Why are people acting like Supergirl, Agent Carter and Jessica Jones are competition or that ‘who cares x is superior’ or ‘why do we need x when we have y?’?
The only thing they all have in common is that they star comic book heroines. I never see anyone saying that about the dozen crime procedure shows or medical dramas. I never saw anyone compare Scrubs to House, MD or to Grey’s Anatomy because they are that different.
Supergirl is what Merlin was to medieval fantasy, is what Sarah Jane Adventures was to Doctor Who.
Supergirl is a family-friendly show, it’s for everyone who wants to see the bright colors and kindness in superheroes again. It’s about discovering your place in the world, proving your worth and rising to your potential and the potential to help people.
Jessica Jones is what Game of Thrones is to medieval fantasy, what Torchwood was to Doctor Who.
Jessica Jones is not a family friendly show, it’s not for the faint of heart or the fun-loving people, it’s the story of woman’s journey to recovery as she helps other people subjected to the same shit she was and faces her demons, literal and figuritive. It is a visceral character study about how messed up, lost and tired Jessica is, even when she’s trying to do the right thing. It’s not being nice, it is not for kids, family get-togethers and grandparents.
Agent Carter is classic Doctor Who, a project that links the past and the future and it’s setting and period-specific limitations might not be for everyone.
Agent Carter is somewhere in between, it’s a superhero period piece about, not a superhero, but a pioneer for the modern superhero world. It is the story of how someone with only army training and her rage gets shit done with a little help from her friends. Peggy, unlike Kara and Jessica, is a normal human who already knows her worth and her destiny, her problem is pushing the boundaries of society and overcoming it in a way that helps everyone else like her. It can be for everyone and it can be a particular flavor, it’s subjective.
Just because one show is not your cup of tea doesn’t mean it’s not someone else’s.
Architectural innovation (pointed arch -European Gothic cathedrals adopted this technique as it made the building much stronger, rose windows, dome buildings, round towers, etc.)
Surgical instruments
Anesthesia
Windmill
Treatment of Cowpox
Fountain pen
Numbering system
Algebra/Trigonometry
Modern Cryptology
3 course meal (soup, meat/fish, fruit/nuts)
Crystal glasses
Carpets
Checks
Gardens used for beauty and meditation instead of for herbs and kitchen.
University
Optics
Music
Toothbrush
Hospitals
Bathing
Quilting
Mariner’s Compass
Soft drinks
Pendulum
Braille
Cosmetics
Plastic surgery
Calligraphy
Manufacturing of paper and cloth
It was a Muslim who realized that light ENTERS our eyes, unlike the Greeks who thought we EMITTED rays, and so invented a camera from this discovery.
It was a Muslim who first tried to FLY in 852, even though it is the Wright Brothers who have taken the credit.
It was a Muslim by the name of Jabir ibn Hayyan who was known as the founder of modern Chemistry. He transformed alchemy into chemistry. He invented: distillation, purification, oxidation, evaporation, and filtration. He also discovered sulfuric and nitric acid.
It is a Muslim, by the name of Al-Jazari who is known as the father of robotics.
It was a Muslim who was the architect for Henry V’s castle.
It was a Muslim who invented hollow needles to suck cataracts from eyes, a technique still used today.
It was a Muslim who actually discovered inoculation, not Jenner and Pasteur to treat cowpox. The West just brought it over from Turkey
It was Muslims who contributed much to mathematics like Algebra and Trigonometry, which was imported over to Europe 300 years later to Fibonnaci and the rest.
It was Muslims who discovered that the Earth was round 500 years before Galileo did.
The list goes on………..
Just imagine a world without Muslims. Now I think you probably meant, JUST IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT TERRORISTS. And then I would agree, the world would definitely be a better place without those pieces of filth. But to hold a whole group responsible for the actions of a few is ignorant and racist. No one would ever expect Christians or White people to be held responsible for the acts of Timothy McVeigh (Oklahoma bombing) or Anders Breivik (Norway killing), or the gun man that shot Congresswoman Giffords in head, wounded 12 and killed 6 people, and rightly so because they had nothing to do with those incidents! Just like the rest of the 1.5 billion Muslims have nothing to do with this incident!
Dude bros: “Game developers have to have a white straight male as a lead, nothing else sells, they’re just appealing to the audience. People who want better representation are in the minority.”
Dragonage Inquisition: “…”
*Puts in bisexuals*
*Puts in racial minories in major roles*
*Puts in gay and lesbian people*
*Puts in the option to play as a woman complete with practical non-sexy clothing*
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