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What is a Real Estate Novelist? Analyzing Billy Joel’s Piano Man

10 Apr 202216 Nov 2023
Hey Billy. What is a "real estate novelist"? and do you know what a novel is? I don’t remember the first time I heard Billy Joel’s “Piano Man.” I don’t…
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James Bond, Fan Theories, and the Fragile Online Fan

26 Sep 202126 Sep 2023
I’ve lost track of three things: how many times I’ve seen Skyfall, how many times I’ve seen someone reference my James Bond fan theory on the internet, and how many…
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Why Did Obi-Wan Lie to Luke Skywalker So Much?

9 Nov 201921 Jun 2023
A new fan theory about an old question My favorite fan theories are those that seek to answer the unanswered question. There are many unanswered questions in the Star Wars…
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When a Prediction Becomes a Fan Theory

29 Sep 20191 Nov 2022
For the last several years, I’ve been banging the drum for one particular, unusual cause: pedantry regarding the definition of “fan theory”. While you can read one of several longer…
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How Far From Home Reaffirms a Minor Spider-Man Fan Theory

13 Jul 201927 Sep 2019
Another Fan Theory Friday (on a Saturday) You have presumably seen Spider-Man: Far From Home by now. If you haven’t, I think it's safe to assume that it’s not particularly…
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Is Captain America Ruining Grief Counseling?

6 Jul 201911 Nov 2022
A Very Minor Avengers Fan Theory About the Captain American Therapy Scene There is a lot to be said about the latest Avengers film.  To begin with: I liked it.…
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A Fan Theory on Chewbacca at the End of A New Hope

4 May 201931 Oct 2021
It's another Fan Theory Friday. Although this is a special one, on a Saturday, because today is Star Wars Day. Today's fan theory is in honor of Peter Mayhew, the…
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Why I’m Reluctant to Write About the Final Game of Thrones Season

28 Apr 201927 Sep 2019
I realized something a few weeks ago. Something that surprised me. Something that had not occurred to me but that, as soon as I realized it, I was shocked I…
Books…

Why Does Slytherin Still Exist?

8 Mar 201931 Jul 2023
Or: The Harry Potter Fan Theory That Explains Hogwarts' Finances I finished reading the Harry Potter novels at the age of thirty. I read the first four books as they…
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Gregg Turkington, Tim Heidecker, Ant-Man & Metafiction

22 Feb 201918 Mar 2023
Or: Is the MCU a Meta Narrative Within the On Cinema at the Cinema Universe? Note: this article has been updated several times (most recently in February of 2023) to…

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