I was thinking about the idea of characters who have a dream of something - a wonderful life, a perfect situation, and are living for the possibility of getting there.
For me, the story that hits this hardest is Of Mice and Men, where George and Lenny, struggling during the Depression ...
Dem Rabbits
Banes at 12:00AM, May 16, 2024Poetry Time 73: Schizoid
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, May 12, 2024
That gritty rainbow on a sky to dye
Swinging my heart to the fences I voice a stubborn cry
Til’ my feet sounds like limping scars for those arts
Lacing apart and fourth, your dreams cloud me no more
Still… Silent… I finally speak my own lie
A grittier rainbow ...
The Understudy Hero
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 18, 2024
There's nothing more shocking than when the hero dies …at the beginning.
Don't worry, Banes isn't dead! I'm just standing in for him this week, he will return! This is only about fictional main characters that didn't get the memo they should reserve their death ...
Quackcast 683 - Hot for Teacher
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 16, 2024 LISTEN on our player!
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This week it's a short cast because my computer broke and we wasted time trying to fix it!
We're chatting about teachers in fiction, a topic inspired by Banes' newspost on the subject. There have ...
VOTE for the Second Drunk Duck Anthology Cover Design (OPEN) Throughout April; The Drunk Duck Awards Have Returned.
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 15, 2024
Photo: “Niccea Has Invited You to Join Drunk Duck Awards” Discord. (April 2024)
A Flock of Dreams Cover Vote
The second Drunkduck anthology is nearing completion, while there's still work to be done it's definitely very close.
With that in mind it's time for you to vote ...
Poetry Time 69: Genius
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, April 14, 2024
Where destiny lies
Off to the horizon light and darkness ties
Genius has already invented our demise
Only angels and flames may defy the skies
Burn my dreams for that new sunrise
Where destiny lies
NaaN (Now, always and Never)
Top Five Tales of Teaching
Banes at 12:00AM, April 11, 2024
teacher, teacher, can you teach me –
I was revisiting a classic movie, one of the ones on this list, in the past week or so, and thinking of the archetypal teacher/student dynamic in fiction.
So, in line with my Top Five Tales of Bands from last year, here's ...
Fooled Ya!
Banes at 12:00AM, April 4, 2024
Here we are - Thursday again! I tells ya, the weeks and months just FLY by.
It was April Fool's Day the other day, and I was thinking about stories, and how sometimes books, TV shows, movies, or whatever will try and FOOL us. Like, the entire story is a ...
Quackcast 681 - Swords and armour
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 2, 2024 LISTEN on our player!
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Today we're talking about swords and armour, the reality of those things and their use in fiction. I've always had a bit of an interest in swords since I was a little kid because I ...