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Minzoku Bokumetsu

"taking my ball and going home... except I still have ball to play"

Minzoku Bokumetsu

actually she's why I have headphones and Crunchyroll in the gym

Jamie (QueenofSodor)

took a second to realize where dina's face actually began and ended, and for a brief and terrifying moment it looked like she had an absolutely bizarre smile on her abnormally large face

Harold

Always, Raidah. Always.

Harold

Joe: "On second thought, Dina, I think I will take you up on that offer." Sarah: "You know what, me too." Dina: "Let us depart, then."

Lazuli

go ahead, raidah. this will surely get you far.

David Webb

If only Raidah could hear herself, maybe she’d realize that porking the dean’s son does not actually give one meaningful power against fascism! Alas.

Logibear

"So how is this going to work?" "I will be the Triceratop, you will both earn your keep"

GundamBradley

This is going to sound weird, and I do not say this as someone who isn't a big fan of Raidah as a person (but quite appreciates her in her role as antagonist, actually): I think she's genuinely considerably more naive than she thinks she is. She was on the ball quicker than Dorothy, but I do think that she has an unduly high expectation of the leverage Sarah really has. I do think that Sarah *should* talk to Tony about some of this, and indeed, we've already actually seen her do that to a degree, but none of that guarantees action on his part, and that's assuming the dean will even listen to Tony, which is far from guaranteed. I do think it's worth a shot, but if that was all this was about, Raidah would be trying to befriend Carla, who has herself already tried to do what she's hoping Tony would do, but Raidah couldn't know that. Raidah's own personal feelings towards Sarah are a bigger factor.

Harold

Kinda hoping Raidah catches the spit

Logibear

"Maybe let that eat at you" - Raidah the totally not bothered at all.

Jim Avery

Dina you need to not tilt your head down so much to play video games, you can damage muscles and even nerves that way, ask me how I know.

Logibear

Someone who took "Fuck the Patriarchy" the wrong way.

Beck Chonigman

It's only awkward bc you're self-righteous asshole, Raidah. You just did the equivalent of a pigeon shitting on a chess board and strutting around like it won.

Maude Reads Things

Oh for fuck's sake. There is no power in dating one Dean's kid for less than a week. One coffee date, walking to class a couple times, a study date and fucking does NOT a beloved member of the family and love of Tony's life make. There is nothing TO squander. Best case scenario she talks to Tony and he's sympathetic enough to at least bring up to his dad who, best case scenario, is sympathetic enough to raise concerns with the rest of the decision makers at the university. He's not the Chancellor or even a Vice Provost so I dunno where they get the idea he can unilaterally call off the cops. Go figure - Raidah's one of those 'EvErYtHiNg BaD nO mAtTeR wHaT' types who demands people do things they don't actually have the authority or power to do.

C

Congrats, wish granted, you're hellaciously awkward.

Tessea

As long as she doesn't have to put herself on the line.

Tessea

Sarah - "Oh no, we're not going anywhere. If Raidah wants awkward, she's going to get it."

Tessea

Congratulations, Raidah. For a moment there you almost had a point. But then you kept talking.

Daniel

I think Raidah may be overestimating the "power" porking the dean's son gives someone juuuuuust a tad. Not sure why Sarah is falling for it, but eh.

Shane Wegner

"I guilt-tripped someone else. Doing my part!"

Astariel

Gods, such an utter, utter asshole. And completely wrong as usual. As others have pointed out, dating the son of a dean gives no power at all to fight fascism. I can't understand how Raidah has the fanbase she has. I just cringe whenever she shows up.

Sajuuk-Khar

Raidah, babe, if you had ever paid attention to people as people in their lives ,rather than as video game side quests about power dynamics, you would know that trying to use a relationship with Tony as leverage to move his dad is probably the quickest way to lose that relationship!

Kelly (they-them)

LeT tHe FaScIsM bLeH bLaH bLeE - Raidah *immediately* tries to enforce a rule of the gym when it wasn't necessary. There were other treadmills available. This is not her damn job. She brags that she's a future lawyer when Dina snarks that she should call a cop. If Raidah were part of the power elite, I find it hard to believe she would have the same problem with the direction of the campus. She's demonstrated multiple times that she will abuse what power she does have - harassing Sarah with her friends, when she used Jacob's hero worship of his brother to manipulate him. Raidah is making a LOT of assumptions about the amount of influence Tony has with his father. Carla directly confronted her the billionaires who are wonderful, adoring parents to her and could charitably be described as passively enabling fascism. It did shit all. Tony definitely doesn't seem like he'd be as receptive to a partner's political action as Carla was. However, I agree that speaking with Tony about trying to confront his father would be worth it. It is important to try, and I think it would be a very moral, community minded choice to be like, "Yo, Tony. Can you get your dad to lay off the fascism?" But Raidah is acting like Sarah is standing next to a firehose picking her nose while a building burns down. She approached with immediate aggression. Shame and verbal harassment are terrible motivators. Sarah's inaction isn't malice; it simply hasn't occurred to her she has an opportunity to affect change. Raidah does NOT have the moral high ground she thinks she does. Worst person you know ~sort of~ has a point and has predictably shared it in the worst possible way.

Kelly (they-them)

Hey, requesting word of God. *Are* those the only three treadmills in there? Like, I understand that Raidah is here to aggressively make a point AND work out, but I'm so curious.

joe mcguire

The “power” she describes is a pretty creepy idea. It kind of strips Tony of all agency. Like the only thing stopping Tony from challenging his father’s policy decisions is his girlfriend telling him to? It’s pretty emblematic of how she views people. She can’t fathom anybody having opinions or aspects of themselves that exceed her ability to manipulate them. The idea that she’d enter into a relationship with someone just to use that to control the decision making of their loved ones is pretty gross. I mean, yeah, It behooves Sarah to have some serious conversations at some point with Tony about the world and the space they occupy in it, but raidah’s basically saying that because he’s got a powerful relative means that he doesn’t deserve a relationship built on affection, and Sarah being with him because she likes him is failing some moral test. That’s petty and cynical and I hope her boyfriend realizes how shallow their relationship is.

Ste Saunders

Raidah, YOU have the power to not be an asshole. Choosing to do nothing with it is itself a choice. Also, hasn't Sarah already talked about this with him? I'm pretty sure I remember that happening a while back.