Fiction and Fantasy

Thoughts and excerpts from the mind of Jeannette Jonic

Tag: Character

Theme Talk: Christian Parallels in My Hero Academia

This post will contain major spoilers for My Hero Academia You have been warned. Surrounded by people cheering for you, you throw off everything that once held you back from doing what you were meant to do. You hurl away your insecurity. You throw away your indecision and fear. You cast aside your lack of…

January 25, 2019
Character Study: Who Is Eren Jaeger? (Attack on Titan)

This post will contain spoilers for The Attack on Titan anime You have been warned. Funimation 2013 On the surface, Eren Jaeger of Attack on Titan seems like your typical shonen protagonist: he’s a young boy with aspirations of grandeur (to drive out and kill1 “every last one of” the Titans) and has an almost…

January 4, 2019
Top 5 Things I Learned at Realm Makers 2018 from Tosca Lee

I’d been to all of one writer’s conference before, and it was probably the furthest out of my comfort zone I’d ever been. It was a small conference at a camp a good three- to four-hour drive away from my home state. Three days to spend with approximately forty strangers. I knew no one; I…

December 28, 2018
Confessions of a Writer Who Couldn’t Write Character Flaws

Up until recently, I found it very difficult to write flawed characters. I fall deeply in love with my characters, so I really want other people to like them as much as I do. This makes showing others my work a terrifying event. It feels like bringing a boyfriend home for my parents to meet.…

December 21, 2018
Character Study: Reki (Haibane Renmei)

This post will contain spoilers for Haibane Renmei You have been warned. “This is my cocoon dream. The nightmare that has been tormenting my existence in this world… I remember cold winds stinging my cheeks that were wet from tears… I was too tired to think. I remember wanting to become a stone. A stone…

December 14, 2018
Captain America: Flaws vs. Weaknesses

Note: Made a slight revision to this post after I watched the new Avengers: Endgame trailer and remembered just how bad Thanos is. My apologies for the slight mistake in information. This post will contain spoilers for The Marvel Cinematic Universe, including Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, and…

December 7, 2018

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