The weird thing for me is that Everett Ross was not exactly a character to root for in Captain America: Civil War. I’d got the impression they were setting him up to be a villain, and there was none of that in Black Panther. But that’s less a critique of this movie than the way Marvel doesn’t seem to have anyone…

Yup. I’ve got an hourglass figure and short, powerful, muscly legs. I look good in wide leg trousers, and I’m loving that they’re easy to find right now.

Yeah, skinny jeans make me feel like a disproportioned jackrabbit if I fit into them. Give me the graceful lines of flares or proper wide legs any day.

To be that clear and articulate in grief . . . long term plan: gather up kids like these, get them mentoring and education in political science, law, and policy making, and vote them into office when they’re old enough.

Yeah, it was Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. A priest will have smudged her forehead with ashes saying, “remember you are dust and to dust you will return”. A bit too close to the bone, dammit. The ashes are also a symbol of grief as well as penance.

Monkey see monkey do. Daddy does it.

Considering Trump himself has been accused of marital rape and other physical violence against Ivana Trump at the very least. . . How is he going to condemn violence against women when he’s a perpetrator?

That is an extremely succinct and trenchant way of putting it.

Huh. You’re right about the high resolution making the portrait of Michelle look more like her. I was wondering how much better it would look in person. Just seeing the difference with the high res photo, I imagine it’s much better. I think the lower resolution doesn’t get the shading of her cheekbones, which would…

As with other comments on people’s bodies, it’s probably not a bad idea to make sure you know them well enough to know how they’ll take it.

Yup.

Gender matters because this is a very very common gendered pattern. I just saw it again on a twitter conversation this morning, where the man in question ignored the very clear explanations from several extremely qualified of why he was wrong in dismissing the entire premise of a book (written by a woman) without…

Those two are definitely the best of the series, though I was genuinely surprised at how damn good Punisher ended up being as well. Luke Cage was absolutely brilliant, but I felt it didn’t stick the landing. It just fizzled in the last couple episodes, and that was frustrating.

AurynSharay has the chronological order for you there. You’ll definitely want to watch both Daredevil seasons and Luke Cage (and maybe Wikipedia Iron Fist, which wasn’t as bad as a lot of TV but was a mess in comparison to the other Marvel Netflix shows) before you watch The Defenders.

It’s not standard, but it’s part of the fun for an opening midnight showing of a much anticipated movie with an enthusiastic fandom.

Don’t bother. I sat through that awful Jurassic Park sequel (The Lost World) because I thought watching a T-Rex rampaging through my hometown would be cool, but the only actual shots of San Diego were an aerial shot of the downtown skyline and one intersection with a 76 ball rolling through the chaos.

I have a sneaky suspicion most people actually into BDSM would only ever consider watching it to be aware of misconceptions to watch out for so they can have the “this is bad practice / dangerous / abuse not BDSM etc.” explanations prepared.

I think it’s fine if you take it as two separate statements, both correct:

Yeah. I think part of the evolution was because of the Russian buyout and abuse of, and subsequent massive user migration from LiveJournal (where a lot of fandom communities had developed).

Yup, that’s exactly it. Carob is good, it’s just not chocolate . . . in the same way that tofu is good, just not meat, and people get disappointed when they expect one thing and get something else substituted. They are both delicious foods on their own that people developed bad feelings for because they were…