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I realise there’s already several comments on the lack of wonder woman in the greys, but I’d gently point out that your failure to note the lack of Wonder Woman is a little unfortunate. Something to keep in mind perhaps the next time you decide to promote something you like

I have the feeling that if he hadn’t killed the cop, pro life groups would fund his defense.

Someone needed to describe Superman’s amazing feats for him so that Supes doesn't sound like a complete braggart?

An interesting example of the Competent hero is James Bond, I’m not a bond expert by far, but he seems to be ultra competent in physical and social skills but he's never the smartest man in the room. He's cunning quick on his feet and good at lateral thinking, but I wouldn't call him a brilliant strategist by any

You could argue Jimmy Olsen as well. I’d argue that charlie’s approach works best if you either have the hero act mostly solo or you have a group of people where you can specialize like Librairians or Leverage. The trick is of course is to make your Watson appealing as a character in their own right and their role is

Doctor Who is probably the next best example of the Watson Approach

Leverage is a great example of competence porn and dealing with liking the smartest people in the room

I thought there was a pretty big outcry when Daniel Craig was cast because he was blond. I could be remembering wrong though.

Canada has coffee crisp

You missed the joke

Google are you being served

Nerds in pop culture have never been portrayed in a positive light and this tends to propagate the stereotypes. Especially the gender myths

Don't be so hard on yourself Tina you can't possibly be a bigger hypocrite than Jimmy or the cast of SNL

“you’re instead targeting freaking Elmo for acting like your average 5 year old would.”

The guy saying you got to practice your attitude had to be the most extreme example of Pinkham’s law I've ever seen

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I would chalk that up partly to having been through Cruise and Scientology. It’s got to leave you a little paranoid about opening up to people

you’re assuming she knew what would be the value letters. I think she was worried that she’d give a low value letter that would clue someone in on a high value letter that you don’t normally call out.

Of course lesbian vampires get abortions because pregnancy gets in the way of that sweet sweet menstrual blood.