It certainly would’ve been a concern around the training part of the movie. “Asian person teaches white dude martial arts and/or magic” is a pretty common trope, and since the Ancient One is most definitely stern and fights with fans and martial arts, I think it’s plausible to be concerned about perception there.

I really dislike this answer. The usual go-to is “Google it” but I’ve got family that tell me nonsense all the time like “You know, I read online that they prefer to be called “the blacks” as a show of solidarity.” I’ll ask for the link and it’s from some alt-right shitshow that they found when looking for stuff like…

I’m a college instructor, and I do this a few times a semester.

She mentions this later on. Marvel wanted a woman to play the character, no debate at all. So you start from there. According to Tilda (which I trust she’s not lying, but execs could’ve lied to her), they thought an Asian woman would get hit with the “Dragon Lady” stereotype (a very real problem). So they just dodged…

Shoot an email to one of their writers. When all of the Kinja sites got hit with that spammer who filled the comments with gore and child porn, they had to get locked down with almost everyone going to the greys. Some weird stuff happened to my account when I tried posting to io9 after that, but they got it sorted.

Jerry Jones has probably filled this dude’s voicemail by now.

This is not accurate at all. Technically, she assaulted him by definition of assault (bodily contact without permission). This also means that legally, if I throw a paperwad at your foot and it makes contact, I’ve assaulted you.

R2 and 3PO had to be in this though. They’re still the only 2 characters that have been in every film.

Not really what I meant. Eventually people find the increasing numbers irritating. Halo 23 would get laughed out of the room. Final Fantasy is the exception to this.

The candy metaphor is super layered. Either he’s like hard candy and breaks all the time, or he’s like a Twizzler and flails around.

I still think the ultimate goal for MS for this franchise is to make Halo: Infinite after Halo 6, which is built like League or CS to be an eSport with constant content updates. You can’t keep the story going forever (but they can certainly add story missions a few times a year that are prequel-y in nature), but the…

Dadspin approved.

I think it’s fine. Been married for years, and while we definitely argue, it’s never a screaming match. You only yell when you’re arguing to win, not to resolve. I’ve never known a couple that made it if they went into shouting matches.

Much like the Bengals, Team Asteroid chokes when it counts.

Wouldn’t be the first time someone guilty just set fire to the drapes on the way out.

Good that the Falcons built that butthole stadium for all the shit they can squeeze out.

“Look we get it, Sandusky was bad. JoePa was bad, Larry Moe and Curley were bad.”

WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS

Green Bay is also a good example of an actual small media market. It’s easily the smallest in the NFL by a good bit.

“I’m sure one of several QB-desperate teams would be happy to give Cousins the money he’s looking for if Washington doesn’t.”