flimflamjimijam.bsky.social
@flimflamjimijam.bsky.social
all about the snark, less so about critiques and judgements
what is “those who don’t learn from history are destined to repeat it” anything but hubris? we may be able to see the paths ahead, but fate doesn’t just keep us on the straight and narrow.

thank for you coming to my ted talk against the categorization of cautionary tales.
September 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
it was so campy, i loved it. what were people expecting? game of thrones willow version??

like, they didn’t use the name “chauncey mcsleazoid” because they couldn’t come up with anything else 😂
June 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
so wild, i put on an episode last night and really don’t know what the people who loved the movie hated about it? even though i love it outside of the movie, it seems like a very faithful spiritual successor of 80s-dom.
June 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
acolyte, kenobi, mandalorian
May 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
do we have to be perfect to fulfill our fate? are my choices going to lead me to fulfillment, or am i going to be guided there? the perfectly logical and rational person will be rewarded by suffering, the intuitive and flawed will be saved. thinking of jon snow and the battle of the bastards.
May 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
so the next time you watch the skywalker saga, chop it up a bit, throw yourself off kilter, and dive into the layers of the story in a way that actually fits together pretty marvellously.

(this does work for first time viewers)
May 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
UP IN THE AIR. oh shit, luke and anakin both lost a hand. OH SHIT. LUKE IS WEARING BLACK JUST LIKE ANAKIN SHITSHITSHIT. and while all viewing orders end on 9, this is just such a satisfying way to conclude the journey. you’ve done all of the work, now it’s time to go on a ride.
May 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
satisfying antagonist to end the saga on. and we didn’t have some choppy fucking palpatine exposure by going OT, PT, ST, we get all of the major palpatine story points in a god damn row. also, our parallels between the protagonists are so much richer this way. all of the parallels between them are
May 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
character we need to know, we understand all the main conflicts that our protagonists will be facing, and we also get to see the progression of these things in order, one after another. by watching it this way, one is forced to admit that not only does palpatine returning make sense, it’s the only
May 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM