Taro’s a psychopath. So he doesn’t interact normally. But pure indifference to others isn’t that much fun to read about. What sets the Joker off from a typical killing machine is that he has some recognizably human traits: quasi-romantic obsession […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
FB: “Oh, I’m sorry, Father, I guess you said bring in the BOYSENBERRY juice for breakfast. Honest mistake.” Spoilers for a twenty-year-old set of novels: these moments owe a debt to a striking passage at the end of S.M. Stirling’s Nantucket […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Misa may not be Taro’s mental peer, but she’s at least sharper than Iwatani Sr. about the most pressing issue. We mentioned “appetite” when we introduced the Iwatanis, which is a bit of a nod to their name’s inspiration, the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
FB (written on Halloween): “Trick or treat! The trick is when we threaten even more of your civil liberties, and the treat is when we don’t! Or is that the other way around? Do you like our costumes? [cracks knuckles] […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s no getting around it: this version of His Grace Iwatani really does not feel like the one we will start seeing in his next speaking appearance, which will be… (checks notes)… er, Chapter 15. We cover as best we […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
