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What was with the Steampunk halloween outfits? Is Steampunk maintream cool now?

I don't think DC has ever gone in depth about Gordon's parents. But in the comics Gordon is definitely not from the Gotham suburbs, he was born in Chicago and joins the Chicago PD before getting transferred to Gotham after he shoots a dirty cop and uncovers a plan to rig the Chicago mayoral race. But that's Post-Crisis Gordon and may not be an accurate history for New 52 Gordon.

Also in the Renee Montoya vein, I'm hoping for an appearence by Vic Sage (aka The Question.) He'd make a great informant for MCU. In the Crispus Allen vein I'd love for some references to the Spectre, although no appearence. He's (just a tad) too over powered for this universe.

Not exactly, in the first debate both raised the point that individuality would be supressed by uniforms. But while Smackle argued that individuality and uniqueness is a precious asset, Farkle argued that individuality will be unnecessary in a future where everyone works for Farkle. So I have no problem with that first debate. Farkle was in favor of uniforms, because it supresses individuality preparing everyone for the future. Smackle was against uniforms because it supresses individuality which she argued was a benefit.

So what were the conflicting sides in the debate? The topic was "Is beauty only skin deep?" and in a debate typically one side needs to take pro and the other con. Meaning one side needs to argue beauty is only skin deep and that what's inside really counts, and one side needs to argue that beauty isn't skin deep, and beauty either reflects who you are inside, or is more important than what's inside. Both sides were arguing that the inside is more important than beauty though. How does Smackle win when she changes her position (which should've been the merits of beauty) midway through the debate? Anyone can win a debate if they just abandon their own stance and adopt the other sides. This is the second academic competition that this school has just done in a ridiculous manner.

This makes things pretty difficult though. I realize that not everyone reads every book, but at the same time not everyone watches every movie. I know people who haven't seen the Matrix or Star Wars, does that mean I should be walking on eggshells for the rest of my life even though those movies came out decades ago? That's not to say you shouldn't be considerate, if you start talking about something and someone says "I haven't seen/read it no spoilers please" you should shut up and change the subject, but if it's told in passing, well people reference things they know that they think other people will know, and that's never gonna stop. There needs to be a statute of limitations on spoilers or pop culture will die.

I don't think Meg lost anyone (other than her mother dying the day before.) Or atleast I don't think it's been mentioned specifically yet. IIRC her problem was that her boyfriend/fiance wanted to move on with their lives/relationship and get married and be happy like nothing ever happened, and she couldn't do that.

Even before this episode Pen Ward had said that Jake did not get his powers from a mud puddle, he just couldn't remember how he got his powers and came up with a random memory. Also the fact that some of Jake's pups (Kim Kil Whan and Jake Jr) also have his stretchy powers indicated a genetic source over the magic mud story. Although I guess it would've been possible for the mud to have mutated Jake and then he passed on the mutation to the pups.

BMO is the best! (He loves weddings, She loves flowers, He loves love!) Seriously feeling the BMO love today, cause I got my BMO mug today! I am seriously thinking about throwing out all my other drinkware today. I clearly will no longer need anything else. But I guess I should keep something around in case I have company, or in case one day BMO is busy hosting the human incarnation of a baby. In short: Yay BMO!

Ok, let's use ice cream instead of liquor then. Sugar highs and brain freeze here we come!

They did. The Sword of Damocles is supposed to illustrate that power/fortune and danger/anxiety frequently walk hand in hand, or as the immortal Shakespeare wrote "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." Damocles wants to be king but doesn't realize that those in power are also those closest to danger until he sits the throne and feels the constant threat of the sword about to split his skull. It's very similar to the Iron Throne in Game of Thrones, it's a super dangerous uncomfortable chair made of swords because being king is supposed to be a dangerous, uncomfortable job. Riley was never in any real danger, and didn't really have any real power in this episode. If anything the nerds had power over her as they were able to change her entire persona overnight. Cory and Maya try to illustrate it as a sort of "be careful what you wish for" tale instead. This can also work, but even then it doesn't gell with what happens in the episode. Damocles actually got what he asked for in his tale: Dionysius II vacated the throne and gave Damocles exactly what he was seeking. Damocles simply did not consider the downsides to power. Riley, on the other hand, ended up in a very "corrupted wish" or "bait and switch" scenario, she wished to be popular, and ended up popular... with 5 people largely seen as outcasts. That's not at all what she wanted, what she wanted was to be popular with the cool kids. And then it turned into a "be true to yourself" moral, which has nothing at all to do with Damocles. Damocles was true to himself, he never changed who he was, he just didn't consider the downsides to power. A better way to illustrate the Sword of Damocles would have been to have Riley get in with the cool kids, and then find out that there are downsides to being one of them. An easy way to do this would be to make the cool kids ostracize or even bully her old friends ("Cool kids only hang out with other cool kids, so being cool means you can't hang out with your uncool former friends") or make her cut class and put her grades in danger ("It's cool to rebel, so being cool means you cut class") or something else along those lines.

