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I don't think they were wrong to ask if their kids were okay with it. I think they were wrong to ask them in a group setting like that. Tommy and Trevor should have each sat down with their own family and explained the situation to them. And then maybe Melody could have expressed her doubts - I'm not saying that Trevor should have let her veto the relationship, but he could at least have considered her feelings on the matter. (If your kid isn't happy with something, you need to listen to them and try and understand why) But putting Melody on the spot like that, even ignoring the 'bad seed' trope, after everybody else has said "Yay" to the relationship, how is a kid, even with legit doubts, going to feel able to speak their mind.

I remember a Roddenberry quote from when TNG was starting, about how it wasn't that there was no cure for baldness by the 24th century, it was that by the 24th century, nobody cared whether people were bald or not. Vadik speaking to her 'boss'. Guess that gives a new meaning to 'talk to the hand'.

I didn't really get a 'Wesley is really afraid of his wife' vibe. It seemed more like the running gag that Lopez can be scary. Like the conversation between Lucy and Tim one time. Tim making a comment about disliking lawyers. Lucy "We like Wesley, don't we?" TIm "We tolerate Wesley because we fear Lopez" I don't think anybody was expected to take it as real fear, either then or now.

Nitpick, it's Captain Jellico, not Jerico.

I'm pretty sure that the 'no moving a victim' rule doesn't apply when they'd be in more danger if left where they were.

Question for anyone who has cancelled Netflix or any other streaming service and then gone back to it. Does your history and 'mylist' get deleted as well or would they be still there when you went back to it? I'm in the middle of an analysis of my streaming services to see if there's any that I don't use enough to keep paying for, and would be worth dropping, at least temporarily, but I just wonder whether I'd be able to pick up where I left off if something really good showed up.

Am I the only one who googled 'sink puppies' after this episode? I have to admit that I'm liking this show a lot more than I expected to. It's not exactly mentally taxing and I like that the characters all seem to be getting on fairly well together. Still prefer the original show, but it's not as far apart as I thought it would be.

But only if that disease is Ruleritis. 😉

And that was all Bashir's fault 😉

I'm leaning towards Jack not being Beverly's biological son. Either that or it's a similar situation to Deanna in 'The Child'. (and I expect to be completely wrong on both counts!)

Sorry, I didn’t realise that there was a cut off point for changing your mind prior to a wedding.

Getting cold feet and wanting to call off the wedding on his wedding day was bad, but better than going through with something he wasn't committed to. However, making Anya be the one to tell everybody was an epic dickish move.

I went to see the movie, expecting to be bored out of my mind until the iceberg showed up - I was more interested in the disaster element than the 'romance'. I did actually find the first half more entertaining than I'd expected, but it was in spite of the romance and certainly not because of it. (mid 20s when it came out, if that makes a difference!)

I actually laughed out loud when Catherine got to the ground floor and discovered that Mikel had pulled a fast one and escaped. Honestly though, why didn't he just make her disappear when she showed up in his country? You can't tell me he wouldn't have had the connections to make it happen.

Lwaxana Troi wasn't human though, so her age relative to Beverly's doesn't prove anything in respect of Beverly's ability to get pregnant.

Maybe she found another candle? 😈

Just finished 'In defence of witches - why women are still on trial' by Mona Chollet. It's a comparison of how the injustices of the witch hunts of old is reflected in present day misogyny. It is accurate and infuriating, and afterwards I needed a palate cleanser to soothe my inner feminist, so I'm currently reading 'Queen Victoria, demon hunter' by A.E. Moorat, where women at least get to fight back.

The first one I remember seeing in the cinema was Monty Pythons Life of Brian. It was about 20 years after it had originally been realised but it had previously been banned so this was the first time it was being shown here. I was actually not quite 18 but IIRC, I don't think they were making too much of a fuss about checking IDs.

Oh that's quite a good show. Yes, a bit depressing in places, but well worth watching.

My guess is that there'll be a plea agreement before it gets to trial.

Not really surprised. I knew that when they were having cast members skip episodes it was a bad sign. Just hope that they're able to get Hetty back for the finale.

Go for it! I always thought that the hardest part of writing original fic would be finding somewhere to post it, but there's a lot of sites around that issue regular prompts and have writing courses and competitions. Good luck with it!

Did my ears deceive me or did they play a smidge of the Titanic theme when Arkady looked as if he was about to chuck the necklace?

Hand sanitizer can also be used to clean white-boards, especially if the markings have been there for a while. Just splash it on and wipe down with paper towels.