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Things We Saw Today: Twitter Explains the Difference Between Sci-Fi and Fantasy the Only Way It Knows How: With Memes

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this chihuahua princess leia is too cute.

Twitter has gotten into the age-old discussion of what constitutes the line between sci-fi and fantasy. If you’ve ever found yourself not quite clear on which is which, have no fear, a new meme is here:

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Of course, the best memes are the ones that cut extremely (and accurately) deep:

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  • NASA is going to deliberately crash a spacecraft into a non-hazardous asteroid tonight. Rude. (via Space.com)
  • According to his own diaries, Alan Rickman almost quit the franchise that shall not be named multiple times. (via AV Club)
  • We don’t limit bi visibility to just one day; here are 10 sci-fi and fantasy books with bisexual protagonists. (via The Portalist)
  • The cast of The Last of Us is STACKED. (via Pajiba)
  • Italy is on track to install its first far-right-led government since WWII. (via HuffPost)
  • And in other (maybe slightly less important) foreign politics news, there is apparently a version of Doom that lets you “kill Margaret Thatcher” and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn got to play it. (via Indy 100)

Good job getting through Monday!

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Vivian Kane (she/her) is the Senior News Editor at The Mary Sue, where she's been writing about politics and entertainment (and all the ways in which the two overlap) since the dark days of late 2016. Born in San Francisco and radicalized in Los Angeles, she now lives in Kansas City, Missouri, where she gets to put her MFA to use covering the local theatre scene. She is the co-owner of The Pitch, Kansas City’s alt news and culture magazine, alongside her husband, Brock Wilbur, with whom she also shares many cats.

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