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  Well, I have not posted anything on here in the past year, except for this, my year in review of this year. This year had the theme of 'getting back to normal' after the lockdown phase of the pandemic. And, yes it is nice to the world healing. But for the step taken forward, I feel as though the world has taken two steps backwards. Through lockdowns I felt like humanity would launch itself into becoming a more robust, empathetic society, but this year kind of disproved that. I could go on about how we are taking no significant steps towards the climate crisis, or the ever expanding wealth gap, or any other issue that plagued us in the before times. But instead I want to point out that in 'going back to normal' we are letting the same narratives in the news of 'humans vs. humans' play out, and it is in all honesty upsetting to see. I wish that from lockdowns that we would see more empathy being extended in all areas of this world. I believe that if this were th

2021, this year is everything a sequel to 2020 had to offer. From the glimmers of hope of getting out of this pandemic to the plunges of darkness that parts of the planet saw itself in at times, this was mostly a bitter year with some hints of a sweeter future in it. In the poster I made above I wanted to capture some of the biggest things which happened this year, and looking back, it is insane to see what took place. From an attempted fascist coup of the American government, the global supply shortage, the summer Olympics happening (for some reason), and not one, but two highly transmissible strains of C19. Movie theaters opened back up this year (kind of). A lot of 2020 films that were pushed back saw their release. But who cares about that, we had TV show movie hybrids this year. The Marvel Studios Disney+ series elevated the definition of a TV show blockbuster to an entirely new level. On the Netflix side, Squid Games was a massive deal. The commentary it delivered, and also the s

With only two characters left to be revealed in Super Smash Brothers Ultimate's DLC Pack Two (and seemingly the last two of the game) speculation has been running rampant. Whether both characters are revealed during Nintendo's June 2021 Direct, or one is revealed at a later date, I have my mind set on two possibilities of who the last two characters could be. IMPA,  The Legend of Zelda Out of Nintendo's flagship franchises, the Legend of Zelda has been grossly underrepresented in the crossover games of all crossover games. Since the announcement of Ultimate, over three years ago, Impa was the Zelda character I wanted the most to be a playable fighter. I know that Skull Kid was/ is the more popular Zelda rep, however, Impa felt more deserving in my eyes. The character, in various incarnations, has been a staple of the Zelda franchise since the very first game (says the manual). The iteration of the character which I wanted to join the roster back in 2018 was from Ocarina of

2020, you made it, we made it. Who thought that this year of 67 months would come to an end? But here we are, during a global pandemic, after meaningful movement in the Black Lives Matter movement, a devastating explosion in Beirut,  and several highly consequential elections. I could keep picking through the half-digested food of events that make up the pool of vomit that is 2020, but I think you understand. Although so much has happened this year, so little has occurred as well, being inside for more than half of it. The reason that I had not posted on here as much this year is that I had/ have a lot of new adjustments in my personal life, regardless of the pandemic. I do not know how things would have been different without the pandemic, but regardless I did have time to reflect on myself and do other things that I enjoyed. Besides what was I going to write on, Tiger King?  I feel selfish for admitting that I did have some fond memories in 2020, which is difficult to say

A new trailer showcasing several of the Marvel Studios television series coming to Disney Plus was aired at the Superbowl, and there is a lot within these trailers giving us our first look at what is to come in the future for a lot of important characters. The first series of footage that I want to take a look at is from the Falcon and the Winter Soldier series, so here we go.    The New Captain America In the opening shot, we see Sam Wilson practicing throwing his newly inherited Captain American shield from Steve Rogers. The shield is stuck in a tree, and as a result of Sam not having any biological super strength like Rogers, he has to use two hands to get the shield out of the tree. The farmhouse area that Sam is at with Bucky appears to be a new location. The more rural area may seem to suggest the fact that the government, after the blip, is still wanting to track down the heroes who fought against the law in Captain America: Civil War, which includes Sam,

Part Three: Well, we are back again for the third part of the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover, with this episode taking place on The Flash. There was a lot which went down in the episode, with twists from the comics, callbacks to other DC Comics television series from the past, and a cliffhanger which will have us waiting till January. Spoilers ahead for the episode, lets recap. Recap Ray finishes creating the paragon detector which tells the team that Barry is the paragon of love, Martian Manhunter is the paragon of honor, and a man from Earth-1 named Ryan Choi is the paragon of humanity, who Iris, Ray, and Ralph set out to find. Meanwhile, Constantine, Mia, and Diggle go to Earth-666, to enlist the help of Lucifer to retrieve Oliver’s soul from purgatory.  Elsewhere, Barry, Cisco, Killer Frost, and Pariah find in the Anti-Monitor’s lair, that the Flash of Earth-90 was captured by the Anti-Monitor and is running on a ‘cosmic treadmill’ which is powering the anti-m

Part Two: Hey everyone, we are back with the second part of the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover, this time on the Batwoman series. In this episode we see the Monitor’s plan fall into play, as a few new concepts are introduced. So spoilers ahead for the episode, lets recap. Recap The Monitor introduces the concept of paragons to the team, who are seven individuals from across the multiverse who will be vital to stop the Anti-Monitor. Iris, Lois, and Clark are sent out to find the paragon of truth, who is a Kryptonian who has suffered a great loss. Meanwhile, Kate and Kara go to Earth-99 to find the paragon of courage, who is the “bat of the future,” Bruce Wayne. Elsewhere, with Oliver Queen dead, Mia, Barry, and Sara enlist the help of John Constantine to find a Lazarus Pit in the Multiverse to revive Oliver. Review    Opening: Meet the paragons The opening of the episode had a lot of exposition which was really neat to have explained all out, as a quest f