High fantasy

I've never really spend time with The Lord of the Rings or the stories involved. My dad watched the movies all the time when I was growing up so I have like a basic knowledge about it's world.  But I never really bonded with it.  It almost seen like too much for me.   Reading The Hobbit was a nicer experience then I thought it would be.  It was fun and charming as well easy to read and understand.  I had a good time reading it and it was a relaxing read.  

Witches

I was glad we talked about Kiki's Delivery Service! It's one of my favorite movies and one of my favorite version of witches.  I've always liked the idea of magic and using magic but I never really liked the idea of witches being evil. This might because I grow up with Kiki, Harry Potter, and magical girl animes.  Maybe I thought of magic as act of empowerment and like to see it especially with younger characters like me.

So it's probably no surprise my senior thesis is about a child witch.  I've always liked of turning something that used to be seen a scary and maybe a villain into something that the hero of the story and is soft and kind and cute.

New weird

While reading some of the shorter Lovecraft stories I was reminded a lot of Emily Carroll's stories in  Through The Woods.  While some of them feel more like folk tales, they definably have that an element  of the strange and unexplainable.

Her work tends to leave me upsetting for a long while after finishing her stories. They are very atmospheric and full of quiet horror. 

Now there's a creepiest panel of the scariest story with no context to get to hopefully read this awesome horror comic.