weird in the right places and also fairly tightly-plotted

A company will never give up the chance to save a whole lot of money. Things may feel irreplaceable in principle, but reality is something else. The Russo brothers handled multiple properties deftly, Marvel will have it sorted.

Oh they are definitely hoping this will be settled and not proceed to discovery because I am sure this boys social media has more nails than the defense would ever require. 

Thanks for the Utopia update.

Except the part where the officer also obtained a warrant by lying about alleged drug activity obtained from a supposed confidential informant.

Crazy. Why does he even have a bag of heroin available.

Yep the police maimed a child in GA for life on a no knock warrant obtained from a lie as well. They fired her (the deputy), but she was acquitted of criminal charges. (as an aside the title of this article is something else)

The story has remained the same, the informants didn’t lie the officer lied. The informant never said anything about purchasing drugs from that home.

Academia is definitely the shining beacon of diversity we strive to emulate...

There was definitely an OZ to Law and Order SVU pipeline

I am enjoying it as well. Have you seen the live action, it was actually pretty good (how I got introduced to the story).

I just finished the show this weekend, and as someone who has no familiarity with the source material I loved it. Based on the review as well as comments from those who have read the material, the main complaint seems to be about the change in tone. To me that’s only a negative if it’s inconsistent or somehow working…

it’s the trope you get when you want to write better women

Borderline harassment over good books are definitely my ministry, and I have told everyone I know who will listen.

Because black people weren’t “the joke”, and he nailed that shit without coming across like the myriad of other examples of white people miming black people/culture and looking a whole ass solely at the expense of black people for the lol’s e.g:

Just so. The first book was an narrative/editing masterpiece. I figured out what was happening about 30% in but it was still amazing to see it executed so flawlessly. When I read the comments after I finished, some critics were annoyed by the presence of so many concepts that didn’t allow for “escapism”: generational…

What you describe is a rehashing of tropes, but they are not inherently bad if properly fleshed out. Even something as derivative as Strong Female Character TM should only be considered a mockery when compared to the goal of creating a complex well rounded character. However once placed against equally over-wrought…

I bought this book for my sister and not have a chance to read it as yet, however I have her entire Broken Earth Series for which my girl has won 3 Hugos back to back. If you are a fan of fiction, sci-fi, fantasy or just excellent story telling in general, this author is essential reading.

Poorly written action with one dimensional characters will not change into a complex masterpiece no matter whether the character is a man or a woman. If you can suspend your belief for some silly male archetype and still enjoy a mindless action flick for what it is, placing a woman in the same role doesn’t inherently…

I’ve always interpreted “strong” in this sense as meaning complex and dynamic. Showing different kinds of trauma and how people deal with it is important, but sometimes I also think if it’s employed without showing any other facets of the character or any development of the character outside of that trauma it becomes…