Literary Analysis
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American Poetry 1900-1950: The Drinking Game by Minutia_R for DWEmma
Fandoms: Lizzie Bennet Diaries
03 May 2014
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“You know, it’s a well-known scientific fact that alcohol kills brain cells," said Mary. "I’m pretty sure this isn’t going to work.”
“Whatever, dorkface.” Lydia sat on the bed with a cheerful bounce. “Haven’t you heard that everyone has their own style of learning? And mine involves drinking, so quit oppressing me.”
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give me your heart, call it a pretty story, and I'll wash the blood from your hands by kwritten
Fandoms: Revolution (TV)
29 Sep 2015
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prompt #47; "They are Gods, and she, the unbeliever." Charlie/Miles/Bass
She walked between them, she was the glue that kept them sane, she was their hunger personified and they clung to her like the damned cling to an untouchable god. She stopped asking for permission, stopped asking for forgiveness, in her eyes they felt purified, forgiven, atoned. She lead them into a hell they had long ago forsaken and never apologized.
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An analysis of the role of the Duke of Albany in the two texts of King Lear.
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An in-depth analysis of Shawn Spencer—why he is the way he is, why he does what he does, and whom he forms meaningful relationships with, including his mysterious wife revealed at the end of “There’s Something about Mira.” And what’s up with his love of pineapple and fear of raccoons?!
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To Cast Oneself: Suicide in The Silmarillion by starlightwalking
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
13 Jun 2019
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Though Maedhros and Túrin never interact within the published Silmarillion, their stories mirror each other in significant ways up to and including their respective deaths by their own hands. In connecting these two suicides of fallen, once-noble heroes, Tolkien shows the destructive nature of both the internal and external forces that lead to such drastic actions and provides a glimmer of hope for the perhaps-not-so-damned souls of Túrin and Maedhros and their spiritually tormented kin.
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By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept and its role in Morrissey's lyricism - An Essay by buddyonacloud
Fandoms: The Smiths
24 Sep 2019
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When he was in The Smiths, Morrissey referenced multiple times Elizabeth Smart as being a big influence on the way he wrote his lyrics. I recently read her novella By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept and I've come to the conclusion that its role in The Smiths' history has been underestimated quite a bit, especially when it comes to the Morrissey/Marr relationship.
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The Alchemical Mandalorian: Analysis of Literary Alchemy and Symbolism by The Corellian Pirate (Turhaya_Hundteth)
Fandoms: The Mandalorian (TV), Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Original Trilogy
25 Apr 2020
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An analysis of the literary alchemy (and alchemical literature) in season 1 of The Mandalorian TV series. Written directly after season 1.
A break down of the episodes into the alchemical phases (nigredo, albedo and rubedo) and an exploration of the symbolism for each phase, as well as a look at what sort of transformative healing our hero Din Djarin really needs...
Language warning.
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- Part 4 of The Literary Analysis Series
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Life Through a T-Shaped Lens: Din Djarin Character Study (The Mandalorian) by The Corellian Pirate (Turhaya_Hundteth)
Fandoms: The Mandalorian (TV), Star Wars - All Media Types
05 Feb 2021
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This work is a combination of literary analysis, creative writing works, and visual art. It consists of an examination of Din Djarin’s timeline, a review of his season 1 journey against the Resol’nare (the Six Actions which guided Mandalorian life) and some original pieces of creative writing to try and contextualise some of the themes from the analysis. I wrote this portion not long after season 1.
Chapters have now been added to cover off season 2 themes, Chiastic structure in season 2, and predictions for six seasons. I wrote those while season 2 was half-way through.
Language warning. Adult content.
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- Part 1 of The Literary Analysis Series
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The Room with Blue Curtains: An Analysis by kurofu for SolAnise
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
23 Oct 2020
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A literary analysis of a fiction that does not exist. At least, not yet.
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Juno "Moses" Steel and the Book of Exodus by julomaiboulomai
Fandoms: The Penumbra Podcast
20 Nov 2020
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Juno Steel Is Moses and Here's Why: A Season 2 Meta-Analysis.
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- Part 4 of Jewish Juno
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"If you can read this, LEAVE!!!": Storytelling in Left 4 Dead and Zone One by pontificating_goose (mrs_d)
Fandoms: Left 4 Dead (Video Games), Zone One (novel)
30 Dec 2020
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Although typical post-apocalyptic zombie fiction like Left 4 Dead is more uplifting, the bleaker vision of Zone One is a more realistic, Anthropocenic narrative of the end of the world.
[Originally posted on Wordpress, Dec. 22, 2014]
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He pulled the journal from the drawer that he had thrown onto the floor earlier and searched the desk again for something to write with. He found a pencil at the back of another drawer and started to write. He wrote down all the things he knew from the beginning, starting with his sister's death. Toby filled half a dozen pages before he wrote, The monster took me. He finished that page with, Now I have written everything down. Toby looked over everything, searching for answers in it. He found none.
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Full annotated retranslation of the D.Gray-man manga.
Scanlation collaborators wanted!
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- Part 43 of D.Gray-man - All Pseuds
- Part 1 of Re.Gray
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Have you ever felt like you have worms in your brain? Like there’s something that eats you up from the inside and stops you from thinking clearly? That feeling is familiar to NOAHFINNCE, who wrote the song WORMS (In My Brain) about just that. The worms in this song are a metaphor for trauma.
Basically a literary analysis of the song WORMS (In My Brain) by NOAHFINNCE, focusing on mental health. The thesis statement is "The worms are a metaphor for trauma".
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Fact and Fiction: A brief analysis of the Ainulindalë and its visual representations by starlightwalking
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
11 Jun 2022
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An essay by Master Merillëtári of Valmar for the University of Taniquetil, S.A. 1234.
