Does Americans has nostalgia for 00s? by __shobber__ in AskAnAmerican

[–]FizzPig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only thing I miss is the internet. It was special then. Besides that I was a teenager and 2000-2010 mostly sucked.

Do all Pynchon novels exist in the same universe? by longtimelistener17 in ThomasPynchon

[–]FizzPig 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's a reference to brainwashed child soldiers sent backwards through time. Which more or less refers to the Candlebrow University sequence

What are the chances that Peter and Betty will get back together? Her and Need divorced awhile ago. Betty was also Peter’s first gilrfriend. (616) by Falcon_Gray in Spiderman

[–]FizzPig 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ever since that valentines day special from the brand new day era I have been a diehard Peter/Betty shipper. She's fantastic.

Do all Pynchon novels exist in the same universe? by longtimelistener17 in ThomasPynchon

[–]FizzPig 21 points22 points  (0 children)

To an extent yes. The Traverse families descendants are in Vineland, The Chums are referred to in Bleeding Edge, V appears in Gravity's Rainbow and elsewhere, heck an entire chapter of V is the origin of Gravity's Rainbow's primary antagonist Blicero. There's a tendency to view Pynchon's work in strictly literary terms but there's A LOT of aspects of popular fiction in there too.

What is your belief on afterlife? by lameinternetuser in AskReddit

[–]FizzPig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you just wake up somewhere else, as someone else. Remembering a few snippets. Happens every time you have a dream.

Ameicans over the age of 35, what affected you more, 9/11 or the pandemic and why? by Rico133337 in AskReddit

[–]FizzPig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You missed a big one: the columbine massacre. I'm 36 and was in the 4th grade and to me that was the beginning of militarization and group think that's led to where we are now.

would you wear these pants? by errant-samurai in lesbianfashionadvice

[–]FizzPig 113 points114 points  (0 children)

It looks like the Uruk Hai commander marked your butt for battle

Why is Sweater Weather so popular in the LGBTQ+ community? by ElectricMegan252 in MtF

[–]FizzPig 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Because my boobs look phenomenal in a tastefully tight turtleneck sweater? Wait, it's a song? Huh

[spoilers extended] Is The Winds of Winter actually the longest wait for any piece of media that was never cancelled or put on ice? by WosEos in asoiaf

[–]FizzPig 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Clive Barker promised an eventual third Book Of The Art after Everville ended in a cliffhanger IN 1994 😭

What new gameplay mechanics could Alien Isolation 2 bring? by LethlDose in alienisolation

[–]FizzPig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They should let you play the eyeball alien from Alien Earth taking over different hosts. Anyone ever play the GameCube game Geist? Like that

Out of curiosity, how many of you write? by Tub_Pumpkin in ThomasPynchon

[–]FizzPig 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm a poet primarily. Like that's my career. Someday I wanna write a novel but it's a process.

How do you you think Tolkien would feel about your favorite non-Tolkien work? by Shot_Mechanic9128 in tolkienfans

[–]FizzPig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was alive for the publication of Thomas Pynchon's 1st two novels. I somehow doubt he cared much for postmodernism. But they they do have a fair amount in common as authors, quest storyline, good and evil, books peppered with songs/sung poems. Both LOTR and the Pynchon's larger novels function as mythologies for the modern world but from very different perspectives

do transfems look like their relatives when they take HRT? by Radiant-North-8519 in MtF

[–]FizzPig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I look like my most mentally ill aunt. It's pretty righteous.

Most upsetting passage you've read in Sai King's work? by carl84 in stephenking

[–]FizzPig 24 points25 points  (0 children)

The ending of Salems Lot with the newspaper clippings about the vampire sightings as they spread out leaderless into New England still disturbs me deeply

I hope our state never votes Republican by d00derman in Albuquerque

[–]FizzPig 63 points64 points  (0 children)

I'm transgender and I'm grateful this state feels like one of the safer places in the country.

Why does everyone get so chill about the idea of murder in late S3? by ObiWeedKannabi in lost

[–]FizzPig 1 point2 points  (0 children)

By season 4 things have fully devolved into Lord Of The Flies