The Point of Fanfiction: An Investigation of Fandoms for Fanfic

So… fanfiction, amirite? 

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BCM 114 Digital Artifact Beta

Hi. It’s me again, back to do another beta for BCM 114.

Shibuya-kei: Distinctively (Non)Japanese

Despite its name, Shibuya-kei is a distinctively non-Japanese genre of music: a soundscape defined by its “ostentatious internationalism”.

BCM 114 DA Part One: Ideation

Here’s a look at my thought process for the mess that is my DA.

The Wind Rises: A Retrospective

C’mon, you knew I was gonna write about a Ghibli film.

The Global Success of Anime

When I was a kid, I loved Pokémon. I’d spend everyday watching reruns and all the films we owned. I remember having a fat pikachu doll that I’d shove in the face of every visitor to our house. When I got my hands on Pokémon Diamond for the first time, you can bet I played the hell out of it.

How Global Am I? (feat. Introductions)

Hi, hello there. Greetings and salutations, good evening, morning, or afternoon. It’s me again, resurrected for another semester of bloggin’.

As you may or may not know, I’m a BCM student at the University of Wollongong – which means literary trash like this is a part of my course work. The first week of BCM 111, for example, has tasked me with introducing myself (again)… though this time in a global context.

We Live in a Cyberpunk Reality

As China continues to implement more ways of keeping track of its people, it’s hard not to think of how much society is beginning to resemble cyberpunk fiction.

Open-Source: The Power of Internet Freedom Revisited

Back in Week 5 of the semester, I touched upon the power of internet freedom: on how with the decentralisation of communication, it’s now easier than ever to make a difference in the world. To reiterate on the point of that post: