I’m one of those heathens that read through for the first time in publication order. The ancient civilization side trips were a bit disorienting at first but I managed.

Thank you for the belly laugh, it was sorely needed.

I’m no Alexander hater, but I do believe that his early appearances could have been done with a mannequin and voiceover to the same level of effectiveness. (Possibly his later appearances too, but it’s been 15+ years since I last watched those episodes.)

And if you remove the beard, you get my brother in law. Who is admittedly not as famous as Lincoln, but I’m more interested in creeping out my sister in law.

“Leading”

I can see this post from both startrek.website (18.5) and kbin.social (not a Lemmy server). On both your last listed post is “Taste is subjective,” though there are more recent comments.

Edit: I went through something similar on kbin.social. Post federation was hit and miss, mostly miss. I eventually signed up here and now do posting from Lemmy and most of my browsing through kbin.

calmly takes off his glasses to have a nice long facepalm