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March 11, 2021
To all the boys I've loved before
A crush is “a brief but intense infatuation for someone, especially someone unattainable.”
Have you ever told your crush how you felt about them?
Shy Lara Jean Covey did.
If you ever had a crush you would know how intense the feeling can get. Lara Jean bottled all those feelings and wrote them out in letters that she never mailed. Enters her younger sister, Kitty, who does it for her to help her nonexistant love life.
Kitty mails all five letters! The result: Instead of 0 suitors, Lara Jean now has potentially five 😂 including her childhood friend who is her older sister’s ex-boyfriend (and their neighbor) Josh. To avoid talking to Josh, Laura Jean kisses another crush Peter Kavinsky. From there onwards, her love life only gets more complicated including a fake relationship, dealing with Peter’s jealous ex-girlfriend, a fake viral video, and much more.
Perhaps having a crush is more trouble than it is worth or perhaps it is amazing when everything works out right? See the movie to find out.
To all the boys I’ve loved before is a cute movie with a charming cast. There are two more movies after this one but I feel that the first one is the best one and has the most heart.
What do you feel about having a crush? Are they worth it? Inevitable part of life? I feel they are a part of growing as a person.
Have I ever told my crush how I felt?
Yes
How did it go?
💔
If you are battling the fever and madness that comes with having a crush, love yourself and be kind to yourself too. Perhaps there is someone out there who is crushing on you and looking for the courage to tell you how they feel.
Thank you for reading today’s blog post 😊 This blog post will also be available as a podcast on anchor.fm/aisha-urooj
Have you ever told your crush how you felt about them?
Shy Lara Jean Covey did.
If you ever had a crush you would know how intense the feeling can get. Lara Jean bottled all those feelings and wrote them out in letters that she never mailed. Enters her younger sister, Kitty, who does it for her to help her nonexistant love life.
Kitty mails all five letters! The result: Instead of 0 suitors, Lara Jean now has potentially five 😂 including her childhood friend who is her older sister’s ex-boyfriend (and their neighbor) Josh. To avoid talking to Josh, Laura Jean kisses another crush Peter Kavinsky. From there onwards, her love life only gets more complicated including a fake relationship, dealing with Peter’s jealous ex-girlfriend, a fake viral video, and much more.
Perhaps having a crush is more trouble than it is worth or perhaps it is amazing when everything works out right? See the movie to find out.
To all the boys I’ve loved before is a cute movie with a charming cast. There are two more movies after this one but I feel that the first one is the best one and has the most heart.
What do you feel about having a crush? Are they worth it? Inevitable part of life? I feel they are a part of growing as a person.
Have I ever told my crush how I felt?
Yes
How did it go?
💔
If you are battling the fever and madness that comes with having a crush, love yourself and be kind to yourself too. Perhaps there is someone out there who is crushing on you and looking for the courage to tell you how they feel.
Thank you for reading today’s blog post 😊 This blog post will also be available as a podcast on anchor.fm/aisha-urooj
March 3, 2021
Book Update and New Podcast Available
Hi everyone! 😊
I wanted to share some exciting updates with you this week.
Eleanor’s Travels is now available worldwide here: books2read.com/ELT
This is my contemporary romance, world adventure story. It is the second book in the Love and Friendship trilogy, which can be read as a standalone, where Eleanor goes on an epic trip around the world. She goes to twenty one countries, seven continents. It is a story of self-discovery as well as celebration of the wonderful cultures and people of our world.
Another exciting news (something I spend this week learning), this blog is now available in podcast format. I am slowly transferring my back catalogue of blog posts to this format. You can check it out here: anchor.fm/aisha-urooj
The podcast will be on Spotify, Google podcast, Radiopublic, Breaker, and many other podcast show distributors.
Thank you for reading 😊 I hope you have a wonderful day.
I wanted to share some exciting updates with you this week.
Eleanor’s Travels is now available worldwide here: books2read.com/ELT
This is my contemporary romance, world adventure story. It is the second book in the Love and Friendship trilogy, which can be read as a standalone, where Eleanor goes on an epic trip around the world. She goes to twenty one countries, seven continents. It is a story of self-discovery as well as celebration of the wonderful cultures and people of our world.
