Kay Drew's Views

  It’s been a long while since I’ve posted anything here. Looking back, I see it’s been since 2019 that I posted anything written. It’s been since 2020 that I posted anything at all. However, this year that will change. It’ll be back to business – writing and sharing my thoughts on all things pop culture (with maybe some other topics thrown in for good measure), getting my Patreon thriving, making long and short form videos, and maybe even self-publishing a book. It will take some time and I hope you follow along this journey. I’ve got great plans.   What exactly has been going on in the last 5 years? For better or worse, the world changed back in 2020. It keeps changing. It feels like time and history keeps barreling forward. Jokingly, people say they’d like to live in precedented and I’m inclined to concur.    We’ve watched political regimes rise and fall. We’ve struggled through ever-changing climate crises with excessive heat, floods, blizzards, earthquak...

            Werewolf stories have been around since the 12 th century. Most of them were written as warnings. They were stories that warned readers against breaking laws, following sexual urges, or disobeying religious texts. These stories were warnings about what could happen if we act upon primal urges and become the hunter instead of the hunted. Even though these horrific stories show the animal within escaping its human body confines, these stories often do show the downfall. At the very end, readers are reminded that the hunter will become the hunted. There will be penalties. There will be pain and suffering for disobedience. Werewolves will be destroyed.   What if, though, werewolves could be different? What if they could be gentile souls who want to live? What if werewolves were actually an allegory about people living with a crippling disease? With Remus Lupin, JK Rowling boldly presents these ideas within the Har...

It’s okay to fail. Say it with me. It’s. okay. To. fail. Shocking news, isn’t it? But it’s true. It’s fine to fail. It doesn’t mean you’re a failure. It doesn’t mean the world will end. On the contrary. The world will be fine. You will be fine. In fact, you will be better than fine. You’ll be stronger. You’ll be wiser. You’ll be braver.   It might feel like it right now. It might not feel like it tomorrow or the next day. With time, you will realize you did the right thing – for you. Don’t worry if some days you wonder the what if’s. What if I stuck with it? What if I finished? What if I’d chosen differently? What if I made the wrong choice? That’s okay. It’s okay to wonder. It’s only natural. It’s only human. So yes, it is okay to fail. Those words come easy. The reality is that it’s much harder to fail than to succeed. You’ve made a choice. Now you have to stick with it.   Now you wonder if it’s the right one. Sometimes the choice feels perfect. A weight’s been li...

Each person has a unique experience when it comes to spirituality. In times of struggle people either find the faith, hold tight to their beliefs, or lose them. No two reactions are identical - just as no two people are identical. Human DNA is capable of creating 70 billion combination; that means there will be 70 billion people before a DNA sequence is replicated. Those 70 billion persons will have different experiences with economics, schooling, language, household makeup, traditions, local and national laws, neighborhoods. "The Kennedy Curse", the April 15, 2018 episode of Timeless  touches on fate, destiny, and belief. No single character is left uncathed. None of the relationship will ever be the same. For here down there will be spoilers. Jessica seems to lose all faith in Wyatt. She felt ready to leave and let Wyatt have the life she thought  he wanted. Yet she stayed once Lucy professed everything Wyatt had done in order to try and bring Jessica back (much to...

Photo Source To Cinta Hallowed grounds can hold many dark and troubling secrets; you just have to be willing to listen. Levi didn’t. He could, of course. He had the ability to listen to the departed; he chose not to. It was easy enough – Levi just tuned them out. Tonight was no different. Spirits tried communicating with him as he wandered through a random New York cemetery – paper pad and pencil in hand. After a day of janitorial work, Levi enjoyed drawing a tombstone or two. It was his way to chill. Near a stunted elm tree, he found himself in the midst of the oldest memorials in the churchyard. Made from resilient limestone, the carvings, although weathered from decades of sky-born perspiration and gusting breezes, were far more intricate than those carved in the last twenty years. They were art pieces, not just slabs of ultra-shiny rock that looked shellacked. Passing by the pirate-themed marker, Levi smirked. His interest was piqued; he almost allowed i...

In A Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs creates the quintessential Marty Stu character with John Carter. A Marty Stu is a male character who's perfect (TV Trope Pp. 2-3). No matter what he attempts, he succeeds with little struggle. He’s also dashingly handsome and has few, if any, faults. This character’s perfect in every way. While reading the book, I looked for John Carter’s weaknesses. Sadly, he has none. I am left disappointed, wishing Burroughs had given the protagonist some sort of err in his disposition.  After unexpectedly transported to Mars, John readily learns the Martian language within a week. In that time, he becomes a chieftain – not once, but twice. By the end of the novel, he's Prince of Helium. John achieves these honors through battles. Amazingly, he has perfect aim and manages to kill several beings by punching them in the jaw. He is injured; however, John quickly heals from his wounds and suffers no ill-effects from them. Moreover, Joh...

Hello everyone! I hope you're well. This quick post is to announce an update in the contest contest! All you will have to do is answer the 3 questions below.  Please, post your answers as a comment and leave your name and email so I can contact you. The first 5 people with the correct answers will get a short story dedicated to them! There are still 4 winners to be chosen! Who will it be? You? 1. What is this blog site about? 2. What was my first  entry about? 3. Where are 2 places can you find me on the internet? *hint look in the links section* I will extend the contest until May 31st!

Hello everyone! I hope you're well. This quick post is to announce a contest! All you will have to do is answer the 3 questions below.  Please, post your answers as a comment and leave your name and email so I can contact you. The first 5 people with the correct answers will get a short story dedicated to them! 1. What is this blog site about? 2. What was my first  entry about? 3. Where are 2 places can you find me on the internet? *hint look in the links section* Entries start today, April 27, 2013. It will close on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Date subject to change or be extended! 

For better or worse, many are slaves to troubles and experiences, be it a job, bad romance, or illness. Sometimes, it’s important that these bonds are broken. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula is the idea of slavery and freedom is woven throughout. Many characters within the book are trapped in their own unusual troubles from which they are ultimately are freed. Jonathan Harker is unwittingly enslaved by his employer, Count Dracula. After arriving in Transylvania, Harker is forced to live within a few rooms of Dracula’s castle. During his month long stay, the Count persistently questions Harker about the inner-workings of English life. Ultimately, he uncovers Dracula’s true nature. Fearing for his life (and rightly so), he flees to a convent into yet another form of bondage. This time, it’s a slavery of the mind; Harker suffers a mental breakdown. True to his perseverant disposition, he eventually recovers, slays Dracula, and starts a family. Lucy, a friend of Harker, is also ensnare...