Tbh the way he’s described his writing process, I’m surprised he’s finished as many books as he has. He’s said that when he was writing the Meereen plotline, he wrote it in different chronogical orders and then decided which one he liked best. For example, WHEN Quentin Martell arrives affects the plot drastically, ie…

I think I know the comment thread that prompted this update and it just goes to show how easy it is for rumours to get started

I mean, on the one hand I agree that it comes across as vaguely following the same “birds of a feather” logic that led to anti-miscegenation laws, but on the other hand it is a fact of life that people who share certain cultural touchstones in their background are better able to relate to each other and thus will be…

I mean, ive just described how the idea of a Mary Sue originated. Some girl would write Star Trek fan fiction, there’d be a new female character with a tragically past that was obviously the author with some minor details altered, Kirk or Spock would suddenly and inexplicably fall in love with her despite the fact…

Back in the 60s Hollywood tended to cast roles of various colours with white actors. Back then any nonwhite actor getting a job was ahead of the curve. Casting a Mexican as an Indian Sikh wasn’t great but the fact that even the character was Sikh was good for the time. There are higher expectations these days.

That’s not how actual Mary Sues work. It doesn’t matter whether a Mary Sue worked hard to be great at everything or was just a natural. The important thing is that she’s great at everything and is so amazing that the main character falls in love with her and everyone else wants to be her friend. That’s a Mary Sue. A…

I actually am entertained by the trolling and would love the trilogy all the more for it.

The fantastic thing is that the “nobody” reveal was never confirmed and so she could be nobody OR Ben could’ve simply tricked her into thinking that. And although if in TLJ they’d revealed Rey to be a Skywalker I would’ve been like “yawn”, NOW it would actually be interesting. But I also wouldn’t mind ignoring she…

I’m sorry, but if you’re a white man who decides to play a character named “Khan Noonien Singh”, I’m gonna side with the fans on this one

Sounds to me like he was agreeing with Freeman that some of the fan reaction is “pathetic” and that they shouldn’t let unmet expectation ruin their enjoyment, but is merely disagreeing with Freeman in that he doesn’t let the fan reaction affect him too much.

Hmm. You know, to me, this screams “Chameleon”.

The idea is that it’s like Lego or Meccano etc. You buy a pack that lets you build a specific thing but you can also use the pieces in other combinations to make your own things.

There’s a mode where you can design your own stuff not included in the pre-printed sets.

Yeah, I mean, was this a trick question? Obviously Skynet wanted to make Terminators that blended in.

I hope somebody involved with the production (but not enough power to get them to change it) leaked it as a way of letting the Internet get a head start in informing the makers that whitewashing was bad.

While I understand that the patriarchy needs to be kept in check, I do agree that tweeting insults against entire demographics is something that should be discouraged. Retweeting “disgusting Jews” wouldn’t be acceptable, so teach the unacceptability of that by applying your logic consistently. “It’s OK to say it about…

He’s also their main recruiter. So far he’s recruited Nat and Wanda to the side of right, and was the one sent to knock on Scott’s door and “put some coffee in him”. Between AoU’s “step out that door and you’re an Avenger” and Civil War’s “time to get off your ass”, he’s basically Wanda’s mentor.

His “nobody would know” was very Hawkeye. Also, his “and I have a bow and arrow”. Also, “Captain, it would be my genuine pleasure”. Also, yes he was brainwashed for the first movie but that gave him an excuse to kick everyone’s ass. Also, the fact that like in the comics, he’s the one that tends to give former…

That makes no sense.

All I know is that he’s guaranteed to survive Infinity War, because there’s no way they’d kill off a founder member of the Avengers and not even put him on the poster. I’d venture to say that he (and Scott) won’t be doing anything important in this movie, but will be very important in A4.