Another exciting news (something I spend this week learning), this blog is now available in podcast format. I am slowly transferring my back catalogue of blog posts to this format. You can check it out here: anchor.fm/aisha-urooj
The podcast will be on Spotify, Google podcast, Radiopublic, Breaker, and many other podcast show distributors.
Thank you for reading 😊 I hope you have a wonderful day.
February 25, 2021
Animated movie: Over the Moon
For this edition of Things You Might Not Have Seen, I will talk about the 2020 animated movie, Over the Moon. This is a children’s animated movie that tackles a serious topic: a child grieving the loss of a parent.
Fei Fei had a lovely family with two loving parents. Her life turns upside down when her mother falls ill and passes away. It seems the world had forgotten her mother and the stories she told, especially the legend of the Moon goddess Chang’e.
The Moon goddess’ love story has a special place in Fei Fei’s heart, which she thinks is a story of one true love like her parents’ love to one another. Four years after her mother’s death, she is shocked when her father gets engaged to another woman and that drives Fei Fei to find the moon goddess to make him remember. She thinks if she can prove the moon goddess is real, her father won’t remarry. Fei Fei doesn’t want anything to do with her new step-mother or step-brother, Chin. Chin is a rambunctious boy with a big heart, eager to be her baby brother. He already considers her as his older sister and part of his family.
Fei Fei designs a rocket that resembles a Chinese paper lantern in the shape of a rabbit and uses fireworks to boost her speed. She takes her bunny with her, the last gift from her mother. Her rocket almost succeeds but Chin snuck aboard her rocket and she didn’t calculate for his weight. They begin to crash to Earth but the rocket is captured in a mystical beam and taken to the Moon. They crash land and meet playful spirits of Lunaria, a kingdom made of light on the dark side of the moon and home to moon goddess Chang’e.
Chang’e is very different from what Fei Fei imagined her to be. She is sassy and popular like a popstar. Chang’e is carrying her grief with her and tries to hide it beneath bravado, just like Fei Fei. The most poignant portrayal of grief is when Chang’e and Fei Fei both lose hope and enter an inpregnatable state of sadness; Chang’e when she has no chance remaining of being with her love again and Fei Fei when she sees a vision of her mother’s death. At this moment, it is their friends and Chin who break the wall to get through to them. Chang’e and Fei Fei encourage each other to find the love all around them. They both realize they must move on from their tragedies for the people who love them.
I liked the movie’s blend of traditional with modern Chinese culture. The movie could have explored Fei Fei and her father’s relationship a bit more at the end. It is a good movie showing the many sides of grief and for showing that healing comes from love.
The movie is a musical and the songs were catchy.
I hope you liked today’s blog post. Check out Over the Moon for your next animated movie.
It has been one year since I started this blog 🥳 I have discovered many new things and shared them here with you. I hope you discovered something new from them and were inspired too.
Thank you everyone who take time to read my blog posts and/or my books 😊 I appreciate your support in my writing journey.
Fei Fei had a lovely family with two loving parents. Her life turns upside down when her mother falls ill and passes away. It seems the world had forgotten her mother and the stories she told, especially the legend of the Moon goddess Chang’e.
The Moon goddess’ love story has a special place in Fei Fei’s heart, which she thinks is a story of one true love like her parents’ love to one another. Four years after her mother’s death, she is shocked when her father gets engaged to another woman and that drives Fei Fei to find the moon goddess to make him remember. She thinks if she can prove the moon goddess is real, her father won’t remarry. Fei Fei doesn’t want anything to do with her new step-mother or step-brother, Chin. Chin is a rambunctious boy with a big heart, eager to be her baby brother. He already considers her as his older sister and part of his family.
