The Finer Points of Wolf Punk Social Structures
by Carlos Luis Delgado [Before I took time off the podcast to fly out and visit you in Jersey, you asked me a question that I couldn’t answer over the phone. Werewolves and Woodsmen aside, I still can’t say what I need to say. So, per Article II, Sub-clause 13 of Alex and Tony’s Sibling…
Healing Me Softly 5/21/2023
Thank you for buying a mask! You won’t regret your purchase.* As promised, here is the story of how the mask you’re holding came to exist. The year is 1986 and a thirty-two year old woman named Esperanza becomes the first person in her family to successfully immigrate to the U.S. (Specifically Brooklyn. Also, that’s…
Sound of Kiki
by Carlos Luis Delgado What does a Studio Ghibli classic about a young witch in the big city and an Academy Award-winning film about a sober rock drummer losing his hearing have in common? More than you’d think. Kiki’s Delivery Service and Sound of Metal both use the Japanese 4-Act structure—also known as Kishōtenketsu—to tell…
Magna’s Solution
Welcome To The Clover Kingdom Black Clover is an ongoing battle-Shonen manga/anime by Tabata Yuki and chronicles the adventures of a Chibi-Chad named Asta, a young peasant born without any magical power in a world where magic is everything. Shonen Jump has serialized Black Clover since February 2015, which is around the time I sorely…
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