The thing is, Earthling was dated when it was released. A lot of those loops and stuff didn't really sound like 1997 even then. Of course, Reeves Gabrels and Mike Garson made it sound like the future anyway.

I feel like it started with middling reviews—I remember the Rolling Stone one at the time giving it like 3 stars, and there were always the complaints about the segues. But it's pretty much ground zero for his late period resurgence, and the reason so many folks my age love him. Otherwise, I think he'd have been…

I don't know that there's anything more to them than just putting the albums out there again. No bonus material that I'm aware of. I actually picked up the "Bowie Box", which packaged all of the albums from Outside to Reality, along with a bonus disc for each with b-sides and remixes, for a pretty good deal on…

Oh yeah, it's not identical. But I can see McFarlane's and Lee's popularity starting by taking what Adams did and running with it.

Oh man. X-Men annual #12 was seriously one of my favorite drawn comics ever. His rendition of Dazzler made me feel funny, and his rendition of Wolverine was the standard until Jim Lee came on the scene. Plus, X-Babies, which I found unreasonably hilarious. Just one of my favorite all-around issues ever.

I think one of the most intriguing aspects of Adams' work and popularity is how he essentially created the template for the 90's and Image artists. Hyper-detailed line work, lots of pouches, mullets…it's weird that I hadn't noticed it before.

His current stuff isn't bad, but I picked up the Battle of the Atom story as it came out, and kind of thought his work has gone downhill since his heyday. Characters have gotten blockier, and more generic looking, to me. It's a long way from the covers to Classic X-Men #1 and Heroes For Hope.

I recently read Longshot on the MU app, and yeah, it was a disappointment. I've always been a HUGE Art Adams fan, but it seemed like he was still figuring out his style, and I don't know WHAT was going on with the writing. It was a slog to get through.

Woah.

F is for friendly. But every time I see it, I think Big Fucking Giant.

Her own father was plotting for her to have children in an arranged marriage, but it's hard to tell how long ago that was.

I think that's it. He legitimately likes her as a ruler. She's already gone through several "so-and-so is in love with her" plot points, we hardly need to add Tyrion to the list.

You're probably right—I thought maybe him being a bastard would make her the rightful heir in this case. But he's obviously already a hero to the north as it is.

Fair enough. I wonder if they skirted a civil war by there being nobody willing to go against her at this point. Also, in order to enforce proper protocol in the event of no successor, I suppose there would need to be someone left who would be willing to step up and bring everything to order. And I wonder if…

I do feel like that could have been fleshed out a bit. Otherwise, war hero or not, it did seem like everyone was just "let's all ignore the woman who's a legitimate Stark sitting right next to him!"

But then who else would have a claim? Wouldn't it go to the king's own mother, if there are no heirs or siblings, before it goes to more distant relatives? I'm honestly curious how it should have been handled, if Cersei doesn't have a legit claim.

I think the question is, who will kill who? Cersei is obviousliy capable of anything. Will (or would) Jamie be "Kingslayer" all over again, with his own sister/lover, for honor's sake?

Those are good points. I'd stated previously that his suicide was the one moment I felt rang false. I felt he would at the very least confront Cersei about what she'd done, and perhaps even fall in line with her plot, even reluctantly, for lack of any other strategy to follow. Let her control things while he just…

I thought the "King of the North" still ultimately fell under King's Landing's rule, and that the King there was the only one who had a Hand. Other than Daenerys, now, who is obviously not under anyone else's rule.

Other than the loose time frame surrounding Varys's whereabouts, the only thing that struck me as false was Tommen's suicide. I get that he would have been upset, but I also think maybe he would have been cowed by his mother into falling in line with her. At least, maybe for awhile, or maybe there would have been a…