I loved that.

That's a damn fine assessment, sir. If we still gave out stars, I'd star you twice.

You know, when I started watching The Vampire Diaries, I realized there were books that the show was based on. I was going to pick those up and read them and OMG they sound like the worst thing that has ever been created. Like, seriously. So, a good show can come from unfortunate books. Hopefully this is one of them.

Aaaand that's one canceled purchase! Thanks for that. I was reading some of the reviews on Amazon and they said roughly the same.

Whoa, judgy. And also mean. Not cool, bro.

I think I will pick up the Beautiful Creatures series ahead of this show. It sounds like an interesting read.

Did anyone else immediately think of the vignette in World War Z about the submarine that went AWOL?

To all the bitchers about the teen romance: Hello there. Have you met any teenagers? Their entire lives revolve around their feels at that age. It's the nature of the beast. Any show with teenagers is going to have teen romance.

I totally did.

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Stick it to the man! Most of my friends have terrible HOA horror stories, so it's nice to see a victory over them.

I have the other half of your experience. I'm half-Mexican, but I was raised by my white mother. My dad was not around and I had very little contact with his family. However, I was raised in a place that was predominantly Hispanic. All my friends were second and third generation Mexican-Americans, every teacher,…

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Me and Abraham, man. That dude knows what's up. Science fiction doesn't sell because it's largely fucking boring these days. These bros listed above are the purveyors of boring shit and they would like others to bring their stuff down to that same level of boring. It's like an infomercial, "Become 300% less…

Yes, this!

I'm going to borrow that quote in the future.

Well, the Romney family is the only other relevant family in this discussion. Let's keep it the discussion to relevant contenders.

Holy cow, that's a lot of Romneys! That's actually a pretty awesome picture. Thanks for sharing!

Well, that's certainly your prerogative.

Seriously, she's got the best arms ever. That woman is in shape.