Yes! It's the mighty whitey trope (that's what I was trying to remember earlier, and kept drawing a blank). I think that's also what this article's author was broaching rather than the white savior trope this thread brought up.

Welllll… technically speaking, for him to be the current bearer of the Iron Fist, he actually had to be better than all the other magic kung-fu fighters. That's why he's K'un-L'un's champion: it's a competition and he's the winner.

I don't remember reading anything that implied that Iron Fist was better than the other magic kung-fu people…

This is a show where a teleporter chooses to climb to destinations above ground level. There was that one time Tommy chose to argue with the guards at the base of the Eiffel Tower instead of teleporting himself and his date to the top. Then, in this episode, he made his mother walk up numerous flights of stairs to the…

It was kind of like when Freak Show brought in Neil Patrick Harris. Arguably, those were some of the best episodes of the season. They were also almost completely irrelevant in the overall scheme of things.

Yeah, they actively kept Ramona on the periphery (for suspense, I guess), but clearly had no intention of having her be a pivotal part of the central conflict. That's just a waste of screen time, acting talent, and viewer interest. All machinations; no payoff.

It felt like the writers purposefully eschewed all the natural conclusions to what could have been very clear storylines.

That's not an easy answer, because it really depends on what you're looking for when you watch AHS. It's reliably beautifully shot, consistently gruesome, and dependably provocative. However, this season went nowhere in a narrative sense, despite having engaging characters waiting for a good story to perform.

I just pretend that this aspect of the show fulfills its "horror" quota. This series has never been scary to me (moody and gory, yes; fear-inducing, no), so when it gets into the habit of rewarding awful people with happy endings, well, I can say it's horrific in that sense. I'd like to believe this show's thesis is…

This episode felt like an epilogue to an unresolved story. As if the main narrative abruptly ended and—surprise!—here's the coda! I guess when the Countess is the intended narrative focus, all storylines just end with her demise?

This season wasn't terrible. However, for whatever reason, it felt like such a chore to get through it. There was just no delight in the entire matter.

According to Superman 330 (1978), super hypnosis is the reason no one recognizes Clark Kent as Superman. I don't know why that list chose to use Wonder Woman's lasso to illustrate super hypnosis.

Select #4 on this list: Superman's 10 Weirdest Powers.

Welp, I was trying to screencap it and discovered it was just regular warships that were attacking. I guess that would explain why no one cared. My thirst for space war remains unquenched… (ಥ﹏ಥ)

@ElBandito is referring to Cat Grant's emails.

Well, for me, the huge difference between Arrow and Supergirl is that Oliver started off as a murderous vigilante. That took off some of the overbearing effects of didactic speeches, because, really Ollie was in a murky position of moral authority to be casting aspersions about which person has failed the city this…

According to the news ticker behind Cat Grant when she confronted Dirk Armstrong: Starships attack strategic positions in series of strikes targeted at infrastructural facilities. What's that all about? Part of Astra's attack plan, maybe, and therefore tonally divorced from what was happening in Cat's office at that…

While these are valid complaints, these issues might make more sense if viewed through the lens of … Badass Adorable superheroine! I don't know how familiar you are with Magical Girl tropes, but a simple-minded caricature of a loving being with the capability to dole out mind-numbing displays of destructive violence…

Hmm. I've not watched Gotham. From the commentariat here, I get the impression that it's … a terrible show?

…wellllll, I actually don't have a problem with saccharine, magical girl stories. I feel there is room for a variety of storytelling types, and I wouldn't want all superhero narratives to cater to a single type of fan. I find that when multiple series (regardless of medium) begin to blur into a sameness across the…