No no this isn’t an entirely legitimate literary practise of taking real world anecdotes, experiences and personalities and crafting a story. It’s that Roupenian singled out a real person and attributed misogynistic behavior to them with no evidence or even first hand experience. And the original story was far more…

Roupenian is not unique in freely melding real world details with invention in their fiction. Name an author who hasn’t, even in genre work. And, yes, at least within their social circles EVERYONE knows that so and so is based on this person and so and so is based on that other person. It’s not new and it’s not…

Personally, I’m loving that it’s a spoiler-filled reaction essay for a movie that is only on three screens in LA! I think it’s safe to do for a movie most of us won’t bother to see so spoilers aren’t a big deal, but it’d make more sense to describe the movie without assuming we’ve seen it.

A creepy house is there. Creepy nooks and crannies also present. ghostly apparitions, well, they are there too... The most presence since the first Haunting. The most sensual and goriest from Flanagan to date, that for sure.

I’d like to point out that when you post your personal bugaboo publicly, you open it up to response and analysis as well, could be something to consider in the future. I’ve definitely deleted a few ranting paragraphs just because I don’t actually care what other people think about it. Hell I just did it in this…

NICE. Let’s go.

that is fooked, and I know Paris Hilton had a similar experience (whatever someone feels towards her, no child deserves that).

sounds like he’s just in a rehab that Cher helped organize, and is attempting to cut ties with his partner? 

No, it isn’t. If you want to sit here and have an academic breakdown of the history of horror and how cultural concerns influence subject matter and stylistic choices you’re absolutely welcome. It’s territory I’ve gone over many times before in pursuit of a terminal degree. Which I now have. So I’m no stranger to your…

Every so often I will feel inclined to watch The Raven (2012) because it *seems* like it is right up my alley. And each time, I remember that the reviews of it range from “laughably bad” to “kind of mediocre if you’re inebriated” and I just skip it for something else.

Been eagerly awaiting this one for a while, particularly to see if the lack of sympathetic characters will make or break my interest. And even if the miniseries doesn’t succeed by the final episode, it can’t be any worse than AHS, though that’s a substantially low bar.

What I’m getting is someone not only saw, but remembered, Dickensian.

It completely tracks with the behavior she’s shown; she beat Evan Peters to the point where she was picked up for it, other celebrities have had issues with her due to her attitude issues...

Ryan Murphy isn’t exactly everyone’s LGBT hero in our community. He’s actually kind of a piece of shit himself!

I’d rather have a comedian that embellishes or even fabricated stories just for humor, rather than a comedian who RAPES.

I guess this is a discourse we’re having. I don’t expect comedians to tell the truth when they’re telling a joke, but FWIW, it feels like ever since social media came to prominence, more and more standup comedians have embraced parasocial relationships with their fans. Sometimes I see comedians reference their…

Oh yeah, the Laura Bow games were really good too!

The Space Quest series (and Sierra games in general) are what got me into gaming-and honestly got me into the joy of problem solving more than school ever did. I still love all those games.

Look, I’ve heard the argument that Herbert always meant to undermine the white savior trope and explain how Paul Atreides is the worst in the next books, and it’s a good argument, but I just feel that from the perspective of a writer, if you’re going to make a single book - and Dune was initially published not to be a…

This just remindes me how much I’m amused by the comments I always get when just mentioning that the Dune books are sexists and homophobic.

Not sure what your thesis is here. I’m pretty sure the makers of comedies always tried to attract interest in advance, and pretty sure successes still require people to like the films and tell others.