Jennifer Childers
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I just write thoughts on anime, games, music, movies, or other things that are on my mind. Occasionally a poem or short story might come up.
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"Alone" doesn't always mean "lonely"
Recently I saw a TikTok of a girl crying on a train while looking at an elderly man who was sitting alone, adjacent to her. (I'm not going to post it here because it was from a smaller creator, and I don't want to indirectly send hate their way.) The caption was praising this girl (the poster's sister) for having such a huge heart for feeling compassion for an old man. Other comments were praising her for being an empath and understanding his "pain" so much.
By Jennifer Childers4 years ago in Humans
I saw myself on ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com
I didn't think much of it. I am very average looking, after all. And the website professes to be an AI that takes average facial features and mixes them together to create a new person. Besides, this website doesn't know every person in the world. It's not unreasonable to assume some of these people who "do not exist" actually do.
By Jennifer Childers4 years ago in Fiction
My Thoughts on JJBA: Stone Ocean Trailer
If you're a JoJo fan, or even just closely associated with people who are, then by now you are probably well aware that a trailer for the upcoming Stone Ocean anime adaptation has dropped. As someone who only finished the Stone Ocean manga not too long ago, and still has it fresh in their mind, I was absolutely psyched when the trailer for the anime adaptation finally dropped.
By Jennifer Childers4 years ago in Geeks
10 Things I Am Looking Forward to About Living in Japan (And 10 Things I Am Not)
Last year during quarantine, I got a TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certificate. The reason I was so interested in teaching English to non-native speakers--apart from the obvious facts that linguistics is fun to me, and I like to help other people--was to travel and explore new cultures.
By Jennifer Childers5 years ago in Wander
Thoughts on OMORI
I have never written a video game review before, this will be my first time. That's how much I have to say about OMOCAT'S first and--at the moment--only game, OMORI. On Steam it is tagged as "psychological horror"--which seemed strange to me, as the screencaps previewed on Steam seem very innocuous--adorable, even!
By Jennifer Childers5 years ago in Gamers
A Brief History of Bucarno Park
Bucarno Park is a neighborhood in the forests of Knightstown, Indiana. It is known for being the site of a mass disappearance in 1995 which made international headlines. All 64 residents of the neighborhood vanished on March 30, 1995, and there is still no explanation for their whereabouts. The neighborhood is preserved exactly as it was left, and is now a tourist hotspot.
By Jennifer Childers5 years ago in Horror
10 Things To Know Before Traveling to the US (From a US Citizen)
1. Personal space is a must. Everything is bigger in America: Store aisles, roads, cars, everything. If they don't live in a metropolitan area, most Americans are not used to being squished like sardines on public transport. Therefore, Americans REALLY need their personal space. When standing near an American, take what you believe to be the "normal" amount of personal space--and multiply it by two. Our personal bubbles tend to be just a little bit bigger than yours might be.
By Jennifer Childers5 years ago in Wander
4 Great Apps for Giving Back
There are so many great things about technology. We have access to all the information in the world at just the press of a button. We can speak to friends and family on the other side of the planet without having to worry about driving up the phone bill. We have endless entertainment right at our fingertips.
By Jennifer Childers5 years ago in 01
The Song That Kills
“I never considered myself a believer in another dimension,” says Catherine James, a fifty-year-old Connecticut woman, as she stares out her window. “But, after this and all that’s happened, I have no reason not to. There’s just no other explanation.” Catherine James is the aunt of Theo Wood, who went missing six years ago, vanishing into thin air. Six years later, and the day still seems vivid to her.
By Jennifer Childers5 years ago in Horror
Mr. Love: Queen's Choice Anime Thoughts
Things I Loved: Lucien is A LOT more likable. Lucien has a lot of fans. Because, well, we're suckers for dreamy, morally gray character with a romantic side. But, I think even his biggest fans will admit there's moments in the game where he's a bit...creepy. Some of this could be owed to Bill Rogers voice acting in the English server: Though he gives Lucien a calm, relaxing voice--there's also a lot of sinister undertones to everything he says. In the anime, I found myself sympathizing for Lucien a lot more than I did in the game. He seems warmer, friendlier, and less suspicious. In the game, even before he was revealed to be working with Black Swan, I always thought something seemed "off" about him. But in the anime, even knowing he's not who he claims to be, I still found myself trusting him. When he does do cold, heartless things, he seems like a cool anime villain while doing it. I know I'm not the first person to make this comparison, but he really is Light Yagami as a scientist. But, unlike Light, part of you does want to like Lucien and see him be redeemed. Also we get to learn more about his backstory, which helped me sympathize more with him and understand why he is the way he is. (Not that that excuses anything, of course.) He's more well-rounded here, I think. And that's pretty impressive because it's usually the opposite for adaptations. So kudos!
By Jennifer Childers5 years ago in Geeks
