Ecology as a characterWhen the environment is the protagonist. Duna: the desert shapes religion, politics and the body (stillsuits!). Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: the forest is poisonous and healing. Hollow Knight:…81 palavras · há 23 horas
Time and memoryA note that started from A Chegada and keeps growing. A Chegada: knowing the ending does not make the choice smaller. Outer Wilds: a loop where only knowledge survives. Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End:…73 palavras · há 23 horas
DunaBook I is a political thriller; books II and III turn into a prophecy that Paul cannot escape. The spice is oil, water is money, and the Fremen economy is the only honest one. Things to revisit The a…78 palavras · há 23 horas
How I tend this gardenA short note on the method, for visitors. I log what I read, watch, play and listen to. Ratings and reviews live on each work. I think in notebooks. Each work can have its own notebook, and free note…88 palavras · há 23 horas
Slow storiesStories where nothing urgent happens, and that is the point. I collect them for tired evenings. Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End: a journey retold after it ended. MUSHI-SHI: one quiet encounter per epis…67 palavras · há 23 horas
Places that rememberPlaces that keep the memory of what happened in them, so exploring is the same as reading history. Outer Wilds: Nomai writing on every wall, and the player is the archaeologist. Hollow Knight: the Ci…61 palavras · há 23 horas
Worldbuilding notesHow fictional worlds make me believe in them. This is an evergreen-ish note: I come back to it whenever a book or game changes my mind. Threads I keep pulling Worlds feel real when they have constrai…82 palavras · há 23 horas