Literary Demerit

Chapters 29-30 of Blood Raining Night. We’ve finally made it to the end! But there’s still a lot left to talk about; the final two chapters are no less weird than the rest of the story, and we have some Theories on what might be being implied if this fic is, indeed, secret genius. After having finished the fanime last week, we decided to take a look at the other videos on the creator’s YouTube acc...

Chapters 22-24 of Blood Raining Night. We have a wedding — sorry, I mean a “weeding” to attend! After that, the fic hits us with some extreme mood whiplash that we don’t want to spoil, but there’s a reason why this is our longest episode yet. Episode 8 of the fanime also contains a… surprisingly good scene that doesn’t matter to the story at all, and we spend a while unpacking how bizarre it is.&n...

Chapters 15-18 of Blood Raining Night. Our reading this week covers such topics as anime-induced amnesia, more singing competitions, wedding invitations… and a surprising reveal about Reicheru’s father. We also watched episode 6 of the fanime. Content warnings: more weird student/teacher interactions, violence, gore, cannibalism, and another ludicrously unsexy sex scene, this time between two char...

Chapters 10-14 of Blood Raining Night. This time we’re faced with an unsolvable math problem, another high school singing contest, a Japanese-Mexican fusion restaurant, God appearing in the form of a newborn catgirl, and more! We wrap things up by talking about episode 5 of the fanime. Content warnings: inappropriate teacher/student interactions, a scene where a character is given a nonconsensual...

Chapters 5-9 of Blood Raining Night. This week we have a HENTAI WARNING, take a look at some unique baby name ideas, learn all about the trouble with angles, and more! We also watched episode 4 of the fanime; the episodes are getting longer and the fanime’s plot isn’t 1:1 with the fanfic, so from here on out we’ll be tackling one episode at a time. Content warnings: did we mention the HENTAI WARNI...

It’s time for us to start a new fanfic! We’re reading Blood Raining Night, an anime crossover fic about a demon catgirl who is in a relationship with the entire country of Denmark. It even comes with its own fanime! This week we read chapters 1-4 and watched episodes 1-3. Future episodes covering this fic will require stronger content warnings, but this week there isn’t anything to warn for other...

We’re starting a new fanfic this week! We read chapters 1-3 of Forbiden Fruit: The Tempation of Edward Cullen. This is a personal favorite for both of us and we’re excited to discuss what makes it such a good trollfic. As a point of comparison, this week we also take a look at the first three chapters of Twila, The Girl Who Waz In Luv With A Vampyre (another Twilight badfic with very clear My Immo...

This week’s episode covers chapters 6-11 of My Immortal. We meet our  tritagonist Vampire Potter (and a few more new characters), try to solve   the mystery of whether or not Voldemort has a nose, and learn about  what cut of meat is required to kill a vampire. To close things out we  talk about the Todd G. authorship claims. Content warnings for  this episode: mentio...

Welcome to Literary Demerit, where we examine works of questionable literary merit. In our inaugural episode, we begin to cover My Immortal, the infamous Harry Potter fic considered by many to be the worst fanfiction of all time. This week we're covering the first five chapters of the story, in which we meet our protagonist Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way and accompany her to a Good Charlotte c...