No no no, guys! You have to remember, the grounders only attacked when the kids crossed into their territory in the pilot (and honestly, I still kinda think it was the Mountain Men posing as grounders to cause antagonism), and then nothing until the sky people burned one of their villages to the ground with those…

I read the synopsis and then NOPEd out.

I like to think some nation on the other side of the world has radiation scrubbing machines that have just been patiently sucking up all the radiation and cleaning up the planet, and they're all having a happy nice time on their half of the globe.

I, like many, just binge-watched season 1 on Netflix this weekend. THANK YOU NETFLIX. I am so glad I'm watching it now! I'm so glad other people are watching it and see what a great show it is! I LOVE stories that ask questions about who gets to make the rules, the value and consequences of violence, and trust and…

she busted through a vent shaft to get in

I totally see them wanting to drain that sweet, sweet space blood from the space kids' veins. I mean, look at how creepypale President Dracula looks at her! He wants to go outside! He wants her blood! They're just making sure the 48 are healthy and not toxic or something, and they're going to start draining 'em! RUN…

I support her. People who understand science and are brave enough not to bend over for fear-mongering brainless assholes are my heroes. She's awesome.

Yeah, this is what I was thinking. No matter how many prisoners go in before the Counter goes in the first time, they just flip (I'm gonna pick) the right switch unless the left is down. Right doesn't mean anything. If the left switch is up for the first person, they don't touch it. If it is down, they can flip it up.…

I guess... I mean, you can deconstruct everything until it looks like no one has ever created an original thought, but you have to admit that there are books, tv shows, and movies that can interpret things in new ways. Some things give a sense of novelty, of creativity, of inventiveness, right? Maybe not for you. But…

I dunno, man, kinda sounds like you're saying "I can't think of anything new to do with swords, so obviously no one else will be able to, either! Tropes are all we have!"

HOLY COW we had to leave the movie theater because my sisters and I were so friggin terrified of this movie. It is genuinely horrifying. I was not ready for those scares.

"Central Pahk? That's weahd." NO IT'S NOT A TERRORIST ATTACK IN CENTRAL PARK MAKES PERFECT SENSE MORON.

I AM EXCITED YOU HAVE MADE ME EXCITED

Sadly, this is how a very large number of my friends and casual acquaintances think and talk. It's the clash between conservative Christian subculture, and living in reality. My friends are taught strict, conservative gender roles for heterosexual marriage, and then they get into the marriage and some of them are just…

I am so here for Iain de Caestecker. He is amazing. Please don't go evil, please please please...

HE JUST KEEPS STABBING HIM A LITTLE, AHHHH SO GOOD

Oh man, here is my dream: Merlin remade by HBO or something. Showtime. Whatever. Just LET THEM BONE. All of that eyefucking and then in the end he says, "Just hold me," and then dies?!?!?! Ugh.

Ooh, yeah, I'm using the whole "chose to block out certain things" version of amnesia for one of my characters. I'm taking much inspiration for this character from the Ramayana's Hanuman, though, so... the literary reference redeems it, maybe?

I have hope for the future, definitely. It does seem that before major changes in society there must be a time of increasing conflict and more deeply entrenched and violent extremism.
There's a tricky thing about race being socially-defined, though: usually those in power get to define who's "in" and who's "out," and…

I hear so many arguments on the level of policy-making that very rationally and (ostensibly) neutrally contend that the best and most efficient way to use money and serve populations is to consider the majority population first and foremost. We're getting taught this through Lean and other quality improvement…