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All TV series I've ever seen III

1940 - 1970

1980 -2000

2010 - now (this post)

2010 - Mike & Molly

Sitcom with some funny jokes... got lost at season 3 maybe... I don't know.

I know some people can't stand Melissa McCarthy but what I can't stand is the typical jokes of "well she's fat so she has to be eating in every scene or making a big deal about food" as it happens in Ghostbusters.

2011 -Once upon a time

At first I thought it was a silly premise (and maybe it is) but I do like fairytales twisted over and over again to create something new.

I stopped watching around season 5... because I was watching it through Sony (LatAm) and they started to play it dubbed and the voices were horrible.

I should pick it up someday.

2011 - 2 broke girls

Yet another sitcom that sometimes lands and others don't. Good enough to watch when there's nothing else available.

2011 - Person of Interest

A man creates a system (AI?) that can identify a criminals so hires someone to take care of them. I might've watched two seasons... then I lost track.

2013 - The Blacklist

James Spader has one of the best voices in the planet and when he plays a snarky a-hole he's at his best. The first two season were great... then I lost track and all the sudden they are ending the show after 10 seasons. I have a lot to catch up.

2013 - The Goldbergs

I might've been born in 1992 but thanks to mom and my aunts I grew up with in the '80s so this show was made for me... or so I thought. Some things are cringy, once Adam grows up the whole nerdy thing isn't as funny but it's ok... ish.

2013 - Father Brown

You can never be wrong with Chersterton's creation. Altough as all british TV shows it can be a little too slow for my taste.

2016 - Nafta Súper (Argentina)

The whole thing started with a simple question: what would've happened if Superman fell in a poor neighbourhood in Buenos Aires instead of the Kent's farm? This was the premise for Kriptonita a book that presented the DC heroes in their argentinean versions. But beware since they are outlaws and not always do good (but compared to our police they aren't as bad)... it is kinda hard to root for them. I mean Nafta Súper (is the name of a type of gasoline you get here) got his name because whenever he had to meet with other crime bosses he would carry gasoline with him and set them on fire if they didn't agree with his views 🤷🏻‍♀️

The movie was a good enough hit, so the TV show was meant to happen and expand the universe. Each episode focuses in one of the members of the Justice League (El Federico/Batman, Lady Di/Wonder Woman, El Faisán/Green Lantern, Ráfaga/Flash) while they all look for Nafta Súper/Superman that, after the end of the movie, is hiding.

As I said, it is hard to root for them but I have to give it to the creatives with all the clever ways to twist this heroes and villains so they fit in our culture. And I do like El Federico & Corona (Batman and The Joker) they are the highlight of the show for me.

2016 - Анна, детектив (Anna, detective -Russia)

Do you remember Medium? Have you ever thought how it could've been set in the early 1900s in a backwater town in Russia? Well now you don't have to!

Anna Mironova is a young woman that always had psychic abilities but they would come and go during childhood. Now this abilities are back around the same time the Officer Shtolman is assigned to her town.

Sometimes is very VERY telenovela (I am not entirely on board when it happens), each case lasts 2 episodes and I do think that is a bit of a strech. But I do have to recognize that Dimitri Frid (Shtolman) plays a man that is very smitten and deeply in love very well.

You can see it in Youtube in Star Media English (captioned in this language)

2018 - Killing Eve

We all know that the first 2 seasons were the best (we can add the 3rd in it too when we compare it to the 4th). This cat-and-mouse spy thriller started strong mixing dark humour and just darkness and left us all with a bad taste in the last episode. Still Eve and Villanelle will live forever in our hearts.

2019 - Good Omens

An Angel a Demon beeing close friends got 20K christians so angry that they started a pettition to cancel this show adressed to the wrong company. And people still ask me today why I am Agnostic?

The Antichrist was born, the Four Horsemen summoned so it is time to stop the Apocalypse.

