Some pictures

[cornerofmadness]

and some fannish ramblings but first the pictures

My 'yellow' peppers. I got a yellow cultivar at the heirloom sale. However someone must have had the tag in the wrong seedlings. Thanks for the green, weird shaped peppers.


Mama and her twins


The necklace in question


So fannish things, let me talk about two of the shows I binged last week

Wednesday: I did really enjoy it. While I agree with Oretga that Wednesday didn't need to be in a love triangle I wasn't sure she needed to take a hard core stance against it for S2 (seeing as Tyler shouldn't be part of the equation). And I'm not entirely sure it qualified as a love triangle since Wednesday didn't seem invested in him or Xavier for that matter.

So let me ask you this, do you call it a love triangle if it's one sided (I'm coming across that term a lot lately but it's been a one sided thing)

I can see some of the complaints about the race issues with Wednesday. All the CoC are morally gray and while I had never thought much about Black women being depicted as seductresses but with that in mind I can see why some were uneasy with Miranda. My issue with her was more how does she go from a stone cold bitch to being at least frenemies with Wednesday. They had one talk and suddenly they're cool? Felt unearned.

And speaking of unearned, I keep going back to Xavier's rant at Wednesday and he wasn't wrong. She offered up no inroads to friendship. She's outrightly rude to most of them. I wish there had been a little less hostility on her part.


Lockwood & Co - I did enjoy this with a few caveats. The show Lucy was a lot more...nervous than the book version in so far as I remember back 5 years to when I read book one. I'm not sure why they changed George's surname (not that it matters much). Lockwood seemed a tad more dickish than the book. I think they tried to compress about three books into one. That said, it was different. It was enjoyable and I'm sorry it didn't get a second season.

So what shows are you looking forward to this fall? I'm not sure I have much of anything I'm excited about. Right now Dark Winds is starting and so far it's not bad.

Comments

[under_the_silk_tree]

Awww the deer family is so cute.

Those are some misshapen peppers. But they will taste just as good!

Lovely necklace.

I have only read the first two books in the Lockwood series, but I also enjoyed the tv show and am super bummed that it will not continue. I don't really trust Netflix anymore when it comes to show renewal.

[spiffikins]

Now that I have dropped cable and am streaming all my shows, I have no idea what is "new" or just "new to me" - I just finished season one of Harrow - and it was great! Part forensic procedural, part murder mystery - I really enjoyed it. There are 3 seasons, and apparently it started in 2018 - so it's not new, and there is some question as to whether there will be a fourth season - but if you haven't watched it, I recommend checking it out!

I'm watching it on the CW free streaming app on my roku.

[angelofthenorth]

My green peppers usually ripen further to yellow...

[cornerofmadness]

that's what I hoped for but they were starting to go bad so I figured yellow wasn't in their future

[cornerofmadness]

thanks. That's definitely something I'd like but I'm back to no streaming speeds next week (I get 6 mps at my place)

[cornerofmadness]

I don't evenlike green peppers much but in fajitas they're fine so I sliced them up and popped them in the freezer til then.

Thanks

Also yeah I hear you on Netflix. It's getting as bad as CW and Fox when it comes to canceling. I just realized I never reviewed book 4 for Lockwood and I need to get the last book

[ljm]

Aww, I love the photo of the baby deer!

[suzume]

I'm definitely looking forward to the premiere of Star Trek: Lower Deck in September! That show never fails to make me laugh.

[cornerofmadness]

I wish I had time for that show when I was at my brother's

[cornerofmadness]

they're cuties

[dewladen]

Those pepper shapes have so much character haha!

[cornerofmadness]

they are so funky

[suzume]

Did he only have Netflix? Or did he also have Paramount+? Because Lower Decks is only on Paramount+ anyway.

[cornerofmadness]

You know, I think he did but I only asked about netflix and prime video

[suzume]

I mean, if he's half the Star Trek fan you are, I would've supposed, but you never know...

[cornerofmadness]

sadly he is not

[suzume]

Bust!