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I've never heard of this recipe either, and I have everything I need to make it! I'll definitely be trying this out.

Like Eleanor? That's how it sounded when I read it anyway.

Can I borrow your ice cream maker? Every time I've tried to hand whisk ice cream it's turned into a crystalline (but still tasty) mess.

Mmmm some nice creamy pasta sounds like a good treat. I'll definitely have a look at those recipes, cheers!

That is incredibly valuable info thank you so much

Such an apt username to suggest more scones as well.

Hmmm, I will need to survey mine enemies for their lactose tolerance.

Oh man, the Inhumans show was so weird. The slave-owning, xenophobic, eugenicist royalty as the good guys? What a waste of good actors. Tbf, I was never a fan of the Inhumans in the comics either (apart from Lockjaw) so didn't have high hopes.

Hold up. I could've just given him the alpha? I'm so dumb. Gyaaaarrrgh.

My pain wasn't as severe as 182 though, that's some serious Buizelling.

I get where you're coming from, and "antagonist" is certainly less loaded than "villain", but at least with the Skrull ....

I think I find it interesting that antagonists are often a reflection (consciously or not) of a group fear and what could be a more 'ideological radicalism' antagonist is being quite coded and kinda focused on refugeeism. Maybe just to broaden the grey area and make audiences somewhat sympathize with their ideology? I dunno, there are plenty of groups that want change so I'm spitballing whether this is a bit of a pattern.

Personally, I would have preferred if the first episode really leaned into the spy/espionage/cold war element, like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy-esque, instead of this milquetoast somewhat vaguely political messaging that isn't sure what it's trying to say. But it's just the first episode, maybe I'm completely off base and what they've set up will actually develop into something.

If I had a nickel for every time Marvel has written a group of refugees into the big bad terrorists, I'd have two nickels. That's not a lot, but it's funny that it happened twice.

Ok yeh the Flag Smashers were more of an anti-nationalist group of displaced people, but they were still a diaspora.

And what about the Clandestines? Another diaspora, albeit exiles, set up as the villains trying to get back home. I'm not saying either group was in the right, or that their actions should be condoned, it's just weird that Marvel have chosen refugees to be the villains in 3 of their TV series so far.

Or am I way off and finding a pattern that doesn't exist?

I liked the Skrull being the good guys in the MCU, unlike the comics, and that they were using their shapeshifting abilities to survive instead of for war. I guess it was too tempting to villainise them for this series, and I get the intrigue/drama that comes with a race of shapeshifters, but it's got me feeling iffy.