I mean, our protagonist pulled out a woman’s teeth in the war so...

Chyle, that was a journey, wasn’t it. Dude needed something harder than a drink because that was...a lot. 

Agreed. It wasn’t a criticism. She loved Watchmen as well. Lovecraft Country simply took a more intimate route in its portrayal--which allowed for this level of accuracy. 

I still have some hope for Ruby. Someone always has to do the wet work, to get their hand dirty, so the other folks can claim victory. I like this complexity to her character. She’s in lovelust, but she ain’t stupid.

1. He walks in and sees the two women in his life sitting across from each other, and one is pregnant. He has serious communication issues with everyone in his life so the thought that they have been communicating in the context of his poor communication—panic (which, for Tic almost always manifests as anger).

Agreed. There are no easy relationships with clear answers in this show. They would rather you think about it than coming to any hard and fast conclusions.

OMIGOSH! I totally thought of The Wiz! It has that same creepiness factor. Scared the crap out of me as a kid. Great catch!

I’m so bummed I didn’t have room to go into Leti and Ruby’s scenes in this episode. But I think you are making some great points. 

Oh Lawd! I need for those folks NOT to come over here. I ain’t got the time nor the patience for that kind of willful ignorance. 

Leti does love to get indignant don’t she? I keep leaving questions about Ruby/Christina out of the final edit for word count. But WHY don’t we ever see Ruby with Christina and not William. This show does not shy away from sex between queer folks, so there has to be a reason for that. 

Ooooh, good catch there!

I get it. I’m so glad you told me that she doesn’t come back—or at least not yet. I do need some serious healing to happen by somebody. I’m hopeful for Leti and Tic and (surprisingly?) Ruby and Christina.

Hmmm. I don’t know if I fully agree with their reading of what’s going on. Because selfishness isn’t always a bad thing and we must also hold this in tension with the historical pop culture constructions of black motherhood and womanhood. This is why the use of magic as privilege can’t be easily conflated and…

Understood. I’m just trusting Misha Green to have all these disparate parts either solved by episode 10 or setting up another season. There are a LOT of moving parts—but those were the plot points of the novel that she has adapted.

I simply don’t believe women should sacrifice every single part of themselves for motherhood. I like that they are getting away from the problematic construction of self-sacrifice in black motherhood. It’s trite and incredibly unfair to the complexity of women who happen to be mothers. This is another story being…

That’s why I recommended Steven Universe! Dr. Morris saw the correlation immediately!

The dissolution of the plot? I disagree. What seems disparate at this point will come together as we still have several episodes to go. The orrery was important in the book and the reality that Hippolyta unlocked it is important.

Yay! I am totally stealing Dea ex Blackina! That’s pure gold!

Me too. It was truly amazing. 

They leaned hard af into Afrofuturism. Simply into one of the aspects that isn’t as well known as other. But this is deep Afrofuturism, they did a lot of research. I would recommend the paper in the reference section for more information.