Starlight Express Hot Takes:

starlight express hot takes:

- i much prefer freight when rusty is managing both freight and passenger trains rather than greaseball pulling the coaches while rusty shunts the freight. imo it’s pretty funny seeing rusty being pulled every which way to prevent the coaches and trucks from breaking into a fight also it’s a good way of showing his abilities as a switcher, and that he actually is capable of a lot more if he’s able to manage two trains at once.

- i don’t think that i am me is that bad, i think it certainly could be better but i think it also could be worse. the chorus is the strongest part of the song for me, though i would prefer it to be faster like how it is in the bochum megamix. (i do however, fully understand how this song is basically just lip service SAYING that coaches are capable of a lot more, while we're never actually shown that in the actual show, that is a very valid criticism.)

- i think that if a production has caboose but he barely does anything, at that point just get rid of him or just don’t make him a villain. i am not tolerating teasing me with JUST the intro of wide smile and ending on “i’m on mine” or “under the smiles and under the fun, i’m public enemy number one.” at LEAST if caboose isn’t even there, i can’t be baited with one of his best songs in the show by far. (while it is a shame later versions of bochum’s caboose didn’t use the full original caboose track, he did get like 2/3 of wide smile, and was still able to taunt rusty during i was robbed, i don’t consider that as bad as say, the vegas production or later tours)

- as cool as starlight rusty is, i actually prefer it when there’s no magical transformation because at least to me, it shows that rusty was able to the win the race just as he was. the rusty little engine that looked too weak to even place, was able to win all on his own, without any divine intervention, just a pep talk from god itself. i may be misinterpreting the starlight rusty plotline, and i’m open to being wrong because i know a lot of people enjoy it very much, and probably see it in a whole different light than i do so like, if anyone wants to explain why they disagree i’m interested to hear how you see it!!!!!

- i can’t believe this would actually be considered a hot take but pearl isn't a bitch for not wanting to immediately get with rusty

- union square dance is a fun song you guys are just haters. yeah i said it.

i can't stop thinking about the lack of shade in gaza. with so many trees and buildings destroyed, there can't be very much shade. it's incredibly hot and there's very little protection from the sun and very little water. my weather app tells me the UV index reached 11 recently. it's inhumane to force people to live in such conditions.

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a list of palestinian who have reached out to me recently. please donate anything you can spare, and reblog as well. this list is made on 23/07/2024.

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now that we have more genderswapped characters, i’m essentially treating them like how i treat momma, and volta. i’ll alternate between the genders i portray them as every so often. they aren’t gonna be separate characters, they’re one in the same in everything except gender.

The White House

FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Bold Plan to Reform the Supreme Court and Ensure No President Is Above the Law | The White House

From his first day in office—and every day since then—President Biden has taken action to strengthen American democracy and protect the rule

hot off the presses

He's proposing:

No Immunity for Crimes a Former President Committed in Office

Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices

Binding Code of Conduct for the Supreme Court (enforceable conduct and ethics rules that require Justices to disclose gifts, refrain from public political activity, and recuse themselves from cases in which they or their spouses have financial or other conflicts of interest.)

The question now is, whether it'll get passed (and if it doesn't, then you can bet if Harris wins and has a Democratic Congress, she'll try again and get it passed).

You ever seen them fight? It's brutal. They can't feel pain, but they can still make each other hurt. It's some weird dominance thing they do.

Sounds like humans.