Book reader here. Loving Laura.

Just because this is an appropriate place for this discussion, but where do you think demi-gods fall into this hierarchy?

I was just really concerned about you when Powers Boothe passed. Are you handling it okay?

Well, they did.

That may be because she's considered half human

Cy! I've been so worried about you since, you know, when Powers Boothe…

I'm sure many people better versed in this subject than I could talk about giving the character her own voice to tell a story, and the issues black women have faced being reduced to over sexualized objects since the early 18th century, but I'm going to mention it as well.

I could have sworn that it was a rather ambiguous yet pointed plot point that when she revealed her name to him, the next episode she had contact with someone who knew who she was and reached out to her to give Luke a message.

I feel this would be more thoughtful and thrilling if we didn't have June spout some "Rah rah self empowerment" speech every episode.The musical cues - I don't mind American Girl, but the march set to Simone was hamfisted in the worst way.

I really feel like we're getting into the Strong! Female! Character! Trap that has hit Game of Thrones.

I know, right? I feel like it must be the most unpopular opinion ever, but I miss the Offred with the ashy, dry hands and the keen sense of loss - it feels like we've got an actiongirl marysue

That is for sure.

I dont see how they couldn't figure out a way to incorporate the inherent racism in a society like Gilead like, I dunno the way they want to incorporate male experiences and class.

It feels like an affectation made weirder by Serena's young age. I could see an older, old fashioned lady calling them napkins, but pad feels like common current vernacular.

I'd argue it's about the racial dynamics that the show has been blind to - it comes off as gross when they don't even acknowledge that as a WoC, this Moira's experience would be far, far different than June's. It feels like the "humanist" that is also "blind to color" - ignoring the realities a character like Moira…

Maybe it was that Vulcan, as the old Roman God co-opted firearms before a new New God could be born. But now with him dead, another God might arise that is wholly American/modern.

My mind went there immediately, and I saw that too. It got me hyped.

You know, so far, I really get the feeling that AG has been expanded in this adaptation. Like nothing has really so much changed from the book - these additions don't detract or alter the theme or message of the book, and they feel so natural.

They still manage to get one in before Marvel.

This was beautifully said.