written by Sabra Schirm
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Sabra Nicole here, reporting to you live from the Leaning Tower Of Used Tissue, with a review of Episode 10 of Luke Cage.
(Finally)
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written by Kate Danvers
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This week we’re going to try something a little different. So click below to experience the review in a whole new way!
written by Dayna Abel, Jason Froikin and Cara Russell
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written by Akela Talamasca
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In this episode, we examine and celebrate the wonderful gay subtext of He-Man and the Masters Of the Universe Episode 1×01: “The Cosmic Comet”! IT’S SO GOOD, YOU GUYS
EDITOR’S NOTE: 74 pictures under the cut. Be warned if you have a slow internet connection.
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This week we’re spending quality time with friends and family. Grab a latte and chill, because it’s time to take a look at CW’s The Flash.
KEVIN
Family is an interesting thing, isn’t it? We’ve discussed before the importance of found family vs. the kind you’re saddled with, and this week’s episode is no exception.
The full phrase, after all, is “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb“1. Which means that it’s the family you choose that is the most important, and can result in the strongest interpersonal bonds you can ever find.
Often this includes members of your blood family. Sometimes it doesn’t. This is your choice, and yours alone.
Sometimes your family is toxic, and you have to cut them out of your life. Sometimes, of course, your family will stick a bomb in your head to get you to case a vault with them.
Though this episode is old, spoiler warnings are in effect after the cut.
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This week’s episode has us seeing double. Get ready for a big shock, because it’s time to take a look at CW’s The Flash.
BIXBY
Parallel worlds are just…really cool. I’ve always found the idea of a multiverse (not just in fiction, but for real) fascinating. And obviously, this idea has captivated comic writers. It’s hard to find a comic character who doesn’t have some parallel version in an alternate universe. It’s actually something of a common idea these days, though it was fairly new to pop culture when I first heard of it. (Back in the day, before cell phones and the internet, when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth…)
For example: the Berenstain Bears.
There’s this theory that those of us who remember Berenstain being spelled as Berenstein are (among other possibilities) from a parallel world, and we slipped into the Stain universe on accident or due to a glitch in the Matrix or because Mars is retrograde or something. Other notable theories include one which states this is an alternate timeline due to someone going back into the past and fucking with something (dammit, Barry!).
Now, in truth, these theories are most likely the result of confabulation on a wide scale (known in some circles as the Mandela Effect. It’s relatively common to have a confabulated memory which is specific to you (for example, for a few years I was convinced that my great-uncle, whom I knew as Uncle Leonard, was dead, and then I ran into him at a family thing. Awkward, lemme tell you), but it’s really an interesting phenomenon that we get them en masse like this. The universe is a weird and wonderful place, but it’s probably not evidence that some of us are from a parallel earth/alternate timeline.
Still, it’s fun to think about, no?
Anyway, spoilers under the cut.
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Kevin and Bixby return to Central City with the start of Season Two. Start up the band and prepare a ticker-tape parade, because it’s time to take a look at CW’s The Flash.
KEVIN
Welcome back, friends! Hope you enjoyed your holidays. I know I did – I have the first collected volume of Mark Waid’s Flash comics and I’m eagerly awaiting Volume Two to be released. Until then, we’ve got the next season of The Flash to get through, and gosh, is it a doozy.
Where did we leave off, again? Ah, yes. Black hole, Jay Garrick’s helmet, sacrifice, cliffhanger.
Let’s get started.
Though this episode is old, spoiler warnings are in full effect under the cut.
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written by Sabra Schirm
SPOILER WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT
In Episode 9 of Luke Cage, we see our heroes dealing with the aftermath of last episode, which is not so fun for them when said aftermath includes a Not-An-Interrogation (that is totally an interrogation), and riding around in a garbage truck like it’s a Disneyland trolley.
(“Next Stop: The You’re Fucked Plaza!”)
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This week’s episode is a blast to the past. Grab your hoverboards and your sports almanacs, because it’s time to take a look at CW’s The Flash.
BIXBY
I think it’s fair to say that there’s probably something each of us wishes we had done differently. Or maybe it’s something you wished you had known earlier, so you could have reacted better. Or just to know, to be able to put the knowledge away and carry it with you.
It’s harder to say whether, given the chance, we would go back and change it.
How long ago was it? How much would change? Would I still be me? Would I even recognize myself from where I stand now, versus the person I might have been? How different would my life have been, and would it have been worth the changing? Would I even know what had changed?
And who’s to say, if we were given our chance, what our reaction would be? It’s hard to know that until you’re in the hot seat.
Spoilers under the cut.
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