The final line of the most recent episode of Wandavision made me very, very happy indeed. Now I want her to put on the weird red face-framing thingy.
Of course I won't truly be happy until they give Hawkeye his proper purple costume *with* the pirate boots.
I mean how can you possibly improve on this?
No spoilers, but: I agree that this was, on its own terms, the worst episode. It was quite conventional, after all the daring of what came before.
But it did a tremendous amount of heavy lifting in a really breezy way - explaining wtf has been going on, setting up Wanda as a proper major player in future and maybe even Vision too.
Plus at one point it made me cry (scene on the bed) and at another it made me laugh with glee (last line). I wish more series had worst episodes that were this good.
Guys, of course I watched the mid-credits bit. What do you think I am? A civvie?
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@LynnPW This par just kills me. Blaming businesses for the fact you did not act on their concerns and rushed through a deal at Christmas giving them no time to prepare. In many cases there anyway was no preparation which would have stopped the inevitable damage from UK government policy.
@LynnPW But secondly, these pieces are kind of an admission of defeat. The fact they are appearing in papers like the Mail, which have previously been incredibly supportive without the need for payment, is quite telling.
I used to quite rate Peter Hitchens. Nearly always wrong, but a free thinker on the right who was worth reading. Turns out he's just like any old moron.
Covid has acted like a ruthless spotlight on parts the right, highlighting all the worst flaws among a clutch of Conservatives columnists and MPs.
Preening self-interest, look-at-me contrarianism, anti-science gibberish, a borderline social Darwinist indifference to the lives of the vulnerable, and a basic lack of objectivity or social responsibility. I'm seeing this even now all over the pages of the right-wing press.
It's like all the worst opinions about journalism in one. First that scrutiny of government is somehow abusive. As if we should all be nicer and more trusting of the nice men who run the country.
Johnson has arguably the most compliant press of anyone I've ever seen in Downing Street. And it's still evidently not enough for him.
Second that political journalism is a kind of politics-for-people-who-can't-get-into-politics. A fundamental misunderstanding of really fucking basic professional and constitutional responsibilities.
My mate's mum in Germany sent her granddaughter a dress she made and some little presents. The cost for this is now £23.54 on the recipient's side alone. Just one of those small lovely things which now come wrapped in cost, bureaucracy and hassle.
As my friend pointed out, this speaks to one of the under-discussed elements of Brexit: the increase of general faff. A further injection of pointless, boring, costly admin into lives which already have way too much of it.
We typically speak of the business-threatening faff: entry and exit clearance, safety and security documentation, SPS checks. And obviously that's the most important stuff, because it is costing people their livelihoods.
Starmer leadership: When you get past the noise, he continues to make the right calls at the right time politics.co.uk/week-in-review…
Btw I think part of the gap between Twitter assessments of Starmer and his actual record come down to gradualism. Twitter is very NOW NOW NOW YOU CUNT. Starmer's team are clearly working to a gradual phase-by-phase timetable to rebuild Labour's position.
I do get the frustration with that. Living with all this death as a direct product of government ineptitude. It makes my fucking blood boil. But then, that's one of the many reasons why I'd be a shit politician.