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If the initial encounter was consensual, difficulty with social cues could be a defense, although weak in a 60 year old man, even one recently diagnosed with autism. The woodstock story is way past that.

I actually suspect that the song of ice and fire played out exactly as it was supposed to: Aegon/Jon ends the threat of another Targ reign. Yeah another season of GOT would not have been a bad idea to prepare people for the inevitability, but that’s TV for you. it adds irony to this story, that Viserys belief in the prophecy has fueled this clusterf*ck.

They were well developed characters. You wouldn’t agree with all of them or like them all the time, just like family.

Yeah. I am sad that someone who seemed like a nice guy, not so much. I think they all sound credible, but the first two sounded like they might have been … well, nothing excuses something like this.

He is sui generis

This is a very fan fiction ending. i would have preferred nine seasons, the night king defeated in an earlier season and some rationale and reason why the area beyond the wall would continue to be a threat, also more interaction between Jon and Arya, i think the Targaryens needed to be kept away from the throne and the dragons as well.

On the other hand https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/neil-gaiman-two-more-women-allege-sexual-assault-1235073080/ which gets weirder and less tasteful. this such is so common.

The original charges https://apple.news/AFOGzY4p9STmfbYFntzQ0bA Here is an article focussing on Amanda Palmer: https://apple.news/AF_PuDCr5SUymW2K88ns--Q the articles references a podcast where the original incidents were made public. I couldn’t find newer articles that aren’t behind a paywall i would bet on narcissist type behavior, myself, and that maybe he was so full of himself at the time of the acts, full of what he wanted and needed, that he was unable to see the needs of others. anyway, that would be my working theory, in which case we are likely to hear more of the same from people. I don’t think it invalidates his work, myself, bit so many people got support from his work that it will be hard and impossible for them to get around it, since it speaks not only to their tastes, but to their identities.

Michael Emerson does smug well.

The scene when Alicent walks into the water is pretty clearly a tribute to the movie “ Sansho the Bailiff”. It can’t be anything else. It is truly a beautiful movie. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansho_the_Bailiff

Rhaenerya spend episodes struggling with the decision to get riders. if she had known Addam of Hull was her first husband’s half brother she might have reached a different decision. i don’t think quidditch is possible either. How to they not fall off?

It is possible the vatican intelligence group is involved. They might want Timothy killed, for example. And a conspiracy from the church might drive David from the priesthood. Not much time, though.

Yes, my mistake.

It was a good show.

Fear her pulled from streaming https://gizmodo.com/doctor-who-huw-edwards-fear-her-streaming-bbc-2000482581

I feel Andy cheating is fair, he was damaged and is capable of being manipulated by evil. I’m assumining there is evil gathered around him and his is still an active pawn. Maybe it is just that he has a smell that attracts evil like flies

Yes, she is hardly part of the plan at this point.

I have a lurkers account on tumblr (to talk to an online friend) and follow Neil Gaiman. He was totally appropriate as near as I could tell, btw. I don’t lurk a lot but I haven’t seen anything from him since the accusations.

It may be a long shot but maybe the 2005 ‘Invasion’ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_(2005_TV_series)

Yes. Timothy was on offer to the biological mother because Leslie and Leland were both arrested.

Holy f*ck. Losing her job is the cherry on the major life stressor cake. And drinking with Ellie, in retrospect, not helping. I wonder if Andy now, with his suggestible brain, believes she is Lynn. I winder if she is hellspawn. Oh, probably. The good sister should help with Timothy. It seems like something David could arrange now. I wonder why the church is ending the assessor program. it isn’t more expensive than it was last week. I guess the coming evil makes it unnecessary. it is good to see the trio work together and support each other. leland is being taught the length of his leash. Good.

people in the APD spectrum—narcissists/sociopaths/psychopaths — feel all sorts of emotions. Including fear, sadness, depression, insecurity, happiness. aemond really feels sorry for himself. Life is unfair. He was hurt. It is real pain. poor boy. It never extends to empathy for others. He can say he’s sad about Luke, but still burned his brother on a whim. Not learning from what he has done. He can take from Mystarea (sp) but will not extend empathy or mercy. He is almost certainly pretty high on the APD scale. The show is very thorough about showing true empathy and there is contrast.

We spent a lot of time this season establishing how empathetic Rhaenyra is and how her smallest mistakes ( or the larger ones of her followers , like Daemon) have an effect on her future decisions. This is a big occurrence and will have consequences for her and an effect on her future decisions. This may even be the time when she judges she began to lose her soul, valuing expedience over human life. For the small folk, an unheard of opportunity and a lottery situation. People have made worse gambles for that sort of change of fortune. Most of them probably aren’t literate, to sign a release form. But they have to know it is dangerous. Look at the size of those things.

Kristen has four daughters and had her eggs frozen. Clearly she likes children and has made a place for them in her life. Taking on Timothy isn’t a stretch. If she was childless it would be a bigger deal.

I actually trust the show runner has a plan. I just can’t imagine.