Warehouse 13: Full Inventory—"Claudia"

( An explanation of 'Full Inventory' )

This is a short inventory, but it's remarkable for being the first episode where the show got more right historically than it got wrong, including striking a researched blow against heteronormativity in the popular concept of history.

( Spoilers for 'Claudia' )

The Seven-Year Itch

Slowly, sporadically, I've been tagging my journal, which means I've been reading through all my entries to tag them appropriately. So far, I've finished the year 2002, when I started my LiveJournal. There's a handy tag for my favorite posts of that year: best of:2002, if you feel like taking the plunge. It's mostly puzzles, light verse, and meloncholy. If you're into that sort of thing.

Warehouse 13: Full Inventory—"Elements"

( An explanation of 'Full Inventory' )

Remember how, earlier today, I was kind of impressed with the research and presentation of history in "Claudia"? Yeah, that's not going to happen again. "Elements" deals with several interconnected artifacts related to Native American culture, specifically, the Lenape tribe, also known as the Delaware. (It appears there are currently two tribes currently recognized by the U.S. government.) And it goes about as well as you would expect when you're dealing with agents of the United States government trying to take control of native culture and keep it "safe" without any actual Native Americans involved. The best thing that can be said about this episode is that it looked like somebody read a book before writing all of this horribly wrong BS.

( Spoilers for 'Elements' )

And, you know, if I'm going to keep doing these, I'm totally going to need an icon of the Crazy Mexican Murder Rock.