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Thanks Lady S. That's one of my issues with the "Historical accuracy!" justification. Constant rape and rape threats are necessary because in medieval times every man was an asshole rapist? That just didn't sound correct to me. They might have been hundreds of years ago but they were still human beings. And yes, human nature, okay.... but the thing is, human nature has more highs than it does lows. The highs are just not as much fun to gossip about.

I love these costumes. So much better than the "Sexy _____" I see in stores. Not that there's anything wrong with looking sexy, but put some thought into it!

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Different times. If this was being pitched today (obviously the premise would then be no big deal but just go with it), there's no way the showrunners wouldn't at least tease Jack and Janet, and would probably make them endgame in the long run.

FUCKING HELL, THAT IS NOT WHERE THEY'RE LEAVING IT!!!

I think that's what's putting so many people off, though. If I have to watch a major female protagonist be systematically raped, brutalized and terrorized by a psychopathic fucktard antagonist, it should at least be a central turning point of HER storyline and character growth ensuring that she will move on from this treatment to something more empowering. Not just "Well, we needed to find a good emotional crossroads for one of our beloved male characters, and what better source of angst for him than to watch his pseudo-sister be violated by the same psychopath that tormented him? Isn't that a seriously awesome catalyst for him! God, the audience will feel SO much for this poor man as he listens to her screams! Who could NOT identify with him in this situation?!... Oh, the impact on her? Um, well... she'll be, you know, scared and stuff. Oh shut up - it's historically accurate!"

Well shit. I love the movie, and based on that I'm definitely checking out the show. Hopefully they'll know what they're doing.

You know, it hadn't occurred to me until I started reading comments here, but now I'm wondering if that Flash answer to Amy's question wasn't a segue to the topic he was *really* thinking about. If Amy hadn't reacted in anger to that answer, maybe it would have gone something like this: SHELDON: I was thinking about whether or not I should start watching The Flash. AMY: Not the subject I'd hoped would be on your mind while necking on our five-year anniversary. But go on. SHELDON: Well, you see, Amy, it's a big decision. This show could start well and end up like Batman: The Animated Series, or it could start well and end up like Smallville. But either way, once I've committed I've got to see it through to either a bitter end, or a wonderful and fulfilling one. Like the end of our Relationship Agreement. It's been five years, and I believe we've more than fulfilled the terms of the contract. (Takes out ring) I propose this as the basis for renegotiation.

Blackened death metal. Who said the Klingons didn't have a rock genre?

And get baked on a regular basis?

On PoI, the whole is definitely more than the sum of its parts. So what do we make of this whole apocalyptic threat? Totally wouldn't surprise me if this season ended much like that of Fight Club....

I'm with Dumbledore; sorting happens too soon, and is too typecast. It's one thing to assess children's abilities and sort them into different disciplines - academic, "trades", etc., assuming you have magic that can get it accurate. But they're accessing based on personality - it's cruel. And somewhat self-fulfilling. I suppose the hat takes things like intent into account, as we saw with Harry, but still. This is something that I felt was under explored in the Canon stories; I like the fanfics that pursue it as a theme. I always thought as a sequel to Harry that it might be interesting to follow a protagonist that got sorted into Slytherin and deal with prophecies that suggested he's or she's gonna go bad.

I like how this works in-universe too. Pre-TBOBW, you can view the overly moralistic Star fleet as the kind of arrogance Q warned them about in the episode where they introduce The Borg. They had simply gotten to the point where they were so successful, everything they thought and believed in had to be right by default. You see this attitude in our world all the time. However, the encounter with the Borg and then especially the war with them ended that arrogance and what people felt was right and wrong fractured. Then you get the later conflict, a little in Season 3 but certainly Season 4 and onward.

I have seen Michaelangelo's David in person. It made me cry, it was so beautiful. But the dangly bits were the least interesting; it was the sheer genius of how he carved a realistic man's body, with all the lines and curves, out of a solid piece of stone. I appreciate the lines and curves of the human form, male and female. The sexual areas are not really beautiful in either; I think we (general we) only find them titillating because they're usually hidden from view.

"How come he don't want me, man?"

Crap. My post in the All-Seasons thread should have gone here.

As much as I love this show, I'll never forgive the 180-degree turn they did with Aunt Viv. Nothing against Daphne Maxwell-Reid, but her version of Aunt Viv wasn't a tenth as awesome as the original character. Original Aunt Viv had a job, projects, dreams... did the revamp do anything except lunch with ladies and the odd charity thing and (mostly) prop up Uncle Phil? It was like she lost all her mojo, and I think that's a shame.

Is it bad that, after watching that clip after so long, I felt really bad for Joe Morton and his family? I shipped Dwayne and Whitley too, but in real life that would have been cold!

Someone on the Facebook page claiming to be from Spoiler TV said they got a screener and it's one of the best episodes PoI has ever done.

Ooh, what is Bear keeping mum about? What does he know that we don't??

I'd like to see a good adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time.

Thanks for the advice everyone!

Well, I live in Newfoundland, next to the salt water, in a place where the Four Winds of Hell blow year-round. I'd love to have a garden, but I have no idea where to start and I can barely remember to water my house plants. They're not dead yet, though. Anyone here try container gardening? How does it work for you?

I never listen to audio books. I'm a visual learner and find I constantly miss information that's told to me rather than read or seen on my own. So I'd have to really concentrate on an audio book, which lets out listening while involved in other activities, and if I'm not involved in anything I'd much rather read it than listen to it. So audio books hold no charms for me. So for those of you who like audiobooks: does it match your style of learning? If not, what advantages do you find in them?

Why? What did I miss?