Ranked by Ruby: Smosh Eras
I’m a huge fan of Smosh. After entering the fandom following the demise of Defy, I quickly grew to love the eclectic energy the cast, content, and channels oozed. All eras of Smosh immediately appealed to me for different reasons. Old Smosh defined the early YouTube scene, creating edgy, outlandish content that reeked of […]
The Perfect Accompaniment to a Beheading
Don’t get me wrong, I’m an avid horror fan and you can always find me curled up at night with any terrifying movie I can find, but have we as a society been a little overexposed to the genre? It’s easy to forget what we’re exposed to on a daily basis when it’s considered ‘normal’, […]
Anime and it’s Rise into the Mainstream
Anime. Once considered a pervert’s haven and socially unaccepted in the West… (Lowkey depending on where you look still is, looking at you, Jobless Reincarnation fans), Has evolved past its stigma to mainstream relevance and prevalence. But how did a median so differentiated from Western culture end up so intertwined with its populace? Anime always […]
The Apathy Epidemic (And Why You Should Give a Shit)
No one gives a fuck. Why does no one give a fuck? There’s so much to give a fuck about! We’re all too occupied with faster, cheaper, richer, easier. There’s a reason why the nonchalant boyfriend trope has been the butt of the joke recently. It’s embarrassing. We’ve been made to believe that sincerity […]
History 4 Dummies
What’s the deal with WW1? Alright so there’s this loser called Gavrilo Princip. He’s got nothing going for him, He’s poor, he’s scrawny, an outcast, and friendless, He’s an Incel. He’s been muddled up with a Serbian secret society “The Black Hand.” (such a fucking over the top name “ooooh look at us were so […]
The West’s Eastern Obsession
Asian media is more popular than ever before. Anime, K-pop, manga and more: what were once niche hobbies have now caught on and become mainstream. But their popularity has also seen a rise in those admiring or even borderline obsessing over the countries from which they originate. A classic case example of this is Japan. […]
Covered with Amy Durant
1. What inspired your art for this issue? My art is almost always inspired by what I’m listening to when I make it which is fitting for this issue haha. I was listening to a lot of Vocaloid while doing the cover and less digital sounding music when I did the contents. The centrefold […]
Because The Original Wasn’t Enough
Let’s be honest: fan fiction is the internet’s wild, untamed jungle—a place where Harry Potter can fall in love with Draco Malfoy, Sherlock Holmes can solve crimes with Pikachu, and absolutely no one is safe from an unexpected vampire transformation or being human trafficked by their mother to a boyband. If you’ve ever wondered what […]