There is something that is part of this that derives from toxic masculinity. The idea that a man derives his value, not from any inherent humanity, but from his ability to acquire objects, one of which is a woman, cuts across many different groups and its awful at the core.

From the start it reduces a human woman into…

I don’t think the main point is Miller’s use of exaggeration as a tool so much as how and what he’s exaggerated/included. Critical to this is Miller’s fixation upon the hyper masculine and in particular the phallic. That doesn’t exist in a vacuum there’s an entire associated set of values and mentalities that come…

I am so sick of these mother fucking zombies on this mother fucking plane!

I read a fascinating book called the War of the Fists in undergrad about wild boxing battles on the bridges of Baroque Venice. In particular the author described the marvelous nicknames accrued by the best laborer-fighters: Mangimorte (Eats the Dead), Zuzzateste (Sucker of Heads), Mazzagate (Cat Killer), Tre Riose del…

I’ve always been fond of Harald Hardrada which translates to Harald the Hard-Rider.

He could have a chest injury. In which case the Colts are better off sitting him. I know there’s a whole pull through injury ethic but there’s a different between being in pain and being hurt. If its something that’s making him hesitant, that could become aggravated, or is restricting his motion then he’s not going to…

The Material looks like old-school, ‘90s era mesh too which makes it a pretty old jersey. Its probably an Eric Kramer which makes it nearly 20 years old. That was probably the jersey the guy had as a kid and now it lies abandoned like forgotten youth.

Exactly. Most of the time the flowers just end up wasted. The arranger put together the piece for that event. Unless they’re in some super expensive vase that has to be reused its best to take them home.

Clearly you’re doing the Lord’s work.

You didn’t think anyone could replace Amy. After her first few episodes you thought that was correct. Then she started dressing down the Doctor and she was terrific.

That’s all true and Del Toro has come out openly as said that the fairy world is absolutely real for the reasons you’ve laid out. The difficult part is that the “real” scenes are shot so straight forward, in such an arresting and brutal fashion that you brain wants to think that is the only reality.

Pan’s Labyrinth.

Well yeah. That’s why I said if she gets to the end of this season. Who knows how many episodes until her departure. Its varied with other companions.

Keep in mind that a deus ex machina in itself isn’t bad writing. Some writers use is as a cheap way out of narrative trap but in other places it serves a point. The Greek used it to portray the will of the gods and their role in maintaining cosmic order. In Tolkein the Eagles serve as those “other forces at work in…

But even Tolkein himself admitted that the Eagles were troublesome. Not just taking into account transporting Frodo and the ring, just wondering about their conspicuous absences and why turn up only the most impossible of scenarios. Even in the text its rare for an Eagle to have anything to do story wise aside from…

But that’s an in universe justification for a problem of writing. Sure there is a logic for why the Eagles are there sometimes but not others from the perspective of Frodo Baggins but for the reader/viewing its much more sudden and jarring. In the first LOTR film, Gandalf’s rescue came clean out of nowhere. The Wizard…

Yeah especially with Capaldi. Maybe could have worked with Tennant.

Neither one are kooks.

Or maybe just maybe just make the fangirl armageddon happen:

How about a slightly different kind of gal...