Office Hours with Dr. C

Let's talk about Wheel of Time's Rand and how his status as an adoptee affects his motivations and those around him.

The Wheel of Time series just ended its first season on Amazon Prime and we discuss the ways in which the TV series--as well as the books from which the series is inspired--builds that world, its cultures, and characters.

We talk about the common war movie tropes, why they exist, and acknowledge some candidates for future war films, such as Audie Murphy, Francis Pegahmagabow, Alvin York, and Harriet Tubman.

The ups and downs of darkness. What's its usefulness and what does it say about us?

How do our superheroes stack up against real-life vigilantes? 

What are our favorite heroes if not hired guns for law enforcement? Here we talk about the difference between heroes that uphold the social order and those that strive for social good, and how stories about each reflect on the world we live in.

How do symbols change over time? We may not get to the bottom of that question in this episode, but we do come to a conclusion about Han Solo along the way.

Let's talk about Symbolic Convergence and the lengths and limits of playing things we aren't. 

We have to talk about X-Men. Justin Jordan (@freddiesroommate) is here to help us cut through the weeds of Krakoa and the new ways the X-Men do things.

Is anything real, really? Today we talk about Narrative Construction and how the stories we tell and consume shape the way we see everything.