I was really looking forward to this book, as I am very familiar with Yuri and Tara’s voiceover work from video games and animation and have found the original silent short for the Topsy McGee character with John deLancie and Taliesin Jaffe. The plot is similar to Indiana Jones, an evil organization wants an artifact so they can take over the world (the name “Scarab of Solomon” even suggests it could be Biblically related, (namely to David’s son Solomon, who was known for his wisdom and ability to tell which of two women would be a child’s real mother by traumatizing them with suggested child murder) like the first and third Indiana Jones films, but it’s Egyptian). The art is good and Sean and Topsy are very witty and British, taking their distresses in stride, in fact, the only major problem was that the first issue didn’t present a real challenge to Sean and Topsy. There are some waiters who attack them on an airship, but they fend them off easily enough with the assistance of Harry Houdini. It isn’t until the start of the second issue that we feel our first sense of peril for our heroes, when they are captured by Captain Nemo. Topsy gets them through and Sean admits he could not do that, and Topsy’s father’s assistant wants the scarab to take over the world. He poisons Sean, requiring Topsy to finish this herself and find out what poison was used so her husband won’t die. This is kind of up a personal alley of mine, because since I saw Irene Adler in the Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes movie, I’ve wanted a “steampunk Lara Croft” kind of character. Topsy more than delivers on this in the finale, I won’t spoil how, I’ll leave that for you to buy this book and find out for yourself. I can say not enough people venture into that territory, and it’s been hard for me to venture myself due to a lack of reference material and interest. The only problem is the severity our heroes are dealing with isn’t really established until the second issue, and that just seemed too long for me, or maybe I just don’t see the menace in sword-wielding waiters when our heroes and company beat them in 2 pages. Aside from that, it is a solid book and worth a purchase and read. Recommended.
I also found out this morning "Date Everything" has been delayed to Valentine's Day next year, so I'll likely use the money on Political Donations and Baseball Cards, as well as more practical things. I just hope I'm not going to play it under a Nazi Regime.
My Dad and I are hoping for a Guardians-Mets World Series at this point. I've been praying the Serenity prayer since going to the Judas Priest concert since Rob Halford's autobiography mentions he prays that nightly, and it's been helpful. I've also been doing searches on anxiety and watching videos of things that make me calm. Still, the uncertainty of the election weighs on me, and I really wish it was more obvious Kamala would win decisively, she deserves to as her opponent deteriorates and screams inappropriate things and blatant lies in public. I just don't know, though, the 2016 and 2020 elections and a lot of my DeviantArt and Twitter experiences showed me Americans can be incredibly stupid, I don't expect that to change, if anything, I expect it to get worse and more dangerous until the country splits in half. But it's something I cannot change, no matter how hard I try, so I just accept it to a degree, trying to nudge people in the right direction and if it doesn't work, at least I tried.
I saw Mojo created "Top 10 voice acting performances of the decade so far." Here's Mine:
10-Dawn M. Bennett, Hiroko Asami, Shin Ultraman
9-Maya Hawke, Anxiety, Inside Out 2
8-Dorothy Fahn, Mercedes, FEW3H
7-Dawn M. Bennett, Shez, FEW3H
6-Erica Mendez-Bernadetta, FEW3H
5-Chris Hackney-Shinji Kaminaga-Shin Ultraman
4-Jeannie Tirado-Jessica Cruz-Justice League X RWBY
3-Tara Platt-Kali Belladonna-Justice League X RWBY
2-Yuri Lowenthal-Marth-Fire Emblem Engage
1-Tara Platt-Edelgard-FEW3H and Fire Emblem Engage
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