This is separate from the whole teaching-the-civil-war-slavery-issue (which was great and interesting).

This is separate from the whole teaching-the-civil-war-slavery-issue (which was great and interesting).

Yeah I don't see what harm there is in being hopeful.  So much of what made Community good will still be there. 

Yeah I don't see what harm there is in being hopeful.  So much of what made Community good will still be there. 

Susan Vance, from Bringing Up Baby, seemed like a pretty early example of the MPDG to me.

Susan Vance, from Bringing Up Baby, seemed like a pretty early example of the MPDG to me.

I think one of the things I like about the show, is that, for all that it was often a silly fantasy world, it did touch on a lot of interesting points about parenting and growing up.

I think one of the things I like about the show, is that, for all that it was often a silly fantasy world, it did touch on a lot of interesting points about parenting and growing up.

That doesn't really sound like the actual characters.  Like Seaho said, Lorelei is actually a very driven person, supporting herself and her child from the age of 18, getting a business degree while working, setting herself the long-term goal of owning and operating her own inn, and then achieving that goal.  She has…

That doesn't really sound like the actual characters.  Like Seaho said, Lorelei is actually a very driven person, supporting herself and her child from the age of 18, getting a business degree while working, setting herself the long-term goal of owning and operating her own inn, and then achieving that goal.  She has…

I think she has a lot of the quirky qualities, but I don't think she qualifies because she clearly has well-defined goals and a personal life.  I suppose she's devoted a lot of herself to Rori, but I think focus on a child is different than the MPDG's random devotion to unfocused adult men.

I think she has a lot of the quirky qualities, but I don't think she qualifies because she clearly has well-defined goals and a personal life.  I suppose she's devoted a lot of herself to Rori, but I think focus on a child is different than the MPDG's random devotion to unfocused adult men.

Probably been said before, but I love the parade of nations.  It's cool to see each nation walking together in alphabetical order with out respect to multinational importance.

Probably been said before, but I love the parade of nations.  It's cool to see each nation walking together in alphabetical order with out respect to multinational importance.

But I don't think the icy ingredients necessarily prove that crazy curveballs are bad, just that it was a very poorly designed curveball.

But I don't think the icy ingredients necessarily prove that crazy curveballs are bad, just that it was a very poorly designed curveball.

1,4,3,2,5

1,4,3,2,5

I've seen bathos used in book reviews.  I don't think it's that rare of a word.

I've seen bathos used in book reviews.  I don't think it's that rare of a word.