Aw man, my nerdery about this is an itch I need to scratch (sorry). Danos are indeed cheap (made from composite wood, not drywall, but I get the hyperbole), but also plenty of great guitarists have played them and used them consistently. They have flatter fretboards than other leading brands so they make some kinds of…

Phoebe writes her own songs...and her lyrics are almost painfully personal at times. What the fuck is Crosby talking about?

“Cue some older Gen X-ers, boomers, and gearheads on Twitter...”

I agree - the way she talked about the dog sounded more like “I’m doing this because it’s an important lesson (that I recognise I should learn myself but refuse to”, rather than “it’s completely impossible to bring him back, there’s no point even asking me”.

Yes. I took that scene as Wanda pushing back on Monica’s attempts to get through to her in the field. She chose not to resurrect the dog because she wanted to prove to herself that she was not out of control and still had limits. If she admits to herself that there are no limits and everything is chaos, then she will…

Re: “and I still suspect someone is pulling the strings”

And I will say I’m assuming that bringing Vision to life would exist on a different set of rules because he’s not human, but I do agree that it could be that she doesn’t mean to bring Pietro. I just think if Wanda is going to make it out alive and stay a character (which we know she will) someone pulling some strings…

In the comics, Wanda’s powers often work on a subconscious level and are triggered by stress. She’ll do something but not know that she did it, or that she was even capable of doing it in the first place (e.g. Rewriting reality so there’s no more Mutants).

I was thinking she maybe subconsciously snatched that version of Pietro without realizing she did it. Maybe she was trying to bring her real brother back or thought about if it was at all possible and ended up getting Evan instead? And I think the only reason Vision was brought back to life by her is because he’s a…

I’d go so far as to say the general thematic thrust of not being able to ever truly control people, and especially those you love/family is going to factor into both the emotional and narrative climax. The situation re: Wanda/town’s consciousness reminds me a bit of the Yeerks from Animorphs crossed with the beings…

I thought twins might have conjured Pietro or brought him over, to make their mom happy. She only said that he was far away, and a different universe could be seen in such a way to magical-construct kids with powers of their own. Like they couldn’t find him here so they peeked over there.

Was this Pietro snatched from a different universe, one where he’s still alive?

Despite all his rage, he is still holding cats on this page.

This but IRL

He did play a part in the writing of a number of the songs too (though he also liked to take credit there when it wasn’t always earned but he did genuinely do some great songwriting).  And, I think it could be argued, that whatever your point, some credit surely should be given to the fact that before him no one else…

I appreciate you clarifying that (and explaining what you wrote in your greyed out post :P ). Cuz at the risk of seeming too defensive of a shit head, while I agreed with most of what you said I was gonna say that still (and I say this as someone who probably first heard the song on the Dirty Dancing soundtrack when I…

Isn’t this another example of a canny self-promoter taking simple tools from other genres, adapting them to pop music, and getting lifelong glory? His innovation was putting a lot of musicians in a room, carefully setting up the microphones, and mixing in mono.

“Which brings up a good point: I don’t think enough attention gets paid to how people who worked with Spector and suffered his abuse get sort of double-victimized by his disgrace.”

Expanded on this more in another thread but: Outdated in that his work was the first to successfully achieve this kind of expansive orchestral style and in a commercially viable way, but which has more value today as an influence more appreciated than enjoyed or emulated (kind of a “Birth of a Nation” situation in…