Rob Secundus

Robert Secundus is an amateur-angelologist-for-hire.

Existential Dread, Some Stats and a Fashion Review? Welcome to the New Way We Review the Week in Wrestling.

Charlie Davis: Itā€™s been ONE WEEK since the Revolution Pay Per View. We had our very first PPV recap column last week and while I personally think having exhaustive All-Elite Wrestling aka AEW coverage would be just fine, I do recognize that there are other wrestling things happening. In fact, some might say there is…

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Where Things Stand: X-Men Vote 2021

Hi, Iā€™m Robert Secundus, and welcome to the 616, the first and only home for Marvel Fan Election Polling commentary. Today Iā€™m going to be talking about our X-Men Election model and its predictions. What experience do I have in polling, statistics modelling, or elections? Absolutely none, but I followed 538ā€™s articles and podcasts for…

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Advance Review: Social Media Is Disturbing, Even without Mushrooms, in I Breathed a Body #1

When the world’s biggest influencer posts something irredeemably horrific online, the world changes in an instant. Now it’s up to his social media manager, Anne Stewart, to fan the flames of outrage and create a sensationalist campaign that rewrites the rules of “banned content.” Thus begins a carnival of lust, revulsion, desire and disgust ā€”…

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No One’s Rose Writers on Parallels with V for Vendetta, Walt Whitman & Game of Thrones

No Oneā€™s Rose by Emily Horn, Zac Thompson, Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque, RaĆŗl Angulo and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou is an adventure story that explores ecology, utopia and life after calamity. I spoke with Horn and Thompson about the series and their perspectives on utopian fiction, climate change, destructive cycles, Waterworld and more.  Click here for Part I….

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Zac Thompson & Emily Horn Talk about the Philosophy behind No One’s Rose, Gut Bacteria and (Checks Notes) Waterworld

No Oneā€™s Rose by Emily Horn, Zac Thompson, Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque, RaĆŗl Angulo and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou is an adventure story that explores ecology, utopia and life after calamity. I spoke with Horn and Thompson about the series and their perspectives on utopian fiction, climate change, destructive cycles, Waterworld and more.  The following transcription has been…

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