Put me down as thinking she's really his mother, but also really up to something she doesn't want him to know about.

Yeah, that's pretty much it for me too.

A list of things The Avengers got right with the Hulk that the previous movies got wrong:

A list of things The Avengers got right with the Hulk that the previous movies got wrong:

Exactly. Homer's Enemy has perfectly on-model Homer, because he's a well-meaning oaf who literally does not understand how he's being a jerk. He wants Grimes to like him and makes hilariously clueless attempts to become his friend.

Exactly. Homer's Enemy has perfectly on-model Homer, because he's a well-meaning oaf who literally does not understand how he's being a jerk. He wants Grimes to like him and makes hilariously clueless attempts to become his friend.

Biker gangs are my least favorite horror trope. Oh no! People on motorcycles! I'm terrified!

Biker gangs are my least favorite horror trope. Oh no! People on motorcycles! I'm terrified!

No, proper werewolves are people who turn into actual wolves. Wolf man type werewolves were invented solely as a concession to makeup departments. (I realize I probably feel more strongly about this than is warranted.)

No, proper werewolves are people who turn into actual wolves. Wolf man type werewolves were invented solely as a concession to makeup departments. (I realize I probably feel more strongly about this than is warranted.)

My personal theory: werewolves suffer because vampire effects are so much easier to do.

My personal theory: werewolves suffer because vampire effects are so much easier to do.

You might want to check out Grimm — the best character by FAR is a kinda-sorta werewolf.

You might want to check out Grimm — the best character by FAR is a kinda-sorta werewolf.

disco criticism and its roots in misogyny, racism, and homophobia

disco criticism and its roots in misogyny, racism, and homophobia

I think Bombadil himself is a little overly twee, but I otherwise love the  sections with him in them.Trees that eat people! Ghosts in old burial mounds! I also like that he and Goldberry are basically pagan nature spirits — I always read him as a green man figure and her as a water nymph.

I loved the movie and tried to read the book, but found the book dull and not very much like the movie at all. I eventually gave up.

I don't know if you'd think it was good, but the British Being Human makes a fairly big deal out of the werewolf's Jewishness. 

His tragic character was my favorite part of True Blood Season 1.  Also, the first vampire movie ever made, Nosferatu, was pretty darn unsexy.