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The Puzzler
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So, obviously 'Power' is a strength stat, and 'Grace' is a dexterity stat, and 'Wisdom' is taken directly from D&D. But what's 'Wonder' doing there? Does it represent magical aptitude, or is it have some kind of Charisma function? What kind of RPG system is this?

You have an odd definition of 'superhero'.

Being an archeologist is all about learning how to fill a bag of sand so it weighs the same as a stone idol.

The FBI essentially gave the mob free-reign for decades, believing enemy spies (Nazi, Japanese, Communist or whoever) were a far greater threat. This was probably a dumb thing to do.

Gimlet-eyed is an old cliche: penetrating vision, someone seeming to see right inside you. I guess it's less popular these days.

But one's in the simple past tense and the other is the past perfect progressive! They have completely different connotations!

Aren't there any movies where the father has to learn a lesson about how he should stop attending so many of his children's sports games and orchestra recitals and focus more on his career because holding on to a good job is important?

They'd been doing badly with 2D for years - Emperor's New Groove, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Treasure Planet… None of them made money.

"I believe that teamwork and unity make you weak! Now, with the help of my unshakably loyal allies and my drone army that relies on unified attacks, I'm going to murder some people via alien technology! That will definitely prove my philosophical point to the Federation!"

If Indy hadn't interfered, they'd have brought the ark directly to Hitler and he'd have opened it while surrounded by all his top minions, and they'd all have died, and World War Two would never have happened and countless millions of lives would have been saved! Indy is the greatest inadvertent war criminal who ever

I wish you guys would make up your mind about whether I'm supposed to hate Mark Millar or not. I'm willing to go either way to protect my hipster credentials, but I can't take the uncertainty.

What do you think all the other states do with the recycling you hand in? They sell it all to Michigan.

I saw it in 2D and found it hard to follow visually.

It all made Kirk's character arc seem weird.
(1) He is sick of being a starship captain and is thinking about taking a desk job.
(2) He goes on another adventure and half the crew is killed.
(3) He decides he wants to go on being a starship captain, because it's 'fun'.

That would be a good path for Trump if he loses; just declare himself Emperor and reign in a symbolic role.

Going by the bible, the serpent from the garden of Eden is a totally different character from the devil, who's also a different character to The Beast from Revelations. Probably.

Probably because he was mentioned in the original question. (He's the same one from the Sandman storyline.)

Probably because he was mentioned in the original question.

I doubt there'll be empty walls. We'll just be more selective about what we keep around physically. Maybe we'll surround ourselves with paintings and sculptures, or leather-bound volumes of poetry, or 1960's record covers, or old clocks - instead of whatever DVDs we've accumulated over the years and can't be bothered

I think 'trying to make a living with your own YouTube channel' is the new rock and roll / improv comedy lifestyle.