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Finally back at it with another WCW. This week features a future Avenger!

Welcome back to another WCW! I know I know, I’ve been inconsistent. Wildly inconsistent. Still working on getting that worked out. I don’t like leaving you guys without content but luckily @sineaterdanyi has been knocking things out the park. I hope you have been checking out her stuff! But be on the look out for more posts though! Anyway, let’s get into this week’s WCW.

There will be slight…

Euphoria- When Zendaya Acts, We Should All Stop and Watch

I haven’t been to high school in eight years. I absolutely hated going to school, I found it time-consuming in a bad way, I found my peers to be insufferable and I found the teachers to be uncaring. That was my experience of high school. Of course, there were good times; pep rally’s, dances, parties, and friends I would have done anything for. There were also drugs, and alcohol; weed specifically…

The Chi- Big Decisions and A Set Up For S3

It’s been a minute since I had time to write about The Chi. Life offline always gets messy at the beginning of the summer and I find myself behind on all of my tv shows as I sit down to watch the S2 finale of The Chi. That’s what weekends and my insomnia are for though, the catch up will be glorious. I did watch the last episode of season two live, and while I have one or two concerns it’s clear…

Don't shoot the messenger...just being honest. You know it's the truth.

Good afternoon Blerders and Nerders! I have been out of the loop lately but I’m finally catching my stride. Today I want to talk about something I’ve always thought but confirmed when I got older.

Pokemon kind of sucks. 

Not the games…the anime. Especially the American version that I didn’t know had an anime version until [date redacted]. Seriously, you can’t tell me that the Pokemon show that…

The Chi: Nice Guys Finish Last

In our sixth episode of Season Two we find ourselves watching as Brandon begins to sink, Emmett tries his hardest to be an adult and painful memories from Ronnie’s past bring up feelings he doesn’t want to deal with. Over halfway through this season and The Chi doesn’t seem to have an intention of slowing down, keeping it at the top as one of the best dramas on tv right now.

To start, Brandon…

The Chi: In The Heat, We Prosper

After missing a week (my burnout got bad) I’m so happy to be back writing about The Chi. In another spine-tingling and emotional episode, this week all our favorites deal with the out of control heat and some the consequences that have been building up since the first episode.

While the heat rages, Brandon finds himself in business with Emmett. The two have been clashing the last couple of…

The Chi: Building Relationships From Truama

Ever since The Chi hit the ground running in their Season Two premiere they haven’t stopped. With each episode, we dig deeper into character arcs, plot lines and cliffhanger like twists that keep The Chi at the top of the list for one of the best shows on tv. This week between Brandon’s constant struggle to stay above water, to Ronnie’s internal demons that still have a hold on him; The Chi is…

The Twilight Zone: Beware Strangers Who Want To Be Here

To me, all towns that are located in the middle of nowhere exist in The Twilight Zone. All of them. Because of how remote they are, because of the mystery that surrounds them and because of how recluse the people who live in them are. Small towns deal with things on their own, they don’t like outsiders and most the time they’d rather go extinct than change their ways. So it makes sense that The…

The Twilight Zone: Can A Mother’s Love Reign Supreme?

In the third episode of The Twilight Zone, we’re off to an intense start as we start our true dive into Jordan Peele’s Zone and the weird reality that lives there. The Zone hasn’t really changed, it’s just expanded and broadened its horizon.

Nina Harrison is taking her son, Dorian, to college. It’s a proud moment that she wants to capture entirely on film, so she uses an old camcorder to make…

Black Boys and Black Men, The Chi Sees You

When The Chi premiered last year, I didn’t have Showtime and wasn’t able to watch live. I missed it. However, after getting Showtime and binging the entire season in two days, there were certain things about the show that resonated with me the way no other show has. I haven’t seen myself, personally, in the show but I saw many of the Black boys I went to school with. I saw many of the Black men…

Trying my hand at doing episode reviews. Here goes my first one! One Punch Man Season 2: Episode 1 review

It’s April 9th and One Punch Man is back! It’s been a long while since we last saw the heroes Saitama and Genos. And I know I missed WCW today but don’t worry, I’ll be back with them next week! Unfortunately this will not be a spoiler-free review so if you don’t want to know what happens in this first episode, look away now.

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Just to be creepy 🙂

Okay let’s get into it! This episode starts…

Boomerang: Relationships Are Tricky Things

In the season finale of Boomerang, the audiences were treated to one of the oldest and best tropes in television, the dreaded return of an ex. However this time there was a bit of a twist, instead of the ex pushing their way back into our protagonist’s life; they were invited. And that by itself gives the episode a fresh new feeling that we haven’t really seen before.

Last night, while…

Here we go with a classic as an assignment... Starter Anime: Yu Yu Hakasho

Welcome back Blerders and Nerders! Two recommendations in a week? I know, I know…I’m on a roll and I love it. I hope you enjoyed my first installment in this ongoing series. Today’s recommendation is a certified classic anime. Newbies…I give you Yu Yu Hakasho!

Yu Yu Hakasho

Yu Yu Hakasho started as a manga which ran from December 3, 1990 to July 25, 1994. The animation ran from October 10. 1992…

Getting back at it again. I'm back with another one. Woman Crush Wednesday: Michiko Malandro

Hello Blerders and Nerders! Woman Crush Wednesdays are back I’m starting back with an interesting young woman. First I must ask if you have seen the anime series “Michiko & Hatchin”. If not, I suggest you take a gander at it. It’s not too long where you would get lost but it’s long enough to where you can get an almost full understanding of what’s going on. Here is a synopsis from (source)-MyAnim…

Boomerang: Is It Us Too or Just Them Too?

For as long as I can remember, in the Black community there’s been a certain sense of understanding. There’s us, and then there’s them. Black people protect each other above everything else because we’re all we’ve got. Or at least that was supposed to be the general idea.

Now as an adult, the MeToo era is happening and everything is changing. Bill Cosby has turned out to be a steaming pile of…