hellscape

Newsom has advocated for the return of one asylum seeker who was sent, without charge or trial, to spend the rest of his life in a Salvadoran hellscape.

It ended up being kind of a devil’s bargain, as Joel — a character we had steered to for hours and who finally found something to love in a hellscape of a world — was gone, and the character we couldn’t wait to see grow up was now overtaken with an all-consuming rage.

The world-building in a YA novel is sharply defined and instantly recognizable, even if it’s a fantasy or a future hellscape.

Buffy’s defiance of the Watchers’ Council in Season 3 and her later defeat of the incorporeal being known as the First Evil in the final season are perhaps the most obvious examples of rejection of the status quo, and there are countless examples of how an adult Buffy might continue this particular fight in the hellscape of 2025.

And I am distressed that people in my circle still do not see it for what is — an organized crime network succeeding in turning America into an authoritarian hellscape.