(SPOILER ALERT: This is a full breakdown review for “Sparks”) Here we are for more of Rooster Teeth’s fantasy anime web series, RWBY—specifically, “Sparks,” the twenty-minute fifth chapter of Volume 7, released on Rooster Teeth FIRST on November 30. This is the kind of chapter I’ve been hoping for, where it provides a good mixture … Continue reading My 2 Cents on RWBY: Volume 7 – “Sparks”
My 2 Cents on RWBY: Volume 7 – “Pomp and Circumstance”
(SPOILER ALERT: This is a full breakdown review for “Pomp and Circumstance”) Welcome back, readers, for “Pomp and Circumstance,” the fourth chapter of the Rooster Teeth anime-style fantasy web series, RWBY: Volume 7, released on Rooster Teeth FIRST on November 23. This chapter doesn’t do much to move the plot forward, and aside from some … Continue reading My 2 Cents on RWBY: Volume 7 – “Pomp and Circumstance”
My 2 Cents on RWBY: Volume 7 – “Ace Operatives”
(SPOILER ALERT: This is a full breakdown review for “Ace Operatives”) Here we are for the Rooster Teeth fantasy anime-style web series, RWBY. This time, it’s “Ace Operatives,” the third chapter of RWBY: Volume 7, released on Rooster Teeth FIRST on November 16. Suffice to say, this chapter packs a lot into seventeen minutes—new looks … Continue reading My 2 Cents on RWBY: Volume 7 – “Ace Operatives”
My 2 Cents on Catch and Kill
I have clear memories of that pivotal event in 2017—when Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and significant contributor to the #MeToo movement Ronan Farrow (War on Peace) published in The New Yorker a damning exposé consisting of allegations against disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein for his serial pattern of sexual abuse. It was fascinating to keep up … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Catch and Kill
My 2 Cents on RWBY: Volume 7 – “A New Approach”
(SPOILER ALERT: This is a full breakdown review for “A New Approach”) Welcome back for my thoughts on the Rooster Teeth fantasy anime web series, RWBY—specifically, the second chapter of RWBY: Volume 7, “A New Approach,” which aired on Rooster Teeth FIRST on November 9. We learn a good amount of info here and we’re … Continue reading My 2 Cents on RWBY: Volume 7 – “A New Approach”
My 2 Cents on RWBY: Volume 7 – “The Greatest Kingdom”
(SPOILER ALERT: This is a full breakdown review for “The Greatest Kingdom”) Readers, the wait is finally over—RWBY: Volume 7 has begun. We’re diving back into Rooster Teeth Animation’s anime-style fantasy-action web series with “The Greatest Kingdom” (considering the content of this premiere, the title sounds sarcastic). Released on November 2nd on Rooster Teeth FIRST, … Continue reading My 2 Cents on RWBY: Volume 7 – “The Greatest Kingdom”
My 2 Cents on Dorothy Must Die
In Danielle Paige’s (Stealing Snow) 2014 YA fantasy debut, Dorothy Must Die, Amy Gumm, a bullied teenager living in a trailer park with her junkie mom, wants desperately to get away from her life in Dusty Acres, Kansa. In a way, her wish is fulfilled when a tornado tears through the park, whisking her away … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Dorothy Must Die
My 2 Cents on Rebel: A Legend Novel
Six years have passed since 2013, which was when Marie Lu (Warcross, The Young Elites) wrapped up her YA dystopian Legend novel series by publishing the third—and what was intended to be the final—entry, Champion. Just recently, however, on October 1st, she released the fourth book, Rebel—a moving story that digs deep into the heart and … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Rebel: A Legend Novel
My 2 Cents on Frindle
Frindle, Andrew Clements's 1996 debut children's novel, tells the story of Nicholas Allen, an imaginative fifth-grader with a bit of a troublemaking streak. Devising angles to sidetrack his teachers before they can give the class homework is his forte, making him especially popular among his peers. But this doesn't work at all on his language-arts … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Frindle
My 2 Cents on RWBY: Volume 7 Theories
(SPOILER ALERT—This article will discuss crucial plot points across the whole RWBY series) Over seven months ago, Rooster Teeth dropped "Our Way," the thirteenth and final chapter in RWBY: Volume 6, the latest installment of the fantasy-action anime-style web series. Wild things happened to Team RWBY—Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long—and their friends. … Continue reading My 2 Cents on RWBY: Volume 7 Theories
