(What I meant by the 'imagine it's written by a white guy' thing should be clarified; whether something's written by a black/disabled/whatever person is less relevant than how they are writing; it's whether they're writing as though someone with that characteristic is also going to be watching. The joke in shows like…

I didn't see your original comments so I can't say much about those. But what strikes me about the most recent ones is that you're claiming your position as 'logic'. When you imply that people who quite probably have more knowledge of a situation are clouded by emotion, that's what's insulting. You're just as biased,…

It's not about never making fun of people or even about avoiding stereotypes. The problem with jokes about disabled people on television is they're very rarely either by us or including us as part of the audience; it's something written by non-disabled people for other non-disabled people to laugh at. Imagine that The…

Ah, could be! I felt that was wrapped up quite well within the episode - 'I know who raised me, and what I was raised to do.' - but then again, this show doesn't necessarily give everything at face value (to its credit).

I love how they play off Flash vs Luthor and how it compares to the Superman vs Luthor relationship; I think of all the original seven Flash is the one Luthor can't quite understand, because Flash chooses not to be as powerful as he's actually capable of. This is also something we see in Superman ('world of…

This four-parter and the surrounding arc is the rare kind of awesome that breaks all of my overanalysing abilities and all I can ever say is I JUST LOVE IT SO MUCH followed by weeping and gurgling noises. Which is a shame because there's so much to think about here in terms of theme and emotion and character. It's…