Unprovoked Assaults

I'll try to keep this brief(ish) because I'm supposed to be writing up some IDFC right now. There's only so many hours in any given day I can spend on Star Trek before I lose my job and/or my (very patient and understanding) partner.

That said, I did want to offer a little push-back against a tweet thread sent to me by a friend, which takes Star Trek Discovery to task for its racial and international politics. There's not really any way to talk about this without spoilers, so I'm going to put the rest of this post below the fold.

Infinite Diversity, Finite Combinations 4.1.8

Another Thursday, another IDFC article. This time I'm taking a look at "The Passenger", a story with the dubious distinction of having held the title of "Worst DS9 episode EVER" for precisely one week.

Two Weeks

It's been two weeks since the boiler broke
I grabbed my phone and I called it in that morning.
Ten days since the landlord called
Said "I'll send a crew to help with no more stalling."
Four days since I chased this up
Found out he'd done fuck all because he's lazy.
Yesterday, his wife sent him round
And said "I can't fix that myself, I am so sorry."

Infinite Diversity, Finite Combinations 3.1.8

This week on IDFC, Captain Picard gets both a headache and his old ship back. It's time to re-fight... "The Battle"!

The Great Devourer: Extra Hungry

Since I spent some time on Saturday shooing the merciless monsters of the Tyranid Hive Fleets toward an ever-shrinking knot of delicious Space Wolves, I thought it might be time to get some photos of the entirety of the army. It's been a while since I last had them on here, and the horde was both rather smaller back then, and photographed on a far less impressive surface.

Plus, this time round F was kind enough to take the photos for me, which means that as well as being bigger, the army looks a lot less like shit this time! I mean, it still looks pretty ropy in places, but that's no longer the camera's fault. Anything you hate here can now be entirely blamed on my modelling and painting skills.

Infinite Diversity, Finite Combinations 2.1.8

Another animated episode this week, with all the delirious, defiant weirdness that implies when TAS is at its best.

A Dream Of Peace

Slightly delayed by life and Star Trek, but my piece on the finale of Game of Thrones season 7 is now up.

House Of Penance Podcast

A bit of a return to an old standard here as I briefly dip back into the deep, silty waters of comic book podcasting. I'm joined this time by James Murphy, he of many strong fingers in many delicious pies, as we talk about House of Penance, my favourite comic of 2016, and an absolute high point in comic book horror.

Infinite Diversity, Finite Combinations 1.1.8

After a few months off to write up Game of Thrones (and I've almost finished putting together my essay on the finale), IDFC returns with a look at "Miri".