Plus, when I was growing up, there weren't good, widely-available resources to educate teenagers on trans people. Lord knows how many people were actually trans but waiting for some voice (even if only from within) to explain who they were.

Y'all have no idea how much the Internet helped.

I have no idea why there's been such a drastic spike in people stealing books in a series that has sold *checks* one boxset and zero individual books all month long but lolsob that could stop any day now, that'd be great.

And everyone is so surprised that I did not continue it. 🙃

(And yes, I know that shitheels would then start using it to harass in private and deny it ever happened, which is one of the reasons I wish it COULD work but know it WON'T)

(Cancelled our subscription last December when the truth became too blatantly clear. We held on longer than we'd have liked because "Our money supports good journalism!" but whoops, turns out that "good journalism" only applies to investigating things that forward the Times' agenda.)

The worst thing Hollywood inherited from comics is the fandom's ridiculous obsession with continuity.

Only the most toxic fans' enjoyment is ruined if a story fails to neatly lines up with the past entries; most audiences only care if it's a good story.

Do that, and everything is forgiven.