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The Wheel of Time Noob Review: Book 1 – The Eye of the World

The Wheel of Time is terrifying. It’s terrifying in the literal sense, containing cannibalistic hell-spawn, flying vampires, and a Satanic figure who invades the main character’s dreams and…

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My Romantic Trip to England

Ever since I was a child, one of my biggest dreams in life has been to travel the world. I’ve always loved meeting people from new places and…

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Character Arcs: Shulk and Defiance of Fate

My favorite RPG series is Xenoblade, and Shulk is its Luke Skywalker. If you only know him through Smash, you might just think of him as the jumpy…

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The Legend of Zelda: Queers of the Fandom

I’ve been streaming my favorite game, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, on YouTube in the lead-up to the next big entry, Tears of the Kingdom. As…

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Dear Anime Industry: No AI “Art”

What a time to be alive. Barely a year ago, advanced generative AI was the stuff of science fiction. But now, you can ask Bing to look up…

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Classic Albums: Remembering Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours

On November 30, 2022, we lost a music legend. Christine McVie, keyboardist, singer, and songwriter of Fleetwood Mac, passed away at the age of 79. While she was…

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The Unique Joy of the LBGTQ+ Anime Fandom

Online fandoms have come a long way since the halcyon days of the internet, when the only way to find people with similar interests was to load up…

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My Favorite Random Things of 2022

2022 was a rough year in a string of *rough* years for the world. It was a year of war, toxic politics, COVID still lingering, and whatever the…

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The Rings of Power: Not the Lore I Was Looking For

Before I rant too much, I have to address this. Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is a polarizing series, but the most toxic online debates…

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Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Thanks For The Memories

Prologue: A Life Sent On Xenoblade Chronicles 3 begins with a melody. An earnest youth named Noah plays his flute as the horrors of war rage around him.…

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Toradora: The Taiga and the Dragon

In Japanese mythology, the tiger and the dragon are rivals, but equal in strength. The tiger represents the earth, passion, and the physical world. The dragon represents the…

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Radiohead: Beauty in Alienation

Ever since I was a child, I’ve been a music nerd. It was an escape from a troubled life, both at home and at school. I started playing…

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Lord of the Rings and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Message of Hope

“The brave things in the old tales and songs, Mr. Frodo: adventures, as I used to call them. I used to think that they were things the wonderful…

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Fire Emblem Echoes: The Swan Song of the 3DS Era

Maybe this is a weird take, but I love the glorious piece of trash known as the Nintendo 3DS. Sure, the graphics were terrible and the 3D gimmick…

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Violet Evergarden: Poetry in Motion

Hey y’all, how’s it going? It’s been a while. I want to get back into blogging again. I may not post all that frequently, but I still have…

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Genshin Impact: The Good, The Bad, And The Gacha

I’ve been working on this write-up on-and-off for months. I didn’t expect it to be so gargantuan, but I hope it’s still fun to read. I don’t know…

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Mari’s 30+2.0 birthday special: I’m doing a Let’s Play channel now

All the kids are into streaming nowadays, right? Well, my poor potato laptop can’t even run OBS properly, so I’m doing the next best thing. I started up…

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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – The Impossible Masterpiece

I want to be real. Things haven’t felt right for a while now. This past year and a half has been hard on all of us. I want…

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Bye for now…

Hey y’all. It’s been a while since I’ve posted regularly on here, and I wanted to explain what’s been going on and where I’m at mentally. To be…

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Top 5 (Living) Anime Moms

This was supposed to be done by Mother’s Day, but I never do anything on time, so why start now? I wanted to do this cute post on…

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Demon Slayer Mugen Train: All Aboard The Hype Train

I’m 100% Shonen trash, which means I love Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. The gorgeously detailed setpieces, unique historical setting, and memorable cast of characters (and Zenitsu) made…

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Fire Emblem: The Blazing Sword – My Teenage Nostalgia Revisited

Like many old-school Nintendo fans, I first discovered Fire Emblem from Super Smash Bros. Melee. The long-running strategy RPG series was Japan-exclusive for the longest time, since Nintendo…

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The Promised Neverland Season 2: A Long And Frustrating Autopsy

This one hurts, y’all. MASSIVE ENDING SPOILERS for the anime, mild manga spoilers ahead I’ve been a huge fan of The Promised Neverland ever since the first season…

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Mega Man X Will Always Be My Jam

When I was a kid, my favorite thing in the world was my dog-eared Game Boy Color. My family traveled a lot, and that little purple box was…

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Golden Sun + The Lost Age: A Nostalgic Hidden Gem

The 90’s and early 2000’s were a golden age for the JRPG genre. Games like Final Fantasy VII and Xenogears redefined video games as a storytelling medium with…

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Powerful Ladies of Animation (Tag Post)

Thanks to the wonderful Pinkie for tagging me here! I don’t do a lot of tag posts, but I really liked this one and thought it would be…

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Hollow Knight: No Cost Too Great

I have a confession to make. For as much as I love video games, I’m kinda bad at them. My reflexes are shite, I get buttons wrong, and…

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Pyra and Mythra might be my new Smash mains

The dynamic sword duo, Pyra and Mythra from Xenoblade 2, have just been released as DLC fighters for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. I’ve played Smash since the N64…

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I miss him.

