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by Jason Hallett
Mon Sep 25, 2017 7:26 pm
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: Star Trek: Discovery - spoilery thoughts?
Replies: 488
Views: 54517

Re: Star Trek: Discovery - thoughts?

More than a little eerie how relevant the conflict was: "Captain, we should punch the Space Nazis." "No, we need to not punch them, to prove we're superior." Bad guys defined by a desire to assert ethno-nationalist dominance by making war on the idea of multiculturalism, with a conflict between hard...
by Jason Hallett
Mon Aug 21, 2017 3:19 am
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: The term "Mary Sue" needs to die.
Replies: 94
Views: 9033

Re: The term "Mary Sue" needs to die.

In the hopes of saving a worthwhile topic of discussion from being smothered by a single argument, I'll give my opinion without any mention of the Star Wars franchise. I hew a lot closer to Seanan MacGuire's view than any of its critics I've seen in this thread so far -- the double standards that ap...