Category Archives: Discussion
The Many Methods of Summoning in Anime
There is one form of magic that has always puzzled me a bit. I say that as… well, a fantasy-loving geek who has thought a lot about magic and how it works in any story I find it in. Elemental … Continue reading
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Tagged Arifureta, By the Grace of the Gods, Cardcaptor Sakura, Dog Days, Fairy Tail, Familiar of Zero, FInal Fantasy, Grimnoir Chronicles, Hellsing Ultimate, How Not to Summon a Demon Lord, Kamitachi, Magi: Labyrinth of Magic, Magic Knight Rayearth, Medabots, Mon-Colle Knights, Naruto, Pokemon, Rising of the Shield Hero, To Love-Ru, Welcome to Demon School Iruma, Yu-Gi-Oh
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Things I Have Given Thanks For
I shared an invitation on here to Give Thanks. Now, I’d like to just share with you, my wonderful audience, the things that I gave thanks for on Facebook over the course of a week (though my final entry was … Continue reading
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A Note for My Fellow WordPress Users
Most of my blogs are intended for… well, anyone and everyone in my wide, far-reaching, wonderful audience! 🙂 This one, however, is more of a quick note intended to assist anyone who uses WordPress and wants to create a post … Continue reading
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Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Humans?
I would say, all the monsters in the world should definitely be afraid of humans. Humans, after all, are the ones who become vampires, witches, and werewolves, become (possibly) fairies and goblins, become angels and demons, become ghosts… and become … Continue reading
Ghosts: The Quiet and Unquiet Dead
You cannot have a discussion of Halloween monsters and urban fantasy without talking about ghosts. 😉 Is there anything more timeless, more automatically understood, than ghost stories? The one thing that all humans have universally in common is death. It … Continue reading
Angels and Demons of Urban Fantasy
Vampires, witches, and werewolves have long been the icons of scary stories, as surely as Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman have become the iconic trio of superheroes. Meanwhile fairies and goblins, hailing from the pagan traditions of ancient Europe, are … Continue reading
Fairy Queens and Goblin Kings… Usually
Where there is urban fantasy, there are the fae. That might not be a hard and fast rule, but it’s a trope that gets a fair amount of use. I mean, the entire idea is to bring all the fairy … Continue reading
Vampires and Witches and Werewolves, Oh My!
Happy October, everybody! We are in the home stretch of 2020 now, just a bit more to go! We have ghost stories, turkey, presents, and possibly the end of civilization to look forward to in these final few months. (wait, … Continue reading
Rewriting Cats: A Few Notes
There are not many times I’ve ever said this. Though I criticize books, movies, shows, and so on, and I can be a bit harsh in said criticism, I have no illusions about my own paltry capabilities. Thus, I have … Continue reading