Really funny, layered and worth a lot more than just a watch (mom and I watched it about 4 times in less than a year, so... is that good)

2019 - The Mandalorian

At home we were never huuuuuge Star Wars fans (we would watch for Harrison Ford and some creatures). Still, since the premise to this show was that you didn't needed to be a hardcore-fan we gave it a go and we loved it! It's very close to old shows, like Zorro, where you have the adventure-of-the-day kinda plot (that some people just can't dig, don't know why) and I do like good fights on TV/Cinema

Never underestimate the power of Baby Yoda!

2021 - Wandavision

Even if we never read a comic, we did watched most of Marvel movies and we wanted to know what all of this was about.

It's a lot more effective if you already know the shows they pay homage to.

Beware... it will break your heart.

2021 - Falcon & the Winter Soldier

Following the MCU, came the buddy-mov... erm, TV show, buddy-Tv show starred by Falcon and Bucky.

At a moment you might think that there are too many things on the plate (super soldiers, the new & bad Captain America, a black market dealer, Zemo) so some things do feel a little rushed. But well... at least was fun.

2021 - Loki

Don't kill me but I do not understand people's obsession with Loki.

I mean, the mythological god is a thing... but aside from Tom Hiddleston's fans I don't see the appeal of any nordic god in the MCU (as I said, I don't read comics).

The show is ok...

2021 - Hawkeye

Since I'm little I always liked archery and I was curious about this Avenger that is easily lost in the background of the movies.

It is not the greatest show ever made... but at least is less "the world will be destroyed" and that is a good change. Less is more.

2021 - The Book of Boba Fett

Of course after watching Mando I had to follow the story... and yes, he did took over in the last episodes. But still... it was nice seeing Boba Fett's arch that transformed him from a Bounty Hunter to a Leader (???).

Something could be a little bit more explored, but well... we'll see what the future holds for him.

2022 - Our Flag means Death

When I had a glimpse of the trailers (mostly focused on Steede's most feminine traits vs the tough life of a pirate) I was like "yay... another show making fun of a clearly gay character. Awesome. Are we in 1980 again?" But some gifsets in here spiked my curiosity... does the story really shows a romantic relationship between Blackbeard and Steede or this is the fandom beeing fandom once again?

Well... watch and find out!

2022 - Moonknight

I love the Ancient Egypt so this show was for me. I didn't know that there was a superhero based on those myths (nor that he had DID) and I really liked him.

Fingers crossed for a second season... or a movie (once the strike is over, of course).

2022 - Ms. Marvel

I was expecting something more teenage-based but anyone can see Ms. Marvel.

I don't understand why so many hated it... oh wait... Sor Juana said it better "foolish men that accuse the woman without reason..."

2022 - She-Hulk

And odd experiment, I do think that the last episode was kinda cheating but if she breaks the fourth wall... what can we do? 🤷🏻‍♀️

At least they aknowledged some narrative issues that have been dragging for a while.

2022 - The Sandman

Loving this show is an understatement.

Once again, I didn't read the graphic novel with the exceptions of a few panels here and there that I saw many years ago in Facebook (when Morpheus meets The Fates and the baby scene on The Sound of her Wings).

I love when all mythology and fairytales and other myths can be combined into something new. So this was my jam.

Waiting for season 2 (and getting a better paid job so I can buy the books).

2022 - Obi-Wan

Is there anybody in this world that hates Ewan McGregor? I don't think so.

The show was ok... some twists were predictable from the get-go (still some didn't see them coming and got angry at them 🤷🏻‍♀️). But well... everybody wanted Vader vs Obi-Wan and they sure had it!

2022 - Andor

I don't know if living in Argentina absolutely killed the idea of a heroic guerrilla, revolution and such (because we are the spoils of that and, trust me, thinks don't get better. But this is not about argebtinean politics so... moving on)... or it is because in USA is heavily romanticized but... Andor didn't clicked with me.

It was a task watching it and we only finished it because we started it... don't know if we will watch a second season.

2022 - Wednesday

A lot of people say that Tim Burton is overrated (I disagree, I think that he is tired of beeing ask to be Tim Burton, wacky director or weird films) but Wednesday is heavily overrated to me. Really? This has 12 Emmy nominations and The Sandman has zero? What the Bloody Hell?!

