Apart from ANYTHING else, all the bullshit and stupid discrimination heavier people go through, having a vaccine is, the evidence is increasingly starting to suggest, a barrier to transmission. You get vaccinated, you're breaking Covid's route through you to someone it can kill. 

Key word in her statement: 'again.' 

I think the point is ‘if someone applies a standard to other people with no expectation that they should adhere to that standard themselves, that makes them a hypocrite.’

That’s what friends are for :)

‘Well, I'm back' is the central hero of the entire Trilogy getting the end of his story, at long last.

I loved the endings too. I felt that a story that momentous really actually needs a sort of gentle subsidence to its end. It also undercuts the supposedly simplistic (I hate that word when snobs apply it to this mighty story!) triumph of good over evil. It makes you realise that such ‘endings,’ moments of triumph, are…

And the irony is that it is a very traditional story, the woman disguising herself as a man so she can fight. Idiots would sneeringly call it 'woke' or something. 

I think Tolkien said something in one of his letters that amounted to ‘what is so bad with escaping? There's a reason prisoners long for it.' I love that sentiment. 

Oh man. I just got shivers thinking of him saying that line. He is such an important part of these films which I basically love utterly without any sense of irony or criticism.

Do you think you're helping, here? 

The only thing they know about you, is that you made a homophobic statement and then reacted angrily when called out for it, so they’re making a fair guess based on the evidence they have.

I don’t think you can proactively pardon someone, can you? If all the charges are made after the election, then unless Pence were to win, he can’t do anything about them. 

On the pinkeye thing, I got conjunctivitis (and a horrendous red rash on my hands) whilst caring for my wife when she was going through Covid (she’s fine now). Never had it before in my life. I know that’s just one anecdote, but I’m pretty sure those were the symptoms of my brush with Covid. The Covid reporting app…

Absolutely 100% the way this film will end. Also that line of his from the first trailer, ‘you know what you have to do,’ must surely be the noble thing he says before she stops the Evil Machine/Spell/Dimensional Rift/Giant Greed Vampire/whatever at the end of the film, wiping all those wishes out forever. 

The porn parody of House, surely?

I assume what you meant is ‘I hope they reject everything about the bland, conservative Christian, heteronormative lifestyle she raised them in, and forge their own path in life, ’ am I right? I think a few people are assuming you see that outcome as a bad thing.

I would imagine the answers are ’pressure,’ and 'studio executive meddling.'

Sponsored ads on this post: aggressively cheery stick figures advertising cheap funeral plans. Bit much, if I’m honest. 

That’s a really good summary, actually: loads of JJ Abrams 'this is a GREAT SCENE' trademark moments, but a bit of a mess overall. 

That’s a really good summary, actually: loads of JJ Abrams 'this is a GREAT SCENE' trademark moments, but a bit of a…

I, uhh, feel more bad for her. Almost.