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why haven’t you been giffing (is that even a word?) the new kana scenes? hope i don’t seem rude. just curious! :)

Not rude at all, and I also use giffing and giffed. And giffer. 🙂

I’m still ready to gif Kana scenes, but I didn’t like Friday’s writing, including–or especially for the reconciliation scene at the end. It wasn’t earned and it really didn’t make sense at all, they weren’t talking like people, they were exchanging exposition as plot devices. It’s ironic I say this after praising the writing for making their motivations so clear just the other day, but it was Bad. Why did Rana bring up honesty when that wasn’t her issue with what Kate did? So that the writing could then have it flipped on her. And her answer when Kate brought up her being still so close to Zee, “he’s my husband”, as if it’s something she can’t change and it’s not up to her and that’s just the way of things, why can’t Kate understand. Psh. So even though the bit after when they made up was cute, it was so empty to me. 

Wednesday’s scenes I liked, but I now have solid work meetings that go through that block and by the time I get home and watch the eps, I’m already preparing for my primetime watching so those gifs end up falling lower on my list. If people have requests, I’ll usually end up doing those faster.

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What two things did you not like about episode 3? Oh and thank you so much for the gifs! <3

Oh, no problem.

And heh, I was fuming while watching ep 3 and taking breaks to rant at my friend, but I guess it ended okayyyy. The first thing was the hammering in of the concept that algorithms, i.e., science, are pure and unbiased whereas any programmer can tell you it’s only as unbiased as its programmer, so not unbiased at all. Even–especially learning algorithms. How can something we built based on things we’ve done not be as biased as us? And pitting it against emotions, as if they’re mutually exclusive, Allison’s brother telling her to come at the judge’s decision with emotion, as if it wasn’t straight up facts that won her the argument. But even though they didn’t spell out why algorithms aren’t perfect, at least they admitted it, so I let it go.

The other thing was when Sandra and Kate were head to head and Kate was arguing with the rules on her side and Sandra was trying to appeal to her sense of fairness. And I love rules, I’ve never liked the loose canon maverick, but why didn’t Sandra point out the government broke the rules first? Why not reframe the situation for Kate? Sandra was appealing to her sense of fairness because it’s wrong…because it broke a rule.

Why does national security trump everything and allow rules to be taken away? I wish that had been put to Kate. Or at least alluded to in the ep. 

I was just angry that the conceit of the show is all these clever people arguing cleverly but they missed two major things, or worse, actually think that way and then imparted it onto their audience. But ep 5 was pretty great so I forgave them a lot.

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What two things did you not like about episode 3? Oh and thank you so much for the gifs! <3

Oh, no problem.

And heh, I was fuming while watching ep 3 and taking breaks to rant at my friend, but I guess it ended okayyyy. The first thing was the hammering in of the concept that algorithms, i.e., science, are pure and unbiased whereas any programmer can tell you it’s only as unbiased as its programmer, so not unbiased at all. Even–especially learning algorithms. How can something we built based on things we’ve done not be as biased as us? And pitting it against emotions, as if they’re mutually exclusive, Allison’s brother telling her to come at the judge’s decision with emotion, as if it wasn’t straight up facts that won her the argument. But even though they didn’t spell out why algorithms aren’t perfect, at least they admitted it, so I let it go.

The other thing was when Sandra and Kate were head to head and Kate was arguing with the rules on her side and Sandra was trying to appeal to her sense of fairness. And I love rules, I’ve never liked the loose canon maverick, but why didn’t Sandra point out the government broke the rules first? Why not reframe the situation for Kate? Sandra was appealing to her sense of fairness because it’s wrong…because it broke a rule.

Why does national security trump everything and allow rules to be taken away? I wish that had been put to Kate. Or at least alluded to in the ep. 

I was just angry that the conceit of the show is all these clever people arguing cleverly but they missed two major things, or worse, actually think that way and then imparted it onto their audience. But ep 5 was pretty great so I forgave them a lot.

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one thing i love about kate and rana right now is that you can sympathize with the both of them which i feel is rare in a ship, never mind a couple from a soap. i think they’re doing this story really well and portraying rana’s guilt and kate’s jealousy is such a true way.

Yeah, what always impressed me about this story was that both their motivations were clear, they didn’t go for the cheap trick where if only characters communicated, their problems would already be solved. In fact, they communicated a lot, I loved their conversations around the time of the wedding “you want me to want you but you’ll still marry him”, they were just such different people at such different places, both couldn’t see any option open to them. And slowly with time and more communication they arrived at the same place (to have an affair, d’oh! Soaps, right? I just shrugged at Kate’s inability to just wait it out). 

