where the castle is surrounded by an invading fairy army. No battle scenes or anything though. Josh found the location of the sixth(?) key because he was smoking his super weed that lets you see into other dimensions and he saw it in the fairy realm, but the key wasn't actually acquired until after the negotiations with the fairy queen.
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Gadzuko posted:Josh found the location of the sixth(?) key because he was smoking his super weed that lets you see into other dimensions and he saw it in the fairy realm, but the key wasn't actually acquired until after the negotiations with the fairy queen. Ooooohhhh, I hadn't made the connection between those two pieces of information. This show really leaves it up to the viewer to make those logical connections. I like it.
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Also.... I liked the scene between Q and his father. I'll spoiler this just in case. At first I thought Q was just going to ask for dad's blessing, because Q didn't know if bringing magic back would kill dad. I didn't put any thought into that moment... then everyone has to agonize the decision... then Sytheryn Hermione talks him into doing it and killing Dad. it's sort of cliche and you see how it's all going to play out without even trying. But then Q didn't. He wasn't asking for dad's permission... he was just telling dad how it was going to be, and why. This was the moment the writers showed that Q was now an adult, and his own man. He wasn't asking, he was doing what he saw as the proper thing, he was looking his father in the eye, and he was going to accept every consequence. I thought that was an elegant way of showing someone come into his own self, without coming out and saying it. Elliot and Margot finally grew up, being responsible for others.... Q just made the transition, too. This is a good show.
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Well, he was also there because even if fixing magic didn't kill his dad, Q was planning to martyr himself to be the new jailer for The Thing That Wants. I'm not going to say his depressive tendencies aren't relatable though. It's a weird sort of fantasy that indulges that complex.
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So that's a wrap on Q's dad then, huh.
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You mean his son.
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He has magic cancer because he’s from a different timeline thing holy poo poo
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We can't say one way or another if the cancer came back because magic isn't generally available. Julia still having magic didn't give him cancer, so the library rationing it might be keeping him alive since it's keeping it contained and controlled.
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I forget if they ever explained how dad got magic cancer but if they didn't, I'm sure they'll give him the cancer back next season and have it be some crazy twist who gave it to him and why they're still allowed magic despite the rationing.
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DaveKap posted:I forget if they ever explained how dad got magic cancer but if they didn't, I'm sure they'll give him the cancer back next season and have it be some crazy twist who gave it to him and why they're still allowed magic despite the rationing. I would also like to know why his father has magic cancer. I remember them trying to cure his cancer using magic, back in season 1, but not that magic was what was causing his cancer in the first place.
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Magical STD. He hosed a unicorn.
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I could see a thing where certain diseases are ultimately the result of the magic gland going wonky for some people.
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Q's dad's cancer is like Lisa's mom's from The Room. Just let it go.
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In season 1 they said that cancer is inherently magical, which is why curing it with magic was next to impossible. ...poor cancer puppy.
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Nuggan posted:In season 1 they said that cancer is inherently magical, which is why curing it with magic was next to impossible. I thought it was just Quinn's father that had magical cancer.
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Yeah I might have missed something, but I thought it was that his dad's cancer specifically was magical, not that all cancer was. Otherwise #1 world news would be that all cancer had gone into remission when magic left.
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In the first season episode that has them trying to impress mentors, Q pulls the one doctor magician aside and asks about cancer. She says "Cancer is a part of you intrinsically in a way that magic cant separate. Some people say it is magic, an old curse we can't break". So nope, not just his dad. Everyone has magic cancer.
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Fiveish friends on an epic quest to restore magic and cancer sorry gramma
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Nuggan posted:In the first season episode that has them trying to impress mentors, Q pulls the one doctor magician aside and asks about cancer. She says "Cancer is a part of you intrinsically in a way that magic cant separate. Some people say it is magic, an old curse we can't break". every known case of cancer is incurable through magic =/ every case of cancer is brought on by magic. afaik nobody dropped the bombshell that all cancer on earth ceased when the plumbers came to do their thing, despite that healer's poetic description of the disease, just that q's dad's had, evidently because the magic that sustained his case failed given what we've seen of the powers and limitations of human magic on the show, it seems perfectly in keeping that cancer is something magic can start but not stop
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But if magic being turned off - for a specific subset of the universe - means cancer gets turned off, then what does siphoned magic - for a specific subset of the universe - equal? It's... a weird one.