Translations are difficult. But you could point to 2 Corinthians 12:2-4 The same verb (translated here as "was caught up") is used as in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 You could easily argue that "whether in body or out of body" sends a message that souls that are taken to paradise are taken either whole (and thus would vanish, as their bodies would vanish with them) or are taken without their bodies (in which case perhaps their bodies would just vanish, and their souls would ascend) But obviously as with all translated texts it could be interpreted differently too.

Eh his workload isn't that much. As far as Cory's concerned there's only 4 real students in the school, the rest are a bunch of interchangable faceless nobodies who are content to sit by quietly while he tailormakes lessons for his daughter and her friends.

7. The word (harajuku) which was submitted by a student for said life lesson, is a proper noun and therefore is not in the dictionary, and is also therefore not a permissable word for any legitimate spelling bee, but still results in the disqualification of a competitor.

The Tommyverse encompasses all. BMW crossed with Sabrina The Teenage Witch, which crossed with Clueless, which crossed with Moesha, which crossed with The Parkers, which crossed with The Hughleys, which crossed with The Drew Carey Show, which crossed with Coach, which crossed with Newhart, which crossed with The Bob Newhart Show, which crossed with St. Elsewhere which all took place in the mind of Tommy Westphall.

She does have maids and servants with her a lot of time (if not almost constantly), she says the only place she can be truly alone is the godswood. Kind of hard to fake it when the help are all gossiping how she won't even allow him to sleep in the same bed as her. I suppose they could have claimed they consummated the relationship, but I don't see anyone buying it.

I want Quentyn too, but I want him cause I want to see another guy (a more important one than Pyat Pree) die of terrible dragonfire burns. I mean how can D&D possibly pass that up?

The head of the house can choose to take/retain the House name, as the power is established through that descent. Also politically it is good for morale. The bannermen swear themselves to a house, and it's easier for them if their lord/lady bears the name of that house. You'll notice that even though she was wed to Littlefinger, people continue to refer to Lysa as Lady Arryn because it's better for her to be thought of that way. Her connection to Jon and Robin are more important politically than her marriage to Baelish. Cersei is now the Lady of Casterly Rock (since Tywin is dead, Jaime is sworn to the Kingsguard and Tyrion is convicted of regicide) so she would probably take the name Lannister in order to strengthen the legitimacy of her title and claim on the West. Any children she would have with Loras would come after Tommen and Myrcella (and their descendants) when it came to the Rock, however Loras' children would be first in line to inherit Highgarden, therefore it makes more political sense to give them the Tyrell surname, to strengthen their claims on Highgarden and the Reach. Similarly the Northerners were sworn to House Stark, so if Sansa should inherit she would probably style herself as "Lady Stark" to atleast keep up the appearence that the Starks still rule in Winterfell. Her heirs would also take the surname Stark, and if Tyrion did not stand to inherit Casterly Rock he also might choose to take his wife's name.

That interview is hilarious. Especially how excited Sean Bean gets. Hopefully D&D saw that interview,it sounds like Sean wants back on set for some flashback scenes.

David Bradley (Walder Frey) says we might be seeing Lord Walder again soon. So maybe we are gonna get some dead Freys? Or maybe Walder is gonna be coming back as a villain to fill the void left by Tywin? http://winteriscoming.net/2014/07/13/cast-roundup-walder-frey-covering-magazines/

I disagree, I think they want us to be shocked, and the best way to do that is make the character as central to the plot as possible before offing them. If Margaery was slated for imminent death I think they'd be pushing scenes with her all the more, regardless of her popularity or how sad we'd be if she died.

That's the opposite of what they would do. They want us to care a lot when people die. Look at Oberyn, they spent so much time making him even cooler than he was in the books.

Not to question anyone's choices, this is just for funsies after all. But it wouldn't matter if Cersei knew about Marwyn or not. The Grand Maester is chosen by the Citadel's Conclave, not by the King/Queen. That's why Tywin reinstates Pycelle, because if he stays imprisoned it is rumoured they would select a (former) member of House Tyrell to replace him. So you could pick anyone you want as Grand Maester, and it wouldn't need to be limited by allegiences to the rular.

Female court was fun, now for an animal court! King: Drogon - Who else? Hand of the King: Ser Pounce - He knows the capital well and his council should be heeded. Lord Commander of the Kingsguard: Shaggydog - Vicious and loyal, the best of both worlds in your first protector. Master of Coin - Viserion - A gold dragon, who better to find other gold dragons? Mistress of Laws - Lady - One so well behaved will uphold the laws so that all are well behaved. Master of Ships - Rhaegal - Burn the ships! Burn them all! Master of Whispers - Ghost - Silent and undetecable, the best choice for a spymaster. Grand Maester - Mormont's Raven - No need for a rookery, he'll carry the messages himself. And he'll do it for corn!

Fascinating, this guy sounds like he might have a real life instance of capgras delusion, or a variation of. I've read about it but never seen a real example.