So I'm striking two days in a row, with another ranking list and a Skyrim-themed one at that, which must be a good thing. Writing requires practice, and if I'm in the mood, which I am, why shouldn't I put in the relatively small amount of effort required to come out with something? Taking advantage of inspiration when it strikes sounds about right. And these aren't very structured, so it's hardly much of a challenge in comparison to some of the other things in my to-dos.

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Alright, people, before I even attempt to sift through our vast backlog of candidates, I've got to define what a badass actually is. Which is funny because the term's flexibility is such that, normally, you'd get away with not defining it at all. Because we all know a badass when we see one, don't we. You might disagree all the same when I name names, and say 'WHAT?! HOW?' a bunch.

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When ages ago you wrote something you thought was cool, then decided halfway through writing it that it sucked but rolled with it anyway more or less to completion before coming back a while afterwards to give it a look-over and ended up absolutely despising the sight of it?

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Been a while since I tossed out one of these blog posts. And I guess there's a possibility one or two of you might be interested in hearing some updates, so here we are.

On and off the Pitch, people. How many times have I said it's nearly there? Well, this time it really is 'nearly there'. I'm about to give the penultimate chapter the green light, and then it's just a case of getting the last one sorted before ironing out the entire story. So close (and hopefully not so far).

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Title says it all, really. I discovered only yesterday, less than twenty-four hours before the deadline, that I had a 2,500-word, worth-60%-of-the-course-mark essay due by 4 PM today. It was all about stuff I hadn't even got a solid grasp on as well (still don't), but I sat down, blitzed out a plan, tried to go through it in one night, failed, slept, got up early, sat down again, stayed glued to my chair for about seven hours and churned out something that sounded alright in itself (but perhaps

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Well, I can't believe it sneaked its way in, but it did, and I'm buzzing, as they say.

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So, last time we established a whole bunch of things, mainly that I'm going to guide you through this, whatever 'this' is (I tried to make it clear, I failed), in whatever manner I'm feeling (and end up writing) at the time. That it's about blunt honesty and unpretentious presentation of opinion. Yeah, I think that's more or less what those first few para-rants were pointing at. And we left off cliffhanger-style, highlighting how this new group of fans was pissing the shit out of almost

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Alright. First up, it's that you won't (I hope) be getting any puffed-up paragraph overloads or sermonical overstatements. This isn't an essay, or a bunch of essays, and it's certainly not supposed to be formal or significant. I don't speak fancily. Perhaps here and there, you know, you'll get a word or two, but if you do, bear in mind it's thrown in inadvertently. I say all this because I really don't want to fake a deep, critical insight when I don't have it and wouldn't know where to get it.

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Well. I could begin with a long, self-righteous paragraph critical of society's disdain for anything remotely unsuccessful, but... I'm not really in the mood. I feel a list coming, I write it. And here it is, minus the arguably essential build-up slash intro. What the heck. You know how these work.

Disney's most underrated films, why they're underrated, why they're good or bad and which I think has it worst. Let's go.

9. Atlantis: The Lost Empire

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The not-so-highly requested list is finally here, which means the World Cup has at last come to a close and I can start writing again. And can I just say first what a painful final that was. Credit to Croatia, but I won't begrudge France anything. Their title should be enough. I might review it, actually. A few words (quite a few) on the tournament. Perhaps some other time. Anyway.

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