Kill Your Double

“They come in twos.You come in twos.You and you.Kill your double.” Welcome to Night Vale, episode 19A, the Sandstorm Welcome to Night Vale is a horror/mystery/fantasy podcast set in “A friendly desert community where the sun is hot, the moon is beautiful, and mysterious lights pass overhead while we all pretend to sleep” (WTNV Episode… Continue reading Kill Your Double

Evil Abed

I’m going to preface this post by saying Season Four of Community is bad. It’s the worst season of the show, and it contains some of the worst viewing experiences of my life, barring the Castaway movie (which made me physically ill). The season is so bad that the later seasons make fun of it… Continue reading Evil Abed

Beware the Gemini

A Kind of History, or the Nature of the Mess Like many school administrators, Ledroptha Curtain hates children. Part of this is because of how easily angered he is; children are not prone to being particularly considerate of one’s feelings. However, early on in the story, we learn the heart of the reason for his… Continue reading Beware the Gemini

Beware the Gemini

What May Be Perceived No human has ever experienced reality. Everything we see is filtered and created by our minds, weaving in our ideas and filling in the gaps; everything we hear is affected by our level of hearing and how much attention we pay. Every experience is decided by our opinions, our feelings, and… Continue reading Beware the Gemini

Beware the Gemini

Everything is Backward Pop culture has long held an obsession with identical twins, and nearly every media involving twins shows one of them pretending to be the other. Examples of this include The Parent Trap, Liv and Maddie, and of course, The Mysterious Benedict Society. There are two direct instances in which one of the… Continue reading Beware the Gemini

Beware the Gemini

Everything Is As It Should Be “Things must change NOW!” These are the words scrawled across every newspaper, billboard, and political campaign as we start the series. The first book, The Mysterious Benedict Society, throws us headfirst into the global disaster known only as “the Emergency”. Everything is in turmoil. “Things had gotten desperately out… Continue reading Beware the Gemini

Beware the Gemini

Green Plaid We left off with an overview of the twins, Nicholas Benedict and Ledroptha Curtain. In today’s blog, I would like to dive a bit further into each of their personalities, their similarities and differences, their weaknesses and strengths. Benedict and his counterpart are both geniuses, a fact that, in the first book, has… Continue reading Beware the Gemini

Beware the Gemini

An Introduction “The Mysterious Benedict Society” was a New York Times’ bestseller and a wildly beloved children’s book series. Published in 2007, the first book led on to three sequels and a prequel, all widely acclaimed. The series was written by Trenton Lee Stewart. These charming mystery novels follow a cast of colorful, lovable characters… Continue reading Beware the Gemini