One of my favorite tropes (at least I think it's a trope. Not sure how common it is) is the “unknown hero”.
It's when a character who's known to us, the audience, maybe very well, and is at least somewhat important to us.
The character dies and ...

No One of Consequence
Banes at 12:00AM, July 13, 2023Last Week to VOTE in the Drunk Duck Awards Ballot; M.Organ turns eighteen; Nocturne 21 Achieves 100 Pages!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 3, 2023
Photo: “Duck and Quail: Drunk Duck and Insecure Quail”. Written by Genejoke and Tantz_Aerine. Drawn by Davidxolukoga. (June 2023)
2023 DRUNK DUCK AWARDS BALLOT
Niccea writes:
“The day is finally here!!! The 2023 Awards ballot is open.
Also…I need Presenters and Judges!!! Please consider volunteering. Judges have join our ...
Into and Across the Spiderverse - How to make a good comic book movie
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, July 1, 2023
It goes without saying that the newly released movie, Across the Spiderverse, is one of the most popular superhero movies. The creators took one of the most divisive iterations of Spiderman, Miles Morales, and made him into a now beloved version of the titular character. They expand the Spider-lore through ...
Gatekeeping Art
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 24, 2023
So there are two sides to the art community. At least, as far as I've seen and as far as I've experienced- mostly online unfortunately.
One side is the AWESOME side. The side that's here on DD, and in many other niches like discord servers (like our ...
Quackcast 640 - Aliens
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 20, 2023 LISTEN on our new player!
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We base our images of aliens in comics on aliens in TV shows and movies mostly, because those are the ones we all know.
But movie aliens ...
Character Upbringing
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 17, 2023
In the whole “show don't tell” thing that is the holy grail of ‘good storytelling’ (yes but not always, this is for a newspost of another time) what they usually don't tell you is that behavioral patterns are your friend.
To show rather than tell, you need to ...
Well How Do You Like That?
Banes at 12:00AM, June 15, 2023
The 90's movie “The Firm” is a good thriller. I just rewatched it and it holds up very well. Recently I picked up the book to check it out.
Even though I've watched the movie several times over the years, I got less than a third into the ...
Quackcast 639 - Nudity
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 13, 2023 LISTEN on our new player!
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Today's topic is Nudity: Nudity in comics, censorship, self censoring, what you can get away with on DD, ratings, nudity on other platforms and how it ...