Yes.
So much yes.
In 2020, I was able to. But that was Act of God Kinda stuff creating the feeling.
Now? Idk... It's people. It's my government... It's a lot harder. I feel you. Hug those chickens for me.

If you work in superhero comics, I hope you'll do your part to help abolish ICE and protect your neighbors and kids like Liam Ramos who grew up believing in the stories we tell.

Incidentally, the Franks were a German refugee family who fled to the Netherlands in 1934. The moral challenges facing their Dutch neighbors were not entirely dissimilar to those facing Americans over whether to help a newly anti-refugee govt deport Somalis or Venezuelans to unsafe countries

I completely understand.
It's a hard time to be OK even when we do have people asking.

"Elevated romance" & "elevated sff" etc etc, I'm sorry but my entire life as a reader, critic & TV fan, all too often that's code for, "I don't know this genre, I've been taught to look down on it, my bosses hate it, but it sells idk?? People I guess like this stuff? So I guess we'll try it SIGH" ok

I've given up on most media that's not written.

Just a patience thing, not a judgment.

The Flashman books are responsible for me correctly answering a good number of Jeopardy questions and impressing my wife. Great series.

I don't doubt it! But I also need my romcom vibes in these troubled times.

You CAN but I'm deep in a Alexis Hall re-read before Father Material comes out... But I'll put it on the list!

(I also haven't read the LAST Flashman. Intentionally. Like @ryannorth.ca and his one unwatched Star Trek episode)