I don’t know, I think for a lot of LGBTQ kids, the 2000s are objectively better than the 90s. Only in the last 20 years did we get legalized gay marriage, the end of don’t ask/don’t tell and more widespread acknowledgement and acceptance. Things aren’t great everywhere now (and I’d argue that it seems especially…

I kind of loved it. It took me years to realize that Willow was this big financial disappointment. I remember literally everyone in my generation seeing it. We had sticker books, ffs. It’s not perfect, but it was extremely charming and unusual. This surprised me most by aiming straight for that charm and unusual…

They make out in the first fifteen minutes of the show. It made me bemused over how Andor has a really well-written queer couple but dodges controversy by never having them be affectionate in any way and then counters criticism by having no one in the show express romantic physical affection at all — i.e., a total cop…

It was a throwaway line, so I’m not getting upset about it or anything, but to me, it stuck out like a sore thumb as one of the only times Andor has directly referenced a pre-existing element of the universe when it didn’t need to. It’s not like Canto Bight is the only place where gambling is possible.

There’s a YouTube vid where someone theorized the things the prisoners were making were the undercarriages of Imperial Probe Droids. I liked that theory. This ... was fine. It would be cool to find out that Narkina’s 3rd floor work group sabotaged every 20th unit - thus causing the Death Star’s dish to fail upon first…

it also came across to me as a bit of interpersonal power play for Mon - she’s using emotional leverage to get him on board with a possible arranged marriage for their daughter with a gangster’s son

Even if we’re to believe that Maarva’s told this to Andor before, it still makes little sense that Andor wouldn’t want to see what Luthen knows about it given his surprising familiarity with Andor’s background.

I know Donald is a big star and everything, but it’d be nice to hear some updates on Yvette Nicole Brown’s involvement too. I don’t know if you’re ignoring her because you’re racist or because she intimidates you sexually, but I know it’s one of those two.

Abdul-Mateen is a great actor so I trust him to play a ‘thinks he’s great’ actor. The fact that it will piss off certain sects is just an added bonus.

So is the first James Gunn run DC studios project gonna be "A Hard Wayne's Gonna Fall"?

“Elon Musk assures followers he definitely didn’t buy Twitter to make more money”

Even now that it’s gotten good, Andor remains the least interesting thing about Andor by a wide margin.

I kind of want Sauron to go back into Eregion in yet another form so Celebrimbor just keeps getting tricked by Saurons in disguise.

So broadly, I think it’s mostly cut for time, same reason as Celebrimbor being in Lindon and not off at his own cavern/quarry. It’s a bit of a shame because I think you could have a lot of fun playing around with Sauron in fair guise, i.e. have him be Halbrand to get to Lindon, have Gil-Galad brush him off, and then…

Why not start right out with them being this immensely powerful force?

A betrayal based on two-weeks long relationship just does not have the same weight as one involving years of manipulation.

That’s not a justification they’ve given. You could imagine specifically that Gil-Galad would rather be High King in Middle-Earth than merely a vassal to Finarfin on Valinor, or something along those lines.

The morning after the Stranger does his spell on the tree, the Grove is teeming with new life. The dead tree now bears juicy red apples. In return, Sadoc gives the Stranger directions to the big people, where he might find information on his lost stars. Nori gives him an apple before sending him on his way and…

The jarring thing to me about the Harfoots is that it feels like we’ve spent so much time on them almost exclusively for setup, but aside from the Stranger, potential conflict for the Harfoots is that they’ll all die. Not to say that everything needs tension or stakes, but for what it says about the Harfoots…

To be clear, though, the need for the digging is urgent because these Elves are afraid of death!