A cryptek’s sanctum is the closest thing to home, a sacred abode, their secret. Trazyn receives a little night invitation to Orikan’s. A warm and indulgent glimpse into a lovers’ tryst, as well as the homes they have to offer.
The second part has finally been updated! Be warned that this chapter is twice as long as the first, as well as extremely NSFW 😳 Fic rating has been changed to reflect this.
im sorry was anybody going to tell me that the future uk prime minister was running against elmo or did i have to find that out on the night
The guy in the big hat is, I believe, Nick The Amazing Flying Brick: he’s there on behalf of The Official Monster Raving Loony Party, and his intent is to remind us it’s all a bit silly.
The guy in the Elmo suit is activist Bobby Smith, who is running officially as an independent but unofficially as the only member of the “Give Me Back Elmo Party”. Elmo, I believe, is a pseudonym he uses to refer to his two daughters, as the Court has ordered they not be named publicly for their own protection. Smith had his visitation rights to his children stripped by a family court after his divorce, but due to the secrecy under which Family Court in the UK operates, all the details of the decision are not particularly public. Smith used to be associated with both Fathers 4 Justice & New Fathers 4 Justice, who used to stage political protests whilst wearing superhero costumes to raise awareness of “the unfair way fathers were treated during divorce proceedings by the family courts”. Whilst there are reasonable criticisms to be made of the strict secrecy under which some family court decisions are made, Smith up there likes to show up to protests to harass female politicians whilst wearing a T-Shirt proclaiming “this is what a victim of feminism looks like”, so you can make up your own mind about what kind of dick-head he is. It certainly sheds some light on why his wife divorced him, to my mind.
im sorry was anybody going to tell me that uk prime minister kier starmer’s political rival elmo is an anti feminist or did i have to find that out on the night
getting a new pm is so funny in the uk because the old one has to hand their resignation TO THE MONARCH and THEN has to move house on the same day, after probably barely sleeping the night before. while every films you waiting for you to break.
this is about david tennant telling a transphobic politician to “shut up” btw:
Nah, shutting up transphobes and homophobes it’s always the right thing to do.
For the millionth time the freedom of speech protects you from the GOVERNMENT not the DAVID TENNANT
He’s a citizen criticising a politician also. That’s the direction that freedom of speech is supposed to protect.
Granted him being a celebrity means that many people think he’s no longer a citizen, but the fact remains that celebrities aren’t government.
Like I know this is a bit of a circus because people get to defend their pet celebrity on social media and it’s all very distracting and sparkly, and it feels like a chance to be witty and look at David Tennant. It’s presented in a very online storm-in-a-teacup way. Everyone knows the Tories are faithless and everyone’s used to social media being nasty and there are pictures of David Tennant to spice it up. It’s something to distract nerds with, and it doesn’t take much.
But don’t get distracted from the fact that the prime minister of a nation, leader of the nation’s government, is publicly claiming that a private citizen of the nation criticising a member of that government is a violation of freedom of speech. Even if Tennant wasn’t someone whose face you like, it would still be absolutely shocking for the leader of a nation to call for his shame on public like that. It should be shocking. And the inversion of the idea that “people have the right to criticise the government” into “the government has the right, and indeed the duty, to retaliate against citizens for criticising it” should be something you can instantly spot and point out. Don’t look at the magic trick - look at the person’s hands. Don’t look at the celebrity - look at the behavior.
That’s the political sleight-of-hand that’s worth engaging with here. Especially since if anyone “wins” in the resulting court of popular opinion, it will likely be Tennant, and it will likely be attributed to his nerd-popularity. Notice and name the behavior instead. That will be perennial, sometimes associated with less beloved figures, and a good piece of critical thinking to practice.