Sorry everybody, but I’m going to have to take an unexpected break from blogging for a while. I just lost my dog Muffin, who’s been part of the…

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Life update/Blog update/Looking for feedback?

Whelp, it’s been a while since I’ve done one of these. To be honest, I’m running out of ideas for content at the moment, and a lot’s happened…

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In Defense Of Haruhi Suzimiya’s “Endless Eight” Arc

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimiya was all over the anime world in the mid-2000’s. The memetic misadventures of the sociopathic tsundere (who’s actually God… I think) captivated fans…

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So, about The Promised Neverland Season 2…

I was obsessed with The Promised Neverland pretty much from Episode 1. As soon as I finished the first season of the anime, I read the entire manga…

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Old Zelda Games Are My Geek Comfort Food

2020 was a horrible year, but one of the things it taught me was how to appreciate the simple comforts when life gets too overwhelming. A brisk winter’s…

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Xenoblade: An Epic Well Worth The Wait

The Xeno series has a long and messy history. It started with 1998’s Xenogears on the PS1, created by Square (now Square Enix) under the direction of husband-and-wife…

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The History of Anine: Part 6 – Past, Present, and Future

The 2010’s were, in some ways, a culmination of the past 100 years of anime history. Online streaming came into its own, causing an influx of new content…

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The History of Anime: Part 5 – Dawn of the Digital Era

Last time, anime rose from a nationwide economic crisis to become a global juggernaut. The 1990’s saw enormous growth for the industry, but an even bigger change was…

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The History of Anime: Part 4 – Taking Over The World

The anime industry reached its artistic high point in the 1980’s, but the good times wouldn’t last. The Japanese stock market crashed in 1991, thanks to (what else?)…

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The History of Anime: Part 3 – The Golden Eighties

In the 1960’s and 70’s, the anime industry saw a massive amount of growth in a relatively short time. We went from barely animated black-and-white shows about tiny…

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The History of Anime: Part 2 – Enter the Space Race

Japanese animation made some major milestones in its early years, but it wasn’t until the 1960’s and 70’s that it developed its own identity. This is when the…

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The History of Anime: Part 1 – Humble Beginnings

Anime is, in my opinion, one of the most unique forms of storytelling out there. The beautifully drawn artwork, the colorful characters, the vibrant culture, the sheer weirdness…

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Whelp, I’ve Officially Fallen Down The VTuber Rabbit Hole

What’s gotten into me? I’m not usually into this stuff. I think the pandemic has finally broke me. I’ve spent the last two weeks watching these goofy 3D…

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Fire Emblem Arcs: Understanding Edelgard’s War

SPOILERS for the Crimson Flower and Azure Moon routes of Fire Emblem Three Houses. In every route of Fire Emblem Three Houses except one, Edelgard is the primary…

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Fire Emblem Arcs: Dimitri’s Fall and Redemption

“I am a murderous monster. My hands are stained red. Could one such as I truly hope for such a life? As the sole survivor of that day,…

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Deca-DENCE: I’m Not Mad, Just Disaapointed

Hella Spoilers on this one. I wanted to avoid giving away too much, but with a show like this, I have to talk about some of the plot…

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Character Arcs: Claude Von Riegan’s Dream For A Better World

(Yup, it’s another Three Houses character post. This is slowly becoming a Fire Emblem blog, but I promise I’ll have some anime content too, eventually. Much of the…

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Character Arcs – Dorothea Arnault’s Inner Beauty

Maybe it’s just because the pandemic has made everyone bored and stressed out of their minds, but all I’ve wanted to do lately is play Fire Emblem: Three…

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Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul – When You Gaze Into the Abyss, the Abyss Gazes Into You

I’ve been procrastinating on this one. Made in Abyss is one of those anime that I love, but I have to be in the right headspace to get…

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Re:Zero S2E13 – The Show That Makes Weebs Cry Constantly

Y’all, I’m going to level with you. This one’s a bit by the seat of my pants. Usually I take extensive notes for each of these, but I…

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Fire Emblem – Swords, Strategy, and S-Rank Romance

JRPGs are awesome. They’re like anime that you can play! The old-school Final Fantasy series will always be the gold standard for me, and I recently re-kindled my…

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Sword Art Online: Progressive – The Anime Asuna Deserves?

Sword Art Online is the ultimate love it or hate it anime. But my feelings on it are kind of… eh? I watched it a couple years ago…

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