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Follow the Improbable Road

Thistlefoot, by GennaRose Nethercott – This is a retelling of the Baba Yaga legend specifically linking it to the pogroms against Russian Jews. In New Orleans in the present, the witch’s descendants, a shapeshifting street performer and a woodworker who can … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemical Journeys, Alchemy, Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Comics, Fairy Tales, Final Fantasy, History, Humor, Judaism, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Religion, Russian, seanan mcguire, Semitic, Technology, up-and-under, Video Games | Tagged a. deborah baker, airships, angels, baba yaga, bahamut, bible, bikke, dan frey, dawn of souls, demons, dr. unne, dreambound, dwarves, elves, esther j. hamori, flitz stewart, flying fortress, four fiends, gennarose nethercott, giants, god's monsters, green man, impossible city, improbable road, kaimeiji yuu, kraken, leviathan, lufenia, manga, marilith, matoya, nephilim, noah's ark, princess sara, puffy tolte, robots, satan, seraphim, thistlefoot, tiamat, under the smokestrewn sky, unicorns, witches |

Live or Dai, Make Your Choice

Here are two reviews, with several SPOILERS. Saw X – After the last movie in the series didn’t use Tobin Bell as John Kramer at all (except in a photograph), this one is all about him. And instead of using … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Dragon Quest, Focus on the Foes, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Television, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged anime, brokeena, dai no daibouken, hulu, manga, matoriv, morality, saw x, the adventure of dai, tobin bell, wizards |

Unico Is My Employer

SPOILERS for all three films. Scream VI – We saw this at the theater, even though Beth had only seen the first two movies in the series, and I’d only seen the first one. It’s not like that made it … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Greek Mythology, Magic, Mythology, Relationships, Roman, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged anime, barbara goodson, blue meanies, cats, devils, ghostface, hello kitty, horror, manga, neve campbell, Power Rangers, powerpuff girls, psyche, puppets, sanrio, scream, scream vi, sphinx, the fantastic adventures of unico, trojan horse, unico, unico in the island of magic, unicorns, venus, witches, yellow submarine |

Love That Leviathan

I’d been meaning to discuss Leviathan a little more, which I think was inspired by the name being used for the base of the rebel organization Astrea in Cosmic Star Heroine. Considering all the other references to classic games, I had thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Cartoons, Celtic, Christianity, Comics, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Japanese, Judaism, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Pokémon, Religion, Semitic, Video Games, Welsh | Tagged astrea, atlantis: the lost empire, behemoth, bible, cecil harvey, cenobites, cosmic star heroine, crabs, davy jones, dragon quest ix: sentinels of the starry skies, dragons, dragoons, dylan ail don, dylan jones, eidolons, emblem of roto, espers, euripides, final fantasy ii, final fantasy iii, final fantasy iv, final fantasy ix, final fantasy xii, groudon, helen of troy, hell, hellraiser, hellraiser ii, job, jona jones, jonah, kyogre, let's talk about myths baby, leviathan, lleviathan, mabinogion, manga, moon, mysidia, porth llaffan, psalms, ricard highwind, ringworms, robots, rydia of mist, ryujin, sea serpents, sharks, sin, summoned monsters, terry gilliam, the adventures of baron munchausen, ultima, whales, wobbegong sharks |

Caravan of Crossovers

I recently finished watching an entire playthrough of Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart. Beth said the guy playing sounded like Garfield. You know who no one ever said that about? Chris Pratt. But anyway, watching turn-based games can be a … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Dragon Quest, Families, Food, Magic, Monsters, Video Games | Tagged alefgard, ashlynn, beran, cannock, charlock castle, dirkandor, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest monsters, dragon quest vi, dragon quest vii, dragon quest viii, dragon quest xi, dragonlord, dragons, empyrea, erdrick, manga, midenhall, milly, moonbrooke, mystery dungeon, prince kiefer of estard, prince of midenhall, ragnar mcryan, ramia, rubiss, slimes, tantegel castle, torneko taloon, yangus, young yangus, yuji horii |

