It's common knowledge that a solid origin story will make a character. It'll often also make the story being told. Origin stories can be and often are the foundation for characters and plotlines, since motivations, plot points, and even stakes are set in them.
But what makes a ...
The Origin Story
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 2, 2022A Tale of Two Pebbles
Banes at 12:00AM, June 16, 2022
I don't know if you know this story already, but I just read it and loved it, so I'm sharing it here!
Many years ago in a small village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. The moneylender, who ...
Mind Tricks 2 - The Phantom Life
Banes at 12:00AM, June 9, 2022
On the last “Mind Tricks” discussion, we talked about false memories, where a characters' true nature is hidden from them because of memory loss or artificial memories.
The Phantom Life is similar, certainly in the two examples that I thought of initially…but the stories play out
in a different ...
MINDFOLD turns Two-Hundred and the 2022 Drunk Duck Awards Trophy Design Contest is now OPEN
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 30, 2022
Photo: Happy 200th Birthday, “Mindfold page 199” by fallopiancrusader. (2022)
Did you know the Drunk Duck Awards has its own trophy design contest? Here is awards show Captain, Niccea , with an announcement including all the details.
Niccea writes:
“It is time for the annual trophy design contest for the Drunk ...
Time for the Start of the Next Chapter of Succubus
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 16, 2022
Photo: “How Do You Spell Pulitzer?” Succubus by Coydog and TheDeeMan. Chapter one. Page 36. 2022.
The collaborative duo behind comic works such as GAAK: Groovy Ass Alien Kreatures, The Continentals, Chevalier, HitGirlz and Sky Commander have an announcement. Coydog, the artist, has been creating the beautiful illustrations, and TheDeeMan ...
The Problem With Magic Worlds
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 23, 2022
Our world seems drab, grey, mundane. But some escape it through a magic portal that transports them into a colorful, beautiful, adventurous magic world.
A world that is secret, known only to the select few as everyone else lives on unaware in the real world. And yet, the secret magic ...
A Matter of Perspective
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 16, 2022
Consider this typical fantasy story:
There was once a young handsome man who was good with the sword, excellent with everyone in the village he lived with, and loved and cherished by all. However, he was unhappy because the one girl he fell in love with did not love him ...