Acelegin Reviews; Paranoia; A Manifesto

This time, I'm reviewing Paranoia; A Manifesto, a Fear blog written by alliterator. Finally, a chance to have revenge for that review he gave of my blog.

Kidding! I'm not that evil. Yet. I just need to devour a few more souls in order to get to that point.

Any, this blog is written from the perspective of a person called Properly Paranoid, who works at a publishing house. One day, he receives a manifesto, and begins transcribing it on the blog. The manifesto is written by a guy being stalked by the Ivory Woman and believes there's this big conspiracy trying to make his life suck. He ends up meeting the Vision, who he thinks is Death, but he eventually learns that she is actually the Oracle who wants him to go to the Wall. So, he ends up teaming up with the Writer (who I'm guessing is a self insert of alli) and this girl named Tulip. They go through several different worlds and encounter several Fears and Fear candidates on their journey to the Wall. The blog is ongoing, so there's still more to come, and they aren't to the Wall yet.

Now, what did I think?

Pretty damn good. I like the interpretations of the Fears used. The Brute, the Red ap, EAT, all good. I don't know jack sh@& about the Algernon, but that one was pretty good too. As for the appearance of the House of Fortune, I guess that was okay. The Answer has never really appealed to me. And they goo through a lot of interesting worlds that test the characters, which is pretty cool.

Also...

THE VISION WAS USED!!! YAY!!! For those of you who don't know, The Vision is my creation, and I absolutely love it when other bloggers use her. Absolutely great. And the way he used her is just plain awesome.

So, all-in-all, this blog reviews 8.5 wooden spoons out of 10. Good job alli. Keep up the good work and stuff.

Also, I'm running out of Vocaloid songs I enjoy, so instead enjoy this thing;

Acelegin Reviews; The World Through These Eyeholes

Review time! This time, it's The World Through These Eyeholes by TheSomnambulist.

This blog is about A man named Sergei Korchaviv. He was married with a wife and son, but they left him after he was wounded in a fire, losing his eyesight. He was then approached by the Convocation, a hivemind of Bird-like Fears, who offered him power and new sight. He cut off the majority of his face, and began wearing a mask, taking the name "The Faceless Bastard".  He was made into one of the Convocation's Nests, and gained the ability to see through their eyes.

As their servant, he performed several missions. He started by murdering the family of Harold Ardy, who, in his anger, went and obtained the power of a dead Fear called the Brute. He was seemingly killed by the Faceless Bastard.

Faceless then enters the Empty City to track down a runner who had murdered a Nest. While he's there, he encounters Portnoy Augustus, from Urban Malefic, who restores Faceless's humanity. The two of them then attempt to leave the Empty City with the help of a scientist, and they end up having to fight a monster unleashed by the City. They manage to create an exit, and Faceless pushes Portnoy onto the outside, hoping to kill him. However, As he exited the City, Faceless became a Nest again, causing him to re-experience the pain of losing his face. Portnoy then took the opportunity to escape.

As he gets back to working for the Convocation, he is assigned to join a group of other Servants in order to track down and eliminate a Dying Man piece named the Liar. Interestingly, one of his partners is a Willing Doll named Harold. Faceless develops feelings for one of the servants, a Slender Proxy calling herself May. However, he discovers that she is actually the Liar, and kills her.

Afterwards, there is a turf war between Slender Man, the Convocation, and the Wooden Girl. Faceless and Harold end up on opposing sides, along with a Slender Proxy called The Grinning Reaper, who wields a unique scythe designed for fighting Nests. Faceless manages to kill her, and then faces off against Harold. However, their fight is interrupted by Slender Man. It is revealed that Slender Man had won the wart, and all the fighting was to end.

His next assignment is to stalk a Russian special operative, who proves to be too clever for Faceless to handle. While on the job, he ends up caught up in an Oathbreaker conspiracy to produce artificial Dying Men. He is successful in destroying them all, but in the process, the Liar is revived. Faceless also discovers that Harold Ardy isn't really dead, and is in the process of reviving the Brute. Faceless kills Harold in the Grove Of Fetters, but the Brute is able to almost fully revive. Faceless gives his life to destroy it, and the blog comes to an end.

So, what do I think of this blog? I think it was goddamn awesome and you all should go read it. Here's the link. It has some f@&king amazing characters, a great storyline, and it introduced the Brute, which is one of my all time favorite Fears. This was one of the blogs that got me started on the Fear Mythos, so it will always be special in my opinion  Good work, Som. You deserve a cookie. As a matter of fact, you deserve two cookies. But no more than that. You need to save room for dinner, after all.

Well, that's my review. And now, enjoy this crappy Vocaloid song.