I expected not to like it, but I did.

you said it yourself: we share a common ancestor. Therefore, reptiles and mammals are both what that ancestor was, but are not each other.

I can't say I agree with that, necessarily. What's more: she's specifically encouraging writers to not just think of sex as gimmicky but as potentially something valuable in storytelling, and to use it as such.

Ehh I don't agree. Anyone can write sex in a book to "liven" things up. Some put suffering (less than just violence) to force feeling into their work. It takes talent to skip these easy attention grabbers.

Can this one be named Brooklyn Carter? He promised.

I...how is that more clearly a blaster than a lightsaber. It's a cylinder, and she appears to be holding it kind of daintily (pinky out).

Eohippus petting zoos forever!

And perhaps the Garveys will become a family unit again.

The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia. Drunk. Do it.

Also, there have been no Jedi since Luke went missing, and everybody thinks the Jedi are gone forever.

Ugh no.

This seems like it would be more fun as an actual retro video game.

Isn't this just V?

It's probably a combination of that and the word "come" being used to mean having an orgasm.

...that's immediately after Tyrion shoots him with a crossbow, so perhaps he was just being shitty.

Yes, actually.

I'm pretty sure Doom's not wearing clothes.

Right - the tension comes from "When is it going to happen?"

What's particularly fascinating to me about Laurie and about Kevin is how the Departure essentially allowed them to hold on to life changing secrets - it's not clear that Kevin knows Laurie was pregnant or that Laurie knows Kevin slept with the Comely Stranger - but that off-the-hook-ness probably makes the guilt…

I think you'd very much like Shatterpoint.