Mariah McCourt

Russell's Jack Burton on Big Trouble in Little China fits that, too.

The worst part is that this should sound hyperbolic but it's actually not.

(sorry for typos, i was walking/jogging while watching and oops, not the best for typing)

Plus, it's very easily showing that what things AI MIGHT be helpful for, the tech simply isn't there yet. And it would still need human beings to oversee it. In terms of showing through story why this tech doesn't work, it's doing really well so far.

They've handled their AI in medical use very well, starting my showing what it could POTENTIALLY be useful for but in fact isn't. You can't medically treat human beings without other human beings. The issue is resources, overwork of docs, and for profit driven meds. AI doesn't solve that.

The Pitt is making probably the best ant-AI storyline right now. I know they were forced to make their ICE storyline more "balance" which is ass.

It's one of those painful laugh cringe watches because YEP. And also no one should be as hot as her in those outfits and yet.

QRP with something watery 💧

It's a real testament to her observation of human nature that they're still so relevant.

Cover concept of The Queen of Smokey Mountain, showing the main character standing in a slim while wearing a fancy dress and high-heeled boots with red soles

Cover concept for TQOSM showing the main character looking in a mirror at a fancy salon while another girl and a man look at her

Three panels of a comic showing two girls in school uniforms talking in the rain. One is covered in mud. What was that? Were you talking to them? Mercy. I.. If I tell you a secret will you promise not to tell anyone, not even Teddy Baby? That's what a secret means, isn't it?

The same two girls now looking at dragonflies that are flying around them Renata? What are you doing? Renny? You're doing this? How? Shhhh. They're my friends. They help me when i need it, just like you.

I have two more new scenes to write and one to revise in my latest edit of my GN script. It’s going add about ten pages, I think, which is fine. I would love so much to see The Queen of Smokey Mountain fully realized. Look at Amanda Castillo’s art!

Queen Charlotte and Lady Danbury cackling is a whole ass mood.

Awwww. Eloise and Hyacinth having a sisterly moment about loss, intimacy, and getting to know yourself is quite lovely.

YES MRS MONDRICH GO OFF. Ok, clearly not done with Bridgerton posting. THAT BATH SCENE OMG. Yerrin Ha is just amazing. Anyway, on the Mondrich's, they're not in the books at all I don't think and I LOVE THEM. Great addition and important to bridging the class issues.

MONDRICH SORRY.

I was happy to see this couple given more of a role in the series (or any role, i don't think they were in the books at all) and man they have been great. This society needed people who were not upper class to bridge it.

Oh, wait, Cressida was in Wales! Ok, that's good. NOW WHAT ABOUT IRELAND AND CORNWALL.

YEAH. I'm going to have to look into it more but it's something like 10 or so and it's gross af.

Also in a weird coincidence, several states are trying to bring those back. Which is vile.

It's one reason I think that they're working towards queerness also being accepted in the story universe. Or I hope so! Obviously they're working toward a queer romance but acceptance socially is another thing.

Probably! I haven't studied it enough, but I wouldn't be surprised.

Ok, one more Bridgerton thing tonight (probably!) I love how they've featured characters with visible disabilities more and more. People act like no one disabled ever existed before now and it's 1. not true and a-historical af 2. normalizing disability is a very good thing.

And I think she knew her view was limited to her experiences. And like you say, she wasn't trying to write historical tomes! They were, in many ways, in-jokes about society.

I will also say they've handled Francesca's arc here very, very, very well.

One thing I would like Bridgerton to do, especially now that we've officially acknowledged Scotland, is also Ireland and Wales.

Yeah, every season has obviously beautiful lighting and a lot of thought goes into shots, but something about S4 is particularly striking me as painterly.

Yeah, and also that Heyer further romanticized it and people took that as "historically accurate for everyone" when it was not. What's also wild is that Austen was super critical of her own era. Just with humor.

For whatever reason, people tend to idealize the Regency era a lot even though it was hella problematic. Bridgerton has done some interesting things there by picking and choosing which ones to keep and which to toss.

On the one hand, breaking up the centuries of British aristocratic rule and wealth wasn't a bad thing. That system had a lot of problems. But Industrialization caused its own, Robber Barons, still huge divides beneath wealth & poverty, awful working conditions, etc.

The Regency is an interesting period because it's just before the changes that Industrialization would create, with wealth & livings being made not through generations of land ownership, but industries. This upended the class system eventually, and changed the distribution of wealth.

Each season of Bridgerton has dealt with hurdles to love, but S4 is the most intense because of the class distinctions and issue of "illegitimacy". Things that the British class sytem really, really, REALLY cared about.