x-men – Melodramatic Physician

Astrotheology and Worldbuilding

June 19, 2020 Simon Vaughn, MD

My friend Aphrodite on Twitter introduced the term “astrotheology” this morning, and I totally love it. My schizotypal brain immediately began compiling examples many my

Nightcrawler

June 18, 2020 Simon Vaughn, MD

Nightcrawler has always been a role model for me, morally, spiritually, and sexually. These are pages taken from Uncanny X-men (1963) 169-170. They were some

One Promissory Note for JK Rowling Refutation

June 11, 2020 Simon Vaughn, MD

There exists, for everyone, a sentence – a series of words – that has the power to destroy you. Another sentence exists, another series of

Fantastic Mr. Fox

June 4, 2020 Simon Vaughn, MD

Fantastic Mr. Fox was one of my favorite stories when I was in fourth grade. I would wrap myself in a blanket and sit on

Secret Garden

June 4, 2020 Simon Vaughn, MD

I have mental spaces I visualize; I create internal realms that I revisit, again and again. When I was eight, there was a girl in