A Titan’s Trap

As you’re probably already aware, I’m blogging my way through Northrop Frye’s Anatomy of Criticism.  I already had an idea for an actual anime post, and I’ve only read the introduction.  Even though this was inspired by Frye, I probably won’t reference him too much.  Really, this is just my obligatory Kannagi post.  Everyone’s doing one, [...]

Over 9000 meaningless words

I have to admit, this one’s a little ridiculous, even for us. Ghostlightning, lelangir, Cuchlann, and I all somehow ended up in a chat a scant few hours ago. Initially, the topic was Kannagi, but, when matters of disparate theory arose, things got a little crazy. The title is apt; in fact, what you’ll see [...]

Madness in the Lens — a theory of criticism

At IKnight‘s request, and because I couldn’t think of anything other than a post about the new Lucky Star OVA (which wasn’t serving much of a purpose), I’m going to take a stab at illuminating my theory of criticism, here, in front of the fives of you who read my posts.  We’ll, uh, we’ll see how [...]