Calm responses today, including one that seems genuinely interested in my opinions.
[12] The Other Pokereviews, Part 108
A pokemon-only society that’s not PMD, and a trainerfic that appears to be walking the walk on pokemon treatment and hints at an unusual plot to come.
Anime count: 6
Umineko – Turn of the Golden Witch – 10/4, 6 AM to 10:45 AM
Last time, we finish the prologue.
A Wild Author Appears!
Someone unrelated to Blaze’s posse but who was still taking random potshots at me abruptly decided to contact me out of the blue. I didn’t learn much, other than that people continue to love ceding the moral high ground.
The Other Pokeauthors, Part 107
Very reasonable responses today, including some nice discussion about geopolitics and worldbuilding.
[19] The Other Pokereviews, Part 107
A Pokemon Colosseum novelization that actually looks pretty good, and several other novelizations that do not.
Anime count: 5
Random Potshot and Obligative Review: Quivering Lips
Someone who was not Dragon’s Blaze left a counter-review on The Two Colors, Pink and Blue:
“Ok first off don’t listen to this idiot below me Elmo. He rags on every new writer and only targets people with smaller stats. If you look at the stories he’s written well let’s just say he doesn’t practice what he preaches.“
I hoped I could get some reviewing out of them or at least an explanation of what sucked about my stories, but alas this was not to be.
The Other Pokeauthors, Part 106
“As for the whole ‘world’ thing, majority of the time, people don’t bother with that, because it limits who reads the stories since people don’t generally use that search. If I don’t identify it to a world, that allows more people to read it.” THIS IS WHY I HAVE TO DO THIS.
[16] The Other Pokereviews, Part 106
Something about an established trainer trying to summon Arceus to heal his daughter of magic sickness. Not much of note, otherwise.
Anime count: 5
Umineko – Turn of the Golden Witch – Prologue, Part 2
Last time, we got to know Beatrice.
The Other Pokeauthors, Part 105
“And since part of your penname is Elmo yeah dude Elmo is for kids not adults. So grow up!”
Responses are otherwise appreciative, including a few messages in support of me re: the Blaze conflict.
[18] The Other Pokereviews, Part 105
A “parody” about hey did you guys ever consider pokemon training is really dangerous???? and not much else.
Anime count: 5
The Other Pokeauthors, Part 104
Super chill responses today. The worst I’ve got is someone upset at Blaze’s review abuse.
The Witcher 2 and 3
…in Sword of Destiny, Geralt and a side character have a conversation about how obvious it is women have the right to terminate pregnancies and it’s so weird anyone could ever have been against that.
In Time of Contempt, the pregnancy plotline involves a young woman wishing she had chosen to have an abortion earlier so she could continue on her journey.
In Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, there’s a questline that involves aborted and miscarried babies coming back as gremlins to brutally murder women because they never received the love they were due from their mothers.
And that should really tell you all you need to know about the Witcher video games as adaptations.
As wRPGs, both 2 and 3 are thoroughly mediocre.
[18] The Other Pokereviews, Part 104
Mostly boring stuff today, though a story I reviewed a while back did get reposted with some edits and additions that are nice.
Anime count: 3