Perhaps this movie explains why Giles' glasses are always in need of cleaning.

Zombie dragons (dracolich?) are definitely the worst.

I would argue that the desire to emulate physical attractiveness is a sexual desire - the men on these covers are being objectified, just differently (i.e., they are being presented as idealized dominants in the same way women on these covers are idealized submissives).

I'm sorry that you misunderstood me - my main point was: "we're confusing dominant/submissive with power/sexiness binaries." This in no way refutes the overall message of the article, but simply points out that it's all about sex and sexual power dynamics.

"2.) Male poses do not generally emphasize sexuality at the expense of all other considerations.

Given your Dr. Who-inspired screen name implies a certain level of comfort with sci-fi/fantasy in addition to erotica, my quick recommendation would be the Kushiel series by Jacqueline Carey (at least the first six books).

Spooning can be good - if it's not vaginal and toys are involved.

But she's not dead at the end of the first series - although Azula's grandchild might make more sense (new villain = 30 years old = Azula having a kid way too old; new villain = 30 years old = Azula having a kid at 25 and her kid having a child around the same time).

My money would be on Azula's child - someone with a crazy mother and a vengeful grandfather.

Old English? As someone with a PhD in medieval English, saying that Coleridge wrote in Old English just about made me cry.

It's always funny to see how closely the distribution of retrograde ideas maps to Appalachia (with guest appearances by Texas, Arizona, and Florida).

Dammit - it was blue. Of course, I only own six work-quality shirts of which two are blue, so that's not actually too surprising (I'm wearing the other blue today).

My reaction would be: "Why is this crazy person obsessed with shirts?" - also, the odd emphasis placed on shirts would make me less likely to change my mind about what color shirt I wore (that is, constantly wondering about your mental state and obsession with shirts would mean my memory of yesterday's shirt is closer…

Excellent use of "sinister."

The idea that Amy is/was trapped in Pompeii - and the Doctor can't save her without doubling back on his own time-line - would make me very happy. Instances were happenstance and serendipity are made to look like part of a grand design just make me inexplicably giddy.

Anecdotal evidence that totally proves this is true: In college I went to a nearby amusement park with this girl I liked and another guy who was interested in her. The other guy and I mostly traded off riding next to the girl - except when it came to roller coasters. We both hated roller coasters, but I liked the girl…

Not to disparage your dad, but he's being (perhaps unintentionally) disingenuous. If Hillary was the Democratic nominee, Rush and Fox News would stop talking about how competent she is and pick-up where they left off four years ago during the primary season when they really did think she was going to be the nominee…

I won't say it lost me, but that did strike me as a terribly off-key note that could ruin the entire show - and there's really no going back now. If they wanted a conspiracy, couldn't they have waited a little longer to let the inherent weirdness of the show's premise breathe before tacking on (rather unimaginative)…

On the plus side, his state of the union addresses would be like a national game of Taboo:

Given what the BBC can do with short seasons, I think it's hard to argue that such a trend is (in itself) something bad.