This fangirl is still crying about Slade being set on fire. STILL CRYING OKAY. I cannot be silenced.

I've heard something similar — that kids disconnect violence from its real-life consequences [from seeing the PG-13 santizied version] so they don't truly understand the impact of, say, shooting someone dead. I currently work with youths, many of whom have committed violent and dangerous crimes (including murder), and…

I think the OP in the question about the diversified Justice League shouldn't worry too much, it's not like anyone seemed to care that all-white and mostly male describes the Avengers movie line-up to a T. And it doesn't look like Marvel is a huge hurry to change that either.

I went to see Man of Steel (the first time) at about 6pm opening night and the audience was filled with younger kids and I admit to being a little unnerved by that. Even more so since I thought some of the previews were pretty inappropriate for even the 8-10yo crowd. Like there was something for WWZ, I think, and some…

Yeah, that's why they have the thing between Pike and Spock about technicalities. They weren't supposed to even try to save the civilization but Spock argued that it would've been fine if they hadn't seen them (as the original plan went) but Pike calls that a technicality. I guess sticking to pure Prime Directive…

I'm sorry that this has become depressing for you; that was not my intent at all. I will carry on and I hope you do as well.

I agree that the internet culture of meanness is pretty toxic, but I don't consider sharing my opinion on a show I actually watch as part of that. It's not like I'm cussing out your grandma or anything. I'm not even saying bad things about people who like the show — I'm just offering MY critique of something I've…

That really does sadden me to hear that it's getting worse again. Hilarious that you bring up 50 Shades since it started off as a (horrible) AU fanfic of Twilight. Fanfic culture has a serious problem with confusing "abuse" with "kink," which I think is fairly obvious in 50 Shades, given its fanfic origins. (And I say…

You're probably right. But I feel like I read these days are fanfic and comics!

Honestly, it's fairly prevalent in a lot of romances, especially in romance novels — and especially if they're older. The books I read in the 90s weren't terrible but I remember once that my mom bought me a box of old 70s romance novels and there was just rape everywhere. I remember I actually threw one book across…

Oh, yeah, I'm used to it. I am just finding comfort in the knowledge that other people seem to agree with me now!

I don't watch this show but I've been reading the recaps because I like to be amused by how terrible this show is. But now I have concluded that BatB is 100% what we'd get if we allowed the typical fanfic writer to be in charge of a CW show. Because...it sounds just like fanfic that I read and hate where creators…

I will never say no to Peter!

Well, it's only the pretty misfits

Yeah, this was pretty much my opinion after episode 2 and when I expressed it on io9, I was accused of having an anti-Whedon agenda, never mind that I've watched everything Whedon has ever put on TV. After 4 eps, this is still my opinion of the show. The only reason it got a back nine order, IMO, is because all of…

I looooove the Good Witch series; they are so silly and frothy and adorbs. Plus, I fell in love with Chris Potter when he played on Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, so I will always watch anything with him in it, and that has included the last two seasons of Silk Stalkings when he was Rob Estes Replacement #2.

See when I say stuff like thia

Okay, now I'm actually confused. What do you understand to be the meaning of 'ship' as a verb if the meaning of the sentence "I ship them" isn't clear? Because honestly that's pretty much the most common way it's used in my part of the internet for a lot of years.

Okay, now I'm actually confused. What do you understand to be the meaning of 'ship' as a verb if the meaning of the sentence "I ship them" isn't clear? Because honestly that's pretty much the most common way it's used in my part of the internet for a lot of years.

Okay, now I'm actually confused. What do you understand to be the meaning of 'ship' as a verb if the meaning of the sentence "I ship them" isn't clear? Because honestly that's pretty much the most common way it's used in my part of the internet for a lot of years.