I like the Addams Family, I watched the TV show... the movies... this is not the Addams Family. I know, I know... this is about Wednesday blah, blah, blah. But this isn't Wednesday either... this is moody goth teenager with the biggest ego in the room.

Let's leave aside all the character and worldbuilding inconsistencies... Wednesday is a sharp and blunt person but she is never mean without a good point. This Wednesday is cruel even with people that loves her!

Did people forget that the weirdest thing about the Addams Family was that they are weird and they deeply love each other? That was what made them who they are! Instead of having the husband complaining about the wife, you have Gomez. Instead of having the wife trying to have the perfect house scolding her kids for their behaviour , you have Morticia with her own interests aside from beeing a housewife and assists her kids with their passions... I'll stop ranting now or I will never end.

Not a fan of the powers, the story is ok-ish...

2023 - The Last of Us

Never played videogames either and zombies (I'm sorry, infected) are not a big genre at home unless is Michael Jackson's Thriller video. Still we decided to give it a go because Pedro Pascal is latino and you have to support your people... even if they are chileans... or brazilians (argie joke. You wouldn't understand it).

We loved it!

I was ready for mom to complain with "is it necessary to always have gays?" in episode 3 but she didn't... and I dare to say that its one of her favourite episodes. (And no, readers, mom isn't conservative... but she's against tokenism -just like me-. If you want to have diversity in the world you've created, that's awesome... if you are doing it just to check some items off a list, it's annoying and feels like a desperate move)

2023 - The Muppets Mayhem

We love The Muppets but since Jim Henson's death they are kind of a hit-and-miss.

It does get better as it goes... wouldn't say is ✨️the best✨️ Muppets yet... but it is a lot better than the Haunted Mansion from last year (?)

2023 - FUBAR

Did you liked the movie True Lies with Arnold Schwartzenneger and Jaime Lee Curtis? Well... what if we do the same premise but this time his daughter is also a secret agent?

It is still good though... sometimes humor can be a little cringey, but Arnie knows his audience well enough and delivers.

2023 - Secret Inavsion (current)

It is still going so I cannot tell much just yet. Doesn't feel like a spy-thriller as I imagined but we'll see.

#very vague tv reviews by harleiquina #very vague reviews by harleiquina #tv shows #2010s #2020s #mike & molly #2 broke girls #good omens #ouat #ofmd #the sandman #wednesday #marvel tv shows #dc universe #argentina #killing eve #star wars #tlou

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tchaikovskym · 1 year

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Killing Eve review

Anyway, as I said earlier, I might do reviews so here is my go at Killing Eve (finished today)

Watched it because it was in my recs, also had seen smth about it on tumblr and gave it a go.

I usually don't like action and killing, but this show captivated me because it stayed away from the "the good guy kills to be honored" trope. Moreover, it's one of the rare shows with women as main protagonists so kudos to that. No male assassins! Only girlies!

I really enjoyed how women were NOT running around in bikinis killing people, but it was disgusting blood shedding as I can imagine killing must be.

I've thought of categories to rate shows, so let's start:

Captivation: 3/10. Was not invested in what's going on at all, watched it mostly in the background and thus I probably missed a bunch of stuff, but I just couldn't bring myself to sit through it and give it my full attention.

Blorboness aka how much do I care about characters: 4/10. The characters were well written, with well thought out personalities, but I just did not care about them. Sorry. They weren't shallow, but like... yeah... not for me!

Visuals: 10/10. Loved the scenery, loved how the colors looked, loved the outfits of characters, loved the camera angles, mmhhmmm yeah that was some good stuff

Soundtrack: 10/10. Loved the songs, loved how they were tied together with characters as if each one of them had a motif like in an opera or something. Discovered the dark eyes instrumental thanks to this show, so that's nice!

Humor: 7/10. It comes with the assassinations and death that makes a thing so absurd they are funny. It was my cup of tea. However, since I found it hard to relate to characters and the plot, it was sometimes weird.

