Ding ding ding...which is why they should move now. Because Texas is making motions to become its own country again. And they’re all angling to make states rights more powerful to entrap people...so its not being cute or privileged to tell people to get out while they can. It’s practical advice in the face of what the…

My suggestion is once you move you cant sit on your laurels. You have to become apart of the resistance and counter-attack movement which I guess is never mentioned but is a more clear sort of activism. You get elsewhere...start converting travel routes to help more people escape. get with housing-co-ops to house more…

It’s the correct and right thing to do in fact. You secure the bag for you and yours and then live to fight another day. That’s a legit strategy and I’m tired of people dismissing it. 

Honestly if you’re living hand to mouth to foot you’re not in the privileged position to become an advocate so moving is possibly your best chance at survival. Especially in the face of a regime that’s ultimate goal is to erase all of us from the face of the earth. Only survivors tell tales.

I mean they literally went straight back to wizard Hitler so whatever bullet they we’re hoping to dodge they did not avoid it. Maybe they wanted to avoid working with young adult actors or kids but...very odd. The 60-70's could’ve been a fun reference point as its the author’s actual youth but I dunno I don’t have any…

I’m forced to wonder if it would’ve been different characters or was she shooting for the Marauders. The probelm would be its basically generation xerox...but it’s hard to deny the lazy appeal.

Yeaaaah making him look like an albino rat does nothing for alchoholic’s bloat which already makes you toady looking to begin with. He was already phoning it in during the latter POtC movies so I dunno how both this and the failed dark universe thought he’d be able to do anything for them.

The child in question might go to therapy and not waste their twenties trying to unpack a decades worth of self-loathing and negative behavior and habits they acquired to cope.

I think in better hands the story could be made interesting if you focus on the character drama and tragedy of the relationship and all the loss.

Theoretically there are two good ideas in this franchise.

It is baffling to me...they had a hottie like Colin Farrell who checked all the boxes and they just...for what! Not that he’s without his own past controversy but if you want people to sweep a matter under the rug you select the most attractive person possible to grease those wheels.

Covid and increasing limited funds. I find myself less and less inclined to leave the house if I don’t absolutely have to or I’m guaranteed a certain good time. Which I was way more forgiving about pre-Virus because I could afford to be generous with all of that.

I would also offer that the bizarre retcon at the end of Crimes of Grindelwald might’ve been an additional factor as well. It’s such a weird and weak surprise reveal that holds no storytelling weight whatsoever, which may have hinted to the audience that this not going to land in a satisfactory manner. a mystery box…

I think it can’t be dismissed outright as a factor. I don’t think there’s a franchise that has been more heavily buoyed by it’s passionate fandom than Harry Potter has been, so much of what is loved about the series is the product of fan work and engagement, nerds doing nerd shit. If it’s no longer fun to play and its…

Ohhh hey...Reason 335 why we should literally just have Nationalized Healthcare and a rule that other people don’t get to vote on a medical procedure another person voluntary puts themself through.

What’s the favorite non-punishment everybody else has ever received?

You’re probably right which is why religiosity about the founding fathers and the constitution needs be discouraged. That might be a better way to press but who do we trust to draft it?

I think the argument is framed that way to trap people in the argument that transpeople are out here to stealth and like...creep on people. Which is like...trying to prescribe pre-crime to a group. It’s dumb shit and its proof we’re not fighting this thing the right way. Because the way to push back on it is, as long…

Well its less absurd when you consider the end goal is to simply disallow anybody to transition or undergo hormonal treatment...because that’s definitely where this whole matter is going. It’s why giving the matter purchase a debate is foolishness even as a joke its not worth playing with.

That’s actually reasonable