I think you can introduce Mara Jade without making her Luke’s wife. I know some people think that their relationship is an irrefutable aspect of her character, but I think that hugely undercuts what made her so engaging.

You could even give her a relationship with Luke, though it does seem that Lucasfilm is unwilling…

Can a truly egalitarian society exist within a monarchy?

Ticket sales don’t open until 2/14. [She said, setting up camp at her computer for the next 48 hours while eagerly munching giant pretzels]

He also exploited people as “freaks,” claimed his hoaxes were real, and abused animals to the point where it brought the entire circus down in 2017.

That cut scene actually sounds like a great way to flesh out characters that might otherwise not be fleshed out. And easy, too — it sounds like it’s about a thirty second scene.

You’re basically ‘#AllLivesMatter’ing my statement. You clearly do not understand the meaning of that phrase. Obviously we need to learn from history. That’s not what I’m referring to. For example, by today’s standards smoking is clearly unhealthy. However, to call the people in 1775 idiots for smoking, is pretty…

Nothing wrong with judging History by today’s standards if it means that we learn from History.

There’s been too much forgetting about History these days.

One of the best articles I’ve ever read on here.

Oh man.

Her website crashed hardcore.

Good for her!

I wish that at some point someone had just said, “You know what, Orion isn’t the name of a race, it’s a name for this group of criminal organization/pirate guild. Yes, it’s heavily populated by this green-skinned race of people, much like Starfleet is heavily populated by humans, but they represent a small portion of…

I were really confused during the speech. Did she talk over them getting medals or was it all internal monologue?

I didn’t have to look very closely, it was pretty blatant as soon as Tilly entered that...brothel-place.

They still could have avoided the really-kind-of-gross Orientalism.

it slams the reset button with both fists and never stops winding back the clock.

“Roux doesn’t belong in gumbo”

It was the cherry on top of a lot of cheap references to the other shows in this episode. We’ll see if they go anywhere interesting with it in Season 2. Personally I gave up on caring about how they try to shoehorn this series into TOS continuity several episodes ago.

That’s quite possible. There’s also the fact that Nick has become a notoriously crappy place for animators to work over the last few years. If you check out the social media accounts of CH Greenblat (who created the wonderful and underrated series Harvey Beaks for Nick, as well as Chowder for Cartoon Network) he…

Cartoon Brew had a fairly interesting take that he’s essentially realized that he owns none of his properties and wants to focus on his own brand.

Been watching a lot of Butch Hartman’s channel recently, not quite sure why... I guess it’s just that pleasant Bateman-esque voice. But I don’t think it’s clear WHY he’s leaving Nickelodeon, in terms of his new plans, but it might just be because he can’t talk about them yet.

You don’t need to see the other two to follow the (nonsensical) plot, but they are a must if you want to feel underwhelmed.