They're fooling themselves! They're living in a self-perpetuating autocracy!

Yes!!

Maybe because I only started watching this show in earnest recently, I haven't built up the same emotional investment as if I'd been a fan for years. So I've definitely noticed a steep decline in writing (with an increase in pacing and spectacle), but don't really care as long as I'm enjoying the ride. I guess I'm…

"You're not the one for me, fatty!"
*Young Husky Morrissey scribbles tearfully*

Fantastical
Action
Really
Thrills
Shyamalan

There is very much that vibe of it's the women's fault for throwing themselves at him. What can a man do??

I apologize if I came across that way (and I can see how it does). I think you're right about all of this self-labeling. It's too often a substitute for actual action.

That's terrific, but bear in mind not everyone sees this stuff in terms of personal vanity.

I was more sympathetic to this piece before I read the author's comments mocking people's concerns about Kinja: http://vaavtest.kinja.com/t…

I guess that's why I prefer the term ally, with its connotation that you're there in order to be helpful, rather than to make someone else's struggle your own.

I can only say what I've liked about Whedon, which is that his schtick is to take familiar tropes and narrative cliches and look at them from the POV of an audience that has seen this stuff a million times. His sense of humor is all about deflating solemnity and self-importance, and upending viewer expectations. The…

Ugh

Holy shit.

Why Do All These Needy Women Keep Sucking My Cock?

Only a femisith deals in absolutes.

For Our Consideration: xy doesn't deserve your hatred

:(

I don't expect my own comments to be affected by Kinja, since the only appropriate response to most of them is a sad shake of the head.

I don't expect my own comments to be affected by Kinja, since the only appropriate response to most of them is a sad shake of the head.

Although, I'm weirdly cheered up by learning about this, because he's not dead anymore!