A couple of years ago I wrote a blog defending Bella Swan from Twilight as a character (particularly in response to New Moon). The main concern in that post regarded her reaction to Edward’s leaving.You can read the whole blog here, but I’ll refer to particular passages later on in this post. More on that in a second.
On a related note, my roommate Ellen recently read the Hunger Games trilogy after going to the midnight premiere of the first movie with me a few weeks ago. Though she thoroughly enjoyed the series, she has some issues with the ending of the trilogy, which I’ll talk about after the break because SPOILERS. Continue reading “The Nature of Withdrawing”
Remember the treadmill video? Of course you do. And while the video content quality has only gone up for this band, the music has changed significantly- particularly, it’s gotten weirder. Don’t get me wrong- OK Go’s music was weird to begin with, but it was a lot more commercially accessible in the early days. However, I recently bought their latest CD, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, and I was pleasantly surprised. I’d given up on them for a while after they descended into the super weird post-leaving-their-label, but my faith has been restored.