Counterpoint: Endor Leia

“It’s a fun pulp sci-fi series, but pretending any of the work is particularly, like ... good is kind of weird.”

He is definitely loving every minute of it lmao.

“But the film didn’t suck. And over the course of people crying about it, not one legitimate argument about why it supposedly sucks has ever been introduced.”

Eh, there’s a small group of knuckle-dragging fans who got big mad at TLJ because “SJWs” or some other incomprehensibly stupid thing.

Good lord. Wouldn’t it have been easier to write “I’m not really much of a Star Wars fan”?

“Toxic reviews and comment sections did more damage than anything else, like the last few Star Wars movies, Star Trek shows and anything else a fan boi or grrl thinks they are the gatekeeper on. You don’t have to have liked it but stop trying to make sure no one else did.”

Interestingly enough, I thought the ending, ,with Danaerys turning heel and Jon being forced to murder her, was a good way to conclude her character arc. I like the fact that it echoed Jaime Lannister’s experience with Aerys, but on a deeper, more intimate level (since Jaime had no feelings of love for his monarch).

Personally, I think the fact that they didn’t stick the landing in the final season is only indirectly to blame for the fact that people don’t think/care/talk about the series anymore.

“But the notion that he would continue to be a bounty hunter, as a consequence of hereditary disposition, seems flat and one that I hope the writers will avoid.”

Admittedly, it’s a fine line. Which is really why I think a simple change in the way Roman responded to the question would have been plenty sufficient.

“Will we need fine print in all cookbooks so that no one is offended?”

“Do you expect everyone to acknowledge all their influences, or only when it’s white chefs and their inspiration is from a non-white culture?”

“a recipe they made up by themselves?”

Honestly, you may be right that we get to that point with stupid missing-the-point disclaimers on recipes and the like. But I think that’s more a function of how these issues end up framed, with all the subtlety and nuance of a wrecking ball. We’ve all seen this before. On the internet, the discourse becomes:

Especially without a larger plan/framework.

“Once again artists like Filoni and Johnson get the lore” 

I realize I’m necromancing this thread, but the problem isn’t that she’s cooking food with origins in other cultures. I don’t think any reasonable people sees that as appropriation. Hell, I don’t think any reasonable people see making money off of cooking foods with roots in other cultures as appropriation.

If you click through to David Begnaud’s twitter thread, his deeper analysis seems to support the idea that the video taper was part of the murder party.

I like the fact that Pressley doesn’t seem to be falling into the trap of picking a side.