The Breakfast Club is actually about punishing both Ally Sheedy and Molly Ringwald's characters for presenting any kind of vulnerabilities whatsoever. Thus we have Ally Sheedy abandoning all of her goth tendencies and Molly Ringwald rewarding Judd Nelson's character most abusive tendencies by kissing him. I hate that…

Feels like that is probably the answer to many of life's mysteries.

Um, why would they get Dream Academy to cover that song when The Smiths were perfectly capable of creating their own 80s emo-synth pop? Were The Smiths just holding out for "Never Been Kissed"?

Right. That's why I said it CAN be a symptom, but it doesn't have to be. The issue ISN'T fan fiction, it is the attitude of fans.

To me, the issue is not fan fiction itself. It is those fans who assume the narrative in their head - whether it be through fan fiction or some other form of analysis - is the "true" narrative. And that if the creator does not comport to their "true" narrative, then that creator has somehow failed in telling the…

Deadwood also did a good job showing that thru-line in Bullock's romantic entanglements. Not surprising that he would have a Victorian sense of sex and morality, given the age he was living in, but he truly did feel quite torn up by the fact that he was sleeping with Alma while married, even though he hadn't…

Seth Bullock was a repressed and angry man who, paradoxically, also always wanted to do the right thing. It is what made him an interesting character and an atypical hero. Unlike the anti-heroes that currently seem to populate our pop culture landscape, Bullock had a deep sense of morality and was compelled to do the…

I only watched a few episodes of Justified, but it is a different character. Seth Bullock was far more repressed. He also had wonderful chemistry with Molly Parker.

This needs to happen. I may even get around to watching season 3 if it does.

And yet, here you are, assuming that Amber Heard is a lying gold-digger. Please do not try to claim moral superiority.

Guess what? She can both be a gold digger AND a victim of abuse. She can both be a terrible person AND a victim of abuse. There is no such thing as the perfect victim. That you cannot see that, that you keep spewing victim-blaming nonsense, says everything about you and nothing about her.

Oh, for God's sake, seriously? There are also THOUSANDS of cases where women are beaten by their boyfriends, husbands, or significant others - to the point of death. I mean, what does she need, to be dead for you to believe? Or would you even victim-blame then?

This is more than just "bad behavior," this is abuse. And this is the kind of attitude that allows the exploitation of vulnerable populations to continue. You are creating some kind of artificial line because it makes you feel uncomfortable.

I'm in a middle of a rewatch.

Bullshit. There was only one awful episode.

Okay, thanks.

Thank you.

"We're" not lucky whatsoever if that happens. (And dream on - given the ratings, they won't). Some of "us" are looking forward to more episodes.

Oh please.

She smiles when Mulder wrestles the Tofutti dreamsicle away from her, as any red-blooded woman would.