Category: review

• [fanfic rec] Whipstitch

  Title: Whipstitch Author: KaasKnot Status: COMPLETE [27 Chapters] Rating: M Pairing: Loki/Sigyn Summary: It dawned fair and clear, the day they sewed Loki’s lips shut. My Thoughts [****** 6/7 Stars]* Character (½ star)* Plot * Formatting (NOT CORRECTLY TAGGED!)* Grammar * Descriptive * Complete

  dappled-things

  June 18, 2019

  fanfiction, literary critique, literature, review

  alternative universe, fanfiction, fanfiction review, loki fanfic, loki fanfiction, marvel, marvel cinematic universe, MCU, norse mythology

• [review] X-wing: Wraith Squadron (Aaron Allston)

  

  As a fair, broad-minded officer, I should ignore that. But as a Corellian, of course, I’ll manage some sort of revenge. -Wedge Antilles, p. 6 Lots of people talk about Zahn’s Thrawn trilogy endlessly, but in my opinion, it does other fantastic Star Wars books and novelists a disservice. Out of the X-Wing Series written…

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  December 24, 2018

  book review, literary critique, literature, nonfiction, review

  ackbar, book review, featured, legends, new republic, review, science fantasy, science fiction, star wars, star wars extended universe, wedge antilles, wes janson, wraith squadron, x-wing

• [fanfic rec] Say Goodbye To Yesterday

  

  Title: Say Goodbye To YesterdayAuthor: melonbutterflyStatus: COMPLETE [4 Chapters – 112,000 words approx!!!]Rating: R/MaturePairing: FrostironSummary: The day after the invasion Tony wakes up and his tower is intact again; everything is exactly the way it was before this whole mess went down. It doesn’t take him long to catch up but he can’t figure out…

  dappled-things

  December 13, 2018

  book review, fanfiction, interesting stuff, literary critique, review

  fanfic, fanfic rec, fanfiction, fanfiction writing, frostiron, loki, loki fandom, loki fanfiction, slashfic, thor

• [opinion] What Star Wars Disney Can Learn From TV Tokyo’s Boruto

  

  [Warning: Will Contain Spoilers!] Something that is hard for us to recognize nowadays is that the literature we call “classic”, such as Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales or Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, were, during their times, popular forms of culture. With that perspective in mind, when we look at current stories, myths, and cultural products, we have to…

  dappled-things

  September 18, 2018

  book review, culture, literary critique, literature, nonfiction, review, thought piece

  boruto, disney, disney star wars, featured, naruto, naruto shippuuden, star wars, the force awakens, the last jedi

• [YT] Fans vs. Disney Star Wars: The Current Star Wars: The Current State of Things (Jahns)

  dappled-things

  June 9, 2018

  interesting stuff, literary critique, review, video

  disney, fan culture, fans, jeremy jahns, star wars

• [conversation] Solo: A Star Wars Story – and the Kessel Run Conundrum

  

  I initially enjoyed Solo: A Star Wars story, and agree (along with Ben Shapiro and Redlettermedia) that Solo is by no means the worst Star Wars film out there. However, there were a few issues with it – and oddly enough, after a lot of thought, I came to the decision that I didn’t like…

  dappled-things

  June 9, 2018

  literary critique, literature, nonfiction, review

  disney, disney star wars, han solo, kessel run, millenium falcon, movie, solo, star wars

• [posting][review] Top Five Intellectual Anime Shows

  

  One of the common misconceptions about anime is that it is a strange and goofy genre designed for middle school students, but while that is true about quite a few that have had massive impact in Western culture (I’m looking at you, One Piece and Naruto), quite a few anime have been created specifically for…

  dappled-things

  May 26, 2018

  literary critique, literature, nonfiction, review, thought piece

  AI, animation, anime, art, critique, culture, ergo proxy, ethics, history, ideologies, intellectual, japanese culture, japanese history, narratives, philosophy, psycho-pass, psychology, robotics, samurai champloo, sayonara zetsubo sensei, sci-fi, scifi, social issues, society, steins;gate, technology, time travel

• [review] Ghost in the Shell (2017)

  

  Ghost in the Shell (2017) surprised me. It isn’t perfect, but it ended up being way better than I thought it would be. A lot of “hard-core” GitS fans were disappointed apparently, but, considering the quality of other film adaptations of anime, they were being unduly harsh.

  dappled-things

  May 10, 2018

  literary critique, literature, review, thought piece, Uncategorized, video

  adaptations, anime, asia, asian culture, claims, culture, film, ghost in the shell, hollywood, ideas, japanese culture, literature, opinion, scarlett johansson, video, whitewashing, writing

• [review] A Billion Wicked Thoughts

  

  WARNING: Adult material ahead! “The sexual brain is guaranteed to upset the politically correct, the socially conservative, and just about everybody in between.” I chuckled over Ogas and Gaddam’s warning in their preface to A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the Internet Tells Us About Sexual Relationships. It was an amused chuckle because I was excited…

  dappled-things

  March 17, 2018

  book review, nonfiction, review, thought piece

  a billion wicked thoughts, biology, book review, desire, female desire, goddam, male desire, ogas, sex

• [movie review] Thor: The Dark World

  

  Thor: Ragnarok is one of the few movies I am looking forward to seeing next year. I say “looking forward to”, but I would be lying if I didn’t admit to some concerns. This is mostly in part due to what I consider to be the travesty of Thor: The Dark World. As I was going…

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  August 14, 2016

  review

  film, film critique, loki, marvel, MCU, thor, thor: the dark world