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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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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.

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?

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.

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'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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.