So there's a satisfying logic in the occupants of "the insubstantial realm" being physically constituted from the pages on which they're written.
The prospect of a predominantly white, European realm being invaded by foreign, primitive, darker skinned hordes (they are actually called the Horde) might set alarm bells ringing in our current climate of immigration anxiety.
And when you first started watching "Saturday Night Live," when you were a little too young to stay up late for it, hearing Don Pardo say "It's 'Saturday Night Live'!" was the sound of entering into a grownup realm — being sophisticated and a little rebellious — and it was also reassuring.
My experience with professors across the board is that, in a world like theirs where ideas are the coin of the realm, being right really matters, at least to them.
("Harsh Realm" being inspired, of course, by Whitman's married name of Mrs. Harsh and her constant depiction by the California Nurses Association as Queen Meg, as well as the short-lived series from X-Files creator Chris Carter).
You only needed to have kept a casual eye on Vimeo and YouTube to know that there is no shortage of stellar work in this realm being created by amateurs and professionals alike.
