This is just a curious little topic that have recently come to my mind. From time to time I’ve seen people in popular media make comparisons between James Bond and Batman. First time I encountered this comparison was in an episode of Friends long ago. And I see people ...
Bond villains vs. Batman villains
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Sept. 4, 2022Quackcast 598 - 2D or not 2D
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 30, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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What makes a character two dimensional? What makes them three dimensional? Does it matter that they only have two dimensions to them? This was an idea that ...
Quackcast 597 - Revelations!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 23, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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Today we're talking about a technique in storytelling that we're calling the “revelation”. Inspired by Banes doing an article on the weird trope in movies ...
Fantastic Bestiary 11: The Kaiju
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Aug. 21, 2022
Thought I try to get back on doing Sunday articles with more meat to them. So! It’s fantastic bestiary time! And this time I’ve choosen a creature of pop culture rather then myth. The giant monster! Popularly known as the Kaiju! Who doesn’t like a good giant ...
How Ya Gonna Pay For That?
Banes at 12:00AM, July 7, 2022
The dream of money has to show up in fiction, at least to some degree - it's a very human driver/motivator.
Last week i talked about characters who are motivated by money. Here are some more thoughts on money and some of the different ways it's handled in ...
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 ...
Wonder
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 19, 2022
Gonna take another pause from the fantastic bestiary on this Sunday’s article and instead talk about wonder in fiction. First off, what is wonder? If you put the word wonder into google translate it is described as ”a feeling of amazement and admiration, caused by something beutiful, remarkable or ...