Oh, I like that interpretation *a lot*.

I agree, mostly. And Charlie's final speech was strangely sweet nod in that direction.

Also, as long as I'm replying to myself at length, I will say that while Thoreau's condescension towards rural farmer soured Walden for me, the most frustrating read in the aforementioned course was Dorothy Wordsworth's journals, which reveal repeated instances of a fear of cows and a disturbing level of attachment to…

I also appreciate the the casting and plotting events to make the series a little more diverse, with some race-bending and, this two-parter, a bit of a queer subtext. It plays out a little weird, because of Sir and Charlie's dynamic, but the attempt is appreciated.

“A poet enters the woods and is menaced by revelations that we should abandon civilization and live by a pond.”

I'm looking forward to seeing this. Regular Show wasn't a show that immediately got its hooks into me (the first ads I saw were, in fact, kind of repellent) but it really grew on me.
"If there’s big drawback of the space season, it’s leaving some of our favorite Earthbound characters behind."
I was really hoping for one…

" (Dee’s urine tester kit ends up glowing dark red by the end.)"

I much preferred Ultimates to New Avengers—New Avengers never quite hit the blend of crazy wackiness of Secret Avengers, which was what Ewing seemed to be aiming for, and Squirrel Girl in particular was always a bit off—but damned if the series' finale wasn't pitch perfect. Based on it, I really hope he gets the reins…

Guilded Age. The first chapter's art hooked me, but even after they switched up artists, the story kept me going. It's not the most original plot (it's a band of D&D fantasy types—but with a twist!) but the character dynamics work really well.

Yes! Or rather, no, you were not. I liked the ending a little more in concept than excecution, but all in all, it was a run I enjoyed a lot—Zdarsky was very good at tapping into the loneliness at the core of Howard's character, and the reunion issue with Bev was the series highlight for me.

TBH, I was kind of iffy on Zdarsky's first arc. I have to be pretty much the only person online who the daydream segments didn't work for; I thought they killed the momentum of the main plot (yes, they were interrelated, but not enough for my tastes.)
But the two parter in the woods was sheer perfection, from the…

She could've been a crazy ex-girlfriend for a whole different set of people. It's really the road not travelled.

I'm sure it happened somewhere else in the discussion thread already, but I'd like to call for more information about Rebecca's summer abroad with a deaf lover.

Finally finished NeuroTribes by Steve Silberman, his 500+ page book on the history of autism. To lead with the detracting points, as a friend pointed out, it's very much a white history of autism, and all in all, it's a bit more about parents of autistic people and doctors researching autism than from the autistic…

Not by humans, anyway, especially not by the show's current set-up. Which is an interesting choice on Sugar & Co's part—a lot of "aliens living among us" stories involve them fleeing from government types and such.

Peridot: You know what else would a reward? A reward!
Lapis: *high fives*

It's the X-Men problem—using mutants as allegories for other minority groups works until you get to the "shouldn't we just learn to trust people that can make our heads explode with a thought" part.

I just wanted to say how great it's been watching each episode of this season. The way it's offered these simple glimpses into the lives of its characters, and the way it's been so unapologetically about womanhood and the female family has made it one of the shows I look forward to most each week.

*nods* the classic Catch-Ass 22 dilemma.

I appreciated that the short "whoop de do" song adds a new, retrospective layer to the original, that it told us a little more about what Greg was trying (and here, failing) to use it for. I mean, it was somewhat the subtext first time around, but I do think it adds a bit too.