Fei Fei designs a rocket that resembles a Chinese paper lantern in the shape of a rabbit and uses fireworks to boost her speed. She takes her bunny with her, the last gift from her mother. Her rocket almost succeeds but Chin snuck aboard her rocket and she didn’t calculate for his weight. They begin to crash to Earth but the rocket is captured in a mystical beam and taken to the Moon. They crash land and meet playful spirits of Lunaria, a kingdom made of light on the dark side of the moon and home to moon goddess Chang’e.
Chang’e is very different from what Fei Fei imagined her to be. She is sassy and popular like a popstar. Chang’e is carrying her grief with her and tries to hide it beneath bravado, just like Fei Fei. The most poignant portrayal of grief is when Chang’e and Fei Fei both lose hope and enter an inpregnatable state of sadness; Chang’e when she has no chance remaining of being with her love again and Fei Fei when she sees a vision of her mother’s death. At this moment, it is their friends and Chin who break the wall to get through to them. Chang’e and Fei Fei encourage each other to find the love all around them. They both realize they must move on from their tragedies for the people who love them.
I liked the movie’s blend of traditional with modern Chinese culture. The movie could have explored Fei Fei and her father’s relationship a bit more at the end. It is a good movie showing the many sides of grief and for showing that healing comes from love.
The movie is a musical and the songs were catchy.
I hope you liked today’s blog post. Check out Over the Moon for your next animated movie.
It has been one year since I started this blog 🥳 I have discovered many new things and shared them here with you. I hope you discovered something new from them and were inspired too.
Thank you everyone who take time to read my blog posts and/or my books 😊 I appreciate your support in my writing journey.
February 18, 2021
Sleeping Beauty No More
I thought I would surprise you with preview for my next novel: Sleeping Beauty No More. The book will be released on June 17th, 2021, if you want to grab a copy. This is again a fantasy book and a fairy tale retelling.
I hope you like it 😊
Her prince never came.
She woke up after sleeping for a hundred years. She had been forgotten in her tower. Now she needs to find out why. What happened in the past? How could sixteen-year-old Aurora reclaim her lost kingdom?
Aurora meets a handsome thief named Devon. He had been using her tower as his hideout. Devon and his gang of thieves, known as the Circle, promise to help defeat the witch who put Aurora under the curse. Together, they will help her end the wicked witch’s tyranny over her kingdom.
Can Aurora change the lines of her destiny, or will she forever remain the princess that was forgotten?
Pre-order link: https:/books2read.com/SBNM
Sleeping Beauty No More
Release date: June 17th, 2021
Thank you for reading and supporting me on my writing journey 🥰
I hope you like it 😊
Her prince never came.
She woke up after sleeping for a hundred years. She had been forgotten in her tower. Now she needs to find out why. What happened in the past? How could sixteen-year-old Aurora reclaim her lost kingdom?
Aurora meets a handsome thief named Devon. He had been using her tower as his hideout. Devon and his gang of thieves, known as the Circle, promise to help defeat the witch who put Aurora under the curse. Together, they will help her end the wicked witch’s tyranny over her kingdom.
Can Aurora change the lines of her destiny, or will she forever remain the princess that was forgotten?
Pre-order link: https:/books2read.com/SBNM
Sleeping Beauty No More
Release date: June 17th, 2021
Thank you for reading and supporting me on my writing journey 🥰
February 10, 2021
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
In this edition of Things You Might Not Have Seen, I will talk about the 2016 movie, The Curse of Sleeping Beauty. Sleeping Beauty is my favorite fairytale, so I was excited to come across a darker adaptation of it.
Thomas Kaiser is a painter who often dreams about a beautiful sleeping girl, but is unable to wake her. When he tries to kiss her, he wakes up with terrifying headaches.
He inherits an ancestral mansion with an ancient curse stemming back to the Crusades. There are reports of people going missing or dying in mysterious circumstances. That night, while sleeping at the property, Thomas dreams of the girl again and is able to kiss and wake her up. She tells him her name is Briar Rose and that he can wake her now that they are close in the physical world.
Thomas, and few researcher friends he makes, believes he must wake Rose in order to break the curse. They believe that a djinn put Rose in an eternal sleep. Thomas finds and battles demons in the house, including a Veiled Demon, while trying to wake the beautiful Briar Rose to rescue her from a terrifying netherworld.
