Fictionalitea Brenda Snell

It's been a wild summer but the Fictionalitea crew is back and in person!  We all met up at Rachelle's house to enjoy friendship, eat snacks, and talk about Batman, the robins, and probably a lot more about 101 Dalmatians than originally anticipated.  



Good Things  

Mary:  Pokemon Legends

Rachelle:  "Good Boy Magazine" by Michael Sweater, Benji Nate etc. and "Queen of the Ring" by Jaime Hernandez

Paloma:  "The Delicacy" by James Albon

Brenda:  The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles  

Welcome to the first episode of Video Club where we watch the first couple episodes of a show, and talk about it.  This week, we experience the epic highs and lows of high school volleyball by talking about the anime adaptation of Haikyuu.  Brenda also gets roasted for knowing about Hatoful Boyfriend.  

Good Things:  

Mary: Samwise Gamgee

Rachelle: a 70-year-old monsterra plant and a 40-year-old dragon tree and also three  additional trees (bing cherry, honey crisp, peach)

Paloma: Demon Slayer

Brenda: Unwrapped on the food network

This week on fictionalitea, we’re here to redo a lost episode, and also here to talk about dads.  Bad dads.  Hot dads.  Just okay dads.  Dads of all shapes and sizes and sorts.  Who’s your favorite pop culture dad?

Paloma:  “Young Shadow” - Ben Sears

Brenda:  “A Man and His Cat”  - Umi Sakurai

Mary:  Steven Universe  (comfort shows)

Rachelle:  Lee Pace (and his eyebrows) and True Blood (the show)

Book Club is back.  We're here to talk about "Way of the Househusband" an Eisner Award-Winning manga series by Kousuke Oono about former Yakuza member, Tatsu, who gives up his criminal ways to be a househusband.  Also, we answer a question about which robots are neat.  

GOOD THINGS 

Mary:  Dai Dark by Q Hayashida

Rachelle:  BL Metamorphosis by Kaori Tsurutani // Also Imagine A Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament but instead of cards it’s DDR.  

Paloma:  Kuroko's Basketball by Tadatoshi Fujimaki 

Brenda:  Paloma's new podcast about LOTR called "And My Ask"

FYI:  You'll hear us yelling at Craig, who is a discord bot who is SUPPOSED to be helping us have backup recordings, but he continues to fail us in every possible way.   

This week we're doing a redo of a lost episode, and talking somewhat about "Skull-Faced Bookseller Honda-san" a manga about a person who works at a bookstore, specifically in the comic book section.  What does one do when there's no space for product?  How did Batman make our lives more difficult multiple times?  How do we handle customers who want raunchy books?  Also, some talk about hot animated men.  

Good Things

Paloma:  Goblin Girl by Moa Romanova

Rachelle:  Her collection of lovely plants.  

Brenda:  Sk8 the Infinity.  

Mary:  Our Not So Lonely Planet Travel Guide vol. 1 by Mone Sorai

After a series of technical difficulties, the Fictionalitea ladies are back, and they are trying something new!  It's time for us to talk about DC's new young adult graphic novel Nubia: Real One.  

GOOD THINGS:  

Paloma:  Sweat and Soap manga.  

Brenda:  Rug-making frame. 

Rachelle:   Books ordered from the New York Art Book Festival 

Mary:  Bubblegum Crisis