The Disappointed Idealist

Watching Reign is a guilty pleasure for me but I never quite understood the point of making a movie or TV Show about Mary, Queen of Scots , if you're not going to use Mary's life as an inspiration (insert any other movie/TV Show or historical character). If you want to invent a new story and not be bounded by what happened in real life, just change the names. You can mention "inspired by real events" at the start if you want to make it a little more interesting. But if you're going to use Mary, Queen of Scots as an inspiration, actually use what happened in her life. The fun part is filling in the gaps. Because there are gaps. But Mary's story is so interesting by itself that you don't even need to invent much to make an exciting movie or TV show about her. Here's the summary if you don't feel like clicking on the Wikipedia link above: 1. Grew up in France, married Francis II of France at a very early age. He died approximately a year after...

I don't mean to sound like a schoolteacher scolding her students, but sometimes it feels like people don't think through things when they are telling a lie. I am not necessarily talking about the polite lies you tell someone, because you don't want to admit that their food sucked. Although you might also re-think that strategy. My grandmother lives with the opinion that I simply love her cherry soup (don't ask) because I never had it in my heart to tell her that it makes me sick. As a consequence, she makes a point out of cooking cherry soup whenever I go to visit. And while I no longer offer rave reviews, I still didn't gather up my courage to tell her that I find that soup absolutely disgusting. The above is an innocent example of what happens when you lie. It's actually the best possible outcome of lie: people actually believe you. But even then the consequences might not be good for you - because people will act like you are telling the truth and keep on...