Category: Medieval & Pop Culture

Culture, Medieval & Pop Culture

Decoding Netflix’ Dark: A Late Antique Apocalyptic Tale Wrapped up in Time Travel

This is not a spoiler-free post. And it is a longer post because the show is masterfully complex and deserves serious attention. Now that you’ve been properly forewarned, Sic Mundus Creatus Est. Thus the world was created. This is the secret society, the cryptic lines written on the door of time hidden in a passage in a cave, and the answer to all your burning … Continue reading Decoding Netflix’ Dark: A Late Antique Apocalyptic Tale Wrapped up in Time Travel

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Medieval & Pop Culture, Quickies

Jinn and Topic

*Spoilers Abound JINN, the new-ish supernatural show and first Netflix original program from the Arab world, is short, sweet, and just the thing I didn’t know I needed in my life right now. It is a fun show about teens who, having seen how ineffectual adults are at fixing both personal and big world problems, think they know better and can quick-fix their way through … Continue reading Jinn and Topic

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Medieval & Pop Culture

Dragons and the Apocalypse: From Ancient Iranian Myths to Game of Thrones

In some stories, dragons exist for the sole sake of a quest. In these cases, I find myself rooting for the dragons. There they are, sleeping peacefully, at the ends of civilization. As far as possible from the world of humans and their fuck-upery. And then a hobbit, magician, or knight comes along and disturbs that slumber. The questers never seem to remember the old … Continue reading Dragons and the Apocalypse: From Ancient Iranian Myths to Game of Thrones

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