RWBY V5Ch.11: ‘The More the Merrier’ ‘Women’s Trauma = Men’s Character Development’ Trope: The Episode (Me Ranting) Super quick recap of Chapter 11: The kids and Qrow (and Ozpin, who’s possessing a little boy) are led into an ambush. (Because Ozpin and Qrow haven’t a tactical thought between them)...
Jill Lepore Is Wrong About Barbie And Bratz Going by it’s title, it seems Jill Lepore’s recent article in The New Yorker, “When Barbie Went to War with Bratz,” is about the years-long legal battle between Mattel and MGA Entertainment over Bratz dolls. It’s an important legal battle in toy history: Carter Bryant...
Fate/Grand Order is celebrating 2 Million Downloads with new campaign. Fate/Grand Order is the latest mobile game from the multimedia Fate franchise developed and produced by Type-Moon. To celebrate two million downloads, they announced a six-part campaign consisting of daily login bonuses, Summon Tickets, Craft Essence, and a Mystic Code based on...
RWBY V5 Ch.10: ‘True Colors’…Part II of II Disclaimer: This episode was split up into two parts for my own sanity and for your viewing pleasure. If you are interested in reading Part I of this episode, please click here. Now let us move forward… Blake and Ilia Are Actually Child Soldiers While Blake is momentarily out of...
RWBY V5 CH.10: ‘True Colors’…Part I of II Q&A: Ruby Edition Just to get this out of the way, I teared up a little watching this episode. It provided a dose of anti-cynicism I desperately needed going into the final turn of the holidays. Blake (voiced by Arryn Zech) is facing off with Ilia (voiced by Cherami Lee Kuhn), but...
RWBY V5CH.9: ‘A Perfect Storm’ Maiden of Choice Meets Maiden of Destruction In the opening animation for this Volume, the two known Maidens, Cinder Fall (voiced byJessica Nigri) and the Spring Maiden Vernal (voiced by Amber Lee Connors) meet face to face. That much-anticipated meeting is this episode. The moment that immediately...
“There’s one universal truth, but two sides to every story” –Mos Def There’s no accounting for taste. It cannot be argued with, it cannot be reasoned with. Our personal tastes make up our visceral reactions to a great many things. It is difficult, perhaps impossible, to ascertain how it is shaped, grown...
RWBY V5Ch.8: ‘Alone Together’ The Nightmare Girls This episode starts off with Ruby Rose (voiced by Lindsay Jones) looking up at the clear sky as some white birds fly overhead. She can’t sleep. And neither can her older half-sister Yang (voiced by Barbara Dunkleman) . We know they both have nightmares, and Volume 4 showed...
RWBY V5C7: ‘Rest and Resolutions’ Trolling Nora In this episode of RWBY, 3/4 of team RWBY and 3/4 of team JNPR have fun around the dinner table. And then they discuss some of Ozpin’s secrets and lies which he’s let everyone believe. Weiss regales team RNJR of that time she almost manslaughtered a guest at her...
Marvel’s The Punisher Ep. 1 SPOILER WARNING These reviews will contain SPOILERS for the episodes I’m going over. Read at your own peril. Also, THOR RAGNAROK SPOILERS, as well as all Marvel Cinematic Universe films released at this point in time. I may also discuss SPOILERS from Dardevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and...
