Is it any surprise that literary pedants have zeroed in on the exaggerated use of "literally" for exclamatory effect as their imaginary line in the sand? What other linguistic manipulations have bunched their panties in a wad so completely?

Thewlis is brilliant in basically everything he's in; even when he isn't in the best things sometimes. He and Katrin Cartlidge (equally brilliant) literally set it on fire in "Naked"

Yeah they take your Tshirts not your dress shirts. I'm 6'4" so maybe my Tshirts are longer than most peoples.

Or I almost read it as … "these 2 people have this one night to remember what if". I didn't necessarily assume that it meant she stayed in NYC.

He does elevate her status as he continues to revise but I don't think he would have elevated her above Feanor / Fingolfin, etc. Everything is always diminishing with Tolkien so I don't think she would be higher status than the greatest elves amongst the earliest generations or the preternaturally skilled Feanor. Some…

Well yeah. The Gauls would have been the Celts most adjacent "other" culture in antiquity so they probably extended that term to all other cultures.

"Tirion upon Tuna" to make it even worse.

Well in the 3rd age.

Her song is her sword.

The English weren't Gallic. They were Anglo Saxon. Anglo = Ingle + English. They were Germanic in origin. Gallic and Celtic cultures dominated Britany & the British Isles until the arrival of the Anglo Saxons. Gallic culture originates from Spain, France and Britany. The Irish and Welsh are examples of Celtic…

Tolkien pitched having the Silmarillon published (once he finished it) in his life time multiple times. Publishers weren't interested. There's a lot of evidence he cared more about that material than any of his other fiction. He never really finished it b/c he didn't finish things but also b/c he became convinced no…

The creation of Wonder Woman was heavily bound up in the early 20th century ideals of neo-classicism and women's suffrage. So despite fighting Nazis in her comics debut, her gestalt has a very early 20th century "feel" to it which makes a WWI setting make some sense. Also (I haven't seen it) it appears that there is a…

Wow … look what happens when a Democrat politicians says what he actually thinks instead of market testing his message into the ground.

The rest of the state loathes Austin b/c their children keep moving here to get away from their hateful asses.

Robt Plant did live in Austin for a few years not long ago. He has since moved again.

From Houston. Spent a lot of the later parts of his life in Central Texas

T'Challa wins at the end because he chooses to forgive.

So it's some sort of white supremacist gang signal?

I actually thought this episode was a tad uneven but the women checking in on one another with Jonah joke had me pausing the show for a good 5 minutes bc I couldn't see thru the tears.

I also find him painfully unfunny in everything but this.