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No Kidding [book. comic]

 No Kidding [book. comic] HAVE YOU EVER HAD THE EXPERIANCE OF MEETING A GUY WHO SHARES AN OPINION WITH YOU BUT THEY EXPRESS IT IN THE MOST RANCID WAY POSSIBLE AND IT'S SUPER AWFUL? THAT'S THIS BOOK, I WAS LIKE, TELLING A BOOK I WAS READING TO SHUT UP.  PS. I MEAN, ONCE IT ACTUALLY GOT TO THE ABORTION STORYLINE IT GOT A TON BETTER, THIS HAS MULTIPLE AUTHORS AND I VERY VERY STRONGLY SUSPECT THE CLEAR DIVISION OF LABOR WAS THAT A DIFFERENT PERSON WAS WRITING THE EXTREMELY ANNOYING SINGLE PANEL COMICS THAN THE PERSON WRITING THE THROUGH NARRATIVE. I FEEL LIKE I CAN NOT EVEN DIVINE WHAT SOME OF THE SINGLE PANEL ONES ARE EVEN COMPLAINING ABOUT. 

Silksong [game,amazing]

 Silksong [game] OH MAN, THIS GAME IS SO GOOD. I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH. I CAN NOT DESCRIBE HOW MUCH I LIKE THIS GAME. I WILL ADMIT A DEEP SHAME THOUGH: I BEAT THE GAME, THEN BEAT THE GAME FOR THE SECRET ENDING, THEN GOT TO THE SECRET ACT, BUT THEN I WENT TO TRANSYLVANIA FOR A WEEK, THEN I FELL ON MY WRIST AND COULDN'T HOLD A STEAM DECK FOR A WHILE AND NOW I'M TOO BAD AT THE GAME TO KEEP PLAYING. I WOULD NEVER NORMALLY QUIT A GAME I LIKE THIS MUCH, BUT THEY ANNOUNCED THERE IS DLC COMING, SO IT GIVES ME A GOOD REASON TO WAIT TO CONTINUE.  PS. THERE IS SO MUCH I LOVE ABOUT THIS GAME, I THINK I CAN BOIL IT DOWN TO POINTING OUT THAT THERE IS A UNIQUE ANIMATION FOR LOOKING AT THE MAP, WHICH COOL, BUT THEN THEY BOTHERED TO DRAW AN ANIMATION FOR LOOKING AT THE MAP ON A BENCH, THEN THEY MADE AN ANIMATION FOR LAYING DOWN IN THE ONE BED IN THE GAME, BUT *THEN* THERE IS A UNIQUE ONE OF A KIND ANIMATION OF HER LOOKING AT HER MAP IN BED. IT'S THE MOST WORK ANYONE HAS EVER PUT INTO MAKIN...

Cry Wolf Girl [book, comic]

 Cry Wolf Girl [book, comic] THIS IS A PRETTY SHORT BOOK THAT IS THAT SORT OF GRAPHIC NOVEL THAT EXISTS TO BE A MINIMUM VIABLE FRAMEWORK TO DRAW A COUPLE BEAUTIFUL PANELS AND HAVE AN ENDING. BUT LIKE, THIS HAD SOME REALLY GOOD PANELS SO I TOTALLY APPROVE.  PS. GUY WHO JUST GOT A LIBRARY CARD AND GOT THE LIBRARY COMICS APP VOICE: HEY, WANNA HEAR ABOUT ALL THE RANDOM COMICS I READ?

The Skin You're In [book, comic]

 The Skin You're In [book, comic] MEH, I WANTED TO LIKE THIS MORE. IT'S NOT TERRIBLE BUT IT'S JUST FINE. IT'S A HORROR ANTHOLOGY OF COMICS. ALL THE STORIES ARE PERFECTLY FINE, BUT NONE OF THEM REALLY STICK OUT MUCH, EVERY STORY IS JUST "PEOPLE ARE CAMPING AND MEET SCARY STRANGERS WHO ARE A MONSTER"  OR "A FLOWER EATS YOU". ONE MIXED IT UP BY HAVING PEOPLE CAMPING AND A MUSHROOM ATE THEM.  NONE OF IT IS BAD, THEY JUST DIDN'T REALLY TREAD A LOT OF GROUND STORY TO STORY.  PS. ALSO THE PANEL LAYOUT WAS SLIGHTLY WEIRD SO I FELT LIKE I WAS CONSTANTLY LOSING TRACK IN EVERY ACTION SCENE. 

