A Game of Thrones… Every Westerosi Wedding, Ranked by Dothraki Standards 5 Mar 202320 Apr 2023 "A Dothraki wedding without at least three deaths is considered a dull affair." This is one of those articles where I thought of the name of it first, and then…
Google… Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal & an Investigation into Halloween’s Satanic Origins 20 Aug 202217 Oct 2022 Let’s start with one thing: I am a Nathan Fielder fan. I watch Nathan For You continuously, always returning to my favorite episodes, my favorite clips. Naturally, his new show…
Succession… Every Large Adult Son on Succession, Ranked 16 Oct 202128 Mar 2023 Who is Succession's Number One Boy? (My Take on Every Succession Character Ranked.) This is my guide to two of my favorite things: the TV show Succession and the meme…
Books… Mad Men and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit 17 May 202014 Apr 2023 Today is the fifth anniversary of the last episode of Mad Men. I've been working my way through a slow re-watch in recent months. Perhaps I will have something more…
Fan Theories… 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…
Black Mirror… Anyone else still thinking about that Black Mirror guinea pig? 18 Jan 201914 Feb 2023 A Fan Theory About The Black Mirror "Crocodile" Episode This post is part of Fan Theory Fridays, in which we share and explore a new fan theory about a film,…
Alien… The Homage is Not Enough: on the Limits of Nostalgia-First Narratives 13 Mar 201814 Mar 2018 In the summer of 2016 everyone started telling me that I had to watch a show called Stranger Things. I was reluctant. The reluctance came from the way it was…
A Game of Thrones… Ed Sheeran Didn’t Ruin Anything. Game of Thrones is Rooted in Popular Music 23 Jul 201718 Sep 2022 Game of Thrones is Not Sacred. It’s Grateful Dead Fan Fiction The first episode of the seventh season of HBO’s Game of Thrones sparked a multitude of reactions, but perhaps…
D. F. Lovett… What References, Depictions, and Themes Should We Anticipate in Fargo’s Season 3? 15 Apr 201723 Jun 2017 While this blog's last Fargo article gave you a list of ways to get hyped for the forthcoming third season, it didn't go very deep into what we've seen in Fargo…
Fan Theories… A Rick and Morty Fan Theory That Explains Total Rickall and Rick Breaking the Fourth Wall 8 Apr 201711 May 2023 An avid Rick and Morty fan has many questions, some of which were answered (or at least addressed) in the Season 3 premiere that aired on April's Fools Day. These…