There is a special power to the memory - especially to the memory of youth. Whether it's childhood, the teen years or maybe even young adulthood, it can have a powerful hold on us.
I guess it's the reason that some great stories get their resonance by the idea ...
The Magic of Memory
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 1, 2022Poetry Time 5: As if to say goodbye
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, July 24, 2022
This sunday's poem is contributed by DD member TheDeeMan. This is "As if to say goodbye”
by Darryl Hughes aka TheDeeMan
As angels find their prayer in song. As birds to wing do fly.
An orange sun touched an ocean blue. It's words a lullaby.
I sat upon ...
Quackcast 591 - Superhero types?
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 12, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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The Superhero movie cast last week was popular, I wanted to chat to Tantz about different types of superheroes. We all know that the same kinds of ...
The Origin Story
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 2, 2022
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 ...
Fantastic Bestiary 10: The Scandinavian Troll
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 12, 2022
So! Back to mythology. And we are going back to my place again, good ol’ Scandinavia. In the summertime no less when the color green is everywhere, the fields are high and trolls come sneaking down from their magically hidden caves and mountain kingdoms. To me the Scandinavian depiction of ...
Friday Fashion Spotlight 23: Sarah
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 22, 2022
Welcome to…
The DD Fashion Spotlight!
Number 23.
Meet Sarah from Simply Sarah. We've got quite a change here! Usually characters are in rather fantastic clothes, even when they're realistic they're still generally aspirational. Sarah actually wears every day realistic clothes! This is quite interesting, it's ...
Fantastic Bestiary 1: The Jinn
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, March 27, 2022
Well, look! It’s Sunday again! And for this here Sunday, Sunday, Sunday article I thought I’d start this new little series of articles that the awesome Quackcast 575 inspired me to do. I shall call it the Fantastic Bestiary series, which will be a series of articles where ...
QUACKCAST 573 - Join the cult?
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 8, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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Cults are weird. Unlike normal religions (from which many cults stem), cults are usually based more around charismatic individuals rather than simple doctrine. Which means the followers ...
When You Can’t Stop Laughing
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 7, 2022
Photo: “One of these days, you’re gonna die laughing.” Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
The 1988 mixed animation-live action film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, set in 1940s Toon Town, had a whimsical villain called Judge Doom with a team of henchmen in tow known as the Toon Patrol. The ...
QUACKCAST 567 - Fairies, the Darkmatter of the supernatural
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 25, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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Pit and Tantz join me to talk about about fairies, fae, Faery, Fair folk, Yokai, and all that good stuff. They're like the dark-matter of the ...