That is actually a point worth leaning on to see if it holds up- I don't agree with any of the arguments I've heard that claim Barney is not a rapist, and abstractly, "coercion is not consent" seems like a pretty good policy.

It's the ice rink smell that bugs me about that gag. There's no way she couldn't have smelled that.

Are all future Disney princess movies going to be named after the past-possessive conjugation of verbs acting as adjectives?

I was going to ask how the hell I'm going to jack off to the story if a librarian is looking over my shoulder the whole time, but that actually makes everything much easier.

Considering that Moby-Dick's full title is Moby-Dick; or, The
Whale, the reviewer's comment that "the only monster was the
book itself" is too close to actual literary analysis for my taste.

I was going to mention Young Adult as another romantic comedy from the villain's perspective, but that's not quite right because the main character isn't ever an actual threat to the main couple- it's more a character study that disguises itself as a romantic comedy until about 2/3 of the way through.

Mr. Swearword is referring to dramatic irony, but situational irony is closer to the Alanis Morrisette type. The critical part is that there has to be some sort of contradiction in expectation- Walker getting in a car crash after starring in a bunch of movies where his characters drive in an incredibly dangerous…

I'm aware of the origin of the word, but I feel like it's been associated with that discredited ideology so strongly for so long that it can be used as shorthand for a group of people who look like they're waiting for Leni Riefenstahl to finish setting up the camera, particularly when you're trying to emphasize (as I…

I've never understood why that's a problem- all the superheroes that people like in the Marvel U are superheroes where (a) there's definitely some kind of machinery at play (Spidey's web-shooters, Cap's motorcycle, Iron Man's everything), and (b) people have no way of knowing that the superheroes are abominations of…

Yes! Why don't we have a standalone web series of that scientist trying and failing to come up with a reasonable explanation for the phenomena around her through scientific deduction? I mean, we could just take her general panicky attitude to understand that she's extremely freaked out by this, and from there…

"I imagine the agents’ befuddlement is fairly confusing to Marvel fans who don’t know that Fox’s ownership of the X-Men means mutants are prohibited from appearing in the MCU"

This isn't very related to the episode, but I wanted to know if anyone knew the answer to this random question:

Yeah, I think the editors resent the amount of comments that show is getting. Or they didn't expect a show aimed at nerds to generate passionate arguments.

Nah, I'd say Peter's got him beat at this point. It's a shame Adam Pally hasn't been there since the first season. Actually, I like Danny more than Josh at this point, too.

"Whoa, cocaine is delicious."
"That's powdered sugar. I just find the rituals comforting."
"Oh, that's good, because I would be a total drug addict if cocaine were that delicious…in fact, is there any left- nevermind, forget it."

"Weirdest conversation ever. Good job, you two!"

Barley and Jimes!!!!

It will go away if you just give it time, you'll see!

Also, Barney used to go to the airport to pick up chicks in Season 1, but in his story, it looks like another Player of New York City has staked that territory out.

I was hoping for something a little more apropos.