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The Problem with Anti-Nihilism: You can’t build hope on negation
Disclaimer: This is a revamp to my previous rants, mostly because looking back, they don’t seem well thought out, and hopefully in this rant and in the following, this can clarify things better. Once I was a fan of RWBY, it was a webshow about a cool magitek world filled with colorful and impressively designed … Continue reading The Problem with Anti-Nihilism: You can’t build hope on negation
A Challenge to Anti-Nihilists: It’s time for a real conversation
This is my last post of my three-part rant, the previous parts one and two and this post is a bit ripped off by The Distributist’s “Atheist Hacks” video, and this is to address how the Militant Anti-Nihilists(or I like to call “The M.A.N.”) got away with their sanctimonious and ideologically disingenuous behavior when it … Continue reading A Challenge to Anti-Nihilists: It’s time for a real conversation
Toadyish Tragedy: An Audience of Narcissists
Now this is a followup to my last post, and it explains another problem within modern fiction besides Nihilism, and it delves deeper into the mindset of the zealots who seem obsessed with gatekeeping epic fiction by sucking up to big creators and companies who give them what they want(or at least enough to twist … Continue reading Toadyish Tragedy: An Audience of Narcissists
The M.A.N.(Militant. Anti-Nihilists): A Rant
I know what I am about to say is about to enrage an entire subculture, but I can’t help but say this because my concern for the future generations of storytellers and the current generation that will be there to educate them, and by “educate” I mean gatekeep and control creative minds that don’t genuflect … Continue reading The M.A.N.(Militant. Anti-Nihilists): A Rant
Conan The Barbarian: From Übermensch to The Knight of The Faith.
Conan The Barbarian in both Film and Books is seen as a Nietzschean fantasy that declares that God is Dead and we must rely on ourselves. But after my own personal soul searching to strengthen my own Catholic Faith and looking up the works of Christian existentialist Soren Kierkegaard, I’ve come to see that Conan … Continue reading Conan The Barbarian: From Übermensch to The Knight of The Faith.
In Defense of Happy Endings – Are They Unreal, or Are They the Ultimate Reality?
In Defense of Happy Endings – Are They Unreal, or Are They the Ultimate Reality?
Reposted: 4 Factors to Consider Before Including Physical Manifestations of God in Fiction
Enjoy this thoughtful piece by R. J. Sheffler, readers: Factors to Consider Before Including Physical Manifestations of God in Fiction The divine is … Reposted: 4 Factors to Consider Before Including Physical Manifestations of God in Fiction
Kentaro Miura: a Eulogy
Kentaro Miura, the creator of Berserk, has passed away. Now granted, I’m not into the story. It’s just to dark and freaky for my taste. I’m just picky about darkness in general, probably acts more of a vice at times than I admit.But I still feel respect for the man, from what my friends have … Continue reading Kentaro Miura: a Eulogy
Tolkien’s metaphysics of evil
Tolkien’s metaphysics of evil, part 1 Another topic central to the Tolkien’s fiction and St. Thomas’s philosophy of being is the topic of evil. … Tolkien’s metaphysics of evil
The Entitled Fan: The Frankenstein Monster of Frustration, Fandoms, and Elitism
I guess is what I consider something of a sequel of my last post “Grimmdark Cops: The OTHER Fiction Police” and its regard to another problem which is the Self-Entitled Fanboy/Fangirl Now we all know the (Self)Entitled Fan, they think they can demand whatever they want and act nuts when they don’t get it, or … Continue reading The Entitled Fan: The Frankenstein Monster of Frustration, Fandoms, and Elitism
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