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The City of Brass: Daevabad Trilogy
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Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of 18-century Cairo,...
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Beastly Journeys: Travel and Transformation at the Fin de Siecle
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Bats, beetles, wolves, butterflies, bulls, panthers, apes, leopards and spiders are among the...

Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends
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ARK Survival Evolved
Video Game
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill...

Becs (244 KP) rated Stars Like Fate in Books
Oct 2, 2019

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens
Podcast
Silver footed, fair haired Thetis, Ares the God of War, Nike the Goddess of Victory, The Furies and...

The Science of Monsters: Why Monsters Came to be and What Made Them So Terrifying
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Modern audiences do not find dragons frightening. Fascinating as mythical creatures, yes, but...

Sarah (7800 KP) rated Onward (2020) in Movies
Oct 5, 2020 (Updated Oct 5, 2020)
A Pixar film with a fantasy setting, what's not to like? It's a great take on elves, wizards and mythical creatures and also relevant to today's society with it's cultural references and technological advancements. And unicorns acting like stray cats? Genius. The plot itself is exactly the type of quest you'd expect in a fantasy, with your typical Disney/Pixar tropes (dead parent). However this story doesn't necessarily turn out the way you'd expect and I have to commend Pixar for not being predictable. Like Frozen before it, this plays out in a rather emotional and heartwarming yet fairly unexpected way. I'd be lying if I said I didn't get any "feels" watching this!
There's no real need to say that this film looks amazing. I think it'd be more surprising if a Pixar film didn't. It also has a great voice cast although my only real negative of this film is that I felt like the cast could've been given more to work with. It may have just been me not paying attention, but I struggled to even notice John Ratzenberger (which is like missing the late Stan Lee in a Marvel film).
Onward is an unusual Pixar film. For me it falls between the aforementioned categories. It's not "bad" enough to just be very good but it's not quite brilliant, although I did enjoy it very much and laughed a lot more than I was expecting.