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- Part 9 of The First Oath
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We know what happened to Rilla during the First World War, but what of her siblings? This story explores the lives of Nan, Di and Faith while away at Redmond during the years of the Great War.
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- Part 1 of Pieces of Lives
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A poem about reading different - queer - interpretations into text. Inspired specifically by a discussion relating to the music of Taylor Swift, but probably not limited to that.
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Bilbo and the Hero's Journey. by AnneAngel for queenmorganlafaysolo
Fandoms: The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
13 Jun 2023
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An analysis of Bilbo Baggins as a central character in The Hobbit and a minor character in LotR. Comprising Bilbo and the Hero's Journey, in the 10 hero's steps of Bilbo's journey.
Because I love Bilbo and that won't leave me.
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lit analysis on my own work: stardust legacy and neurodivergence by arcanedreamer
Fandoms: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
08 Mar 2022
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I was noticing some themes coming up in Stardust Legacy and couldn't figure out why until I started applying the English Major literary analysis treatment.
Originally posted to Dreamwidth under madimpossibledreamer.Series
- Part 7 of Stardust Legacy
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Joss Whedon and the Coerced or Reluctant Hero by arcanedreamer
Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Dollhouse (TV 2009), Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Firefly (TV 2002)
05 May 2021
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Releasing this into the wild without looking over it too much, because I've already spent too much time on this already. Just so you know what you're getting into, spoilers abound, and this thing is 3,628 words. Brief mention of the harassment stuff + sexism + racism because this is Whedon. If you're good with all that, then buckle up.
Originally posted to Dreamwidth under madimpossibledreamer.- Language:
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La Fanfiction et le Confinement by SandrineDufourMaster2MLE
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, X-Men - All Media Types
11 Dec 2020
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Warning - Ceci est un écrit de non-fiction. J'espère qu'il pourra avoir sa place sur le site en rentrant dans le cadre du fanwork.
Dans le cadre de mon cours de Poétique des littératures numériques, j'ai eu l'occasion de monter un dossier d'étude sur les fanfictions, un sujet qui me tient à cœur car j'en suis une grande consommatrice, et elles m'ont souvent sauvée lors de mes nuits d'insomnie. Ce dossier fera un petit retour historique sur les fanfictions, leurs avantages pour amener plus de monde vers l'écriture, et ce qu'elles ont pu avoir comme rôle durant le confinement, en analysant les fanfics Chroniques de Sorciers en Confinement d'Assomoir (publiée sur Fanfiction.net) et Mauvais Genres de Judith H (publié sur Ao3).
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Aspect Theory Essay, or, A Threat Made On Twitter: Fulfilled by Opacifica
Fandoms: Homestuck
15 May 2020
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How does the aspect system work as a tool for descriptive narrative analysis? I'm so glad you asked.
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- Part 1 of Classpect Meta
Bookmarked by Biblioteque
16 May 2020
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Let’s start with some basal understandings of my approach, here. I’m not affiliated with anyone, including but not limited to Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Andrew Hussie, and Dirk Strider. I am a biochemist who read the comic last year and liked it a lot. I did not nor will I ever write Homestuck.
But I really, really like Homestuck, and my absolute metric for the success of any explanatory interpretation of Homestuck is ‘does it help me enjoy Homestuck more, whether through interesting lines of inquiry or large-scale resolution of narrative and metanarrative themes’. Thinking about Homestuck, in any sense of that phrase, is something I enjoy for its own sake. By writing this essay, I presuppose that this is something that you, reading this essay, also care about and enjoy. If there is one thing I guarantee through this essay, it is… ten to thirty minutes of thinking Potentially New Thoughts about Homestuck. Some of you read really fucking quickly.
Does anyone remember infinitywhale's classpect masterpost? No? Or bladekindEyewear's aspect duality theory? I know it's been a /while/ since those were posted, but they've been central to my understanding of how the fuck does classpect even work for like ...5 years, maybe 7? They're pretty much what got me started on deep-dive analyzing Homestuck.
This essay, though *points to the top of this bookmark* /this/ essay goes into how and why the classpects matter to the narrative. It takes the 'axes of reality' as heavily-implied-to-outright-stated in the webcomic itself, and looks at why exactly they are a necessary part of the original work. It's not a definitive explanation. None of these are, really. The nature of Homestuck as an originally-reader-interactive, perennially-expansive, and increasingly-self-referential work - or even set of works, if we're looking at expanded and dubious canon - makes any one single Right and True answer to ...literally any / all of the questions raised in the text impossible to
playever figure out. Everybody's answers are going to be different, because everybody thinks differently from anybody other than said person(s).And that's /part/ of the point, here. Well, it's part of one of the points. Many points. For a relatively-short-in-wordcount meta essay, this does a great job of examining classpect theory (mostly the aspect part) throughout the /entire text/. Homestuck is a big-ass comic, yo. This is some impressive idea-smithing.
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Intentional Ambiguity - coded references to same-sex attraction in Hikaru no Go by stirring_still
Fandoms: Hikaru no Go
This work isn't hosted on the Archive so this blurb might not be complete or accurate.
20 Oct 2019
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Hikaru No Go is notable for two reasons:
- It has been single-handedly responsible for a resurgence in the popularity of Go, which until the show existed was seen as the exclusive territory of diabeetus and people with funny teeth who looked like they might enjoy the taste of human flesh.
-It has subjected the worlds to levels of homosexuality previously thought by scientists to be merely theoretical.
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Bookmarked by Enikawa_Moriko
20 Oct 2019
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One of the best meta posts I've ever read. Very well-supported arguments, elaborates on stuff I picked up on myself but couldn't put into words properly and mentions stuff I missed completely. Approaches from an unbiased standpoint, not through shipping goggles. Amazingly written.