Why I Love: The Sidekicks (Will Kostakis)

When I started this series of posts, I envisioned it as being about exploring media I’ve loved for years. But sometimes, you read or watch something and you know, even as early as say, page 31, it’s going to be something you’ll love for years.

And sometimes you love something so much that once you finish it, you embarrass yourself by closing the book, kissing the cover, and then curling up in bed hugging it for about fifteen minutes.

That’s my experience of this book: I literally love it enough to kiss it.

musing on: my postal vote

[CW for homophobia & the dehumanised responses it produces in me]

Netflix Death Note: A (Mostly Comedic) Summary

Because my girlfriend asked nicely.

Spoilers, obviously. Also I’m doing this by memory because I didn’t want to watch it again, I think I might’ve literally busted my gut from laughing so hard the first time, I have been so nauseous since watching this movie.

heads up: the word count is so high because in this style of summary, i try go for ‘it’s funny because it’s true’. therefore, it’s a scene-by-scene summary of everything i can remember. this one didn’t turn out so funny because turns out a lot of what’s behind this movie is just noxious. CONTENT WARNING: it’s like, really racist and sexist.

Why I Love Final Fantasy X

If there’s any legacy attached to Final Fantasy X, it’s that of laughter.

A Lukewarm Take On: Ghost in the Shell

DISCLAIMER: I haven’t seen this movie, and I’m not going to. This isn’t about the movie, though. This is about a giant advertisement for the movie that’s sitting in my local cinema.

Movie Review: Beauty and the Beast (2017)

So, I saw the live-action Beauty and the Beast movie this afternoon. Spoilers ahead.

Review: A Whole New World

Recently, I had the experience of reading  A Whole New World by Liz Braswell. A Whole New World is the first in Disney Press’ new Twisted Tales series. Each will, I hear, be based on a premise that twists the famous movie away from Happily Ever After and fairytales towards gritty Young Adult reboots. It sounds like a joke but they’re deadly serious about it.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: A (Mostly Comedic) Summary

I could just do a review, couldn’t I, but I’d rather do this: a detailed and mostly accurate (but comedic!) summary of what happens in the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. This is all according to the script that was released: I haven’t seen it performed, so I’m aware I’m missing part of the picture. Still, here we are. And it’s very long, with a few editorial remarks thrown in.

Also it’s at least partly a joke. I tried to treat the serious scenes with the weight they deserved, but let me say upfront: this is a very flawed play. I admire so much about what it tries to be but the plot is a mess and if you’re as much of a Potter-head as I am, you’re bound to be irritated by the inconsistencies. Still, there’s some moments that are genuinely fantastic, as well as some themes that are amazing to see explored rather than just being heavily implied as in the books, and I wanted to be fair to those while also taking the piss. Which wasn’t hard to do, actually, a lot of the dialogues is, wow….

Anyway! I hope you enjoy it!

Review: Awoken by Serra Elinsen

Awoken is, put most simply, a Young Adult paranormal romance novel in which Cthulhu falls in love with your standard Not-Like-Other-Girls Ordinary Girl protagonist.

I’m three years late to this party, so I won’t bother with the pretence. To put less simply, it’s a stealth parody with razor sharp critiques of the YA fiction we’ve come to expect since Twilight changed the world.

Reflecting on Grief

Today, my best friend should be turning 24. Instead, it’s been 10 months and 8 days since she died.