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The Legend of Korra review

When The Legend of Korra first aired, I loved it. It was an action series with stellar animation set in a world inspired by Asian cultures, combining fantasy with advanced technology. What's not to love?


To this day, my opinion largely ...

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MTG Analysis: Archons part 2

A while back I wrote an extensive article on the archons of Magic: The Gathering. Since I don't feel like making a fool reboot (and I can't add more images to that article) I've decided to make a sequel article dealing with the ...

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The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy review


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Gen Alpha Echo

Inspired by the Hazbin Hotel gen alpha covers

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"Let me skibbidi fortnite cook" Chase said.

Leo sighed.

"Sleepy joe keep a gyatt head."

"But he was right, alphas can fortnite!" screamed Jenna.

"And here I thought you were woke" TJ shook his head.

"You didn't rizz?" Sydney asked, skibbidily.

"Ohio...

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Psi Cops review

Where to even begin with this show?


This series focuses on a pair of paranormal detectives who have to be the most chaotic neutral characters to ever be created. They are the vectors through which this show establishes it's comedy: very...

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Robot Dreams review

Based on the comic if the same name (and NOT on a certain book also with the same name), this movie showcases a lonely dog getting company via a bought robot. They have a lovely life as friends, but an incident at the beach seperates them.


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A Snowy Valentine's

"Garret, look!" Stefan pointed.

Garret yawned, then got out the bed and joined his lover by the window.

"Godammnit, more snow?" the wolf whined, "I was hoping global warming would have made this a warm day. I'm tired of the cold."

"Well, guess it's more fun for us" Stefan said, licking Garret in the nose.

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As the...

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The Inseparables review

As the advertising has insisted, this is essentially a retelling of Don Quixote through a Toy Story like world. Except of just toys, puppets and animals also talk, and there appears to be no unspoken rule about hiding from humans, which makes the set up...

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More Than Anything

It started with the dawn, warm rays spreading across the bed.

Sydney woke up first, and nuzzled into his lover, gently as to not wake him up.

Alas, TJ yawned, and slowly turned around, their lips meeting.

"Love you" TJ said.

"Happy Valentine's" Sydney replied.

This seemed to put TJ on alert.

"I completely forg...

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On Patagomaia

So recently the largest Mesozoic mammal yet has been found. Weighting around 14 kg (just barely larger than Repenomamus giganticus), Patagomaia chain...

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The Tiger's Apprentice review

The first 14 minutes of this movie are alright. Mid to bad CGI but nice action scenes inspired by Chinese mythology, plus a "bullied kid" protagonist who's interaction with said bully is rather refreshing innovative.

After grandma passes away, tho...

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Self review

Self is I believe the first Pixar short to use stop motion (well, partly, since only the titular character is stop-motion). As the short uses CGI for the other characters, this makes a commentary both on the nature of mediums as well as race.


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Orion and the Dark review



This latest Dreamworks flick has quite the mixture of mediums. I don't much care for the "default" CGI, as the human characters are stylized in a not very pleasing way. However, the CGI models on the various supernatural entities l...

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Hazbin Hotel review

Having watched the pilot when it premeered, Hazbin Hotel has laid a good impression on me. It harkens back to deviantart's 2000's days, and that a show with that kind of aesthetics and characters became a proper, actual streaming series is beyond amazin...

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I think you're messy

But I'm messy too.

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Nick knocked on the door.

"Coming" said a familiar, beloved voice from beyond.

When the door was open, Frank's room was steamy, as if he had just gotten out of a bath. Behind him, his bed was a mess as always, as were his multiple screens.

"Sorry, I'm still can't sto...

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Argoland's Fauna

Myanmar amber enantiornithean. Artist uncredited.

Recently a “new” continent was described, Argoland. More accurately described as a se...

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Calamity review

Calamity has merits both as a biopic as well as an artistic excellence.

On the animation side of things, the visuals are absolutely pheomenal, utilising a type of 2D animation that resembles a moving painting. There are no lines, going through the...

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Birthday Inspiration

"Your favourite" Milo said, laying a chocolate and caramel cake with 30 candles on the table gently.


"Thank you Milo" Raoul replied, salivating.


If it was up to him, he'd pounce on that cake like a wolf. But the discipline he honed for the past few months allowed him to stop and think.


"Happy bi...

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Lands of Fire 2023 retrospective

https://mullerornis.itch.io/lands-of-fire/devlog/658680/2023-restrospective

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Pokemon Concierge review


Japanese stop motion is generally underappreciated, so I'm glad a franchise as big as Pokemon is utilising it. Indeed, this is high quality animation on a technical level, with extreme fluidity, though this can backfire as the "flawed" quirks...

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The elephant in the anime

Fox Mcloud in the Star Fox animated thingie vs his father in A Fox In Space.

One odd thing I noticed comparing anthropomorphic animals between eastern and western production is that each seems to have a predominant style. Western animated furries ...

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Mog's Christmas review

Seems that a traditional animated feature per Christmas is now standard for the UK. This year we get this adaptation of Judith Kerr's book. The animation is beyond stellar, with long, panning shots. Mog herself moves and has manneirisms much like a real...

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On pterosaur neck vertebrae

Kren pakshee, a fictional nyctosaurid from Nyctosaurid Earth. The original description had this and it's ilk have more neck verteb...

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Yuletide Prayer

Murdoch honours the old gods this Christmas

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As the others were preoccupied with Christmas activities, Murdoch excused himself.

He grabbed a cup of wine, and approached the fireplace.

"Brighid, light of the hearth, patron of smiths, reborn in the solstice, please let this be a joyful year." View Post

Three Faced Christmas

"No fucking way!" Shams shouted.


"Language, mister" Kudzu said.


"Sorry" the cheetah cub replied, "It's just so..."


"Exactly what you wanted?" Chase chimed in.


"Yeah. Thank you guys so much."


Shams then gave each of his father's a hug, Leo being the last and suff...

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Supa Team 4 review

Supa Team 4 takes a serious real life problem, that of the energy crisis in Zambia, and turns it into a colourful premise for a super hero show. The show is serialized with greater ongoing plots, rewarding hawkeyed viewers that pay attention to every mi...

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Beyond the Tree

In these days,

From equinox to solstice,

You set behind an acacia.

Your light flares among the leaves,

Beyond the tree.

Yet now,

In your shortest day yet,

You set south to it,

The tree does not blanket you.

I see you clearly now.

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Glisten and the Merry Mission review


If I had a nickel for every time a 2023 animated movie involved stars, I'd have two nickels, but it'd still be weird it happened twice.


Where this movie truly shines is the creative worldbuilding. The north pole has several u...

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On Disney's legacy

So the spectacle has come and gone. Once Upon A Studio celebrated the 100 years milestone with grace, while Wish did so with disappointment and playing it absurdly safe (barring the credits sequence, I openly admit crying at that). I h...

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Carol & the end of the world review

Carol & the end of the world is yet another entry into the quiet, mature sci-fi animated menagerie of 2013 alongside Fired on Mars and Scavengers Reign. It is a bit more comedic than both, but still relatively down to earth and not as extravagant, s...

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