Do you remember the episode of Regular Show, The Best Burger in the World? I think it was the worst episode of the series overall. It comes off as unsatisfactory, disgusting, and rage-inducing because of Benson's abusive treatment towards Mordecai and Rigby.

Well, in case you didn't know, there's a fanfiction that takes place after the episode and Benson receives his well-deserved karma. You can view the story here.

[I'm notifying people who favorited "The Corpse Bride" because I discuss it at the end.]

There is one part of every story that must be shown rather than told: The theme. If the theme is something that can be told better than it can be shown, then what you're looking at isn't a story.

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Hello everyone, I have some updates and exciting news to share.

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Season 5 has just ended with a big wham and it's time to think over how it was, compare and contrast and just write a bunch of thoughts I had.

Note on the ratings: I use the ACTUAL rating system, not IGN's "8/10 - It sucks". 10 means 'amazing!', 7 means 'pretty good', 5 means 'avarage', 3 means 'below avarage' and 1 means 'I hate it'.

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I haven't done this before, so don't expect miracles, but here's my 13-minute view of S5:

That was... well, it passed the time, I guess. I liked it more than "Party Pooped", but that's not saying much. I'm just not a big fan of the yaks, and this didn't really make me change my mind. Besides, it was basically "Appleyak Season", but without even a quick callback -- despite the relevant pony being in the episode. I suspect my opinion of this one may be harmed by the fact that it came after the brilliance of episode 10, but I don't think I'm ever going to love

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Not bad at all. Another new writer, and this one did a solid job. It felt a bit like an episode from five years ago, but that's not really a complaint. Applejack finally being told something I've always wanted to see her have to deal with was funny, and I almost feel like adding a star just for AJ's "literally" correction, but I'll resist the temptation. Better than episode 8, albeit not quite as good as episode 7. Also, Rarity's rocking out might

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Look, I don't care, all right? I'll fret about how the Pillars might change the show's dynamics later. Right now, I just have a warm fuzzy glow from seeing the Mane Six use the Elements again. Everything else is secondary. I'm so happy. ★★★★★

Okay, so MLP is ending. I'm cool with this. Sadly, quite a few of the fanbase isn't but... what can you do eh?

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Seriously, you need to watch this. It's the sort of thing The Hub might have produced.

With news that the rest of S9 is already out in the Netherlands (in Dutch) and is likely to appear in Australia within the next couple of weeks, I'm changing a few things for a little while. I won't be looking at the front page, feature box or Popular Stories list of this site until I've seen the whole thing myself. I will also read no fics published after yesterday. I have enough stories on my RiL list to keep me going. For everyone else: please be careful out there!

This episode seemed to go on forever, and not in a good way. The pace felt like "Fluttershy Leans In", but without Fluttershy. My least favourite ep of S7 so far. Sorry, Fox brothers -- you still don't have the best record with me. ★★

More under the cut.

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I made the current cutest thing in the universe.

Work in progress and I know it's nonmlp but I want to show this off ^^

As usual, my longer review will be up on Louder Yay (probably on Monday, but possibly on Tuesday), but there's a brief summary after the break.

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What's up, Kemosabes?

This is your friendly film, TV show, and episode reporter here with another review.

Today, for my 18th TV show analysis, I'm gonna give you guys my take of "The Ant and the Aardvark".

Here's what it's about:

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I say 1 A.M. Tuesday still counts as Monday.

I think I’m going to post part of the introduction to each chapter of Understanding Fiction by Brooks & Warren, 3rd edition (1979), to summarize their main ideas about fiction. This one is a digression, so you get it out of order. In the intro to chapter 3, “What Character Reveals”, they talk about showing versus telling while talking about characters.

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