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A Dopehead in a Cubs Cap
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I may be the only person who read that Lord Capulet casting as Anthony Heald and was disappointed to tune in and see Anthony Head. Ah well.

Mojo?

Embarrasing such choices based on shallow readings are a common theme with this type.

Aww, Laura Linney's character's husband loves that she always picks up the phone. That's a sweet detail.

*distant eagle cry*

As in, if a superhero's sexuality isn't explicitly defined you assume they're non-heterosexual, or you assume any character who's not explicitly confirmed to not be a superhero wears tights and flies around fighting crime when they're not on screen?

Authorial fiat.

By giving it the Academy Award for Best Picture?

Look, in the Trump era, you've really got to turn these things out faster. This was approximately 14 news cycles ago.

Assault in the book, attempted robbery in the show.

"Aww, listen to the cute snorting noise he makes."

Hey, they're fine with him once he assimilates and becomes a wise mystical mentor who's just there to support the children.

Josiah X, right? They wrote his nephew Patriot out of Young Avengers a few years back because of that.

I've got the fourth-weirdest boner right now.

No, not the clone. Stop. Come back.

Are they trying to split the difference on the "not calling miniseries miniseries because that means they won't sell" thing?

No one uses that monorail, Once Upon a Time. It just goes between two stops that are ten blocks away from each other.

Fire Island Update: I hate all these people. I hate all these people and I hate myself and I want to die and this show has filled my heart with hate and I do not recommend it at all. So what are they up to this week?

"Now"?

Out of what?