Voldemort’s a bad fit for Magic Hitler, because Voldemort’s actually content to be controlling things from the shadows rather than being in the spotlight. Grindewald’s more in tune with that, in that he wants to throw rallies and appeal directly and openly to the populace, rather than secretly being in charge and…

Yeah, if I remember correctly, that’s the reason why he looks like he froze in the middle of morphing into a snake, because the process of making horcruxes mutilates him, physically and spiritually.

The one of them that’s most stupid is the “clever” hiding place at Hogwarts that Voldemort explicitly believes only he has ever discovered, even though it’s literally filled with stuff people have thrown away there over the centuries. So if he’s the only one who knows about the Room of Requirement, or even just that…

Those are nice Easter eggs in the movie, but they should be more than that, since “seven” and the cave are kind of big plot points this movie and the movies that follow depend on. In the next movie, the fact that HBP never really goes into Voldemort being obsessed with artifacts or the Hogwarts founders makes that…

The Beatles are an interesting example of this phenomenon. I grew up with neither of my parents being fans, so I generally counted myself as someone who didn’t know much about the Beatles and wasn’t all that curious. Decades later, one of my friends bought me the big box set as a birthday present. The biggest surprise…

If you were already hunting them, Dumbledore—if you already knew that’s what we needed—then why the hell did you make such a production of unlocking a memory that just tells you what you already knew? This is driving me bananas; someone, please explain what I’m missing.

On the one hand, this is Barsanti being Barsanti. On the other hand, as job titles go, “lightning technician” sounds pretty damn metal.

Points (c) and (d) are kinda contradictory. You’re right: in a world where N’Jadaka’s uncle doesn’t kill his father, he doesn’t become Killmonger and he’s a completely different character. But with that in mind, it’s less a “no one ever dies because comic books” and more getting to recycle a popular actor as a…

It was sold to owners who seem to be backed by a rightwing Christian University, which eventually led to the owners being involved in a money laundering scandal. Whatever the cause, these days its stories read like clickbaitier versions of articles from any of the Rupert Murdoch media properties.

...in which case, meat’s back on the menu?

Funny—I saw the “needle-spiking” story as a phone notification, saw that it was from Newsweek, and immediately knew that it was a stupid rightwing fantasy talking point and almost certainly not a real thing.

Meanwhile, Lovato looks like they’re cosplaying as the cursed doll from Annabelle...

Finally, someone standing up for the Pseudoliberal Arts! Or is that just Libertarian Arts?

I wish they’d shut up, too, but what they’re doing at this point is just contaminating the jury pool for any criminal trial that might result from this. Until there’s a judge to order them to shut up, they can speculate and bullshit to the press to their heart’s content, and it doesn’t really prejudice her so long as…

What is this, sock puppets now? Honestly I was just doing a bit, but it’s worth mentioning: the weighted blanket might look expensive, but if you consider it an investment in your wellness, it’s actually quite a bargain.

A blank statement of your own opinion is not an anecdote.

According to the LA Times, there doesn’t seem to be much indication that the “mentor” was regularly (maybe even ever?) on-set, which is probably why he hadn’t come up previously in this story. What a damn mess.

According to the LA Times article, nobody recalls ever seeing him on set, and it doesn’t seem like he was ever an armorer on a production (his one significant credit was as a weapons consultant in a Shia LeBoeuf movie). His actual job seemed to be supplying armorers with weapons and custom ammo (different types of…

You like looking at purple ovals, bracketed by really thin crescents of red and blue?

Yeah, but Rodgers was trying to walk the tightrope, and only went full “cancel culture coffin” on us when he got busted in the lie. You want to think that guys being cagey about their vaccination status are just trying not to get canceled by the right and keep their good old boy status while actually believing in…