The series does get a LOT better. One of my favorite plotlines saw Spectrum get some closure by going up against the BEYOND corporation from NextWave.
That's one of my favorite things about Ewing—his willingness to draw in the larger MU.

As much as the love triangle is overplayed, I really hope they don't have Jane hook up with her supervisor. It's not as bad as with an undergraduate student, but it's still a gross thing for a prof to do (considering the control they have over their students' careers, and how that power imbalance disrupts normal…

Well, I read through this comment section when it was 1000+ posts—I feel like you could fit a book or two in that.
More seriously, I wound up reading more this year than I thought—more than any year since 2011, if GoodReads is to be believed. Mostly sci-fi/fantasy, as going through courses on each respectively…

I agree with this assessment almost entirely (in that I would've put greater emphasis on the Maurice book, and the Aching books).

I lost track of Unwritten some time around that final volume; I really want to finish it up, but I think I'd have to go back to the beginning to appreciate it, at this point. But the issue done in the style of a choose your own adventure book was fun.

There's no answers right away, but at least it's reasonably clear that it wasn't a move purely for shock value.

I salute you, fellow scholar. I defend my dissertation this Friday, and I am basically a bundle of nerves with some slight levels of motility.

I remember feeling that way too about the Jane finale. If it helps, season 2 spends a little more time on consequence, and it's at least hinting at delving deeper into a certain character's motives.

I really shouldn't be doing anything but work—I defend my dissertation "Word Play: Textual Representation in the Wake of Videogame Graphical Realism" next Friday, and I've got about 100 student papers to mark between now and then too—but somehow, Kate Atkinson's A God in Ruins sneaked in, and I just finished it. It's…

Remembering the Annihilation series made the Black Vortex crossover much more painful.

I agree whole-heartedly. Abnett and Lanning made me care about the Marvel cosmic characters in a way I never thought possible. Hell, they got me emotionally invested in Ronan and Crystal's relationship.

Unfortunately, that would require someone still at Marvel to remember the Annihilation series happened. I think even Bendis just got someone to give him a summary before writing Guardians of the Galaxy.

Just two issues. It had a neat deviation point from the regular Marvel U—what if, instead of the engineer who helped Tony design the first Iron Man suit sacrificing himself, Tony gave his life instead.
Answer: everything's pretty much better for everyone.

Aw, I was a big fan of Greg Pak and Fred van Lente's Hercules, where he teamed up with Amadeus Cho post-World War Hulk back in 2009. But I'll admit, this is a lot of fun too.

See, that's what I heard, and it's a supreme diss, because, it's Magikarp.

But not just random! That's my favorite moment of the song, because it's the first sign in the song that Rebecca *isn't* good, that she's working more for self-aggrandizement than actually being decent to other people, and (if the song numbers are supposed to represent her subconscious) she admits that on some level.

I think it's reasonably common too, for a person who's so unsure of themselves and wondering if they're a good person to latch on to the person who most visibly dislikes them for validation—if she can prove to Greg, someone who has a legitimate beef with her, that she's decent, then he can stand in for her own doubt.…

I think that with the exception of Emiko, no one gets a very sympathetic treatment—they're all varying shades of compromised people (even the hero character is working for a branch of the government known for its corruption). But you're right, Hock Seng in particular is painted with an ugly brush, with his survival…

Maybe. I was about half way through the book before some of the major threads started coming together, which helped. On the other hand, even at its most optimistic, it's kind of a bleak book. Nice to see localized, earth-centric sci-fi in places other than North America, though.

It's good? I kinda dismissed it when I heard Raimi wasn't directing, and Campbell wasn't starring. Once you take them out, the series seems kind of generic to me. But I might go back if I hear some good things.