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The show can say anything it wants, but what cancer really is, is two bugs hitting one cell. Runaway growth hits our cells all the time. Benign tumors, cysts, etc. We have a protection built-in, which is also a large part of the reason we die, and something MRAs have siezed on--tolomeres. It's like a counter that decrements every time a cell divides. When it's time to divide and there's no tolomeres left, well, trigger apoptosis. That's cell suicide. Also triggered in oxygen-starved situations, which is a large part of the reason medically-induced comas work--knock the fuckers out before they can kill themselves. It evolved because it's useful in the absence of advanced life support, artifical livers and even kidneys, and intubation. To get cancer, you need two bugs in one cell--runaway growth, and ignoring apoptosis. We have hundreds of billions of cells and live for decades, so even this extremely unlikely event happens all the time. The explanation, IIRC, is that cancer is intrinsic to a person--it's still you, and magic can't distinguish. There's a woman who died of cancer in the '50s or '60s, and literal tons of her exist to this day, because of laws and the fact that cancer never dies. It's not that all cancer is magic, it's that magic is too coarse of a tool. God-level control being able to inspect cells and go, "oh, you're still splitting even though your tolomere chain has run out, I'd have no problem with that. There was recently an article about identical twins, one of them spent around a year in space, the other didn't. They no longer show up as related from DNA tests, because the one in space had so many mutations. If you don't want to go extra-terrestrial, just look at chimeras. Different-colored eyes, or even beard hair that doesn't match head hair. That's different DNA, living together. Life finds a way, and compromises when necessary.
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wellwhoopdedooo posted:The show can say anything it wants, but what cancer really is, is two bugs hitting one cell. Hela cells are the craziest thing in the world
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks. Neither she nor her family ever gave permission to use her cells.
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nashona posted:Her name was Henrietta Lacks. Neither she nor her family ever gave permission to use her cells. But I believe they did give permission to the book written about her, the documentary based on the book, and the HBO movie starring Oprah about her.
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HUGE SPACEKABLOOIE posted:Hela cells are the craziest thing in the world
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Nihonniboku posted:But I believe they did give permission to the book written about her, the documentary based on the book, and the HBO movie starring Oprah about her. Yes, because they wanted people to know that scientists used her cells without her consent.
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Alhazred posted:Yes, because they wanted people to know that scientists used her cells without her consent.
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Alhazred posted:Yes, because they wanted people to know that scientists used her cells without her consent. Informed Consent didn't exist until 5 or 6 years later and it was based off of a malpractice suit. I'm not saying what happened to Lacks wasn't unethical, especially by today's standards. Lacks' story is just this story that has all the wrong and toxic things going for it - especially with her children. I don't even want to touch this because it's lose-lose. Nihonniboku posted:But I believe they did give permission to the book written about her, the documentary based on the book, and the HBO movie starring Oprah about her. That's a drama of its own: http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-blog/bal-henrietta-lacks-son-includes-oprah-hbo-complaints-20170320-story.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/claims-henrietta-lacks-controversy-far-from-over-180962185/
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Nifty behind the scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIgau9NdoQE I really hope they let Trevor Einhorn keep all of those Josh portraits.
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So I just got a notice about a "Wizards and Wands Bar Crawl" for Harry Potter fans happening soon near me. I... may have bought myself a Brakebills tee shirt and am tempted to go.
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ZorajitZorajit posted:So I just got a notice about a "Wizards and Wands Bar Crawl" for Harry Potter fans happening soon near me. I... may have bought myself a Brakebills tee shirt and am tempted to go. Official, pay for a wristband, bar crawls are almost never worth it. The bars are far more crowded than usual, it takes forever to get a drink, and unless you're getting straight liquor, wine, or beer, any cocktail you get is going to be watered down. Just go drinking on your own time.
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Nihonniboku posted:Official, pay for a wristband, bar crawls are almost never worth it. The bars are far more crowded than usual, it takes forever to get a drink, and unless you're getting straight liquor, wine, or beer, any cocktail you get is going to be watered down. Just go drinking on your own time. Well, yeah, it's be sure to be miserable. But going in-character as a Brakebills alum around a bunch of Harry Potter fangirls has a certain cachet.
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ZorajitZorajit posted:Well, yeah, it's be sure to be miserable. But going in-character as a Brakebills alum around a bunch of Harry Potter fangirls has a certain cachet. I'm not sure this would go over as well as you think.
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HUGE SPACEKABLOOIE posted:I'm not sure this would go over as well as you think. Nobody is going to know what he's doing.
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Hey, so long as he's chancing some roleplay sex with girls in school uniforms, what could go wrong.?
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EDIT: I'm not actually going to do any of that. I'm not actually that much a goon.
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