Plot: 5/10. SPOILERS AHEAD! I usually hate stuff like "oh there are some important people that control things" and this show was exactly it. And at the end, we didn't even get to know what the 12 are. And while I did not expect a happy ending for Villanelle and Eve, the death at the end did not make any sense. I hear there was a book with happy ending though, but uh... yeah. Also the whole love story did not really captivate me, maybe because I'm a stick in the mud who just doesn't enjoy killer psychopaths, I don't know. However, kudos for there actually being plot instead of just reusing already made template and sticking their characters into it.

Message: 8/10. I believe every creative work carries a message about something the author wants to share, and for Killing Eve I believe it was about women, about the horrors, about the longing for normalcy, about sacrifice, about emotions, about the fragility of life and death, about it all, the darkness of it, and the normalcy of it. I cannot quite put it to words, but it was there. It was very good, however, I did not have any eye opening moments while watching it.

Overall score: 6.7

It really wasn't that bad, a good watch if you're into women and violence.

#erin reviews #killing eve

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So... I've read some big swiss leak and it seems like Flavia and Greta didn't end up together. Is it true? Would you say that the overall story would make sense and satisfy with this outcome?

tbh it really wouldn’t make sense for the overall story/theme and where they both end up at the end with the events leading up to it. however it’s open ended enough though that again, fanfic will have ample opportunities to give people the material they wanted if there isn’t a follow up book. if anything the ending is just a “oh….it ended??? weird i still have some questions” kind of moment in fiction and a bit rushed with some missing detail/loose ends imo. despite that i’m more than willing to forgive that ending because lmao the bar is LOW after ke. ultimately though the themes in the book wouldn’t match up with a traditional “happy” ending, and i keep thinking about how certain scenes are going to be adapted because there’s ample room for creativity and so many possibilities because i think it’ll adapt to screen extremely well!

#do still wish it had a nice grand gesture ending that carol has but that isn’t the point of the story *siiiiiigh*#yes i know i could go to queer romance to get what i want but listen…i also want to read queer women being unpallitableweird/morally grey #but also from my understanding this is jen’s first sapphic novel and idk her personally but like it REALLY could have been so much worse #and too much queer fiction rn that i keep getting suggested to me is too sweet (which isn’t a bad thing) i just want messy queer people #messy queer people who get to do the same unlikeable morally grey shit straight people have #and since it’s an ARC that’s released for reviewers it still could have some minor adjustments made between now and final printing #*points to killing eve*#ask #anon #big swiss #emiie rambles

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fleurdeneuf · 1 year

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Luke Jennings is having the last laugh now though.

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A great list of orgs to donate to from Dr. Timothy Snyder, history professor at Yale, and fascism expert. (If you don’t have his “On Tyranny” handbook, you should fix that (now also available in a graphic version).)

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today’s news happening the day before regenerate nine is just...*chef’s kiss*

reminder while the CE tag is hopping that regenerate nine is tomorrow!!!

don’t forget to tag your new posts :)

#regenerate nine

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Sally Woodward Gentle, in Entertainment Weekly:

“Eve and Villanelle, having left each other in total turmoil on Tower Bridge at the end of season 3...”

Me:

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#year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #ok this is hilarious #clearly this year i ramped my queue back up and also started slowly culling my drafts lol #i also really want to know how 3 of my posts got posted without tags because i do not DO that so like WHAT #obviously my longest tag is super long....tag rambling is an ART and i frequently run into the character limit so #i also didn't remember creating many OPs so i'm pleased that i had 5 for tumblr to rank anyhow #killing eve and CE and ryan paevey....yep that checks out #about fleur #fleur has a blog #fleur has an op tag #on tumblr #2022 #killing eve #christopher eccleston #ryan paevey #long post

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strawberrymotion · 1 year

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#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review #pretends to be surprised!#I posted about killing eve and katie mcgrath?! No way!#Also my most reblogged... I promise I'm not a stalker @ agaywithcoffee

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spiderliliez · 1 year

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emily-prentits · 1 year

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killing eve + internet textposts 5/?

