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Meandering Monsters: A Yume Book Review
For the first time, I decided to go against Goodreads reviews and trust my gut. Lo and behold, it was wrong. Considering my own tendency…
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From Hate to Love: How Oathbound Changed My Mind on The Amnesia Trope
Article contains HUGE spoilers for the Legendborn series by Tracy Deonn, including Oathbound. With the latest release of Oathbound, the third book of the Legendborn…
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If Dogs Could Talk
Remembering Penelope Delta’s Μάγκας (1935): translation, children’s literature, and growing up When my family picked up and moved across the Atlantic ocean, we brought our…
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B2b (Back to Butler): The Politics of Grievability in Severance
Severance SPOILERS!!! Sleek, stylish, and brilliantly ambitious, the TV series Severance (2022) is a sci-fi parable for the alienation of the modern office worker. At…
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I Have No Idea What Epic: the Musical Looks Like and That’s Okay
Featured image credits to @ethanillustrations on Instagram. Made by Jorge Rivera-Herrans, Epic: the Musical is a two act adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey, which combines…
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Gayer Than Gay Sex? The Jayvik Paradox
Spoilers for Arcane Seasons 1 and 2! At the time of writing this, it has been around 4 months since the release of Arcane’s second…
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The True Villain of the Last of Us: Joel Miller
WARNING: This article mentions weaponry, drugs, and murder. Please do not read if you are easily triggered by such things. This article contains spoilers for…
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Why Every Fantasy Lover Needs to Read the Green Bone Saga
Jade City is a gripping Godfather-esque saga of intergenerational blood feuds, vicious politics, magic, and kungfu. The Kaul family is one of two crime syndicates…
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Why the Light Fury is Infuriating (and Other Problems with How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World)
Disclaimer: this review solely discusses the three main HTTYD movies and the information provided in them. It does not include things from the books, shows,…
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Review: Refreshing and Affecting Fantasy in Marlon James’ Black Leopard, Red Wolf and Guy Gavriel Kay’s A Brightness Long Ago
This review contains mild spoilers. If anyone ever tells you that fantasy literature is a stale genre with tired tropes, direct them to two…
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