Waverider

It says in one episode the Waverider has 36 compartments.

That includes the bridge, possibly Rip's office off the bridge, the engine room, the library, individual cabins, a kitchen before and a big kitchen dining room now, the med bay, the room with the fabric fabricator, the bit around the exit door, and the secret compartment. ETA: And the cell Rip said wasn't for long term. /eta. Plus corridors, and who knows how Gideon counts those.

Which leaves you to wonder, why do they practice fight right next to the exit doors?

They built a huge great library, why is there no designated fighting area?

Also, it means every time Len was lounging around on the floor in a doorway or at the end of the stairs, he was doing so in preference to... all of that.

... the man is a pain in the arse cat.



I know the our universe reason is they hadn't built the sets, but it do leave some character consequences if it's actually pretty big in there.



Also they can plausibly pull anything out of storage if there's that much of it.

Mick being thick

Been thinking
In season one where they introduce Mick we get the lines in 1-03

"You're not nearly as thick as most people say."

Mick: "Thick... does that mean stupid?"

And the obvious joke is Mick's so stupid he has to check he's being called stupid
which is ablist and annoying
and probably what's intended

But I see a lot of photos on tumblr tagged variant spellings on thick
and they're people roughly Mick's build


seems like he's being polite to check exactly how he's being insulted




plus of course the difference in public and private behaviour when he's annoyed contrasts the near literal scenery chewing while he's being arrested with a perfectly rational conversation with Len, even if the topic of said rational conversation is if they're going to kill and or beat crap out of each other

easiest read is he knows full well how he's perceived
and plays up to it
as part of a double act contrasting with Len

... everyone knows Len's the brains, and Mick's the volatile one. gives both of them cover in different situations, to do something smart while the other has the focus.



... sometimes I think the writers forget he has previously demonstrated skills, but that's a whole other problem, and depressing when you try and fit it in a Watsonian frame after all the damage Mick's been through.



Also, I have to say, nothing wrong with being thick in either way. Judgey people still competing for A grades long after relevance can miss that.

Belated Birthday and Rogue One

Today my mum and my brother could visit
so we ate birthday cake that is Free From everything one of us can't eat
and I got an extra card and shiny present

and then me and brother watched a movie

Rogue One

... I realise everyone else has watched it but I heard it would make me cry
and indeed it did a bit
like it's brilliant, but, that's... that's a difficult ending.

I'm all for hope
but
ow.

Chirrut and Baze are indeed excellent
and I liked Jyn
though it's weird having like five women in that sea of men

since when does any room look like that?


But it was very boom and argh and wow.



... also my brother has a near magical ability to make maximum mess
so we paused a couple times to deal with messes
and the paper tablecloth did its job
but now I can't get a replacement the same colors
until xmas goes gold again.

turns out table is wobbly enough that really enthusiastic writing can spill drinks.
might want to poke it and see if I can fix that.
or it might be a design flaw.



I suspect I shall be visiting Ao3 for fixit fic or happily ever after AUs.

That is a very intense movie.