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Realmgard

Fantasy fiction proudly published by Emona Literary Services

Tag: Pop Culture Critique

Music to Write Realmgard to: Lament for the Aurochs

Mar 5, 2024Mar 4, 2024 J.B. Norman2 Comments

Lost to these lands is lore of the high ones Sunless skies await the return of the archons

Posted in Music to Write Realmgard toTagged 2000s, Fantasy, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, Mythology, Pop Culture, Pop Culture Critique
Godzilla's 'Victory Dance' from Invasion of Astro-Monster.

Music to Write Realmgard to: Godzilla

Mar 4, 2024Mar 3, 2024 J.B. NormanLeave a comment

History shows again and again How Nature points out the folly of Man.

Posted in Music to Write Realmgard toTagged 70s, Classic Rock, Godzilla, Music, Pop Culture, Pop Culture Critique, Recommendation
A purple-blue twenty-sided die.

Recommendation: Game Wizards

Mar 3, 2024Mar 3, 2024 J.B. NormanLeave a comment

Wizards of Gaming. Not so much of Business…

Posted in RecommendationsTagged 70s, 80s, 90s, Books, Dungeons & Dragons, Fantasy, Gaming, History, Nerd Culture, Non-Fiction, Pop Culture, Pop Culture Critique, Tabletop Games, Tabletop Gaming
A painting of the hero Aeneas and his family fleeing Troy.

Music to Write Realmgard to: And Then There Was Silence

Mar 3, 2024Mar 3, 2024 J.B. NormanLeave a comment

This is a long one. Maybe, uh, clear your afternoon…

Posted in Music to Write Realmgard toTagged 2000s, Blind Guardian, Germany, Greece, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, Mythology, Pop Culture, Pop Culture Critique, Power Metal, Trojan War
A yurt under the sky at twilight.

Music to Write Realmgard to: Black Thunder

Mar 2, 2024Mar 2, 2024 J.B. NormanLeave a comment

"Immortalised in the soul of fearless warriors Sealing the name of the Mongols in the highest of high Heaven."

Posted in Music to Write Realmgard toTagged 2010s, 2020s, Folk Metal, Folk Music, History, Mongolia, Music, Pop Culture Critique
A dragon statue from a low angle.

Recommendation: Dungeons & Dragons

Mar 2, 2024Mar 2, 2024 J.B. NormanLeave a comment

Dungeons & Dragons: 50 years young this year.

Posted in RecommendationsTagged Adventure, Dungeons & Dragons, Fantasy, Gaming, Nerd Culture, Pop Culture, Pop Culture Critique, Recommendation, Tabletop Games, Tabletop Gaming
The sky during a thunderstorm.

Music to Write Realmgard to: Stormbringer

Mar 1, 2024Feb 29, 2024 J.B. NormanLeave a comment

Fittingly, the weather around here has been absolutely nonsensical lately…

Posted in Music to Write Realmgard toTagged 70s, Classic Rock, Fantasy, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, Pop Culture, Pop Culture Critique
A title card from "Fairy Tail." Fairy Tail: Kondansha, Tokyo TV, and Crunchyroll.

Recommendation: Fairy Tail

Mar 1, 2024Feb 29, 2024 J.B. NormanLeave a comment

FYI, people got REALLY mad at me the last time I made the joke how that's not how you spell "tale"…

Posted in RecommendationsTagged 2000s, 2010s, Adventure, Animation, Anime, Cartoons, Fantasy, Guild, Japan, Pop Culture, Pop Culture Critique, Streaming, TV
The painting 'Sobieski at Vienna' by Juliusz Kossak.

Music to Write Realmgard to: Winged Hussars

Feb 29, 2024Feb 29, 2024 J.B. NormanLeave a comment

Then the Winged Hussars arrived.

Posted in Music to Write Realmgard toTagged 2010s, Austria, Heavy Metal, History, Metal, Military History, Music, Poland, Pop Culture Critique, Sweden, Vienna

Recommendation: Drifting Dragons

Feb 29, 2024Apr 11, 2024 J.B. NormanLeave a comment

The sky is an ocean. Dragons are whales.

Posted in RecommendationsTagged 2020, Animation, Anime, Cartoons, Dragons, Fantasy, Japan, Netflix, Pop Culture, Pop Culture Critique, Slice of Life, Steampunk, Streaming

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