That's funny, all I see is a dog's head split by an axe.

That's funny, all I see is a dog's head split by an axe.

OK, Tasha, I'll take your word for it. Its been fifteen years or so since I've read these books, and I have little interest in revisiting them.

OK, Tasha, I'll take your word for it. Its been fifteen years or so since I've read these books, and I have little interest in revisiting them.

Well put, Miller, but I found Wanda to be a full and compelling character. Her death could be seen to be a narrative function, but, as I implied, I feel no need to nail her down.

Well put, Miller, but I found Wanda to be a full and compelling character. Her death could be seen to be a narrative function, but, as I implied, I feel no need to nail her down.

I find Tasha's transphobia argument rather off. Bad things happen to good characters in Gaimen's fiction all the time, and sometimes there isn't a metaphor, even in a heavily symbolic piece like Sandman. If I were to feel the need to nail Wanda's arc down, I'd say her death's narrative function was to inspire Barbie…

I find Tasha's transphobia argument rather off. Bad things happen to good characters in Gaimen's fiction all the time, and sometimes there isn't a metaphor, even in a heavily symbolic piece like Sandman. If I were to feel the need to nail Wanda's arc down, I'd say her death's narrative function was to inspire Barbie…

No.

No.

Go away, please.

Go away, please.

Or in the second season of Lie to Me where she shows up, gets accused of murder, buys the firm, sleeps with Tim Roth, contributes nothing and disappears, all in three or four episodes.

Or in the second season of Lie to Me where she shows up, gets accused of murder, buys the firm, sleeps with Tim Roth, contributes nothing and disappears, all in three or four episodes.

I often feel as if my genitalia were the cause of all my problems.

I often feel as if my genitalia were the cause of all my problems.

Great write up, Noel. This ep is was thin in places, and overwrought in others, but I gotta tell you, that shot of Barkface at the bottom of the mine, his last act recorded in his own calcified body…

Great write up, Noel. This ep is was thin in places, and overwrought in others, but I gotta tell you, that shot of Barkface at the bottom of the mine, his last act recorded in his own calcified body…

That. Is. Awesome.

That. Is. Awesome.