Santino D'Antonio is an Idiot

Last weekend was fantastic! However, my TV decided to die for no discernible reason, so I might be a bit behind on watching things. That, and also giving up PS4 for Lent, means I’m not playing anything, but in the game news sphere we found out recently that Pentiment will be on Playstation and PC, and that the original Battlefront and Battlefront II were getting remasters coming out! Hooray!

Currently, I am reading The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, and enjoying it more than I expected.

This Note takes some inspiration, in spirit at least, from this ACOUP post (which I think I’ve linked to here before). Next week, I think we’re going to try talking about magic in the MCU.

Anyway, let’s talk about John Wick.

Marvel's Loki

 I apologize if this one’s late, or horribly done; I’m a little busy this weekend, so I don’t know that I’ll get this done on time.

My TV appears to have crapped out. That’s… disappointing.

I am re-reading Reaper Man and having quite a good time with it! I also took out Loki: Agent of Asgard from the library, which prompted this essay in my head.

"Dinotopia" for Dragons?

YEAR OF THE DRAGON, BABY!!!

This week had Waitangi Day, that Most Awesomest of Days. It’s been a good week, then, though perhaps I ate too much.

I am caught up on Delicious in Dungeon, I finished The Brothers Sun, and I maybe I’m starting the Netflix adaptation One Piece? And I’m re-reading The Mirror of Merlin by T.A. Barron, thinking again of that annotation site I want to make at some point. Hopefully later this year?

Anyhow, this week I read Dragon Slippers and I also saw How to Train Your Dragon recently, so this might be affecting my thinking.

On Fantastic Religious Weirdness

Hoo boy, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League game is out, and, uh, looks like it’s a doozy. They really did it. They really thought a great way to spend your money/time was to develop a looter-shooter at the tail end of that bandwagon, in which you kill beloved superheroes turned into homicidal villains by the Plot, including one who was the main character of the previous four games over the last decade and voiced by a beloved, recently deceased actor. That’s certainly… A Choice.

In good news, though, I read Act of Oblivion this week, which was astoundingly good. Go check it out if you can.

I thought about this Note after a Friday Fun Fact.

On Wyverns

YEAR OF THE DRAGON, BABY!!!

[I realize that Lunar New Year isn’t until February 10th, but I had an idea for a Note and I’m scared that if I don’t do it this week, I’ll forget. Hopefully, we’ll have plenty of dragon-themed Notes this year.]

I’ve had a rough week, I’m behind on posting pictures and writing things, including emails and book reviews. I have however started watching Delicious in Dungeon–we’ll see if that lasts, as I don’t generally stick with anime that aren’t as heavy on Plot. I will say watching it has made me surprisingly hungry.

Random side note! The mechanical pencil I use to draft/outline these is not working. I’m back to using a classical wooden pencil.

2024 Resolutions

I did not have a Saturday Note last week, and I feel a little bit bad about that! So I’m doing a short Saturday Note here. You get two today. Congratulations. 

It’s short because I’m a bit behind on a lot of things, including Saturday Notes, but also my Book Diary, movie reviews, and I’ve sprouted some story ideas in the last week or so and I think I should at least get a little started on those.

On Athena

I’m going to try to make up for not having tes out today, in order to make up for not having one last week. We’ll see if that works out.

I just finished reading Moving Pictures, and next I’m going to read the last book of the original Skulduggery Pleasant series.

I don’t have a system to play it, but February 2 is the release of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, from the same developer as the Batman: Arkham games; coverage for that has been….interesting, to say the least. I’m very curious to see what reviews will say once the game has come out.