In terms of character abilities, maybe, but not so much in terms of narrative.

I'm not certain that's the relevant aspect so much as the actual level of organization. A cult is going to have a very different motivational dynamic for engagement than a Union, League, or mainline Church.

That's not really how the bowling alone 'demographic' works, but good on ya for trying for a silver lining.

Well, I have my doubts (I'm not certain a cult counts as organizing in the same way a bowling league or a mainline church does and both of those are suffering horribly), but let's hope so.

Numeracy works at a even greater distance for ancient cultures. While I wouldn't expect those with a Platonic 'knowledge of geometry' to be anywhere near the majority, it is going to be a different subset, and the number of people beyond that who can perform advanced practical arithmetic (though how that overlaps with…

Al-Quadim for me. And/or an honestly decent pre-Columbian themed setting.

There's basically a D&D author generation peaking in genre fiction right now. A huge spectrum too between Martin and Meiville.

What's particular weird is that these are exactly the sorts of stories we should be primed to indulge - for reasons both noble and ignoble. One factor, I fear, is that the silencing of the press in Mexico has been effective on both sides of the border, at least to some degree.

In fun bit of pun-blindness there's an RPG named exactly that!

Truly you are the King of Kings of Simpsons References.

The AV Club

The Three Family Man: Dinner is always with the wife who's makin' steak and the kids with As in spelling.

Ashley Madison: "When you think about it, it's all very altruistic. No, wait, deeply and profoundly selfish. Yup, that's what the thought said."

Well, it did lead to that one not entirely horrible Good Wife episode.

Also:
The A.V. Club

It really is shocking to me that this isn't a running news issue. I live in a border state and it's incredible the disconnect between how much people seem to actually talk about these issues and how small the coverage seems to be.

Except, weren't a number of those letters written by journalists?

I don't know. Gang related is pretty amazing - maybe in a new sense of the term, definitely in a far older sense of the term.

I think a lot has to do with the confusion as well. Saucy Jack is a pretty amazing chimera. The 'surgical aspect' alone with contemporary analyses ranging from 'has unusual medical knowledge' to 'clearly evinces a lack of an even basic education in human anatomy.'

That book and series title combo is a thing of the purest beauty, a revelation of the inspiration/rigid formula paradox.