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Xan Indigo

November, 2021
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About Xan Indigo

Xan Indigo is a science fiction and urban fantasy author, and renegade astrophysicist. They have a love of good stories, bad movies, and wild ideas, and can be found on Twitter and Instagram as @XanIndigo.

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A Dalek from Doctor Who
Why Doctor Who's Daleks Are Such Bad Shots

For such warlike people, Daleks have incredibly poor marksmanship. They prefer to make up for poor accuracy with brute force and strength in numbers.

Valkyrie, Jane Foster, Sif, and Captain Marvel – who will be Valkyrie's queen?
Thor: Love And Thunder - Who Will Be Valkyrie's Queen? (Every Theory)

It's confirmed that Valkyrie's bisexuality will be center stage, with a queer romance in Love And Thunder. The big question is who her queen will be?

Montage of Ciri and Emhyr from The Witcher.
Why The Witcher Revealed The White Flame's Identity So Early

Instead of trying to shock audiences with the reveal of White Flame's well-known identity, The Witcher can now use dramatic irony to make them sweat.

Characters from Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Percy Jackson Is Disney’s Best Chance To Fix Their LGBTQ+ Representation

The Percy Jackson stories are inclusive by design. With a good adaptation, Disney can't fail to bring good LGBTQ+ representation to its audience.

The Batman characters face off against DCEU characters.
The Batman's Future Setup Shows The DCEU How It's Done

With focused storytelling and no needless distractions, The Batman sets up future stories with its more economic approach to character development.

Montage of Leslie Grace's Batgirl and Michael Keaton's Batman.
Batgirl: Is Michael Keaton's Batman The Same As Tim Burton's?

In the Batgirl movie, Keaton will again wear the mantle of the bat from Tim Burton's 1989 classic. But is this Batman the same Batman from Batman?

Vecna and the Mind Flayer from Stranger Things.
Stranger Things Season 4's Vecna Risks Ruining Upside Down's Horror

Stranger Things' horror has always been eldritch and incomprehensible. Vecna, a much more human monster, will bring a different kind of horror.

Mulder and Scully from The X-Files, and Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters.
Why Dave Grohl Appeared In The X-Files

Legendary rock musician Dave Grohl makes a fleeting cameo as an extra in an X-Files episode, showing that even superstars can be superfans.

Montage of Galadriel, wearing full armor as commander of the Northern Armies, with the lineup of elven soldiers from the Battle of Helmsdeep.
Amazon's LOTR Ending Already Looks Impossible To Pull Off

The War of the Last Alliance is a major event in Middle Earth's history, incorporating numerous different races and lasting over a decade.

Montage of Eleven and Hopper from Stranger Things.
Stranger Things 4 Ruins Season 3's Perfect Ending

The finale of Stranger Things 3 closed the book on a satisfying story. Season 4 now needs to undercut the final chapter so it can keep going.

Montage of Aang from Avatar: The Last Airbender and Jet Black from Cowboy Bebop.
How Netflix's Avatar Can Avoid Cowboy Bebop's Live-Action Mistakes

Avatar: The Last Airbender has a history with bad live-action remakes. So does Netflix. Will the new adaptation finally learn from past mistakes?

Ross and Rachel from friends.
Why So Many Friends Fans Hate Ross Geller

Selfish, manipulative, and disrespectful, Ross is the archetypical self-proclaimed "nice guy" who, on closer inspection, isn't actually nice at all.

Montage of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul on the Star Wars worlds, Coruscant and Geonosis.
Star Wars: What If Darth Maul Had Returned As The Prequels' Villain?

As the perfect arch-nemesis for Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Sith Lord Darth Maul's return would have made for a darker, tenser prequel trilogy story.

MCU Thanos and Hela.
Thanos' Infinity War Plan Ruined The MCU's Perfect Setup

Thanos' noble aspirations to be a troubled savior for the universe gave a weaker story than his comic counterpart's obsession with Death.

L3-37 from Solo: A Star Wars Story
Why Solo’s L3-37 Was Right About Droid Intelligence In Star Wars

L3-37 wanted equal rights for droids in Star Wars. Considering that droids can show emotions, intelligence, and ambition, she had a valid point.