LNH/REVIEW: Kid Review's Roundup #14 - May 2019

[Drew Perron]

On 6/8/2019 12:29 AM, Jeanne Morningstar wrote:
> On 6/8/19 12:06 AM, Drew Perron wrote:
>> "Welp," says Kid Review, settling into the big couch on the ReviewSat, "It's 
>> been a while, hasn't it? But it's time - time to put that feedback energy back 
>> into RACC!"
> 
> Hooray! I'm enjoying all the interaction in this era of RACC and this is a good 
> next step.

:D I'm tryin' to push it

>> New Stories:
> 
> Goodness, there was a lot last month, wasn't there?

THERE WAS! :D :D :D

>> "I love Jeanne, desperately and unstintingly. That is all."
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>> "I know Felix worried about this being all talk and no action, but it's the 
>> kind of talk that makes you anticipate the action, pumps you up to see it! 
> 
> I gotta say I enjoy the reflectiveness and thoughtfulness of her work.

Yes!! It's so emotionally intelligent.

>> "It's been a while since I last read Godling, and it's interesting. The 
>> writing here is very straightforward - to the point of being simple, being 
>> blunt. But at the same time, when I read it, I don't feel like anything's been 
>> skipped to achieve this effect. It's all there, just *simple*."
> 
> I enjoy this series a lot too, Tom's already written eloquently back in the day 
> about it's Golden Ageiness, and there's also some good Image 90s energy in it 
> too.

Yeah, I definitely get that neon-punching-era feel.

> It's like a version of Savage Dragon that hasn't degenerated into weird 
> porn (which is often a good thing, but like, not when Erik Larsen does it).

X3 Truth.

>> "Super Horse Friendship Force Five! is a parody of slash homage to slash 
>> pastiche of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, with the cute 
>> personality-clash shenanigans of that show turned up to eleven, featuring 
>> protagonists with straight-up no-shit mental illnesses. This is the kind of 
>> thing that could easy go into cynical pseudo-nihilism, in the vein of so many 
>> Adult Swim shows; but the narrative really cares about these messed-up horses, 
>> and their surprisingly compassionate enemies."
> 
> The way I think of it is, it's like the kind of thing someone would write at the 
> height of popularity of TVTropes, but in a good way.

Yessssss. That's excellently put.

>> Drew "smooches for Jeanne" Perron
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Drew "gotta write more!!" Perron