I would argue that “trickle down” is the easy self-delusion that gives them permission not to even feel guilty about not caring. Most humans, even the nasty ones, will feel a twinge of guilt now and then about harming others... unless they can give themselves an out. “It will trickle down.” “It’s for their own good.”…

Not just sorry, but emotionally wrecked by it. Said a lot of things about her.

Despite her affinity otherwise for constrictive... things.

Well I mean unless the Internet has a lending library for that sort of thing....

Can’t say I have. I’ve quite sadly gotten away from reading books very often. Bit of a combo of lack of attention span and lack of availability (haven’t had a library of any note at my disposal in many years). It does sound like an interesting collection though. I can see parallels in your description.

I felt like it worked as a finale because it brought the Ed and Kelly arc to a climax, and even a cliffhanger of sorts. Nothing of great cosmic import, but the series opens with the last moment of their marriage, so there’s a symmetry.

Agreed. I think more often than not Picard chose to walk away from a situation rather than try to impose his morals on it, however much he wanted to. Picard’s big speeches on principles tended to be directed more at his own people.

That’s pretty well exactly what I think they’re supposed to be. In Star Trek, they’d be one of those ships that drops off the episode’s guest star and maybe you don’t even see it do so. It’s just a note in a log entry voiceover. Their senior staff consists largely of reasonably competent people that nonetheless noone…

Well, it suggests he wanted to do something positive for the “holiday season”, but that’s it. It actually doesn’t say anything at all like what you said here.

I don’t think they ever at any point claim or imply it is a Christmas song in any way. Just that it’s beautiful and peaceful.

I for one have never understood why this blows people’s minds. After all, humans are an order of apes and there are all manner of “lesser” apes and monkeys running around out there.

I bet you eat pigs. Have you seen pigs? Especially the cute little pink ones? Bit of a family resemblance I’ve always thought.

I dunno. When’s the last time you ate mammal meat?

That’s definitely the issue with the notion that comics never change. It’s not true! Big events often do have massive impact that seriously alters the landscape for years to come. In any other medium just about, that could be permanent, the whole life of the story. But comics never end, and eventually something comes…

I heard “Dominic The Christmas Donkey” for the first time this past Christmas and my immediate gut reaction was “What the fuck is THIS?” Absolutely an instant brand new topper to my “worst” list, and I basically hate most Christmas music just on principle anymore due to close relatives being Christmas obsessed YEAR…

Orrr... completely ban “tipped minimum wage” and return the notion of tipping to what most people assume it is before learning that “tipped minimum wage” exists: a reward for exceptional service. I had no idea that was a thing for a LONG time, and was aghast to learn about it.

Intensely theatrical. Seems to genuinely enjoy throwing himself into ridiculous and elaborate performances, largely just for his own amusement. But also the sort who casually murders, literally butchers people, wears a mask made of a pig face, and will happily cut you open on a whim. He gets close, but he’s missing a…

At least this version actually has used masks as a motif for his victims, gruesome surgeries, etc. He’s at least a percentage as genuinely disturbing as his comic book counterpart. The version from Beware The Batman was just a complete waste.

John Diggle’s tremor is many times over more convincing than Emma Swan’s at least. I swear it was like she was just flailing her hand about instead of suffering actual involuntary movement. Kind of pissed me off.

I really feel like the show has seriously hit its stride. I seem to say that a lot.