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she seems pretty into pleasuring herself. Michael has issues with understanding good concepts (and those bad janets, wow), seems not unreasonable to think a good being would have trouble wrapping their minds around evil concepts like stealing.

There are some recently rewritten comics with the same show runner. Some are horror and some are alternative universe, but they are pretty accessible to anyone interested in comics/graphic novels. Current, I mean, and written with a slant that will appeal to a modern comics reader. I'm old enough but I never read the originals, except for the occasional one I found lying around, however I like comics and have read them for ... a very long time, so naturally I've encountered conversations about Archie, seen covers of Archie comics, and absorbed some stuff by osmosis. I bet a lot of people who watch this haven't read the comics because they don't read comics. I think a lot of people who watch Arrow aren't fans of the Green Arrow comics. Supergirl. Walking Dead. etc.

Women in the women are delicate trope are not necessarily completely weak and ineffectual, although if you think about it Lynn's campaign against Aaron was really pretty feeble. She was not leaving him, right? Even though we know she could support herself and a son, she could not leave the umbrella of her man, who beat her son. I also think that living off stolen credit cards financed by Aaron, and the rest of Trina's limited storylines are mostly her looking to a man for support and protection. Like Lynn, she tries to manipulate Aaron into giving her what she wants instead of taking what she wants on her own, even though it is clear she is capable of this. There are other parts of the trope neither of them fit, neither seem overwhelmingly nurturing, which is one of the main virtues delicate women are supposed to have. But the trope isn't an absolute, it is how people act inside a story. We don't see every aspect of their lives. I think that by this episode we haven't really seen much of how Logan sees women, but we have seen his responses are similar to things we see from Aaron in this episode (including the story he tells about how if he'd been together with Lilly he would have protected her). Of course, what happens going forward may or may not support what I'm saying. I agree that at this time Logan seems sweet, pretty normal, pretty much like a good guy, exciting, fun, social, well liked. With just a few cracks in the veneer.

Lynn and Trina are both members of the 'women are delicate' supertrope. They are ineffectual, never as strong as men, need protection, need to be put on a pedestal, shouldn't be reckless, should let men take care of them....as happens with Trina in this episode. When she is abused both Aaron and Logan rise to her protection. Very similar responses. The echolls men are very traditional men in that they expect their women to allow themselves to be protected by their men. I think virtually all the other women, Veronica/Mandy/Mac/Lilly/Hannah/Meg/etc all avert this trope. Personally I think this causes a lot of problems for Logan in relationships. I also think that Logan is actually Aaron's son, in the same way that Aaron is his father's son. Logan may not beat women or children, ever in his life, but those arent' the only things he's had the opportunity to learn. And struggles with throughout his life.

I knew a woman who was beaten by her adoptive father growing up. He apologized later, sincerely apologized when he learned her biological father had been white. He had assumed that his beatings were necessary to counteract the effects of her racial background. He was willing to admit he made a mistake. I think Aaron is a lot like this. I think he is sincere, I think he believes he is a good person, I think he believes that Logan, as an entitled, lazy rich kid who needs to be beaten. Like Aaron's dad beat him. Aaron didn't like it, but he turned out ok, right? Personally, I think his direct (and really horrifically violent) beating of Trina's boyfriend, while superficially satisfying, is part and parcel of the same heritage of abusive violence. So yes, I believe Aaron's redemptive arc, that is I believe he is sincere as he talks about it. I also believe that he is playing the grieving husband for the cheap seats without even realizing it, because he has done it for so long. I also believe that not beating Logan doesn't even occur to him seriously as part of his redemption.

It's been a while but there is a plot in Siddhartha/Hesse that involves Siddhartha trying to raise his difficult son after the mother's death (bit by viper) and finally he runs away and Siddhartha realizes he has to let him go. Aaron may actually be preparing for his publicity tour after Logan storms out. Love Mandy and Chester and Backup and this whole MOTW. It would have been nice if she'd remained closer to Veronica, too. That bit with Leo was sad to me, actually. Veronica was a jerk to him. Glad he helped out, although it is his job in this case.

Odd that Michael didn't know about paperclips but you need paperclips to decommission a Janet. Loved the pudding/yogurt transition (although I actually like frozen yogurt). Great episode. I wonder if we are going to find out what is happening with the others, including the pins in chidi, in the next episode?

Has anyone noticed anyone in the cast who has green eyes or eyes light enough so they can wear colored contacts effectively? Could it be the Cooper son, Chick? The shirtless video was really over the top. Kevin is pretty bold to be cruising in the woods for sex and probably has std's by now. Also he's had two hookups, Moose and Joaquin, during the show and Joaquin was an actual in public boyfriend he went to parties with, and honestly his Dad seems fairly cool, so he isn't that darn isolated. I'm shocked, not displeased, but actually shocked that Moose and Midge are still alive. ------------------------- My favorite line was Jughead's "Travis Bickle Archie is my favorite Archie". Mine, too, Jughead. Mine, too.

Actually that is really cool because people do tend to act a lot like their parents. Of course Betty is judgy and intrusive and will make her own decisions, no matter what anyone says. It is like her Mom. Perhaps she will learn from this and modify her behavior a little, but she's always going to take some of that with her, you can tell. Veronica is doing the same thing with her dad. Cheryl also seems to have learned from her upbringing. Jughead. Kevin. etc. It's a good reason for giving the parents a place in the show and makes them seem like actual teenagers.

