Being from Seattle, there are a lot of things I could list. There's the many rock bands, Jimi Hendrix, all the terrible movies shot here, and Sir Mix-A-Lot. Its kind of dark, but I am proudest of Bruce Lee being buried in Seattle. I used to live near the cemetery where he was buried and visited his grave a couple…

Mario Batali spent a part of his youth in Yakima as well. Plus, you're not all that far from Roslyn, where "Northern Exposure" was filmed.

I always think of the first Harold and Kumar movie, "Hello, New Brunswick!"

That shitty Red Dawn remake was set and filmed and Spokane, too. I lived there for a year (near Bing Crosby's house!) and being reminded of my time there was one of the worst parts of watching that movie. Not the worst part, but it was up there.

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I had a similar problem with "The Stand" and lots of Christian fiction like "Left behind". Who would knowingly sign on with Satan?

I've never understood that in most stories involving the supernatural. If the devil or a demon actually appears to you, wouldn't you immediately go, "Well, if you're real, God must be real, too. I'm going to church! Get behind me Satan!"

He stays youthful utilizing his impressive skills as a funrunner.

This album has passed between me and my sister several times in the last 14 years. We keep borrowing it and never returning it. Ownership at this point is really dubious. Who bought the album? Who originally borrowed it whom? Its one of those petty things adult siblings will squabble over. Its an impressive…

Mishima was out of his goddamn mind.

You'd think shock or blood loss would kill Borg before the thing was finished.

No doubt. Victorian novels had quite a few such characters.

I'd say in modern media, it is more common. Similar to suicide, fatigue is a large social problem (due to things like overwork) so there's a decent amount of people at any given time who are either bed-ridden or physically fragile. So its an easy place to go when looking for a story. Its just used so much that it is…

Yeah, but weren't those suicide. I guess we could include them since they were suffering from an illness and spent time in hospitals though. I mean, we could really widen the scope just to "frail/damaged" women, but then maybe the trope would lose some meaning.

I love the username. But that is also part of what I am getting at: that in Japanese film and other media women more often the recipients of illness/ death than men. Its definitely a cultural difference.

Totally true. I can think of several movies where the male does die. The odd thing is I usually think the ones where the man dies or gets seriously are better films with more nuance.

I'm not a historian, but it seems to be more like every Jarl is really a Prince in his own lands. Its kind of like pre-unification Germany. Perhaps Horik holds more lands, so he puts himself out as King, but we see he doesn't really have any power over the 3 Jarls we've met so far. It's easy to confuse Jarl with the…

If you know where to look, there's a lot of films and series built around illness and death. One or two movies comes out every year where someone, usually the wife, has a serious illness. In fairness, occasionally it is the husband or boyfriend, but it is very often- the woman who dies. Films such as "April Bride,"…

Bunk and McNulty. They seem like fun guys.

O'Brien, suffering (from extra-marital temptation).