Category Archives: Otaku Stuff

Beautiful Songs About Heartbreak and Regret

Posted on 2017-11-12 by Stephan Sokolow

A couple of months ago, I ran across the Pentatonix cover of Hallelujah. It’s a beautiful rendition… except for one problem which really got under my skin: The lyrics are clearly about heartbreak, yet, just when the vocal line should … Continue reading →

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Fanfiction – Rosemary, for Remembrance

Posted on 2017-11-08 by Stephan Sokolow

Continuing with my efforts to keep things high-quality and varied, this week’s choice is a Stargate: Atlantis fic with a frustratingly rare degree of emotional depth: Rosemary, for Remembrance by Mhalachai This completed story starts out with a light, amusing … Continue reading →

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Another Tangent: Degrees of Connectedness

Posted on 2017-11-01 by Stephan Sokolow

NOTE: Given the amount of time and effort I’ve put into finding good example links for this, I decided it would be acceptable to let it double as this week’s fanfic roundup. While I was reading The Futile Facade (the … Continue reading →

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Fanfiction – “Harry Potter, the accidental ‘evil'” fics

Posted on 2017-10-25 by Stephan Sokolow

This week, something that just barely qualifies as a list: Two fics where Harry Potter gets mistaken for a demon or other non-human horror to some degree or other. (Sadly, no other such fics were noteworthy enough for me to … Continue reading →

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Fanfiction – The Pureblood Pretense

Posted on 2017-10-19 by Stephan Sokolow

UPDATE: It’s much more tilted toward praise, but I’ve written a review for volumes 1 through 4. This time, I’ve changed things up as a side effect of finding a new way to slack off: This review is based on … Continue reading →

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Fanfiction – Divine Blood

Posted on 2017-10-11 by Stephan Sokolow

I’ve been giving too much effusive praise recently, so let’s try something different. Divine Blood by Thrythlind is an interesting case, because it does so many things wrong, yet I re-read it despite that. (This being my third time reading … Continue reading →

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Fanfiction – The Petriculture Cycle

Posted on 2017-10-04 by Stephan Sokolow

I’ve had another extremely busy week, so I’ve decided to try another approach to delivering a quality recommendation without having to re-read an entire story to make sure I’ve got things right… a story where the details are so spoiler-y … Continue reading →

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