There is a cliffhanger ending that is easy to predict, if you look at the clues in the movie. I won’t give away the ending 😋
I will admit that I saw the movie based just one image 😍 A sleeping beauty with goth elements. It is such a haunting image that it was hard for me to resist.
This movie had potential, but in the end it felt like a first draft of a novel. It needed better editing, and needed to explore the theme a bit more, rather than leave it at that cliffhanger ending. I liked the movie for attempting something new from a classic fairytale.
🥳 I have an announcement to make about my next project. I am currently working on a dark fantasy retelling of Sleeping Beauty that I am very excited about. I will let you know more about it in the coming weeks, so stay tuned for that.
I hope that you liked today’s blog post. Thank you for reading 😊
Thomas Kaiser is a painter who often dreams about a beautiful sleeping girl, but is unable to wake her. When he tries to kiss her, he wakes up with terrifying headaches.
He inherits an ancestral mansion with an ancient curse stemming back to the Crusades. There are reports of people going missing or dying in mysterious circumstances. That night, while sleeping at the property, Thomas dreams of the girl again and is able to kiss and wake her up. She tells him her name is Briar Rose and that he can wake her now that they are close in the physical world.
Thomas, and few researcher friends he makes, believes he must wake Rose in order to break the curse. They believe that a djinn put Rose in an eternal sleep. Thomas finds and battles demons in the house, including a Veiled Demon, while trying to wake the beautiful Briar Rose to rescue her from a terrifying netherworld.
There is a cliffhanger ending that is easy to predict, if you look at the clues in the movie. I won’t give away the ending 😋
I will admit that I saw the movie based just one image 😍 A sleeping beauty with goth elements. It is such a haunting image that it was hard for me to resist.
This movie had potential, but in the end it felt like a first draft of a novel. It needed better editing, and needed to explore the theme a bit more, rather than leave it at that cliffhanger ending. I liked the movie for attempting something new from a classic fairytale.
🥳 I have an announcement to make about my next project. I am currently working on a dark fantasy retelling of Sleeping Beauty that I am very excited about. I will let you know more about it in the coming weeks, so stay tuned for that.
I hope that you liked today’s blog post. Thank you for reading 😊
February 4, 2021
Animated movie: Your Name
To all you hopeless and hopeful romantics out there, you are in for a treat today. In this edition of Things You Might Not Have Seen blog series (TYMNHS), I talk about the 2016 animated movie, Your Name by Makoto Shinkai.
Let me start by saying that the visuals are stunning. This is even before the story. You can, in fact, turn off the volume and fall in love with the images… but then you will miss out on the awe-inspiring love story.
Mitsuha Miyamizu is a high school girl living in the rural town of Itomori. Bored of her life, she wishes she was a boy living in the city of Tokyo. Her wish came true as she begins to switch bodies with Taki Tachibana. They would wake up as the other person and live through their life for the day. They first thought they were having vivid dreams, but eventually realize they can communicate with each other. They would leave each other messages on paper, phones and sometimes on each other’s skin (often full of mischief 😆). Both help each other with their social problems.
Mitsuha (in Taki’s body) sets Taki up on a date with his coworker Miki Okudera, who he had a crush on the longest time. Taki (in Mitsuha’s body) causes awkward Mitsuha to become popular at school.
Now, I can’t tell you about the rest of the movie without giving away spoilers. Let me just say that the body-switching ability between the two stops and Taki wants to find out why. There is a comet involved, the town of Itomori being destroyed, Mitsuha possibly being in the town when the comet fell, and a race against time to save her and the people in her town. There is also an unbelievable twist that has you scratching your head and wondering why you didn’t catch the clues before.
I loved how funny Your Name was. I started the movie out giggling. By the end I felt like I was punched in the heart. I hated how raw it made me feel. I wasn’t ready for the emotional rollercoaster ride.
Would I go through it again?
Yes 💗
Your Name is a beautiful love story. It will stay in your heart for a long time.