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another-chatterbooks · 1 year

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TOP 10 TV SHOWS OF 2022 (imo)

10) Miskina season 1

The first French tv show with a poc main character that does not hate her heritage (cultural and religious) and a beautiful tribute to kabyle algerian weddings and landscapes.

9) This is us season 6

A beautiful (but long awaited) final chapter to one of the best if not the best family contemporary drama. Sad. Emotional. Homely.

8) Parliament, season 2

At last a European political show. The main character is goofy but smart. The show is funny but at the same time we learn a lot about the politcal institutions. The unrequited romance is comical and Liz Kingsman is so good in this.

7) Grey's anatomy season 19

Yay at last the show is renewing itself with a new class of interns, endearing new characters with interesting backgrounds.

6) Undone, season 2

A beautiful, unique production. This season has such important social commentary on grief and mental health. The magical realism is so well done and it takes us on philosophical meanderings of what ifs... Creative. Must watch.

5) Derry girls, season 3

A perfect ending for this coming of age show with the good friday agreement as the background historical moment to finish up their teenage years.

4) Aaaaand it's a tie for the 4th place

Killing eve season 4 // Outlander season 6

I am obsessed with these two shows so I'm so disappointed that they do not get to be in the podium for me this year but it is what it is...

3) This is going to hurt

Cynical but funny

Sad but sweet

Heartbreaking but heartwarming

This show manages to capture the tragic reality of public health systems and yes it hurts to watch but it's a must watch !!!

2) The handmaid's tale season 5

Wow what a season. Such beautiful cinematography. Discussions around revenge and mental health. The political thriller of the first seasons is back in this one and the suspense is thrilling !!

1) Severance, season 1

This is such an underrated show about the alienation of workers in a company that cuts their memories when they enter the building. A social commentary on corporate world obviously... ironically produced by Apple 😭

JUST WATCH IT IT'S AMAZING

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wearevillaneve · 2 years

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It's not your imagination. A LOT of people hated the finale of Killing Eve. (KilltheTrope.org)

#killing eve #killing eve reactions #killing eve reviews #i hate it so much #you do too #everybody does #ke s4 #epic fail #bury your gays trope #killing eve billboard project #i blame sally woodward gentle #no forgiveness #fuck laura neal

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remedialreviews · 2 years

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Seasons 1 & 2

The morbid humour is fun (especially in season 2) and Comer and Oh are solid and deserving leads, but the show is just kind of silly and doesn’t really know what to do with itself. British intelligence has never looked more inept or purposeless (though perhaps this is actually accurate?).

#killing eve #jodie comer #sandra oh #screen review #tv review

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Killing Eve. Season 4. 7.6/10

I would not recommend this show/season to my friends. I would not rewatch this show/season.

Eve shooting Konstantin in the hand is cool. Yes, Barbara, you're cool. Let's get it. They're really bringing into focus much more interesting characters this season. Helene's death is crazy cool. The cutest moment in this entire show was Villanelle's cheek kiss to Eve.

Villanelle's death is the only one I really felt for. Also, it was so dramatic. Pam makes so much sense as a character when the actress had that Black Mirror character. Similar vibes. If May thinks Villanelle is the devil from those two bad deeds, she's not ready to find out what the real devil is up to.

These neck slices are killer. My goodness. The Gunn eyeball thing was crazzyy.

Poor May. Poor Fernanda. My god, poor Konstantin.

Memorable Quotes: "Grief makes us strangers, even to ourselves." "Why waste your time being good when you could just be good at what you're good at." "Thank you for being kind to me."

