Horseshoe Theory! At this point it's like The Patriots fans arguing with Broncos fans over whose team is the Good Guy/underdog when us folks metaphorically prefer the calm drawn out intellectualism of baseball anyway.

If he were a black nerd would you say "Fuck off defending this mediocre black nerd"?

You're inching very closely to giving a religious, theological explanation for why people should treat each other well.

You're right we should ban all depictions of rape in film and television forevermore.

That might be the experience that's skewing your interpretation of the ink blot toward the conclusion you've derived.

Nah, I'm SURE Joss Whedon did all his auditions Howard Hughes style, personal services contracts and all.

You REALLY spun that in a different direction, didn't ya? A bit of projection, perhaps? (not trying to be antagonistic)

But what if you're an actress who REALLY wants to have sex with your married boss because he treats you like a human being and not a piece of meat? I could see a lot of actresses going for someone like Whedon because he actually IS sincere about feminism in film and television. I could see that as quite an aphrodisiac…

We're talking Joss Whedon here… I highly doubt he's summoning these poor actresses up to his giant corner office and champing on a huge cuban cigar and telling them he needs to see their tits to know if they're right for the part….

Why do you think women get a free pass to do and say whatever they want about people without rebuttal?

Now you're just spreading lies.

Helps what? Helps who? Are you Joss Whedon's ex wife?

Tell that to the Sex in the City Ladies.

That's why you abort the little fucker. i thought we were all down for making that more readily available? Also, ever hear of birth control? Ya see, there's this little pill….

The way you worded that sentence leads one to believe you don't believe in personal responsibility at all. Which is just… skewed and a bit odd, coming from someone not living in a cardboard box, I assume.

Sounds like the whole idea here is "bend over backwards for actress who is expendable" which isn't really a great recipe for success unless you're someone's personal assistant.

Of course you wouldn't have fired her…. from your perspective, you're just a fan of the show.

You keep saying people are so quick to defend this guy. Let me get one thing straight: I don't care for Joss Whedon's work. All I care about is not letting this sort of thing happen to someone whose work I DO care about. I read some comments by the "woke" branch of the Disqus/Avclub commentariat and I feel like I'm…

Do you know how "acting" actually works? It's not all dinner theater where you come as is.

So how would having a baby bump had played out in the season if Whedon had decided to ignore it? Offer an alternative.