Ms Marvel (spoilers)

[embee]

I loved how simply unapologetically Muslim the episode was. I, for one, thoroughly enjoyed an episode devoted to her home, school, temple life balance.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I didn't know that Muslims too have ritual washing but that doesn't surprise me in the least. Judaism also has ritual washing and, given that Judaism and Islam both hold so many of the same commandments and prohibitions, it's quite understandable.

I'd be more surprised if there wasn't a Board. Houses of worship do not just exist in some magical space outside of secular concerns. They have all sorts of budgetary and management concerns that every other business concern has. Having just finished my 6th year on my temple's Board, concerns run the gamut from how to pay the mortgage (yes, there are mortgages on the buildings), costs of security, revenue streams and donation drives, religious school enrollment levels, employment and staffing, and interfaith efforts.

The only unrealistic aspect of that is that there would be an election for it. I spent three hours twice a month in Board meetings going through PowerPoints and spreadsheets, in addition to the retreats and subcommittee meetings about revamping the dues structure. It is boring and tedious.

Some folk might find it surprising because certain Christian denominations (e.g. Roman Catholic, Church of England) are hierarchical, with such management issues being dictated from above. I think such hierarchies are forbidden in Islam.

 

[trappedslider]

I didn't know that Muslims too have ritual washing but that doesn't surprise me in the least. Judaism also has ritual washing and, given that Judaism and Islam both hold so many of the same commandments and prohibitions, it's quite understandable.

I'd be more surprised if there wasn't a Board. Houses of worship do not just exist in some magical space outside of secular concerns. They have all sorts of budgetary and management concerns that every other business concern has. Having just finished my 6th year on my temple's Board, concerns run the gamut from how to pay the mortgage (yes, there are mortgages on the buildings), costs of security, revenue streams and donation drives, religious school enrollment levels, employment and staffing, and interfaith efforts.

The only unrealistic aspect of that is that there would be an election for it. I spent three hours twice a month in Board meetings going through PowerPoints and spreadsheets, in addition to the retreats and subcommittee meetings about revamping the dues structure. It is boring and tedious.

Well, I'm LDS (Mormon), so the board thing at that level surprised me, and I looked it up: elections are a thing. google link mosque board election - Google Search

 

[Janx]

The whole uncles/aunties was pretty obvious as a cultural thing. Do people really struggle with recognizing cultural elements?

Kamran was obviously too good to be true.

Naks is mighty. Vote for her.

Poor Bruno. Unrequited love is a pickle. We shouldn't talk about him.

I suspect some backlash from the kid rescue because she paused to SuperheroLanding(TM) and then might appear from below to be dropping the kid hard. Folks won't know she's having trouble. Somebody's always looking for a negative take.

I assume Ashia was part of a super hero team from back home and hope that Kamala can clear her reputation with her mom.

This is the 2nd time I've seen Partition come up on TV. The first being the current Doctor's show a season or so back.

 

[embee]

Well, I'm LDS (Mormon), so the board thing at that level surprised me, and I looked it up: elections are a thing. google link mosque board election - Google Search

I just meant that it can be hard finding people to volunteer.

At our temple, there's a 3rd Vice President, a 2nd VP, a 1st VP, a President, an Immediate Past President, and a Past President. Each one leads to the next. So agreeing to be 3rd Vice President is actually agreeing to a 12 year commitment to the Board. Which is why we went through 7 candidates for 3rd Vice President before finding someone with Board experience who would do it, and then only with stipulations.

That said, if someone like Nakia wanted to join the Board at my shul, we'd jump at the offer. One of the considerations for the Board is that everyone is represented. So the plotline about how the women of the mosque are treated (their facilities being underfunded) rings pretty true. I also liked the part where the imam and Nakia had their exchange through the barrier. In Orthodox Judaism, there is the mechitza, for a similar reason (paternalistic modesty so that the menfolk can focus on their prayers without the distraction of women).

As said, I found the entire episode wonderful. I liked that the focus was less on bog-standard newfound powers and rather on developing three-dimensional side characters who exist separate from the main character.

 

[Stalker0]

I quite enjoyed the first two episodes. I went into it expecting it to be too kiddy, but the cool visual style, really cool main lead, and very infectious energy will keep me watching.

 

[trappedslider]

Ms Marvel star didn't expect to be "main character" in The Marvels

Kamala Khan is heading to the big screen.

www.digitalspy.com

The more i read about her the more I fall for her
"She's the most amazing, tiny human ever and I love her," she said about Xochitl Gomez

 

[Tonguez]

wow that certainly escalated things and they’ve gone real Marvel deepcut with Clandestine (not that the comic Clan Destine has any similarity to this version)

Disneys has really taken some risks with pushing the whole Muslim surveilance thing and with tying in the Djinn and Kree (?) and Erik Selvigs theories about Wormholes (nice Reference)

the wedding dance was fun And was that a choti Hulk costume too? Brown Jovi mwahaha

 

[Ryujin]

The wedding Bollywood number

 

[DeviousQuail]

The DoDC weapons are either tougher than I thought or the Clandestines knew to go quietly to maintain their cover.

The Clandestines did the classic villain blunder of rushing the hero even though their slow play was working. They had already ingratiated themselves to Kamala. She wanted to help them and told them as much. There might be some time constraint we don't know about but they were able to wait 80 years for the bangle to show up. Waiting a little while longer was suddenly off the table?