No, it’s that said spoiler (that they kill the main character in the first scene) is in the teaser paragraph on the front page. Before you even click through to the article. Which, I dunno, I usually roll my eyes at people who bitch about spoilers in these articles, but that seems like a bit much. 

Yeah, I dunno, I wish the worst part of my job was occasionally answering fans’ questions about random bits of the FUCKING STAR WARS MOVIE I got to make. I get that it’s kinda obnoxious that the internet has to have every fucking beat in a movie clarified like it’s a theological debate, but, somehow, I think Rian…

Interesting. Out of curiosity, do you have a source to share on that? I tried to dig up more info on the internet earlier, but there’s this whole thing where they kind of expect me to actually work while I’m at work, so I haven’t had much time to sink into it yet.

The Germans really did capture large amounts of Soviet submachine guns during the war, and used them in the field after converting them to use German ammunition. I can’t speak to how many were actually in use at Normandy, but the practice of repurposing captured enemy materiel was pretty common in World War II. This…

IIRC, one of the civics cards lets you buy military units with faith points. They’re pretty expensive, but if you’re drowning in them, it’s a good way to burn them.