Animorphs was my fucking favourite growing up, and a lot of it does still hold up (sometimes the pop-culture references bring it down a little). I loved how I was able to read something that was specifically for me as a child, but didn't feel the need to sugarcoat anything or dumb anything down. It wasn't afraid to go…

With the way some literary types turn their nose up at YA for having "simpler plots" and characterizations, I'm surprised by just how much "literary" novels contain no discernible plot whatsoever. I don't mind parsing complex sentences or taking in absorbing descriptions of ennui either, but there's only so much…

All that proves is that THAT guy isn't an asshole.

Be careful what you wish for. At the rate TV is going, CW might just pick up the rights for the books and give you just that.

Joke's on you. Everyone at your job hates your dog.

At this point plenty of people are guilty of some fucked up thing. I've given up keeping track really.

Maybe he had tits and dragons as as one one of his demands when he agreed to do the show. Like, private trailer tits and dragons.

- Am I the only one who does not give a shit about Sandor Clegane? That anyone could care about him getting closure is baffling to me.

Well, I've always found Capetian Marvel to be unbearably dull as a character, so they've certainly picked the right actress for the job.

I always thought they were just nameless devil sprites that were given to him when he sold his soul to Beelzebub for fame.

There actually has been sexual assault in TWD. The Terminites flashback episode showed the women of their group getting raped repeatedly (although not on screen of course) when they let a bad group in.

The argument here seems to be that Walking Dead is more optimistic by virtue of it being a more simplistic, less "risk taking" show.

Of all the theories I've grown tired of, ______ IS REALLY ______ have to be one of the most annoying. Apparently everyone and their dad is Rhaegar.

Wildfire, as the name suggests is pretty uncontrollable. A siege isn't ideal, but neither is burning down the main castle of the Rvierlands (and half the country around it probably).

I'm pretty sure the show-runners came out and said that the scene was not intended to be viewed as a rape.

Was that actually an argument people made? Because that's just stupid.

Cope or Die could be their slogan.

- Table-setting is certainly an unavoidable necessity (particularly for a show this big), and you're right to say it isn't inherently a bad thing, but it doesn't have to be so dull and unfocused either. I'm not a critic, and I won't pretend to fully understand the way you grade your pieces, but I find it inexplicable…

Oh right, I'd completely forgotten all of that. It's been so long. I think I'm due for a re-read.

I mean, she didn't really "drop" it. She threw it at one of the WW.