I also cannot figure out her agenda, especially considering what we saw before Hiram returned. It would be nice if she brings him down.

I don't get much chemistry from Archie with anyone, but this episode his father was just shot. He shouldn't have any, gratuitous shower scene notwithstanding. Archie would have his drivers license if he was old enough. Which means he was 14 or 15 on construction site. Of course it was his dad's site.

People like Kevin and he is xanderesque, to (gack) coin a phrase. He's already had dating adventures and I know I'm rooting for him and he's Betty's confidant. I'm confident he can carry episodes and will get some. The 'cats haven't caught on, I think, and that's a problem that I don't think is entirely the writing. Theyhad screen time and sub plot but are not as memorable as they need to be. I bet all those music subplots were to give them more story in later seasons but the charisma may be lacking. Dont throw things.....

Could do a series of say six episodes starring the pussycats, own arc that connects casually to main arcs, spread out. A Zeppo ep with Reggie. Or Kevin would be perfect for that.

I liked Norris, too. Also, he could probably have helped Veronica with her self defense training needs, which were immense (I suspect trying to avoid BTVS territory here, but at some point it seemed like it should have occurred to someone that she should get some training. I can hardly get past it, myself. Oddly, if your little, tasers and guns can be taken away from you and used against you....um). The popcorn bucket comment was a low blow and pretty gross. I think Veronica is taking Joseph Campbell's heroes journey--his journey particularly, with the supernatural aid from Lilly and the journey to the underground (river styx). and that Liane was part of that, Veronica's longing for the time before her call to adventure. I think the equally perplexing return to DK in season 2 serves the same story function for the second season. I also think Veronica finding her, helping her, getting screwed over again and letting her go, is fairly healthy in the long run and staves off the abandonment issues that Logan will suffer for the rest of his life. I think there really is something wrong with the pacing of the overall arc. Isn't Keith setting up the divorce papers as he goes out with Rebecca? I think Veronica is kind of a jerk to a lot of people. I also think she's still going to school, doing her cases, being a receptionist for her dad, and apparently staying out until 2 PM on stakeouts. However I think her core personality probably was the same when Lilly was alive. She's a little jerkass alpha. I think most of KB's characters are, frankly. The relationship with Logan at this time is sweet and shows a lot of promise, both of them have been through a lot less trauma than they will go through in a few months.

Actually although I don't follow thomas interviews that closely I don't think the two comments are mutually exclusive or that one trumps the other.

I think the kiss with Leo comes across better than the Camelot kiss in these screen shots. Rob Thomas said something similar, that he'd wanted more abandon in the kiss but that the aftermath (not screen shot here) was everything he wanted. I think Dohring really has to be seen in motion, I'm not sure a still does it for me. Wallace is adorable brushing his teeth. He is so guileless, unlike everyone else. Why does Keith not date more after Veronica eventually moves out. PTSD from all of these experiences when she was living with him? Are highschools infested with miniature ATF agents? Secretly this guy is 50 years old, but he knows how to moisturize! Did they ever resolve that Maltese Falcon case?

For the past couple of years I've watched in a desultory fashion and I'm trying to draw everything together right now and coming up blank. Sorry. I miss the beginning when it was really juicy horror. It seems to me that the purpose of this episode was to show Dean and Sam at the opposite side of the Jack issue. This will become a problem because Jack, still an innocent (although a powerful one) heard Dean talking about him as evil. The episode was from Dean's POV though (when he was onscreen) and we know a lot more about what is going on inside him than we know about what is going on inside Sam. This was a Dean episode, no doubt about it, and Dean is desperate and afraid of Jack, while Sam presents as his friend. These are familiar corners for the brothers. This will cause them to miss things and at some point one of them will storm off at the wrong time. I think that trail is cold. Kelly is dead and I assume untraceable. They might trace her to Cas when she was pregnant and shopping for diapers (etc), but Cas is burned to a crisp and I hope Kelly was part of the conflagration, too. Jack doesn't have a birth certificate and is a teenager. Lucifer is in another place.

I actually wondered if Michael isn't still trying to torture them, certainly it's getting close to the point where his betrayal will really wound Eleanor, leading to another end of season reveal? So many possibilities. Perhaps Sean demoted him while keeping the place running for a while and promoted Vicki. I could use a puppy pit right now.

I think fewer in real life if that helps. They also have sex like they're forty and married. No timidity, hesitation, shyness.

Polly is the question.

Danson owned this except Eleanor and the toothbrush family. Oh, dear. This is the best family she's had and she will fight to protect it..

No the body, excepting the one obligatory vampire, tried and succeeded in replicating Buffy's reactions and feelings. There were many points of view here, less fugue and more detecting.

After saying the opposite I checked on the app. Cheryl's white dress, which she was wearing at the fire, is artfully sooty. Ms grundy was killed with some long rigid item and we saw blood dripping from her toes.

I was surprised he had sex. They are kids and he saw his father shot. I'd think sex as distraction is more an adult response although he is not presented as a virgin. Im also not sure what could have been written for those characters on this particular story beyond a few murmurs of support.

I was just slow on the uptake :-)