My parents haven't said a thing about it, thankfully. Of course, I'm convinced the only reason I exist is because Grandma was relentless on the subject.

British actresses of a certain age don't need to go through the whole canonization process to get there, though. It just comes with the accent.

…You think more women directing would have discouraged this? [Insert "not sure if serious" image here.]

Stand up, punch down, same diff.

I get the feeling Dan objected to the questioner conflating "creepy" and "pervy." Because yeah, big kink events are a creep magnet (especially if you don't have organizers who know what they're doing)…but if you're not looking for pervy stuff, what are you doing there at all?

Oh, you sweet summer child. I missed the Flowers in the Attic pass-around, but it seems to have been deeply formative for a certain generation.

Sorry for assuming. It hasn't changed much for me and my husband, though. (But we're also less than a year into the whole legal commitment thing and still in our thirties, so check back with me in a decade.)

Yeah, I was kinda afraid of that. (Also, I don't want to internet diagnose, but the mid-forties part probably doesn't help; does she talk to her doctor about this stuff at all?) I assume you've told her why foreplay matters to you, but I worry that she can't tell you why it isn't working for her because she doesn't…

So what does your wife actually enjoy? Because I can't tell whether the problem here is that she just wants to get straight to the banging (in which case, even if you can't convince her to exercise a little more creativity for her own sake, she should keep being open to trying new stuff or at least switching up the…

Or "Huzzah! I'll go get my bridle and fursuit."

Look, he's obviously a Squib. Just hand him a mop and have done with it.

Some generic Fiendfyre should clear that right up.

Just because something has a distinct look doesn't mean everyone likes that look, or that it works for the material. I couldn't pick Yates's style out of a lineup, but the little bit he threw in with Harry and Hermione dancing in Deathly Hallows was way more effective in context than Cuaron's pretty landscape shots.

Heh, if that's what you're into, I can see why Harry Potter wouldn't work for you: there's not a whole lot of experimental technique going on. I think they could've done some interesting stuff with the Department of Mysteries, though.

For what it's worth, I wound read that thesis.

You know, it's funny how many times I've tried to draw a skeptic a comparison between Harry Potter or some other children's book with a well-respected adult piece of literature, and gotten back, "Oh, I haven't read that, either."

Kindly define what you consider "adult themes," then. Because while I could outline the similarities between Harry Potter and The Handmaid's Tale, so far you haven't said anything to convince me you've actually read the latter, as opposed to just vaguely "knowing" it's important because other people told you it was.

Earlier generations of kids (and I'm including myself in that, since the books came out when I was a teenager) got their introduction to fantasy via Narnia or Oz or even Disney, and it didn't stop them from grasping that it was possible to go a lot deeper when they got to Tolkien. The question is whether they'll…

CPS goes into homes where violence is a clear and present danger every day. I don't think the percentage of parents who feel strongly enough about this to exercise their Second Amendment rights defending it (or who have guns in the first place; the left-wing crowd is far more likely to lawyer up) would necessitate…

Or "Well, God must've needed another angel, so trust in the divine plan." Yeah, um, have y'all considered that maybe vaccines are part of that plan?