At the abortion rally

[George K]

@Mik said in At the abortion rally:

Who be that?

https://expanse.fandom.com/wiki/Chrisjen_Avasarala_(TV)

Link to video

Also, best Avasarala line?

"Everyone gets a blowjob and a pony."

[Mik]

Ahhhh yes.

[Aqua Letifer]

@George-K said in At the abortion rally:

@kluurs said in At the abortion rally:

Perhaps a write-in campaign -

In a heartbeat.

The way things are going, I think we need Amos.

[Renauda]

Amos?

[Aqua Letifer]

@Renauda said in At the abortion rally:

Amos?

Yeah, from The Expanse.

[Renauda]

I’ll have to look that up on WiKi. I know it’s a tv show. Beyond I have no idea.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Renauda said in At the abortion rally:

I’ll have to look that up on WiKi. I know it’s a tv show. Beyond I have no idea.

TV show based on a book series, yeah.

[taiwan_girl]

@kluurs said in At the abortion rally:

right now we have two candidates for the office that push the boundaries beyond imagination.

Yeah, quite sad that the most powerful nation on earth is electing the most powerful person to lead it, and we cannot come up with anything better than the two current front candidates.

[Renauda]

@Aqua-Letifer said in At the abortion rally:

@Renauda said in At the abortion rally:

I’ll have to look that up on WiKi. I know it’s a tv show. Beyond I have no idea.

TV show based on a book series, yeah.

Not a fan of sci-fi fiction so I wouldn’t know. TV series sounds sort of interesting. From what I could tell that Amos character is something of a wrecking ball.

[LuFins Dad]

Still pissed M&M’s didn’t let me name the boy Amos. James Holden almost made it through, but Luke gave it away…

[Aqua Letifer]

@Renauda said in At the abortion rally:

@Aqua-Letifer said in At the abortion rally:

@Renauda said in At the abortion rally:

I’ll have to look that up on WiKi. I know it’s a tv show. Beyond I have no idea.

TV show based on a book series, yeah.

Not a fan of sci-fi fiction so I wouldn’t know. TV series sounds sort of interesting. From what I could tell that Amos character is something of a wrecking ball.

It's interesting in terms of timeline. The series takes place during the in-between period, from today, to Asimov and Heinlein's "colonizing other worlds" stories. We just barely started with Mars and the asteroid belt in The Expanse.

Amos is basically pure chaotic neutral. And he's from Baltimore, which in the story is a kind of gangland Venice.

Baltimore has fully embraced the character, too, by the way. You see Amos bumper stickers and those saying "Baltimore: you get used to it" all over the place.

[George K]

Also, the story is much about geopolitics (if that's the proper word).

Earth has become a stagnant, deteriorating place. Luna is its only outpost.

Mars, still in the process of terraforming, is an upstart, somewhat militaristic, society. Aspiring to become what Earth once was, in another couple of hundred years.

Finally, there is "The Belt." The collection of hollowed-out asteroids. The "Belters" see themselves as being exploited by "The Inners" - Earth and Mars - for the resources that the Belt has.

So, there's a lot of competition going on...and then, something weird happens to upset the tenuous balance of power.

It's by far the most scientifically-accurate sci-fi I've ever seen. No "warp drive," no artificial gravity, and transit between places can take a long long time.

The first three episodes don't "suck you in," but they raise enough questions about what, exactly, is going on. Then, once you get it...you're hooked.

Amos is probably the most moral character - or at least the most un-conflicted.