I honestly think that LotR is a romantic reading of historic-ish, dreadfully human events. I've read the books around 4 times in different points in my life and everything is in there: The petty feudal politics, the distant dangerous fae, the otherwordly beings happily toying with mortals, the common folk being…

I thought we were all just different shades of black

It could be a military dictatorship deposing Trump

"I do fully understand and appreciate what they are doing—as ever, boldly going where no one has gone before. Star Trek will live long and prosper."

The thing is, if he had been found totally wasted and groping her in a sofa in the party, maaaaaaaybe there's a case for her to argue about "Alcohol gone wrong" "He didn't realize she became unconscious" etc. MAYBE. But when someone shoves pinecones into a unconscious person's body, that's borderline Silence of the…