Welcome to Five by Friday! Star Trek: Beyond hits theaters today, and since only 2/3 of us are Trekkies, we wanted to do something that paid tribute to the latest entry in the Trek canon while still allowing all three of us to participate. So instead of listing our favorite Trek characters or episodes, we’ve decided to […]
A Song of Ice and Fire
The 10 Most Fantastic Companion Beasts (and Where I Found Them)
There’s something about mythical beasts that has always been a draw for me. Fantasy has long been my wheelhouse, and from the moment I met the Unicorn and her nemesis, the Red Bull, in Peter S. Beagle’s The Last Unicorn, I was lost for good. Mythical creatures were an immediate favorite, and they have stayed there ever since. But […]
But No Living Man Am I: Swords and the Women Who Wield Them
Over the years there have been quite a few movies and tv shows that feature women kicking ass in different ways. Some of them use their fists, like Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Sydney Bristow; others use bows and arrows, like Susan Pevensie and Merida. I have a soft spot for the ones who carry […]
HBO Spoiled Us for Winds of Winter, and That’s OK
This article contains Game of Thrones book spoilers through book 5, A Dance with Dragons. Tread carefully. Game of Thrones season 4 episode 4, titled “Oathkeeper” very likely jumped ahead in the plot of the long-running series by George R.R. Martin, which isn’t completely unprecedented for the show. Now that the season has run its […]