The other fella.

It’s weird this piece has focused on that - well, apart from the fact the writer has her own forces metaphor to put into the story. Because the article itself is fascinating, a really good deep dive into Rowling’s public persona, examining it from multiple sides with insight and nuance. So of course the AV Club reduce…

Now now...there’s this song from Fear:

“Bow before your Caribou Lord, peasants.”

After a certain point it just sorts them all into "has lice."

When Homer was designing his dream car and said that every car should have that little ball on the antenna that helps you find yours in a crowded parking lot?

It was YEARS before I realized that that was a joke about what a terrible idea that would be.

YEARS.

Of course no one is answering the real question.

I hadn’t even considered the possibility that the “I’m wearing a towel” joke wasn’t immediately obvious. Maybe I watched too many daytime movies when I was a kid, but didn’t women always say that when they took calls while wearing towels on their heads?

Correction: The author of the Harry Potter series is not J.K. Rowling, it’s J.K. Simmons.

a buddy just sent me the ‘oh boy sleep! that’s where i’m a viking!’ thread and i was shocked to learn it’s widely thought that ralph was saying ‘i’m a viking at sleeping’, not ‘when i sleep i dream i’m a viking’, which to me is the only possible interpretation.

The Whedon controversy is more and more reminding me of every Hillary Clinton controversy ever. Was the actions of that person in question probably not a shining example of the greatness that humanity can achieve? I guess...I mean I wasnt there and anyone who commented one way or another probably has a self motivated…

Allow me to clarify: I’m prepared to condemn Whedon’s behavior on the Justice League set if and when details emerge. Spare me links to articles about his marriage failing; it only happens to 50% of American couples. 

Yes, I hope the former IDF soldier kicked that toxic dude’s ass! That former IDF soldier deserves our plaudits for this one. #girlboss

It sounds to me like Whedon is a demanding prick, but everyone knows that being a demanding prick isn’t a cancel-able offence, so they realize they’re better of keeping it vague and mysterious because if they listed the actual charges the court of public opinion would dismiss the case.

Yeah, the scapegoating and dogpiling of Whedon are hitting truly ridiculous levels at this point. Because as long as everyone else involved with that dumpster fire movie can point to Whedon and say, “His fault,” then none of them have to take responsibility for their parts in it.

Whedon was called in to save a half billion dollar sinking ship, he wasn’t there to make friends. He doesn’t strike me as someone who would settle for slapdash performances.

To be fair, not every pop culture website fakes annoyance at writing about something that gives free clicks.

I had my own experience with [Whedon], which wasn’t the best one, but I took care of it there and when it happened. I took it to the higher-ups and they took care of it.

“Zack Snyder, who is currently working on completing his painfully-hyped cut of the DC superhero film.” - You mean the one this site posts about at every possible opportunity, and then some? :P

Ron, over in Accounts Receivable.