this makes a ton of sense since most people are drawn to SFFH for those elements. like no one sits around thinking "wow lotr has such great character motivation and that's why i love it." but as a result, moving from fan to writer often leaves some specific gaps in how we understand story.

i get so many clients in with pages and pages of worldbuilding, lore, mythology--but who have never thought about what their character wants in the story.

[absolutely white knuckling it] a better world is possible

god. mood. however we are in a golden age of elastic waist pants.

i didn't know it was a poem adaptation! that makes sense. and i would argue that the music is trying to lift but is not hitting. the vocal performances are meh!

low effort narratively and musically, high effort in terms of the actual animation being technically intensive

i hate this knowledge

car mice

like yes the personal is political but simply excavating the personal is not necessarily a political intervention. you need analysis.

you really truly must. i think people are going to say it in the same breath as the dispossessed and kindred.

watching this award season go by has made me feel a little insane but AT LAST