In news that has reminded me that joy is still an emotion that can exist in 2020, Chris Pine has signed on to star in a live-action Dungeons & Dragons movie.

Welcome to the Monday Anime Round-up, a weekly series where I talk about the anime I watched over the weekend. Um. hopefully weekly. Assuming I can update this more often than I update my fics (I'm sorry!) This will, most likely, be currently airing series, but there's always room for me to catch up on the other 3.14159~ shows I've been neglecting.

But it would be nice to see this version of Peter Quill on screen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I'm just not holding my breath for it. 

Sound of Metal is not that movie and it's infinitely better because of that. It's a rough, real story about a person who becomes deaf, but who is also an addict, a musician, and a restless soul.

Whatever happens, we're getting a Riri Williams show and that's all that matters to me right now! 

Yes, the glorious bait-and-switch of a relationship that starts off as just pretending, but through lingering looks and intimate hand-holding, the magic of lust activates, and a true love blooms. In this show, it will be Simon Basset and Daphne Bridgerton, but they are one of many in this trope's history.

Today is the day that the actual electoral college votes! So we're stuck on this carousel watching Donald Trump lose to Joe Biden. Again.

William James Moriarty works as a professor by day but also works as a "crime consultant" who takes cases from those who have been wronged by the upper class. His actions soon catch the attention of Sherlock Holmes, setting the stage for the ultimate battle of wits.

Not only is Paul Gigot, the paper's editorial page editor, not apologizing, he's published a full-on defense of the article.

In 'Thor: Love and Thunder,' fans want Valkyrie and Lady Sif to find love as well—with each other.