Luna [book]

 Luna [book] THIS BOOK IS LIKE 20 YEARS OLD. THE MAIN POINT OF VIEW CHARACTER IS THE SISTER AND THAT'S INTERESTING, I DON'T FEEL LIKE SOMETHING WOULD BE WRITTEN THIS WAY NOW. LIKE IT WAS A CONCEIT TO PUT THE 'CONTROVERSIAL' PART ONE STEPPED REMOVED. IT'S NOT A BOOK ABOUT A TRANSGENDER TEEN, IT'S A BOOK ABOUT THE SISTER OF A TRANSGENDER TEEN. BUT THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN A LOT OF IT IS LIKE, LIAM/LIA/LUNA SHOWING UP AND HAVING A BIG EVENT THEN THE SISTER BEING THE ONE DOING ALMOST ALL OF THE SPEAKING. WHICH IS A REALLY WEIRD ROLE.  I KIND OF LIKE THE WAY IT (MAYBE UNINTENTIONALLY) SETS THINGS UP, WHERE THE SISTER NEVER IS CONSISTENT ABOUT NAMES OR GENDER (AND HAS THE SECRET EXTRA LEVEL OF DEADNAMING WITH LIA) BUT IS SO ABSURDLY UNREALISTICALLY POSITIVELY INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING. IT'S LIKE A WEIRDLY NICE SIBLING RELATIONSHIP. ALTHOUGH MAYBE THAT WAS THE POINT OF THE BOOK, AS THE MOM WAS EVEN MORE THAT IN THE END. LIKE MAYBE AN ATTAINABLE 2004 FAMILY GOAL, THEY ...

Paddington in Peru [movie]

 Paddington in Peru [movie] I AM SHOCKED HOW MUCH I DISLIKE THIS MOVIE. IT'S JUST A NOTHING STUPID FAMILY MOVIE BUT SOMEHOW EVERYTHING ABOUT IT JUST RUBS ME THE WRONG WAY. THE PLOT WAS LIKE, WEIRDLY CONVOLUTED AND HARD TO FOLLOW (OR IT WAS SO BORING I COULD NOT BOTHER TO PAY ATTENTION) AND IT FELT WEIRD TO HAVE SO MANY SUPERNATURAL ELEMENTS IN A STORY ABOUT A DUMB BRITISH BEAR. ALSO WHAT WAS THE DEAL WITH HIS WEIRD SUPER SAYAN BRITISH STARE, DID THAT COME UP EARLIER? COULD HE JUST DO THAT ALL ALONG??? PS. I DON'T THINK THE DAUGHTER *SHOULD* FORGIVE HER FATHER WHO WAS GOING TO HAVE HER SHOT WITH A BLUNDERBUS FOR MONEY. 

Sweden: Heaven and Hell [movie, "nonfiction"]

 Sweden: Heaven and Hell [movie, "nonfiction"] THIS IS A 1968 MONDO EXPLOITATION ANTI SWEDEN FILM. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY I WATCHED THIS? DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY I WATCHED THIS? DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY I WATCHED THIS? DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY I WATCHED THIS? DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY I WATCHED THIS? DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY I WATCHED THIS? DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY I WATCHED THIS? DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY I WATCHED THIS? DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY I WATCHED THIS? DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY I WATCHED THIS? DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY I WATCHED THIS? DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY I WATCHED THIS?  PS. THE CONTEXT BEING SEXY SAUNA I FUNNY, BUT THE BEST PART IS THERE BEING A SECRET ALTERNATIVE SONG PLAYING OVER WEIRD DRUNK HOMOEROTIC WOOD CHOPPING JAIL. SESAME STREET COULD HAVE DONE A SEQUEL!