The 4th Long COVID International Conference just concluded in Nice, France.
These findings are from conference abstracts, many awaiting full publication, peer review, and independent replication.
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alicent fruitlessly trying to break free of her bonds mirrors rhaenyra's useless efforts to be a good&stable queen. which mirrors aegons fruitless attempts to be a better man. it's too late for all of them, cyles of violence & grief, etc etc. Hotd is a uniquely bleak show.
then what's the fucking point? alicent as a character has never been defined by her relationships with her children. she's defined by the repression of wants, denied personhood, and knowledge of herself. so when (if) she gets that, that will be the moment of self-actualization.
if u catch me standing next to meg thee stallion and i don't have this exact huge cheesy grin on my face the whole time then girl i have been killed and replaced, run
@jknowassup Yes!! I felt the same with Standish. We had a nice setup to forward her arc and have answers on the mystery surrounding her, Partner and Lamb and then not a lot more.. Sometimes I feel like slow horses is best binged cuz leaving characters hanging during seasons is not uncommon
@theweirdinggay Oliviaâs take is on point because idiots love to dunk on adaptations for not being « respectful of the source material » but TLOU show was supposedly the most faithful they could make to the game, with cutscenes redone shot for shot and it did not stop harassment toward the cast
I love HotD, and I will never regret loving HotD, but holy hell I hope these actors see out season 4, then run and never look back. The online HOTD community is 15% actual fandom, and 85% mass psychosis event by parasocial, infantilising losers who *want* to be miserable.