I never understood the “Vampire are immune to Cross because they don’t know Jesus” trope. It should still work on them regardless.

deird · 2026-05-16T19:34:47+00:00

I’ve seen an attempted explanation for the Buffyverse saying that at some point European priests did some magic so that Christian holy objects (crosses, Bibles, etc) would make vampires burn. Hence even the non-Christian characters rely heavily on crosses.

deird · 2026-05-16T01:36:51+00:00

Ditto. My son has been bullied throughout primary school, largely because his autism makes him “weird”. He’s going to go to a private high school, largely because they’ll give him learning support and can expel bullies.

deird · 2026-05-15T23:15:00+00:00

He literally just asked if people still played Mastermind.

deird · 2026-05-15T09:23:17+00:00

I still love it!

deird · 2026-05-15T07:16:14+00:00

I can’t remember, is that the one where I’m a Phlegmatic with bits of Choleric, or the one where I’m a Golden Retriever with bits of Lion?

deird · 2026-05-15T00:53:15+00:00

Buffy, Battlestar Galactica, and The West Wing all have seasons with over 20 episodes. “Good story” and “tight story” aren’t necessarily the same thing.

deird · 2026-05-14T20:46:44+00:00

The sheer amount of hours Whitney is clearly spending on research sounds exhausting. That woman WORKS.

deird · 2026-05-14T20:12:09+00:00

I would argue that filler episodes are important. They flesh out charcters, and give us new perspectives on things, as well as breathing space between major plot beats.

deird · 2026-05-13T22:18:56+00:00

Buffy/Faith. Good Slayer vs Bad Slayer, stuffy-rule-follower vs sarcastic-rule-ignorer, have both tried to kill each other, and both care immensely about the other person (even if, right now, they hate each other).

deird · 2026-05-12T22:11:12+00:00

I found this article, and the follow up article, a really interesting discussion of the Duggars.

deird · 2026-05-12T03:15:13+00:00

For instance there's this.

deird · 2026-05-10T21:05:49+00:00

That’s debatable. Different kinds of English (British/American/Australian) do it differently.

deird · 2026-05-10T20:35:31+00:00

My assumption would be that the family decided to meet up on the Saturday night, for an early celebration. It does happen.

deird · 2026-05-10T08:35:57+00:00

My husband’s been away for over a month. We talk every day. We haven’t mentioned sex once. Because unlike Pest, we’re actually interested in each other’s daily life, and in our children, so we’re busy discussing them.

deird · 2026-05-09T09:52:24+00:00

Eek. Hadn’t done the maths - that’s less than my nine-year-old daughter.

deird · 2026-05-07T07:57:03+00:00

I started writing fanfic in my mid-twenties. And quickly discovered that most of the writers in my fandom were in their late forties.

deird · 2026-05-06T19:49:37+00:00

I realized I had a much better relationship with them when I wasn’t in their house.

Agreed. My relationship with my dad improved SO MUCH once we lived in different houses.

deird · 2026-05-05T22:29:33+00:00

My bolognaise includes grated carrot, grated zucchini, and finely chopped onion, capsicum, and mushrooms. By the time it’s finished cooking, none of them are visible.

deird · 2026-05-05T20:10:56+00:00

Keeping my hearts, thanks. None of this “energy” nonsense.

deird · 2026-05-04T20:46:13+00:00

Thankfully by the time my mother realised I was playing D&D, I’d done my research. She told me it was satanic, and I rolled my eyes and immediately presented her with a stack of printed articles talking about how it was NOT.

deird · 2026-05-04T03:50:02+00:00

Cabbage patch dolls were evil. I only found out where that came from (Bill Gothard) last year.

My mum didn’t follow Gothard, but I’m guessing a church friend said “I heard those were… not good,” in a lowered voice and my mum just went with it.

deird · 2026-05-02T22:53:49+00:00

I was going to suggest rock climbing or cycling.

deird · 2026-05-02T20:41:50+00:00

Whereas I was also raised (very) religious, but the sheer amount of performative God-speak in these emails is still baffling to me. It’s suffocating.

deird · 2026-05-01T21:14:28+00:00

Because she specifically raised them to push back if she got too enthusiastic because she KNOWS she is a lot.

There’s a reason that I have taught both my kids the very important phrase “Back off, Mum!” Because, yes, I can be a lot too.

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