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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • A kid with his whole life in front of him is dead because some wannabe cop decided it was his duty to guard the parking lot that nobody asked him to guard.

    And the icing on the cake: he did this while his own son was in martial arts class. Now this asshat is likely going to prison (there’s witnesses and video surveillance and he’s not a cop so he will get some kind of prison time) and his own son is going to miss out on having his dad in his life.

    This country has a fucking problem. We sold our soul to capitalism and this is what happens. There’s no hope for meaningful legislation. Any systemic reform that might hurt an industry with enough money has no hope.

    But hey, thoughts and prayers, and all that bullshit




  • Overall I enjoyed it. I really liked the setting of the French Revolution and the way that the Church allied itself with darkness in the face of an existential threat. Very relevant I think to many religious institutions today.

    I REALLY liked Olrox. An Aztec vampire that can transform into a serpent god? Yes please. And they made him a three dimensional character, neither totally good or bad.

    I agree that more time could have been spent on Rictor and Marie’s upbringing, but that wasn’t critical. I assume Rictor just comes by his skills naturally by way of being a Belmont and doesn’t need formal training. Marie was obviously trained by her mom. I really liked her power of conjuring creatures from another dimension, especially that one particular moment on the last battle with her foot.

    Anne was a cool character but I agree she took too much responsibility for Eduoard’s death. But she’s also young and he was one of her only friends, so I can also kind of understand. She has a lot of growing to do.

    I thought the idea of reformed Night Creatures was intriguing. Elizabeth Bartlett was underdeveloped as a villain, and Drolta wasn’t much better. Grandpa Belmont coming out of left field was weird and didn’t add much to the story since he didn’t do much.

    Whatever it’s flaws, they weren’t enough for me to not enjoy it.