About Moi

Artemis Crescent - Fantasy Feminist and Internet Witch

Also known as: Crystal Witch, Lilac Witch, Luna Witch, Crescent Moon Sorceress, Celestial Sorceress, Ethereal Enchantress and Empath, Magical Girl, Amazon, superheroine, Fairy Pokémon Trainer, Brunette Bookworm, and openminded ally.

She/her pronouns.

Witchy little old me is a Scriptwriting university graduate, and a great admirer of books, films, TV, graphic novels, and stage musicals. I never go anywhere unless there's a bookshop nearby. Those and libraries are an enchantress's fortress and safe haven.

My favourite book and film genre (and sub-genre) is fantasy. My favourite film art form is animation for all the stories that are able to be told through the medium; all that time and effort of creation is simply astounding, magical even. 

As for the little things in my life, I love animals, singing, exploring forests, chocolate, antiques, and drinking tea. Due to my love of animation I also have a passing interest in voice acting and imitating cartoon characters.

I am a book reviewer (and possible to-be film reviewer). A story can impress me based on creativity, fleshed-out and flawed characters, and unpredictability. It must contain enough genuine passion, emotion and intelligence to make me care. There's only so much suspension of disbelief that even a sorceress explorer like me can manage.

I'm not keen when a shallow romance is the big focus of a story, and when it feels forced in. And I usually despise love triangles (Does anyone actually like them? Or think they are effective storytelling devices?) and parents or authority figures of main characters who are secretive for no good reason. And I loathe parents, love interests and "friends" who are just awful, toxic and abusive, and yet they get away with it; no consequences or accountability for their words and actions.

I celebrate diversity wherever I see it, for it proves that we are on the right track towards making things better for everyone in the 21st century. I detest bigotry in any shape and form. It doesn't matter what your sex, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, nationality, background, religion, class etc is - none of those things determine whether you are a good person or not. Actions and words speak volumes more. Nature is nature, and love is love. Let us put a stop to hatred and ignorance. Kindness is key. Respect Mother Nature for all she gives, and embrace what is different in this amazing, multifaceted world we all live on, as varied human beings.

I also never read sequels or a whole series of books unless I'm really in love with the first one, or if it interests me enough that I'll commit to spending more time on the series. This also applies if I think the first book is fine as a standalone, and if I think a cliffhanger is handled poorly.

I don't have any favourite authors. It's like trying to pick a favourite band or type of music. I like and dislike different things depending on the individual work, not the people who made them.

What I delight in most of all, aside from brewing in a cauldron and casting charms for fun, is giving enchanting Full Moons (Final Scores of 5/5) in my reviews.

2026 Additions:

On the basis of the last few books I've read this year, plus a few TV shows, I've found a couple tropes that still exist that I hate and are the kiss of death of a story for yours truly:

Nothing excuses child abuse. Nothing. Stop excusing bad parenting. Stop undermining and downplaying objectively horrible parenting. Don't try to "redeem" or let off the hook bad parents and guardians by gaslighting the audience into thinking that their words and actions against their children are "not that bad", or by never bringing up especially cutting moments of their abuse, hoping the audience will forget about them. Bring these grown adults to task. Call them out on their harmful, hateful, manipulative BS. Narcissistic, toxic parenting is tragically all too real and common, it's almost an epidemic. It leads to long-term, even lifelong, childhood trauma in so many people. In a fictional story, at least have adults apologise to children - to the new generation - by the end. Make it clear that the parents don't hate their kids for existing; for not being their narcissistic ideal of a "perfect" child. Let them know that their children are their own people. And stop it with the "they were only trying to protect their children by acting like evil c*nts" BS excuse. It's child abuse, and it's wrong.

On that note: Have characters apologise to their targets/victims for their wrongdoing. Saying "I'm sorry", and admitting to being wrong and having flaws to learn and grow from, seems to be a chronic fear that a lot of writers suffer from for some reason.

Redemption is more than saying "I'm sorry", but when a redemption arc is written well, it reminds people that they are responsible for their own actions. It lets them know they can call real people out when their entitlement and insecurities hurt others, or else these same selfish opportunists will take it as permission to get worse. They will always find a way to be worse. They will never be happy and satisfied in their evil. Don't give them an inch.

And adults and authority figures keeping secrets from the main characters, usually children, for no good reason other than it gives the story a mystery and intrigue to be invested in, is still a frustrating and annoying cliché that needs to die.

Never allow love interests or potential love interests to willingly hurt a character, especially physically, violently, as a choice they made, for any reason (it's usually done through plot contrivance), and don't make it worse by, again, not having the attacker apologise to the victim.

One more thing: Please keep characters - character traits - consistent throughout their story. Keep it in their development and growth, in ways that make sense to them.

Top 18 Favourite Books of all time:

1. 'The Neverending Story' by Michael Ende

2. 'Daughter of Smoke and Bone' by Laini Taylor

3. 'Matilda' by Roald Dahl

4. 'My Sister Lives On The Mantelpiece' by Annabel Pitcher

5. 'The Hunger Games' by Suzanne Collins

6. 'The Book Thief' by Markus Zusak

7. 'Where the Mountain Meets the Moon' by Grace Lin

8. 'The Last Unicorn' by Peter S. Beagle

9. 'Loveless' by Alice Oseman

10. 'The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo' by Taylor Jenkins Reid

11. 'The Refrigerator Monologues' by Catherynne M. Valente

12. 'The Hate U Give' by Angie Thomas

13. 'And Then There Were None' by Agatha Christie

14. 'Coraline' by Neil Gaiman

15. 'The Upside of Unrequited' by Becky Albertalli

16. 'Kiki's Delivery Service' by Eiko Kadono

17. 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte

18. 'Crime and Punishment' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Top 40 Favourite Films of all time:

40. Coraline (2009)

39. I am Dragon (2017)

38. The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

37. The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)

36. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

35. Hidden Figures (2016)

34. Chicago (2002)

33. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

32. The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)

31. Hairspray (2007)

30. The Watermelon Woman (1996)

29. When Marnie Was There (2014)

28. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017)

27. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

26. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

25. Bound (1996)

24. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

23. The Breadwinner (2017)

22. Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)

21. Chicken Run (2000)

20. The Truman Show (1998)

19. The Love Witch (2016)

18. Matilda (1996)

17. Brave (2012)

16. Erin Brockovich (2000)

15. Dumplin' (2018)

14. Aladdin (1992)

13. Enchanted (2007)

12. Ever After (1998)

11. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)

10. Shrek 2 (2004)

9. Millennium Actress (2001)

8. Thelma & Louise (1991)

7. Princess Mononoke (1997)

6. Finding Nemo (2003)

5. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

4. Evita (1996)

3. Beauty and the Beast (1991)

2. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

1. Inside Out (2015)

Fandoms I'm apart of:



Sailor Moon

Batgirl

Wonder Woman

Harley Quinn

Captain Marvel

Kitty Pryde

Nico Minoru/Sister Grimm

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Revolutionary Girl Utena

Wicked the musical

Disney's The Owl House

She-Ra: Princess of Power

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

W.I.T.C.H.

Winx Club

Hilda

The Simpsons

Heartstopper

Wallace and Gromit