As we approach the end of another year, I had a few ideas about topics related to endings.
If you've read my articles for awhile, you may remember discussions about wants and needs - the plot objective that is more ‘physical’ is the want, and the emotional or thematic pursuit ...

Four Endings
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 29, 2022Quackcast 614 - Super groups!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 20, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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Inspired by Banes we did a Quackcast on SUPER TEAMS! You know those groups like the Justice League, the Avengers, the Suicide Squad, or even Monkey, Pigsy ...
Poetry Time 15: Black Candle
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Dec. 18, 2022
The used left behind. What is the news to come ahead.
What is the flesh to succeed distress when questions fades to mesmerize.
They come all announced. What slums remains unshed.
Which nerve secretes success when secrets fades to realize.
That ill they suppress. That illumination still creaks.
Who’s ...
Found Family
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 17, 2022
There's a weird hermit living at the edge of a street. Rumours fly about him and what he does all day, whether he's a criminal or a psychopath. People don't go near him or his property and any interaction is minimal. Until a young vagrant kid stumbles ...
Super Teams are the Baum
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 15, 2022
When I was a youngster…and as I got older, too, I was always a big fan of the Super-Team. The X-Men, X-Factor, Alpha Flight, The Avengers…some of these were my favorite comics. And of course, the Super Friends was an old school cartoon that we loved as littl ...
What you really, really want
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Dec. 11, 2022
This is gonna be yet another rambling kind of post and a long one at that–so be warned. In the recent month I’ve been doing some soul searching that ties into this personal Christmas shopping spree of sorts that I’ve had recently. To be more specific, I ...
Your politics vs. Your characters' politics
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 10, 2022
Okay, this is a semi-rant and train of thought post, because I've had a couple whiskey and I'm Having Thoughts About Things. You have been warned.
There was one thing that always bothered me in villains that monologue in movies (I also see it in how social media ...
Quackcast 612 - Comfort food for the brain
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 6, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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There are times when you need to give your brain a bit of a break, that's when comfort shows come in handy! Movies and TV shows ...