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#1623124
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Flickering Swords: A Strange Star Wars AU Fanfic
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Wannabe Scholar said:

Save that pity bullshit for the dumb fucks who attack other fans and their legitimate arguments by calling them “haters” and gaslighting them.

I’m not a fan of that clique. So-called SJWs and anti-SJWs are two sides of the same toxic coin to me (though the latter are much worse, if only because they’re far more vocal).

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#1620845
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What is your personal Star Trek canon?
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  • Spock was conceived through genetic engineering, not copulation.
  • Religion is alive and well in the 23rd & 24th centuries. In fact, it’s in better condition than ever before; divorced from the state, in open dialogue with science and philosophy, dogmatism and fundamentalism have died through attrition. Pluralism and syncretism are the rule, not the exception. Likewise, New Atheism is a rare animal; atheism still exists, but nontheists and theists are able to dialogue in good faith, without toxicity.
  • OG Borg were completely alien; there were no human-type Borg until El-Aurians, and later the Romulans, were assimilated into the Collective.
  • There was no Borg Queen (or Borg King, or Borg Sovereign of any kind) prior to the events of “I, Borg”. Picard & co’s attempt to introduce the concept of individuality to the Collective had an effect, but not the one they were hoping for.
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#1618900
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The Unpopular Film, TV, Music, Art, Books, Comics, Games, & Technology Opinion Thread (for all you contrarians!)
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The majority of modern comic reprints are dogshit. Even when they’re using “accurate” colours, they’re just slapping those colours onto glossy white paper, which those colours weren’t meant for. Also, the scans they use of the actual lineart are often atrocious, ruining the original inking.

Here’s one example from a more modern comic, Batman #505. First page is from a scanned copy of the original issue, the second’s from one of the Knightfall trade paperbacks published last decade:


Comic reprints should be handled the same way proper film restorations are: copies of the original issues scanned at high resolution, with colour correction applied to compensate for any faded inks/paper discolouration that come with age.

Here’s a video interview of comics colourist José Villarrubia, who provides more and better examples of what I’m talking about on his social media:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6naEdQxTeI