Inhale, the calm of a time now broken
Exhale, the balm of a sinister grave
Inhale, the song of a star awakened
Exhale, the gong of an ominous day
Inhale, the fang of a blood still aching
Exhale, the bang of a beautiful way
NaaN (Now, always and Never)
Poetry Time 70: Wise Smoke
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, April 21, 2024Quackcast 680 - Intelligence in Fiction
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Today we're talking about the depiction of “intelligence” in fiction! There are a lot of ways this shows up: the genius detective who can understand any clue and uncover any lie, the amazing doctor who can ...
Poetry Time 51: Wise Smoke
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Nov. 12, 2023
Inhale, the calm of a time now broken
Exhale, the balm of a sinister grave
Inhale, the song of a star awakened
Exhale, the gong of an ominous day
Inhale, the fang of a blood still aching
Exhale, the bang of a beautiful way
NaaN (Now, always and Never)
The Slippery Slope (Or How to Make a Great Villain Origin Arc)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, May 6, 2023
Villains are tremendously important for a story. They set the framework and standard for a lot of things in an unsaid but definite manner: how far your villain is willing to go sets up audience expectations for how big and how dire the stakes will be in the story.
If ...
Quackcast 594 - Grow up! Or don't...
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The Manchild can be a fun character or they can be pathetic. They're a staple of comedies because they're an adult that gets to act ...
Fantastic Bestiary 7: The Goblin
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, May 22, 2022
So it is Sunday again. Following up on the suggestion left by Kou the Mad in my last article, today’s Sunday’s Fantastic Bestiary post is gonna be about Goblins. We’re pretty much all familiar with goblins. Ever since Tolkien they’ve become a common stock creature in ...
The Comedy Balloon
Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 27, 2022
I watched a reunion interview from a few years ago. It was the cast of the old sitcom “Family Ties”. All very likable people and I remember quoting so many lines from this show when I was a kid.
Michael J. Fox mentioned the great presence that Justine Bateman brought ...
Belief, Myth and Story
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 2, 2021
“Get Back”, the new documentary about the Beatles has been released - I haven't seen the whole thing yet, and I'm a fairly casual fan of the Beatles, but I've seen the shorter version of these recording sessions that was released way back when. And I've seen ...
The Significance of Hairstyle
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 13, 2021
Hair is very important- the way we wear it is a form of self expression, a canvas for artistic exploration, and shorthand for who we are or want to be. This significance carries over even more in fiction and especially visual arts like webcomics, cartoons, and movies.
How a character ...