It may not be canonicle but I do think the groundwork for Mordor being born of eco terrorism is fitting within Tolkien’s general vibe.

Strongly disagree on it being a logical business decision. Yeah they’ve produced some crap along the way but HBO has a fairly strong reputation for quality scripted programing. He seems hellbent on walking away from that reputation because he wants to do his own thing and doesn’t care about squandering the HBO brand.

I know there were videos of Depp and his team celebrating Heard bringing this up because it allowed them to call Moss as a witness, but I don’t really see how this really means all that much. The context was that Heard, at the time of the fight with Depp and her sister, thought about the rumor and was worried Depp…

Yeah it's real funny to mock people for their medical conditions

Because trans actors arent offered non trans rolls, and there aren’t that many trans rolls to begin with. So when a non trans actor takes a trans roll they are taking one of the very very few opportunities that trans actors can even try to fight for.

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...they literally edited the suicide scene out of 13 Reasons Why because there was evidence it may have lead to an increase in youth suicide. No real world consequences my pasty white butt cheek.

You seem stable

I didn’t find out I had severe endo until I had a hysterectomy a few months ago. My surgeon had to “power wash" my organs, as my friend put it. It was real bad. Now I'm wondering what type I had/have.

Never read the books, have been gifted the games but haven’t played them yet, didn’t really know much about the series before watching the show. The timelines took a little brain power to untangle but I really didn’t find anything to be too confusing or nonsensical. It employs enough standard tropes that I can…

I make only around $20,000 a year but where I live the cost of living is fairly low. And I have no interest in children, and I have really good friends as roommates. $20,000 a year is ridiculous, but I could live fairly comfortably on it if it weren’t for my student loans. I’m on the income contingent repayment plan…

Someone pulled a gun at the protest in Huntsville, AL. The news article makes it sound like HSV PD stepped in swiftly but I’ve heard from someone there that they weren’t gonna do shit to the guy until they realized how much attention they were getting and how the story would likely spread.

I’m not saying it was everyone by any means, but I think a lot of fans understood the financial realities but were most upset at the lack of closure, ending on a cliffhanger. Whether deserved or not I think there’s a feeling that streaming services, not beholden to a traditional schedule or traditional advertising…

I haven’t made more than $20,000 per year in awhile. The most I’ve ever made was slightly shy of 30,000. Even low six digits in one year is unfathomable to me.

Chaotic neutral fairy this year (always fun to figure out costumes that are safe to wear in a food safe setting while at work)

I have mermaid hair now. The benefits of having bosses who don’t give a shit about what you look like as long as you’re hygienic.

Boston was ranked the third most overpriced city in the nation last year. It’s not just housing costs, its everything, including groceries and healthcare. Assuming you understand the financial burdens of these people because you have student loans to pay off is ridiculous. And who’s to say they don’t also have student…

This song always makes me a bit emotional anyway, but the shot of them frozen with their empty hands, muskets discarded after what happened this morning...yeah, that hit me real hard. Of course, everything has been hitting me real hard today.

I honestly struggle with whether to recommend the books or not. They’re good, but they have issues (and the very few Diana Gabaldon interviews I’ve read makes it clear she has no desire to examine her shortcomings or grow in her craft so it’s unlikely to change). She needs an editor not afraid to tell her to cut out…

After season 3 of Black Sails wrapped up the showrunners did an interview where they talked about the big death of the season, a fandom favorite (inexplicably IMO, I cheered when he swung). I don’t have the exact quote handy but they said, basically, that their litmus test for killing a character is ‘is the story we…