Analytic
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Superpowered Women in Refrigerators: Why the Finale of Stranger Things Didn’t “land the plane”
[This post contains major spoilers for season five of Stranger Things, as well as mentions of death and suicide. Minor references may also spoil season…
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Shadow Daddies: A Bloodstained Green Flag
Anyone who has spent even a single millisecond on Booktok is familiar with the Shadow Daddy archetype and its aesthetics. Enemies to lovers, knives to…
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Angel’s Egg (1985): Post-Nuclear Apocalypse or Antediluvian Nightmare?
(Ahoy there! The following review contains spoilers for Angel’s Egg. It also features various descriptions and images of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. In addition,…
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THE FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S FILMS SHOULD NOT BE “FOR THE FANS”
The Five Nights at Freddy’s (FNAF) films were major cultural phenomena, with both productions attracting large audiences to witness the popular horror video games come…
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What is Hatsune Miku?
Originally designed as a humble mascot for a Crypton Future Media voicebank used by digital musicians, Hatsune Miku has become one of the most recognisable…
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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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Frankenstein vs. Prometheus: A Consideration
The fact that Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was given the alternate title of “The Modern Prometheus” has always puzzled me. So being as mildly obsessed with…
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Harry Potter and the Crisis of Sorting
It’s safe to say that Harry Potter blazed many paths. It brought life to a dying publishing industry, it launched the young adult and children’s…
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Bounty Hunters and Space Cowboys: Comparing Killjoys and Firefly
Killjoys and Firefly entered my repository of favourite TV shows in much the same manner. In both cases, I saw a few posters and heard…
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A Little Light Reading Part 2: Faster Than Light Travel
In my previous post, I discussed the power and creativity that can stem from omitting faster than light travel from science fiction universes. Space opera…
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