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Merriam-Webster names their word of the year.

In other news, I'm very much looking forward to the start of the new year. 1998 looks to be very promising.

Day 80

You know what I want more than a cigarette right now?

Nothing. There is not one thing in this entire world that I want more than a smoke.

Stupid, stressful, bullshit day.

Jesus

This is the worst thing I've heard in a while. I can't even fully comprehend it.

The judge's full comments make me froth with rage, particularly the part where she makes it clear that she's treating the under-16 minors the same as the 26-year-old, because she doesn't want to single anyone out as the ringleader. Actually, the entire "oh, whatever will you naughty boys get up to next?" tone is what kills me. Bitch, they're probably going to get up to raping more little girls, since apparently that's allowed Cape York as long as you have money.

Also, the 10-year-old girl "probably agreed" to get gang banged by nine guys?? That's so fucked up.

Hero this, d-bag

So. The Heroes fall finale. Don't read on if you don't want to know.

For realsies.

Also, don't read on if you don't want to read a lengthy diatribe about how Peter Petrelli can suck my dick. Because there was stuff I liked last night, there are characters I enjoy, some cool stuff happened, but really, all the main action centred on Peter being completely mind-crushingly stupid, and I need to rant about it for a minute.

Peter's behaviour completely flew in the face of all logic and reason. I know he has a thing for believing in people, but he sounded like a battered wife with Adam, completely ignoring the 18 million warning signs telling him "ADAM IS A BAD GUY!" I mean really Peter, how many people have to walk up to you and tell you that Adam is evil before you believe it? Victoria Pratt told you Adam is a killer and then Adam killed her and that didn't arouse any suspicion? You trust Adam over Hiro, seriously? Meanwhile, Adam is telling you to open a vault that's storing an otherwise protected virus on the same day that you know it is released and kills millions of people and you don't think that's suspicious at all? Even after everyone just told you that Adam wants to release the virus? Even after Adam said "YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN OPEN THIS VAULT, PETER"? Nothing clicked?

Also: YOU CAN READ MINDS, A-HOLE!!! I think part of the reason I hate Peter is that he's way too powerful. He can do everything that every other character on the show can do. He can do so much stuff that the writers often have to ignore the abilities that he should be using in order to make the plot more complicated. READ HIS MIND, PETER! I know Adam saved your brofriend from being all fugly and burned and shit, but why don't you just humour everyone and read his fucking mind? You're making Mohinder look perceptive.

As for the rest of the episode: I love Elle, I love Parkman, I love Bennet, I like Micah and Monica, Maya can lick my nuts, Hiro leaving Adam buried alive was totally badass. Has Sylar always been so cartoony and melodramatic and I've just been ignoring it because I think he's hot?

Also: is canned spinach a real thing? Gross. Or was that supposed to be a Popeye reference?

As for Niki and Nathan, I was sad to see them go as I loved both characters, but I also feel like they kind of didn't know what to do with Nathan anymore and they never knew what to do with Niki, so I understand why they're gone. They're not going to get rid of Mohinder, the boring-ass "moral compass". They're not going to get rid of Maya until they take one more shot at redeeming the character. Everything always seems to revolve around Peter, so I doubt he's going anywhere anytime soon.

Anyway, I'm still optimistic for Volume III. I just kind of hated last night's finale.

Next up: The Hills!