Fiction and Fantasy

Thoughts and excerpts from the mind of Jeannette Jonic

Tag: Characters

Updated Scene – TVB: “Isalaina”

After getting some feedback from my readers, I’ve been tweaking things in Book 1 of The Victor’s Blade. This here scene, which I’d posted an old version a while back, is just one of them. Which version do you like better? Jaranin’s storytelling skills are put to work during the summer festival as he tells […]

April 19, 2019
Theme Talk: Expanding Horizons in Kingdom Hearts

This post will contain spoilers for The Kingdom Hearts series, including Kingdom Hearts III You have been warned. “This world is just too small,”1 mutters a young man as he stands on the sandy shore of his island home, staring off into the horizon. Square Enix 2010 Thus begins Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, and […]

March 22, 2019
An Unabashed Love Letter to Gurren Lagann

This post will contain spoilers for Gurren Lagann You have been warned. There are few anime that have nestled their way into my heart as quickly as Gurren Lagann. Aniplex of America 2007 To this day, I’m not entirely certain what specifically won me over to this show so quickly. Was it the characters? The […]

March 8, 2019
In Defense of the Damsel

Photo by Hailey Kean on Unsplash For a long time, the “damsel in distress” has become almost as much a death sentence for a character as calling them a Mary Sue. Critics sneer at female characters who need help or—heaven forbid—are captured. And goodness, if your character is kidnapped more than once, well, that’s just […]

March 1, 2019
Sora’s Character Development

A little goes a long way when it comes to displaying who a character is and making them endearing to the audience. It doesn’t take much for me to fall in love with a character if the writers make time for character development. There’s something about seeing a character being themselves that I just adore. […]

February 22, 2019
The Archetypal Characters of Kingdom Hearts

Photo by Sime Basioli on Unsplash Kingdom Hearts is a powerfully atmospheric video game series: the iconic opening cutscenes prove this time and time again. Characters fall into an ocean that dissolves into air as they land on stained-glass windows that shatter underfoot. Utada Hikaru’s Japanese pop music accompanies these visuals, providing an otherworldly and yet somehow familiar […]

February 8, 2019

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