Hamlet: a play that - if you had a good education - you were forced to read in high school or had to act in if you were in theater. Nowadays, some schools are banning this book for a variety of reasons, including the heavy themes explored throughout it. Of course, this is stupid, because... Continue Reading →
Apologetics: Flippin’ Fatwa Friday – The Quran vs. The Bible: The Exodus Part 2.
Well, now that I have finally worked up the will power to climb back into this series again, it's time to talk about the Quran's Rings of Power worthy destruction of the Exodus story. Yay.... If you guys didn't read Part 1, here's the run down. Pharoah was treating the Israelites badly, enslaving them and... Continue Reading →
Blog: Why Fantasy Today Sucks.
One of the questions I think is being asked the most in the world of fantasy is: "Why does so much of it suck nowadays?" If it's not the same, formulaic plots and tropes we've gotten a million times before, it's just the most depraved smut you've ever read all aimed at women. What gives?... Continue Reading →
Blog: 5 Things we can Learn from Tolkien
This week is Tolkien week, which was first started in 1978 by the American Tolkien Society and starts with September 22, ending after one calendar week. That's why this week will be for the most part Tolkien-themed, except for Friday's post. So, let's talk about five things we can learn from Tolkien's work. #1: Absolute... Continue Reading →
Blog: Happy Hobbit Day – Similarities Between The Silmarillion and Beowulf.
J.R.R. Tolkien once envisioned creating a body of interconnected legends that would reflect the essence of England’s mythic past, saying in a letter to Melton Waldman in 1951: “But once upon a time, (my crest has long since fallen) I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from... Continue Reading →
Review: I Only Made it Seven Chapters into This Book… (Spoilers)
There are terrible books, and then there are truly terrible books. Terrible books are the ones where you read them and though the characters may suck, the plot be nonsensical and contrived, the dialogue forced, and the reasons why it's a New York Times Best Seller beyond your comprehension, you still somehow persevere to the... Continue Reading →
Blog/Review/Mythology: Reading Greek Mythology Hits Different Now…
As I think most of you know that I was in the Percy Jackson fandom for a long time, primarily from middle school to the beginning of high school. Most of this was because it was Greek mythology - which I already liked - turned into a fun story with snarky teenagers narrating and I... Continue Reading →
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