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"Reality shifting" communities made me appreciate disenchantment.

It seems like a bunch of fan-fiction.

Nov 13 •

Gray Jedi & the Myth of Balance

It says more about the fans than it does about the lore.

Oct 1 •

Eru Ilúvatar’s Overacceptance

How the song of the Ainur exemplifies René Girard's Theo-Dramatic nonviolence.

Aug 15 •

Oblivion from The Elder Scrolls as a Reimagining of Hell for New Age Individualists

A few years ago, I spoke at the Mythopoeic Society’s “Fantasy Goes to Hell: Depictions of Hell in Modern Fantasy Texts” about Hell in The Elder Scrolls…

Jul 6 •

Lady's Domestication of the Tramp

Lady and the Tramp is currently one of the 6 or 7 movies that’s been on repeat in my home over the last couple of months, and although I never really…

Jun 26 •

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