#killing eve #season 4 #television #show #series #review #commentary #rye-views #7.6

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archivyrep · 1 year

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Archives in Fiction's selections

In this post I'm going to feature and expand on some examples of archives in fiction which were noted by Archives in Fiction (herein AIF), an account which notes "portrayals of archives in fiction of all kinds." [1] This includes the following examples:

Alias, Season 1, Episode 8

Alias, Season 1, Episode 16

Alias, Season 1, Episode 18

Alias, Season 2, Episode 4

The Americans

Loki

Age of Ultron: Book 8

Station Series

Berlin

Zoo Station

Restless

Age of Ultron

Killing Eve

Rogue Male

Midnight Library

The Defenders

Slough House

Inspector Montalbano, Season 14, Episode 1

The Da Vinci Code

The Pulse: Part 11 "The Fear"

The Pulse: Part 10 "House of M"

The Pulse: Part 5 "Thin Air".

Kingdom: Ashin of the North

Weapon X #10

These examples include the protagonists breaking into the classified archives of the CIA, an elaborate plot to infiltrate secret archives, and early examples of digitization of a show set in the 1980s. Others focus on a book with archival records featured throughout with acknowledgements crediting archivists as helping with the work, possibly vast archives, the "judicious use of the 30 year rule," a film where the villain scrubs digital files to frustrate attempts by the heroes to follow him, so they dig out boxes of files, and an "interestingly shot and well edited sequence...in which Jessica Jones tracks The Hand through archive records." [1]

Reprinted from my Wading Through the Cultural Stacks WordPress blog. Originally published on Aug. 20, 2021.

Jessica Jones character explores archives in New York in an episode of the live-action series The Defenders.

AIF says they were "less amused by her treatment of the finding aids" because she removes index cards, and further says they were surprised that they let her have the run of the place, but added that is "nice to see a superhero doing her own research instead of relying on sidekicks." AIF also mentions Midnight Library, saying that while this might be a stretch of archives in fiction but says that "infinite storage, incredible rolling shelves and...musings on the reliability on the reliability of memory," make it memorable, as does a line about librarians as "soul-enhanced search engines."

Furthermore, AIF noted that archives are the heart of a novel, some "through appraisal" going on in one episode of a TV series, archives in a well-known film, and Wolverine sharpening his...archival research skills? The specifics of what is being referred to is noted in AIF's certain tweets, linked throughout this post. In one recent example mentioned by AIF, they note an episode of Alias which has a break-in at a technical library in Moscow, with use of a finding aid and a retrieval system, even though "there was a trail of destruction and misappropriation." This contrasts a nice, clean repository elsewhere.

I wish AIF had featured some animated series, but I'll be trying to look into some of those in the future, with draft posts about: Wan Shi Tong in Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra, Tony Stanza in Welcome to the Wayne, and Miss Quackfaster in Ducktales. Whether I write those or not, I don't know, but there are hopefully topics out there to write about going forward in the future.

Notes

[1] For Age of Ultron: Book 8, AIF notes mention of archives in this comic, saying jokingly, "Surely Tony would've rebranded these Starkives?" For Berlin, AIF says that in this book by David Downing there isn't much to report when it comes to archives in fiction. For Zoo Station, AIF says that this book by David Downing features include theft from archives, invisible archives labor, and no provenance. For Killing Eve, AIF says that archival material has a part to play in this trilogy. AIF also notes this appeared in the TV series of the same name. For Rogue Male, AIF says that there is a brief nod to archives in this novel by Geoffrey Household and said they were annoyed by "describing an archive as some kind of pit, the bottom of which is reserved for inconsequential items." They noted the story was excellent otherwise. This doesn't include AIF talking about almost an archivist in Andrew Caldecott's Rotherweird and says that the Thrilling Adventures of Babbage may be inspired by archives. AIF also notes: mention of archives in this comic, The Pulse: Part 11 "The Fear"; mention of archives in this comic, The Pulse: Part 10 "House of M"; mention of newspaper archives in the comic, The Pulse: Part 5 "Thin Air". AIF also noted improper records management in an episode of Community, early mentions of the Library of Alexandria in Brad Thor's Blowback, and suggests possible archives in the She-Hulk comic, along with theft from an archives in another piece of pop culture.

Update:

The account is on "indefinite hiatus" per their Twitter profile

Their last tweet was on July 10, 2022, and their blog has nothing but this one webpage.

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