I even miss Capwolf. Not the high point of Gruenwald’s writing, perhaps; and it more than reeks of editorial interference (the inclusion of Wolverine and Cable). He wrote what I consider the definitive Cap; there have been flashier writers, but none who captured what Cap is supposed to be.  Even if it means he’s…

If people are afraid to have a black Sue Storm in a relationship with a white Reed Richards, fine: make them ALL black and mess with the minds of racists.

“Svitlana Flom”

I am really, really not looking forward to Courtney’s classmates taking up the identities of JSA members and being able to beat their worst enemies through youthful pluck, ingenuity, and unpredictability.  That’s what I foresee happening, and I’d like to be wrong.

It’s sad, but the main reason I’m watching this show is that IMDB says Joel McHale will be in 11 out of 13 episodes this season. I will watch anything Joel McHale is in, even this. I’m just disappointed that he didn’t stop the Injustice Society with a classic Jeff Winger speech: “Each of us is the Injustice Society in…

Que?

I’ve seen it recommended — and I am sold — that we need a level past Karens: Carolyns, named after the woman who had Emmett Till murdered. Karens demand to speak your manager; Carolyns try to get people killed on a whim.

“What’s so frustrating about shit like this is that a slight pivot (“How Racism Makes Trump Supporters Contradict Their Masculine Ideals”) could’ve made it so much better.”

Oh, one more thing I liked: Lex’s dastardly plan. In particular, I genuinely buy that he was hoping Brainy would trap the elementals in a shrink jar. See, any lazy writer can write a genius simply by having things reach some random turn of events, and then the “genius” steps in and says, “all has unfolded exactly as I…

I think I’ll be the first to say it: CoIE was a big mistake. The different shows are trying to tell different stories that simply don’t work if they’re on the same earth. Kryptonite is super-rare on Batwo-Man’s show yet the DEO stockpiles it like toilet paper on Supergirl’s show. Freeland is quarantined,…

I’ll start with the things I didn’t like.

I don’t know, it feels less like it’s about respectability than about claiming a right that shouldn’t need to be claimed in the first place. At least that’s what I get out of it.

That circle diagram with the eight parts and “pays a heavy price” — that’s Harmon’s story structure. Although I’ve never bought “pays a heavy price” as a description of what happens in a Harmon story. More often — for example over and over in “Community” — the protagonist gets what they set out to accomplish, but in…

Yes. I will add that learning to pick locks is a fun skill. Some people knit while watching TV; I grab a lock from my Box O’ Locks and absentmindedly pick it over and over.

All I can figure is, she loves Jimmy more than she “should”, and having nearly lost him, she is more protective of him than is sensible.

Now all I can hear is, “MAGAAAAAA Ver Sus HOOOOOO-TEEEEEEEP!”

What’s with the Hulk these days, does he still revert to Puny Banner when he is no longer angry? Seeing as the Flash can turn his hands into industrial-grade vibrators and the Hulk presumably has a prostate, I think the Flash has got this one locked up.

You did the right thing. Your kids are old enough to learn about post Zero Hour continuity, if you haven’t told them already.

Worse, you got me thinking about “Lolly Lolly Lolly get your adverbs here”. IS THERE NOTHING YOU WON’T CORRUPT WITH YOUR WITCH-MAN POWERS DAMON YOUNG?

Holy lord, Kim is magnificent. I thought for sure Lalo had Jimmy dead to rights, but then Kim steps in, effortlessly improvises a plausible explanation, sells it, and as one last distraction puts Lalo on the defensive. Here is all my lunch money Kim Wexler, please don’t hurt me.