I love this New Yorker cover:
Wow. That actually made me tear up just a little.
Actually, I was thinking it would be sort of like a pet. You know, we could...we could name her Trixie, or Miss Kitty Fantastico, or something.
Tara ,'Empty Places'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
billytea - Jun 28, 2013 5:50:52 am PDT #27463 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 28, 2013 6:12:40 am PDT #27464 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The alleycat that I've been trying to get used to me for weeks now finally decided I'm a friend after being bribed with some chicken from my lunch this morning. Though he was later disgruntled that the tomato I set down to pet him didn't smell edible.
Jesse - Jun 28, 2013 6:25:41 am PDT #27465 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
June Thomas, my new (old) favorite, on Bert and Ernie: [link]
Trudy Booth - Jun 28, 2013 6:31:15 am PDT #27466 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
That's fantastic. Although in my head Bert's head would be on Ernie's shoulder.
But how would it FIT?
Jesse - Jun 28, 2013 6:35:22 am PDT #27467 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So, I could possibly program my DVR from here directly, but instead I'm going to ask you people to remind me to watch the PBS show about the revival of Annie tonight: [link]
Amy - Jun 28, 2013 6:37:05 am PDT #27468 of 30001
Because books.
That's a really good point, Jesse. I like her, too.
I can see how it might be a little less than celebratory to be represented by Muppets in that way, too, when there are plenty of flesh and blood couples who might have been pictured.
tommyrot - Jun 28, 2013 6:42:39 am PDT #27469 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So I'm on a train right now that will take me to the Amtrak station. I'm on my way to San Francisco!
JZ - Jun 28, 2013 7:09:29 am PDT #27470 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
What day do you arrive, tommy? Where are you staying? How planned-up are you already? I MUST KNOW THESE THINGS.
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2013 7:17:17 am PDT #27471 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ernie and Bert aren't gay because they don't exist below the waist? Is she saying they're not gay because they're not real, or they're not gay because they can't buttfuck?
I do actually get why one might not want that to be a celebratory cover. She hits precisely zero no points outside of "I don't ship that" in her piece though.
I can see how it might be a little less than celebratory to be represented by Muppets in that way, too, when there are plenty of flesh and blood couples who might have been pictured
While this is true, I also think that resonant symbols that everyone grew up with are also a valid choice to commemorate a moment.
tommyrot - Jun 28, 2013 7:18:38 am PDT #27472 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
JZ, there's some details in the f2f thread.