Miscellanous

Abolish Horny Jail!

I recently saw a video posted on Tumblr by Dimension20 to promote their tabletop streams. In that video, Brendan Lee Mulligan and (I believe) Ally Beardsley joke about not having any inter-character romance, because that would take away opportunities for Tumblr posters to come up with thirsty queer fanart.

That got me thinking – Tumblr isn’t as thirsty as it used to be – as it had a reputation for being, especially for fan art. And I started to think of the causes of why.

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film

Film Review: Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein

Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein is a film I knew – erroneously – by a presumed reputation. It was credited as the film that ended the long-running Universal Monsters series. Allegedly, it took the wind out of the monsters and made it so no one could take them seriously anymore. Having, at long last, seen the film, I feel like I can say with a degree of confidence that at as far as the film’s intent is concerned, nothing is further from the truth.

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Books

Book Review: The City And The City

The City and The City is a weird book. On the one hand, it’s a hard-boiled police procedural novel, in a line that most readers would be familiar with. On the other, there is a core element of the story about perception of reality, and what we see and choose not to see, that requires the reader twist their brain some.

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Before getting into The Helpful Fox Senko-San, we discuss the nominees for the Crunchyroll Anime Awards.

Episode 31: The Helpful Fox Senko-San

We discuss the nominees for the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, before getting into The Helpful Fox Senko-San. Next Month, we’ll cover the first 19 episodes of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, which is available for streaming on Crunchyroll, Hulu/Disney+, and Netflix.

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