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[olivermoss]

* Some utter POS has stolen the Unipiper's unicycle. That is so messed up. That should only happen in a TV show making fun of Portland, not real life. For those unaware, he is a Portland fixture. He rides a unicycle around and plays the bagpipes, usually dressed as Darth Vader. He's been going random viral for over a decade, so even if you haven't heard the name you may recognize him.

* Nancy Drew actually got renewed! I wasn't expecting that. I don't know for sure because I don't follow this fandom that closely, but a lot of people said if they got renewed there would be a 2-3 year time jump to skip Covid and also resolve a lot of weirdness with the plotline, let it be a touch more grounded. CW renewed 7 shows and has a premiere date for Tom Swift, so I guess the network is still plugging along the same path despite their recent trouble and not making money.

* I've got a migraine. I woke up yesterday and then wound up taking a five hour nap. I skipped training raids because that would have been a horrible idea. I wound up getting into voice chat to just say hi, and it's possible I then fell asleep still in voice chat and was still connected this morning.

I am a much better today, but am not going to be doing much.

Comments

[rekishi]

The only thing about Nancy Drew I care about anymore is that the dads realize they're made for each other, which will sadly not happen but would be the saving grace.

Migraines suck :(

[olivermoss]

Ryan Hudson is the character I care most about. I love the Dads.

I like Nancy, but the Nance romance is a mess. It's peak 'we don't need to build towards this, just signal that it's endgame and everyone will get invested'. Ace's character has interesting backstory, but he just falls so flat as a character to me.

[rekishi]

Yeah, I was extremely confused where Nancy/Ace was suddenly coming from, there was no buildup no nothing just suddenly.......and then wut.

Just give the dads a grand old gay romance. They even have a kid together! They're already cohabitating and pretty much acting married. Just let them and we can have at least that.

I knew nothing about Nancy Drew but a general "girl detective" idea so pretty much everything about the show surprised me, especially the supernatural element.

[olivermoss]

Nance also seemed to come from nowhere to me. I was confused by all the fans pulling for it early on. But, I don't watch enough mainstream TV and forgot how het romances work in most media. Build up is irrelevant. In fact, build up, having any vibe or flavor to the relationship at all, can make it less popular because people don't get to project on it as much. These build-up-less relationships are blank screens for audience projection.

The Dads would make the best couple. Sadly, it will never happen.

[rekishi]

Your analysis is sadly spot on.

I'm not invested enough in this canon to write fic for the Dads. Last time I checked there wasn't much as if fandom hadn't found it yet. I wonder if slash fand don't watch it.

[muccamukk]

When's the Tom Swift premiere? I missed that announcement.

Victoria used to have Darth Fiddler, but I haven't seen him in a few years. He didn't ride a unicycle though.

I hope your migraine gets better.

[olivermoss]

Looks like May 31st for the Tom Swift pilot.

I feel like the CW news kinda flew under the radar, which is surprising since it was possible none of their shows were going to come back.

[mistressofmuses]

That is super shitty that someone would do that. Stealing from anyone is shitty, but ugh.

I was surprised to hear that CW was renewing a fair number of things! Guess they are plugging along!

Ugh, migraines are awful. And they tend to be exhausting for quite awhile after. Hope it stays gone.

[olivermoss]

That unicycle is like a sacred object to our people!

Yeah, the CW does exist for now. It'll be interesting to see how things pan out. I do hope they time jump a bit and try to reset Nancy Drew a bit.

I am better today, but I am also not doing much. I'm in that weird 'I feel fine if I don't try to do things' space.

[mistressofmuses]

Right? That's so extra shitty!

It will be interesting to see how they wind up handling everything. I didn't watch any of Nancy Drew, but it seems like a time jump would be the best way to kind of deal with... the events of the world, and all.

I hope you've continued feeling better!

[badfalcon]

Nancy Drew is another show I need to catch up on. I'm somewhere mid S2 I think. Admittedly, I only watch it because of Riley, but I am super pleased that its been renewed :D

[olivermoss]

I'm surprised it was, but glad. I hope they do the time skip to ground/reset some of the relationships and other aspects of the show. But it's the CW so we'll have to see what happens.