Berri's Couch

All right nice easy, non controversial topic change. Beauty standards throughout various media and we start with the classic of classics. Literature and oral stories. With a nice sprinkling of Grimm slander we try and track the narrative creation of many beauty standards, why it exists and the problems they have started.Apologies for the rain sounds we had no control over that.

Now we wrap this up with a final check on the list of subtypes of chosen one's. Chosen by foe, peers, and the meta at large thus the committee meets to determine importance. We even have Ferris Bueller on the agenda.

The bloodline has chosen someone to do something, when? We don't know. Who? We don't know. Is it ever really clear or is it just vague nonsense to justify propaganda of incumbent royals? Well yes and no.

All right a higher power as demanded we cover this subset first, and not just because it's arguably the oldest rendition. A higher power commands the narrative and what comes from it biblical stories, Berserk, A Song of Ice and Fire, Fear and Hunger, and many many more. How do they all hold up to their interpretations and story structure of perhaps the oldest part of human stories?

All right let's try doing this from the top. A chosen one is an old trope but the intricacies are worth a brief exploration, before we dive deeper into the very particular types of chosen one's.

And now to end the month we actually get into the weeds of definitions and why we chose to focus on the media we focussed on. The heavily venn-diagramed (no I don't care that that's not a proper adjective) world of animal based fiction gets an attempt to untangle the sub genres and their benefits and negatives when telling stories.

We're re-visitng the Watership Down warren as they are next on the graph of critters to human nature. There is a bigger focus on why these decisions were used and why some of the choices end up reflecting humanity in a way that only animals can.

Now to get more critter-y as we look into Burrow's End as it's tale of fascism, rebellion, family trauma and survival. An actual play story that continues the weaving of human morality vs critters and their behaviours into a fun watch that we happily delve into.

Now in a more eclectic discussion about critter media we look at an actual play dnd campaign and why it works that the characters are critters, why we enjoyed these characters and their adventures, and most importantly why reskinning spells can be some of the greatest bits of comedy in a players arsenal.

The classic tale of siege warfare amongst various rodents in the English countryside that launched many copycats and got some children into reading. What is it about the first book in a massive series that captured the imagination of so many so quickly? And can it hold up without the fuzzy feelings of nostalgia.