I hope that you liked today’s blog post. Thank you for reading 😊
Let me start by saying that the visuals are stunning. This is even before the story. You can, in fact, turn off the volume and fall in love with the images… but then you will miss out on the awe-inspiring love story.
Mitsuha Miyamizu is a high school girl living in the rural town of Itomori. Bored of her life, she wishes she was a boy living in the city of Tokyo. Her wish came true as she begins to switch bodies with Taki Tachibana. They would wake up as the other person and live through their life for the day. They first thought they were having vivid dreams, but eventually realize they can communicate with each other. They would leave each other messages on paper, phones and sometimes on each other’s skin (often full of mischief 😆). Both help each other with their social problems.
Mitsuha (in Taki’s body) sets Taki up on a date with his coworker Miki Okudera, who he had a crush on the longest time. Taki (in Mitsuha’s body) causes awkward Mitsuha to become popular at school.
Now, I can’t tell you about the rest of the movie without giving away spoilers. Let me just say that the body-switching ability between the two stops and Taki wants to find out why. There is a comet involved, the town of Itomori being destroyed, Mitsuha possibly being in the town when the comet fell, and a race against time to save her and the people in her town. There is also an unbelievable twist that has you scratching your head and wondering why you didn’t catch the clues before.
I loved how funny Your Name was. I started the movie out giggling. By the end I felt like I was punched in the heart. I hated how raw it made me feel. I wasn’t ready for the emotional rollercoaster ride.
Would I go through it again?
Yes 💗
Your Name is a beautiful love story. It will stay in your heart for a long time.
I hope that you liked today’s blog post. Thank you for reading 😊
February 1, 2021
New YA Fantasy book: The Stone Mermaid
I am ready to share my new book with you. In my previous posts, I promised that I will just drop the book in February without pre-order. I also hinted that the book is based on mythology 👾🧜🏼♀️ 🌊
I am nervous, excited, and ready to share my latest adventure.
The Stone Mermaid: A YA Dark Fantasy Novel of Forbidden Love
💔 He will give up everything for love 💔
The Stone Mermaid is a mythical tale of mermaids and other legendary sea creatures. This is an epic story of love and betrayal, involving Ariana, the sea king’s daughter, Ivan, a human prince, and Victor, the sea witch’s son.
Love is a force capable of moving the unlikeliest of hearts. Let The Stone Mermaid show you how.
This book is dedicated to the hopeless romantics. For those who give everything for love.
💗 With all my heart, I am releasing my little Indie book out in the big wide world. I hope that you like it. Thank you for following me on my writing journey.
Please check it out here: https://books2read.com/The-Stone-Mermaid
Paperback will be available soon 🥰
I am nervous, excited, and ready to share my latest adventure.
The Stone Mermaid: A YA Dark Fantasy Novel of Forbidden Love
💔 He will give up everything for love 💔
The Stone Mermaid is a mythical tale of mermaids and other legendary sea creatures. This is an epic story of love and betrayal, involving Ariana, the sea king’s daughter, Ivan, a human prince, and Victor, the sea witch’s son.
Love is a force capable of moving the unlikeliest of hearts. Let The Stone Mermaid show you how.
This book is dedicated to the hopeless romantics. For those who give everything for love.
💗 With all my heart, I am releasing my little Indie book out in the big wide world. I hope that you like it. Thank you for following me on my writing journey.
Please check it out here: https://books2read.com/The-Stone-Mermaid
Paperback will be available soon 🥰
January 27, 2021
Unikitty! (Animated series)
If you are in the mood for watching something fun, you might like today’s blog post. For this edition of Things You Might Not Have Seen, I will talk about the animated series, Unikitty.
The greatest threat to the kingdom of Unikitty is a citizen becoming sad… or worse, bored 👀
Meet the main casts of silly characters:
Unikitty: a perky, happy unicorn, kitty princess. Her greatest power… being happy. She will stop at nothing to make you happy too, including (frequently) destroying her kingdom.
Puppycorn: Unikitty’s little brother. A silly puppy that want to eat hotdogs, take naps, and rap.
