Fiction and Fantasy

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  • Movie Review: Weathering with You

    Weather can have a profound impact on our mood and our very way of life. A sunny day can make even a difficult situation easier to bear, while gloomy clouds can ruin an otherwise perfect morning. So what if it’d been weeks since you’d last seen the sun? What if it only rained, day after…

  • Character Study: Levi – An Outsider (Attack on Titan)

    This post will contain spoilers for The Attack on Titan anime You have been warned. Warning: This post contains images of gore and violence. Reader discretion advised. — With Attack on Titan, there’s no character that tops official and unofficial fan favorite lists more than Levi Ackerman.1, 2, 3, 4 Funimation 2013-2019 He’s the poster…

  • Excerpt – The Misadventure of Donovan and Aevyrn: Part 5

    To Part 1 — [Aevyrn and his friend Donovan, two elf military trainees, decide to go for a forest romp but find themselves hopelessly lost. After being attacked by terrifying, unknown creatures, Donovan finds himself prisoner of the deadly assailants. Meanwhile, Aevyrn wakes to find a fairy warrior woman tending his wounds. They cannot communicate…

  • Fixing Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

    This post will contain spoilers for Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day You have been warned. I love Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day. Its premise perfectly sets up its character-driven narrative and establishes its emotional core: after the cheerful Menma dies in a tragic accident, her five friends drift apart. Ten years…

  • Why I Love Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day – And You Might Too

    Aging is a strange thing. Our current age is a snapshot of a fleeting moment in our lives. After all, the present is a tiny thing, only lasting for a single moment before it becomes the past. Memory, then, sifts through those snapshots, bringing a piece of the past back to our present. My teenage…

  • Excerpt – The Misadventure of Donovan and Aevyrn: Part 4

    It’s been a while since we’ve heard from our friends Aevyrn and Donovan, hasn’t it? Time for another excerpt! — To Part 1 — [On holiday, Aevyrn and his friend Donovan, two elf military trainees, decide to go for a forest romp and get hopelessly lost. After being attacked by unknown creatures, Aevyrn finds himself…

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