Aww, yay! This article makes me happy. I'm in the middle of writing the first book in what I hope will be a (WILDLY SUCCESSFUL?!?!) 3-book space opera (with another 3-book series planned if anyone ever reads the first). I love it when io9 seems to know just what I need to read to help inspire me!

I'm confused. Does io9 have a subscription? Is there some secret subscriber's-only layer of io9 where you get special content or get to hang out with Joss Whedon or something?

there's gotta be one where the robots win, right? anybody?

I was thinking about this last night. It's like when I dare to ask my mother questions about religious stuff—even ASKING questions is considered doubt, which is terrifying to her (because obviously I must now be a godless heathen or something, *eye roll*). Asking questions isn't doubt, BUT how you respond to the…

Fire mutants! That would make the show so much better! I'm just gonna go ahead and make that headcannon.

Hear hear! I raise my glass to you, sir or madam.

Well didn't you know that all sex is actually evil, and the only point of it ever is to procreate, and if you're not doing that then it's just not right anyway? So kissing is like pre-sex, and if your parents aren't trying to make a baby just then, you're right! It's gross! Eeeew affection. Eeeeew.

aw man, now i'm thinking about that milky way bar in my desk drawer...

*suggestive eyebrow wiggle*

YEAH because being weird is soooo bad and wrong! I'm so glad I'm not weird! I might have been made fun of for being nerdy and not conforming to gender stereotypes and consequently I might have had to grow confidence in myself and decide that my own choices were mine to make and no one else's, and that my parents…

Yeah, eww, once they hit two cuddling is soooooo gross. Their soft little bodies all curled up and their little hands grabbing my nose and ear and trying to give me butterfly kisses? Yucky! Who wants a TODDLER snuggled against them? Not me! No way, man!

I don't think Jezebel has too great of a track record in regards to the subject of race. More diversity among the writers and editors would surely help, but it's hard to convince people that there's a problem that needs fixing when it is their own jobs at stake. When have we ever heard THAT story before?

Me. Not having doubts isn't the same thing as not thinking long and hard and having tough, emotional conversations and being realistic. It's about knowing yourself well enough to be confident that you can follow through on your end of the bargain, and knowing and trusting the other person enough to be confident that…

What about, like, visiting them in the hospital? Or spousal benefits?

"Basically, people, y'all need to talk about this shit. Seriously. Leave nothing out! It's tedious and hard, but it will save your ass. You can't plan for everything, but you can certainly cover enough to make a sound decision."

I feel similarly about my marriage. I was the chief of skeptics any time someone told me they "just knew" that they had met their soulmate/other half/whatever you want to call it, especially after only a few months of dating. I just did NOT believe it. I thought couples had to have years of getting to know one another…

dark dark darky dark

A foray into the land of wikipedia tells me the first internal combustion engine was invented in the 1700s. It ran off of gunpowder! Wooo! Books still exist showing how to make that kind of stuff, and blacksmith technology could certainly be accessed by at least some of the survivors. People are creative. Stuff could…

When you call it a rights issue it implies legislation, otherwise who is responsible for protecting and maintaining rights? No one? Is this all philosophical or does it have actual practical implications for individuals and society?

Oooh, I forgot Turn Off the Dark! Star Trek Off the Dark! Yesss!