I think they stopped using it so much when the Wachowskis made a huge thing of it being a trans allegory, which shut them up pretty fast. I wouldn’t be surprised if things that were a bit more subtext in the original trilogy are blown up a bit here precisely to reclaim it.

I dunno if House of Leaves reminds me of a movie so much as a heavily-indexed website. I always suspected that the reason “house” was always in blue was because it was supposed to remind the readers of a hypertext link.

I think the canon-heavy episodes are actually the most enjoyable. This episode did a good job tying things together, and the story went in an unexpected way. Overall I thought this was a stronger season than people give it credit for, and it definitely ended very strongly.

Gotta hand it to you ‘Big Bird’.

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I’m not from the midwest, so I would assume it tastes like beer with a hint of orange.

No mind-altering substances of any kind, I’m just fat 😅

Nia: My mother loved owls.

If only it took place in Japan, where they would basically be considered adults and live on their own.

-Pulitzer Prize winner Kara got absolutely snowed by the prison-industrial complex. I always wonder how much Supergirl intends to critique journalists with these storylines and how much is an accident.

Meh, whatever. Whenever this show tries to be socially conscious it’s at its worst. Hopefully it finishes strong, although it of course missed its best possible ending by having Kara die during Crisis.

Does anyone else wonder who’s now watching the kids at the foster home? It’s not like there’s a surplus, or even nearly enough, qualified people available at a moment’s notice to take over one.

Twitter was going ga-ga over Kelly-as-Guardian (even getting her trending) and it just made me roll my eyes. Especially since most of these people hated James in the role.

She is the most annoying character on the show. 

It’s nice that they are giving Kelly more to do but they should have done that two seasons ago. I also still don’t see any romantic chemistry between her and Alex. It doesn’t help that they rarely show more affection than two relatives would.

Goddammit Guardian? Again? Really? I’ve known about this for months now and I’m still annoyed. Like, it was awful when James was doing it, why would it be any better as Kelly? And really this is just another thing that’s really annoying about most of the Arrowverse shows, in that they can’t just keep people normal.…

A “B” feels about right. This wasn’t a very ambitious episode of Supergirl, and everything felt by-the-numbers down to the corrupt prison warden. But it was all well-executed, and agreed this really built Kelly’s transformation into Guardian in a way that never worked for Jimmy.

Isn’t toasted marshmallow just vanillaflavored caramell?