Happy 15th birthday, Beneath the Tangles! Whit whipped up this lovely drawing of our own BtT-chan celebrating 15 years during her stream last week. Ain’t it lovely? Here’s a time-lapse video of her stream from Wednesday evening: Follow us on Twitch and YouTube to catch Whit next time she draws! She’s been polling her followers… Read More Fanart Friday: Happy Birthday, BtT!
Over the years, dozens of regular and guest writers have contributed their craft and passion to Beneath the Tangles, making the BtT blog a site of rich, biblical reflection on anime, manga, and light novels. So it will come as no surprise that many of us from the current BtT writing team started out first… Read More Throwback Thursday with the BtT Writers: A Few of Our Favorite Posts
Our art stream returns tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. on Twitch and YouTube! Whit is celebrating our 15th anniversary by drawing BtT-chan! This won’t be her first time—the banner above is her first rendition of our mascot! If you haven’t joined us before, this will be a perfect time to check out our stream. Whit puts… Read More Drawing BtT-chan: Anniversary Twitch Stream With Whitney on Tuesday!
The submissions are in. The evaluations are complete. And we have our winners for the first-ever Beneath the Tangles art contest, where we asked artists to draw their rendition of our logo, BtT-chan! Before I post the winner, I want to thank everyone who entered the contest! Our judges were impressed and so encouraged by… Read More The Winners of the BtT-chan Art Challenge Are…
Our first-ever art challenge has almost come to a close! Friends from Mastodon, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and Discord have all submitted their version of BtT-chan for our special group of judges to review and award prizes to! But we’re still looking for a few more! For those who are unaware, we’ve teamed up with… Read More Our BtT-Chan Art Challenge Concludes This Friday!
One of the coolest ministries in the otaku/nerd/gaming sphere is Love Thy Nerd, a non-profit that focuses on reaching out to geeks with all sorts of interests. The content they develop includes a number of podcasts, with my personal favorite being the NCMU (Nerd Culture Ministry Underground), where the hosts interview missionaries in the nerd… Read More Twwk Joins Love Thy Nerd to Talk BtT
Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist, has the inscription “Don’t forget 3.Oct.11” carved inside his silver pocket watch, the symbol of his office. It is a memorial of the day a new life opened up before the maimed Elric brothers—one of alchemy, detective work and military service. And if we had silver pocket watches at BtT, mine might say: “Don’t forget FMA:B”. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood was my doorway into anime,… Read More A Tale of Two Alchemists, I: FMA (2003) and Existential Technology
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