Fiction and Fantasy

Thoughts and excerpts from the mind of Jeannette Jonic

Tag: Spoilers

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
Episode Review: Mob Psycho 100 – “Ripped Apart ~Someone Is Watching~” (S2E1)

This post will contain spoilers for Mob Psycho 100 Season 2, Episode 1 You have been warned. I saw great things from the newest season of Mob Psycho 100. Familiar Old Faces Never hurts to start strong: everything I loved about the first season was back. Funimation 2019 The beginning monologue, which introduces the world […]

February 15, 2019
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
Theme Talk: Living for Oneself in Don Bluth’s Thumbelina

Editor’s Note: Corrected some typos on 9-30-21. Why didn’t anyone warn me about this?! Many people consider Disney the epitome of classic animation and a hallmark of their childhood. I’ve always enjoyed Disney, but there was a second animation studio I cherished just as much as Disney: Don Bluth Productions. Bluth’s The Land Before Time, […]

January 11, 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

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