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I am. It's absolutely incredible! The first issue felt a bit rushed, and Jerrica seemed to come to figure out what to do way too quickly, but otherwise it's been really well written and the art is gorgeous. The writers clearly did their research on the original while still doing their own present-day take on it. Kelly Thompson actually manages to make Jerrica likeable to me! (Loved loved loved loved the cartoon but always felt like Jerrica was too much of a Type A pain in the butt for me to be able to relate to or admire her.) The characters are getting nicely fleshed out, love seeing their take on the Starlight Girls, and LOVE the Misfits so far too. I was also really glad to hear that Thompson and Campbell have been keeping Christy Marx in the loop with what they are doing as well. I'd love to know what Marx thinks of it, but she hasn't said anything negative at least!

While not everybody who gets a little drunk in a heartbreak is an alcoholic, alcoholics are not all fall-down drunks who drink bottle after bottle either. As I understand it (with the caveat I am not a medical professional, psychologist, or any other sort of expert), an alcoholic is someone who, in some part, feels a NEED for a drink, that they can't get past a moment or a day, or cope with a certain emotion, or sleep or what-have-you, without it. Whether that's one drink a night or several at any time is irrelevant--it's the compulsion to drink, or reliance upon drinking as a coping mechanism. In fact many alcoholics try to fool themselves or their family/friends into believing they are "in control" because it's "just one drink" at a time, even though they are letting "that one drink" compel them. Trixie is shown to be a probable alcoholic because a) she herself says she wants to stop and feels she can't/needs help doing so (and that's the biggest reason right there), and b) even before her "rock bottom" binges, they've shown her several times hesitating and then reaching for a drink, like she knows she shouldn't or doesn't want to but feels compelled. I think the portrayal of Trixie as an alcoholic is actually pretty realistic and the problem is that realism is seldom seen on TV and other pop culture media. Contrary to popular belief, substance abuse is seldom an "obvious" thing and people who suffer from it also often do a very good job for keeping it under wraps and/or convincing themselves and others their behavior is "normal" for a long time. Alcoholism can particularly well-hidden because of this because it IS also a social activity and there indeed ARE people who can have "that one drink" but not be addicted. I'm actually really glad "Call the Midwife" portrayed it the way they have because maybe it'll open some people's eyes that alcoholism and similar issues can develop and reveal itself in that way. New here so hope it's okay to just jump in like this. Love this show and have been reading all of y'alls insightful comments for awhile and really enjoying them.

I've lurked at this site forever but the Wonder Woman diaries led me to get an account, so I can say: THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. This is so much fun. I LOVE the Wonder Woman TV show, ridiculous gorilla suits and all. Monty Ashley's sense of humor is well suited toward summarizing it. As silly as the show can get, the show's Wonder Woman is my favorite version of the character, because she is so kind and compassionate while still giving no quarter to unrepenting bad guys. I think it's most respectful to Marston's original vision of the character (with only slightly fewer bondage references ;) ). I prefer the 70s era myself, even though it's always fun to watch Wondy beat up Nazis and men in gorilla suits (though she still manages to get some anti-Nazi action on in the 70s). Though there are also some ridiculous plots too (especially toward the end of the 3rd season), the stories feel just slightly more grounded, and I like it because Agent Prince can be a lot more empowered than Yeoman Prince. We see her resourcefulness a little more. Also, brains in jars and disco (I did say only "slightly" grounded).