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I’m assuming the name comes from that “Listen Linda” YouTube video.

I don’t think that leftists who rally to the banner of Bernie “Aren’t all the drug dealers African-American?” Sanders get to throw stones about bad racial politics, Cap. Sanders & Co are among the first to dismiss concerns about “identity politics” as interfering with the grand cause of economic populism and routinely

It was pretty disappointing to find out that the villains all pretty much had Get Out of Death Free cards. 

Indeed, it’s ridiculous to consider the disparities between sex and the genders in this series. Nynaeve can’t be with Lan until they’re married. Egwene can’t be with Gawyn until they’re Bonded. Berelain is repeatedly slut-shamed by nearly every character. Meanwhile, Mat Cauthon is a veritable man-whore up and down the

This assumes that the series will shelve Moraine for as long as the books did rather than accelerating her subplot somehow.

Expecting context? On G/O Media?

“Trope” is absolutely right, because it’s not even just the presence of an old wise master, it’s the whole story arc associated with them. The Old Wise Master arrives in the story to train the Hero, usually in a condensed amount of time, and before the training is complete, the Hero usually has to watch them die at

“You know, Kamar-Taj.... In India.”

Dragged if you do, dragged if you don’t. 

“Jack and the squad must try to balance their personal lives and their professional lives over the course of a very difficult year.”

“Git do dah choppah!”

Right? How is this not being rightly pilloried as a step backwards in the HBO business model?

The same Adult Swim that cancelled The Venture Brothers?

Dark Matter was robbed!

It’s not a WB product; G/O Media isn’t being paid to promote it. 

The Flash must stop the physical embodiment of the Speed Force from destroying Central City

(even if his oversized ego did claim credit for writing an episode he didn’t actually write)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

It’s 2021, guys. Women can be nerds too. Invite them to play, maybe. 

Nerd Poker is what led me to joining a live Meet-Up group and doing Lost Mine of Phandelver back in 2016. I’ve been playing online ever since that campaign ended and our group went their separate ways due to IRL stuff.