*laughs* yeah, i realized that it was a bad example shortly after posting, just had Bond on the mind as i was finally going to watch QoS... which was pretty disappointing, all things considered. but yeah, bad example aside, i'm digging this.

I totally understand, whatever gets you through it is the way to go. Good luck to you both.

Totally, when it goes that way we end up in Gor territory.

Huh, i've actually met this guy. Didn't know he'd gone into digital stuff, when i met him he was still really into painting... and his work was beautiful. Not a big fan of this stuff, but the man definitely has talent.

"Part of his appeal to one segment of his male fanbase is the fact that he *can* say no to women...." The entire paragraph that this sentence resides in is pure awesomeness and is a part of the discussion i rarely see brought up. You've nailed the power dynamic fantasy aspect perfectly! Thank you for this.

Sorry to butt into your conversation but i just wanted to say that if your friend is suffering from actual real-world PTSD, the "man-up and be professional" philosophy is NOT something you want to pass on. It's great for our fictional heroes but in the real world people need counseling and help, and "fake it 'till…

I lose sleep over this one too, so no worries there. The way i get around is that my personal decisions helped create the form of the object in the same way that the position, temperature and chemical makeup of the air informs how a crystal will grow. The extant 4 dimensional object that is reality is the way it is…

Ok, i can't be the only one who wants to drop a couple of tabs and watch this all the way through, right?

But not if it's a closed loop system. If time is a constant (an extant 4 dimensional object that humanity only perceives edge on) then her "present" already accounts for her being in her own "past".

I don't even have jogging as an excuse; when i hit my 30's it was suddenly like a switch in my head and its now all bubble-pop dance music for me. I tried to hide it for a few years and then gave it up and now i just own it.

Holy shit, well done!

I have been waiting to hear this announcement my whole life. Even if it doesn't succeed, we're taking the first step, and that is beyond amazing. I want to leave work and go running through the streets lighting fireworks and screaming. This is so very awesome.

Ditto on both the indoor fireworks and the flour on fire. I was awash in goosebumps and my heart rate went way up for both. Good times.

"That *is* what you're saying, right? Not that your threshold and criteria are different from mine, but that you have none whatsoever, and no one else should either, because that's what makes George Lucas cry."

Yup, but looking down on their fans is incredibly counter-productive. 'Cause if you're a geek (and i'm sure we can all take some form of that title) it's pretty much guaranteed you've been a fan of something equally crappy at some point in your life.

It took me YEARS to get over my knee-jerk hate of romance novels. They were the crap genre, the go-to place whenever i needed validation that, while i might be a geek and nerd, there were people FAR lower on the social scale than me.

love this post.

Came here to say this, glad i scrolled down to see that you beat me to it. The second season was a trip! I was pretty young at the time and had no idea of the behind the scenes drama that was going on, i just knew my show got a lot darker, nastier, and meaner. It was only much later that i learned what was going on.

It's important to remember that they're not actually for eating. They're for blowing up in microwaves and making dioramas. It's only as food that they fail.

great news, thanks!