I'd rather stay home and watch television. It's often funnier than killing stuff.

Anya ,'Dirty Girls'


Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."


-t - Dec 14, 2023 2:04:21 pm PST #27862 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ooh. Yes, please.


-t - Dec 14, 2023 2:15:56 pm PST #27863 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Bobbie Draper

I think I get some sort of demerit for my first thought on reading this was "Mad Men?"


Jessica - Dec 14, 2023 2:17:55 pm PST #27864 of 28095
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

In your defense, it is kind of wild that there are two of them in relatively close pop culture proximity.


-t - Dec 14, 2023 3:17:42 pm PST #27865 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I appreciate the benefit of the doubt

I don't have a sense of how far AppleTV can be trusted. I think all I've watched has been Ted Lasso and Severance. Those were both better than they really had any right to be, is that the expectation to have?


Dana - Dec 14, 2023 6:11:15 pm PST #27866 of 28095
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Silo isn't perfect but it was interesting. Same with For All Mankind.


-t - Dec 14, 2023 7:49:06 pm PST #27867 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I haven’t watched Silo because all I remember from reading Wool is that I was mad at it.


aurelia - Dec 14, 2023 7:56:54 pm PST #27868 of 28095
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I watched all of The Morning Show in the last couple months and was really surprised at how good it is. It's got substance.


meara - Dec 14, 2023 8:03:16 pm PST #27869 of 28095

Dang, I just canceled Apple TV last month! Guess I’ll have to sign up again when this happens


Jessica - Dec 15, 2023 7:22:20 am PST #27870 of 28095
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I don't have a sense of how far AppleTV can be trusted. I think all I've watched has been Ted Lasso and Severance. Those were both better than they really had any right to be, is that the expectation to have?

That's been my experience too - their shows aren't GREAT most of the time, but they've got a solid track record of putting out shows that are PRETTY GOOD.


juliana - Dec 15, 2023 7:42:08 am PST #27871 of 28095
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I always thought of MurderBot as a Brienne or Bobbie Draper sort of physical presence, even if it's actually genderless.

Yeah, Frankie Adams [link] would have been my choice, too.