I think the key to the difference is what is expressed in The Hunt, in this collection — people who understand the difference between Dream and Desire understand why Vassily turned his back on the princess after he won her, because he knew the reality of what she was could never live up to the dream of what she…

Desire reminds me personally very strongly of Michael Jackson right in the middle of his transition from "normal black guy" to whatever he was before he died — the point just before his weirdness stopped being oddly compelling and just became pitiful and weird.

Desire reminds me personally very strongly of Michael Jackson right in the middle of his transition from "normal black guy" to whatever he was before he died — the point just before his weirdness stopped being oddly compelling and just became pitiful and weird.

The wonderful thing about the message of Three Septembers and a January vs. the other "month"-themed stories in this collection, also all about rulers, is that Norton is the distillation of what it means to Dream without Desire, and why Dream without Desire is such a freeing thing.

The wonderful thing about the message of Three Septembers and a January vs. the other "month"-themed stories in this collection, also all about rulers, is that Norton is the distillation of what it means to Dream without Desire, and why Dream without Desire is such a freeing thing.

Because the Arabian-Nights-style setting is so incredibly well-realized within its pages (and makes several references to the actual Arabian Nights stories, in a respectful way that makes you want to read the original text) and because the art is so gorgeous and because the ending — contrasting the beauty of a…

Because the Arabian-Nights-style setting is so incredibly well-realized within its pages (and makes several references to the actual Arabian Nights stories, in a respectful way that makes you want to read the original text) and because the art is so gorgeous and because the ending — contrasting the beauty of a…

Some random historical thoughts:

Some random historical thoughts:

@avclub-e8e1ea96f3b1bf8e7400065325e188c8:disqus Well, I don't know about you, but my male left-wing persona here is because I'm actually Bristol Palin trying on other identities for size.

@avclub-e8e1ea96f3b1bf8e7400065325e188c8:disqus Well, I don't know about you, but my male left-wing persona here is because I'm actually Bristol Palin trying on other identities for size.

The worst part is it wasn't actually a cake, it was a meat dish (ribs, pulled pork, chicken sausage) carefully arranged to look like Amy Winehouse's corpse.

The worst part is it wasn't actually a cake, it was a meat dish (ribs, pulled pork, chicken sausage) carefully arranged to look like Amy Winehouse's corpse.

The bad guys feared she was literally an immortal baby — that because vampires are incapable of ever changing or developing in any way, she would be basically cursed to frozen as a newborn baby for all time.

The bad guys feared she was literally an immortal baby — that because vampires are incapable of ever changing or developing in any way, she would be basically cursed to frozen as a newborn baby for all time.

There is more than one way to define "won the popular vote", yes, and it's "not that uncommon" when there's a strong third-party candidate for a candidate to win a plurality but not a majority.

There is more than one way to define "won the popular vote", yes, and it's "not that uncommon" when there's a strong third-party candidate for a candidate to win a plurality but not a majority.

Hyperbole like using the word "appalling" for the mild disheartened feeling people get when someone they had a certain mental image of turns out not to match it?

Hyperbole like using the word "appalling" for the mild disheartened feeling people get when someone they had a certain mental image of turns out not to match it?

I'm not going to defend Dan Savage's record on the war except to point out the obvious fact that if everyone who was against the war *now* had actually been against the war when the buildup was actually happening, the war would never have happened.