by Zackary Russell | Oct 12, 2022 | Podcast
This episode is Part 5 of our “Fiction’s Chief End” series on the Fantastical Truth podcast. We’ve been exploring the fundamental questions off and on, whether fiction itself is beneficial to the Christian, and whether specific genres have...
by Zackary Russell | Jan 14, 2022 | Wheel of Time
Review of S1 E8 of The Wheel of Time, “The Eye of the World.” Spoilers for the episode and light spoilers for the books. One of the stories as old as time is: a good guy fights a bad guy. And in order for this to work, we have to know what each guy wants, and...
by Zackary Russell | Dec 23, 2021 | Wheel of Time
Review of S1 E7 of The Wheel of Time, “The Dark Along the Ways.” Spoilers for the episode and light spoilers for the books. The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. One of those legends is of The Strike at Shayol Ghul...
by Zackary Russell | Dec 16, 2021 | Wheel of Time
Review of S1 E6 of The Wheel of Time, “The Flame of Tar Valon.” Spoilers for the episode and light spoilers for the books. My previous reviews showed the ways in which certain characters have veered away from their book counterparts. In this episode, the...
by Zackary Russell | Dec 9, 2021 | Wheel of Time
Review of S1 E5 of The Wheel of Time, “Blood for Blood.” Spoilers for the episode and light spoilers for the books. This deep dive took me a long time to parse out. Something drastically shifted in my own opinion about this show after Episode 5, which felt more...