More Names, More Fun

After I shared my last post on Dragon Quest names on Discord, Arlen Pavka replied with a list of names from the mobile and Nintendo Switch versions of DQ2, which includes a few I hadn’t previously seen. I’ve written about … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, British, Buddhism, Cartoons, Christianity, Comics, Dragon Quest, Families, Final Fantasy, German, Germany, History, Language, Metroid, Mythology, Names, Norse, Religion, Star Wars, Television, Video Games | Tagged abel, abel yuusha, bible, cain and abel, cid, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest of the stars, dragon quest v, dragon quest vi, dragon quest xi, el cid campeador, emblem of roto, endor, erdrick, esther, gadabouts, han solo, hank hoffman jr, jesus, luca erkel gotha, madalena, mages, mahabala, manga, maya mahabala, meena mahabala, merlin, pankraz gotha, priests, prince of cannock, princess of moonbrooke, princess veronica of endor, quadal, ragnar lodbrok, ragnar mcryan, raido, sofia, solo, st. peter, stella maris, ten wrathful ones, theron, tom foolery, tonnura, torneko taloon, tristan and isolde, varia, vashti, veronica, virgin mary |

Give Me Back My Name

A subject I’ve sometimes seen come up on Dragon Quest fan communities is that of the names in DQ2. You give the hero, the Prince of Midenhall, whatever name you want, and that somehow determines the names of your companions, … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, British, Buddhism, Comics, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Food, History, Holy Roman Empire, Language, Mythology, Names, Norse, Religion, United Kingdom, Video Games | Tagged alefgard, bran the blessed, cain and abel, charlemagne, conan the barbarian, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest ix: sentinels of the starry skies, dragon quest of the stars, dragon quest vi, early modern english, eleanor of aquitaine, emblem of roto, erdrick, ernest tonnelat, final fantasy iv, fortune street, game boy, game boy color, kain highwind, king arthur, king lars, king lorik, knights of the round table, lady lora, loran, lorasia, manga, nintendo entertainment system, orfeo, orpheus, prince of cannock, prince of midenhall, princess gwaelin, princess of moonbrooke, queen guinevere, satori, sir gareth, sukesan, tantegel castle, tonnura |

Man or Monster?

I’ve read Volume 4 of the Dragon Quest Monsters+ manga, which continues with the story of Marumo, Loran, and Pazuzu. Loran, the Prince of Lorasia and hero of Dragon Quest II, left home when the seeds of hate and fear that … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Comics, Dragon Quest, Evolution, Magic, Monsters, Science, Video Games | Tagged demon lords, demons, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest monsters+, dragon quest v, dragon quest vii, dragonlord, dragons, drake slimes, grandmaster nimzo, hargon, healie, healslimes, madalena, malroth, manga, mine yoshizaki, monster masters, mottle slimes, nadiria, orgodemir, pazuzu, psaro, secret of evolution, slimes |

Conquer Yourself

My wife has been playing Kid Icarus: Uprising, and there’s a character in it called Dark Pit. A little bit of research reveals that there’s also a Dark Samus and a Dark Link, or rather several Dark Links and Shadow … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Comics, Focus on the Foes, Greek Mythology, Kid Icarus, Kirby, Magic, Mario, Metroid, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged akira himekawa, biolizard, black doom, bowser koopa jr., calatia, clones, coming home, dark link, dark meta knight, dark mirror, dark pit, dark samus, dimension mirror, doppelgangers, dr. eggman, dr. gerald robotnik, dr. ivo robotnik, four swords adventures, ganon, in search of the king, kid icarus of myths and monsters, kid icarus uprising, king charles, king dedede, kirby and the amazing mirror, kirby triple deluxe, link, luigi mario, manga, maria robotnik, mario mario, metroid prime, mirror of truth, mirror world, mother brain, nintendo, nintendo comics system, ocarina of time, palutena, pandora, phaaze, phazon, pit, pittoo, pop star, princess lana, project shadow, putt, samus aran, shadow dedede, shadow kirby, shadow link, shadow mario, shadow the hedgehog, simon belmont, space pirates, spirit tracks, super mario sunshine, the adventure of link, the legend of zelda four swords, triforce, vaati, valiant comics, videoland, waluigi, wario |

Heroes and Villains

Daughters of Destiny, by L. Frank Baum – This 1906 story of succession and conspiracy was originally written under the pseudonym Schuyler Staunton. It takes place in Baluchistan, a region made up of parts of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. Within … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Comics, Eric Shanower, Islam, L. Frank Baum, Magic, marissa meyer, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged akira himekawa, baluchistan, daughters of destiny, dragons, fairies, link, manga, master sword, na'vi, ocarina of time, oz-story magazine, renegades, schuyler staunton, skull kid, superheroes, supernova, the legend of zelda: ocarina of time, volvagia |