Going viral

[nrgburst]

 So the powers that be have called for a shutdown of all public schools in the country. I mean, it makes sense: anybody who has ever seen what counts as "washing hands" to the average 7 year old combined with the upcoming Tokyo Summer Olympics will want to throw a wrench into that terrifying clockwork. Thing is, it means I won't be able to work next month. In fact this move disproportionately affects women in the workplace, since we get the burden of childcare here by default. 

Guess not being able to afford extracurriculars doesn't matter when we are basically under house arrest for the next little while, but man. This sucks.

In other news, I've been rewatching the Nolanverse Batman films and therefore rereading and rewriting my Batcat fic from 2012. A couple things of note:

wheatear , this is all your fault! I was just minding my own business, blissfully letting that fic languish in abandonedville, until your Selina Kyle meta rolled across my screen. *shakes fist* Rewriting makes it clear that I've got a less rosy worldview now than I did 8 years ago, but since I think that works a lot better for Selina's POV, I think it's a good thing? 

Plus the actor (Jack Gleeson) that played Joffrey Baratheon had a part in Batman Begins and I kept expecting him to do something bratty and sadistic despite his role as "innocent bystander kid from slums". LOL I think this effect is partly why Marvel's Inhumans totally flopped- nobody believes Iwan Rheon can be a good guy superhero, okay, even if we know he's not really Ramsay Bolton. Also why wasn't Katie Holmes wearing a bra in her scenes outside? I was totally shivering out of sympathy! 

Comments

[jemmalynette]

Things haven't got that bad here yet in England. We are just being told to wash our hands etc! It does sound scary to have to shut down all the schools. I hope you stay safe!

[nrgburst]

Thanks! Hopefully the panic buying will stop soon.