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I don't quite follow that analogy. It seems to me the more apt analogy would be, "Hey, this kid likes to torture and kill small animals and pets, he's likely to grow up to be a serial killer."

Probably the best theory. They gave her a shield, but having her fight in the same war might be seen as confusing to the audience, who Hollywood execs seem to think is dumber than a mud fence.

Heads up if you play Champions Online but infrequently: Today is the last day to get a free steambike vehicle. All you have to do is get a quest from Jo the Mechanic outside of the Power House in the Renn Center. (It's an accept then turn in type.) It's a 5 Speed, which is the fastest I think any of the freebie vehicles have been. It has a gold or brass main color with the rest being metallic, so fairly neutral color tone. Link. I only to the freebie vehicles, b/c I don't like the vehicle system, but they're handy for flying around on lowbies and characters that don't have a good vertical movement power due to concept.

I think the choice of World War I is to give her a strong motive for dumping humanity for X number of years, since it had an arguably greater psychic impact than WW II, having been the first modern war of its scale. Not that WW II wasn't horrible enough, but WW I was "The War to End All Wars," because of the public's newfound awareness of the horrors of war. It's also a lot murkier in its motivations, without as clear of a division of good and evil, and would appear to an outsider in a much more negative light than stopping the Axis would. There was a bit of discussion over that choice in the WW movie thread. I think it's a choice that could work pretty well. I like the choice of having her outfox Bats. I'm guessing it was more intended to show her as having been around the block a few times/the wisdom that comes with her age vs. his high intellect, than to turn her into a Black Widow type. (Though that's a perfectly plausible theory, too, the way Hollywood execs think -- "like that but different" being a rallying cry for most of them.)

That's what I thought you meant. Your original wording was vague, and left you open to a disgusting alternative read of the statement. Not that the members here would jump to that conclusion, I just felt it prudent to point it out.

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You might want to clarify the statement preceding this. It's open to a very negative interpretation that I'm pretty sure you didn't intend.

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Actually, Arya Stark is wearing Ashildr's face.

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post* *nothing actually popped into my head, but I looked at the Post button a moment later, so there you have it.

We've been watching a lot of random old stuff lately. The latest, newest thing we've watched is Victoria, starring Jenna Coleman. So far, so good. We're three episodes in. It's better than expected, and we're both Coleman fans. It's kind of funny that both Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman are in period pieces about young queens at the same time. Clearly a TARDIS malfunction is to blame.

I read some reviews for the book series the show is based on a while back. A lot of the reviewers thought the author had serious problems when it came to handling female characters. On the other hand, the TV show seems to be diverging from the books and has its own writer, so perhaps it will be better in that regard. As to the issue at hand . . .

She probably didn't break his fingers because she wanted to preserve her secret ID. She hadn't decided on intervention at that point, and was just looking for her old pic.

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That. Also, although they didn't communicate it well in the movie, that was supposed to be Lex Luthor Jr. Still a horrible take on the character.

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