Dr. Fox: Scientist, genius fox that loves science. Her experiments are dangerous, often adding new adventures for Unikitty and friends.
Hawkadile: Personal bodyguard. Love interest to Dr. Fox. Brave warrior with both brawn and heart.
Richard: Royal Adviser. The voice of reason, or in Unikitty kingdom, the voice of boredom. He likes quiet fun, like making cookies like his meemaw… or doing taxes 😂
Master Frown: evil doom lord from Frown Town. He wants to spread unhappiness in the kingdom of Unikitty. He gets his butt kicked by Unikitty and friends.
Brock: Master Frown’s roommate and friend. He likes playing video games rather than help Master Frown with his plots. He is friends with Unikitty and friends, despite Master Frown frowning about it.
This is a light and fun series to watch. Thank for reading today’s blog post. I hope you discovered something fun today 😊
The greatest threat to the kingdom of Unikitty is a citizen becoming sad… or worse, bored 👀
Meet the main casts of silly characters:
Unikitty: a perky, happy unicorn, kitty princess. Her greatest power… being happy. She will stop at nothing to make you happy too, including (frequently) destroying her kingdom.
Puppycorn: Unikitty’s little brother. A silly puppy that want to eat hotdogs, take naps, and rap.
Dr. Fox: Scientist, genius fox that loves science. Her experiments are dangerous, often adding new adventures for Unikitty and friends.
Hawkadile: Personal bodyguard. Love interest to Dr. Fox. Brave warrior with both brawn and heart.
Richard: Royal Adviser. The voice of reason, or in Unikitty kingdom, the voice of boredom. He likes quiet fun, like making cookies like his meemaw… or doing taxes 😂
Master Frown: evil doom lord from Frown Town. He wants to spread unhappiness in the kingdom of Unikitty. He gets his butt kicked by Unikitty and friends.
Brock: Master Frown’s roommate and friend. He likes playing video games rather than help Master Frown with his plots. He is friends with Unikitty and friends, despite Master Frown frowning about it.
This is a light and fun series to watch. Thank for reading today’s blog post. I hope you discovered something fun today 😊
January 22, 2021
The Ancient Magus' Bride
For this edition of Things You Might Not Have Seen, I will talk about the dark fantasy animated series, The Ancient Magus’ Bride . I will talk about the first season (I haven’t seen the second season yet… so no spoilers, please)
The Ancient Magus’ Bride starts with an auction. The object? A young girl being sold as a slave. The girl is fed up of her life. Her family has abandoned her and her neighbors mock her for being different.
She feels like giving up. Either she will end her life, once and for all, or she feels that being sold as a slave is a better option. At least her life would be useful to someone else. Yes, it is a pretty dark start. But life has something else in store for young Chise Hatori.
The auctioneer is excited that she is a sleigh beggy, a special magus who can draw magic from her surroundings and from within herself. Sleigh Beggys also have short lives because of their talent. The magic severely strains their bodies, making Sleigh Beggys very weak, and fated to die prematurely. The auction ends with Chise being sold for five million pounds.
She is sold to Elias Ainsworth, a seven-foot-tall humanoid with an animal skull for a head. Elias tells her that she will be his future wife. Chise is surprised, but doesn’t disagree. All she wants is a home and to feel that she belongs. Elias takes her to a beautiful country home in Great Britain. From here, their story begins…
I love this animation for the characters. Both Elias and Chise are ostracized in society for who they are, but they find comfort in one another. Although Elias already declared his intention to marry her in the first episode, the animated series savors their courtship. We see whether Elias can save Chise from her early death. We see whether Chise can save the magus from completely giving in to his demonic side.
The animation style is beautiful. Each frame has a surreal, romantic, and supernatural feeling. It is the perfect series to escape to another magical realm, with fantastic and memorable magical creatures, such as dragons, shapeshifters, demons, etc. The anime feels like a cross between Spirited Away and Inuyasha. Each episode has it own story, but adds to the overall narrative.
Watch The Ancient Magus’ Bride to see characters grapple hideous external demons, but you might just find that internal demons are the hardest to overcome.
