I’m not really sure why I was hurriedly looking up whether Tom Hiddleston was going to be at TIFF, because even if he were – which he’s not, of course, because he doesn’t have anything to promote (where has he been? is he OK?) – there’s, like, 0 chance that I’d actually get a chance to catch a glimpse, much less hear him speak.

I did find out that Taika Waititi is going to be there. God, I can’t stand the sight of his smug face these days. Watch me not try to go to his special Q&A to ask him sharply worded questions about Ragnarok, however briefly tempting the idea might have been, because 1) I’m not completely insane, and 2) his unremittingly ironic persona allows him to get away with never giving serious answers to people who might want to hold him accountable for his creative choices. Can you imagine his response to someone who tried to call him out for his mental ableism with regard to Loki and his crypto-misogynistic contempt for Loki’s fans? He would just dismissively mock the speaker, probably in a way that would only serve to confirm the subtle misogyny, for those with ears to hear.