It's all fine and exciting when using lore and myth to create new stories. Especially when it comes to modern genres like urban fantasy, it can yield pretty alluring and impressive results! From ancient Greek mythology to all kinds of Asian myths and legends, to Norse mythology and Egyptian ...
Religion As Mythology
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 11, 2020Religion in Fantasy
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 29, 2020
When we talk about religion in real life, assuming it's not taboo, there are a lot of different approaches. Technically, in real life there is no conclusive proof on the existence of God or non-existence of God. There can be a range of indications, evidence and anecdotal testimonials but ...
World building basics (Part 2 - Society and culture)
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Feb. 21, 2020
Last week, I went into the basics of building your fictional worlds. We’re continuing on with our second instalment where we’ll dive a bit deeper into the nitty gritty of world building. Without further ado…
What’s your world’s system of government?
Politics plays a large role ...
QUACKCAST 459 - 2019 Year in review!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 31, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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It's been a great year! DD has continued to grow bit by bit, we've been stable and a great host for many many webcomics. DD ...
QUACKCAST 457 - Religion in fiction 2
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 17, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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2 weeks ago we discussed the topic of religion in fiction: basicaly how we use real world religions to inform the perspectives of our characters and make ...
QUACKCAST 456 - Smackdown on Quackjeeves
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 10, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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Smack Jeeves has been sold out from under its community to a Korean mobile content provider company NHN. The same company approached us last year but the ...
QUACKCAST 455 - Religion in fiction
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 3, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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We're talking about how religion is portrayed in fiction and a bit about WHY. This was a surprisingly fascinating topic. I came up with the idea ...
Motivation, Ideology, Action 3
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 30, 2019
So there's this saying that it's a completely different thing to talk the talk than walk the talk- to do as you preach. To put your money where your mouth is. To actually apply what you say you ascribe to.
In short, putting into action everything you've ...
On Belief
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 20, 2019
So I watched Hacksaw Ridge the other day (okay it was yesterday) and it was impressive.
Not so much as a movie (though that was quite decent) but the story. The story was amazing.
It's about a man named Desmond Doss who enlists in the army during WWII to ...
QUACKCAST 427 - Betrayal
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 21, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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Betrayal is an interesting thing to use in fiction. You can have betrayal of your nation, your organisation, friends, lovers, religion, beliefs, self. In stories it can ...