Thank for reading today’s blog post. I hope that you discovered something new today 😊
The Ancient Magus’ Bride starts with an auction. The object? A young girl being sold as a slave. The girl is fed up of her life. Her family has abandoned her and her neighbors mock her for being different.
She feels like giving up. Either she will end her life, once and for all, or she feels that being sold as a slave is a better option. At least her life would be useful to someone else. Yes, it is a pretty dark start. But life has something else in store for young Chise Hatori.
The auctioneer is excited that she is a sleigh beggy, a special magus who can draw magic from her surroundings and from within herself. Sleigh Beggys also have short lives because of their talent. The magic severely strains their bodies, making Sleigh Beggys very weak, and fated to die prematurely. The auction ends with Chise being sold for five million pounds.
She is sold to Elias Ainsworth, a seven-foot-tall humanoid with an animal skull for a head. Elias tells her that she will be his future wife. Chise is surprised, but doesn’t disagree. All she wants is a home and to feel that she belongs. Elias takes her to a beautiful country home in Great Britain. From here, their story begins…
I love this animation for the characters. Both Elias and Chise are ostracized in society for who they are, but they find comfort in one another. Although Elias already declared his intention to marry her in the first episode, the animated series savors their courtship. We see whether Elias can save Chise from her early death. We see whether Chise can save the magus from completely giving in to his demonic side.
The animation style is beautiful. Each frame has a surreal, romantic, and supernatural feeling. It is the perfect series to escape to another magical realm, with fantastic and memorable magical creatures, such as dragons, shapeshifters, demons, etc. The anime feels like a cross between Spirited Away and Inuyasha. Each episode has it own story, but adds to the overall narrative.
Watch The Ancient Magus’ Bride to see characters grapple hideous external demons, but you might just find that internal demons are the hardest to overcome.
Thank for reading today’s blog post. I hope that you discovered something new today 😊
January 18, 2021
Arrival
With aluminum monoliths showing up in different places around the world and with more people talking about extraterrestrial beings, I thought this movie might be a good pick for this edition of Things You Might Not Have Seen. In this blog post, I will highlight the 2016 alien movie Arrival.
In recent years, I have seen the trend of aliens being shown as gentle creatures and humans as being the aggressors. I don’t know if it is because we know ourselves too well at this point and it is a reflection of increased cynicism of our own world, but I like considering aliens as friends rather than enemies.
What makes the movie Arrival unique?
I was surprised when a linguist was the first person send to talk with the aliens. I was not surprised when the message was misinterpreted, lol.
The concept of time. It is not linear in this movie. It raises a poignant question: Would you live your life the same knowing how it will happen?
What will be your reaction to things/beings you don’t understand? Would you spend time to understand them or will you see them as a threat right away? The movie spends time exploring those questions and the answer is surprising.
Arrival is a fresh take on an alien movie. It is emotional and raw because it is a deep reflection of ourselves. The movie shows us that humans are vulnerable to aggression and violence, but they are capable of great understanding and great feats, if only they choose to rise above their fears.
Thank you for reading today’s blog post! I hope that you discovered something new today 😊
In recent years, I have seen the trend of aliens being shown as gentle creatures and humans as being the aggressors. I don’t know if it is because we know ourselves too well at this point and it is a reflection of increased cynicism of our own world, but I like considering aliens as friends rather than enemies.
What makes the movie Arrival unique?
I was surprised when a linguist was the first person send to talk with the aliens. I was not surprised when the message was misinterpreted, lol.
The concept of time. It is not linear in this movie. It raises a poignant question: Would you live your life the same knowing how it will happen?
What will be your reaction to things/beings you don’t understand? Would you spend time to understand them or will you see them as a threat right away? The movie spends time exploring those questions and the answer is surprising.
Arrival is a fresh take on an alien movie. It is emotional and raw because it is a deep reflection of ourselves. The movie shows us that humans are vulnerable to aggression and violence, but they are capable of great understanding and great feats, if only they choose to rise above their fears.
Thank you for reading today’s blog post! I hope that you discovered something new today 😊