Which is why I was pissed at that two month period post Luke’s death where nothing made sense. But it seems they’re back in the same place they were before, where they both see the problem so clearly from their own point of view and can’t understand why the other can’t get it. And both sides are sympathetic!

Of course it’s weird for Kate to see Rana so much with Zee, but to Rana, she’s already given up everything to be with Kate, she can’t understand why there would even be any doubt. And then Rana is still mourning and missing her family, but to Kate, these are the people who tried to hurt her and no longer deserve her, if they loved Rana they wouldn’t have done what they did, it’s all so clear to her. This is the kind of internal conflict I can get, where the problem isn’t them being nasty to each other but simply unable to understand because of their wildly different perspectives. 

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one thing i love about kate and rana right now is that you can sympathize with the both of them which i feel is rare in a ship, never mind a couple from a soap. i think they’re doing this story really well and portraying rana’s guilt and kate’s jealousy is such a true way.

Yeah, what always impressed me about this story was that both their motivations were clear, they didn’t go for the cheap trick where if only characters communicated, their problems would already be solved. In fact, they communicated a lot, I loved their conversations around the time of the wedding “you want me to want you but you’ll still marry him”, they were just such different people at such different places, both couldn’t see any option open to them. And slowly with time and more communication they arrived at the same place (to have an affair, d’oh! Soaps, right? I just shrugged at Kate’s inability to just wait it out). 

Which is why I was pissed at that two month period post Luke’s death where nothing made sense. But it seems they’re back in the same place they were before, where they both see the problem so clearly from their own point of view and can’t understand why the other can’t get it. And both sides are sympathetic!

Of course it’s weird for Kate to see Rana so much with Zee, but to Rana, she’s already given up everything to be with Kate, she can’t understand why there would even be any doubt. And then Rana is still mourning and missing her family, but to Kate, these are the people who tried to hurt her and no longer deserve her, if they loved Rana they wouldn’t have done what they did, it’s all so clear to her. This is the kind of internal conflict I can get, where the problem isn’t them being nasty to each other but simply unable to understand because of their wildly different perspectives. 

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Hey what program do you use to make your gifs? I wanna make nice gifs like you…mine always look crummy lol

Aw, thanks for saying they’re nice. ^_^ I just use an old version of Photoshop CS5 Extended. I’d say that what contributes most to the quality is the source, and then the level of compression you save it at, i.e., using the full 256 colors. Plus, playing with curves to brighten the brights and darken the darks helps hide a lot of imperfections. Some people also sharpen each frame, but I usually don’t

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Hey what program do you use to make your gifs? I wanna make nice gifs like you…mine always look crummy lol

Aw, thanks for saying they’re nice. ^_^ I just use an old version of Photoshop CS5 Extended. I’d say that what contributes most to the quality is the source, and then the level of compression you save it at, i.e., using the full 256 colors. Plus, playing with curves to brighten the brights and darken the darks helps hide a lot of imperfections. Some people also sharpen each frame, but I usually don’t

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I recently watched a playlist of all of Kate’s scenes since she was introduced and had a few thoughts: a) her hair was fab, b) she’s always been a snark with a heart of gold, c) I love how much the Connors adore her, and d) I honestly do not understand how Aidan is supposed to be a ladies’ man (I mean, his much hotter and nicer sister was right there, ladies, make a better choice!)

a) I know, I loved it! I miss it, but I associate it so strongly with the “young” version of her (even though it was only a couple of years ago).

b) Aye, I love nice people, and because of her role she never got into the very scandalous storylines, her current affair with Rana the worst thing she’s done. Both Kate and Rana are actually incredibly lovely people, relatively, as soap characters, and I love being able to ship them so wholeheartedly.

c) Yeah! That is definitely a thing I’ve noticed and loved about her, how much all the Connors adore and baby her, even when she does something bratty, they just roll their eyes affectionately and are back to normal within a few eps. 

d) Ah, hah, I remember thinking the same, and sometimes I hate him a lot, but he can be very decent away from the affair and harping on the factory. Given the usual male-female imbalance on Corrie, where the women are on average far more attractive, smarter, funnier, and genuinely better than the men, he’s all right for a Corrie dude.