A tried and true story trope is the “forced together”.
I think it was the director Sidney Lumet who said that he really enjoyed the tension that came from
this kind of situation. Taking two people who would never choose to be together are stuck in
a bad situation. It ...

Forced Together
Banes at 12:00AM, June 6, 2024Horrible On Purpose
Banes at 12:00AM, May 30, 2024
badum-tsss
I thought the first time I appreciated comedy that was “bad on purpose”, it was Fred Willard in Best in Show.
It's possible that some of his quips and comments were funny, or funny to some people…but the point of that character (a clueless commentator at a ...
Quackcast 685 - mantle
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 30, 2024 LISTEN on our player!
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“Passing the mantle” is an interesting phrase. Many claim it comes from a biblical origin; the prophet Elijah was said to have passed his mantle to Elisha when he ascended to heaven, thereby symbolically transferring his authority ...
Creator Interview: Marcorossi
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 27, 2024
It's time for another interview, with Marcorossi, one of DD's most active and proliferate webcomic artists, who also has FINISHED WEBCOMICS.
But enough intro on my part! Let's let Marco talk, here we go!
1. Let’s start! Tell us a bit about yourself.
Hi! I’m ...
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 ...
Poetry Time 66: The Attempt
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, March 24, 2024
A long divorce of steel
A longing between red offices
To become a masterpiece to appeal
A coming between bled offices
Some dreaming left of a life to zeal
A dreaming between dead offices
NaaN (Now, always and Never)
Quackcast 674 - Fashion
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 13, 2024 LISTEN on our player!
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Do you change your style to go with current fashions or do you stick with your own thing and stay independent of changing trends?
This is complicated by the fact that most people's styles are often ...