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The Seder went well - another twelve people, which is seriously stretching our hosting abilities to their limits. And it cleaned up pretty quickly too. Dishwashers are the BEST. But there were adorable children and it was just really great. A success. And the Other One made his very first cheese cake.
It looks like it's only going to be the three of us (with my Aunt) for Easter, so that should be a lot easier - although we're still going to cook a million things because it's a Feast Day so we're going to definitely Feast. It would be heretical not to, you know? But I can't do my traditional lasagna this year because she can't do gluten, so we're going to have to figure out something else. I'm still doing Pizza Rustica of course (you have to) but I'll make a side one with no wheat berries...and probably no crust.
I am excited about this season of Daredevil. We're only two episodes in, but it looks like the main adversary is the Punisher - and he's played by the guy who was Shane on Walking Dead, so that should be good. Now I've never been terribly into the Punisher, but I will always remember that episode of the Tick with the obvious Punisher expy. At the end, the Tick was just like "Guns and Super Heroes don't mix." And my stepbrother always said that that put very clearly why the Punisher had never really worked for him - because guns and superheroes don't mix. Having the option of just shooting people doesn't work very well with the superhero narrative. But that's almost precisely why I think it will work well here - they're already raising the question of what makes one kind of vigilanteism okay and a different kind not okay. Having the Punisher as a foil for Daredevil is going to be a really cool way to start to examine the rules of being a superhero and the logic and reasoning behind those rules, and I'm looking forward to it.
I also very much appreciated the absolute horror of Matt starting to lose his hearing as well as his sight, and how those scenes have been handled thus far. The sound design in this show has always been very good. Matt, honey, don't try to fight crime while you're severely concussed. This will not end well for you. You got a warning shot in the head. Take the hint already!
...having the Irish gang eating corned beef and cabbage was perhaps just a little too on the nose though. It was just silly.
It looks like it's only going to be the three of us (with my Aunt) for Easter, so that should be a lot easier - although we're still going to cook a million things because it's a Feast Day so we're going to definitely Feast. It would be heretical not to, you know? But I can't do my traditional lasagna this year because she can't do gluten, so we're going to have to figure out something else. I'm still doing Pizza Rustica of course (you have to) but I'll make a side one with no wheat berries...and probably no crust.
I am excited about this season of Daredevil. We're only two episodes in, but it looks like the main adversary is the Punisher - and he's played by the guy who was Shane on Walking Dead, so that should be good. Now I've never been terribly into the Punisher, but I will always remember that episode of the Tick with the obvious Punisher expy. At the end, the Tick was just like "Guns and Super Heroes don't mix." And my stepbrother always said that that put very clearly why the Punisher had never really worked for him - because guns and superheroes don't mix. Having the option of just shooting people doesn't work very well with the superhero narrative. But that's almost precisely why I think it will work well here - they're already raising the question of what makes one kind of vigilanteism okay and a different kind not okay. Having the Punisher as a foil for Daredevil is going to be a really cool way to start to examine the rules of being a superhero and the logic and reasoning behind those rules, and I'm looking forward to it.
I also very much appreciated the absolute horror of Matt starting to lose his hearing as well as his sight, and how those scenes have been handled thus far. The sound design in this show has always been very good. Matt, honey, don't try to fight crime while you're severely concussed. This will not end well for you. You got a warning shot in the head. Take the hint already!
...having the Irish gang eating corned beef and cabbage was perhaps just a little too on the nose though. It was just silly.