Overall I enjoyed all the Sky One adaptations of Discworld books, but Hogfather is definitely my favorite. One reason being that Susan is possibly my favorite character, and she (along with all the other major characters) was portrayed very well and accurately to how I think of her.
Minor expectation spoilers: Nyfb V srry yvxr vg'f gur zbfg snvgushy gb gur bevtvany, naq V graq gb or n chevfg nobhg nqncgngvbaf bs guvatf V yvxr. V'q engure unir n 5 ubhe npphengr nqncgngvba guna n 1.5 ubhe bar gung jbexf orggre va n inphhz, rira gubhtu V xabj gur ynggre jvyy trg orggre engvatf/erivrjf/cebsvgf.
Now I need to rewatch this again, along with Mark's videos.
I just finished reading the 3rd book last night. I've had this series on my list for a while, and bumped it up when I saw Mark was going to cover it so that I could safely read the rot13. The main reason I was intrigued to read this was having seen Brandon Sanderson recommend it specifically for being a rare good example of 2nd person writing that isn't a choose-your-own-adventure. I think I liked it overall, though my preference is more for Sanderson's style of fantasy.
V gubhtug vg jnf zber yvxr n cyhpxrq puvpxra.
This was actually the first episode I ever saw, because it was the one my friend was on when he was watching the series and I happened to be there at that time. It was years before I got around to watching any more.
Spoilers for something B5 related that I can't quite remember, but probably isn't the show itself: V unir n inthr zrzbel bs ernqvat be urnevat fbzrjurer gung gur grpuabzntrf jrer perngrq ol gur funqbjf, ohg V pna'g erzrzore jurer, be jul vg jnf qbar. V jbaqre vs gurz yrnivat unf nalguvat gb qb jvgu gur funqbjf xvqanccvat gryrcnguf gb zbqvsl naq hfr, be vs gurl jrer nyjnlf tbvat gb qb gung.
On the topic of how the rules of kashrut apply to more futuristic circumstances, I've been amused to see serious debate on whether or not lab-grown meat should be considered kosher. Other sub-debates include whether it matters if it's lab-grown beef or lab-grown pork, or if lab-grown meat could even be eaten with dairy since it had no mother to have produced milk.
I've been trying to think of what to write. Generally, I'm most interested in the setting and plot of a show, rather than the characters or themes, so the emotional impact that Mark and other commenters have been talking about is lost on me.Overall, I think I enjoyed it. I like time travel, and I think the time travel in this show was done pretty well. I liked the story, and though some of the characters (Okarin especially) were annoying to varying extents, the rest was good enough to bypass that. If I had to rank this, it's definitely below FMA:B (and FMA), and probably above Cowboy Bebop. I watched the extra episode (OVA?) which was fine I guess but not terribly interesting to me. I did also buy the game on sale on Steam, and I'll probably try playing it at some point, since I understand it fills in some holes at least. I don't really know what else to say, I don't really have much to say about it. I may watch the new Steins;Gate 0 at some point, but from what little I've read about it so far, I'm undecided. Regardless, I'll probably have more to say about B5, which I have seen before.
I'm finally caught up, and it looks like Okabe finally realized that he has to undo all the d-mails, including the one responsible for Kurisu being alive. This will presumably prevent her future self from inventing time travel for SERN, and therefore Suzaha won't have needed to travel back in time to stop them, which would be why the "satellite" only appeared after that first change. My main questions at this point are about the details of Kurisu's murder. Who killed her, and what was the message that Okabe sent that prevented it? I suspect that for maximum angst, it will turn out that Okabe will have to have killed her himself. There's also still the minor mystery of how in the original timeline, Kurisu seemed to have previously met Okabe before he first met her, and shortly before she was killed, so I hope that'll be addressed with this too. Oh, and possibly what happened to Mayuri's metal oopa that she lost, because I still don't think she just lost it. At this point, since I've been binging to get caught back up, I think I'll just continue and finish the last few episodes. I don't have the patience to watch shows an episode at a time like Mark has to.
Speculation only: BX, fb gur arkg q-znvy gb haqb vf cerfhznoyl Zbrxn'f, fvapr orsber gung bar, gurl unq gur 5100. Ubjrire, V fgebatyl fhfcrpg gung guvf jvyy fgvyy erfhyg va Znlhev'f qrngu. V org gung gurl'er tbvat gb unir gb tb nyy gur jnl onpx naq haqb Bxnor'f bevtvany grkg sebz rcvfbqr 1, juvpu jvyy pnhfr Xhevfh gb or qrnq, fb fur jba'g or noyr gb or gur vairagbe bs gvzr geniry sbe FREA, juvpu jvyy ohzc gur qviretrapr ahzore cnfg 1%. Rqvg: V whfg erzrzorerq gung gurl nyfb jbhyq unir gb haqb Ehxn'f grkg nf jryy. V'z abg fher gur beqre, ohg Ehxn'f vf gur rnfvre bar gb qb fvapr gurl whfg unir gb cntr ure zbz gb rng zber zrng naq yrff irttvrf, jurernf Zbrxn vf na rarzl jub znl abg ernpg gb n svkvat grkg gur jnl gurl ubcr, naq znl unir rira frag n qvssrerag grkg guna fur gbyq gurz fur jbhyq.
Continued speculation, plus spoilers for the game LiS: Vs V'z evtug, guvf frrzf irel fvzvyne gb va Yvsr vf Fgenatr jurer ng gur raq gur bayl jnl gb fnir gur gbja vf gb tb nyy gur jnl onpx naq fgbc Znk sebz gvzr geniryyvat gb ortva jvgu, juvpu zrnaf gung Puybr (be Xhevfh va guvf pnfr) fgnlf qrnq.
Makise mentioned briefly that their D-mail should presumably be working on similar principals to SERN's experiments involving a black hole and a lifter, and wondered what was acting as their lifter. My current theory is that the TV shop downstairs is somehow their lifter, or at least is relevant to the experiments somehow, and Part-Time Girl is purposely setting it up to be that.
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