"Certainly, Aegon believes himself to be legitimate. Many ASoIaF fans don't, mostly because 1) they don't believe that GRRM would bring in another Targaryen this late in the game, and 2) they really want Tyrion to be that third head of the dragon. "

No, I meant that in a positive way - I like that we're seeing dromeosaurs as beautiful, colorful, cunning creatures instead of scaly nightmarefuel. You're exactly right - they were animals, and the rejection of feathery integument in reconstructions is (often) a rejection of that very fact.

More importantly, I think it makes dinosaurs look like *animals* instead of monsters.

Maybe if you didn't spend so much time staring at their private feeds they wouldn't feel so insecure.

I think I've found my new D&D character.

Of course there's a connection.

Actually, I'd say the forehead ridges suggest that JJ Abrams is striking a compromise with the helmet design.

Thanks, that's actually really helpful.

Yes, some.

I'm so confused by so much here because I know evolutionary psych is supposed to be bullshit. Someone help me navigate this.

I like reading that the matriarch was trying to calm everyone down. Elephants are fucking smart, which makes this even more cruel to me. But there's that matriarch up there, like, "Okay, okay, okay guys, just...don't encourage them! You're EN-COUR-AG-ING THEM-MUH. Just. Stop. They *want* you to pay attention to them."

That. That is what I was going to respond. Well done.

"And nobody complained about the U.S. Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, at least not to the same extent."

The Batman one is hilariously good writing.

And again in the escape from Echo Base.

I want you to write dialogue for Episode VII.

When I worked at a Whole Foods they didn't let people take home food at the end of the shift - some of it could be put out again the next morning but what couldn't be was mostly thrown out instead of allowing the often-worse-off-than-I-was employees from taking any home in containers, or giving it to, I don't know,…

I'm totally with you. What does putting tits on armor really do, anyway, besides sexualize it for...whose sake? The enemy's? Are there no sports bras in the future?

I think it depends on which elements of the invasion story you're focusing on. From the quote, it sounds like Adkins' interest is in occupation and oppression, in cultural domination.

Yeah what's going on with his voice.