1. Darth Vader personally goes to the Tantive IV, which is covered in spaceship, to oversee the operation
2. Darth Vader personally goes to Hoth, which is covered in snow, to oversee the operation
3. Darth Vader personally goes to Cloud City, which is covered in city, to oversee the operation
4. Darth Vader personally goes to the forest moon of Endor, which is covered in forest, to oversee the operation
5. Vader: She must have hidden the plans in the escape pod. Send a detachment down to recover them.
   Commander Praji: Do you want me to prepare your ship so you can oversee the operation personally like you always do?
   Vader: Of course not. That planet is covered in sand. I-
   Both imperials in chorus:-don't like sand. It's course and rough and irritating. And it gets everywhere. We know, we know.

The Party:

[Picture with the text "Hit him with your crossbow Steve!" overlaid, of a large octopus/squid-like creature with tentacles raised out of the ocean. It towers over a pair of humanoid figures, one holding a staff in one hand and pointing at the squid with the other, the other person aiming a crossbow at it.]

Artificer: Thanks, designed "Ol Buzzy" myself!

Fighter: Mind if I give her a go?

Artificer: Sure, but you need any pointers?

Fighter: Naaaaaw, I can figure it out.

Artificer: *To the DM* CAN he figure it out?

DM: *To fighter* ...roll me a wisdom check.

Fighter: *Nat 1*

DM, Artificer, and Fighter in unison: Hoo boy.

[A picture of a man starting a chainsaw while the blade is placed between his legs, resting on his crotch.]

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What does deadname mean?

The second is by Logan☭Lycanthrope @Ciroctopussy, and is a screenshot of the Dragonball Wiki, reading:

in: Terminology

Deadnaming

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Deadnaming is the use of the birth or other former name (i.e. a name that is "dead") of a transgender or non-binary person without their consent

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The third Tweet is by reby @ rebyricks

Why dragonball wiki of all places

And that's kind of what happened. He gave that speech in the theatre after the bombing. It was a good speech. Not nearly as dramatic as I expected, and kind of understated. I thought that worked for what we knew of the character thus far. It was enough that I could have bought him jumping into 2nd place as a result, and then maybe doing some more politicking before a final vote that he wins. But I just couldn't buy going from 10 votes to over 70 in a single ballot based on that little speech.

Maybe if his speech had been over-written, like a more typical Hollywood monologue, it would have worked for me. Wouldn't have been as good as adding in a little more politics, but it would have worked well enough.

The twist that he was intersex could have been interesting. Especially considering the conflict was ostensibly about how progressive the church should be. The actual doctrine underlying the two parties was not explored much, and maybe it would have been a more interesting movie for me (as someone interested in political intrigue) if it had been. I wouldn't have had it explicitly talking about intersex people—that would have been too on the nose—but talking more about something else that could have been later re-interpreted as a metaphor for, or at least analogous to, the question of intersex people might have helped set it up better. As it was, it came out of nowhere, and affected nothing. We have no idea how or if anyone else finds out or reacts to it. We have no idea how it influences his doctrine. It's like it got put in there just to be a shock twist. But the twist left no impact.

Oh, and tangentially, I was hoping Lawrence would reveal, after Tedesco's racist tirade, that actually the people responsible for the bombings were right-wing white terrorists, and not Muslims. That would have been emotionally satisfying in the moment, though it would have robbed the Benitez's speech of its impact.