Unalaq Makes No Sense

 I strongly suspect that I’m getting close to the end of Horizon Forbidden West, after which… I don’t know! Will I pick up a new game? Will I try an old game for the first time? Will I replay another game? We shall see.

I thought about continuing ‘themed’ Saturday Notes, but I couldn’t think of anything for Mother’s Day. I COULD think about this though, because I’ve been re-watching Legend of Korra on Netflix and this is bothering me. I realized while writing this though that my issues with religious fanatic villains? I touched a little on this in my last sporking chapter.

Also Justice League and Justice League Unlimited are back on Netflix now? Worth looking into, if you haven’t already. I still hold that the Cadmus Arc is better writing (though not flawless) than the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Star Wars Musings

 Dracula Daily’s started, so I’m getting that along with Dante Weekly and letters from Watson. I also signed up for a Three Musketeers thing, I think? That hasn’t started yet.

I don’t want to always dunk on modern Star Wars, but this week includes Star Wars Day, and today is Revenge of the Sixth. So it kind of makes sense to do a SW-themed Saturday Note. I think I touched a little on this in another essay. I did also think about doing a Note about the Dark Side but I don’t know if I have enough material to work with. It would amount to, “The Dark Side sucks, good guys shouldn’t use it,” if you’re curious.

Fullmetal Alchemist, Sin, & C.S. Lewis

 Today is the feast day of Saint Catherine of Siena! Just a thing to know. She’s cool. I’m still kicking myself that I did not see her tomb when I was in Rome a decade ago. 

Yesterday was also Terry Pratchett’s birthday, which I think is worth bringing up.

I had the thought for this essay since I got towards the end of watching Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and it’s been bouncing around my head every so often. Some spoilers for that series up ahead, but it’s been out for ages so I don’t think anyone cares.

Might be worth mentioning that Saint Thomas Aquinas called them “the Seven Deadly Vices” because many of the “Deadly Sins” embody emotions, rather than sins themselves. The problem isn’t feeling the emotions, it’s letting them control your actions. If you care about these things.

On “In Turn with Nature” Heroes & Societies

 I picked up the digital library copy of A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir, and uh, I don’t think it really worked for me. Which was a bit of a disappointment. Next I’ll be reading more Hellboy, I think, and maybe a new author? We shall see!

I will put up pictures of last weekend soon, I hope, for people on Facebook. But in the meantime, since this is Earth Day, I thought I would try to do something remotely related to the idea? I’ve also been looking at Limyaael essays lately, so I think this shall end up being an essay in that vein.

The Problem of Pirate Protagonists

 It is Easter! So that means I am back on Tumblr, if you care about these things.

I am writing about pirates this week for Reasons. I am flashing back to the line “good, honest pirates” from one of the Castaways of the Flying Dutchmen books, but I haven’t read it in ages, so I don’t feel comfortable bringing up in the Note.

On Jesus Imagery in Fiction

 Hallo! We are in Holy Week! After Sunday I shall be back on Tumblr, if you were worried about that. It is kind of cool to have the free time I would have used updating Tumblr to do other things, so we’ll see if I can figure out a way to balance things a bit more.

Because Sunday is Easter, I wanted to do something that was connected to that?

A Marxist Reading of "Dragons Love Tacos"

 There are a TON of things that are going to be happening over the next couple of weeks, including Holy Week and Easter! I don’t know how much I’ll be writing Saturday Notes. I suspect I will, but here’s your heads up in case I don’t.

I’m reading another Sanderson book, by the way. And I finished season four of Young Justice this morning!

My Friday was a bit rough, and I had one of those existential, “Does anything actually matter?” afternoons, but I DID tell myself that I was going to write this Note, and given the subject matter I thought it was important that I got to it. I’d been putting off this one long enough, though I’ll admit that I pulled a lot of these ideas from the blog of author Matthew Arthur Larkee; however, I wanted to take my own stab at the subject matter. 

So here we are.