Your comment has me interested in giving this a look-see. I’m too PTSD-addled to follow TWD (although, as with GoT, I enjoy the recaps and discussions about it here), but the slow, quiet burn might not be too distressing for my escapism. It also helps tremendously that this will only be six eps. Thanks for kicking off…

Oh, excellent! I’m glad to see O Deck authorship is underway! I’m a little confused as to why a link to this wasn’t posted originally instead of duplicating pretty much everything in whole as a comment here, but I think that post is an excellent start toward continuing to develop the readership and conversations CB…

I’ve wondered that too. The author invests so much thought and enthusiasm into these, and has developed a following. Posting these comments as stand-alone pieces on O Deck could even lead to being mainpaged. So why not pursue authorship rather than having to sit on these well-considered hot takes until someone else’s…

I’m dealing with some pretty severe PTSD crap, so I continue to steer away from the books and the show. I love following the fandom — the collective post-Red Wedding freak-out was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever watched happen — and I’m coming to admire GRRM more and more. I love that he’s such a decent…

I’m sure that’s on the way, even if it’s in the form of huffy butthurt obliquely referenced in some snotty post-mortem. I’m sure GRRM would be devastated by the loss of the, like, dozen people who can be convinced to vow to boycott his work. Oh, the humanity. Or canineity. Whichever.

I hadn’t read either of these. Thanks for the links. I am a little surprised by how unsurprised I am by Butcher. The Flint article was a pleasure, though.

I am officially delighted and charmed by GRRM. Those Alfies are total class and much-deserved by their recipients. I keep smiling that he did such a thing.

As an archaeologist, I’m always tickled to point out that Mike Judge is also the son of an accomplished archaeologist. I love that Dr Judge is basically granddad to Beavis and Butthead.

Gotcha. I only ask because I don’t smoke, which usually means I’m not the right demographic for anything that targets a stoner audience. (So, yeah, Seth Rogen movies.) Playing up the contrasts between the dorky side and the ninja side won’t make me wonder what I’m doing in the theatre. Thanks.

How much does it rely on pot jokes?

You are making excellent points...but do you need a hug? Or booze, or a puppy, or a good book? Because today does not seem to be a day you dig very much.

Look at you with the user pic now!

What are you on about? Look how well it worked for Fantastic Four.

She can if she’s written into the Netflix series in her canonical role as nanny. I wouldn’t mind seeing her slightly panic/completely fluster that version of DD with her flirting the way she did in that canonical role. (Assuming I’m remembering correctly, which is always dubious unless John Constantine is involved.)

He was my nominee!

I loved the ninja mask because it was so damned creepy. The eyelessness transformed him, giving him an almost supernatural presence...and that was perfect for the character. Anything else was kind of doomed to be a letdown after achieving that effect so simply.

Oh, no. No offence taken. I had just finished dealing with RL drama that started with someone who hadn’t divided by three correctly which handtogod escalated to me calling the police because she went into such a rage. The resigned amusement in my reply was wholly from my ‘...wtf just happened’ exhaustion. As my…

I know. I was just riffing off the implication that catnip had been trippy and that the OP would be experimenting with anise extract towards that same end. The Green Fairy has earned its rep, and was mentioned in the article for being flavoured by anise. I promise my chemistry degree and I are familiar with the…

Basically. Evolution is giving humanity what it deserves. This is some pretty fantastic trolling by nature.

The octokittens are evolving!