• The Great One Piece Journey (Part 3): Syrup Village

    This is an odd arc. Of the East Blue arcs, this one is easily the worst. Not to say it’s bad, it just doesn’t compare as well to the others. But it does introduce a fan favorite character and has massive repercussions later on in the story. It somehow doesn’t hold up and holds up…

  • Kingdom Hearts 2: Less Disney, More Anime

    Kingdom Hearts 2: Less Disney, More Anime

    Kingdom Hearts is infamous for a lot of things. People often make fun of the series for just how strange it truly is. Putting Disney and Final Fantasy together was already odd enough. But then you add all the original story elements and it just got all the more strange. At least it made sense,…

  • Dalinar Kholin: The Blackthorn

    I’ve been sitting on this one for well over a year now. Apologies Dalinar, I didn’t mean to put you off for so long. It’s been a hot minute since I took a deep dive into a Stormlight Archive character. Kaladin was one of the first characters I ever analyzed in this series and Shallan…

  • Dune (By the Cover): So Much to Work With, All Ignored

    How long has it been since I looked at a cover? The answer is too long. Let’s fix that! Dune as a book is incredibly dense. There is so much world-building and lore crammed into this thing that the story straight-up becomes confusing. You’ve got the worms, the Spice, the unique inhabitants of the planet,…

  • Fungi: Yes, I’m Serious

    Move over, Beholder! Get lost, Dragons! It’s time to talk about the most legendary D&D foe of all time: fungi! What the hell? Why is this a thing? And why is there so much?! Between the lore and the stats, these guys take up two whole pages! Who put so much thought into magic fungi?!…