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, 2022Struck Sure
Banes at 12:00AM, June 30, 2022
Changing structure of…structure.
*note to self: come up with better title before upload time. don't look like a FOOL again!
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First, remember to vote in the Drunk Duck Awards! There's only a week and a bit remaining before the voting booth is closed. Remember, you can ...
QUACKCAST 589 - AB positive
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 28, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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A and B stories… And C, and D etc. It seems that it's more popular than ever to have stories with multiple concurrent threads. This is ...
Money Money Money
Banes at 12:00AM, June 23, 2022
If ya gotta go, go in style, i suppose!
I think I've been restraining myself pretty well - so here's another Better Call Saul-inspired Newspost.
As I wait anxiously for the final handful of episodes to this show to appear, my mind has gone back over the series and ...
The Immortal Challenge
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 18, 2022
The idea that an individual (or many) have managed to escape death has always been alluring to creators. being able to live through history, being a constant in an ever-changing world, never having to die, can have its perks: you have innumerable chances to live the ‘good life’, you can ...
The Reimagining of Myth
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, May 28, 2022
Mythologies are fascinating. And with good reason. Each set represents centuries, if not millennia, of common unconscious and community narratives about all aspects of human existence: from the big questions of who we are to the wonders and terrors of nature to the wonders and terrors of society.
In short ...
Pets in Comics
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, May 14, 2022
Pets are intimate companions that get us through the day. Cats, dogs, rabbits, rats, snakes, fish, you name it- they help us in their own way. And yet not many characters in fiction or comics tend to have them. I for one don't include animals at all in my ...
The Guy in the Hat Killed the Other Guy in the Hat
Banes at 12:00AM, May 12, 2022
Character Motivation
One thing I appreciate in well written stories is the hidden motivations of characters. Well written characters, just like real people, have contradictions to them. Desires and needs that are sometimes in conflict with each other.
Story structure tells us that a character has to WANT something. The ...
QUACKCAST 582 - Time travel
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 10, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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Let's go forward in time to the past so we can get back to the future and kill our grandfather and be our own ancestor while ...
A Bit of a Stretch
Banes at 12:00AM, May 5, 2022
On a recent episode of Better Call Saul there was a plot element that caused some discussion/criticism.
Mild spoilers for Better Call Saul ahead.
There's a character on this show, Lalo, who was set up to be almost - almost - more than human. This is not a superhero show ...