The Consulting Analyst – Interview With the Vampire (Part 5)
Part Five: In Which Favorites Are Blatantly Played Previous In which the end is nigh, but not quite so nigh as previously assumed.
If you’re wondering where the end of week post is, this wrap-up on Interview has wound up being quite a bit longer and more involved than I’d anticipated. So you might well be seeing it on Monday, possibly even in two parts. But the content elves are hard […]
Vrai Talks: Cthulhusattva Interview
Hey there, readers! You may remember that a few months back I published a story in the anthology Cthulhusattva: Tales of the Black Gnosis. Well, as part of the promotion for that anthology, I also sat down for a brief interview with its editor (and the founder of […]
The Consulting Analyst – Haydee
The intro is here. The most capital-a Anime moment of the series (yes, including That Scene).
Can We Cool it With the “Woman Disguised as a Man” Twist Already?
During the summer of 1997, Mulan was seven year old Vrai’s very favorite movie; during the fall of 1997, it was therefore assured that a costume from the movie. What that small child quickly found, however, is that while they wanted to dress up as Ping, all that […]
The Consulting Analyst – Encore
The intro is here. We end the Summer of Steven to return to, um….a heavily musically influenced episode about everyone in the cast having pain over their failed relationships. Wait.
How Wander Over Yonder Fell Through the Cracks (and Why I’ll Miss it)
We’re in a renaissance of television animation at the moment. As the medium’s come to be taken more seriously in the West and been given more leeway in the kinds of stories it tells, there’s been a push to grapple with more substantive content. There was Aang’s struggle […]
One More Week of Steven
Yes, it’s true. While I’d hoped that we could return to Gankutsuou this week (the post is half done, even!), moving and Real Life Responsibilities (TM) absolutely wiped me out this week. So I beg your indulgence, and offer another post of Steven Universe analysis to tide you […]
Plot Renovation – Black Butler II
Black Butler II was always going to be garbage, and I say that with a great deal of agonized affection. The series it works as a sequel to is inundated with enough low-key shota exploitation to require a shower after viewing, and my favorite “character who deserved better” […]
Fashionable Tinfoil Accessories 