u/Christianduty

The second book is about to come out, and I just listened to a sample of it, but that barely covered some of the the first chapter.

The first book had a pretty good split between Dorothy and Rose. Keeping this in mind, it would seem that logically, the second would be split between Blanche and Sophia.

The second though, starts with narration from Dorothy; presumably she will alternate with Blanche throughout the book.

This raises the question of what the plan is, if there is one, of who will get the narrative focus in the books.

Dorothy is the de facto main character of the show, so while I don't like it, it makes sense for each of the books to feature her splitting it up with the other narrative character.

In general though, there is a problem, with Sophia, who has always been the fourth main character of the show, especially in the earlier seasons; maybe Rachel Ekstrom Courage will have a good feel of the character, but from what I remember from the first book, I didn't see it.

Also, it's a lot easier to split a book up between Dorothy and Rose, or Dorothy and Blanche; I feel if it tries this with Dorothy and Sophia the storylines would run together too quickly.

Another option could be is that the first two will feature Dorothy, with Rose and Blanche. Then the third will feature Sophia and Blanche, and the fourth will have Sophia and Rose to be even.

Though again, maybe balance isn't the goal lol. What do you think?

No spoilers please, reading through the manga for the first time, and I'm just about a third into it!

Just wondering, how much could Sacred Star fit in with the 2003 anime? I know it's not supposed to, and is supposed to be with the manga/brotherhood, but seeing the reception nobody seems happy about the movie at all lol, so I didn't think most people would be defending it having to be with brotherhood.

Seeing the episode counts, the 2003 is a little bit shorter, even with the movie. I'd like the two to be more even, just to appease my brain a bit, so wondering if I could count Sacred Star as a 2003 movie instead, or is that too much of a stretch? Thanks!

A series that follows two couples. One a pair of men, the other a pair of women, in more-or-less equal parts.

I know it might be specific, but not just a series where the couples are a part of a bigger ensemble, with dozens of them, or a book where there's something bigger going on and it just flashes to the gay couple and lesbian couple randomly and a little; just two main couples. Or a series with a mm couple as the clear focus, and the ff couple are their sidekicks and wise-cracking friends giving advice.

Could be any genre. Science fiction, horror, mystery, smutty, whatever, just with the two couple idea.

I'd take singular books too, thanks!

I think most people can agree that there are problems with Lana and her character, and how she is handled. I'm not sure if people have made a post on how they would have written her, but just wanted to hear your opinions.

I have no problem with Kristin Kreuk or her acting, or Lana in general, but I don't like how so much of the show seems focused on her, while Lois plays such a lower part, and there's really only one season where she's the female lead. And I think the focus on Lana hurt the characters as well, particularly the female characters.

When you're counting Superman characters, do you count them, the New Gods, the Forever People, Orion, Scott, Barda, etc. as Superman characters? or Darkseid, Granny Goodness, Desaed as Superman Villains? When Kara appears on panel, there's a little voice that says "oh, the Superman-Family is being represented here," do you get the same feeling when Orion gets on panel?

Before I read Kirby's original Fourth World saga, I leaned to yes, they're Superman characters the same way the Legion, Thorn, and the Guardian are Superman characters, they're related to him, but they've branched off enough that not strictly Superman.

With the adaptations, Darkseid in the Animated Series, Smallville, prominently against Superman in Super Friends; the beginning of the saga being Jimmy Olsen, Superman being in the Forever People's first issue, most of the comics seeming to happen in Metropolis, I leaned towards yes.

However, I read Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, and when I got to the Kirby issues, shifted to reading the Fourth World comics, and can't say I view it like that anymore.

The Jimmy issues are mostly unrelated, and this was obvious even at the time, the other three were the big trilogy. No crossing over throughout the original saga, no big moments between Superman and Darkseid, or him with anybody beyond Highfather.

Maybe post-crisis they were brought more together, or I'm missing some issues, but can't really say I think of it like that. It's more like when people say Zatanna is more of a Batman character, and I think, they're completely wrong about that.

Also, haven't read the Great Darkness Saga yet, maybe that'll make me change my mind lol.

Can anybody name older shows that feature serialization when it was unusual, when other shows were sticking to the status-quo and in general were episodic? I guess I'd limit it to pre-Dallas, and wouldn't include Peyton's Place either.

The Fugitive, maybe not so much the show itself, but at least featured a satisfying finale instead of ending in ambiguity like it could have.

I Love Lucy is minorly serialized compared to now, but Ricky's growing success is an obvious plotline, as is Little Ricky's birth. The trips to Europe, California, and Florida have set-ups, and endings, and continue for a while, plus switching apartments and moving to Connecticut instead of just planting them there without explanation.

As in the title, not counting soap-operas because they're serialized by nature.