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DiscussionThe Umbrella Academy S4 is out...
I'm barely 8 mins past the 1st episode of this season, and I'm already cringing at 'Viktor' and the classic TIF frog voice. Although it feels more like they're straining to sound lower/deeper??
Ellen continues to look like a sickly Victorian child wearing their father's clothes. The short haircut really does nothing flattering, either. It's just a sad state of affairs all around.
Idk if I'm gonna be able to get through this season--I kinda enjoyed it in the beginning, but now it's one of those shows where I just sit through it because I've already gotten this far... but that voice. It's bad enough the characters act like it's completely normal and that they're A Man™️, and that we--the audience--are supposed to be convinced of it too, but yeesh.
I'll probably cave and finish it, but I don't think it's a good sign I'm already eyerolling as much as I am barely 10 mins in as of typing this lol.
When you say brownie are you talking about the girls scouts ?
Yeah, it was the entry-level rank for Girl Scouts, starting at 5 IIRC?
In the UK, it’s the 7-10 level of Girl Guides, and it’s the level that the highest proportion of British women have been involved in at some point.
Rainbows are 5-7. Guides are 10-14.
There’s a lot to like about Guides and the whole movement, but the Brownie story and the messaging around it in Brownies is female socialisation writ big. Cubs (Cub Scouts, the equivalent now for all children, then just for boys) “Do Your Best”. Brownies, in those days, “Lend a Hand”.
You're remembering correctly.