Hm. The scientific inaccuracy doesn’t bother me, as most Pixar films exist in a “what-if” universe. It doesn’t hurt that I love dinosaurs.

That being said, the very-quick-shots of the character dinos are...worrisome. Their eyes are weird and bulgy. They look like low-rate Dragontales characters. Which is odd because…

I do know at least one person who was on a straight, Bachelorette-type show and was actually gay. He auditioned for a reality competition show, it was kept very hush-hush throughout the process so he had no clue what he was actually going for, except there was a competitive element. He went through pysche profile and…

I was just about to post this one! I actually saw it on a date, too. It just served of a painful reminder of all the ways past relationships had gone wrong.

Another YA vampire romance that deserves mention is Sunshine. Though it is painfully descriptive at times (Robin McKinley can get a little verbose when world building) the world is beautifully imagined. Sunshine as a character is well rounded, and her relationship (not quite romance) with the Vampire well thought out.…

I had almost the same experience. I’d also add that while I do like female country singers, I’m not a huge fan of the Kasey Musgraves “type”, so I personally feel it’s a double-edged sword:

Men only sing bro songs about how they love small town life and being rednecks.
Women only sing folksy, girl with a guitar ballads…

I know. I think sitting her waiting at the dock would still have been better than fainting. To be honest, for the length of time he was down there he might have drowned, she should have called in the coast guard.

The alternative would have been to not show so much time passing, so he’s literally only gone about five…

Both my dad and my brother in law were involved in serious accidents with semi-trucks, caused by overtired drivers. In my dad’s case, the driver actually tried to flee the scene of the crime, was caught, and then let off without a citation because the police officer said, “If he gets another citation he’ll lose his…

Exactly. There are 22 year olds who are gainfully employed, married, and contributing to society. It might not be common, but it still happens. And plenty of infrastructure type jobs (like law enforcement, city utilities) employ young'uns, heck, I'm sure there are interns at the courthouse / city council, even,…

There’s actually a book about just that - it’s called The Girl Who Owned a City. It’s excellent, but out of print.

So, it’s basically The Girl Who Owned a City, but the cut-off is 22 and not puberty? How are they going to explain the age cut off? At least puberty seems like a nice, definite age delineation biologically speaking. What’s the difference between 22 and 23?

They mentioned it, but it was in a neutral way, “That guy lives in Tacoma.” Not, “That guy lives in Tacoma, how can he stand the smell?” (Disclaimer: I don’t think Tacoma has a smell, but a lot of people from Seattle seem to).

Or Sequim. But you’re right, Puyallup will be the ultimate test. I cheered on Person of…

I don’t know. There haven’t been any condescending remarks about Tacoma, so I’m not sure they count as *true* Seattleites yet.

As long as they fix the issues with Daine / Numair (eeew) which really negatively colored my view of that series, which I had loved until the final book. Didn’t stop me from reading the rest of the books. I enjoyed them all, but the Circle of Magic series was a little dull compared to The Lioness and The Immortals.

You’re not in the minority, I thought it was dull, too. The concept behind the magic was great, but I felt the story kept veering - from epic fantasy to court intrigue romance to heist to political revolution tale. And the meantime the plot felt...transparent.

Oh, whoa, I was totally at Brick Con while they were filming. I saw the “background release” signs. Wonder if I made it in as a fuzzy con-goer...

The neatest part of that exhibit was the zombie horde project, complete with zombies attacking the carousel!

It is when it’s reduced to taking care of animals, and never involves science but rather “animal day care” type situations. I doubt an Elf has an advanced degree in biology, for example. And usually when you read the boxes, they work at a vet but aren’t actual vets - basically, glorified volunteers, so it bypasses the…

“Supergirl’s Lemonade Kiosk.” That’s exactly my worry, too! I got really excited about Elves until I saw that the sets were all just fairy-land version of the Lego Friends sets - literally, a bakery, a store, an animal hospital, dolphin-training, etc. It’s frustrating because not even in a magical fairyland can girls…

" I felt maybe this is the time to let light into this place, honor and respect the history, not erase it, but bring peace to these souls."

And he thought the best way to do so was to decorate the home like something out of the movie "Beetlejuice"? (Click through to look at the slideshow of the renovation and you'll…

Yeah, I might argue, she might demonstrate a lot of skills and capabilities, but aside from having super powers, I don't think she ever acts outside the norm of what we actually expect from the traditional TV mom. You could compare her to the mom in Home Improvement, for example.

May I ask what the twist was that made you feel like they were subverting the tropes?