Review Roundup: July 3rd - 21st (Plus Guest Post Update) · 4:42pm Jul 25th, 2017
If you've been contemplating writing a guest post for my blog, you have about two weeks left to come up with it! And if you're still on the fence/missed the call for guest posts, head over here to find out more. Right now I've got four yes's and a couple of maybe's, covering reviews, theory, and writing advice. Which is enough to get through my vacation... but I wouldn't mind being able to share a few more, if you've got an idea (or, if you don't have an idea, if any of the suggestions from the post tickle your fancy).
But whether or not that tickles your fancy, you can always enjoy some Chriswords! Here's a two-day-late summary of what I've been up to the past few weeks:
Monday, July 3, 2017:
First Sentences In (Fan)Fiction the 21st
In which I evaluate the openings of a few Fandom Classics I've read relatively recently, and see how they stand on their own.
Wednesday, July 5, 2017:
In Which Chris Complains About an Episode. A Lot.
So, I didn't like A Royal Problem, and here's why. Don't expect detailed, evenhanded analysis from this post; it's a rant about why I didn't enjoy it, plain and simple.
Friday, July 7, 2017:
Fandom Classics Part 220: Friendship Is Optimal: Caelum Est Conterrens
My review of Chatoyance's character study-centric spin-off of Friendship is Optimal.
Monday, July 10, 2017:
HA HA, TIME FOR (YOU TO WRITE) GUEST POSTS!
That thing I talked about above the break? Find out more here!
Wednesday, July 12, 2017:
Mini-Reviews Part 192
Short reviews of A Chat Between a King and a Prince, by Poisonclaw ; The Legend of Ash Frost, by Visiden Visidan; and Bluebird, by TheCrystalRing.
Friday, July 14, 2017:
Fandom Classics Part 221: Two Peas in a Pod
My review of Blueshift's random/comedy tale of Twilight's terrible, vegetable-related secret.
Monday, July 17, 2017:
Mini-Reviews Round 193
Short reviews of Behind The Curtain, by Jarvy Jared; Daring Do and the Incomparable Incompetaur, by Twinkletail; and Lost in the Woods, by Meluch.
Wednesday, July 19, 2017:
I Changed My Mind and Wrote That ASoIaF Fanfic I Threatened To On Monday, But Instead I Made It an MLP Trollfic And I'm Inflicting It On You All Because There's No Way I'm Going To Sully FiMFiction With Something Like This
The context for why this exists is in the above-the-reviews bit of Mini-Reviews Round 193. PresentPerfect recommended it "for laughs," but says I didn't actually make a trollfic. Someday :(
Friday, July 21, 2017:
Fandom Classics Part 222: Savage
My review of Ese Way's glimpse of a feral human living in the Everfree, and how he comes to interact with some familiar (pony) faces.
Oh man, I remember when Two Peas in a Pod came out. That really takes me back.