How House of the Dragon Built Its War Around Two Women
Behind the scenes of House of the Dragon: seventeen custom dragons, four rebuilt studios, and a war the book gives to men but the show gives to women.
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Varys and Baelish: Two Philosophies of Power
Game of Thrones was really a contest between two philosophies of power: Varys, who tried to reduce evil, and Baelish, who chose…
The Man in the High Castle: Freedom in Alternate History
In Philip K. Dick's alternate history, where the Axis won the war, forbidden films become tools of rebellion, and freedom means resisting…
Homelander and the Monster That Neglect Builds
Homelander from The Boys is a distorted Superman built by a lab and starved of love — a case study in malignant…