Funny tangent story... back in high school a history teacher started class by asking us to write the lyrics to the anthem. I think she knew there would be a fire drill 10 minutes into class because when we got outside she proceeded to spend the fire drill time reading aloud the insanity that some people wrote.

To each their own.

As I said, “beyond the pen name and fake bio”. What, if anything, did she do beyond the fake back of the book blurb? Did she give fake interviews elaborating on those pretend histories? Did she use the fake bio information as part of a pitch to a publisher to accept the novel? Anything like that? (Serious question,…

Yes! Now there’s the type of arbitrary Star Wars knowledge I love being reminded of!!!

They’re saying “canon” in a way like the old G-canon/T-canon labeling.

It would depend greatly on what you do beyond the pen name and fake bio. If you create a whole fake persona of someone from another demographic, that’s probably going over the line. If you leverage the fake persona to take advantage of its demographics over your natural self (such as leveraging to get a job based on…

A pen name’s a pen name.

It’s strange how little the general RPG tropes get used. You get plenty of teams like The Expanse, where you’ve got a variety of specialists and a bit of a character mishmash, but they don’t play to any particular classic “adventure party” setup.

Why are you ignoring the incredibly awesome JLA/Avengers crossover??

I really have to read something from Paul Tremblay (after all the recommendations from Stephen King, and others).

so if a self-driving umbrella causes an accident, is the human underneath it at fault, or the umbrella programmer?

I wonder what a hedge fund manager’s resume looks like to get a coaching job like this.

What impressed me most was that the show built around a quest, and progressed it.

What are the odds of one or two motors failing and this drifts down onto your head and catches your hair in the remaining rotors.

I think I have to disagree.

I have only one tweet this inning... in 27 parts.

Somehow, I still manage to be surprised when people miss the whole point of “love your neighbor”.

If I mine this coin and then exchange it for a cable, does the state collect sales tax?

It’s worth stating the obvious....

Good to know. I will be cautious. Thanks.